It’s safe to say that the Cincinnati Reds are an absolute dumpster fire of a ballclub.
They got off to a historically bad start and even now that they’re winning a few more games, they still find a way to lose the vast majority of them.
On Sunday afternoon, they found yet another way to lose.
Starter Hunter Greene went 7.1 innings without allowing a hit against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
But even in the midst of Greene’s dominance, the Reds couldn’t muster anything of their own, allowing the only run of the game on a fielder’s choice in the bottom of the eighth, losing 1-0 and making the Pirates the first team to be no-hit and win since the Los Angeles Dodgers did it in 2008.
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
A Brutal Day In Pittsburgh
This is a rough way to lose a game if you’re the Reds.
Your starter doesn’t allow a hit and still loses the game.
Of course, MLB had to step in and ruin it, saying it didn’t count as an official no hitter because it wasn’t a full nine innings.
But it almost feels as if they said that as a means to soften the blow for the Reds and their fans.
In every baseball fan’s book, it counts as a no-hitter.
So yes, the Reds tossed a no-hitter yesterday and still managed to find a way to lose.
It doesn’t get much worse than that.
Greene certainly deserved better with the way he threw the ball yesterday.
But once again, the Reds lose a game in heartbreaking fashion.
Not often are you going to see a team toss a no-hitter and lose, but yesterday, things got kind of crazy out on the baseball field.
