Jake Bauers swung through Tanner Scott’s 97.2-mph fastball with two runners aboard and a 2–2 count in the sixth. Scott followed by striking out Christian Yelich, ending the inning before returning to retire Garrett Mitchell to begin the seventh.
Those were Scott’s only three hitters in NLCS Game 2. He recorded one scoreless inning across the two frames, with no hits or walks and three strikeouts on 13 pitches. The Dodgers still lost 7–4, but the runners he inherited from Brock Stewart did not score.
The tracking record counts seven whiffs in seven swing attempts. Six were swings that missed the ball; the seventh was Yelich’s caught foul tip for strike three. Keeping that distinction visible preserves the meaning of a striking rate without describing bat contact as a literal miss.
Season repertoire and Game 2
Scale: 0–100%. Gray: regular season. Blue: Game 2.
Four-seam fastball
Change: +4.7 percentage points.
Slider
Change: -4.7 percentage points.
Similar selection, much stronger finishes
Scott threw seven four-seamers and six sliders, shares of 53.8% and 46.2%. His baseline contains 963 pitches in 69 Dodgers relief appearances, March 26 through September 26, with a 49.1% fastball share and 50.9% sliders. The small usage difference offers little reason to invent a new repertoire explanation.
The four-seamer averaged 97.3 mph, compared with 96.9 in the regular season, and the slider 90.6 against 89.3. Five of his recorded whiffs came on fastballs and two on sliders. Two other pitches became called strikes, allowing his outs to develop through both takes and swings.
Bauers’ sequence alternated the two classifications. A fastball miss opened the count, a fastball missed the zone, and a slider drew another miss. Scott then threw a slider for ball two before the finishing four-seamer. The pitches did different jobs within one count rather than relying on a single type for every strike.
Jake Bauers: inning 6
Three hitters establish the outing, not a lasting rate
No ordinary foul or ball in play prolonged Scott’s work. The caught foul tip against Yelich ended a plate appearance rather than extending it. Those outcomes distinguish his inning from Yamamoto’s 19 ordinary fouls earlier in the game, although the pitchers faced different hitters in different circumstances.
His regular-season whiff rate was 35.5%. Game 2’s seven-attempt denominator is far too small to treat 100% as a new expected performance level. With no balls in play, contact averages are unavailable rather than zero, and the record does not predict future run prevention.
Scott’s Game 1 work had also been scoreless, but included two intentional walks and nine physical pitches. Here, each of the three hitters struck out without a walk. The result demonstrates successful finishing of this inherited threat with an established two-pitch mix; another appearance will test whether the same pitches keep producing misses across more opportunities.
Inning samples in context
| Inning | Pitches | Cumulative | Four-seam fastball mph | Measured n | Outs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6* | 9 | 9 | 97.3 | 5 | 2 |
| 7* | 4 | 13 | 97.2 | 2 | 1 |
Every pitch: 13 of 13
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13 of 13 pitches
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| Pitch | Inning | Hitter | Count before | Type | mph | Pitch result | Completed PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Jake Bauers | 0–0 | FF | 96.3 | Swinging Strike | Strikeout | |
| 6 | Jake Bauers | 0–1 | FF | 97.6 | Ball | Strikeout | |
| 6 | Jake Bauers | 1–1 | SL | 90.1 | Swinging Strike | Strikeout | |
| 6 | Jake Bauers | 1–2 | SL | 90.4 | Ball | Strikeout | |
| 6 | Jake Bauers | 2–2 | FF | 97.2 | Swinging Strike | Strikeout | |
| 6 | Christian Yelich | 0–0 | SL | 91.0 | Swinging Strike (Blocked) | Strikeout | |
| 6 | Christian Yelich | 0–1 | SL | 91.9 | Ball In Dirt | Strikeout | |
| 6 | Christian Yelich | 1–1 | FF | 97.8 | Swinging Strike | Strikeout | |
| 6 | Christian Yelich | 1–2 | FF | 97.7 | Foul Tip | Strikeout | |
| 7 | Garrett Mitchell | 0–0 | SL | 89.8 | Called Strike | Strikeout | |
| 7 | Garrett Mitchell | 0–1 | FF | 97.1 | Called Strike | Strikeout | |
| 7 | Garrett Mitchell | 0–2 | SL | 90.5 | Ball | Strikeout | |
| 7 | Garrett Mitchell | 1–2 | FF | 97.4 | 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 13 physical pitches. Pitch ID, order, classification and pre-pitch count reconcile, including final ABS decisions. These records contain 3 batters, 3 integer outs and 3 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 963 physical pitches in 69 regular-season relief appearances for Los Angeles Dodgers, 2026-03-26 through 2026-09-26. 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 153 measured contacts among 153. Expected outcomes are Savant model estimates, not actual results. The comparisons are descriptive and do not establish intention, fatigue, injury or a durable trend.
