Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto robbed of rare MLB history by terrible umpire call

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It was an immaculate pitch.

Sadly, the umpire didn't spot it that way.

Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto started the apical of the 3rd inning Thursday nighttime against the Padres with 8 consecutive strikes. Two strikeouts, and an 0-2 number connected the 3rd antheral to deed successful the inning.

Yamamoto drilled a 96 mph fastball astatine the apical of the zone, but intelligibly a onslaught based connected the TV broadcast's onslaught box.

It wasn't called a strike.

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And truthful alternatively of the uncommon shot feat of an Immaculate Inning, of which determination has been lone 1 truthful acold this twelvemonth (Miami's Cal Quantrill), Yamamoto alternatively missed retired done nary responsibility of his own.

Had this been called a strike, it would've been an immaculate inning for Yoshinobu Yamamoto. pic.twitter.com/bdOCBmK3j4

— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) June 20, 2025

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Yamamoto past threw a 2nd shot to Fernando Tatis Jr. earlier striking him retired swinging.

So alternatively of 9 pitches, 9 strikes, and 3 strikeouts of immaculateness, Yamamoto had to settee for 1-2-3 11-pitch inning successful which helium struck retired the side.

Yamamoto and catcher Will Smith surely realized what they had conscionable missed retired connected successful the moment, but it's bully that they locked backmost successful to flight a unsafe hitter with nary damage.

But it's atrocious that the Japanese prima didn't get his ain portion of shot history.

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