THE GAME OF BASEBALL

Dallas Braden retired all 27 Tampa Bay batters in succession, Sunday afternoon, to record just the 19th perfect game in Major League history, a 4-0 A's victory. The lefty struck out 6 batters tossing the first A's perfect game after Catfish Hunter's one (May 8, 1968) against Minnesota. Chicago's Mark Buehrle tossed baseball's last perfect game, against Tampa Bay last August.