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Cedar Grove HS Ace Hurls Perfect Game, Strikes Out Every Batter (WATCH)
Watch Cedar Grove High School's Mia Faieta take down 21 batters in a game for the ages.
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — It isn’t often that a pitcher can say that they’re “perfect.” But Cedar Grove’s Mia Faieta accomplished the dream of every softball ace – and captured a bragging right belonging to a select few – when she struck out all 21 batters she faced in a state playoff game.
With her gem of a performance, Faieta, a sophomore at Cedar Grove High School, led her team to a 4-0 victory, over North Warren in a North 1, Group 1 state semifinal game.
“I've never witnessed anything like that before," Cedar Grove head coach Nicole Velardi told NorthJersey.com.
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Faieta also struck out 15 batters during her previous performance in the opening round of the tournament facing Paterson Charter, giving her an astounding 36-strikeout total in her last two appearances. She has notched 321 strikeouts this season, NorthJersey.com reported.
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Mia Faieta completes the PERFECT perfect game: 21 up, 21 strikeouts and @CedarGroveSB beats North Warren, 4-0, in the N1, G1 semifinals pic.twitter.com/wFMZrlhpFv
— Sean Reilly (@SeanReillyHS) May 26, 2017
Don't see a scorebook look like this very often, but it happened today courtesy of Mia Faieta of @CedarGroveSB pic.twitter.com/hhy6fCYWxt
— Sean Reilly (@SeanReillyHS) May 26, 2017
Mia Faieta threw a perfect game striking out all 21 batters, very impressive!!
— CedarGrove Athletics (@CGHS_Athletics) May 26, 2017
High school softball pitcher Mia Faieta faced 21 batters in a state playoff game ... and struck them ALL out. #SCtop10 pic.twitter.com/6zlc0fC8mS
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 28, 2017
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