Miguel Torres throws 1st pitch, Buehrle is perfect
Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle shut out the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 5-0, and pitched just the 18th perfect…
Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle shut out the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 5-0, and pitched just the 18th perfect game in Major League Baseball history today at Chicago’s U.S. Cellular Field.
The feat, of course, overshadowed a slightly less impressive performance from Miguel Torres.
The WEC’s bantamweight champion, who lives and operates his gym in the Chicago area, was honored and threw out a ceremonial first pitch prior to today’s historic game.
A perfect game, the result of a pitcher earning 27 consecutive outs (with no hits, walks, errors, etc.), is one of the rarest feats in MLB – and the most cherished by pitchers. In comparison, 263 no-hitters have been tossed, a hitter has struck two home runs in one inning 52 times, and a pitcher has struck out four batters in an inning 51 times. Yet, only 18 perfect games have been tossed in baseball history (16 of which have come since 1900).
“I left a cup of lion’s blood and some cobra venom for [Buehrle] at the mound to throw a no-hitter,” Torres joked in a press release. “That’s how I roll. It was an awesome experience.”