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White Sox pitcher Philip Humber delivers during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, in Chicago.
Philip Humber has tossed a perfect game as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners, 4-0, on Saturday at Safeco Field.
The 29-year-old right-hander needed just 80 pitches to get through eight innings, throwing 57 strikes as he sat down the first 24 batters to step in against him.
Humber opened up the bottom of the ninth by falling behind Michael Saunders, 3-0, but recovered to strike him out. John Jaso flied out for the second out. Standing between Humber and history? Brendan Ryan. Humber got him on a wild third strike that may be debated. Ryan tried to check his swing but the home umpire didn’t think he had stopped his bat. The ball skipped away from Sox catcher A. J. Pierzynski, who quickly went after it. Ryan made a half effort to get to first but the throw was always going to beat him to the bag. 27 up 27 down.
“I mean, I can’t even put it into words,” Humber told FOX on the field after the game, per Scott Powers of ESPNChicago. “I’m just so happy. There are so many good things happening right now. This just adds to the list. God is so good.”
This is the 21st perfect game in MLB history, according to the Chicago White Sox. Humber’s perfecto is the third perfect game in White Sox history. According to The Associated Press, Humber joins Mark Buehrle (vs. Tampa Bay on July 23, 2009) and Charles Robertson (vs. Detroit on April 30, 1922) as South Side pitchers to set down the opponent in order.
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Phil Humber makes #WhiteSox history tossing a perfect game today. It is the 21st perfect game in MLB history.
April 21, 2012 10:27 pm via web Reply Retweet Favorite
Humber needed 96 pitches (67 strikes) to make history. Economical on the mound, Humber never needed more than 14 pitches (2nd inning) to get through a single frame, per Josh Liebeskind at MLB.com.
Humber was drafted with the third overall selection in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft by the New York Mets, who incidentally have never had no-hitter in franchise history.
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