So close: Drew Smyly's perfect game ends on 35-foot single by Dodgers David Peralta in 8th inning. Cubs prevail 13-0.
Three straight knuckle curve balls to Max Muncy in the second inning all found the strike zone, and the Dodgers' slugger went down swinging. Smyly then struck out Miguel Vargas with three straight sinkers after falling behind 3-0, and he proceeded to punch out James Outman , Trayce Thompson and Luke Williams to run his strikeout streak to six.
When the seventh arrived, every one of the 30,381 fans knew history was possible and a loud cheer went up when Smyly got Chris Taylor looking on a 3-2 sinker that barely caught the inside corner. They rose for the first time on a 2-2 pitch to J.D. Martinez and roared their approval when Martinez flew out to right field to end the inning.
The last pitcher to throw a perfect game was Seattle's Felix Hernandez on August 15, 2012. MLB is in its longest perfect-game drought since a 13-year run from 1968-81.
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