Phillies’ Jhoan Durán Blasts Park Record with Unbelievable Fastball in Dominant Tigers Shutout—What’s Next for This Rising Star?
Baseball fans in Philadelphia have never seen anything quite like this.
Jhoan Durán made his second appearance for the Phillies on Sunday night since arriving via trade from the Minnesota Twins. He secured his second save in those two games. And he highlighted the 2-0 shutout over the Detroit Tigers with the fastest pitch in Citizen’s Bank Park history.
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Durán threw a 103.3 mph fastball on a 2-2 count that All-Star Riley Greene fouled off to set the new park record. One pitch later, he threw a 102.5 mph fastball that struck Greene out as the fastest game-ending strikeout by a Phillies pitcher in the pitch tracking era that started in 2008.
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