Sports Headlines

Share to Twitter

Click the link below to share this story to Twitter.

Share to Twitter | Login to Twitter

Please note: If you are not logged in to Twitter on this device already, the story will not be shared. You may click the "Login" link to login to Twitter.

Back to Home

Cain pitches first ever perfecto for Giants

Posted: 1:45 AM Jun 14, 2012
Reporter: Associated Press

Matt Cain pitched the 22nd perfect game in major league history and first for the Giants on Wednesday night, striking out a career-high 14 batters and getting help from two running catches to beat the Houston Astros 10-0.

Cain's 125-pitch masterpiece featured a pair of great plays by his corner outfielders, and he got pinch-hitter Jason Castro on a grounder to third for his 27th and final out with the sellout crowd
of 42,298 roaring.

Left fielder Melky Cabrera chased down Chris Snyder's one-out
flyball in the sixth, scurrying back to make a leaping catch on the warning track. Cain raised both arms and slapped his glove in delight when Cabrera made the play. Then, right fielder Gregor Blanco ran into right-center to make a diving catch on the warning
track and rob Jordan Schafer for the first out of the seventh. The
27-year-old pitcher hugged Blanco in the dugout after the inning.