Perfect game alert

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Eury Perez is perfect through seven innings.
8-0 Miami, top of the eighth inning.

Peacock/NBC has the coverage.

Marlins vs. Athletics (Jul 5, 2026) Box Score - ESPN

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Broken up.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Wow. I see he was lifted after seven perfect IP.

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Wow. I see he was lifted after seven perfect IP.

I'm trying to piece this together.
Nobody knows anything definitely.
I think he tweaked his arm.
A strong as an ox kid that he is, at 92 pitches, and perfect, he's sure as hell coming out to start the eighth

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My first reaction was that Perez aggravated the muscle again.


Jul 5, 2026, 10:04 PM
Perez (5-6) struck out eight over seven perfect innings to earn the win over the Athletics on Sunday.

ANALYSIS: Perez didn't get a chance to go for history, as manager Clayton McCullough pulled the right-hander at 92 pitches (56 strikes). Lake Bachar then made a mess of things in the eighth inning, and Pete Fairbanks struggled in the ninth, but the Marlins had just enough of a cushion to escape with the win. Perez has allowed just two runs over 17 innings across three starts since he returned from a right gracilis muscle strain. He's at a 3.84 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 89:32 K:BB through 79.2 innings over 15 starts this season. Perez is projected to make his next start at home versus the Guardians.


The move was a precautionary measure.
From what I understand, McCullogh and his coaches had pregame talks about what Perez's innings limit/pitch count would be
(90 pitches, plus a batter, was it.)
Not only am I fine with that, but I'm on board with that decision.

The manager is in a tough spot; he's going to catch shit from all sides no matter what.
The game plan was 90 pitches, plus a batter. If he caters to the fans and media types and leaves Perez in the game, and Perez gets injured on pitch +102, not only will he catch shit from the fans, but he'll also be out of an MLB gig.
McCollough made the 100 percent best decision, and it was discussed before the game started.

Christina De Nicola wrote it up in detail in her MLB column this morning at MLB.com
Eury lifted after 7 perfect frames, with Marlins looking 'beyond regular season'

This is the direct quote from the manager.

“Us looking to play beyond the regular season, Eury's going to be an important part of that,” McCullough said. “He had it really going today, and I totally get it; and there was a part of my heartstrings pulling at his opportunity to keep on going, but I think I have to think about Eury, one, and our organization, our team, and what's best moving forward to give us a chance to continue to win games. So [I] made more of a calculated decision with where he was with the pitch count to take him out.”

Was there any thought of going batter by batter?

“No consideration there,” McCullough said. “90 plus a hitter was the number of pitches I was going to feel comfortable with letting him throw today, and that was going to be what was going to guide the decisions I made with him at any part of the game.”


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Game finished 9-8

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Game finished 9-8

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I watched three games yesterday: the Braves game, the Red Sox game, and this Miami game.
The Mets' bullpen meltdown was equally bad.

The Mets scored five runs in the ninth to go up 10-3.
The Braves scored six runs in the bottom of the ninth and were looking for more before the third out was made.
The Braves were down 10-9 with two outs.
With the bases loaded, Atlanta could have won it with just a walk-off single.
A bloop, a flare, a jam shot, a 20-hop worm beater with seeing eyes that trickles into the outfield...
But it wasn't meant to be; there would be no joy in A-Town, the mighty Dom Smith had struck out.

All told, in the ninth inning, just the ninth inning alone....
There were 11 runs scored on 11 hits and three walks.
The 2024 White Sox used to call 11 runs on 11 hits a good week for them

But wait, there's even more.
The ninth inning also saw a throwing error by the pitcher on a pick-off attempt and a wild pitch five minutes later.

Inn	Out	Pit(cnt)	R/O	@Bat	Batter	Pitcher	wWPA	wWE	Play Description
Top of the 9th, Mets Batting, Ahead 5-3, Braves' Carlos Carrasco facing 6-7-8
t9	0	5,(1-2) BFSFX	R	NYM	Tyrone Taylor	Carlos Carrasco	4%	97%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
t9	0	6,(3-2) S.BBSBT	O	NYM	A.J. Ewing	Carlos Carrasco	0%	96%	Strikeout Swinging
t9	1	2,(1-0) BX	O	NYM	Luis Torrens	Carlos Carrasco	0%	96%	Groundout: SS-1B
t9	2	2,(0-1) S.X		NYM	Brett Baty	Carlos Carrasco	0%	96%	Single to RF (Line Drive)
t9	2	7,(3-2) 1CSBBFB>B		NYM	Francisco Lindor	Carlos Carrasco	0%	97%	Walk; B. Baty to 2B
t9	2	6,(3-2) BCBBF>B		NYM	Juan Soto	Carlos Carrasco	0%	97%	Walk; B. Baty to 3B; F. Lindor to 2B
t9	2	2,(0-1) CX	RR	NYM	Bo Bichette	Carlos Carrasco	3%	99%	Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Baty Scores; F. Lindor Scores; J. Soto to 3B
t9	2	3,(1-1) CBX	RR	NYM	Jared Young	Carlos Carrasco	0%	100%	Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Soto Scores; B. Bichette Scores
t9	2	1,(0-0) X	O	NYM	Carson Benge	Carlos Carrasco	0%	100%	Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
							5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 10, Braves 3.
Bottom of the 9th, Braves Batting, Behind 3-10, Mets' Huascar Brazobán facing 5-6-7
							Huascar Brazobán replaces Luke Weaver pitching
b9	0	4,(1-2) .BFFX		ATL	Mauricio Dubón	Huascar Brazobán	0%	100%	Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF)
b9	0	3,(1-1) C*BX		ATL	Dominic Smith	Huascar Brazobán	-1%	99%	Single to 2B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B); M. Dubón to 3B
b9	0	2,(1-1) BF1	R	ATL	Austin Riley	Huascar Brazobán	0%	99%	D. Smith Picked off 1B, safe on E1 (throw); M. Dubón Scores/No RBI; D. Smith to 2B
b9	0	3,(1-1) BF1.X		ATL	Austin Riley	Huascar Brazobán	-1%	98%	Single to CF (Line Drive); D. Smith to 3B
b9	0	6,(3-2) BBBCCB		ATL	Eli White	Huascar Brazobán	-2%	96%	Walk; A. Riley to 2B
b9	0	3,(0-2) FCS	O	ATL	Jorge Mateo	Huascar Brazobán	3%	98%	Strikeout Swinging
b9	1	1,(0-0) X	RRRR	ATL	Drake Baldwin	Huascar Brazobán	-3%	95%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Smith Scores; A. Riley Scores; E. White Scores
							Devin Williams replaces Huascar Brazobán pitching
b9	1	8,(1-2) .CFFFFFBS	O	ATL	Ozzie Albies	Devin Williams	3%	99%	Strikeout Swinging
b9	2	3,(1-1) CBX		ATL	Matt Olson	Devin Williams	-3%	95%	Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
b9	2	3,(0-2) FS.B		ATL	Michael Harris II	Devin Williams	0%	95%	Wild Pitch; M. Olson to 3B
b9	2	4,(1-2) FS.B.X	R	ATL	Michael Harris II	Devin Williams	-5%	90%	Single to 1B (Ground Ball); M. Olson Scores
b9	2	2,(1-0) BX		ATL	Mauricio Dubón	Devin Williams	-14%	76%	Single to LF (Ground Ball); M. Harris to 3B; M. Dubón to 2B
b9	2	5,(2-2) B*BCS.S	O	ATL	Dominic Smith	Devin Williams	24%	100%	Strikeout Swinging
							6 runs, 7 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Mets 10, Braves 9.

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Nash, remember the term "rubber arm" for a pitcher back in the day? Certain guys could throw deep into every start and rarely get injured. I have not heard that term in decades as they baby pitchers way too much these days.

Does throwing less often and for shorter stints lessen the likelihood of injury? I'm not convinced. It seems to me that throwing more often and building up the strength and flexibility of those muscles would be a good thing? But what do I know

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I was a catcher for 12 years, the terms 'rubber arm' and 'fireman' when describing a closer were prevalent up until I started playing Pony League ball, then the term fireman was replaced with 'closer', and I don't know what other pitchers and catchers said, but I used to say, something like "who's the hamburger Albany's starting against us tonight"

"Hamburger" is not a Nasher original. I heard that several times before I decided, "I like it, I'm going to have to use that one"
I just had this random thought: "If one remembers when closers were known as 'firemen, ' then one remembers The Sporting News, sponsored by Rolaids, awarded the best reliever for that season with the 'The Sporting News, Rolaids fireman of the year award"

And right on cue, JP.

Do you think 'tired arm had anything to do with this?

My lovable, but stinky KC Royals just waylaid Christophor Sanchez and the Phils 15-1.
Without Garcia at 3B and at the top of the order, and even though Bobby Witt Jr, is off the IR (technically, he was never placed on the IR, but still needed a week to recover), he's not 100 percent yet, and the next time you see Vinny Pas at first base will be in 2027.

Sanchez wasn't right at all this afternoon, before he was mercifully pulled from the game in the third inning, KC jumped him (and 'jumped' is the right word, because the lineup, 1-9, had every pitch timed out perfectly).

My guy, even before Bobby Witt, Sal Perez looked like the Salvy from ten years ago when he was winning WS MVP awards, blasted a solo shot to left-center at the 'K'
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Left center at the K is informally known as "Bo Jackson Territory"
The thing of it is, Sal Perez is 36 now, not 26, and his stick doesn't have the jack it once had ten years ago.

But yeah, when a league and staff ace like C. Sanches gets rung up for 9 runs, all earned, and 12 hits, three of those being HRs before the third inning is in the books, while striking out just one batter, I'm pretty sure it's one of two things: a) he pulled a muscle or something along those lines. b) His arm is 'tired' also. It's a good thing the MLB shuts down to showcase its All-Star talent, because most of today's power pitchers could use a week off. Sanchez can strike out the side, pitching in a coma.

When Sanchez gave up HR #3 in the third inning, I said, " Nobody in particular, 'What is this, Bizzaro world "

It was like watching one of those great retro Rod Serling Twilight Zone episodes, 3HR allowed before the eighth out of the game is recorded?

"You are traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are those of imagination. Your next stop, the Twilight Zone!"

There was no way I was expecting this. How could you?

This is what Philly's pitching box looked like at the end of six innings