LOS ANGELES: Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out three batters in two scoreless innings in a dazzling preseason debut Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have bet big that the 25-year-old Japanese star will be a Major League Baseball ace.

Yamamoto threw 19 pitches, 16 of them for strikes, and surrendered one hit as he displayed his formidable repertoire of pitches in the Dodgers' 6-4 loss to the World Series champion Texas Rangers in Surprise, Arizona.

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