Richard Durrett of ESPN DFW passes along some some stats on C.J. Wilson's start last night. The two that were most interesting to me.
↵* Wilson's usage of the fastball was his second-highest since May (76%), and he mixed spots well. In his last 10 starts, 54% of fastballs had been low; Thursday that was just 41%.↵
* Off-speed pitches were unhittable; 25 of them and the Rays went 0-for-8, missed five of their seven swings against Wilson's curve, and only had two balls that were "well-hit" (both fly-ball outs).↵
Of course they only had two hits all night on his 60 or so fastballs, so none on 25 off-speed pitches isn't so out-of-line. He obviously game-planned to use his fastball up as his key weapon in the Trop, which I suppose makes sense on multiple levels but was just a bit risky, particularly early.
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