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It was an awful night for the Cincinnati Reds.
Matt Olson hit an inside-the-park home run and a bright Reds’ prospect broke his left forearm on the play.
With the Braves already ahead 2-0, Olson hit a drive down the left field line. Tyler Callihan, who was with the Reds for less than a week, appeared to catch the fly but lost the ball when he banged into the wall in foul territory.
The play was reviewed and the call was no-catch and Austin Riley and Olson circled the bases.
Callihan was in obvious pain and TJ Friedl frantically signaled for medical attention. Surgery is required.
“We’re sending him back to Cincinnati in the morning to line up surgery,” manager Terry Francona informed the media after the game. “How tough was it to watch? There’s no good way to explain it. The kid is running full blast to save it, you know, save runs.”
“I asked TJ. He said it was so bad when he got there. He knew. We’ll get him fixed up. He’s young. He’ll be ok. It will just take awhile.”
While the Reds were licking their wounds, AJ Smith-Shawver took a no-hitter into the eighth inning. Santiago Espinal broke it up with a line single up the middle.
“He was just dominant with his velocity,” Francona “Then you add the splitter and the breaking ball. He had everything working.”
The last Braves no-hitter was authored by former Red, Kent Mercker on April 8, 1994 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Elly De La Cruz was 0-for-4 and his on-base streak was snapped at games.
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