Yu Darvish threw 8 and 2/3 innings of perfect baseball against the Houston Astros before surrendering a hit to Marwin Gonzalez with two down in the ninth. Even with perfect games seemingly happening more often in the past few years, the nostalgia of watching 27 straight batters go down remains.
Here is what several athletes on Twitter had to say about the impressive feat:
Andrew McCutchen
Evan Longoria
Yu Darvish perfect thru 8! #MLBNetwork
— Evan Longoria (@Evan3Longoria) April 3, 2013
Wade Smith
Witnessed 8 & 2/3rds innings of perfection #Yu #GoRangers
— Wade Smith (@Smitty74allday) April 3, 2013
Neftali Feliz
— Neftali Feliz (@NefFeliz) April 3, 2013
Justin Ruggiano
Troy Aikman
Shane Victorino
Darn...tough to see that...great game by #YuDarvish still! twitter.com/ShaneVictorino…
— Shane Victorino (@ShaneVictorino) April 3, 2013
David Price
Julio Borbon
Unbelievable outing by @faridyu Great game! That was fun to watch! Way to put us on the win column! #HelloW #GoRangers
— Julio Borbón (@JulioBorbon20) April 3, 2013
Yu Darvish
