threw a five-inning rain-shortened no-hitter against the Phillies on September 24, 1988. It was the first no-hitter in Veterans Stadium history. Pérez allowed one walk, and another Phillies baserunner reached on an error. Umpire Harry Wendelstedt waved off the game after a 90-minute rain delay after the game was stopped by rain with one out in the top of the sixth. However, due to a statistical rule change in 1991, no-hitters must last at least nine innings to count. As a result of the retroactive application of the new rule, this game and thirty-five others are no longer considered no-hitters. He was granted free agency in November 1989 and signed with the Yankees. Through 1990 and 1991, he started only 17 games for the Yankees and compiled records of 1–2 and 2–4 respectively. Prior to the 1992 season, he was suspended by Major League Baseball for one year for violating the league's drug policy, a suspension that ended his career. His career record was 67–68. Two of his brothers, Mélido and Carlos, were also major league pitchers, as was a cousin, Yorkis. He also was married for 16 years to Maritza Madera Gross and had two daughters, Mariel Gross and Roxanna Gross. Pascual first made his trademark peek through the legs to check the runner on first in 1979 in the Dominican League. Death Pérez was found dead in his bedroom in San Gregorio de Nigua, Dominican Republic, on November 1, 2012, after being hit on the head repeatedly with a hammer in an apparent robbery. He was also stabbed in the neck. References External links 1957 births 2012 deaths 2012 crimes in the Dominican Republic 2012 murders in North America 2010s murders in the Dominican Republic Águilas Cibaeñas players Albany-Colonie Yankees players Atlanta Braves players Charleston Patriots players China Times Eagles players Columbus Clippers players Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Canada Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Taiwan Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States Fort Lauderdale Yankees players Deaths by beating Deaths by stabbing in the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic murder victims Dominican Republic sportspeople in doping cases Indianapolis Indians players Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic Major League Baseball players suspended for drug offenses Male murder victims Montreal Expos players National League All-Stars New York Yankees players People from San Cristóbal Province People murdered in the Dominican Republic