The San Diego Padres dropped Game 1 of the NLCS to the Phillies, 2-0, on Tuesday night and while Yu Darvish took the loss and gave up a monstrous home run to Kyle Schwarber, he did throw some nasty stuff that was pretty darn cool to watch.
One of those pitches by Darvish, who gave up just three hits in seven innings of work, was an 82 mph slider that Phillies right fielder Nick Castellanos had no chance of touching.
You need to see this behind-the-plate view of that pitch because it will make you wonder how anybody gets a hit off a professional pitcher:
Yu Darvish, Wicked 82mph Slider Movement (home plate view). 🤢 pic.twitter.com/htKc1cMvuG
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) October 19, 2022
That movement is silly. Looks like wiffle ball taking off in the wind.
Twitter was in awe.
I could have a 100 chances to make contact on this pitch and fail every time #wicked https://t.co/19UYhj9csH
— Brian Postin (@PostinB) October 19, 2022
Dirty ! https://t.co/Zb3IdQxPLM
— Bobby Andrade CSCS RSCC MA NHSSCA (@Coach_Andrade_) October 19, 2022
Dios mío https://t.co/hfyhmYcdLw
— angel (@annnngelinho) October 19, 2022
It’s time to ban sliders from baseball. https://t.co/BkiSsgm2VT
— Rick Giavonette (@CoachRickSodo) October 19, 2022
Man this is nasty. He is the zone right now https://t.co/GhUdN2cmwY
— 👊👊 southphilly406 🤫🤫 (@southphilly4061) October 19, 2022
When Darvish is on he’s a top 10 pitcher in the league https://t.co/EfcZjehxi6
— Rob, The Philosopher 🐢 (@robertkelly7108) October 19, 2022
Gross https://t.co/qQqDXZtvSM
— Eli McFadden (@Elilawrence__) October 19, 2022
Insane https://t.co/tQFMpqk4XK
— Jud (@Judman44) October 19, 2022
how does anyone hit that i don’t get it
— Mike (@DoctorVeganpunk) October 19, 2022
