Trevor Story takes a tumble swinging at a Taijuan Walker fastball
Jul 2, 2017, 2:21 PM | Updated: 2:44 pm
Taijuan Walker was dealing early in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Sunday outing against the Colorado Rockies.
Facing Trevor Story in the second inning, Walker attacked with a cutter and a low fastball to get ahead in the count, 0-2, before he went to a high 95-mph fastball on his third pitch.
#Rockies’ Trevor Story with one of the more interesting strikeouts you’ll see. #Dbacks pic.twitter.com/FgzEHsMD6g
— Richard Morin (@BigRickMorin) July 2, 2017
Not only did Story miss the ball completely — he swung at the pitch so hard that he took a tumble on the follow-through only to somersault to his feet.
Props to Story for playing it cool.
On the other hand, maybe don’t put all of your weight into a swing if the ball is a half-foot above the strike zone. The strike zone exists for a reason.
