LOS ANGELES — The Yankees said goodbye to Hollywood, but not before saving face in the World Series rematch.
At risk of getting swept for the first time this season and coming off an embarrassing 18-2 loss on Saturday, the Yankees salvaged a win and did it the hard way in the game they appeared to be overmatched from a starting pitcher perspective.
Leave it to Ryan Yarbrough to outduel Yoshinobu Yamamoto, with the crafty lefty doing what Max Fried and Will Warren could not by shutting down the high-powered Dodgers lineup in a 7-3 win on Sunday night at a sold out Dodger Stadium.
Yarbrough tossed six innings of one-run ball against the Dodgers, continuing a terrific string of starts since moving into the rotation, while the Yankees beat up on Yamamoto to fly home after a 6-3 West Coast road trip.
No matter what the Yankees did this weekend, it was not going to make up for last October as their only real chance for redemption awaits this October.
But they at least ended a strong trip on a high note, doing so with some of their less heralded players stepping up — including a four-hit, two-RBI game from DJ LeMahieu.