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

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The Cincinnati Reds' 1-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday was their third consecutive 1-0 loss, becoming the first MLB team in 65 years to achieve such a feat. 

No MLB team has had three straight 1–0 defeats since the Philadelphia Phillies did so in May 1960. 

Only six teams in league history have ever had three straight 1–0 defeats, and no team has ever had four such defeats in a row – at least for now. 

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Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona, #77, looks on from the dugout in the seventh inning of the MLB Interleague game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Texas Rangers at Great American Ball Park in downtown Cincinnati on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The Rangers won 1-0. (IMAGN)

Four of the six times it has occurred were over a century ago. The other teams to lose 1-0 in three consecutive games were the Brooklyn Superbas in 1908, the St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators in 1909, and the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1917.

In the Reds' loss on Thursday, Brewers starting pitcher Nestor Cortes threw six innings and yielded just one hit while he struck out six. 

The Reds' starting pitcher, Nick Lodolo, was just as good as he pitched 6.2 shutout innings and gave up four hits while striking out four batters. The Reds had just two hits in the loss.

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Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Nick Lodolo, #40, throws to the Milwaukee Brewers during the first inning of a baseball game on Thursday, April 3, 2025 in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

"It’s part of the game, you know?" Lodolo said.