The Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds just gave baseball fans a sight you'd expect to see in a Little League game—not the major leagues. On Saturday, the Pirates tied an MLB record by drawing walks in seven consecutive plate appearances, turning a 5-3 lead into a full-blown rout.

The chaos unfolded in the second inning at PNC Park. After the Pirates had already batted around in a five-run first inning, the Reds' pitching staff completely lost the strike zone. Starter Rhett Lowder and reliever Connor Phillips were the architects of this historic meltdown, combining to issue seven straight free passes.

Here's how the inning played out: After Oneil Cruz struck out looking to lead off, the next seven Pirates batters—from the 2-hole all the way through the 8-spot—all drew walks. Phillips entered after Lowder walked three straight, but the struggles continued. The reliever walked in four runs before being yanked. Sam Moll finally stopped the bleeding, but not before Henry Davis drove in another run on a fielder's choice. Cruz grounded out to end the inning, responsible for two of the three outs.

When the dust settled, it was 10-3 Pirates, with five runs scoring on zero hits. The Pirates broadcast team could barely contain their disbelief as each ball piled up. Social media erupted with clips of the historic sequence, with one fan noting the pitch-by-pitch tally: ball, strike, ball, foul, ball, ball—and that was just the start of a dizzying 37-pitch parade.

This feat places the Reds in rare—and unwanted—company. Only two other teams in MLB history have surrendered seven straight walks. The last to do it? You'd have to dig deep into the record books, but for now, the Pirates have a unique piece of trivia to celebrate, and Reds fans have a painful memory to forget.