SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Matt Cain raised his arms and waved his cap, fighting off tears amid a standing ovation as he walked off the mound for the last time Saturday.

Cain's decorated 13-year career came to an end with him pitching five shutout innings in the San Francisco Giants' 3-2 loss to the San Diego Padres.
The home crowd at AT&T Park saluted the right-hander, a cornerstone of the Giants' championship era who pitched the only perfect game in franchise history. Cain took a curtain call and exited with a 1-0 lead.
"It was definitely an emotional roller-coaster as you walk out onto the field and take the bullpen mound," Cain said. "The first couple of innings were all adrenaline, the last three were just on the guys and the fans, the fans just willing me along."


Making his 342nd start in a career that began with the Giants in 2005, Cain threw 73 pitches in his first game in September.
Cain worked 2,085 2/3 innings, and started the All-Star Game in his best year of 2012. He was 16-10 with a 2.79 ERA that season and placed sixth in the NL Cy Young Award voting. His perfect game came that June against Houston.
During his prime, Cain established himself among the game's top clutch performers, going 4-2 with a 2.10 ERA in eight career postseason starts. He didn't allow an earned run in 21 1/3 innings in the 2010 postseason.





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