No hits, many misses

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NICK EICHER, HOST: In baseball, a pitcher can have a no-hitter going and still be in serious jeopardy.

Just ask the Portland Sea Dogs about that.

The other night in a Double-A game up in coastal Main, Sea Dogs pitchers gave up eight runs in a single inning—without allowing a hit.

Eight runs, no hits. How on earth? 

Well, if you ever had a kid in Little League, you may remember something like this

Eight walks
four wild pitches
a couple of hit batters
a sac fly.

By the time the first hit finally came, two more runs scored for ten in the inning.

A reminder that you can avoid a hit and still get hit hard.

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