A No HItter!

Matt Cain of the San Francisco Giants three a no no last night.

As I went about my evening life, I had one eye on the TV. Matt Cain, the main man pitcher for the Giants was running through the order of the Houston Astros in prime shape. There didn't seem to be anyone reaching first base. The score was 10 zip. Half way through the game, things got tense. Not that Houston was going to score a huge number of runs, but rather was he going to make the no hitter stick. Just an errant fly ball dropped by an infielder or a ball that falls in could be the end of the perfect game.

As the innings added up the tension grew. The pitcher and dugout did not reflect the great job being done so as not to influence the chance that the perfect game could be made. The collective heart of the sellout crowd skipped a beat more than once as balls were hit into the outfield and plays were made within the very young infield.

The ninth inning the Houston Astros sent to the plate a Bay area boy to wreck the perfect game. Throughout the plate appearance, the  crowd as on its feet and some said the noise has greater than the final game of the World Series the giants won just two years ago.

The final play of the day was a hot ball sent to the newly acquired third basemen or before coming to the Giants had only played second base just two times before. The ball was hit sharply, and the Arias grabbed the ball deep in the third baseman's infield's place. The batter ran to first and almost beat the throw.

The celebration that ensued will probably keep the Giants from winning the next day. It was the first recorded no hitter in all of the Giant's franchise history.

What a marvel to behold.

: )  Pat