In the middle of the fourth inning on Tuesday night, the Cincinnati Reds had no hits and Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Dylan Cease was 2-for-2 with a double.
Entering the game, the Reds had scored the most runs in baseball, and Cease hadn’t had an at-bat since high school. Defying the law of averages, he had two more hits than the Reds.
The Reds lost 9-0 to the White Sox and were shut out at Great American Ball Park for the first time this season.
Cease, who has a 4.68 career ERA, took his no-hitter into the fifth inning, but Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart broke it up with a single to right field.