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Tampa Bay Rays' Pitcher Going Viral For Ridiculous Frisbee Sweeper

Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Kevin Kelly has broken the internet for his insane sweeper on Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Angels.
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Tampa Bay Rays' Pitcher Going Viral For Ridiculous Frisbee Sweeper
Tampa Bay Rays' Pitcher Going Viral For Ridiculous Frisbee Sweeper

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The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night 6-2 to move to 93-59 on the season.

The Rays currently hold the No. 1 wild card position in the American League playoff picture and trail the Baltimore Orioles by 2.5 games in the race for the American League East crown.

Randy Arozarena hit his 23rd home run of the year in the win while rookie Taj Bradley went five strong innings on the mound.

But the most impressive highlight of the night came from reliever Kevin Kelly, who broke the internet with his ridiculous frisbee slider.

Check out the pitch below, which caught the attention of Rob Friedman (the Pitching Ninja) on social media:

The pitch had 21 inches of horizontal break and hit the outside corner. That's not even fair to do to Angels' outfielder Brett Phillips. That's an unhittable pitch.

The 25-year-old Kelly registered his 12th hold of the season in the win and is now 5-2 on the year with a 3.02 ERA. One of the most valuable relievers in the 'pen, he's struck out 51 batters in 62.2 innings.

This is his rookie season after being drafted in the 2019 draft by the Cleveland franchise. 

The Rays will battle the Angels again on Wednesday night at Tropicana Field. First pitch is set for 6:40 p.m. ET as Reid Detmers (LAA) goes up against Aaron Civale (TBR).

Detmers, a lefty, is 3-10 with a 4.77 ERA this year. Civale is 7-3 with a 3.06 ERA.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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