Josh Hader on Saturday continued his dominance in MLB and showed just how effective he is with an incredible feat.
Hader threw an immaculate inning in the Milwaukee Brewers’ 4-2 win over the St Louis Cardinals.
Working in Milwaukee’s closer role with Jeremy Jeffress and Corey Knebel out, Hader pitched a perfect ninth inning for his second save. He struck out all three batters he faced and did so on just nine pitches.
That was even more impressive than his previous outing on Thursday, where Hader retired all six batters he faced for a six-out save. He struck out four in that appearance.
The immaculate inning left his teammates in awe. Christian Yelich said he’d never seen anything like it.
Yelich on Josh Hader: “I’ve never seen anything like that. I mean, I’ve seen an immaculate inning before – from the wrong side. But I’ve never seen one where it was all swings and misses on fastballs. There was one foul ball on the first pitch and then it was domination.”
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) March 31, 2019
The stats show just how ridiculous Hader has been.
Josh Hader so far in 2019:
Nine up, nine down.
Seven strikeouts.
30 pitches, 30 fastballs.
18 swings and misses.— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) March 31, 2019
The Brewers have themselves a heck of a weapon in their bullpen.
