Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivers a near-perfect outing against the Chicago White Sox, pitching into the eighth inning with no baserunners allowed. Multiple outlets report that he keeps the game scoreless on a no-hit/near-perfect track through the middle innings and then loses the bid late, when a ninth-inning development prevents a complete perfect game and ends the no-hit effort. Fox Sports describes him as coming four outs short of a perfect game and losing the no-hitter in the ninth. The Los Angeles Times and Yahoo Sports similarly say Yamamoto pitches a perfect game into the eighth inning before the ninth inning ruins both the perfect-game and no-hit chances.
On offense, the Dodgers get support from Shohei Ohtani, who hits a home run in the game, as noted by the Los Angeles Times. The overall result is a Dodgers win over the White Sox, with Yamamoto’s performance creating notable franchise-level recognition mentioned by Yahoo Sports’ separate writeup highlighting Dodgers history tied to his near-perfect start.
