Yankees Lose No-Hitter Right After Questionable Call by Umps

Andy Nesbitt | Jun 21, 2025

Yankees pitcher JT Brubaker didn't seem to be a fan of this call by the home plate umpire. / @YesNetwork

The New York Yankees came so close to getting a combined no-hitter against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday, and they didn't seem to be happy about how it ended in the eighth inning.

Clarke Schmidt started the game and gave up no hits through seven innings. He was then replaced by JT Brubaker who gave up a hit to the first batter he faced in the eighth inning. That hit, however, came after the umpires ruled that Baltimore's Gary Sanchez checked his swing on what would have been strike three.

Sanchez then hit the next pitch he saw into center field, which broke up the potential no-no.

Here's how that played out:

Umpires miss a check swing call on Gary Sanchez and he breaks up the no-hitter on the next pitch pic.twitter.com/lH1fOXP181

— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) June 21, 2025

That sure looked like it could have been strike three.

That ended up being Baltimore's only hit in the game, which they lost to the Yankees, 9-0.

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