Wausau East No-Hitter Stopped by... Me???

This is my public apology to Amy Thompson.  She was pitching an outstanding ballgame for Wausau East and I blew it for her.  Not that she lost but that she could've reached the place pitcher stives for. She had a no-hitter on the line and I committed the cardinal sin of the game.  I opened my mouth, I talked about it.  I put it out there and layed the ultimate jinx.  Next time Amy sees me she'll want to sic one of those wasps flying around the Lumberjacks' home dugout on me.  But it's not totally my fault.  Jana, Russ and I were setting the gameplan for what we would cover this afternoon.  The tricky part for the 6pm anchor is getting to a game, staying long enough for some good highlights, getting back to the station, editing the highlights, getting your scripts together and slipping behind the desk to anchor your show.  So I show up at Wausau East with the home team batting in the bottom half of the second.  My view of the game starts with a 0-0 score.  The visiting Marshfield Tigers go 3 up, 3 down in the 3rd.  They get two aboard with walks in the 4th but are stranded at second and third.  5th inning... 1-2-3.  Same goes for the 6th.  It's a tight game.  East scored a single run in the 3rd and hold a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the 6th.  So I ask East coach Mark Hildebrandt if Amy has allowed a hit.  I don't think he understood what I was asking.  "What do you mean?" he asks.  I said I don't think she's given up a hit since I got here and that was in the bottom half of the 2nd.  Understandably, Mark's mind was elsewhere.  He was engrossed in a 1-0 game and wanted some insurance runs.  The time is winding past 5:30pm and I'm thinking I have to get back to the tv station.  But this is worth sticking around for if it's true.  Mark turns and says, "She didn't give up a hit in the first two innings."  So I'm thinking maybe we'll see something special here.  East is holding that slim lead, then suddenly they pop off a hit here and hit there, one run is in, here come two more.  It's 2-0, then 4-0, then 5-0 and 7-0.  Thanks to seven runs on six hits in that inning alone, they move ahead 8-0 with the bases loaded.  And who comes to the plate? It's Amy Thompson, the pitcher.  I wonder if she has any idea she has a no-hitter going.  Better yet, she can put the finishing touches on it, not with one of her strong windmill pitches, but with her bat.  There's 2 outs and a base hit could score two fellow 'Jacks and that would end it on the ten run rule.  Instead she makes the last out.  Now I'm thinking I hope I didn't screw this thing up for her.  Remember I opened my mouth and spoke of "that of which we do not speak" and that's the last thing you do.  Sure enough, first batter, lined shot over the leftfielder's head.  No-hitter gone and I'm waiting for Coach Hildebrandt to escort me from the premises.  Marshfield works a rally and pushes two across.  East wins 8-2.  I have my highlights and I need to rush back.  First, an announcement over the loudspeakers.  The final line.  Marshfield ends up with one hit.  I would bet Thompson never knew she had the no-no intact going into the 7th.  I saw the celebration at the end.  I'd also venture to say that win felt just as good either way.  So my apologies for the jinx.  I'll keep it to myself next time.