Los Angeles Angels' pitcher Ben Joyce served as an 'opener' in Sunday's loss against the San Francisco Giants, and he broke a record previously held by Shohei Ohtani.
lost to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday by a score of 13-6 at Oracle Park. The loss drops Los Angeles to 28-43 on the year while the win moves the Giants to 35-37.
Despite the loss, it was still cool to see Angels' "opener" Ben Joyce make some history. He broke a record previously held by Shohei Ohtani.Now, the Statcast Era only extends back until 2015, so it's not a huge sample size, but it's still very impressive to see this kind of velocity. Joyce worked two scoreless innings in the loss while striking out three. Had Statcast been around when he was playing, Nolan Ryan likely would have been on this list.
The 23-year-old Joyce was a third-round pick of the Angels in 2022 out of the University of Texas. He's 0-0 this year through five games with a 7.94 ERA. He pitched in 12 games a season ago before having arm problems. The Angels will be back in action on Monday night when they host the Milwaukee Brewers at Angels Stadium. First pitch is set for 9:38 p.m. ET as Jose Soriano pitches against rookie Carlos Rodriguez .Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube.
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