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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oakland 4, Tampa Bay 0
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, May 9, 2010
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 59°
Umpires: Home - Jim Wolf, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Jim Joyce, 3B - Todd Tichenor
Attendance: 12228

Dallas Braden pitched the 19th perfect game in major league history to lead the Oakland Athletics to a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.

Daric Barton had three hits and scored a pair of runs and Landon Powell doubled and drove in a run or the A's, who have won four of five. Ryan Sweeney and Kevin Kouzmanoff added an RBI apiece to aid Braden's quest.

Braden became the first pitcher since Mark Buehrle on July, 23, 2009, and the first Oakland hurler since Catfish Hunter on May 8, 1968, to throw a perfect game. Buehrle's was also against the Rays.

Tampa Bay has been on the bad end of three different no-hitters.

Braden's gem was the second no-hitter in the majors this season after Colorado's Ubaldo Jimenez dominated the Atlanta Braves on April 17.

Braden, who became famous nationally when he got into a shouting match on the field with New York Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez on April 22, is emerging as a star in his own right this season. The right-hander lowered his ERA to 3.30 with Sunday's gem and has allowed three runs or less in six of his seven starts.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay   Oakland
James Shields Player Dallas Braden
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 9.0
6 Strikeouts 6
11 Hits 0
3.00 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Tampa Bay   Oakland
Willy AybarPlayer Daric Barton
0 Hits 3
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
0 TB 3
.000 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 6 0 0 0 1
Oakland 12 0 14 .333 20 9 3 2 0 0