German achieves perfect game number 24

Domingo German authored MLB’s 24th perfect game against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night, as the New York Yankees starter allowed no hits and no walks on 99 pitches in an 11-0 victory.

In an up-and-down season, which included a suspension and a sub-.500 record prior to Wednesday’s outing, German had a masterful outing against the bottom-ranked A’s, mixing his pitches, keeping his defense busy and engaged, and sentencing nine strikeouts along the way.

German’s effort was the fourth perfect game in franchise history, and in MLB, it is the first perfect game since Seattle’s Felix Hernandez had one on August 15, 2012.

The win was New York’s third in its last four games and the first away win of an away series that will also include a weekend stop in St. Louis.

A little more than a month ago, German was suspended 10 games by Major League Baseball after using too much resin on his hands in an opener against the Toronto Blue Jays. A week later he told the media he would use less resin and apologized to his teammates for the incident.

The Dominican pitcher was suspended after being ejected in the fourth inning of New York’s 6-3 win over Toronto on May 16. He retired the first nine batters before first base umpire DJ Reyburn checked his hands as German headed to the mound for the fourth inning.

After the game, home plate umpire James Hoye said German had “the stickiest hand I’ve ever felt.”

Oakland’s win, however, raised its record to 5-5 and saw some unusual offense from German’s teammates. The Yankees exploded in the sixth inning, scoring six runs and adding three more in the ninth.

Giancarlo Stanton homered and drove in three runs in the win. It was his seventh long hit of the season.