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The count is often used as adjective—an individual pitch may be referred to by the count prior to its delivery; for example, a pitch thrown on a 3–1 count is a "three-one pitch" or a "three-and-one pitch". [a] A count of 0–0 is rarely stated; the count is typically not mentioned until at least one pitch has been thrown. [b] A count of 1 ...
The highest pitch count since 1990 is 172, by Tim Wakefield for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Atlanta Braves on April 27, 1993; however, it should be known that Wakefield's primary pitch was the knuckleball, an off-speed pitch. Off-speed pitches are less strenuous on a pitcher's arm compared to a fastball.
The Yankees ace was a strike away from starting 9-for-9, but lost Lux on a full-count walk. That brought up Ohtani, with an off-balance swing on an 0-2 changeup resulting in a fly out to left.
The count is considered to be in the pitcher's favor when there are fewer balls than strikes (e.g., no balls and two strikes). This gives the pitcher more freedom to try enticing the batter to swing at a pitch outside the strike zone or throwing a pitch that is harder to control (e.g. a curve, slider or splitter), but that is also harder to hit ...
He got Ohtani to ground out opening the game before Betts homered on a full-count pitch. Cease put on two runners with one out in the second and after getting the second out, was chased by Ohtani ...
He walked Francisco Lindor on a full-count pitch leading off the ninth. After striking out Mark Vientos, the right-hander gave up a single to Brandon Nimmo on an 0-2 changeup that put runners at ...
Peterson grounded to second on a full-count pitch from Martín Pérez, a play turned into a forceout. Peterson scored on Emmanuel Rivera's single.
After missing a home run by a few feet in the 15th inning, Muncy hit a full count pitch over the left field wall off Eovaldi leading off the bottom of the 18th inning, giving the Dodgers the win and ending the longest World Series game in history in terms of innings (18) and time (7 hours, 20 mins), exactly 30 years after the Kirk Gibson walk ...