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00:00I don't cousin Randy's as far as I know is doing well.
00:10Two balls, two strikes.
00:12Boyd has struck out seven here today.
00:17House, a former first-round draft pick, has power.
00:20It's a really good defender, strikes out a lot.
00:23He swings a lot.
00:25That one back up the middle, and Boyd having to get out of the way
00:29as PCA retrieves it and fires it into Bush.
00:33And they're at the corners.
00:38Nationals have struck out a bunch today,
00:40but they have made some pretty solid contact.
00:42Back-to-back, hitters deliver.
00:43It was a rocket over the head of Matthew Boyd,
00:46and that may conjure up memories of this from last June.
00:52Against J.P. Crawford, a sinker that was right into Crawford's happy zone.
00:58I asked him about what he remembers.
01:01He said, I just put my glove up.
01:03Remember, he missed the start
01:05because the ball actually struck his shoulder through the glove.
01:10That's right.
01:10That's right.
01:14It's a little tender.
01:17Ouch.
01:26It's Dalen Lyle now.
01:28First and third, nobody out.
01:33And that one ripped into right field.
01:36Shaw over to pick it up.
01:37End of score is Chaparro.
01:39It's three straight hits,
01:40and the Nationals have evened it up at two apiece.
01:46Nothing cheap about these hits, either.
01:49A little frustration now on the face of Matthew Boyd.
01:54Lyle against a tough left-hander,
01:55hangs in there and delivers a line drive.
02:02Shaw gets over there and retrieves it.
02:05Tommy Haneby to the mound.
02:07Tommy, it is eighth year as the Cubs pitching coach.
02:11The score started as the run prevention coordinator
02:14in the playoff year 2015.
02:19And then graduated to pitching coach in 2019.
02:23Goes out.
02:25And the infield converges.
02:33Yeah, weather seems like it's going to be a factor all day long.
02:38TMAC, what do you have?
02:39Our first weather report of the season.
02:42I think we need to give a shout-out to that.
02:44So you asked if it was sprinkling.
02:46It was to begin the game.
02:48It's not anymore.
02:49But you can see the clouds are moving,
02:51and it has become much darker down here.
02:54And the expectation right now is that
02:56there will be a shower that moves in in about 15 minutes
03:00that will only last about 8 to 10 minutes.
03:02And they hope they can play through that
03:04because come around 4 o'clock,
03:06it will start a thunderstorm,
03:08and it won't stop for the rest of the night.
03:10Nope.
03:12That's not very optimistic.
03:13No, it's not.
03:18Wins are gusting up to 32 miles per hour.
03:27J.D., don't shoot the messenger here.
03:29I mean, seriously, the other thing is she's like,
03:31I thought you were going to issue like a small craft advisory line.
03:36You're going to go out in your boat.
03:40Weaver back in, 2-0.
03:42First and third, nobody out.
03:45Boy, D.
03:48I doubt it's 3-0.
03:50What did she say?
03:51It's going to start raining in 15 minutes,
03:53and it'll last for 8 minutes.
03:558 to 10 minutes.
03:56Yeah, the totals will be between a tenth of an inch
03:59and a third of an inch.
04:00Thank you for that.
04:01To be specific.
04:03Oh, my gosh.
04:04We've got to get her a green screen down there.
04:09Boyd checking on Lyle over there.
04:12Of course, Boyd with 11 pickoffs last year.
04:18He's got as good a pickoff move as there is.
04:23And yet more than all those teams.
04:29Swing and a miss.
04:30Weaver comes up empty.
04:31They green light him on 3-0.
04:35Yeah, I mean, dangerous situation for Boyd,
04:40a challenge fastball, and Weaver pulls out the driver.
04:42He's trying to drive the green there.
04:44He just let it fly.
04:473-1.
04:50And Weaver comes up empty again.
05:01Yeah, and if I were Matthew Boyd, he's probably thinking I'll try it one more time.
05:05It was the change-up, albeit a bad one, that Weaver hit for the home run.
05:10Full change-up that drifted in into the danger zone.
05:17Popped up, and that was foul.
05:21And then a play.
05:27This is where, as a pitcher and catcher, you're trying to make that decision.
05:33Can this guy just not catch up to my fastball, or is it time to come off the heater and
05:37throw a breaking pitch or an off-speed pitch?
05:42Boyd, the 3-2.
05:44And he walked him.
05:48So now they're loaded up and nobody out.
05:51I think sometimes what happens, too, is when you've thrown a series of fastballs like that,
05:55and you're going to throw another one, you tell yourself, it's got to be even better.
05:59I've got to find a little something extra, and then you overthrow and misfire.
06:05And with C.J. Abrams at the plate, Ben Brown is going to get up and start throwing.
06:11And Mark Strickmatter putting Pitchcombe into his hat.
06:16That is roped right field and towards the corner, and that wins a fair ball.
06:22And that is going to score all three.
06:25Throw to second, out at second.
06:29Well, I beg your pardon, it scores two.
06:36So, we were stopping at third as they are going to look at the play at second.
06:43Abrams thought he was safe.
06:48Washington is challenging the out-called second base.
07:02Now, they're taking a second look, a second opinion is always a good idea.
07:05Get yours at Northwestern Medicine.
07:20It's hard to tell if he didn't.
07:24It looked like the hand got in there.
07:26Was there a brief moment where he did not have contact with the base?
07:29Yeah, it looked like that lead hand came off, and there was just a nanosecond there
07:35where he might have been in jeopardy in Dansby.
07:38This is always the key now with guys making tags to kind of keep your hand.
07:43Keep it in there, yeah.
07:44Just keep the tag.
07:50All right, so he left hand, he's safe there, it looks like.
07:55But then, is he tagging him before the right hand took over?
07:59That's the question.
08:03Somewhat I've seen, I think I would say safe,
08:06and I don't know that there's enough to overturn the call on the field.
08:11I don't know if it's inclusive.
08:22I can't tell.
08:23No, and that's why.
08:25How many looks are we getting at it?
08:26Well, they're going to have probably different looks in New York,
08:29a little mosaic look that they get.
08:33Yeah.
08:37I will tell you one thing about ABS, just my editorial comment,
08:42I think the one thing it's going to show is how good these guys are as umpires.
08:48Alan Porter.
08:55Alan.
08:56After the view, the call on the field stands, the runner is out.
09:01Washington loses their challenge.
09:06Yeah, you know, I'm not sure where you are in that spot,
09:09but I think it's a good challenge, and you know what I mean?
09:14It's just one of those borderlines.
09:16Yes.
09:17Yeah.
09:17Oh, yeah.
09:21And I understand why the call, the call stands.
09:25Yeah, I would imagine the message that they got from their video guy was 50-50,
09:29and given where we are in the game,
09:31and a chance to have another runner in scoring position they went for.
09:35That's right.
09:35At right,
09:36tap towards third,
09:37grabbin, gobbles, foul ball.
09:42You'll see Jay Abrams hit that ball really hard,
09:46and I think initially,
09:48it might have thought.
09:54Yeah, so, going slow.
09:56Apostle, go down.
10:04Got to keep going out of the box.
10:12946 on the put out.
10:15Asim Nunez, which hit her back right.
10:18On the ground, Swanson will pick it up.
10:21It's the first as the run comes in.
10:25And it is now a 5-2 game.
10:31Putting an inning together here on Matthew Boyd.
10:33The day started so well for Matthew.
10:35And this is a heck of a play by Dansby.
10:37He's got no option but first base.
10:44J.D., I got a random one for you.
10:47This is the first inning that Boyd has had to pitch out of the stretch.
10:51So on a cold day, it's not until the third where he's throwing any type of leverage pitch out of
10:59a stretch.
10:59Is that something that ever would bother you?
11:07Not necessarily.
11:09No is fine.
11:11Yeah, I would say no.
11:12Okay.
11:15I mean, you could slap me around a little bit.
11:17That's not a thing.
11:18That's fine.
11:27Yeah, it's funny.
11:28It's stuff like we look at, I mean, it's objectively true that he hadn't thrown a pitch out of the
11:38stretch until this inning.
11:39But that's a fair ball.
11:44Ruiz, as it kicks off the side wall, Shaw gets it in quickly.
11:49And it'll be a single for K. Barrett Ruiz.
11:52Well, I'll tell you a couple things.
11:54One, you know, you probably have to look at video to try to make that assessment.
11:59Are you seeing anything different in the mechanics out of the stretch?
12:02Is there something there that's, you know, causing him to miss his spot?
12:07Two, sometimes pitchers have a tell when they're in the stretch.
12:11And other teams get a better idea of what might be coming.
12:15And that could be a factor as well.
12:16But I guess is neither one of those apply in this situation.
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12:34Ben Brown will take over.
12:35So, boy, it lasts three and two thirds, gives up five runs,
12:43and responsible for the guy first.
12:48Brown comes in to face Jacob Young.
12:55Big right.
12:56He's been integrating a sinker into his repertoire.
13:02Four seamer, sinker, and curveball.
13:08Last year, the quest was to develop a changeup,
13:11and I don't think he ever really got comfortable with that.
13:17Now, the stuff, we've seen him dominate in multiple seven-inning shutout performances against the Brewers.
13:30And when he's on, he could be really nasty.
13:33At times, there's an element where he throws noncompetitive pitches too frequently, and then he'll miss in the middle.
13:45He's a sinker again.
13:47And for me, the tell for me is when he's able to get on top of his fastball and drive
13:53it to that part of it,
13:54a four seamer to the glove side.
13:57But that was a strike now.
14:023-1.
14:05Fly ball well hit.
14:07Right field, Shaw turning and looking, and it's gone.
14:11Jacob Young the opposite way, and the Nationals have extended their lead at 7-2.
14:30She's right, Young hit his two home runs last year.
14:33Here's that high fastball.
14:34He's able to run out of here, and we've talked about the win all day long
14:37and really blowing hard from left to right.
14:43Hard to know exactly how much help he's getting.
14:52So Ben Brown comes in gives up the homer the Ruiz run will be charged to Boyd this
15:04one is all Nationals here in the fourth therein lies the good news it's only the
15:19fourth swing went too far. It's a strike.
15:34Opening day 2026 the Cubs.
15:39The back playoff season. Bregman charges a few.
15:44And throws out wood.
15:47And that is out number three but they score sick.
15:56Alec Porter are played umpires.
15:58Some folks have headed for cover the rain coming down.
16:03He's uh.
16:07Prognosticated by one Taylor McGregor.
16:19A umbrella.
16:21And they got their boots up.
16:25Gators lost.
16:53Gators lost.
16:56And it's chased after three and two thirds.
16:58A disappointing start.
17:00For Matthew.
17:07Gavali D02.
17:09Gavali D02.
17:10It's the third house waits on it.
17:17And again it was low.
17:19I'd need to look at it again.
17:22But I cannot but wonder if Chaparro might have been able to come up with that.
17:26Yeah.
17:26It looks a little shaky over there doesn't it.
17:29You see.
17:30How starts the charge then he retreats gets the convenient hop.
17:36He's kind of striding out before the throws delivered.
17:41So he puts himself in an awkward position to begin with.
17:48So it'll go E5.
17:53Second era of the day for the Nationals Carson Kelly.
18:18Last year with 17 homers.
18:22He made 98 starts at catcher caught 864 innings.
18:26Both of those career highs.
18:31Really really good in the first half.
18:34Yeah.
18:35Hit for the cycle.
18:42March and April last year.
18:44He absolutely raked.
18:50His cues is making sure those hands are away from his body.
18:58So there are times when his hands get a little too tight and close to his body.
19:05And then he kind of spins off of stuff because he's struggling to clear his hands.
19:16The two on.
19:19And now three and one.
19:26We're only doing a double take as if he's asking his catcher.
19:29You sure we don't want to challenge this one.
19:31But.
19:31He was outside.
19:38And that's in there for a strike.
19:40I think for the most part managers are going to at least encourage their pitchers not to challenge.
19:45If not flat out tell them.
19:47Telling them we don't want you to challenge.
19:49Leave it to the catchers.
20:01Three and two on Kelly.
20:03Man at first.
20:04Nobody out.
20:06And Carson fouls that one away.
20:08It's going to put a little something extra on the catchers isn't it.
20:11The responsibility of having to decide whether to challenge or not.
20:14And have to answer questions as to why they didn't on certain pitches.
20:20I think the catchers like it and want it.
20:23I think that the.
20:24Tender like.
20:26Responsibility of those guys.
20:27Well and the other thing is the pitchers think everything's a strike.
20:29No.
20:30Yeah.
20:30No.
20:31For sure.
20:32The three two.
20:34Good eye right there.
20:36Carson Kelly.
20:37Ball four.
20:40And the Cubs with something ruined two on and nobody out.
20:44Well there's a couple of walks in the third inning.
20:46That led to a two run rally for the Cubs.
20:48And now error.
20:49Walk.
20:50And they set up shot first and second.
20:52Nobody out.
21:00And now.
21:01Moises by Asteros.
21:04Struck out his first time.
21:05Two on.
21:08And he shortens the bunt.
21:09And that one.
21:11Foul down the third base side.
21:15I don't know if that's coming from the manager.
21:18If that's just.
21:19His idea.
21:21I think you are pretty good.
21:22I think so.
21:23But that is not coming.
21:24Yeah.
21:24I think so.
21:33Sometimes young players.
21:35They go home.
21:35I'm going to.
21:36You know.
21:36Team guy.
21:37I'm going to give myself up here.
21:38And the manager's over.
21:39No.
21:39No.
21:39Go ahead.
21:39Little.
21:40Little line driving the gap for me.
21:41Please.
21:52Down five runs.
21:52You really don't want to be giving up any outs.
21:56There is this.
21:59There's a thing in baseball, right?
22:02Sacrificing.
22:04Sacrificing.
22:04For the team.
22:13Swing it Mo.
22:13Mo.
22:15Cornered second.
22:16Kelly at first.
22:18Cubs.
22:18Down big.
22:19Here on opening day.
22:21That one.
22:22A smidge low.
22:24By the way.
22:25Last year.
22:26Matthew Boyd did not have a start.
22:28Where he gave up six earned.
22:29During the regular year.
22:35Frustrating for Cavalli.
22:36He made a real good pitch with the change up.
22:39Couldn't.
22:39Couldn't get Ballesteros to bite.
22:41The 2-2 will not be made.
22:51DJ Poulin.
22:52Is up in the pen.
22:54Can't confirm.
23:04Flared foul.
23:05Ball.
23:10Ballesteros made his debut May 13th last year.
23:14Got 66 plate appearances.
23:21They liked him from the start side as a 17 year old back in 2021.
23:28Didn't go that time.
23:30The story goes.
23:33The Cubs.
23:35International scouting director Louis Elhalla asked.
23:39The scouts to send all the swings for Ballesteros.
23:43And.
23:44Louie said no no you gotta send me the ones where he looks bad.
23:48Swing and missing.
23:50There are none.
23:53Here comes the crowd.
23:55Slow your line J.D.
23:573-2.
23:59The tapper back to the mound.
24:02Cavalli throws out by a sterile so the runners advance.
24:08Cavalli got away with one there.
24:10That was a hanger.
24:11That was a hanger.
24:15But ultimately it.
24:17Serves as a sacrifices.
24:20Both runners move up.
24:27What is this one?
24:29Like another crack at that one.
24:35One down.
24:36And that one in the dirt.
24:38I want to say what's up to a huge Cub fan.
24:41My man Logan Rideau.
24:42Who's.
24:43Watching.
24:45In Arkansas.
24:50And to be Swanson a walk.
24:54In his first plate appearance as an opportunity.
24:57To possibly plate two with a single.
25:06On the ground.
25:07That's to the right side.
25:09He is.
25:10Throws Swanson out.
25:11Runs scores.
25:13And it's 7-3.
25:23Two runners in scoring position.
25:24The Nationals have the infield back.
25:27The ground on to at home.
25:28One.
25:32Probably a trade.
25:33Butera was willing to take in that situation.
25:40Blake Butera.
25:42Out of the dugout.
25:45And he takes the baseball from Kate Cavalli.
25:48He got a pitching.
25:49Usually when a starter pitcher comes out.
25:50He goes down into the clubhouse.
25:52He'll do some work.
25:53And then eventually make his way back out here.
25:55But Matthew Boyd stayed in the dugout.
25:57He's been watching.
25:58And going through video.
25:59On that iPad.
26:00Tommy Hatterby was talking to him for.
26:03Moments.
26:03Of time.
26:04Again.
26:05I have not spoken to him.
26:06But you can almost read that frustration on his face.
26:08Trying to figure out what exactly went wrong.
26:10Yeah.
26:11Matthew Boyd.
26:12Is one of those guys.
26:13That is as kind.
26:15As nice.
26:16As you will come across.
26:18And.
26:19He is super competitive.
26:28Frustrated.
26:29With his performance today.
26:31This one popped up.
26:32Found ground.
26:33Ruiz.
26:34Watch that.
26:35Drift out of play.
26:36It's P.J. Poulin.
26:39Finesse style.
26:40Left hander.
26:4128 games last year.
26:4324 and two thirds.
26:44And a 3.65.
26:46ERA.
26:46So the lefty gets the call.
26:48With the righty Shaw.
26:49Due to hit.
26:50And ERA for the Nationals last year.
26:525.
26:535.
26:549.
26:54The highest in Major League Baseball.
27:03Elliott third.
27:04Cubs.
27:04With a run in.
27:06But trail at 7.
27:073.
27:080.
27:082.
27:09On Matt Shaw.
27:16I understand the frustration for Matthew Boyd.
27:20Going into that fourth inning.
27:21He'd strike out.
27:22But five in a row.
27:23He punched out the side in the 30 at seven strikeouts through three innings.
27:27And then it just all went south on him.
27:29It's the kind of game that you lay in bed at night staring at the ceiling.
27:32What happened?
27:39Ball in two strikes.
27:41Shaw waits.
27:45Pulling deal.
27:47And Matt able to spoil that one.
27:56This is a Nationals team that has missed the playoffs every year.
28:02It's winning it all in 2019.
28:07First year manager Lake Utero in the last two years as a corner director for the Raves.
28:16That's it finished last place at five of the last six seasons over the last the last five
28:24seasons on average they have finished 31 games out of first place.
28:29It's been pretty bleak.
28:34The one to.
28:39Colvin really got him didn't they won the World Series in 2019.
28:43And then COVID hit so they weren't really able to take advantage at least in terms of the
28:48you know the financial piece of it with the season after the World Series.
29:00Yeah that was a good team that won it all.
29:08And now Lake Utero and Paul Daphoni trying to build something.
29:15Outside.
29:23Pitch number eight.
29:25Pitch number eight.
29:25About to be delivered by the lefty from Marion Massachusetts.
29:31P.J.
29:32Poulin.
29:33College ball.
29:34You come.
29:35On the ground is short.
29:37Charging Abrams.
29:38Love.
29:39And out at first.
29:41Good play by C.J.
29:43Cubs pick up a run but still trailing in his seventh moments.
29:48All season long.
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29:57That's right.
29:58Ben Brown going upper body commando.
30:06Dress Chaparro here as Brown fires.
30:16Was it hard both times first time up a fly to center.
30:19Last time a double to get the big rally started.
30:24Dress Chaparro.
30:25I'm falling behind two and nothing.
30:28He was battling.
30:29With Javier Assad for that final.
30:32Bullpen spot.
30:37Like he broke his back in the year softly hit.
30:41And that'll fall in between PCA.
30:43And hat.
30:50If you think today was hard.
30:52Try living one day in this man's life.
30:55Liam's had five heart surgeries.
31:02One of my best days ever.
31:06So man aboard and nobody out.
31:10And Brady House takes a strike.
31:24Ben Brown.
31:29One finds the bar.
31:30One of my best days.
31:37And I'll tell him that nasty one.
31:40The chase breaking ball.
31:47Good try.
31:51House is singled and struck out.
31:55Last year 73 games.
31:58Not as much power as they hoped.
32:01But he is hyper aggressive.
32:04But he is hyper aggressive.
32:04The chase doesn't walk in time.
32:06No.
32:14Not challenged.
32:17We did not challenge.
32:20Good no call.
32:25The 2-2.
32:27And that is right through there.
32:29House might have been looking for something else.
32:31Brown collects the punch out.
32:36I think you're right Boog.
32:37I think he was thinking breaking pitch.
32:39And there's that two seamer.
32:42And he knew it.
32:45Time to take the walk of Shane.
32:55And Lyle fouls one away.
32:58Lyle second round pick.
33:00In 2021.
33:01I was talking about.
33:02Well the advances in technology.
33:04Like they just added.
33:05The tragic machines.
33:09And these pulse devices that they use to monitor pitchers workloads.
33:20It's pretty clear Paul Tavoni and company are going to be forward thinking.
33:24But.
33:25They asked Stanley Lyle about it.
33:27And he said yeah we're not in the dark ages anymore.
33:32Again you know.
33:33The location being that they were in the dark ages.
33:35Is that they're a little behind the curve.
33:36In terms of the.
33:37Yep.
33:37The approach.
33:43That is in there.
33:45See you later.
33:45Brown.
33:47Back to back strikeouts looking.
33:54We look at that spike grip on the curve ball.
34:08Joey we were here.
34:10That one bounced off the plate.
34:13Corner will grip it.
34:15Throws off balance.
34:16Second.
34:18And now they got a shot to get.
34:20Weaver.
34:21Out at second.
34:25And well done.
34:30Dansby Swanson with a deep that gave.
34:33Then just an extra second and led to the tag.
34:39Hey welcome back everybody.
34:41Joey Weimer cut down at second base.
34:42First and the top half of the fifth inning.
34:47Aggressively round first base.
34:48And maybe the sort of.
34:50Flash of the leather there by Dansby.
34:52Kind of locked him down momentarily.
34:54And that proved to be a difference maker in that play at second base.
34:58Once you round the base and kind of stop.
35:02We should just stay home.
35:05Good heads up play by Bregman.
35:07And again to be applied for the tag.
35:15Now Michael Bush.
35:25With a couple of hits today.
35:27He's got two of the three cub hits.
35:29Cubs have been out hit nine three.
35:34And this is going to be one of those things right.
35:36Where you.
35:36You look at where Michael Bush is going to be given an opportunity against the lefties.
35:43Yeah that is the plan.
35:45We've seen him at times have success.
35:48Kind of a.
35:48Shoot the ball the other way approach against left handed pitching.
35:53Yeah I mean I just.
35:56Feels like.
35:57The overall level of production.
35:59He's just.
36:00He's earned that right.
36:02And you know he's.
36:03Really good at first base too.
36:05You know.
36:05In all likelihood right.
36:07If he gets a ton of at bats against left handed pitching.
36:09His rate stats will go down.
36:11Yeah.
36:11It's just tougher for him against lefties.
36:15As long as he's able to hang in there.
36:17He should be fine.
36:19Continue to do damage against righties.
36:22It's interesting how the game has evolved.
36:25Both clubs today.
36:27The guy who led their respective team in home runs last year is batting the leadoff spot.
36:42Yeah it's true.
36:43You know what's funny is that.
36:46I think.
36:48That in both cases.
36:50They're in the leadoff spot more for their on base than for their slug.
36:54I mean some of it is the slug but.
36:57Yeah it's.
36:58The game's changed.
36:59There's no doubt.
37:03You know it used to be right.
37:05Your home run guy.
37:06The top home run guy was probably hitting fourth or fifth in your line.
37:09Yes.
37:17Great counsel whose main concern the batting order is just.
37:21Putting.
37:25There's good dudes.
37:27Up top.
37:28You're giving them as many plate appearances as you can.
37:33Well.
37:41Well.
37:47Like we've got under that.
37:50New Year's.
37:53Makes the grab.
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38:17J.D.
38:18Yeah, you'll get it all right there.
38:21What are you doing over there?
38:24Watching a ball game.
38:25I know, but the papers are flying all over the place and you have your giant Jim Deshaies paperweight.
38:32And it's just sitting off to the side.
38:35It's not really good use of my stuff.
38:47Takes downstairs.
38:49Well, he's seen a ton of change-ups here today.
38:55A bunch of them from Cavalli.
38:57And they were effective.
38:58He struck out both times.
39:05Koolin deals.
39:07Back at the middle.
39:08And that's laced in the center.
39:10And with one out, runners at first and second.
39:16Look, the Cubs down seven to three, but going up against the bullpen, as we documented a season ago, that
39:22was not very strong.
39:28No, plenty of time has to come back in this run.
39:30And now, right-handed D and delivers a solid single.
39:34That's the first and second.
39:35Nobody out in the fourth.
39:36They managed to score one run.
39:43And now, P.C.A.
39:48Check swing.
39:49Did not go.
39:50That's Alex Makeda.
40:00And one homer is a season ago for this kid.
40:05He turned 24 yesterday.
40:08Check swing.
40:10That time he did go.
40:17Did he?
40:21I'd say, yeah.
40:21Yeah, probably.
40:32At the end of the bat, the spinner goes foul.
40:47Last year, with that monster first half, was the starting center fielder in the All-Star game.
40:54Final 50 games, he hit just 185.
40:58It was weird, because his chase went down.
41:08In the air, left side, outspot ground, and fight in the wind, he was able to grab that.
41:22Helps today with runners in scoring position, just two for a level.
41:33Got another pitching change.
41:35Well, they had the right-hander, Brad Lord, up.
41:41Blake Butera to the hill.
41:44And we've got a pitching change brought to you by Lakeside Bank.
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41:52Brad Lord on here.
41:5748 games uses both a starter and a reliever.
42:04Kind of a low three-quarters delivery.
42:06Good action on that sinker.
42:23Two on and two out.
42:25Trailed it by four.
42:27There you go with money in these situations last year.
42:33On the ground, backhanded.
42:36And Abrams able to get his man at second.
42:48They will not look at it.
42:50He finally won it all!
42:52Eight, seven, and ten!
42:56Prevagen, memorable moment.
42:58It doesn't get any more memorable than that.
43:06And Anthony Rizzo, pre-game, feeling the love.
43:12And as the Hall of Famer Billy Williams hands off, the lefty throws out the first pitch.
43:20And Tony, yeah, he's got some experience on that mound.
43:28As he hangs out with Billy Williams.
43:44T.J. Abrams here, one out of two.
43:47And Anthony was in San Francisco last night doing pre-game on the Netflix broadcast.
43:54So, he's going to be doing work with NBC for the Sunday night telecasts this year.
44:00Bye bye!
44:00Bye!
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