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...true to cinematic drama, there was a quite an ending. Shea Hillenbrand nearly ended Mussina??€™s bid for perfection by leading off the ninth with a hard grounder to the right side. Seemingly out of nowhere, Yankee first baseman Clay Bellinger (who had scored the lone run in the game when he replaced Tino Martinez on the basepaths) lunged at the ball as it skipped into his awaiting mitt. He flipped the ball to Mussina for the first out in the ninth...
Then trotted out a gimpy Carl Everett, the swaggering Red Sox outfielder who was pinch hitting as a final attempt to not only crack Mussina??€™s dominance, but also to salvage an otherwise disastrous and painful weekend for New England baseball fans...
Apparently, fate has a more twisted sense of humor than Hollywood screenwriters. Everett made contact on Mussina??€™s next pitch—a high fastball—and dropped it in left center for the Red Sox’s first and only...
Looking at the facts, one could only agree with Mussina??€™s assessment. An unlikely villain, Everett entered his ninth inning at-bat 1-for-9 lifetime against Mussina and had struck out seven of those nine times...
Just one unlucky year later, Frank Catalanotto stroked a double to end Mussina??€™s perfection with two outs in the eighth...