Los Angeles Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto once again came achingly close to history before having it ripped away.
Yamamoto took a no-hitter into the ninth inning Saturday against the Chicago White Sox, but his bid ended when he allowed a leadoff home run to Tristan Peters.
Tristan Peters breaks up the no-hitter with a BLAST 💥 pic.twitter.com/05mfxum7aQ
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Yamamoto got the next batter out before the Dodgers replaced him with Alex Vesia.
The right-hander likely experienced deja vu when Peters homered. Last Sept. 6, Yamamoto threw 8 2/3 no-hit innings in Baltimore before Jackson Holliday spoiled it with a home run.
Still, Yamamoto's performance Saturday was nothing short of brilliant. He retired the first 23 batters, ultimately allowing just the one run and hit while striking out seven on 109 pitches (74 strikes). The only White Sox hitters to reach base were Chase Meidroth, who got on due to a Mookie Betts error in the eighth that broke up the perfect game, and Peters.
Betts' error also ended Yamamoto's streak of 45 consecutive batters retired, a run stretching back to his last start. His mark now ranks as the second-longest in MLB history, falling one short of the record set by San Francisco Giants' Yusmeiro Petit in 2014.
Yamamoto threw two no-hitters in Japan while pitching for the Orix Buffaloes before joining the Dodgers in 2024.
No MLB pitcher has thrown a complete-game no-hitter since the Giants' Blake Snell did it in 2024. Clayton Kershaw remains the last Dodgers pitcher to toss a solo no-hitter, completing the feat in 2014. Four Dodgers pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter in 2018.
Only 24 perfect games have ever been pitched in MLB history, with the most recent being thrown by the New York Yankees' Domingo Germán in 2023. Sandy Koufax remains the sole Dodgers pitcher to pitch a perfect game, accomplishing the milestone on Sept. 9, 1965.
The Dodgers went on to win Saturday's game 7-1.
