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Landon Powell Catches Perfect Game

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Yesterday Oakland's Dallas Braden pitched a perfect game in a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. The perfect game was only the 19th in the history of Major League Baseball.

Video of the final out

The catcher is often overlooked in pitching performances such as Braden's, but former Gamecock great Landon Powell caught all 27 outs.

Click here for an great article about Braden and Powell

"Landon and I -- that's seamless," Braden said. "We've come up together. The guy's rock solid back there. I might have shaken [him off] once today. The guy knows my game inside and out."

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