Phillies Break Up Perfect Game Bid For Reds' Travis Wood
7/10/2010 at 9:43pm
Reds rookie Travis Wood, a Bryant native, took a perfect game into the ninth inning before giving up Carlos Ruiz's leadoff double, and the Philadelphia Phillies stunned Cincinnati again by winning 1-0 on Jimmy Rollins' RBI single in the 11th.
Making his third big league start, the 23-year-old Wood dominated Philadelphia's injury-depleted lineup and matched zeros for nine innings with Phillies ace Roy Halladay, who threw a perfect game of his own May 29 in Florida.
The 23-year-old left-hander was trying for the third perfecto in the majors this year — not to mention the one Detroit right-hander Armando Galarraga was denied because of a missed call at first base by umpire Jim Joyce.
The only other time there have been two perfect games in one season was 1880.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
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