**********Domingo German, with the Greensboro Grasshoppers in 2014, went (9-3) on the hill, with an ERA of 2.48…German with Greensboro, 25 Games/25 Starts, 123 1/3 innings, giving up 43 runs on 116 hits, with 34 earned runs…Six home runs off of German, and he walked just 25 batters, and he struck out 113 South Atlantic League batters…German left the Marlins organization, and hooked up with the NY Yankees in 2016…**********
Yankees pitcher throws first perfect game since 2012
from Michael Carpenter, with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com
For only the 24th time in MLB history and the first time since Felix Hernández did it in 2012, a perfect game was thrown. New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German(Greensboro Grasshoppers) achieved the feat Wednesday night versus the Oakland Athletics in the Yankees’ 11-0 victory.
Germán. HISTORY! pic.twitter.com/ktEZbxZNIo
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 29, 2023
With nine strikeouts over the nine innings, German managed to complete the masterpiece performance in only 99 pitches. German joins David Cone, David Wells and Don Larsen as the only Yankees to throw a perfect game. With four they now have the most by a team in AL/NL history, breaking their tie with the Chicago White Sox.
Coming off back-to-back terrible starts, allowing 17 runs in only five and one-third innings pitched he watched his ERA balloon from 3.49 to 5.10 after those two starts. With the possibility of losing his job with another bad start, German responded with the best game of his career and one that he will have trouble topping.
In a postgame interview, German revealed that his uncle had died two days before his start. “I cried a lot yesterday in the clubhouse, I had him with me throughout the whole game…this game is a tribute to him,” German stated through a translator.
"To accomplish something like this in my career is something I'm going to remember forever."
Domingo Germán dedicated his perfect game to his late uncle, who passed away two days ago.
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German also became the first pitcher born in the Dominican Republic to throw a perfect game, another special moment for the 30-year-old right-hander.
The Yankees will hope that this start will get him back on track as they try to hold on to a wild-card spot while chasing down the division-leading Tampa Bay Rays.