Dodgers lose two ninth-inning no-hit bids in three days
Yoshinobu Yamamoto's near-no-hitter ends in walk-off loss; Tyler Glasnow's combined bid broken in ninth during later win
The Los Angeles Dodgers had two potential no-hitters broken up in the ninth inning within a three-day span, the first costing them a game and the second costing them a historic mark but not the victory.
On Sept. 6 at Camden Yards, starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning and was one out from history before the Baltimore Orioles mounted a comeback and won on a walk-off single. Yamamoto recorded 10 strikeouts and delivered 8 2/3 innings of no-hit ball before Jackson Holliday hit a solo home run with two outs in the ninth, cutting the Dodgers’ lead to 3-1. Manager Dave Roberts replaced Yamamoto after the home run and turned to reliever Blake Treinen to try to finish the game.
Treinen yielded a double to Orioles right fielder Jeremiah Jackson, then hit Gunnar Henderson with a pitch to put runners on first and second with two outs. A wild pitch moved both runners into scoring position, and a walk to Ryan Mountcastle loaded the bases. Treinen then issued an intentional—or in-scoreboard terms—a bases-loaded walk to Colton Cowser that forced in a run, trimming the Dodgers’ advantage to 3-2. Roberts brought in closer Tanner Scott, but Orioles third baseman Emmanuel Rivera delivered a line-drive single to center field that scored two and completed an improbable 4-3 walk-off comeback for Baltimore.
Three days later, on Sept. 8 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles again reached the ninth inning without allowing a hit, this time in a combined effort that ended earlier in the top of the ninth. Tyler Glasnow pitched seven no-hit innings with 11 strikeouts and two walks, though he allowed a run in the second inning after walking Jordan Beck; Beck stole second, advanced on a flyout and scored on a sacrifice fly. Left-hander Blake Treinen threw a hitless eighth and struck out one.
With the Dodgers leading 3-1, Roberts sent Scott to try to complete the combined no-hitter. Scott gave up a double to the first batter he faced, second baseman Ryan Ritter, who ripped the ball over the outstretched arm of left fielder Alex Call for the Rockies’ first hit of the game. Scott then retired the next three hitters to end the game and secure a 3-1 Dodger victory, but Major League Baseball remained without its first no-hitter of the 2025 season.
Treinen was involved in both games’ late-inning sequences. In Baltimore, his reliever sequence preceded the Orioles’ rally; in Los Angeles, Treinen provided a spotless eighth that helped set up the ninth-inning opportunity. Roberts’ bullpen management and quick hooks were key elements in both outcomes.
The Dodgers entered the Colorado game at 80-64; the Rockies fell to 40-104. Los Angeles was scheduled to play the second game of the three-game series against Colorado on Tuesday at 10:10 p.m. ET. The back-to-back ninth-inning developments underscored both the strength of the Dodgers’ starting pitching depth and the fragile margin that separates a no-hitter from a near miss.
Through the two games, the Dodgers had come closest to Major League Baseball’s first no-hitter of the season but were denied twice in dramatic fashion: once by a go-ahead ninth-inning home run and rally, and once by a leadoff double in the ninth of a combined bid that still produced a win.
The Dodgers and their fans will face renewed attention on each start as the season progresses, while MLB continues the search for a 2025 no-hitter.