New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán threw a perfect game on Wednesday, the 24th perfect game in MLB history and the first since 2012.
The special accomplishment came in the Yankees’ 11-0 win against the Oakland Athletics. Germán had nine strikeouts and threw only 99 pitches.
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A perfect game in baseball is defined as when a pitcher does not allow a runner on base by any means. The last one before Germán’s came in 2012 when Seattle Mariners ace Félix Hernández threw one against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Upon recording his final out, the 30-year-old Dominican pitcher threw out his arms as his teammates swarmed him.
Germán dedicated the performance to his uncle, who died two days ago. “I cried a lot yesterday in the clubhouse. I had him with me throughout the whole game. I was thinking about him, and it happened. This game is a tribute to him.”
The Athletics are the worst team in the league so far this year, and thus, many expected the Yankees to win this game. But Germán, who is not even the Yankees’ ace (best pitcher on a staff), throwing a perfect game could likely not have been predicated by anybody.
“In his last start a week ago, Germán allowed 10 runs to Seattle,” ESPN MLB reporter Jeff Passan tweeted after the result, underscoring the anomalous nature of the achievement. “Baseball is a weird sport.”
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Germán also became the first-ever player born in the Dominican Republic to pitch a perfect game. He is also the fourth Yankees pitcher to throw one, and the first since David Cone in 1999.
The Yankees and Athletics wrap up their three-game series Thursday in Oakland.
