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Perfect Game for Lighting Frankel Wednesday, July 26th , 2062 One of the rarest feats in baseball occurred at Gatorade Stadium: the perfect game. Facing off against the Key West Thunder, Thunder Bay Lighting hurler Garrett Frankel gave up no runs, no hits, no walks and saw no errors in the 5-0 victory. "This was one of those games where a good athlete was on top of his game," said Thunder Bay manager Masamune Fujimoto after the game. "He had a tremendous rhythm out there. His focus, his concentration, his stuff, everything was as good as it could possibly be." Frankel saw 27 batters and retired every one of them in order. He bewildered the Thunder, striking out 11. Late in the game, the left-hander sat by himself at one end of the dugout, staring at the ground. No one approached him, adhering to the baseball superstition that no one mention a no-hitter -- much less a perfect game -- until it is completed. When it was over, Frankel gave a simple fist pump, while his teammates mobbed him and the fans gave a standing ovation. "A game like this was special," Frankel said. "It doesn't come along very often." View Boxscore View Game Log |
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