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00:09One Cubs as we go to the bottom of the third with Shota Imanaga on the mound.
00:15Shota, he likes coming to Philly in part because of the Philly cheesesteaks and the visiting clubhouse here.
00:20He had one on Monday reiterated that, yes, they are in fact good, although he said, I could never have
00:2411 in one day,
00:25which is the record for a single day set by Adrian Sanchez.
00:30A couple of years ago.
00:31Now, it got me to talking to Shota and I was asking him, are there any American foods now that
00:36you've been here for three years that you really enjoy?
00:39And he said, blueberries.
00:41I didn't eat a ton of blueberries in Japan and over here in America, you can go to the grocery
00:45store.
00:46And he said, these things are huge.
00:47So then I'm just picturing Shota Imanaga at the grocery store picking out blueberries.
00:53And to me, that's just a funny sight, Booth.
00:56No doubt.
00:58It was like we caught him eating sunflower seeds the other night in typical Shota fashion.
01:03He's not eating them by stuffing a whole bunch of them in his mouth.
01:06He's going one at a time, cracking the shell, spitting it out, eating the seed.
01:12And so, yeah, I would say my experience of going to Japan last year.
01:20Generally, that's about Japanese culture is a little more refined in that way.
01:30Doesn't explain Kobayashi's stuff in his pie hole with hot dogs all those years, but there's always outliers.
01:37Where are you on blueberries?
01:39Big fan.
01:40Big fan of the blueberry.
01:41T-Mac, you like the blueberries?
01:44I love me some blueberries, especially from Whole Foods when some friends bring me them on the road.
01:493-1.
01:493-1.
01:58See, those two strikes on Shota or on Otto Kemp.
02:03Shota Imanaga has looked good so far.
02:06And so the home run to Turner to get started.
02:09Nobody on base.
02:13Stuff has looked good.
02:14He's got three punch outs.
02:17Fly ball center field, PCA.
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02:47Yeah.
02:48Nice.
02:5084 mile an hour splitter.
02:53Turner cheating on a fastball.
02:55Big leg kick.
02:56Howdy might get a cookie there.
02:59Don't know why he thought that.
03:08It's probably at least a two, three undershirt night for a pitcher.
03:12Hot, humid.
03:15Okay.
03:15So what does he do?
03:17Does he go splitter again because he's not seeing it well?
03:19Or does he think, okay, he's going to be wise.
03:21I'm going to climb the ladder with the heater.
03:24Down and away.
03:26He went plan A.
03:35Turner can get on top of a high fastball.
03:37You've got to be careful working him up.
03:43Worked him up and worked him over.
03:44Strike out number four.
03:46Yeah, there's two away.
03:48I have a little revenge here for Yamanaga, the man who took him deep.
03:52Not only up, but moving in on him, right?
03:54You see how he had to try to pull his hands in to get the barrel to that one?
03:58It cost him a little time.
03:59That ball's out away from him.
04:01He's probably at least able to foul it off.
04:10That ball's not talking with him.
04:11But he's pooping.
04:11Okay.
04:16And now, you're feeling no more.
04:16His turn to a hotです.
04:18But when he's listening, he's hoping we'll wait till he does that.
04:18Bye-bye.
04:22Bye-bye.
04:32Bye-bye.
04:33So I note on Schwarber the other
04:34day that I can't remember which
04:36show I was watching on the MLB
04:37network and he said if he
04:39averages forty two home runs for
04:41the rest of his contract and
04:43that's what that's what he's
04:44been averaging here lately.
04:45He'll end up like with five
04:47hundred and I think right behind
04:49Reggie Jackson on the all time
04:50home run list kind of got to go
04:54in the whole thing does that.
05:04Wanted to Schwarber check this
05:12check this swing even I was
05:14trying to get an appeal from
05:16Mark Wagner at third that never
05:17happened but it was like he
05:19delivers the pitch and you sir
05:22your thoughts.
05:32Speaker 1 4 hasn't had a lot of
05:36success against lefties this
05:38year but the last two years he's
05:41really beat up on him made a real
05:45commitment to hang in there
05:48against the left handers and a
05:52swing and a miss him and Naga
05:55not impressed strikes him out for
05:57the second time.
05:58Shota has punched out five and the
06:01Cubs lead at three one back here in
06:14Philly and Michael Bush will step
06:17to the plate and the pitch in for
06:20a strike Bushy grounded out his
06:38first time early on it doesn't seem
06:41like he's he's driving the ball I
06:51mean I haven't and there's a lot of
06:53check swings Craig Council mentioned
06:54that I haven't asked him if there
06:56is intent on his part to try to
07:01limit strikeouts because it seems
07:05as though that's some of what he's
07:07doing the accounts that the other
07:10day he thinks that she's up there
07:13sometimes just thinking about his
07:14mechanics right and just get
07:16getting in his head a little bit
07:17and I get this guy you know the
07:19lefty here Lizardo that's a
07:21different creature right there's
07:23you know coming in there is a
07:24chance it wouldn't look real
07:25pretty tonight ground ball to the
07:28right side Sosa those the
07:30pirouette throws him out last
07:43last year left in a batter to 2 0
07:455 against Lizardo and they hit
07:49two home runs all year against
07:52them so he figured the damage has
07:58got to come from the right hand
07:58of bats and that's what we've
08:00seen shot hit the one out double
08:01Nico got him home Billy's got a
08:04little sloppy and the Cubs put a
08:06three spot on the board round
08:12ball to boom gathers it in Swanson
08:17retired and J.D. it's time for
08:19commercial squeeze layup get way
08:28out there Eagle River Wisconsin
08:32thank you Eagle River I want to go
08:34to Eagle River let's go jump in
08:36the water jump on in
08:44by the way the two lefties that
08:46homered off of Lizardo last year
08:48were Freddie Freeman and Ohtani
08:51good note lifted in the air
09:01shallow right charge again is
09:03Garcia to make the catch and 1 2
09:071 2 3 go the Cubs Jackie Robinson
09:10day throughout major league
09:12baseball there is the great
09:27Philly fanatic and it's good a
09:32mascot as there is in all of sports
09:37Bryce Harper at the plate you're
09:40going to be getting a visit on the
09:41homestand Clarkson come up he's
09:45going to have safe why why do you
09:47get a pretty good part for that
09:58he was trying to say that I can eat
10:00all seven we've got a challenge
10:03situation here ABS is powered by
10:09T-Mobile J.D. yeah it is that's
10:12a strike that is there's that top
10:14of the zone breaking ball
10:20you've got to trust your catcher
10:23and you've got to I mean that's
10:24that's there's a little risk in
10:25that challenge right there nobody
10:27on base we talked about the
10:40Phillies being down against left
10:41handed pitching this year I
10:42believe the number you said was a
10:43176 batting average Shoreburn and
10:47Harper historically both been
10:48really good against lefties 0 2
11:02down swing and a miss struck him
11:05out not this lefty strikeout
11:10number six for short all swinging
11:12he got nine and six innings last
11:14time remember six no hit innings
11:16in his last outing so he continues
11:18to roll and a really good hitter
11:20look really bad.
11:46there's a 1 0 that clips the outside
11:49edge wanted one Garcia's not buying
11:55it and now he asked for time he
11:58thought about challenging but
12:00decided not to understandably so
12:02he would have been right swing and a
12:17miss they just changed in the
12:19second the error that was on Trey
12:23Turner and now they've given it to
12:25a real mute to I think that's the
12:27right call I don't know it's
12:36it's interesting now right back
12:37yeah because when you recreate
12:40that play if Turner hangs onto
12:44the ball Nico doesn't advance
12:51that's right drill down in the left
12:54center field PCA is back and
12:59Dolis Garcia is in the second
13:09three hits for the Phillies now
13:10Garcia has two of them infield
13:12single in the first and now this
13:14ringing double here he really
13:15leans on this one almost got his
13:19third home run of the year PCA
13:20in half pursuit good thing that
13:24ball got a piece of him on the
13:25carom otherwise Garcia likely
13:28gets the third
13:43one of those Sosa cuts and misses a
13:46strikeout victim his first time
13:48Sosa getting to start at second
13:50base Bryson Stott left handed
13:52hitter sits here tonight Garcia
13:57second Cubs lead 3 1 we're in the
13:59fourth even Naga delivers swing
14:03and a miss showed us already struck
14:09out six in this one generating a
14:11lot of swings and misses this is
14:12similar to the Turner at bat
14:14back to back splitters inducing
14:15bad swings with Turner he went to
14:18a third one and he was able to
14:19lay off of it ultimately finished
14:21him off with a fastball time and
14:31I believe pitch clock violation
14:33it's clock violation so it'll be
14:35one at two.
14:48Garcia it's second Sosa back in
14:51ball and two strikes swing and a
14:58miss struck him out and there's two
15:00away JD we're on our way to
15:01Philadelphia talk with Taylor
15:03McGregor I said well what are you
15:05going to do with Philadelphia just
15:06talked about getting some exercise
15:08et cetera but she also said I have
15:09a date I was like you got a date
15:12Philadelphia what are you what are
15:13you talking about and then this is
15:16this is what she was talking about
15:17she got a date with that fine furry
15:21friend got flowers out of the day I
15:24got to go for a ride on the fanatic
15:26mobile T Mac he loves you you know I
15:30love him it's a mutual love there's no
15:33no better date than the fanatic except
15:41for he came and asked for his
15:42flowers back that was rude no way
15:44yeah he took the flowers back I
15:50mean what are we doing it's cold
15:52down here that's cold I think we
15:54broke up again he gave you although
15:58you know what I'm gonna I'm gonna
15:59keep it real right here Taylor if
16:02you don't know if she's an anti
16:05hoarder yes and a couple years ago he
16:10gifted her a little mini stuffed
16:12Philly fanatic did she keep it no so
16:17I think you're even how's that yeah I
16:19don't like anything in my house that
16:21doesn't need to be in my house get
16:23out of here I don't have any room
16:26for a miniature fanatic the little
16:28girl I gave it to much better see
16:30yeah I get it in her room I'm sure
16:33okay so then let's circle back to
16:35what were you gonna do with the
16:37flowers give them to you boo J.D. I
16:41walked right into that one that
16:42night
16:47Boog walks onto the plane tonight
16:48with a bouquet of flowers those
16:52from Taylor via the fanatic he's
17:12giving you stuffed animal twice
17:13yeah two different mini fanatics
17:17two young happy fans have left
17:19Citizens Bank Park when I've been
17:20here it's the gift that keeps on
17:25giving yeah it is we're nervous
17:28riding on that buggy with him well
17:31I got on and thinking haha this is
17:34funny I'm gonna pretend to take
17:36your ride and then he was like
17:38let's go and then all of a sudden
17:40he starts going in the outfield
17:43and I was a little surprised so I
17:47I was excited I was a little
17:49nervous no I wasn't nervous at
17:51all actually I was having fun
17:55thinking that that was that good
17:56whoo to to J.D. real Muto center
18:13Another field Pico Armstrong
18:14waiting on it he's got it and
18:17that is out number three all
18:20those two crazy kids they're in
18:22love the city of brotherly love
18:47hey we're back and the Cubs have a
18:503-1 lead as we go to the top of the
18:53fifth from Citizens Bank Park who
18:55JD T-Mac
19:01Pete Crow Armstrong coming up to
19:05him PCA then Shaw and then Nico
19:13was our own car feet up pretty
19:14good last time he was up there
19:17may have a man bunt on his mind
19:20here.
19:43He's on the third baseman is was
19:45even with the bag but way off the
19:47line now with two strikes he's
19:48going to retreat we've seen Pete
19:51try to bunt with two strikes a
19:53couple of times at least once
20:17there's some debate about that in
20:20certain places right about
20:22whether you should be bunting with
20:25two strikes line drive at a base
20:28hit out into right center field
20:30that's a win right there nice
20:33yeah that's you know that's one
20:35of those plays that throughout the
20:36long history of baseball people
20:38so you can't bunt with two
20:38strikes you foul it off you're
20:40out it looks really bad but when
20:42you take a peek inside the
20:43numbers depending on who's on the
20:45mound and sometimes it's not a
20:46horrible play yes especially if
20:49that third baseman is going to
20:49back off so good speed out there
20:56and now it's Matt Shaw
21:04shot double his first time and he
21:06came in to score the Horner RBI
21:10single Cubs lead at 3 1 looking
21:12for more here in top half of
21:15inning number five that's a
21:19strike I went at 96 miles an
21:27hour we've seen as high as 99 from
21:29Lizardo here tonight last year he
21:39was 15 and 7 with a 3 9 2 ERA
21:42made 32 starts a career high
21:45183 two thirds innings struck out
21:48better than twenty nine percent of
21:50the batters he faced among the
21:51league leaders in that
22:04department there goes PCA pitches a
22:08ball throw it a second tag out
22:18it's second stealing 2 4 and
22:32measure pretty good league got a
22:34good job a real Muto really quick
22:36back he comes firing out of there
22:37man that's a throw right on the
22:40money that's a big time throw
22:46that's the one thing with PCA
22:47when he's looking to steal a base
22:48he's not going to surprise
22:49anybody everybody's on high
22:51alert yeah no question swing and a
23:00line drive base hit into the left
23:02field corner over to dig it out as
23:06Otto Kemp a match off in the
23:13nine hole the night a pair of
23:14doubles now against this tough
23:16left hander setting up shop for
23:33Niko again right down there by the
23:35law law sign fly ball hit the air
23:40left center field that one back
23:42and it's gone Niko Horner will
23:46touch him all he unloads out of
23:49the left center field that's his
23:51second of the year and the Cubs
23:54now on top five to one well your
23:59first clue was when the
24:00outfielder started to back off
24:02they were pursuing it then
24:03realized that ball was going to
24:04fly out of here let's look again
24:06shall we home run replay brought
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24:09vehicle of the Chicago Cubs Niko
24:12continues to do great things with
24:14the bat his only career to home
24:20run game came in this ballpark a
24:22couple of years back talked to
24:36Niko for a while today and we
24:37talked about just the
24:38progression and you know
24:42learning to hit the ball in the
24:43air the phrase he likes to use is
24:47impact the baseball and you know
24:51some people say you want a bigger
24:54swing he feels like when he thinks
24:56bigger it makes his swing a little
24:58sloppier but he is definitely progressing
25:07in the direction and delivering more
25:11and more the best version that we've
25:14ever seen in Niko yeah having having
25:16slug less on the ground yeah and he
25:21talked about the idea of contact
25:24for him being both a skill and he
25:27conceded to me that at times it's a
25:30crutch that sometimes just that
25:36natural wiring in terms of the way
25:39he's played the game is that the
25:41thought is don't swing and miss
25:45line drive out of the left center
25:46field next base hit Alex Bregman
26:00pretty impressive show the Cubs
26:01hitters are putting on here
26:02tonight against a really good
26:08pitcher J.D. by the way speaking of
26:11Lizardo yeah it is an interesting
26:14one if you think about it this one
26:19drilled out of the right center
26:20field over there to try and cut it
26:23off is Marsh racing for third is
26:25Bregman and it's a long loud single
26:28for say a Suzuki one of better
26:30swing say has gotten off since his
26:32return from his rehab assignment
26:34110 miles an hour off the bat and
26:36right now Lizardo's got no answer
26:38for these Cub hitters they're
26:39putting together an inning on him
26:41here well first a third action
26:50cooking in the Philly bullpen
26:52right now Caleb Cotham out to the
27:00mound
27:08anyway the thing I was just going to
27:10bring up I was you know it was out
27:12there that the Cubs looked at Jesus
27:15Lizardo basically prior to the start
27:20of last year for Owen Casey and in
27:25the end they decided not to do it and
27:28the packages weren't identical but
27:30similar it does at least bring up
27:33the idea like who would you rather
27:35have Jesus Lizardo or Edward Cabrera
27:37you know I don't know yeah I'll let
27:43you know in a couple of years yeah
27:44that's right both have outstanding
27:48stuff both have a checkered injury
27:51history certainly two guys you can
27:55dream on half takes outside the
28:02strike zone for ball one Ian is
28:05old for two he's grounded out and
28:07he has struck out Cabrera
28:16celebrated a birthday yesterday was
28:19Monday Monday happy belated big
28:24nasty big smooth Big Natty he's
28:34going to pitch against the Mets on
28:35Friday I believe Booth then Jopal
28:39gets Senga I don't know could have
28:56been outside I think if that were
29:05strike three and probably
29:07challenges to to good eye right
29:11there helps to put together good
29:22at bats here tonight.
29:35Lumberado doing a towel drill one
29:41fouled back Jenny rebicked how no
29:43no I was not the towel drill was
29:45not very prevalent in my day.
29:52Let's just say hypothetically you
29:55You were in the bullpen and you
29:56started doing the towel drill
29:58and no one Ryan walk while he's
30:00got his not only the towel he's
30:02got the thing stretchy thing
30:04drill with two second for one on
30:07the first and it's a double play
30:11the Cubs don't pick up two on
30:14one swing that's impacting the
30:16baseball Niko Warner off to a
30:18red hot start this year.
30:35He's got a couple of hits Cubs
30:40lead at 5 1 and even Naga will
30:43face the bottom of the Phillies
30:46order.
30:46Boom.
30:47Marsh 10.
30:54Get over breaking ball there.
30:56You'll see him as the game
30:58progresses start to break that
30:59out on all that one just scored
31:01it out of his hand.
31:17Sixteen swings and misses from
31:19Shota really all right here
31:21tonight back up the middle and
31:46Niko's waiting on it on the way
31:53showed immediately looked into
31:55the dugout.
31:55I'm not sure why maybe say hey
31:58we're going to have that second
31:59baseman out there behind me.
32:05My chubby pointing to somebody
32:07in the dugout.
32:11I got a piece of look at him.
32:12I think he's telling the trainer
32:13stay put.
32:14That's what it was.
32:14I didn't realize they hit him
32:16initially.
32:25Brandon Marsh now one away.
32:47I love how he holds the finish
32:49after that delivery same Kate
32:54Horton done for the year.
32:55Cubs obviously got some issues
32:57with the pitching and they need
32:58to show to not just be average
33:00right.
33:01They need good show to back and
33:02so far that's what we've seen
33:08the swing and miss this time he goes
33:10up top let's take a look at the
33:13stylings of the pitching
33:15philosopher looks familiar
33:18doesn't it splinters high
33:19fastball swings and misses got
33:21chore for a couple of times
33:22offered that splitter in off the
33:24plate made Harper look bad.
33:29No food up there that's pretty
33:43impressive.
33:49two outs in the fifth with 18
33:51swings and misses most he's
33:57ever had his twenty two figure a
34:00big league average for swings
34:01and misses and a start to come
34:03up with that somebody Cooper
34:05Chris somebody had it was on
34:07that couple starts ago.
34:15This whole pitch to contact
34:17things overrated and showed his
34:18mind swing and a miss Damon
34:41Naga on fire.
34:42Here he is punched out nine
34:44through five of the Cubs have
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35:33Now this may be just anecdotal on
35:35my part without any real evidence
35:36to support it.
35:37But I feel like a couple of years
35:38ago when Bushy was getting more
35:41bats against left handed pitching
35:42he did some good work hitting the
35:44ball the ball the left center
35:50the pitchers call the ball the
35:52catcher's challenge ABS is powered
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36:04the ball the count is two balls
36:05one strike one challenger
36:07three that's a tenth of an inch that
36:10missed by by the way the average
36:19swings and misses for a starter is
36:23ten and then we could kind of
36:29figure out probably swings and misses
36:32misses or whiffs if you will per
36:35inning you know because sometimes
36:40a guy will go four and a third
36:42sometimes he'll go six.
36:58nothing wrong with a walk here
37:00bushy broken bat roller right
37:17outside so able to handle that
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37:53ground through the left side hold
37:54a base here second hit of the
38:07night for Dansby fastball middle
38:09in hits it on the ground doesn't
38:11have a whole lot of room to
38:12operate there but was squirted
38:16through.
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