Pedro Martinez Perfect Game Box Score

Pedro Martinez became the second major league pitcher to take a perfect game into extra innings and the first to throw nine hitless innings at Jack Murphy Stadium. Martinez, who is a throw-back pitcher to an era long gone, hurled this amazing game yet only earned a simple win upon its completion due to a tench inning Bip Roberts line drive double down the right-field line.

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"You just don't expect a guy weighing ninety-seven pounds to throw ninety-nine miles an hour. He's just very aggressive. I never really watched Bob Gibson pitch, but I get the feeling he's like a Gibson. If he has to throw one under your chin, he'll do it". - Larry Walker

Pedro Martinez "Near" Perfect Game Box Score

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Jack Murphy Stadium on June 3, 1995

Montreal Expos
NAME POS AB R H RBI
Lou Frazier cf 4 0 1 0
Jeff Treadway 2b 5 0 1 1
Wil Cordero ss 5 0 0 0
Moises Alou lf 4 0 2 0
Darrin Fletcher c 3 0 0 0
Tony Tarasco rf 3 0 0 0
Mark Grudzielanek 3b 4 0 0 0
Shane Andrews 1b 3 1 1 0
Pedro Martinez p 3 0 0 0
Mel Rojas p 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 1 5 1
San Diego Padres
NAME POS AB R H RBI
Bip Roberts lf 4 0 1 0
Steve Finley cf 4 0 0 0
Tony Gwynn rf 4 0 0 0
Ken Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Roberto Petagine 1b 3 0 0 0
Brad Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Jody Reed 2b 3 0 0 0
Ray Holbert ss 2 0 0 0
Scott Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0
Andujar Cedeno ss 0 0 0 0
Joey Hamilton p 2 0 0 0
Eddie Williams ph 1 0 0 0
Brian Williams p 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 0 1 0

Double Play: San Diego 2.
Double: Roberts.
Errors: Petagine, Holbert.
Left on Base: Montreal 8, San Diego 1.
Sacrifice: Martinez.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
San Diego 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Montreal Expos
NAME IP H R ER BB SO
a-Pedro Martinez 9.0 1 0 0 0 9
Mel Rojas 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
San Diego Padres
NAME IP H R ER BB SO
Joey Hamilton 9.0 3 0 0 2 2
Brian Williams 1.0 2 1 1 1 1

a: Pitched to 1 batter in the 10th inning.

Losing Pitcher: Williams (0-3).
Winning Pitcher: Martinez (4-1).

Hit by Pitcher: Tarasco (by Hamilton).
Save: Rojas.
Wild Pitch: Rojas.

Attendance: 9,707.
Length of Game: 2:22.
Umpires: HP: Kerwin Danley, 1B: Charlie Williams. 2B: Greg Bonin. 3B: Rich Rieker.
Pedro Martinez "Near" Perfect Game Box Score
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Pedro Martinez had a perfect game when he entered the tenth frame, but he gave up a lead-off double to Bip Roberts. Martinez lost his bid for perfection, lost his "official" no-hitter, and was replaced on the mound by Mel Rojas courtesy of his manager (Felipe Alou).

Did you know that Pedro Martinez threw just ninety-six pitches during this game and sixty-seven of them were strikes?

Only forty-one days later, Pedro Martinez's brother Ramon Martinez threw a no-hitter versus the Florida Marlins.