The home plate umpire has an undulating strike zone. It moves like the tide.
Dominic Smith isn't picking up Yamamoto's curve. "Maybe there's something about left handed hitters having more trouble picking up the slurve."
Flores, Ramos, and Lee all drew walks. Some of that is due to the undulating strike zone.
The pitching coach chatted with Yamamoto through a translator after he walked the bases loaded.
Then Casey Schmitt hit a grand slam home run to left center field. "He hit it halfway up the bleachers!"
"Yamamoto almost took his glove off and threw it on the ground."
On Yamamoto's 70th pitch, Yastrzewski smacked a double to center field. Fitzgerald was called out on strikes to end the Giants' half of the inning.
Giants 5 Dodgers 1 heading to the bottom of the 3rd inning in Los Angeles.