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

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Tensions flared during the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres game on Thursday. 

While the Padres were able to secure a 5-3 victory in the final game of a four-game series against their Southern California rivals, Fernando Tatis Jr. was plunked in the ninth inning. 

The incident prompted both teams' benches to clear. Both managers were ejected from the game. Shohei Ohtani was then hit by a pitch in the bottom of the inning.

But another moment involving Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto earlier in the game also sparked considerable chatter.

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Jun. 19, 2025; Los Angeles, California; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) tips his hat prior to the first pitch against the San Diego Padres during the first inning at Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)

Yamamoto struck out Padres right fielder Bryce Johnson and San Diego catcher Martin Maldonado in the third inning. The Dodgers star proceeded to throw strikes on the first two pitches he threw to Tatis.

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But, Yamamoto's third pitch proved to be controversial. If that pitch had been called a strike, Yamamoto would have achieved the rare feat of an immaculate inning. However, the home plate umpire ruled the pitch in question was a ball — not a strike.

Jun 19, 2025; Los Angeles, California;Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) delivers a pitch during the first inning against the San Diego Padres  at Dodger Stadium. (Jayne