Drew Smyly perfect game: Cubs SP loses bid on infield single vs. Dodgers

There have been some pretty heart-wrenching ways that pitchers have lost perfect game bids throughout MLB history. Mike Mussina coming a single strike away against the Boston Red Sox, for example, or Jim Joyce's infamous missed call at first base that cost Armando Galarraga his perfecto back in 2010.

But Drew Smyly now has a war story that ranks up there with any of them. The Chicago Cubs lefty was cruising through seven innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with 10 strikeouts among his 21 batters faced and retired. Up stepped David Peralta, a lefty with horrible platoon splits who entered play Friday with a .567 OPS. And that's when it all went terribly wrong:

David Peralta SCORCHES one off the bat to break up the perfect game

Dodgers are in business now, as they look to trim into their 13-run deficit

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– Blake Harris (@BlakeHHarris) April 21, 2023

  
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