Lucas Giolito of the White Sox no-hits Pirates, fans 13

Lucas Giolito pitched the first no-hitter of the pandemic-delayed season, striking out 13 and permitting just one runner in leading the host Chicago White Sox over the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 Tuesday night.

With Guaranteed Rate Field empty, the hollers of his teammates echoed around the ballpark after right fielder Adam Engel extended to catch Erik Gonzalez’s slicing drive toward the line for the last out.

“I’ve been working for this type of game for a while now and it’s really cool that we got it done,” Giolito said.

An All-Star last year, the 26-year-old right-hander (3-2) matched his career high for strikeouts set in his previous start against Detroit.

Only a four-pitch walk to Gonzalez leading off the fourth inning got in Giolito’s way of perfection. He threw 101 pitches and made quick work of the Pirates; Pittsburgh came into the game batting .229 this season and has the worst record (7-18) in the majors.

Giolito said his approach did not waver.