Facing the hitting-challenged Seattle Mariners Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, CC Sabathia took a perfect game into the seventh inning. He struck out Ichiro Suzuki leading off the seventh, but gave up a line-drive single to Brendan Ryan, breaking up the no-hitter and the perfect game.
Play was halted in the top of the sixth inning with one out. After a 30-minute rain delay, Sabathia returned to the mound and quickly retired the next two Mariners. Following Ryan's single, Sabathia struck out Dustin Ackley and Miguel Olivo to preserve the Yankees' 3-0 lead.
Sabathia's got 14 strikeouts through seven innings, setting a new career high, thanks largely to a devastating slider. He's never thrown a no-hitter, but came very close in 2008; pitching for the Brewers against the Pirates, Sabathia gave up just one hit, a checked-swing dribbler that could easily have been scored an error on Sabathia himself.
Sabathia entered Tuesday night's starts with an MLB-leading 14 wins, and after seven shutout innings his ERA now stands at 2.51.
Facing the hitting-challenged Seattle Mariners Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, CC Sabathia took a perfect game into the seventh inning. He struck out Ichiro Suzuki leading off the seventh, but gave up a line-drive single to Brendan Ryan, breaking up the no-hitter and the perfect game.
Play was halted in the top of the sixth inning with one out. After a 30-minute rain delay, Sabathia returned to the mound and quickly retired the next two Mariners. Following Ryan's single, Sabathia struck out Dustin Ackley and Miguel Olivo to preserve the Yankees' 3-0 lead.
Sabathia's got 14 strikeouts through seven innings, setting a new career high, thanks largely to a devastating slider. He's never thrown a no-hitter, but came very close in 2008; pitching for the Brewers against the Pirates, Sabathia gave up just one hit, a checked-swing dribbler that could easily have been scored an error on Sabathia himself.
Sabathia entered Tuesday night's starts with an MLB-leading 14 wins, and after seven shutout innings his ERA now stands at 2.51.