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San Francisco Giants' Matt Cain pitches first perfect game in franchise history

By Alex Pavlovic

Matt Cain has openly talked of his lifelong dream of throwing a perfect game. It's no longer just a dream.

Cain threw the first perfect game in the Giants' long and storied history Wednesday night, striking out a career-high 14 in a 10-0 victory over the visiting Houston Astros.

With plenty of help from the lineup and a couple of stunning plays from his defense, Cain sailed into the ninth inning.

Brian Bogusevic and Chris Snyder flied out for the first two outs of the ninth, and as the sellout crowd held its collective breath, Cain got Jason Castro to ground out to third to clinch the perfect game.

Cain's perfect game was just the 22nd in major-league history and second of the 2012 season. Chicago White Sox right-hander Philip Humber threw a perfect game on April 21. It was the first no-hit performance by the Giant since Jonathan Sanchez no-hit the San Diego Padres on July 10, 2009.

Cain took the dominance a step further.

The first five innings featured little drama for Cain, who repeatedly threw first—pitch strikes to an Astros lineup that was caught looking time after time. But like any bid for history, there would be moments when the defense was tested.

Melky Cabrera made the first highlight play of the night, a leaping grab that secured the second out of the sixth inning. Snyder's blast to left looked like it would easily travel into the left-field bleachers, but the thick San Francisco air knocked the ball...

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Permalink Reply by Valentino Martinez on June 14, 2012 at 1:34am

What is a Perfect Game in MLB Baseball?

A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a pitcher (or combination of pitchers) pitches a victory that lasts a minimum of nine innings and in which no opposing player reaches base.^[2] Thus, the pitcher (or pitchers) cannot allow any hits, walks, hit batsmen, or any opposing player to reach base safely for any other reason: in short, "27 up, 27 down". The feat has been achieved 22 times in the history of major league baseball—20 times since the modern era began in 1900, most recently by Matt Cain of the San Francisco Giants on June 13, 2012

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What's important to understand and appreciate here in Matt Cain's "Perfect Game" is that it's a TEAM EFFORT that gets the perfect result. This relates to any result where people work and play together...TEAMWORK WORKS.