With the Milwaukee Brewers today, March 15th. Robbie Ray was on fire for the San Francisco Giants in Spring Training Sunday, tossing five perfect innings against the Milwaukee Brewers in a Basie. Seven to one win at Scottsdale Stadium. The veteran left he struck out eight and used just 64 pitches to retire all 15 batters he faced.
That set up a combined no-hitter bid that lasted almost the whole game. Relievers, Carson Seymour, Tristan Beck, Matt Gage, and Gregory Santos kept the perfect game alive into the ninth. Santos retired the first two Brewers on ground outs, but walked Cooper Pratt with two outs. Blake Burke then ripped an RBI double down the first baseline, snapping the no-hitter and no-run streak from Milwaukee's only score.
Giants skipper Tony Vitello said he did not even notice the perfect game until late, but praised his team's focus. Robbie Ray set the tone early, he noted, helping the Giants improve the 16 wins, six losses, and one tie, the best mark in the Cactus League. Brewers manager Pat Murphy gave credit to the Giants pitching and catching while joking about not peeking too soon. Burke, a top Brewers prospect ranked 18th in their system, faced his former college coach, Vitello, from their Tennessee days.
He admitted feeling nervous at the plate for the first time in a while, amid the tension in big crowd. Milwaukee sent out a strong lineup with several opening day locks, like Christian Yellich. Ray also fired four no-hit innings in his last start against the Angels, giving him nine straight no-hit frames across two outings. While spring training perfect games are rare, like the Red Sox won back in 2000 with Pedro Martinez, this close call highlighted the Giants.
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