Cubs pitcher loses World Series no-hitter right after Fox airs TV graphic touting no-hitter
Chicago Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta was working on a no-hitter through five innings of Game 2 of the World Series on Wednesday night -- then Fox aired a TV graphic touting Arrieta's feat-in-progress and he promptly gave up his first hit of the night to the Cleveland Indians.
Come on, Fox!
Baseball fans on Twitter, of course, were quick to call out Fox for supposedly jinxing Arrieta. (The incident was also, it's worth noting, reminiscnet of a similar scenario from Game 1.)
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Arrieta was pulled soon after. He finished his start giving up one earned run while striking out six and walking three in five and two-thirds innings.
But, as The Big Lead points out, Arrieta very, very likely wouldn't have gone the distance -- working with a no-hitter or not -- after already throwing 80 pitches through five innings.
You know what they say, though: Tweeters gonna tweet.
The Cubs won 5-1 for their first World Series victory since 1945. The series is now tied at one game apiece as the teams head back to Chicago for Game 3 on Friday night.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.