Down swinging: Chapman strikes out the side in ninth at All-Star Game
In the All-Star Game Tuesday night, Aroldis Chapman got to pitch his normal ninth inning in his home ballpark.
The Cincinnati Reds closer came in in a non-save situation for National League, and put on a show for the home crowd.
Chapman struck out all three batters he faced, with each of the strikeouts coming on pitches of over 100 miles per hour.
Strikeout one? 101.
Strikeout two? 103
Before, during & after Chapman's 103mph pitch pic.twitter.com/94yS27XB60
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Strikeout three? 102
Out of the 15 pitches Chapman threw in the ninth inning, 14 of them were over 100 mph.
That's how you make the home fans happy.