don larsen made the last out in don larsen's perfect game.
who made the last out in don larsen's perfect game?
don larsen
larsen started game 5 for the yankees. larsen's opponent in the game was brooklyn's sal maglie. larsen needed just 97 pitches to complete the perfect game, and only one dodger batter (pee wee reese in the first inning) was able to get a 3-ball count. in 1998, larsen recalled, "i had great control. i never had that kind of control in my life." brooklyn's maglie gave up only two runs on five hits. mickey mantle's fourth-inning home run broke the scoreless tie. the yankees added an insurance run in the sixth. after roy campanella grounded out to billy martin for the second out of the 9th inning, larsen faced pinch hitter dale mitchell, a .311 career hitter. throwing fastballs, larsen got ahead in the count at 1–2. on his 97th pitch, a called third strike by home plate umpire babe pinelli, larsen caught mitchell looking for the 27th and last out. after the pitch, catcher yogi berra leaped into larsen's arms in celebration, setting up the "everlasting image". larsen's unparalleled game earned him the world series most valuable player award and babe ruth award.
don larsen
george mogridge threw the first no-hitter in yankees history, beating their rival boston red sox 2–1, their only no-hitter in which the opposition scored. their most recent no-hitter was david cone's perfect game in 1999, the seventh yankees no-hitter thrown by a right-handed pitcher and their third perfect game. the yankees' first perfect game was also thrown by a right-handed pitcher, don larsen, and came in game 5 of the 1956 world series. larsen's perfect game was the only no-hitter in mlb postseason play until roy halladay of the philadelphia phillies pitched a no-hitter in game 1 of the 2010 national league division series. coincidentally, cone's perfect game came on "yogi berra day" at yankee stadium. berra had caught larsen's perfect game and both he and larsen were in the stands for the game. of the eleven no-hitters pitched by yankees players, three each have been won by the scores 4–0 and 2–0, more common than any other result. the largest margin of victory in a yankees no-hitter was 13 runs, in a 13–0 win by monte pearson.
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