ALDS Game 1: Royals (Wacha) at Yankees (Cole)

Soto is 2-2 vs. Zerpa with a RBI, both singles.

Soto takes a slider outside, ball 1.
Takes a sinker just outside, barely missed, 2-0
Sinker high, he chases, tries to check late, and fouls, 2-1
Sinker way high, 3-1
Takes his timeout
Sinker at or above the top, hit hard up the middle, gets past Massey's dive to his right. Torres stops at 2nd.
1st and 2nd, nobody out for Judge.

Judge takes a bounced slider, 1-0
Takes a change well outside, 2-0
Perez goes out to calm down Zerpa, make him challenge Judge, I guess.

Takes a curve bending into the zone, near the back door, 2-1
Slider in the zone down and in, foul tipped into the mitt trying to golf it for a HR.
Takes his timeout.
Takes a 98 sinker just high, checked in time, 3-2
Sinker waist high, inside 3rd, fouled
Come on, Aaron, you've worked the count twice tonight, got to make it pay off.
Ok, that works too
Slider on the back leg, Judge takes it, ball 4.
Bases loaded, nobody out for Wells.
A similar walk would be most welcome here.

Sinker clips the high inside corner, but Perez has to reach across, can't save the call, 10-20% on Gameday, but it's ball1.
Sinker outside 2-3 inches above the knees, taken, 2-0
Gets a BIG break. sinker hits the outside corner not called, 30% on Gameday, bad call.
Sinker near middle, taken for a strike, 3-1
Sinker above middle at 98, swung under, 3-2
Takes his timmeout.

I'll take it

Hey, Darling, the 1st and 3rd balls to Wells were both marginal strikes....