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Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto back vs. Orioles after another no-hit attempt fails
Jun 13, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) throws the ball against the Chicago White Sox during the fifth inning at Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-Imagn Images The task for the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night already was a tall one.
A walk-off loss Friday might have made it even tougher.
The Orioles will look to bounce back from a discouraging defeat Saturday night, when they visit the Los Angeles Dodgers in the middle contest of a three-game series.
Left-hander Trevor Rogers (3-7, 5.86 ERA) is slated to start for the Orioles against Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-4, 2.52), who flirted with a perfect game and a no-hitter in his most recent start.
The Orioles overcame an early three-run deficit before squandering a two-run lead in the ninth inning Friday. Dalton Rushing delivered the game-tying RBI single with two outs and Ryan Ward raced home on a throwing error by right fielder Tyler O’Neill as the hosts escaped with a 6-5 victory.
Orioles closer Ryan Helsley, making his second appearance since a seven-week stint on the injured list due to right elbow inflammation, gave up a one-out homer to Mookie Betts and issued walks to Max Muncy and Ward before Rushing singled to right on a 1-2 pitch.
Alex Call, pinch-running for Muncy, slid home with the tying run as O’Neill’s throw glanced off the glove of catcher Samuel Basillo and skipped toward the Dodgers dugout and well beyond Helsley, who was backing up the play. Ward never broke stride as he rounded third and scored the winning run standing up.
“Definitely a gut punch — that’s why it’s 27 outs and no time limit in this game,” Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said. “This one hurts, but our group will get over it quickly and get ready to go out (Saturday).”
The Orioles don’t have much of a choice but to get ready quickly for Yamamoto, who almost made three bits of big league history against the Chicago White Sox on June 13.
Yamamoto retired the first 23 batters he faced to run his streak of consecutive batters retired to 45, one shy of the big league record set by the San Francisco Giants’ Yusmeiro Petit in 2014. His bid for perfection and Petit’s record ended when Betts, playing shortstop, misplayed Chase Meidroth’s grounder.
Yamamoto’s no-hit pursuit was broken up when Tristan Peters led off the ninth with a homer. Yamamoto, who finished with seven strikeouts, recorded one more out before departing for Alex Vesia, who got the last two outs in the 7-1 win.
The victory Friday continued a mini-surge for the Dodgers, who have won five of their past six games after posting a 6-5 record in their first 11 games of the month.
Prior to hosting the Orioles, Los Angeles swept a three-game set from the Tampa Bay Rays. The Dodgers sandwiched comeback wins around a 1-0 victory Tuesday.
“We’re just stacking wins,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “The most important thing is to win baseball games, but we haven’t really played well. I say that in a positive way that we’re still winning a lot of baseball games.”
The Dodgers won Friday without two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani, whose wife, Mamiko, gave birth to the couple’s second child. Ohtani posted the news of the baby’s birth to his Instagram account early Saturday morning, thanking his child “for being born safely.” He included a photo of the newborn’s feet sticking out from a blue blanket.
Roberts said Ohtani was not placed on the paternity list and is expected to play this weekend, perhaps even Saturday.
Yamamoto also almost threw a no-hitter in his lone start against the Orioles last Sept. 6, but Jackson Holliday recorded Baltimore’s first hit with a two-out, ninth-inning homer to begin a stunning comeback in a 4-3 victory after being down 3-0. Yamamoto didn’t factor into the decision after walking two and striking out 10.
Rogers took the loss in his most recent start last Monday, when he allowed two runs over six innings as the Orioles fell to the San Diego Padres, 5-2.
Rogers is 0-0 with a 3.48 ERA in two career starts against the Dodgers.
–Field Level Media
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10-man Paraguay eke out win over 1-0 Turkey, still alive in World Cup
June 19, 2026; Santa Clara, California, U.S.; Paraguay’s Matias Galarza celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates. Mandatory Credit: David Gonzales-Imagn Images Paraguay’s Matias Galarza scored the fastest goal in any World Cup match this year barely more than a minute in, leading Paraguay to a 1-0 win over Turkey on Friday night in Santa Clara, Calif.
The South American team overcame the loss of veteran Miguel Almiron to a red card just before halftime.
Paraguay (1-1-0, 3 points) kept alive their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages, after the U.S. defeated Australia 2-0 earlier Friday in Group D. The U.S. (2-0-0, 6 points) clinched first place in the group thanks to the Paraguay-Turkey result.
Australia (1-1-0, 3 points) will face Paraguay on Thursday in Santa Clara, with the Aussies needing only a draw to clinch second place. Turkey (0-2-0, 0 points) were eliminated ahead of their group finale against the U.S. on Thursday in Inglewood, Calif.
Galarza delivered his decisive strike from 25 yards out as three defenders converged on him.
Turkey had shots hit the crossbar and the goalpost, rattling the woodwork but not going in.
Turkey pressed for a tying goal early in the second half but came up short, though they played with a man advantage for the last 45-plus minutes.
Almiron was shown a red card for covering his mouth when talking to an opposing player, a gesture banned under a new FIFA rule.
Can Uzun shot just wide in the 82nd minute, one of several attempts for Turkey as they desperately tried to salvage a point to stay alive for possible advancement.
An 85th-minute cross filtered through the box in front of the goal, another late missed Turkey chance. Three more attempts in the closing minutes didn’t hit the target, and Turkey players crumpled to the ground at the final whistle in disbelief over their elimination from advancement in the World Cup.
Turkey had five shots on target and 31 shots overall, while Paraguay had just two and seven, respectively. Turkey also had 11 corner kicks to zero for Paraguay, but Paraguay goalkeeper Orlando Gill made five saves for the clean-sheet win.
–Field Level Media
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A's storm back from 7-run deficit to edge Angels in 10th
Jun 19, 2026; West Sacramento, California, USA; Los Angeles Angels shortstop Zach Neto (9) celebrates with first baseman Nolan Schanuel (18) after hitting a home run against the Athletics during the fourth inning at Sutter Health Park. Mandatory Credit: Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images Jonah Heim drilled a pinch-hit, tying two-run homer in the ninth inning and Nick Kurtz drew a bases-loaded walk in the 10th as the Athletics rallied from seven runs down to post a wild 12-11 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night at West Sacramento, Calif.
Heim’s homer came off Sam Bachman with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Jacob Wilson homered and drove in three runs and Lawrence Butler and Max Muncy also went deep for the Athletics.
Jose Siri and Logan O’Hoppe each slammed three-run homers as the Angels tied their season best with five blasts. Denzer Guzman added a two-run homer and Zach Neto and Nolan Schanuel hit solo shots as the Angels lost for the fifth time in six games.
Butler started the 10th as the runner on second and Henry Bolte walked off Kirby Yates (0-3). Butler and Bolte then executed a double steal. One out later, Yates hit Gelof in the helmet to load the bases.
Samy Natera Jr. entered to face Kurtz and walked him on five pitches.
Elvis Alvarado (3-1) gave up one hit in two scoreless frames for the A’s.
O’Hoppe and Oswald Peraza each had three hits for Los Angeles. The Angels also hit five homers during a 7-1 road victory over the New York Yankees on April 14.
The Angels fell to 7-for-23 in save opportunities.
Zack Gelof had one hit to extend his career-best hitting streak to 23, the top active run in the majors.
Tyler Soderstrom had three hits, including a one-out double in the ninth. Bachman then retired Wilson before Heim drilled the tying homer.
The Angels recovered from a four-run deficit and scored the next 11 runs, including seven in the fourth inning.
Christian Moore hit a sacrifice fly to get Los Angeles on the board in the fourth before Guzman delivered a two-run homer. Siri later slugged a three-run shot to make it 6-4.
Justin Sterner entered and Neto ripped his second pitch over the wall.
O’Hoppe came up with two on and two outs in the fifth and homered to make it 10-4.
Schanuel delivered a one-out homer in the sixth for a seven-run advantage.
The A’s tallied in the sixth when Gelof hit a broken-bat single off Mitch Farris to score Butler.
Wilson hit a two-run blast in the seventh to pull the A’s within 11-7.
One inning later, Muncy hit a two-run blast off Chase Silseth.
Jose Soriano gave up four runs and six hits over five innings for Los Angeles.
Springs gave up six runs and four hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Earlier, Butler sent a fastball over the fence in the second inning to put the A’s ahead.
In the third, Shea Langeliers and Wilson had RBI doubles and Carlos Cortes’ infield out plated another to make it 4-0.
–Field Level Media
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Shohei Ohtani misses game, away from Dodgers awaiting birth of child
May 31, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) swings for a single during the eighth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: William Liang-Imagn Images For the second Friday in a row, the Dodgers held Shohei Ohtani out of the lineup.
But it wasn’t knee inflammation sidelining him this time.
Prior to their game against Baltimore in Los Angeles — a game the Dodgers won on a walk-off 6-5 — the Dodgers announced their star is away from the team on paternity leave as he and his wife expect the birth of their second child.
However, the Dodgers announced Ohtani “is expected to be back at some point this weekend” and he was not placed on the paternity list. (Being placed on the paternity list requires a player to miss at least one game but no more than three before being taken off the list.)
Ohtani was the starting pitcher in the Dodgers’ previous game, getting the win in a 5-4 victory over Tampa Bay on Wednesday. He is not expected to be back on the mound until the middle of next week.
Kyle Tucker took Ohtani’s usual leadoff spot in the lineup while rookie Ryan Ward served as the designated hitter. Tucker went 1-for-4 with a run scored while Ward was 0-for-3 with a pair of walks and scored the winning run.
–Field Level Media
10-man Paraguay eke out win over 1-0 Turkey, still alive in World Cup
A's storm back from 7-run deficit to edge Angels in 10th
