No-hit attempt for Red Sox RHP Brayan Bello ends with 8th-inning infield single

Red Sox right-hander Brayan Bello’s no-hit bid ended in the eighth inning when Jean Segura bounced an infield single up the middle for the Miami Marlins and Joey Wendle followed with a clean base-hit to right

Boston Red Sox’s Brayan Bello delivers a pitch to a Miami Marlins batter during the first inning of a baseball game, Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

The Associated Press

BOSTON — Red Sox right-hander Brayan Bello’s no-hit bid ended in the eighth inning on Thursday night when Jean Segura bounced an infield single up the middle for the Miami Marlins and Joey Wendle followed with a clean base-hit to right.

Bello got some applause after the first hit and a louder one when Boston manager Alex Cora came out to the mound to replace him with runners on first and third and nobody out. Bello struck out five and walked one while throwing 99 pitches.

Segura’s single was a slow roller up the middle. Red Sox shortstop Kike Hernandez slid to field it, but his off-balance throw from his knees bounced three times and pulled the first baseman far off the bag; it was immediately scored a hit.

Segura took third on Wendle’s single and scored to break a scoreless tie when Jon Berti singled off reliever Chris Martin.

Bello allowed just two baserunners through seven: Jazz Chisholm reached on a fielding error by first baseman Justin Turner leading off the second and Jesús Sánchez walked to lead off the third. Bello retired major league batting leader Luis Arraez, who entered with a .396 batting average, three times, including a line drive that Bello gloved to end the third inning.

Bello, 24, was one of the top prospects in the Red Sox system before making his debut last season. He went 2-8 with a 4.71 ERA as a rookie and is 5-4 with a 3.27 ERA this season, striking out 62 batters in 66 innings heading into Thursday night’s game.

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