The Seattle Mariners haven’t been in the playoffs since 2001 but they looked right at home in Game 1 of their wild-card series with the Blue Jays on Friday afternoon, winning 4-0 in Toronto to take a 1-0 series lead.
The Mariners pitchers – starter Luis Castillo and reliever Andrés Muñoz – were so good all day long and showed why this Seattle team could be a lot of trouble in the playoffs.
Munoz pitched the eighth and ninth innings to get the save and the dude was throwing pure gas for his entire outing. This 103 mph pitch that he threw for a strike against Vlad Guerrero Jr. was just ridiculous.
Andrés Muñoz, 103mph ⛽️ pic.twitter.com/RRwvOo2H51
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) October 7, 2022
Love the head nod there from Vlad. He knew how good that pitch was.
Oh, and that was just the fastest pitch we’ve seen in the playoffs in five years:
Fastest MLB postseason pitch in FIVE YEARS! 🔥⛽️🔥 https://t.co/Rf4pg4k5V6
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) October 7, 2022
Twitter loved it.
Lmao Vladdy like “well gahdamn” https://t.co/EnigMSV7Eb
— Sam Dekker (@dekker) October 7, 2022
The nod of “alright then…” https://t.co/vIfgZvBtyV
— Jake Hatch (Yawk) – Slava Ukraini (@JacobCHatch) October 7, 2022
— benbot (@ben_alterman) October 7, 2022
Audibly yelped like Mel Blanc in Looney Tunes when I saw this live https://t.co/lbCUJV2LH3
— Fitzy Mo Peña (@FitzyMoPena) October 7, 2022
As excited as I am for the M's to be back in the playoffs I have been almost equally as geeked for non-M's fans to find out about Andres Munoz. https://t.co/eGk6grXCb3
— Kenny (@CoachKoby) October 7, 2022
Vladdy is such a gracious host in his house. https://t.co/O7iE3NklDV
— James O'Connell (@OConnellNYDN) October 7, 2022
Just some playoff gas. NBD https://t.co/EOcwLAjGn6
— Kyle W Buchanan (@KyleWBuchanan) October 7, 2022
vlad jr just nodding like oh okay then that’s what we’re doing https://t.co/GoQMEYqJVz
— Brian Floyd (@BrianMFloyd) October 7, 2022
Lmao what a damn joke how do you even come close to hitting that? https://t.co/cVmfaXuDMq
— Nate Anthony (@BaldiLocks316) October 7, 2022