Yamamoto didn’t allow a hit until there were two outs in the sixth inning, flirting with the third no-hitter of his professional career and his first since his eye-popping contract brought him stateside. April’s National League Pitcher of the Month lowered his ERA to 0.90.

Beyond the work put in, Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s transformation this season for the Dodgers has, in the view of many around the team, also come down to a few simple things.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw six scoreless innings and Mookie Betts hit the decisive home run to lead the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday in the opener of their three-game series.