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The day’s pitching, August 31, 2026

Ranked by game score

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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 August 31, 2026 games: 98 pitchers from 12 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 12:09 PM ET.

Win probability is read on its own slower pass, last at 12:10 PM ET.

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Nate Lavender

Final · NYM 3, TB 2

Held the Rays scoreless while getting two outs while the Mets led. Liam Hicks’s pop-out in the 6th swung the game 2.9 points his way.

Innings
0.2
Strikeouts
0
Runs allowed
0

Observed · MLB box score

Mets’ win chance Derived · after each batter

100%500+2.9 · Hicks, bottom 6th6th

Biggest at-bat

Full outing details
Innings
0.2
Hits
1
Runs
0
Walks
0
Strikeouts
0
Pitches
9
Game score
42
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 · 9 tracked pitches in completed at-bats. Taller bars mean faster pitches.

Biggest at-bat

Observed and derived

+2.9 · Liam Hicks pops out to shortstop Francisco Lindor. Bottom 6th, one out.

Last pitch · Slider · 84.4 mph · 3 pitches in the at-bat

  1. Four-Seam Fastball · 92.0 mph · Ball
  2. Four-Seam Fastball · 91.2 mph · Foul
  3. Slider · 84.4 mph · In play, out(s)

After 2 four-seam fastballs at 91.6 mph, the slider arrived 7 mph slower and 13 in away from them horizontally.

Shown highlight: +1.9 · Chandler Simpson singles on a pop up to left fielder Christopher Morel. Chandler Simpson out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Christopher Morel to second baseman Marcus Semien. Bottom 6th, two 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 12:10 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 Christopher Morel throws out Chandler Simpson.

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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