In the eighth inning, Jackson Holliday started to get nervous.

Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto had held the Orioles hitless, Baltimore batters one after the other walking away with an arm raised. They couldn’t crack Yamamoto or his wicked fastball that was touching 97 and 98 mph even into the ninth inning.

Holliday knew, if the Orioles continued being no-hit, the final out of the game could come down to him.

He was right.

Alex Jackson was up first in the ninth. He entered the game in the fifth, after Samuel Basallo was hit in the right hand with a foul tip. Jackson tapped his bat on his feet, entered the batter’s box and struck out promptly on three pitches.

Coby Mayo’s turn. He flied out to center on the first pitch, an easy catch for Justin Dean.

So now it was up to Holliday, on the night the team honored the 30th anniversary of Cal Ripken Jr. breaking the streak for most consecutive games played, to find a spark or to end up on the wrong side of history with some of the best players in franchise history in attendance.

Yamamoto threw Holliday a cutter, the pitch he had been looking for all night, and he took full advantage, sending it soaring 362 feet to right-center field for a solo home run to make it 3-1.

That ended the no-hitter. But the Orioles’ magic didn’t stop there. They went on to score three more runs, Emmanuel Rivera providing the walk-off hit as they beat the Dodgers 4-3 Saturday night at Camden Yards.

“I literally can’t believe that,” said Orioles starter Trevor Rogers, who allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings. “That’s the best baseball game I’ve ever been a part of, especially the ramifications with the 30-year anniversary of 2,131, and that’s our team. We go down fighting to the last out, last pitch. And that’s baseball for you. You’re never out of the fight, and that’s something that everyone in this locker room is going to remember probably forever.”

From almost being no-hit to an incredible comeback win, the Orioles found the inspiration from their past before it was too late.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything like that with how that thing was going,” interim manager Tony Mansolino said. “Even in that situation right there in a packed house on such a big night, I feel like the guys, they stayed positive in the dugout, they stayed loose, they stayed energetic. And, fortunately, I think some of Cal’s magic resonated and affected us there in the ninth inning.”

Prior to the game, the Orioles watched from the dugout as Ripken took his victory lap in a red convertible to honor the anniversary of him passing Lou Gehrig for the all-time record for consecutive appearances with 2,131 games. The current players stood at the railing, just feet from Hall of Famers and baseball legends Ken Griffey Jr., Eddie Murray, Mike Mussina and Harold Baines, who were on the field for the ceremony, then listened to Ripken’s words about pushing through hard times and how he hoped one day someone would break his streak.

Afterward, they took the field, and, for the first 8 2/3 innings, the motivation that they should have taken from that moment didn’t translate into their playing. Against Yamamoto, the Orioles managed to get on base twice in the third, when Dylan Beavers and Basallo drew back-to-back walks.

As Yamamoto returned for the ninth, still holding on to the no-hitter, the Dodgers’ fans got to their feet. Even after Yamamoto gave up his first hit of the day, the solo homer to Holliday, it seemed inevitable that the Dodgers, who were up 3-1 with two outs, would win.

But there’s a reason there are 27 outs in baseball. And the Orioles took advantage of all of them.

“Obviously, the game doesn’t end until the final out is made,” Rivera said. “So I think in that moment we all got up from the bench and were super excited that he got that hit to keep the game going, and I thought it was just a great moment.”

Blake Treinen replaced Yamamoto and immediately allowed a double to Jeremiah Jackson and hit Gunnar Henderson. Daniel Johnson, who was running for Jackson, and Henderson advanced to second and third on a wild pitch, and Ryan Mountcastle walked to load the bases.

Treinen, still struggling to find the strike zone, then walked Colton Cowser to bring in a run to cut the Dodgers’ lead to 3-2. Treinen’s day was done, the Dodgers instead seeing if Tanner Scott could get the final out.

He couldn’t. Rivera provided the the walk-off knock, a single to center field that brought in Henderson and pinch runner Jorge Mateo.

The Orioles walked it off for the second night in a row. With some of the best players in franchise history, from Ripken to Murray, in attendance, the Orioles stole a bit of their magic as they beat the defending World Series champions again.

“Seeing some legends in the game of baseball and this organization, you just got to take it in and just play a kid’s game, and I get to see Cal Ripken Jr., Eddie Murray, freaking [Rafael] Palmeiro, [Bobby] Bonilla,” Rogers said. “Not everyone gets to get to see that and gets to be a part of that, and it was a very, very special night, and I was just really glad we were able to get a win, just for the ramifications that tonight had.”

This article has been updated.