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Recent Dodgers Failures Highlight A Shocking 2025 MLB Trend

Originally posted on LAFB Network | By Ryan Anderson | Last updated Sep 9, 2025 6:38 PM ET

The Los Angeles Dodgers have flirted with history twice in three days. On Saturday night in Baltimore, Yoshinobu Yamamoto came within one out of recording the franchise’s first no-hitter since 2018, only to watch Jackson Holliday spoil the bid with a two-out homer in the ninth. Two days later at Dodger Stadium, Tyler Glasnow matched the drama, carrying a no-no through seven innings against Colorado before the effort unraveled in the ninth.

The loss marked just the ninth time since 1961 that a team carried a no-hitter through 8 2/3 innings and failed to win — and the Dodgers have now been involved in four of those, more than any other franchise.

Despite the rollercoaster, the Dodgers emerged with a 3-1 win over the Rockies. Glasnow, making his first career start against Colorado, was dominant. The right-hander struck out 11 across seven hitless innings, walking two and throwing 105 pitches. Blake Treinen kept the bid intact with a clean eighth, but Tanner Scott yielded a leadoff double to Ryan Ritter in the ninth, ending the suspense.

This time, however, the Dodgers held their composure. Freddie Freeman tied the game with an RBI double in the sixth, and Mookie Betts delivered a two-run single in the seventh, giving L.A. the cushion it needed. Scott rebounded to finish the inning, notching his 21st save of the year

Not Just A Dodgers Problem, MLB Faces A Leaguewide Drought

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The Dodgers’ back-to-back brushes with history underscore what has become a surprising MLB-wide trend: no one has completed a no-hitter in 2025. As Theo DeRosa of MLB.com notes, the last no-hitter belongs to Blake Snell on Aug. 2, 2024, while the most recent combined effort came from three Cubs pitchers on Sept. 4, 2024.

That makes the current drought — over a full calendar year — one of the longest in modern history. If no team pulls it off before season’s end, it would mark the first no-hitter-less year since 2005, and just the fifth since the Divisional Era began in 1969.

“There have now been nine pitchers to have a no-hit bid of seven-plus innings [in 2025],” DeRosa wrote, highlighting Yamamoto and Glasnow among them. “It seems as if we’re getting closer and closer to a no-hitter. But will it happen before the 2025 season reaches its end?”

Why no-hitters are harder to finish

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There’s no single explanation. Pitchers are being pulled earlier, with complete games plummeting from 123 in 2013 to just 28 in 2024. Defensive shift restrictions have also eliminated a few “sure outs” that once protected pitchers on the margins. And while combined no-hitters have risen, they require multiple arms to stay untouchable — a tough ask over nine innings.

For the Dodgers, the pursuit of history has been bittersweet. Yamamoto and Glasnow showcased the kind of dominance capable of carrying them deep into October, but baseball’s most magical feat remains just out of reach.

Whether 2025 goes down as a rare no-hitter-less season, or if one pitcher finally pushes through the finish line, the Dodgers will remember September as the month they came agonizingly close — twice.

This article first appeared on LAFB Network and was syndicated with permission.

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