Thursday, July 30, 2009

A Perfect Game And Two Grand Slams by a Player in a Game in a Week

The last week has seen two rare events for baseball fans. Buehrle through a Perfect game.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hlmjjhjgTw4Faf7RQDuOSoY1_avwD99KCR802

"Mark Buehrle pitched the first perfect game in the major leagues in five years Thursday and Chicago White Sox center fielder DeWayne Wise got the assist. Buehrle (11-3) got a great catch from center fielder Wise leading off the ninth inning to save the bid — and the 5-0 shutout of the Tampa Bay Rays."

This was the 18th recorded Perfect Game (http://mlb.com/mlb/history/rare_feats/index.jsp?feature=perfect_game). He got a call from Obama congratulating him (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i_d-K3l3KLAXKoPedMHhBniyyrSgD99KEBFG3).

A few days later Willingham hit two Grand Slams in the same game.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=290727108

"Josh Willingham put the ball from his second grand slam, inscribed with all the details, into an acrylic cube. His bat was staying in circulation for now, even if the Hall of Fame asked for the lumber.

"No, no way," he said. "Well, when I break it, I'll give it to them."

Willingham hit two grand slams and tied a franchise record with eight RBIs, powering the Washington Nationals to a 14-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.
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He became only the 13th player to hit two Grand Slams in the same game (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats11.shtml).

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