Pitcher Armando Galarraga missed the perfect game in the ninth inning with two outs, but with help from his countryman Miguel Cabrera, who helped him with homer, went on Wednesday to the Detroit Tigers to a 3×0 shutout against the Cleveland Indians. Red Sox vs. Indians Tickets
Galarraga remained in complete control of the match and was about to take the third perfect game of the season Major League Baseball, but a questionable call at first base arbitral gave the Indians their only hit of the game, signed by Jason Donald .
The replays on television showed that he had been out what the umpire Jim Joyce sang quietly at first.
Galarraga (2-1) pitched nine innings with one hit allowed, without giving bases on balls and handing out three strikeouts.
The controversial move came when Donald took a chopper to first baseman Miguel Cabrera fielded it cleanly to his right, with time passing the ball to Galarraga, who had gone to cover first base.
The Venezuelan pitcher held the ball in his glove and almost started jumping for joy when the call Joyce still left him static, while a thick silence fell over the stadium Comerica Park in Detroit. Red Sox vs. Tigers Tickets
The other two pitchers who threw perfect game this year are Roy Halladay, the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night against Florida, and Dallas Braden, of Oakland, on May 9 against Tampa Bay.
So far, there has never been more than two games in one campaign perfect Minor League.
The Fausto Carmona (4-4) was a worthy rival of Galarraga, throwing eight episodes, leaving three runs and nine hits. Boston Red Sox Tickets at Fenway Park