With one out in the top of the sixth inning, I turned to the TV, which I had not been facing, and watched Braden Shewmake fly out to shallow center field. I let out the deepest of sighs — there was absolutely nothing in the world I wanted to do less than need to recap being on the wrong end of a no-hitter. This offense’s historic ineptitude has already been established. Would a regular loss not do?
Though Zack Wheeler took that no-hitter into the eighth inning before Korey Lee mercifully made sure this game would not be the lead item on SportsCenter tonight, and a furious rally in the ninth inning rally made sure the White Sox would not extend their record with an eighth shutout in 20 games, it was indeed a regular loss.