Baseball Guru
07-08-2001, 06:14 PM
Demoted Halama Throws Perfect Game
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- John Halama, recently demoted by the Seattle Mariners to Triple-A Tacoma, threw a perfect game Saturday night in the Rainiers' 6-0 victory over Calgary.
The left-hander, sent to the minors June 28 after he struggled in consecutive starts for the Mariners, retired all 27 batters in order for the first nine-inning perfect game in the 99-year history of the Pacific Coast League.
''I was just trying to stay within myself,'' Halama told The News Tribune of Tacoma after the game. ''I got sent down here for a specific reason: to get my mechanics back and to get the ball down.''
Halama struck out nine, and got 11 outs on grounders and seven on flyouts.
''My first two games here I've gotten a lot of groundball outs,'' said Halama, who is 2-0 since joining Tacoma.
The feat came just four nights after Brett Tomko, also recently sent down by the Mariners, pitched a no-hitter against Oklahoma City.
Halama made the final putout, covering first base on Ben Candelaria's grounder.
Todd Betts saved the perfect game in the seventh by leaping off the first-base bag to grab a throw from shortstop Ramon Vazquez and tagging out Mike Gulan.
Halama, 29, had allowed 13 runs -- 10 earned -- and 15 hits in 7 1-3 innings in two starts before being sent to Tacoma. Halama was 6-5 with a 5.42 ERA in 16 starts for the Mariners.
He was 14-9 with a 5.08 ERA in 30 starts last season, and made two starts, with no decisions, against the New York Yankees in the ALCS.
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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- John Halama, recently demoted by the Seattle Mariners to Triple-A Tacoma, threw a perfect game Saturday night in the Rainiers' 6-0 victory over Calgary.
The left-hander, sent to the minors June 28 after he struggled in consecutive starts for the Mariners, retired all 27 batters in order for the first nine-inning perfect game in the 99-year history of the Pacific Coast League.
''I was just trying to stay within myself,'' Halama told The News Tribune of Tacoma after the game. ''I got sent down here for a specific reason: to get my mechanics back and to get the ball down.''
Halama struck out nine, and got 11 outs on grounders and seven on flyouts.
''My first two games here I've gotten a lot of groundball outs,'' said Halama, who is 2-0 since joining Tacoma.
The feat came just four nights after Brett Tomko, also recently sent down by the Mariners, pitched a no-hitter against Oklahoma City.
Halama made the final putout, covering first base on Ben Candelaria's grounder.
Todd Betts saved the perfect game in the seventh by leaping off the first-base bag to grab a throw from shortstop Ramon Vazquez and tagging out Mike Gulan.
Halama, 29, had allowed 13 runs -- 10 earned -- and 15 hits in 7 1-3 innings in two starts before being sent to Tacoma. Halama was 6-5 with a 5.42 ERA in 16 starts for the Mariners.
He was 14-9 with a 5.08 ERA in 30 starts last season, and made two starts, with no decisions, against the New York Yankees in the ALCS.
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