Pirates star pitcher makes unfortunate history after being taken out in middle of perfect game bid

Jared Jones was flirting with Major League Baseball past connected Wednesday nighttime — helium got it, but it was not what helium primitively envisioned.

The Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher retired the archetypal 18 batters helium faced, but helium was taken retired successful the mediate of his cleanable crippled bid aft six innings.

Now, the Pirates surely person their reasons — the 24-year-old Jones hasn’t thrown much than 81 pitches successful 8 starts since returning May 20 aft missing each of past play portion undergoing ulnar collateral ligament interior brace country connected May 21, 2025. He was yanked with 77 pitches and apt would person needed much than 100 pitches to grounds the 25th cleanable crippled successful MLB history.

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Jared Jones of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches during the archetypal inning against the Atlanta Braves astatine PNC Park connected July 8, 2026, successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images)

However, Jones near the crippled aft getting zero tally support, truthful erstwhile the Atlanta Braves tacked connected 3 runs precocious for a 3-0 victory, Jones alternatively recovered himself successful the incorrect section of the past books.

According to Opta Stats, Jones became the archetypal pitcher successful the modern epoch (since 1920) to transportation astatine slightest six cleanable innings and not grounds a win.

"It does suck. Something’s chill coming on, but I’m connected what? My eighth commencement disconnected of surgery? I wholly recognize it, and it is what it is," Jones told reporters aft the game.

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Jared Jones (17) makes his mode to the tract to lukewarm up earlier pitching against the Atlanta Braves astatine PNC Park. (Charles LeClaire/Imagn Images)

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Jones said helium didn't entertain attempting to implicit the cleanable game.

"Not with the transportation count," helium said. "Not truly ever expecting to spell 9 close now, truthful that was ne'er successful my head."

Joey Bart, traded to the Braves from the Pirates connected June 18, followed a treble by Mike Yastrzemski with a 422-foot, two-run homer to left-center tract disconnected a slider from Dennis Santana. Drake Baldwin added an RBI azygous to halfway successful the ninth for bully measure.

It was the 2nd clip successful little than a week that a pitcher was taken retired of the crippled with a cleanable bid done six innings — the Miami Marlins took Eury Perez retired aft 7 innings successful which helium had 92 pitches. Perez, too, is successful the midst of returning from wounded and has amazingly recovered himself close successful the postseason mix.

He was pulled for Lake Bachar to commencement the eighth, and the Marlins allowed 8 runs to the Athletics successful the last 2 innings, but held connected to triumph 9-8.

Jared Jones (17) of the Pittsburgh Pirates delivers a transportation during a MLB crippled against the Cincinnati Reds connected June 27, 2026, astatine PNC Park successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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The Pirates are 4.0 games retired of the last chaotic paper spot, which is held by the Marlins.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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