Yoshinobu Yamamoto came within four outs of a perfect game and three outs of a no-hitter on Saturday but fell short in both bids during the Dodgers' 7-1 win over the White Sox at Rate Field.
Yamamoto retired the first 25 White Sox batters before a two-out grounder in the eighth inning was booted by shortstop Mookie Betts, ending the perfect-game attempt. The right-hander then carried a no-hit bid into the ninth, where center fielder Triston Peters hit a leadoff home run that also ended the shutout.
Yamamoto finished with 8 1/3 innings, one hit, one run, seven strikeouts and no walks on 109 pitches. The Dodgers improved behind the dominant outing, which extended Yamamoto's streak of consecutive batters retired to 45.
The performance left Yamamoto still seeking his first major-league no-hitter after throwing two in Japan. The only perfect game in Dodgers history remains Sandy Koufax's in 1965.
