Peralta Fires 6 Scoreless Innings as Rays Tie ALCS on 99.4 MPH Heat
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Updated · MLB.com · Oct 14
Peralta Fires 6 Scoreless Innings as Rays Tie ALCS on 99.4 MPH Heat
3 articles · Updated · MLB.com · Oct 14
Summary
Freddy Peralta blanked Cleveland for six innings with six strikeouts, delivering the longest postseason outing of his career in Tampa Bay’s 3-1 Game 2 win.
71 of Peralta’s 99 pitches were four-seam fastballs, and one reached a career-best 99.4 mph as he leaned on the pitch at a 71.7% rate — his highest since 2019.
The key escape came in the fifth, when Peralta followed that 99.4 mph foul ball by Jo Adell with a 99.0 mph liner-induced out that stranded two runners.
Tampa Bay gave him all the support it needed with three fourth-inning runs, all unearned after José Ramírez’s two-out error, tying the ALCS at 1-1 before the series shifts to Cleveland.