{"id":37473,"date":"2026-04-16T00:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ohtani.iroirojapon.com\/?p=37473"},"modified":"2026-04-16T02:50:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:50:03","slug":"clutch-yoshinobu-yamamoto-dominates-kyle-tucker-late-heroics-shohei-ohtani-refuses-to-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohtani.iroirojapon.com\/?p=37473","title":{"rendered":"CLUTCH: Yoshinobu Yamamoto DOMINATES, Kyle Tucker LATE HEROICS | Shohei Ohtani REFUSES TO STOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe title=\"CLUTCH: Yoshinobu Yamamoto DOMINATES, Kyle Tucker LATE HEROICS | Shohei Ohtani REFUSES TO STOP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ACZHnkO9RVg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The Dodgers take the series\u2014but it didn\u2019t come easy. 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