Fontainebleau senior hurler Logan Peterson entered the Bulldogs’ history books Tuesday fashioning a perfect game masterpiece shutting down the East St. John Wildcats 3-0 at the Dawg Pound.

Peterson talked about his performance.

“This is definitely the number one thing that has happened in my baseball career. Just a no hitter is a great feeling, much less a perfect game,” Peterson said.

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When asked how he thought he could top his feat, he responded, “Throwing another one and striking out 21 batters.”

Peterson was asked when he realized he had a perfect game going.

“About the fifth inning, I started thinking about it as I was sitting in the dug out in the back just kind of to myself. Everybody was leaving me alone. I realized I only needed six more outs,” Peterson said.

“Nobody said much to me, but supposedly when I was on the mound a couple guys made comments asking about whether I had a perfect game going,” the senior added.

Peterson said just about everything was working for him.

“I threw a couple changeups in the first inning. I threw them for strikes, but they were kind of on my changeup because they were late on my fastball. The changeup was a perfect speed for them. I threw mainly fastballs and my curveball was my strikeout pitch. I was throwing everything over the plate for strikes, hitting my spots,” Peterson said.

Oddly enough when asked if he was “dog-piled” at The Bone Yard after getting the final out, he replied no.

“Everybody hugged me and high-fived me. Some of my teammates jumped on me but I was never really dog-piled. To be honest with you it was so surreal. Everybody thought it was unreal,” Peterson said.

Peterson recalled throwing his hands up and giving a fist pump when he recorded the final strikeout.

Peterson, who said he throws mid to upper 80s (85 to 87), said it was pretty cold out so he didn’t feel he was throwing his hardest, but obviously he was in control of throwing whatever speed he wanted.

Senior catcher Ryan Casassa had the privilege of being behind the plate doing the honors of relaying the pitch call from the dugout and head coach Brian Babin.

“Logan was throwing lots of strikes, and I’d say one word to summarize his whole perfect game it would be ‘command.’ He was really placing the ball in the right spots, outside corner, inside corner and high to get them to chase the ball. His curveball and change up, you name it, he was putting it right in my glove,” Casassa said.

“Logan was feeling so comfortable that any pitch would work. His curve was working great, but I think the outside fastball was on the corner every time. It was money,” the senior catcher added.

“He was right on, but in the fifth inning they chased a couple curveballs that I had to scoop and tag the runner out. That got me a little nervous,” Casassa remembered.

Casassa said being on the receiving end of a perfect game is something he will remember for a long time.

“I had complete confidence in Logan that he was going to hit the glove every time.”

Coach Babin said he was excited to be part of a once in a lifetime situation.

“Logan turned around and told me that he threw one when he was nine. I was joking with him telling him that he’s one up on me and he said no I actually have two,” Babin recalled.

“It’s a special feat. It’s something you take with you forever. Logan’s command was outstanding as Ryan (Casassa) said. It makes calling a game easy when you call a fastball away and it’s away. He did a great job. His control was there and he kept them off balance. He made me look good,” Babin joked.

“I tell my pitchers if they are feeling something else they are allowed to shake me off, but of course it comes with circumstances. It better not be hit? I wouldn’t have a problem with Logan shaking me off because I know he understands the game and understands what is going on in game situations,” the Bulldogs’ mentor said.

Babin said Peterson isn’t a 6-foot-4, 99 mile an hour fastball guy, but the kid is an absolute competitor.

“He gives everything that he has. He gives it his all every outing and that’s all you can ask for out of a kid. Day in and day out, he gives you his absolute best on the mound,” Babin remarked.

Babin said he was only looking for Peterson to go two or three innings in the outing, but he was well aware of the situation so he let him keep going out there because he was in a special groove.

Peterson registered his gem before the home crowd racking up an impressive 16 strikeouts, while tossing just 89 pitches including 66 strikes and 23 balls. The strikeouts came with 10 swinging Ks and six Wildcats’ batters were caught looking.

Peterson dictated the tempo throughout retiring all 21 batters with the other five outs coming on three routine ground balls and two fly balls.

Peterson retired the first hitter on a fly ball to center and the next batter on a grounder to short. He then established his strike out tone getting the third hitter swinging on a 3-2 pitch. He recorded two Ks in the second and then got on a roll registering a trio of strikeouts in the next three consecutive innings in the third, fourth and fifth frames to up his total to 12. Peterson notched two more strikeouts in the sixth. He tacked on his final two whiffs in the top of the seventh. He started off the seventh, retiring Renaldo Young on a ground out to third.

“I kind of left a curveball up. He hit it hard to third base. I was kind of nervous, but Anthony LaGuardia, who is smooth, caught the ball and threw it over to first to get him out. I was pretty excited about that play. I think that was the closest thing to a hit,” Peterson recalled.

He followed that striking out Wildcats’ hurler Brylon Trapanier on a 2-2 pitch and closed out his perfection, fanning Shane Nicholson looking on another 2-2 count.

Peterson got all the run support he needed from his Bulldogs’ teammates with two runs in the bottom of the third. David Fiegel singled and Anthony LaGuardia reached on a fielder’s choice, forcing Fiegel at second. LaGuardia stole second and advanced to third on a passed ball. He eventually scored the game’s first run on a wild pitch. Dru Richard then drew a walk. Following a strikeout, Richard swiped second base and was plated on an Addison Melancon RBI double to make it 2-0 more than ample support for the perfection minded Peterson, who was in a groove.

The Dawgs added an unnecessary insurance run in the home half of the sixth when Jacob Palmisano blasted a one-out solo round tripper on a 1-2 pitch.

Somewhat lost in the perfect game was the outing turned in by the Wildcats’ Trapanier, who tossed a five hitter, while posting 10 strikeouts. He retired the side on 3 consecutive strikeouts in the fifth inning.