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00:00We've got a challenge coming here from C.J. Abrams.
00:06A.B.S. powered by T-Mobile.
00:09Calls overturned.
00:10Washington has two remaining.
00:13So Abrams with a good challenge right there.
00:25And Brown gets him to swing right through one.
00:29And now the count is two and two.
00:41On the ground.
00:42Corner.
01:00I dare say our meteorologist might have been off the mark with their forecast earlier.
01:06Whitney Mack?
01:07Wait.
01:07No, I was correct.
01:08Guys are brightening.
01:09What do you mean?
01:09I said there would be a storm that pulled through.
01:13It was eight minutes, which it was.
01:14And then I said another cell wasn't moving until later, which it is not later yet.
01:19But I do have another update.
01:21There was...
01:21I mean, this is constantly evolving, J.D.
01:23We're talking weather here.
01:25I don't know how to change my mind.
01:28There is a cell moving through, but it just missed us to the south.
01:33So that is good news.
01:34And we have a little over an hour until the main cell moves through.
01:40There you go.
01:40Wendy.
01:41Wendy McGregor.
01:43I'm not paid to be a meteorologist.
01:46Don't shoot the messenger.
01:47Okay.
01:54I got a figure for T-Mac.
01:56I mean, early in the day she was going hair down.
01:59Now, it's going to be like a six Bobby Finn day, wouldn't you figure?
02:03Yeah.
02:03For Wendy McGregor.
02:05Have you seen the flags?
02:07I'm familiar.
02:10It's good to all be together again, J.D.
02:13Indeed it is, Boog.
02:20Two and two now.
02:24Nunez, their second baseman, elite level defender.
02:27Check swing.
02:28Did not go.
02:46Brown.
02:47Three two.
02:49And that's ball four.
02:57And it's subtle, right?
02:58But, I mean, it's just something like that.
03:00You're down seven three.
03:03Then facing the number seven hitter.
03:05Guy without a lot of pop.
03:07Yeah.
03:10And a guy who could steal a bag on you.
03:26Hebert Ruiz struck out and he's also single.
03:35There goes a run.
03:37And the throw offline.
03:43Nunez swiped nine of ten last year.
03:46He picks up his first.
03:48Yeah.
03:48In terms of sprint speed.
03:50He's one of the faster guys on the Nationals roster.
03:52He got a nice lead and a good job.
03:54Kelly who throws really well.
03:55Had really no chance.
03:56Had to hurry his throw and it's well offline.
04:02Good job there by Dansby to make sure a ball didn't get through.
04:12Oh, there's that.
04:13Year seven.
04:16Dansby's baby.
04:19Love this.
04:23Still hanging in there.
04:29So I was talking to him about Old Faithful this morning.
04:32Every year he gets about three to four gloves sent to him.
04:35He can pick a glove up and within moments he knows yes or no whether the gloves got a chance.
04:41So this year he was sent four.
04:43Picked one.
04:44Used it all throughout spring training.
04:46He said he still says there is a chance this one eventually makes it into game game action.
04:51But not for a while.
04:51But the joke was that this same glove he's now saying has a chance in spring training game three.
04:58He said the glove missed a ball and everybody in the dugout was joking.
05:02Oh, you're about to throw that glove out.
05:04That one's got no chance.
05:05But it somehow survived and he's saying at some point if if the feel is right he might move on.
05:12But you're seven.
05:13That's pretty.
05:14Yeah.
05:15That's intense.
05:16There are no other I would be willing to bet there are no other middle infielders that have played in
05:23the neighborhood of the amount of games that he's played that are going on year seven.
05:27That it's just not a standard thing.
05:31You have, you know, outliers back in the day.
05:33Troy Tulewinski was one of those guys.
05:35Remember Tony Kent?
05:36He was here.
05:36Yeah.
05:38Yeah.
05:38He's the dance be day likes what he likes.
05:42So Taylor was talking about is he's working on a backup glove.
05:53Throws down Ruiz.
05:54So I did ask him before this guy that he's using right now, the one he's been with for seven
06:00years.
06:00I said, what was the longest before that?
06:02And he said, well, when you're coming up through pro ball, everyone else gets a new glove every year.
06:08So you think that's what I'm supposed to do.
06:10And then he decided, wait a second, why am I getting rid of this glove when I actually like the
06:16way it feels?
06:16So to your point, everybody else gets rid of their glove every year.
06:20And he kind of thought for a while that's what you were supposed to do until he decided to go
06:25against what everybody else was doing.
06:27Well, yeah.
06:27So, I mean, the guy, his double play partner, Nico Horner, he breaks in two new gloves every spring training.
06:34So that is not the glove he won the gold glove with last year.
06:38He goes new and just the way each guy does it.
06:54Man at third, two down.
06:58And that one kicks away and the run is going to come in to score a wild pitch.
07:04Nunez scrambles home and it's 8-3.
07:12Kind of a cheap run to give up.
07:14One out walk to a light hitter.
07:16Steals a bag and advances on a ground ball and comes home on a wild pitch.
07:20Not an easy chance here for Kelly.
07:23Block bounces way out in front of home plate.
07:25Comes up high on him.
07:30Fly ball right field, Shaw.
07:34And Matt able to make the cat next times on six hits in the fourth inning.
07:39For Matthew Boyd.
07:42Forgettable start.
07:43Six earned in three and two thirds.
07:45He did not allow six earned in a single start all of last year during the regular season.
07:59Cubs will try and dig out against Brad Lord.
08:09So 12 outs in your pocket offensively and try to chip away at what was a season ago.
08:17Not a great bullpen.
08:18Cubs will try and dig out and make the net block.
08:35It's outside.
08:47two and two to kill him just four
08:53hits today Bush has two PCA has one
08:59in terms of quality of contact most
09:03of the hard hit balls in this game
09:04have come on the Nationals there's
09:06one pretty well struck that's the
09:09other way to base it for Carson
09:10Kelly his first hit of the day and
09:13of the year have taken four walks
09:19today and now an inside-out swing
09:21line drive single and continue to
09:23put a little pressure on so they've
09:25had the leadoff man reach into the
09:26last four innings
09:35and now Moises Ballesteros
09:43strike
09:50Ballesteros in this one is struck out and tapped back to the pitcher
10:14in the air right field
10:25he's going to do that a little too much hit it almost 1-0-4
10:39the one down here stands to be Swanson Swanson
10:43for one with an RBI and a run scored year four with the Cubs
11:09and it becomes up empty one of the things Craig counsel pointed out to us in our pregame meeting with
11:14him was you know for what it's worth the Nationals pitched really well in spring training
11:22it's hard to make any generalizations about spring training performance
11:28especially team-wise you know the idea of wins and losses and spring training matter
11:33it's just absurd
11:35yes
11:36yes
11:38maybe you can draw some conclusions about individual performance not necessarily results
11:43but if you know you see a spike in velocity
11:45for a certain pitcher Brad Keller last year Brad Keller last year
11:56Ben's outside as the sweeper missed the run scoring environment in certainly in Arizona
12:03probably less so in Florida but it's so different than what you end up when you come back east the
12:08start of the season you're going from
12:11Arizona where it's 95 degrees the ball jumps like crazy and then you come back up here and it's cold
12:17and windy
12:26yeah there are times you know it goes bold ways and probably think about it more
12:32hitter wise but we're guys that they can give up some homers in Arizona that
12:39really tell the story
12:56Swanson put on such a show in a wild card series against the Padres Mike Schilt
13:03Padres manager said
13:04he would have given him the MVP
13:07pitch number eight of this at bat upcoming
13:17the Dansby Swanson nationals lead it 8-3 and
13:21some Dansby hair in the house
13:34five two strike fouls
13:38staying alive staying alive
13:41Jenny what's the difference between a slider sweeper
13:45two miles an hour
13:47two miles an hour
13:48one two
13:50Jack Swain Tapper
13:52Lord
13:56there's two away now
13:57Amanda second and Matt Shaw
14:11Sean this one is flied out and ground it out
14:15one is flied out and
14:16one is flied out and
14:45game
14:47and obviously don't miss him.
14:49Zane's been a pretty darn good
14:52find for Jeff Hoyer and company.
14:54You're talking about one of the
14:5925 best hitters in baseball over
15:03the course of his his time with
15:05the Cubs.
15:09Really solid last year showed
15:12off the power even more.
15:152-1.
15:16On the ground is short.
15:18Abrams collects and throws him out.
15:23We played six on opening day.
15:25The Nationals have the seventh
15:27here at Wrigley and the Nationals
15:29lead at 8-3.
15:31John Chomby, Jim Deshaies, Taylor
15:33McGregor and Big Ben Brown on the
15:36mound.
15:38As James Wood stands in top of the
15:41order for the Nationals.
15:44Pitch in for a strike would all
15:47for three today last year.
15:50But the strikeouts he's got big
15:52time power hits the ball hard.
15:56Here's a key piece that wants Soto
15:59trade back in August of 2022.
16:12What are you looking for?
16:14Not that.
16:18Challenge heater right through the
16:20heart of the zone.
16:23You know his sister I believe played
16:25volleyball.
16:26That's a hat trick for James.
16:33On this Monday of March 30th the
16:36Cubs take on the Angels it'll be
16:37the first night game of the season
16:38and the first eight thousand early
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16:56Fly ball left field.
16:58That's the shortstop.
17:01Makes the catch.
17:06J.D. come on over here.
17:08Join each other in the broadcast
17:10the Budweiser broadcast booth.
17:12This is the hat.
17:15For the aforementioned promo.
17:18Monday night.
17:19Monday night.
17:20First eight thousand.
17:21Yep.
17:24Yeah it is.
17:25Windy it's really missing here.
17:27This is the PCA pin that would be
17:29given away.
17:32Rear swing.
17:36Time to see the song.
17:38What's.
17:38We'll not know that.
17:39That's.
17:40You know.
17:41Come back.
17:42Yeah.
17:43The other.
17:44Sympathetic stretch.
17:45It's brought to you by.
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18:04Hey.
18:05Another.
18:06Baseball season.
18:07Let's go.
18:07It's your heart to come.
18:09A one.
18:10A two.
18:12A three.
18:14Take me up to the ball game.
18:18Take me up to the ball game.
18:27I don't care.
18:30I don't care if I ever get back.
18:32There's room.
18:33Room.
18:34For the.
18:36Cubs.
18:37If they.
18:39I'll win.
18:39It's a shame.
18:41For it's one.
18:43Two.
18:44Three.
18:45Stretch.
18:46You're out.
18:47And the.
18:50Yeah.
18:51Hey.
18:52Hey.
18:52Hey.
18:53Hey.
18:56Michael.
18:59How about to hit time call.
19:01The baseball's got loose.
19:03On the field.
19:08Joey Weaver.
19:10Retrieves.
19:17This one.
19:20Two hits.
19:20and a walk 34 homers a season ago
19:37the JD let you know you look at the advanced numbers you want to go
19:41weighted runs created plus Wobo OPS plus and if you're answering for who's the
19:49Cubs best hitter last year is this guy
19:53roped into the corner we were fishing it out
19:58Michael Bush
20:01with his second double of the day is 30 and he's been on base four times
20:08first two hits were kind of cheapies a little roller and a softie nothing soft
20:12about this one takes an off speed pitch
20:13he just locks it into the right field corner and for the fifth consecutive inning
20:18the Cubs have the leadoff man aboard
20:21starting to run out of time we've got to put an inning together here
20:27now Bregman
20:29whoa
20:31the trunk he didn't look at
20:33Lord might have caught a spike or something the way he delivered that pitch
20:38he's got that arm slot that you alluded to but not a not a high leg kick
20:45just landed awkwardly
20:53I know he doesn't bear a resemblance to him but
20:57if you look at Brad Lord's motion the slot and the you know sort of limited left leg kick it
21:03reminds me of regression
21:05big daddy
21:07watch just from here
21:11yeah
21:12well even the way he comes set
21:14his posture
21:19big spot for Bregman here three and oh on Alex
21:23result for two with a walk
21:26ups down eight three
21:29that's through there for a strike
21:37Alex Bregman signing of the offseason with the Cubs and the type of guy that
21:43is a baseball rat and is really excited about wearing this uniform
21:59and it's second nobody out three and two to break
22:04base hit and that's in the right field they'll hold Bush they're at the corners back-to-back hits for
22:11Alex Bregman his first hit as a Cubs
22:18just good work there by Bregman he was taking all the way on 3 0 also took the 3 1
22:22pitch then on 3 2 he took a tough pitch
22:25and drives his base hit the other way it's time for our
22:30the right field running
22:32the right field as is the ball
22:33and now
22:57put on
22:58up he was hitting right-handed. He's one for three with a couple of strikeouts.
23:15Andre Granillo is up and throwing in their bullpen. J.D. if he had to put a
23:21charge into one things get interesting really quickly the foul out of play. I got a hanging change up right
23:31there and fouled it off again. It's been a lot of off speed a lot of straight changes to the
23:36end here today. Just a little bit out in front.
23:55Yeah. Swings through that one. Got away with a bad change up and then elevated at 95. A little slight
24:08uppercut to the swing tough to get to that high fastball.
24:14Two years ago that was a real problem pitch for Ian but he's been much better last couple of years
24:19laying off that high fastball.
24:22Yeah he had a hole. There's no there's no doubt that was earlier in his career and did a lot
24:29of work. Changed his swing.
24:40And they chant for Pete.
25:04And they chant for Pete.
25:12just have a good at-bat keep the line moving all those cliches we hear time and time again
25:16it's hard in a situation like this down five with a couple guys on base not to think
25:21i got to do something big here here's a two one puts the back down to third everybody's safer run
25:31comes in i'm gonna do something little right here yeah he took that big swing and then
25:40surveyed the field and saw what was available
25:43took advantage well done
25:51third baseman's way off the line he knows with his speed any kind of a halfway decent but
25:58he's going to get the job done and that's far better than halfway decent second hit second run
26:04batted in for pete and now time call i think nico got something to design
26:16a four one out to a board in the seventh
26:22corner is on for three
26:39just happened there
26:43a little wardrobe malfunction of some sort pitch calm oh pitch calm yeah
26:54wind by the way still whipping about 30 miles an hour
26:58i was suggesting that the wind is not getting pitch calm out of his home that was
27:03just random just two random facts that's right two fats
27:12ball two and oh on nico
27:17he's trying to run that two seamer on nico he's going to rip one down that third baseline
27:21he's going to rip one and run for days
27:27lord kicks the
27:28and that missed
27:34and the crowd get nancy everybody's standing
27:42three and oh
27:47yeah that's a striker
28:06green two this is situation where if you might want to be aggressive with the challenge here
28:13yeah that would have been a good time
28:19three balls two strikes
28:29now remember that the challenges can only come from the pitcher the catcher or the hitter and the hitter
28:33cannot get any help so i'm instance in spring training where dan's he was the base runner at second
28:42base they just reacted and he started tapping his head like
28:46challenge this one and the umpires of you can't so they ruled you know you can't no challenge allowed
28:51because the base runner aided the batter
28:57bregman out there at second pca at first three and two to horner
29:04back up the middle collected by
29:07throw to first and a double play
29:11naseem nunez
29:13takes the ground ball turns it into two
29:16and that ends the threat nationals lead eight to four as we go to the top of the eighth last
29:21half inning alex bregman collected his first hit as a member of the chicago cubs and somewhere i'm sure
29:27his son knox was cheering very loudly yesterday alex released an article that he wrote in the
29:33players tribune talking all about how his son knox and the entire bregman family have really been
29:38welcomed into the cubs family specifically by pete crowe armstrong so today i was interviewing alex and
29:44i asked him what was the last thing your son knox told you before you headed to the ballpark today
29:49and
29:49he said dad hit a home run but even if you don't i'll still cheer for you so hopefully he
29:55was cheering on that single
29:56fly ball right field and shy of a holiday they were mentioning knox being a super pca fan
30:07he still got appointed in spring training that's been a couple of nice plays today as he takes
30:16that one away from lyle
30:28chopped off the plate bregman charges trying to bear hand and it kicked past him i don't know
30:34that he was going to get wemer who runs pretty well it'll be a base hit
30:41and he made the determination that this was a do or die got to make it with the bare hand
30:45play
30:45and is not able to grab it rumor who is a plus runner no doubt impacted that decision by alex
31:07hobey milner on here yeah after four seasons with the brewers moved over to the rangers last year
31:14and was a busy man 73 appearances in a 384 er
31:20five ball to center and knox's buddy makes the catch
31:31folks it's time for discipline that delivers brought to you by vanguard how about relievers
31:38pitched at 60 or more games each of the last four seasons well the pubs went outside two of them
31:44a ton and milner
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32:03obi milner
32:05on here with two outs and a man at first the scene nunez has a nice level play he turned
32:12they like
32:14his defensive ability a lot he runs well baltimore told me that he thinks nunez is gold glove capable
32:23at second at short maybe even third
32:28that hit him that did hit him
32:33so nunez will take his base
32:51just grazes that elbow guard
32:58will be not a hard thrower he's got to make sure he does his work inside against the right-handed
33:03hitters
33:04he wants to to set up that change up that turnover pitch
33:07when he's on i'll get a lot of ground balls
33:18nationals lead this one eight to four
33:24his offense has been held to the full runs on eight hits
33:30and then he's got to take his base
33:31and then he's got to take his base
33:43and then he's got to take his base
34:00out we'll go to the bottom of the eight and welcome back matthew boy today with a tough
34:11outing allowing six room runs did punch out seven however i mean there were stretches where he looked
34:17super sharp and boy with seven strikeouts to help advi's striking out cancer initiative and be
34:24people passion possibilities like if it were a round of golf he would have made three birdies and
34:32then an eight snowman or something going along so nicely and no doubt frustrated
34:40here's clayton beater he was picked up by the nationals at the trade deadline from the yankees
34:45last year the hard thrower that went at 96 miles per
34:55jd's the second round pick out of texas tech
35:03never been to lubbock not the wind blows pretty hard in lubbock too yeah i've not experienced that
35:25the slide ball there you spent some time in uh lubbock oh yes i have
35:34right now the wind in lubbock is at 24 miles an hour is what ethan cooperson just told
35:47the wind in lubbock foul it out of play
35:57better keeps it pretty simple fastballs and sliders
36:20it's in the 8th for game here bottom eight
36:26The one to check swing did it go
36:29field a first no swing.
36:32You know that is.
36:33That was Jim Wolfe.
36:34Yeah clap for the Wolfman.
36:37He's one of the better check swing
36:38guys in the game.
36:39That's good as it gets on a check
36:40swing is our guy Jim Wolfe.
36:44There he is.
36:52Hit hard on the hop.
36:53And collected by CJ.
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37:02You may recall in the six innings
37:03Moises Ballesteros got into one.
37:05Hit him very high.
37:07And if not for that swirling win.
37:09Would have been out of the ballpark
37:11in calm conditions.
37:12Looked like it would have ended up
37:12in the basket.
37:13And a significant deflection on that
37:16ball from 68 feet of knockdown.
37:19He needed another club or two.
37:23It's just arrows moving everywhere.
37:36The Cubs going to have to rally.
37:39We're going to fly the W today.
37:43Steros takes upstairs bottom of the 8th.
37:46We're going to have to rally.
38:05For some of the top of the 9th.
38:09We've got to rally.
38:09Yes, we're going to win the game
38:16Yeah, it does.
38:20That's excellent.
38:21That's show type stuff right there.
38:27Yeah, I am here for that.
38:31Moises Ballesteros, the MV belt with the crown all day.
38:40JD, if I got you that belt, but it just said JD.
38:43Yeah, yeah.
38:44For sure.
38:45Yeah.
38:46T-Mac, what about you?
38:47If I got you one that said Wendy McGregor, would you like that?
38:51Yeah, but I don't know if I could pull it off like Moe Baller over there.
38:57I love that.
38:58I love that more and more these guys get a chance to express themselves.
39:05Yeah, that is the fun.
39:16And to be Swanson here today has walked and grounded out twice.
39:23As Cubs trail at 8-4, they've been out, hit 10-8.
39:28It's once it takes a strike.
39:35And to be 24 homers a season ago, continues to play that stellar defense.
39:45And that one kicks away and rolls onto the on-deck circle.
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40:01See how much that ball kicks back in the opposite direction once that breaking ball hits the dirt.
40:09And I know that there are going to be some people at home.
40:12We saw Carson Kelly not able to block something earlier and Ruiz there.
40:16And both times, guys are on a knee.
40:18I would say that in both instances, there were balls that were so short of home plate that even.
40:27Yeah, regardless of your setup, it's not going to be easy to pitch to block.
40:30Yeah.
40:44Seems like most, if not all, catchers are doing this one-knee style of catching out.
40:50And I was reading a story the other day.
40:51Now the question is, which knee do you put down?
41:02Oh, Swanson with a good eye.
41:04And now there's two aboard and one out.
41:10Nationals have a four-run lead in this game, but it certainly has not been a clean game.
41:14With all the walks, wild pitches, a couple errors,
41:18and they've really provided a lot of opportunities for the Cubs to put a big inning together.
41:22They just haven't been able to take full advantage of it.
41:27Yeah, six walks, 12 three-ball counts.
41:30And you see their pitching coach, Simon Matthews, out there.
41:36Their assistant pitching coach is the only coach that they kept.
41:41And it's the guy who was the closer from the 2019 World Series group, Sean Doolittle.
41:48And Doolittle and Matthews have a connection because Sean went out to work at driveline
41:55when Matthews worked there.
41:56So they have prior experience with one another.
42:00And Michael Conforto right here getting an opportunity.
42:05His first as a Cub.
42:12Well, you only get one chance to make a first impression.
42:21And Porto takes high for ball one.
42:25They're coming off a real rough year with the Dodgers.
42:27He hit just a buck, 99, 418 at-bats.
42:35The 1-0.
42:38And that's in for a strike.
42:55Heater at 96, and that one fouled off into the catcher's mid of Ruiz.
43:19Two on, one out.
43:21Conforto, the 1-2.
43:23And he struck him out.
43:30Such a tough job coming off the bench, trying to catch up to this velocity.
43:48And now Michael Busch with an opportunity.
43:52And Busch, he fouls it away.
44:04Seems like the right man for the job.
44:0634 home runs last year.
44:08He's been on base all four times here today.
44:15See the rain coming down as he dries off his bat.
44:25Oh, my.
44:300-1 on Michael Busch by Asteros in second.
44:34Swanson is at first.
44:43Phelps had a brief lead.
44:46In the bottom of the third, 2-1.
44:49But then the Nats scored six times in the ring.
44:53On the ground to the right side.
44:56Munez fires a strike over to first.
45:00And they get out of the jam.
45:05New pitcher here in the ninth, and it is Jacob Webb.
45:13The Jacob, Jacob, matchup.
45:16Jacob, one of the other new pool pen arms acquired by the Cubs this offseason.
45:21Last year, he was a ranger for 55 games.
45:24He put up a soft three ERA.
45:29In the left field.
45:31And the leadoff man is on.
45:36Speed of the board.
45:40Base in.
45:47Sip in error.
45:49I'll just tell you that.
45:50Yeah.
45:57There's James Wood now.
46:05Young has outstanding speed, but he was not an efficient base stealer last year.
46:10He stole 15 bases, but was caught 11 times.
46:13I think that led the majors.
46:21That's in there for a strike.
46:25Saturday, it'll be Miles Miklas and Cade Horton.
46:44It'll be exciting to get a chance to watch Cade pitch.
46:48He was disappointed.
46:49We were disappointed not to get a chance to watch him in the playoffs last year.
46:55He was just so good.
46:57Oh, my God.
46:57Second half of the season, man.
46:59I mean, this whole time here.
47:01He got on such a roll.
47:20Swing and a miss and a good changeup.
47:22And Wood down on strikes for the fourth time.
47:31All right, that music lets you know that we're going to put the probables up there.
47:35There's Miles Miklas, 4-8-4 ERA.
47:42As right-hander will face Cade Horton in the second half of the last year.
47:47He was the Cubs' best pitcher.
47:50He's going to avoid first half Horton in the second half.
47:53The batter is challenging the strike call.
47:55Those pitch changeup.
47:57At or around the knees.
47:59Chaparro thought it was down.
48:02It does indeed catch the bottom of the zone.
48:04Calls confirmed.
48:05Washington has one challenge in order.
48:09You're in the ninth.
48:10You might as well use it, right?
48:12Yeah, no doubt.
48:18Okay, I see.
48:19Excuse me.
48:20I'm Chaparro.
48:25Outside.
48:28If you're an umpire and you get a few right.
48:35I'm a fist pump.
48:36Yeah.
48:36Yeah, yeah, right again.
48:38Call is confirmed.
48:48Just turn around.
48:49Nailed it.
48:50That's it.
49:04Jacob Webb has been around a while.
49:07He debuted with the Braves back in 2019.
49:09He also has big league time with the Angels and the Orioles.
49:15That's it.
49:17Lifetime ERA of 2.99 for 247 appearances.
49:22A little chaper back to the mound.
49:24A second for one, and that is all they get.
49:38So with two down a man at first, 8-4 Nationals, six runs in the fourth, that is the difference
49:50in the game and they chased Matthew Boyd.
49:53Yeah, Brady House here, fly ball right field, going back in Fordo near the wall and it's
50:03gone.
50:05And House will go back to touch first base, but he'll touch them all now.
50:10It's a two-run homer and here in the ninth, the Nats extend their lead 10-4.
50:25Third home run for the Nationals here today, Wiener, Young, and now House delivers the long ball.
50:40And now Dale in line, the changeup.
50:49The Nationals last year, they were 13th in the NL, 20th in the majors in runs per game.
51:04Blake Butera, there's three outs right there, securing his first win as a Major League
51:14manager, 33 years old.
51:27A foul and that will get out of play.
51:44Two balls, two strikes on Daylon Lyle.
51:48And a swing and a miss struck him out.
51:53And that's that.
51:54We'll go to the bottom of the ninth, last licks for the Cubs.
51:59Your anniversary of the 2016 World Series.
52:05C.L. Perez will try to finish it off for the Nationals.
52:13Last season, 19 appearances in an 831 ERA.
52:20Baltimore Orioles, a club he had been with since 2022.
52:35One over Brinkman.
52:37That's three there for a strike.
52:43Alex, with a single to right, his last time up, first hit as a Cubs.
52:58Pretty firm, 97 miles an hour at the knees.
53:06A little middle, one and two.
53:14And a swing and a miss.
53:16Bregman down on strikes.
53:19It's really interesting.
53:20We're talking about that ABS challenge system now.
53:24Really one of the big plays of the game was the Nico Horner at bat when he didn't challenge.
53:28What would have been ball four.
53:30And then he bounces into that inning-ending double play.
53:42It's weird, right, to think of it in those terms.
53:44Right.
53:45I think it's a challenge for the hitters, even though they played all spring training with the ABS, to remind
53:54themselves as they go to an at bat that it's available for them there, especially in a high leverage situation
54:00when you're really bearing down and really concentrating.
54:02I think in the same way that we remind ourselves about the umpires probably do the same as a player
54:10in terms of, you know, a pitch that missed or was a strike by a half an inch, a quarter
54:18of an inch.
54:20And, I mean, you and I joke about it with the umpires, you know, in terms of like a missed
54:25call and saying, what are you doing?
54:30High fly ball left field.
54:32High fly ball, that one is hit well, but under it is wood and he makes the catch.
54:38And, I mean, Ian have absolutely clobbered that.
54:43108 with an exit below, or with a launch at 35.
54:50Yeah, the metrics are telling this is a homerunner high percentage of the time, and the wind just gobbles it
54:57up.
55:0135 degree angle might have been a little too high, but they're both laughing.
55:06Everybody knows.
55:06Everybody knows that that thing is ticketed for Waver.
55:11Comes down to their final out.
55:31Coming up, Cubs postgame live.
55:35Cole Cliff and Elise, they are standing by.
55:39Actually, they're probably sitting.
55:47Lefties 1-1.
55:49He fouls it away.
56:04One and two on Pete Crow Armstrong.
56:09And a swing and a miss, and that's the ball game.
56:14The Nationals take opening day 10-4.
56:18The final of the first big league win as a manager for Lake Butera.
56:25Well, J.D., things are going pretty well for Matthew Boyd besides that changeup that he pulled.
56:31And then in the fourth inning, it just kind of came on down.
56:34Yeah, you know, we talk about it all the time, the big bang theory of baseball.
56:37One big inning usually tells the story.
56:38And today it was the Nationals that were able to put that big inning together.
56:42Matthew Boyd had been cruising along.
56:44He punched out five in a row going into that fourth inning.
56:47He had seven strikeouts through three, and things just unraveled for him in the fourth.
56:52Cubs had a lot of chances to tighten things up.
56:55Just weren't able to put their own big inning together.
56:58So, tough loss for the Cubs today, but it's great to be back at Wrigley Field,
57:04and great to have baseball back.
57:06Good to be back with you, brother.
57:07You know it, man.
57:09For Jim Deshaies, Taylor McGregor, and our entire crew, I'm John Shelby.
57:13Thanks for watching Chicago Cubs baseball here on Marquee Sports Network.
57:17Again, your final.
57:19Nationals win it over the Cubs 10-4.
57:24Off date tomorrow, the Cubs and Nats.
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