Little Leaguer Throws Perfect Game with 18 Strikeouts

By KC Downey in Featured, Now! ⋅ June 4, 2009 at 6:04pm ⋅ Post a comment

Little leaguer Colby Gage, 12, from Adams, Massachusetts performed a feat no pitcher in major league history has ever done. He threw a perfect game and retired every batter he faced by strikeout. That’s right, 18 hitters up, and 18 hitters down by way of the K (I couldn’t resist, Orsillo).

Since there are 1000s of little league teams in the country, it’s hard to know if it’s some kind of record. Experts estimate that three perfect perfect games (when every hitter is retired by strikeout) occur every year.

Either way, it’s an incredible acheivement for the 12-year-old, who apparently used a mix of fastballs and curveballs to get through the game. Little League rules indicate that a pitcher cannot toss 85 pitches in a game. Luckily, Gage completed the feat with 81 pitches.

I don’t know if it’s healthy for a seventh grader to throw 81 pitches in a game or hurl some curveballs, but I don’t know, I’m not a doctor. Regardless, Sports of Boston would like to issue a big “Congrats!” to Colby!

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Tags: Colby Gage, Little League

Discussion

4 comments for “Little Leaguer Throws Perfect Game with 18 Strikeouts”

Congradulations Colby!
You’ve done something that “professional ballplayers” can only dream of doing. What makes this story great other than your ability, is you are playing a game for the love of it, and have succeeded.

Best Wishes!
Karen
Worcester, MA.

Posted by Karen Millet | June 4, 2009, 7:30 pm
Colby Cage…perfect game or no perfect game…I’m goin’ with the name…most excellent!!!…if you plan to be a baseball player when you grow up…and out of Little League AND in the bigs…pick a name like Colby Cage.

Now…keep track…with some luck he hits a home run and pitches another perfect game in the LL World Series…then goes on to college hockey to win the Hobie Baker Award…hmmm, have we heard this story before…

Best of good fortune and hats off to Colby…

Posted by Ken | June 4, 2009, 8:03 pm
Colby this is truly amazing!!!

I am a huge fan of the Little
League World Series and hope that you get the chance to go and play for the USA.

Continue with Your dreams.

Posted by Nick Clark | June 4, 2009, 10:52 pm
Great job Colby……so happy for you. You were in my class and i cant believe I went to school with somebody that wasnt only on the local news but on the national news. Great job Colby and thanks for making our town famous for a couple of days….lol

Dan
Adams, Massachusetts

Posted by Dan | July 6, 2009, 10:34 pm