Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán went into Wednesday’s videogame versus the Oakland Athletics coming off 2 of his worst begins of the season. But that’s the wonderful thing about baseball: Your fortunes can modification in an immediate.
And on this night, Germán put together a videogame that he’ll keepinmind permanently.
Needing simply 99 pitches, Germán endedupbeing the 24th gamer in Major League history to toss a ideal videogame. It was the veryfirst ideal videogame consideringthat Felix Hernandez’s historical efficiency in 2012 and the 4th best videogame in Yankees history.
Where anumberof pitchers have come close to excellence in current years just to permit a baserunner in the 8th or ninth inning, Germán made it appearance simple in the ninth in Oakland.
27 up. 27 down.
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— MLB (@MLB) June 29, 2023
The last out of the videogame came on a first-pitch breaking ball to Esteury Ruiz. Germán drew 2 outs in the ninth off of first-pitch swings in at-bats. After the 11-0 win, Germán provided an psychological reflection on the achievement and devoted the videogame to his uncle who justrecently passed