Hunter Greene, Cincinnati Reds. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)
Reds no-hitter: Pittsburgh Pirates make wrong kind of MLB history
The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds in a game in which they did not have a hit.
Only the Cincinnati Reds would find a way to lose a game despite not giving up a single hit…
It is only fitting that of all the teams that could have beaten the Reds in their latest on-field catastrophe, it would so be the Pittsburgh Pirates. Technically, this was not a no-hitter because the Pirates only got to bat in eight innings, but who cares? Enjoy this supreme stupidity in all of its glory. If there was ever an example of this being the new dead-ball era in MLB, well, here you go.
In a banner day for guys toeing the rubber, it was a day where hitting coaches ripped out their hair.
Only the Cincinnati Reds could lose a game where the other team gets no-hit
So how did this seemingly implausible event even occur? Well, it starts by walking the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth inning. A force out got the lone run across in the ballgame.
The #Pirates become the sixth team in #MLB history to be no-hit and still win, the first time since the #Dodgers on June 28, 2008. Pirates 1, #Reds 0. The Reds got just 4 hits.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) May 15, 2022
Reds have found a few ways to lose this year. This time they lose without a allowing a hit. Pirates win, 1-0.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) May 15, 2022
THE CINCINNATI REDS JUST THREW A NO-HITTER AND LOST THE GAME!!
1-0 Pirates over Reds
— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) May 15, 2022
Whelp. Don’t see that very often. Reds just NO HIT the Pirates on a Sunday afternoon at PNC Park…and LOST THE GAME 1-0!!!!!
Been that kind of start to the season. Again the Pirates didn’t get a hit and walk away a winner. 3rd time that’s happened in @MLB HISTORY!
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) May 15, 2022
Reds rookie right-hander Hunter Greene pitched a gem, despite giving up too many free passes.
Final. Reds threw a team no hitter and lost 1-0. Gave up 3 straight walks in the 8th and the Pirates scored on a failed double play. Incredible pic.twitter.com/byghu4rH9O
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) May 15, 2022
It’s a no-hitter. And a win. Pirates 1, Reds 0.
What a ballgame.
— Alex Stumpf (@AlexJStumpf) May 15, 2022
As for the Buccos, the only Pirate who was going to get a hit today was Jason Kendall.
The Reds no-hit the Pirates. The Reds lost, 1-0, with the run scoring on three walks and a force play.
Hunter Greene (L, 1-6): 7.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 5 BB, 9 K.
The Reds are 9-26.
— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) May 15, 2022
Per Elias: “From the Pirates’ perspective, they were no-hit in a regulation-length game. From the Reds’ perspective, it would go in the record book as a “no hitter of fewer than 9 innings,” similar to what Madison Bumgarner did in the 7-inning game last year.”
— Justice delos Santos (@justdelossantos) May 15, 2022
The Reds throwing a no hitter and losing to the Pirates is absolutely one of the most Pirates thing to ever happen.
— Dave DiCello (@DaveDiCello) May 15, 2022
The Reds lose to the Pirates 1-0 despite not allowing a hit. Pirates got their run on three walks and a fielder’s choice in the eighth.
It is just the sixth time a team has not allowed a hit and lost the game (it doesn’t technically count as a no-hitter).
— Kyle Glaser (@KyleAGlaser) May 15, 2022
Let’s be real. The entire cast of characters on The Pat McAfee Show could have stepped into the batter’s box vs. Greene and would have achieved similar results. The question is if the boys would have had the plate discipline to draw multiple walks in an inning like the good old days of youth baseball. The only saving grace is this Reds defeat was not played at Great American Ball Park.
If this game was in Cincinnati, lord only knows what would have been dumped into the Tundra…
