High Schooler Throws Consecutive Perfect Games

Not unlike the little leaguer last year who threw a perfect game by striking out all 18 batters she faced, this high school kid, Anthony Velazquez, threw two consecutive perfect games,  

"I'm giving a nice, big strike zone today, I'm calling all the corners," Richie McCarren, the home plate umpire, said while polishing his shoes in the parking lot before the game, as news crews and reporters dashed to the field. "I don't want to be the guy who calls a borderline walk and ruins this kid's shot at history."

But even the umpire couldn't help him out in his bid for a third consecutive perfect game:

After getting the leadoff batter out on a grounder to third and striking out the second, something got in the way of his streak: Jamie Liebowitz's rear end. Anthony hit him in the left buttock, leaving the Cardozo senior on first with a historic welt and Anthony without his perfect game.

"That's the only way to break up a third perfect game," Jamie, 17, crowed between innings. Anthony's chances for a no-hitter were then dashed in the second inning when Cardozo's right fielder, Mike Bean, smacked a single down the third-base line.

So Bayside had to settle for a disappointing drubbing of Cardozo -- the umpire, invoking the league's mercy rule, ended the game after five innings because Bayside was leading 11-0 -- and Anthony had to swallow a one-hit shutout with six strikeouts and no walks.