Yamamoto's 2nd Straight No-Hit Bid Dies in 9th
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- Yoshinobu Yamamoto carried a no-hitter into the 9th inning against the White Sox before Tristan Peters led off with a solo homer on a 96.6 mph fastball; the Dodgers won 7-1.
- This is Yamamoto's second straight no-hit bid broken up in the 9th — on Sept. 6 at Baltimore, Jackson Holliday hit a solo homer with two out to end that bid in a 4-3 loss.
- Yamamoto is now 4-0 with a 0.94 ERA over his last four starts, striking out 24 in 28 2/3 innings during the win streak.
- A perfect-game bid ended in the 8th when Mookie Betts mishandled Chase Meidroth's grounder for an error; Betts said: "I'm not making any excuses. I should have made the play."
- Yamamoto retired his final 22 batters in his previous start (vs. Angels) and his first 23 against Chicago — 45 consecutive retired batters before the error.
- Yamamoto threw a season-high 109 pitches (74 strikes) with 7 strikeouts and received a standing ovation from a sellout crowd of 37,832 as he exited.
- Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior said Yamamoto "can attack the plate on both sides from ball to strike probably better than anybody I've ever seen."
Why it matters: Yamamoto has now had no-hit bids broken in the 9th in back-to-back starts, yet the reigning World Series MVP is 4-0 with a 0.94 ERA over his last four outings. He retired 45 of 46 batters Saturday — cementing his ace status for the Dodgers while showing how razor-thin the no-hit margin remains.
