Getty Images We have an official no-hitter alert in Cincinnati.
Reds right-hander Bronson Arroyo, who entered the night with a pedestrian 4.19 ERA, has tossed seven innings against the Brewers without allowing a hit. He’s fanned three and issued zero walks, and the only thing keeping him from being on perfect game watch was a hit-by-pitch of Ryan Braun in the first.
Arroyo is at 82 pitches (56 strikes) entering the eighth inning. We’ll provide updates from here on out.
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UPDATE, 9:06 PM: Arroyo struck out Travis Ishikawa to open the eighth, then walked George Kottaras. Taylor Green followed with a double into the right field corner, ending Arroyo’s shot at history. Corey Hart doubled in two runs in the very next at-bat, spoiling Arroyo’s chance at a shutout. All is back to normal.
UPDATE, 9:18 PM: Arroyo is out. He wound up allowing three runs on three hits over 7 2/3 innings.
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- jwbiii - Jun 26, 2012 at 9:05 PM
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Taylor Green, of all people, breaks it up.
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- proudlycanadian - Jun 26, 2012 at 9:13 PM
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Blame Canada. He is one of ours. It was a solid hit.
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- randygnyc - Jun 26, 2012 at 9:08 PM
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And, it’s over.
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- lookatmike - Jun 26, 2012 at 9:11 PM
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Looks like it took less than 5 minutes from the original post — if that’s not scientific proof that jinxing these things is real, I don’t know what is!
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- brewcrewfan54 - Jun 27, 2012 at 12:27 AM
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Its not real.
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- jwbiii - Jun 26, 2012 at 9:21 PM
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Where’s metalhead? We need a proper rant about how Dusty left Arroyo in just long enough to get a ND.
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- tartan1 - Jun 26, 2012 at 9:48 PM
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I was going to try to form a metalhead response disparaging Dusty and blaming the tie game on his bullpen management; and just generally viewing the glass much less than half full, but my natural demeanor wouldn’t allow it. I had whole post written from the metalhead voice about bullpen management and lineup construction, but I decided it wasn’t nearly negative enough so I killed it. God love metalhead, he’s fantastic.
