Wei-Yin Chen has never recorded a hit in a major league game.
Chen at least felt what that would be like on Sunday afternoon when he hit a ground ball up the middle off Mike Leake and legged out an infield single in a 3-0 exhibition loss to the Cardinals.
Chen, who played his first four seasons in the American League with the Orioles, is 0-for-50 for his career and has never drawn a walk or been hit by a pitch. He’s reached base only once on an error.
Despite the hit not officially counting, that didn’t stop the Marlins from collecting the ball for him and Tom Koehler from writing the date and Mike so Chen could keep it.