King Felix Earns His Crown

I am really having difficulty keeping my commentaries limited, I just felt like this was worthy of breaking that vow I made not long ago.

 

Felix Hernandez throws perfect game, overpowers Rays

Felix Hernandez throws a gem in the Mariners-Rays game in Seattle today, 27 hitters came to the plate for Tampa and 27 hitters walked with their head down right back to the dug out. On 113 pitches Hernandez struck out 12 and only fell behind in the count 3 times. There were a couple of close calls, Fuld's deep ball caught at the warning track and Longoria's line drive, but otherwise this game was in full control of King Felix.

This is the second no-hitter by the Mariners this year, the previous one was done by six Mariner pitchers against the Dodgers on June 8th. What is interesting is that out of the 6 no-hitters this year, three were at SafeCo Field, the two Mariners games and the Chicago White Sox game in April when White Sox pitcher Philip Humber threw a perfect game against the Mariners.

A Simple Question About Pitching

What is up with MLB pitching this season?

We are a little over 2 months in to the season and there have been five no-hitters thrown, including two perfect games. There have been 3 No-hitters thrown in June alone.

Matt Cain shut down the Astros today, throwing the first no-hitter for the Giants since 2009 and first perfect game ever for the team. He threw 125 pitches, 86 for strikes, and ended with 14 strike outs. Cain has come close twice already this year with a one-hitter on April 13^th against the Pirates and then a week later threw a two-hitter through 9 innings against the Phillies.

I jinxed the Spurs when I asked if anyone could stop them back in May, hopefully Cain doesn’t end up on the IR now that I brought him up.

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