Overview
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto carried a no-hit bid into the ninth before Tristan Peters hit a leadoff 96.6 mph fastball for a solo homer that ended the bid and left the Dodgers with a 7-1 win.
- Earlier in the eighth inning a two-out grounder by Chase Meidroth skipped past shortstop Mookie Betts for an error that ended a perfect-game chance.
- Yamamoto struck out seven and threw a season-high 109 pitches with 74 strikes, leaving after the first out in the ninth and earning a standing ovation from the sellout crowd.
- Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior praised Yamamoto’s ability to attack both sides of the plate, and teammates said the outing continued a stretch of sharp, low-allowed-hit starts.
- The start adds to a pattern of late-inning near-misses for the 27-year-old, who also lost a ninth-inning no-hit bid last season, and it keeps expectations high for future historic bids.