{
  "id": 3882248,
  "title": "Baseball: Yamamoto solid, but charged with loss as Braves sweep Dodgers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/baseball-yamamoto-solid-but-charged-with-loss-as-braves-sweep-dodgers",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-28T04:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260828/p2g/00m/0sp/031000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered a solid performance over six and a third innings but was blamed for Thursday's 1-0 defeat to the Atlanta Braves. The Yankees' ace surrendered his lone run on the first pitch of the game when Drake Baldwin hit a hanging splitter to right field. The Braves swept the three-game series, winning each contest by a single run. Yankees starter Chris Sale tossed a five-hit shutout, striking out 11 against a 109-pitch effort. Yamamoto scattered three more hits and walked one in a 105-pitch outing, recording eight strikeouts and completing three consecutive 1-2-3 innings. \"I went into the game focused, but I gave up a homer on a fat first pitch and that leaves me frustrated,\" Yamamoto admitted. \"They had a really good batting lineup, as expected. I pulled myself together in facing each of them.\" Shohei Ohtani went 0-for-4 for the Dodgers, striking out twice swinging.",
  "summary": "ATLANTA (Kyodo) -- Los Angeles Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a run over 6-1/3 innings but was charged with Thursday's 1-0 loss to the Atlanta",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Chris Sale strikes out 11 in 5-hit shutout as Braves beat Yamamoto and Dodgers 1-0 for 3-game sweep",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/chris-sale-strikes-out-11-in-5-hit-shutout-as-braves-beat-yamamoto",
        "published": "2026-08-28T02:02:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Chris Sale strikes out 11 in 5-hit shutout as Braves beat Yamamoto and Dodgers 1-0 for 3-game sweep",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/chris-sale-strikes-out-11-in-5-hit-shutout-as-braves-beat-yamamoto-3874735",
        "published": "2026-08-28T02:23:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}