Soroka's Perfect Inning, New Record

0:00On March 31st, Michael Soroco wasted no time making waves with the Arizona Diamondbacks. In his very first start on Monday, the right-hander tossed the perfect immaculate inning in the fifth frame against the Detroit Tigers. That meant nine pitches, three strikeouts on Bayez, Cropander and Torres, all while keeping the scoreless streak alive through five innings. Early on, things looked shaky as he gave up four hits and a walk in the first three frames. Soroco locked in, retiring the final eight batters he faced and fanning six of them straight. He wrapped with ten strikeouts, matching his career best and setting a new Diamondbacks debut record, topping even Randy Johnson's nine from nineteen. Ninety-nine. This gem marched just the fourth immaculate inning in franchise history. Wade Miley threw the last one back in 2012, with Randy Johnson in 2001 and B young him Kim in 2002 rounding out. The club. Digging into the numbers, Soroco spas ball hummed at 94 miles per hour, but his slider

1:02curve mix, the slurve stole the show with nine. Whiffs and ten called strikes. Now he's got the front office sweating over rotation spots, especially with Merrill Kelly nearing a return from injury. Soroco's made it clear he thrives as a starter, not a reliever, and his stat line tops the early pack. With pitching death like this, the Diamondbacks rotation could be firing on all cylinders long before Corbin Burns steps back in. From around the league, powered by AI, this is MLB News today.