The red-hot Astros completed a two-game sweep of the Red Sox in style Wednesday night in Boston, with closer Ryan Pressly throwing the coolest curveball of the MLB season to strike out Connor Wong and give Houston its fifth straight win.
The Astros are tied for first with the Mariners in the AL West, with the Rangers a game back after Aroldis Chapman blew a save in ugly fashion against the Mets.
Pressly has some of the nastiest stuff in professional baseball, and if you need more proof of that then just look at this game-ending pitch that Wong had no chance of hitting:
Ryan Pressly, 3469 RPM Curveball. 😯 pic.twitter.com/xdAkBXX59n
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) August 30, 2023
Filthy. But not surprising:
26 of the 30 highest-spin pitches thrown by MLB relievers this season have been thrown by Ryan Pressly. https://t.co/RScCRGXrSB
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) August 30, 2023
MLB fans were in awe:
It’s a backyard baseball curveball. Breaks 24 inches at the last millisecond… How? https://t.co/y8555MBwTz
— MaxCFC (@TheProfessorM10) August 31, 2023
On the 8th Day God created this curveball 🤯 https://t.co/yN17j4iig9
— Jeremy Kaufman (@JeremyIKaufman) August 31, 2023
sometimes I take for granted how insanely nasty the pitches posted on here are. but holy cow, this curve is ridiculous https://t.co/iVdT1FxKr6
— i am a surgeon (@choppens_) August 31, 2023
Almost 3500 RPM is insane 😵💫 https://t.co/NnExXDPHDY
— joe corcelli (@jcorcelli31) August 31, 2023
might be the nastiest curveball i’ve ever seen https://t.co/19PV6rkYBM
— marioooo (@sageemarioo) August 30, 2023
Ball should not be able to break that hard at 83 mph https://t.co/MsObETuUAm
— 🤟🤟🤟 (@Yoma2k_) August 31, 2023
that is a whiffle ball my goodness. absolute buzz saw hook https://t.co/rATeWAIYqi
— Brandon Stanley (@bwstanley26) August 31, 2023
