Little League Baseball in Williamsport, PA estimates that there are about 50 or 60 perfect games thrown in any given year. This year, one of those games is catching quite a bit of attention. Mackenzie Brown, a 12 year old girl, retired all 18 boys that she faced in a game on Tuesday. She even struck out 12 of those batters. There is no record of how many times this has been accomplished by a girl playing with the boys.
She's creating a lot of buzz for her team in Bayonne, NJ from major media:
CNN/SI
ABC News
NJ Star-Ledger
Boston Herald
The story by Fox 5 Atlanta has more of her thoughts and stats:
"It feels good. I can't explain it. It just feels really good," Brown said.
Facing an all-boy team, Brown struck out 12 of 18 batters, using her fast ball and change-up pitches.
"For the bigger hitters, I was going inside. And for the weaker hitters, I was just throwing it over [the plate]. Just trying to get them out," she said of her strategy. "And it worked."
Brown threw just 70 pitches and the Unico Club beat the McKenzie Post team, 8-0.
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