Boston’s Chapman lights up radar gun at age 37 and has bigger numbers in mind than his 350th save

BOSTON AP At -years-old Boston closer Aroldis Chapman routinely lights up the radar gun at mph He also sees a bigger number he d like to reach Chapman pitched a perfect ninth inning Wednesday and earned his th career save as the Red Sox beat the Cincinnati Reds - in the completion of a tournament suspended by rain a night earlier My goal is to reach disclosed Chapman through a group translator I know that s not an easy task to accomplish but I m going to keep working hard to accomplish that goal Chapman now in his th season in the majors has been hurt at times during his career by wildness and knew that was something he had to fix The left-hander has walked just in innings this season and converted of save opportunities The thing I know is that during the offseason I worked very hard to get this point to be able to not walk as multiple guys as I did in the past because it was one of the problems I had Chapman explained to the media in the middle of clubhouse with sweat still dripping from his forehead To be able to accomplish that is great On Wednesday he struck out Elly De La Cruz the third batter in the Reds lineup with a mph sinker Next he got cleanup hitter Austin Hays to bounce to short before Gavin Lux also grounded to short for the final out It s the same for every hitter he commented when required if facing the middle of the order created any more adrenaline You know that the three-four hitters are coming up against you The final two outs came on pitches of mph or more Chapman also finds particular satisfaction in hitting that high number on the radar gun at his age I won t say proud he reported But I would say happy that I m able to get to that velocity and also that my arm is healthy and in pretty good shape AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb