Cincinnati Reds Avoid Weird and Historic Fate in Monday's ST Loss to Seattle Mariners
The Cincinnati Reds were shut out by the Seattle Mariners 2-0 in Monday's spring training contest. While the loss is largely irrelevant, the Reds did avoid being a part of some very interesting (and admittedly goofy) team history.
Per Mariners' researcher Alex Mayer on social media:
The Reds avoided being no-hit in an exhibition game for the first time since they were no-hit by the Dayton Veterans on July 17, 1910 (this is actually real).
The Reds didn't get their first hit until the bottom of the eighth inning when Jacob Hurtubise singled off Reid VanScoter. Cincinnati played a lineup with several regulars at the start of the game including TJ Friedl, Jeimer Candelario, Tyler Stephenson and Christian Encarnacion-Strand. All went hitless although Candelario ripped a ball to center that was tracked down by M's outfielder Sam Haggerty.
As for the M's dominant pitching, it came from the arms of several arms looking to make the team including frontline starter Luis Castillo, reliever Austin Voth, Heath Hembree, Ty Buttrey and Joey Krehbiel. That fivesome had five strikeouts over seven innings.
The win moved the Mariners to 1-2 on the spring while the loss dropped the Reds to 2-1.
As for the season ahead, Seattle is looking to improve on a third-place finish in a loaded American League West that saw the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros both get to the ALCS.
The Reds are looking to improve upon a third-place finish in the National League Central. They haven't made the playoffs since the COVID-shortened 2020 season.
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