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17 results for "perfect game"
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Numbers: How Yu Darvish beat the Royals
Richard DurrettESPN Stats & Information put together a look at how Yu Darvish beat the Kansas City Royals yesterday, taking a perfect game into the sixth inning. Here's how he got it done: * Darvish threw his cutter to Royals lefties (20 of 27 cutters), generati...
Blog | September 04, 2012 -
Q&A with Joe Wieland on his no-hitter
Richard DurrettRangers' 21-year-old RHP Joe Wieland threw a no-hitter on Friday for Double-A Frisco. It was his first no-hitter of any kind since tossing a 5-inning perfect game for his junior varsity team when he was a freshman in high school. (His team won after ...
Blog | July 30, 2011 -
Glance at Francisco Liriano's no-hit bid
Richard DurrettFrancisco Liriano took a perfect game into the seventh and a no-hitter into the eighth. Nolan Ryan (1973) was the last pitcher to have two no-hitters in the same regular season (Roy Halladay had two no-hitters in 2010, but one was in the postseason)....
Blog | June 13, 2011 -
A look at the Rangers' bullpen numbers
Richard DurrettWhen Matt Harrison exited the game on Sunday, the Rangers were in the midst of being no-hit (actually, Francisco Liriano had a perfect game at that point) and it was a 1-0 game. But Mark Lowe came in after Harrison's injury (has bruised triceps af...
Blog | June 13, 2011 -
Error ends perfect game, no-hitter intact
Richard DurrettElvis Andrus' chopper down the third-base line was not fielded cleanly by Luke Hughes with one out in the seventh. Andrus went to second as the ball got away from Hughes and the play was scored an error. Francisco Lirano got out of the inning afte...
Blog | June 12, 2011 -
Francisco Liriano perfect through six innings
Richard DurrettMinnesota pitcher Francisco Liriano has a perfect game through six innings against the Rangers, and the Twins lead it 1-0 (on a run scored in the first). Liriano, as you may remember, threw a no-hitter on May 3 in a 1-0 win over the White Sox. ...
Blog | June 12, 2011 -
Eric Nadel: An important life lesson
Richard DurrettRangers play-by-play voice Eric Nadel sent this letter to publications, including ESPNDallas.com, about the lessons learned from the umpiring mistake made by Jim Joyce last week. Given the unfortunate end to Armando Galarraga's perfect game on Wedne...
Blog | June 06, 2010 -
Ryan doesn't want to expand replays
Richard DurrettARLINGTON -- Rangers president Nolan Ryan was disappointed that a blown call cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game earlier this week. "I felt really bad for him," Ryan said. "That's a monumental game. And the timing of it was tough." But Ryan d...
Blog | June 04, 2010 -
Umpire, Tigers handle postgame with class
Richard DurrettOnce I saw the blown call by Jim Joyce that ruined Armando Galarraga's perfect game bid on Tuesday, I immediately wondered how the Tigers and Joyce would handle it once the players left the field. And they handled it with class. Galarraga, who sta...
Blog | June 02, 2010 -
Oakland's Braden throws perfect game
Richard DurrettOakland lefty Dallas Braden, who played at Texas Tech, just completed a perfect game against the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays (yes, the same Rays that White Sox lefty Mark Buehrle pitched a perfect game against last season). Congrats to Braden. ...
Blog | May 09, 2010 -
Numbers: Some other near perfect games
Richard DurrettMark Simon, a stats guru at ESPN Stats & Information, passes along this list of those in the past 25 seasons that have had perfect games broken up with two outs in the ninth inning. Yu Darvish was the fifth. Here are the other four: Armando...
Blog | April 02, 2013 -
Live in-game chat: Rangers vs. Angels
Richard DurrettThe Texas Rangers are in Anaheim to face the Angels, so it's the perfect time for a late-night chat. The room is now open for you to post some early questions and participate in polls. We'll start chatting around first pitch. The game is at 9:05 p.m....
Blog | September 18, 2012 -
Live in-game chat: Rangers vs. Indians
Richard DurrettARLINGTON, Texas -- It's the final game of this three-games series between the Texas Rangers and Cleveland Indians and a perfect time to talk baseball. The chat room is now open for you to post some early questions and participate in polls. We'll sta...
Blog | September 13, 2012 -
Live in-game chat: Rangers vs. Twins
Richard DurrettARLINGTON, Texas -- It's a Sunday afternoon and the NFL regular season hasn't started yet, so it's a perfect time to talk Texas Rangers baseball. The Rangers face the Twins in the final game of this four-game series at 2:05 p.m. on ESPN Dallas 103.3 ...
Blog | August 26, 2012 -
Live in-game chat: Rangers vs. Seattle
Richard DurrettARLINGTON, Texas -- It's the final game of this four-game series and it's an afternoon affair. That gives you the perfect excuse to join us for an in-game chat while you're at work today. The room is now open for you to ask early questions and partic...
Blog | April 12, 2012 -
Live in-game chat: Rangers vs. Detroit
Richard DurrettDETROIT, Mich. -- The Rangers start this three-game series in Detroit with an afternoon affair at lunch time. That's the perfect excuse for you to take some time off work and join us for an in-game chat. The room is now open for you to post some earl...
Blog | April 11, 2011