St. Paul baseball senior left-hander Brendan Foley put together a pitching performance Monday that he’ll remember for the rest of his life.
Foley fired a perfect game with 10 strikeouts in a 5-0 Falcon home victory over Woodland Regional. St. Paul improved to 16-0 with the win, and Foley has won all six of his starts.
Here’s what happened, inning by inning:
TOP 1ST
- Darren Gasparri – fly out to CF
- Tyler Giambra – fly out to CF
- Ryan Montini – strikeout swinging
TOP 2
- Zach Drewry – strikeout swinging
- Michael Belcher – ground out to SS
- Matt Deegan – pop out to catcher
TOP 3
- Anthony Marsala – fly out to LF
- Ethan Stepputtis – fly out to RF
- Croy Mastropietro – strikeout swinging
TOP 4TH
- Gasparri – strikeout swinging
- Giambra – strikeout swinging
- Montini – strikeout swinging
TOP 5TH
- Drewry – fly out to CF
- Belcher – ground out to 2B
- Deegan – strikeout swinging
TOP 6TH
- Marsala – fly out to CF
- Stepputtis – ground out to 2B
- Tyler Lato (pinch hitter) – strikeout looking
TOP 7TH
- Gasparri – pop out to SS
- Giambra – strikeout swinging
- Montini – strikeout swinging
Foley threw just 79 pitches over his seven-inning masterpiece. He went 3-2 on four batters and 3-1 on one batter. Foley had one inning where he needed only seven pitches, and another where he used just nine. The most pitches he threw in one inning was 17, which happened in the fourth when he struck out the side. Two of his 3-2 counts came in that fourth inning, and one of those at bats was extended because of a foul ball. Foley got eight outs in the air and three on the ground.
PHOTO CREDIT: St. Paul athletics
