The Dodgers lose to the Warriors and the series ends in a tie. Yushin Yamamoto will face Sale in G3

Yamamoto Yunobu. (File photo, AFP)

[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] In the best-of-five National League Division Series G2, the defending Dodgers lost to the Warriors 2-3 today, and the series was tied 1-1. The key Game 3 will be held the day after tomorrow. The Dodgers will launch Japanese pitcher Yushin Yamamoto and hit Warriors left-hand Cy Young pitcher Chris Sale (Chris Sale) who has been rested for five days.

According to data expert Sarah Langs, in all best-of-five playoff series, the team that lost the first game but managed to come back in the second game ended up winning the series 34 out of 67 times (about 51%).

In a division series using a 2-2-1 format, if the team can get 1 win and 1 loss in the first two away games, then return to home to play G3 and G4, they will eventually win the series 30 out of 49 times (about 61%).

Yamamoto Yunobu. (File photo, Associated Press)

Sale faced the Phillies in the National League Wild Card Game, starting 1 of 2 games, including a 1.1-inning shutout victory against the Phillies on October 2, Taiwan time, allowing a total of 3 runs in 7.2 innings and an ERA of 3.52.

The 37-year-old Sale started 27 games in the regular season this season and posted a record of 14 wins and 9 losses with an ERA of 2.16. He pitched a total of 162.2 innings with 200 strikeouts, a batting average of 0.215, and a WHIP of 0.98.

As the MVP of last year's World Series, Yamamoto Yushin started 28 games in this year's regular season, posting a performance of 14 wins and 9 losses with an ERA of 2.53. He pitched a total of 185 innings with 182 strikeouts, a batting average of 0.182, and a WHIP of 0.87.