In photos: Brusdar Graterol sports custom Kobe Bryant-inspired kicks for Dodgers-Yankees World Series Game 2

The Los Angeles Dodgers were triumphant over the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the World Series, 4-2. The team now carries a 2-0 series lead as the Fall Classic heads to New York.

A huge part of the Dodgers' success is the team's pitching. The LA pitching staff has an impressive 2.37 ERA with 20 strikeouts against one of the MLB's high-octane offenses in the Yankees.

One member of LA's pitching staff, particularly the bullpen, Brusdar Graterol, has been with the team since 2020 and already has a World Series ring with Los Angeles, won during the pandemic-shortened season. Ahead of the World Series, the reliever showed off a custom-made baseball cleat that featured one of LA's greatest sporting legends.

In a recent snippet shared on social media site X before Game 2, Graterol flaunted his Kobe Bryant-inspired baseball boots with a photo of the basketball great on the right boot and a mamba snake on the left. Also transcribed on the boots were the words "Mamba mentality" and "Job's not finished. Job finished...? I don't think so" — a nod to one of Bryant's famous interviews.

Brusdar Graterol's shoes (Image courtesy: B/R Walk-Off)

Graterol has certainly applied the "mamba mentality" so far in the postseason as he boasts a 2.45 ERA with seven strikeouts in seven appearances. This includes an appearance in Game 1 of the Fall Classic, in which he gave up a sole hit in a one-inning appearance against the Yankees.

Dodgers' pitching outclass Yankees

So far in the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers pitching staff has the number over the New York Yankees. Skipper Dave Roberts has utilized just seven total pitchers across two games while his counterpart Aaron Boone has called upon nine.

The Los Angeles pitching staff has a 2.37 ERA with 20 strikeouts compared to New York's 4.58 ERA with just 10 strikeouts. After Gerrit Cole's brilliant Game 1 outing, Carlos Rodon was peppered by the Dodgers in Game 2. The lefty surrendered four runs on six hits with just three strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.

His opposite number Yoshinobu Yamamoto, meanwhile, proved why he is a three-time MVP and a three-time Triple Crown winner in Japan's NPB. Yamamoto was lights out as he gave up just one run and one base hit in 6 1/3 innings.