New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán, heart, poses for {a photograph} with the group after his excellent recreation towards the Oakland Athletics throughout a baseball recreation in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, June 28, 2023.

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New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán, heart, poses for {a photograph} with the group after his excellent recreation towards the Oakland Athletics throughout a baseball recreation in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, June 28, 2023.

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In a sport the place gamers and followers alike obsess over statistics, greater than 12,000 individuals witnessed one of the crucial prized accomplishments Wednesday night time in Oakland, Calif.

New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán threw an ideal recreation Wednesday, simply the fourth in group historical past and twenty fourth general in Major League Baseball historical past. Germán recorded the feat on 99 pitches thrown over 9 innings, permitting no hits and no walks in an 11-0 victory towards the Oakland Athletics.

The 30-year-old Germán grew to become the oldest participant to throw an ideal recreation because the late Roy Halladay did so on the age of 33 in 2010 with Philadelphia, according to ESPN Stats and Information Research.

An ideal recreation happens when a group doesn’t enable any opposing participant to achieve base by any means: no hits, walks, hit batters, uncaught third strikes, catcher’s or fielder’s interference or fielding errors that enable a batter to achieve base.

“So exciting,” Germán stated after the sport, talking by means of a translator. “When you think about something very unique in baseball, not many people have an opportunity to pitch a perfect game. To accomplish something like this in my career is something that I’m going to remember forever.”