MLB Network | Sean Casey UNBELIEVABLE Chicago Cubs blank Milwaukee Brewers 6-0 to force Game 5

MLB Network | Sean Casey UNBELIEVABLE Chicago Cubs blank Milwaukee Brewers 6-0 to force Game 5

Cubs do it again with a crooked number in the first. Welcome to MLB Tonight presented by Strauss, Yandre Alonzo, Sean Casey, Matt Vascersian, uh Cubs Brewers going back to America’s Dairland tied up 22. Case, it’s fitting. It’s fitting. And uh that’s the only way it could go this series. I really believe that the the the rivalry that they have uh going back to Milwaukee for game five, but Ian Hap, we saw right there, really set the tone early to get that crowd into it. And when you get that crowd into it at Wrigley, man, I think that mojo and that energy is was a game changer tonight. Yeah, I’m with you on that. I I mean, again, first inning woes for the Cubs, right? It just feels like every time, man, you get the lead, especially in the postseason, big things happen. Look, everybody knows they wanted to go to a game five, but how does it happen? It happens on the mound. I thought Matthew Boyd did an incredible job today kind of mixing his pitches a little bit. He threw a lot more four seamers the first time he faced the Brewers, and today he was more of the sinker. the change up mix and obviously that curveball, but you know, didn’t throw as many sliders, didn’t throw as many four seamers at the top of the zone. He got the outs when he needed. He got ahead of these guys and man, he took care of all these lefties with those two seamers and those change ups. He was fantastic. Exceedingly difficult. You guys can speak to this better than anybody to do damage against a starter in backto back assignments, right? Brewers got to him in game one. It was Boyd’s day to shine in game. It’s always harder if a guy has four or five pitches, right? If it’s a field guy, if it’s a guy that has some VO and deception like he does, it’s always tougher because you kind of don’t know how he’s going to make the adjustments and he’s going to attack you. Like, yeah, maybe the first game he can have some success off of you. That doesn’t mean he’s going to go to it in the next time he he faces you, which he didn’t. So, it’s a lot easier when a guy is throwing VO and it’s more of a two- pitch guy than it is a guy like Matthew Bowd who’s got five, six good pitches. Yeah, he made adjustments all day long. And I think that’s the biggest thing when you face a team first time, you get banged around the second time. Man, he really came out today was mixing and matching. Never really fell into any patterns and he looked great out there. Yeah, the Cubs first inning magic continues and the guy that delivered the first inning magic in game four, Ian Hap, joins us on MLB tonight. Ian, congratulations. Thanks for the time. H how do you explain this, man? Your lineup in the first inning has been unbelievable in this series. Yeah, we’ve done a really good job of of starting things off. I think Michael Bush responsible for most of that, but um you know that that first inning today, Nico and um Tuck getting on base. Say I had a great at bat and a long at bat um to put me in position. Her man, it’s Case. Way to swing it tonight, dude. It was a be beautiful hack, man. Take us back to that first pitch. I mean, take us back to that first at bat, man. Uh what were you looking for there and and what were you trying to do? Yeah, I mean I have a ton of bats off Freddy. He’s really dominated me throughout my career. Um, so just trying to get something in the zone I could handle. You know, two change ups to start the at bat. Uh, and a 1-1 count and he threw me that heater and I was on it. Ian Yonder Alonzo here, man. It just looked like that swing was kind of like a 3-wood, right? Such a nice golfer. Just felt like you crushed that ball. Look, I wanted to ask you about you, but I I I also need to ask about Palencia, Pomearans, Keller, Dearbar. Look, how awesome has it been watching those guys in the bullpen do that work that they’ve been doing in the postseason? I mean, they’ve been fantastic all year. Those guys have been just exceptional. They pick each other up. They know their spots. They do such a great job. Um, and what they’ve done in the postseason’s just been it’s been awesome to watch. It’s been awesome to play behind. Those guys are really really good. Pepper, man, that first swing when you when you hit the three-run home run, it feel like it felt like it brought Wrigley to a different energy. Can you speak of that tonight? What? That crowd looked like it was rocking. Yeah, they’ve been awesome. You know, you know, they’re all year. They’re here all year. It doesn’t matter if it’s a Tuesday in the middle of June, there’s 40,000 people here and they’ve been electric in the postseason. They’ve been so much fun. They have our backs all the time. Um, and I can’t say enough about just just the energy that that we have in this ballpark. It’s really special. Ian, there are times that Yonder and I have a hard time understanding Case’s Yinszer accent. Would you would you watch the rest of the show? Let us know. Text us if we get some words wrong tonight. Yeah, I can I can translate for you. You know, that’s that’s where I grew up. I’ve known K since I was like 15 years old. So, I got the Yinszer in me. Yeah. Hey, Happers and Ginszer. He knows what we’re talking about. You’re the best. Way to go, man. Uh, good luck in game five. Thanks for the visit tonight. All right. Appreciate it, guys. Thanks, brother. So, you know, so much for this uh this narrative that nobody’s going to hit homers at Wrigley Field the last couple days, right? Because it hadn’t been a problem for the Cubs. And I will say this, and I was one of those guys that was poo pooing the theory that the Brewers might struggle because they don’t slug. They’ve hit some homers in the series, but the Cubs put on a big time power display. It’s when they hit ice, right? It It’s when they put the pressure on you first and second like today was Tucker with that big home run today, which he definitely needed. What is it? He breaks up 24 games drought in the postseason without a homer. I I just feel it’s the moment and that’s what the Cubs have done all year. It’s let’s get ahead early, but when the big moments and the opportunities come, they’re they’re winning those battles where Milwaukee hasn’t really done that. That’s the way they’ve played all year. Cubs have hit the big home runs. They got in the big outs. The Brewers, it’s just it feels like it takes them longer to get those runs across. Yeah. And the one thing about this offense, too. too. I mean, we saw for most of the season in the second half, they struggled a little bit, but this has been a quick strike offense, you know, and especially in that first half, uh, you know, Tucker, the way he had pushed the first half that he had, uh, and and and if Hap gets going, you know, that’s a real real big bonus for this lineup. If Happer starts swing, and I think tonight when you watch his at bats, he could have had two more home runs. Hit two balls at the fence. So, this lineup really came out tonight and and and really got him early with the home run. Eight homers in four games for the Cubs in the series. Three of them in game four, including one by Kyle Tucker, who visited with Taylor McGregor after the game. All right, first inning, you’re on base when Ian Half hits that ball out of the ballpark. What was it like rounding the bases in that moment? I mean, it’s awesome. I mean, we had some good at bats uh before that and then, you know, Happy put a big swing on that. I mean, that that got us going early. Um, sorry, it’s kind of hard to hear in here. Everyone’s so loud. I do have to mention this this crowd. I mean, you’ve been a part of so many postseason games, but what makes this crowd unique? I mean, it’s exciting. I mean, there this fan base is phenomenal. I mean, everyone’s, you know, coming out and supporting us every single day, whether it’s, you know, spring training, regular season, or proseason. I mean, it’s so loud in here and they they love coming to these games and supporting us. And then for you personally, your home run, just given what you’ve been going through the last month, how satisfying was that moment? It was good. Um, you know, barrel of a ball, stayed through, and, you know, drove it out to center. Um, I’m happy where I’m at right now. I’m just trying to make contact and put up good at bats and keep the line moving. What kind of tone did Matthew Boyd set tonight? I mean, he he’s been setting that tone all year long. I mean, he’s been phenomenal for us. Our whole whole pitching staff has been phenomenal. So, I mean, it’s just another one of Matt Boyd starts. Thank you. Home teams are undefeated in this series. It all sets up a final game, a game five at American Family Field in two days. Uh, Cubs whitewashed the Brewers 6 zip. Milwaukee scored 16 runs in the first two games of the series at home. They go on the road. Next two games, that lineup is limited to three runs over 18 innings. So, we don’t have any clarity on pitching matchups yet, but it’s going to be all hands on deck in game five. All hands on deck. I mean, Murphy and Council have everybody be ready to go because we don’t know when we’re going to need you. Uh, but it’s going to be awesome. I I listen, you’ve been a part of this, you know, rivalry, you know, Milwaukee and Chicago. I mean, just the fact that they’re going to a game five that those fans as rowdy as Wrigley was tonight in game four is going to be just as rowdy out there in Milwaukee in game five. Yeah. And not only that, but it’s the probables, right? Who’s going to start for the Cubs? It’s if it’s I Managa, you know, I like my chances with Milwaukee because they’ve kind of beat up a little bit on Imanaga and I Managa hasn’t had really that that postseason that you’re thinking, wow, this is a shut down guy. So, yeah, it’s all hands on deck. I think tonight you look at Milwaukee though, three hits, just not going to get it done. They got a guy in Managa where they can hurt. They faced him a ton. They’ve had success against him. He hasn’t had that postseason. Righties have crushed them all postseason as well. I think if I’m the Brewers, I like my odds against a guy like Imanaga going in. I like it. I also think it’s going to be super short leash on Imanaga, right? Obviously, 23 homers since the All-Star break, most in Major League Baseball. Again, the home team is undefeated in this series. I want to read to you a small snippet of a text I got from a cheeser buddy of mine, Brewers guy, right? Milwaukee guy. Losing to the Dodgers would be acceptable. Losing to the Cubs would necessate security would necessitate security guards on the home bridge. It would be miserable. I mean this I told you it and like the mind of the Milwaukee fan here like enduring all these close and late losses by the Badgers and the Packers and whatever you want to all scars you want to bring up losing to the Cubs would just it would just put the state into an all-time funk. Oh, it would. It would. I mean, and I think too, you know, when you’re a Milwaukee fan, for a lot of those years, too, if you didn’t sell out, you know, Miller Park, whatever, the Cub fans, it felt like almost a home game at time for the Cub fans. This this rivalry is real. I’m thinking about who who do you start if you’re if you’re the Cubs. Jameson Tyion, why not like give him the ball? He’s going to be on his third day off. He’s gonna It’s the throw day for him. Usually they throw a longer bullpen those days. Why not do kind of like what the Phillies did with Nola and Sanchez. Just do that. Well, it’s gonna be all hands on deck. I mean, they really really council could do whatever he wants to do and Murphy, but it’s going to be a short lease on guys and they’re going to, you know, whatever, however they have to navigate, it could turn into a bullpen game. So good. It’s a geographical rivalry. It’s a division rivalry. You’ve got the student and the and the mentor in council and Murf. That’s like everything about this is going to be fantastic in a game five and we know who lies in wait for them as well. It’s the Los Angeles Dodgers and we’ll get into a full 1-hour installment of MLB tonight in a moment. First, Pat Murphy taking the lect turn after the game four loss. New guy you better. Okay. Well, you’re not new then. Anybody else new? All right. Those are our guys from Mexico back there. Nice. All righty. All right, we’ll get started with Murf. First question, we could start with Todd. Second round on the left. Murf, what did you make of uh Freddy’s struggles in the first inning there today? And uh how did you think he was able to get it back on track as the game went along? Yeah, I thought um yeah, was one pitch in the first inning he take back. you know, he he had two outs and uh he he made a pitch too much down the middle and Hap’s been really good for them and um yeah, credit Hap, you know, putting a good swing on it. He didn’t really get to calibrate a fast ball and uh credit him, you know, but I thought Freddy did a nice job after that tough environment and I thought Freddy got through it. I could have left him in. Um but yeah, we got to be mindful. He’s in the 80s. Where’s that going to bring you? Um, again, he’s got a he’s got a start for us game two. So, come to the second row on the right. Thanks, Megan. Murph, it looked like Freddy was trying to establish that change up pretty early on in the first inning and he just was struggling to get it to competitive spots. Do you think that contributed to to some of the sequencing in the swings? Yeah, I mean I think that yeah, the two-1 pitch to happen is the change the game, you know, like the other stuff um you know, and the first inning is always the toughest for a pitcher. um especially in environments like this and big games thing first inning can always be the struggle and uh I thought he navigated and had it had him in a good position but hadn’t shown him the heater yet and um 2-1 you know got too much of the middle of the plate and uh that really doomed his whole outing um but other than that I thought he threw the ball really well and um gave us a chance you know kept him at bay there was some momentum in the second inning and he kept at Bay and I thought did a really nice job. Go to Scott in the middle third row. What did you see different from Boyd on the mountain tonight and did you see anything different in your guys approaches against him in this start? Yeah, I mean he was great. Boyd was fantastic. He made pitches. Um that’s why they How much money they give him? Huh? 39 million something like 39 million. He earned it tonight. He was great. You know, he was on it. He didn’t, you know, he didn’t leave the ball down the middle. um made quality pitches in, you know, uh dropped his breaking ball in for a strike, you know, made pitches when he needed to. He was he was fabulous. And the catcher did a nice job for them, too. Let’s go to Russell, third row on the left. Murf, with two opponents that know each other so well, you’re probably expecting some momentum swings in the series. You guys had it the first two, they’ve had it the next two. Going into a winner take all game five. How do you guys get that momentum back on your side? Yeah, I mean that’s it’s something that you can’t force, you know what I mean? Momentum in baseball happens based on what’s on the field, you know what I mean? And um the Cubs earned it. They they had their backs against the wall and and they played great these last two games. They pitched great. Uh they played great. They played great defense. They hit in the clutch. They hit homers. Um yeah, they they they they’re built to be great. and they played great these two games.

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