College baseball: Cory Abbott throws first perfect game in Loyola Marymount history

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Twenty-seven up, 27 down. Zero hits, zero walks. One perfect game.

That was Cory Abbott's stat line for Loyola Marymount on Saturday afternoon, as the pitcher recorded LMU's first-ever perfect game.


PERFECTION!!Cory Abbott fires the first PERFECT GAME in LMU baseball history!(via @LMLionsBaseball)pic.twitter.com/cFW5fwLOCB
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAACWS) March 25, 2017

The junior struck out 13 batters on 106 pitches in LMU's 2-0 win over BYU, improving to 13-10 on the season with the win. 

BYU had a pretty respectable day on the mound as well, as Hayden Rogers pitched a complete game and only allowed seven hits, but the Lions got on the board in the bottom of the sixth to give them the late margin. An insurance run came in the eighth on a bases-loaded walk, and Abbott finished the game with a full-count strikeout on the final at-bat of the day.


Was there any doubt what the Call of the Game would be?#PerfectGame #LIONSTRONG pic.twitter.com/kHf1O88ebL
— LMULions (@LMULions) March 25, 2017

Before today, there were two no-hitters in LMU history: One in 2013, and the first in 1980.

NCAA DIVISION I PERFECT GAMES (since 1957)
DATE
PLAYER
TEAM VS. OPPONENT
March 25, 2017
Cory Abbott
Loyola Marymount vs. BYU
March 11, 2016
Jesse Scholtens
Wright State vs. Dayton
March 21, 2015
Drew Rasmussen
Oregon State vs. Washington State
March 4, 2014
Javi Salas
Miami (Fla.) vs. Villanova
March 29, 2011
Will Roberts
Virginia vs. George Washington
April 9, 2003
Greg Prenger
Ohio State vs. Oakland (7 innings)
March 2, 2002
Eric Brandon
Auburn vs. Murray State
April 29, 2000
Chad Blackwell
Iowa vs. Northwestern (7 innings)
April 26, 1997
John Stewart
Western Mich. vs. Akron (7 innings)
April 13, 1996
Chris McConnell
St. Francis (NY) vs. Marist
April 30, 1991
Jason Johnson
Auburn vs. LaGrange (7 innings)
May 3, 1987
Mark Bowlan
Memphis vs. Louisville
March 14, 1987
Kevin Sheary
Miami (Fla.) vs. Southern Illinois
May 3, 1980
Cliff Faust
Nebraska vs. Kansas (7 innings)
April 19, 1980
Joe Housey
New Orleans vs. Southeastern La. (7 innings)
March 10, 1973
Joe McIntosh
Washington St. vs. ...

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