May 22, 2020 (Week 8)
History was made at the Jersey Shore on Friday night as Steven Matz threw the first perfect game in the
long and storied history of the Motor City Marauders, retiring all 27 New Jersey Riptide batters he faced
in a 6-0 victory.
Matz struck out 11 hitters and dodged a number of bullets, including an Ozzie Albies ground out on a park
roll (Comerica Park has an 87 percent chance of a hit), a missed deep fly by the EX power Anthony Rendon
to lead off the eighth inning, and the craziest of all, a catch on a wild play OFR blooper by Cam Gallagher
to lead off the ninth. MCM 2B Max Muncy made the grab and then collided with RF Nick Castellanos. Muncy was
injured and missed the rest of the series, but preserved Matz's perfect game. Not wanting to risk injury to
any more of his teammates, Matz struck out Erik Gonzalez and Harold Castro to finish things off.
The perfect game is the first since Max Scherzer threw one in 2018 for WMS. The only other one I'm aware of
since 2010 is Jeremy Hefner's 2013 perfect game for Casper.
Congrats to Sean on the achievement! Even on the losing side, it was a fun game to be a part of.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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MCM 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 10 0
NJR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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BATTERS MCM AB R H RI 2B 3B HR SB CS BB K PL PR
1 ss MCM OAK Semien 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
2 2b MCM LAN Muncy 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5
2 lf MCM ARI Almonte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 rf MCM CHN Castellanos 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5
4 3b MCM CIN Suarez 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5
5 dh MCM MIN Sano 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5
6 lf MCM MIL Braun 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
6 lf-2b MCM SEA Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 c MCM ATL McCann 4 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
7 c MCM LAN Barnes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 1b MCM CHA Abreu 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
9 cf MCM CHN Almora 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
TOTALS for MCM 39 6 10 6 1 1 2 0 0 2 13 0 41
PITCHERS MCM IP H R ER BB K HR BF
W MCM NYN Matz 9.0 0 0 0 0 11 0 27
TOTALS for MCM 9.0 0 0 0 0 11 0 27
LOB: 8
E: none.
PB: none.
GIDP: none.
SH: none.
SF: none.
HBP: none.
WP: none.
IBB: none.
BALK: none.
BATTERS NJR AB R H RI 2B 3B HR SB CS BB K PL PR
1 rf NJR STL MartinezJ. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
2 2b NJR ATL Albies 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
3 dh NJR NYA Encarnacion 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 3b NJR WAS Rendon 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
5 lf NJR BOS Benintendi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5 lf NJR SF Yastrzemski 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 1b NJR MIA Walker 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
7 c NJR KC Gallagher 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
8 ss NJR PIT Gonzalez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
9 cf NJR DET CastroH. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
TOTALS for NJR 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 27 0
PITCHERS NJR IP H R ER BB K HR BF
L NJR CHA Lopez 5.2 8 6 6 1 8 2 26
- NJR KC Kennedy 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6
- NJR OAK Trivino 1.2 1 0 0 1 3 0 9
TOTALS for NJR 9.0 10 6 6 2 13 2 41
LOB: 0
E: 2 - Gonzalez, Rendon.
PB: none.
GIDP: none.
SH: none.
SF: none.
HBP: none.
WP: none.
IBB: none.
BALK: none.
grs version 3.2.1 (grs3_21-4-g0c9767d)
MCM at NJR
night warm cloudy straight wind
Starting pitchers - Matz for MCM, and Lopez for NJR
MCM 1: Semien RG 5. Muncy K. Castellanos K.
MCM 0 NJR 0
NJR 1: MartinezJ. HG 4. Albies RG 5p. Encarnacion SG 5.
MCM 0 NJR 0
MCM 2: Suarez K. Sano BB. Braun K. McCann HR rfldf, McCann scores,
Sano scores. Abreu HG 6.
MCM 2 NJR 0
NJR 2: Rendon fly out 8CFR-OFRll. Benintendi K. Walker HF 8.
MCM 2 NJR 0
MCM 3: Almora 1b lcfp. Semien 3b OFRoth7!!!664, Almora scores. Yastrzemski
now lf for NJR, batting 5. Muncy HG 4. Castellanos K. Suarez HG 6.
MCM 3 NJR 0
NJR 3: Gallagher K. Gonzalez SG 4. CastroH. K.
MCM 3 NJR 0
MCM 4: Sano 1b lcf. Braun K. McCann 1b gcf, Sano to second. Abreu
1b lrf, McCann to third, Sano scores. Almora K. Semien RG 5.
MCM 4 NJR 0
NJR 4: MartinezJ. RG 4e. Albies K. Encarnacion foul PO 3.
MCM 4 NJR 0
MCM 5: Muncy HF 8. Castellanos PO 6. Suarez HG 6.
MCM 4 NJR 0
NJR 5: Rendon K. Yastrzemski foul PO 2e. Walker K.
MCM 4 NJR 0
MCM 6: Sano HG 6. Braun K. McCann 2b rcf. Abreu HR lfdf, Abreu scores,
McCann scores. Kennedy now pitching for NJR. Almora SG 6.
MCM 6 NJR 0
NJR 6: Gallagher ground out 6IFRith. Gonzalez HG 6. CastroH. K.
MCM 6 NJR 0
MCM 7: Semien 1b inf. Muncy K. Castellanos HF 9. Suarez line drive 6IFRld.
MCM 6 NJR 0
NJR 7: Moore now lf for MCM, batting 6. MartinezJ. K. Albies K. Encarnacion
SG 6.
MCM 6 NJR 0
MCM 8: Sano K. Trivino now pitching for NJR. Moore safe on E 6, Moore
to first. McCann K. Abreu safe on E 5, Abreu to first, Moore to second.
Almora WT lfldf.
MCM 6 NJR 0
NJR 8: Barnes now c for MCM, batting 7. Rendon WT lcdf. Yastrzemski SG 3.
Walker HF 7.
MCM 6 NJR 0
MCM 9: Semien BB. Muncy K. Castellanos 1b llf, Semien to second. Suarez K.
Sano HF 8.
MCM 6 NJR 0
NJR 9: Gallagher fly out 4OFRbloop!!!371. Almonte now lf for MCM,
batting 2. Moore moves to 2b. Gonzalez K. CastroH. K.
MCM 6 NJR 0