Matt Cain Throws First Perfect Game in San Francisco Giants History

It had never been done.  Matt Cain didn’t know.  Many fans didn’t know it.  Sure, there had been no-hitters before, but there’s something a little more special, a little different about a perfect game.  In the storied history of the San Francisco Giants (and the New York Giants), no pitcher had thrown a perfect game for them – until last night.

Matt Cain used 125 pitches to hold the Houston Astros without a hit, without a walk, and his defense didn’t commit an error.  Cain struck out 14 batters in the game and was purely dominant.  He went to …