The Sox ran out of the dugout and celebrated at the pitchers mound this afternoon. No, they weren't reenacting the 2005 World Series celebration, they were piling on Phil Humber who dominated the Seattle Mariners this afternoon to throw the 21st perfect game in MLB history for the 4-0 Sox win!
Just about a year ago he took a no hitter against the Yankees into the 7th inning only to give up a base hit to Alex Rodriguez. Today, a completely different story. Only a couple hard hit balls and a low pitch count (96 total!) contributed to his masterful performance.
Paul Konerko blasted his 398th career home run to lead off the 2nd inning to give Humber an early lead to work with.
The perfect game was the third thrown in White Sox history, the second in three years. See: Buehrle, Mark - 2009.
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