More late-night history: Cain perfectly able against Astros

June 14, 2012 - 11:37 AM

I was in Toronto yesterday to see Stephen Strasburg toy with the Blue Jays for six innings and that turned out to be well down the list of pitching performances Wednesday. Elsewhere, Boston's Felix Doubront had a no-hitter for six innings in Miami, Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey threw a one-hitter at Tampa Bay.

It was nearly 11:30 and just before I clicked off the TV, I checked the West Coast scores. I was looking at Dodgers-Angels but noticed what was going on in San Francisco. And I was hooked in. Good thing too. On the shores of McCovey Cove, Giants pitcher Matt Cain reeled in a big one at AT&T Park -- the 22nd perfect game in MLB history. It was a 14-strikeout game in a 10-0 win over the Astros.

MLB.com has some great stat nuggets from the Cain and Dickey starts. And here's the site's look at all 27 outs.

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---Mike Harrington
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Mike Harrington, a Canisius College graduate who began his career as a News reporter in 1987, has covered the Buffalo Bisons since 1992 and Major League Baseball since 1995. A member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, Harrington has reported on 15 World Series -- including every pitch of the Fall Classic this century -- and all three of the Bisons' championship runs in their modern era. He is a connoisseur of the famous Stadium Mustard at Cleveland's Progressive Field.

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Amy Moritz, a native of Lockport, has covered the Bisons for The Buffalo News since 2002. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism/mass communication from St. Bonaventure University and a master’s degree in humanities from the University at Buffalo. An endurance athlete, she has completed several triathlons, half marathons and marathons.

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