After taking a fastball for a ball, Belt fouled off a slider, then a fastball, another fastball and then a slider.
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He changes eye level with his fastball, he goes in and out with his fastball.
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"It makes my fastball better because they're missing my fastball more often now," Hicks said.
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Padres starter James Shields threw a fastball for a ball, then another fastball for a called strike.
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"I guess it's my tempo and my fastball command," said Ray whose fastball averages 229-plus mph.
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His fastball wasn't the best velocity of the year, but it was a fastball that was getting hitters out.
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"I wasn't sitting dead-red fastball, but I was ready for a fastball if it was thrown," Ellsbury said.
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"They were ready for my fastball, and they hit it pretty good," said Diaz, whose fastball reached 101 mph.
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A hearty fastball also helped: In his early years, Lidge averaged about 95 miles an hour with his fastball.
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Make sure to hit either a curveball or a fastball, so I made the decision to hit the fastball.
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I think the fastball command is better; he's got a little more life up in the zone with the fastball.
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When Green could not throw his cut fastball for strikes in the first, the Indians sat on his regular fastball.
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Another game vs the WS. 1st pitch fastball: no bang2nd pitch off speed: bang bang3rd pitch fastball: no bang pic.twitter.
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Then he stared at a third-strike fastball in the third and went down swinging on a fastball in the fifth.
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Nothing has returned the bite to his split-fingered fastball, the dip to his slider or the command to his fastball.
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Harvey set Smith up with a fastball, then a two-seam fastball, and struck him out on a check swing with the slider.
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Ray struck out Ellis on a 97-mph fastball, struck out Zach Walters on a 96-mph fastball and got Maeda to fly out.
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He can hit the fastball, but they're starting to throw him off-speed pitches in fastball counts and see how he adjusts to that.
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In the second inning, he drilled a 3-2 fastball for a homer, just after Santana had spun him back with a fastball, high and tight.
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"You go back to his first start where he really struggled, he didn't really have command of his fastball, but he stayed with his fastball," Collins said.
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He believes his development — an improved curveball and the addition of a cut fastball and a two-seam fastball — was spurred by the disappointment of the 2009 Series.
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"I know Doolittle's got a good fastball, so I just wanted to make sure I was on time, ready for it," said Hosmer, who crushed a 1-1 fastball.
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The 12-year veteran swung and missed at a first-pitch fastball, but he connected on the second pitch when Darvish again tried to zip a fastball past him.
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"He threw strikes with the fastball where I think in the previous couple (starts) the fastball was just a little bit off the plate," Rockies manager Bud Black said.
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Verlander responded by striking out Ian Kinsler and Luis Valbuena in succession, retiring Kinsler on a 99.2 mph fastball before Valbuena fanned on a fastball clocked at 98.4 mph.
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Aaron Hicks worked a full-count walk to load the bases before Bird fouled off four consecutive 2-2 pitches: a fastball, a slider, a changeup and another fastball.
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Whatever the rationale, Tanaka rewarded Girardi's faith with a brilliant performance, using his fastball and slider to set up a devastating split-fingered fastball, which he leaned on heavily.
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While Bregman turned on an 0-1, 83 mile-per-hour fastball, Alvarez socked a 3-2 fastball a whopping 454 feet to straightaway center for his 26th homer.
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I think fastball command is the most important indicator—a guy with a big, lively fastball doesn't have to command it as well in just an inning of work.
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Ford gave the Yankees a 4-0 lead by lining a first-pitch fastball down the right field line and made it 5-3 by blasting a 2-2 fastball.
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The biggest thing for Cash today was the ability to go up and down with the fastball, in and out with the fastball, and back it up with the changeup-curveball combo.
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Winker drilled a 23-03 fastball the opposite way to left field to open the first, going with a 20 mile-per-hour fastball to give the Reds a 21-28 lead.
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He struck out Gardner with a high fastball, retired Judge on a fly ball with a breaking pitch and threw out Gregorius, who dribbled a fastball to the left of the mound.
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"The difference between a 102-mile-an-hour fastball and a 92-mile-an-hour fastball, in reaction time, is four and a half feet," said Ty Van Burkleo, the Indians' hitting coach.
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But the right-hander, rediscovering his split-fingered fastball and mixing it with his fastball and slider, kept Boston at bay on Saturday, allowing just three hits and a walk in five innings.
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He drove Wright's 2-1 fastball 435 feet into the right-center field bleachers and sent Rodriguez's first-pitch fastball soaring 277 feet into the left field seats at 212 miles per hour.
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His command with the fastball was off and changeup too.
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So that's when I threw my fastball and got hit.
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A wickedly fast fastball isn't the anomaly it once was.
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Austin Pruitt (fastball) and Sergio Romo (slider) got him later.
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Luke Voit took a 92 mph fastball to the chin.
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"I was pounding my fastball pretty good," Nolasco said afterward.
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"Don't come off the fastball, that's my approach," Rupp said.
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There was good action to his fastball and his split.
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"The fastball and changeup were good for me," Newcomb said.
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Using his secondary pitches to make the fastball even better.
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"He didn't have the movement on his fastball," Girardi said.
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"It was a fastball in the strike zone," Bautista said.
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" Kuhl said his solid outing was attributed to "fastball command.
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Yu Darvish, 99mph Triple Kill Fastball (with motion tracker). pic.twitter.
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"He was very aggressive, especially with the fastball," Hurdle said.
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"(Biagini) had pretty good command of his fastball," Gamel said.
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"We were trying to get the fastball up," Hinch said.
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Bour homered on a fastball off Clippard on Sept. 16.
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His fastball registered 95 mph on the stadium video board.
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He cut loose a fastball and strained an elbow ligament.
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The second, too, missed, a fastball off the outside corner.
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But might a true slide step diminish the prized fastball?
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Relying mostly on his fastball, Happ struck out 10 Royals.
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Next time I'll be able to execute a fastball in.
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"His fastball explodes on guys," Padres Manager Andy Green said.
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But simply being unable to catch up to a fastball?
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But his fastball mostly sat around 91 to 93 m.p.h.
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"I attacked the fastball a lot last year," Trayce says.
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"The fastball velocity was there," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
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D'Arnaud quickly turned on inside fastball by reliever Kyle Barraclough.
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I was looking fastball in and somehow he beat me.
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Miller's fastball typically comes in around 95 miles an hour.
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In college, Giles threw a splitter to complement his fastball.
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Enrique Hernandez might rue missing that fastball over the plate.
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When his glove was high, it was a straight fastball.
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The average fastball in baseball last season was 92.8 m.p.h.
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On Saturday, his fastball still zipped, but in inconsistent directions.
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Fastball had a little bit of takeoff, had some run.
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"His fastball is a little sneaky," Rivera said of Pivetta.
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"His fastball was painting the corners," Gonzalez said of Conley.
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The closer's fastball velocity decreased by several mph this spring.
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Scherzer credited a mechanical adjustment for his improved fastball command.
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Worked off the fastball and the slider was good tonight.
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His fastball velocity was 94 to 96 miles per hour.
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His fastball still topped out at 102 miles per hour.
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With a 3-2 count, Cuthbert lined a double to right after a fastball down the middle, and Eric Hosmer followed with a two-run homer after Fulmer didn't get another fastball in enough.
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Morton has transformed himself from a sinker-throwing ground-ball pitcher — his nickname was Ground Chuck — to one who relies on a heavy dose of curveballs, a four-seam fastball and a cut fastball.
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I am careful not to be the effusive dad in the stands yelling to his 5-year-old that he is pulling off the fastball, even if he actually is pulling off the fastball.
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Now he's been able to stretch the gap between the fastball and the changeup, which is something I did really, really well — the fastball from 97 to 98, and I'd be 82 with the changeup.
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"I know he's a good first-pitch fastball guy," Madson said.
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I've got to do a better job of commanding the fastball.
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"I didn't have the best stuff, fastball command tonight," Feldman said.
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Brown was a knuckleballer, but he threw a fastball to McDougald.
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He hit a 2-1 fastball that registered at 96 mph.
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Just had the great fastball and could be overpowering at times.
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"That's probably the best fastball he's had all season," Matheny said.
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Yu Darvish throws the most devastating fastball of his career. pic.twitter.
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"I beat Fielder on a fastball in, jam him," Latos said.
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Mercer sent a 2-1 fastball over the left field fence.
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A fastball with good two-seam action and a wipeout slider.
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I got them off my fastball, which was the biggest thing.
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Maybe it's fastball location, it's changing speeds, going up and down.
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And then Key coming in with the wipeout fastball and curveball.
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DeGrom was also unable to sustain the zip on his fastball.
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Betances, Chapman's fellow reliever, whose fastball is regularly around 98 m.p.h.
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Both rely heavily on a split-fingered fastball and sharp control.
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He also mixed in his slider and his two-seam fastball.
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Olson lined Martinez' 1-2 fastball into the right field seats.
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He attributed a lot of his success Tuesday to his fastball.
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I'm more consistent with my slider, and my fastball location too.
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"I just need to work on my fastball command," Manaea said.
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"He threw me a fastball right down the middle," Gregorius said.
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His best pitch is his fastball, which can reach 97 mph.
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Last April, Price averaged 211.2 mph on his four-seam fastball.
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The curveball was really good though, and the fastball was good.
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When Teuf gets tired, it turns into a two-seam [fastball].
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The slider to Reynolds and fastball to Parra were center cut.
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Toles then cleared the bases, connecting on Ottavino's 25-22 fastball.
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According to FanGraphs, the average fastball in 2002 was 89 m.p.h.
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It was a four-seam fastball at 95 miles an hour.
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But then he threw a fastball at 94 miles per hour.
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He fouled off a slider, and then doubled on a fastball.
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He mixes in a fastball that can reach about 90 m.p.h.
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His fastball, his cutter, he didn't throw too many breaking balls.
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Colon is much bigger physically, with much less on his fastball.
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If my fastball is good, you're not going to hit it.
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"He throws his fastball a lot," the Tigers' Michael Fulmer said.
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Arcia was ready for Buehler's fastball up in the strike zone.
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"I was able to locate the fastball early on," Miley said.
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It was not all thanks to Rivera's cut fastball, of course.
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There's just something about it — sometimes it's harder than his fastball.
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"I think I just got a little fastball-happy," he said.
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Donaldson was grazed by a fastball and exchanged words with Musgrove.
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We're talking a redirected fastball caroming right into your chowder biscuits.
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Where the rest of the crew can be summed up pretty simply—no phrase will ever capture Shaw's 94 mile-per-hour fastball better than "94 mile-per-hour fastball"—Miller is once again the exception.
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Knebel then fell behind Didi Gregorius on a 212-219 count but used another fastball to get the strikeout before ending Milwaukee's ninth win in 24 games by striking out Gary Sanchez looking at another fastball.
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And lest you think that fastball rate is a statistic that fluctuates wildly year-to-year, making a ten-year comparison worthless, the data shows that MLB's fastball rate has been steadily declining over that time.
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Eovaldi has morphed into a strike-thrower who has learned to spot his 100-mile-per-hour fastball at the top of the strike zone and has developed a cut fastball to keep hitters off it.
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The time off gave Eovaldi the chance to refashion his repertoire — refining a cut fastball that he has begun to lean on heavily and mastering the use of his fastball at the top of the strike zone.
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Cole struck out Willy Adames looking with a 98 mile-per-hour fastball on the outside corner to end the fifth inning and then got Ji-Man Choi to swing through a fastball that registered 99 m.p.h.
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The inning ended when Gary Sanchez struck out on a high fastball.
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However, Ausmus didn't seem overly impressed with the rookie's high-90s fastball.
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For the most part I was feeling (good) location with my fastball.
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We got Billie in WeHo and tried throwing him a political fastball.
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He had a decent change-up and he used the fastball more.
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Davis launched Gonzalez' first-pitch fastball over the right-center field wall.
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Everything works off of fastball command, and that's no different with Jordan.
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Trying to play catch out there-I couldn't let my fastball go.
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How rare and difficult is it to throw a 96 mph fastball?
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"Kenta was really good tonight and the fastball was aggressive," Roberts said.
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Calling for a change-up and firing an Aroldis Chapman fastball instead.
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And he gave me a fastball to hit, and I got him.
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I had a rough time getting in to lefties, fastball into lefties.
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You can hear the pop of the fastball hitting the catcher's mitt.
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Donaldson then singled to deep left field on a 2-0 fastball.
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"After two breaking balls, I was ready for the fastball," Franco said.
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Donaldson then singled to deep left field on a 2-123 fastball.
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He threw me a changeup, fastball, and then changeup in the dirt.
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The slider and the changeup were good, but the fastball wasn't there.
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His fastball command and his slider to right-handed hitters is lethal.
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Reyes pulled a 1-2 fastball that was clocked at 91 mph.
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My breaking stuff was good, but my fastball just wasn't there tonight.
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This time, Harvey reached for a fastball with a 1-1 count.
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Despite all the evidence — the fading fastball in the middle innings, the .
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He had a good moving fastball and a good complement of pitches.
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K., I've got a good fastball,' and I can hit my spot.
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Afterward, Severino regretted not throwing his fastball and changeup inside more often.
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"The fastball was very effective tonight, up in the zone," Hammel said.
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Aroldis Chapman, who throws the hardest fastball ever recorded, is the closer.
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C Yasmani Grandal said Urias possessed a good fastball but little else.
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He reared back and tossed a handsome fastball and obtained two strikes.
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Dean lacks a cracking fastball, and the Yankees figured him out quickly.
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It evolved to him getting a favorable count and anticipating a fastball.
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But when Syndergaard threw a fastball at an uncharacteristically slow 91 m.p.h.
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Chapman might throw the fastball that ends the Cubs' 108-year drought.
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The next pitch was a fastball, and I was waiting for it.
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He owned an unremarkable fastball, normally clocked around 83 miles per hour.
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"I threw a fastball and tried to get it in," VerHagen said.
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"Today (Hammel) had command of his fastball," said Cubs manager Joe Maddon.
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Syndergaard dazzled the Giants with improved command of his high-octane fastball.
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"Fastball" (1003), baseball documentary starring Kevin Costner, Derek Jeter and others. Sept.
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Rodriguez resisted, but the next pitch was a fastball at 96 m.p.h.
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Tareq and Ashekin are the pace bowlers, the equivalent of fastball pitchers.
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Dozier said Hunter's fastball at that velocity usually cuts across the zone.
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But Castro got in a bad count and threw a flat fastball.
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But his ill-fated fastball to Wainwright changed the game's complexion completely.
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Then Allen fired a high fastball past Baez to win the game.
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This time, though, Rizzo punched a first-pitch fastball in the air.
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The Mets ranked ninth in fastball percentage and were ravaged by injuries.
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The next thing Carty knew, Ryan had busted a fastball past him.
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But he did recall taking a first-pitch fastball over the plate.
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The 94 mile-per-hour fastball was fouled off by George Springer.
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"It was a high fastball," Hamilton told The Associated Press in 19903.
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Wright swung at a 1-0 fastball from the rookie Trevor Richards.
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Lindor cracked Severino's second pitch — a fastball — into the right-field corner.
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Severino's second pitch of the game, a fastball clocked at 98 m.p.h.
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We've always liked his stuff, a good fastball, a good breaking ball.
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One finger is a fastball, two is a curveball, and so on.
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"Fastball command, really," Indians catcher Chris Gimenez said of what propelled Bauer.
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"I thought it was his best fastball of the year," Maddon said.
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On Thursday, he took little time in re-establishing his trademark fastball.
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"I just thought he missed some spots with his fastball," Boone said.
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" Boston manager John Farrell said, "Cleveland is a good fastball hitting team.
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The four-seam fastball was effective on both sides of the plate.
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Cruz crushed Meyer's 93 mph fastball deep into the left-field seats.
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Standing in the batter's box against a 95 mile per house fastball.
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"The first fastball, it looked like it was 313 (mph)," Kemp said.
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If you watched him hit, he was a dead-red fastball hitter.
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Martin ripped his three-run homer to right off a Carpenter fastball.
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His fastball velocity had dropped several clicks, to 82 miles per hour.
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Will it be the fastball that hums by at nearly triple digits?
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You can succeed without a hot fastball; it just takes more work.
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"I think, too, the first two innings we used his fastball really well, too, so, you know, his secondary pitches are definitely his out pitches, but you still have to use his fastball," Royals catcher Drew Butera said.
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Sabathia said it was difficult to get a comfortable grip on the ball, but he was able to mix his four pitches — two-seam fastball, cut fastball, slider and changeup — well enough to retire the first nine Detroit hitters.
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Sampras, Becker, Goran, Isner, Kyrgios, Zverev are all big guys with incredible service motions and incredibly live arms who in big moments are willing to bet essentially on their ability to blow their fastball by a great fastball hitter.
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McCarthy has a low 90s fastball but showed good control against the Tigers.
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I think fastball command was a little off, but we finished up well.
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Maybe not in height, but same types of pitches, breaking ball, fastball, located.
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Diaz pulled a fastball over the left field wall for the first run.
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Before that at-bat, Sano told Arcia to be ready for the fastball.
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Springer then lifted a 22-21 fastball into the seats in center field.
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He struck out on a 99 mph Diaz fastball to end the game.
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His fastball velocity sat below its normal 94 mph during his brief outing.
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"He had a better angle on his fastball," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said.
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The prized rookie worked on his fastball command during a bullpen session Tuesday.
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I was just waiting for a fastball to put the ball in play.
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Price said Bonilla's changeup/fastball combo is a good fit in the bullpen.
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"I was just looking for a fastball early in the count," DeJong said.
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Not amazing, but not terrible—a fastball down the strike zone of mediocrity.
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Estevez leans on his fastball but also has an effective slider and changeup.
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I am just looking for a fastball in the zone I can drive.
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It makes the fastball have a little more life visually to some hitters.
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On the next pitch, Rizzo swung and missed at another 13-mph fastball.
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"He was up in the zone and wasn't throwing his fastball for strikes."
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Edwin Encarnacion walked before Bautista lined the fastball over the left-field fence.
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"It gave him some confidence that the fastball is still there," Collins said.
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"He's a really good pitcher with a good fastball," Peraza said of Strop.
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"They came up with such an approach to hit my fastball," Scherzer said.
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But I think it was a situation where he was locating that fastball.
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He has a fastball that will laugh at you as it goes by.
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Or a home run if the pitcher threw a fastball over the plate.
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He first challenged Trout with a 97 mph fastball, Trout swinging and missing.
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"It was a fastball away and I recognized that pitch," Bonifacio said later.
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"Cabrera was able to muscle that fastball inside over Nolan's head," Freeland said.
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He was ahead in the count most of the time with his fastball.
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He has allowed eight home runs overall, all of them on his fastball.
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Harvey's fastball velocity and strikeout rates have fallen this season, but not drastically.
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Verlander said he is using new techniques this offseason to improve his fastball.
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I was able to command the fastball at the bottom of the zone.
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"His fastball had real good life, good velocity," said Arizona manager Chip Hale.
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In the first two innings, his fastball reached as high as 99 mph.
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Yet his fastball — the same one he could rev up to 96 m.p.h.
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Wood did a good job of mixing in secondary pitches with his fastball.
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Eovaldi has had trouble with his split-fingered fastball in all three starts.
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"No doubt his fastball command set everything up," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.
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Bumgarner's fastball once inhabited the mid-90s, and such speed now eludes him.
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"The command of the fastball is better," manager Bob Melvin said of Alcantara.
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His fastball reached 97 miles per hour, and his slider hit 91 m.p.h.
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Frazier was then ready for the fastball, which he drove to center field.
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In this case, though, a confident fastball pitcher is just what they need.
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That's when Severino returned to the fastball — blowing a letter-high, 99.6-m.p.h.
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Ventura was known for his electric fastball, but also for his short temper.
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Then he struck him out on two more pitches: curveball looking, fastball swinging.
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" Scott Turow has not lost an inch off his fastball since "Presumed Innocent.
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Matsuzaka taunted Ichiro with a fastball up and away, a breathtaking 91-m.p.h.
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"It was a fastball, just trying to groove it in there," Jackson said.
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"The pitch to Wieters was a fastball right over the plate," Matz said.
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On May 53, a fastball from Toronto's Aaron Loup shattered Freeman's left wrist.
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It was pretty lucky that it was a fastball in that location, too.
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He struggled for several starts to find the feel on his cut fastball.
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His fastball velocity was strong on Tuesday, ranging from 93 to 97 m.p.h.
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With the potentially new strike zone, that will promote more fastball-curveball scenarios.
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But a fastball that once crackled with life was often dead on arrival.
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My fastball felt good to both sides of the plate, especially early on.
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It was evident Iwakuma didn't have a feel for much — especially his fastball.
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He changed speeds well, used his fastball, his breaking pitches and a changeup.
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The next pitch, a fastball, tailed inside and hit Stanton in the forearm.
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The average fastball velocity for a starting pitcher in 295 was 107.83 mph.
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"He gets you off the fastball just in time to throw the fastball," Blue Jays' Steve Pearce told reporters about the 23-year-old Japan native, who posted an 20 ERA over seven games (443-244) before his three strong starts.
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Gray gave credit to Bruce for doing his earlier damage on two tricky pitches — a letter-high fastball that carried into the right-field seats and a low-and-away, two-seam fastball that Bruce hit off the left-field wall.
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It means not one iota if they throw a fastball, curve, changeup or cutter.
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He was hit by A's right-hander Jesse Hahn's 92 mph 3-1 fastball.
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He really controlled his fastball well and (had a) good breaking ball, good changeup.
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He used all of his pitches and he had good life on his fastball.
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"I couldn't command my fastball; they weren't swinging at the slider," the lefty said.
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Three innings later, he drove a full-count fastball over the right-field wall.
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On a full count, Simmons hit Lewis' 87 mph fastball into the Rangers' bullpen.
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All 21 strikeouts were swinging — seven on his fastball and five on his curve.
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I was dominating Bip Roberts with the fastball, but I threw him a changeup.
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He's a little off in terms of commanding the ball, fastball and the curveball.
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Three innings later, he drove a full count fastball over the right field wall.
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The Yankees have a fastball rate of 40.7 percent, completely ignoring any perceived threshold.
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Then he went to the fastball and I was able to get it elevated.
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But the second, third innings, for some reason I just lost my fastball command.
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"I was looking for a first-pitch fastball, and he threw one," Beltre said.
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The fastball was outstanding, the curveball was outstanding ... The offense was a little quiet.
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It's hard enough to hit a fastball coming at you at 96, with movement.
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Smolinski crushed Rays RHP Alex Colome's first-pitch fastball over the left field fence.
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I think my fastball command kind of got worse as (Monday) night went on.
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"He had good command of the fastball," Rockies manager Bud Black said of Lackey.
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"Fastball out over (the plate), where Marisnick likes it," A's manager Bob Melvin said.
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"He gassed up on me, bumped like 6 mph on his fastball," Seager said.
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"This is an aggressive fastball hitting team," manager John Farrell said of the Orioles.
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He struck out on a check swing, on a fastball and on a changeup.
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"I left a fastball belt high over the middle of the plate," Reed said.
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First time I face him, and he got a hundred miles (an hour fastball).
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He was real aggressive, just letting it loose and (had) really good fastball command.
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He responded by lining a low fastball off the wall in right-center field.
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But the fastball command on both sides of the plate, I thought was good.
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It's just that I want to keep hitters off-balance and off my fastball.
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Averaging 93.6 mph on his fastball, Font struck out four and issued one walk.
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"We were trying to beat him inside all day with the fastball," Manaea said.
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I've got to figure out how to get the fastball back over the plate.
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R.I.P. to the bird that famously collided with a Randy Johnson fastball in 2001.
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Per usual, James relied heavily on his fastball, unleashing 49 among his 87 pitches.
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I was able to spot the fastball wherever (catcher) Caleb (Joseph) was calling it.
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He pulled a 93 mph fastball off the upper-deck façade in right-center.
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Catcher Jorge Posada got a fastball to work with and delivered a strong throw.
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He jammed Murphy on a high, inside fastball for a pop out to second.
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Clippard fell behind Bautista, 2-0, before delivering a 91-mile-per-hour fastball.
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He had good velocity, 97 (mph) on the fastball and 91 on the slider.
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He drives the four-seam fastball that seems like it's rising to a hitter.
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He has hit 100 miles per hour with his fastball, which averages around 97.
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Another factor: Syndergaard's fastball has averaged 98.1 miles per hour, the hardest in baseball.
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He knew he could put his fastball at the knees any time he wanted.
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I just left a fastball over the plate and the pitcher got three RBI.
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He pulled a 96-mph Jose Urena fastball over the fence in right-center.
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Cabrera hit a 2-2 pitch, a 93-mph fastball up in the zone.
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He pitched well, using a dominant fastball to strike out five in six innings.
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With two outs, Inciarte pulled a fastball to right for his three-run shot.
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Ynoa (2-2) kept the Rays off-balance with his sinker, slider and fastball.
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Can you imagine facing that kind of fastball on a raw night like this?
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Chapman on the mound protecting a one-run lead against some good fastball hitters.
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"I just wanted to get a fastball and try to elevate it," Gonzalez said.
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He's got devastating stuff — his fastball, his slider's 93, his changeup's devastating as well.
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Soroka painted the corner with his fastball and changed speeds effectively throughout his stint.
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"(Luis) Perdomo was throwing well and had some movement on his fastball," Goldschmidt said.
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"We know the power is there," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said of Urena's fastball.
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He fouled off several pitches and struck out on a fastball high and inside.
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His fastball has gone from 95 mph last season to 212 mph this season.
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His fastball was sitting at 24.67-210, but it had some jump to it.
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Morrison clobbered a Vargas 85 mph fastball out to right, his 33rd home run.
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Then Hunter surprised Dozier with a 221 mph fastball that sank in the zone.
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"I think fastball command from the get-go was pretty spot on," Tillman said.
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He is the Indians' hardest-throwing starter, with a fastball averaging about 95 m.p.h.
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That's the biggest thing: making it look like a fastball as much as possible.
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The pitch came in so slowly that it made his modest fastball play up.
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There were times he was able to strike that pitch better than his fastball.
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Sabathia's cut-fastball and two-seamer hovered between 88 and 90 miles per hour.
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Detroit's starting pitcher, Spencer Turnbull, threw him a fastball away on his first offering.
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"The biggest thing is everything plays off the fastball," Atlanta Manager Brian Snitker said.
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So yeah, I was kind of expecting a fastball there, and I got it.
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Woodruff fired two electric innings, striking out four and flashing a 97 m.p.h. fastball.
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Judge then took a fastball for a ball before grounding a slider into left.
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In the fifth, Andrew Benintendi pounded another lifeless fastball deep into the second deck.
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With the Marlins, Anderson developed a nasty curve to complement his mid-90s fastball.
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Branca then delivered a second fastball, this one high and perhaps a bit inside.
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If he can command his fastball and secondary pitches, he's going to be good.
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And as he threw the fastball that was called for at 3:58 p.m.
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That time, against Boston's Rich Gedman in Game 1, he actually threw a fastball.
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On the next pitch, Tanaka's inside fastball grazed Bregman's sleeve to load the bases.
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Although his fastball was reaching 94 miles per hour, the Athletics feasted on it.
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"It looks like a fastball except that it's not," Bellinger said, shaking his head.
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However, Kelby Tomlinson lined Logan's 223-21 fastball to left for single, scoring Posey.
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Will Aroldis Chapman throw his 100 mile-an-hour fastball or his wipeout slider?
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He tried a two-seam fastball to Scruggs, it just stayed on path, straight.
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DeGrom pulled his homer to right, jumping on a first-pitch 90-mph fastball.
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In a conference on the mound, they had talked about starting with a fastball.
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I made some bad fastball-location pitches, and they made me pay for it.
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He liked what he saw: 97, as in miles per hour on his fastball.
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He demonstrated improved fastball command, and that helped make his slider a strikeout pitch.
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He launched Carrasco's belt-high, 2-0 fastball into the left-center field seats.
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The shovel ricocheted off the stony earth, stinging my hands like a shanked fastball.
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"After he gave up the leadoff double on the fastball, he got away from I think what his best pitch is, and that's the fastball," said Texas manager Jeff Banister of Bush, who blew his second save in a span of four chances.
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Tommy Kahnle relieved Chad Green and, after having George Springer bail out of the box on a 97 mile-per-hour fastball that was up-and-in, Kahnle kept Houston's leadoff hitter off balance, striking him out looking on another inside fastball.
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Ruiz sent a 3-2 fastball from Bauer over the wall in center field in the second inning, and Mancini added on in the third, sending a 1-1 fastball into the bleachers in right-center to give Orioles a 5-1 lead.
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Jay then lined a 1-and-2 fastball from Shields 417 feet to right center.
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"I just couldn't throw a fastball down and away to save my life," Gausman said.
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"I just couldn't throw a fastball down and away to save my life," Gausman said.
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"It was a fastball, and I put a really good swing on it," Gregorius said.
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He pulled a 96-mph fastball from Jose Urena over the fence in right-center.
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Myers then hit his 10th homer, driving a McGee fastball 348 feet to right-center.
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The left-hander ended the eighth by blowing a 102 mph fastball by Giovanny Urshela.
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"My slider was working pretty good tonight and I had good command of my fastball."
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He pulled a low fastball an estimated 392 feet for his first of the season.
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Bryan Holaday started the rally with a one-out double, ripping a first-pitch fastball.
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He hit 99 miles per hour with his fastball and threw a slider at 92.
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One boy in the Program increased his fastball by 21997 mph, Jensen told the students.
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Twenty years ago, a fastball rate of less than 50 percent would have been unthinkable.
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"He gave me a fastball and kind of left it in the middle," Gardner said.
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He relied almost exclusively on the fastball and gave up eight hits and four runs.
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"Obviously, Harper was gearing up for a fastball," Mackanin said of the game-winning blast.
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Bellinger took a low slider, then lined a fastball at the letters to left-center.
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Grandal, an ex-Miami Hurricanes star, pulled a fastball into the upper deck in right.
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His second, another fastball at 95.7, was poked into right field for a base hit.
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He started fastball, breaking ball, he kind of went back and forth, (mixed in) changeups.
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Samardzija had command of his fastball and a sinker that was effective off the plate.
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"He tries to get ahead of hitters with his fastball," Astros manager A.J. Hinch said.
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His fastball has live action, but it's difficult to pitch when you have a blister.
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And I think the up-and-down game with the fastball played well for him.
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"His angle was really good, his fastball was really downhill," said Hundley, the Rockies' catcher.
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He was pounding his fastball early in the count and he's got a great changeup.
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In 2003, the average fastball in the major leagues didn't crack 90 miles per hour.
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Stanton drilled a 21970-mph low fastball from reliever Enny Romero for a solo shot.
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"The first time through the order, he was real aggressive with his fastball," Melvin said.
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"My fastball command was off, and I made some mistakes with home runs," Sale said.
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He fanned Murphy with a high fastball of 22012 miles-per-hour in the second.
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"He missed a spot there," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said of Chen's fastball to Franco.
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Jered Weaver and his low-80s fastball are confronting the end in typically idiosyncratic fashion.
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New York manager Terry Collins said Matz is benefitting from improved fastball command and poise.
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He did that with the help of a high 90s fastball and a devastating curveball.
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And I think the up and down game with the fastball played well for him.
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Mets reliever Wilmer Font plunked Rhys Hoskins with a 96 mph fastball in the seventh.
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Just take it and you'll either walk to first or get to pound his fastball.
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Three pitches later, Calhoun roped a 2-0 fastball to center field over Canha's head.
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His average fastball velocity dropped from 101 miles per hour in 2016 to 98 m.p.h.
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With two runners on, Ryan Goins laced a fastball into the right-center-field gap.
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But when he needed to, he found some velocity and good movement on his fastball.
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I can have better fastball command, but this is a step in the right direction.
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"I thought it was his best fastball of the year," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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The next pitch was a 28 mph fastball, right in the heart of the zone.
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But the single thing Bumgarner does best is put his fastball exactly where he wants.
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He said a small change in his mechanics had given his sinking fastball extra bite.
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As a result, he has relied less on his slider and more on his fastball.
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His previous three home runs had come on a fastball, a cutter and a slider.
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Davidson launched Gray's 2-1 fastball over the center field fence an estimated 424 feet.
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Davis sent LHP Cesar Ramos' 2-0 fastball over the wall in left-center field.
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" "You're losing your fastball," he wrote, adding, "Time to call in a good relief pitcher.
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But I definitely pitch off my fastball, trying to change eye levels a little bit.
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He got around on an inside fastball from Fulmer, who then struck out the side.
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He fanned Murphy with a high fastball of 95 miles-per-hour in the second.
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In his home debut, Fulmer featured a devastating changeup to complement his 226 MPH fastball.
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His fastball was diminished, but Arroyo has never thrown hard and continued to trick hitters.
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"My fastball command was honestly just okay, my changeup today was really good," he said.
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I felt good with my fastball better than anything else so I kept throwing it.
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This year, however, Kershaw has gone to his fastball less than half of the time.
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Twins manager Paul Molitor said Perkins' fastball hit 88-91 mph during his rehab assignment.
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"Fastball command, getting ahead of hitters," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said in explaining Greinke's success.
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In the eighth inning, a Philadelphia relief pitcher sent a fastball sailing at Cabrera's chin.
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But nobody teaches a fastball, it is said; either you throw hard or you don't.
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Acuna added a solo homer in the fifth inning, swinging on a 3-0 fastball.
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And while he possessed a good fastball, it was not a three-digit express train.
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They're not squaring up the fastball, and the off-speed is where I want it.
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Most pitchers throw harder than Happ, whose fastball averages just under 92 miles an hour.
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Willie Calhoun gets hit in the face by a 95mph fastball thrown by Julio Urias.
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And sometimes they throw you a fastball right down the middle and you miss it.
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Aroldis Chapman cruised past in the white Lamborghini he once bought to race his fastball.
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"I was trying to get mentally ready for the fastball in the cage," he said.
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Making his second start of the season, Harvey pitched solidly, using his fastball more often.
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Gimenez, whose fastball averages 72 miles an hour, has now pitched five times this season.
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The leadoff batter smacked Kennedy's 93 mph fastball 409 feet for a 1-0 lead.
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He recorded just eight swinging strikes yet posted 21 called strikes, nine on his fastball.
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Chapman threw mostly sliders, but finished Lindor with a fastball for a flyout to right.
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"You throw your fastball, because you know you can get it where you want to."
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His repertory of a fastball, slider and curve seemed weapons enough for a fine career.
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He got Avila down 20-218 and then went up and in with a fastball.
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Both runners scored on a double by Rendon, who connected on a first-pitch fastball.
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Taillon, 953, has a plus fastball as well as a power curve and improving command.
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Chapman then ended the drama by throwing a fastball past Rutledge on the next pitch.
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And that really allowed me to use my fastball, and then pitch with the changeup.
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"To me, it was a good pitch, a good fastball," Chapman said through an interpreter.
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Through three starts this spring, Harvey's fastball has generally hovered around 92 to 93 m.p.h.
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His 210th and final pitch was a 20 mph fastball to strike out David Peralta.
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Fiers threw a letter-high fastball that Stanton took a mighty hack at and missed.
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The first pitch: a low 94-mile-per-hour fastball that Altuve sent into orbit.
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Or perhaps a changeup that's faster than the average fastball of his teammate, Bartolo Colon?
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Developing a live fastball may be counterproductive to developing command, but they both have value.
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If they want to succeed, they have to mix their shit up proper; unless you're one of those unusually distinctive legends working the crowds out in NYC who can ride on the same rhythm relentlessly, you'll get exposed by just tossing fastball after fastball.
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This spring, with his fastball barely exceeding 13 mph, doctors diagnosed Weaver with deteriorating neck vertebrae.
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Cruz grimaced in pain after swinging and missing on a 224-2136 fastball from Mike Clevinger.
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"I remember someone telling me he likes to throw changeups in all fastball counts," Kepler said.
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With a fastball that reached 98 mph Monday, Diaz got three Detroit batters on eight pitches.
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Adam Duvall was hit by a fastball, but the game situation certainly didn't call for that.
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"Sometimes guys just get caught in between—between the fastball and the breaking ball," Jacoby said.
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Beltre propelled an 82 mph fastball down the left-field line for his 441st career homer.
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But Brett Phillips swung through a 2-2 fastball from Juan Nicasio for the last out.
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The model and mom of two showed off her mean fastball at Dodger Stadium in 2014.
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This spring, with his fastball barely exceeding 2201 mph, doctors diagnosed Weaver with deteriorating neck vertebrae.
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"The heater, if we're still calling it a fastball, was not a bad pitch," Weaver said.
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After Hernan Perez struck out, Vogt smashed a 1-2 fastball to center, putting Milwaukee ahead.
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Two batters later, Rizzo pulled another fastball from Beede an estimated 395 feet into the stands.
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Conventional wisdom has long dictated that a pitcher must establish his fastball and work from there.
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Fastball command still wasn't where I wanted it to be, but it was a little better.
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His average fastball velocity fell from 97.4 mph in the first to 95.5 in the second.
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Jordan Hicks, hitting triple digits with his fastball, got a four-out save with three strikeouts.
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"His fastball had some life and his breaking ball had some depth," manager Rick Renteria said.
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Sale struck out eight, his fastball averaged 91.6 mph and he reached 94 a few times.
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"Gallardo had his best fastball all year and got us deep in the game," Servais said.
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Warwick Saupold replaced Coleman, and Adrianza drilled a 3-1 fastball over the right field wall.
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Gray reached 233 mph with his fastball, consistently hit 97 mph, and his slider was exceptional.
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Then the right-handed right fielder opened the fifth by connecting on a first pitch fastball.
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He had all of his pitches working today and he had some life on his fastball.
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" Green said, "The first couple of innings, (Lamet's) fastball command was as good as I've seen.
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After Dahl hit a one-out double in the third, Hamels hit Arenado with a fastball.
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Judge drove Reed's 1-1 fastball an estimated 469 feet halfway up the left field bleachers.
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Luke Voit scored on Torres hit after being hit in the face by a Bettis fastball.
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"Dylan has a fastball that gets to where it needs to go," manager Buck Showalter said.
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His fastball averages 92 to 94 miles per hour but can reach as high as 98.
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Good fastball command and he used all his pitches and set up a margin of error.
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When asked which pitches were the most inconsistent, Girardi cited the split-fingered fastball and slider.
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"He caught up to a good fastball (against Ian Krol) for his third hit," Baker said.
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"I was able to get in a fastball on both sides of the plate," Cobb said.
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It was his 13th homer of the season, and it happened on a 95-mph fastball.
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He's a 23-year-old pitcher who can get his fastball into triple digits with ease.
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Chapman struck out Melky Cabrera with a 275-mile-per-hour fastball to close the inning.
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"It's a horrible feeling," Young said, adding that his fastball had decent velocity but no life.
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But Manager Terry Collins said the reduced zip on Harvey's fastball pitches was not a concern.
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He also beat Wright with a 95-mile-per-hour fastball for another first-inning strikeout.
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The former Princeton pitcher reached the high 80s with his fastball velocity before throwing mostly curveballs.
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He had struck him out earlier and did so again, swinging on a 29-183 fastball.
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Later in the inning, Kris Bryant walloped his ninth, a two-run shot, on a fastball.
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Rookie Cheslor Cuthbert homered on a 26.04-03 Darvish fastball to lead off the Royals' third.
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An inning later, Flores laced a low fastball over the left field fence for another blast.
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He has a great changeup, a curve to mix in with the fastball on both sides.
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Betts was next, and he smacked a 2-2 fastball at the belt to left-center.
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Stars from the present and past talk about throwing the fastball and trying to hit it.
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He struggled to command his fastball and needed nearly 100 pitches to wade through five innings.
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McCarthy had trouble locating his fastball in Sunday&aposs no-decision against the Boston Red Sox.
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Bumgarner is left-handed, and his average fastball this season, according to Fangraphs, is 90.5 m.p.h.
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One batter later, Upton unloaded on a 83 mph fastball from Hembree for his grand slam.
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His fastball velocity has been unaffected, and he can now consistently throw strikes with pinpoint accuracy.
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I'm going to work on my changeup, work on my fastball command, and I'll be good.
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Hero powers can be combined to recreate comic book contrivances like Colossus and Wolverine's Fastball Special.
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"He had looked in my direction and was like, 'Fastball,'" Locke said, mimicking a throwing motion.
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Chapman then blew a fastball past Mike Napoli on the next pitch to end the game.
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But Odorizzi struck out Kole Calhoun on a rising 93 mph fastball to end the threat.
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He had the fastball, four-seamer, two-seamer, working both sides there, slider, breaking ball, change.
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"Overall, he just really didn't command the fastball tonight," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of Kazmir.
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But Syndergaard, with his 100 miles per hour fastball, is the Mets' one and only ace.
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A well-located fastball remains the best pitch in the majors — but the modifier is important.
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He ripped another fastball hard to the right again, and the fans let out an ooooh.
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His 2286-mile-an-hour fastball was useless because he could not throw it without pain.
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He'd always thrown a four-seam fastball, which tends to travel in a relatively straight line.
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"Not really," Davis said when asked if he was surprised to get an 23-22.25 fastball.
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He leaned heavily on his fastball, a pitch that didn't even average 239 miles per hour.
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However, after walking Willy Adames, Barraclough allowed the homer on a 1-0 fastball to Robertson.
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"The fastball command wasn't there, and the slider was backing up," said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.
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He drove Rodon's 1-0 fastball that was clocked at 92 miles an estimated 477 feet.
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His average fastball velocity was 93.1 miles per hour, similar to last year's average of 93.6.
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That's the best thing about it: It looks like a fastball and then just breaks down.
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Hendriks walked Andrew McCutchen, then Judge ripped a 2-1 fastball into the left-field seats.
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Kelly retired Neil Walker to begin the seventh, then hit Austin with a 2-1 fastball.
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But after a wild pitch allowed Bradley Jr. to score, Chapman blew a fastball past Devers.
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Last season, his Indians ranked 29th in the majors in fastball percentage, and stayed relatively healthy.
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Opelka slammed 211, the last a 1023-mile-per-hour fastball that Isner barely moved for.
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Reyes hit 87 miles per hour with his fastball and threw a curveball in the 60s.
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He has solid command of four pitches, including a fastball that hovers in the mid-90s.
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He blasted a 3-1 fastball from Joe Jimenez for a home run to right-center.
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His fastball has held steady, at 94 to 95 miles an hour, more than 22013 m.p.h.
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"As electric as his stuff is, command of the fastball is key for him," Boone said.
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He hit a 91-miles-per-hour fastball for his 15th homer and first career cycle.
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Lux ended the fourth with a swinging third strike, chasing a fastball well above the zone.
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While the average fastball makes about 2,200 revolutions per minute, Sewald said his makes about 2,400.
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He did not throw a first-pitch fastball to the five hitters he faced Friday night.
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If any pitch surpasses the fame of the fastball thrown by Branca, it is this one.
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Mays, a submariner for the Yankees, fired an high inside fastball to Chapman of the Indians.
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The blast to left-center came on a 98 mph fastball from Adam Conley (1-4).
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The right-hander who's reinvented himself because of a compromised fastball had a rocky five innings.
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"I had a feeling I would get a first-pitch fastball," said Reddick, who is batting .
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But as the game went on he didn't get away with any mistakes with his fastball.
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"I was trying to throw a good fastball down and away and didn't execute," Clippard said.
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According to Fangraphs, he threw his fastball (98 miles per hour) and his slider (90.9 m.p.
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His fastball hovered around 43 miles per hour and reached 95 and 96 a few times.
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Almonte then jumped on a 1-0 fastball and crushed it over the right-field wall.
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Kilome's fastball can hit the high 214s, and he has a developing arsenal of secondary pitches.
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But as the Mets flourished, Wheeler was absent, his high-90s fastball and biting slider sidelined.
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"I'm just beating myself up for falling into that little groove of fastball happiness," Wheeler said.
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Pedro Baez threw a 98 mph fastball belt-high and over the middle of the plate.
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Alomar swung through the 2-2 fastball on the outside corner and collapsed onto one knee.
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Byron Buxton singled and with two out, Garver blasted a fastball over the left field fence.
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McCullers dominates in Astros' win over Mariners HOUSTON — It seems foolish to grouse about fastball command when Astros right-hander Lance McCullers unleashes the overwhelming knuckle curveball he wielded on Monday, but wrangling his fastball is all that stands between McCullers and complete and utter dominance.
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Rockies 6, Yankees 3 DENVER — A couple of innings after D. J. LeMahieu lay prone after taking a fastball to the helmet, he stepped into the batter's box for what should have been a very gingerly at-bat against Aroldis Chapman and the major leagues' fastest fastball.
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But his son got the green light on 3-0 and swung at a two-seam fastball.
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Then he capped the four-hour, 21-minute marathon by fanning Stanton on a 23-2 fastball.
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He was throwing the fastball by guys like he did last year, his curveball was much sharper.
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"Arcia told me to be ready for a fastball and try to finish the game," Sano said.
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He knows how to spot his fastball, then his cutter, slider and changeup kept us off balance.
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Brewers reliever Joakim Soria challenged Baez with a fastball; Baez swung through it, ending the Cubs' threat.
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They did a good job jumping on him early with his fastball away and his cutter away.
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Moreland propelled Tropeano's 92 mph fastball about one-third of the way up the right field bleachers.
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"I threw everything pretty decently tonight, a few fastball mistakes but overall, I'll take tonight for sure."
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Whether or not you're a believer does not mean you're going to hit the fastball any better.
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Myers lofted his third homer to right-center on an 22016-2 fastball to open the inning.
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After pitching a fastball to Oakland Athletics' Kendry Morales, the ball sailed straight back toward the mound.
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"The curveball was up a little but and the fastball he couldn't locate it sometimes," Roberts said.
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Jay Powell threw us—I don't know if it's a curveball or a fastball at the head.
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Ohtani's first pitch to George Springer came in at 96.9 mph—a fastball outside for ball one.
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"I'm going to throw my fastball in the zone and live and die by it," he said.
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He relied on his fastball and slider, but didn't use his changeup as often against the Rockies.
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"He threw me a fastball right down the middle and I hit a home run," Gregorius said.
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Then in May, he took a 95 MPH fastball from Cubs reliever Pedro Strop off the helmet.
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Prado then ambushed Lugo, pulling a low-and-in fastball for his eighth homer of the season.
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Donaldson then hit an 0-1 fastball over the center-field wall for a 3-0 lead.
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The first two times through the lineup, they gave me strike one a lot with my fastball.
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We've seen good location with his fastball but when you're off a little bit mechanically there's inconsistencies.
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Verlander reached his strikeout milestone by blowing a high fastball past Eddie Rosario during the fourth inning.
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Syndergaard, whose fastball consistently clocks at 22012 mph, is 243-220 this year with a 226 ERA.
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Rosario jumped on a high 0-2 fastball from Alex Wilson (1-33) leading off the inning.
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Reddick then golfed a fastball into the seats in right to make it an 8-0 game.
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Young threw an 2500 mph fastball down the middle of the plate and Reddick jumped on it.
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Benintendi then lined a 1-1 fastball into the center-field seats for a 5-2 lead.
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"I think the first couple of innings, they were looking for the fastball right away," Jimenez said.
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" Added Cardinals manager Mike Matheny: "It looked like he had a good fastball and a good slider.
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"Professional pitchers have great mechanics and know how to throw a curve or a fastball," he said.
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I felt my off-speed was a little sharper today and I was locating my fastball better.
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Carried by a mischievous curveball and an active fastball, Taillon retired the first seven batters he faced.
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Kendrick drove an elevated 93-mph fastball to right-center for his eighth homer of the season.
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On Saturday, with the bases loaded, he chased a fastball from Enny Romero to end the seventh.
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Gonzalez served a fastball to left field that scored Corey Seager, who had reached on a double.
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"A female pitcher will likely throw a fastball with lower velocity than a male pitcher," he says.
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" Lucroy added: "We were trying to mix in some soft, but his fastball location was pretty erratic.
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His two-seam fastball was effective against the Indians' left-handed batters, and his slider produced outs.
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The movie's protagonist, a boy blessed with a 100-mile-an-hour fastball, pitched for the Cubs.
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I think in the beginning we just got a little bit fastball heavy and they got us.
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"He's got a great arm, a live fastball and a good breaking ball," manager John Gibbons said.
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"You can wait for, for example, a fastball down the middle and they throw it," Cespedes said.
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We'd note patterns, like the starter who tipped his lethal split-finger fastball by wiggling his glove.
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Featuring a strong slider and a fastball at 53 mph, DeSclafani averages 4.11 strikeouts for every walk.
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"I've watched a lot of A. J. and I love how he throws his fastball," he said.
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Henderson struck Gordon out on a 96-mile-an-hour fastball, then retired the next two batters.
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Nova, a right-hander, fell behind in counts and said he had lost control of his fastball.
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The pitcher finally relented and gave Despaigne a fastball which he immediately turned all the way around.
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Dietrich's homer on a 0-1 fastball came on a laboring Julio Teheran's 113th and final pitch.
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In that seventh inning, Myers got a high fastball, which is still his favorite kind of pitch.
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A good sinker—sometimes called a two-seam fastball—darts down and into a right-handed batter.
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It's probably not 98.2 mph fastball fast, but it's at least gunning down other horses something impressive.
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Swinging at the high fastball had been a career-long problem, and then it just wasn't anymore.
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The Mexican native hit three-figures with eight of his 12 pitches, including a 101.9-mph fastball.
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"Just the first pitch of the inning, fastball in and it got away from me," Stripling said.
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He has a sure fastball, and his cutter rolls across the batting zone like a wayward marble.
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On a 25.51-224 pitch, Ozuna pulled a 23-mph fastball over the fence in left-center.
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"The Rays were aggressive, and they were able to get on the fastball pretty well," Bundy said.
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"The fastball makes the slider better," said Martin, who has two swinging strikeouts against Miller this series.
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But Tyler Clippard struck him out with a 3-2 split-finger fastball that Ortiz swung through.
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It came on a 1-2 fastball as Zobrist went deep for the ninth time this season.
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The pitch to Nunez, however, was another story, a 92-mile-per-hour fastball down and away.
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When his cannon unleashed a 210-mile-an-hour fastball, the helmet split from top to bottom.
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He took the first pitch, a fastball on the outside edge of the plate, for a strike.
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The Mets ranked ninth in the majors in fastball percentage last season, while the Indians ranked 29th.
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In his second, he drove Corbin's fastball more than 400 feet for a home run to center.
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Eastern when Luis Severino threw a 99 mile-per-hour fastball past Brian Dozier for strike one.
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As colleague Tyler Kepner pointed out, he recorded three outs on his three pitches: Fastball, slider, curve.
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"A lot of life on his fastball, and best slider of the year," catcher Devin Mesoraco said.
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Be on time for the thigh-high fastball away, he told Stanton, and you will hit everything.
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When Covey started Walker off with a first-pitch fastball, Walker, of course, was ready for it.
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Girardi attributed Tanaka's troubles to inconsistency throughout the season with his split-fingered fastball and his slider.
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The last time I threw 87 with my fastball was probably my freshman year in high school.
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He hit a 63-mile-per-hour fastball for his 15th homer and his first career cycle.
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Kelly said he tried, but his 97-mile-an-hour fastball caught too much of the plate.
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The native of South Miami drove a Urena fastball 413 feet, just clearing the fence in center.
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For Colon, it is the fastball — a sinking two-seamer that runs away from left-handed hitters.
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"I think the first thing we need to see is fastball command," Girardi said before the game.
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"Fastball, belt-high over the middle of the plate: Those usually get hit pretty well," Reed said.
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One plaintiff, Timothy Morey, attracted interest from the Detroit Tigers for his 93 mile-an-hour fastball.
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Gsellman struck out seven but had trouble locating his fastball and struggled with his sinker early on.
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Improved mechanics allowed him to rely less on his fastball and more on his off-speed pitches.
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He drove a full-count fastball deep into the left field bleachers for his fourth home run.
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According to FanGraphs, his fastball was clocked at an average of 26 mph, best in the majors.
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He started to have fastball location and I think the changeup, curveball off it was very effective.
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But he struck out Ryan O'Hearn on a 3-2 fastball ending the inning with no damage.
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Gurriel drilled a 234 mile-per-hour fastball the opposite way to right field with one out.
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Calhoun ripped a 96 mph fastball inside the first base line and into the right field corner.
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But after Koehler fell behind 3-1 in the count, Freeman got a fastball and took advantage.
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Severino has a fastball that approaches 216 miles per hour, but is still trying to harness it.
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"Vargas threw OK, but he left a 3-1683 fastball up for the home run," Yost said.
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The average fastball velocity rises every year, and hitters have responded by essentially taking on the challenge.
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When Chapman came out again, with a fastball that was far from his best — around 97 m.p.h.
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"It's very deflating, to say the least," said closer Bud Norris, 33, whose fastball averages 94 m.p.h.
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Afterward, Jansen said that his signature cut fastball had been flat, which gave the Astros an opening.
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Nova's average fastball velocity of around 93 MPH is similar to Wade Davis' velocity as a starter.
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The 26-year-old, who primarily throws a fastball and a slider (89.1 percent of his pitches this year), has surrendered 11 runs and 16 hits over eight innings in his last two outings - home losses to Philadelphia and Tampa Bay in which his fastball command was inconsistent.
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Cashman also picked up Aroldis Chapman, who throws a 101-mile-per-hour fastball and isn't that sweet.
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Andrew Miller retired Cody Bellinger to start the ninth, but then hit Corey Seager with a high fastball.
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Lowe then tied the game by hammering Kahnle's 1-0, 98 mph fastball into the right field seats.
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Smoak opened the fifth with his 12th homer of the season, launching a 2-2 fastball to center.
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"I knew from the get-go it would be a tough day with no fastball command," Gray said.
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Cleveland has some really good hitters and you've got to be aware of where you're putting your fastball.
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The 19-year-old has a fastball in the mid-to-low 90s and can reach 97 mph.
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He struck out Fielder on a 98 mph fastball on his final pitch, No. 101 for the night.
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With an electric fastball and infectious personality, he was one of the brightest young stars in the game.
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He shaves off Justin Turner's beard with a fastball, then strikes him out to end a historic game.
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Escobar sent an 163 mph fastball just over the left-field fence for his fourth homer this season.
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Four pitches later, Sanchez deposited a 1-2 fastball into the netting above Monument Park in center field.
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His fastball had a little more velocity (93 mph at its peak), and he was spotting it well.
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Pearce hit his 28th homer of the season on a 26-23.17 two-seam fastball to left field.
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The blast to left-center came on a 98 mph fastball from lefty reliever Adam Conley (1-4).
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Trout's sixth-inning homer, which came on a 92-mph fastball, cut the Angels' deficit to 2-1.
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Choi hit Griffin's first pitch, an 87 mph fastball, into the right field bleachers for a solo drive.
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"It'd say the biggest difference is not being able to throw that fastball higher than high," Gausman said.
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"I was trying to get a fastball up and it put it right down the middle," Phelps said.
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No matter how strategy evolves from here, it seems clear that establishing the fastball isn't necessary for success.
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After a single by J.T. Realmuto, Dietrich pulled a high fastball for his two-run homer to right.
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Cueto reached back and blew a full count, 95 mph fastball past Wil Myers to end the inning.
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"The fastball wasn't obviously coming out as great as it has been the last couple starts," Harvey said.
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The right-hander used his fastball to get Machado looking on a close pitch on a full count.
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And he reaches back, and he throws a fastball right past George Springer, last year's World Series MVP.
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He then fired a fastball to Orioles bench coach John Russell by flicking the ball into the air.
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"Cody's fastball got elevated and (Beltre) was able to hit it out," said Cleveland acting manager Brad Mills.
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VanMeter then came up and lined a fastball over the fence in right for a 3-1 lead.
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Franco blooped Robles' first pitch, a 225 mph fastball, into left field, and Bourjos came around to score.
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After Diaz opened the game with a double, Robertson slugged Sale's first-pitch fastball over the Green Monster.
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"He had better command of his fastball and he threw really good curveballs," Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said.
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Gausman's 97-mph fastball sailed behind Urena, but he was immediately ejected by home plate umpire Jeff Nelson.
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After a walk to Christian Yelich, Bradley struck out Marcell Ozuna, who swung at a 97 mph fastball.
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Romero, who has a fastball that regularly ranges between 97 and 99 mph, can be overpowering at times.
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Atlanta general manager John Coppolella said Thursday that Cervenka has a fastball that hits 93 miles-per-hour.
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"The fastball command improved as the night went on," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said of De La Rosa.
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Lamb pinch hit Friday night, fanning on a 101 mph fastball from Trevor Rosenthal to end the game.
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He's all over the place with the fastball at times but he's going to keep coming at you.
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"He's got a great fastball, so for me, I can never look for a breaking ball," Thompson said.
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"The approach was probably the same it has been, just aggressive on the fastball first pitch," Kershaw said.
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Gregorius subsequently hit his fourth career grand slam, sending a 1-2 fastball into the right field seats.
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Abreu ripped a belt-high fastball an estimated 418 feet for his eighth home run of the season.
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Garver provided insurance by depositing an 22-22 fastball from Tyler Clippard over the wall in center field.
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He recorded 11 strikeouts — all on the four-seam fastball — while allowing just six hits and two walks.
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He had seen the fastball the previous six or seven pitches so he's probably got the timing down.
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But in the first inning, Kershaw walked David Wright on a full-count fastball out of the zone.
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Then Shuck grounded out on another fastball, at 95, and Harvey could stalk off the mound with pride.
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I think the last two innings of work, the fastball command kind of eluded him a little bit.
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But Hernandez swung at Santana's 93-mile-per-hour fastball and hammered it over the right-field fence.
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Keller, who struggled with control early in the season, was using his newly found pace on his fastball.
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Carpenter got a high 0-2 fastball, turned on it, and sent it flying out to right-center.
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"I was trying to throw a fastball up and I missed it in a bad situation," Salazar said.
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"I go up there and Koufax throws me the first high fastball — shooooo," Palmer said, mimicking the sound.
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While Hinch was praising Cole's fastball, all but one of Cole's strikeouts Sunday came on a breaking ball.
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The fastball is the easiest pitch for most pitchers to control, so naturally it is thrown most often.
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But if you're not, then it's the same pressure as a fastball, so it doesn't hurt your arm.
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His fastball has averaged 94.5 miles per hour, nearly a mile and a half slower than last season.
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Holliday was hit by a 94-mile-per-hour fastball from the Chicago Cubs' Mike Montgomery last Thursday.
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Happ hit 95 miles an hour with his four-seam fastball on Wednesday, but he averaged 92.6 m.p.h.
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Five pitches in, Dozier slugged a 99 mph fastball into the first row of the left field seats.
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Hatcher is a hard-throwing right-hander, and his first offering was a 97-mile-per-hour fastball.
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However, reliever Ryan Buchter's second pitch — a 94 mph fastball - was rapped for an RBI single by Lindor.
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Garcia drove a two-out fastball over the center field wall for a solo homer in the fourth.
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He drilled a high fastball into the right field bleachers to even the series at one game apiece.
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They put two on against Chapman and Travis made enough contact with the fastball for an insurance run.
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He continues: They could hear his fastball hit the catcher's mitt and know who was on the mound.
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That sinking fastball found the corners; a slider and changeup worked off it according to Molina's masterful direction.
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Marlins reliever Tayron Guerrero hit Kingery with a 98 mph fastball, which struck him on the right biceps.
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After Harper's go-ahead single, Rendon waited until Maeda threw a fastball down the middle of the plate.
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Betts ripped the first pitch of the game — a 95-mile-per hour fastball — to deep center field.
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Keuchel worked the count to 1-2 and came inside with a cut fastball that was belt high.
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Yankees Manager Aaron Boone felt Tanaka's splitfinger fastball was the pitch that made him so effective Friday night.
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He worked the count to his advantage, watched a fastball to run it full, then awaited another pitch.
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Eastern, when Rich Hill threw a an 89 mile-per-hour fastball to George Springer for a ball.
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He doesn't seem to trust his fastball, and as a result has turned to nibbling around the zone.
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Not a bad knee or a heart scare, and certainly not the disappearance of that once-feared fastball.
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At times this season, Severino's fastball has been hammered when it flies up and out over the plate.
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It did not matter what Kershaw threw — his signature curveball, his biting slider or a four-seam fastball.
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"Strommy would say stuff about throwing your high fastball, and that wouldn't go over too well," Luhnow said.
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Then Michael A. Taylor launched a two-run homer on Gsellman's fastball down the middle of the plate.
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Judge fouled off a letter-high fastball and then struck out on a pinpoint slider from Joe Kelly.
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Following a walk and a fielder's choice, Castellanos ripped a fastball into left-center to knock in Reyes.
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He gets a fastball out over the plate and drives it to the biggest part of the ballpark.
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Half of his eight strikeouts came via the cutter, and his fastball and curveball each contributed two more.
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Entering the day, Syndergaard's average fastball velocity of 98.1 miles per hour led the majors, according to FanGraphs.
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Jay broke his right arm when Washington Nationals LHP Gio Gonzalez hit him with a fastball June 20123.
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One of Cooper's best pupils, the retired Mark Buehrle, humbled hitters with a modest fastball but precision command.
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At his best, in 2013 and 2015, Harvey used his fastball and slider 75 percent of the time.
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And when Gray fell behind, he was reluctant to throw his fastball — something the Astros seemed to know.
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CINCINNATI — When Kyle Hendricks swung through Chasen Shreve's split-finger fastball in the dirt at 1:13 a.m.
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They liked him when he was healthy and throwing a deceptive fastball that reached 97 miles per hour.
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He said Arizona went after his fastball early in the count so he had to change his approach.
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Chapman has by far the hardest fastball in the majors, averaging 100.4 miles per hour, according to Fangraphs.
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"I think it was a fastball, just right over the heart of the plate for me," Davis said.
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Porcello followed with a 92-mile-an-hour fastball, low and away, and Additon called it strike three.
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Watch the finish of the pitches, the spin, the curveball velocity, the fastball velocity, the cutter, the angle.
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Anderson, looking for an RBI walk, was called out looking at a 3-2 fastball down the middle.
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The operation ended a frustrating season in which he had a solid E.R.A. (3.04) but a diminished fastball.
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The lefty hitter belted a 99-mph fastball from Loaisiga for his third long ball of the season.
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"I thought (Buehler's) fastball had really good life and command all night long," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
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Philadelphia's run came on a fourth-inning homer by Tommy Joseph, on a 2-1 fastball from Urena.
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He hit the homer on 3-13 fastball against Tyler Clippard to cap a seven-pitch at-bat.
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Those three elements offset what is a generally lower-impact fastball, and as a result it plays up.
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Almora doubled the advantage in the second after sending a 2-0 fastball over the fence in center.
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Last May, in his major league debut, Syndergaard hit 97 with his first fastball in the major leagues.
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Bader followed two batters later by belting a first-pitch fastball to left field for his sixth homer.
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And far from losing his fastball in his 30s—research has suggested that a starting pitcher's peak velocity will come around the age of 26, after which it will go into steady decline—Scherzer's 2018 average fastball velocity of 93.8 mph is almost exactly where it was a decade ago.
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Against Texas, Weaver retired seven successive batters between the first and third innings, with his fastball reaching 84 mph.
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He hit a 23-and-1 fastball from Shields in the bottom of the second 358 feet to left.
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Jones opened the scoring by depositing a 2-1 fastball from Plesac over the wall in left-center field.
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His homer came on an 0-1 fastball that he crushed clear over the Green Monster in left field.
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Years earlier, Meulens advised him to sign as a pitcher on the strength of a 91 MPH-plus fastball.
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We're seeing him using the slower stuff more to go with the fastball, making the cutter and curve weapons.
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In June, he set a Japanese record with a fastball clocked at 23 km/h (just over 22 mph).
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Syndergaard gave up a monster home run to Marcell Ozuna on a 100-mph fastball but was otherwise dominant.
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Just ended up being middle-middle, and to a fastball guy, first pitch, that's not where I was aiming.
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In the fourth, he hit a two-run homer, pulling a fastball that reached the upper deck in right.
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Solarte drove Pedro Baez's 22006 mph fastball into the right-field seats for his first career walk-off homer.
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If you get hit with a split-fingered fastball that backs up, I don't see any intent with that.
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He gets swings and misses on his slider and changeup but his fastball sometimes flattens out and gets pounded.
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Sano's homer came with two outs and on a first-pitch fastball that soared over the right field wall.
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McMahon hit a 1-0 fastball over the fence in right-center field to give the Rockies the win.
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Miami opened the scoring in the second as Holaday pulled a 2-0 fastball for a homer to left.
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Rodney struck out Carlos Gomez on an 83 mph changeup, after throwing a 95 mph fastball, the paper reported.
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Canha made it 23-26.47 in the second, sending LHP Carlos Rodon's first-pitch fastball out to right field.
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Dexter Fowler walloped a 90 mph fastball into the St. Louis bullpen in right-center for his first homer.
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But Quintana fell behind Tommy Pham 2-0 and laid a fastball over the inner half of the plate.
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On his homer, Yelich crushed a low-and-in fastball to center from Reds starter Dan Straily (4-20113).
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Robles followed by clubbing a 2-0 fastball deep to left-center for his 16th shot of the season.
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"His fastball command has not been what he has wanted, if you ask him," Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said.
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Turner earned his 25th homer by depositing Greinke's 19643 mph fastball halfway up the bleachers in left-center field.
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Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild believes that heavy fastball usage is an inefficient strategy for dealing with today's hitters.
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The Mets, meanwhile, are tied for the fifth-highest fastball rate in the league but rank 28th in ERA.
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"The fastball was up a little too much and got more of the plate than I wanted," Dean said.
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"He had a very good curveball working, and we allowed ourselves to be taken off the fastball," he said.
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RHP Trevor Bauer kept the Twins off-balance with a mix of his fastball and biting curve on Sunday.
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After Hoskins homered, Knapp made it 2-1 by driving Guerra's 2-0 fastball over the center field wall.
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I learned a new pitch, which is a two-seam fastball that I never had before in my life.
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With his fastball averaging a mere 84.1 mph, Wainwright managed to change speeds and turn in a decent outing.
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The first came on a 23-0 fastball from Rangers starter Lance Lynn, who otherwise pitched a solid game.
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He quickly got ahead in the count against Aaron Judge and used his fastball to get the first strikeout.
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Lamb drilled a 96-mph fastball high off the wall in center, and scored on Nick Ahmed's RBI groundout.
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Miller had a no-hitter through five innings, and the D-backs reported his fastball registered at 96 mph.
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He teed off on a 2-333 fastball and hit a 402-foot home run to tie the game.
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Glasnow allowed a sacrifice fly to Mitch Moreland and escaped by fanning Xander Bogaerts on a 96 mph fastball.
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" Verlander, however, expressed disappointment in his performance, saying, "Fastball command wasn't very good, and the slider was just hanging.
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Wilson Contreras lined a first-pitch fastball to left for a double high off the wall with two outs.
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"He lived his life like he threw his fastball – hard – but he enjoyed every second of it," he said.
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"The four-seam and two-seam attack with the fastball was big," Texas manager Jeff Banister said of Cashner.
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"Michael got the fastball and turned it around and it changed the whole game," Arizona manager Chip Hale said.
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One out later, Mathis drilled a fastball over the left field fence for his second homer of the season.
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He threw a fastball at me right away and I was able to put a good swing on it.
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Freeman, who ambushed an 20-mph fastball, is 21.33-for-20 against Colon, but hadn't homered previously against him.
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Washington opened the scoring in the second when Zimmerman jumped on a 1-0 fastball, pulling it to left.
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But he was able to pound righties in with his fastball, and that's what made his changeup even better.
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Guerrero came up with one out and slugged a full-count fastball from Vincent over the fence in center.
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Rookie Gleyber Torres was hit in the right forearm by a Miguel Castro fastball but stayed in the game.
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His last pitch got his highest radar reading of the night, a 97 mph fastball that fanned Odubel Herrera.
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"Matt had better command over his fastball today," Collins said after the Mets' 23-3 win over the Padres.
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Castillo, who has a fastball that has reached 101 mph, is 1-4 with a 4.05 ERA this season.
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Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts noted Kershaw's fastball command and his slider depth, and his curveball was another potent weapon.
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Nobody wants to say much, but Harvey is clearly faltering in the middle innings as his fastball loses steam.
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Vogt followed by slicing a 95-mile-per-hour fastball that was on the outside edge, scoring both runners.
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When Gregerson grooved a cut fastball down the heart of the plate, Cano knew just how to handle it.
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"Duke had trouble with the high fastball — he couldn't lay off it and he couldn't hit it," Erskine said.
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Carlos Beltran said he had repeatedly heard from opponents how uncomfortable Pineda's slider, changeup and fastball were to hit.
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Two outs later, Quinn belted a first-pitch fastball over the fence in left to make it 3-0.
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But as soon as Jose Bautista connected with Tyler Clippard's right-down-Spadina-Avenue fastball, there was no doubt.
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His hit came on the 14th pitch of the at-bat, a 100-mph fastball by reliever Archie Bradley.
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Ortiz saw one fastball and a series of breaking balls off Betances in the ninth, singling home a run.
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Ventura twice brushed back Manny Machado before hitting him in the back with a 99-mile-per-hour fastball.
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Missing with a high fastball can lead to home runs, of course, and so can a poorly placed cutter.
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Rockies right-hander Jordan Lyles threw the 92 mph fastball that appeared to hit Vogelsong under his left eye.
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After Motte threw a fastball for a strike, Castro knew he was going to see an off-speed pitch.
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Webb settled down from there, keeping Arizona off-balance with his off-speed pitches complementing a mid-90s fastball.
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But most impressive was the fastball that he could elevate against some quality hitters for some swing and miss.
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But in their seventh encounter, in 2014, Headley guessed that Chapman would come up and in with a fastball.
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His fastball touched 21 miles per hour on the radar gun, and mostly hovered between 33 and 23 m.p.h.
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"Yeah, I can see that," Collins said, noting how Kaprielian's 95 mile-per-hour fastball and movement stood out.
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"For whatever reason, the fastball command wasn't as good as the last couple of starts for me," Lester said.
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"He probably didn't have his better fastball today, but he was still very good," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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Hirano then struck out Chris Taylor looking on a 3-2 fastball at the knees to end the inning.
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" Luis Ortiz - "He attacks hitters with a potential plus fastball-slider combination, and the changeup could get to average.
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Sometimes, the pitcher throws a fastball; other times, he throws a curveball, or a change-up, or something else.
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Just didn't make a very good pitch tonight with my fastball, kind of left it a little too low.
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The exception was a loud one: a homer by Jose Bautista, off an inside fastball in the second inning.
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His fastball contorted the Giants hitters' swings, and he turned to his changeup and slider in the later innings.
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Lee's blast to left field came on a high, 210-214 fastball from Texas reliever Jake Dietman (212-24).
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The next was a fastball down the middle that Turner lifted to straightaway center for the game-winning blast.
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But a 1-1 fastball to Martinez ticked off Sanchez's glove and rolled to the backstop, advancing both runners.
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Stanton looked at a fastball for a strike and then lashed a slider just over the right-field wall.
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He then froze Jackie Bradley Jr. with an inside fastball that was called a strike against Bradley's stern disagreement.
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His fastball topped out at 98 mph, with secondary pitches including a curve that was measured at 72 mph.
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He needed only eight pitches to work a 24-2-3 eighth inning, reaching 90 mph on his fastball.
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Mix in some skill and some luck, that plays into it, and my fastball command's been a little better.
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His fastball registered 99 miles per hour on the radar gun, normal for Syndergaard, a hard-throwing right-hander.
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He threw a stress-free 103 pitches, and his fastball touched 100 miles per hour in the final inning.
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Then, in the second inning, Springer belted a 25-21 fastball from Darvish deep into the left-field pavilion.
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The burly first baseman slugged a 13-21 fastball over the right field fence off Josh Taylor (23-4).
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