Philip Humber has tossed a perfect game as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners, 4-0, on Saturday at Safeco Field.The 29-year-old right-hander needed just 80 pitches to get through eight innings, throwing 57 strikes as he sat down the first 24 batters to step in against him.
Humber opened up the bottom of the ninth by falling behind Michael Saunders, 3-0, but recovered to strike him out. John Jaso flied out for the second out. Standing between Humber and history? Brendan Ryan. Humber got him on a wild third strike that may be debated. Ryan tried to check his swing but the home umpire didn't think he had stopped his bat. The ball skipped away from Sox catcher A. J. Pierzynski, who quickly went after it. Ryan made a half effort to get to first but the throw was always going to beat him to the bag. 27 up 27 down. Read Here
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