Sunday was a wild final day of the 2021 MLB regular season as four teams in the AL entered the afternoon with a chance of claiming the two wild-card spots.
At the end of the day the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox punched their tickets to the postseason by winning their final games – the Yankees beat the Rays in a 1-0 nail-biter and the Red Sox rallied from a 5-1 deficit to beat the Nationals 7-5.
Boston got a 2-run home run from Rafael Devers in the ninth inning and then Nick Pivetta made his first appearance as a reliever this season in the bottom of the ninth and closed things down with this ridiculous pitch:
2830 RPMs
68" of vertical break/drop.— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) October 4, 2021
Fooling Juan Soto is a hard thing to do but Pivetta did just that with that nasty curveball. My goodness.
Twitter had reactions.
For Soto of all people to get fooled 🤢, dudes plate vision has been insane this year. Pivetta said don’t forget to buckle up. https://t.co/jhIcCAVixM
— Jacob Woodruff (@WoodruffJacob) October 4, 2021
How do you hit a good curveball?! YOU DON’T! And neither does the best hitter in the world. Don’t miss the heater. https://t.co/OGlVtHeVEM
— ROX SYSTEM ૐ (@ROXSystem) October 4, 2021
Fooling Juan Soto is a task very few pitchers can say they’ve done and … Nick Pivetta is one of them https://t.co/cCMKF1KtG8
— Pablo Lopez Enthusiast (@GravelleAlex) October 4, 2021
How do you like your pizza?
FROZEN https://t.co/eHFJzQTm0O
— Willy Jack 🦌 (@WillyJack14) October 4, 2021
He really froze Soto just like that, wildly nasty https://t.co/JKBZCrOp7E
— Ellis (@e11isBK) October 4, 2021
Gosh this is SO DIRTY. On Soto too man!! https://t.co/11NGXihZei
— Cam Cundiff (@CamCundiff) October 4, 2021
DISGUSTIN. https://t.co/lDjM5AcKRx
— Mike Howarth (@howarthmichaelj) October 4, 2021
Looks like my @BrokenBatBrew wiffle curve ball https://t.co/C79j3MCoHD
— Moo (@HelloMoomann) October 4, 2021
…striking out OBP king Juan Soto in the process. https://t.co/RIUy8NAEEx
— Jake G (@TuxieTwopacks) October 4, 2021
