Yamamoto no-hitter – Yoshinobu Yamamoto carried a no-hitter through eight innings against the Chicago White Sox on Saturday, holding a 7-0 Dodgers lead as Los Angeles’ ace racked up strikeouts and kept the pressure on the NL West leaders.
CHICAGO — For the first 23 batters, Yoshinobu Yamamoto was nearly untouchable. On Saturday against the Chicago White Sox. the Los Angeles right-hander kept the game from ever truly getting started. retiring his first 23 hitters before Chicago finally got something close to a breakthrough in the eighth.
Chase Meidroth reached on a two-out error on shortstop Mookie Betts. Jacob Gonzalez bounced to second, and the inning ended without the no-hitter cracking.
Yamamoto finished the eight innings with seven strikeouts. He had thrown 103 pitches, 70 for strikes. The Dodgers entered the ninth leading 7-0.
The closest Chicago came before that eighth was in the fifth, when Meidroth had the best chance for a hit. He worked a liner that hooked just foul before he struck out swinging for the final out of the inning.
There was also a brief pause in the middle innings. The grounds crew worked on the area around the pitching rubber on the mound before the bottom of the sixth resumed. but Yamamoto had no trouble getting back into rhythm. After play restarted, he struck out Gonzalez on a full-count cutter, then Tristan Peters bounced to first. Edgar Quero fouled out to left.
Yamamoto wasn’t finished with the sharp moments, either. Miguel Vargas used the ABS challenge system to overturn a called strike three before lining to left for the second out of the seventh. In the eighth, Colson Montgomery lined to first baseman Freddie Freeman on a 3-2 pitch.
The pitch count and the late-game control mattered, especially with the Dodgers comfortable in front. Yamamoto’s outing comes after a high-volume start to his workload: he threw a season-high 107 pitches at San Diego on May 18. His career high is 113 against Cincinnati during last year’s playoffs.
Now. in his third season with Los Angeles. Yamamoto is riding a run that has put him squarely in the middle of the Dodgers’ push. He was World Series MVP last year, helping the Dodgers win their second consecutive championship. Coming into Saturday’s start. he was 3-1 with a 0.99 ERA in his last four outings. part of a season-long stretch that has kept the NL West leaders moving at full speed.
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No-hitter?? Yamamoto is basically cheating or what.
I swear the no-hitter always gets ruined by one little thing in the 8th. Like the grounds crew pause?? maybe that messed him up or something.
How does an ABS challenge overturn a strike three and still end up with a no-hitter vibe? Also 103 pitches and only 7 strikeouts feels kinda low for that hype, unless I’m reading it wrong.
Dodgers always win when it’s 7-0, it’s like the Sox just gave up. And Yamamoto World Series MVP last year so yeah he’s unstoppable. I don’t even care about the ABS thing, just glad he kept Betts safe lol.