Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito celebrates after his no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Guaranteed Rate Field. Quinn Harris-USA TODAY Sports

Baseball world reacts to Lucas Giolito delivering first no-hitter of 2020 MLB season

Originally posted on Sportsnaut | By Vincent Frank | Last updated 8/25/20

The Chicago White Sox had been on a roll before Sunday’s loss to the crosstown rival Cubs. In fact, the Pale Hose had won seven consecutive games to push themselves into the conversation with the Minnesota Twins in the American League Central.

After an off day, the White Sox were right back at it against the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday. Like clockwork, the Sox took out Pittsburgh by the score of 4-0.

However, that’s not the story here. Rather, it’s all about young starter Lucas Giolito. The 26-year-old former All-Star notched the first no-hitter of the truncated 2020 season.

#WhiteSox Lucas Giolito with the first no-hitter of the 2020 #MLB season. Simply dominating stuff. pic.twitter.com/JESDVMLrET
— Sportsnaut (@Sportsnaut) August 26, 2020

Giolito struck out 13 batters while walking just one, the latter of which was erased by a double play. This means Giolito faced a minimum 27 batters in the dominating performance.

Not surprisingly, the Major League Baseball world had its reactions to Tuesday’s events in the Windy City.

In the pitch count era, no pitcher threw fewer pitches with as many strikeouts in a no-hitter as Lucas Giolito tonight, who had 13 strikeouts and threw just 101 pitches.
— Devan Fink (@DevanFink) August 26, 2020

If you want to learn more about Lucas Giolito, this is a great place to start. His 2018 season was tough to watch. He didn't get to a no-hitter by a fluke, but by taking an honest look at himself and he figured it tf out. https://t.co/Nsde0QlNrL
— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) August 26, 2020

Still can’t believe Lucas Giolito, Max Fried, and Jack Flaherty were all part of the same Harvard-Westlake High School team.

Can you imagine? pic.twitter.com/mqVrRJqC1n
— Danny Vietti (@DannyVietti) August 26, 2020

101 pitches, 13 strikeouts, no hits. Absolute dominance for Lucas Giolito.
— Ricky O'Donnell (@SBN_Ricky) August 26, 2020

This by Lucas Giolito tonight is the first 9-inning complete game in MLB history (probably) where the pitcher allowed as many hits as there were fans in the stands.
— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) August 26, 2020

“We did it!” Giolito said to McCann. And the hug. Freaking magic tonight. And 2 pitches shy of a “Maddux” to boot.
— M@ (@MattSpiegel670) August 26, 2020

There may be only 1,000 cardboard cutouts at Lucas Giolito’s no-hitter but 20 years from now every cardboard cutout in Chicago will say he was there.
— Jeff Fletcher (@JeffFletcherOCR) August 26, 2020

Lucas Giolito said he started thinking of the no-hitter after the seventh inning, knowing there were just six more outs to go and "looking at who I was facing, it became very, very possible." He almost lost it on the final out, that line drive to right… https://t.co/4276nnf9Y6
— David Schoenfield (@dschoenfield) August 26, 2020

This article first appeared on Sportsnaut and was syndicated with permission.

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