00:01You want to talk about the best
00:02pitching matchup across Major
00:04League Baseball today.
00:05It's the one we're going to see
00:06here at Oracle Park and it's the
00:07one everyone's going to be
00:08watching.
00:09So we expect a big start from
00:10Chris Sale.
00:11But for Blake Snell he has been
00:12good lately on the hill tonight
00:13for the Giants will be the
00:14left handed veteran Blake Snell
00:16six four two hundred twenty five
00:17pound thirty one year old and
00:21Snell is starting his ninth year
00:23at the big league level.
00:24See what he's done so far two and
00:25three with a four three one ERA.
00:27A lot of that high ERA was
00:30the way he started the season.
00:31I mean he really didn't get off
00:32to a very good start.
00:33However since coming off the I.L.
00:35his last the second I.L.
00:37I mean he's just been almost
00:38unhittable.
00:38Well we told you just a little
00:40bit ago how hot for hey so there
00:41has been yes he is back at the
00:43top of the lineup.
00:45Foul.
00:47Richie Pector.
00:49Former roadie for the Grateful
00:50Dead it is Grateful Dead night
00:51here at the ballpark so Richie
00:53Pector he's got to be a ball
00:54dude.
00:54By the way he seems that ball
00:56almost hit Tom Goodman.
00:58Here's our other ball dude.
01:00Again the three two and that
01:02one is up it is now a little
01:04wild there and that it bad and
01:06Solaire will take the free
01:07pass the reason you did not see
01:09Blake Snell sign a big contract
01:11early in the offseason was for
01:13that reason right there even
01:14though he won the Cy Young
01:15Award command to get away from
01:17him at times and again patience
01:19will be key each base one way or
01:21the other.
01:21Swing and a miss he struck it
01:23out on a high fastball 97
01:25miles an hour and he blew it by
01:28and a lot of strikeouts with the
01:31fastballs up across the
01:33letters and that's the one he
01:34wants you to swing at the one
01:35just about six inches above the
01:37strike zone one away and here is
01:39Marcel Ozuna Zuna is having a
01:44monster year for the Braves
01:46strikeouts got him Zuna doesn't
01:49think that was a strike but it was
01:51in the box.
01:52Well it started out high and when
01:54he's got it going even a hanger
01:59can lock you up because it's so
02:02late it's so quick.
02:03Matt very familiar with the Bay
02:05area six seasons across the Bay
02:07with the Oakland A's from 2016
02:09through 2021 and Olsen sends it
02:13rifling over toward that Giants
02:14dugout that got a couple of guys
02:16backing up.
02:17Look out and it's looking Webb who
02:23went down it did hit the screen
02:25against now the pitch on the way
02:27straight three caught on the outside
02:30corner good slider that throws
02:33Olsen and after the lead off
02:35walk he strikes out three in a
02:37row on the hill tonight for the
02:39Atlanta Braves will be the
02:40left handed veteran Chris
02:41sell sell six six hundred eighty
02:43pounds thirty five years of age
02:46and he is in his fourteenth year
02:48at the big league level 13 and
02:50three this year with a two seven
02:51five ERA and look at the
02:52strikeouts hundred sixty five
02:55strikeouts against 30 walks.
02:57I mean you always say when the
02:59guy's got great stuff like sale
03:01has and it's great it's unique
03:03because of his arm angle and his
03:05velocity get him early do not
03:07get into that two strike count
03:09popped up shallow center field
03:11racing in his Larry Anno and now
03:14he overruns it and the second is
03:18Fitzgerald didn't get a great
03:20look at it and here he comes in
03:21hard and overruns it and that's
03:24something you do not see very
03:26often and it has everything to
03:27do with the win the chance
03:29immediately get a big break and
03:32here is Mark Cannon runner in
03:33second nobody out right live in
03:35the center field Larry Anno over
03:37to his left you'll play it on a
03:38bounce Fitzgerald held up to make
03:40sure that it wasn't caught but he
03:42goes to third and stops there I
03:45really thought Larry I was going
03:46to catch that.
03:46So Chris sale going to have to
03:48buckle down here they're at the
03:49corners for Elliott Ramos that
03:52went down the third base line
03:54right he's going to gamble with
03:56it and the gamble pays off and it
03:58rolls foul it's good read by
04:00Austin Riley also you get to that
04:02point when the ball is hit that
04:03slow that even if you feel that
04:04you're probably not going to have
04:06a play at first base until you
04:08take that chance and hope that is
04:09going to continue to go in the
04:10direction that Austin Riley saw it
04:12right there swinging a mess slider
04:15gets Ramos a big first out for
04:17Chris sale it's a big one again
04:19because he is so good against
04:21lefties but also that was a tough
04:22at bat cleanup hitter Matt
04:24Chapman is the next challenge
04:27he'll get a beautiful fastball
04:29one up the ladder there back to
04:31back strikeout versus Ramos and
04:33Chapman here's Encarnacion well
04:35kind of fitting to start this
04:36game that Blake Snell and Chris
04:38Sale have combined for five
04:39strikeouts for the first five
04:40outs of this game two of the
04:42best strikeout guys in Major
04:43League Baseball grounder to
04:45third Riley has it what a job by
04:49Chris sale to get out of that
04:50jam with no damage done and we
04:53could be settling into a very
04:55nice pitching matchup tonight
04:56between sale and Snell defense
04:59kind of not helping sale out too
05:01much early in this game but he's
05:03able to pitch out of it in the
05:04first and we'll see how he
05:05handles this here yes Patrick
05:07Bailey knew it you cannot argue
05:09that call for strikeouts now for
05:11sale a good heater right here and
05:13going right at Patrick Bailey who
05:15as we talked about is becoming a
05:17really good player but as a switch
05:19hitter yeah we know Chris is
05:20ultimate competitor and
05:22obviously you're not going to have
05:24as much success as Blake Snell's
05:25had without also being that same
05:28way just cut out of the same
05:29cloth softly rolled to third base
05:31this time Austin plays it cleanly
05:33throws the first Olsen squeezes
05:35there's out number three and sale
05:37works around a base hit nothing
05:39doing for the giant couple of
05:42boos come on Soler I mean he was
05:44only here a few months folks and
05:47that one missed as well so two
05:48walks for Soler he is the only guy
05:51to reach so far against his former
05:53teammate Blake Snell and here's
05:55Riley Riley's been swinging it curve
05:57hit to center and pretty well hit
06:00Ramos going back onto the warning
06:02track and he's under it to make
06:03the catch scoreless he'd love to
06:06see a hit any time but especially
06:08here in the fifth inning because
06:10of course if you follow ever on
06:12the app the MLB a bad app then
06:14the fifth inning is when that no
06:15hitter alert goes out we don't
06:17want to see that no we don't got
06:19him see you at seven strikeouts
06:21for Snell here is Laureano who
06:24granted that the second his first
06:25time curve ball swung on and missed
06:28he struck him out crowd coming
06:30alive here at Orca Park eight
06:32strikeouts for Snell in these
06:33first four and two third innings
06:35curve ball struck him out looking
06:37he strikes out the side and has
06:40struck out the last four in a row
06:41and nine in the first five
06:44innings sale and Snell have been
06:47as advertised in fact even better
06:49than that if you can imagine two
06:51two line drive caught by Riley no
06:53he dropped it picks up from a knee
06:55throws over stretch off the bag and
06:57Olsen got him what a play by Riley
07:00diving to his left spot on that
07:03knee and delivered a two hopper over
07:06there to the bag and big battles and
07:08had that stretch perfectly and he
07:10secures out number one and that one
07:13to the list frozen pizza Patrick
07:15Bailey is down looking both guys in
07:18an absolute zone here's Casey
07:20Smith absolutely smile as intense as
07:25this is you can get a little bit of a
07:27smile after that play incredible you
07:30watch Snell's pitch count climb he's
07:32at ninety three so the question
07:34becomes whether or not if he gets
07:35through this right now in the upper
07:36nineties if they even let him go
07:38back out for the seventh check swing
07:41did he go yes strike three ten
07:44strikeouts for Snell in six innings
07:47and no hits allowed we've seen a good
07:49old-fashioned pitching duel and both
07:51guys six shutout innings ten
07:53strikeouts a pair two hits allowed by
07:56sale no hits allowed by by Snell
08:00Ozzuna pulls one and a leaping attempt
08:02by Chapman he can't catch it it's down
08:04the left field line and Marcel Ozzuna
08:07into second base with a leadoff double
08:09and it's the first base knock of the
08:11ballgame for the Braves just a
08:13swinging bunt and Snell did everything
08:16that he could do handled it cleanly
08:19through the first cleanly but he
08:22couldn't get him out and now you got
08:24a first and second nobody out
08:26situation after the infield hit it is
08:29swung on and missed strike three got
08:31him with the high fastball 97 miles
08:35an hour his 11th strikeout and here
08:39comes Bob Melvin and now it's going
08:41to be up to the Giants bullpen Snell's
08:43getting kudos from everybody on that
08:45Giants infield and now he's going to
08:47get a big ovation now that's now
08:50fifteen in a row sat down by Chris
08:52sale what a show he's putting on
08:54tonight and he's got that look right
08:56now we've seen it pretty much all
08:58year long from Chris sale but he
08:59understands this moment right here
09:01and trying to throw up one more
09:02zero and he is toast tip that into
09:05the men of Encarnacion and that's
09:08that's now a dozen strikeouts for
09:10Chris sale and with each strikeout
09:13he seems like he's on a new
09:15historic list Snell is done now
09:18sale trying to finish his night
09:19here in the seventh popped up over
09:23goes Olsen but he'll run out of
09:25room and it's another scoreless
09:30frame for Chris sale a remarkable
09:33game and so here we are still
09:36scoreless just a remarkable
09:38pitching performance by the two
09:40starters it's only August 12th but
09:43feels like this game has a lot of
09:45weight to it Darno out to right
09:47field Yastrzewski caught it but the
09:51Braves are going to be on the
09:52board somebody is on the board it
09:55took us till the tenth inning but
09:57it's one to nothing Atlanta this has
10:00been a tremendous pitcher's duel
10:03bullpens have been great and it's a
10:05one nothing Braves lead with two
10:07down in the bottom of the tenth
10:08inning Iglesias needs one more out
10:10out to left field Solaire charges
10:12he's got it and after the toughest
10:16loss of the season yesterday the
10:19Braves get one of the grittiest wins
10:21games of 2024 a one to nothing ten inning
10:25victory
10:25victory
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