Sept. 16, 1988

The game against the Dodgers is delayed 2 hours, 27 minutes at the start because of rain, but the Reds' Tom Browning doesn't mind the wait. The left-hander, who had lost a no-hitter in the ninth inning earlier in the season, pitches the ninth perfect game in the regular season this century when he beats Los Angeles 1-0 before 16,591 fans at Riverfront Stadium. It is the first perfect game in the National League since Sandy Koufax threw one for the Dodgers in 1965.

Browning strikes out seven and is in control all the way against the first-place Dodgers. In the ninth, the 28-year-old native of Casper, Wyo., completes the third perfect game in the National League this century by getting Rick Dempsey on a fly ball to the warning track in left, Steve Sax on a grounder to short and pinch-hitter Tracy Woodson on a strikeout.

Browning will finish the season with an 18-5 record.