A baseball feat I considered about impossible

On May 13, 1952, Bristol Twins pitcher Ron Necciai struck out 27 opposing batters in a nine-inning game. Necciai’s feat was not a perfect game. Four Welch (W. Va.) Miners reached base – a walk, a hit batter, an error and a passed ball by Twins catcher Harry Dunlop in the ninth inning. Only two Miners put the ball in play, Bob Ganung grounded out to first base in the fourth inning, and a batter named Whitehead got on base on an error in the ninth inning.

In his next start, Necciai gave up two hits and struck out 24. That’s 18 innings, two hits, no runs and 51 srikeouts.

The Pittsburgh Pirates called Necciai to the bigs in August. In 54 2/3 innings, he posted a 1-6 record, with a 7.08 earned run average and 31 strikeouts. He suffered from stomach ulcers and a rotator cuff injury. Wikipedia says Necciai “later began a successful career in the sporting goods industry.