The Rocket City Trash Pandas — the Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels — threw a combined no-hitter Saturday but lost 7-5 to the Cincinnati Reds Double-A affiliate Chattanooga Lookouts. Here’s what you need to know:

• The Trash Pandas were leading 3-0 going into the seventh inning.
• In the top of the seventh, the Lookouts scored seven runs despite not registering a hit. The seven runs were scored on six walks and three hit-by-pitches.
• The Trash Pandas scored two runs in the bottom half, but it wasn’t enough to beat the Lookouts.

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— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) April 8, 2023

Backstory

Trash Pandas pitcher Coleman Crow went six hitless innings, recording two walks and six strikeouts. Ben Joyce pitched 2/3 innings, giving up five runs (one earned run) and four walks, registering the loss. Eric Torres, the final Rocket City pitcher, recorded just one out, but not before he walked a batter and gave up two earned runs.

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The Trash Pandas recorded the first no-hitter of the 2023 minor league season. The Lookouts improve to 2-0 while the Trash Pandas fall to 0-2.

(Photo of Zach Neto: Brian Westerholt / Four Seam Images via AP)