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Freddie Freeman follows up with a home run on a low pitch! He is slugging .499 (305 total bases in 611 ABs) on low pitches since the 2024 season, 4th best in MLB. #Dodgers

Ohtani. Fastball. Gone. He has 202 barreled balls since the 2024 season, most in MLB.

Cristopher Sánchez was lights out this May 🔥 39 IP, 25 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 45 K He set a new Phillies scoreless streak record He has five straight outings of 7+ innings pitched #RingTheBell

Three Pitch Strikeouts This Season Jacob Misiorowski - 34 Cristopher Sánchez - 20 Braxton Ashcraft - 19 Nolan McLean, Jose Soriano - 17 #RingTheBell

Opponents have a miss rate of 50% (111/222) against Cristopher Sanchez's changeup this season -- best in MLB.

The Padres have gone first to third on a single 124 times over the last two seasons, 8th most in MLB. The Tigers lead in this category with 170.

Jacob Misiorowski is currently rocking a 61.9% miss rate on his fastball today. He entered the day with a 45.1% miss rate on his fastball, 12.3% better than second (K. Harrison - 32.8%), among starting pitchers. That % gap is the same between 2nd and 37th. #ThisIsMyCrew

SLG | Non-Two Strike Counts | 2026 Season Yankees - .662 Dodgers - .623 Orioles - .592 --- Padres - .484 Giants - .483 Red Sox - .451 #RepBX

OPS Runners On Base | 2026 Season Kyle Schwarber - 1.184 Nick Kurtz - 1.165 Andy Pages - 1.134 Yandy Diaz - 1.088 Liam Hicks - 1.082

Kyle Harrison strikes out 11 in a stellar start for the Brewers! His 41.3% miss rate tonight is his 2nd best in a game in his career (min. 50 pitches). He drops his ERA to 1.77 on the season.

Team Starting Pitcher ERA | This Month Rays - 1.92 Brewers - 2.28 Braves - 2.67 --- Marlins - 6.33 Orioles - 6.36 Rockies - 7.77 #RaysUp

Team SLG | This Month White Sox - .480 Nationals - .462 Yankees, Braves - .434 --- Rangers - .331 Angels - .321 Tigers - .316 #WhiteSox

Another dominant outing from Jacob Misiorowski 🔥 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 10 K 100.6 AVG FB Velocity 41.7% Miss Rate 34.2% Chase Rate He has a 45.6% (!) miss rate on his fastball this season. The next closest starter has a 30.9% miss rate (Ragans) on their fastball.

Jacob Misiorowski has 24 three-pitch strikeouts this season, most among pitchers in MLB. #ThisIsMyCrew

It was another dominant outing for Paul Skenes (8 IP, 2 H, 10 K) as his ERA is now under 2.00. Rockies batters went 0-for-12 against the fastball with a 39.3% miss rate. This was the 9th appearance of Skenes career where he has held an opposing team hitless on his fastball.

1st to 3rd on Single + 1st to Home on Double | 2026 Season Tigers - 16 Orioles, Braves - 13 Yankees - 12 --- Mariners, Rangers, Phillies, Cardinals - 5 White Sox - 4 Reds - 3

Most Pitches Seen Out Of Zone + Chase Rate | 2026 Season Aaron Judge - 380 Pitches - 25.0% Chase Rate Mike Trout - 373 Pitches - 16.6% Nick Kurtz - 371 Pitches - 20.5% Zach Neto - 371 Pitches - 29.6% Jose Ramirez - 364 Pitches - 32.1% #RepBX

Hits On Out Of Zone Pitches | 2026 Season Drake Baldwin - 14 Ceddanne Rafaela - 14 Jacob Wilson - 13 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - 12 Josh Naylor - 12 Otto Lopez - 12 #BravesCountry

Drake Baldwin gets the Braves started in Seattle. He is slugging .485 on low non-fastballs over the last twos seasons, 2nd best in MLB. #BravesCountry

Aaron Judge hits his 14th home run of the season. Since the start of the 2024 season, he is slugging .827 on pitches in the strike zone. Ohtani is 2nd with a .752 SLG. #RepBX

Let's keep the out of zone theme going. Vladimir gets one run back with a RBI single. He is now hitting .343 (12-for-35) on pitches out of the zone this season, best in MLB. #BlueJays50

Ryan Vilade hits a home run to the Rays an early 3-run lead. This is the 7th home run the Rays have hit on a pitch out of the zone this season, T-2nd most in MLB. #RaysUp

Ranger Suarez vs. Blue Jays 8 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 10 K 30.4% Miss Rate 34.4% Chase Rate #RedSox

Parker Messick is now up to a 49.3% miss rate on his changeup this season, 4th highest in MLB among SPs. Check out all 8 swings and misses he had tonight 👇 #GuardsBall

Parker Messick has thrown his changeup in the strike zone just 33% of the time this season, 10th lowest among SPs. Despite that, hitters have swung at his changeup 62% of the time, 3rd highest among SPs. #GuardsBall

AVG | Runners On | 2026 Season Braves - .298 Tigers - .292 Rays - .281 --- Phillies - .210 White Sox - .208 Reds - .175 #BravesCountry

Two Strike Chase Rate | 2026 Season Nico Hoerner - 62.3% Bo Bichette - 59.7% Gavin Sheets - 56.7% --- Taylor Ward - 18.1% Austin Marin - 18.0% Evan Carter - 17.5% #AllForTX

AVG vs. Fastballs | 2026 Season Dominic Smith - .500 Yordan Alvarez - .469 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - .444 Ildemaro Vargas - .444 Jorbit Vivas - .423 #BravesCountry

SLG | First PA Of Game | 2026 Season Aaron Judge - 1.136 Kyle Schwarber - .905 Christian Walker - .857 Brandon Marsh - .857 Jose Ramirez - .810 #RepBX

Most made glove flips since the 2013 season Javier Baez - 34 Jose Iglesias - 30 Jake Cronenworth - 29 Jonathan India - 29 Kolten Wong - 27 The 4th and 5th clips? 🔥🔥🔥

The Marlins have done a ton of damage against starting pitchers this season AVG: .280 (1st) OBP: .350 (2nd) SLG: .431 (4th) OPS: .781 (3rd)

Corbin Carroll drives in two on the first pitch of the at-bat. 17 of his 31 hits (54.8% XBH Rate) on the first pitch have gone for extra bases since 2025, 14th highest in MLB. He has a 46.9% Hard-Hit Rate on breaking balls down and away since 2025, 3rd best in MLB. #DBacks

MacKenzie Gore strikes out nine over five scoreless innings. He has a 35.5% miss rate today which is above his career average (28.3%) Check out all the Ks below 👇

Taj Bradley strikes out 10 over 6.1 innings. His 9 swings and misses on his splitter matches his career high. Check out all his Ks below 👇 #MNTwins

It was a fantastic outing for Sandy Alcantara. He now leads MLB with 54 Weak Contact + Ks this season. Check out all of his Weak Contact + Ks in his start against the Reds 👇 #FightinFish

Cam Schlittler threw a near flawless 5 1/3 innings to start his 2026 season. 31.7% Miss Rate 98.5 MPH AVG FB 72.1% Strike Rate Check out all 8 of his strikeouts 👇 #RepBX

Christopher Sanchez was lights out in his 2026 #OpeningDay start 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K 63.6% Groundball Rate 50% Miss Rate On Off-Speed Pitches

Jacob Misiorowski was dealing on #OpeningDay He ends with his best miss rate (58.1%) of his career and the second most strikeouts (11) in an outing. #ThisIsMyCrew

The Padres made 32.4% of their non-routine plays in the 2025 season, best in MLB. Here are some of our favorite plays from their season. #Padres

Aaron Judge wins his 3rd MVP! Here are three of our favorite notes from his 2025 season. #RepBX

Congrats to Ohtani for his 4th (!) MVP award. Here are three of our favorite notes from the NL MVP 2025 season. #Dodgers

Miguel Rojas ties it for the Dodgers! The last time he hit a home run in the 9th inning was September 3, 2019. #WorldSeries

Max Muncy makes it a one run game! Yesavage has allowed 4 home runs in his career. 3 of them are on the splitter. #WorldSeries

Freddie Freeman has grounded into 5 double plays in 25 opportunities (20%) in close and late situations since last season, 2nd highest in MLB; League Avg: 8%. #WorldSeries

Gimenez gets the run back for the Blue Jays and it is 4-2! The Blue Jays 7-8-9 hitters are batting .254 this Postseason. The Postseason average for those lineup spots is .183. #WorldSeries

The Dodgers now have 57 sacrifice flies on the season, T-2nd most in MLB. #WorldSeries

The Blue Jays fielders made 86 non-routine plays out of 291 chances (30%) this season, 3rd best in MLB; League Avg: 26%. #WorldSeries

Addison Barger has 6 multi-hit games this World Series. #WorldSeries

Bo Bichette! Are you kidding me? The Jays make it 3-0 on a first pitch home run on a slider. That is the FIRST time Ohtani has allowed a home run on a first pitch slider in his career. #WorldSeries

Will Smith has thrown out 26% of runners attempting to steal (48/188) since last season, best in MLB; League Avg: 18%. #WorldSeries

The Blue Jays ran into an out unnecessarily 23 times in the regular season, 5th most in MLB. #WorldSeries

The Dodgers are now 3-for-21 with the bases loaded this Postseason. Mookie Betts did have a 2-run single with the bases loaded earlier in the game. #WorldSeries

Springer comes through in a 3-0 count to give the Blue Jays their first run. Springer had the 3rd highest (33.3%) swing rate on 3-0 pitches in the reg. season. The league average swing rate in 3-0 counts was 9.9%. #WorldSeries

Mookie Betts delivers and the Dodgers lead by 3! Betts w/ RISP this Postseason: 5-for-13, .385 AVG Betts w/o RISP this Postseason: 11-for-53, .208 AVG #WorldSeries

Will Smith squared up a splitter below the zone and the Dodgers strike first! Postseason hitters entered this at-bat 1-for-20 with 12 Ks on Gausman splitters below the zone this Postseason. #WorldSeries

Alejandro Kirk had 328 called strike out of the zone as a catcher this season, 3rd most in MLB. #WorldSeries

Kevin Gausman recorded 7 swings and misses on his splitter. That is the most he had in an inning this season! #WorldSeries

Trey Yesavage gets his 10th strikeout of the night. He has a 48.7% miss rate tonight. This would be his 4th start with a miss rate above 40% in eight career starts. #WorldSeries

Blake Snell has allowed a .042 batting average on curveball below the zone in his career. #WorldSeries

Trey Yesavage has not recorded a swing and a miss on his fastball tonight (10 swings). He has 10 misses on 16 swings on non-fastballs tonight. He now has a 51.0% miss rate on non-fastballs this Postseason. #WorldSeries

Hernandez pulls the Dodgers within one with his solo shot! Yesavage has thrown 256 fastballs in his career. This is the first time an opponent hit a home run on the pitch. #WorldSeries

Trey Yesavage has a 54.2% strikeout rate on at-bats that end on a non-fastball this Postseason. The Postseason average is 29.8%. #WorldSeries

Yesavage has thrown 7 sliders The Dodgers have swung at 6 The Dodgers have missed 5 #WorldSeries

The Blue Jays picked up four hits against Blake Snell the first time through the order tonight. Opponents were 4-for-32 against Blake Snell first time through the order in his first four Postseason starts. #WorldSeries

Trey Yesavage has a strikeout rate of 44% (16 SO in 36 PAs) when going through the lineup the first time in a game in the postseason, 2nd best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 26%. #WorldSeries

The Blue Jays go back-to-back to start Game 5! Blake Snell has never allowed two home runs in the first inning in any outing in his career until tonight. #WANTITALL | #WorldSeries

Bo Bichette comes through and extends the lead for the Blue Jays. He hit .381 with RISP in the reg. season, best in MLB. #WorldSeries

Gimenez comes through for the Blue Jays after a great at-bat with runners in scoring position! The Blue Jays led baseball with a 50.3% quality at-bat rate w/ RISP in the reg. season. #WorldSeries

Ernie Clement has 23 hits this Postseason. 13 of them are on fastballs. #WorldSeries

The Blue Jays take the lead on a Vladimir Guerrero 2-run home run! Guerrero Jr. SLG on elevated pitches 2023: .391 2024: .500 2025: .636 (!) #WorldSeries

Dodgers score first in Game 4! The Dodgers have won 78% of games in which they have scored first since last season, highest in MLB; League Avg: 68%. #WorldSeries

Shohei Ohtani gets his first strikeout of the night. They Blue Jays are a low strikeout team but the Dodgers starting pitching had the highest strikeouts per game (6.5) against Toronto this season. #WorldSeries

An incredible relay by the Dodgers and a bad send keeps the game tied entering the bottom of the 10th inning! The Blue Jays now have 26 bad baserunning plays this season, T-2nd most in MLB. #WorldSeries

We have another incredible play by an infielder to get an out at third base tonight. While getting thrown out at third base is a cardinal sin in baseball, it's tough not to tip your cap to Edman here. #WorldSeries

Shohei Ohtani does it again! This time it's on a middle-middle fastball. Over the last three seasons, he has the highest SLG (1.212) on middle-middle pitches. #Dodgers | #WorldSeries

Freddie Freeman ties the game for the Dodgers! The Dodgers had the highest SLG (.459) in lefty-lefty matchups in the reg. season. #Dodgers | #WorldSeries

Shohei Ohtani does it again on an inside pitch! He is now slugging 1.207 on inside pitches this Postseason. #WorldSeries | #Dodgers

Alejandro Kirk! The Blue Jays have the lead after a 3-run bomb! Tyler Glasnow has yet to record a swing and a miss on his curveball tonight. 9/11/18 vs. Guardians was the only other game he did not record a swing and a miss on his curveball (min. 6 swings). #WorldSeries | #Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani puts the Dodgers up 2 with this solo shot! He has 58 home runs on inside pitches over the last three seasons, most in MLB. #WorldSeries

Teoscar Hernandez goes deep and the Dodgers take the early lead in Game 3! He has 10 home runs in his Postseason career. 6 are on breaking pitches. #Dodgers | #WorldSeries

This is just the 2nd pitch on Varsho outside the zone called a strike this Postseason. #WANTITALL | #WorldSeries

Ohtani has five hits on breaking pitches this Postseason. All five have gone for extra bases. #Dodgers | #Postseason

It took just 8 pitches for Tyler Glasnow to get through the 1st inning. That is T-4th fewest pitches in a 1st inning in his career. #Dodgers | #WorldSeries

Dodgers vs. Gausman Fastball Tonight Innings 1-6: 0-for-13 Inning 7: 2-for-2 with 2 home runs #WorldSeries | #Dodgers

The Dodgers have their first hit on a Gausman fastball and it's a big one! Will Smith goes deep and it is 2-1 Dodgers. He is slugging .620 on inside pitches over the last three seasons, 5th best in MLB. #WorldSeries

The Dodgers are now 0-for-13 against Gausman's fastball tonight. This would be the most at-bats by Dodger hitters without a hit on a starting pitchers fastball since 2023. #WorldSeries

Guerrero Jr. puts his 21st ball of 100+ MPH in play this Postseason. He is 15-for-21 with 12 XBHs on those balls in play. #WorldSeries

The Dodgers are 0-for-8 on Kevin Gausman's fastball through three innings. #WorldSeries

Ernie Clement is gifted a single here on a missed catch by Freeman. He is now up to a 58% swing rate on the first pitch this Postseason. The league average swing rate on the first pitch was 32% in the reg. season. #WorldSeries

There were 2,560 3-0 pitches taken out of the zone in the 2025 regular season. 325 or 12.7% of them were called strikes. That is the highest percentage of out of zone called strikes in any count. #WorldSeries

George Springer has 7 hits on fastballs this Postseason. 6 have gone for extra bases. #WorldSeries

The Dodgers get on the board first and it started with an incredible piece of hitting from Freddie Freeman with two strikes. That is the first hit Gausman has allowed on a pitch below the zone and with two strikes this Postseason. #Dodgers | #WorldSeries

Shohei Ohtani gets the Dodgers a couple of runs back with a 2-run shot. He has 52 home runs and is slugging .620 on breaking pitches over his last three seasons, both best in MLB. #Dodgers | #WorldSeries

The Blue Jays make it double digits in the game and 9 runs in the inning! Dodgers pitching allowed 9+ runs in an inning just one other time this season (7/4 vs. Astros - 6th inning). #WorldSeries

The Blue Jays get their 5th run on the board! The Blue Jays were 71-4 (.947) when they scored 5 or more runs in the 2025 reg. season, best in MLB; League Avg: .797. They are 6-1 in the Postseason. #WorldSeries