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Baltimore Orioles pitcher Brandon Young’s bid for perfection on Friday was upended by a very imperfect swing. Young was mowing down hitters through seven innings against the Houston Astros. He had a perfect game going into the eighth with just …
Chicago Cubs pitcher Drew Smyly’s perfect game bid came to a brutal end in the 8th inning on Friday in the most unfortunate of ways. Smyly had not allowed a baserunner for seven innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and faced outfielder …
Felix Hernandez threw the third perfect game in baseball this year and 23rd in MLB history when he led the Mariners to a 1-0 win over the Rays in Seattle on Wednesday. Hernandez threw 113 pitches and struck out 12 of the batters he faced. The stud …
Your browser does not support iframes. Matt Cain threw the 22nd perfect game in MLB history on Wednesday night, and an impressive catch by Gregor Blanco helped make it possible. Jordan Schafer led off the 7th inning with a drive deep to the right of …
Philip Humber threw the 21st perfect game in MLB history on Saturday as his White Sox defeated the Mariners 4-0. Humber struck out nine, got five groundouts, and 13 flyouts as he retired all 27 batters he faced. Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis …
Two years ago, I made the argument that baseball should join the 21st century and add instant replay after seeing a blown call during the Padres/Rockies playoff game. It took some time, but MLB finally decided to allow umpires the ability to review …
Major League Baseball just came one out away from having its third perfect game this year. Detroit Tigers hurler Armando Galarraga had a perfect game going against the Cleveland Indians through 8 2/3 innings when Cleveland shortstop Jason Donald …
It’s been an unbelievable year for pitching accomplishments in MLB this season. Things got started with Ubaldo Jimenez’s no-hitter for the Rockies against the Braves. That was only the start of things to come as A’s pitcher Dallas …
