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The day’s pitching, July 18, 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 July 18, 2026 games: 143 pitchers from 16 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 1:28 PM ET.

Win probability is read on its own slower pass, last at 1:27 PM ET.

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Rico Garcia

Final · BAL 4, HOU 2

Held the Astros scoreless while getting two outs as the Orioles gave up the lead. Isaac Paredes’s groundout in the 7th swung the game 7.6 points his way.

Innings
0.2
Strikeouts
0
Runs allowed
0

Observed · MLB box score

Orioles’ win chance Derived · after each batter

100%500+7.6 · Paredes, bottom 7th7th

Biggest at-bat

Full outing details
Innings
0.2
Hits
0
Runs
0
Walks
1
Strikeouts
0
Pitches
9
Game score
42
Win probability added
+0.8 points

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

Observed · 9 tracked pitches in completed at-bats. Taller bars mean faster pitches.

Biggest at-bat

Observed and derived

+7.6 · Isaac Paredes grounds out, third baseman Christian Encarnacion-Strand to first baseman Pete Alonso. Bottom 7th, two out.

Last pitch · Curveball · 88.4 mph · 6 pitches in the at-bat

  1. Slider · 88.9 mph · Called Strike
  2. Slider · 91.2 mph · Ball
  3. Four-Seam Fastball · 95.6 mph · Ball
  4. Slider · 89.1 mph · Ball In Dirt
  5. Curveball · 87.3 mph · Called Strike
  6. Curveball · 88.4 mph · In play, out(s)

After 3 sliders at 89.7 mph, the curveball arrived 1 mph slower and 1 in away from them horizontally.

Shown highlight: −5.7 · Nick Allen out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Rico Garcia to second baseman Jackson Holliday. Zach Dezenzo scores. Lucas Spence to 2nd. Bottom 7th, 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 1:29 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 Zach Dezenzo scores on a sac bunt.

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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