Yamamoto Twirls Excellent Start, Leads Dodgers Past White Sox

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto took a no-hitter into the bottom of the ninth inning against the Chicago White Sox on Saturday afternoon at Rate Field on the South Side of Chicago.

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It might be the baddest part of town, but Yamamoto was the baddest pitcher there for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers picked up a 7-1 win, and Yamamoto played a big part in the win.

Yamamoto just totally dominated the White Sox hitters all game long. He was looking to finish out a no-hitter in the bottom of the ninth inning, but Chicago's Tristan Peters, on an 0-1 pitch, hit his third home run this season. That broke the shutout and, of course, the no-hitter bid.

Yamamoto Showed Impressive Side

In the bottom of the eighth inning, though, Yamamoto had a perfect game going. But, that was snapped when Chicago's Chase Meidroth grounded a ball that was booted by Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts.

Reliever Alex Vesia came on to pitch to the final White Sox hitters to secure the victory. It was not a save situation for Vesia, either.

Yamamoto goes to 7-4 this season. He pitched 8.1 innings, allowed one hit, one earned run, didn't walk a batter, and struck out seven. Of course, Yamamoto gave up that solo home run. After that with one out, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts came out and took his stellar starter out of the game.

White Sox starter Sean Burke took the loss, falling to 3-4 this season. Burke went four innings, giving up six hits, four earned runs, walked five, and struck out six. Burke also gave up two home runs.

After Burke left Saturday afternoon's game, the Chicago relievers really didn't do a good job in keeping the game close.

Ohtani, Muncy Get Dodgers' Offense Rolling

Shohei Ohtani led off the game with a leadoff home run, his 14th home run this season, and the Dodgers jumped out early at 1-0. With two outs and Mookie Betts on board, Max Muncy hit his 15th home run and Los Angeles took a 3-0 advantage.

Los Angeles added a run in the top of the third inning on Kyle Tucker's RBI single, making it 4-0. With two outs in the top of the sixth, Tucker coaxed a bases-loaded walk and the Dodgers added to their lead at 5-0.

Mind you, this was all taking place with two outs. 

Muncy connected on his second homer of the game and, once again, Betts scored ahead of him. Muncy now has 16 home runs, and Los Angeles padded its advantage to 7-0 in the top of the eighth inning.

Peters hit his home run to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning. Yamamoto got Edgar Quero to fly out for the first out, but that was the end of the road for Yamamoto on this day.

With the win, the Dodgers go to 45-26 and remain in first place in the National League West Division. The White Sox fall to second place in the American League Central Division, now 37-32 overall.

The Dodgers and White Sox will wrap up this three-game series with a late-morning Los Angeles time matchup.

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