MLB umpire called 'perfect game' in Royals win over Twins, metrics tracking shows

MLB umpire Mark Ripperger is receiving praise for however helium called a caller game.

Ripperger was down location sheet for Thursday's crippled betwixt the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins. While the Royals' shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.'s sacrifice alert broke the necktie successful the seventh inning, overmuch of the speech aft the crippled was astir Ripperger.

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July 9, 2023; San Francisco, California: Home sheet umpire Mark Ripperger (90) earlier the archetypal inning of the crippled betwixt the San Francisco Giants and the Colorado Rockies astatine Oracle Park. (Robert Edwards-USA Today Sports)

The umpire was credited with calling a "perfect game," which is thing that reportedly has happened conscionable 1 different clip successful the Umpire Scorecards era.

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Umpire Scorecards compile the large league's precocious pitch-tracking information to complaint however close an umpire was during a fixed game. The information besides considers however an umpire's telephone impacts the game. 

Ripperger made calls for 136 pitches connected Thursday. According to Umpire Scorecards metrics, helium called each transportation accurately.

The MLB logo connected the on-deck ellipse astatine Great American Ball Park connected September 18, 2023, successful Cincinnati, Ohio. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

Kansas City trailed Minnesota by a tally connected Thursday earlier rallying successful the seventh inning. Royals starter Michael Wacha pitched 5.1 innings, giving up 2 earned runs. He besides struck retired 4 batters.

Kansas City Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. watches his sacrifice alert to people 1 tally during the seventh inning of a shot crippled against the Minnesota Twins, Thursday, April 10, 2025, successful Kansas City, Mo.  (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

The Royals' 2-3 triumph implicit the Twins connected Thursday was followed by a 7-0 nonaccomplishment to the Guardians connected Friday.

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Former MLB umpire Pat Hoberg is credited with the lone different cleanable crippled Umpire Scorecards has recorded. Hoberg accomplished that feat successful Game 2 of the 2023 World Series.

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