00:00So here's thirty four year old Seth Lugo making his Royals debut he has spent most of his career with
00:05the Mets and last year he signed with San Diego for the opportunity to be a starter and he had
00:11career highs and starts wins innings pitched and strikeouts. Here's the pitch. Julian swings and misses strike three. Lugo got
00:20him with his sinker down and away.
00:23Walner is down on three pitches. Look at that curveball. Now you see it. Now you don't underneath the bat
00:29and the barrel. Here's the one to swing and a miss and a strikeout on a slider. That's number three
00:34on the day for Lugo. So two down with a runner at first who goes to to pitch strike three
00:41called at the knees. Lugo records his first strikeout. The Royals turn their second double play.
00:50Strike three over the outside and Nicky shakes his head and says no third strikeout. Great touch on the breaking
00:57ball. Fastball on the outside edge. And that is six scoreless innings for Seth Lugo. Another six inning start for
01:10the Royals pitches and he throws strikes. Three pitches and Riley Green's back to the dugout.
01:16Back to back strikeouts for Seth Lugo. Got Canada to chase a curve. A swing and a miss and a
01:22strikeout by Lugo. That's Lugo. Swung on and missed. Strike three. Seth Lugo ties his career high with his ninth
01:29strikeout of the day.
01:31It's on this homestand. Now make it two out of 17 with nine strikeouts.
01:38Called third strike.
01:41We've seen a lot of that from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. this series. Getting truly frustrated by the Royals pitching.
01:46Two-two. And a swing and a miss. And he gets him on the slurve. And that is strikeout number
01:51three on the night.
01:53The two-two. Adamus waves and misses and a slurve. Strike three. Fourth strikeout for Lugo tonight.
01:59Second. Lugo comes back from three and one and strikes out Goodrum. And that's his second strikeout. Two down.
02:06He loves going to that curveball late. And it's a dandy. That strikeout away from tying his career high. Fastball
02:12got him looking.
02:13So nine strikeouts. And now Seth Lugo has done that four times in his career. Twice this year.
02:20That is a strikeout and a career high ten for Seth Lugo over seven innings.
02:26Lights out Lugo. Looks like he went with an elevated changeup.
02:30Curveball on the outside corner. Called strike three. Seth Lugo. Masterful on this Mother's Day.
02:38A career high 12 strikeouts.
02:41And Langoliers takes a fastball on the outside edge.
02:46And that is nine strikeouts for Lugo.
02:52Fastball. Back to back. Called third strikes.
02:57And Diaz. Hits it into center field.
03:00His bell is there. And Seth Lugo once again.
03:04Goes seven innings.
03:07Look at that pitch.
03:08Wow. That was beautiful there.
03:09He gave up on it. That break on that curveball.
03:12And locked him up.
03:16And Lugo.
03:18That'll get his attention right away.
03:20A sharp comebacker on one hop.
03:21And he throws out Julian for the first out.
03:25And now Lugo will play it to first.
03:29So he's had a couple of comebackers in the inning.
03:33Got him.
03:34And look at the movement on that two-seam fastball at 93.
03:38Lugo has back-to-back strikeouts.
03:39Oh man.
03:40That ball just darted right across the dish.
03:43Jimenez is down on a big strikeout.
03:46I liked how Lugo used the clock there.
03:50Did he get him?
03:51He did.
03:52Go ahead and circle it.
03:54Seth Lugo strikes out Jose Ramirez with the bases loaded.
04:03That's Lugo's third strikeout.
04:06Just kept it down low.
04:08Obviously, Oswald's thinking about something else.
04:12Breaking ball.
04:13Got him looking.
04:14So Biggio has a tough beginning to his Dodgers career.
04:18Yeah, that's a tough one right there.
04:20Even if he identified breaking ball, that thing starts off the plate.
04:24Coming back towards Biggio.
04:26Really tough pitch to swing on.
04:27Borderline strike.
04:30And that's pulled on the ground to Vinny.
04:33Ohtani can run.
04:35One base runner.
04:37And that's going to be a swing, says third base umpire Rob Drake.
04:42And make it eight strikeouts for Seth Lugo.
04:45Pitch he wants to throw the minute and he lets go.
04:47Like right now, he's already thinking.
04:48All right, he knows who's coming up.
04:50He knows how to pitch him.
04:51That's how quickly his mind works.
04:53And like I said, if he's spinning the ball like that,
04:56the Marlins are going to be in trouble.
04:59Lugo strikes him out.
05:02And Seth has four against the first eight hitters.
05:06And he strikes him out with a curveball down.
05:10Eight strikeouts for Seth Lugo.
05:12Sanchez has the hat trick.
05:14And the Royals lead 1-0.
05:17The 0-2.
05:18Swung on and missed.
05:19Strike three.
05:21Tenth strikeout for Seth Lugo.
05:23On to pitch.
05:24Seth Lugo, the Kansas City Royals, having an excellent season.
05:27And he's on to face the eye-popping talent.
05:30The all-star debut of Eli de la Cruz.
05:34He lines the ball the other way.
05:36That hangs up for Ali Green to make a nice playoff.
05:39The 1-2 pitch.
05:40Got him with a high fastball.
05:42Good fastball up.
05:43A lot of breaking balls.
05:45A lot of balls that he spins.
05:46But three innings.
05:482-2 to Sheets.
05:49And he got him swinging on the curve.
05:51Unpredictable for a hitter.
05:52You just have to zone him.
05:53But that curveball has a nice bite to it.
05:55Good spin rate.
05:56It's one of his most effective pitches.
05:58Payoff pitch.
05:59Pham does run.
06:00Robert swings and misses.
06:01Throw it a second.
06:02And Pham's hung up.
06:03Hampson runs him down.
06:04Strike him out.
06:05Straight batters.
06:07Splitter.
06:08There's the new Seth Lugo deliver.
06:10First season as a Royal.
06:11A first-time All-Star.
06:13Delivers a complete game.
06:16And it polishes off a sweep.
06:18You go.
06:20We go.
06:21Lugo.
06:23You know, been looking for that one for a long time.
06:25You know, every day I take the mound.
06:27The goals go nine.
06:28You know, you don't get there often.
06:33He's a flashy player.
06:35I mean, he might be what they need.
06:40Curveball strikes him out.
06:42And that's Lugo's first.
06:4412-6.
06:45There it is.
06:46It's a stadium, but that fan wasn't over-eager about going down and getting that ball.
06:52Big strikeout with a runner at third.
06:55Back in May in Anaheim.
06:57That's a swing on a slur.
07:00At least that's how it's labeled.
07:02And Lugo.
07:04Good changeup down and away.
07:06And now Lugo has retired nine in a row.
07:09Excalibri is slung on and missed.
07:11One ball.
07:13Set Lugo, his 27th start of the season.
07:15That's a new career high.
07:17He's thrown in an American League most, 166 in two-thirds innings.
07:22There you go.
07:23Pulled him with a changeup.
07:24Beautiful spot.
07:26Ooh, yeah, look at the movement.
07:28That fooled Harper.
07:29He saw it coming in, and then it just faded away.
07:32That's the pitch.
07:33And a breaking ball.
07:35A foul tip, strike at it.
07:36Haram's off the handle of his bat, right into the mid.
07:39And just like that, Seth Lugo has a strikeout.
07:43Swung on and missed.
07:44Strike three.
07:44Third strikeout of the night.
07:46That was a good pitch there.
07:47Top of the zone.
07:48Fastball up.
07:49Got Hayward tonight.
07:51That's eight Ks for Lugo.
07:52Strike three.
07:53That's nine Ks for Lugo.
07:57Smack to center.
07:58And Garrett Hampson's right there to end the inning.
08:01Seth Lugo, what a night.
08:03The only one better is his teammate, Stephen Kwan.
08:05There's the chance for two.
08:07Good feed to Bobby Witt Jr.
08:09One.
08:10Second straight game.
08:12And Lugo gets him with a pitch up and in.
08:15Yeah.
08:15Great location.
08:16Up out of the zone.
08:17In.
08:18Leg kick.
08:19One-two again.
08:20Swung on and missed.
08:21Strike three.
08:22Curve ball in the dirt.
08:24Manzardo chased it.
08:25And Seth Lugo completes seven innings of one-run ball.
08:29Seth Lugo.
08:3029 starts for Lugo.
08:32One of those was against the Yankees back in June.
08:36Look at that pitch right there.
08:38Got him to chase.
08:39There you go.
08:40They often say it.
08:41Frame that ball.
08:43Gets him with a curve ball.
08:44Back-to-back strikeouts.
08:45Two down.
08:46Fastball's away.
08:47Located early in the count.
08:48A slider away.
08:49And now a breaking ball.
08:51There it is.
08:52Pitch ability.
08:53Be able to mix and match your pitches.
08:56Come in and get the big strikeout.
08:59Fastball right by him.
09:00And Lugo.
09:01First time to the order.
09:02Strikes out four.
09:04And he ends up hitting with a cutter.
09:07Got him with a cutter that was up and in.
09:10Chisholm flied to center.
09:11First time up.
09:12And he goes down on three straight.
09:14And Lugo just reached back and let it fly.
09:16And that's been the good one.
09:18He's had that curveball down in the zone.
09:19And with Anthony Rizzo just kind of get fastballs on the black away.
09:23He's got to start that swing just a little bit sooner.
09:26So when you see that ball down thinking fastball.
09:28Nope.
09:28It's a breaking ball.
09:29Impossible to hold up.
09:31He called that one though.
09:32And that was borderline.
09:34Aaron Judge is 0 for 3.
09:35And that's his second strikeout.
09:38Chisholm is down on strikes.
09:40And for Seth Lugo that is the tenth time this year he has gone seven or more innings
09:44and given up one run or fewer.
09:47And that leads the major leagues.
09:48I had the most difficult time because he would take this big lay kick that would distract me.
09:52Look at that pitch right there.
09:54Got him to chase.
09:56There you go.
10:00Salvi gives him a high target.
10:02And Lugo strikes out Meadows to reach 200 innings this year.
10:07Down goes Lamont Wade Jr.
10:10And that's Seth Lugo's 170 points.
10:14And Carnacion strikes out on a fastball.
10:17And now Lugo's retired 15 in a row.
10:20Facing Seth Lugo who's expected to go about two or three innings tonight, Hud,
10:23as a tune-up for the wild card round.
10:25That's right.
10:25You know, he wants to get in there and pitch a little bit.
10:27Heck, if he didn't throw today, it would be, you know, almost ten days.
10:31And that's Lugo's second.
10:33Lugo strikes out Urshela and gets the Braves one, two, three in the second with two strikeouts.
10:39They'll take their swings against Seth Lugo, the 34-year-old veteran
10:43who's had the best season of his career.
10:48Santander strikes out on a high fastball at 95.
10:51Seth Lugo, you're going to see a lot of change-ups, cutters, breaking balls.
10:54But he can reach back in that lunch pail of his, and he can give you a little bit of
10:57extra air.
10:59Swing and a miss.
11:00And two more strikeouts for Lugo.
11:04Santander, a high pop-up.
11:06Can they find it in the clouds?
11:09Yes, they can.
11:11Gurriel, a big first-out catch.
11:13It feels great.
11:14You know, so happy for everyone in the clubhouse in there.
11:17You know, we've worked really hard all season, and we've, you know, played together as a team.
11:21Seth Lugo, this year, in a year of great starts, probably had his best start against the Yankees on September
11:2810th.
11:29Hoping Lugo can finish off Judge and the Yankees at the first, but a line drive that's speared by Witt.
11:35Well, and he strikes Wells out to start the second.
11:39He's got all the weapons you would need, but this is the pitch.
11:42But he makes the catch.
11:44Called strike three.
11:46Wells thought it was high.
11:47Second strikeout of the night for Lugo.
11:51Roll to first.
11:52Gurriel has it.
11:53He beats Chitt.
11:55Fly ball center field.
11:58Isbell circles under it.
12:00The Yankees score one, they leave two.
12:03And after four and a half in game three, they lead it 2-0.
12:06Well, because of Kloyono, you still can see everything.
12:06And the Yankees score two, it dids just like that.
12:07I wish it was high.
12:07I don't know.
12:07If I send days again, I'll end up in the next race.
12:07lewyandre has it.
12:07More than I returned down on September 8th.
12:08I'll be back above everything, but the objections will,
12:08To your all by Wrboro and Da seas,
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