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The day’s pitching, May 1, 2026

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Derived · MLB box scores

About this ranking

Game score v2 summarizes a pitching line. Higher scores reward outs and strikeouts; hits, walks and runs lower it.

Largest values first; names run A to Z. The ranking updates while games are in progress.

Every pitcher who has thrown in the May 1, 2026 games: 127 pitchers from 15 games. Game Score and win probability added are Derived. Game Score v2 is 40 + 2×outs + K − 2×H − 2×BB − 3×R − 6×HR. Win probability added sums MLB's model over each pitcher's own batters, in percentage points for his team. Box scores read 7:09 PM ET.

Win probability is read on its own slower pass, last at 7:05 PM ET.

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Fernando Cruz

Final · NYY 7, BAL 2

Held the Orioles scoreless while getting two outs while the Yankees led. Dylan Beavers’s groundout in the 7th swung the game 3.1 points his way.

Innings
0.2
Strikeouts
0
Runs allowed
0

Observed · MLB box score

Yankees’ win chance Derived · after each batter

100%500+3.1 · Beavers, top 7th7th

Biggest at-bat

Full outing details
Innings
0.2
Hits
0
Runs
0
Walks
0
Strikeouts
0
Pitches
6
Game score
44
Win probability added
+6.0 points

Observed · MLB box score. Game score and win probability added are derived. In innings, .1 means one out and .2 means two.

Observed · 6 tracked pitches in completed at-bats. Taller bars mean faster pitches.

Biggest at-bat

Observed and derived

+3.1 · Dylan Beavers grounds out softly, pitcher Fernando Cruz to first baseman Paul Goldschmidt. Pete Alonso scores. Samuel Basallo to 3rd. Top 7th, one out.

Last pitch · Splitter · 78.9 mph · 5 pitches in the at-bat

  1. Splitter · 78.7 mph · Ball In Dirt
  2. Four-Seam Fastball · 93.1 mph · Called Strike
  3. Splitter · 79.3 mph · Swinging Strike
  4. Splitter · 79.5 mph · Ball
  5. Splitter · 78.9 mph · In play, run(s)

All 5 pitches were splitters; the last arrived at 78.9 mph.

Sources & method

The chart uses MLB’s win-probability model after each batter.

This is the whole appearance for one pitcher on the day’s board, built when you selected him. The game is final. Read 7:09 PM ET. Win probability, plays and pitch tracking: MLB win-probability feed; lines and decisions: the game’s MLB game data. The notes are written from those measurements, not by a person. They describe the pitches, not why a batter swung or took.

Clip: the MLB broadcast for Dylan Beavers' RBI groundout.

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2025 statistics · Aggregate, regular season

Fastball speed and movement across pitchers.

Four-seamers with the most pitches in this sample

PitcherPitchesSpeedIVB
Freddy PeraltaMIL · Four-seam fastball1,65194.8 mph16.8 in
Kevin GausmanTOR · Four-seam fastball1,62794.5 mph16.8 in
Robbie RaySF · Four-seam fastball1,59393.6 mph18.2 in

Pitcher-season means · Minimum 100 four-seam fastballs. Baseball Savant