Nick Kingham accomplished something Sunday that only one major league pitcher had achieved in the past century.
PITTSBURGH — Nick Kingham accomplished something Sunday that only one major league pitcher had achieved in the past century.
In his big league debut, Kingham carried a perfect game into the seventh inning to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. He joined Johnny Cueto in 2008 as the only pitchers in the past 100 years with one hit allowed, at least nine strikeouts and no walks in their debuts.
„That’s how you plan it up — not to let anybody on,“ Kingham said. „It’s incredible how it happened.
