The New York Yankees starter pitched one-run ball over six innings, struck out a season-high 5 and blanked the Dodgers’ high 4 hitters in a 7-3 win Sunday evening.

“I really feel like I’m in a extremely good place proper now and actually making an attempt to proceed that,” Yarbrough mentioned. “I’m having lots of enjoyable.”

The 33-year-old left-hander made 44 reduction appearances between the Dodgers and Blue Jays final season. The Dodgers designated him for task on July 29 and the following day traded him to Toronto.

So regardless that he wasn’t round for his or her World Sequence victory over the Yankees final fall, Yarbrough earned a hoop. He accepted it from Dodgers common supervisor Brandon Gomes on Friday behind dwelling plate throughout batting apply.

“Making an attempt to maintain that just a little discreet, particularly with the place we’re at now, however sort of cool to have the ability to get that,” Yarbrough mentioned.

He signed a $2 million, one-year take care of New York in March and is 3-0 with a 2.83 ERA this season.

Making his first profession begin in opposition to the Dodgers, Yarbrough recorded 17 swings-and-misses, together with seven together with his sweeper.

The highest 4 hitters in Los Angeles’ lineup had produced a minimum of one hit in each recreation this season. That’s, till Shohei Ohtani, Teoscar Hernández, Freddie Freeman and Will Smith mixed to go 0 for 14 within the sequence finale in opposition to Yarbrough and the Yankees.

New York supervisor Aaron Boone has referred to as Yarbrough a throwback, noting his 6-foot-5 body creates a “funky” angle for hitters.

“He is acquired lots of methods to get you out. Simply once you suppose he’s slowing you down, slowing you down, he’s capable of velocity you up sufficient,” Boone mentioned. “It feels prefer it’s laborious to get a bead on him.”

It actually was for Ohtani. He struck out on 5 pitches starting from 70-86 mph within the first inning, when Yarbrough retired the aspect so as. Later, he set down 13 of 15 batters earlier than exiting.

“He’s not going to mild up the radar gun, however all his pitches really feel like they get on you,” teammate DJ LeMahieu mentioned. “His fastballs appear like they get on you and his off-speed seems additional sluggish. He’s acquired good things and he is aware of what he’s doing on the market.”

Yarbrough conceded his familiarity together with his ex-teammates helped, too.

“It was only a matter of execution and retaining them off stability and never placing them in counts the place they’ll actually hunt for sure pitches,” he mentioned.

It was additionally a giant evening for LeMahieu, who had his first four-hit recreation since 2021. He drove in two runs and raised his batting common to .239.

The second baseman had three singles and a double on an evening when Aaron Choose was the one Yankees participant with out a hit.

“I really feel good. Good to get some outcomes,” LeMahieu mentioned.