Orioles break up Yamamoto's no-no with 1 out to go, then walk off Dodgers

Yoshinobu Yamamoto came agonizingly close to history at Camden Yards. Instead, he could only watch as the Los Angeles Dodgers' bullpen let him down.

Yamamoto held the Baltimore Orioles hitless for 8 2/3 innings Saturday before Jackson Holliday broke up the no-hitter with a solo homer that barely cleared the right-field wall.

Yamamoto - who threw two no-hitters in Japan before coming to the majors - became the first Dodgers pitcher to lose a no-hitter with one out to go since Hall of Famer Dazzy Vance on June 17, 1923, when the team was called the Brooklyn Robins, per Sportsnet Stats.

Yamamoto was removed after allowing the one hit, finishing with 10 strikeouts and two walks. His 112 pitches marked the most he's thrown in an MLB game.

That was where the good news ended for the Dodgers. Blake Treinen took over for Yamamoto and failed to record an out, allowing one hit and walking two, including a bases-loaded free pass to Colton Cowser that made it a one-run game. Tanner Scott then came in and allowed a two-run walk-off single to Emmanuel Rivera, giving Baltimore the stunning 4-3 win.

The Orioles are the ninth team in the expansion era (since 1961) to win after having been no-hit through at least 8 2/3 innings, according to Sarah Langs of MLB.com.

"It's hard to recount a game like this. Where you feel like there's so many things where you can get a little bit of momentum, build off a great outing by Yoshinobu, and take that into tomorrow. And then, obviously, it completely flipped," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said postgame, per Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times. "But the guys fought hard. So with the way we played, I got no complaints. We just couldn't get that last out."

This latest burst of Orioles magic came on the 30th anniversary of Cal Ripken Jr. breaking Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played. The O's celebrated their franchise icon in a star-studded pregame ceremony.

"I don't know if I've ever seen anything like that with how that thing was going," Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino said, according to Danielle Allentuck of the Baltimore Banner.

"Even in that situation right there in a packed house on such a big night, I feel like the guys, they stayed positive in the dugout, they stayed loose, they stayed energetic. And, fortunately, I think some of Cal's magic resonated and affected us there in the ninth inning."

The Dodgers, meanwhile, have now lost five straight contests and were walked off by Baltimore for a second straight night. The loss, combined with San Diego's victory at Colorado, trimmed L.A.'s NL West lead over the Padres to just one game.