Texas ace Yu Darvish routinely throws his fastball in the mid- to high-90s. Maybe that's what Trevor Plouffe was expecting here, because by the time the ball arrived he could have been halfway back to the dugout.
Trevor Plouffe strikes out on Yu Darvish’s 61 mph pitch
Minnesota’s Trevor Plouffe was juuuuuust a bit early on this pitch.
Ronald Martinez
For what it’s worth, the pitch was a 61 mph slow curve, a pitch Darvish uses with some regularity that seems completely unfair.
(GIF via Lone Star Ball)
