A Cardinals Pitcher Was PERFECT for 6 Innings Last Night and the League Is Watching

Holy smokes, baseball just got WILD last night, and even though it wasn't our guys doing the damage, you gotta stand up and appreciate greatness when you see it. Dustin May, the Cardinals starter, was on a whole other level, taking a perfect game bid DEEP into the game. We're talking edge-of-your-seat, hold-your-breath kinda stuff, a performance that had everyone talking.

May's Masterpiece: Near Perfection, Pure Dominance

Can you believe it? May was absolutely dealing, cruising through the Padres lineup at Busch Stadium. He set down fifteen Padres batters in order through five innings, needing a ridiculous fifty pitches to do it. Just imagine that kind of efficiency, painting corners, making hitters look foolish. His sixth inning wasn't just a fluke either, he threw seventeen pitches, his most of the night, but still struck out the bottom of the San Diego lineup to keep that perfect game dream alive and kicking. The dude was untouchable. Then came the seventh. The dream, the dizziest of dreams, finally ended. Fernando Tatis Jr. drew a walk, and then Manny Machado laced a base hit, the only hit May would allow all night. But even after losing the perfect game, the guy didn't crack. He went the distance for the first time in his big league career, shutting out the Padres in a dominant 3-0 Cardinals win. That's a complete-game shutout, people! He struck out the side in the eighth for the second time and set a new career high in innings pitched. A slick double play in the seventh from Gold Glove shortstop Masyn Winn to first baseman Alec Burleson helped him push through, but make no mistake, that was May's show. He closed it out with his 101st pitch on Tatis, setting off fireworks. We haven't seen a Cardinals starter throw a shutout since Sonny Gray in June of 2025, and not at Busch Stadium since Miles Mikolas way back in 2019. That's how special this performance was.

Crow-Armstrong Makes History with a Cycle

And if you thought May's performance was the only highlight reel moment last night, guess again. Over in Chicago, Cubs star center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong went out and did something just as rare and awesome: he hit for the cycle! That's the first cycle in the Majors this season, and the first of his career. How cool is that? He got the hardest parts out of the way early, too, doing it in reverse order. He started with a leadoff homer that Statcast clocked at 434 feet. Then he ripped a triple in the third, a double in the fifth, and finished it off with a single in the seventh. This is only the 13th cycle in Cubs history, and the first since Carson Kelly did it in March 2025. What a night for baseball fans, seriously. So yeah, while the rest of the league is out here witnessing incredible pitching gems and historic hitting displays, what's happening with our M's? Well, unfortunately, it was a rough one. The Seattle Mariners faced the Washington Nationals and dropped it 10-1. Oof. We gotta turn that around fast. Hopefully, our boys can take some of that league-wide fire and bring it home next game. We need those bats to wake up, for real.

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