OAKLAND, CA – Dallas Braden, the 26 year old left handed pitcher for The Oakland Athletics, pitched a perfect game beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0. Braden made this the 19th perfect game in MLB, making him the second person in less than a year to accomplish this feat.<\/p>\n
After the game, Braden hugged his grandmother Peggy Lindsey, who raised him after his mother died of skin cancer eight years ago when he was a senior in high school. It was an emotional moment and a fitting Mother’s Day gift for Braden’s grandmother. When Lindsey met with reporters after the game, she said, \u201cStick it, A-Rod!\u201d <\/p>\n
Before this perfect game, Dallas Braden was best known for criticizing Alex Rodriquez last month for crossing the mound after a foul ball, which in baseball is considered a violation of etiquette. Rodriquez shook it off saying Braden only had a handful of wins.<\/p>\n
When Rodriquez was confronted by reporters about Braden’s perfect game, he said \u201cGood for him, he threw a perfect game. And even better, he beat the Rays.\u201d<\/p>\n
The A’s last no-hitter was by Dave Stewart on June 29, 1990, at Toronto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OAKLAND, CA – Dallas Braden, the 26 year old left handed pitcher for The Oakland Athletics, pitched a perfect game beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0. Braden made this the 19th perfect game in MLB, making him the second person in less than a year to accomplish this feat. After the game, Braden hugged his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1186,1185],"class_list":["post-16537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baseball-news","tag-dallas-braden","tag-dallas-braden-perfect-game"],"yoast_head":"\n