Friday 24 July 2009

Mark Buehrle: The Perfect Game

The match: Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox.

The pitcher for the Sox: Mark Buehrle.

The Perfect Game: 27 Batters, 27 Outs, 0 Hits, 0 Walks, 0 Errors.

Sit back, relax and enjoy a moment of pure perfection.  All 27 outs, including extended highlights of the 25th out, the first in the 9th inning, which unquestionably saved the perfect game.

The coverage is from Comcast Sportsnet Chicago.  Your commentators are Ken Harrelson, Steve Stone & Bill Melton.

The final box score looked like this…

FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Extra Runs Hits Errors
Chicago White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0
Tampa Bay Rays 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 5 6 0

 

Buehrle struck out 6 batters during his perfect game.  There have only been 18 perfect games in the history of Major League Baseball.  The previous one was pitched by Randy Johnson for the Arizona Diamondbacks back in 2004.  Congratulations to Mark Buehrle.  You’re in a very exclusive club now.

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