Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s no-hit bid ends when Jackson Holliday homers with one out to go
Dodgers lose 4-3 to Orioles after Yamamoto allows late solo homer; Baltimore wins on Emmanuel Rivera walk-off
Yoshinobu Yamamoto came within one out of throwing the first no-hitter of the 2025 season before Orioles shortstop Jackson Holliday connected for a two-out, ninth-inning solo home run that ended the bid Saturday in Baltimore.
Yamamoto, making the start for the Los Angeles Dodgers, retired the first 26 batters he faced and finished 8 2/3 innings with 10 strikeouts and two walks. The Dodgers ultimately fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 4-3, when Emmanuel Rivera delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth.
The homer by Holliday, a shortstop for the Orioles, came with one out remaining in the game and erased what would have been the first no-hit performance of the major-league season. Yamamoto’s eight-plus innings of dominance included repeated swing-and-miss sequences and extended a string of high-quality starts for the Dodgers’ rotation.
Los Angeles scored three runs off Baltimore pitching but could not hold the lead late. After Holliday’s long ball ended the no-hit bid and brought the Orioles closer, Emmanuel Rivera’s ninth-inning single completed the comeback and provided the winning run.
Major League Baseball has not recorded a no-hitter during the 2025 regular season. The last no-hitter on record came just over a year earlier, on Sept. 4, 2024, when three Chicago Cubs pitchers combined for a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The most recent solo no-hitter was thrown by Blake Snell on Aug. 2, 2024, when Snell was with the San Francisco Giants.
Yamamoto’s near-miss adds to a season narrative in which pitchers have had stretches of dominance but the league has not yet produced a complete-game no-hitter. The Japanese right-hander’s outing showcased both his strikeout ability and command, but the late home run and the walk-off loss underscored baseball’s unpredictability even in games dominated by a single pitcher’s performance.
Manager and clubhouse remarks were not immediately available following the game. The Dodgers will turn to their rotation in coming starts to try to rebound from the loss, while the Orioles will look to build on the momentum of their late-inning comeback as the teams continue through the regular-season schedule.