Yu darvish perfect game reaction

What a letdown. Everyone was ready to celebrate perfection. And to have it end with two outs in the ninth is tough. Did you see Leonys Martin take his cap and throw it in frustration from the dugout when the hit went through?

All of the players wanted to see history. But Darvish made this a very fun night to watch the Rangers. He thought it was just a tremendous pitch that was going to baffle hitters. That was on display like crazy on Tuesday.

The Astros had no idea what to do against it. Two more were on a slider looking. One was looking at a 97 mph fastball, and the other was swinging on a 97 mph fastball. One scout texted me to say that Darvish had thrown: 4-seamer, 2-seamer, cutter, splitter, change, slow curve, hard curve and a slider.

Lots of different pitches, but Darvish worked off that fastball and slider and then mixed in when he needed to. Back then, it was the fourth game of the season and Darvish was pitching on a Monday night against Seattle with an overflowing press box and a large international audience to witness his first MLB start. And he struggled. Darvish walked Chone Figgins on four pitches to start the game. He gave up four runs in that first inning and had three walks and a wild pitch. What a difference a year makes.

Even though he knew he was trying to make history, Darvish was walking around the dugout and at least staying close to his teammates for much of the time. He wasn't off on his own, though I didn't really see anybody talking to him, either. Darvish really didn't need any spectacular defensive plays to keep him in the hunt for a perfect game.

The year-old Gonzalez made his big league debut last year, hitting. Darvish, who played seven professional seasons in Japan before joining the Rangers, set rookie franchise records for wins 16 and strikeouts last season. The win gives Darvish five straight regular-season victories dating to last season. He took the loss in the Rangers' defeat to Baltimore in the AL wild-card game last year. Using his dizzying array of pitches, including a fastball that topped out at 97 mph, a slider, and 95 mph cutters, Darvish bedeviled the mostly inexperienced Houston hitters.

Darvish sailed through the first four innings, striking out nine, including the side in the second and fourth. Carter hit a long fly that looked as though it could be gone before David Murphy caught it just in front of the wall in left-centre for the first out of the fifth.

First baseman Mitch Moreland made a nice catch on a liner by Ankiel for the second out before Darvish fanned Maxwell on three pitches to end the inning. Michael Kirkman relieved Darvish after Gonzalez's hit. Jose Altuve followed with a single before Kirkman fanned pinch-hitter J. Martinez to end it. Lucas Harrell , who was Houston's most successful starter a year ago with 11 wins, allowed six hits and one run with four strikeouts in six innings.

Lance Berkman had a run-scoring single in the third against his former team. He finished with three hits and two RBIs. Kinsler hit a two-run homer off Rhiner Cruz in the seventh to make it Texas added two runs in the eighth and two in the ninth.

Berkman extended his hitting streak at Minute Maid Park to 14 games dating to July 26, That includes his last three home games with the Astros and 11 appearances as an opposing player with St.

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