Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto fails to complete immaculate inning after umpire's controversial call

Tensions flared during the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres crippled connected Thursday. 

While the Padres were capable to unafraid a 5-3 triumph successful the last crippled of a four-game bid against their Southern California rivals, Fernando Tatis Jr. was plunked successful the ninth inning. 

The incidental prompted some teams' benches to clear. Both managers were ejected from the game. Shohei Ohtani was past deed by a transportation successful the bottommost of the inning.

But different infinitesimal involving Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto earlier successful the crippled besides sparked sizeable chatter.

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Jun. 19, 2025; Los Angeles, California; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) tips his chapeau anterior to the archetypal transportation against the San Diego Padres during the archetypal inning astatine Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)

Yamamoto struck retired Padres close fielder Bryce Johnson and San Diego catcher Martin Maldonado successful the 3rd inning. The Dodgers prima proceeded to propulsion strikes connected the archetypal 2 pitches helium threw to Tatis.

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But, Yamamoto's 3rd transportation proved to beryllium controversial. If that transportation had been called a strike, Yamamoto would person achieved the uncommon feat of an immaculate inning. However, the location sheet umpire ruled the transportation successful question was a shot — not a strike.

Jun 19, 2025; Los Angeles, California;Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) delivers a transportation during the archetypal inning against the San Diego Padres  at Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)

Yamamoto yet ended the inning by striking retired the side, but helium fell abbreviated of etching his sanction into the MLB past books.

Many spectators argued Yamamoto's transportation landed good wrong the onslaught zone. The game's broadcast unit were among those who were amazed by the umpire Mark Hudson's decision. 

Jun 19, 2025; Los Angeles, California; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) reacts during the 4th inning against the San Diego Padres astatine Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)

"Oh no! Marvin Hudson outgo him an immaculate inning!" broadcaster Joe Davis said instantly aft realizing Hudson called a shot alternatively of a strike.

"That wasn't adjacent borderline oregon anything.... That was borderline middle-middle." Davis' broadcast spouse Eric Karros added.

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There person been 116 immaculate innings recorded successful baseball. Miami Marlins pitcher Cal Quantrill's immaculate inning past period was the astir caller clip it's happened successful a large league game.

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