No Hitter Loss

S.Samek

This has to be one of the most insane things ever. Turns out a team won a game with out recording a hit or a walk. The Clearwater Threshers used an error and a fielder’s choice, to score a run. Yet the way the did it came from how they got a baserunner on in the first place. New extra inning rules gave them a free runner at second to start the inning. They were then able to get that runner home despite not recording a hit. Tampa then failed to score a run after giving one up and lost. The game goes into the books as a no-hitter, but not a perfect game. It also goes into the books as an unlikely loss. I must admit when I first saw this happened I chuckled. Yet now I just think what a terrible loss. It must feel so cheap to lose in such a fashion. Yes, Tampa could have scored their runner from second in the bottom half of the inning, but they didn’t. It may be part of the game, but it just feels cheap, even if both teams had the same opportunity. I don’t like the free runner on base to start extra inning games in the minors. I think this is one of the cases that shows how bad of a rule it is. An awesome accomplishment like a no hitter equals a loss because of a silly rule. That shouldn’t happen.