Game 101: Twins spoil Buehrle’s attempt at second perfect game
July 28, 2009
Chicago @ Minnesota (Game 2 of 3)
Mark Buehrle took a perfect game into the sixth inning before giving up a two-out walk to Alexi Casilla. Denard Span then ruined the no-hitter by hitting a blooper into center field which put the Twins in motion to a 5-3 win over the White Sox at the Metrodome.
Baker wasn’t throwing a perfect game as Buehrle was, but he was holding the Sox to just one run of four hits with six strike outs over six innings. The lone run came off a homer from Jermaine Dye in the top of the sixth to put the first run on the board.
The Twins came back in the bottom half of the inning that was sparked by the two out walk from Casilla. Denard Span followed with the hit to center and Joe Mauer hit a ground rule double to tie the game at one all.
The Twins came back hard in the seventh and knocked Buehrle as Brendan Harris knocked in the first run with a single to left. Nick Punto then hit a 2-run single to right to make it 4-1 in favor and knocked Buehrle out of the game. The fans at the Metrodome, however, gave Buehrle a standing ovation for setting an MLB record for retiring 45 consecutive batters.
Octavio Dotel would relieve Buehrle and give up three walks to put in another run to make it 5-1 before the inning was over.
The White Sox mounted a comeback in the top of the ninth as Bobby Keppel gave up a two out single to Gordon Beckham to knock in two runs. With the tying run on deck, the Twins went to Joe Nathan to close out the game. Nathan needed a total of six pitches to retire Dewayne Wise and pick up his 28th save of the season.
Attendance: 34,642
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