Bryant's blasts were two of five home runs by the Cubs, but the night belonged to Arrieta, who threw his first career no-hitter nine starts ago on Aug. 30 at Dodger Stadium. No Cubs pitcher has ever thrown no-hitters in consecutive seasons, but he is the third pitcher to throw multiple no-no's, joining Ken Holtzman and Larry Corcoran. It's the 15th no-hitter in Cubs franchise history.
Arrieta (4-0) helped himself at the plate as well, hitting two singles, drawing a walk and scoring a run. He did walk four, and struck out six.
Reds starter Brandon Finnegan carried a no-hitter for his first 6 2/3 innings vs. the Cubs at Wrigley Field on April 11. No such drama for him this time, as Dexter Fowler hit a double on the very first pitch of the game. Finnegan lasted four innings and gave up five earned runs, seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts for the loss.
Arrieta threw the first no-hitter against the Reds since the Phillies' Rick Wise did so on June 23, 1971, ending a streak of 7,109 games, the longest active stretch of being no-hit in the regular season.
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Seeing red: Bryant notched his fourth career two-homer game, and did so in grand fashion. In the first inning, Fowler doubled to set up Bryant's third homer of the season. According to Statcast™, the homer's exit velocity registered at 111 mph, second on the team to Anthony Rizzo's 111.3 mph, which he logged on Wednesday with a solo shot against the Cardinals. The Cubs loaded the bases in the seventh, and Bryant connected again for his third career grand slam. All of Bryant's blasts have come against the Reds.
Votto career-high 0-fer: Reds first baseman Joey Votto went 0-for-3 with three groundouts. It extended his hitless streak to a career high 0-for-19. His previous longest stretch was 0-for-16, in 2009. Votto, who was replaced in the eighth inning, is now hitless in five straight games for the first time in his career.
Fountain of youth: Catcher David Ross, 39, who is retiring at the end of this season, had quite the night. He hit an infield single in the second, drew a walk in the fourth and eventually scored on a throwing error, then led off the sixth with his first home run of the season. He also picked off Eugenio Suarez in the fifth. And, of course, he was behind the plate for Arrieta.
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While it had been almost 45 years since they were last no-hit in the regular season, the Reds were no-hit in the postseason on Oct. 6, 2010, by Roy Halladay in Game 1 of the National League Division Series vs. the Phillies.
This was Arrieta's 24th consecutive quality start, dating to last June 21. He is now 20-1 in that stretch, giving up 17 earned runs over 178 innings.
The 16-0 final is the second-largest margin of victory ever in a no-hitter, trailing only Pud Galvin's Aug. 4, 1884, no-hitter for Buffalo at Detroit -- an 18-0 win. Frank Smith of the White Sox was a 15-0 winner over Detroit on Sept. 6, 1905.
WHAT'S NEXT
Cubs: Lefty Jon Lester will make his fourth start of the season and second against the Reds this year. On April 11 at Wrigley Field, he gave up three runs over six innings but did not get a decision. First pitch will be 6:10 p.m. CT.
Reds: Righty Jon Moscot will get the start when the series continues at 7:10 p.m. ET on Friday. Moscot made his 2016 debut on Sunday in a 5 2/3-innings no-decision before a 4-3 loss to the Cardinals. He threw 102 pitches in the game, his first in the regular season since June, 15, 2015, when he separated his left shoulder.
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