Ben Joyce broke one file Sunday, and simply missed breaking one other by a hair.
The College of Tennessee pitcher threw a 105.5 mph fastball within the eighth inning of the staff’s win over Auburn. It was the quickest pitch ever thrown in school baseball historical past, breaking his personal file he set in March when he fired a 104 mph fastball in opposition to South Carolina. The pitch simply barely missed breaking Aroldis Chapman’s MLB file 105.8 mph pitch in 2010.
There was an audible gasp from the gang because the record-breaking velocity flashed on screens throughout the stadium. An inning later, Joyce hit 101 mph.
Joyce entered the sport within the sixth inning, throwing 4 innings of scoreless reduction whereas putting out six. He allowed only one hit and didn’t stroll anyone. The redshirt junior lowered his season ERA to 0.86 and now has 38 strikeouts in simply 21 innings this season.
Joyce and his constant triple-digit velocity have turned heads throughout school baseball and MLB just some months earlier than the 2022 MLB Draft.
That is Joyce’s first season pitching for the Volunteers after redshirting final 12 months upon arriving from Walters State Neighborhood Faculty. Tennessee at present has the perfect file within the SEC at 19-2 and the Volunteers are 40-4 total.
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