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Perfection! Mark Buehrle achieved it this afternoon, tossing a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Dewayne Wise, who was inserted as a defensive replacement in the top of the ninth inning, took a home run away from Gabe Kapler to preserve the perfecto. Wise, playing his usual shallow center field, had to run back to his right and leaped to snare the ball at the Billy Pierce graphic in left-center. He juggled the ball on the way down, but hung on to make what Hawk Harrelson called "one of the greatest catches I have ever seen" under the circumstances. Josh Fields hit a Grand Salami and Alexei Ramirez doubled home Scott Podsednik to provide more offense than Buehrle would need. The 5-0 win boosted The Mark of Zero's record to 11-3 on the season, and combined with the Tigers' loss, moved the Sox into a virtual tie for first place in the division.
Go Buehrle! Go Wise! Go Sox!
posted by Sherm Lollar at 5:22 PM
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A few interesting facts about Dewayne Wise played centerfield when Randy Johnson pitched the last perfect game. The home plate umpire in that game is the same one that called today's game. Only six other pitchers have pitched a no-hitter and a perfect game. I cannot recall all but some are randy Johnson, sandy Koufax, Jim Bunning, and Cy Young.
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