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00:00:04MLB, the show's coverage of Major League Baseball is on the air.
00:00:08Coming up, we've got a good matchup in store
00:00:11between the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox.
00:00:15Stay tuned. White Sox baseball is next.
00:00:28Dallas Keuchel, a left-hander out of Oklahoma, will be on the mound.
00:00:32Dan Pleasac, what do you got?
00:00:34Dallas Keuchel is a complete pitcher.
00:00:36He's kind of a throwback to a Jimmy Key kind of pitcher.
00:00:39A Tom Glaventype, not overpowering, 89 to 91 miles an hour with sink.
00:00:45Has the curveball, has the slider, and the straight changeup.
00:00:48What makes Dallas Keuchel so good,
00:00:50he'll throw all four of his pitches at any point in the count.
00:00:54Coming to the plate now, Chris Bryant.
00:00:56He will lead this one off today.
00:01:11Now here's the pitch.
00:01:14And the first pitch of the inning here misses down and in for a ball.
00:01:17That's 1-0.
00:01:25First pitch, 1 o'clock.
00:01:31And now this misses as well as he's behind the leadoff man this afternoon.
00:01:362-0 now.
00:01:47Here's the pitch.
00:01:50Slow roller left side.
00:01:53Throw to first.
00:01:55He's in time for the first down.
00:02:04And that'll bring Anthony Rizzo to the plate.
00:02:07Head-to-head pass with Dallas Keuchel.
00:02:10Two hits in seven tries.
00:02:11He also has one home run.
00:02:26He's ready.
00:02:26Here's the first offering.
00:02:30Rizzo is unlike many of today's hitters in the sense that he doesn't have a lot of swing and miss
00:02:35in his approach at the plate.
00:02:36More often than not, he gets contact.
00:02:39And I'm sure that makes him a frustrating hitter to face from a pitcher's standpoint.
00:02:43You know, he takes his chances when he has count leveraged.
00:02:46Without question, 1-0, 2-0.
00:02:48You'll see this guy try and get nasty a little bit.
00:02:50But he stays within himself.
00:02:51He knows what his strengths are.
00:02:53And he tries to drive the ball right back where it came from.
00:02:57Another 0-2 coming.
00:03:09Swing and a miss as he ran that two-sever right by him for the second half.
00:03:13Nice two-seam fastball there.
00:03:15You don't usually see a lot of swings and misses with that pitch unless it's really moving.
00:03:19So that one must have had some real good late life.
00:03:29And that brings up Javi Baez.
00:03:33And he'll take a change-up here for strike one.
00:03:36Well, even though these two teams are in different leagues,
00:03:38they do play each other every year because of the crosstown rivalry.
00:03:42And it's always pretty fun.
00:03:44Yeah, and for the players, Matt, they love it.
00:03:46Not only is there more on the line than usual, like bragging rights,
00:03:50but they're not having to stay at hotels and all that.
00:03:52It's just like a normal home game where they're driving to a different ballpark.
00:03:56So let's take a peek at our umpiring crew.
00:03:59And this one behind the plate is Clyde Washington.
00:04:01Yeah, Matt, he collides my type of umpire.
00:04:04I didn't mind the low strike zone, and that's exactly what he has.
00:04:07If you're not going to give him above the belt, I'm okay with D.
00:04:09You know, one of the things, I guess, with Clyde is he is a real good low strike umpire.
00:04:14Pitchers seem to like him more than hitters.
00:04:16But one thing I will say.
00:04:17And we'll have to leave it there as the play is made here to end the inning.
00:04:21So a relatively routine start for the top of the first year.
00:04:25Now it's the White Sox turn in a scoreless ballgame.
00:04:32Hugh Darvish, the right-hander from Japan, will get the starting assignment in this one.
00:04:37What do we need to know here, Danny?
00:04:39Hugh Darvish is what you look at when you're looking for an ace.
00:04:42Big, strong guy came over from Japan 95 to 97 miles an hour,
00:04:47all the way back from Tommy John surgery as the curveball, the changeup, and the slider
00:04:53will throw any pitch at any count.
00:04:56One of the top pitchers in the game, and you'll know early,
00:04:59if he's seeing a lot of swings and misses in strikeouts,
00:05:02it's going to be a long day for those guys swinging the bats.
00:05:06Tim Anderson stands in as he looks at ball one here.
00:05:27Hit the other way out toward right field.
00:05:31Therefore, it is Hayward now one away.
00:05:41So here's Yohan Moncada, head-to-head numbers with Hugh Darvish.
00:05:45He's hitless in three at-bats.
00:05:51He's set, here it comes.
00:05:53Good fastball down around the knees there, taken for a strike.
00:05:57Darvish has tossed more than 1,000 innings at the big league level
00:06:01and hangs an ERA just a little over three and a half.
00:06:05Bases are empty, one man out.
00:06:11The 0-1 is a fastball low, and that evens the count at 1-1.
00:06:23And this one's high and tight, backing him up 2-1.
00:06:35And he can't catch the corner here, so he's behind 3-1.
00:06:39Good job to work the count and put himself back in the driver's seat.
00:06:42Started off with one strike, and now he's got the count in his favor, 3-1.
00:06:50In there, and it's full 3-2.
00:07:01Now the payoff pitch home.
00:07:04Turned on that one and crushed it.
00:07:05Just pulled it a little foul.
00:07:12The next 3-2.
00:07:14Hit in the air to straightaway center.
00:07:17Center fielder giving chase.
00:07:19He tracks it down and makes the play to record the second out.
00:07:26So here's Jose Brainyu.
00:07:37First delivery to him on the way.
00:07:39Just off the outside that time, laid off for a ball.
00:07:49The 1-0.
00:07:51Misses ball two.
00:07:53Two balls.
00:07:55No fun.
00:08:02Too high.
00:08:03And it's 3-0.
00:08:06I'd be shocked if this wasn't a 4-pitch walk right here.
00:08:09He doesn't want to mess around and leave something over the heart of the plate and get beat in this
00:08:12situation.
00:08:16And he'll just make him throw one over here.
00:08:183-1.
00:08:28Swing and a miss much too early, and that makes it a full count.
00:08:31He got a swing and a miss on that last pitch, but that's not the location he wants to live
00:08:36in against a hitter of this quality.
00:08:40Now the 3-2 pitch.
00:08:43And a good job there to lay off.
00:08:45It's ball four as he becomes their first base runner of the ball game now with two away.
00:08:50Well, when you go with the slider there on a full count, you're hoping that the hitter is thinking fastball
00:08:54and swings through it.
00:08:55Didn't work out that way, though.
00:08:57He lays off and gets the free pass.
00:09:01Digging in, Yosemite Grandal.
00:09:04He takes his first cuts in this one with a man at first and two away.
00:09:12From the stretch, here's the pitch.
00:09:15They'll try and entice him with a high fastball, but he wouldn't commit.
00:09:18It's ball one.
00:09:25And a fastball here that's taken for ball two.
00:09:29He's having a really hard time finding his rhythm and finding the strike zone.
00:09:33It's going to allow this offense to keyhole him in big situations.
00:09:36He's got to figure it out pretty quick.
00:09:42Darvish pauses, 2-0 on its way.
00:09:44And he fouls this one off.
00:09:47Abreyer, the runner at first with two gone.
00:09:56Sent foul again, and after being way ahead, now it's even at two and two.
00:10:06Working for the punch out and the offering.
00:10:09Lifted down the line and left.
00:10:11And this will wind up a foul ball.
00:10:19He's set.
00:10:20Here's the 2-2.
00:10:21Now a fastball swung on and missed.
00:10:23And that is out number three.
00:10:27White Sox leave one.
00:10:29Still no score.
00:10:42New inning set to get underway.
00:10:44And next, it'll be the left-handed power threat, Kyle Schwarber.
00:10:57First pitch of the at-bat on its way.
00:11:02Schwarber, an Ohio native, who was selected in the first round during the 2014 draft.
00:11:09Yeah, Matty, they certainly got it right when they drafted this guy.
00:11:12He has turned himself into an absolute superstar.
00:11:15Everybody knows this guy's name.
00:11:17Meanwhile, now, this is a fair ball down the line and left,
00:11:21and that ought to be good for extra bases.
00:11:24And he is in the second base with a leadoff double.
00:11:27Nice piece of hitting right there.
00:11:29He obviously recognized Cutter away, stayed inside it,
00:11:33and was able to drive it the other way.
00:11:34Now, next to hit will be Wilson Contreras,
00:11:49as the first pitch to him is in there for a cold strike one.
00:12:03Behind 0-2 now.
00:12:10Hoping to send him packing, pitch on its way.
00:12:13They really bunch him up on that one as he swings and misses for the first out.
00:12:17That was a nasty-looking slider that time.
00:12:20Yeah, that was really well executed, Matt.
00:12:23A classic strikeout pitch.
00:12:25You think it's fastball middle in,
00:12:26then it starts bearing in on your back leg,
00:12:28and unless you hit it out front,
00:12:30there's nothing much you can do with that.
00:12:39Here's Jason Hayward now,
00:12:41as he'll take one up in the zone,
00:12:43but indeed in the strike zone for the first strike.
00:12:57Oh, and one count,
00:12:59and the pitch.
00:13:09And there's a fastball well off the plate inside.
00:13:19The 1-2.
00:13:20The 1-2.
00:13:35No score here as we play inning number two.
00:13:43Still 2-2.
00:13:53Hit on the ground to third.
00:13:55Moncada fields it cleanly,
00:13:57and there are two away now.
00:14:01So, in now for Chicago.
00:14:03Steven Souza, runner in scoring position with Sougar.
00:14:13Here comes the first pitch.
00:14:16Swung on by Souza,
00:14:17and he connects to left field.
00:14:20And out of here.
00:14:22And I mean by plenty.
00:14:24That ball was crushed.
00:14:30It's a two-run homer for Steven Souza,
00:14:33as the Cubs are out in front now,
00:14:35two to nothing.
00:14:40You know, D-Row,
00:14:41you're not afforded as many mistakes
00:14:43when you're not throwing that ball in the 90s or above.
00:14:45This guy needs to be real fine with his location.
00:14:48You know, Dan,
00:14:49that's just a great swing by that hitter right there.
00:14:51Because when you see low velocity,
00:14:53a guy out on the mound that's not going to blow the heater by you,
00:14:57maybe sometimes you expand the zone.
00:14:59Not the case right there.
00:15:00He set him up.
00:15:01He wanted something over the heart of the plate,
00:15:03and he didn't miss it.
00:15:04Ian Happ started to go around,
00:15:06but it's a called strike.
00:15:070-1.
00:15:09Now here's the pitch.
00:15:13In front of the changeup,
00:15:15and he can't keep it fair.
00:15:16Two strikes on him now.
00:15:18Into the windup.
00:15:20Here comes the 0-2 pitch.
00:15:22Swing,
00:15:22and a miss got him reaching.
00:15:24Grandal has it,
00:15:25and the throw to first ends the inning.
00:15:30Two for the Cubs in the inning
00:15:31on the strength of this two-run home run.
00:15:34We'll go to the bottom of the second.
00:15:36It's now 2-0 Chicago.
00:15:43Ready to go for the last half of the inning,
00:15:46and striding forward,
00:15:47the designated hitter,
00:15:49Edwin Encarnacion.
00:15:50Hey, we're still in the early stages of this one.
00:15:52We're only down by a couple of runs,
00:15:54but it's really key for this leadoff guy
00:15:56to try to get on
00:15:57and get a big inning started.
00:16:00First pitch coming.
00:16:01Here it is.
00:16:15Come set with the 0-1.
00:16:18Lofted in the air out toward right center.
00:16:20Hayward has a read on it,
00:16:23and he hauls it in
00:16:24for the first out of the inning.
00:16:36Ready now for the White Sox.
00:16:39Eloy Jimenez,
00:16:40as he'll get his first opportunity in this one.
00:16:48Now the pitch.
00:16:58On its way, the 0-1 pitch.
00:17:00Down and away, ball one.
00:17:03One out, nobody on.
00:17:11On the ground to the right side.
00:17:15Throw on to first, Tugan.
00:17:20In now, the power-hitting outfielder,
00:17:23Nomar Mazzara,
00:17:24trying to make something happen
00:17:25with Tugan in the bottom of the second.
00:17:32It comes set.
00:17:33Here's the nothing-and-nothing pitch.
00:17:44Now the 1-0
00:17:46misses for the second ball.
00:17:49Non-competitive pitch right there.
00:17:51Runs the count to 2-0,
00:17:52and he is ready to do some damage in the box.
00:18:03That's lifted the other way out to left.
00:18:07Schwarber is there,
00:18:08and he'll make the catch to retire the side.
00:18:12Down in order go the White Sox.
00:18:13They're down 2-0.
00:18:27Into the box now,
00:18:28Jason Kipnis,
00:18:29as we are all set to begin
00:18:31the third inning in this one.
00:18:32One of the keys to securing a win.
00:18:34They want to keep the pressure on
00:18:36and try to build that lead
00:18:37as much as they can
00:18:38moving into the later innings.
00:18:46First pitch of the at-bat.
00:19:00Into his wind-up.
00:19:01Here comes the 1-0.
00:19:03There's a cold strike
00:19:05as he nips the corner.
00:19:11On the run.
00:19:12This went in on him,
00:19:13and he can't connect,
00:19:14so he finds himself down.
00:19:151-2 now.
00:19:17Really tied him up on that one.
00:19:19Yikes.
00:19:19He kind of looked clueless
00:19:21on that swing right there, Matt.
00:19:22If I'm pitching,
00:19:23I'm going right back
00:19:23to that same pitch.
00:19:25And Kipnis is going to reach
00:19:26on a base hit.
00:19:29Lead-off single
00:19:30to start the third right now.
00:19:31From an offensive standpoint,
00:19:33keep the aggressive
00:19:34at-bats happening.
00:19:35Keep the pressure
00:19:36on the defense.
00:19:37Everything's looking good
00:19:38right now.
00:19:46Here's Chris Bryant now
00:19:48as he'll look at a fastball
00:19:50too high for ball one.
00:19:510-for-1 for him
00:19:53here in this one.
00:20:05Starts to go around,
00:20:06but the home plate umpire
00:20:07says he held up ball two.
00:20:09Bryant, 28 years old.
00:20:11He's a five-year vet
00:20:12at the major league level.
00:20:19Too tight with that one.
00:20:213-0.
00:20:22This inning hasn't started
00:20:24ideally for him on the mound,
00:20:25but here on 3-0,
00:20:26you have to have the mentality
00:20:28that you're only a strike
00:20:29and or a ground ball double play
00:20:31away from getting back on track.
00:20:41Liner in there
00:20:42for a base hit.
00:20:43Oh, and the throwback
00:20:44in is a wild one.
00:20:49Hey, listen,
00:20:49as a pitcher,
00:20:50when you fall behind
00:20:51with three balls,
00:20:52you want to come in
00:20:52and throw a strike
00:20:53and sometimes you're going
00:20:54to give up a base hit.
00:20:55Yeah, Danny,
00:20:55that's the name of the game
00:20:56from the offensive standpoint.
00:20:58Work yourself,
00:20:59count leverage, man.
00:21:002-0, 3-0, 3-1.
00:21:02Buy yourself that pop
00:21:04committed fastball in cheap.
00:21:07Now at the plate,
00:21:08Anthony Rizzo,
00:21:090-for-1 here
00:21:10in the early going.
00:21:30First pitch of the at-bat
00:21:31on its way.
00:21:33Slider finds the zone
00:21:34for a strike.
00:21:36Hey, two options
00:21:37if you're standing
00:21:37on the bump right now.
00:21:38Have to find a way
00:21:39to punch this guy's ticket
00:21:41or roll a double play.
00:21:480-and-1, here it comes.
00:21:52Hey, as a hitter right here,
00:21:54you can't be leaning out over.
00:21:55I know those first two pitches
00:21:57were in the outer half,
00:21:58but nothing's saying
00:21:59he can't ride a fastball
00:22:01in right here.
00:22:02A ball and two strikes
00:22:03to Anthony Rizzo.
00:22:05Those were two great
00:22:06executed pitches right there
00:22:08away from this batter.
00:22:09He can hurt you
00:22:10in a heartbeat.
00:22:11I don't think anything's
00:22:12going to leak out
00:22:13over the heart of the plate.
00:22:22Fouled off.
00:22:25Kipnis over at second.
00:22:27Bryant at first
00:22:28with no outs.
00:22:32And he'll try to entice him
00:22:33with the changeup here,
00:22:34but it dips below the knees.
00:22:36It's two and two.
00:22:37This is a fun guy
00:22:38to watch when he's up there.
00:22:39Really battles.
00:22:40Doesn't take any pitches off.
00:22:42He's a grinder.
00:22:43Always seems to make it difficult
00:22:44on the opposing pitcher.
00:22:46And that one
00:22:47never threatened the zone.
00:22:48It's gone full now
00:22:49to three and two.
00:22:51Not a time to fool
00:22:52around right now
00:22:52on a three-two count
00:22:53with the middle part
00:22:54of the order coming up.
00:22:55Expect a good pitch
00:22:56to swing at.
00:23:03Full count.
00:23:03Here it comes.
00:23:04And he misses with it.
00:23:06Ball four.
00:23:07So that'll load the bases.
00:23:08And now he's really
00:23:09going to need to get
00:23:10a ground ball.
00:23:11Yeah, the pitching coach
00:23:12would hate to go to the bullpen
00:23:13this early in the game,
00:23:14but sometimes you have
00:23:16no choice.
00:23:16On the flip side,
00:23:17he might just get in his face
00:23:18a little bit out there.
00:23:19Try to challenge him.
00:23:21Wake him up from his funk.
00:23:22Either way,
00:23:23we'll see how it works.
00:23:31Stepping into the box,
00:23:32Javier Baez.
00:23:33He could really open
00:23:34this lead up early
00:23:35if he can deliver here
00:23:36with the bases loaded.
00:23:40From the stretch.
00:23:43When you're hitting
00:23:44in a situation like this,
00:23:45you have to find a way
00:23:47to slow your heart rate down.
00:23:49The pitcher's the one
00:23:50with all the pressure.
00:23:52You're looking to keyhole
00:23:53something middle of the plate
00:23:54and drive some runs in.
00:24:00The 1-0 is looked at
00:24:02for the first strike.
00:24:13Grounded down the third
00:24:14baseline.
00:24:15But a foul ball.
00:24:17One and two the count now.
00:24:24Did a good job
00:24:25to shorten up
00:24:26and protect the plate
00:24:27and he'll have another
00:24:28shot at it here.
00:24:36Pulled high in the air
00:24:37out to left field.
00:24:38Waiting on it
00:24:39as Jimenez
00:24:40makes the catch
00:24:41but the runner
00:24:42from third
00:24:42breaks for home.
00:24:44And he'll make it
00:24:45in to score.
00:24:46It's a sack fly
00:24:47and an RBI
00:24:48and it's now
00:24:49a 3-0 ball game.
00:24:53Man, this is a spot
00:24:54where you really
00:24:55want to get greedy
00:24:56as a hitter.
00:24:57Bases loaded.
00:24:59Nobody out.
00:24:59You're hoping
00:25:00for that big swing
00:25:01of the bat.
00:25:02What does he get?
00:25:02A sacrifice fly
00:25:04and only one run scores.
00:25:06I'm sure he wanted more
00:25:07but he's not going to
00:25:08complain about the RBI.
00:25:11So first and second
00:25:13with one man gone
00:25:14and that'll bring up
00:25:15the left-handed hitting
00:25:16Kyle Schwarber.
00:25:24From the stretch.
00:25:37The 1-0 home.
00:25:39A swing and a miss.
00:25:40Strike one.
00:25:41While he's following
00:25:42the code not to miss
00:25:43down and into a lefty.
00:25:45Everything on the
00:25:46outer half of the plate.
00:25:52Oh my God!
00:25:56Now the 1-1 pitch.
00:25:57It's laid off
00:25:58for ball two.
00:26:00Has to be a challenge
00:26:01pitch coming up here.
00:26:02He probably doesn't
00:26:03want to flirt with
00:26:04loading the bases.
00:26:16Now the 2-1 pitch.
00:26:17Swim!
00:26:29Three ball.
00:26:31Two strikes.
00:26:31For the guy on the mound
00:26:32this is one of those
00:26:33innings where nothing
00:26:34comes easy.
00:26:35He's thrown a bunch
00:26:36of pitches and this
00:26:37A-B hasn't been any
00:26:38different.
00:26:39Definitely laboring
00:26:40at the moment.
00:26:463-2 pitch.
00:27:01Keeps fighting him off.
00:27:03The 8th pitch of the
00:27:04at-bat coming up.
00:27:10On the ground
00:27:11is short.
00:27:12This could be two.
00:27:13The second for one.
00:27:15Throw back to
00:27:15Lebreu.
00:27:16They get them both
00:27:17and the side is retired.
00:27:19Only one in the
00:27:20inning for the Cubs.
00:27:21We'll head now to the
00:27:22home half of inning
00:27:23number three.
00:27:24The Cubs lead this one
00:27:25three to nothing.
00:27:30Now in the box.
00:27:32Luis Robert.
00:27:32He'll begin things here
00:27:34against U Darvish.
00:27:41He's ready.
00:27:42Here's the first
00:27:42offering.
00:27:44Starts him out with a
00:27:45cutter and he gets him to
00:27:45swing through at one
00:27:47strike.
00:27:55Outside for a ball.
00:27:56One and one.
00:28:09And that one misses badly.
00:28:11It's ball two.
00:28:19Grounded to the right.
00:28:21Kipley showing off his range.
00:28:23And a good throw gets him.
00:28:24One guy.
00:28:29Stepping up to the plate.
00:28:30Leory Garcia.
00:28:31He'll get to take his first
00:28:32cuts here.
00:28:39Now here's the pitch.
00:28:42In there.
00:28:43Strike one.
00:28:52Oh and he's really getting
00:28:54the better of him now.
00:28:55It's strike two.
00:29:03Pulled toward right center field.
00:29:07Papp.
00:29:08The range to his left
00:29:09and put it away.
00:29:10Two down.
00:29:15So it's back to the top of the
00:29:17order now.
00:29:18And up next it'll be Tim Anderson.
00:29:29He's set and the pitch.
00:29:33One and out.
00:29:34The White Sox are still looking
00:29:35to break into the hit column here.
00:29:42Late swing but he's still able
00:29:44to get a lot of this one out
00:29:45toward deep right field.
00:29:47A leap but he can't bring it
00:29:49back into the park.
00:29:50It's a home run.
00:29:56A solo shot here to straight away right field.
00:30:00And the White Sox are back in it.
00:30:01It's a three to one ball game.
00:30:12When this one left the bat I thought it was going to be
00:30:14an easy out to right.
00:30:16But it just kept carrying and carrying
00:30:18and the right fielder gave it a great effort
00:30:20and almost brought it back.
00:30:21But no dice.
00:30:33Next to bat will be the Cuban import
00:30:35Yohan Moncada.
00:30:36As the first pitch misses to him
00:30:38it's ball one.
00:30:39So far 0 for 1 with a fly out.
00:30:51Darvish pauses.
00:30:52Here it is on 1-0.
00:31:04A little late on this one as it's lifted
00:31:06the other way down the left field line.
00:31:09Schwarber is under it and he makes the catch
00:31:11for out number 3.
00:31:14But for the Sox a run here in the inning
00:31:17on the solo home run.
00:31:19We played 3 full.
00:31:21It's the Cubs 3 and the White Sox 1.
00:31:28Welcome back to the South Side
00:31:30as we check in with Heidi.
00:31:32Thanks Matt.
00:31:33In between innings I was able to catch up
00:31:34with the manager of the Cubs
00:31:35to discuss his thoughts on his lineup so far.
00:31:38And flat out he was very pleased
00:31:40with the quality of their at-bats.
00:31:41They've been able to push across
00:31:43three runs to this point
00:31:44but they've also made the opposition
00:31:46work extremely hard.
00:31:47He's thrown a lot of pitches
00:31:48and they think they're going to have
00:31:50a good opportunity to push across
00:31:52a lot more runs as he tires
00:31:54or as they get into that bullpen.
00:31:56Okay, thank you Heidi.
00:31:59All set for the start of the inning
00:32:01and next will be the power hitting catcher
00:32:03Wilson Contreras.
00:32:11First offering on its way.
00:32:15Changed up on him and dropped it in
00:32:17for a called strike.
00:32:23There's a fastball well off the plate
00:32:25for a ball.
00:32:33And now a fastball but he's able
00:32:35to hold off on it and it's 2-1 now.
00:32:42High in the air down the right field line.
00:32:46But this is just going to wind up
00:32:48being a foul ball.
00:32:54And that's going to land foul.
00:32:59Here's the pitch on 2-2.
00:33:02On a good changeup.
00:33:04A swing and a miss
00:33:05and he sat down on strikes
00:33:06for the second time today.
00:33:08He showed right there
00:33:09why having a good changeup
00:33:10is so valuable.
00:33:112-2 and he flips one up there
00:33:13that the bottom really falls out
00:33:15at the last minute.
00:33:16It's so hard to pick up
00:33:18and it's even harder
00:33:19to make good contact with.
00:33:21So that'll bring up Jason Hayward
00:33:22as the first pitch to him
00:33:24is off the plate
00:33:25for a ball 1-0.
00:33:26He's 0-1 thus far.
00:33:37The 1-0 delivery.
00:33:41You can bet he wants that one
00:33:43back at the plate right now.
00:33:44Well, that's a pitch
00:33:45you normally see a guy drive
00:33:47if he has the right approach going.
00:33:52A 1-1.
00:33:55Takes a pitch for strike number 2.
00:34:04Pulled toward right center field.
00:34:09Robert will range to his left
00:34:11and put it away.
00:34:12Two down.
00:34:15Trying to pick things up
00:34:17where he left off.
00:34:18Steven Souza.
00:34:19He went deep in his first at-bat.
00:34:21We'll see what he's got
00:34:22in store for us here.
00:34:23The last at-bat, Matty D.
00:34:25We heard this guy's
00:34:26a good fastball hitter.
00:34:27He got a fastball
00:34:28and didn't miss it.
00:34:29We'll see if they pitch him
00:34:30a little bit differently this time
00:34:31and mix in some off-speed pitches.
00:34:34Ball hit on the ground
00:34:36for Anderson at short.
00:34:38Throw over to Abreu
00:34:39is in time
00:34:40and with it,
00:34:41the side is retired.
00:34:43Three up,
00:34:43three down for the Cubs.
00:34:45But they hang on
00:34:46to a 3-1 lead.
00:34:57Leading off the inning,
00:34:59Jose Abreu
00:35:00and they'll need him
00:35:01to get something going here.
00:35:03Things not looking very good
00:35:04so far in this one,
00:35:05but we're still in the middle innings.
00:35:07They're down by a couple of runs
00:35:08and this will be the right place
00:35:10and the right time
00:35:11to get something going.
00:35:12The last thing they want to do
00:35:13is to try to come from behind
00:35:15and win this one
00:35:16in the 8th or 9th inning.
00:35:17And it's fouled away.
00:35:20This guy's been throwing the ball
00:35:21great so far,
00:35:22but it's going to be tested here.
00:35:234, 5, and 6
00:35:24coming up this part of the lineup.
00:35:28And he powers the cut fastball
00:35:30by him that time
00:35:30and he's in charge now,
00:35:31nothing and two.
00:35:33Hey, he's got great feel
00:35:34for that pitch right there.
00:35:35He can throw it
00:35:36any time he wants
00:35:37for a strike.
00:35:38Slow roller out to short.
00:35:41And an off-balance throw
00:35:42is in time
00:35:43as he takes one away.
00:35:45Wow!
00:35:46Wow!
00:35:48Here's the catcher,
00:35:50Yasmany Grandal,
00:35:51comes into this at bat
00:35:520 for 1 in the ballgame.
00:36:01He's set.
00:36:02Here it comes.
00:36:113-1 is our score here
00:36:12in inning number 4.
00:36:19Well above the letters
00:36:20with the fastball
00:36:21that time.
00:36:22Grandal
00:36:23stands 6-1
00:36:24and hits from both sides
00:36:26of the plate.
00:36:27He's in the midst
00:36:27of his eighth
00:36:28major league season.
00:36:343-0 now.
00:36:36Edwin Encarnacion
00:36:38will be next.
00:36:51Grandal
00:36:52with a three-and-one
00:36:53count down.
00:37:02Mine to the right side.
00:37:04And that's going to get down
00:37:05in front of Hayward
00:37:06for a base hit.
00:37:12Now back,
00:37:13the deprecated winner,
00:37:17Edwin Encarnacion.
00:37:22Edwin Encarnacion
00:37:23to the plate now.
00:37:25And he'll try and hold off
00:37:26the swing,
00:37:27but this one's in there
00:37:27for strike one.
00:37:29Fly it out
00:37:29in his first at bat,
00:37:30so make him 0 for 1
00:37:32so far.
00:37:38The 0-1 delivery.
00:37:41Looks like he swung it
00:37:42underwater that time
00:37:44for strike two.
00:37:52And a slider's in the dirt
00:37:54as he lays off it
00:37:55for a ball.
00:38:04And a swing and a miss
00:38:05as they got him
00:38:06with the slider there,
00:38:07two away.
00:38:07Well, that's just
00:38:08a quality pitch right there.
00:38:10The location was excellent
00:38:11because if it's put in play,
00:38:12there's a good chance
00:38:14it's on the ground
00:38:14for a double play.
00:38:15And a strike down
00:38:16always works too.
00:38:30into the box now.
00:38:32Eloy Jimenez.
00:38:33Yes, he'll take a look
00:38:34at ball one.
00:38:45The 1-0
00:38:47is in off the plate.
00:38:49Well, both of those balls
00:38:50have been inside,
00:38:51so if I'm hitting,
00:38:52I'm looking for something
00:38:53I can get my arms
00:38:54extended on.
00:38:55Probably won't come back
00:38:56inside for a third time.
00:39:00Ready with the 2-0 pitch.
00:39:02Now a pitch swung on
00:39:04and missed.
00:39:04It's 2-1.
00:39:05What I love right there
00:39:07is just the freedom
00:39:08in that hack.
00:39:09He ain't trying to do
00:39:10anything but hit the
00:39:11baseball as far as he can.
00:39:16Now the 2-1.
00:39:21One run, two hits,
00:39:23and no errors so far
00:39:24for the White Sox.
00:39:29Swung on and missed,
00:39:30and that's the final
00:39:32out of the inning.
00:39:35A man left for the White Sox.
00:39:37Score holds.
00:39:38It's 3-1.
00:39:53All ready to go
00:39:54in the top of the fifth
00:39:55and set to go
00:39:56as the switch-hitting
00:39:57outfielder,
00:39:58Ian Happ.
00:40:08First pitch on its way.
00:40:12In there, 0-1.
00:40:20Off the plate,
00:40:22one ball,
00:40:23one strike.
00:40:27Here's the one-and-one
00:40:28delivery.
00:40:30Fouled away.
00:40:39And a change-up,
00:40:41swung on and missed
00:40:41for the first down.
00:40:43One of the toughest pitches
00:40:44to hit,
00:40:45the straight change-up,
00:40:46right?
00:40:46El Cambio.
00:40:47Hadn't seen it in that
00:40:48entire bat.
00:40:49What happens?
00:40:50Gets the string pulled
00:40:51on him right there.
00:40:52Had no chance to put that
00:40:54ball in play.
00:41:05In is the second baseman,
00:41:06Jason Kipnis.
00:41:08This he'll lay off
00:41:09a slider too low,
00:41:10ball one.
00:41:11One for one
00:41:12after a single
00:41:13this first time up.
00:41:23Fastball taken,
00:41:24but that gets the zone
00:41:25for a strike.
00:41:33And this one's up
00:41:34around the eyes,
00:41:35two and one.
00:41:36Three to one,
00:41:37our score as we play
00:41:38inning number five.
00:41:42And it's two balls
00:41:43and two strikes now.
00:41:44Two balls,
00:41:45two strikes,
00:41:46a crucial count
00:41:47for both pitcher
00:41:47and hitter.
00:41:48So Dan,
00:41:49what was your approach
00:41:50on the mound
00:41:51in that count?
00:41:52Do you still pitch
00:41:52for the strikeout here?
00:41:54Action pitch right here,
00:41:55two-two.
00:41:55The last thing you want to do
00:41:56is to fall behind
00:41:57the count three-two.
00:42:05Now the payoff pitch home.
00:42:08It's the top
00:42:09top of the zone.
00:42:10He struck him out looking.
00:42:11I'll tell you,
00:42:12he's showing no signs
00:42:13of tiring right now.
00:42:14Still looks razor sharp
00:42:16from what I can tell,
00:42:16so I think he might
00:42:18last a while longer
00:42:19if he can keep this up.
00:42:27Digging in next
00:42:28will be Chris Bryant.
00:42:30As he'll send
00:42:31a ground ball
00:42:32down to third.
00:42:33Mokata has it.
00:42:34Throw to first
00:42:35will get him easily
00:42:36and the side is retiring.
00:42:39Cubs are down
00:42:40in order
00:42:40as the lead
00:42:41remains
00:42:42three to one.
00:42:52Welcome back
00:42:52for the bottom
00:42:53of the fifth.
00:42:54Here's Heidi Wachner.
00:42:55Thanks, Matt.
00:42:56I had a chance
00:42:57to talk with
00:42:57White Sox manager
00:42:58Rick Renteria
00:42:59between innings
00:42:59about his thoughts
00:43:00on his lineup's performance.
00:43:02And flat out,
00:43:03he told me
00:43:04they just need
00:43:04to put better swings
00:43:05on the ball right now.
00:43:06He said it's been
00:43:07pretty apparent
00:43:07that they're just not
00:43:08finding a lot
00:43:09of hard contact today.
00:43:10There have been
00:43:11a lot of outs
00:43:11on softly hit balls
00:43:13and while most
00:43:14of the credit for that
00:43:14goes to the opposing pitching,
00:43:16he said it's important
00:43:17for them to continue
00:43:18to make adjustments
00:43:19at the plate.
00:43:19It's games like these
00:43:21where they have to get
00:43:21back to the basics
00:43:22and find a way
00:43:23to generate some offense.
00:43:25Thank you, Heidi.
00:43:26No more.
00:43:28More.
00:43:29More.
00:43:30More.
00:43:31More.
00:43:31More.
00:43:31More.
00:43:32More.
00:43:38Ready to deliver.
00:43:39Here's the first pitch.
00:43:41Nomar Mazzara
00:43:42is at the plate
00:43:42as he looks at ball one.
00:43:50The 1-0.
00:43:52A swing and a miss.
00:43:54That's the first strike.
00:44:03This is on the ground
00:44:05over to first.
00:44:06Rizzo is there.
00:44:07Throws in time
00:44:08and that's at number one.
00:44:12Digging in.
00:44:13Luis Robert.
00:44:14He's 0 for 1
00:44:15after grounding out
00:44:16in his only trip
00:44:17to the plate so far.
00:44:18Yeah, I understand that,
00:44:20Matty,
00:44:20but this guy's got
00:44:21burner wheels
00:44:22down the first baseline.
00:44:23I don't think he even
00:44:24concerns himself
00:44:25with that.
00:44:26He has to put it
00:44:27on the ground.
00:44:28That's part of what
00:44:28makes him successful.
00:44:30One run,
00:44:31two hits,
00:44:32and no errors so far
00:44:33for the White Sox.
00:44:38Got him out
00:44:39at his front foot.
00:44:40It's 0-2.
00:44:41His command
00:44:42has been outstanding
00:44:43so far.
00:44:44Hitting nearly
00:44:45all of the spots
00:44:46and that's been
00:44:47a big factor
00:44:47why he's been
00:44:48so successful
00:44:49up to this point.
00:44:54Here's Darvish
00:44:54on 0-2.
00:44:56Looked like
00:44:56the cut fastball
00:44:57there and he got
00:44:58him to swing
00:44:58through it
00:44:59for the second out.
00:45:00Boy, that's really
00:45:01disappointing for a guy
00:45:02that has wheels, right?
00:45:03All he wants to do
00:45:04is get on base
00:45:05and take advantage
00:45:06of the strength
00:45:07of his game
00:45:07which is his speed.
00:45:09But with a strikeout
00:45:09right there,
00:45:10you can't get on
00:45:11first base
00:45:11if you strike out.
00:45:21standing in now
00:45:22Lauri Garcia
00:45:23as he will look
00:45:24at a first pitch
00:45:25fastball
00:45:26for ball one.
00:45:36The 1-0 home.
00:45:39Hey, this guy's
00:45:40got to be pretty proud
00:45:41of what he's done
00:45:42so far.
00:45:42It's never easy
00:45:43to pitch on the road
00:45:44but to have this
00:45:45kind of outing
00:45:46in a ballpark
00:45:46that is notoriously
00:45:48known as being
00:45:49hitter friendly
00:45:49it's been a treat
00:45:50to watch.
00:46:02And that one
00:46:03misses badly
00:46:04it's ball two.
00:46:15swing and a ball
00:46:16lifted in the air
00:46:17toward the line
00:46:18and right.
00:46:18Hayward has a read
00:46:19on it
00:46:20and that ends
00:46:21the inning.
00:46:221-2-3 go
00:46:23the White Sox
00:46:24and it remains
00:46:25a 3-1 ball game.
00:46:37standing in
00:46:38Anthony Rizzo
00:46:39he'll begin things
00:46:40here against
00:46:41Dallas Keuchel
00:46:52first offering
00:46:53on its way
00:46:56some action
00:46:57now in the
00:46:57White Sox
00:46:58bullpen
00:46:58they'll stand up
00:46:59a lefty
00:47:00and a right
00:47:00hander
00:47:01to throw
00:47:08the wind up
00:47:09and the 1-0 pitch
00:47:11check swing
00:47:12no swing
00:47:14says the home
00:47:14putt umpire
00:47:15ball two
00:47:22not surprisingly
00:47:23here
00:47:23this is on the
00:47:24ground to the
00:47:25right side
00:47:25throw to first
00:47:26gets him
00:47:27so the leadoff
00:47:28man's retired
00:47:29here to begin
00:47:29the sixth
00:47:31the best
00:47:32riding in once again
00:47:33Javier Baez
00:47:35it was an RBI sack fly
00:47:37for him last time
00:47:38through
00:47:40first pitch coming
00:47:41here it is
00:47:49now the 1-0
00:48:02swing and a ball
00:48:03foul tipped
00:48:03right off our
00:48:04home plate umpire
00:48:05and with no time
00:48:06to react
00:48:07that is tough
00:48:08duty back there
00:48:09let's hope he's
00:48:10okay
00:48:11and another
00:48:12foul ball
00:48:12we're in the
00:48:14sixth inning
00:48:14here in a
00:48:14three to one
00:48:15ball game
00:48:20and he lays
00:48:20off a pitch
00:48:21outside as they
00:48:22draw even
00:48:22at two and two
00:48:28and this is
00:48:29swung out and
00:48:30missed so it's
00:48:30two up two down
00:48:31to start the
00:48:32sixth inning
00:48:37two away now
00:48:38for the Cubs
00:48:39in the sixth
00:48:39and next
00:48:40it will be
00:48:41the left-handed
00:48:41power threat
00:48:42Kyle Schwarber
00:48:47he's ready
00:48:48here's the first
00:48:49offering
00:48:52wouldn't mind
00:48:53the pitcher
00:48:53expanding the
00:48:54zone a little
00:48:55bit more
00:48:55and using his
00:48:56aggressiveness
00:48:57against him
00:49:00the 1-0
00:49:13and he
00:49:14fouls this
00:49:14one off
00:49:19into the
00:49:19windup
00:49:20here's the
00:49:20two and
00:49:21one pitch
00:49:22takes that
00:49:23one a little
00:49:23bit low
00:49:24three balls
00:49:24and a strike
00:49:25now
00:49:26this is a
00:49:26good at
00:49:27bat so far
00:49:28here with
00:49:28two away
00:49:29if you're
00:49:29going to go
00:49:30down
00:49:30one two
00:49:30three
00:49:31at least
00:49:31make the
00:49:32guy work
00:49:32for it
00:49:33he's doing
00:49:33that and
00:49:34he's even
00:49:34got himself
00:49:35into a good
00:49:36hitters count
00:49:36now
00:49:37bases are
00:49:38empty here
00:49:39with two
00:49:39men out
00:49:44and this
00:49:44one misses
00:49:45here
00:49:45a close
00:49:46pitch
00:49:46on three
00:49:47and two
00:49:47but Clyde
00:49:48Washington
00:49:48rules it
00:49:49ball
00:49:49four
00:49:55so it's
00:49:56a runner
00:49:56at first
00:49:57with two
00:49:57men out
00:49:58and Wilson
00:49:59Contreras
00:49:59digs in at the
00:50:00plate
00:50:09has a look
00:50:10now the pitch
00:50:12come on
00:50:13one strike
00:50:19comes set
00:50:20and the 0-1
00:50:22hit out
00:50:22towards second
00:50:24and there's
00:50:25his first
00:50:25base hit
00:50:26in this
00:50:26one
00:50:28hey they
00:50:29say in this
00:50:29game you
00:50:30better have
00:50:30a short
00:50:30memory
00:50:31well that's
00:50:31obviously the
00:50:32case with
00:50:32this batter
00:50:33he came
00:50:33into that
00:50:34third at
00:50:34bat
00:50:35after getting
00:50:35his ticket
00:50:36punched
00:50:37twice
00:50:37and was able
00:50:38to get a
00:50:38sound
00:50:45so now
00:50:46the
00:50:46White Sox
00:50:47manager
00:50:47will slowly
00:50:48make his
00:50:48way toward
00:50:49the mound
00:50:50and we're
00:50:50going to
00:50:50have a
00:50:51pitching
00:50:51change
00:50:52as that's
00:50:52going to
00:50:52be off
00:50:53for his
00:50:53starter
00:50:53this
00:50:53afternoon
00:50:55he'll
00:50:56depart
00:50:56after
00:50:57five
00:50:57and two
00:50:57thirds
00:50:58as it'll
00:50:58be up
00:50:58to the
00:50:59bullpen
00:50:59to keep
00:50:59his
00:51:00guys
00:51:00in the
00:51:00ball game
00:51:06Jay Spry
00:51:07trots in
00:51:08from the
00:51:08bullpen
00:51:08here
00:51:09as he
00:51:09inherits
00:51:09a tough
00:51:10spot
00:51:10with
00:51:10two
00:51:10on
00:51:11and
00:51:11two
00:51:11away
00:51:15into
00:51:16the
00:51:28box
00:51:29Jason
00:51:29Hayward
00:51:30as he
00:51:31takes
00:51:31a cold
00:51:31strike
00:51:32on
00:51:32the
00:51:32black
00:51:32it's
00:51:330 and
00:51:331
00:51:330 for
00:51:342
00:51:34from him
00:51:35so far
00:51:35in
00:51:35this
00:51:35one
00:51:46a lot
00:51:47of
00:51:47movement
00:51:47that
00:51:48time
00:51:48it's
00:51:480 and
00:51:492
00:52:03nothing
00:52:03in
00:52:03two
00:52:03count
00:52:04and
00:52:04the
00:52:04pitch
00:52:05and
00:52:06it's
00:52:061 and
00:52:072
00:52:07when you've
00:52:08got a
00:52:08guy that
00:52:09throws a
00:52:09good
00:52:09two
00:52:10scene
00:52:10fastball
00:52:10you have
00:52:11to be
00:52:12ready
00:52:12for him
00:52:12to try
00:52:12to run
00:52:13it
00:52:13inside
00:52:13and jam
00:52:14you
00:52:14good
00:52:15job
00:52:15to lay
00:52:15out
00:52:15that
00:52:16one
00:52:16but I
00:52:16wouldn't
00:52:17be
00:52:17surprised
00:52:17if we
00:52:17see it
00:52:18again
00:52:21the
00:52:211-2
00:52:23is a
00:52:23wave
00:52:24and a
00:52:24miss
00:52:24he
00:52:24struck
00:52:25him
00:52:25out
00:52:27Cubs
00:52:28strand
00:52:28a
00:52:28couple
00:52:28and
00:52:29it's
00:52:29still
00:52:303-1
00:52:33and
00:52:38the
00:52:39next
00:52:39to
00:52:39bad
00:52:39will
00:52:40be
00:52:40Tim
00:52:40Anderson
00:52:40he'll
00:52:41start
00:52:41things
00:52:41out
00:52:42in
00:52:42the
00:52:42sixth
00:52:42for
00:52:43a
00:52:43lineup
00:52:43that
00:52:43really
00:52:44hasn't
00:52:44found
00:52:45its
00:52:45groove
00:52:45in
00:52:46this
00:52:46one
00:52:46yeah
00:52:47only
00:52:47two
00:52:47hits
00:52:47so far
00:52:48and
00:52:48not
00:52:49very
00:52:49many
00:52:49hard
00:52:49hit
00:52:50balls
00:52:50either
00:52:50we'll
00:52:51see
00:52:51if
00:52:51they
00:52:51can
00:52:51start
00:52:51making
00:52:52some
00:52:52adjustments
00:53:06from
00:53:06the
00:53:07stretch
00:53:07here's
00:53:07the
00:53:07pitch
00:53:161-0
00:53:18pitch
00:53:19on
00:53:19the
00:53:20way
00:53:31hit
00:53:32back
00:53:32up
00:53:32the
00:53:32middle
00:53:34and
00:53:34a
00:53:34base
00:53:35hit
00:53:35so
00:53:35early
00:53:35trouble
00:53:36to lead
00:53:36off
00:53:36the
00:53:37inning
00:53:40there's
00:53:40a hard
00:53:41hit
00:53:41ground
00:53:41ball
00:53:42pitch
00:53:42are not
00:53:42able
00:53:43to get
00:53:43a glove
00:53:43on
00:53:43it
00:53:44hard
00:53:44single
00:53:44up
00:53:45the
00:53:45middle
00:53:45yeah
00:53:45watch
00:53:46your lips
00:53:46right
00:53:46there
00:53:47dad
00:53:47sent
00:53:47it
00:53:47back
00:53:48right
00:53:48where
00:53:48it
00:53:48came
00:53:49from
00:53:52so
00:53:52a runner
00:53:53at first
00:53:53now
00:53:53with nobody
00:53:54out
00:53:54and that
00:53:55will bring
00:53:55up the
00:53:55former top
00:53:56prospect
00:53:57as a minor
00:53:57leaguer
00:53:58Yohan
00:53:58Moncada
00:54:13from the stretch
00:54:17I know
00:54:17he stole
00:54:18he stole
00:54:18a strike
00:54:18right there
00:54:19but he
00:54:19better be
00:54:19careful
00:54:20with that
00:54:20curveball
00:54:21that's
00:54:21coming across
00:54:22and catching
00:54:22a lot
00:54:23of plate
00:54:23and if he
00:54:24stays back
00:54:25he's going to
00:54:25drive that
00:54:26thing with
00:54:26some serious
00:54:27authority
00:54:330-1
00:54:34here it
00:54:34comes
00:54:35good cut
00:54:36fastball
00:54:36that time
00:54:37and he's in
00:54:37control now
00:54:380-2
00:54:39I think it's
00:54:40safe to say
00:54:41he wasn't ready
00:54:41for the fastball
00:54:42wow was he behind
00:54:44that fastball
00:54:44great job on the
00:54:46mound using the
00:54:46curveball to set up
00:54:48the heater
00:54:48and they could go
00:54:49either way now
00:54:50I suppose
00:54:51one ball and two
00:54:52strikes to count
00:55:05pulled toward right
00:55:06center field
00:55:09Papp will settle
00:55:10under it to make
00:55:11the play for the
00:55:12first out as the
00:55:13runner will have to
00:55:13head back to
00:55:14first
00:55:17one out for
00:55:18Chicago here in the
00:55:19sixth and one of the
00:55:20more prolific RBI men
00:55:22in the league the last few
00:55:23years Jose Abreu will back
00:55:25next
00:55:29here comes the first pitch
00:55:31and they pitch out here but
00:55:33nothing's going on
00:55:34one ball
00:55:34okay
00:55:44Anderson stands at first with
00:55:45one out
00:55:50hard on the ground towards
00:55:52short
00:55:53kickness
00:55:54on the first it's a
00:55:56double play as their woes
00:55:58continue the inning is
00:56:00over
00:56:00nothing doing here for the
00:56:02White Sox
00:56:02they still trail it here
00:56:03three to one
00:56:17now at the plate Stephen Sousa
00:56:19perhaps he can drive another
00:56:20one out of the park just like
00:56:21he did back in the second
00:56:32first pitch coming here it is
00:56:35and he'll try to crowd him
00:56:37there to start the at bat it's
00:56:38one and oh
00:56:39Fry
00:56:39is among a dying breed those
00:56:42lefty specialists whose roles
00:56:44are changing with the new
00:56:45rules around reliever usage
00:56:46long run for the center
00:56:48fielder he gets there and
00:56:50makes the play for the first
00:56:52out
00:56:54stepping up now
00:56:55he went down on strikes last
00:56:57time up
00:56:58yeah but it was a good
00:56:59change up Matty good arm
00:57:01action on that pitch look for
00:57:02him to try and stay back a
00:57:04little bit more let the ball
00:57:05get a little deeper don't be
00:57:07shocked if this pitcher tries
00:57:08to rush a heater right here
00:57:12and now a curve ball that
00:57:13bounces up to the plate it's
00:57:15one and one
00:57:21half with a two and one count now
00:57:30two and two now
00:57:39and a change up here but that's
00:57:41taken low in the dirt for a ball
00:57:42that pitch was way down on two and
00:57:45two but give the hitter some credit
00:57:46there sometimes with two strikes
00:57:48you're more often expand the strike
00:57:50zone but he didn't and held off on
00:57:52that one that wasn't even close
00:57:54Mazzara back in plenty of time to put
00:57:57this away however and there are two
00:57:59gone
00:58:01ready now Jason Kipnis who look to
00:58:04bounce back after striking out his
00:58:06last time up ready with the first
00:58:08pitch here it comes
00:58:11hole one
00:58:13we're in the seventh inning with a
00:58:14good finish brewing three to one our
00:58:16score
00:58:20and he falls behind now two and oh
00:58:22two outs here and the focus needs to
00:58:25stay sharp
00:58:25you don't want that lineup turning
00:58:27over in an inning if you can help it
00:58:29that'll find its way out of play
00:58:31still going to have a good hitters
00:58:32count two and one now
00:58:35here's the pitch
00:58:38good side ball three
00:58:39when you're playing close games like
00:58:41this base runners mean everything so
00:58:43he can ill afford to start giving away
00:58:45free passes
00:58:47two out nobody on
00:58:52and he takes ball four so a good job
00:58:55out of the nine hole and getting on
00:58:56base as we go back to the top of the
00:58:58order
00:58:58and that hole at that I feel like he
00:59:00really didn't want to challenge him
00:59:02and I'm really surprised by that
00:59:04because I think this is a guy in the
00:59:06bottom third of the order you have to
00:59:08go right after
00:59:10the next hubba Chris Bryant he got on
00:59:13top of one and was a ground out
00:59:15victim last time
00:59:16this guy has been unbelievable there
00:59:18were billboards outside Wrigley while
00:59:20he was still in AAA and what does he do
00:59:22when he shows up rookie of the year
00:59:24MVP
00:59:25I mean get in line
00:59:28the 1-0
00:59:30scorched to third
00:59:31oh look at the dive
00:59:33wow
00:59:35one left for the Cubs
00:59:37but they hang on to a
00:59:393-1 lead
00:59:45and here's the switch hitting catcher
00:59:47Yasmany Grandal
00:59:48the due up are the 4, 5, and 6 hitters
00:59:50and they're hoping that this is the part of the lineup that can get something going
00:59:54yeah only one run on the board so far for them
00:59:57they just haven't had consistently good at bats
01:00:11first pitch coming here it is
01:00:14and now the Cubs bullpen will start working here as both a lefty and a righty are up
01:00:33fouled off
01:00:43the 1-1
01:00:45is looked at off the plate for a ball
01:00:55three balls and a strike to the Chicago leadoff hitter
01:00:59yeah we're down two
01:01:00you better believe they gladly take a leadoff walk right here
01:01:03anything to get a base runner on
01:01:05and get that tight run to the plate
01:01:08the 3-1
01:01:10swing and a miss
01:01:11and that'll fill the count at 3-2
01:01:14tying run stands on deck
01:01:16but it'll only matter if the guy in the box can get on base
01:01:19yeah and that has to be his mentality at the plate right now Matt
01:01:22he can't be the hero
01:01:23so he needs to do what he can
01:01:25to give the guy behind him a chance to be the guy
01:01:28into the corner and slicing foul
01:01:31it's going to be back to some serious tee work
01:01:33if he can't put that pitch in play
01:01:35right in his wheelhouse
01:01:36he pops him up
01:01:38toward the left side of the infield
01:01:40and he'll put this one away
01:01:42for the first out of the inning
01:01:44ready for another chance
01:01:46Edwin Encarnacion
01:01:47he's 0-2 thus far in this one
01:01:54comes set
01:01:55here's the nothing and nothing pitch
01:01:58one ball
01:01:59okay
01:02:21Eli Jimenez is on deck
01:02:50he's hitless in his two at-bats so far
01:02:53he's set
01:03:00first pitch of the at-bat
01:03:03and he misses inside with that one
01:03:05ball one
01:03:14two balls and no strikes to the White Sox left fielder
01:03:26pass toward the corner
01:03:27pass toward the corner and deep
01:03:28a ball that's carrying
01:03:32into the corner
01:03:33he makes the catch
01:03:35to end the inning
01:03:37down in order go the White Sox
01:03:39score holds
01:03:40as it's three to one
01:03:50Aaron Bummer has been summoned from the bullpen as he'll do so to start the eighth
01:03:54number 39
01:03:56Aaron
01:03:57Bummer
01:03:59Bummer
01:03:59Bummer
01:04:03Bummer
01:04:04digging in now
01:04:05Anthony Rizzo
01:04:06lifetime versus this pitcher
01:04:08he's 0 for 4
01:04:09number 24
01:04:10Anthony
01:04:12Rizzo
01:04:20Bummer
01:04:21Bummer
01:04:21Bummer
01:04:22from the stretch
01:04:30the 1-0 delivery
01:04:33and a strike to even the count
01:04:351-1
01:04:41and look out
01:04:42he has to back away there
01:04:44and then give a little glare out to the mound
01:04:46it's ball two
01:04:47most good pitchers know that they have to work inside
01:04:50and sometimes even come off the plate
01:04:52to keep hitters from getting comfortable up there
01:04:54I think that was part of the intent
01:04:55with that last pitch
01:04:58two and two
01:05:07and a good sinker there
01:05:09gets him swinging for the first down
01:05:11well we've seen some really good pitching
01:05:13from these guys in this one
01:05:15the bullpen has looked sharp and it backed up
01:05:17a nice effort turned in by the starter
01:05:19these days pitching has become
01:05:21a full staff effort
01:05:22and I've been impressed with the job
01:05:24these guys have done so far
01:05:33here's Javier Baez
01:05:35as with one away
01:05:36he can't make contact on the first pitch
01:05:38it's strike one
01:05:510-1 count and the pitch
01:05:54I just couldn't pull that one back in time
01:05:57it's 0-2 now
01:06:008th inning of this low scoring affair
01:06:03three to one our score
01:06:07and this is lifted high in the air down the right field line
01:06:12and he will make the play out there
01:06:14and there are two away now
01:06:17now with a late pile score
01:06:19it was a walk in his last trip
01:06:25he's set and the pitch
01:06:27cut fastball in there for a called strike
01:06:37and he falls behind 0-2
01:06:46nothing in two count and the pitch
01:06:48and a sinker there
01:06:50swung on and missed for out number three
01:06:52three up three down for the Cubs
01:06:54as the lead remains three to one
01:07:02Rowan Wick is on to pitch out of the bullpen
01:07:05in the bottom half of the eighth
01:07:08number 15
01:07:11so stepping in
01:07:13Nomar Mazzara
01:07:140-2 on his line this far
01:07:15even though we're moving into the back end of this game
01:07:18they're only down by a couple of runs
01:07:20you know that old slogan
01:07:22a bloop and a blast
01:07:22they could certainly use that right now
01:07:31first pitch of the at-bat
01:07:33well above the letters with the fastball that time
01:07:44now a fastball for a called strike
01:07:47it's one and one
01:07:48Wick
01:07:48a 27 year old
01:07:50he was a ninth round pick
01:07:52during the first year player draft of 2012
01:07:55I know this guy wouldn't go into the category of superstar
01:07:58but to grind out the career he has being drafted where he was
01:08:02my hat's off to him
01:08:03the one one is looked at for ball number two
01:08:17here's Kipnis now the second baseman throw in time at first a nice play in short right for the first
01:08:25down
01:08:27Cubs are into their bullpen now as there are the final numbers for their starter
01:08:31great day's work any way you look at it
01:08:34Matty B
01:08:35Matty B really a solid performance seven strong innings pitched in line for the win need some help for the
01:08:41bullpen to close this one out
01:08:49at the plate now Luis Robert as he'll look at a fastball in there on the outer half it's 0
01:08:55and 1 0 for 2 for him to this point
01:09:060-1 count here's the pitch
01:09:09someone on this offense needs to take it upon themselves to have a quality A.B. and start the line
01:09:15moving again
01:09:26didn't quite catch the zone there ball one stone cold take right there that fastball very well could have sent
01:09:34him packing back to the bench
01:09:38set to deal on a ball and two strikes and it's fouled away
01:09:53a breaking ball swung on and missed and he sat down for the second time this afternoon good job of
01:09:58making him chase a pitch for the strikeout there
01:10:01yeah Matt that's the advantage of getting ahead in account you can really force hitters to expand their zone and
01:10:06protect and when they're in that mode
01:10:08getting them to go after a pitch they can't do much with becomes a lot easier
01:10:19stepping in now Leory Garcia as he lays off a fastball too low for ball one he's 0 for 2
01:10:26in the ballgame so far
01:10:37here comes the 1-0
01:10:39good fastball as he gets the swing and a miss
01:10:42I think it's about time to choke up on that bat get that foot down
01:10:46he's awfully tardy right now
01:10:51oh looked like he was towing an anchor there 1 and 2
01:10:54one pitch away from wrapping up a very good innings work out of the bullpen here
01:11:13hold toward right center field center fielder on the run and a great diving effort there but it'll just tip
01:11:20off his glove and it's a base hit and a good effort to bring it back in quickly but he's
01:11:25in at second base with a double
01:11:28finally a little something for them to get excited about
01:11:31yeah a rally can begin with a single swing of the bat
01:11:34this might be their chance right here
01:11:36they've struggled to produce a lot of runs but
01:11:38there he is at second base a shot to the outfield scores him
01:11:41then who knows what kind of role they could get on
01:11:43gotta take it one good at bat at a time
01:11:46Tim Anderson is in with two away now as he looks at a called strike one
01:11:50he's two for three and looking for more here
01:12:03weighing inside with that one a pretty easy take there
01:12:07everything this guy throws moves that two seamer has a mind of its own
01:12:16hit in the air down the right field line
01:12:19but this is gonna wind up a foul ball
01:12:27open to send him packing pitch on its way
01:12:29to two balls and two strikes now
01:12:40swing and a miss blew the fastball right by him and the ending is over
01:12:45danger averted following the two out double
01:12:48Mark Dan and I are back with more after this
01:12:59Jimmy Cordero enters from the pen to start the ninth inning
01:13:03as he'll try to keep the school right where it is heading to the bottom of the ninth
01:13:13set to start the ninth in this one
01:13:15stepping up to hit next the catcher Wilson Contreras
01:13:23first pitch of the at bat on its way
01:13:26here we go with inning number nine as the first pitch misses for ball one
01:13:35Contreras in front two balls and no strikes
01:13:46swing and a miss on the heater and it's two and one
01:13:49it's becoming more and more common in today's game to see relievers like this
01:13:53that can run it up there close to a hundred miles per hour
01:13:55but it's so fun to watch it he blew it right by him there
01:14:01three balls and a strike to the Chicago leadoff hitter
01:14:05the lefty Jason Hayward waits in the on deck circle
01:14:14the three one is in there for a full count now three and two
01:14:19whoo that was some gas triple digits on the radar gun
01:14:28hard hit ball to short Anderson scoops it up
01:14:31throw on the first for the out and that is how the ninth inning gets underway
01:14:38now with the plate Jason Hayward
01:14:40he could really use a knock here oh for three in the game so far
01:14:50here's the first pitch to him
01:14:53outside target here and he hits it for strike one
01:14:55and some stirring now in the White Sox bullpen as it looks like a right handers up and throwing
01:15:10behind oh and two now
01:15:20bases are empty one man out
01:15:28and a swing and a miss here and the first two are dispatched to begin the ninth
01:15:33man I love watching a pitcher that just rears back and
01:15:36blow smoke by a guy at the letters
01:15:38that's the ultimate challenge pitch and for me personally
01:15:41watching hitters swing and miss man that's a sight of beauty
01:15:56so now to the plate Steven Sousa as the first pitch years have been high it's ball one
01:16:01he's got a hit in three at bats to this point
01:16:11let's do this White Sox
01:16:16drill down the line
01:16:17Moncada gloves it throw over to Abreu is in time and with it the side is retired
01:16:23Cubs are down in order and it's still three to one
01:16:36Greg Kimbrell comes out of the bullpen to shut things down here in the ninth
01:16:40number forty-six
01:16:47Greg Kimbrell
01:16:49all set for the bottom of the ninth
01:16:51and next will be the switch hitting third baseman
01:16:54Yuan Moncada
01:17:01he said here it comes
01:17:14the 1 0 home is taken for ball two
01:17:18hey not a good spot to be down 2 and 0 this guy has some serious pop at the plate
01:17:23I'm expecting a big hack here
01:17:31and that one's wide to the mark ball three
01:17:50three balls and a strike to the Chicago leadoff hitter
01:17:53hey there aren't too many power hitters in the game that would let that pitch go by
01:18:01set to deal here's the 3-1 and that is the start they were looking for down by two is
01:18:07that misses for ball four
01:18:09well he walked them on five pitches but that last pitch was really good he missed down but only by
01:18:16a hair when a hitter has a 3-1 count he can wait until he gets a pitch he loves
01:18:22so a runner at first now with nobody out and one of the more prolific RBI men in the league
01:18:28the last few years Jose Abreu will back next
01:18:42from the belt kicks and deals
01:18:45righty against righty as this is taken for a ball this one and 0
01:18:49perfect time for a mound visit right here just to give him a breather a chance to collect himself and
01:18:54get back to work
01:19:02ready with the 1-0 pitch
01:19:06look like he was going to wait him out see if he was going to come over the heart of
01:19:10the plate
01:19:10well newsflash he is and this hitter is going to adjust his batting gloves and he better be ready in
01:19:15the box
01:19:23two and one the counts of the White Sox first baseman
01:19:27sometimes you got to be aggressive offensively but sometimes you just let the pitcher dig his own grave
01:19:33patience and discipline seem to be the way to go right here
01:19:37Moncada aboard here at first with nobody out
01:19:45a bray with good wood on that one but this will hook down the left field line and out of
01:19:49play
01:19:55and the knuckle curve that time got him swinging and that's the first down
01:19:59that was some nice execution on that pitch spotted it nicely down around the bottom of the zone
01:20:05and when you do that especially with two strikes not a lot of guys are going to hurt you
01:20:10you're going to get a lot of ground balls and swings and misses down there
01:20:22into the box now
01:20:23Yosemite Grandol fouled away
01:20:25he's working on a one for three thus far
01:20:44from the belt the pitch
01:20:49runner at first here one man out
01:20:57one and two to the White Sox catcher
01:21:10ready on one and two
01:21:12neither guy willing to give in and the at-bat will continue
01:21:22and he fouls this one off
01:21:34high in the air out to center field
01:21:38Papp is there to put it away and the runner will be forced to retreat back to first
01:21:46so to the plate is the White Sox DH
01:21:48Edwin Encarnacion
01:21:50and he needs to make something happen
01:21:52they're down to their final out here in the ninth
01:22:00first delivery to him on the way
01:22:03knuckle curve breaks outside for ball one
01:22:06two out with the man at first
01:22:14perhaps a little low there it's 2-0
01:22:28swung on missed 2-1
01:22:31you can't go after that pitch with less than two strikes on you
01:22:34there's no way you're going to do any damage with a ball executed down and away in the zone
01:22:39Kimbrel's ready
01:22:39here's the 2-1
01:22:41now a swing and a fly ball
01:22:43and it's a foul ball
01:22:52the White Sox down to their last strike
01:22:54and he strikes him out to end it here as they were able to get the possible tying run to
01:22:59the plate
01:23:00but could not cash in
01:23:01just more of the same from Craig Kimbrel
01:23:03he comes out of the bullpen and fires a scoreless ninth inning to pick up the save
01:23:07business as usual for one of the best in the game
01:23:103-1 the final score this afternoon
01:23:13the Chicago Cubs took the lead in the second inning and rode that until the very end
01:23:18Hugh Darvish gets the W on the mound
01:23:21so that just about does it for Mark DeRosa
01:23:24Dan Pleasac, Heidi Watney and our entire crew
01:23:26I'm Matt Vaskersian
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