5 Things To Know About Yusmeiro Petit And His MLB Record

San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Yusmeiro Petit
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Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eric Chavez Mark J Rebilas USA TODAY Sports

3. The near-perfect game

Petit has been quietly dominant at times during his three-year stint with San Francisco. Last September, Petit was one out shy of a perfect game against the Arizona Diamondbacks before Eric Chavez broke it up with a single late.

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