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The day’s pitching, May 5, 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 5, 2026 games: 118 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 7:42 PM ET.

Win probability is read on its own slower pass, last at 7:41 PM ET.

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Matt Svanson

Final · STL 3, MIL 4

Held the Brewers scoreless over 1 inning with the game tied. Christian Yelich’s double in the 1st swung the game 5.9 points against him.

Innings
1.0
Strikeouts
1
Runs allowed
0

Observed · MLB box score

Cardinals’ win chance Derived · after each batter

100%500−5.9 · Yelich, top 1st1st

Biggest at-bat

Full outing details
Innings
1.0
Hits
1
Runs
0
Walks
0
Strikeouts
1
Pitches
14
Game score
45
Win probability added
+4.8 points

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

Observed · 14 tracked pitches in completed at-bats. Taller bars mean faster pitches.

Biggest at-bat

Observed and derived

−5.9 · Christian Yelich hits a ground-rule double (11) on a line drive down the right-field line. Top 1st, no outs.

Last pitch · Sweeper · 87.1 mph · 4 pitches in the at-bat

  1. Cutter · 89.1 mph · Ball
  2. Cutter · 91.3 mph · Swinging Strike
  3. Sinker · 95.3 mph · Ball
  4. Sweeper · 87.1 mph · In play, no out

After 2 cutters at 90.2 mph, the sweeper arrived 3 mph slower and 4 in away from them horizontally.

Shown highlight: +5.7 · Brice Turang strikes out on a foul tip. Top 1st, one out. MLB has no clip for the biggest at-bat.

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 7:42 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 Matt Svanson strikes out Brice Turang in the 1st.

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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