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00:00:00You tell it an elite athlete to deal with pain.
00:00:06We're here with a hard ground ball and this one will skip by Meadow.
00:00:17The inning continues.
00:00:20I didn't think it was possible to get a ball through the infield today against the Angels.
00:00:24And this one a little in between hot.
00:00:27Catches it off the thumb.
00:00:30Yeah, I believe they'll go down as a hit.
00:00:32Yes.
00:00:33108 off the bat.
00:00:35But we're just so accustomed to seeing the Angels make every play.
00:00:39We're like, well, if they don't make it.
00:00:44I've circled at least four plays on my scorecard already where the Angels defense had an impact on the outcome.
00:00:55This.
00:00:56Yes.
00:00:56That's a swing.
00:00:58They are tinkering.
00:00:59They're experimenting in the minors with a swing challenge.
00:01:03They're not there yet.
00:01:09In the air from Cam Smith.
00:01:11Shallow center.
00:01:12Trout charges in.
00:01:13Peraza going out.
00:01:14And Trout calls him off.
00:01:17Josh Lowe due up.
00:01:19A three-run homer in the second.
00:01:21His first as a halo.
00:01:24He'll leave things off for the Angels when we come back.
00:01:41He'll leave things off for the Angels.
00:01:44He'll leave two.
00:01:48He'll leave.
00:01:49So now we're going to be.
00:01:49He's going to be on the soccer team.
00:01:55And the football team.
00:01:55He'll leave.
00:01:56It's like the finish line.
00:01:5814 lower.
00:02:01It's 16 hours this season,
00:02:03losing our teammates at 347,
00:02:05and lower the children losing
00:02:10on 99% of Providence.
00:02:1216 equals for the start line,
00:02:14294, 100 and 135.
00:02:17It's a little better than our
00:02:19three-fills.
00:02:20High on this ball,
00:02:21bigger.
00:02:22And it came in,
00:02:23it's a drop,
00:02:24and it was down.
00:03:43the game statement here this
00:03:45opening weekend of the baseball
00:03:47season and Josh Lowe at the
00:03:50plate here after homering in the
00:03:53second hey you know that's super
00:04:03emotional Homer for him he lost
00:04:05his mom and I remember going back
00:04:08you know thinking about certain
00:04:10mile markers and wanting to call
00:04:12a parent after a game oh we'll
00:04:16poke this in the right dribble all
00:04:19the way to the corner he's gonna
00:04:20round first head for second ball is
00:04:22fired in but way too late to make
00:04:26a play and it's another lead off
00:04:30runner for the Angels they've had
00:04:33one in all four innings that
00:04:34Burroughs can't just find a lucky
00:04:36break to get through this inning
00:04:37just so he could feel confident
00:04:39every evening there's traffic and
00:04:40for Josh Lowe another extra base
00:04:42hit a homer and a double Astros
00:04:48pitchers have yet to have a clean
00:04:51inning in this series.
00:04:59hoppy now last swing from a little
00:05:12hoppy you can tell he's trying to
00:05:14hit behind the right he's trying to
00:05:15do give a quality team at bat and
00:05:18make sure and make sure at the end
00:05:20of his at bat that Josh Lowe is
00:05:22at third and he strikes out on
00:05:26three pitches instead been a rough
00:05:27night for a happy scored as a
00:05:30wild pitch but ball that got away
00:05:32and then the error that led to the
00:05:34only Houston run you can just tell
00:05:37by that check swing he's trying to
00:05:38do everything he can to redirect it
00:05:42on to the right side and he just
00:05:43couldn't do it.
00:05:50First pitch swinging for Peraza and
00:05:52he fouls it back.
00:05:54Peraza is going to be interesting
00:05:55with the Angels just because he's
00:05:57getting an opportunity he was a
00:05:58highly regarded prospect with the
00:05:59Yankees and you do have Christian
00:06:02Moore who the Angels love he
00:06:05starts the year off in the minor
00:06:06leagues.
00:06:15But you're talking about third
00:06:16base a little bit earlier with the
00:06:18Angels trying to figure out who to
00:06:19play third second base has been a
00:06:22question mark for the Angels for
00:06:23a while to.
00:06:27RBI single last night.
00:06:32Not a guy necessarily.
00:06:35That they are counting on to be a
00:06:36consistent producer at the plate
00:06:38but.
00:06:39Anything you get is a bonus.
00:06:43He could play just about anywhere
00:06:44on the field if the Angels did
00:06:46want to.
00:06:47Move things around.
00:06:50The Yankees actually thought last
00:06:52year he would get the bulk of.
00:06:53His reps at third base to begin
00:06:55the season but.
00:06:57His production at the plate
00:06:57couldn't keep him in the lineup.
00:07:03I chopped third base side of
00:07:05the NFL and I guess it's.
00:07:06Lack of production in that case
00:07:08they couldn't keep him in the
00:07:09point.
00:07:11So you have Peraza in second you
00:07:13do have a veteran in Adam
00:07:16Frazier that can play second base.
00:07:18Left handed hitter.
00:07:24Here we go.
00:07:34For Jamer Candelario to fill some
00:07:37holes as well.
00:07:39Another K.
00:07:41three from Burroughs.
00:07:44Five on the night.
00:07:46New lineup of exciting Apple
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00:07:49baseball's opening week.
00:07:51Jon Hamm returning for your friends
00:07:52and neighbors.
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00:08:03I dove into your friends and
00:08:04neighbors over the off season.
00:08:06That was fun.
00:08:06That's a fun show.
00:08:08That's a really fun show.
00:08:09I'm looking forward to second
00:08:11season.
00:08:12Also started revisiting Ted Lasso.
00:08:15Now right now.
00:08:18A lot of good shows that I
00:08:19enjoyed.
00:08:25I know turns over to Neto.
00:08:30He's out in front of a breaking
00:08:32ball ball and a strike from
00:08:34Burroughs who is approaching 70
00:08:36pitches here.
00:08:37Well the changeup is starting to
00:08:38work again for Burroughs and now
00:08:40he can pair it with his other
00:08:42awesome pitches.
00:08:43That's the curve ball.
00:08:51On the ground short bounding ball
00:08:53to Pena and he handles it
00:08:55cleanly to retire the side.
00:08:58Angels have had traffic in every
00:09:00inning so far tonight.
00:09:27Mitchell announces seo.
00:09:28Pe либо to Pena and nay.
00:09:28I like the time for her
00:09:32I personally like a little
00:09:33goons to the Salil fans to
00:09:33just hit it with a tough
00:09:37They absolutely really
00:09:40be excited for.
00:09:42I'm able to get back
00:09:43Triple H I would like the
00:09:49festival as a your
00:09:50festival in the
00:09:50and then to take what
00:11:26Thanks so much for joining us.
00:11:27Yeah.
00:11:28Thanks for having me guys.
00:11:29How you doing.
00:11:29We're doing great.
00:11:30All right.
00:11:30Take us through when it when it was announced to you that you were to be the opening day starter.
00:11:35It's such an honor.
00:11:36We know that.
00:11:36But how did you take it when when Joe told you it.
00:11:39Yeah.
00:11:39He grabbed me in his office when he showed up to spring.
00:11:43You know you just don't take it lightly.
00:11:45It's a.
00:11:45You know it's an honor.
00:11:47It's it's a lot of trust placed in you and.
00:11:49You know to throw the first pitch of the season.
00:11:52You know it feels good.
00:11:53You know you finished top three in AL Cy Young voting last year behind some greats in the game.
00:11:59Schoolboy crochet.
00:12:01How much do you feel like you now have to live up to that sort of mantle if you will.
00:12:06No I mean I don't really do it like that.
00:12:08You know I just try to you know do the best I can each start and focus each start one
00:12:14at a time.
00:12:15You know you you can you can kind of get the rolled up into you know thinking about the bigger
00:12:21picture of the season.
00:12:22But you know each day you get to focus on each pitch and each inning and each game.
00:12:26So that's that's kind of where the mindset is with that.
00:12:28I remember in May of 2024 you start throwing a little to see fastball and your career just took off.
00:12:36Take us through what what made you start to pair that foreseen fastball your curveball with a little to see.
00:12:42Yeah you know I think I think right when I got to the big leagues.
00:12:48You know I was pretty much a two pitch guy.
00:12:51My for my foreign curveball so I needed something else that I could go to.
00:12:55My slider was was just OK performance wise and my change up wasn't something that I was leaning on too
00:13:01much.
00:13:01So you know talk to the guys in the clubhouse and you know just try to give myself.
00:13:06You know a different look to to some of these hitters.
00:13:10You know because if you get.
00:13:12If you get to.
00:13:14Too much doing the same thing to big league hitters it doesn't usually go too well for you.
00:13:18After the fly out from Christian Walker Yiner Diaz bats here.
00:13:22As you're watching Mike Burrows I mean this is his first start with the Astros and.
00:13:26We saw him added to see fastball in spring training as well.
00:13:29How much is he maybe picked your brain.
00:13:32Yeah I mean we kind of just talk about you know how to attack guys and.
00:13:35And things like that I think when it comes to.
00:13:38You know everybody's individual arsenal it's just that right it's individualized so.
00:13:43You know there's there's things like he he has a you know he for sure has a better change up
00:13:48than I do.
00:13:48So you know kind of the way he can go about it is different than me but you know definitely
00:13:52bounce some ideas off one another.
00:13:54You know kind of the thought process that goes into it.
00:13:58You know how you want to use it how it can stand guys up maybe you can backdoor it.
00:14:03Give the lefty a different look you know there's a lot of different things that you just kind of bounce
00:14:06off one another but.
00:14:07You know.
00:14:08When it comes to pitch sequencing and stuff like that.
00:14:12It's.
00:14:13It's.
00:14:15It's like a pinball right.
00:14:16It's.
00:14:17A couple of.
00:14:18English bounces there right.
00:14:21How about the English off the glove and then off the bag.
00:14:26That's good stuff.
00:14:31I would watch the replay just off the glove of Kikuchi off the off the bigger bag.
00:14:37When you're when you're cheering for your offensive players what's your favorite part about watching your guys hit.
00:14:43Oh man I mean I like.
00:14:45I like the sellies you know after the doubles homers stuff like that it's that's what that's what it's all
00:14:51about having fun and.
00:14:53Yeah that's my favorite.
00:14:54I wish you're still did the.
00:14:57The eye touch you know he saw that one.
00:15:00I don't know what he's doing this year I don't think he busted anything out there maybe it's extra base
00:15:05hits only but.
00:15:06Bryce had a little something after his double there early.
00:15:09So that that's definitely my favorite part.
00:15:11What is the brainstorming process like for.
00:15:13Those things.
00:15:14You know I'm not involved in those.
00:15:16I wish.
00:15:17I wish I could be.
00:15:18Maybe I could.
00:15:19Chime in but.
00:15:21I you know.
00:15:22I didn't.
00:15:22I haven't hit in a really long time.
00:15:24So I wouldn't even know how to go about that but I'm sure I'm sure they got to talk about
00:15:28it.
00:15:29Chatting with Hunter Brown opening day starter for the Astros as Bryce Matthews.
00:15:33Swings through this it gets away from all Hoppy an extra bag for Diaz who gets the second in the
00:15:40process.
00:15:41Yeah.
00:15:42Joe Espada has talked about how you are a fairly emotional expressive pitcher when you're on the mound.
00:15:49And.
00:15:51He says he wants to see a lot of that out of you.
00:15:53How do you challenge that emotion.
00:15:55But also at the same time staying within yourself.
00:15:58You know I think it's just.
00:16:00You can't take it lightly.
00:16:01You know I think.
00:16:02I think it's a it's a privilege and.
00:16:05To get out on this field.
00:16:07And it's something you work for your whole life.
00:16:10You know from when you're.
00:16:11As young as I can remember.
00:16:13You know dreaming of pitching the big leagues and in here I am.
00:16:16So I think.
00:16:17You know I try to run.
00:16:18Run as high octane as possible.
00:16:20I want.
00:16:20I want to set the tone.
00:16:22And I think as a pitcher you get a chance to do that.
00:16:24You know the.
00:16:25The game kind of.
00:16:26Kind of starts with you when you throw the ball.
00:16:28So.
00:16:30Yeah definitely.
00:16:32Definitely use it to your advantage.
00:16:35I.
00:16:35I hope that there's not times where it comes back and bites me.
00:16:38But maybe maybe it does.
00:16:40You know.
00:16:41That's that's baseball though.
00:16:42One of my Matthew strikes out.
00:16:43One of my favorite stories is your story.
00:16:45Just because.
00:16:46You know for for kids out there listening.
00:16:48I mean it's it wasn't a straight shot for you.
00:16:50You weren't really recruited.
00:16:51You were offered a.
00:16:52Backup.
00:16:53Bullpen.
00:16:55Catcher out of college.
00:16:56You chose Wayne State.
00:16:58Take us through that.
00:16:58Why it's so important to just keep grinding.
00:17:01Yeah I think.
00:17:03I think if you just really love something you can chase after it.
00:17:06You know and I think.
00:17:06I think there's so many different avenues and.
00:17:09And ways to go about it.
00:17:11To.
00:17:11To get to where you want to go.
00:17:12Get out.
00:17:14Dale is going to flag this down.
00:17:16Do you believe in yourself and work hard.
00:17:18You know you can make it happen.
00:17:19That's awesome.
00:17:19Appreciate the time.
00:17:21And congrats on the opening day nod.
00:17:23Thank you guys appreciate it.
00:17:24Thanks for having me.
00:17:25Hunter Brown of the Houston Astros.
00:17:27Thank you guys.
00:19:37The Apple Sports app for free on the App Store today.
00:19:41I'll give you another use for it.
00:19:42It's been really good during the NCAA tournament.
00:19:45We got the Sweet 16 here in Houston.
00:19:48Unfortunately, it's sad.
00:19:50Yeah, hometown Cougars lost.
00:19:53The bracket feature on there, A+.
00:19:59Here's Trout.
00:20:01Two for two.
00:20:06And Trout jacks one to left field.
00:20:09Way back there and gone!
00:20:12Mike Trout turns back the clock again.
00:20:17He homers on back-to-back days to begin the baseball season.
00:20:22Magic Mike.
00:20:24There he is.
00:20:25You never want to take for granted watching a future Hall of Famer.
00:20:30He looks fantastic.
00:20:31The bat speed is there.
00:20:36Oh, man.
00:20:38And you get goosebumps thinking about how good that player is and how good he still is.
00:20:44He said it yesterday.
00:20:46It's good to be back.
00:20:54Until this year, Mike Trout had never homered on back-to-back days to begin a season in his baseball
00:21:01career.
00:21:05Oh, and this was a place in Houston where he's never really hit well here.
00:21:17Here, home run number 406.
00:21:20You're crazy.
00:21:23I mean, the widths above replacement for baseball reference.
00:21:26He's, he's already in the top five for center fielders.
00:21:30No!
00:21:35Sean Well here.
00:21:41And he draws a five-pitch walk.
00:21:46Now this is where Mike Trout, this is his nitro zone.
00:21:49Anything in, oh, it's like a rattlesnake.
00:21:53And he knew it right off the bat.
00:21:57Just spun around another fastball.
00:22:00One he hit yesterday, he went out of the stadium.
00:22:02This one stays in it.
00:22:17Now, for Burroughs, his Astros debut has been less than memorable.
00:22:29That swing, Alex, for a right-handed hitter, when you get a fastball in off the plate,
00:22:36you have to release the barrel, but keep your front shoulder in.
00:22:41And it is one of the hardest things a hitter can do,
00:22:44because the last thing you want to think about is trying to pull a fastball.
00:22:47That is straight reaction.
00:22:49He knows it, Mike's like, oh, man.
00:22:56Jorge Soler, the batter, and he hits one on the ground, a third.
00:23:01Correa, the second ball, and Altuve makes the turn.
00:23:055-4-3, the double play.
00:23:13One more word on Trout that I think is interesting,
00:23:16is you take a look at Correa smoothly fielding this ball.
00:23:22Trout said in spring training,
00:23:25not only does he feel like he has more in the tank,
00:23:27but that 30 homers, oh, yeah, that's realistic.
00:23:34I mean, whatever he says he can do, you can do it.
00:23:39He stole base yesterday, the walks.
00:23:47After the worst season of his Hall of Fame career.
00:23:52What a statement to start this year.
00:23:54Yeah.
00:24:01That mound visit.
00:24:02Settling down, Mike Burroughs inducing the double play
00:24:05as he faces Moncada here.
00:24:13The Angels, who have seen the leadoff man reach in all five innings.
00:24:19Four of those.
00:24:21A leadoff hit.
00:24:23Strike three called.
00:24:25Moncada rung up.
00:24:27And the inning is over.
00:24:28But a blast from Trout to extend the lead.
00:24:33Yeah.
00:24:43Yeah.
00:24:55Yeah.
00:24:57Yeah.
00:26:40Along with a seven-year Major League veteran, former pennant winner with the Colorado Rockies, Ryan Spielberg.
00:26:46Trisha Whittaker is down to the field.
00:26:48Alex Faust here with you.
00:26:49Dyken Park in Houston.
00:26:52AL West matchup.
00:26:54The Angels and the Astros on this opening weekend of the baseball season.
00:26:59Angels out to a 5-1 lead on the Astros.
00:27:06Third time through for Houston against Yusei Kikuchi.
00:27:14Jordan Alvarez, who is punished left-handed pitching.
00:27:20Ball on a strike here.
00:27:21Well, that's a separator for any good left-handed hitters being able to hit left-on-left.
00:27:26For example, last year, Kyle Schwarber, he decided he was going to make sure he was focused left-center gap.
00:27:34Left-on-left, he ended up hitting more homers against lefties than virtually anybody.
00:27:38And for Jordan, he's always done that.
00:27:41He has always taken left-handed pitching and driven him left-center.
00:27:45Those names.
00:27:47Exactly.
00:27:48I showed you the black and white photos at the beginning of the day.
00:27:56It's even more good company.
00:27:58He just has power line-to-line, just not in the rafters.
00:28:03Well, you're not allowed to hit it up there, apparently.
00:28:06Unless it lands in fair territory.
00:28:152-2 from Kikuchi.
00:28:17And Alvarez flinched.
00:28:19Now it runs full.
00:28:22Jace Silseth performing in the Angels' bullpen.
00:28:33Alvarez with a high drive to right.
00:28:36And he pulls one back for the Astros.
00:28:41Right on cue.
00:28:44Alvarez with his first homer of the season, and it's 5-2.
00:28:48Air Yordan just showing off why the Astros have to keep him in the lineup.
00:28:52If they get 150 games out of Yordan, it's a postseason team just because this is one of the elite
00:28:59left-handed hitters in the game.
00:29:03Talk about left-on-left and doing damage, and he does damage with some of the greats.
00:29:25It's pretty simple.
00:29:28When Yordan is in the lineup, it gives the fans a little curtain call.
00:29:36When he's in the lineup, the Astros win.
00:29:41He said this spring, his swing is almost back to normal.
00:29:46What?
00:29:47That looks pretty normal to me.
00:29:49That's why.
00:29:50That's why I had to read that quote.
00:29:55He's 47, actually 48 games last year.
00:30:04Appeared in the outfield only 15 times.
00:30:06We'll see how many times he plays in the field this year.
00:30:14He's a monster of a human.
00:30:16He's so big, and when he's in the lineup, I mean, it's a 95-win pace with Yordan.
00:30:2287 wins, which was just short of the postseason.
00:30:27Game 161, they were eliminated last year, the Astros.
00:30:30This is popped up by Paredes in the infield.
00:30:38Notice the left shoulder and his hips, how close they stay throughout the swing.
00:30:43It's not spinning off.
00:30:44Usually when you see left-on-left, a lefty might spin like a top.
00:30:48Well, Yordan's still driving up the middle, and then he releases the barrel to pull.
00:30:58Yeah, goodbye baseball.
00:31:08No doubt shot.
00:31:16Four straight 30-homer seasons for 2022.
00:31:23Until he snapped.
00:31:450-2 to Altuve, and he serves this to right.
00:31:48That is curling towards the line, and is fouled.
00:31:57One of my favorite parts about Jose Altuve is, when he first got to the big leagues,
00:32:01I mean, it was 200 hits every single year.
00:32:03But he was primarily going to spray the ball opposite field.
00:32:07And now he has the ability to pull the ball in Crawford boxes.
00:32:11That happened years ago.
00:32:12They're like, why do you just use right field when he can pull?
00:32:18Altuve, high chop, charging his net on field and throws.
00:32:21Not in time.
00:32:26And Altuve can still burn.
00:32:32He has 2,389 career hits now.
00:32:36I mean, that's ridiculous.
00:32:38And for Kikuchi, nothing you can do.
00:32:40High chopper, Neto trying his best to get Altuve, but Altuve still flies.
00:32:51It's Kurt Suzuki out to the mound.
00:32:54And that'll be it for Yusei Kikuchi.
00:32:58Jordan Alvarez has given the Astros some life.
00:33:31And that'll be it for Yusei Kikuchi.
00:33:32And that'll be it for Yusei Kikuchi.
00:34:02And that'll be it for Yusei Kikuchi.
00:34:32And that'll be it for Yusei Kikuchi.
00:34:35And that'll be it for Yusei Kikuchi.
00:34:58And that'll be it for Yusei Kikuchi.
00:35:01And that'll be it for Yusei Kikuchi.
00:35:04And that'll be it for Yusei Kikuchi.
00:35:10And that'll be it for Yusei Kikuchi.
00:35:31And that'll be it for Yusei Kikuchi.
00:35:31And that'll be it for Yusei Kikuchi.
00:35:32And that'll be it for Yusei Kikuchi.
00:35:57undefined in Chicago.
00:36:09He's got a ball on a strike.
00:36:17Almost career it's rare in
00:36:19modern baseball to bring a
00:36:21franchise player back when he's
00:36:23still in his prime.
00:36:25As the Astros have done with him.
00:36:27Laces this one up the middle
00:36:28trout.
00:36:29Trout is able to track it down.
00:36:33To go on.
00:36:37See Korea.
00:36:4020 25.
00:36:41He had a really strong finish to
00:36:42the season with the Astros.
00:36:44He just looks right in an Astros
00:36:46uniform.
00:36:47Leslie.
00:36:49Last year 144 games third most
00:36:52than any major league season his
00:36:53career.
00:36:54We talked about three his
00:36:55injuries in length already but.
00:36:57Last year.
00:36:59A rare year where he was able to
00:37:00stay on the field and hopes to.
00:37:02Build on that.
00:37:05Last year was a tricky year for
00:37:07him.
00:37:08Sacrifice power for on base he
00:37:09said.
00:37:12Worked a lot with the Astros
00:37:13hitting coaches this spring.
00:37:16Try to get those power numbers
00:37:17back up.
00:37:18As Cam Smith is tied up here.
00:37:21It's 0 and 2.
00:37:22Well Correa has always been into
00:37:24analytics of the game from.
00:37:27Defensive positioning to
00:37:29understanding how to.
00:37:31Increase your value on the field.
00:37:34Across the board for whether it's
00:37:36on base.
00:37:38Houts above average he's always been
00:37:40getting into that.
00:37:53More look at this.
00:38:020 and 2 to Smith.
00:38:050 and 2 to Smith.
00:38:28Now to bay off first Smith with a
00:38:30high drive left field if it's
00:38:33fair it's gone this ball is
00:38:41foul I had homerun distance I
00:38:43was watching John to pain behind
00:38:45home plate the home plate umpire
00:38:48he got down into a full squat in
00:38:50the crowd just seeing if he could
00:38:51see the ball and you can tell it
00:38:53just goes just hooks at the last
00:38:56moment so two to three to three
00:39:05move takes off from first Smith
00:39:07fouls his back how close that
00:39:16close
00:39:36see if Altuve goes again he does as the one-two pitch misses upstairs and it's thrown into center field
00:39:43by Ohopi his second throwing error of the night.
00:39:48And Altuve moves up another 90.
00:39:55Ash was putting some pressure on the Angels' defense for Ol' Hoppe.
00:40:01The throwing tonight has not been good for him.
00:40:04A throwing error to third base allowed a run in the first inning,
00:40:07and this one nowhere near second base.
00:40:15This is right at the shaded shadow well at first.
00:40:22But Jordan Alvarez doing what he does best with an absolute bomb to write for his first of the year.
00:40:30Bring the Astros with him three.
00:40:50They're going to get the Astros with him three.
00:40:53Let's play this with him four.
00:41:08Let's go to the Astros with the Astros.
00:41:09I'm going to keep it in front of another time.
00:41:10I'm going to come in up.
00:42:37Tonight, some of the hits, two homers, pitches up in the strike zone, coming off the sinker, the forcing.
00:42:44We talked about the sinker specifically.
00:42:46It's a pitch that we were seeing him trying to work a little bit more.
00:42:48The changeup was a pitch that's been his calling card, his bread and butter.
00:42:55But as we watch Burroughs, it's just getting settled into new environment.
00:43:00Obviously, you want to make a great impression your first time with the new organization.
00:43:03But the Angels have been swinging the bat well.
00:43:11Angels with five runs on eight hits.
00:43:27Able to make contact with the changeup.
00:43:30And that changeup is really his pitch.
00:43:33Last year, Alex, the league hit 147 off the changing.
00:43:39One of the best changeups in the National League.
00:43:50Ball and two strikes to Joe Adele, one for two on the night.
00:43:57Two and two.
00:43:59Let's revisit our spill of the beans from earlier tonight.
00:44:02The changeup was right.
00:44:04I mean, 0 for four with.
00:44:06He's got the most swinging misses on that pitch.
00:44:08But, you know, when you're coming to a new organization, you're trying to make sure you show a good impression.
00:44:16He's showing an impression because the stuff is live.
00:44:18He's in the sixth inning.
00:44:19There is that increase in usage for the sinker.
00:44:22So, it's starting to formulate.
00:44:31Interesting, too, that given that he's faced traffic in every inning, that Kikuchi is the first of the two starting
00:44:39pitchers to be lifted tonight.
00:44:41Roderick Munoz warming for the Astros in their pit.
00:44:47Popped up by Adele.
00:44:48Sky high right field.
00:44:50Cam Smith drifting over into foul ground to make the catch.
00:44:57Let's take a look at this Adobe standout score from the top of the second.
00:45:01Josh Lowe, a three-run homerun.
00:45:09Let's see anything into the Crawford boxes for a lefty.
00:45:12It might not be a homer in other ballparks, but here it does.
00:45:16And a special homerun for him and his family as well.
00:45:20Two for two with two extra base hits.
00:45:30His first time with a different organization as he pops this up in the infield, curling back towards the line.
00:45:38And Correa readjust to make the catch.
00:45:42Lowe, who was part of the three-team trade this offseason between the Reds, the Rays,
00:45:46and the Angels sending Gavin Lux to Tampa Bay, the most notable other name in the trade.
00:46:00The first time that Burroughs has retired the leadoff man.
00:46:03Now.
00:46:08He's now retired four in a row.
00:46:11Looks for his first clean inning of the night.
00:46:14With Ohoppy at the plate.
00:46:21The Angels have just been so aggressive in early counts.
00:46:25Putting ball in play, finding holes.
00:46:27Now.
00:46:28That's it.
00:46:42And Ohoppy with a bouncing ball through the hole right side.
00:46:48Well, Tuve shifted towards the middle.
00:46:51And Ohoppy is aboard.
00:46:55First two games against the Astros, the Angels have had a lot of C-9 base hits.
00:47:02And for Ohoppy, that's going to run out Mike Burroughs.
00:47:08She was spotted out from the dugout to make the change.
00:47:33She was spotted out from the dugout to make the change.
00:47:35Ohoppy is stopped.
00:47:38Plain goes on to make the change.
00:47:43Hold on.
00:47:45Please sit.
00:47:47канал of the rider.
00:47:59Okay.集ううううううううう.
00:48:01Now. It's got to. VX. So.
00:48:01Ohoppy is started.
00:48:03We're always
00:48:05at high
00:48:32All right, thanks.
00:48:50All right.
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00:49:11You're in Houston.
00:49:13Astros going to the bullpen in the top half of the sixth inning in a 5-2 game.
00:49:2217 hits between the two teams, and Rotary Munoz comes out of the bullpen for Houston.
00:49:32Munoz, nine games last season with the Cardinals, big arm, 14 punchouts in 11 innings, does have a walk-in.
00:49:44At the triple-A level, he was the third highest strikeout-per-nine-ranked pitcher.
00:49:54Came into the Astros organization in a Rule 5 pickup.
00:50:00First career opening day roster.
00:50:03Munoz skips this in the dirt.
00:50:05Diaz tried to backhand it.
00:50:06He'll get to the backstop.
00:50:09That'll move Ojapi up to second.
00:50:16It's an overcut.
00:50:19It's like a slider on that pitch.
00:50:21Just nothing that Diaz can do on it.
00:50:23When you miss that far, there's really nothing a catcher can do.
00:50:33Remember, this Astros bullpen was responsible for every Angel's run yesterday.
00:50:52Without Josh Hader, their closer, Bennett Souza.
00:50:55An oblique injury.
00:51:00Down the road's full here on as Walt Peraza.
00:51:03A.J. Blue Ball yesterday was, looked great, just gave up a homerun to Mike Trout, then they added on
00:51:10late.
00:51:11They have great arms in the Astros bullpen.
00:51:16It's a lot of fuel.
00:51:20All four here to Peraza.
00:51:24That's a two-out walk to put the number nine man aboard.
00:51:28Make a look at some of their injuries here in Houston.
00:51:31Not nearly the laundry list they had last year.
00:51:36It's still not the way you want to start.
00:51:38I mean, Brian Abreu, who right now is probably going to be their closer.
00:51:43It's good to see Josh Hader.
00:51:45I mean, when you think about the one-two punches at the back end of the bullpen, I always talk
00:51:48about the Boston Red Sox with Aroles Chapman.
00:51:52And Garrett Whitlock, Hader and Abreu are as good as them when they're healthy.
00:51:59Hader, a biceps injury to begin this season.
00:52:04Shoulder injury late last year.
00:52:05Remember, sign up.
00:52:07Expensive five-year deal with the Astros to be their closer.
00:52:17The Astros to be their closer to board for the Angels that runners on base in every inning.
00:52:27Now, Zach Neto at the plate.
00:52:54Two strikes.
00:53:07The Astros to get out of the jam here.
00:53:12All the two outs.
00:53:20On the ground from Neto to short.
00:53:22Pena goes the short way to end the inning.
00:53:26And the Angels strand two.
00:53:28We head to the bottom of the sixth.
00:53:30We head to the bottom of the sixth.
00:53:57We head to the middle of the sixth.
00:53:59And they're going to happen.
00:54:14We head to the bottom of the sixth.
00:54:25We head to the high speed.
00:55:42To Zach Neto, and then two amazing plays up the middle that prevented a run.
00:55:49Astros hit the ball hard.
00:55:51You say Kikuchi loved it.
00:55:52Former Astro gets his former team.
00:55:55But the Angels defensively, there's a reason why this game has been separated by three runs.
00:56:01It should be a lot tighter.
00:56:05Third pitcher for the Angels as Ryan Zephyr John comes into the game, acquired from the Red Sox a couple
00:56:11of years ago.
00:56:11One of three players the Angels got sending Luis Garcia to the Sox that year.
00:56:22Now this bullpen is kind of a hodgepodge for the Angels.
00:56:25We've talked about the guys that they want to move along quickly.
00:56:28Some of their high draft picks.
00:56:30We want to give a shot there.
00:56:31But they also signed four older free agents.
00:56:36From Romano, Drew Pomeranz, Brent Sooner, Joey Lucchese, who was an on-roster invite.
00:56:44Kirby Yates, who started the year off on the I.L.
00:56:50That's one thing you want if you're a new manager, is some bullpen arms that you feel like you can
00:56:58go to, where you have a little bit of trust.
00:57:02That caught Ohoppy, and he is in distress.
00:57:13That's a rough night behind the plate.
00:57:24These are not taken lightly.
00:57:28I mean, we've seen some pretty significant injuries to catchers on foul balls.
00:57:43Kikuchi played the, or Kikuchi, or Kikuchi played the position.
00:57:48Remember last year, a couple of concussion issues.
00:57:54That was the most bizarre of the two.
00:58:00Yeah, Jacob Wilson, knocking out Ohoppy at home plate before the bat even started.
00:58:12Ohoppy stays in there, and as Christian Walker bats, two balls and two strikes.
00:58:18And Walker pops this up.
00:58:20Shallow right field, Adele charging in, makes the call and the catch.
00:58:32Suzuki knows that feeling.
00:58:35When catchers can smile about it, you know, everything's okay.
00:58:39But for a couple minutes, you know, you have a high level of concern,
00:58:44and then once they start cracking jokes, you're like, okay, okay, yeah.
00:58:51Suzuki is only four years removed from playing the game.
00:58:56Bounding ball to third base.
00:58:58Moncada, another strong defensive play.
00:59:02As he retires, Diaz.
00:59:08Now, for Moncada, I feel like he was a little bit relaxed in this one,
00:59:12just assuming that Diaz is not getting out of the box fast,
00:59:15but he did just based on the swing.
00:59:17And it became a bang-bang play at first.
00:59:22That's probably why he's smiling.
00:59:24He's like, whoa, that was way closer than I thought.
00:59:26He's like, oh, I'm not.
00:59:37We're going to Bryce Matthews.
00:59:41By the way, earlier today,
00:59:44ball that skipped in front of low in left field,
00:59:47they've taken the error away and given Matthews a goal.
00:59:51Okay.
00:59:52We share the story.
00:59:53I mean, the Astros are really proud about Bryce Matthews
00:59:56and making the start with the Angels just because...
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