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4.07.2003
I'm thrilled about Syracuse's victory (I attended SU for the two years prior to this one and my transfer to Emerson College) and that'd be enough to make my night. But then I came upon this... Sounds' Wasdin pitches perfect game A perfect game is an incredible achievement at any level, and this one took place in the AAA Pacific Coast League, where there had only been one other one in the 100 years it's been around. But take a look at that box score...this is a hell of a perfect game, even by those extremely high standards. - This perfecto was thrown by 30-year old John Wasdin, he of the 5.07 career ERA in 598 innings over parts of seven major league seasons. - He struck out 15 of 27 batters he faced. - He threw a total of 100 pitches...including just 28 balls! That's 27 batters, 28 balls. He didn't go to a three ball count until the eighth inning, which is pretty unbelievable...until you realize that he averaged just over one ball to each hitter for the entire game. Absolutely spectacular. Here's the breakdown of balls/strikes thrown by inning (you can get this information too from the bottom of that box score linked at the top of this entry): inning 1: 2/9 (3 K) inning 2: 1/7 (1 K) inning 3: 3/7 (1 K) inning 4: 2/7 (1 K) inning 5: 4/6 (1 K) inning 6: 3/8 (2 K) inning 7: 3/8 (2 K) inning 8: 6/9 (2 K) inning 9: 4/8 (2 K) Daaamn. - |