Yamamoto walks a season-high five in just 4⅔ innings – including three in a span of five batters before Casey Schmitt’s grand slam – and San Francisco takes the series opener, 6-2.

Casey Schmitt’s third-inning moonshot still might not have landed back on Earth yet. After laying off the first two pitches he saw from Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the top of the third inning with the bases loaded,

Yoshinobu Yamamoto lacked his normal command, and a tight, if not inconsistent — and incorrect — strike zone compounded matters as the Los Angeles Dodgers suffered a 6-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants.