Mark Buehrle was perfect through 5 2/3 innings against the Minnesota Twins. This was his next start after pitching a perfect game his last time on the mound. I have written a lot about that outing in the previous posts.
In so doing, he set a MLB record for most consecutibe batters retired at 45.
That streak had started when he got the last out in his July 18th win over Baltimore and added substantially on his July 23 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers which was a perfect game on July 23.
In so doing this, he broke the previous record mark of 41 set by Jim Barr in 1971 and tied by Buehrle's teammate Bobby Jenks in 2007.
However, the Sox lost the game that Buehrle broke the record to the Twins 5-3.
Doggone Twinkies. --Cooter
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