On Friday night, Mike Leake stood a soft grounder away from history. The Mariners starter and #ForeverGiant pitched eight perfect innings against the Los Angeles Angels, and he just needed to work through Luís Rengifo, Kevan Smith, and Matt Thais to become the 24th pitcher in history to throw a perfect game. On a 1-1 changeup, Rengifo tapped an 85.7 mph grounder through the right side to break up both the perfect game and the no-hitter.
Statcast lets us know just how unlikely it was for Rengifo to reach base on that batted ball.