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

With the seats at Guaranteed Rate Field empty, the hollers of his teammates echoed around the ballpark after right fielder Adam Engel caught Erik Gonzalez’s slicing drive toward the line for the final out.

An All-Star last year, the 26-year-old Giolito (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. The right-hander threw 101 pitches and made quick work of the Pirates -- Pittsburgh came into the game batting just .229 this season and has the worst record in the majors.

Giolito pitched the 19th no-hitter in White Sox history and first since Philip Humber threw a perfect game at Seattle in 2012. This was the seventh time the Pirates have been held hitless, most previously by Washington’s Max Scherzer in 2015.

“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.

“After the seventh inning, six more outs, looking at who I was facing, it became very, very, very possible.”

The White Sox scored their four runs early. RBI singles by Eloy Jimenez and Tim Anderson highlighted a three-run second inning.

Edwin Encarnacion doubled in te thuird inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by James McCann.

Pirate starting pitcher Steven Brault struggled with his control and was touched for all four Chicago runs. Nick Tropeano made his Pirate debut in relief and threw four scoreless innings.

Giolito threw 101 pitches. Fewer than 30 of those were balls.

The teams wrap up their brief two-game series Wednesday afternoon. Trevor Williams is slated to start for the Pirates (7-18).

The Pirates entered Tuesday night on a three-game winning streakl, having swept Milwaukee.