White Sox Pitcher Mark Buehrle Hurls Perfect Game
By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jul 23, 2009 8:11PM
What an afternoon at The Cell where White Sox ace Mark Buehrle has just hurled a perfect game as the Sox beat the Rays 5-0. Buehrle struck out six in the game. The play of the game came from Dewayne Wise who not only saved the perfect game, but made an amazing home run robbing catch over the wall in left-center field in the top of the ninth. A Josh Fields grand slam is what put the Sox up for good early on in the second inning. Buehrle threw 116 pitches, 76 for strikes, and got 11 ground outs, 10 fly outs, and the six K's.
It's the second perfect game in White Sox history; the last one was in 1922. The last perfect game in MLB was in 2004. "It hasn't really sunk in yet," Buehrle said after the game." He also left the post-game press conference early to take a call from the First Fan, President Obama.
UPDATE: The Tigers lost which means the Sox are tied with Detroit for first place with a weekend series kicking off tomorrow.