That's just what Ivan Nova did to the Orioles last night. He had his curveball working and he leaned on it big time on his way to a complete game victory that was arguably the best start of his career. He threw 33 curveballs out of his 102 pitches, 15 of which were swung at and 9 that were swung at and missed. As you can see above, Nova could locate it wherever he wanted. He threw it down and away to righties to get them to chase and he threw it low and away and way down and way in to lefties, a sign that Nova was really feeling the command of the pitch last night.
Great fastball command (75.6% 4-seamer strikes) and a knockout swing-and-miss curveball. Not a bad combo to have to shut down any lineup. Nova had it last night and he might have forced his way back into the rotation discussion in the process.
(Pitch plots courtesy of Texas Leaguers)
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