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At 40, Randy Johnson became the oldest pitcher to toss a perfect game. (John Bazemore/AP)

The Big Unit did more than turn back the clock on his amazing career Tuesday night. Johnson tossed a perfect game, beating the Braves, 2-0, at Turner Field and proved that this 40-year-old superstar can still dominate an opponent.

"A game like this was pretty special," said Johnson. "It doesn't come along very often. Not bad for being 40 years old. Everything was locked in."

"I guess tomorrow it'll start to sink in," Johnson, his long left arm wrapped heavily in ice, said. "I know I sound redundant, but right now I'm just happy we won the game."

That Johnson stopped Arizona's five-game losing streak seemed an afterthought, particularly with the memory of his ninth inning so fresh. Greeted to a well-deserved standing ovation as he approached the mound, the 6-foot-10 Johnson turned the partisan Braves crowd to his side. After all, who could cheer against a five-time Cy Young Award winner on the cusp of his second career no-hitter and the 17th perfect game in Major League history?

No, this night belonged to the stoic Johnson, who was about to become the oldest pitcher to throw a perfect game. Atlanta's Mark DeRosa began the ninth with a hard groundout to second baseman Matt Kata. Rookie Nick Green was no match for a 97 mph fastball that flew past him on a 1-2 count.

Eddie Perez, the final Brave to face Johnson (4-4), was a pinch-hitter for Mike Hampton. But he only became the Big Unit's 13th strikeout victim -- the last pitch a 98 mph fastball in on Perez's hands. Perez went 5-for-6 last year as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers against Johnson and had a .462 lifetime average when facing the Big Unit.

"I guess the thing for young pitchers to learn is that you don't want to get ahead of yourself," Johnson said. "I mean, on DeRosa's groundball to Kata -- he made a great play -- so I was fortunate to get to that point, no doubt."

Johnson's mastery occurred in only 2 hours, 13 minutes and caused the fans to erupt with cheers of "Ran-dy! Ran-dy! Ran-dy!" Though neither the scoreboard nor the public address system made any mention of Johnson's approaching history, the fans knew that he was on the verge of the first perfect game since David Cone's for the Yankees in 1999.

Needing only 117 pitches, 87 of them strikes, to beat the Braves and end Arizona's skid, Johnson threw the first no-hitter in Diamondbacks history and his second since June 2, 1990, when he played for Seattle and beat the Detroit Tigers, 2-0. It was the longest span between a pair of no-hitters by a pitcher in baseball history.

"Everything (Johnson's) done up to this point pales in comparison," Arizona manager Bob Brenly said. "This is one of those nights where a superior athlete was on top of his game," Brenly said. "There was a tremendous rhythm out there. His focus, his concentration, his stuff, everything was as good as it could possibly be."

Johnson also became the first pitcher to throw a perfect game against Atlanta, which suffered its second shutout since Saturday, but it was hard to tell that Johnson took much satisfaction from beating the Braves. He has a tendency to keep his feelings in check.

"I think the emotion I show is seen a little bit more through my pitches," Johnson said. "But anybody who says they don't know what's going on, they're only kidding you."

Johnson, who joined Cy Young, Jim Bunning, Hideo Nomo and Nolan Ryan as the only pitchers to throw no-hitters in both the National and American Leagues, reminded everyone that he remains one of baseball's most frightening pitchers as only one Brave, catcher Johnny Estrada in the second inning, worked a count that included three balls.

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		Born: 09/10/63 Height: 6'10" Weight: 230 lbs Bats: R / Throws: L More info: Player page Stats | Splits Team Site

"That was far from perfect," Johnson said of his first no-hitter. "I was a very young pitcher who didn't have any idea where the ball was going. I was far from being a polished pitcher. Fourteen years later, I've come a long way as far as knowing what I want to do."

Alex Cintron figured in both runs, doubling in Danny Bautista to make it 1-0 in the second inning off Hampton (0-5) and then scoring from second on Chad Tracy's RBI single in the seventh.

"Hampton pitched a solid game," Arizona manager Bob Brenly said. "But we got the hits we needed to give Randy some support. You'd like to have more than two runs for him to work with late in the game, but with the way he was pitching, he didn't need much."

Johnson, who suffered through an injury-marred 2003 after winning the Cy Young Award in his first four seasons in Arizona, had returned to his powerful old self in his last six starts, with a 1.98 ERA during a 41-inning stretch.

The shutout was Johnson's 37th, second only to Roger Clemens (46) among active pitchers, but it also stood in stark contrast to his last outing, a 1-0 loss to the New York Mets. Johnson was so upset that he left Bank One Ballpark without speaking to reporters.

"He had a right to be upset," Brenly said. "I'd be concerned if he wasn't mad or upset or something along those lines. We've been playing pretty bad baseball lately, but tonight he put us back on track. Now we've just got to build on this and make sure we don't waste what he did for us."

George Henry is a contributor for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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