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Yamamoto loses perfect bid, Dodgers beat White Sox 7-1

6/14/2026

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Yamamoto Near-No-Hitter

Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw 8 1/3 innings of one-hit baseball, recording seven strikeouts in the Dodgers' 7–1 win over Chicago White Sox on June 13, 2026.
Mookie Betts’ error on Chase Meidroth grounder in the eighth ended Yamamoto’s perfect bid.
Tristan Peters’ ninth-inning homer broke Yamamoto’s no-hitter and shutout.
Yamamoto finished with 109 pitches (74 strikes), improving to 7-4 with a 2.52 ERA, helping the Dodgers reach 45-26 atop the NL West.

Summary

Yamamoto Ties Streak

Shota Yamamoto retired 45 straight batters, tying the second-longest live-ball era streak, one shy of Yusmeiro Petit’s 46.
The Dodgers own 26 franchise no-hitters, the most in MLB history, and recorded the last solo no-hitter by Clayton Kershaw in 2014.
Yamamoto’s contract makes him the highest-paid pitcher in MLB and his outing sharpens the National League Cy Young race.

History

Historical Context

In 1990 Mexican-born Fernando Valenzuela threw a solo no-hitter for the Dodgers, one of two games completed on June 29 that day—a rare double-no-hitter occurrence. Japanese arms later followed, beginning with Hideo Nomo’s 1996 no-hitter, underscoring MLB’s growing international talent pipeline. The league has recorded 327 official no-hitters since 1876 to date.

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Yamamoto Near-No-Hitter

Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw 8 1/3 innings of one-hit baseball, recording seven strikeouts in the Dodgers' 7–1 win over Chicago White Sox on June 13, 2026.
Mookie Betts’ error on Chase Meidroth grounder in the eighth ended Yamamoto’s perfect bid.
Tristan Peters’ ninth-inning homer broke Yamamoto’s no-hitter and shutout.
Yamamoto finished with 109 pitches (74 strikes), improving to 7-4 with a 2.52 ERA, helping the Dodgers reach 45-26 atop the NL West.

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