No no-no.


Corey Seager watches the no-hitter disappear over the right field wall.

The Rangers weren’t no-hit. The White Sox won a game.

The baseball gods of futility were trumped last night. In Arlington, Framber Valdez had a perfect game going with one out in the sixth when a throwing error by Astros third baseman Alex Bregman ruined that, allowing Robbie Grossman to be the Rangers first baserunner. He was quickly eliminated by a double play, and Valdez’s no-hitter was still intact. He walked Semien in the seventh. But got through the eighth one-two-three. Now, he was taking his no-hitter into the ninth.

The way the Rangers offense has struggled this year, it’s a surprise this hasn’t happened many times before to the Rangers. 

Valdez walked Robbie Grossman to lead off the ninth but got yet another double play to wipe him out.

One out away. He walked Josh Smith on a 3-2 count. And it was up to Corey Seager. 

Valdez’s first pitch to Seager ended up over the wall in right center. No-hitter gone. Shutout gone. Even so, the Astros still lead 4-2.

Then Semien walked. Could Josh Jung provide the most amazing heroics for the Rangers this season? He came withing a few feet of tying the game with a long home run.

But the comeback, the heroics, and the Rangers hope for any sort of miracle playoff run, all died in the glove of the Astros right fielder. 

The day after the Rangers biggest win of the season, reality set in. This team isn’t good enough to win. In the end, it was just another loss for the Rangers. At least they aren’t the White Sox, who had already endured a fourteen-game losing streak and were now on the brink of history with a twenty-one game streak. They finally won.

But today is another day. The Rangers can work on getting no-hit again. The White Sox can start another losing streak. 

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