A little over two weeks ago, the Los Angeles Dodgers held a commanding lead in the NL West. Now, Los Angeles finds itself in a tight divisional race. The Dodgers were counting on a strong start from Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the series opener against the Los Angeles Angels . Instead, Yamamoto hit a career low in an ugly start.

The Dodgers ace got smacked around by the Angels on Monday. Yamamoto was fighting uphill the entire outing after giving up a leadoff home run to Zach Neto. He allowed two runs on two hits and two walks in the first inning. While the second-year righty settled down a bit over the next three innings, the Angels got to him again in the fifth, piling on four more runs.

Yamamoto couldn’t make it out of the fifth. He allowed a career-high six runs in 4 2/3 innings wh

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