BALTIMORE — Jacob deGrom carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning, leading the Texas Rangers to a 7-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on June 25, 2025, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Rangers, now 40-41 and fourth in the AL West, capitalized on home runs from Josh Jung and Jonah Heim, while the Orioles, falling to 34-46 and fifth in the AL East, managed just one hit. DeGrom earned the win, improving to 8-2 with a 2.08 ERA, while Brandon Young took the loss for Baltimore, dropping to 0-2 with a 7.11 ERA.

DeGrom, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, retired the first 18 batters before walking Jackson Holliday in the seventh. Ryan O’Hearn drew another walk later in the inning, and Colton Cowser broke up the no-hit bid with a leadoff single in the eighth. DeGrom struck out seven, walked two, and threw 59 of 89 pitches for strikes, averaging 98.4 mph on his fastball. Jacob Webb and Cole Winn closed out the shutout, each pitching a hitless inning.

The Rangers struck early, with Jung’s RBI single in the second scoring Marcus Semien, who had doubled. Jung’s two-run homer in the fourth, following Evan Carter’s single, extended the lead to 3-0. In the fifth, Corey Seager’s RBI single, Semien’s RBI single, and Adolis García’s sacrifice fly pushed the score to 6-0, chasing Young after four innings. Heim’s solo homer in the sixth off Scott Blewett capped the scoring.

Semien led the Rangers, going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Jung drove in three runs, and Heim added two hits, including a double and a homer. The Rangers went 3-for-8 with runners in scoring position, leaving four on base. The Orioles struggled, with Cowser’s single their only hit. They left three runners on base and went 0-for-1 with runners in scoring position.

Young allowed five hits and four runs over four innings, striking out two. Blewett gave up three runs in two innings, while Bryan Baker, Gregory Soto, and Andrew Kittredge held the Rangers scoreless in relief. A passed ball by catcher Chadwick Tromp and a failed challenge by the Rangers on a close play at first in the eighth were Baltimore’s only other notable moments.

The game, attended by 22,828 fans, lasted 2 hours and 16 minutes under partly cloudy skies with 89-degree weather. Umpires Chad Fairchild, Clint Vondrak, Phil Cuzzi, and Jonathan Parra officiated. The Rangers’ win secured the three-game series, following a 6-5 victory in extra innings the previous night.


David M. Higgins II is an award-winning journalist and founder of The Southern Maryland Chronicle. A Baltimore native raised in Southern Maryland, Higgins founded the Chronicle in 2017 and has built it...

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