The White Sox had a bad day Saturday. It was almost historic.
Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto retired the first 23 batters and appeared to be heading into the ninth inning perfect but Mookie Betts mishandled Chase Meidroth’s grounder, giving the White Sox their first baserunner. Tristan Peters then broke up the no-hitter and shutout with a ninth-inning home run.
Peters’ home run did little to give the Sox a chance, and they ended up losing 7-1 to snap their eight-game home winning streak.
The 2025 World Series MVP, Yamamoto entered Saturday having retired the last 22 batters he faced. He stretched that run to 45, striking out seven.
Betts’ error made sure the Sox avoided suffering a perfect game for the first time since Oct. 2, 1908, when Cleveland’s Addie Joss beat them 1-0. The Sox also averted being no-hit for the first time since the Twins’ Francisco Liriano on May 3, 2011.
Shohei Ohtani, back in the lineup after missing Friday’s game with left knee inflammation, led off and hit Sean Burke’s second pitch well out to right field to spot Yamamoto and the Dodgers a run. Max Muncy added two more home runs.
Yamamoto did the rest and was almost perfect.