Yoshinobu Yamamoto came within one out of firing his first career no-hitter Saturday, but Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday ended the right-hander’s bid for history with a homer and then the Dodgers’ bullpen couldn’t finish things off as Baltimore rallied for a 4-3 walk-off victory.

On a night when the Orioles celebrated Cal Ripken Jr. ’s record-breaking 2,131st consecutive game, Yamamoto walked two, notched 10 strikeouts and allowed just that lone hit.

Yamamoto, who’s having a dominant sophomore campaign of his 12-year, $325 million deal, had two career no-hitters for the Orix Buffaloes in Nippon Professional Baseball – one on Sept. 9, 2023, in a 102-pitch effort against the Lotte Marines, as well as one on June 18, 2022, against the Seibu Lions (also 102 pitches). He was the

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