00:00Friends, I'm Lauren Gardner, and welcome to this edition of Quick Pitch presented by Blue Emu.
00:06Well, it only seems appropriate.
00:07An instant classic between the A's and the Red Sox that featured yet another game-saving play at the plate
00:13to Oakland.
00:14Here we go.
00:14Well, apparently 11 is the magic number for the Brew Crew.
00:18On Saturday, the Brewers scored 11 runs to extend their winning streak to, you guessed it, 11.
00:23They also won 30 of their last 40 games,
00:26a stretch that dates back to the acquisition of Willie Adamas in late May.
00:30Now to D.C. for the Dodgers and the Nets.
00:33His opener by posting their highest run total since June 9th.
00:36Now is a triumphant return there for Brandon Nimmo,
00:39who went 3-for-6 in his first game back from a hand injury.
00:42The 28-year-old is batting .343 from the leadoff spot this season,
00:46compared to a .232 average by all other Mets leadoff hitters.
00:51Up next, it's the Padres, and the Sandy Alcantara was keeping it 100 on Saturday.
00:55100 miles per hour, that is.
00:57Now the Marlins' variety hit triple digits on the radar gun 20 times against the Braves.
01:02In doing so, he joined Jacob DeGro...
01:04And that brings us to our QP trivia question.
01:07Tony La Russa leads all active managers with 2,777 career wins.
01:13Now with that in mind, we want to know who are the two active managers behind La Russa and career
01:18wins.
01:19Go ahead, think about it.
01:20Before the break, we asked you to name the two active managers who are directly behind Tony La Russa and
01:26career wins.
01:27It's Dusty Baker and Terry Francona who are going head-to-head this weekend in Cleveland.
01:33That dude is on fire.
01:36The emergence of Eric Haas has been one of the most unlikely stories of the 2021 season.
01:41Less than two years after being designated for assignment by Cleveland, the 28-year-old has found a home with
01:47the Tribe's division rivals.
01:49He has four multi-homer games this year, just one shy of tying Kyle Schwarber for the MLB lead.
01:55And Schwarber's former team was in Cincinnati to take on the Rams.
01:58Luis Garcia is leading all rookies in nearly every major offensive category this season, adding to his RBI total with
02:05two more on Saturday.
02:07The Rangers' rookie also hit his 30th extra base hit, which leads the group.
02:13Well, still to come, is anyone having more fun than Salvador Perez was named to the all-star team on
02:19Thursday?
02:19And for good reason.
02:21Ten years into his big league career, the veteran backstop has shown no signs of slowing down.
02:26He's appeared in all 82 games for KC and leads all catchers in most offensive categories.
02:33Now it's time now for the Capital One Premier Play.
02:35Good time to be a Brewers fan.
02:37And even if you don't root from on the field, you can definitely root for these guys off of it.
02:42As Christian Yelich made this Bucs fans day by sending over a signed bat the day after the youngster made
02:49this great catch,
02:50after which there was a slight miscommunication.
02:54Yelich went in for the high five.
02:55Well, our guy, who also happens to be named Christian, had a ball and sharpie in hand saying he really
03:00wanted the autograph from the MVP.
03:02Yelich obviously did him one better.
03:04And with the help of the Pittsburgh TV and equipment crew, Yelich and the Brewers won the day again.
03:10Well, that does it for this edition of QP.
03:13For our great crew here at MLB Network, I'm Lauren Gardner saying happy fourth.
