Perfect Night In Oakland

Twenty Seven up, twenty seven down. A perfect game. Something that doesn't happen often. 319 times in baseball history we've seen a no hitter, 24 times of which have been a perfect game. Number twenty four was thrown last night in Oakland. Domingo German of the New York Yankees took 99 pitches to throw his perfect game, an 11-0 win by the Yankees.

This marks the 4th perfect game in Yankees history behind Don Larson in 1956 vs Brooklyn (World Series), David Wells vs Minnesota in 1998 and David Cone vs Montreal in 1999. It's the 13th No Hitter in Yankees history, and the first Yankee no hitter since Corey Kluber threw one on May 19th 2021 against Texas. The catcher in both the Kluber game and this German perfect game? Kyle Higashioka. It was also the first perfect game in baseball since Felix Hernandez threw one on August 15th, 2012 in a win over the Rays.

And this had been the first good start for German against Oakland, as he'd gone winless in his last six starts against the A's. Oh yeah, and he had been shelled giving up ten runs in three and two thirds inning against Seattle in his last start. German needed just 99 pitches to strike out nine and not allow a baserunner the entire night. And this is the same pitcher who got suspended earlier this year for using too much rosin on his hands in a game against the Blue Jays.

It was a night to remember for German who has been an average at best at times this season, but its one of those nights where everything was going right for the right hander. He had movement on his pitches and managed to throw under 100 pitches for the night, which is rare for this day and age.

The last no hitter thrown in baseball was in the playoffs last year, Houston throwing a combined no no against the Phillies. Last regular season no hitter was June 25th last year and the Yankees got no hit. They lost on a combined no hitter against Houston.

Congratulations to German on throwing his perfect game!