The Baltimore Orioles mounted a dramatic comeback in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday night, erasing a near no-hitter and scoring four runs to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 at Camden Yards. Jackson Holliday’s solo home run with two outs broke up Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s bid for history and ignited a rally that culminated in Emmanuel Rivera’s walk-off two-run single.
The Dodgers entered the matchup as -140 betting favorites, while the Orioles were listed at +120, with the over/under set at 8.5 runs. Los Angeles appeared firmly in control for much of the night until Baltimore’s improbable finish.
In line to record the first no-hitter of the 2025 primary league season, Yamamoto dominated through 8 2/3 innings. The right-hander allowed only two baserunners on walks in the third inning and struck out 10, matching his career high. Holliday spoiled the bid with a 412-foot homer to right field, sending the Camden Yards crowd into a frenzy. Yamamoto, who threw a career-high 112 pitches, was then removed to a standing ovation from fans of both teams.
Reliever Blake Treinen (1-3) replaced Yamamoto but could not preserve the lead. Jeremiah Jackson doubled, a pitch hit Gunnar Henderson, and Treinen walked Ryan Mountcastle and Colton Cowser to force in a run, narrowing the score to 3-2. Tanner Scott entered with the bases loaded but gave up Rivera’s line drive to center on a 1-1 fastball. The throw home was off target, allowing two runners to score and ending the game stunningly.
Albert Suarez (1-0) was credited with the win after working a scoreless top of the ninth. The loss marked Scott’s second rough outing after surrendering a walk-off homer to rookie Samuel Basallo the night before.
Before the collapse, Los Angeles built its lead behind contributions from its stars. Shohei Ohtani drove in a run with a groundout in the third inning, Mookie Betts added an RBI single in the fifth, and later tripled in another run in the seventh. The Dodgers appeared well on their way to their first no-hitter since May 4, 2018, when four pitchers combined to blank the San Diego Padres in Monterrey, Mexico. The franchise’s last individual no-hitter came from Clayton Kershaw in 2014 against Colorado.
For the Orioles, the comeback prevented what would have been their first no-hit loss since August 2015, when Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners shut them down. Holliday’s pivotal homer was only his seventh of the season but one of the most significant of his young career.
Camden Yards has been the site of just one previous no-hitter since opening in 1992. That performance came from Hideo Nomo, another Japanese pitcher, who accomplished the feat with the Boston Red Sox in 2001. Yamamoto nearly joined that short list, but Baltimore’s ninth-inning resilience changed the narrative.
The series concludes Sunday with Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw (9-2, 3.06 ERA) set to face Orioles right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano (10-7, 3.58). Both teams remain locked in competitive division races as the regular season enters its final stretch.