Random Riddle: 7-31-2015

In a baseball game you must reach first base.
If you want to score, then home is the place.
No one reaches first in a perfect game.
For any pitcher it’s the ideal aim.
One pitcher did pitch and left there no doubts.
Each batter went down, twenty-seven outs.
But his team did lose, playing innings nine.
How can this be true when he pitched so fine?
 
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