Rooting as hard as anyone for Mariners starter Mike Leake to finish off his bid for a perfect game was the last player in the big leagues to throw one.
Leake was perfect through eight innings, but allowed a single by Luis Rengifo to open the ninth inning in Friday’ night’s 10-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels.
“It was exciting and I was rooting for him to do it,” said Felix Hernandez, who threw a perfect game for the Mariners in a 1-0 win over Tampa Bay on Aug. 15, 2012 at T-Mobile Park (known then as Safeco Field).