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The opposing pitcher in the game was David Cone, who had thrown the most recent perfect game two years earlier as a Yankee. [ 72 ] Armando Galarraga's near-perfect game : On June 2, 2010, Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers was charged with a single when first-base umpire Jim Joyce incorrectly ruled Jason Donald of the Cleveland Indians ...
He also became the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in four consecutive seasons. Koufax struck out fourteen batters, the most recorded in a perfect game. He also struck out at least one batter in all nine innings, the only perfect game pitcher to do so to date. During the game, Koufax threw 113 pitches, 79 of which were strikes.
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According to Bill James' game score statistic, Cain's perfect game tied Sandy Koufax's perfect game for the most dominant modern-era perfect game. [12] Cain's perfect game would be the first of four no-hitters thrown by Giants pitching in four consecutive seasons, as Tim Lincecum would no-hit the San Diego Padres in both 2013 (in San Diego) and ...
The Yankees' first perfect game was also thrown by a right-handed pitcher, Don Larsen, and came in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. Larsen's perfect game was the only no-hitter in MLB postseason play until Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a no-hitter in Game 1 of the 2010 National League Division Series.
Baseball’s most dominant pitcher is only 20 years old. It’s been 17 innings since he last allowed so much as a baserunner. On April 10, he fired a perfect game with 19 strikeouts.In his next ...
Browning, an All-Star pitcher who threw the only perfect game in Cincinnati Reds history and helped them win a World Series title, died on Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. He was 62. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman, File)
It was the fourth perfect game in Yankees history, after games thrown by Don Larsen in 1956, by David Wells in 1998, and David Cone in 1999. As the Yankees would fail to make the postseason in 2023, it marked the first time a Yankees pitcher threw a perfect game and they didn't proceed to win the World Series.