🔴LIVE🔴St Louis Cardinals VS Cleveland Guardians /June 28 /MLB The show 25
mlb The Show has inner league action for you this afternoon it’s the St louis Cardinals taking on the Cleveland Guardians first pitch coming at you right after the break
welcome your Cleveland Guardians so just about set now and pitching in this game Luis Ortiz chris it’s a little more common these days but still he’s a strikeout per inning type of guy
well I hear you about the strikeouts a lot more guys striking out today but when you consider having the ability to get that strike out particularly when you need it a man on third less than two outs situations where yeah maybe you’re not a real high strikeout guy but just knowing you have the swing and miss stuff in a big spot I think it’s real critical and he’s got it
brendan Donovan leading things off and takes a strike [Applause] and that’s off the inside edge and the count even one and one in the air left field down the line and it falls so a man on base to start the inning well he didn’t get much of that one but it’s going to look like a line drive in the box score tomorrow he clearly didn’t catch that one on the big part of the bat just kind of muscled it
ruer takes off fought off foul donovan gets his lead at first nobody out line drive brings it in and there’s one down right
here’s a Cardinals lineup now and something they’ve talked about needing to improve on moving forward is their ability to apply consistent pressure chris right now it’s not a club that gets on base enough
and sometimes Boo you just need a hitter to go up there and grind out and at bat maybe have 11 12 pitches and all of a sudden players get fired up in the dugout and they want to do the same thing and before you know it you start to get base runners on and you get a big hit and all of a sudden you ride that wave for a few days and go on a winning streak that’s something they definitely could use quan heads after it
he’s got it and there are two down oh those can be pretty fun as an outfielder got to put it into his highest gear and go a long way to track that one down nothing better than that you feel like a wide receiver playing football
wilson Contrarus now up to the plate luis out in front and fouled to the left side two outs ball one there this one in the air manardo makes the grab and that is that so one left for the Cardinals now the Guardians will get their shot still scoreless it’s Major League Baseball and it’s on the show back here in Cleveland and on the hill in this one Steven Matz
well coming into this game hitters are batting under 250 against this starting pitcher so it just shows you how effective he’s been and he’s been able to move his pitches around add and subtract change up the look so that hitters don’t get too comfortable and start squaring up the baseball we’ll see what he’s got in this one
we go to the bottom of the first now the left fielder Steven Quan he’s going to finish with a new careerhigh in stolen bases chris just missed steve yeah tap foul at the plate and a one-two on the ground right side contrarus gets it to first one gone bottom half of the first
here’s the Guardians lineup now
not the highest team batting average for this squad they’re down towards the bottom of the league in total hits and Singi because of that they don’t score a ton
yeah and Boo I’m looking for a little better performance out of them today i mean if they’re going to be dangerous if they’re going to be able to create scoring opportunities they’re going to have to start making some individual adjustments a lot of players in this lineup probably aren’t happy with how they’ve hit the ball so far so today’s a chance to get something going lane Thomas in the box with one away as he takes ball one next offering is downstairs ground ball right side it squirts through so a man aboard now with one away just a simple ground ball the other way that had eyes on it man sometimes that’s all you need to do just let the ball travel put the ball in play and just hope it finds a hole and now a chance to maybe get creative on offense with good speed on first kyle Manzardo digs in for the Guardians step off throw to first and he’s back in safely first pitch and that’s in for a strike just missed man at first one away that one way inside flying drive and that’s base hit out into center field the throw to third and the throw’s offline safe at third well that was one of those high percentage advantage counts where batting averages are just so much higher everything was on time and fluid in that swing got a pitch he could get the barrel on and lined it into center for the knock those always feel good so now it’s the four-hole hitter David Fry [Applause] that smashed towards center he’s got it runner tagging from third run scores easily and it’s one- nothing sometimes that can be a little tough to score on it was hit so hard that getting back to the bag to tag takes a little bit of time by the time that outfielder catches it but a really good job of getting that run in from third
and up next for Cleveland Daniel Steam and Cleveland on top one zip and that’s off the outside edge ball one called strike a sinker at the bottom of the zone manardo off of first with two away on the inside corner for a strike
one ball two on the ground right side Gorman that ends the inning so they pick up a run on two hits no errors and a man left second inning coming up from Progressive Field it’s the Guardians one and the Cardinals nothing second inning set to go here’s the left fielder lars Nar Ortiz measures 6’2 in 235 lbs and he was born in the Dominican Republic ortiz back to work pitch misses there and that’s ball one highf fly ball lifted in the air right field jones he’s there he’s got it one down batting six third base Nolan Aronado here’s Nolan Aronado nolan Aronado at the plate aronado guy who delivers big time power at the dish and will probably go down as one of the greatest defensive third baseman of all time and a first pitch fastball is in for a strike and speaking of that defense it’s hard to imagine that in high school Aronado shared the left side of the infield with another elite defender Matt Chapman at El Toro High School in California swinging a foul out of play fights that one away still one and two one out base is empty and that’s outside and it remains two and two that wasn’t an easy pitch to hit it’s much easier to do damage against mistakes but that’s not what that pitch was that one not close and the count’s full gets a piece there we’ll do it again about to see the 11th pitch of the at here keeps the atbat going with a foul ball in an era with a lot of swing and miss and strikeouts you got to love an at bat like this no one giving in foul we’ll see another payoff pitch
i wouldn’t throw him another breaking ball try to go again with a fast ball slightly elevated he just having a hard time catching up
and he walked him it wasn’t easy but he earned that walk after a long at bat
man that’s a tough one to take on the full count but I guess he saw it really well it’s a really nice plate appearance here’s Nolan Gorman first pitch doesn’t find the zone [Applause] swing and a high-fly ball that one out towards left center field way back there and it bangs off the out of town scoreboard aronado around third now a relay to the plate safe he beats the tag it’s 1-1 picks himself up an RBI loud contact leads to the double i mean you could tell it had extra bases written all over it as it jumped off of his stick pedro Pah next up for the Cardinals hit in the air center field thomas under it two down batting night center fielder Victor Scott II so the go-ahehead run in scoring position victor Scott next up for the Cardinals let’s go Cleveland slapped hard the other way but foul so glad these ballparks have installed the netting to protect the fans keep things safer all around the league just missed and a count one and two way high and the slider just misses
good slider down and in can be so hard to get on plane with you’re better off taking that pitch fouled off again and it remains three and two man on second two down foul ball left side he’ll see another and a base hit on a line runner around third he will score and they take the lead it’s an RBI single it’s two to one well a swing like that can help you come out of the struggle we saw the numbers coming into the ball game but all he’s trying to do at this point is help his team win two outs runner on first brendan Donovan will hit next he’s one for one let off the game with a single well struck left field and it one hops the wall scott around third safe it’s 3-1 everything came together for him anytime you rip a line drive the other way you feel really good about what you did at the plate you trusted your hands you let the ball travel and you took the barrel straight to it that’s great work right there so runner at second two down now here is Mason Win he’s 0 for one and a foul ball runner at second two down here in the top of the second cleveland has some action going in their pen tim Harren the left-handed reliever appears to be getting loose sakone getting cranked up as well man at second swing and a miss [Applause] oh can’t pick it up cleanly still able to fire over that ends the inning and they limit the damage three runs on three hits no errors and a runner left we go to the bottom of inning number two it’s the Cardinals three and a Guardians one back now at Progressive Field now here’s Nolan Jones well after putting up a nice inning on offense got some runs across this is where you look for the starter to go out there have a shutdown inning don’t give that other team any hope uh you just hope that he can get there they’re hot the 01 just missed james Kingsley our played umpire consistent as you mentioned and maybe a little generous on the edges fans don’t really understand the familiarity and relationship players and coaches have with umpires i mean you see them a lot
yeah Boo they’re all out there trying to do their best and perform at a high level so when you respect that I think over time you can develop a relationship with them and a first a flip to the pitcher covering that’s one out in the bottom of the second
the short stop Gabrielle Arias and here is Gabrielle Arias a swing and a miss and that’s strike one little chopper rolls foul cut out and miss curve ball struck him out well take a look at the three pitch sequence here pretty simple in terms of putting them away at the plate once you’re ahead 02 as a pitcher you can really expand the zone and see how aggressive that hitter is going to be trying to protect and battle and right there clearly he was in swing mode but all you can do is hope to foul that off b Naylor at the plate now and that’s in the dirt
one and0 just missed and that misses and a count is three and one hit hard but foul off to the left up the middle win and it’s a one two three inning guardians fail to score and it remains a 3-1 ball game here in Cleveland new inning getting started and stepping in for the Cardinals Alec Burlson well he’s back out here for the third and after the first couple of innings pretty rough i think the skipper is looking for him to give him a little bit of length see if he can save the bullpen some
and he hits a ground ball right side and a foul ball swings and misses chased the fast ball up the ladder for strike three
that’s tough you see it well i mean that was clearly up and out of the strike zone but that’s one of the hardest things
and when you see a pitch out of the hand at eye level that discipline to remember I can’t hit that pitch if I can see it really well at eye level I can’t catch up to that pitch when a pitcher’s got this kind of velocity Jones makes the grab now batting leftielder Lars Nar lars Nbar next up for the Cardinals fly to right his first time just missed
nasty back door slider there’s really nothing you can do with that if you swing at it so that’s a good take by him
right through there for a strike
two outs base is empty outside two balls and a strike and a big swing and a miss that one way inside that’s ball four tried another fast ball but missed the spot one of the things about that two out walk the base runner over at first base is going to have a very aggressive secondary lead so a ball down the line or into the gap will produce a two out RBI and those are the best that is if you are the side of it aronado stands in now and watches strike one
when you’re struggling out there on the mound hitters know that there’ll be plenty of opportunities within the at bat to try to get something to hit hard newbar the runner at first with two gone foul ball it stays nothing and two
you can see he was trying to stay back long enough to handle the off speed pitch but just a little tardy on the fast ball gets a piece and it stays 0 and two let’s go Cleveland
two outs foul ball still 0 and two get out of here and it’s fouled off they’ll do it again gets a piece and stays alive swings and misses struck him out the Cards leave one but they still lead it 3-1 stepping in Anel Martinez there you see his May and June numbers so far martinez and takes low for ball one just missed
right now behind in the count two balls and no strikes no free passes you can’t allow that and that one fouled off and a pitch and it’s through for a hit so now back to the top of the order he was all over that one i really like that swing man he didn’t just push it the other way through the infield he drove it that way and it kind of makes me think he was thinking opposite field as he stepped into the box got a pitch he liked and he got it done
so the Guardians lineup turns over now the left fielder Steven Quan base hit center field ruer stops at second and the first two reach to start the inning now just a nice job coming through in a pretty high lever spot right there you’ll often hear the phrase short to it long through it and that’s a great example of it right there got the barrel in the hitting zone early squared it up with the welltimed swing and came away with a beautiful line drive into center field
lane Thomas will make his way to the plate first offering and it just misses [Applause] and that drops in for a strike first and second here no outsided next offering in for a strike on the outside corner got him looking well I’m not really sure why he let that one go by i mean out of the hand it had a lot of the strike zone sure it had some good armside run at the end to move to the outside part of the plate but with two strikes you got to be ready to swing it there and you can’t leave it in the umpire’s hands so up next Kyle Manzardo one for one with a single so far there’s the strike
the last thing he wants is to hit the ball on the ground but I wouldn’t expect many pitches up in the zone they’ll be pitching for a double play in this spot here comes the one inside ball one
one out runners at first and second that one way outside and it’s two and one
could be some action here on this next pitch couple runners on probably a challenge pitch coming next offering is outside get ready for some action here good RBI guy at the plate runners in scoring position and a hitter count
david Fry in the on deck circle hoping to get a chance to make a big impact here ground ball left side could be two offbalance feed there’s one over to first but it’s offline well they had the chance of turning two right there but I don’t think he got a good grip on the ball as he tried to transfer from glove to throwing hand they say you can’t assume a double play i beg to differ at the big league level but it’s going to be ruled as a fieldielder’s choice
so next will be the fourhole hitter for the Guardians david Fry just missed Lefty out of the stretch runners at first and third yeah that’s fouled off tapped at the plate but it’s a foul ball two on two outs swang in a line drive slicing into right field squeezes it that is the inning guardians strand a couple score holds it’s 3-1 now pitching
welcome back and now on the mound to start the fourth Tim Heron
just trying to keep this one close here and this is where a bullpen can give their players a chance to fight back into the game here’s the second base Nolan Gorman you know this is kind of a tough matchup as a left-handed hitter facing a left-handed pitcher and what you tell yourself is I want to stay square to the plate try to hit the ball over the shortstop’s head that misses the zone ball one cleveland swing and a miss chased it out of the zone one and one rolled softly but that goes foul swings through that one it’s a strikeout definitely made him chase a little bit out of the zone right there i don’t think that’s a strike if he takes it pretty textbook pitching get ahead in the count get the guy in the box on his heels and then force him to chase your pitch where he doesn’t have much of a chance to do any damage here’s the catcher to hit pedro Pah fly to center his first time that one finds the zone it’s 0 and one you think back to 2017 and Cleveland set a major league record 22 consecutive wins they had it was capped off with a 10 ining walk-off win pretty amazing streak in a big part of the history of the yard and that’s in the dirt
boo and I remember early in that season covering them and talking to their staff and players and they didn’t feel like they had really clicked yet now when I went back to do some research looking at metrics like base runs I realized they weren’t scoring runs at the rate in which the data was saying they should be at so the numbers were saying it was just a matter of time until they would take off little did we know that it would convert into a 22game winning streak and it took the baseball world by storm i love when you talk nerd to me scott the next to hit takes outside love how vocal the umpire is today no doubt in the hitter’s mind the catcher’s mind and even the pitcher’s mind as to the conviction in the call and that one is in the dirt two and one two down nobody on top half of inning number four and a swing and a miss there’s that slider going to really need to hang in there with that front side against this left-handed breaking ball swings through it and that’s a strikeout and down in order go the Cardinals as the lead remains 3-1 now pitching
welcome back and they turn to a new arm as we kick off the bottom of the fourth john King
still pretty early in the ball game so this bullpen has some work ahead of him best case scenario might be if he can come in here and get several quick outs kind of bridge the gap that starter left for him now it’s going to be Daniel Schneman he’s 0 for one on the ground right side contrarus gets it to first one out in the bottom of the fourth
now batting right fielder Nolan Jones stepping up for the Guardians nolan Jones there’s the strike action in the St louis bullpen sunny Gray the veteran right-hander appears to be loosening up mod warming up as well one down base is empty that’s off the inside corner and that is ball one ripped to short tosses to first already two gone here in the home fourth
hey man four pitches two outs that is an excellent pace so two down now and here is Gabrielle Arias
three pitch strikeout last time up got to put up more of a fight in this one fouled off left side the 01 and it’s fouled away the Guardians trailing by two we’re here in the bottom of the fourth and that one missing inside a sharp slider that’s a little bit low really good take especially with two strikes just off the outside part of the plate he’s really tightening up his hitting zone with two strikes here i love it ground ball right side and that’s just foul swinging a foul ball at the plate they’ll do it again
well he’s having a tough time getting a pitch by him as a hitter you feel pretty confident that you’re seeing different pitches still able to make some type of contact grounded to Gorman
over to first three up three down inning over nothing doing it for the Guardians there and they still trail it here 3 to one and we’re back we go to the top of the fifth and now the DH Brendan Donovan haron back to work swing and a fly ball well struck left field and out number one on the grab now that short stop Mason win
here’s the shortstop at the plate mason win cleveland first pitch just misses haron in his second season he throws a slerve a slider a force seamer and he works in a sinker hard ground ball base knock and they had their first hit since the second inning
couldn’t have timed it up any better than that smash that one through the infield for the knock when it’s hit that hard it makes it very tough on the infielders to make any sort of play and now they’ve got some speed on first so we’ll see if they try to get him into motion
the batter now Alec Burlson and that’s outside and it’s one and0 squirts away a little bit win into scoring position on the wild pitch and there goes the double play possibility
well that right there erases the chance at the inning ending double play so good job on the bases to move up on the wild pitch changes the outlook of the inning in a pretty big way win over at second one down let’s go Cleveland base hit center field coming home here’s the throw to the plate it’s off the mark and he scores it’s 4-1
two consecutive base hits for this team i could watch base hits like that one all day long and so could every hitting coach in the league just a nice line drive into center field one gone runner at first here comes Wilson Contrus for two in this one and first off is fouled off could use a ground ball here something in the infield runner at first base get two get out of this swing and a miss he was late strike two backed off the plate that time struck him out looking Lars Nbar getting ready to hit [Applause] and right back to the mound sends it to first third out but they pick up one run on the RBI single it’s now 4-1 back now to start the bottom of the fifth and taking over on the mound Phil M and he’s got a big time breaking ball to contend with hitters going to have to pick it up early if they’re going to have any chance now the catcher up to hit bone nailer for one so far
bone nailer swing and that ball smashed on the line and it gets by him now he’ll turn for second and he’s going to get to second with nobody out all over that one right there a well-deserved double on a great swing got everything going on time he stayed balanced and he squared it up about as well as you could possibly ask now that sets up a huge at bat in this ball game anel Martinez digs in for the Guardians a single his first time and there’s a fly ball deep right field it bangs off the wall throws to second he pulls into second a run comes in on the play
oh that started and ended pretty quickly no messing around right there nice line drive to the pole side right there but he didn’t spin off of it that’s the key you still have to extend through the baseball in order to hit a line drive like that now a huge at bat in this game coming up runner in scoring position no outs digging in steven Quan one for two squirts away a little bit but no advance that’s ball one tying run at the plate on the ground dives but it kicks off his glove the throw is late and now they have runners at the corners stringing them together that’s three hits in a row really important at bat coming up now amen [Applause] here’s Lane Thomas now singled and scored back in the first he’s one for two swing and a miss there’s the slider and it’s 0 and one
in the infield at the corners don’t be surprised to see them come home first and prevent that run from scoring
martinez at third quan on at first with nobody out that one is absolutely belted and it hits the base of the wall one runs in now the throw comes in runner holds it third such great concentration everybody on their feet knowing that you can come through with a good swing and there he doesn’t try to do too much manager out of the dugout now and it looks like we’ll see a change on the mound phil Mton won’t go any further and he’s on the hook for the runners at second and third so looking for some help there back in a minute new pitcher for the Cardinals Jojo Romero
and we all know about his slider it’s just filthy man and one of the better ones in the game I’d say spin rate’s very high and it just breaks a ton so the go-ahehead run in scoring position next to hit Kyle Manzardo
i’m curious how he decides to attack on the mound this guy at the plate has been great hitting under pressure this year base runners at second and third here no outs skips in and excellent work to corral that one could have been dangerous [Applause] that’s inside
it’s a big opportunity right here but I love the way he’s slowing the game down he’s shrinking his zone making sure he gets the pitch that he wants to hit next pitch is outside and now three balls and a strike and they’re all loaded up pretty much the last thing you want from your bullpen arms are free passes especially in spots like this make the team earn their way on
substitution now at first base and here’s the pinch runner Jose Ramirez base is loaded nobody out and now David Fry
boo this has been a good one
a really good game to this point and huge opportunity with the bases loaded hitter’s got some good opposite field power what I like about something being hit to the right side into the outfield is that the base runner at second has a very good read and can determine whether or not he can score on that base hit the 10 six straight outside the strike zone pressure’s on right here two count base is loaded you don’t want to fall to a three ball count and then walk in or on he’s got to challenge the hitter right here here’s a two- breaking ball in there for a strike
they need a strike out and you need a ball perhaps on the ground for a double play or get yourself a popup something but you got to make some pitches
on the ground a second might be two there’s one they get the out but the run scores on the Twin Killing
it’s always great when you can add a run but in this situation with the bases loaded double play is kind of a rally killer daniel Schneman the next to hit
now the focus shifts to taking the lead just find a way to get on base and he takes one right out of the black and one
ball game is still tied they can get out of this inning with a tie game and fouled off two outs with a runner at third stays alive fights it off he’ll see another and ball one that’s one you always want as a pitcher down at the knees and it looks to me like he’s barking that’s a strike doesn’t change the call but sometimes it helps to let that frustration out a little bit one and two now knocks that one away and we’ll do it again the next offering misses and it’s two and two eighth pitch of the at coming up got him inning ends and that stops the bleeding three runs on four hits no errors and one left on five innings complete and we are tied 44 we’re back and they make a change to start the six the new pitcher Emanuel Claus
and he’s been really shutting down hitters from the right side of the plate this year not a lot of hard contact not a lot of hits period
now into the game Carlos Santana takes over as the new first baseman
number 41
here’s Nolan Aronado a strike out and a walk up the middle and it’s through for a hit so the go-ahead run is on base with a knock went up there looking to be aggressive and got something he could handle timing on the swing was good able to shoot the ball up the middle didn’t square it up as much as he probably would have liked but that’s a good approach paying off substitution being made at first coming in as the pinch runner Garrett Hampson go ahead run on base now it’s the second baseman Nolan Gorman and that one fouled off ruer at first with no outs here fought off foul with two strikes may see some movement over there at first base trying to stay out of the double play right here that one missing inside movement in the pen for the Guardians hunter Gatis the young right-hander up and throwing smith getting loose as well
nobody out runner at first foul ball still a one and two count and a foul ball he stays alive oh he’s desperately looking for that swing and miss he’s going to have to just change speeds a little bit try to move it around create just a little bit of illusion at the end tied at four outside low two balls two strikes way to lay off that pitch down that one misses three and two now pedro Pah in the on deck circle hoping to get a chance to make a big impact here drilled in the air high and deep right field
and caught on the warning track that’s just a really nice catch on the run right there he saved extra bases for sure if the pitcher’s his friend he’ll give him a second to catch his breath before he’s ready to deal the next pitch so digging in Pedro Pahes let’s go Cleveland if you’re a base runner you got to stay dialed in here look for anything in the dirt try your best to get into scoring position hson the runner at first with one gone of the inning liner caught at second it’s never fun going back to the dugout after hitting a line drive that finds a glove but you will get some high fives you know when you make great contact you feel like you’ve done everything right but in this game of baseball not everything is in your control
so up next Victor Scott line drive and a base hit right there and now first and second with two outs always feels amazing getting a job done when the team needs you to come through it’s just bigger than your own individual stats was on the outside didn’t go the other way with it but still a nice job of using the big part of the field to find a hole no way he hits it that well if he hooks around the baseball there now the go-ahehead runs in scoring position so big opportunity for them to jump ahead late yeah that’s fouled off and that’s pushed foul off to the left and out of play two outs fights that one away and the count remains 0 and two hit hard on the ground to short throw on to Santana and that is that two left off 6782 in the bottom of the sixth and we are tied 4-4 back here in Cleveland where we go bottom six so in now for Cleveland Nolan Jones jones well on paper it’s favorable to have a fairly quick inning here with two of the three hitters he’s set to face batting from the left side same side he throws from and that is out of play chopped on the ground gorman now the throw to first on the run and they get the out big play there to get the lead off man
gabrielle Arias now it’s the shorts stop Gabrielle Arias and a base hit well clearly he was ready to hit right there just a solid swing right there caught it out front and ripped it into the outfield for the base hit those always feel great one down runner at first bone nailer now at the plate down low and kicks away no advance though [Applause] that misses the zone ball two last two pitches have been down in the zone pitcher clearly trying to get that ground ball double play but in this count he’s going to have to give in elevate his pitches and get back into this at bat
and that one a little below the knees ball three anel Martinez in the on deck circle hoping to get a chance to make a big impact here in for a strike now three and one
on this count runner not known for his speed but I think you got to put him in motion try to avoid a double play here boo
ball four he walked in and that keeps things going
well interesting he went with the off speed and walked the hitter man you got to challenge the guy with the fast ball
here comes the manager out of the Cardinals dugout and he’ll make a move to the pad jojo Romero out of the game and it’s a tie ball game as he heads for the dugout back with a new arm after a quick break so they turn things over to the righty Sunny Gray he’s been so good against lefties well all eyes on the double play ball in this spot no better way to get out of this inning and now it’s the switch in second baseman Anel Martinez rbi knock for him last time now a chance to drive in another run and that one fouled off next offering misses one and one runners at first and second with one gone swings and misses going to count one and two
definitely got the hitter conscious of the pitch inside really think the outer half is open right back to the mound could be an easy two that’s the third out and we’re headed to extras and the Redbirds bullpen comes through we’re through six full and we are tied 44 top of inning number seven now the number two hitter Mason win [Music] in there at the knees for a strike that’s a little high and it’s one and one bounce to Santana he takes it on his own and they get the leadoff hitter in the seventh
not a bad outcome in that spot the runner moves up to third and now they have a chance to drive in the go-ahead run it’s not a hit but at the end of the day it’s a good at bat especially when you’re playing extra innings
a move coming at third base on a pinch run jose Fermine Alec Burlson next up for the Cardinals we just might be talking about this at bat in our postgame rap he’s proven he can drive in runs in these spots swing and a tapper that rolls foul [Applause] tied at four foul ball it stays nothing and two
well if he’s going to do something special right here it’s going to have to happen with two strikes breaking ball inside and it’s one and two
definitely a strikeout situation right here lots of ways for that go-ahead run to score if the ball’s put in play fouls it off still one and two with a go ahead run at third here in the top half of inning number seven oh he can’t hang on still manages a throw and they get the out good recovery wasn’t easy following the misplay their first baseman Wilson Contrarus here’s Contrarus now
so we’ve seen them rally and now they’re in a spot to win the series just have to finish the job boot climb the ladder with that fast ball and that is strike one there’s a swing and a drive raging back towards the wall just missed it oh man amazing catch to end the inning as a former outfielder I’m feeling proud right now saw the wall didn’t get afraid held on to the ball so the closer summon from the bullpen Ryan Hley he’s pitching on two days rest steven Quan digs in now
so important to stay within yourself especially for this hitter not known to be a power guy or a home run hitter he needs to set the table by getting on with a walk or a base hit and there’s the strike
in today’s game outs are valuable so guys aren’t just willing to give themselves up to advance a runner they’re trying to drive him in as well in the process so I don’t expect him to shorten up and just try to hit behind the runner here ripped to third and one away in the bottom of the seventh couple of pitches and a quick out batting center fielder Lane Thomas here comes Lane Thomas and there’s no doubt that they’ll feed off the energy from this crowd right
i mean yeah I’d say the intensity level has gone up a few notches for sure [Applause] swinging a foul out of play and that is downstairs and the count is one and one facing a closer that delivers big time velocity well normally against a big arm with this kind of velocity you look for the ball down because the fast ball up is a little hard to catch up to but he’s shown really good plate discipline by not offering at that last pitch down so the tying run at second inside just missed
and that’s awfully close i don’t know how you take that he’s seeing the ball out of the pitcher’s hand really well right now got him looking for the strike out and the Guardians with one out left
well even if you don’t feel great about it you got to swing the bat with two strikes in this situation you’ve got the tying run out there in scoring position just put the ball in play maybe something good will happen it just didn’t look like he understood the situation
so it’s their last chance in this one here’s the veteran first baseman Carlos Santana taking his first at bat here in extra innings after coming in on defense fought off foul well comfortable or not these are the situations closers they seem to live for i mean you get into some hot water a jam tough spot whatever you want to call it but this is where they earn their keep let’s go rolled softly but that foul with the winning run at the plate and the home team trying to pull it out gets a piece and it stays 0 and two [Music] this could end it that one misses now one and two
see if you can go upstairs a little bit make sure you miss up and out of the zone since you’re heading the count one two don’t miss in the zone cuz that’s where you get hurt
man on second two down
got him and that’s the ball game
he’s up to triple digits with that save 100 for his career now and he’s become an artist when it comes to closing out ball games close one here today and your final 54 for Chris Singleton and our entire crew i’m John Shambi saying so long
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