Dodgers' Yamamoto loses no-hitter on 9th-inning homer

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto came within one out of pitching the first no-hitter of the 2025 MLB season before Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday hit a solo home run in the ninth inning to break up the bid. Yamamoto delivered a career-best performance, striking out 10 batters and throwing a career-high 112 pitches over 8 ⅔ innings, allowing only two walks earlier in the game. He received a standing ovation from fans as he was removed from the game with the no-hitter lost on his final pitch. This near no-hitter marked the Dodgers' closest attempt since a combined no-hitter in 2018 and the last solo no-hitter by a Dodgers pitcher remains Clayton Kershaw's in 2014. Yamamoto, who joined the Dodgers in 2024 on a 12-year contract, had previously thrown no-hitters in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. Despite the loss, Yamamoto’s outing was celebrated, highlighting his rising prominence in the league and the rarity of no-hitters at Camden Yards, where only one no-hitter has been pitched since its opening in 1992.