Fernando Cruz calls his splitter “my gift from God.” Some Yankees teammates had other colorful descriptions for the pitch.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto shut down the Texas Rangers on Friday night, setting the Los Angeles Dodgers up for a win with his 7.0 scoreless innings and 10 strikeouts.

The secret to Fernando Cruz’s success is his split-finger fastball, a pitch that is among the most unhittable in baseball.