Heading into the Los Angeles Dodgers ' Saturday evening showdown against the Baltimore Orioles , there had yet to be a no-hitter in the 2025 MLB season.

At the end of the Dodgers' shocking 3-4 loss to the Orioles, there still hasn't been a no-hitter, but Yoshibu Yamamoto came darn close with an absolute gem of a game for eight and two-thirds innings.

Taking the field for a Dodgers team in disarray, having lost four straight games to below-.500 teams, Yamamoto proved why he's one of the best pitchers in all of baseball, striking out 10 of the 26 batters he faced while throwing 70 strikes on 112 total pitches. Yamamoto's command was absolutely locked in, with the 27-year-old pitcher just barely surpassing his career-high in pitches despite going the furthest he's ever gone in a game,

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