Dallas Braden pitches a perfect game in Oakland's 4-0 win over Tampa Bay

Dallas Braden pitched the Athletics' first perfect game in 42 years and just the second in franchise history, dazzling against the majors' hottest team in a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Braden threw his arms in the air after Gabe Kapler grounded out to shortstop for the final out. The closest the Rays got to a hit was Jason Bartlett's liner to third leading off the game. Evan Longoria tried to bunt against Braden leading off the fifth, drawing boos from the small crowd.

It was the majors' first perfect game since Mark Buehrle did it for the White Sox against the Rays on July 23, and the second no-hitter this season after Colorado's Ubaldo Jimenez pulled it off against the Braves in Atlanta on April 17.

List of the 19 perfect games in professional baseball:

Dallas Braden 05-09-2010 (Oakland 4, Tampa Bay 0)

Mark Buehrle 07-23-2009 (Chicago 5, Tampa Bay 0)

Randy Johnson 05-18-2004 (Arizona 2, Atlanta 0)

David Cone 07-18-1999 (New York 6, Montreal 0)

David Wells 05-17-1998 (New York 4, Minnesota 0)

Kenny Rogers 07-28-1994 (Texas 4, California 0)

Dennis Martinez 07-28-1991 (Montreal 2, Los Angeles 0)

Tom Browning 09-16-1988 (Cincinnati 1, Los Angeles 0)

Mike Witt 09-30-1984 (California 1, Texas 0)

Len Barker 05-15-1981 (Cleveland 3, Toronto 0)

Catfish Hunter 05-08-1968 (Oakland 4, Minnesota 0)

Sandy Koufax 09-09-1965 (Los Angeles 1, Chicago 0)

Jim Bunning 06-21-1964 (Philadelphia 6, New York 0)

Don Larsen 10-08-1956 (New York 2, Brooklyn 0)

Charlie Robertson 04-30-1922 (Chicago 2, Detroit 0)

Addie Joss 10-02-1908 (Cleveland 1, Chicago 0)

Cy Young 05-05-1904 (Boston 3, Philadelphia 0)

Monte Ward 06-17-1880 (Providence 5, Buffalo 0)

Lee Richmond 06-12-1880 (Worcester 1, Cleveland 0)

FROM THE EXPRESS TIMES