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A couple of hours after celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Cal Ripken Jr. breaking the consecutive video games document, the Baltimore Orioles had one other celebration at Camden Yards. The Orioles went from being no-hit with two outs within the ninth inning by Los Angeles Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto to an unbelievable walk-off win Saturday evening (BAL 4, LAD 3). 

Infielder Jackson Holliday broke up the no-hitter with a two-out house run within the ninth. He is the primary participant to snap a no-hitter with a two-out ninth inning homer since since Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager towards Houston Astros lefty Framber Valdez final Aug. 6. Right here is the house run, which got here on Yamamoto’s season-high 112th pitch:

The house run ended Yamamoto’s evening. He walked two batters, each within the third inning, and struck out 10. Righty Blake Treinen changed Yamamoto and didn’t retire any of the 4 batters he confronted (double, hit-by-pitch, two walks). Lefty Tanner Scott then entered and surrendered the two-run walk-off single to Emmanuel Rivera.

Saturday is the longest no-hit bid by a crew that misplaced because the Milwaukee Brewers took a no-hitter into the eleventh inning towards the New York Yankees on Sept. 10, 2023. The Yankees obtained their first hit with one out within the tenth inning in that sport, and gained it on Kyle Higashioka’s walk-off double within the thirteenth inning.

The misplaced was the fifth in a row for the Dodgers and their seventh loss of their final eight video games. Their lead within the NL West is all the way down to 1 ½ video games over the San Diego Padres. Saturday was their fourth straight sport scoring three runs or fewer. Offense, not pitching, has been their single greatest points throughout this latest droop.

There nonetheless has not been a no-hitter in baseball this season. Yamamoto is the third pitcher to take a no-hitter into the ninth inning this 12 months, becoming a member of Cincinnati Reds righty Nick Martinez (June 27 vs. Padres) and Cleveland Guardians righty Gavin Williams (Aug. 6 vs. New York Mets).

The final season and not using a no-hitter was 2005, and the final season and not using a no-hitter till September was 2006. Florida Marlins righty Aníbal Sánchez no-hit the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sept. 6 for 2006’s solely no-hitter.

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