Ryan Weathers Loses No-Hitter in the 7th, Then the Yankees Lose Everything

Ryan Weathers had one job Monday night in Baltimore: stay healthy and pitch. He did the first part. The second part? That fell apart in the seventh inning, and it dragged the entire Yankees season down with it.

Coming back from a severe viral infection that cost him nine pounds and kept him sidelined since May 2, Weathers took a no-hitter and a 2-0 lead into the seventh against the Orioles. The left-hander had been sharp, walking just three batters through six innings on a night when completing a no-hitter would have been the first for New York since Domingo Germán threw a perfect game on June 28, 2023.

But honestly? Weathers wasn't even thinking about it.

One Pitch Changes Everything

"To be honest with you, I had zero idea," Weathers said after the game. "I was walking guys and stuff like that, so I guess it never really rang a bell with me what was going on."

Those walks were real, but sparse. Weathers opened the game with one, added another in the fifth, and threw the final one in the seventh inning to what would be the last batter he faced. The no-hitter died when Adley Rutschman ripped a single up the middle to open that seventh frame. Then came the damage.

After Pete Alonso grounded out, Tyler O'Neill walked. That's when Yankees manager Aaron Boone pulled Weathers and brought in Brent Headrick from the bullpen. Coby Mayo didn't need much of an invitation. He crushed Headrick's third pitch into the left-field seats for a three-run homer.

Just like that, the lead vanished. Final score: Orioles 3, Yankees 2.

Fighting Back From Hell

Look, Weathers deserves credit for stepping onto that mound at all. He ran a fever of 102 degrees during his time away. He'd been burning up, losing weight, getting absolutely hammered by a virus that had no business letting him pitch this soon.

"It's definitely been a rough couple of weeks, for sure," Weathers said.

The guy threw 101 pitches in his comeback appearance. That's not nothing. That's a man trying to claw his way back into a Yankees rotation that desperately needs him.

The Season Keeps Slipping

This is the Yankees' fourth straight loss. Fourth. In a row. That's the kind of skid that gets conversations started in October about what went wrong in May, and those are conversations no team wants to have.

Weathers gave them a chance. He really did. But baseball doesn't care about effort or comeback stories when the final score goes in the wrong column. The Orioles got their win. The Yankees got their fourth straight defeat. And somewhere in the Bronx, someone's asking what happens next.

This article was created with AI assistance and reviewed by Seattle On Tap editorial staff. Always verify information with official team sources.