Can a baseball pitcher pitch a perfect game and loose?
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Well I suppose. If the pitcher strikes the batter out but the cather doesn't catch the pitch technically the batter although struck out could run to first base. from there he would have to steal 2nd base 3rd base and home. but yeah I suppose technically it could happen...What is the best slow pitch softball bat for someone 6ft 270?
No. A perfect game means no baserunners. The opposing team can't score if the pitcher doesn't allow anyone to reach base.Those who said it's possible to pitch a perfect game and lose need to check the definition of "perfect game." Harvey Haddix pitched perfect baseball for 12 innings and then lost in the 13th. It's not recognized as a perfect game because he did not pitch the entire game game without allowing a baserunner.
no. a perfect game means no one gets on base. The other team can't score w/ no one on base...
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No, no runners would ever reach base to score,You cAN HOWEVER lose after pitching a no hitter
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Um this is actually not a straight forward answer. A pitcher can pitch 9 perfect innings and go into the 10th and loose yes. Now alot of things have to go wrong for this to happen but I have to say that it is possible.Why is Mariano Rivera allowed to wear number 42 if it is supposed to be a retired number?
Can't lose if you don't give up a run. It is possible, though, to lose a no-hitter.Who has the most Gold glove awards in history?
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No a perfect game means no one gets on base and you throw the whole gameIs baseball the healthiest is ever been?
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No.However a pitcher can pitch a no hitter and lose if someone reaches and scores on a walk or error. A perfect game means that no hits, not walks no base runners were allowed in the whole game. This makes a perfect game impossible to lose.
no, by pitching a perfect game no men would ever reach base, so no runs could be scored.
impossible. a perfect game implies that no batter reaches first base. and a pitcher gets a loss if he leaves the game while his team is losing AND his earned runs = the deficit. so no, he cannot
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No, a perfect game means the other team did not get one hit off of his pitching. Therefore it can only end in a tie or win for the pitcher.What are some steps I can take to ensure that my son becomes a great baseball player?
No, a perfect game means that a pitcher gives up no baserunners. If you have no baserunners, you cannot score. A pitcher can lose a no-hitter though. A no-hitter just means that there are no base hits in a game, but there can still be baserunners by error, hit by pitch, walk, or stealing first. I am not sure if this has every happened.What position do you normally play when spending a day on the diamond?
He can pitch a 9 inning prfect game, and lose..I think it has happened, i could be wrong, but I stand by the first part of my answer. Reason: They can take him out after nine due to many reasons, Injury...
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nope.when i was 12, i caught a no hitter, but it wasnt a shut out, the other team scored like 2 runs.
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No.No, a perfect game is when no runners reach base.
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Short answer: No. A pitcher throwing a perfect game can only win or tie (a tie could happen in the event of a 9+ inning game called due to rain - wouldn't count in the standings, but would in the record book).From the official MLB regulations:
"An official perfect game occurs when a pitcher (or pitchers) retires each batter on the opposing team during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings. In a perfect game, no batter reaches any base during the course of the game."
So... a pitcher must pitch a complete game in order for it to be considered a perfect game. Pitching nine perfect innings in a ten inning game then doesn't qualify as a perfect game then because it is not complete.
Any sort of a hit or error which results in a runner reaching any base - a prerequisite for scoring - would ruin a perfect game. So a baseball pitcher cannot pitch a perfect game and lose.
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Haddix did, sort of. Pitched 12 perfect innings, but his Pirates failed to score, finally lost in the 13th, 1-0, on a couple of weird plays. MLB does not acknowledge his as a perfect game, however, since it didn't finish perfect.The only way I can think that a perfect game could be lost would be by forfeit, and even then the pitcher would not get an L. Imagine the home starter has gone nine perfect but his team still hasn't scored a run. In the bottom of the ninth, for whatever reason, the umpire sees fit to declare it a forfeit in favor of the visitors. By Rule 10.03(e)(2), all personal stats are recorded up to the time of the forfeit (if the game has gone official length), but winning and losing pitchers are only entered if the team that wins by forfeit was winning already. So the team would lose, and the pitcher would get a ND and his perfect game. Yeah, it's a stretch; this one would probably end up on the commissioner's desk in appeal.
MLB 10.03(e)(2):
(2) If a regulation game is forfeited, the official scorer shall include the record of all individual and team actions up to the time of forfeit. If the winning team by forfeit is ahead at the time of forfeit, the official scorer shall enter as winning and losing pitchers the players who would have qualified as the winning and losing pitchers if the game had been called at the time of forfeit. If the winning team by forfeit is behind or if the score is tied at the time of forfeit, the official scorer shall not enter a winning or losing pitcher. If a game is forfeited before it becomes a regulation game, the official scorer shall include no records and shall report only the fact of the forfeit.
No. In a perfect game, nobody gets on base. If nobody gets on base, it's impossible to score a run and thus impossible to lose.
It is possible to pitch 9 perfect innings and still end up losing in extra innings, as Harvey Haddix can attest. However, that would not officially be counted as a perfect game.
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