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Old 05-04-2022, 07:16 AM
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Default Roki Sasaki Perfect Game ticket- Japan

I just received this full, unused Season Field Box ticket to Roki Sasaki's 19K Perfect Game on April 10th, 2022 from Japan.

Although this game was not played in the ML it is arguably the best pitched game ever in professional baseball by many current metrics.

Roki Sasaki's perfect game was the first to be pitched in the Japanese major leagues since 1994.
The 20 yr. old Chiba Lotte Mariner RHP struck out 19 of the 27 Orix Buffalo batters he faced in the game.
The 19K's also set the Japanese majors record for most strikeouts in a perfect game and surpassed SF Giants pitcher Matt Cain and Sandy Koufax's standard of 14K's in a perfect game.
Sasaki struck out 13 consecutive batters in this game, which is just crazy!


Even more amazing is that Sasaki, in his next game, actually pitched 8 more perfect innings (a total of 17 consecutive perfect innings), before leaving the game with a 0-0 tie. His consecutive streak finally came to an end in the next game as the 1st Orix Buffalo batter that he faced got a single.

Still, 17 consecutive perfect innings is a feat that we likely will never see in our lifetime and deserves celebration and certainly a place in my advanced no-hit ticket collection!

Last edited by Scott Garner; 05-08-2022 at 05:26 AM.
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