OAKLAND, Calif. — Domingo Germán of the New York Yankees pitched the 24th best game in main league history Wednesday evening, retiring each and every Oakland batter in an 11- victory more than the Athletics.
It was the 1st best match considering that Seattle Mariners ace Félix Hernández threw 1 towards the Tampa Bay Rays on Aug. 15, 2012. There were being three that time — and none considering the fact that until Germán concluded the initial no-hitter in the huge leagues this year.
Coming off a pair of awful starts off, Germán struck out 9 in opposition to the A’s, who have the worst report in the majors.
The 30-12 months-old appropriate-hander experienced never in advance of thrown a entire activity in the big leagues. He was winless in six former outings versus Oakland.
He joined Don Larsen (1956), David Wells (1998) and David Cone (1999) as Yankees pitchers to throw best video games. Larsen’s gem arrived in Game 5 of the 1956 World Collection in opposition to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Germán threw 72 of 99 pitches for strikes, mixing 51 curveballs and 30 fastballs that averaged 92.5 mph with 17 changeups and one sinker.
