The Los Angeles Dodgers kick off Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday at American Family Field. <\/p>\n
More news: Dodgers Manager Not Confident in World Series Chances if Shohei Ohtani Struggles<\/a><\/p>\n The highly-touted matchup should be nothing short of entertaining as baseball’s most talented team goes up against the best of the NL. <\/p>\n On Sunday, the Dodgers announced their starters for Games 1 and 2 of the NLCS. Blake Snell is set to take the mound Monday with Yoshinobu Yamamoto poised to follow the two-time Cy Young winner on Tuesday. <\/p>\n Yamamoto spoke to the media just hours before Game 1 in Milwaukee, and was sporting a new hair color. Naturally, he was asked about the evident stylistic change. <\/p>\n “Thank you for the question. It’s not really a subject we talk about here, but thanks for giving me the opportunity to talk about it because the last time my hair was a little bit bright,” Yamamoto told reporters Monday. “So I just went and died it a little darker.” <\/p>\n Yamamoto was also asked whether the change in hair color was a response to his last start, where he allowed three earned runs on six hits in four innings of work against the Philadelphia Phillies. <\/p>\n The Dodgers had the chance to sweep the Phillies with Yamamoto on the mound, but the defending champions couldn’t get the job done in Game 3. <\/p>\n “Last outing my stuff was not initially that bad. Because I allowed recontact, breaking through the gap, because everything was not that bad because hitting, getting contact-wise, giving contact-wise,” Yamamoto said. <\/p>\n “So I think I’d like to focus on more like fundamental part of the pitching, such as, like, location and those things.”<\/p>\n Of all Dodgers starters in the NLDS, Yamamoto had the shortest outing and was also tagged with a 8-2 loss against Philadelphia. LA will need him to turn things around against Milwaukee, a team that is hungry to take down the defending champions. <\/p>\n Could his last start be the reason for Yamamoto’s hair change? The right-hander answered. <\/p>\n “It was not the reason, but I hope this helps to get things going in my direction,” Yamamoto added. <\/p>\n Perhaps the new hair could give Yamamoto a confidence boost as the Dodgers hope to take down the Brewers in the NLCS. <\/p>\n More news: How Did the Dodgers Fare Against NLCS Opponent Brewers in Regular Season?<\/a><\/p>\n