The Cleveland Indians’ Cody Anderson threw a perfect game through 6⅓ innings Monday before losing it on a Grady Sizemore home run.
Anderson, in just his second major league start, gave up just two hits in eight innings of work as the Indians topped the Tampa Bay Rays 7-1 at Tropicana Field.
Here are the deepest near no-nos of the 2015 season (minimum six innings):
8⅔ | Shelby Miller |
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Atlanta Braves (NL) | |
Sunday, May 17, 2015 Spoiler: Justin Boer, single up the middle with one out in the ninth Atlanta Braves 6, Miami Marlins 0 Marlins Park (Miami) |
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8⅓ | Trevor Bauer (6 inn) Kyle Crockett (1 inn) Scott Atchinson (1 inn) Nick Hagadome (⅓ inn) |
Cleveland Indians (AL team in IL game) | |
Thursday, April 9, 2015 Spoiler: Jed Lowrie, homer to left-center off Nick Hagadome with one out in the ninth Cleveland Indians 5, Houston Astros 0 Minute Maid Park (Houston) |
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7⅓ | Chad Bettis |
Colorado Rockies (NL) | |
Friday, May 29, 2015 Spoiler: Cody Asche, one-out single to left with shift deployed in the eighth inning Colorado Rockies 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1 Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia) |
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7⅓ | Marco Estrada |
Toronto Blue Jays (AL) | |
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Spoiler: Logan Forsythe, infield single with one out in the eight inning Toronto Blue Jays 1, Tampa Bay Rays 4 Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg) |
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7 | Marco Estrada |
Toronto Blue Jays (AL) | |
Friday, June 19, 2015 Spoiler: Jimmy Paredes broken-bat bloop single to left with no out in the eight inning Toronto Blue Jays 5, Baltimore Orioles 4 Rogers Centre (Toronto) |
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7 | Chris Young (5 inn) Ryan Madson (2 inn) Kelvin Herrera (0 inn) |
Kansas City Royals (AL) | |
Friday, May 1, 2015 Spoiler: Nick Castellanos, single to left off Kelvin Herrera with nobody out in the eighth inning Kansas City Royals 4, Detroit Tigers 1 Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City) |
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7 | Sonny Gray |
Oakland Athletics (AL) | |
Monday, April 6, 2015 (Opening Day) Spoiler: Ryan Rua, single to right with nobody out in the eighth inning Oakland Athletics 8, Texas Rangers 0 O.co Coliseum (Oakland) |
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6⅔ | Corey Kluber |
Cleveland Indians (AL team in IL game) | |
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Spoiler: Jhonny Peralta, two-out single to left in the seventh inning Cleveland Indians 2, St. Louis Cardinals 0 Progressive Field (Cleveland) |
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6⅔ | Mike Leake |
Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 Spoiler: Maikel Franco, two-out single up the middle in the seventh inning Philadelphia Phillies 5, Cincinnati Reds 4 Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia) |
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6⅓ | Garrett Richards |
Los Angeles Angels (AL) | |
Sunday, May 10, 2015 Spoiler: Jason Castro, one-out single to left in the seventh inning Los Angeles Angels 3, Houston Astros 1 Angel Stadium of Anaheim (Anaheim) |
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6⅓ | Cody Anderson |
Cleveland Indains (AL) | |
Monday, June 29, 2015 Spoiler: Grady Sizemore, one-out home run in the seventh inning Cleveland Indians 7, Tampa Bay 1 Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg) |
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6⅓ | Chris Young |
Kansas City Royals (AL) | |
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Spoiler: Trevor Plouffe, one-out triple to right in the seventh inning Kansas City Royals 2, Minnesota Twins 0 Target Field (Minneapolis) |
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6⅓ | Chase Anderson |
Arizona Diamondbacks (NL) | |
Friday, June 12, 2015 Spoiler: Buster Posey, one-out comebacker that struck Anderson and dribbled for a single in the seventh inning Arizona Diamondbacks 1, San Francisco Giants 0 AT&T Park (San Francisco) |
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6 | Madison Bumgarner |
San Francisco Giants (NL) | |
Monday, May 4, 2015 Spoiler: Justin Upton, leadoff single to left in the seventh inning San Francisco Giants 2, San Diego Padres 0 AT&T Park (San Francisco) |
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6 | Max Scherzer |
Washington Nationals (NL) | |
Sunsday, June 14, 2015 Spoiler: Carlos Gomez, bloop single over the second baseman to lead off the seventh inning Washington Nationals 4, Milwaukee Brewers 0 Miller Park (Milwaukee) |
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6 | Michael Pineda |
New York Yankees (AL team in IL game) | |
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 Spoiler: Christian Yelich, solo home run to right center to lead off the seventh inning New York Yankees 2, Miami Marlins 1 Yankee Stadium (New York) |
The #Indians’ Cody Anderson took a perfect game into the 7th inning Monday but lost it on a Grady Sizemore homer … http://t.co/NW4FXi4j3L