Garrett Mitchell swung through Alex Vesia’s 91.7-mph four-seamer with a 1–2 count and two Brewers on base in the third inning. The strikeout ended Milwaukee’s rally immediately after Christian Yelich’s two-run single had chased Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Vesia faced one batter, threw four pitches and recorded one out in the Dodgers’ eventual 7–4 NLCS Game 2 loss. The inherited runners, Yelich and Jake Bauers, remained on base. His appearance resolved Yamamoto’s remaining runners without adding another run to the starter’s three-run line.
The sequence was direct: a called fastball strike, a fastball miss, a slider taken for a ball, and the final fastball miss. With only one hitter, the evidence supports an account of that escape rather than a claim of a newly established pitching pattern.
Season repertoire and Game 2
Scale: 0–100%. Gray: regular season. Blue: Game 2.
Four-seam fastball
Change: +19.2 percentage points.
Slider
Change: -5.2 percentage points.
Changeup
Change: -14.0 percentage points.
Three fastballs in a four-pitch sample
Vesia’s three four-seamers represented 75.0% of the outing. His regular-season comparison is 1,011 pitches in 72 Dodgers relief appearances, March 27 through September 27, with a 55.8% four-seam share. The percentage change represents one or two pitches in a four-pitch appearance, so its size should not be mistaken for a robust repertoire trend.
Those fastballs averaged 91.1 mph, below the 92.1-mph regular-season average. The two swings both missed, and the first fastball became a called strike. The result shows that this particular at-bat did not require a harder-than-usual average fastball to produce a strikeout.
Mitchell’s recorded zone extended from 1.662 to 3.293 feet. The last pitch finished outside the 17-inch geometric rectangle horizontally, yet Mitchell offered at it. That observed chase is evidence about the pitch’s location and the swing; it does not establish Vesia’s intended target or Mitchell’s expectations.
Garrett Mitchell: inning 3
One confrontation, with inherited runners resolved
No ball entered play against Vesia, so contact velocity and hard-hit rates are unavailable rather than zero. His conventional whiff rate was two misses in two swings. Reporting that as 100% without the two-attempt denominator would give one short confrontation more apparent weight than it deserves.
Vesia’s Game 1 appearance had been different: 16 pitches, two strikeouts and a pickoff contributed to three outs. Game 2 needed only the one hitter to end an inherited threat. Both appearances are useful records, but the runner situation and opportunities were different.
His contribution was complete when Mitchell struck out and both runners were stranded. The team’s later runs allowed belong to the subsequent pitchers. Another appearance would supply a broader test of his fastball finishes; this one establishes exactly what the four pitches accomplished.
Inning samples in context
| Inning | Pitches | Cumulative | Four-seam fastball mph | Measured n | Outs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3* | 4 | 4 | 91.1 | 3 | 1 |
Every pitch: 4 of 4
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4 of 4 pitches
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| Pitch | Inning | Hitter | Count before | Type | mph | Pitch result | Completed PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Garrett Mitchell | 0–0 | FF | 91.4 | Called Strike | Strikeout | |
| 3 | Garrett Mitchell | 0–1 | FF | 90.1 | Swinging Strike | Strikeout | |
| 3 | Garrett Mitchell | 0–2 | SL | 85.0 | Ball | Strikeout | |
| 3 | Garrett Mitchell | 1–2 | FF | 91.7 | Swinging Strike | Strikeout |
Sources, definitions and limitations
The official final MLB record supplies events, final calls and the line. Baseball Savant’s complete Game 2 feed supplies all 4 physical pitches. Pitch ID, order, classification and pre-pitch count reconcile, including final ABS decisions. These records contain 1 batters, 1 integer outs and 1 strikeouts. In baseball notation, .1 means one out and .2 two outs. Source records current as of October 13, 2026.
The Statcast Search baseline is 1,011 physical pitches in 72 regular-season relief appearances for Los Angeles Dodgers, 2026-03-27 through 2026-09-27. Each game total reconciles with the official appearance log. The target game and postseason work are excluded. Same club and role in the 2026 regular season.
Whiff rate means misses divided by physical swing attempts. Swinging strikes, blocked swinging strikes, caught foul tips and missed bunts count as conventional tracking whiffs. A caught foul tip involves bat contact; it is kept distinct from a literal swing that misses the ball. Fouls, bunt attempts and balls put into play enter the attempt denominator. Both outing and baseline use the same definitions. Called strikes and completed strikeout plate appearances are separate. Chase uses ball-center coordinates outside a 17-inch-wide rectangle and each pitch’s recorded vertical boundaries. Only complete coordinates enter the zone denominator. Savant’s separate zone flag remains in the CSV and detail rather than replacing that geometric definition.
Speed is mph, spin rpm, extension feet and movement inches. Induced vertical break describes movement relative to a gravity-only path. Location and zone boundaries are feet in catcher view. Numbered markers preserve exact coordinates and are not ball size. Release, location, spin, extension and movement measurements are complete for all outing pitches. Contact and expected-outcome measurements can be unavailable and remain missing in the detail and CSV. 0 of 0 balls put into play have measured exit speed. Hard-hit means at least 95 mph; the baseline has 131 measured contacts among 131. Expected outcomes are Savant model estimates, not actual results. The comparisons are descriptive and do not establish intention, fatigue, injury or a durable trend.
