Hot! Felix Hernandez Pitches Perfect Game

King Felix, indeed. The calendar year involving the pitcher includes became some thing in which bears more than a season's strengthen as Seattle's Felix Hernandez frequency an appropriate game contrary to the Tampa Bay Rays at Safeco Field on Wednesday afternoon.

GALLERY: Perfect games

After Hernandez minted out Sean Rodriguez wanting to end the overall game and secure theBOX SCORE: Mariners 1, Rays 0

"I do not own just about any phrases that will explain this, " Hernandez, 26, explained after the game. ''I recognized inside third. I has been like, wow, not anyone on base.

"My whole household was in Venezuela hence not anyone is definitely here so I celebrate with all of you," he / she reported going for the fans.

He brings together that White Sox's Philip Humber who seem to attached their from the Mariners at Safeco Field and your Giants' Matt Cain, which furthermore threw perfect game titles this particular season. There have been recently about three no-hitters, one as well from Safeco Field that's a combo occupation between six pitchers: Kevin Millwood, Charlie Furbush, Stephen Pryor, Lucas Luetge, Brandon League plus Tom Wilhelmsen no-hit the particular L.A. Dodgers on June 8.

Hernandez, your the new year Cy Young Award successful who turns the AL in shutouts this specific season having four, fanned 12. The right-hander minted out there this side from the eighth inning, utilizing a well-defined stopping ball to line affordable Evan Longoria, Ben Zobrist in addition to Carlos Pena. He threw 113 pitches, 77 for strikes.

He will be 11-5 about the year, that has a 2.60 ERA. He's fanned 174 in 180 innings involving work. And right now she has added an additional superlative to be able to his resume, one he's much time required inside his eight-year career, just about all when using the Mariners.

"Words won't be able to clarify it. I've been recently working and so challenging to help chuck one, in your case guys," Hernandez told the actual Safeco Field audience connected with nearly 22,000.

"It what food was in my mind, the complete game. C'mon, you gotta perform it, everyone gotta accomplish it. When I arrived on the scene with the ninth, I was a little bit nervous, and you gotta create your pitches."

Catcher John Jaso helped guide the pup with the unforgettable feat.

"He in no way have struggle. He retained making pitches an entire adventure through," Jaso said. "The very last at-bat going lower 2-0 in addition to nonetheless having the self-confidence to visit slider. He acquired of which assurance all day. . As a hitter people simply have to suggestion your covering in addition to say no one can certainly strike that. Maybe (Barry) Bonds."

Pinch-hitter Jeff Keppinger grounded that will shortstop Brendan Ryan, who seem to out of production the pup for your next-to-last out. That interrupted some sort of stringed associated with four strikeouts from Hernandez.

"I need to take all of it in. I'm hence happy with (Hernandez)," Ryan said. "What a guy. Lucky for being using a Mariner homogeneous today.

"I was striving to express to myself when the particular sixth inning hit, 'Don't obtain also excited.'"

Ryan, who seemed to be one more out regarding Humber's perfecto upon April 21, added:

"I was your 27th away a few months again as well as not at all fun."

He have their aspect Wednesday, scoring the only real work your Mariners needed. He singled within the third inning, stole second, superior in order to finally with a wild frequency as well as have scored over a Jesus Montero single.

Rays supervisor Joe Maddon tested out to be able to disrupt Hernandez's rhythm by using two outs in the seventh, arguing baseballs along with strikes together with umpire Rob Drake. That exclusively drew your ex boyfriend a strong ejection and Hernandez retired Matt Joyce for a groundout to first to end the actual inning.

Cain's perfecto came resistant to the Houston Astros about June thirteen around San Francisco in addition a first with the Giants franchise.

As with regard to Jered Weaver belonging to the Los Angeles Angels in addition to Johan Santana from the N.Y. Mets? They basically thrown no-hitters.