Dodgers’ Japanese sensation Yoshinobu Yamamoto became the first Dodgers pitcher since 1923 (Dazzy Vance with the Brooklyn Dodgers) to lose a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth inning on Saturday. Suffering a second straight loss to the Baltimore Orioles, the Dodgers’ bullpen collapsed once again. While Dave Roberts accepted the 4-3 loss with “no complaints,” he subtly pointed at the Dodgers’ $22 million Blake Treinen for wrecking Yamamoto’s near-perfect outing.

Both Blake Treinen and Tanner Scott couldn’t record the final out of the game, blowing the Dodgers’ 3-0 lead. Holding Baltimore scoreless till 8.2 innings, Yamamoto took care of the first 26 outs. However, Jackson Holliday ultimately broke the no-hitter with a dramatic ninth-inning home run.

Yamamoto, who had already thrown 112 pitches, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts turned to his bullpen to close out the 3-1 lead. However, when Blake Treinen took over the mound, he loaded the bases and walked in a run, shrinking LA’s lead. Addressing where it all went wrong, Roberts opened up about Treinen’s outing in the postgame presser. “Tonight, Blake had a bad night. he wasn’t good tonight and was very uncharacteristic,” he said.

Further, he added, “I think, you know, when Blake started losing kind of command, you kind of try to feel that he’s done it many times over, that he can get an out regardless of handedness, and you know, he’s been our best reliever for quite some time, and so you got to give him some leash.” Roberts gave Trenien the leash to secure the game, and he believes Trenien didn’t have the required confidence to close the game this time.

It was a big blow for the club. The San Diego Padres had secured the win on the same day, and now with that, the Dodgers’ lead in the NL West is down to one game. As far as Trenien’s performance is concerned, he was unforgiving towards himself in the postgame media appearance.

Blake Treinen opens up about Dodgers’ 4-3 loss against the Orioles

With only one out left to finish the no-hitter, everything came crashing down for the Dodgers. Earning this loss, Blake Treinen was visibly shaking in the postgame media availability. “Obviously command [was missing]. There’s really no words. You’re paid to be a professional and at least throw strikes, and I didn’t do that.” Speaking on Yamamoto, he stressed, “[Yamamoto] deserves better than that.” Trenien believes he led the Dodgers’ offense down this time. It was unusual for the veteran, as otherwise, he’s been a great reliever for the team.

Apparently, Trenien loaded the bases and then walked in a run before he was taken out. After that, Tanner Scott came in as his replacement and gave up a walk-off, two-run single. But in the end, Treinen ended up with the loss. He allowed three runs on one hit, two walks, and one HBP.

It’s just that, unlike manager Roberts, Treinen isn’t fine with the outcome. It would have been the team’s first no-hitter since Walker Buehler started in a combined no-hitter during the Mexico Series in 2018.

Coming to Yamamoto, he had thrown two no-hitters in Japan, one each in 2022 and 2023. The sole no-hitter ever thrown at Camden Yards was by Hideo Nomo as a member of the Boston Red Sox in 2001. In the next game on Sunday, the Dodgers would rely on Clayton Kershaw to end the losing streak.