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00:00Max Meyer tomorrow, who met with the media today, will be on the air 15 minutes prior to Craig Minervini
00:12and Jeff Nelson.
00:18Lorenzen with a 2-2 to Xavier Edwards and he lines it into center field. That's a base hit for
00:24the X-Man. Second hit of the day for Miami.
00:36One on and one out, 1-0. Rockies in the third. You know what I love about the telecast this
00:41year? We've got our youth player of the game every day. Here is Oralvis, an 8-year-old. His team,
00:49he plays for the Pepitos. I like that. He's a member of the Marlins Youth Academy, his favorite Marlin. Of
00:55course it's Sandy. How good was Sandy last night?
01:03Sandy was a rock star last night.
01:05By the way, a rock star with two terrific swings today, Xavier Edwards lined out to first. His first time
01:14up and then line drive into center for a base hit there. Is he running here?
01:18Like to see him at 27 stolen bases last year. You expect that or more? Maybe this year?
01:24That was a down year because at the outset of last year, he had thrown out the number 60.
01:29Yeah, there were times last year that he had things bothering him and there were times that we were expecting
01:34a steal and we didn't see it.
01:36Yeah.
01:38Augustine Ramirez at the plate. 0-1 today. Edwards does not go. A sinker misses high. It is 2-0.
01:47William Hicks on deck. The Marlins threatened and they left the bases loaded in the bottom of the second.
01:53The difference right now, a T.J. Rumfield homer in the top of the second.
01:58It's ball three.
02:00Yeah, Lorenzen doesn't give you a lot of opportunities.
02:03He's pretty quick to the plate and he also alters his delivery to the plate.
02:08You turn him loose right here, 3-0, if you're Augustine.
02:11You let him go here?
02:12Yes. Yes.
02:16There is a but to that, though.
02:19Oh!
02:21Foul.
02:22No buts there.
02:23Boom.
02:24The but to that is we've talked about the seven-pitch arsenal that Lorenzen has,
02:28so you're not really sure you're going to get a four-seamer or two-seamer.
02:33There's a two-seamer.
02:34Just got in on him a little bit, but he hit with home run distance but pulled it foul.
02:40Such a hard pitch to keep fair.
02:42Yeah.
02:45That was smoked.
02:46Now the 3-1.
02:48That is ripped into center field.
02:50That's a base hit for Augustine.
02:52Edwards will go first to third, and the Marlins are cooking again.
02:58I don't have any kind of radar that registers exit velo, but that one was hit harder than the 3
03:06-0 foul ball.
03:08Out over the plate, this ball is raked.
03:16Ball on the board, the gust bust to start 20-26.
03:21Oh, yeah, good base running there.
03:24And you have to have speed, and you have to be a good base runner to pick up the fact
03:28that you can go first to third.
03:30And now a stolen base for Augustine.
03:33He had 16 of them last year.
03:35Saw that so often last year.
03:38Oh.
03:38He does have enough speed to steal bases, but a lot of his stolen bases are by surprise.
03:46Almost looked like Lorenzen paid no attention to him.
03:49I like the fact...
03:51I like the fact that Hicks took that pitch all the way.
03:54Even though it was a ball, he was going to allow him to steal because he saw the jump he
03:59got.
04:01The Marlins were 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position last night.
04:05They're 0-for-2 today.
04:07Another opportunity here.
04:09Another second and third situation with one out.
04:13Two balls, no strikes.
04:17Lorenzen kicks and fires, and Liam Hicks lifts a fly ball to right.
04:21Johnston is going back shy of the warning track.
04:24He'll make the catch.
04:26Edwards will tag and score.
04:29That's a sacrifice fly.
04:31We're tied at long.
04:33Great job all around.
04:35Liam Hicks with a fly ball certainly deep enough to score.
04:40Xavier from third, also deep enough to get Ramirez to go from second to third.
04:46Good base running.
04:50Just great situational hitting.
04:52You like to see that.
04:53I am sure Pedro Guerrero really enjoyed watching that from Liam Hicks as well.
04:59He had a little muscle behind that baseball,
05:01and the big thing that they're trying to get Liam Hicks to do is hit the ball harder.
05:06Pull the ball a little bit more.
05:07They think they can tap into some more of his power.
05:10And Hunter Goodman and Michael Lorenzen are deep in conversation.
05:17So a sack fly as Titus had won here in the bottom of the third.
05:21Good situational hitting.
05:25We talked about that at the onset of the game.
05:28For the Marlins to win games, as they did last night,
05:31a lot of little things have to be done.
05:37To your point, Clayton McCullough was asked if he addressed the team prior to opening day yesterday.
05:43He said, yeah, I thanked everybody, but I told them the work doesn't stop.
05:47If they want to have the type of season they think they can have,
05:50everybody's got to be all in.
05:51And part of being all in is being not selfish.
05:54And just doing the little things.
05:56To drive in a run.
05:58Move a guy over.
05:59Make a play.
06:00Don't worry about the stats on the back of your baseball card.
06:03All of that stuff will take care of itself
06:05if you just do your part and be a good teammate throughout the year.
06:11Thought those were wise words.
06:13As Otto Lopez waits on a 1-1.
06:15And now it's 2-1.
06:16Well, they're really having good at bats and making Lorenzen pitch.
06:21Look at that.
06:2161 pitches already.
06:22And he's not through three innings.
06:28Kyle Freeland only worked four and a third on opening night.
06:33That's punched foul.
06:36And another 2-2 coming.
06:39Here's a look at his pitches by inning so far.
06:42And as we talk about so often, the norm,
06:46you'd like to get average about 15 pitches per inning.
06:51A little high.
06:52Yeah.
06:53Another thing Clayton mentioned to wrap up that thought.
06:55It kind of in line with what I said.
06:57He said, just put all the individual stuff aside
06:59and just be selfless for me.
07:00Be selfless teammates all year long.
07:03You'll like where you end up.
07:06Oh, Kelly, look out.
07:12We're good.
07:14We're good.
07:15We're good.
07:15We got our first souvenir of the year.
07:18And as it should, going to a kid, guys.
07:22Let's see.
07:22There we go.
07:25Otto lays off a fastball.
07:28This would have been a piece of cake for you, though, Kelly.
07:30But it would appear as if you were not paying attention.
07:33I was writing some notes.
07:34I thought Tommy had made a couple really good points.
07:37So I was writing it down in my scorebook, Mr. Seeloff.
07:40And, of course, that's always when someone hits a foul ball.
07:45Oh, that clipped the mound.
07:47Castro's got it.
07:48He throws out Lopez to retire the side.
07:50But the Marlins get one back.
07:51We're tied at one as we go to the fourth.
07:53We're tied.
09:41Welcome back.
09:42Top of the fourth.
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09:46A run, one hit for Colorado.
09:48That was a Rumfield second inning homer.
09:50And a run on three hits for the Marlins.
09:52Liam Hicks with a sacrifice fly in the home half of the third.
09:56So all square at one, it'll be Castro, Tovar, and Rumfield.
10:00Three, four, five due up for the Rockies here in the Visitors' half of the fourth.
10:06Willie Castro is 0 for 1 today.
10:09Now 0 for 5 in this series after he was hung with an 0 for 4 a night ago.
10:16He signed a two-year, $12.8 million deal with the Rockies in January.
10:21He was an all-star with Minnesota a couple of years back in 2024.
10:27That's a team that tore right down to the studs.
10:29Yeah, that's interesting.
10:30I think a lot of people who don't really follow the game closely would not know that, yeah, you're right,
10:37Willie Castro, a 24 all-star.
10:46And he was acquired by the Cubs with a trade with Minnesota last July in exchange for a couple of
10:52pitchers.
10:58What do you like about Uri here after the homer by Rumfield?
11:01He's really settled back in.
11:02Settled back in, which is good.
11:04That was that changeup that missed.
11:06He likes to use that to the lefties.
11:12Wow, nice job by Castro to get a piece of that slider.
11:15And we talked about it earlier last year.
11:17He didn't throw it as much as we'll probably see him throw it this year.
11:21But last year, hitters were 1 for 15 against his changeup.
11:28That's a rotten pitch for him.
11:31As he kicks and fires the 1-2, it's that changeup.
11:34But now you fall into too many.
11:37Changeup, breaking ball, changeup.
11:39He's been throwing 98.
11:42If he crowds him in with a fastball middle in, 98, he's got him.
11:48They go in.
11:49And they go with a heater.
11:50And a bouncer's up the middle into center field.
11:53Not quite in far enough.
11:54Exactly.
11:55Yeah.
11:56But you're on it.
11:57Right idea.
12:00Let's talk a little bit about tunneling pitches, in particular the fastballs versus the changeups.
12:07This is some interesting stuff to look at here.
12:10See the pitches leave as hand.
12:12It's interesting if you're not the hitter.
12:14That's true.
12:16If you're the hitter, you look at arm angle and you see where the release point is.
12:21If it's in the same spot, you're not sure right away if you're going to pick up a fastball or
12:26a changeup.
12:27This is belted to left field.
12:30Griffin Conine will go back and give it a look and it's gone.
12:34Ezekiel Tovar just missed one leading off the second.
12:37He did not miss this one.
12:39It's a two-run homer.
12:40It's 3-1 Rockies.
12:46Slider.
12:47That time he went with a slider, but certainly not where he wanted to put it.
12:53You can watch the target and see where Liam Hicks is.
12:57Up, a little out over the plate.
13:00If you're going to miss, miss with it off the plate, that backed up right into the happy zone.
13:08First home run of the season for Tovar, who had nine last year.
13:14He just played a boatload of games here with Team Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic.
13:20Now Rumfield shoots one in the air to left.
13:22He homered back in the second.
13:24This one is playable for Conine.
13:26And there's one out.
13:30Well, it is indeed the color that started it all.
13:33Every Sunday home game, including tomorrow afternoon, the Marlins are going to throw it back
13:37with the teal jerseys connecting every era of the Fighting Fish.
13:42Make sure you join us here at Lone Depot Park tomorrow.
13:45Max Meyer will be on the mound for Miami.
13:54Here is Troy Johnston, who watches ball one.
14:05So after the Rumfield flyout, here is Troy, who punched out swinging.
14:10He was the third strikeout victim of Uri's back in the second.
14:14Now, bouncer to first is fair.
14:17Norby with a flip to Uri.
14:19Nicely done, two out.
14:20You know, a couple of good things there that, you know, are pretty routine.
14:24But, number one, you like the way Conor Norby went back and picked that ground ball.
14:29But then shifted gears, got his momentum going toward Uri to make the feed.
14:36Nice target, six foot eight.
14:44So with a good target, with the fact that he had his momentum going toward the target.
14:49Perfect feed.
14:51Here's Bretton Doyle.
14:52And he yanks it to third.
14:53And it's caught by Graham Paul.
14:54He was shorthanded.
14:55I think the ball caught him.
14:57He didn't catch it.
14:583-1 Rockies.
14:59I think the ball caught him.
15:29I think the ball caught him.
15:59Alright, thank you.
16:50Rockies with a two run lead as
16:51we go to the last of the fourth
16:53inning at Lone Depot Park on this
16:55Saturday afternoon game two of a
16:58one hundred and sixty two game
17:00marathon got started last night
17:03Marlins up ending Colorado to one
17:06advantage Rocky so far today in
17:10case he could change things a
17:11little he's already one for one
17:14today he doubled back in the
17:18second after he had a double and
17:19an RBI last night Wow look at
17:24that hot dog
17:29one of the many food new food
17:31options near this season oh no
17:39mustard see you and I you and I if
17:43we did that we'd have stuff all
17:44over our ties and shirt everything
17:47in this season no question Casey
17:55lays off a note to fastball Owen
17:59Griffin and Connor do it a bat here
18:03in the fourth inning on Casey born
18:05in Burlington Ontario just outside
18:08of Toronto this one jammed up and he
18:13punches it into center field Doyle's
18:15got
18:20muscled it out there couldn't get it
18:21the fall
18:28catch the Marlins take on the
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18:32Wednesday don't miss park at the park
18:34four for 44 and more offerings all
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18:42ball up the middle hit the bag and
18:44it bounces in the center field
18:46Griffin Conine's got a base not
18:48very similar to the ball we saw
18:50last night that Otto Lopez turned
18:51a double play on what a great
18:53feeling for a hitter right now
18:55Griffin talking to Craig driver
18:57Marlins first base coach you hit
18:59that ball you see the shortstop
19:00right there and you go oh no
19:02bangs it off the bag base it up the
19:05middle good feeling for a hitter
19:08not so for Lorenzen and you know if
19:11Griffin was mired in like a rotten
19:13one for 25 slump it probably would
19:15have hit the top of the bag and
19:16bounce right to bounce right to oh
19:17yeah oh yeah there's a strike on
19:21Connor Norby who was hit by a pitch
19:23in the second one out single tying
19:25run at the plate here in the fourth
19:28couple of homers for the Rockies
19:30today a two run shot by Tovar solo
19:32shot the first in his career for
19:34Rumfield who's holding conine on at
19:37first as Connor waves and misses at
19:39a slider let's see here that was
19:43pitch number seventy two for
19:45Lorenzen no activity in the Rockies
19:47bullpen Warren Schaefer was very
19:50quick to get somebody loosening
19:52last night as Kyle Freeland got
19:55about into this part of the game
19:57as Norby shoots a foul you know
19:59Michael Lorenzen is the answer to an
20:02interesting trivia question kind of
20:06given what given it away but other
20:08than Shohei Ohtani what pitcher has
20:10the most home runs right and it's
20:13Michael Lorenzen with four swing and
20:20a miss he ripped off a changeup and
20:23Norby couldn't sit back on it so
20:25Norby found out that he grunts on the
20:27changeup and the fastball you can
20:30hear the grunt and that's just a
20:33good pitch third strike out of the
20:39day for Lorenzen here's Graham Pauly
20:41who ground that out sharply to
20:43first with the bases loaded in two
20:46out back in the second big thing for
20:54Graham Pauly this year he says he is
20:56starting with his hands a little
20:58bit lower at the plate guess that
21:00helps him time things up a little
21:02bit better broke his bat that's a
21:04fair ball it's gonna be a base hit
21:07Graham Pauly will take it anyway he
21:09can get it yeah you know how this
21:10game it doesn't always even out this
21:13quickly but Graham Pauly hit a
21:14rocket to first base is his first
21:16time up and it was picked by T.J.
21:19Rumfield for an out this time he
21:22gets jammed and is able to slide it
21:25just enough that Carol's couldn't
21:27make a play what a game just spun
21:35right around the bag a one out
21:39single for Conine a two out base
21:41knock for Graham Pauly that flips
21:44the lineup back over for Jacob
21:45Marcy Jacob swings and he yanks
21:50a foul out in front of a cutter
21:52I'll say one thing if Michael
21:53Lorenzen didn't know a lot about
21:55Jacob Marcy he learned a lot about
21:59him during the WBC as they were
22:01teammates with Team Italy they
22:04broke bread over a cup of
22:06espresso presumably.
22:13Well no Kyle actually when I was
22:15talking to Jacob Marcy and I asked
22:16him I said how many shots of
22:17espresso did you have you said well
22:18first and foremost that was only for
22:20the guys who hit a home run I did
22:21not do so but he did try it he said
22:24coffee not his thing.
22:26He's already juiced up enough I think we
22:37told you like last Sunday in our
22:38final spring training game that
22:40that espresso machine that the
22:41Italians or the Jersey kids were
22:42drinking out of sold for sixteen
22:44thousand bucks.
22:48You know I was downstairs by the way
22:50real quick yeah interrupt no no but
22:51you heard the grunt yes so we know
22:53he grunts on the fastball and the
22:55changeup and I didn't notice it
22:57earlier in the game I wonder if as
22:59he starts the near the end of the
23:00line as he starts to get a bit more
23:01tired and does he use it as a little
23:04bit of deception as Lorenzen comes
23:07home with the two two and Marcy
23:09clipped it right into the bit of
23:10Goodman and the inning is over.
23:12Marlins leave two more on here in
23:13the fourth.
23:43Goodman.
24:13Goodman.
24:34Goodman.
24:37Goodman.
24:44Goodman.
24:47Goodman.
25:03Well, it's TV is presented by Werner, Hoffman, Gregg, and Garcia.
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25:14Injury law firm scoreboard, three-run Rockies.
25:18Top of the fifth, Tutti Frutti in the building, second game of the year.
25:21Wouldn't miss him for the world.
25:23You go back to last night, six of Sandy Alcantara's seven innings, ten or fewer pitches.
25:31Today for Uri, three of his four innings, ten or fewer pitches.
25:35He has coughed up a couple of homers as Kyle Carrows lifts this in the air down the right field
25:41line.
25:41That'll twist into the seats and go foul.
25:44Outside the homers, Alcantara and Perez have both been very efficient.
25:49That's always a key.
25:50That's certainly a key to help you go deeper into games.
25:54Home run balls hurt Uri a little bit.
25:56Last year he gave up 12 in under 100 innings.
26:04So good to see that smile back on Sandy's face last night.
26:09You know what?
26:10Liam Hicks just dropped that cutter.
26:13And I think it might have missed a little bit low.
26:16I'm curious to see how many dropped balls by catchers this year get challenged and potentially overturned.
26:22Just what a start for Sandy, though.
26:25He couldn't have drawn it up any better as the 1-2 to Carrows is in the dirt.
26:30Here's Sandy's line last night.
26:34You and I talked about it, too.
26:35When the Rockies scored their run in the fourth, they had a little something going and could have gotten more.
26:42And Sandy was able to close things out.
26:55Full uni, but the white one.
26:58City connects on this Saturday for the Marlins.
27:01However, moving forward, City connects will be worn on Fridays.
27:06The home whites will be worn on Saturdays.
27:09And the teal returns.
27:11We'll see it for the first time tomorrow.
27:132-2.
27:15Did he go?
27:16Yes, he did.
27:19Another strikeout for Yuri Perez.
27:24That's his sixth.
27:25Time now for Vanguard, discipline that delivers.
27:29We were talking about Yuri's changeup just a little bit ago.
27:34This is how good it's been.
27:36How much swing and miss he's had on that changeup since 2023.
27:40Behind only Shane McClanahan.
27:44This is drilled out towards the gap in right center.
27:46This is hit pretty well.
27:47That's going to one-hop on the track and over the wall for Edouard Julien.
27:51Again, he's got a double in his first hit of the season.
27:58Yeah, it seems like today, every time he's gotten a ball up, made a little mistake,
28:03that was just a slider that didn't do a lot.
28:09Ah, the kid had a chance.
28:12So every time he's made a mistake, the Rockies have put a good swing on it.
28:15Come on, kid.
28:16You're all right.
28:16He's looking at.
28:17You're all right.
28:18We get that young man a baseball.
28:19Yeah.
28:22Here's McCarthy, top of the order.
28:24There's ball one.
28:28McCarthy 0 for 2 today, now 1 for 5.
28:32Look at how close that baseball is to that young man.
28:34You've got to be kidding me.
28:38Just jump.
28:39Just jump.
28:40Just go get it.
28:44High risk, high reward.
28:46Swing and a miss.
28:52Well, the Colorado Rockies scored first only 48 times last season.
28:58It's not getting any closer, my friend.
29:08That was a team that struggled in a lot of categories.
29:12They were 29th in the Major League in runs.
29:16And while scoring first in only 48 games last season, that was the fewest in Major League Baseball.
29:21They were 20 and 28 when scoring first last year.
29:26The Rockies also had 43 blown lead losses last season.
29:30That was tied for the third most in baseball.
29:32Uh-oh.
29:33Ury sails that into center.
29:35That did not look right from the start.
29:37That's going to be an E1 and potentially really costly because Julianne goes to third.
29:42It looked like Ury never wanted to throw it to second, which you don't have to.
29:45First base you do if you turn.
29:48And it looked like he really never committed to it.
29:52As soon as you disengage the rubber, you don't have to throw it.
29:56So he could have held on.
29:58But he went ahead and threw it.
30:00Now with one out, infield has to come in.
30:03Second error of the season committed by Miami.
30:05Sonoha had one last night that led to an unearned run.
30:093-1 Colorado.
30:112-1 the count.
30:14And Liam Hicks will challenge that fastball.
30:16He thinks it caught a piece of the zone.
30:20Well, let's see.
30:21Last night, Augustine was two out of three in challenges.
30:29And that is a ball.
30:30It was well low.
30:31The call will be confirmed.
30:33Florida has one timeout.
30:34One challenge remaining.
30:36Ooh, how about that?
30:36I like that from Rob Drake.
30:38He said Florida's got one challenge remaining.
30:40That was a throwback.
30:44See, it's okay to say that when they're wearing the teal.
30:47Yeah, right.
30:48That would have flown on Sunday, Rob.
30:52That's how you know you've been umpiring for a long time.
30:54Yeah.
30:54Right?
30:54Yeah.
30:56So, it is 3-1 after the blown challenge.
31:01Good pops it up.
31:04And Liam's got it.
31:06It's a big second out.
31:07Well, make sure you keep cool on March 29th.
31:15That is tomorrow.
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31:31That lady didn't need a bucket hat.
31:33She had some fabulous hair.
31:34As Daniel Moskis goes to the mound, I had a question for you.
31:38If you were that kid, wouldn't you just chance it, go get the ball,
31:42and then take your chances?
31:43Oh, 100%.
31:45Absolutely.
31:45There's no question about it.
31:48You know.
31:48Maybe he could read something out.
31:49Maybe somebody hold your legs.
31:51Yeah.
31:51You'll lean over, have somebody hold your legs.
31:53Oh, here.
31:54Look at this.
31:55Look at this.
31:56Come on now.
31:57Now, give it to the right.
31:58Well, yeah.
31:59Yeah, he knows.
32:01Right who it belongs to.
32:02Let's go.
32:03Let's go.
32:05Yeah.
32:08That's a hero.
32:10Now we got smiles.
32:11And they just threw another one up there.
32:13They made.
32:14Good job.
32:15Didn't have to get ejected from the building.
32:17There's another one.
32:18No, that's just garbage.
32:22Good job.
32:23He was six rows deep, too.
32:25He wasn't leaving the rallying until he got that baseball.
32:31Where's he going?
32:32Where was he sitting?
32:36There he goes.
32:38Back to the family.
32:40He wasn't leaving.
32:41Dad's thinking, you were not going to leave until you got that ball.
32:44Let's get a picture.
32:46Good stuff.
32:47Here's Goodman.
32:48And what a pick by Hicks.
32:49Hey, patience pays off.
32:51Now, his younger brother is just beating the brakes off that waffle cone.
33:06Is this heaven?
33:07No, it's just a waffle cone with a twist.
33:11It's a good day at the ballpark.
33:13Off the end of the bat.
33:15Into left.
33:16Conine has got it.
33:18And Uri works around his own error here in the fifth.
33:20We're halfway home.
33:213-1 Colorado.
33:24We're halfway home.
33:25We're halfway home.
33:27We're halfway home.
33:37We're halfway home.
33:42We're halfway home.
33:43We're halfway home.
33:43We're halfway home.
33:43We're halfway home.
33:44We're halfway home.
33:44We're halfway home.
33:47We're halfway home.
33:51We're halfway home.
35:40We had two three four due to bat here in the fifth.
35:44You know every player throughout the course of their major league careers is looking for milestones to accomplish.
35:53Lorenzen just hit one after he completed four innings today.
35:58That was his fourth inning of work cut was his 1,000th career pitch.
36:021,000th career inning pitch in the major leagues and I don't know what it'll take home from that but
36:10you can be proud of that if you're Michael Lorenzen.
36:12And that's some longevity and that's some longevity and that's some longevity and that's some longevity in this.
36:14He's had a nice and as I mentioned earlier in the game versatile career both as a starter and a
36:20reliever.
36:21Oh split the wickets and it's bounced right to Tovar who was positioned perfectly behind the bag at second.
36:28He throws out X and one up and one down.
36:30Boy another good swing by Xavier that's three A.B.'s he's lined out drilled one up the middle and hit
36:39that ball sharp one for three but he's hit the ball he's barreled it up every time.
36:44See it pays to be athletic a lot of athletic non-athletic pitchers couldn't gotten out of the way of
36:50that I wasn't mistaken with those vans on it looks like he was doing a little kickflip on his skateboard
36:55out there on the mound.
36:58That is so cool.
37:01I don't think too many big leaguers can rock a pair of skateboard shoes with spikes inserted on the bottom.
37:07Maybe it's just Michael Lorenzen.
37:09Here's Augustine Ramirez who singled in the third and stole second.
37:13There is activity in the Colorado bullpen.
37:16Brennan Bernardino the only available lefty for Warren Schaefer is loosening again.
37:23Nobody on and one out.
37:25Two balls and no strikes.
37:26The count on Augustine.
37:29And Ramirez shoots it foul into the seats behind the plate.
37:38Boatload of extra base hits for Augustine last year including the 21 home.
37:42Homers that tied J.T.
37:44Real Muto's single season club record.
37:48So 22 this year he'd stand alone looking for number one.
37:52Speaking of extra base hits my Mariners trivia from earlier.
37:56They've played two games.
37:58And going back to 1900 they're the only team to start the season that has not gotten a single through
38:03two games.
38:04Every hit that they've acquired has been an extra base hit.
38:06And they're one and one.
38:09Good curve ball.
38:10Three and two.
38:11That's probably a little better than the way the Giants have started.
38:16They have four hits their first two games.
38:20No runs.
38:21One double.
38:25Three two is fisted out towards shallow right field.
38:28It's flagged down the throw to first is not in time.
38:31He can boogie.
38:32Second hit of the afternoon for Augustine.
38:35It's his first two hits of the season.
38:36If you're not strong.
38:38You can't hit that ball that way.
38:41I mean you talk about muscling a ball that was in on him.
38:46Chases Willie Castro to his left into shallow right field.
38:51And is able to beat it out.
38:53That is strength.
38:54I mean we talk about strength when a guy hits a 420 foot home run.
38:58That's strength right there.
38:59You know the one thing Hutt that I've really noticed with the Rockies.
39:05More so than any other team I've seen in recent memory.
39:07Every Marlin that's come to the plate without committing a violation.
39:11They are really shifting everybody.
39:15Augustine they were playing him to pull.
39:17Edwards they were playing him up the middle.
39:19They were playing him to pull the ball.
39:20And Tovar was right where he is right now.
39:23That's a lot of shifting for Colorado as Liam Hicks watches ball too.
39:27I'm sure they have all the data points obviously.
39:29There's a reason why they do it.
39:31But I've just noticed that through two games.
39:33Yeah and a lot of it depends on the pitchers.
39:35Yeah.
39:38There's Warren Schaefer in his first full season as the manager of Colorado.
39:43Took over for Bud Black.
39:45Who was removed to start last year.
39:48There's strike one on Liam.
39:50I just.
39:51This is again where my mind goes.
39:53And being a Southern California guy.
39:55I wonder if Michael Lorenzen has a pair of those shoes autographed by Tony Hawk.
40:03That's a good question.
40:04Swing and a drive.
40:06Deep to right field.
40:08Muscle up Liam.
40:22It's our first Marlins home run for health care presented by Leon Medical Centers.
40:28Each Marlins home run this season means a donation to the League Against Cancer.
40:32Delivering free care in South Florida.
40:35They asked for more power this offseason.
40:37They got more power.
40:38You talked about it earlier Kyle talking with Pedro Guerrero about his work with Liam Hicks.
40:45Maybe a little more bat speed.
40:47Maybe a little different angle.
40:48But the power right there.
40:50Just.
40:51Just.
40:52Tremendous and well timed.
40:54Tie ball game.
40:55And a rotten way for Michael Lorenzen to exit this one.
40:59We'll step aside.
41:01Back even at three.
41:02Let's see.
41:03Let's see.
41:04Let's see.
42:36I did three bottom five moments ago Liam Hicks with his first home run of the season the first for
42:42the Marlins and that cutter was parked into the seats.
42:44You know the object of a cutter is to try to get it in on a left handed hitter if
42:48you're a right handed pitcher good action by Liam Hicks to bring his hands in get to that cutter and
42:55hit it off the facing solid solid swing.
43:00He's been swinging this heavy bat thing all spring and he does it every day. He gets a tablet out
43:05in front of him. It shows him how hard he's swinging and how much more weight he can put on
43:10it.
43:12It's like this little program the Marlins got going to get these guys bigger faster and stronger to make him
43:17swing harder the harder you can swing under control the farther you're going to hit the baseball and it's paid
43:22dividends.
43:23And you hit it there when you said under control.
43:26Yeah.
43:28Now out of Lopez sends a cutter to center.
43:32Plenty of room for Doyle.
43:34Two out.
43:36A situation as a manager and certainly Clayton McCullough knows this with Bernardino he's the only left hander the Rockies
43:44have in their bullpen.
43:46So even though you have Casey and Conine coming up you don't want to make make pinch hitting moves all
43:52of a sudden here because later in the game you're going to need those left handed bats against their right
43:56handed bullpen.
43:57Made his Rockies debut last night.
44:0234 year old left hander kicks and fires to Owen Casey a sinker's a strike.
44:09See Bernardino last night he came on and got Griffin Conine who was pinch hitting in the sixth.
44:16Nothing in one the count on Owen Casey who's one for two with a double.
44:21Laid off a sweeping curve ball that time.
44:28How good must that have felt.
44:29Well I can tell you it felt really good for Liam Hicks.
44:36Good eye.
44:38And all I heard about with Owen Casey is there's a lot of swing and miss not a whole lot
44:42of plate discipline needs to get it all under control.
44:46I think his plate discipline has been great so far.
44:49He's laying off some tough pitches.
44:51Oh he's in the driver's seat in the 2-1.
44:54That's right.
44:54And he's doing that.
44:55That's another base hit.
44:57Against the lefties that's where he took that double in the ball game against Freeland.
45:03If you're going to be a better hitter off left handed pitching.
45:08As a lefty.
45:10The key is to stay back.
45:12Boy keeps his head down so nicely.
45:14And drive the ball that way.
45:16Every once in a while you're going to get that pitch inside that you can pull.
45:20But we've seen some excellent swings by Owen Casey against some left handers.
45:25Now the one thing coming to Miami and everything you heard about was every time he hits the ball it's
45:29with authority.
45:30He continues to crush the ball.
45:32Griffin Conine swings and misses.
45:34Now this is Griffin's better side.
45:37He prefers to face lefties.
45:39He's been better against lefties in his career than he has right handed pitching.
45:45Bernardino got him out last night.
45:47So a rematch.
45:48And Conine's looking for redemption.
45:51It's always kind of good.
45:52It doesn't necessarily mean it'll work in your favor.
45:55But when you've seen a guy especially seen him the night before have a little better idea his release point
46:01house ball moves.
46:04Runner goes and throw down to second by Goodman is not in time.
46:09A stolen base for Owen Casey.
46:11He can run to.
46:14Didn't have a stolen base last season.
46:16That's the first of his major league career.
46:22Seen a couple of Marlins baserunners get really good jumps.
46:25Augustine Ramirez Casey got a good jump there.
46:30Gus had his stolen base back in the third inning.
46:34Hunter Goodman 0 for 3 to start the year after he caught 14 stealing last season.
46:43Conine can't catch up to the sinker.
46:45And now the count is level at 2.
46:47Marlins have trailed at 1-0.
46:50And also 3-1 today.
46:52They have not yet led in this ballgame.
46:55Griffin Conine could put him out in front.
46:59All three.
47:00A lot of people forget last year.
47:03Before Griffin got hurt in his first 20 games.
47:06He was hitting .281.
47:08Had a home run.
47:09Had seven RBIs.
47:10He'd gotten off to a solid start.
47:12And it all came full circle.
47:14He was hurt in Philadelphia.
47:16He returned.
47:17Never should have by many standards.
47:20Most players don't come back from the injury that he had with the subluxation of his left shoulder.
47:25Returned in Philadelphia.
47:26Went deep.
47:27Same day he came back.
47:28Full circle moment.
47:29Looking for a healthy season.
47:34This is fisted out towards short.
47:36Tovar's got it.
47:36Off-balance throw to first.
47:38A little high.
47:38Rumfield reels it in.
47:40And he is over.
47:41But we are tied.
47:42Thanks to Liam Hicks.
47:44His first of the year.
47:45It's 3-3.
47:45Aaron thro- summary.
47:49Here we go.
47:58Here we go.
48:00Here we go.
48:04We are tied to this.
48:11Here we go.
48:13The power is not in the middle.
48:16It is a good example.
49:43Got this taste on my tongue.
49:45I crave the glory.
49:49Gasoline in my veins.
49:51Be the fuel through my pain.
49:53Yuri Perez back to work for the Marlins as we begin the top of the sixth inning.
49:58Dangerous part of the order.
49:59Castro, Tovar, and Rumfield.
50:02Tovar and Rumfield have combined for the three runs for the Rockies today with a solo shot
50:07and a two-run shot by Tovar in the fourth.
50:10Maybe the last inning for Yuri?
50:11Yeah, I was thinking about that.
50:13You have the feeling it might be.
50:14So if it is, you'd love to see him really finish strong and get a good six innings.
50:20He's got some tough matchups here.
50:23Begins with Castro, who's one for two.
50:27He waves and misses at a fastball at 97 miles an hour.
50:31That's how he got him, if you remember, back in the first inning, too.
50:35Six strikeouts and one walk for Yuri today.
50:38Three runs all earned, four hits.
50:40A couple of homers.
50:48Works off the extreme first base side of the rubber, out of the windup, kicks and fires
50:52the one-two.
50:53It's hit foul.
50:54I don't know if at all last season was bad luck, but the one thing about Yuri, for as
51:00good as his stuff is, and Daniel Moskis, who you just saw, thinks he has Cy Young stuff,
51:04and so do I.
51:06Whenever opponents barreled up the baseball, it was just far too often.
51:10If you look at his metrics, everything was good, but the barrel percentage was really low.
51:16Opponents just hit him really hard last year when they made contact, and I don't know why.
51:21That's one of those things that kind of changes year by year, I think.
51:25Maybe a little different for Sandy this year.
51:27Felt like at times last year they would hit him hard.
51:30This is a Tommy Hutton pitching wedge into center field.
51:34Jacob Marcy's got it.
51:35Yeah, there's one out.
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51:50He's on the horn with T-Mobile right now trying to get this account going.
51:53Yeah, he's saying that was a nice curveball by Yuri Perez.
51:57This guy's getting a text from somebody.
52:01He's about to get a few more.
52:03Here's Tovar.
52:04He shoots this in the air down the right field line.
52:07Casey is over and he runs it down.
52:14Let's go down to Kelly, who's got more on Owen Casey for us.
52:17Hey, guys, before the game, I asked Owen Casey, okay, first time playing right field here at Lone Depot Park.
52:21What stands out to you?
52:22He said the lights are really bright with balls in the gap.
52:26So that's something that he's definitely aware of.
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