Cristian Javier is the only pitcher in the sport’s modern era, since 1900, to have 27...
, Cristian Javier lost a battle against one of baseball’s prolific hitters but won the war.
Against both the Yankees and the Angels, he set new career highs for strikeouts. He is the only pitcher in the sport’s modern era, since 1900, to have 27 strikeouts while allowing just one hit in a two-game span. His last 12 consecutive innings have included at least two strikeouts. Javier threw 70 fastballs. The Angels swung at 37 and whiffed 18 times. The pitch had a called-strike-plus-whiff rate of 46 percent and concluded 11 of Javier’s 14 strikeouts.
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