Matt Cain...

Cannon Shell · #1 04-13-2012, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

might have just pitched the most brutal 1-hitter in MLB history. The only hit he allowed cost him a perfect game and it came off of the bat of the goddamn pitcher, a career .069 hitter.

Not even close...
http://milkeespress.com/lostninth.html#nohitter

There are a bunch of no hitters lost with 2 out in the 9th inning including several perfect games. In 1988 it happened to Dave Steib 2 games in a row!

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bo...98809240.shtml

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bo...98809300.shtml

Calzone Lord · #2 04-13-2012, 08:58 PM

Wow -- that is pretty brutal about Steib.

Considering that MLB teams all play a 784-game schedule ... I guess it's not hard to find a lot of crazy borderline impossible stuff because of the sheer volume of games that get played.

If you pitched -- what would annoy you more after the game -- throwing a 1-hit would be perfect game that was broken up by 0.69 hitter or losing it on the last out?

Cannon Shell · #3 04-13-2012, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Wow -- that is pretty brutal about Steib.

Considering that MLB teams all play a 784-game schedule ... I guess it's not hard to find a lot of crazy borderline impossible stuff because of the sheer volume of games that get played.

If you pitched -- what would annoy you more after the game -- throwing a 1-hit would be perfect game that was broken up by 0.69 hitter or losing it on the last out?

I'm sure Cain wishes he had gotten the pitcher out but losing it when you are 1 out away is tough, really tough because you are so close and everyone knows it. In the 4th inning no one is paying attention. It is why closers make so much money to get 3 outs, because it is the end of the game.