Reds get no-hit at home for first time since ’71

CINCINNATI — Twice in 20 days during the 1971 season, the Reds were on the wrong end of a no-hitter. With a streak of 7,109 regular-season games, they went nearly 45 years without it happening to them again. Until Thursday.

Jake Arrieta dealt the Reds a no-hitter while the Cubs buried them for a 16-0 loss at Great American Ball Park. It was the first regular-season no-hitter vs. Cincinnati since Rick Wise and the Phillies did it on June 23, 1971, at Riverfront Stadium.

“It’s tough. We got dominated,” Reds right fielder Jay Bruce said. “It’s the most dominating baseball game I’ve ever been a part of. Obviously, he was great. We weren’t. The news and the talking points are the no-hitter and all the runs scored. But at the end of the day, we lost a game. We just have to keep going. Nothing we can do about it now.”

Arrieta isn’t the first Cubs pitcher to no-hit the Reds. Just under three weeks prior to Wise’s no-no, Ken Holtzman did it on June 3, 1971 — also at Riverfront Stadium. Hippo Vaughn did it to them on May 2, 1917, in Chicago.

Bruce is actually one of the few Reds still with the club after it was no-hit in the postseason. Roy Halladay of the Phillies was one walk allowed from a perfect game in a 4-0 win in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Oct. 6, 2010, at Citizens Bank Park.

Congrats to @JArrieta34 on an awesome performance. pic.twitter.com/oMkRzb5PF8

— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) April 22, 2016

Congrats to @JArrieta34 on an awesome performance. pic.twitter.com/oMkRzb5PF8

Arietta threw 119 pitches (71 for strikes) over his nine innings, with four walks and six strikeouts. The only time a Cincinnati baserunner reached second base was in the ninth …

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