Reds kickoff 2025 MLB season with historic low after losing three consecutive 1-0 games

The Cincinnati Reds' 1-0 nonaccomplishment to the Milwaukee Brewers connected Thursday was their 3rd consecutive 1-0 loss, becoming the archetypal MLB squad successful 65 years to execute specified a feat. 

No MLB squad has had 3 consecutive 1–0 defeats since the Philadelphia Phillies did truthful successful May 1960. 

Only six teams successful league past person ever had 3 consecutive 1–0 defeats, and nary squad has ever had 4 specified defeats successful a enactment – astatine slightest for now. 

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Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona, #77, looks connected from the dugout successful the seventh inning of the MLB Interleague crippled betwixt the Cincinnati Reds and the Texas Rangers astatine Great American Ball Park successful downtown Cincinnati connected Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The Rangers won 1-0. (IMAGN)

Four of the six times it has occurred were implicit a period ago. The different teams to suffer 1-0 successful 3 consecutive games were the Brooklyn Superbas successful 1908, the St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators successful 1909, and the Pittsburgh Pirates successful 1917.

In the Reds' nonaccomplishment connected Thursday, Brewers starting pitcher Nestor Cortes threw six innings and yielded conscionable 1 deed portion helium struck retired six. 

The Reds' starting pitcher, Nick Lodolo, was conscionable arsenic bully arsenic helium pitched 6.2 shutout innings and gave up 4 hits portion striking retired 4 batters. The Reds had conscionable 2 hits successful the loss.

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Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Nick Lodolo, #40, throws to the Milwaukee Brewers during the archetypal inning of a shot crippled connected Thursday, April 3, 2025 successful Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

"It’s portion of the game, you know?" Lodolo said. "I’ll beryllium honorable with you. Obviously, I privation america to score, but I’m not truly reasoning astir it. I’ve got to bash my occupation astatine the extremity of the day, regardless. We’ll crook it around. I warrant that."

The 1-0 decision steak began connected Tuesday against the Texas Rangers erstwhile Nathan Eovaldi threw a complete-game shutout. Jack Leiter and 4 Rangers’ relievers continued to support the Reds’ discourtesy disconnected the people expanse connected Wednesday.

The irony is, anterior to the past 3 games of paltry offense, the Reds’ bats erupted connected Monday arsenic they won 14-3 implicit the Rangers. Since that violative explosion, however, the Reds' bats person been dormant. 

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Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz, #44, astatine bat successful the ninth inning against the Texas Rangers astatine Great American Ball Park connected April 2, 2025. (Katie Stratman-Imagn Images)

Cincinnati has a combined 9 hits, 3 walks and 27 strikeouts during the skid.

"Nobody’s blessed with what’s happened the past 3 games," Reds’ manager Terry Francona said postgame connected Thursday. "We’ll fig It retired together. I consciousness powerfully astir that."

The Reds (2-5) volition look to sheet a tally and get a triumph erstwhile they play the Brewers (3-4) successful the 2nd crippled of a four-game bid connected Friday, astatine 8:10 p.m. ET. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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