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00:21hello baseball fans and welcome we've got baseball on the show it's the Tampa Bay Rays
00:28taking out the Houston Astros
00:34first pitch coming your way next
00:48starting on the mound in this one Hunter Brown Chris he's got the ability to take
00:54control of a game when he's out there well incredible mound presence and he's going
00:58to attack hitters look at that strikeout per nine ratio over 10 coming into this
01:03start so he's a pitcher that wants the ball he's aggressive he knows that he
01:07can get the swing and miss especially when he needs it most we'll see how
01:11effective he is in this one Jake Fraley leading things off and takes a shot
01:25I fly ball down the left field line Alvarez going back on it and that will drop foul
01:37hard hit left side and an easy out to start the game batting down the number two hitter Jonathan
01:45Arunda
01:55right through there for a strike here's something to watch singe he's got the
01:59best OPS on the team he can hurt you and a swing and a miss just not able to catch
02:07up to
02:08that velocity and down on strikes and to a later two outs bases empty here's a big
02:19power threat junior Camonero on the ground Paredes tosses across the first Rays retired in order
02:35ready to go for the last half of the inning and starting on the mound for the Rays Nick Martinez
02:40and
02:41singe it's unique these days but he's more of a pitch to contact type of guy yeah Boogie doesn't
02:47rely too heavily on the strikeout he knows he needs to miss barrels get some soft contact let the defense
02:53do work behind him and I think a guy like that can keep a good tempo don't give hitters time
02:59to adjust
02:59or think they could move through a ball game and you look off they're in line for a quality start
03:04we'll see what he's got in this one fielder now it's your Don Alvarez
03:12the Rays would love to get a win in this one to boost their postseason hopes Alvarez wants to
03:18challenge this thought it was a ball barely a hair out of the zone but it was a ball they'll
03:24keep both
03:24their challenges the water still a couple of months to go boo but there's definitely a little more
03:33energy and pressure around each game right now a win here would be a nice shot of momentum
03:43keeps the effect going with a foul ball Paredes gets his lead at first nobody out
04:00the one-two pulls the string with the change-up struck him out third there's a former MVP Jose Altuve
04:09he
04:10won one for five back on Wednesday Altuve a former MVP a member of the 2000 hit club and he's
04:19been on a
04:19good run at the plate hitting over 300 in his last 10 games they fired in quickly so it's first
04:27and
04:27second with only one away just found a way to slap that ball down the third baseline that's really
04:34excellent back control and it kind of goes back to all those drills you see hitters do off the tee
04:39where it's placed in different spots that was just nice in the dirt no advance good job behind the dish
04:53two on one out swing and a miss and that strike two see if he can go upstairs a little
04:59bit make sure
05:00you miss up and out of the zone since you're heading the count got him swinging that is this center
05:05fielder
05:06and stepping in for the Astros Zach Cole
05:12oh in the dirt well done behind the dish
05:20first and second two down here in game one of this three game set
05:33that's a strike getting in just closer to getting out of the jam
05:40battling here as he fouls it away
05:46two on two outs and it's fouled off they'll do it again
05:52the one to right side
05:57base hit
05:58runner around third fires it to the plate
06:01head first slide and he's safe
06:03on the board first it's one sit
06:07yiner diaz
06:08up next for the Astros
06:11and a fastball in there for a strike
06:14at 91
06:15this might be the most pressure you put on this guy today
06:18you got one run in you got to try to get another one or maybe two
06:21it's great to get on the board in the first frame of the ball game
06:24but here's an opportunity for them to really open things up with a couple of runners on
06:28let's see if they can cash in
06:33fights it off you'll see another
06:42sets him down low game that ends the inning and stops things from getting out of hand
06:52we move ahead to the top of the second now and stepping in for the raise Johnny DeLuca
07:02looks like he's just sizing him up there really good pitch to hit but he took it all the way
07:07sometimes guys just want to set their timing later on in the game that may be a pitch that he
07:12turns on
07:13grab ball up the middle
07:15on the run sends it over to first
07:17and then get the out
07:19man that was bang bang
07:21tough to tell in full speed dude
07:23i gotta be honest with you i couldn't tell either
07:26as they ask for time to check with their replay guys about a possible challenge we wait and see
07:30yeah and we used to get a couple of close ones every game it seems and
07:35this one is just about as close as it gets
07:37so they have decided to challenge the play and now it's up to the replay umpires in new york to
07:43make the call
07:44here's one more look zingy you think they're gonna overturn it i kind of do
07:48yeah i think there's a good chance as well i mean the more i look at these different angles
07:52the more i'm becoming convinced that he actually beat the throw so
07:55it's turning out to be a pretty good challenge
07:57the decision's been made and he's safe
08:00so they overturn the call and they get it right by taking a chance with a challenge
08:06digging in it's the speedy outfielder chandler simpson
08:10he's been on fire at the dish lately
08:12can make it a five-game hitting streak with a knock in this one
08:22liner caught it second one pitch and one out
08:25one out man at first yandy diaz digs in now
08:37that one almost got him
08:44here's the pitch runner goes there's a ball and safe it's a stolen base well that's still right there is
08:52a little risky with the guy you got at the plate he's so hot right now it's such a quality
08:56hitter you got to make sure you're going to be safe and fortunately for him he was now he's in
09:00scoring position
09:02man at second
09:05high in the air out to right
09:09he's got it runner tags at second and he moves up to third now two away
09:15so next to the plate for tampa bay
09:44he's got it runner tags at third now in plenty of time to first at number three
09:53back here in houston now here's the astros designated hitter zach disenzo
10:16and a base hit up the middle
10:21so a man on base to start the inning
10:24he was all over that one smash that one through the infield for the knock when it's hit that hard
10:29it makes it very tough on the infielders to make any sort of play
10:33lamont wade jr in the box now no balls and a strike
10:43fouled off left side
10:55and this one squirts away from the catcher
11:01no advance though batting knife right fielder now it's the right fielder cam smith
11:12he starts him with the fastball and that's a pitch that's right in his wheelhouse you need to be
11:17careful against him with that one double play ball the second there's one double play what a twin
11:24killing to end the inning
11:30back here in houston and now the catcher for the rays hunter for ducha
11:41ball
11:49gets him to chase after that one this guy's sink has so much drop in it it's almost like a
11:54split
11:54finger fastball instead of just weak contact and balls on the ground he gets swings and misses
11:59pulls it in one away ritchie palasios now at the plate three hits in the ball game on wednesday
12:15and the tying run is on base
12:20nice job of driving that pitch the other way on a line you know hitters
12:24they take so many reps in the cages working on going to the opposite field and it doesn't always
12:28translate into the game but right there it did and he did it perfectly
12:32fraley batting with one down takes a strike
12:42and a foul ball
12:53right through there got him two gone down
12:57and here's the first baseman jonathan arango he's over one
13:08and that one is lifted in the air cole should have this one and that is that
13:20is
13:21bottom of the inning here's the astros lead off man isak paredes
13:35he's been raking in recent games and a big reason why getting ahead and counts
13:41he's been able to do that consistently but you see the results
13:48in the air left field deluca on the move and there's one away
13:56here's jordan alvarez
13:57oh for one he struck out swinging last time
14:01jordan alvarez in the dirt ball one
14:10and another ball
14:17fastball is outside
14:24and it's ball four he missed down low you know i think he's okay with that outcome
14:29it wasn't an intentional walk but he wasn't exactly trying to attack his own either
14:34so the ball stands one challenge remaining for them now one gone runner at first here's the second
14:42baseman posse out to bay
14:47in the dirt
14:54can't find it here that's six straight balls
15:00that one found hard the other way
15:07yeah that's fouled off
15:14that's foul off to the right side keeps the ab going
15:17two two on the way
15:27whoa in the dirt
15:36fail pitch
15:38drilled out towards left center field that's well struck carrying well
15:42and it's off the wall alvarez around second
15:47and it'll be runners at second and third only one away showed a lot of fight with two strikes in
15:53that
15:53ab just missed out on a home run right there but he certainly hit it hard enough just didn't have
15:58the right launch angle to carry it over the wall but still an excellent swing of the bat
16:07and that is out of play go chris through the early stages he hasn't been very efficient in terms of
16:13the
16:13pitch account he's gonna need to get some quick outs if he's gonna get deeper into this game it is
16:18interesting though when you consider the way the game is run now doesn't even matter that much if
16:24your star high fly ball lifted in the year right field he's got it runner tags from third
16:33he's in on the sacrifice fly and they lead by two so digging in zach cole
16:42that one's in there going away
16:50swing and a high fly ball well struck way back there it's got a chance and it is gone
16:58a two-run homer and they boost their lead it's four nothing so two down geiner diaz will hit next
17:18and that one fouled off
17:25there's a one-one
17:26there's a one-one
17:28no question about this one it's out of here
17:36they do it again back-to-back homers and they add a run it's five zip
17:44zach disenzo up next for the astros
17:48that one ripped but foul four runs already in the frame here in the last half of the third
17:55right through there for a strike well they've been able to score four runs off of him in this
17:59inning and this is where you want to just max out get as much as you can give him one
18:04of those tough
18:04innings where it's going to be hard for him to recover in the next one
18:08out towards right center field simpson on the move to the alley and that is that
18:16but two round trippers in this inning the long ball was working and the lead is now five nothing
18:29back here in houston and stepping in for the rays junior camanero
18:37camanero goes six foot one 22 years old and he was born in the dominican republic
18:47comes up empty
18:55caught him looking for the k up next for tampa bay left fielder johnny de luca next to hit for
19:02the rays
19:11that's the third
19:14parade aspires over to first two quick outs here in the top of the four
19:18of the bay center field two down bases empty chandler simpson getting ready to hit
19:24on the ground the third and foul ball
19:33in the air left field alvarez pulls it in on the run
19:47back here in houston bottom four well he's been knocked around pretty good so far but they've got
19:52him back out there at least to begin the inning and you wonder just the strength and perhaps the health
19:57of that bullpen for him to go back out there but he's taking this one for the team perhaps he
20:02can
20:02stabilize things and the offense can score some runs for him
20:12good job to fight that one off
20:26good job to fight that one off the bat
20:45not much to this one other than just a willingness to go the other way and put
20:48the ball in play that's a team to bat right there nice job of staying back and
20:52letting the ball get deep Smith in the box as he fouls off the first pitch
21:09and a one-two here's a high fly ball out to center Simpson on his way over brings it
21:16in so the Houston lineup turns over now the third baseman Isak Paredes
21:29wait
21:38first one gone
21:43drilled in the air out towards right center Fraley has a beat on it and he makes the catch
21:53air your dog steps in to take his hands he is struck out and he has walked
22:07that's the ball
22:14off the plate inside all three
22:19and that's in there at the knees for a strike
22:26hammer down the right side but foul three two two out run on first a lot of
22:31movement in the infield hitters got to stay focused on the pitch he's got it and
22:35that'll end the inning
22:42we go to the top of the fifth to the plate now for the raises the DH Yandy Diaz
22:54that one at the knees for a strike he scored more runs than anyone else in his team so far
23:00this year Chris
23:01isak
23:29tapped on the ground softly to short Pena
23:31and as nasty as his stuff is you might as well take all three swings
23:34out to short
23:36now the throw to first on the run
23:38and it beats him what a play
23:41two outs base is empty
23:42so next to the plate for Tampa Bay
23:45Hunter Fiduccia
24:06right down to shoot 0-2 now
24:09looking sharp just to strike away from five shutout innings
24:17and that's the swing it's a strikeout
24:29back now to start the bottom of the fifth and taking over on the mound
24:32Cole Sulcer
24:34and he's had a really hard time throwing strikes so far this season
24:38his walk rate is up there among the worst in the league for relievers
24:42Altuve up to hit for the third time as he lays off inside ball one
24:54line to the left center field and that's gonna fall for a hit
24:57and the leadoff man aboard
25:00having himself a really nice game at the plate
25:03nice line drive to the pull side right there but he didn't spin off of it
25:07that's the key you still have to extend through the baseball in order to hit a
25:10line drive like that
25:11Pena the next to hit takes ball one
25:15on the ground could be two
25:19Palacios over to second but safe at first it's a fielder's choice
25:23one out man at first and next to hit for Houston
25:27Zach Cole
25:37that's the ball
25:44fastball for a strike
25:50ball two
25:58ground ball left side could be two to second for one what a double play that was hitting over
26:11all set for the top of the six and stepping in for the raise Richie Palacios
26:19that one catches the corner for a strike
26:31rip towards third and that's one out as they get the leadoff hitter in the six
26:37so the raise batting order turns over Jake Fraley now at the plate
26:42went down looking on three pitches last time let's see if he can be a little more aggressive right here
26:58the Strohs leading by five and we're the top half of the sixth
27:08fair ball
27:14not stopping he's going for three
27:18and he's got himself a triple
27:23well his hot hitting continues he's been getting great results lately could be a chance here for them to start
27:28clawing back into this ballgame
27:30Jonathan Aranda next to hit for the raise
27:34he's looking great so far it helps with over 80% of your first pitches or strikes
27:39he might be able to go the distance if he keeps this up
27:46that smash towards center
27:49base hit and a run comes in
27:54picks himself up at RBI
27:55high you'll often hear the phrase short to it long through it and that's a great example of it right
28:01there
28:01got the barrel in the hitting zone early squirted up with the well time swing and came away with a
28:06beautiful line drive in the center field
28:08next to hit junior Camonero
28:12and makes the grab
28:14runner tagging for first
28:19now here's the Tampa Bay cleanup hitter Johnny DeLuca one for two
28:29pretty rare location right there right down the middle this guy paints the edges I'm not sure if you're going
28:35to see that pitch again as a hitter
28:41that one close rule the ball and account even wanted one catcher challenge we'll take another look and it's a
28:49cold strike after the review so they still got both their challenges
29:03really good take especially with two strikes
29:12hit on the ground to short Pena the flip nicely done for the hour
29:22bottom of the sixth inning at the plate is the Astros catcher
29:26Yiner Diaz
29:31at the ball
29:37sliced hard but foul
29:43and that one ripped into right one down
29:46now
29:48Zach Desenzo
29:49up next for the Astros
29:50designated hitter
29:52Zach Desenzo
29:54Zach Desenzo
29:59whoo
30:00boop
30:09boop
30:10line to second snagged on the bounce
30:12tosses to first
30:13and they got him
30:15two down base is empty
30:17two down base is empty
30:18so here's Wade now
30:19first basing
30:20Lamar
30:22Wade
30:22jr
30:28in for a strike
30:294-1
30:33one
30:34that's a strike attacked with this
30:42weeper two down nobody on here in the bottom of the six he goes down looking
30:56back here in Houston and stepping in for the raise Chandler Simpson
31:06fastball for a strike
31:08i'm impressed by the number of first pitch strikes he's not afraid of contact some guys
31:14they'll nibble just because they don't want to get hit hard that's not what we're seeing here
31:17popped up to the left into foul ground one away at the plate now for the raise is the DH
31:32and
31:32DDS
31:39and
31:39there's a strike good heater at 98
31:42felt impressed that he went right after him on that first pitch that's the key try to get ahead in
31:46the count and you can play around a little bit more as the bat expands
31:50almost got him straighten him up a little bit
31:56the raise down by four here in the top half of inning number seven
32:05swings here and blast one left field gone it finds the Crawford boxes a home run and they're chipping away
32:14it's 5-2
32:17things might get pretty interesting if they keep connected on pitches like that
32:24are in the box again takes the strike usually when a pitcher's had a dominant outing he has filled up
32:31the strike zone and he's got ahead in the count with first pitch strikes
32:35well that's exactly what this guy has done in this one over 70 percent first pitch strikes
32:40so they get a man aboard with a one-out single
32:43seems like he got exactly what he was looking for right there
32:46the Astros turn to a new arm of the mound Bennett Sousa
32:50he comes on for the 35th time this year
32:54and now the catcher comes up to him Hunter Fiduccia
32:57struck out on just three pitches last time
33:02now this guy's definitely looking for a big swing of the bat right here try to close that gap
33:06but you know at the very least if you could find a way to manufacture that run from first
33:10it feels like it's really important to getting back into this ballgame
33:16Sousa a 6-3 lefty
33:18220 pounds
33:20and he was a 10th round pick
33:22back in 2018
33:23strike two
33:25knowing that the pitcher wants a ground ball double play opportunity here
33:29you've got to lay off pitches down in the zone
33:32right there swinging at that pitch that's a no-no
33:34swing and a high fly ball left field
33:37two way down
33:41well such a confidence boost for a reliever to come into the ballgame
33:44and get the first hitter he faces
33:47just makes everything slow down a little bit
33:49and then from there can really settle in
33:54Palacios
33:55in the box again
33:56takes a strike
33:57so important to get ahead of these hitters
33:59you don't want to issue a free pass and allow that tying run to come to the plate
34:03I was going to keep that other team in a position where if they're going to beat you
34:06they're going to have to do it with multiple hits
34:16swings through that one
34:17it's a strikeout
34:26we're back in a new pitcher here to start the bottom of the seventh
34:29Craig Kimbrell
34:30he last pitched two days ago
34:33now it's the right fielder Cam Smith
34:38close one doesn't get the call
34:40and it's 1-0
34:54on the ground right side
34:57Palacios fires over to first
35:00and they get the lead off hitter in the seventh
35:03back to the top of the order now
35:05here's the third baseman
35:06Isak Paredes
35:08that's really the money spot
35:09down and away
35:10if you can locate that consistently
35:12it's going to be real tall for hitters to square that up
35:14that's what you love to see relievers do coming out of that bullpen
35:17two down
35:20your Don Alvarez
35:21will hit next
35:23black fielder
35:24and that's off the inside edge
35:27and that is ball one
35:47just off the inside edge
35:53draws the walk there
35:55oh you know this guy wants to swing it
35:57but he's showing some good patience in this one
36:00it's the second time
36:01he's taking ball four
36:02so a man at first
36:04Jose Altuve up to hit here
36:08and there's a foul ball
36:11he'll one
36:13he swings and fouls one off
36:19up the middle
36:22they get the first
36:23third out
36:34back here in Houston
36:36we go to the A's
36:37Jake Fraley
36:38getting ready to hit
36:47well it's critical right here
36:49that they bear down
36:50and turn in some quality at bats
36:51try to chip away at that lead
36:53because if it gets to the ninth
36:54that closer is coming in
37:00comes up empty
37:01that's strike two
37:02that pitch started in
37:03and ended up on the outside edge
37:06just changing planes
37:07and very difficult
37:08especially for a left hand
37:10hitter to track
37:16deal two
37:28cut out and missed
37:29struck him out
37:30and there's one down
37:33so next to the plate for Tampa Bay
37:35Jonathan Aranda
37:42on the ground to third
37:46over to first
37:47two up
37:48two down here
37:49at the top of the eighth
37:49Josh Hader
37:51will take over here
37:52well he's been hit pretty hard at times this season
37:54as you see with the big ERA
37:56so this is an important outing for him to get on the right track
38:03come in narrow in the box with two gone
38:06and it takes a look at a called strike
38:13strike two
38:14more and more guys are looking to slog regardless of the count
38:18and this situation will keep a close eye on this approach
38:21some heat there at 98 miles an hour
38:29ready for the bottom of the eighth
38:31and here now is the Astros cleanup hitter
38:34Jeremy Pena
38:37outside
38:37ball one
38:43pop foul out of play off to the right
38:49all the strike the pitch
38:51in there at the knees
38:53probably the best one we have seen
38:56throwing it where he wanted to
38:57to have a nice tight spin to it
38:59and a teaser
39:01just off the edge of the plate
39:04on the ground to the left
39:08sends it to first
39:09one gone to the bottom of the eighth
39:12and now the center fielder
39:13Zach Cole
39:14he's already homered here in this one
39:17Zach Cole
39:26oh
39:27swing and a ground ball at the middle
39:29that's a base hit
39:30so Amanda Ward now with one away
39:33clearly seeing the ball very well in this one
39:35but now they've got some speed on first
39:37so we'll see if they try to get him into motion
39:42to the right side
39:44what a second
39:45double play
39:46what a twin killing day in the inning
40:11back now and on the mound the closer
40:13Brian Abreu
40:14save opportunity for him right here
40:17and he's their guy
40:18time to lock this one down
40:20and get out of here with the W
40:34see the velocity
40:3697 with that fastball
40:47Ripped on the ground a second
40:49tosses to first
40:51and the leadoff man retired here in the ninth
40:53so up next
40:55Chandler Simpson
40:560 for 3 in this one
41:06one down base is empty here in the ninth
41:14that one pushed foul out of play off to the left
41:22and he'll to
41:24and he'll to
41:24got him swing you
41:26down to the last out for the race
41:29next is the designated hitter
41:31Yandy Diaz
41:33he's already homered in this game
41:50out towards right center field
41:52Smith coming on
41:54he pulls it down
41:56the ninth ball game
41:57and the Astros
41:58take the series opener
41:59here at home
42:01well this was a tightly played game
42:03got a little of everything
42:05some timely hitting
42:06runs on the board
42:07key pitching and defense in certain spots
42:09definitely a fun one to watch
42:11the way
42:12the score
42:14is
42:15and the
42:19was
42:22the
42:23using
42:23the
42:23with
42:23the
42:26the
42:31Yak
42:32N
42:33the
42:34the
42:35Oh, yeah.
42:35Yeah, yeah.
42:47In my pocket days, I was out of place.
42:50I was out of place in my own home day.
42:57When you came to me, you gave me all that I could be.
43:01And, baby, now I'm home.
43:05Oh, yeah.
43:06Oh, yeah.
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