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00:00:00Редактор субтитров А.Семкин Корректор А.Семкин Корректор А.Кулакова
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00:01:20Субтитры делал DimaTorzok
00:01:46Субтитры делал DimaTorzok
00:01:47Daniel Lowe, Travis Bozzano
00:01:48with Patrick Bailey, Petey
00:01:50Halpin, and Brian Rocchio.
00:01:52The starting nine for Steven
00:01:54Gold and the Guardians.
00:01:56This place is rocking.
00:01:57Let's play some baseball.
00:01:58It's game one of the American
00:02:00League Championship Series.
00:02:09And off we go.
00:02:11Mr. Seha calling the balls and
00:02:13strikes here tonight.
00:02:14Congratulations to the seven
00:02:16umpires in the ALCS.
00:02:19For the nod with their great
00:02:20work in the regular season.
00:02:25He's going to move back now
00:02:27because Junior Camero was so far.
00:02:29He was parallel.
00:02:31To the pitcher.
00:02:32That's right.
00:02:34Wow.
00:02:42Drew Rasmussen a strike throwing
00:02:44machine.
00:02:45Unlike the Yankees though this is
00:02:47a Cleveland ball club that.
00:02:49Ronnie puts the ball in play.
00:02:51You witnessed it firsthand in
00:02:52that epic five game series.
00:02:54Down two games to none.
00:02:56Coming back to clip the White
00:02:57Sox and earn a trip here and a
00:02:59quick turnaround to start game
00:03:00one.
00:03:01When I watch them play.
00:03:03It feels like the first two
00:03:04strikes for them.
00:03:05And the last strike is for the
00:03:07team.
00:03:07That's how they have that
00:03:08humble approach.
00:03:10Late in the count.
00:03:11These two teams top five
00:03:13lowest strikeout rates.
00:03:14As an offense in Major League
00:03:16Baseball the race first.
00:03:18Fewer strikeout percentage
00:03:19Cleveland fifth.
00:03:20So you figure.
00:03:21It's going to be some foul
00:03:22ball.
00:03:23It's going to be some balls in
00:03:23play.
00:03:24These are two like minded
00:03:26organizations in their
00:03:27offensive approach.
00:03:29The one or two.
00:03:31And another foul ball.
00:03:32We don't see it much.
00:03:33In today's game anymore guys
00:03:35but.
00:03:36Stephen Vaughn one of those guys
00:03:37that.
00:03:38Walks more than he strikes out.
00:03:41Only a handful left in the
00:03:43big league.
00:03:44But he's one of them.
00:03:46One two again.
00:03:47And a swing and a miss and
00:03:49that's how game one starts.
00:03:51Cutter from Rasmussen out
00:03:53number one.
00:03:58Catching tonight.
00:03:59Nick Fortes gets his first
00:04:00start of the playoffs.
00:04:02Of course Caminero third
00:04:03walls.
00:04:04Williamson getting started
00:04:05second base.
00:04:06A Ronda with a great series
00:04:08over there at first.
00:04:09Belayed with that big home
00:04:11run in great game three.
00:04:12DeLuca and of course Mesa
00:04:13Junior.
00:04:14With that big home run in
00:04:16game three off Max Reed also.
00:04:18And right.
00:04:19You heard Kevin Cash say we
00:04:20know exactly where Jose
00:04:21Ramirez is.
00:04:22He is hitting second.
00:04:23In this Guardians batting
00:04:25order.
00:04:26He is.
00:04:27Headed to Cooperstown.
00:04:29When his playing career is
00:04:31over.
00:04:32And he dug up some of that
00:04:33Hall of Fame magic.
00:04:34Against the White Sox.
00:04:35Frenchie had a poor regular
00:04:37season but.
00:04:37Had a fracture in the
00:04:39handmade bone.
00:04:40On his hand.
00:04:41Had a wrist injury.
00:04:43As well.
00:04:43Later in the year.
00:04:44It was a mid summer injury
00:04:45than the wrist injury.
00:04:47Wasn't himself all year.
00:04:48He looks to be back then.
00:04:49Yeah.
00:04:49I think those off days.
00:04:51Ronnie.
00:04:51You talked about this.
00:04:52Gave him a little bit of
00:04:53healing.
00:04:53Right.
00:04:54But.
00:04:54I think until the offseason
00:04:55he's not going to fully be
00:04:56healthy.
00:04:58And he sends one in the air.
00:05:00That's going to hook foul.
00:05:01But I know this.
00:05:02That team came alive.
00:05:04When he came alive.
00:05:05I think.
00:05:06You're going to see a lot of
00:05:07change up for Rasmussen.
00:05:09That was very effective.
00:05:10Against the Yankee hitters.
00:05:11And I think it could be
00:05:12effective.
00:05:13Against Ramirez.
00:05:14You saw what he did with a
00:05:15hundred at the top of the
00:05:16zone.
00:05:17And a breaking ball.
00:05:18Almost off the ground.
00:05:26Totally different.
00:05:28Production offenses.
00:05:30After the first two games
00:05:31where they.
00:05:32Lost to the White Sox got shut
00:05:33out in game one.
00:05:34And they found their mojo.
00:05:36At Redfield in Chicago.
00:05:38And the more experienced
00:05:40team.
00:05:40The team that has been there.
00:05:41This is the second league
00:05:43championship series in the
00:05:44last.
00:05:45Three years for the Guardians.
00:05:46It's show.
00:05:47They hit two seventy three
00:05:48across those last three games.
00:05:51Twenty runs.
00:05:53As well as Ramirez.
00:05:54Fighting away at the plate.
00:05:56Well and you can see the
00:05:57difference already right.
00:05:58When you talked about the
00:05:59strikeouts and foul.
00:06:00That's five foul balls we've
00:06:01seen now between Quan and
00:06:02Ramirez.
00:06:03So not as much swing and
00:06:05miss.
00:06:05You know Rasmussen is going to
00:06:07continue to fill up the zone.
00:06:09Pits number eight of the
00:06:09at bat.
00:06:10Ramirez on the ground up the
00:06:12middle ranging over.
00:06:13He is Williamson and cannot
00:06:15make a throw.
00:06:16He knocked it down.
00:06:17But that's going to be an
00:06:18infield hit.
00:06:20Jose Ramirez with the first
00:06:22hit of the game.
00:06:26Now this turf you know it
00:06:27plays fast right here and
00:06:28Williamson actually makes a
00:06:29great play.
00:06:30And I think if he gets down on
00:06:32time.
00:06:32I think he throws Ramirez out
00:06:34unfortunately for him the ball
00:06:36kind of just skirt in his
00:06:37hand.
00:06:37Watch this.
00:06:38Never was able to get full
00:06:39control.
00:06:40Sometimes when you're rushing
00:06:41you can't come up with a
00:06:41handle.
00:06:43Two changes from the division
00:06:44series for the Rays.
00:06:46Williamson starting at second
00:06:47base for Richie Palacios.
00:06:49And.
00:06:50Nick Fortes doing the
00:06:51catching.
00:06:53Liam Hicks started all three
00:06:55games against the Yankees
00:06:56including against the left
00:06:58handed throwing Max
00:06:59free.
00:06:59But it is Fortes who gets his
00:07:00first start.
00:07:01For the Rays.
00:07:04Runner at first.
00:07:05Ramirez takes off.
00:07:06Throw it out to second base.
00:07:08And it's on the money.
00:07:10Fortes.
00:07:11Fired up.
00:07:12As he cuts down Ramirez with
00:07:14a caught stealing.
00:07:21the lead.
00:07:21I mean he had a great job.
00:07:23He did.
00:07:23It was just a better throw
00:07:24Ronnie.
00:07:25Sometimes.
00:07:26You get it.
00:07:26And look.
00:07:27Give walls a lot of credit.
00:07:29He slapped that tag down
00:07:30quick as you can see.
00:07:31But.
00:07:32I don't blame Cleveland
00:07:33right here.
00:07:34You're facing an ace of the
00:07:35staff like this.
00:07:36You want to try to get
00:07:37something early.
00:07:38Try to get the lead.
00:07:39Right.
00:07:39And give yourself an
00:07:40opportunity.
00:07:41And right there you just got
00:07:42a better throw from the
00:07:43catcher.
00:07:43The only thing that's gone
00:07:44wrong for Ramirez in a week.
00:07:48Chase DeLauder.
00:07:49Takes a ball inside.
00:07:51One ball one strike.
00:07:52Jose Ramirez stole 37 bases
00:07:54this year.
00:07:55Was only caught four times.
00:07:57He had a bad wrist and he
00:07:59missed a lot of time but his.
00:08:01Legs and his stolen base
00:08:02ability was good.
00:08:03That's a base hit.
00:08:04DeLauder.
00:08:05Going to the opposite field.
00:08:07And when he's going to the
00:08:09opposite field.
00:08:10This rookie can be a problem.
00:08:14I watched it for five games.
00:08:16No one hit the ball harder.
00:08:18He's a big strong kid who
00:08:20hasn't learned how to hit the
00:08:21ball in the air yet.
00:08:22Yeah.
00:08:22Wait till he does.
00:08:23I mean he did ground balls
00:08:25that are one hundred and ten
00:08:26off the bat.
00:08:29Drew Rasmussen took a no hitter
00:08:31into the eighth inning against
00:08:32the Yankees in game one of the
00:08:34DS.
00:08:35Gave up one hit.
00:08:37Austin Wells doubled down the
00:08:38line was throwing out a third.
00:08:40Already two hits.
00:08:41For the Guardians of the first
00:08:43three batters.
00:08:44There is upset.
00:08:46Careful with that hand.
00:08:51The 0 1.
00:08:52Yeah.
00:08:53So you can look at a lot of
00:08:54ways right.
00:08:55Fortes made the perfect throw.
00:08:57Yeah.
00:08:57If that throw is anywhere but
00:08:59there.
00:09:00Jose Ramirez is safe and now you
00:09:02just get a base hit.
00:09:03That's guards baseball right.
00:09:04Yeah.
00:09:05Guardians more than most teams
00:09:07always try to push the envelope.
00:09:09Take that extra base.
00:09:10The water takes off man in
00:09:11motion.
00:09:12Joe Dale bounces to third.
00:09:14Caminero.
00:09:16Outstanding play in third.
00:09:19One of the great young stars in
00:09:21the game.
00:09:22Makes a defensive gem here to end
00:09:24the first inning.
00:09:25A caught stealing.
00:09:27And an excellent play in third
00:09:28to end the frame.
00:09:29We're off and running in game
00:09:31one.
00:09:31Here come the Rays.
00:09:36Yandy Diaz.
00:09:37Jonathan Aranda.
00:09:38Junior Caminero.
00:09:39And then Ryan Ville.
00:09:40Victor Mason Junior.
00:09:41Johnny DeLuca.
00:09:42Bottom three.
00:09:43Williamson.
00:09:44Walls.
00:09:44And Cortez.
00:09:45And it's thirty one year old
00:09:46Orlando native.
00:09:48Foster Griffin getting the game
00:09:50one start running.
00:09:51Well he was outstanding.
00:09:53Faced eleven batters in game
00:09:55three.
00:09:55Struck out seven of those
00:09:57batters.
00:09:57Had an unbelievable season
00:09:59all star for the Washington
00:10:00Nationals.
00:10:01The Guardians needed something
00:10:02to trade that line.
00:10:04Outfield bat they got Adele
00:10:05first base at that bat they
00:10:07got Nathaniel low and they
00:10:08needed a starting pitcher.
00:10:09Griffin was the guy.
00:10:10They said today in the.
00:10:11Front office of the Guardians
00:10:13did a great job.
00:10:14Won that trade deadline.
00:10:19Yandy Diaz.
00:10:20Had a huge year hit two ninety
00:10:23three was the hits leader in
00:10:25the American League this year
00:10:26one hundred eighty hits.
00:10:27Twenty two homers he drove in
00:10:29eighty five.
00:10:30He's a major force.
00:10:32At the top of the batting
00:10:34order the most experienced and
00:10:35most tenured Tampa Bay Ray.
00:10:37And a former Guardian.
00:10:39And he doesn't miss arm days.
00:10:42Biceps triceps.
00:10:47And he rips out into left field
00:10:49a base hit.
00:10:50And it gets by.
00:10:52Quotted left field and Diaz on
00:10:54his way to second.
00:10:56Steven Kwan is one of the elite
00:10:59defenders in the game.
00:11:01Diaz hit a bullet off the turf.
00:11:05And you say this one of the
00:11:07hardest balls I've seen hit in a
00:11:08long time.
00:11:09And Steven Kwan right here have
00:11:11two choices.
00:11:12One fifteen off the bat.
00:11:13He either had to keep coming in
00:11:15to catch this which he might have
00:11:17had a chance or you got to get
00:11:18way back because this turf is
00:11:20not grass and that's going to
00:11:21be a double right there because
00:11:22of how hard it came out of.
00:11:24When it's hit that hard it's
00:11:25going to skid.
00:11:26Yeah.
00:11:26On this kind of turf.
00:11:28It is a brand new surface here
00:11:30Hurricane Milton wiped out the
00:11:32roof and the field.
00:11:34Two years ago is about two years
00:11:36to the day that Milton came
00:11:37through.
00:11:38Rays are back in their home
00:11:40venue for the first time and
00:11:41you can see that ball just
00:11:43shoot.
00:11:44Pass Kwan.
00:11:48Guns are out.
00:11:49Ronda gets a butt down.
00:11:51It's a beauty.
00:11:52Ramirez has only one play.
00:11:54Perfectly executed sacrifice
00:11:55from a guy who drove in ninety
00:11:57two runs.
00:11:58The guys are set up.
00:11:59The guy Ronnie in game one that
00:12:01hit the home run that one it
00:12:02won nothing.
00:12:05Drops a sack cart right here.
00:12:06And again I think this is what
00:12:08the Rays have done all year.
00:12:10Unselfish baseball.
00:12:11And it's beautiful how the big
00:12:13guy does it.
00:12:14This is textbook right here.
00:12:15He catches the ball with the
00:12:17bat.
00:12:18I feel like I'm dreaming I'm
00:12:21watching the game from.
00:12:22Nineteen eighty.
00:12:23A big first baseman drop a
00:12:24bottom.
00:12:29Now Diaz.
00:12:30That third with one out and
00:12:32Junior coming arrow at the
00:12:33plate.
00:12:34Back to back forty homer.
00:12:36One hundred RBI seasons.
00:12:38He had forty two homers this
00:12:40year he drove in one hundred
00:12:41and one.
00:12:42He turned twenty three this
00:12:44summer and he is turning into
00:12:46one of the biggest stars the game
00:12:48has right now.
00:12:52Famously traded by.
00:12:54The Guardians to the Rays when
00:12:56he was a teenager.
00:12:58Pre pandemic.
00:13:07Guardians bring their infield
00:13:08halfway in.
00:13:10Which can be a risky proposition
00:13:12with this guy at the plate.
00:13:13You know what's riskier.
00:13:14To be on the grass.
00:13:16Yeah.
00:13:16Camonero hitting.
00:13:17That's why they're not.
00:13:18You need insurance for that.
00:13:19They all made a business
00:13:20decision.
00:13:21They're playing a little bit
00:13:22farther back than just in
00:13:23field.
00:13:24Two balls and a strike.
00:13:26Camonero on the ground through
00:13:27the drum and infield the base
00:13:29hit.
00:13:30And the Rays strike first.
00:13:33RBI single Junior Camonero.
00:13:38Well you know he's going to look
00:13:40back and think I didn't love
00:13:42the infield in right there
00:13:43Ronnie in the first inning.
00:13:45You gave up a double right
00:13:46here at both one eleven off the
00:13:48bat so the ball's coming off
00:13:49hot if you're playing normal
00:13:50depth.
00:13:51You have two outs right here.
00:13:54And you give up a lot.
00:13:55It's one of the things that has
00:13:56transformed in this game is
00:13:58infield in early in the game.
00:14:00And in the game like this maybe
00:14:02you're facing Rasmussen and
00:14:03maybe he shuts you down.
00:14:05But boy the more prudent play
00:14:06I think would have been to
00:14:07play back.
00:14:08Here's Ryan the label.
00:14:10Getting a game one start.
00:14:12He started game three of the
00:14:14division series.
00:14:15And hit a clutch home run to
00:14:18right field at Yankee Stadium.
00:14:20His first ever postseason homer.
00:14:26Late.
00:14:27Takes a ball.
00:14:28Foster Griffin.
00:14:29Let's get.
00:14:29Back in his first inning here.
00:14:31Ronnie how does he.
00:14:33Put it down at this point and
00:14:34turn the faucet off.
00:14:35Well he's got two different
00:14:36approaches against the hitters
00:14:37he faces.
00:14:38He likes to throw the cutter.
00:14:40In on the right handed hitters.
00:14:41That's probably his number one
00:14:43pitch.
00:14:44But you saw a lot of change ups.
00:14:45And breaking balls from
00:14:47Griffin in his outing against
00:14:49the Chicago White Sox.
00:14:51As I said before eleven batters
00:14:52face seven strikeouts.
00:14:54Against the left handed hitters.
00:14:55You'll see more sweepers.
00:14:56You'll see more breaking balls.
00:14:58You might see a two seamer in.
00:15:00But the cutter is the play
00:15:01against the right.
00:15:02That two and two thirds innings.
00:15:04His.
00:15:05Only innings in a nineteen day
00:15:07window as he strikes out Ryan
00:15:09the lead.
00:15:10Went upstairs with a fastball.
00:15:12Gets the strikeout his first K.
00:15:14And it is the second out.
00:15:17So the nineteen days.
00:15:19Just the two and two thirds
00:15:20out of the bullpen.
00:15:21What's that do to a starting
00:15:23pitcher who's used to being in
00:15:24the rotation right.
00:15:25Well a starting pitcher it's
00:15:26one of those things where you
00:15:28have you can do all the work
00:15:29you want to do but it doesn't
00:15:30matter because when you sit at
00:15:32the mound.
00:15:34Victor Mesa first ball swinging
00:15:36at a base hit.
00:15:39He's going to break out star.
00:15:42Well.
00:15:43Kevin Cash can talk.
00:15:45Enough about this young man
00:15:47right here.
00:15:47The big home run off Max
00:15:49Green in game three.
00:15:51Well look guys since September
00:15:521st this guy sitting three
00:15:53thirty seven with a nine eighty
00:15:55seven OPS.
00:15:56I mean he continues to step up
00:15:58and he's showing you the moment
00:16:00is not too big for him.
00:16:01Son of a Cuban baseball legend
00:16:04Victor Mesa senior.
00:16:05Junior has found his moment in
00:16:09the spotlight.
00:16:10To another first pitch swing by
00:16:12DeLuca Johnny DeLuca Ray's
00:16:14center fielder.
00:16:18Tampa Bay in ambush mode right
00:16:19now.
00:16:20Griffin throws a lot of strikes
00:16:22only forty five walks one hundred
00:16:23seventy two innings pitch.
00:16:24They know that Tampa Bay Rays
00:16:26and they're swinging.
00:16:27First postseason start for
00:16:29Foster Griffin.
00:16:31Even though he did start a
00:16:32postseason game in Japan.
00:16:35That was two years ago.
00:16:37So he's been in the big
00:16:38spotlight big moments.
00:16:40He had three years in Japan.
00:16:41Was an all star in Japan last
00:16:43year.
00:16:44Came back over here to Major
00:16:45League Baseball made the
00:16:46all star team.
00:16:48In the National League before
00:16:49the trade to Cleveland.
00:16:53They're good.
00:16:57Now that was a big concern for
00:16:58Kevin Cash and the I think the
00:17:00DS he was overall happy the way
00:17:02his team played but they were
00:17:03two for twenty with runners in
00:17:04scoring position.
00:17:05You see already the first
00:17:07opportunity tonight and they
00:17:08were able to cash in.
00:17:10Griffin went from first rounder
00:17:11a big prospect.
00:17:14Elbow surgery had the Tommy John
00:17:16procedure.
00:17:17Lost his way ended up getting a
00:17:19chance to go to Japan.
00:17:21And that's where he found it.
00:17:23Three years over there.
00:17:26And now on the biggest start of
00:17:27his career.
00:17:29Twenty two starts with the
00:17:30Nationals.
00:17:31Three six zero ERA.
00:17:33Made nine starts with Cleveland.
00:17:36And an ERA just over five.
00:17:39Interesting pitch there from
00:17:40Griffin.
00:17:40And a lot of his cutters and
00:17:43breaking balls were slung out.
00:17:44And very comfortable by the
00:17:46Tampa Bay Rays.
00:17:47So he tried that little change
00:17:47up to try to offset it.
00:17:53A run is in for the Rays.
00:17:55Two men aboard.
00:17:57And DeLuca in the center field.
00:17:59And it's down.
00:18:00A base hit.
00:18:02Common end to score.
00:18:03Common arrow.
00:18:05Two out.
00:18:06Two strike.
00:18:07RBI single for Johnny DeLuca.
00:18:09And it's two to nothing.
00:18:11Tampa Bay.
00:18:18Give DeLuca a lot of credit
00:18:19right here Ronnie.
00:18:20He fell off some tough pitches.
00:18:22And right here a ball in the
00:18:24outer part of the plate.
00:18:25And it's not hit hard.
00:18:26You can hear it breaks his back.
00:18:28But he's able to.
00:18:29Just loop it in the center and.
00:18:33Cause a.
00:18:34Mound visit right here.
00:18:36These two teams near each other.
00:18:38Yeah.
00:18:38With two strikes.
00:18:39They're not out yet.
00:18:40They put the ball in play.
00:18:42And sometimes good things happen.
00:18:44Paul Willis.
00:18:46Pitching coach for the Guardians
00:18:46going out there.
00:18:47He's the.
00:18:48Side young pitching.
00:18:50Of all time.
00:18:52Second tour as the Guardians
00:18:54pitching coach.
00:18:55He's in year nine of that
00:18:56second tour.
00:18:59Clif.
00:18:59Cliff Lee.
00:19:00CeCe Sabathia.
00:19:02Yeah.
00:19:02Shane Bieber.
00:19:05Corey Kluber.
00:19:05Yeah.
00:19:06Corey Kluber.
00:19:08Tampa Bay Rays with two runs in
00:19:11on four hits.
00:19:12Back to back two out hits by Mesa
00:19:15and DeLuca.
00:19:16And the seventh batter of the
00:19:18inning will step in there.
00:19:19Ben Williamson Mesa all the way
00:19:21to third on that base and he
00:19:22can fly.
00:19:24And here is Williamson.
00:19:27He got a little play time in
00:19:29the division series
00:19:30defensively.
00:19:31His first start.
00:19:32Of this postseason in game
00:19:34four for the Rays.
00:19:36And he takes strike one.
00:19:38against Max Frieda had a little
00:19:40different lineup didn't they
00:19:42Frenchie.
00:19:42They did.
00:19:43They played Liam Hicks.
00:19:45Lafayette's played and.
00:19:52Well it takes off and.
00:19:54No challenge back there.
00:19:56Allowing DeLuca to take second
00:19:59base.
00:20:00Pick the right pitch to run on
00:20:01with a change up.
00:20:03Down in the dirt.
00:20:05The Rays.
00:20:06The Rays are a running ball
00:20:08club.
00:20:09As are the Guardians.
00:20:11Fly ball right field lot of
00:20:13foul territory here that's
00:20:14going to slice foul.
00:20:16Notice the bullpens.
00:20:17If you're just familiarizing
00:20:19yourself with Tropicana field
00:20:20bullpens are in play here.
00:20:22Among the many quirks.
00:20:25Of this ballpark.
00:20:29Tampa Bay played their entire
00:20:31season last year in exile.
00:20:33They played at the Yankees
00:20:34spring training facility.
00:20:36Steinbrenner field.
00:20:37In Tampa.
00:20:40That hit him.
00:20:41Across the guy.
00:20:43They're going to take a look at
00:20:44this.
00:20:45I always look at the batter.
00:20:46Right.
00:20:46Every hitter reacts if he gets
00:20:47hit.
00:20:50Take a look.
00:20:51I don't think.
00:20:52It is.
00:20:53It is reviewable.
00:20:54Let's see.
00:20:57Oh yeah.
00:20:58Got his jersey.
00:20:59That's why he didn't show.
00:21:03Mr. Seha.
00:21:04To.
00:21:07Say hi.
00:21:08Like a dry cleaner.
00:21:09He knows.
00:21:15Yes.
00:21:16To say huh.
00:21:18Officiating in his first.
00:21:19League championship series
00:21:21behind the plate.
00:21:26Субтитры делал DimaTorzok.
00:21:52It's been a lot of games to none in that best of seven series in a rebound to the National
00:21:56League Championship Series much different results in the first two games that was an inning for the Rays they get
00:22:05four hits and a hit batter they scored twice rest versus rust no problem for the Rays they come out
00:22:11swinging and they're up early as we go to the second and game one
00:22:24the second true Rasmussen first pitch strike to Nathaniel low it'll be low bazana the rookie second baseman and then
00:22:34Patrick Bailey switch hitting catcher
00:22:37five six and seven in the Cleveland batting order
00:22:44may have a pitch calm situation here
00:22:48Rasmussen already has the hat off
00:22:50Oh Cam takes you right in there
00:22:55appreciate Nestor Seha wearing that gives us a chance to hear from Lauren Shahadi she'd never left St. Petersburg she's
00:23:03been monitoring the Rays workout schedule
00:23:05I'm an investigative reporter Brian Ron Jeff just the Rays fourth game in two weeks they avoided the wildcard round
00:23:11as well how'd they stay so ready
00:23:13had a five and a half inning scrimmage Saturday all their relievers threw an inning
00:23:17rolled out two lineups pumped the stadium with crowd noise played players walk-up songs
00:23:21even used ABS to try to get the full effect not the same but they'll take a sweep over a
00:23:26grind of a series any day
00:23:27you know they didn't hit much Lauren and
00:23:30that series against the Yankees they didn't need to hit much either they hit just a little over 200 as
00:23:35a team
00:23:36they did not have a lot of success with runners in scoring position but their pitching Frenchy
00:23:42was spot on in the three games and then they hit when they needed to yeah
00:23:47good job no I agree and credit the Yankees pitching staff on some of that one of the better starting
00:23:52staff and bullpens there are so
00:23:54me but I you know I don't think there's ever any right or wrong answer we've talked to Dave Roberts
00:23:59Brian Snitker
00:24:00Dusty Baker over the years doing this right figuring out what teams try to do and I it's tough it's
00:24:06tough to make it real for the player
00:24:10low rifles one down the line
00:24:13low not fast runner and he will not challenge the
00:24:36that throw Mesa picks up and throws a dime to second base good good swing by low there
00:24:46and now it's Bazzana the rookie second baseman
00:24:49Mesa threw that ball 91 miles an hour
00:24:54that's not even his hardest throw from the outfield member he started that cutoff and relay that cut down Austin
00:25:00Wells
00:25:00trying to stretch a double into a triple that was a 92 mile an hour throw flat footed from right
00:25:05field
00:25:06was on a skies one into center field
00:25:10Johnny DeLuca puts it away
00:25:12four out number one
00:25:14yeah we're gonna take a look at this I want you to see what one of the elite arms in
00:25:17the outfield looks like
00:25:18I mean he doesn't even waste any time
00:25:22and throws an absolute dime piece right the wall didn't even need to frame it down during his career
00:25:28he's gonna get a ball out there and throw some people out at first no doubt could happen
00:25:35he has been a breakout star turned himself into an everyday player here in the last month of the season
00:25:42first ball swinging Patrick Bailey switch hitting catcher the Guardians acquired in May from the Giants
00:25:50and he's he's got a new lease on his career as a member of the Guardians
00:25:55got a great ad and had a terrific division series in the five games against the White Sox
00:26:01I thought Kevin Cash praised him big time today when we were meeting with him and he said it really
00:26:08kind of
00:26:08neutralizes our running game a little bit how good he is he said he's the gold standard for me behind
00:26:13the dish
00:26:14former catcher Kevin Cash yeah
00:26:22even Steven Boat said it changed their catching immediately when he came over the way he was calling pitches they
00:26:28said one game
00:26:28Joey Joe Cantillo pillow was pitching left hander didn't throw that many breaking balls he had him throw 25 in
00:26:35an appearance
00:26:35changed his whole year
00:26:39shares the duties with Austin Hedges you probably see Hedges if the Guardians stay on their track
00:26:44with Parker Messick on the mound and that
00:26:47should be game two tomorrow Parker Messick the rookie left hander
00:26:52Gavin Williams is set up to go game three which will be the first game in Cleveland
00:26:56the other catcher Austin Hedges
00:26:59one out runner at first and a shot and it's by Williams in a base hit for Bailey
00:27:05hits keep coming for Patrick Bailey and now the Guardians answer back here with two on and one out
00:27:11and already four hits for the Guardians against Drew Rasmussen
00:27:15so what I'm noticing early you know we sat here last Saturday night and watch him mow down the New
00:27:20York Yankees
00:27:21and Ronnie I gotta ask you that was a hanging change up there
00:27:24we talked about Foster Griffin not pitching as much
00:27:27Drew Rasmussen only one start in the last 19 days guys I gotta imagine that has some repercussions
00:27:34especially after coming first ball swinging Petey helping down the left field line gonna be run down
00:27:42Ryan the lay got a great jump makes the cats running toward the line
00:27:49and how good getting consecutive starts in this postseason in front of our Tina's
00:27:55has won't take it away from us here you know Brian in that game five he had two doubles one
00:27:59he tried to step
00:28:00to a triple but hitting on the first pitch here and almost beat the laid to left field
00:28:07well the one advantage for belayed they're not as great in the outfield so he plays a little bit deeper
00:28:12too
00:28:12is able to take a nice angle he's a big man who has pretty decent heels another first pitch swing
00:28:18Brian Ruccio up there at ambush mode and a foul ball I think that one got the umpire pretty good
00:28:24you know when I was watching that Yankee game that you guys were doing there was a lot of taking
00:28:28early
00:28:29like trying to work the count and you couldn't work the count against Rasmussen they are swinging
00:28:35right off the foot another foul ball this one gets the catch of Cortez
00:28:45Rokio has taken aim at those behind him right now caught him in the hand didn't it
00:28:52catcher's tried to protect that hand behind him but he just sits it on his thigh
00:28:58oh my gosh
00:29:01so finishing up Ronnie when you don't throw as much for 19 days like that one start is it more
00:29:06location now what we're seeing
00:29:07it's I think it's location certainly he's not as sharp as he was as early as he was against the
00:29:12Yankees
00:29:13but when you don't pitch that much it's sometimes hard to repeat stay in that zone it's like you golfers
00:29:19when you shoot a 65 one day
00:29:20it's hard to shoot on the par the next day
00:29:27Rasmussen trying to finish off the second inning the Guardians looking for a little magic here with two outs in
00:29:33the second
00:29:34and Rokio chases one Rasmussen with a strikeout climb the ladder with a fastball
00:29:40fits up his second K strands two Guardians on two to nothing Rays
00:29:56the way follow the postseason action on the MLB app the number one after live baseball
00:30:02third between these two organizations in the postseason first time in a league championship series
00:30:09as Nick Cortez with a swing and a miss to start this bottom of the second
00:30:13these two franchises played the one game wild card game that's the way they used to do it back in
00:30:20the day
00:30:21before the three game series
00:30:23Tampa Bay won that game four to nothing Alex Cobb was terrific shut him out
00:30:28and then nine years later they reconvened in the wild card series
00:30:34and Cleveland sweat that
00:30:36as Fortes pops this one up foul territory routine for Ramirez
00:30:42and there is out number one here in the second
00:30:48Steven Vogt and Kevin Cash have a lot of hardware
00:30:51both back to back American League manager of the year awards
00:30:56Kevin Cash to Tampa native
00:30:59that's three
00:31:01in his trophy case
00:31:03after a three year absence there back in the postseason
00:31:08and their third LCS
00:31:10another ambush swing Diaz
00:31:13backed around to the top of the order he flies out
00:31:16trying to know Brian both teams right
00:31:18are swinging the same way they are trying to
00:31:22hit early in the count
00:31:24if you see this vote right this is what you wanted to see
00:31:26Foster Griffin a tougher sitting there eight hitters you left the bases loaded and now
00:31:31he got two outs on three pitch
00:31:37Foster Griffin
00:31:39desperate for a quick tidy inning
00:31:42Jonathan Aranda who dropped down a sack bought his last time up
00:31:47Frenchy the top three in this race batting order whether they fit
00:31:51among the elites in Major League Baseball
00:31:54right at the top
00:31:56I mean right at the top when you really think about it
00:31:58if you sit down and really watch it
00:31:59I think I said what eighty four come or eighty six combined home runs between the three guys
00:32:06but they do more than that right
00:32:07they hit with right Yanni Diaz
00:32:09leads all the baseball with runners in scoring position
00:32:12so
00:32:13that's where they give you trouble when you look at this for Foster Griffin
00:32:16I thought you can get past the first few hitters here
00:32:20there's a lane for him there
00:32:23high fly ball deep into center field got some carry happen just in front of the wall
00:32:30this big ballpark
00:32:31it's a pitcher friendly park
00:32:33and Petey Alpen had just enough room
00:32:36that's the inning that Foster Griffin needed seven pitches three up three down
00:32:50to his former college teammate at Oregon State
00:32:53how about these two?
00:32:55Steven Kwan and Drew Rasmussen somewhat under the radar
00:33:00unassuming
00:33:00and that 2017 Oregon State Beaver Ball Club went to the College World Series
00:33:06they were the number one seed
00:33:08through Rasmussen likes to mention the year he left
00:33:11the following year they won the national championship
00:33:14but what a ballclub that
00:33:16included six major leaguers
00:33:20Kwan and Rasmussen Trevor Larda
00:33:22Nick Madrigal
00:33:24Adley Rutkin was on that team
00:33:26Brandon Iser
00:33:26that's why they went fifty six and six fifty six and six
00:33:31lost to LSU
00:33:31at the College World Series
00:33:33where Valis was rocking that year Ronnie
00:33:35right
00:33:36they had it going
00:33:37for a few years for sure
00:33:41first time these two ever faced each other
00:33:44fall practice time
00:33:45and I know their former head coaches watching Pat Casey's a legend
00:33:49in the college game you might
00:33:52if you're really tuned in you might spot Pat Casey
00:33:55in the Brewers dugout with Pat Murphy
00:33:57during this postseason run
00:33:59is he Pat's life coach
00:34:00they are very close friends
00:34:02and Murph needs plenty of life coaches
00:34:05he's just one of the many
00:34:09Milwaukee beating the Dodgers today
00:34:12seven to four
00:34:13and they take a two games to that lead going to L.A. for game three
00:34:16I'll tell you this we were up there last year doing that series
00:34:19and a lot different feeling
00:34:21for that Brewers team getting on the plane this year than last year
00:34:24and very different for the Dodgers
00:34:29Rasmussen
00:34:29staked to a two to nothing lead the two two is
00:34:32fouled away and running the foul balls keep coming here
00:34:35fifteen now fall balls against Rasmussen
00:34:38four times they've swung at the first pitch
00:34:40he's faced ten hitters nine first pitch strikes
00:34:43they know he's throwing strikes
00:34:45and they've reacted in time
00:34:48Kwon struck out his first time up
00:34:50and muscles that one in the left center of base hit
00:34:54Steven Kwon
00:34:55will fight you to the finish
00:34:58and the Guardians have their fifth hit
00:35:00it's a lead off single as we sit it down to Lauren
00:35:02Brian I asked Steven if they ignore each other when they face one another
00:35:07Steven said I have too much respect for pitchers to ignore them
00:35:09I'm not at Drew but Drew's probably still upset and I said about what he said he's still
00:35:14agonizing over that double I hit off him
00:35:17in freshman fall ball like Ron talked about
00:35:19he can't seem to get over it
00:35:21yeah he said I choose to not remember all those ground outs and strikeouts
00:35:25but those two talk about each other
00:35:27in glowing fashion similar to how I
00:35:30talk about Ron and Frenchy and Lauren
00:35:35it is a great connection here
00:35:38Guardians are getting their hits now they got Jose Ramirez
00:35:41and gets jammed a little fly ball to right
00:35:45Victor Mesa Junior is there for the out
00:35:49anytime you retire Ramirez
00:35:51that is a notch in the belt for Drew
00:35:54Rasmussen
00:35:57that's the thing the Guardians here I mean
00:35:5913 have five hits
00:36:01and I only have two lifts on the night
00:36:05much different story against the Yankees
00:36:10in game one of the division series
00:36:17buckled his knees chase the Lauder takes a strike
00:36:21Brian you alluded to it before his for his base hit
00:36:24to left field if he stays inside the baseball he could have a big game because
00:36:28he has power to leave to left center
00:36:32well I'm with you Ronnie we talked about it earlier
00:36:34when he figures out how to get the ball in the air
00:36:37he's going to be 30 35 home runs with this size and
00:36:41you know if you go look at his
00:36:42numbers to through the year they continue to get better and better and better
00:36:50count is 0 and 2 on the Lauder Rasmussen deals and a big bouncing ball top spinner
00:36:56Williamson makes the play
00:36:59heck of a play
00:37:01by Ben Williamson
00:37:03second out of the inning that one had so much top spin on it
00:37:08Williamson played it perfectly
00:37:14he's in it now both these teams are going to drop leather all series long
00:37:24the Rays have a nickname for Ben Williamson they call him the manual
00:37:29because he is so textbook in everything he does
00:37:32that's a good nickname
00:37:35played some third base this postseason
00:37:38was down for six weeks in the second half with a hamstring injury
00:37:42gets his first start here of the postseason tonight
00:37:46big swing and a foul by Joe Adele
00:37:49this was his first postseason was the division series
00:37:53he started out by striking out six times in his first seven plate appearances
00:37:58after that five for thirteen with six RBI
00:38:04key acquisition at the deadline from the Angels
00:38:10Rasmussen has him down a ball and two strikes
00:38:13good seeker right there by Rasmussen down at the bottom part of his own
00:38:21Guardians with a runner in scoring position
00:38:24they've had a lot of traffic in the early going against Rasmussen
00:38:28swinging a foul Adele had a good cut
00:38:31perfectly placed fastball
00:38:44Steven quad will be off in the crack of the bat with two outs
00:38:48Adele takes
00:38:50two and two down guys one of the biggest hits in game three to get the Guardians
00:38:54back into that series bases loaded they had done nothing
00:38:57in the first two games two outs
00:39:00he had a ball on the ground just inside first base for three RBI
00:39:05a little strike he drove at ninety two this year
00:39:07and a swing and a foul
00:39:10forty of those ninety two RBI's game post All-Star break
00:39:14as a member of the Guardians in forty eight games
00:39:17seven homers thirty two runs batted in
00:39:21Steven Bode raves about what he and
00:39:23Nathaniel Lowe did to the room
00:39:27big bouncing ball Williamson
00:39:29comes in plays a nice easy hop
00:39:31and Williamson's defense
00:39:33helped save a run in that third inning
00:39:35through Rasmussen three scoreless
00:39:38despite the five hits
00:39:41one of the first two games
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00:40:00they missed this ballpark
00:40:02they were without it last year had to play in a spring training facility
00:40:06and they've had a lot of great improvements here
00:40:09Junior Cabinero will lead off for the Rays
00:40:11and they turned it into baseball's best record at home this year
00:40:15tied with the Brewers they won fifty five regular season games
00:40:19at Tropicana Field this year plus the
00:40:21two games to start the division series so the fifty seven wins to the good
00:40:30I always say it's an El Camino in a parking lot full of Cadillacs but it's their El Camino there
00:40:36you go
00:40:36and it's a lot of fun and they've got
00:40:40actual cow no stingrays here
00:40:42do seven of them in the tank
00:40:45we're trying to convince Lauren to get in that tank
00:40:47you are at the race she's down for
00:40:50put some waders put her in there
00:40:51there they are hey guys
00:40:56there's also
00:40:58live wire environment here
00:41:01that Yankee series and now they have a team to match
00:41:04they'll have a new ballpark here
00:41:05in
00:41:07three years so they'll open up twenty twenty nine
00:41:10it's going to be a retractable roof it's a beautiful
00:41:13ballpark that'll
00:41:14open in Tampa in twenty twenty nine but
00:41:18this ballpark has served him well
00:41:21and again when it's yours
00:41:23there's a sense of pride in it especially when it's taken away from you like it was
00:41:27after the wreckage of Hurricane
00:41:37to two back to the screen it goes count goes full down to junior coming arrow
00:41:54he was just coming up when the Rays made the postseason
00:41:57three years ago now he's a bona fide star
00:41:59hits Allen high in the air right
00:42:02missed it a click on the bat
00:42:04and the Lauder puts it away for the out
00:42:06one away in the third
00:42:27the late got Max reading game three on a first pitch heater out over the plate
00:42:33takes one that time
00:42:35Foster Griffin starts him with a
00:42:37breaking ball
00:42:40the latest strikeout victim in the first
00:42:43Griffin has retired five straight now
00:42:46after an unsettled start remember very little
00:42:49activity on the mound
00:42:52and you could understand why
00:42:54it was a shaky beginning two runs in
00:42:57on four hits and a hit batter in the first
00:43:01unlike the division series though
00:43:03managers are not going to be so quick
00:43:05to pull out a starter when they've gotten off
00:43:08to an indifferent start
00:43:09you know and Steven vote was honest with us
00:43:12two years ago when we were there for that series
00:43:14with the Yankees and won five games
00:43:15it was all bullpen games and you just can't survive doing that in a seven game series
00:43:20that's why probably more than anything they're just happy that he's calmed down now
00:43:25throwing the strike zone because
00:43:27start having to go to that pen
00:43:29I mean look we were watching some of the Brewers Dodgers game before today
00:43:33and the third inning
00:43:36they had to go to the pen Yamamoto got knocked out of the game
00:43:39and eventually the Brewers broke through and it's so tough to ask the bullpen to do that time and time
00:43:43again
00:43:44all those taps on the rock
00:43:47finally broke
00:43:49in the game
00:43:49Stephen vote desperate for
00:43:53Foster Griffin to give them some length here today and very different
00:43:57scenarios for these two teams coming into game one here the Rays arrested they lined up their pitching they actually
00:44:02needed to get their guys work
00:44:04especially their one inning relievers
00:44:06Guardians coming in here a little frazzled
00:44:08Oh what a catch
00:44:10my goodness
00:44:11Foster Griffin snares that one
00:44:15on a shot off the bat of Ryan Valade
00:44:18you know what's interesting about Foster Griffin
00:44:21that when he first was selected in the first round and he handled this one
00:44:25it kind of caught him he didn't catch it
00:44:28but he said when he went to pitch in Japan
00:44:30he said they bunt all the time over there he worked on his PFP made himself a better fielder
00:44:35that one was to save his life
00:44:38pitchers are still athletes
00:44:38there you go
00:44:41two up two down a line shot by Valade ends up in the glove of the game and now
00:44:46ball one to Victor Mason Junior
00:44:48swung at the first pitch and singled his last time up
00:45:00this young man you think about him being born in Cuba we've talked about his dad his brother
00:45:05he just looks like a ball player when he gets up to the plate
00:45:09he is not afraid of the spotlight either
00:45:11at home run at Yankee Stadium
00:45:13he led Yankees fans know about it all the way around
00:45:16even got his manager yelling at him to run
00:45:20stop styling and run
00:45:22yeah don't poke the bear
00:45:24exactly that's what Kevin Cashier
00:45:25we don't need to get this going here
00:45:27come on
00:45:30his older brother Victor Victor Mesa was the bigger prospect
00:45:36and of course their father
00:45:38Cuban baseball icon longtime player center fielder and then a
00:45:42world class manager Olympian
00:45:48Mesa big swing and a miss
00:45:50and I love the story when
00:45:51Kevin Cash and then we're talking to his father and he looked at
00:45:55little Victor right here and told Kevin that's the one right there
00:45:59Wow
00:46:01not trying to throw big brother under the bus but
00:46:05a defensive swing and Foster Griffin
00:46:07coming back strong here
00:46:10back to back three up three down innings
00:46:12he's got seven in a row retired
00:46:14to nothing Rasmussen to the Rays lead
00:46:17to be in fair territory it's ignored it's striking point on the ground
00:46:29anything that hits foul up there
00:46:32C and D in fair territory it's that
00:46:36home run it can go to a crew chief review for that
00:46:40that was the meeting at home plate prior to the game with the two managers and you really got to
00:46:47dial in to
00:46:49your ring theory here and all the strategy that goes with it if it hits
00:46:53up on those top two rings it is a live ball
00:46:55and you'll see outfielders stay with it
00:46:58it's a little better at night because the roof which is a new roof and it is brighter in here
00:47:04during day games but at night
00:47:05now fielders have a little better chance
00:47:08Nestor say I took a class at NASA to be able to explain that to figure out what's going on
00:47:13it's beautifully quirky here
00:47:15Tropicana Field
00:47:17that it has been rocking
00:47:19in this postseason run they had
00:47:21sellouts in the first two home games
00:47:23forty thousand strong they'll be close to that
00:47:26once again here today to start this
00:47:28ALCS
00:47:30two nothing Rays lead with Rasmussen dealing the low hot ground ball
00:47:35Aranda will take it himself
00:47:43Aranda showed me a lot in the division series
00:47:45yeah he really has some quick feet feet and a good glow
00:47:52shows you how good Drew Rasmussen is Ronnie yes he when he's locked in he died he carves people but
00:47:59today he's got zero whiffs on the changeup right he's only got two whiffs on the game and yet here
00:48:04he is still turning to the game
00:48:05and now that he is doing she's showing the shutout
00:48:08right once figure out away don't they I mean
00:48:11what what he is doing though is that
00:48:14he's getting letting them put the ball in play in the first three or four pitches
00:48:19defense has made some plays
00:48:21Travis Pozzana
00:48:22Ребят один удар.
00:48:22И он у нас получается.
00:48:24Он линьс вон, у него вверх,
00:48:25а он на Senate base hit.
00:48:26Базана хааааааааа.
00:48:28В purchased мейссм Onaаааааааааааааааа.
00:48:29А вот на erste сторон.
00:48:29Виктор Мейссм с граемеаааааааа.
00:48:36Врагуааааааааааааааааааааааааааааааа.
00:48:37Иды те кто то унионть с унионть орун,
00:48:50ааааааааааааааааааааааааааааа.
00:48:51times in a seven game series
00:48:53eventually you're going to feel
00:48:54comfortable and put together good
00:48:55at bats.
00:48:56Lauren I couldn't agree more and
00:48:57I think you know all he's got to
00:48:59do is look across the Steve and
00:49:00vote as Bailey fowls that one
00:49:02off that Yankees Guardian series
00:49:05you remember that game 2 game
00:49:06300 Gaddis Kate Smith it kept
00:49:08happening and eventually Stanton
00:49:11Judge Soto they clipped them
00:49:12they saw him four times in five
00:49:13games so very important that you
00:49:16don't have to go too soon to fall
00:49:18off in swings and misses the
00:49:19и северной дворцами.
00:49:20He is striking now from his
00:49:23game one start against the
00:49:24Yankees to now true Rasmussen
00:49:29is an incredible story.
00:49:31He is certainly the symbol of
00:49:35the advances in modern surgery
00:49:37for major league pitchers.
00:49:38Three elbow surgeries.
00:49:40Because it takes off which is
00:49:42a strike thrown out the second
00:49:43not in time.
00:49:44Расмуссен.
00:49:46Маскеди Базанна.
00:49:47In with a stolen base.
00:49:53Фортез did all he could but
00:49:54Базанна steals this one off
00:49:56Rasmussen.
00:49:56He got a great jump but again
00:49:58what's the difference here?
00:49:59Фортез throws this ball and
00:50:00it's just a little bit to the
00:50:01side right?
00:50:02And that's the one that
00:50:03Ramirez was hoping he would
00:50:04throw.
00:50:05Gets him another chance with
00:50:07runners in scoring position.
00:50:10Bailey is swaying at him as
00:50:11Rasmussen rides that fastball
00:50:13upstairs.
00:50:15That's a key strikeout with a
00:50:17runner at second.
00:50:18Now two men are gone.
00:50:20Strikeout number three for
00:50:22Rasmussen.
00:50:23For Seymour that carries true
00:50:25through the zone.
00:50:28And beats Bailey.
00:50:31Bailey who singled his last time
00:50:33up one for two down.
00:50:35Here's Petey Halpin.
00:50:36Watch his first pitch.
00:50:38Help me.
00:50:39Taking the ball.
00:50:43Camonero playing so shallow.
00:50:46Two out bunt.
00:50:47You don't see that allows help
00:50:48and if he gets that ball
00:50:49outside to kind of knock a
00:50:52pitch by there for a hit.
00:50:58Tied him up.
00:50:59That's a strike.
00:51:00And he's climbing that fastball.
00:51:01I have trouble laying off that
00:51:02pitch right now.
00:51:03We talk about not going for the
00:51:04changeup but you can set it.
00:51:06He's fastball's got good ride
00:51:07right now and he is getting
00:51:09these.
00:51:09Bargain sitters to go after that
00:51:11pitch right now.
00:51:14Two outs runner at second.
00:51:18And help him fouls that away.
00:51:21The ball hard down the line.
00:51:24Opposite.
00:51:25Field in the.
00:51:26Second inning.
00:51:30A couple of devils in game five.
00:51:32And he gets.
00:51:33Rewarded with another star.
00:51:34Petey Halpin.
00:51:36Wanted to the count.
00:51:37Rasmussen deals.
00:51:39And.
00:51:40Ring the battle.
00:51:42Drew Rasmussen back to back
00:51:44strikeouts with a runner at
00:51:46second.
00:52:00Tampa Bay Rays 73.
00:52:02Percent chance to win the ALCS
00:52:04Cleveland.
00:52:06That's probably right where they
00:52:07want it.
00:52:08They've been the underdog all
00:52:09year.
00:52:10Counted out all year.
00:52:11Yet they find themselves in the
00:52:13championship series as a base hit.
00:52:16Johnny DeLuca.
00:52:17First ball swinging.
00:52:19He singles in the left field.
00:52:20That snapped seven in a row.
00:52:22Put down by Foster Griffin.
00:52:30Their first pitch swing hit.
00:52:32Just like the Guardian.
00:52:34Two singles now for DeLuca.
00:52:37Lucas had the hot bat was
00:52:39platooning with Cedric Mullins
00:52:40but he's gotten all the starts.
00:52:42This postseason.
00:52:44And now it's Ben Williamson who
00:52:46was hit by a pitch.
00:52:47First time up.
00:52:48He takes his back.
00:52:57Williamson.
00:52:58Missed six weeks.
00:52:59Played just eighty nine games.
00:53:01Acquired via trade.
00:53:04This offseason with the
00:53:05Mariners.
00:53:06Part of a three way deal.
00:53:07It was Mariners.
00:53:08Cardinals.
00:53:10And raise.
00:53:11A deal that sent Brendan Donovan.
00:53:13From.
00:53:14St. Louis to Seattle.
00:53:18Williamson's already made an
00:53:19impact with his glove in this
00:53:21game.
00:53:27Activity in the.
00:53:29Cleveland bullpen was Daniel
00:53:30Espino the hard throwing
00:53:32right hander is preparing.
00:53:36Griffin in his fourth inning.
00:53:39Popped him up.
00:53:43Mazana makes a play and there is
00:53:45out.
00:53:45Number one.
00:53:51Can dog days at the park help
00:53:53fetch more wings.
00:53:55Catch the game like never before.
00:53:57With Google Cloud.
00:54:02One out brings up Taylor Walls.
00:54:04Tough guy to double up.
00:54:06Very fast runner.
00:54:08Light hitting shortstop for the
00:54:09Rays and he's on the first
00:54:10pitch.
00:54:11Fly ball to center field.
00:54:13Halpin.
00:54:14For out number two.
00:54:17Got a pitch.
00:54:18He got a bad read on that ball
00:54:19went back about three steps
00:54:20but because it was just.
00:54:22Hit off the end.
00:54:24He was able to make it up but
00:54:26I mean it's got to be tough
00:54:27right.
00:54:27He's never.
00:54:28He's never played here before
00:54:29and you come here and.
00:54:31Take.
00:54:31Take a look.
00:54:32You'll see him.
00:54:33He goes back three steps and
00:54:34then.
00:54:34Uh oh.
00:54:35But still plenty of time.
00:54:37Cleveland did a lot of work
00:54:38in the outfield yesterday.
00:54:40Just.
00:54:41Trying to acclimate themselves
00:54:42to the roof and the rings
00:54:44here at Tropicana Field.
00:54:46Cortez is swinging a miss.
00:54:47Got a first pitch breaking
00:54:48ball.
00:54:49Ronnie.
00:54:50I told the story when we
00:54:51heard for the playoffs and
00:54:5210 the first six balls.
00:54:53The Nelson Cruz.
00:54:55Josh Hamilton.
00:54:55David Murphy.
00:54:56We were messing with Ron
00:54:57Washington act like we
00:54:58couldn't catch him.
00:55:00He was panicking.
00:55:01See.
00:55:02Why would you do that to watch.
00:55:04You know why.
00:55:05He's like what's wrong with
00:55:06these boys.
00:55:06We got to start all over.
00:55:09You know with the reliever up.
00:55:11Everyone has their own
00:55:12professional timeline to the
00:55:15major leagues.
00:55:15Foster Griffin's.
00:55:17Heartbreaking first round pick
00:55:18of the Kansas City Royals.
00:55:19He makes his debut a couple of
00:55:21years later.
00:55:22On his twenty fifth birthday.
00:55:23Heard his elbow.
00:55:24Tommy John two weeks later.
00:55:27And then he appeared in a game
00:55:28for the Jays.
00:55:29Five games for the Royals.
00:55:32Found himself in yummy Uri with
00:55:34the yummy Uri Giants.
00:55:35And here he is.
00:55:36Pitching on the big stage.
00:55:37Amazing what.
00:55:39Baseball offers.
00:55:40It is a game of redemption.
00:55:43Griffin making his first ever
00:55:45postseason start.
00:55:46Had a rocky start but he has
00:55:47settled in.
00:55:49And a pop up fouling out of
00:55:50play.
00:55:51You know it's not just a game
00:55:52of redemption too though.
00:55:53We're going to see a guy later
00:55:54in the series for the Rays and
00:55:55Nick Martinez who went over to
00:55:56Japan for four years.
00:55:58And figured out talked about
00:55:59the Vulcan change so.
00:56:01Look we see guys come over from.
00:56:03The Japanese league over there
00:56:05and.
00:56:06Killing in the U.S.
00:56:07It's a great competitive league
00:56:09and these guys you know get
00:56:10that confidence back and then
00:56:12want to come back and that's
00:56:13what he did.
00:56:14Yeah.
00:56:14And you have enough scouts over
00:56:16there that are watching these
00:56:17young men pitch and.
00:56:19He was offered a one year five
00:56:21and a half million dollar
00:56:21contract to come back and
00:56:23pitch for the Nationals and he
00:56:24was an all star.
00:56:250 2 pitch.
00:56:27And a little soft liner right
00:56:28to Bazzana Fortes.
00:56:32For the out to in the inning.
00:56:34Austin Griffin has settled in
00:56:35nicely for the Guardians.
00:56:372 nothing Rays lead.
00:56:46Set it by Google Cloud.
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00:56:50never before with Jim and I on
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00:56:56Rays and Guardians game one of
00:56:58this American League
00:56:59championship series.
00:57:00Rays got two in the first.
00:57:03Behind their ace drew Rasmussen.
00:57:06Rasmussen.
00:57:08Has given up six hits.
00:57:11Cleveland has at least one hit.
00:57:13In each of the first four
00:57:14innings.
00:57:16They've had a runner in scoring
00:57:17position.
00:57:18Each of the last three innings.
00:57:20Number nine hitter Brian
00:57:21Rokeo leads off into the top
00:57:23with Kwan.
00:57:24And Jose Ramirez.
00:57:26Cameron Nero the third baseman
00:57:27against Rokeo and Kwan is
00:57:29playing at about 75 feet.
00:57:31He even did with Jose Ramirez
00:57:33when Kwan was on.
00:57:34Maybe a little bit farther
00:57:35back but.
00:57:42That's a special pitch that
00:57:44little cutter.
00:57:45To get back in the town.
00:57:47Floyd Halliday did the best
00:57:48backdoor cutter to left.
00:57:57Swing at a miss.
00:57:59Got him with a changeup.
00:58:01Finally gets a swing and a miss
00:58:03on that.
00:58:04Change.
00:58:04Rokeo is out.
00:58:06Five K's for Rasmussen.
00:58:09Travel day in the National
00:58:11League tomorrow.
00:58:12Brewers and Dodgers headed to L.A.
00:58:14They'll resume Wednesday game
00:58:16three.
00:58:16We'll have.
00:58:17Guardians and race for you
00:58:18right here on TBS eight
00:58:20Eastern.
00:58:22Our studio crew on location
00:58:24here.
00:58:25Let him out of the cage in
00:58:27Atlanta.
00:58:27Good to have.
00:58:28Adam Lefkoe Jimmy Rollins
00:58:30Curtis Granderson.
00:58:31And the Hall of Famer Pedro
00:58:33Martinez.
00:58:34Let's go take a little dip in
00:58:36the ocean today.
00:58:37What a sight.
00:58:40Swing and a foul.
00:58:44Nothing like the ocean here.
00:58:46Let's get it.
00:58:46Oh my God.
00:58:50That goes all Jack now.
00:58:52Wasn't working out.
00:58:53As graceful as that.
00:58:54Crunchy.
00:58:54Yeah.
00:58:57Oh.
00:58:58You know it's interesting guys.
00:58:59these teams played six times
00:59:00during the regular year.
00:59:02Regular season.
00:59:03The Rays were five and one.
00:59:04But outside of an eleven three
00:59:05blowout they played very.
00:59:07Close games.
00:59:08The big key though in six games.
00:59:10The Guardian scored eight
00:59:12runs.
00:59:12Now Stephen Boe told so they.
00:59:14They haven't seen this team
00:59:15yet.
00:59:15Because the last time they played
00:59:16was the end of July.
00:59:20Juan fly ball center field.
00:59:23And.
00:59:24Mesa.
00:59:25Calling off the Luka.
00:59:28And a role reversal right here.
00:59:29But the second out.
00:59:32Mesa's like the Kelly leak.
00:59:34Of the Rays.
00:59:35If he can get there he's taking it.
00:59:36Yeah.
00:59:37That was the season series.
00:59:38Rays won five out of six.
00:59:41And.
00:59:42They were here before the trade
00:59:43deadline.
00:59:43Cleveland was.
00:59:45Stephen Boe.
00:59:46Was very quick.
00:59:48To point out that this is a
00:59:50much different Cleveland ball
00:59:51club.
00:59:51They.
00:59:52Struggled with injuries trying to
00:59:53figure out their personnel.
00:59:55They did great at the trade
00:59:56deadline and then.
00:59:57Cleveland had that finishing
00:59:59kick.
01:00:01When they caught and passed the
01:00:03White Sox on the final
01:00:04Saturday of the regular season.
01:00:06And that division win.
01:00:08Was key.
01:00:09It got him.
01:00:10The by is the number two seed
01:00:12even though the.
01:00:13Yankees and the Red Sox had a
01:00:14better record.
01:00:18Rasmussen seems to have that
01:00:19ball on the string again.
01:00:20He's figured out that front door
01:00:22sinker again now.
01:00:26Ramirez.
01:00:28Takes a ball low.
01:00:29That's the.
01:00:30Curve ball from Rasmussen.
01:00:32He has an assortment of
01:00:32offerings.
01:00:34That was in the dirt so
01:00:35Ramirez couldn't hit it over
01:00:36the fence.
01:00:38Homer again his last two games
01:00:40in that division series.
01:00:42Ramirez.
01:00:43Ramirez.
01:00:45Chased one high.
01:00:46A fastball by him.
01:00:51Strikeouts starting to come here
01:00:53for Drew Rasmussen.
01:00:54He's got six K's.
01:00:57Four.
01:00:58Coming in the last five hitters.
01:01:10Pino win for the guards.
01:01:12Tonight's relief pitcher stats
01:01:13presented by Nereus.
01:01:14He got two outs and one came in
01:01:16and got a double play.
01:01:18After giving up a hit.
01:01:21And then in game three he was the
01:01:23opener.
01:01:24And in for relief.
01:01:25Foster Griffin after him.
01:01:27So Foster Griffin starts this
01:01:28game.
01:01:29And Espino's now in.
01:01:30Griffin.
01:01:31Showed well.
01:01:32Four innings.
01:01:33All that rust between starts.
01:01:35Gives up two runs in the
01:01:36first settles in.
01:01:38Three scoreless after that as
01:01:40Diaz.
01:01:41Fouls that one off.
01:01:43Oh.
01:01:44Taking shots back there.
01:01:51Got it a little on the side
01:01:52too.
01:01:54Hockey style mass.
01:01:55Supposed to deflect those
01:01:56kind of shots.
01:01:57But man.
01:01:58That don't reflect nothing.
01:02:00That's why they call the tools
01:02:01of brilliance.
01:02:03Well.
01:02:03You do.
01:02:04Thank goodness.
01:02:07Affectionately known as the tools
01:02:08of ignorance.
01:02:09Catcher's equipment.
01:02:10I don't like that phrase.
01:02:13Diaz around the coming arrow
01:02:15against Espino the hard
01:02:17throwing right hander.
01:02:20And.
01:02:21Diaz a swing and a miss and a
01:02:23strikeout ninety nine mile an
01:02:24hour cheese.
01:02:26And one away here in the fifth.
01:02:27And Lauren speaking of a.
01:02:29Modern miracle of advanced
01:02:31surgery.
01:02:32Espino finds himself back on
01:02:34the mound.
01:02:34Brian there was a four year
01:02:36period when he didn't know if
01:02:37he'd ever throw baseball
01:02:38again a first rounder back in
01:02:392019.
01:02:41Injuries kept him out of this
01:02:42game.
01:02:42Forget this.
01:02:43One thousand days.
01:02:44Started as shoulder soreness
01:02:46needed to interior capsule
01:02:48surgeries.
01:02:49The road has been long and
01:02:50trying and he is.
01:02:52Humble the Guardian stayed with
01:02:53him through the bat because
01:02:55Brian there has been a lot of
01:02:56it.
01:02:56Well.
01:02:57Lauren it's that.
01:02:58It's that surgery that usually
01:03:00ends careers and he had two of
01:03:02them.
01:03:02Yeah.
01:03:03And yet he is on the mound.
01:03:04Still throwing a hundred
01:03:06miles an hour.
01:03:08And he is a major wild card for
01:03:10Steven vote.
01:03:11And.
01:03:11You can tell.
01:03:13Where vote has him.
01:03:14In his trust tree because he
01:03:16rolls him out there in a two
01:03:17nothing game against the top
01:03:19three hitters in this lineup
01:03:20running unfamiliarity.
01:03:22Sometimes breeds relief
01:03:23appearances.
01:03:24No one's had an at bat against
01:03:25this youngster.
01:03:27You can see what he did to
01:03:28Yanni Diaz right off the bat.
01:03:30Three straight heaters bring
01:03:31the gasolina.
01:03:32Ninety nine.
01:03:34Espino from Panama.
01:03:35But went to school.
01:03:36And honed his pitching craft in
01:03:38Georgia.
01:03:43Mark.
01:03:43Steven vote said after they had
01:03:45to send him down after the
01:03:46first time they brought him up.
01:03:48He said he got emotional and
01:03:49he said I'm going to do
01:03:50whatever it takes to get back.
01:03:51You want those kind of guys.
01:03:54Yeah.
01:03:55Think about it when a guy goes
01:03:56through that like that.
01:03:57Warren said not pitching for
01:03:58a thousand days.
01:04:00Get back here.
01:04:01You just got a different
01:04:01perspective.
01:04:02And it doesn't seem as big
01:04:04probably when.
01:04:05The bad outings don't seem as
01:04:07the end of the world.
01:04:08Right.
01:04:09To to the calendar.
01:04:11Ronda takes a ball.
01:04:13All those days in isolation at
01:04:14the spring training facility.
01:04:16In Goodyear Arizona where the
01:04:17Guardians train and.
01:04:19Takes a special kind of
01:04:20person that.
01:04:21To be a positive.
01:04:24Engager in those.
01:04:26In those setups but.
01:04:28This.
01:04:29He brought a smile to
01:04:31everybody's face which.
01:04:32It's a lot of downtime.
01:04:35Fastball hitter.
01:04:36Looking for a fastball from a
01:04:37speedo here.
01:04:38Three and two the count.
01:04:40On a Ronda.
01:04:41And he got a slider and a
01:04:44strikeout.
01:04:45Back to back K's.
01:04:47Two outs in the fifth.
01:04:49All right guys time now for our
01:04:50moment of the night presented
01:04:51by Viv Gart.
01:04:52The sweet sounds of Andy Fried on
01:04:55Rays radio.
01:04:56Swing ground ball base hit left
01:04:58center field.
01:04:59The Rays score first tonight.
01:05:00They pitch to Caminero to right
01:05:02away drives home the run and it's
01:05:05one nothing Rays in the first.
01:05:07Set the tone early is Caminero with
01:05:10that RBI single with a drawn in
01:05:11infield.
01:05:14It's hard to get comfortable.
01:05:16Frenchie won the first pitch to
01:05:18the backstop and about eight
01:05:19feet wide.
01:05:20At least it was a slider right on
01:05:22the heater.
01:05:24He was not going to hang that
01:05:25pitch Ronnie.
01:05:28Two outs.
01:05:30And Caminero with a big swing.
01:05:32Chase the high fastball.
01:05:35Both of these franchises blessed
01:05:37with great voices.
01:05:39Andy Friedman so longs with the
01:05:41Rays of course Tom Hamilton Jim.
01:05:44Rosenhouse with the Cleveland
01:05:46Guardians.
01:05:47The Hall of Famer Tom Hamilton.
01:05:50He might be.
01:05:51A better person than he is and
01:05:53that's a Hall of Fame person.
01:05:54All those guys.
01:05:56You know it's funny.
01:05:58Yandy was swinging at the same
01:06:00fastball about two three inches
01:06:01above the zone.
01:06:02He could not get it.
01:06:04Now we've seen Junior do the
01:06:05same twice.
01:06:06And if I'm right here if I'm.
01:06:08You know I'm going right back
01:06:09to the same spot.
01:06:10Well they've been looking at
01:06:11ninety two to ninety five all
01:06:13night.
01:06:13Now they've got a hundred.
01:06:16Back to back case.
01:06:18He's got Caminero wanted to.
01:06:19Here he comes.
01:06:21Violent swing and a foul ball.
01:06:23You got to make sure that one's
01:06:24a little bit up there.
01:06:25Don't leave it in that spot.
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