Matt Cain delivers the final pitch of the evening to complete the perfect game.
I tuned into last night’s perfect game at around the sixth inning. I knew what was at stake but since I didn’t watch the first five innings, I didn’t realize how filthy Matt Cain was that night.
Even though the Houston Astros are a pretty bad team, I couldn’t help but appreciate the skill it took for Cain to throw 14 strikeouts. More importantly, the movement he had in his pitches was simply the stuff of legends.
I don’t know if this is the most dominant pitching performance in the history of the game, but it’s pretty high up there. And for that, I applaud Cain for a job well done.
It’s actually the second most dominant performance in baseball history according to Bill James’ math.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2012/06/matt-cain-perfect-game-sandy-koufax-kerry-wood/1#.T-j-GY5JwmQ
And my bias ways will say “But it was the Astros”
That’s exactly what the bit at the end of the article alludes to. Except that Kerry Woods’ gem was also against the Astros…although a good version of the ‘Stros, making his, far and away, the best game ever pitched.