Domingo German threw the 24th perfect game in major league history in the New York Yankees’ 11-0 rout of the lowly Oakland Athletics on Wednesday.

German retired all 27 Oakland batters in order to become the first pitcher to accomplish the rarely seen feat since Felix Hernandez did it for the Seattle Mariners against the Tampa Bay Rays on Aug 15, 2012.

The Yankees right-hander struck out nine in his first career complete game. He joined Don Larsen (1956), David Wells (1998) and David Cone (1999) as Yankees pitchers to throw perfect games.

German threw 72 of 99 pitches for strikes, mixing 51 curveballs and 30 fastballs that averaged 92.5 mph with 17 changeups and one sinker.

German’s perfect game came after he allowed 15 earned runs and 15 hits in his past two starts, spanning 5 1/3 innings.

Seth Brown came closest to reach base for the Athletics when he hit a sharp grounder to first baseman Anthony Rizzo, who made a diving stop and tossed to German for the second out of the fifth inning.

Just over a month ago, German was suspended 10 games by Major League Baseball after using too much rosin on his hands in a start against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Giancarlo Stanton homered and drove in three runs and Josh Donaldson added three RBIs as New York defeated Oakland for the 15th time in the last 21 meetings.  

Rays score 3 in 9th to rally past Diamondbacks

Josh Lowe doubled home two runs to cap a three-run ninth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied for a 3-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in a matchup of division leaders.

Scott McGough was called on to protect a 2-0 lead in the ninth but surrendered singles to Yandy Diaz and Wander Franco before Luke Raley singled home the first run.

After Isaac Paredes lined out to second, Lowe ripped a double into the left-centre field gap to plate the go-ahead runs.

A loss would’ve dropped the Rays behind the Atlanta Braves for the best record in baseball, but Lowe’s hit means Tampa Bay remains atop the majors.

Red-hot Braves sweep Twins

The Atlanta Braves kept rolling, beating the visiting Minnesota Twins 3-0 to cap a three-game sweep.

Atlanta extended its winning streak to five games and posted its 21st victory in 25 contests to add to its National League-leading 53-27 record.

Matt Olson hit his NL-best 26th home run and contributed an RBI double for the Braves, who top the major leagues with 147 homers.

Atlanta’s 55 home runs in June are one shy of the franchise record set in June 2019.

Minnesota fell to 40-42 after scoring just three runs in the series and striking out 31 times.