Restarting The Franchise Mode In Los Angeles (MLB 2K11)

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00:04:00Really great at turning the double play, and he's learned how to hit a little bit at

00:04:04the big league level.

00:04:05He's not an easy...

00:04:06Lead off hitter, howie Kendrick.

00:04:31He deals.

00:04:33It's 0-1 as he swings and misses at that fastball.

00:04:36250 was the average.

00:04:38That's four out of 16 last year against the Royals in Kansas City.

00:04:46Swing and he's on.

00:04:48And he's on.

00:04:50That's a nice way to jump in.

00:05:18That's a nice way to jumpstart your offense.

00:05:23He's on the pitch out.

00:05:50You're on the pitch.

00:06:18Bobby Abreu has struck out.

00:06:20They find themselves at the Rangers.

00:06:21They find themselves at the Rangers ballpark in Arlington to take on Texas.

00:06:24Action gets started at 8 Eastern.

00:06:30And it's through.

00:06:31Base hit for Napoli.

00:06:36A perfect situational hitting.

00:06:38This is exactly the time you want to go the other way.

00:06:40And what we're talking about is taking the ball where it's pitched.

00:06:43It's outside.

00:06:44Go the other way.

00:06:45And it's Juan Rivera at the plate.

00:06:53Two men on and two men out.

00:06:59He delivers.

00:07:00Swung on.

00:07:01Lined over the first baseman's head.

00:07:03That one falls.

00:07:05Kendrick will try and come around to score.

00:07:07And Kendrick will score.

00:07:14Well right out of the gate.

00:07:15He's got himself a big double with one run driven in.

00:07:18To put the first run on the board.

00:07:20It's a good start for these guys right out of the shoot.

00:07:24And Borges is going to come to the plate.

00:07:26Getting out in front.

00:07:27Anytime of the ball game you want to do that.

00:07:29Now you try and build on it.

00:07:31And Gary you can never underestimate the importance of an early lead.

00:07:34It can allow the pitcher to go right at the hitters.

00:07:36And pitch with confidence.

00:07:40Swing and a liner to left.

00:07:42And that's going to do it.

00:07:44Fran Coors there.

00:07:46Nice way to get things started in this one.

00:07:48The Angels lead it.

00:07:49One to nothing.

00:07:57Let's take a look at Anaheim's starter.

00:08:00Well Steve, what's in store for these Kansas City hitters today?

00:08:03Well it's South Paul on the mound today.

00:08:05And this one is going to have to be on top of his game.

00:08:06And when he's on, he's usually pretty darn good.

00:08:09But this is a quality lineup he's facing.

00:08:11Which means he's going to have to really execute his pitches to get out of James.

00:08:15A smash between short and third.

00:08:18And that's in for Kansas City.

00:08:34Take a moment here to look at the Royals lineup.

00:08:37Thoughts, John?

00:08:38Anybody stand out?

00:08:39But when he gets hot, he can carry a team.

00:08:41And Billy Butler's a guy that can do just that.

00:08:44He can hit the ball to the ballpark.

00:08:45He can drive in runs.

00:08:46What I like about him is his ability to hit the ball to all fields.

00:08:50Take what the pitcher gives you.

00:08:51Don't try to do too much.

00:08:52The old cliches.

00:08:54Billy Butler puts him to use and produces runs for his team.

00:08:57And it's through.

00:08:58That's a base hit.

00:09:01Here's how the Angels stack up on the diamond.

00:09:04And how do you like who's out there, John?

00:09:06Well, the way the game of baseball is played now, you need a lot of versatility.

00:09:09And Alberto Chiaspo is a guy that can provide that.

00:09:12Great defender no matter where he's playing in the end.

00:09:15And he lays one down here.

00:09:17Number 55.

00:09:19And his throw is in time for out number one.

00:09:23Look where he placed that one right there.

00:09:25Take a look at it.

00:09:25Perfectly placed.

00:09:26He is out at first, but the damage was done around the bases.

00:09:30Those runners now in position to score.

00:09:32That's good situational base.

00:09:34Popped into foul territory down the left side.

00:09:40And Abreu tracks.

00:09:41Here comes the runner for the plate.

00:09:44The first runs in easily.

00:09:48So now the WPA graph will show us how much of a difference that run batted in means

00:09:53with their chances of victory.

00:09:55And it's better than batting.

00:09:58WPA conseguiridents and the best are winning.

00:10:09Now, a Burmese-Polls officer recently went off the plate.

00:10:14And that's the way that they will stand.

00:10:23Now they do not want to get too far behind on this ball

00:10:26game so the importance of the production here is to get themselves even and that

00:10:31lead didn't last long as their bats came out swinging here early in this one

00:10:35Gary swinging and connecting you know there's nothing like a little early

00:10:38action to get this crowd involved towards center field that's down the

00:10:42runs coming in good pitch down low Steve but a better at bat well he did a real

00:10:49nice job going down into the swing to get that low ball be able to pick up the

00:10:57hit swing liner back up the middle and another one it's contagious

00:11:03on tap to the Angels this Kansas City series and Sunday and they'll be taking

00:11:09on the Rays led by MVP maybe Devin Longoria and that's going to be a two-game

00:11:14trip then they'll kick off the homestand with the Blue Jays and Escobar settles in

00:11:20and it gets down Betterment looking to score and Betterment scores

00:11:26he scores easily comes in

00:11:37you

00:11:41you

00:12:02you

00:12:03you

00:12:11you

00:12:13you

00:12:16you

00:12:44it's opening day

00:12:45we'll see the Los Angeles Angels taking on the Kansas City Royals

00:12:50live here on 2k sports

00:13:05welcome we are absolutely delighted to have you with us it is opening day major league

00:13:10base now uh the starting lineup Mike Socha's offense looks like this

00:13:14john who do we keep an eye on well Eric Ibar can do a lot of things on a baseball

00:13:18field but

00:13:19excitement is something he brings every single day makes unbelievable great defensive plays good

00:13:24strong throwing arm really great at turning the double play and he's learned how to hit a

00:13:29little bit at the big league level he's not an easy out so look for him to have a big

00:13:33day

00:13:35leadoff hitter howie kendrick

00:13:45here it comes lined up the middle

00:13:49and Escobar able to get to that one get a chance to check out the Royals defense here's what it

00:13:53looks

00:13:54like

00:13:54and he picks john

00:13:55well Jeff Francor has been one of the best right fielders in baseball for a long time

00:13:59he'll go get him and what he does though is he absolutely shuts down a running game an

00:14:04unbelievably strong accurate throwing arm that always hits the cutoff man he's a guy

00:14:09that you want right field with the game on the line

00:14:12what a way Bobby Abreu in

00:14:14when Bobby Abreu got off to such a good start in 2010 but he slowed down toward the end of

00:14:19the

00:14:19year you wonder if it's age catching up to him after having so many fabulous seasons

00:14:25and he pulls into first base with that base hit there's one down here

00:14:30you know you know uh Bray who saw his average dip during the middle of the year and he never

00:14:35recovered from that you know and i think part of that is he got a little bit too swingy he

00:14:38was

00:14:38chasing pitches out of the zone his strength is when he's patient at the plate

00:14:54the Bray is the runner at first

00:15:01Morales taking it it's in there

00:15:04another losing season in kansas city it has been a tough run there of late

00:15:07but at least something to look forward to they were a little bit better in 2010 at home getting

00:15:12closer to being a 500 team there's a swing and a ball hit well deep straight away center field back

00:15:19and he drops back the runners tagging from first

00:15:26baby steps that's what the royals really are having to do here and unfortunately over a long

00:15:30period of time as steve mentioned a little better at home 38 43 last year it has to be the

00:15:36pitching

00:15:36though that turns things around the second worst home era in major league baseball that's not good

00:15:41enough to even compete for a playoff spot swings and misses at the fastball oh and one well that's

00:15:47just one of those the pitcher says here it comes try to hit it fastball hitter he wanted that pitch

00:15:53he

00:15:53just didn't quite come up with the swing the right center that is the third out of helis there together

00:16:02and out on the mound we'll see jared weaver anaheim's got him starting in this one and steve uh as

00:16:09you take

00:16:10a look at this kansas city lineup what do you think we're going to see what makes jared weaver

00:16:14effective is he's learned how to pitch inside a little bit and that's opened up the outer third

00:16:18of the plate hit sharply towards the hole and that's in plenty of time for the out right now

00:16:26we've got a moment to take a look at the lineup for the royals thoughts john anybody stand up well

00:16:30when he gets hot he can carry a team and billy butler's a guy that can do just that he

00:16:35can hit the

00:16:36ball to the ballpark he can drive in runs what i like about him is his ability to hit the

00:16:40ball to

00:16:40all fields take what the pitcher gives you don't try to do too much the old cliches billy butler

00:16:46puts him to use and produces runs for his team now we'll take a quick look at the angels how

00:16:52they'll

00:16:52be taking the field defensively now one of the areas this team really wants to try to make improvement

00:16:56is you take a look ranked last in their division defensively and they're going to have to tighten

00:17:01things up there's a swing and a ground ball and he grabs this one and there's one and two they

00:17:08got both of them that time no strikeouts but you talk about confidence four pitches three batters gone

00:17:18major league baseball in coppins stadium a great combination and glad to share the day with you

00:17:29he deals lined right at the second baseman and avilas makes the play you know sometimes you have

00:17:36to hit them whether or not that was a shot right there but he hit it right to the second

00:17:40baseman for

00:17:40an hour and gorgeous is going to come to the plate and in this lineup for mike sosha a key

00:17:46role played by

00:17:47this guy right swings of that breaking ball but misses it's oh and one

00:18:04oh one pitch a fastball swung out and missed oh and two well that fastball right there he just blew

00:18:11it by

00:18:17fastball got him two down you've got to have better plate discipline than that with two strikes you

00:18:22need to be defensive and try to make contact but when you get a fastball you need to read whether

00:18:27it's a strike or not diaspo at the plate

00:18:36a shot up the middle that looks like a single

00:18:41we'll have some great mlb action coming your way april 1st it's for real we'll see josh hamilton

00:18:48and the texas rangers they'll be hosting the boston red sox action gets started eight eastern looking

00:18:55forward to that one gary that's gonna be some kind of ball game to tune into runner on first two

00:19:01away

00:19:07up the middle whoa get out of the way of that one straight back up the middle

00:19:11that should be a base hit that sets up an opportunity for eric eibar but you know they

00:19:17put corners on home plate for a reason and you're throwing a fastball right down the middle to major

00:19:22league hitters they're not gonna miss it

00:19:28he delivers first pitch fastball misses badly that time want to know

00:19:40here's the one oh ground ball butler it's picked up

00:19:45and he'll step on first to retire the side

00:19:48no runs and a couple of hits and two left on

00:19:51still nobody on

00:19:55and if you are just coming on board gary thorne steve phillips john crook as we bring you major

00:20:00league baseball here on 2k sports that swung on line towards the gap and left center

00:20:06and that'll put gordon on first base that will bring wilson betterment to the plate

00:20:12now take a look at the kansas city royals rankings last year in the american league

00:20:16second batting average second best in hits they also showed up in the top five and triples and

00:20:21that's a real credit to their hitting and base running aggressiveness coming out of the batter's box

00:20:27gorgeous one away

00:20:36peña at the plate

00:20:39one down runner at first

00:20:44swung on line to right field and that's going to be a base hit for peña

00:20:51the opportunity for offense is right now

00:20:55oh he got a pitch to hit right there and i tell you as hot as he's been you know

00:20:58he's not

00:20:59going to miss it four hits in their last game although it was a loss but he is high and

00:21:04milky cabrera

00:21:05stands in gorgeous

00:21:09roams over puts it away gordon going towards third

00:21:13well he keeps the runners right where they are so now he's just an out away from working his way

00:21:18out

00:21:18of danger and keeping this game tied look at our leaderboard brought to you by state farm a look

00:21:23at the teams with the most hits when it mattered most the twins number one white sox in second in

00:21:29third the rangers fourth the oh peña trying to steal right one safe he gets in there

00:21:44that's in the dirt he traps it

00:21:50comes set now the one one that one fouled off by frank for

00:21:57the one two from weaver line towards first and he can't run it down

00:22:04and gordon comes in to score there's the throw and peña will score now this pitch just cuts right

00:22:11over the heart of the plate the hitter handled it perfectly that's one of those where you've uh

00:22:16you've given in by making a bad pitch and really made it much easier for the hitter yeah he's

00:22:20better than that bear down and escobar settles in getting out in front any time of the ball game

00:22:27you want to do that now you try and build on it again we just saw quality

00:22:58right there he got the job done when he got his pitch he knew what to do with it and

00:23:02he delivered

00:23:07smashes that one towards the shortstop and that'll get him aboard there on a roll he throws

00:23:14and frank core will score openings for this lineup offensively don't give it to him now because they are hot

00:23:24a runner on first with two outs here's the first pitch shot towards the hole out into right field that'll

00:23:32be a single

00:23:36gans of city gets a shot at it right now

00:23:39what more do you need to see now you have to question this confidence giving up three straight hits

00:23:45not much going right out there at this point swung on and hit this one to gorgeous

00:23:54that one's grab side retired big second inning nice early run production the royals are in front three to nothing

00:24:05leadoff hitter howie kendrick 0 for 1 thus far

00:24:11and he starts kendrick out

00:24:14swing and lined up the middle and that's a base hit kendrick on it first

00:24:19that's going to bring up bobby abreu let's take a look at the angels and where they ended up last

00:24:24year rank-wise in the american league seventh in home runs seventh in stolen bases and they were in the

00:24:30top 10 and doubles driving the ball out to the wall playing a lot of wall ball last year

00:24:35showing that speed coming out of the batter's box and taking the extra bases

00:24:39there's a swing line drive center field that gets down that'll put him on the tying run up

00:24:46that will bring up a key hitter in a key moment kendry morales

00:24:51well this is a guy right here that was made to hit fastballs and that's what he looks for and

00:24:56that's

00:24:56what he got right there put a good swing on it he knew what to do with it for that

00:25:00double

00:25:00last time up flew up lined hard down the left field line and it's up against the wall

00:25:12oh he cannot scramble back in time a big out at third base

00:25:20well it's now he surrendered three straight hits he's got to bounce back and get this guy he needs

00:25:25an out it's got to be napoli offensively the opportunity to pull it a little bit closer

00:25:31and right now that offense looks as though they've got the ability to do that oh gary he got some

00:25:36good

00:25:37wood on that last hit put it in play now now a swing that one is driven deep right center

00:25:42field

00:25:43there's a chance it's off the wall hard and morales will score

00:25:53now pitcher making a mistake right here leaving it right over the heart of the plate

00:25:56he squares it up drives it good contact at the plate to drive in a run

00:26:00most of those kind of pictures are going to get hit that's an rbi knock

00:26:07here's the pitch to rivera hit in the air to left center that one in the alley this could be

00:26:13two or more

00:26:16and count the run game tied anaheim they're continuing the bats are hot

00:26:26well you see the pitch down in the zone a little bit but he got a good piece of wood

00:26:30on it and drives

00:26:31it what you like about that at bat is the discipline to keep your head in well i'll tell you

00:26:35what he

00:26:35changed locations went down to the zone it's a solid piece of hitting oh one the count right now after

00:26:41fouled off that first one

00:26:45here's the pitch gorgeous ground ball picked up by escobar throw in the dirt and he is in there

00:26:53oh he has thrown it away safe all around oh and a wild throw the season underway for the royals

00:27:04the series with the angels concluding on sunday

00:27:07and then they'll be going up against alex rios from the white sun it'll be tuesday and wednesday

00:27:13and they'll be off to take on the tigers in that bout of maglio ordonia

00:27:21oh one pitch is a change swung on and missed oh and two well that change up down of the

00:27:26way is so

00:27:27top it's really one of those ones all you can do is spoil it and hope to get the next

00:27:31one

00:27:31ball wanted to get him fishing but he misses one and two

00:27:42the pitch swing and a miss slider two down get a chance to take a look at this slider right

00:27:48here

00:27:48gary fantastic piece of pitching to get that out john well that's the part of pitching you love he's

00:27:54looking for a fastball he's expecting a fastball and then just dropped one right off the table what a

00:27:59pitch and the first pitch swing and a shot down the left field line that one a one hopper off

00:28:06the wall

00:28:09here's rivera heading home and rivera comes in and another run is in boy this lineup you just see

00:28:17opportunities here in this offensive lineup knows what to do with them

00:28:32fastball misses away one and oh

00:28:42ready with a 1-0 head up the middle oh my how did he get out of the way of

00:28:47that those are scary

00:28:48and a run comes home this lineup is making the most of every opportunity in this game

00:28:56well that's 10 hits right now in this ball game for him and you know you're gonna have

00:29:00to wonder how much longer the manager's gonna stick with this guy

00:29:06and he starts kendrick out swings at that fastball and misses oh and one

00:29:12250 is average last season against the royals

00:29:23great that is a strike kendrick see how he protects the plate here tough spot for the hitter right

00:29:28here down 0-2 you gotta fall off that tough pitch if you have to

00:29:32and he'll step on first to retire the side

00:30:02they've struck back to take the lead with an enormous offensive inning it's been a great

00:30:09and it's billy butner to lead it off 0 for 1 thus far here's the first pitch

00:30:17that one's in the dirt nice stop

00:30:24here's the 1-0 from weaver swing and a line drive

00:30:28and it's caught that play made by cayesco

00:30:31okay i'll tell you what i think he caught that one in self-defense he couldn't even move he had

00:30:36to just

00:30:36get the glove up and it's alex gordon now he's picked up four hits 11 lifetime ab's off weaver

00:30:45and this at bat already oh and one first pitch was a strike well the breaking ball up in the

00:30:51hitter's

00:30:51eyes he gets the strike call on it the hitter just couldn't pull the trigger

00:30:55oh that's it foul by gordon

00:31:03swung on lined over the first baseman's head and this is a fair ball heading towards the corner

00:31:11gordon going towards third easily to the bag they didn't make a play and the throw

00:31:19and he scores whoa what a move made right there steve he didn't even think about stopping at third

00:31:25and inside the park home run

00:31:42the lead has been diminished kansas city royals offense

00:31:46on attack good approach right now let's see if they can take the lead gary he got the bat on

00:31:52that

00:31:52one and a gray who's there that one's taken care of take a look at what's coming up for the

00:31:58angels

00:31:59this kansas city series ends sunday they'll continue their road trip for the next series

00:32:04the rays at tropicana field and that's going to be a two-game trip after that they head home to

00:32:10match

00:32:10up against the blue jays and weaver misses low that time

00:32:17the 1-0 pitch oh what a drive he smashed it gorgeous

00:32:24and that's going to do it in this half inning so jared weaver out of the inning he's been hit

00:32:30out of the park once today and we'll see the angels

00:32:36it's bobby abreu to lead off he doubled his last time first pitch to abreu

00:32:44here's one hit very well deep

00:32:49one away

00:32:56now batting one away here's kendra morales a terrific talent for this team

00:33:07he waved at that breaker and misses and an 0-1 count

00:33:16spotted by pena

00:33:20slung on and ripped towards second this one beyond him it's going to be extra bases

00:33:26and they can't cut it off it'll roll to the wall

00:33:31and he ends up at second that's a double

00:33:40well this pitch right here catches way too much of the plate and he absolutely demolishes it let's

00:33:45see what they want to do here with one out and a base open it's got to be napoli

00:33:51swung off hit well out there to deep left center field back at the wall right off the wall

00:33:59and morales will score

00:34:03well a great piece of work right there to get that double and put himself in scoring position

00:34:07he got a fastball and took a good riff at it nice short compact swing

00:34:17here's the pitch to rivera first pitch curveball swung on a miss going one well that's exactly where you

00:34:23want to throw that breaking ball you started on the outside part of the plate let it break away that's

00:34:28what he did and he got him reaching line to left but that's going to go foul

00:34:38he deals popped up should be playable behind the plate

00:34:45and the play made by pena out number two

00:34:51and gorgeous is going to come to the plate two outs and a runner on second

00:35:00and here's the first one now it is swung on and hit gordon's going to play it

00:35:08that'll do it as they put that one away

00:35:11well they score once on two hits one man left l.a with a three-run lead

00:35:19for those of you just joining in i'm gary thorn along with john

00:35:23cruck and steve phillips we bring you major league baseball here on 2k sports

00:35:29and milky cabrera stands in

00:35:31so cabrera is set down one away

00:35:37here's a look at the teams who got it done last year at the plate brought to you by state

00:35:41farm

00:35:41number one the rangers the royals second the twins third tigers fourth and it's the red sox number five

00:35:49when you watch this team today one of the top hitting teams in all baseball last year you can't

00:35:54get frustrated as a pitcher pitching against them because they are going to get base hits but you're

00:35:59going to have to bear down and if you're going to beat them you better hope you're getting a lot

00:36:03of

00:36:03double play balls because there's always going to be guys on base and he leaves that one alone

00:36:08jeff francoeur showing patience to even the count well gary the circle change is really his bread and

00:36:13butter pitch and grounder cayespo and he's got it now retiring francoeur

00:36:25and escobar settles in he's hitting 333 lifetime off the angels first pitch here it comes

00:36:34now swaying and a shot towards second he'll throw on the first and that'll do it for this half inning

00:36:41and here's elberto cayespo to lead it off

00:36:55there's a strikeout victim last time through the lineup and that's going to bring his tourists to the plate

00:37:01he'll be the pinch hitter in the chess game that managers play there's no better piece than having

00:37:07a switch hitter that can come off the bench because it neutralized the pitching decisions of the other manager

00:37:17tonga is going to take a shot at it he tripled home a couple in his last at-bat

00:37:27nobody on base one away

00:37:31first pitch on the way

00:37:35first pitch and he misses the fastball strike one

00:37:38it's hard to get the kind of action you want on a two-seam fastball up in the zone but

00:37:43his location

00:37:44away caused it to be effective anyways missed badly with a change there one and one

00:37:55he delivers good spot for the change up that time one and two

00:38:08and he pops it up should have room back there

00:38:14that one's put away now two down

00:38:17eric ibar stands in with two down and an rbi single his last time to the plate

00:38:25now ibar gets sent

00:38:29there's a ground ball paul betterman lays out back up

00:38:33throw in the dirt he is safe at first

00:38:37so howie kendrick will come up well as a pitcher there's absolutely nothing you can do about this

00:38:41you hate these type of hits but he makes a great pitch the ball just hit in an absolute perfect

00:38:47spot

00:38:47where no one can get to it in time to beat him on the throw to first

00:38:52line towards second avilas there throws on the first in time to retire the side

00:39:02it's going to be cane now

00:39:05now the first pitch

00:39:09lined up the middle played by ibar and that's in plenty of time for the out

00:39:21now state firing gives us a look at the hit leaders from last year

00:39:25there you see butler he's fourth on the list

00:39:40well when the manager makes out a lineup and you need a hit in that lineup this is the guy

00:39:45you wanted

00:39:45to play he's one of the league leaders in hits last year and he looks to continue that this year

00:39:50he puts the ball in play he's a great contact guy and a great guy to have in your order

00:39:55if you need

00:39:55that big hit and we've got trevor bell out on the mound they've decided it was time to make a

00:40:01change here

00:40:08and butler's in the box top five hits last year two outs and nobody on first pitch to him

00:40:19for some reason he tried to hit that pitch in the dirt it's a strike

00:40:26bell sets and throws that's hit foul by butler

00:40:46hit in the air

00:40:51hit in the air

00:41:02billy butler swings and misses strike three

00:41:05no runs no hits nobody crossed the plate in this half inning and nobody left on base

00:41:10angels still enjoying the advantage

00:41:16it's bobby abreu to lead off yeah for his team the most rbis a season ago

00:41:24first pitch to abreu takes a swing at that fastball can't connect on one i tell you what he can

00:41:32really

00:41:32swing the bat he is some kind of offensive player and really the guy this offense looks to they want

00:41:37to get around in front of him

00:41:41there's a ground ball avila's there and that'll retire abreu

00:41:51now batting one away here's kendra morales when you hate to say that one player can win or lose a

00:41:57division for you but boy when kendra morales went down with that devastating injury that's when the

00:42:01angels really started to crumble swings hits this one very high in the air a soaring drive tell it goodbye

00:42:12add one more to that lead fly ball out of here for him this is what the angels need gary

00:42:18they want

00:42:18hits to continue to add to this lead

00:42:23one out nobody on

00:42:26and napoli settles in first pitch

00:42:30swings a little early that time on one

00:42:33steve this has been an unbelievable offensive show and contributing to it the long ball well you're

00:42:38right i mean every single time the pitcher made a mistake it's been getting knocked around the ballpark

00:42:44and in there for a base head he's three for four today and that's going to bring up one rivera

00:42:51well a guy that just continues to swing the bat well in this ball game three hits right now so

00:42:56far

00:42:56and it comes with one out in the inning can it start a rally

00:43:01pitch on the way here's a swing and a fly ball to right center

00:43:06in there and this is going to be trouble this one rolls through to the wall

00:43:11and napoli's on his way home and he's in there he scores from first

00:43:19it doesn't matter who's on the mound or what they're throwing these guys can hit it they are just

00:43:24together building confidence and whacking at it and borges is going to come to the plate well

00:43:31they've definitely got a rhythm going right now each player feeding off the other i hear that last

00:43:36hitch just blows the door wide open right there i mean they got a shot at running away with this

00:43:40thing man the other thing they know is they've got time and outs on their side

00:43:46there's contact he drove it well

00:43:51that's the second out of the here's robera heading home and robera comes in

00:43:58well what a good offensive team finding a way to get the runners in take advantage of the

00:44:02opportunities when you have them that's a good offense

00:44:11base is empty with two outs

00:44:18the pitch there is a swing and a liner and there's escobar pulls it in for the third out

00:44:25so they strike for three more runs here and widen that lead even further

00:44:30i hope you're enjoying our open

00:44:35and it's alex gordon now he homered earlier in the ball game

00:44:51and here's the first one

00:44:55that's it foul by gordon

00:45:04and the 0-1 by bell

00:45:06good patience alex gordon letting that one go by it evens the count

00:45:11and in this matchup lifetime 281 of the angels

00:45:18swings and hits this one deep down the line and left

00:45:21and a gray is going to play it he has to back up for it comes away with the out

00:45:30and it's betterment batting blew out last time

00:45:33one out nobody on the first pitch

00:45:39swung on hit in the air to right center

00:45:42and it's caught play by gorgeous

00:45:49pain up at the plate one for two in the ball game

00:45:52ace is empty and two down

00:45:57missed ball one well anytime you have a good fastball you can keep it down in the zone around the

00:46:03knees or lower

00:46:04it's great location and this one swung on and driven hard

00:46:09gorgeous

00:46:12and that one's put away to retire the side

00:46:16yeah

00:46:18nongo is going to take a shot at it he'll start things off here in the summer

00:46:33here's the pitch

00:46:35fouled off

00:46:47head up the middle oh that'll move you on the mound he just barely get out of the way

00:46:53and that'll bring up eric eibar

00:46:55but just what his team needed he continues to swing a great bat

00:46:59three hits from now in this ball game and he's on with no outs

00:47:05no one out and a runner on first

00:47:12now

00:47:13ibar gets set right swung on and missed oh and one

00:47:17he went three for eleven last year off the royals on the

00:47:36road

00:47:39here's the delivery this one's pretty well hit to deep left center

00:47:43this one to gordon as he gets to it for the elk

00:47:54now howie kendrick batting a runner on first grounded out his last time up

00:47:59there he goes for a second

00:48:01the tag and they got him

00:48:12and he starts kendrick out

00:48:16reaches out for that one he's behind on the count on one

00:48:19left two-seam fastball down and away it's awfully tough to center that ball and make solid

00:48:25contact that time he couldn't even make any contact

00:48:28here's a swing and a liner to left center

00:48:30and there's gordon for the third out

00:48:33so no runs on one hit and nobody left on

00:48:37stretch time here in kansas city

00:48:41it's melke cabrera to lead it off oh for two thus far

00:48:47and bell outside that'll be a ball

00:48:49well gary with this big lead here in the seventh inning it's incumbent upon the pitcher to throw

00:48:54strikes get outs right now cabrera hits the ground ball

00:48:59and that's out number one as he takes it to the bag

00:49:03well gary you know he's settling into a groove right here and that's six in a row that he set

00:49:07down

00:49:08just fran core in the box he went two for ten last year against the angels

00:49:22base is empty one out now fran core gets set

00:49:27and it's all one bell gets him looking okay one out here in the seventh inning i mean you have

00:49:32to

00:49:32like the way this is going they're looking good the pitch is throwing strikes the defense making plays

00:49:37they've got a big lead everything feels good

00:49:44here's the delivery lined hard down the left field line into the corner likely extra bases

00:49:52this one finds its way around rolling all the way to the wall

00:49:56and he's in at second with a double one

00:50:01only one out here in the inning so a good opportunity here if they can string a couple hits together

00:50:06to make this a very productive inning there's a swing and a line drive and it gets down that's

00:50:13hit number two making good contact grand floor is going to try and score here and he's in there

00:50:20get to take a look at one here that probably should have ended the first base well he had the

00:50:24burners

00:50:25on coming out of the batter's box around the first base greater

00:50:43he didn't let up and he gets in safely no indecision when he got the first base that's

00:50:48how you get it swag on contact this one to rivera

00:50:55two down escobar towards third

00:51:05avila set the plate no hits in two at bats lifetime against palmer

00:51:10here's the first swung on that is hit and in there the royals will get a run

00:51:17you know most of the time the pitch on the outside part of the plate is a very good pitch

00:51:21but not to

00:51:22this hitter he loves to get those long arms extended and he drove that one

00:51:26so billy butler will try and keep it going that one swung on its line

00:51:36boy what a time now to capitalize if they can

00:51:42well even though he had two hits in the last game his team lost but he keeps swinging a bat

00:51:46like this

00:51:47good things are going to happen first pitch on the way to gordon

00:51:54borges and the sides retired as they head into the dugout though they pick up four hits in the

00:52:00inning and two runs across a display of deter

00:52:11and it's bobby abreu at the plate not a couple of hits four trips to the plate first pitch to

00:52:17abreu

00:52:20swings and misses the good change right there on one

00:52:25well this guy's changeup is so good

00:52:28that a lot of hitters almost forget about his fastball but it's that speed differential that makes

00:52:42it so effective

00:52:47here's the pitch swings lines this one back up the middle

00:52:52throws in time to first what a play the master of changing speed steve as you were talking about

00:52:59makes that change up that much better and what makes him so good is the ability to throw that

00:53:04change up for a strike and have the courage to do it time for kendry morales now to bring a

00:53:10swing

00:53:10and a shot down the left field line and this one gets down it'll head out towards the wall

00:53:22well they just can't figure out a way to get this guy out that's now four hits for him in

00:53:28this game

00:53:29and it's mike napoli at the plate went away

00:53:49he's singled and later scored in his last time up

00:53:59it's gonna be rodriguez now he'll grab a bat and hit here

00:54:09cuts on that off-speed pitch but can't connect on one

00:54:18swing and a line drive and avilas makes the play

00:54:25and one rivera to bat last time up triple homer run

00:54:33runner on second and two outs

00:54:39here's the pitch trying to bunt his way on board misses it's a strike

00:54:49here's the pitch line shot into center field and it gets down that's hit number three on the ball

00:54:56game and five at bats and morales will score oh he's got three quarters of the cycle covered and

00:55:02the hardest one out of the way that tough triple let's see if he can hit a home run to

00:55:06complete it

00:55:07and war just is going to come to the plate so the direction here steve for this lineup

00:55:12just stay in charge right now they are not in front on that one strike one well when in doubt

00:55:18when

00:55:18you're undecided swing hard and that's what he did but he got the slider and he swung through it

00:55:23but a big powerful swing swing and a miss at that fastball no balls two strikes

00:55:40curveball that tied him up in knots swung on and missed side retired so they score once on two hits

00:55:46one man left and welcome to those of you just tuning in 2k sports major league baseball this is

00:55:55gary thorn along with steve phillips and john crook that's him out with a curveball for a strike

00:56:00it's getting late right now they're down a bunch so they need a big inning here they can't

00:56:04he swings down really hit that gorgeous didn't have a problem getting over there in time

00:56:17pain yep at the plate life

00:56:28he's picked up no hits in one at bat off balmer cone will be called on to pitch swung on

00:56:36and hit this one

00:56:38down to borges and pena retired two away

00:56:48and melky cabrera up grounded out his last time up base is empty with two outs and he starts cabrera

00:56:55out

00:56:56ground ball to his tourist and he can't get to it it rolls all the way to the wall

00:57:08so there are two men down here but they do get a man in scoring position you'll take getting on

00:57:14base

00:57:14anytime any inning it just doesn't matter and here with this double maybe it's a chance to get a two

00:57:20out rally started jeff francourt in the box he doubled and scored in his last trip to the plate now

00:57:26francourt gets set line drive he throws to first in time that's three down so they pick

00:57:38and we've got his first batting

00:57:46he'll start us out here in the last inning of regulation first pitch to him

00:57:52strike one mesh got him to swing on one

00:58:01and here's the pitch waves and misses at the curve just like that oh and two

00:58:11good cutter swung on and missed for the first out

00:58:15k-cam's gonna give us a good look at the cutter

00:58:18but just a great sequence of pitches right there and it only took him three

00:58:21boy that's about as fine a job on the mound as you can get

00:58:26first pitch on the way

00:58:29hot shot towards the hole

00:58:35and that'll bring up eric eibar why he just continues to swing a hot bat in this one

00:58:40is that four hits for him now yes it is

00:58:47mesh with a delivery right got him chasing that one low strike one

00:58:59and that's a strike eric eibar now he's going to be behind in the cup

00:59:11strike three looking to butt he didn't make contact and he is gone

00:59:16very little movement on this pitch at 93 miles per hour courtesy of k-cam

00:59:20now howie kendrick batting a runner on first we'll try it again here just one for five in this one

00:59:27and he starts kendrick out smash towards the middle

00:59:32he'll throw on the first and that'll do it for this happening

00:59:36no run

00:59:39i'll see this escobar leading it off at an rbi double this last time well he's dropped the

00:59:44hammer on him with the bat in his hand

00:59:51and they're driving in some runs but he's also dropped the hammer on defense making some nice plays

00:59:56and jordan walden gets ready to throw they've decided it's time to bring a new arm into this one

01:00:02bottom half of the ninth now 1-0 count i think right now offensively you've got to start getting

01:00:07base runners get as many as you can i mean you're down a ton so you don't need big hits

01:00:12you

01:00:12don't need home runs you need base runners escobar again fouling it off

01:00:23there's a swing and a line drive

01:00:27one down

01:00:29you know winning big right now you just want to go out there make plays throw strikes force them

01:00:34to try to put multiple hits together to get back into this game it's going to be cane now

01:00:41ball too far outside one and oh trying to get the ground ball out you throw that two-seam

01:00:46fastball away from the hitter trying to get him to reach and roll over it he laid off of it

01:00:51here

01:00:52a swing and a foul off to the right side

01:00:57there it comes and he looks at a fastball in there and it's one and two now

01:01:05one two pitch coming

01:01:12taps this one foul off to the left well it's so important if you're the pitcher when you have two

01:01:17strikes on a hitter and you're ahead in the count not to just throw something down the middle he can

01:01:21get a good hack at that pitch was up in the strike zone thought he got it by him but

01:01:26give the hitter a

01:01:26lot of credit defensive swing fouls it off

01:01:34and he fouls off another one

01:01:41high for a ball two and two

01:01:49oh that one goes foul well a lot of times you're in that defensive mode that off-speed pitch is

01:01:55not

01:01:55the best pitch to here's a swing a fly ball deep down the line and right it's back towards the

01:02:02wall

01:02:02and he still puts it away now down to their final out right here gary so i mean it looking

01:02:07pretty dire at

01:02:08this point and you know but listen funny

01:02:16things have happened they've got to get base runners though avila set the plate hitting 250

01:02:22lifetime against the angels it's going to be kevin jepson on the mound they've decided it's time to

01:02:28bring a new arm into this one a swing line to left center and that's through a base hit

01:02:37so that brings up billy butler well he's having a heck of a day so far it's his third hit

01:02:42of the

01:02:42game in this one they just can't seem to find an answer for him on the way slider misses badly

01:02:49with

01:02:49it one and oh trying to throw it in on the hitters hands right here trying to get him to

01:02:53flinch and

01:02:54open up he just laid off the pitch didn't get the strike

01:03:01the one one that one swung on hit in the air

01:03:08goals foul

01:03:16swung on grounder this might be it

01:03:23kansas city gets a shot at it right now now this pitch just cuts right over the

01:03:28heart of the plate and hitter handled it perfectly that's one of those where you've uh you've given

01:03:33in by making a bad pitch and that one is a fly ball this could do it rivera to field

01:03:39this one

01:03:40that's going to be a wrap final out of the ball game now so many things fell in the right

01:03:45place

01:03:45for anaheim today and a chance for them now to

01:03:50saw the honor is ready to be handled out

01:03:52and you don't often get the bats going on the road quite like this pretty good offensive attack well

01:04:36it's

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