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Matt Cain to start for NL in All-Star Game..
National League manager Tony La Russa named Giants right-hander Matt Cain his starter for Tuesday's Midsummer Classic at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, a baseball source confirmed.
Cain, 27, recorded the 22nd perfect game in Major League history at AT&T Park against the Astros on June 13. That outing came amid a stretch of eight consecutive starts in which Cain recorded a victory. Overall, Cain is 9-3 with a 2.62 ERA and has tallied 118 strikeouts in 120 1/3 innings.
Cain's perfecto was the first in franchise history, and his 14 strikeouts tied Sandy Koufax's 1965 record for the most strikeouts in a perfect game.
The Giants' first-round selection in the 2002 First-Year Player Draft, Cain also spun a one-hit shutout in his second start of the season. The three-time All-Star played a critical role during the club's playoff run in '10. En route to a World Series victory over the Rangers, Cain started three playoff games, racking up 21 1/3 innings while yielding just one unearned run.
Cain, 27, recorded the 22nd perfect game in Major League history at AT&T Park against the Astros on June 13. That outing came amid a stretch of eight consecutive starts in which Cain recorded a victory. Overall, Cain is 9-3 with a 2.62 ERA and has tallied 118 strikeouts in 120 1/3 innings.
Cain's perfecto was the first in franchise history, and his 14 strikeouts tied Sandy Koufax's 1965 record for the most strikeouts in a perfect game.
The Giants' first-round selection in the 2002 First-Year Player Draft, Cain also spun a one-hit shutout in his second start of the season. The three-time All-Star played a critical role during the club's playoff run in '10. En route to a World Series victory over the Rangers, Cain started three playoff games, racking up 21 1/3 innings while yielding just one unearned run.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120709&content_id=34765222&vkey=news_sf&c_id=sf&partnerId=rss_sf
Congratulations to Matt, this is certainly well deserved. Posey is starting too, which I'm sure factored into La Russa's decision. Hopefully, he will get Buster out of there before he's forced to scramble around after Dickey's knuckleball.
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