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Felix Hernandez Perfect Game: Mariners Celebrate After Final Pitch

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez finally broke through after twice coming close to pitching a no-hitter. He was able to throw a perfect game and strikeout 12 in a 1-0 defeat over the Tampa Bay Rays. So, of course the crowd was very excited to be on the good side of a perfect game.

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Below is the final out of the game, when Hernandez was able to get third baseman Sean Rodriguez to strike out looking.

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Finally, there is this image with American Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney, who is not impressed with Hernandez's performance.

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Photographs by cstreet.us, thelastminute, turtlemom nancy , fesek, kthypryn, justinwright, sue_elias, pointnshoot, and scrapstothefuture used in background montage under Creative Commons. Thank you.