THESE FIERCE RIFLES FOREVER. >> HOW ABOUT THAT FOR AN ENTREE FOR THIS SEASON FINALE? THEIR PASTS ARE CERTAINLY DECORATED. FOR MORE ON THIS SEASON'S RIVALRY, WE SAY HELLO TO BUSTER OLEINE THE GIANTS AND DODGERS HAVE LOST 36 GAMES AND THERE'S SO MUCH UNRESOLVED. THESE TWO TEAMS ARE TIED THEY'RE VYING FOR THE NUMBER ONE SEED IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS WALKER BUEHLER STARTS TONIGHT. HE'S ONE OF THE P FRONTRUNNERS ALONG WITH CORBIN BURNES AND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE M.V.P. RACE STEEPS BE WIDE OPEN. TREA TURNER IS STEPPING IN THE BOX FOR ONE OF THOSE. MATT: TURNER, MUNCY AND METS. L.A. AVERAGING OVER FIVE RUNS A GAME. JUSTIN TURNER, SEAGER AND SMITH. CHRIS TAILOR, CODY BELLINGER, WALKER BUEHLER WE ARE UNDERWAY THIS AFTERNOON IT IS AN OPENER FOR GABE KAPLER AND THE GIANTS. DOMINIQUE LEONE MAKING HIS FIRST CAREER START IN HIS EIGHT SEASONS IN THE BIG LEAGUES THE GIANTS ARE HIS SIXTH MAJOR LEAGUE EMPLOYER PITCHED OUT OF THE BULLPEN ON FRIDAY AND GOT THE 10TH INNING IN SAN FRANCISCO'S SERIES OPENING WIN.
HE'S QUICKLY ON TOP OF TREA TURNER. 0-2. ALEX: LEONE HAD A HARD CUTTER. COMMAND WILL BE THE KEY HERE EARLY ON. HE CAN THROW INSIDE AND OUTSIDE TO BOTH LEFTIES AND RIGHTIES MATT: COMES INSIDE AND MISSES TO TREA TURNER. LED OFF YESTERDAY'S DODGER WIN WITH A HOME RUN, HIS 21 ST OF THE SEASON. YOU CAN FEEL THE ENTHUSIASM IN THE BALLPARK AND WE'RE THREE PITCHES INTO THE GAME. ALEX: THERE'S A PLAYOFF FEEL IN THE BUILDING, THAT'S FOR SURE. MATT: HIT IN THE AIR TO RIGHT FIELD. YASTRZEMSKI OUT THERE. TODAY. ALREADY A BETTER START FOR THE GIANTS. THE TWO BEST RECORDS IN THE ENTIRE SPORT. AND THAT'S A FACT WITH TAMPA BAY 'S LOSS TODAY. THIS IS THE FIRST DAY ON THE SCHEDULE SINCE JULY 11, WHERE THE RAYS, YANKEES AND RED SOX HAVE ALL LOST OAKLAND LOST IN TORONTO AND WITH 26 GAMES LEFT IN THE REGULAR SEASON, THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE DETERMINED. HERE'S MAX MUNCY WITH ONE AWAY. MUNCY HAS ENDURED A HITLESS SERIES HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. A PERENNIAL GIANT TORMENTOR THAT HAS BEEN CONTAINED THIS SEASON. A STRIKE AND IT'S 1-1 NOW TO MAX MUNCY.
DODGERS WEARING THEIR CITY CONNECTS UNIFORMS TODAY THAT THAT HAVE FOR THE MOST PART BEEN WIDELY EMBRACED CERTAINLY BY DODGER FANS MANY WHOM HAVE SHOWN UP ON THE ROAD TODAY BIG DODGER CONTINGENCY IN THE BALLPARK AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE I THINK THE SAME CAN BE SAID WHEN THIS SERIES IS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. A LOT OF GIANT FANS HEAD SOUTH TO SUPPORT THEIR TEAM ON THE ROAD. ALEX: YOU FEEL THE EXCITEMENT, THE PASSION. JUST A PERFECT AFTERNOON. SOMETHING TO WATCH. HARD TO SEE THIS TIME OF THE DAY BOTH HITTING AND, ON POPUPS JUST LIKE THAT. BELT HAS THIS ONE AND A COUPLE OF FLY BALLS, MAKE FOR TWO OUT TO START THE BALLGAME. SO IT'S A WEIRD START TIME TODAY. A 4:00 P.M. STARTTIME ON THE WEST COAST ALWAYS BRINGS ITS CHALLENGES, SHADOWS AMONG THEM WE WON'T SEE THOSE UNTIL PROBABLY A FEW INNINGS IN.
BUT THE WIND IS ALWAYS THE SUBJECT OF A LOT OF CURIOSITY AROUND HERE AND EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE THE FLAGS ARE BLOWING OUT. AND THEY ARE, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S A HOME RUN LAUNCHING PAD. TWO GONE NOW FOR MOOKIE BEST. MOOKIE BEST. ALEX: ONLY 21 OPPOSITE FIELD HOME RUNS BY RIGHTIES. MATT: THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT TWO A YEAR THAT'S CRAZY. THIS YEAR, THE BALL IS FLYING AROUND A LITTLE MORE GENEROUSLY THAN IN SEASONS PAST THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT AS BETTS TAKES A STRIKE THE OUTFIELD FENCES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT OUT HERE ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO EIGHT FEET DEPENDING ON SPOT OF THE OUTFIELD YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE BULLPENS WHICH USED TO BE LOCATED DOWN THE LINES ARE NOW BEYOND THE FENCE. AND THE WIND PATTERNS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THEY HAVE IN YEARS PAST. TWO BALLS AND A STRIKE TO MOOKIE BETTS JUST 1-8 IN THE SERIES SO FAR. AND THE 2-1 FOR LEON IS THERE FOR A STRIKE. >> THIS IS THE GAME-TIME STAT CAST WIN MEASUREMENT. I KNOW IT LOOKS REAL ARBITRARY BUT THE DIFFERENT COLORED ARROWS DENOTE THE DIFFERENCE'D OF THE WIN AND YET IT IS BLOWING OUT TO LEFT.
BETTS SENDS IT OUT TO RIGHT. PLENTY OF ROOM FOR MIKE YASTRZEMSKI. AND IT'S THREE FLY BALLS TO RETIRE THE MATT: WALKER BUEHLER ON THE MOUND TO TAKE 2-3. HE IS THE FAVORITE FOR MANY CY YOUNG AWARD HONORS. THE BEST E.R.A. IN THE SPORT. 13-2. MOST RECENTLY COMING OFF A NO-DECISION AGAINST ATLANTA WHERE HE THREW THE BALL VERY WELL HIS RANKS ARE TERRIFIC ACROSS THE BOARD. HE'S BEEN A REAL PROBLEM FOR THE GIANTS. NOT ONLY THIS YEAR BUT FOR HIS CAREER HAVING NEVER LOST TO SAN FRANCISCO. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT GABE KAPLER'S GIANTS BROUGHT TO YOU BY TACO BELL. SIX LEFT-HANDED BATTERS INCLUDING LA STELLA AND BELT TO LEAD IT OFF. FOUR-TIME ALL-STAR KRIS BRYANT HAS BEEN GREAT AND VERSATILE SINCE COMING OVER TO SAN FRANCISCO AND BUEHLER IS UNDERWAY THIS AFTERNOON. SINCE THE ALL-STAR BREAK, WALKER BUEHLER HAS BEEN SOMEHOW EVEN BETTER THAN HE WAS BEFORE MID-SUMMER.
NINE STARTS AND E.R.A. UNDER 1.5. HE FALLS BEHIND TOMMY LA STELLA, 2-0. BUEHLER HAS A FASTBALL, CUTTER, CURVEBALL, OCCASIONAL CHANGEUP WATCH HIM AGAINST LEFTIES. CUTTER IS IN OFF THE PLATE AND UPPER QUADRANT OF THE STRIKE ZONE WITH TWO STRIKES HE'LL GO UP TOP WITH THE FOUR-SEAMER OR OVER-HAND CURVEBALL WITH THE PUNCHOUT WITH THE RIGHTIES MORE CUTTERS AND SLIDERS OFF THE PLATE. MATT: TWO BALLS AND STRIKE TO TOMMY LA STELLA. THE GIANTS ALREADY HAVE THEIR BULLPEN BUSY AS LA STELLA BOUNCES THAT ONE TO MUNCY AT FIRST BASE. YOU KNOW, DOMINIQUE LEONE, AN OPENER, AND THEY GET THROUGH THE SIDE IN ORDER. YOU SEE THIS A LOT, ALEX THAT AN OPENER WILL BE USED AND THAT MIGHT LEAD TO A SECOND OR THIRD INNING WORK. BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE GIANTS HAVE A FORMULA FOR TONIGHT. JOSE ALVAREZ IS ALREADY UP IN THE BULLPEN AND THAT GATE MIGHT BE SWINGING OPEN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. ALEX: INDEED AND GABE KAPLER HAS SHOWN ALL YEAR THAT HE'S VERY VERSATILE. HE'LL DO THE UNEXPECTED HE TOLD US BEFORE THE GAME, HE'LL ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT — MATT: BETTS WATCHES! AND IT'S GONE! BELT WATCHES! AND IT'S GONE! BRANDON BELT GETS THE GIANTS ON THE BOARD FIRST AT HOME TODAY.
ALEX: AND BELT COMING OUT HUNTING EARL EARLY, MATTE. 95 MILES AN HOUR. LOOKS FORGET. AND HUGS IT TO THE DEEPEST PART OF THE OUTFIELD. THIS IS A LONG WAY. BELT IS ONE OF THE BEST SECONDARY HITTERS IN BASEBALL. HITS THE FASTBALL ON THE FIRST PITCH AND MATT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU START THINKING ABOUT AT 3:00 WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE SCOUTING REPORT. IF I'M GOING TO GET A FASTBALL, I'M GOING HUNTING. AND HE DID. MATT: FIRST CAREER AGAINST WALKER BUEHLER AMONG ANYBODY ON THE CURRENT GIANTS' ROSTER.
THE COUNT IS A BALL ABOUT A — AND A STRIKE TO KRIS BRYANT. HE IS FIVE YEARS REMOVED FROM HIS LAST ALL-STAR SEASON. HIS CAREER HAS BEEN SLOWED DOWN BY A VARIETY OF HEALTH ISSUES. BUT THIS SEASON HAVING ONE OF THE BEST YEARS OF HIS LIFE. AND BRYANT'S TIED UP. IT'S A BALL AND TWO STRIKES. BUSTER: THEY FEEL LIKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR BELT, HE MADE AN ADJUSTMENT TO GET TO FASTBALLS LIKE THE ONE HE SAW THEN. FOR YEARS, HE STRUGGLED AGAINST THEM POPPING THEM UP IN LEFT FIELD. BUT THE LAST FEW YEARS, HE'S BEEN GETTING TO THEM. MATT: STILL AND BALL AND TWO STRIKES ON BRYANT. YOU KNOW, ALEX YOUR POINT ON HIS BEING A SECONDARY PITCH HITTER IS WELL TAKEN. SO IF — IF BUEHLER WAS APPROACHING HIM THAT WAY THINKING HE COULD GET A FASTBALL FAST AND EARLY IN THE COUNT.
NOT ON THIS OCCASION. BELT WAS HITTING JUST .208 AND SLUGGING .411 AGAINST FASTBALLS ALEX: THAT'S A VETERAN WITH A GAME PLAN AND EXECUTING IT PERFECT LE. MATT: THE STRIKEOUT MAKES FOR OUT NUMBER TWO. ALEX: YOU MENTIONED FIVE YEARS SINCE HE'S MADE AN ALL-STAR GAME HE LOST 70 POINTS IN HIS BATTING AVERAGE FROM LAST YEAR. BUT CAREER HIGH IN HOME RUNS AT AGE 33.
IT'S A GAME OF ADJUSTMENTS. AND THEIR BIG THREE HAVE DONE VERY WELL ADJUSTING. MATT: THAT BRINGS UP LAMONTE WADE JR. WHO HAS BEEN EVERY BIT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS YEAR'S GIANT'S SUCCESS AS THE BIG THREE. 17 HOMERS 43 DRIVEN IN. WADE, A GUY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE GIANTS FRONT OFFICE AS SOMEBODY THAT COULD BE BETTER BASED ON THE WAY HIS CAREER STARTED WITH THE TWINS AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. HIT THAT ONE HARD TO RIGHT AT MAX MUNCY. NO FURTHER DAMAGE IN GET A CEREMONY CEREMONIAL BAT FLIP, YOU'RE WINNING. STAR OF MARVEL STUDIOS AND THE LEGEND OF THE 10 RINGS ONLY IN THEATERS NOW. FIRST PITCH STRIKE. AND THEN A 10-POINT LANDING THE BEST ATHLETE ON THE FIELD TODAY. ALEX: NO DOUBT. MATT: WE DO HAVE A PITCHING SCHEDULE.
LEFT-HANDER ALVAREZ TAKES OVER AFTER LEONE RETIRES ON 13 PITCHES. BRANDON BELT HOMER GIVING THE GIANTS AN EARLY LEAD THIS AFTERNOON. ALEX: THE FASTBALL SLIDER AND A CHANGE WILL SINK IT AWAY FROM RIGHTIES INTO LEFTIES AND SLIDERS TO PUT THEM AWAY. MATT: JUSTIN TURNER, COREY SEAGER, WILL SMITH IN THE DODGER END OF INNING NUMBER TWO. IT DOES BECOME TRICKY WHAT THE GIANTS ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO IN BACK-TO-BACK GAMES, VERY RELEVANT GAMES TO TRY TO PIECE TOGETHER 27 OUTS IN OPENERS AND MULTIPLE BULLPEN PIECES TURNER IS DOING TO ROLL THAT THROUGH. A LEADOFF SINGLE IN THE L.A. SECOND. A LOT OF THAT IS BORN OF NECESSITY, BUSTER. THERE ARE SOME BIG TRIBUTERS THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THE GIANTS RIGHT NOW. BUSTER: THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. THEY'VE HAD INK TRACY: THEIR PITCHING STAFF LOOK, THE OPENER STRATEGY IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF TEAMS USE THESE DAYS YOU ALMOST NEVER SEE A TEAM USE IT ON BACK-TO-BACK DAYS THAT'S A FRAGILE EQUATION THAT THE GIANTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO START WITH. KEVIN GAUSMAN WILL START FOR THEM THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF INNING MATT: PART OF A FIVE FOR EIGHT WEEKEND.
YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST NIGHT HAD USED AN OPENER AGAINST DODGERS THE DODGERS HAVE EMPLOYED THAT STRATEGY MUCH MORE OFTEN AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO IN THEIR 18-GAME SEASON SERIES THERE ARE MORE BODYS IN THE BULLPENS. IT BECOMES A LITTLE EASIER TO SHOULDER LOAD THAT WAY. ALEX: WE COULD SEE SIX OR SEVEN PITCHERS FOR THE GIANTS TODAY, WHICH COULD BE AN ASSET OR LIKE YESTERDAY, THE DODGERS GOT OFF WITH THREE RUNS IN THE FIRST. MATT: THE DODGERS HAVE DONE IT THREE TIMES AGAINST THE GIANT THIS IS YEAR AND THEY'VE OPENED WITH DAVID PRICE BEFORE HE WAS STRETCHED OUT. NUNEZ AND KNEBEL. THEY'RE 2-1 IN THOSE GAMES. ALEX: IT'S HARD TO HAVE SIX OR SEVEN PITCHERS BE PERFECT. AS A HITTER, THERE ARE CHALLENGES BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FOUR OR FIVE AT-BATS AGAINST FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT PITCHERS.
YOU CAN'T GO NARROW AND DEEP. YOU'VE GOT TO GO WIDE AND SHALLOW. MATT: THE COUNT IS THREE BALLS AND A STRIKE ON COREY SEAGER. AND THERE'S BALL FOUR. FIRST AND SECOND WITH NOBODY OUT. THE SEASON SERIES AS WE MENTIONED 18 GAMES WITH THE 19TH GAME BEING PLAYED TODAY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY EVEN. 9-9. THE COME TOKERS WIN THE FIRST OF THE LAST NINE. ALMOST A RUN FOR RUN IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE HOW EVENLY MATCHED THEY'VE BEEN. TAYLOR: DODGERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. THEY WON IT ALL BE THE GIANTS WERE WEREN'T.
WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS A MIRACLE. WE'VE WAITED FOR THEM TO FALL OFF. WHAT THEY GOT OUT OF THE GATE, THEY CAME OUT PLEAING GREAT. THEY RAN INTO A LITTLE WALL HERE BUT I DO THINK IN SEPTEMBER THEY'RE GOING FINISH STRONG. MATT: HERE'S WILL SMITH. FIRST AND SECOND, NOBODY OUT. MEANWHILE ALVAREZ HAS HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE LOCATING THE STRIKE ZONE HERE HAVING MISSED ON HAS LAST FIVE PITCHES. FIRST AND SECOND WITH NOBODY OUT. MISSED AGAIN. ALEX: IF YOU WANT TO BEAT THE DODGERS, YOU HAVE TO THROW STRIKES THEY WILL ABUSE YOU MUCH LIKE THE OLD YANKEES LINEUP AND ALL THE GREAT WINNING LINEUPS IF YOU DO NOT COME IN THE STRIKE ZONE, THEY WILL NOT EXPAND THE REASON WHY THEY ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS IS BECAUSE OF DISCIPLINE. >> PITCHING COACH ANDREW BAILEY. FORMER AMERICAN LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN HIS SECOND SEASON AS THE GIANTS PITCHING COACH OUT WITH A QUICK CONVERSATION. WELL, WE'VE SAID THIS A LOT ABOUT THE DODGERS AND HAVING THE GIANTS ON THIS LIST MIGHT COME AS A SURPRISE TO CASUAL FANS.
FOLKS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO ARE NOT SURPRISED BUT YOU'VE GOT TO TWO LOWEST CHASE RATES IN THE GAME HEAD-TO-HEAD HERE TODAY. ALEX: AND THE POSTER BOY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT LINEUP WITH MUNCY AND TURNER. YOU NEED GUYS THAT CAN CONTROL THEIR STRIKE ZONE AND HEARTBEAT AND BE JUST AS GOOD IN OCTOBER AS THEY ARE IN APRIL OR MAY. MATT: TWO BALLS AND STRIKE. WELL, BECAUSE THE DODGERS REPUTATION AS NON-CHASERS IS WHAT IT IS, THEY'VE SEEN THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF PITCHES IN THE STRIKE ZONE IN ALL OF BASEBALL. AND THEN THE BAD PART OF THAT IS YOU'VE GOT TO COME IN AGAINST THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS.
BACK UP THE MIDDLE A BASE HIT. TURNER IS GOING TO BE WAVED AROUND. HE'LL SCORE THE TYING RUN WITHOUT A THROW. THE PLAY AT THE PLATE AND IT'S A ONE-RUN BALLGAME. ALEX: THEY FORCE YOU IN THE STRIKE ZONE AND THEN THEY PUNISH YOU. A WALK AND ABOUT AN R.B.I. SINGLE IS EXACTLY WHAT THE DODGERS DO OVER AND OVER AGAIN. MATT: THAT'S GOING TO BE ALL FOR ALVAREZ. HE FACES THREE BATTERS. FAILS TO RECORD AN OUT. AND THE GIANTS ARE HERE'S OUR UPCOMING SCHEDULE OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAMES TOMORROW, RACE AND RED SOX AT 1:00 P.M. WE'VE GOT THE GIANTS AND ROCKIES AT 4:00 P.M. SUNDAY A WEEK FROM TONIGHT. ALEX, BUSTER AND I ARE IN NEW YORK FOR THE YANKEES AND METS. AN 8:00 P.M. EASTERN START TIME. WELL, THE FIRST THREE DODGERS TO COME TO THE PLATE HAVE ALL REACHED BASE AND THAT'S PROMPTED A SECOND PITCHING CHANGE IN THE GAME FOR SAN FRANCISCO. AS RIGHT-HANDER ZACK LITTELL MAKING HIS 50TH APPEARANCE OF THE YEAR FOUR-SEAM FASTBALL HIS PRIMARY WEAPON.
AND A GUY WHO HAS HAD SOME SUCCESS STRAPPING BASE RUNNERS. HE'LL TRY TO STRAND TWO HERE WITH SEAGER AND SMITH ABOARD. A RUN IN AND NOBODY OUT. 1-0 ON CHRIS TAILORFUL ALEX: ALSO A SLIDER AND A SPLIT LOOKING FOR PUNCHOUT OR THE DOUBLE PLAY WITH STRUGGLING BELLINGER ON DECK AND THE PITCHER BEHIND HIM. MATT: YOU GET THE TIMING OF THE MOVE FOR THE GIANTS IN THAT CHRIS TAILOR HAS BEEN AT HIS BEST AGAINST LEFT-HANDED PITCHING. AND ALVAREZ NOT RETIRING A BATTER WHO IS NOT AROUND FOR ANY LONGER THAT ONE BOUNCES AWAY FROM CASALI. AND A 390 FEET FOR SEAGER AND SMITH. WILD PITCH PUTS RUNNERS AT SECOND AND THIRD WITH NOBODY OUT ALEX: AND IT'S A TUMBLING SPLIT.
A WILD PITCH. SO THE JOE:S WILL PLAY THE INFIELD IN. I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NINTH INNING STUFF HERE IN THE TOP OF THE SECOND INNING TODAY. THIS IS SO INTERESTING WE TALKED TO GABE KAPLER ABOUT THIS OPENER STRATEGY BEFORE THE GAME AND HE SAID, LOOK, IF GUYS LIKE DOMINIQUE LEONE CAN COVER HIGH LEV RAN INNINGS ALL YEAR, WHY NOT OPEN IN THE FIRST AGAINST THE DODGERS? BECAUSE IT EQUATES TO A HIGH LEVERAGE INNING WHEN YOU HAVE TO FACE TURNER, MUNCY AND BETTS IN A TIED GAME. TAILOR POPS IT UP. THAT'S ONE OF THE VERY FEW THINGS WILL HAPPEN WITHOUT SCORING A RUN. ONE GONE FOR LITTELL. MATT: ALEX: AND MATT, YOU HAVE A DECISION IF YOU'RE GABE KAPLER. YOU CAN WATCH BELLINGER OR YOU CAN PITCH TO HIM. MATT: WELL YOU'VE GOT THE 2019 NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTER. HE WAS NONSTARTER YESTERDAY. INFIELD STILL IN CLOSE FOR SAN FRANCISCO. ALEX: AND I DOTE LIKE THIS HERE I WOULD JUST PUT HIM ON.
THE REASON WHY IS I RATHER FACE TURNER WITH TWO OUTS AND BASES LOADED AND TAKE MY CHANCES WITH BUEHLER AND TURNER THAN HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO FACE ALL THREE. YOU HAVE THE INFIELD IN. EVEN A STRUGGLING BELLINGER BECOMES MUCH BETTER WITH THAT INFIELD IN. MATT: IT'S 1-1. COULD YOU HAVE IMAGINED A SCENARIO LIKE THIS TWO YEARS AGO WHEN CODY BELLINGIER WAS THE MOST FEARED BATTER ON THE PLANET? HITTING EIGHTH AND NOT INTENTIONALLY WALKED, B. HALFWAY TO THE PLATE. KAPLER WOULD HAVE HAD HIS FOUR FINGERS UP. GO TO FIRST BASE, YOUNG MAN. MATT: YEAH. AGAIN, WALKER BUEHLER WEIGHT ON DECK. ALEX: I LIKE BUEHLER HITTING WITH ONE OUT WITH THE BASE LOADED MATT: THIS PITCH WILL TELL US EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW IF THEY'RE FACING HIM OR NOT. I GUESS THEY ARE BECAUSE I COULD HAVE TURN INTO ONE OF THOSE UNINTENTIONAL INTENTIONAL WALKS. NOW, IT'S 2-2. ALEX: BUT WHEN YOU'RE STRUGGLING YOU USUALLY FIND YOURSELF WITH 0-2 STRIKES VERY QUICKLY 2-2 IS THE CASE HERE. MATT: LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN TOUGH FOR CODY BELLINGER TO RECLAIM THAT M.V.P. FORM. HE'S HAD A HARD TIME CATCHING UP WITH THE FASTBALL AND THERE ARE TWO GONE.
TAYLOR: FASTBALL UP. AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO PITCH TO BELLINGER. GREAT PITCH. GREAT EXECUTION. BELLINGER HAS THE LOWEST AVERAGE AMONG QUALIFIED HITTERS IN THE GAME AGAINST FASTBALL. STRIKES ONE TO WALKER BUEHLER. ZACK LITTELL TRYING TO FADE A BIG-TIME JAM A RUN IN SECOND AND THIRD. NOBODY OUT. AND LITTELL IS A STRIKE AWAY FROM LIMITING THE DAMAGE AT A RUN. A BALL AND TWO STRIKES TO WALKER BUEHLER. GOT HIM! HOW ABOUT THAT FAR HOUDINI ACT? AN CUTTER. AGAINST LEFTIES MORE UP. MORE SOUTH. AGAINST THE RIGHTIES MORE IN. CUTTERS AND SLIDERS AWAY. MATT: FACE BRANDON CRAWFORD, MIKE YASTRZEMSKI AND CURT CASALI, SO A COUPLE OF LEFT-HANDED BATTERS FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT-HAND HITTING CATCHER HERE A ONE-RUN BALLGAME BRANDON BELT'S FIRST INNING HOMER COUNTERED WITH BY THE WILL SMITH R.B.I. SINGLE IN THE TOP OF THE SECOND. IT HAS BEEN AN ALL-STAR CAMPAIGN FOR BRANDON CRAWFORD. THREE-TIME ALL-STAR AT THAT. 19 HOMERS 75 RUNS BATTED IN. AND APPROACHING SOME OF HIS BEST STATISTICAL PLATEAUS IN HIS CAREER AND HE'S REALLY GOOD WHEN IN FRONT IN THE COUNT AS HE IS HERE.
OH, YEAH, MOTSY, THE ADJUSTMENT HAS BEEN HE'S GOTTEN HIMSELF INTO TREMENDOUS SHAPE. TALKED ABOUT HIM AND HIS WIFE COULDN'T GO ON VACATION A LOT OF IT BECAUSE OF COVID 1. DID A LOT OF WORKING OUT HE LOOKS MUCH DIFFERENT AND REALLY PLAYING GREAT BASEBALL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL. BACK TO HIS GOLD GLOVE DEFENSE AND HITTING WITH POWER AND HAS MADE SOME ADJUSTMENT MENTS AS A PLAYER MATT: A RARE FOUR-PITCH WALK FROM WALKER BUEHLER PUTS THE LEADOFF HITTER ABOARD. ALEX: AND MATT YES, IF THE DODGERS DON'T WIN THIS GAME, YOU BETTER CIRCUMSTANCE THAT HALF INNING NOT BEING ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT SITUATION. MATT: HERE'S MIKE YASTRZEMSKI. 21 HOMERS HE AND BRANDON BELT WITH HIS SHARE OF THE GLOVE LEAD IN THAT CATEGORY.
AND MIKE YASTRZEMSKI COMING OFF OF A ROUGH MONTH OF AUGUST IN WHICH HE HIT UNDER .200 AND STRUCK OUT 25 TIMES IN 27 GAMES BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A LOT OF CONVERSATION BEFORE GAMES WITH FOLKS ASKING GABE KAPLER ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT MIKE IS OKAY DOWN THE STRETCH AND GABE KAPLER HAS THE UTMOST FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN HIS RIGHT FIELDER AND SAID HE IS ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE THAT HE'S GOING TO BE FINE DOWN THE STRETCH AND LEAD US WHERE WE NEED TO GO AND I'M QUOTING GABE'S WORDS.
ALEX: UH-HUH. MATT: A BALL AND TWO STRIKES THE COUNT TO YASTRZEMSKI 21 HOMERS MATCHES HIS CAREER BEST TOTAL HE HIT 21 IN HIS ROOKIE CAMPAIGN IN 2019. HAS GOT CRAWFORD ABOARD AND BUEHLER CHECKS IN ON HIM. THE DODGERS ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING THE WAY THEY SHIFT THEIR OVERALL SHIFT PERCENTAGE LEADS ALL OF BASEBALL AND BASED ON THE COUNT, THEY'LL MOVE AROUND EVEN MORE. YASTRZEMSKI SENDS THE BALL TO CENTER FIELD. BELLINGER TURNED AROUND A COUPLE OF TIMES AND HAS TO PLAY IT OFF THE BASE OF THE WALL! SECOND AND THIRD WITH NOBODY OUT IN THE GIANT'S HALF OF THE SECOND I DON'T KNOW THAT BELLINGER DIDN'T LOSE THAT IN THE SUN, ALEX.
ALEX: HE SURE DID HE DIDN'T GET A GOOD JUMP HE TALKED ABOUT THE HIGH SKY AND HOW CHALLENGING IT COULD BE BUT A LITTLE LAZY BREAKING BALL HERE AND NOT A GOOD ROUND BY BELLINGER OBVIOUSLY, DID NOT SEE THAT BALL VERY WELL AT ALL AND A COMBINATION OF THE SUN TAPPED WIND PERHAPS PLAYED A ROLE THERE GOOD BASERUNNING BY CRAWFORD, MAKING SURE THAT BALL HITS GROUND SECOND AND THIRD, THE GIANTS ARE SET UP. MATT: HERE'S CURT CASALI NOW. IN AND ON THE FIRST PITCH, A HIGH FLY BALL TO CENTER. S THAT ROUTINE CHANCE FOR BELLINGER. CRAWFORD IS NOT GOING TO TRY IT. AND THERE'S ONE AWAY. ALEX: WITH ONE OUT, YOU COULD TRY IT. WITH NO OUTS, ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT PLAY THERE THE DODGERS UNLIKE THE GIANTS PLAYING THE INFIELD BACK WITH NO OUTS. THE GIANTS DECIDED TO PLAY THE INFIELD IN WITH NO OUTS AND AGAIN, THE DODGERS ARE BACK UP.
YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK HERE WHAT CRAWFORD IS LOOKING AT. WITH NO OUT, YOU WANT TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE. WITH ONE OUT, YOU MIGHT MIX IT UP A LITTLE BIT. BUSTER: ALEX WHAT, ARE YOU DOING WITH THE HITTER HERE? [LAUGHTER] MATT: YOU'VE GOT THE LEFT-HANDER STEVEN DUGGAR. BUEHLER COMES AFTER DUGGAR WITH THE STRIKE ALEX: WITH THE PINCH HITTER ON THE DECK, YOU PITCH TO HIM WITH THE PITCHER ON DECK, YOU CAN FLIP A COIN YOU KNOW, IN BELLINGER'S CASE THEY PITCH AT HIM BECAUSE THEY KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO GET HIM OUT.
HE'S OBVIOUSLY STRUGGLING. THEY ATTACK THE WEAKEST HIT PER AT THE MOMENT FOR THE DODGERS. HITTER AT THE MOMENT FOR THE DODGERS MATT: THESE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING SITUATIONS FOR THEM ALL YEAR LONG THEY HAVE SCORED THE THIRD FEWEST RUNS IN THE GAME AND IN THIS SERIES ALONE, THEY'RE 4-30 WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION. AND THAT'S UP THE LINE. A FAIR BALL IT'S GOING TO SCORE THEM BOTH! HERE COMES CRAWFORD. YASTRZEMSKI RIGHT ON HIS HEELS. DUGGAR LOST HIS HELMET! HE'S CHUGGING INTO THIRD! ALEX: COMPLEX HITTING HERE. GETTING THE FASTBALL IN. AND SMOKING IT DOWN THE FIRST-BASE LINE. LITTLE CUTTER RIGHT THERE BY BUEHLER P AND COMES OUT OF THE GATES THINKING TRIPLE, GETTING TRIPLE. INFIELD NOW IN FOR THE DODGERS. MATT: STEVEN DUGGAR HAS TURNED INTO SOMETHING OF A KRYPTONITE PLAYER FOR BUEHLER. NO OTHER GIANT HAS AS MANY AS THAT TOTAL AND FOR A GUY MAKING HIS FIRST BIG LEAGUE START IN ABOUT A MONTH, A HUGE TWO-RUN TRIPLE, AND IT'S L.A. PLAYING THE INFIELD IN FOR DARIN RUF. A BALL AND A STRIKE TO THE PINCH HITTER.
ALEX: HE'S LOOKING TO MAKE CONTRACT — CONTACT. BRIEFLY TRYING TO MAKE THE SCORE 4-1 FOR THE GIANTS MATT: RUF HAS HIT A CAREER BEST 14 HOMERS THIS YEAR. BEHIND A BALL AND TWO STRIKES. ALEX: EXPECT THE GIANTS TO HAVE A CONTACT PLAY, MEANING BALL HIT SHOULD BE A PLAY AT HOME. MATT: INTO CENTER FIELD! THAT'S GOING TO BRING IN DUGGAR! 4-1, SAN FRANCISCO! ALEX: POUR PITCHING. GREAT HITTING FOR THE GIANTS. MATT: A HUGE TWO-STRIKEOUT. NOW, TO TOMMY LA STELLA. ALEX: YOU KNOW, MATT, AS THE HITTER, WHEN YOU SEE A SINKER LIKE THAT ON THE PRIOR PITCH, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THAT PITCH UP IN THE AIR WHAT YOU'RE HOPING FOR, WHAT YOU'RE PRAYING FOR IS A LITTLE SECONDARY, A LAZY SOMETHING WITH A LAZY CHANGEUP OR A BREAKING BALL THAT YOU CAN PUT SOME WOOD ON IT AND PIT IT UP IN THE AIR EXACTLY WHAT RUF DID. MATT: THE GIANTS HAVE ALREADY SCORED MORE RUNS AGAINST WALKER BUEHLER IN LESS THAN TWO INNINGS TODAY THAN THEY HAD IN FIVE PREVIOUS STARS AGAINST HIM THIS YEAR, COMBINED.
ALEX: AND IT'S NOT BELL, CRAWFORD, POSEY. THEY'RE GETTING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EVERYBODY. AND THAT'S WHAT'S MADE THIS SEASON SUCH A SPECIAL YEAR FOR THE GIANTS SO FAR. MATT: A BALL AND TWO STRIKES TO TOMMY LA TELLA. BUSTER: AND SOME MORE CONTACTS ON WALKER BUEHLER ANYMORE THE LAST 10 STARTS, MATT, HE ALLOWED 10 EARNED RUNS THE LAST TIME HE ALLOWED FOUR RUNS LIKE HE HAS TONIGHT, MAY 11TH. MATT: OUT TO RIGHT FIELD FOR BETTS. THESE ARE TWO STRIKE COUNTS THAT WE'RE USED TO WALKER BUEHLER FINISHING WITH PUNCHOUTS AND IT'S NOT HAPPENING HERE. ALEX: AND MATT, ON A DAY THAT DOC ROBERTS TOLD US HE WANTS SOME LIFT. HE WANTS SOME INNINGS. IDEALLY GET BUELL TORE THE SEVENTH INNING THE WAY THE GIANTS ARE GRINDING THESE EARLY BATHS AND MAKING SO MUCH CONTACT, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SEVENTH INNING IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
MATT: SO HERE'S BRANDON BELT. HE STARTED THE TROUBLE WITH THE ONE-OUT HOMER. ALEX: SHOULD BE A CURVEBALL IN THE FIRST PITCH. MATT: A BOUNCER TO THE SHORTSTOP SEAGER AND THE SHIFT RETIRE IT IS SIDE BUT ALL TOLD THREE BIG GIANT RUNS. A TWO-RUN TRIPLE BY STEVEN MATT: 4-1 LEAD THROUGH TWO INNINGS FOR THE GIANTS TIME FOR OUR CORONA PREMIER MOMENTS IT'S MOMENTS. ZACK LITTELL GETTING OUT OF A SECOND AND THIRD NOBODY OUT JAM IN THE SECOND INNING BY RETIRING TAYLOR, BELLINGER AND BUEHLER. AND THEN THE GIANTS ADD THREE RUNS TO TAKE A 4-1 LYDE. GIANT'S MANAGER GABE KAPLER JOINS US AS WE START THE TOP OF THE THIRD.
GABE, YOU HAVE LONG ADVOCATED STRONG BENCH, STRONG BULLPEN. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN BOTH OF THOSE COMPONENTS IN THEIR LEAD TODAY. >> YOU MENTIONED IT. DOC DID A GREAT JOB FOR US I THINK WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO PUMP STRIKES TO THESE DODGERS HITTERS THEY'RE GOING TO BE SELECTIVE AND WORK REALLY HARD. HE'S BEEN GOOD AT THROWING STRIKES FOR US THIS YEAR. AND THEN D.
CAME IN AND PICKED US UP THE BENCH HAS DONE A NICE JOB IN PARTICULAR DAN RUF HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. ALEX: IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR OFFENSE HAS BEEN SNIPER SHOOTING VERY SPECIFIC ATTACK AGAINST BUEHLER EARLY. MAKING GOOD CONTACT IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAME OUT THINKING TO DO? >> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT, ALEX AND IN PARTICULAR BUEHLER ATTACKS THE STRIKE ZONE EARLY IN THE COUNT. HE ATTACKS WITH HIS BEST STUFF. YOU HAVE TO BERY DI FOR THE FIRST PITCH. HE'S TRYING TO GET YOU TO CHASE THIS IS NO SECRET. THIS IS HIS M.O.
AND HE'S REALLY GOOD AT IT THROUGHOUT THE SEASON BUT GENERALLY THROUGHOUT HAS CAREER SO YOU'RE RIGHT ON. THAT WAS THE RIGHT GAME PLAN MATT: I NOW KNOW IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN FOR YOU THIS YEAR. SO CONTINUE THE GOOD TIMES AND THANKS FOR VISITING WITH US TODAY. >> I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING ME. MATT: TOP OF THE ORDER AGAINST JAY JACKSON WHO WAS YESTERDAY'S STARTING PITCHER FOR SAN FRANCISCO. STARTED IN AN OPENING ASSIGNMENT AND HE'S FALLEN BEHIND TREA TURNER, THREE BALLS AND A STRIKE. ALEX: YOU GET INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH WHERE THE 4-1 LEAD COULD LOOK MUCH BIGGER THE SHADOWS ARE STARTING TO COME INTO PLAY YOU SEE TREA TURNER, THAT MALL DISAPPEAR A LITTLE BIT AS IT GETS ABOUT 15 FEET FROM THE PLATE.
MATT: SWUNG ON AND MISSED HERE'S A GREAT EXAMPLE. A SLIDER THAT JUST WENT INTO NOWHERE. ALEX: IT DISAPPEARED. A FASTBALL TURN INTO A SLIDER. MATT: FULL COUNT. THREE BALLS AND TWO STRIKES TURNER, MUNCY AND BETTS FOR LOS ANGELES AND THERE'S A BASE HIT. THAT'S THE SECOND STRAIGHT INNING THAT L.A. HAS OPENED WITH ABYSS HIT. TURNER DID IT. AND THEN SCORED IN THE SECOND AND HERE'S TREA TURNER DOING IT IN THE THIRD. I'LL VERY GOOD SLIDER. 3-IS 1. A NOT SO GOOD SLIDER. 3-2. A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPACT FOR TURNER NOT THINKING HOME RUN, THINKING EXACT. YOU CAN'T SHOW PLAYERS LIKE HIM SAME PITCH BACK-TO-BACK. I LIKE THEM PUTTING THE GAME IN ACTION EARLY.
MATT: TREA TURNER, A NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADING 29 STOLEN BASES. I'M ONE TO PUSH BACK ON THE MANY TIMES THAT WE'RE GUILTY OF SAYING, AH, IT'S A POSTSEASON ATMOSPHERE. FEELS LIKE A POSTSEASON GAME. AND WE'VE SAID IT A COUPLE OF TIMES TODAY YES, IT'S TRUE IN THE STANDS BECAUSE FRANCE INTO IT BUT IT'S ALSO PLAYING LIKE A POSTSEASON GAME, RIGHT? WHERE THERE'S NO LONG LEASH FOR ANYBODY THAT MAY BE STRUGGLING ON THE MOUND. WE'RE IN THE THIRD. WE'VE ALREADY HAD FIVE RUNS ON SEVEN HITS.
THERE'S ALMOST AS MANY HITS AS THERE HAVE BEEN OUTS RECORDED IN THIS GAME IT FEELS LIKE A GAME DEEP INTO A WORLD SERIES WHERE ALL PITCHING STAFFS ARE OUT OUT OF GAS. ALEX: I THINK YOU'RE DEAD ON YOU LOOK AT THESE TWO TEAMS, TREMENDOUS PARTY. 9-9. FOUR RUNS HAVE BEEN THE DIFFERENCE I DO BELIEVE ONE OF THESE TEAMS WILL BE IN THE WORLD SERIES THIS YEAR. I DO BELIEVE IT'S ONE WITH THE ADDITION THAT WILL END UP IN THE WORLD SERIES MATT: SINCE WE'RE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION, DO YOU THINK, AND I HAVE MY OWN ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION — ALEX: RHETORICAL, I LIKE THAT.
MATT: NEITHER ONE OF THEM WANTS THE WILD CARD. THE BENEFITS TO THAT ARE OBVIOUS BUT IS THERE ONE TEAM THAT WOULD FAIR A LITTLE BETTER IF IT COMES TO A ONE-GAME WIN AND IN THAN ALEX: I THINK THE DODGERS. THEY HAVE THE DEPTH, THEY WERE THERE LAST YEAR AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW TO GET THERE. NOW THEY HAVE TREA TURNER. BE YOU THE GIANTS HAVE BEEN THE CLASS OF THE LEAGUE ALL YEAR. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THEM LATE. I REMEMBER BELL CLICK IN 2007 WHEN THEY WENT 18-0 BEFORE LOSING TO THE GIANTS IN THE SUPER BOWL. IN RETROSPECT, HE WANTED THEM TO STRUGGLE EARLY SO THEY COULD RESET AND GET BACK GOING. I THINK THE SAME COULD BE SAID FOR THE GIANTS. GET TO RESET AND GO FOR THE FINAL SPRINT. MATT: I SEE YOUR LOGIC THERE AND THE FACT THAT THE GIANTS HAVE THIS BLUE-CHIP PITCHING ROSTER MADE UP OF GUYS HAVING CAREER YEARS IS ONE THING AND IT'S GREAT BUT THE DODGERS' GUYS HAVE TRACK RECORDS IN POSTSEASON GAMES.
THAT'S WHY THE YANKEES ARE SO DANGEROUS. ONE GUY, GARRETT COLE. HE HAD A 15-STRIKE GAME THIS WEEK. IF KERSHAW IS HEALTHY FOR THE DODGERS, YOU HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN KERSHAW, SCHERZER. AND THAT'S NO TO SLEEP ON ANYBODY ELSE ON THE STATUE. LINED OF YOU WANT TO RIGHT. MUNCY CONTINUES TO HIT IN BAD LUCK. ONE AWAY HERE IN THE THIRD. BUSTER: MATT, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD COME DOWN TO A CHOICE PROBABLY BETWEEN WALKER BUEHLER, ONE OF THE FRONT RUNNERS FOR THE NATIONAL CY YOUNG RIGHT NOW AND MAX SCHERZER WITH THAT GREAT EXPERIENCE, HOW DOMINANT HE'S BEEN SINCE JOINING THE DODGERS? MATT: I THINK THAT'S THE CHOICE, NO TO SLEEP ON URIAS, WHO WAS GREAT YESTERDAY AND HE'S BEEN GREAT ALL YEAR.
THESE ARE GOOD PROBLEMS TO HAVE IF YOU'RE THE DODGERS. ALEX: INDEED. HOW MANY TEAMS AT THE DEADLINE CAN GET A PITCHER LIKE SCHERZER, WHO'S ON HIS WAY TO THE HALL OF FAME AND A GUY LIKE TURNER, WHO'S LEARN A CHAMPION. BOTH GUYS COMING IN WITH HARDWARE. THAT'S TOTAL LIP DIFFERENT THAN A GUY COMING INTO A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CLUBHOUSE WITH NO CHAMPIONSHIPS. I REMEMBER IN 2004 WHEN I CAME INTO A CLUBHOUSE WHEN ALL PLAYERS, MOST OF THEM, HAD FOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS ALREADY AND I WAS THE ONE WITH NO CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THAT ADDS A LAYER OF PRESSURE, WHETHER YOU TALK ABOUT IT OR NOT. MATT: TWO BALLS AND NO STRIKES TO MOOKIE BETTS, A TWO-TIME WORLD SERIES CHAMP. BETTS LINED OUT TO END THE FIRST. IT'S 3-0 NOW. HE'S THE GEE WITH THE EDGE.
A PRETTY COOL GUY ON THE BENCH AND WITH THE GUYS. TURNER GETS THE CALL THERE. ALEX: TURNER SHOULD BE READY HERE, 3-1. MATT: JACKSON GETS BACK IN THE COUNT. THREE BALLS AND A STRIKE TO BETTS. TURNER STAYS PUT AND MOOKIE TAKES BALL FOUR. ACOMPLEX — ALEX: THE BALL GETS CALLED A STRIKE AND THE STRIKE GETS CALLEDDED A BALL. MATT: NOW JUSTIN TURNER, WHO SINGLED. THREE EXTRA BASE HITS IN HIS LAST 22 GAMES. HE'S GOT TURNER AND BETTS ABOARD WITH ONE AWAY. HIS O.P.S. PLUS, THAT FACTORS INTO THE EQUATION, IS ONE OF THE BEST IN FRANCHISE HISTORY, AND WE'LL GO BACK TO THE BROOKLYN DAYS WHEN YOU INCLUDE GAMES LIKE DUKE SNIDER, JACKY ROBINSON.
JIMMY SHECKARD. YOU KNOW THAT JUSTIN TURNER IS A FRANCHISE RECORD HOLDER IN JUST ABOUT EVERY RELEVANT POSTSEASON HITTING CATEGORY. LOOKING FOR A BALL IN THE GAP HERE. ALEX: YOU BASICALLY HAVE TWO WIDE RECEIVERS, ONE AT SECOND AND ONE AT FIRST WITH TURNER AND BETTS. MATT: COREY SEAGER WAITING ON DECK FOR LOS ANGELES. A BALL AND A STRIKE THE COUNT TO JUSTIN TURNER. I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THIS IS GOING TO TURN INTO A JOHNNY OLSTAD GAME FOR THE GIANTS. LITTELL GOT THEM OUT OF THE JAM IN THE SECOND AND JAY JACKSON IS THEIR FOURTH PITCHER OF THE AFTERNOON AND WE HAVE ONE OUT IN THE THIRD. A BALL AND TWO STRIKES TO JUSTIN TURNER. IN THE AIR OUT TO RIGHT. AND YASTRZEMSKI IS UNDER IT. HE'S BEEN BUSY THIS AFTERNOON ALREADY. AS TRAE TURNER ADVANCES TO THIRD AND THERE ARE TWO AWAY. MATT: SO FAR THE GIANTS ARE AVERAGING ABOUT TWO OUTS PER PITCHER BECAUSE HERE COMES GABE CAPLER AND HE'S GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER CHANGE.
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RUNNERS ON THE CORNERS, TWO GONE AND HE'S LOOKING TO RETIRE THE LEFT-HANDED HITTING COREY SEAGER. HE WAS A WAIVER CLAIM. CUT ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO AND A SITUATIONAL GUY THAT HAS BEACHED UP THE GIANTS' LEFT SIDE OF THE BULLPEN. BOY, THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF LE LEFTIES DOWN THERE AS WE SPEAK. IN FACT, SIX OF THEM. AND HERE'S SEAGER, WHO WALKED IN THE SECOND INNING TONIGHT. AS MUCH AS QUINTANA STRUGGLED WITH THE ANGELS, AN E.R.A. NEAR 7.00, HE WAS VERY EFFECTIVE AGAINST LEFT-HANDED HITTING. ALEX: SOMETHING TO WATCH HERE.
QUINTANA THROWS TO FIRST, ESPECIALLY WITH TURNER SO FAR OFF OF THIRD BASE, WITH HIS SPEED, HE CAN WALK HOME. SO SOMEBODY SHOULD BE TELLING QUINN TANA — QUINTANA TO KEEP AN EYE ON TURNER. MATT: BALL AND A STRIKE TO SAYING SAGO — SEAGER, WHO'S HAD A GOOD SERIES. 5-8 WITH A HOMER. NOTHING BUT SO STUFF. THREE STRAIGHT CURVEBALLS. TWO BALLS AND A STRIKE. BUT IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES, YOU EITHER THINK JOSE QUINTANA IS FLOWING 100 MILES AN HOUR OR IT'S MONICA SELES SERVING FOR MATCH. 3-1 NOW. SO THERE'S NOBODY UP BEHIND HIM IN THE GIANTS' BULLPEN AND WILL SMITH IS ON DECK. A RIGHT-HANDED BATTER WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NEXT. TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE SPLITS. THAT IS A SITUATION THE GIANTS WANT TO AVOID, HAVING A RIGHT-HANDER IN AGAINST QUINTANA WITH THE BASES LOADED. REMEMBER, THE THREE-BATTER MINIMUM IS IN PLAY HERE, SO THIS IS QUINTANA'S JOB TO GET OUT OF A JAM HERE SO HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE RIGHT-HANDERS UP NEXT. FULL COUNT NOW. ALEX: IF YOU'RE SEAGER YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT A BREAKING BALL AND MOOKIE BETTS SHOULD BE IN ACTION WITH 3-2.
MATT: 3-2 PITCH AND HE LAUNCHED HIM ON THE BALL FOUR. ALEX: SEAGER WAS THINKING EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE THINKING UP HERE AND INSTEAD, 92-MILE-AN-HOUR FASTBALL FOR A STRIKE. CALLED A BALL. I MEAN, HE SURPRISED EVERYONE IN THE STADIUM, INCLUDING THE CA CATCHER. MATT: PRETTY GOOD PITCH. YOU THINK THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE CALL? THE FACT THAT CASALI COULDN'T HOLD IT? ALEX: YEAH, BUT THE MINUTE YOU DROP THE BALL AS A CATCHER, IT'S DISRUPTING FOR THE UMPIRE AND THE UMPIRE WILL TELL YOU, IF YOU WANT STRIKES, CATCH THE BALL. MATT: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DODGERS TO GET RIGHT BACK IN IT EARLY, DOWN BY THREE. BASES LOADED, TWO GONE AND WILL SMITH THE BATTER. HE SINGLED IN L.A.'S ONLY RUN IN THE SECOND. ON THE FIRST PITCH, A FLY BALL TO RIGHT FIELD. YASTRZEMSKI COMING IN TO RETIRE THE SIDE. A COUPLE OF GI MATT: ESPN'S TELECAST OF "SUNDAY NIGHTBASEBALL" PRESENTEDDED BY TACO BELL IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY USAA INSURANCE.
AUTO, RENTERS AND HOME IMAGES. A LOT OF WORLD SERIES HARDWARE THIS DECADE AND LAST BETWEEN THE GIANTS AND DODGERS. DODGER MANAGER DAVE ROBERTS JOINS US FOR A VISIT. DAVE, WE'VE KIND OF PUSHED BACK A LITTLE BIT ON THE NARRATIVE THAT THIS FEELS LIKE A POSTSEASON SERIES. DOES IT FEEL LIKE THAT FOR YOU? BECAUSE YOU'VE PLAYED IN AND MANAGED IN A BUNCH OF THEM. DAVE: IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT VIBE BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF BASEBALL AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE PLAYING FOR FIRST PLACE IN THE WEST SO IT KIND OF HAS SOME SEMBLANCE OF THAT. RIGHT NOW THE ENERGY YOU CAN HEAR BOTH SIDES BUT A LOT OF ORANGE AND BLACK WITH THAT ENERGY.
IT'S A GOOD SERIES. ALEX: WHAT F YOU SEEN WITH BUEHLER SO FAR TONIGHT? DAVE: EARLY ON, THAT FIRST PITCH, FOUR-SEAM MIDDLE-MIDDLE TO BELT'S NITRO ZONE. I DIDN'T LIKE THAT LEADOFF WALK TO CRAWFORD IN THE SECOND THERE AND RIGHT THERE DUGGAR GO THE A CUTTER DOWN AND IN. AND I THINK SITUATIONALLY RUF FOUND A WAY TO DRIVE IN THAT FOURTH RUN FOR THEM, THIRD IN THAT INNING. I LIKE OUR GUY ON THE MOUND. HE'S GOING TO KIND OF HANG IN THERE. WE HAVE TO JUST KEEP KIND — GRINDING AND KEEP IT CLOSE. MATT: IS IT TOO EARLY TO THINK ABOUT WILD CARD VS. DIVISION? DAVE: INSURANCE. OUR GOAL FROM THE OUTSET WAS TO WIN THE DIVISION SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING ON OUR MINDS RIGHT NOW. MATT: WE APPRECIATE THE TIME. GOOD LUCK THE REST OF THE WAY. LEMOND WADE JR. 4-1 GIANTS. DAVE ROBERTS NORTHEAST NOTHING BUT MANAGING IN THE POSTSEASON. CAME HERE IN 2016 AND IN THIS ONE — RUN OF EIGHT CONSECUTIVE DIVISION TITLES, THE LAST FIVE HAVE BEEN AUTHORED BY DAVE ROBERTS.
WADE SENDS IT TO LEFT CENTER. BELLINGER ON A DEAD RUN. THIS ONE OVER HIS HEAD AND UP INTO THE STANDS. IRDON'T REMEMBER WATCHING A BEAUTIFULER START WHERE THERE'S BEEN THIS MUCH SLUG OPPOSING THIS EARLY IN THE GAME. ALEX: GABE KAPLER TOLD US EARLY, A VERY SEXY, AGGRESSIVE, ALARMING SWING BY WADE. GREAT CONTACT. IS MATT: AND HE'S IN SCORING PROGRESSES — POSITION WITH ONE GONE FOR BRANDON CRAWFORD, WHO DREW THE FOUR-PITCH WALK THAT DAVE ROBERTS TALKED ABOUT A MOMENT AGO. IT STARTED A THREE-RUN RALLY IN THE SECOND. HE HITS THAT ON THE FIRST PITCH AND DRIVERS IN THAT RUN IMMEDIATELY. IT'S 5-1, SAN FRANCISCO. ALEX: FIRST PITCH AGAIN, MATT. THIS TIME THE FASTBALL WITH A LITTLE CUT.
MIDDLE-MIDDLE. CRAWFORD WALKING HIS FIRST AT-BAT, ATTACKING HIS SECOND AT-BAT AND THE GIANTS HAVE COME OUT WITH A FIERCE, AGGRESSIVE OFFENSIVE APPROACH ALL NIGHT. MATT: I MEAN, THIS IS THE KIND OF RULED WELCOMING THAT WALKER BUEHLER IS JUST NOT USED TO. BACK-TO-BACK DOUBLES WITH ONE AWAY. HERE'S MIKE YASTRZEMSKI NOW. SO WALKER BUEHLER THIS AFTERNOON IS MAKING HIS 89TH CAREER START. THIS IS JUST THE THIRD TIME IN HIS CAREER THAT HE'S ALLOWED FIVE OR MORE EXTRA BASE HITS IN A GAME. ALEX: THIS IS SO RARE, MATT. FIVE RUNS ALREADY AND ONLY FIVE SWINGS AND MISSES. MATT: AND GUESS WHAT, THERE IS NOBODY UP IN THE L.A. BULLPEN. DAVE ROBERTS TOLD US BEFORE THE GAME HE'D LOVE IT IF HE COULD GET SEVEN OUT OF BUEHLER. THAT'S NOT LOOKING LIKELY AT THIS STAGE BUT MORE IS NEEDED THAN JUST TWO OR THREE.
ALEX: ONE OF THE RARE BAD THINGS ABOUT WINNING SO MANY GAMES IS YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR FIRST TIER BULLPEN. AND THERE'S A LOT OF FATIGUE AND A LOT OF GUYS THAT ARE NO AVAILABLE. ROBERTS LOOKING FOR A DEEP GAME FROM BUEHLER TONIGHT. MATT: WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WALKER BUEHLER HAD BEEN NEXT TO UNHITTABLE IN FIVE STARTS AGAINST THE GIANTS IN YEAR, A DIFFERENT STORY TONIGHT AND THE STRIKE TOIA STREAM SKIM, 3-1. ALEX: SOMETIMES WE TALK ABOUT HITTERS NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE BALL. IT'S ALSO CHALLENGING FOR THE UMPIRE TO SEE THE BALL. MATT: TURNER, AND SECOND OUT OF THE INNING. CRAWFORD REMAINS AT SECOND. NOW FOR CASALI. ALEX: YOU HAVE A VETERAN CRAWFORD AT SECOND BUT BASICALLY BEAR DOWNRIGHT HERE. GET US BACK IN. THEY HAVE THE BULLPEN. GET US BACK IN THE DUGOUT. LET OUR OFFENSE GO TO WORK FOR YOU A LITTLE BIT. MATT: SOMETIMES WE TALK ABOUT GUYS WHO CAN'T FIND SUCCESS WITH A PARTICULAR PITCH AND THEY'LL HAVE TO KIND OF CHANGE THE ATTACK. IT'S BEEN EVERYTHING TODAY THAT'S KIND OF GONE SOUTH FOR BUEHLER BECAUSE OF THE SIX GIANTS HITS, THEY'VE COME OFF OF SIX DIFFERENT PITCHES.
ALEX: AND THIS IS LIKE PLAYING YOUR VARSITY RIFLE. YOU PLAY EACH OTHER SO MANY TIMES, GOING FROM SPRING TRAINING TO IN-SEASON, THE MORE YOU GET TO SEE A PITCHER, THE BETTER YOUR CHANCES ARE AS A HITTER. TONIGHT MIGHT BE THE RESULT OF THAT. BUSTER: ALEX, YOU EXPERIENCED THAT WITH THE YANKEES WITH. RED SOX SEEING MARIANO RIVERA OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IT SEEMED LIKE A DIFFERENT FEEL WITH THEM.
ALEX: YOU GET RIPPED OF THE INTIMIDATION. THERE WERE A GREAT TIME BUT CHICAGO AND PEDRO WOULD NOT PITCH AGAINST US IN SPRING TRAINING, NOT TO GIVE US A FREE LOOK, WHICH IING WAS SMART. MATT: JUST TO MAKE SIX STARTS AGAINST THE SAME OPPONENTS IN A YEAR IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL. TO GET THROUGH THAT STRETCH UNDEFEATED — AND CASALI SENDS IT TO LEFT. THAT'S GOING TO DROP IN AND IT'S GOING TO SCORE CRAWFORD. 6-1 SAN FRANCISCO. ALEX: GOOD BREAKING BALL HERE, AND SUSPECT GIANTS NOT TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH. ONLY ONE HOME RUN TODAY. IT'S BY AN APPROACH LIKE THIS WHEN BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING COLLECTIVELY THROUGH THE LINEUP.
MATT: CURT CASALI DRIVES IN A TWO-OUT RUN. HERE'S STEVEN DUGGAR. HE STRUCK THE BIG TWO-RUN TRIPLE IN THE SECOND. BUSTER: GUYS, WHEN THAT HIT FELL, YOU COULD SEE SOME BODIES MOVING AROUND IN THE DODGER BULLPEN. MATT: IT'S AN AFTERNOON WHERE WALKER BUEHLER IS NOT HIS BEST. THIS IS NOT ANYBODY'S CONCERN IN TERMS OF THE GAME TODAY, BUSTER, BUT I'M KIMES WHAT A DAY LIKE THIS DOES IN TERMS OF THE CY YOUNG RACE. WE ALL HAD BUEHLER AS THE FAVORITE BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT ZACK WHEELER AND OTHERS AREN'T INVOLVED AND MAYBE BUEHLER COMES CLOSER TO THE PACK AM TODAY.
OUT TO LEFT. WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AS WE CONTINUE, AS AM TWO MORE RUNS, THE MATT: THROUGHOUT THE SEASON GEICO IS DONATING SEATS TO HONOR MILITARY MEMBERS. TODAY WE WELCOME THE U.S. COAST GUARD BASE ALAMEDA, KURTIS SYSTEMS OSTLUND. WELCOME SEAMAN OSTLUND AND HIS FAMILY TODAY. THINGS HAVE NOT GONE ACCORDING TO PLAN FOR WALKER BUEHLER. HE IS SCHEDULED TO BAT THIRD AS THE DODGERS HIT IN THE FOURTH. A 6-1 SAN FRANCISCO LEAD. JOSE QUINTANA WILL CONTINUE ON THE MOUND FOR THE GIANTS AND IT WILL BE TAYLOR, BELLINGER AND BUEHLER IN THE DODGER HALF OF THE FOURTH. BY WAY OF REFRESHER, IF YOU'RE JUST HELICOPTERRERING IN, TWO TEAMS THAT BEGAN THE DAY AT 8 86-50, SHARING THE BEST RECORD IN ALL OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND TIED ATOP THE N.L.EST WITH. AFTER TODAY, 25 LEFT IN THE REGULAR SEASON. ALEX: AND BUEHLER HAS ALLOWED AS MANY RUNS IN THREE INNINGS TONIGHT AS HE HAD THE PREVIOUS 39 INNINGS. MATT: YEAH, WE KIND OF STARTED THE DISCUSSION ABOUT CY YOUNG ODDS. WE'LL GO FROM THERE TO PLAYOFF ODDS AND ON OPENING DAY, FOLKS AT FRAN GRAM DIDN'T GIVE THE GIANTS MUCH OF A CHANCE BUT LOOK AT HOW THEIR FORTUNES HAVE CHANGED.
SO THEIR CURRENT STANDING, WHERE THEY AND THE DODGERS ARE BOTH BEING GIVEN A 100% CHANCE OF PLAYING IN OCTOBER. EVERYBODY THOUGHT THE WAS GOING TO BE SAN DIEGO AND L.A. ALL YEAR NECK AND NECK. THE PADRES HAVE HAD THEIR TROUBLE, THE GIANTS HAVE STAYED STEAMED. HERE WE ARE LESS THAN A MONTH LEFT. ALEX: WE'RE IN THE SHADOW OF SILICON VALUE. IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE AN INVESTMENT CHART. MATT: SWING AND A MISS BY TAYLOR AND ONE GONE FOR QUINTANA. ALEX: AND CODY BELLINGER, YOU TALK ABOUT THE FORMER M.V.P. HE'S JUST TAPPEDY. LATE, LATE, LATE. THIS BALL IS ALMOST ON HIM AND HE'S NOT STARTED HIS MOVE AND WHEN YOU'RE STRUGGLING, IT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE BUT UP TO GET YOUR FOOT DOWN.
IF YOU'RE BELLINGER, YOU'RE 6 6'4", YOU HAVE LONG ARMS, YOU'RE RIGHT ON TOM OF. PLATE AND AS A RESULT YOU GET A LOT OF THAT. DISCONNECTED JOINTS. MATT: BOUNCER THE OTHER WAY FOR BRYANT. TWO QUICK OUTS HERE FOR QUI QUINTANA. ALEX: WE TALKED ABOUT HIM BEING LATE, NOW YOU TRY TO OVERADJUST AND JUMP OUT THERE AND THEN THEY THROW IN A WRINKLE. YOU'VE DISCONNECTED. HE'S TRYING TO HIT THAT BALL IN THE COVE, WAY IN THE WATER.
AND ALL HE SHOULD THINK ABOUT IS LET ME HIT THAT BALL RIGHT OVER THE SHORTSTOP'S HEAD THAT'S THE LAST THING IN HIS MIND AT LEAST HIS ACTIONS SAY WATER. YOU SHOULD BE THINKING LOW CENTER FIELD. SOLID, NOT FAR. MATT: THE SHOULDER SURGERY THAT BELLINGER HAD IS SUCH THAT IT HAS TAKEN A LOT OF GREASE, MORE THAN JUST THE REQUIRED RECOVERY TIME TO COME BACK AND REFINED THEIR STROKE. DAVE ROBERTS TALKED ABOUT THAT. HE'S PLAYEDED WITH A NUMBER OF GUYS THAT MUCH HAD THAT. MATT KEMP CAME TO MIND. THE HOME IS THAT AFTER AMOUNT SEASON OF RECOVERY, AND OFF-SEASON OF WORK, BELLINGER CAN DO THAT SOONER. ALEX: I'M A HUGE, HUGE FAN AND BELIEVE IN CODY BELLINGER'S TALENT.
I FORECAST THAT NEXT YEAR HE'LL BE BACK IN THE M.V.P. RAILS BUT IT TAKES TIME AND ADJUSTMENT, GET THAT SHOULDER RIGHT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, GET THAT MIND RIGHT. AND WHEN YOU GET THE MIND RIGHT, THAT WAS BUSTER: WHAT CAREER HIGHLIGHT HAVE YOU LOVED TO GO BACK AND WATCH FROM YOUR TIME IN THE BIG LEAGUES? >> I DON'T REMEMBER BUT IT WAS WHEN HE MADE THAT DIVING CATCH OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER. IN THAT DAY, DIVING LOOKED VERY PAINFUL AND LIKE YOU WERE REALLY PUTTING YOUR BODY ON THE LINE. BUSTER: DESCRIBE THE FEELING OF HITTING THE BALL INTO THE WATER IN YOUR HOME BALLPARK. >> IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS IN ALL OF BASEBALL, I THINK. IT IS SURREAL WHEN YOU HAREM THE CROWD GO NUTS WHETHER YOU HIT A HOME RUN BUT THEN THEY GET EXTRA EXCITED WHEN YOU HIT ONE IN THE WATER. YOU CAN'T SEE IT SO YOU WAIT TO HEAR IT. BUSTER: UP LOVE TO STUDY. WHAT'S THE COOLEST THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN OUT ON A BOARD? >> I HAVE SEEN A FEW SHARKS IN THE WATER.
THAT'S A LITTLE SKETCHY BUT ALSO COOL TO KNOW THAT WHY IT IS A LITTLE SCARY, THEY WERE A BEAUTIFUL, GRACEFUL ANIMAL. BUSTER: YOU AND I ARE BOTH PRODUCTS TO VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY. DO YOU KNOW THE WORDS TO THE FIGHT SONG. MIKE: I DON'T. BUSTER: I DON'T KNOW THE WORDS EITHER. MIKE: I'LL PUT YOU ON THE SPOT AFTER THAT ONE.
MATT: SHAME ON YOU, BUSTER. SHAME ON UP. ISN'T IT SOMETHING BY THE COLD — COMMODORE IN THE BUSTER: OH, COME ON, REALLY? BY THE WAY, IT'S LIKE A VANDERBILT REUNION HERE TONIGHT. WALKER BUEHLER WENT THERE. DAVID PRICE WENT THERE. HOW ABOUT ALL THESE VANDERBILT GUYS? MATT: THAT'S RIGHT, LET'S GET SONNY GRAY ON THE PHONE AND MAKE IT A PARTY. A BALL AND TWO STRIKES THE COUNT TO JOSE QUINTANA. BUSTER: WAIT, DID WE MENTION DAVID PRICE? MATT: WE DID. WALKER BUEHLER HIT FOR HIMSELF IN THE TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING. AND HE GOES TO THE BULLPEN HERE IN THE FOURTH.
TWO BALLS AND TWO STRIKES TO QUINTANA. BOTH OF THESE TEAMS HAVE DAY GAMES TOMORROW. THE GIANTS IN DENVER, DODGERS IN ST. LOUIS, SO THE TURNAROUND IS VERY MUCH ON BOTH MANAGERS' MINDS TODAY. TWO BULLS AND TWO STRIKES TO QUINTANA. GABE CAPLER HAS WATCHED HIS — KAPLER HAS WATCHED HIS LAST TIME HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESS EARLY IN PASS. THE SEVENTH PITCH BY QUINTANA, MAKING IT THE LONGEST AT-BAT BY A GIANT SO FAR TODAY. THEY JUMPED WALKER BUEHLER. WHO'S E.R.A. JUMPED FROM 2.05 TO 2.31, AND BUSTER, GETTING BACK TO THAT CONVERSATION, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE A GUY OUT OF CONSIDERATION BECAUSE OF ONE ROCKY START BUT DOES IN LIEU THE REST OF THE CY YOUNG CONTENDERS, THE PACK, TO GET CLOSER TO BUEHLER? BUSTER: YEAH, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT WE THOUGHT A MONTH AGO THAT ZACH WHEELER WAS THE FAVORITE AND NOW HE MAINTAIN NECESSARILY BE A FRONTS RUNNER.
I THINK CORE BIN BURNES AT THAT POINT IS WALKER BUEHLER'S B BIGGEST COMPETITION FOR THE CY YOUNG AWARD. ALEX: I THINK IT'S THE BEST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN FOR BUEHLER. THE REASON IS SOMETIMES UP NEED TO GET THE NULL BEGAN, THE BIG 8.00 E.R.A., GET IT OUT OF THE WAY AND GO FROM THERE. MATT: QUINTANA DRAWS A LEADOFF WALK.
ALEX: WOW. HERE'S BUEHLER. FLAT. A FOUR-SEAMER FLAT, A LITTLE TWO-SEAM IS AER. LAZY BREAKING BALL. FLAT CUTTER, SLIDER, AND THAT FIRST-PITCH FOUR-SEAMER SMOKED. ALL FLAT, ALL IN THE ZONE. NOT A LOT OF LIFE BUT LIKE I SAID, I THINK THIS AND THE BEST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN FOR BUEHLER. YOU RESET, GO BACK IN THE FILM ROOM AND BUSTER, I IT YOU SAID A WONDERFUL THING. YOU SAID HERE'S A GUY WHO'S SUPREME LIP CONFIDENT WITH SELF-AWARENESS, AND CURIOUS, WHICH CAN MAKE HIM MAKE GREAT ADJUSTMENTS. WHAT MADE YOU SAY THAT, BUSTER IN BRISTOL JUST BEING AROUND HIM AND HAVING HEARD FROM SO MANY PEOPLE SINCE HE WAS IN COLLEGE ABOUT HIS LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE AND ABOUT HOW IT IS ABSOLUTELY RESOLUTE. WALKER BUEHLER, YOU COULD SEE IN HIS BODY LANGUAGE HE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN HOW HE PITCHED BUT HE'S ALSO SOMEONE WHO THE NEXT TIME OUT WILL BE ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THAT HE'LL BE BITE THE NEXT TEAM WITH THE AIM JUDGMENTS AND HE ALWAYS FEELS HE'S IN CONTROL. MATT: THAT'S A DOUBLE PLAY BALL THAT TOOK TOO LONG TO DEVELOP.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THE SHADOWS HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT. THAT AND THE FACT THAT TRAE TURNER IS PLAYING A NEW POSITION AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CLUNKY MOMENTS DEFENSIVELY FOR HIM. ALEX: I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF ALL OF THE ABOVE BUT THIS IS NOT REALLY A DOUBLE PLAY BALL. RUNS TOO WELL. THE BALL HIT TOO HARD. BUT TURNER HAS SPEECH CONFIDENCE. THROWING A BALL AWAY THAT COST HIM A BASE BUT HE'S SO MENTALLY STRONG, AS DOC ROCKETS SAID, HE DOESN'T FEEL BAD AT ALL. BUSTER: I DON'T KNOW IF HE ACTUALLY TAGGED HIM. MATT: GABE KAPLER JUST CAME OUT AND WANTS THAT LOOKED AT. I THINK THERE'S A CHANCE THIS COMES BACK. TREA TURNER TAGGED JOSE QUINTANA WITH THE EMPTY GLOVE HANDLE AND THEN HE GOT HIM WITH THE BALL IN THE HELL MITT SO I GUESS THAT COUNTS. ALEX: YEAH, HE GOT HIM. THIS IS NOT THE REASON WHY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PUT IN THE RULE. IT'S NOT THIS PART OF IT. MATT: YEAH, IT'S COME BACK CONFIRMED. I THINK FROM ONE POINT OF VIEW IN REAL TIME, THE GIANTS' DUGOUT SAW THE BASEBALL IN ONE HAND AND THE GLOVE BEING APPLIED ON THE BODY WITH THE OTHER AND IT WAS LIKE THE INCIDENTAL CONTACT THAT GOT THE OUT FOR L.A.
THERE. ALEX: THAT'S REPETITION. IF YOU PLAY SECOND BASE FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO TAG HIM. MIDDLE OF THE CHEST. MATT: A BALL AND NO STRIKES TO BRANDON BELT, WHO'S 21ST HOMER OF THE YEAR STARTED THE SCORING TODAY. 1-1. TAKE YOU BACK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST. ALEX: FIRST-PITCH FASTBALL, 96. YOU START THINKING ABOUT SWINGING ON THE FIRST PITCH.
AND YOU START VISUALIZING THE FASTBALL FIRST PITCH, I'M GOING TO GET THE HEAD OUT, AND HE DID. VISUALIZE THAN — THEN REALIZE. MATT: TWO BALLS AND A STRIKE TO BRANDON BELT. THAT'S A DOUBLE PLAY BALL. MATT: IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR THIS WEEK'S FIFTH-INNING FAST TALK PRESENTED BY T-MOBILE. GRAB YOUR PHONE DURING THE MID-FIFTH INNING COMMERCIAL BREAK. GO TO INSTAGRAM LIVE WHERE YOU'LL BE ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS. YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT. MAYBE WE CAN GET CLAY THOMPSON TO FIRE IN A QUESTION. TAKING IN A BALLGAME IN HIS GUISE AS A GOLF FAN. BUSTER: UNTIL HE STANDS UP. MATT: YEAH OH, MAN, THE WARRIORS NEED A HEALTHY KLAY AUTHORITIES BACK ON THE FLOOR. A COUPLE OF LOST YEARS FOR CLAY. TRAE TURNER LEADS THINGS OFFER IN THE DODGERS' HALF OF INNING NUMBER FIVE. DEALING WITH A 6-1 DEPARTMENT OF SIT ABOUT THE MIDWAY POINT. TURNER MUNCY AND BETTS. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE THE GIANTS SOME LENGTHS AND IT LOOKS LIKE QUINN TANO WILL BE THAT GUY.
ALEX: A LITTLE SINK EARN AWAY, 92. STILL NOT SEEING THE BALL REALLY WELL. MATT: ONE GONE FOR QUINTANA. NOW IT'S MAX MUNCY. BOY, JOSE QUINTANA HAS AN OPPORTUNITY, AFTER BEING CLAIMED BY THE GIANTS, TO COMPLETELY FORGET ABOUT THE FOUR-PLUS MONTHS HE HAD IN ANAHEIM WHERE THINGS JUST NEVER WENT HIS WAY. AGAIN, AN E.R.A. WITH THE ANGELS OF NEAR 7.00. YET TO HIS GREAT CREDIT, AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT ANGELS MANAGER JOE MADDON TALKED ABOUT A LOT — HE REMAINED A VERY STRONG MENTORING INFLUENCE TO SOME OF THE SPANISH SPEAKING MEMBERS OF THE ANGELS STATUE AND STILL FOUND A WAY TO CONTRIBUTE, EVEN THOUGH HE WASN'T HAVING A LOT OF SUCCESS HIMSELF ON THE GROUND. ALEX: A PROVEN RECORD, SOMEBODY ON THE MOUND LIKE THAT IS A TREMENDOUS WEAPON, SOMEBODY WHO CAN PITCH TWO, THREE, FOUR INNINGS AND TODAY IS A PERFECT DAY FOR QUINTANA. SO FAR, SO GOOD. MATT: HIS LONG SERREFINING WAS 3 1/3 AND IT CAME IN HIS GIANTS DEBUT. HE'S ON TRACK FOR A LONGER ONE HERE TODAY AS HE EVENS THE COUNT TO MUNCY, 2-2.
MUNCY IS STILL LOOKING FOR HIS FIRST HIT IN THE SERIES. HE'S 0-9 THIS WEEKEND AGAINST THE GIANTS. ALEX: AS A HITTER, STILL VERY CHALLENGING TO SEE WITH THE BRIGHT BACKGROUND, BREAKING BALLS, ESPECIALLY TOUGH TO SEE. MATT: FULL COUNT. AND MUNCY STRIKES OUT. ALEX: AND YOU SEE THE WAVE. VERY UNLIKE MUNCY SWING. NOT SEEING THE BALL WELL AT ALL. LATE. AND THIS IS A BALL YOU WILL CAN'T SEE. YOU CAN SEE THE REACTION. IT'S A PANIC SWING. I'VE SEEN MUNCY HAVE OVER 100 AT-BATS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND I HAVEN'T SEEN A SWING LIKE THAT. AND HE'S TELLING TURNER, I DIDN'T SEE IT.
CAN YOU SEE IT MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT ON SOME GLASSES. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF SOME OF THE DODGERS CAME OUT WITH GLASSES. MATT: BETTS WITH TWO GONE. ALEX: AND YOU AND I WERE TEAMMATES AND I TOOK A SWING LIKE THAT, YOU SAY, MATT, DON'T WORRY, IF I GET THIS GUY ON A REGULAR NIGHT, I'M GOING TO CRUSH HIM. MATT: A TWO-OUT BASE HIT IN THE DODGER HALF OF THE FIFTH. BUSTER: GUYS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE GIANTS TRYING TO GO BACK-TO-BACK. USING A TON OF RELIEVERS THE LAST TWO DAYS. THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN QUINTANA AND THE GIANTS STATUE IS CAN HE CONTINUE TO PITCH AS WE GO ALONG? ALEX, WHEN YOU GET PITCHERS LATER IN THEIR CAREERS, A NOT OF THE MESSAGING IS LOOK, DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANY ARM. I'LL TELL IF YOU NEED TO COME OUT, YOU MAY NEED TO COME GET ME. THEY MAY WANT TO EXTEND HIM HERE. ALEX: RIGHT. WHEN YOU'RE A VETERAN PITCHER AND YOU GET FATIGUED, YOU HAVE MORE BALL MOVEMENT AND LIFE.
MATT: A BALL AND NO STRIKES TO JUDGE TURNER, WHO HAS SINGLED AND SCORED THE DODGERS' ONLY RUN TODAY. SAN FRANCISCO PITCHING HAS BEEN GREAT THIS YEAR. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEIR LAST TIME BUT NO DISCUSSION OF THEIR OVERALL RECORD IS COMPLETE. IT STARTS WITH FLOWING STRIKES. THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST STRIKE RATE IN BASEBALL THIS YEAR. THEY HAVE MADE OPPONENTS HIT GROUND BALLS ALL YEARLONG, THE HIGHEST OPPONENTS' GROUND BALL RATE IN THE GAME. ALEX: AND GROUND BALLS IS GOOD NEWS, UP CRAWFORD PLAYING DEFENSE LIKE HE DID BACK IN H HIT — HIS GLOAD GLOVE DAYS. BRYANT AND L LONGORIA. MATT: 3-0 TO JUSTIN TURNER NOW. COREY SEAGER NEXT FOR LOS ANGELES AND I WOULD IMAGINE JUSTIN TURNER IS GOING TO MAKE HIM THROW HIM A STRIKE BEFORE HE CONDEMN PLACEMENTS SWINGING. HE IS TAKING ALL THE WAY, 3-1. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GAMES WHERE THE OFFICIAL SCORER GETS LINS O FIGURE OUT WHO GETS IF WIN. THERE'S NO QUALITY START TO TALK ABOUT.
NOBODY HAD A LEAD THROUGH FIVE. ALEX: IF QUINTANA GETS THROUGH THIS INNING AND THE GIANTS WIN, IT HAS TO BE HIM. THAT'S A BIG PITCH. YOU HAVE TO THROW A STRIKE. JUSTIN TURNER DOES NOT CHASE. MATT: DOMINIC LEONE STARTED FOR SAN FRANCISCO. THREW 13 PITCHES, GOT THROUGH THE SIDE IN ORLANDO AND BY DESIGN WAS DONE AFTER AN INNING. THEN IT WAS JORGE ALVAREZ. JAKE LITTELL, JOE — JAY JACKSON AND QUINTANA, WHO'S BEEN OUT THERE SINCE THE THIRD, AND THAT SAYS IT ALL. TURNER WANTS TO TAKE TIME. BETTS ABOARD AT THE TWO-OUT SINGLE. THREE BALLS AND TWO STRIKES THE COUNT TO JUSTIN TURNER. THERE'S BALL FOUR. WELL, WITH THE PENNANT RACES HEATING UP, FOLLOW MLB ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND ON YOUTUBE SO YOU DON'T MISS A THING DOWN THE STRETCH. 25 GAMES LEFT FOR THE GIANTS AND DODGERS AFTER THIS AFTERNOON. ANDREW BAILEY OUT AGAIN FOR A VISIT. ALEX: HE WAS A FIRST-PITCH SWINGER. HE'LL ADJUST TO YOU. EITHER WAY, THIS IS YOUR LAST HITTER. EMPTY THE TANK, BIG BOY. MATT: IT'S GOING TO BE SEAGER THAT WILL FAILS QUINTANA. LEFTY-LEFTY BATTER. WILL SMITH WOULD BE NEXT AND BE IF IT GETS THAT FAR, WE WOULD CERTAINLY SEEP THE MOVE TO THE BULL MEN.
YOU SAW FOR A NOTE THERE, THAT ONE-PITCH AT BATH STAT THAT BACKS UP YOUR EARLIER STATEMENT, SEAGER IS AGGRESSIVE. FIRST AND SECOND NOW WITH TWO GONE. SEAGER HAS HAD A GOOD SERIES. HE'S HAD A RECOMMEND GOOD SEARS AGAINST LEFT HANDED PITCHING. 4-6 WITH THROW WALKS. UP 2-0. BETTS AND TURNER ABOARD WITH TWO GONE. ALEX: A GOOD INDICATION YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE BALL VERY WELL. FIRST AND SECOND, YOU GET A BALL RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE TO A VERY AGGRESSIVE SEAGER.
YOU DON'T EVEN FLINCH. MATT: THREE BALLS AND A STRIKE. ONLY FOUR SINGLES FROM THE DODGERS TODAY. A DODGER LAST TIME THAT AVERAGES OVER FIVE ROUGHEN A GAME, THE THIRD HIGHEST SCORING LINEUP IN BASEBALL. TRYING TO SHAVE A LITTLE OFF THAT DEFICIT HERE WITH TWO OUT IN THE FIFTH. THREE BASIS AND A STRIKE. FULL COUNT. ALEX: AGAIN, IF YOU READ BODY LANGUAGE, HE WAS TELLING YOU EXACTLY WHAT HEAVIEST FEELING.
I'VE CANNOT SEE THE BALL. THREE O, DOWN THE MIDDLE, NOT MOVING AT ALL. MATT: COREY SEAGER HAS WALKED IN ALL THREE OF HIS PLATE APPEARANCES IN THIS GAME. THAT LOAD THE BASES WITH NO GONE. ALEX: MATT, HE HAS THREE WALKS BUT EASILY COULD BE TWO STRIKEOUTS MATT: AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ALL FOR JOSE MATT: WELCOME BACK TO "SUNDAY NIGHTBASEBALL" ON ESPN, TELECAST PRESENTED BY TACO BELL. WELL, THE GIANTS' BULLPEN HAS BEEN TAXEDS. A LOT OF INNINGS YESTERDAY IN PARTICULAR AND TONIGHT THEY'RE ALREADY ON THEIR SIXTH PITCHER OF THE GAME. PREVIOUSLY HAD NOT APPEARED IN THE SERIES AND HAS MADE ONLY A HANDFUL OF MAJOR LEAGUE APPEARANCES IN HIS LIFE.
HE IS 24-YEAR-OLD ROOKIE RIGHT-HANDER CAMILO DOVAL. WHO'S THROWN A TOTAL OF 12 SYSTEMS 2/3 INNINGS IN HIS BIG LEAGUE CAREER AND HERE WE GO WILL SMITH. THE BASES ARE LOADED. TWO GONE IN A FIVE-RUN GAME. AND THE FIRST ONE IS TO THE BACKSTOP BUT IT COMES BACK IN A HURRY AND N CAN ADVANCE. ALEX: OVERTHROWING A SLIDER HERE, FIRST PITCH. JUICES FLOWING. MATT: HUGE OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR L.A. TO GET BACK INTO IT WITH ONE SWING OF THE BAT AGAINST A GUY WITH PRECIOUS LITTLE EXPERIENCE IN TIGHT SPOTS LIKE THIS.
WILL SMITH HAS BEEN THEIR LE LEADING R.B.I. MAN SINCE THE ALL-STAR BREAK. SMITH HAD THE BASES LOADED IN THE THIRD AND FLIED OUT ON THE FIRST PITCH HE SAW. THIS HAS BEEN A DAY IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL THAT'S SEEN NO FEWER THAN SIX GRAND SLAMS, INCLUDING THREE BETWEEN THE CUBS AND PIRATES. 3-0. AND THESE AREN'T EVEN CLOSE MISSES. ALEX: AND IF YOU'RE WILL SMITH, YOU KERNEL TAKE ONE. YOU MAIM WANT TO TAKE TWO. FORCE THE YOUNGSTER WHO'S BEEN CALLED UP FOUR TIMES THIS YEAR FROM TRIPLE-A, IN HIS BIGGEST APPEARANCE THIS YEAR RIGHT NOW, MAKE HIM THROW TWO STRIKES. MATT: QUINTANA EXITED AFTER LOADING THE BASES WITH TWO OUT. 3-1 TO SMITH NOW. ALEX: MAYBE ONE MORE, MATT. FORCE HIM TO THROW ANOTHER STRIKE. DARE HIM TO THROW ANOTHER STRIKE. MATT: AND IT'S A FULL COUNT. ALEX: BIGGEST PITCH OF THE GAME COMING AND THE RUNNERS WILL WILL BE RUNNING. MATT: BIGGEST PITCH OF THE GAME AGAINST ONE OF THE HOTTEST HITTERS IN THE LEAGUE. FANS RESPONDING BY RISING TO THEIR FEET AND THE 3-2 PITCH. SMITH FOULS THAT ONE AWAY.
EVEN TO HIT A FOUL BALL ON TOP OF THE COACH IS SOMETHING OF A DEFEAT FOR A RIGHT-HANDED HITTER. — OF A FAMILY FOR A RIGHT-HANDED HITTER. THE NEXT 3-2 HOME. HE MISSED FOR BALL FOUR AND CURT CASALI COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. A 99-MILE-AN-HOUR HEATER THAT WALKS IN A RUN. ALEX: TONY RANDAZZO, THE 22-YEAR-OLD VETERAN SAYS HE MISSED. NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, WHEN YOU'RE A YOUNG PITCHER — THAT'S A STRIKE. BUT TO TONY RANDAZZO'S CREDIT, WHEN YOU'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND YOUR FIRST PITCH IS A WILD PITCH, YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING STRIKE. THE DODGERS CAUGHT A BREAK RIGHT THERE ARE MATT: CHRIS TAYLOR NOW, JUST 1-11 IN THE SERIES. 2 FOR HIS LAST 28 HAS A CHANCE HERE WITH THE BASES LOAD AND WOULD A RUN IN. HE HAS BEEN A TREASURE WITH THE BASES LOADED IN HIS CAREER AND IT'S ANOTHER VISIT FROM ANDREW BAILEY. BUSTER: ALEX, YOU'VE SEEN HOW MUCH HE STRUGGLED TO COMMAND THAT BREAKING BALL. CHRIS TAYLOR CRUTCHES FAST BALLS. YOU'RE ASSUMING THAT'S PROBABLY TOP OF MIND RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? ALEX: YEAH, YOU JUST DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE BREAKING BALL BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO SEE IT SO MUCH.
IT'S NEVER A STRIKE SO HONE IN AND BE A STRIPE SNIPER SHOOTER HERE. THROW MIDDLE-MIDDLE AND GET ON TOP OF IT. MATT: BACK TO THE 3-2 PITCH TOO WILL SMITH. ALEX: THIS IS STRIKE THREE. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT AND THE HOME PLATE UMPIRE IS NOT — IF YOU SEE THE REACTION, AND THAT CAN BE DEVASTATING FOR ANY PI PITCHER, ESPECIALLY A YOUNG PITCHER. LET'S SEE HOW HE REACTS. MATT: TAKES A STRIKE. IT'S 1-1. GIANT PITCHING HAS WALKED CIRCUMSTANCE DODGERS IN THIS ONE SO FAR. AGAIN, WE'RE ONLY AT THE MIDWAY POINT OF THE GAME. A BALL AND TWO STRIKES. HOWEVER, OF THE SIX WALKS, NONE OF THEM HAVE COME AROUND TO SCORE. THE BASES ARE LOADED HERE, EACH OF THEM ABOARD VIA THE WALK.
DAVE ROBERTS WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AT LEAST ONE OF THESE GIFTS. ALEX: THE KANG DODGERS 7-6 WI WITHMAN MEN IN SCORING POSITION. MATT: THAT ONE GETS AWAY FROM CASALI. NOT FAR ENOUGH AWAY FOR ANYBODY TO ADVICE — ADVANCE. IT'S 2-2. ALEX: WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HITTERS AND CATCHERS HAVING A HARMED TIME. CATCHERS HAVING A HARD TIME TOO. THAT'S A STRIKE. A LOT OF TIMES YOU TURN AROUND AND SAY, TONY, WHERE WAS THAT PITCH? TONY WILL TURNAROUND AND SAY, IF YOU SEE IT, IT'S A STRIKE. MATT: TAYLOR FOULED THAT ONE AWAY. EACH OF THE PREVIOUS THREE PLATE AEARN PIANOS — APPEARANCES HAVE GONE TO A FULL COUNT. IN FACT, FOUR OF THE LAST FIVE HAVE BEEN FULL COUNTS. GOT HIM! THE GIANT BULLPEN BENDS BUT IT DOESN'T BREAK. ONLY ONE FOR L.A. AS THE BASES ARE LEFT LOADED IN THE FIFTH.
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IN MANY WAYS HE'S LIKE A QUEEN ON A CHESS BOARD. THERE'S SO MUCH YOU CAN DO WITH HIM. MATT: AND BRYANT STRIKES OUT ON THREE PITCHES. AND THERE'S ONE AWAY. THIS ISN'T THE SEASON FINALE BUT IT'S THE LAST REGULAR SEASON GAME BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS. LET'S FLASH YOU BACK TO THE SEASON IF I THAT WILL ANY IN 1999. THE FINAL GAME AT CANDLE STICK PARK. TOMMY LASORDA AND THE DODGERS WERE THE OPPONENTS. TOMMY CAME OUT FOR A VICTORY LAMB NOW WITH HIS NAME SPELLED INCORRECTLY ON HIS JACKET. THERE IT IS. LASODRA. AND I THINK MIKE KRUK AND CAMERA WORKING THE GAME WERE THE FIRST ONES TO NOTICE THATLE I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A GOC OR AN HONEST MISTAKE BUT TOMMY USED TO MILK THE MOMENT.
AND TO HEAR THE STORY, HE CAME OUT BECAUSE HE KNEW HE GOT BOOED IN CANDLE STICK, AS HE DID HERE. BUT THE JOKE WAS ON HIM ON THAT DAY. ALEX: I'M A TERRIBLE SPELLER. IN TALKING ABOUT THAT SCREW FOR THE GIANTS, THAT'S ONE OF — CREW FOR THE GIANTS, THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES. MATT: KRUK CALLING GAMES FOR ZOOM YEARS. PART OF THE FABRIC HERE AND WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUE DAVE FELLOWING FOR ESPN, WHO'S ALSO BEEN HERE FOR SUFFER A LONG TIME. TWO BALLS AND TWO STRIKES FOR LANONTE WADE JR. WADE HAS DOUBLED AND SCORED TONIGHT. FULL COUNTS TO HIM NOW, 3-2. BUSTER: THAT BROADCASTING TEAM, MIKE AND DAVE KIPER. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE GUYS BE HONORED BY THE HALL OF FAME AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. MATT:IVED LOVE THAT. THAT'S AN INTERESTING THOUGHT. I THINK BOTH ARE IN LINE FOR THE HONOR, FOR SURE AND THE IDEA THAT THEY'D BOTH GO IN TOGETHER IS A GREAT ONE.
SPEAKING OF THE HALL OF FAME, DEREK JETER, MARVIN MILLER, TED SIMMONS AND LARRY WALKER. JOIN BASEBALL'S ELITE AT THE 2021 HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY LIVE FROM COOPERSTOWN WEDNESDAY ON MLB NETWORK AND MLB.COM. IT WAS THE CLASS OF 2020 WHOLE INDUCTION CEREMONY WAS DELAYED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND IT'S ALL HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN COO COOPERSTOWN. TWO GONE NOW FOR BRANDON CRAWFORD. NO DRAMA AROUND DEREK JETER. I GUESS THERE'S BEEN SOME DRAMA AROUND LARRY WALKER AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND MARVIN MILLER. CERTAINLY MADE AN IMPACT ON THE GAME, WITHOUT QUESTION. FORMER HELD OF THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION WHO USHERED IN MODERN FREE AGENCY. ALEX: OH, MY.
MATT: THAT'S A VIDEO GAME HIT. YOU CAN'T DO IT NICHE BETTER. ALEX: I MEAN, THAT IS A MASTERPIECE. THE DISTURBLE IS GOOD. — DOUBLE IS GOOD. IT'S JUST SMART BEARABLE. LIKE A LOT OF THINGS THE GIANTS ARE DOING. THEY'RE USING ALL THE TRICKS IF THE — IN THE BAG. LIKE THE PERFECT PUTT. A THING OF BEAUTY. MATT: TWO GONE NOW FOR THE GRAND GRANSON OF A HALL OF FAMER — GRANDSON OF A HALL OF FAMER, MIKE I CAN'T SAY STREAM SKIP.
BUSTER, WE DISCUSSED THIS A LITTLE BIT AMONGST OURSELVES WHEN WE GOT TO THE BALLPARK. KINDS OF A HALL OF FAME THEME AMONG UNIFORMED PERSONNEL IN THIS MATCH-UP. A LOT OF GUYS WHO ARE DESTINED FOR COOPERSTOWN. BUSTER: ABSOLUTELY, ALBERT PUJOLS ON THE DODGERS BENCH. BUSTER POSEY TO ME IS A HALL OF FAMER. CAMPER, BEST IN THE GAME FOR A LOT OF YEARS. BRANDON CALL — CRAWFORD. WALKER BEAUTIFULER. POTENTIALLY, A GUY YOU TALK ABOUT AND MOOKIE BEST TO ME IS ON A HALL OF FAME REJECTS RIM AT THIS POINT. KEN LIP JANSEN, THE DODGERS' CLOSER. HE'S GOING TO FINISH WHERE HE'S GOING TO BE IN CONSIDERATION. MATT: I AGREE WITH ALL THE DISCUSSION. SOME MORE QUESTIONABLE. CRAWFORD CAUGHT STEALING TO ENDS THE FIFTH. ON TO INNING NUMBER SIX MATT: ESPN'S TELL CAST OF "SUNDAY NIGHTBASEBALL" PRESENTED BY TACO BELL IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY FORD, BUILT FOR AMERICA. TO THE TOP OF INNING NUMBER SIX. BACK WITH ALEX RODRIGUEZ AND BUSTER OLNEY.
MATT MATT IN SAN FRANCISCO — MATT VASGERSIAN IN SAN FRANCISCO IN A FOUR-RUN GAME AND LIFE IS GOOD ABOARD THE LOVELY MARTE. LIFE IS GOOD ANYWHERE IN THE COVE ON A DAY LIKE TODAY. ALBEIT A BIT BREEZY. A WAY OF LIFE UP HERE. ALEX: THIS IS MY FAVORITE BASEBALL STADIUM AND EVEN TAKING IT A STEP FURTHER, ONE OF MY FAVORITE SPORTS VENUES AROUND THE WORLD. MOUNTAINS OVER LEFT FIELD. A COACH OVER RIGHT FIELD — COVE OVER RIGHT FIELD. NOT A BAD SEAT IN THE HOUSE. GREAT WEATHER, BEAUTIFUL DAY, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU WANT? MATT: I AGREE. CHECK, CHECK. 0-2, CODY BELLINGER HITS IT RIGHT INTO THE SHIFT AND THERE'S ONE GONE. MATT: MAKES ME LATCH OF EVERY LITTLE LEAGUE MEMORY I'VE EVER HAD.
HEY, WHAT ARE AUREOLING? A HUGE GREAT WHITE SHARK. SOME DRAMA. BILLY MCKINNEY IS THE PINCH HITTER FOR LOS ANGELES, BATTING IN THE NUMBER FINE SPOT. HE TAKES A STRIKE. ONE OUT, BASES EMPTY, TOP OF THE ORDER. TREA TURNER WAITING ON DECK. GABE CAPLER TRYING TO — KAPLER TRYING TO COKES AN ADDITIONAL INNING OUT OF THE ROOKIE RIGHT-HANDER C AFFECTS M — C CAMILO DOVAL. WHAT ARE THEY DOING, ALEX? PULLING UP ANCHOR OR AN ENORMOUS FISH? ALEX: I NO NOTHING ABOUT FI FISHING. I'M A TERRIBLE FISHERMAN. MARRIANO RIVERA, GREAT WORLD-CLASS FISHERMAN. HE WAS OFFICE TRYING TO GET ME OUT THERE. I SAID I BARELY KNOW HOW TO SWITCH.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FISH. MATT: I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE I THINK THOSE FOLKS ARE STUCK. STRIKE THREE TAKEN BY BILLY MCKINNEY AND NOW DOVAL HAS A LITTLE BIT OF MOMENTUM. ACOMPLEX — ALEX: IF YOU'RE THE DODGERS, YOU'VE HAD AN UP AND DOWN SEASON, YOU'RE STILL RIGHT AT THE TOP. YOU'VE BEEN DOMINANT NINE OF THE LAST SO YEARS BUT THERE ARE ISSUES. BUEHLER GETTING BACK ON TOP. KERSHAW IS BACK. BUT UP TO GET HIM RIGHT. HITTING .138 VS. FAST BALLS THE LAST THREE WEEKS. AND THE DODGERS HAVE TO ASK IS HE'S — HE GOING TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION OR PART OF THE PROBLEM FOR 2021? WE KNOW LONG TERM HE CAN WIN A COUPLE MORE MANUFACTURES BUT CAN WE GET THERE YOUNG THAN RIGHT AND HEALTHY MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY? MATT: A BALL AND TWO STRIKES TO TRAE TURNER.
YOU KNOW, THE DEPTH OF THE DODGERS IS SUCH THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A NEXT GUY AND IT'S NOT JUST A TRIPLE-A CALL-UP. IT WAS USUALLY A VETERAN, AN ALL-STAR AND IN THE CASE OF THEIR OUTFIELD, THEY TOOK A HIT YESTERDAY WHEN A.J. POLLOCK WENT DOWN. HE'S EXPECTED BACK BY THE END OF THE SEASON BUT THEY'RE LOOKING PROGRAMS TWO TO THREE WEEKS WITH A HAMSTRING INJURY HE SUFFERED IN SAN FRANCISCO.
THAT'S A BIG LOSS. ORDER NAME YOU'D HAVE THE FIREPOWER TO USE BELLINGER SPARINGLY BUT NOW WITH POLLOCK DOWN HE'S PRESSED INTO DEW POINT PROGRAMS MORE REGULARLY. 2- THE BUT A BROKEN-BAT FLARE THAT'S GOING TO DRIFT FOUL. BUSTER: ALEX, YOU TOUCHED ON CLAYTON KERSHAW. HE THREW TODAY AND THE DODGERS WERE VERY ENCOURAGED BY WHAT THEY SAW. HE'S SCHEDULED TO MAKE A MINOR LEAGUE REHABILITATION APPEARANCE ON TUESDAY, THROW THREE INNINGS THERE. TWO, THREE WEEKS AGO I WAS HEARING STUFF AROUND THE DODGERS LIKE BOY, WE DON'T KNOW IF CLAYTON IS GOING TO MAKE IT B BACK. DAVE ROBERTS SAID TODAY HE'S OPTIMISTIC HE'S GOING TO HELP THEM DOWN THE STRETCH. MATT: HE SAID PLAIN OPENED OPTIMISTIC. ALEX: GREAT NEWS FOR THE DO DODGERS. AND THE REASON WHY A GUY LIKE CODY IS SO HARD TO REPLACE. ALSO AN OUTFIELDER THAT CAN PLAY GOLD GLOVE CALIBER DEFENSE. HE'S A SPEEDSTER WHO CAN ACTUALLY ONE AND ONE OF A FEW LEFTIES IN THE LAST TIME WITH SAYINGER AND MUDGESY. MATT: FULL-COUNT PITCH AND TURNER SENDS A FLY BALL THE OTHER WAY FORRIA STEP MATT: THE TWO BEST RECORDS IN BASEBALL AT THE START OF PLAY TONIGHT.
TIED APOPYLE OH — ATOP THE N.L. WEST. IT'S A FOUR-RUN GAME AS WE ENTER THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING TONIGHT. THEIR SERIES AND SEASON FINALE TODAY. AND THE DODGERS HAVE DAVID PRICE ON THE BULLPEN AFTER TWO SC SCORELESS WITH BRUIHL. SECOND BUNT SINGLE OF THE GAME BY THE GIANTS. ALEX: AND WHY NOT? IF THEY GIVE IT TO YOU, TAKE IT. VERY EFFECTIVE. LEFT-ON-LEFT. MATT: A BUNT SINGLE BY BRANDTEN CRAWFORD IN THE FIFTH.
A FIRST-PITCH BUNT SINGLE BY MIKE YASTRZEMSKI HERE IF THE — IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH AND THAT WILL BRING UP CURT CASALI. THE GIANTS NOW HAVE 14 BUNT HITS THIS SEASON, THE FOURTH HIGHEST TOTAL IN THE GAME. CURT CASALI STRUCK A BIG R.B.I. SINGLE WITH TWO OUT IN THE THIRD. STOPPED AN 0-19. SIX RUNS ON NINE HITS FOR THE GIANTS. TWO RUNS ON FOUR HITS FOR LOS ANGELES. ALL FOUR DODGER HITS HAVE BEEN SINGLE TODAY. 1-1. ALEX: YOU OFTEN HEAR PLAYERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LIMBS AND OH, MAN, THAT GUY SHOULD HAVE PLAYED THERE, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BASE HIT BUT YOU DON'T BEAT IT WITH POWER, YOU BEAT IT WITH IF I NECESSARY. NOT WITH WOOD BUT WITH BRAIN AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE GIANTS HAVE DONE HERE TWICE TONIGHT. MATT: LINED INTO LEFT FIELD. TURNER INTO THE CORNER.
CASALI IS ON HIS WAY TO SECOND! GOT IN THERE WITH A NIFTY SLIDE AND THE GIANTS ARE SET UP WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION AND NOBODY OUT OF THE SIXTH. IT'S A COMMODORE ON COMMODORE CRIME. A COUPLE OF VANDY GUYS. ALEX: THIS IS A THING OF BEAUTY AND THE GIANTS ARE PLAYING EXCEPTIONAL BASEBALL. THIS IS THE KIND OF BASEBALL THAT DRESE A TEAM AND A DEFENSE CRAZY. THE WASN'T THAT GETS YOU IN. TURNER IS IN. TERRIFIC BASEBALL BY THE GIANTS. MATT: YOU KNOW WHAT IT TOOK FOR CASALI TO COME AROUND OFFENSIVELY — WE TALKED ABOUT HOW HELPED BEEN STRUGGLING AT THE PLATE, IS TO FACE VANDERBILT GUYS. A LILT AGAINST BUEHLER, A HIT AGAINST MATT: STEVEN DUGGAR HAS TO BAIL OUT.
FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE SERIES, THE GIANTS WERE 4-30 WITH RUNNERS ON BASE. THEY ARE 4-6 TONIGHT. ALEX: THE GIANTS JUST HAVE A MATCHUP, ANYTHING YOU THROW AT THEM. THE STRENGTH OF THEIR TEAM, NO WEAKNESSES. LONGORIA ON-DECK TO FACE THE LEFT-HANDER TWICE. MATT: DUGGAR POPS IT UP. SEGER AND TURNER COLLIDED. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BAD. NOTHING WRONG THERE. YOU OWN THE REAL ESTATE OVER THE BAG SO NO HARM, NO FOUL. YOU SEE THE UMPIRE SAYING SAFE, SAFE, MEANING ALL GOOD, FAIR GAME. CASALI DUG DOWN OPEN LINES A LITTLE BIT. THE HARDEST PART ABOUT THIS WAS THAT SEGER AND TURNER WERE TRACKING EACH OTHER. AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF TREA TURNER'S LEARNING CURVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BAG.
ALEX: WITH LONGORIA, YOU MAY WALK HIM TO FACE THE LEFT-HANDER. MATT: HE WILL DO JUST THAT. THE INTENTIONAL WALK HAS ALREADY BEEN SIGNALED. LONGORIA HAS PASSED. ALEX: WE TALK ABOUT MIX MATCHING IT AND KAPLER HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVE. HERE COMES THE HITTER. MATT: SO IT IS THE TOP OF THE ORDER AND ESTRADA IS GOING TO THAT FOR LA STELLA — BAT FOR THE CELL AND THAT WILL BRING PRIOR UP TO THE — BAT FOR LA STELLA. PRICE ENTERS THE BALLGAME AND GIVES UP THE FIRST BUNT SINGLE AND HAS THE BASES LOADED WITH ONE AWAY. PRICE IS MAKING HIS 34TH APPEARANCE OF THE YEAR FOR THE DODGERS. 11 OF THE 33 HAVE BEEN STARTS. HE IS 4-2 ON THE SEASON AND DAVID PRICE, WHO DID NOT PITCH TONIGHT STEER, OPTING OUT DURING THE PANDEMIC SHORTENED SEASON. REALLY HAD TO GET STRETCHED INTO STARTER SHAPE THIS YEAR. IT WAS NOT LIKE HE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND WAS ABLE TO GO SEVEN INNINGS EVERY FIVE DAYS.
A GUY WHO HAS ACCOMPLISHED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN THIS GAME. FIVE-TIME ALL-STAR, CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER, AND HERE IS ESTRADA NOW WITH THE BASES LOADED. GREAT NUMBERS WITH THE BASES LOADED FOR HIS CAREER, ALBEIT IN LIMITED EXPOSURE. ESTRADA CAME BACK TO THE BIG LEAGUES ON WEDNESDAY. HE HAS BEEN UP AND DOWN FIVE TIMES THIS SEASON AND THAT IS A BIG PART OF THE GIANTS SUCCESS THIS YEAR. ENTERING SATURDAY, THE GIANTS MADE ROSTER MOVES IN NINE OF 10 GAMES. POPPED THEM UP. POP UP FOR MUNCY. TWO GONE WITH THE BASES WILL LOADED. ALEX: EXCELLENT PITCH HERE. MCCARTER WENT INTO THE RIGHT-HANDER SEE THE CUT ACTION RIGHT — RIGHT-HANDER. YOU SEE THE CUT ACTION RIGHT THERE. MATT: SO NOW, BRANDON BELT HAS HOMERED, GROUNDED OUT, AND THEN GROUNDED INTO A DOUBLE PLAY IN THREE TRIPS TO THE PLATE TODAY. ALEX: ONE OF THE BEST BREAKING BALL HITTERS IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES. MATT: 11-21 HOMERS FOR BELT HAVE COME ON BREAKING BALLS THIS YEAR AND THAT REPRESENTS ONE OF THE HIGHEST TOTALS IN THE GAME.
HIS HOMER AGAINST WALKER BUEHLER TODAY TO START THE BALLGAME CAME ON A FASTBALL. THE FIRST-BASE LINE FOR MUNCY TO GET DAVID PRICE. THE BASES LEFT LOADED IN THE HOME HALF OF THE SIX. ONTO INNING NUMBER SEVEN. STILL A THOUSANDS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE IDA URGENTLY NEED SUPPORT. DONATE AT REDCROSS.ORG TO HELP PEOPLE RECOVER FROM THIS DISASTER. STILL A 6-2 LEAD FOR THE GIANTS. THE MAN FOR WHOM HE PINCH-HITS AND MAX MUNCY IS THE FIRST TO FACE TONY WATSON, CALLED ON BY THE GIANTS IN THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING. 50 APPEARANCES BETWEEN HIS TIME WITH THE GIANTS AND ANGELS, THE TEAM HE STARTED THE SEASON WITH. HE HAS BEEN VERY GOOD SINCE COMING BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO. HIS SECOND TOUR WITH THE GIANTS. AFTER SPENDING 2018 THROUGH 2020 SEASONS HERE. HE GETS MUNCY, BETTS, AND TURNER AT THE BOTTOM HALF OF INNING NUMBER SEVEN AND MUNCY SENDS THE BALL THE OTHER WAY.
THERE IS ONE GONE. EARLIER TODAY, THE SAN DIEGO PADRES WALK ONE OFF AGAINST THE ASTROS. JAKE CRONENWORTH, WHO HAS BEEN OUTSIDE OF FERNANDO TATIS, THEIR STEADIEST PLAYER WAS THE HERO WITH A WALKOFF HOMER AND SAN DIEGO IS BACK IN THE WILD-CARD SURE. THEY HAVE LOST WHAT LOOKED LIKE A COMFORTABLE FOOTHOLD BUT THE PADRES ARE STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE. ONE GONE HERE FOR MOOKIE BETTS. THE CURRENT STANDINGS INCLUDING THIS ONE IN PROGRESS, IN THE WILD-CARD, IT THE PADRES A HALF-GAME BETTER THAN CINCINNATI , OUR CURRENT STANDINGS IN THE HUNT FOR OCTOBER BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEICO. EVERY TIME WE SEE PADRES HIGHLIGHTS THAT DON'T INVOLVE FERNANDO TATIS JR., IT REMIND THERE THAT JUST BEING A ONE-MAN BAND. IT ALSO PROMPTS THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE M.V.P.
RACE BECAUSE IT WAS THOUGHT THAT IT WAS FERNANDO TATIS JR.'S TO LOSE. HE LOST A LOT OF PLAYING TIME WITH MULTIPLE I.L. STINTS THIS YEAR. WHO ELSE IS INVOLVED IN THAT DISCUSSION BEYOND TATIS? ALEX: IT'S WIDE OPEN. TREA TURNER, THE DODGERS ARE IN THE CONVERSATION. MAX MUNCY IS IN THE CONVERSATION. FREDDIE FREEMAN, JOEY VOTTO OF THE RED.
I THINK IT WILL COME DOWN TO WHO INITIATES REALLY STRONGLY. YOU REMEMBER THE YEAR WHERE JAKE ARRIETA WAS INCREDIBLE IN THE SECOND HALF AND DOWN THE STRETCH, IT WAS HE AND ZACK GREINKE AND CLAYTON KERSHAW. IT CAME DOWN TO WHO HITS THE BEST DOWN THE STRETCH. I THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE M.V.P.. HE PLAYS REALLY WELL IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS. MATT: I DO THINK IT'S WIDE OPEN AND I THINK THE WINNER WILL RAISE HIS HAND IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. IF THE PHILLIES END UP WELL, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE I WILL SAY THIS BUT I THINK BRYCE HARPER HAS TO GET SOME VOTES BECAUSE HE'S BEEN TERRIFIC THIS YEAR AS WELL. CAN I ADD ANOTHER DARK HORSE CANDIDATE INTO THE MIX HERE? AUSTIN RILEY HAS BEEN GREAT IN ATLANTA AND I KNOW THAT FREEMAN GETS MORE OF THE HEADLINES BUT IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER NAME THAT HEAPS INTO THE MINDS OF VOTERS, AUSTIN RILEY HAS BEEN GREAT THIS YEAR.
WITHOUT HE AND FREEMAN, THEY DO NOT OVERCOME THE LOSS OF ACUNA AND OZUNA THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE. 0-2, THE COUNT TO JUSTIN TURNER. A BALL AND TWO STRIKES NOW. JUST FOUR SINGLES TONIGHT FOR THE HEAVIER HITTING DODGER LINEUP. WATSON MAKES QUICK WORK OF LOS ANGELES IN THE SEVENTH. I HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT EVERY NIGHT. WHEN THE GAME IS OVER AND WHEN THEY CAN EAT, THEY KNOW. >> HE IS RIGHT ABOUT THAT. HIS FIRST YEAR AS A GIANT, HE PICKED THAT ONE UP REALLY QUICKLY, SOMETHING THE FANS HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS. THIS EQUALS AROUND HERE ARE ON THE CLOCK'S AND THANKS TO LAMONTE WADE JR.
ARE WEARING A MIC FOR US. COMING UP — FOR WEARING A MIC FOR US. COMING UP, TAMPA BAY AND BOSTON FOLLOWED BY THE GIANTS AND ROCKIES, FIRST OF THE SERIES IN DENVER FOR SAN FRANCISCO AND ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT, BUSTER, ALEX, AND I ARE IN FLUSHING, QUEENS, FOR THE SUBWAY SERIES RENEWAL BETWEEN THE YANKEES AND THE METS. DAVID PRICE CONTINUES IN RELIEF FOR LOS ANGELES TODAY AGAINST KRIS BRYANT FOLLOWED BY LAMONTE WADE JUNIOR AND BRANDON CRAWFORD. A 6-2 LEAD FOR SAN FRANCISCO. THEY HAVE NOT TRAILED IN THIS GAME AFTER THE OPENING PITCH. THEY TIED IT AT 1-1 IN THE TOP HALF OF THE SECOND. FIVE UNANSWERED BY SAM AND CISCO SINCE — SAN FRANCISCO SINCE. IT IS A BALL AND TWO STRIKES TO KRIS BRYANT. THE GIANT LINEUP HAS DONE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING TONIGHT. >> OUTSIDE. MATT: TWO BALLS AND TWO STRIKES. SIX OF BRYANT'S 24 HOMERS THIS YEAR HAVE COME SINCE THE TRADE TO SAN FRANCISCO.
A POWER INFUSION, ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE PLAYERS IN THE LEAGUE AND A GUY THAT IN GABE KAPLER'S WORDS GIVES YOU A BIG-TIME PRESENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR ORDER. NOT SOMETHING YOU ARE USED TO SEEING FROM A GUY WHO, LET'S FACE IT, HAS BEEN A UTILITY DEFENDER. HE HAS PLAYED EVERYWHERE THIS YEAR. THE 3-2 PITCH MISSES INSIDE FOR BALL FOUR. A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT THOUGHT, THE GIANTS HAVE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING TONIGHT. ALEX: EVERYTHING HAS BEEN VERY IMPRESSIVE. IT STARTS WITH THE LONG BALL ON THE FIRST PITCH FASTBALL HERE TO BELT, AND THEN A COUPLE NICE BUNTS.
WANT TO THIRD BASE, ONE TO FIRST BASE. ON TOP OF THAT, YOU HAVE A TRICKLE. DOING SO MANY THINGS. THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IT SIMPLE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DODGERS, THEY HAVE THREE BUNT SINGLES ALL YEAR LONG. THE GIANTS HAVE TWO TONIGHT AND THINK ABOUT IT, THE REGULATION — YOU ARE ALLOWED 14 CLUBS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD ONLY USE 11 OR 12. THE GIANTS STORY THIS YEAR, IT'S A DOUBLE WHAMMY. THEY CAN LEAD THE MAJORS AND BUNT. ONE THEY PLAYED REALLY WELL IN OCTOBER. MATT: THE COUNT IS 0-2 TO LAMONTE WADE JR.. ALEX: THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN BEFORE YOU START A SERIES OR POSTSEASON SERIES. JEAN MICHAELS, THE GREAT LATE JEAN MICHAELS, HE HAD ABSOLUTES. THIS TEAM WOULD NEVER BOND. THIS TEAM CHASES ALL THE TIME AND WHEN WE HEAR THOSE ABSOLUTES , MAKE SURE THE DEFENDER RELAXES. IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A BUNT, IT'S LIKE GOING TO THE PARK. TO PLAY THE MINNESOTA TWINS, THE RED SOX AND THEY WOULD DO EVERYTHING, A DIVERSIFIED APPROACH, EXACTLY WHAT THE GIANTS ARE SHOWING TODAY.
THIS IS WHY THEY HAVE THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 11 YEARS AND IT COULD BE THE REASON WHY THEY WIN THEIR FOURTH. MATT: A BALL AND TWO STRIKES TO LAMONTE WADE JR., A GUY WHO CAN GIVE YOU THAT PERSONAL PLATFORM. DRIVE-IN RUNS, STEAL BASES. CAUGHT LOOKING HERE. CALLED STRIKE THREE. A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE HOMERS BECAUSE AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE TIMES, THE GIANTS LEAD THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN HOME RUNS. 202 FOR THE YEAR. SECOND TO TORONTO IN ALL OF BASEBALL. 60 MULTIPLE HOME RUN GAMES, 10 GUYS WITH 10 OR MORE AND OVER HALF OF THEIR ROUNDS HAVE COME VIA THE HOMER, THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE IN THE GAME. THERE HOME RUN LEADER HAS HIT ONLY 21. THE LAST GIANT TO HIT 30 IN A SEASON, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO 2000 OR — 2004, BARRY BONDS. ONE OUT, ONE ON FOR CRAWFORD. ALEX: YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO 1954 AND 1972 WITH THE LAST TIME THE GIANTS LEAD IN HOME RUNS. MATT: I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE 25 GAMES LEFT AFTER TONIGHT.
THEIR SINGLE-SEASON TEAM HOME RUN HIGH IS 235. THAT WAS IN 2001 WHEN HE HIT 73 SO HE DID ALL THE LIFTING DONE. THEY ARE ON A PACE TO FINISH WITH 239. SO YOU KNOW, ON A PACE FOR THREE VERY DANGEROUS WORDS IN SPORTS. THAT'S THE MATH AND MAYBE THEY SET A NEW FRANCHISE RECORD THIS YEAR. ALEX: JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY WERE IN THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE 30 LEAGUE TEAM. YOU HAVE TO GIVE GABE KAPLER A LOT OF CREDIT. MATT: JAM SHOT, BROKEN BAT. HE IS ABLE TO GET THE OUT IN FIRST. TWO GONE. ALEX: GABE KAPLER HAS DONE SO WELL, NINE OUT OF THE FIRST WILDFIRES DID NOT PLAY IN THE MAJORLY — FIRST HIRES DID NOT PLAY IN THE MAJORLY. 87 IN CHASE RATE AND NOW THEY ARE IN THE TOP TWO OR THREE TEAMS SO GIVE THEM A LOT OF CREDIT. THEY USED DATA AND ANALYTICS BUT THEY ARE ALSO PLAYING THE GAME AND TODAY, HE ADMITTED TO US THAT I HAVE GROWN AS A MANAGER.
I'M WATCHING THE GAME LITTLE BIT MORE AND USING MY GOT. — GUT. MATT: TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR TEAM PHOTO THIS YEAR. THERE'S ALMOST AS MANY COACHES AS THERE ARE PLAYERS ON THE GIANTS THIS YEAR. THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE STAFF HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 1998, THEIR CURRENT THIRD BASE COACH. HE MANAGED IN SAN JOSE, PLACES LIKE SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, PHOENIX BACK IN THE DAY BEFORE IT BECAME A MAJOR LEAGUE MARKET. HE HAS THE GIANTS IN HIS BLOOD, THE LAST REMAINING LINK ON THE COACHING STAFF, THAT IS. TO THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS. ALEX: THAT CAN BE VERY DEBATABLE. THREE PITCHING COACHES, THREE HITTING COACHES, IS THAT A GOOD THING OR BAD THING? THE GIANTS ARE PROVING THAT FOR THEM, IT WORKS. >> OUT. MATT: TWO BALLS AND NO STRIKES.
THE COUNT TO MIKE YASTRZEMSKI. FANS HERE, IT'S FUNNY, WITH EVERY KIND OF EDITORIAL CHANGE, THERE'S THEM HANDWRINGING. FOR FANS IN EVERY MARKET, WHEN YOU HAVE CONSISTENCY IN THE MANAGERIAL OFFICE, IT IS COMFORTING. IT IS A HERCULEAN TASK TO REPLACE BRUCE BOCHY. HE WON THREE WORLD SERIES TITLES AND WAS HERE FOR A DECADE. HE MADE A LOT OF FANS HERE IN 1.5 YEARS AND WHY WOULDN'T HE? THE SUCCESS HE'S HAVING IN 2021. IT IS KIND OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR MANAGER. MATT:MATT: DAVE ROBERTS COMING OUT TO MAKE A PITCHING CHANGE. , HANGING OUT IN A KAYAK. LIFE IS GOOD. SO GOOD. PROBABLY HAS A LITTLE MUSIC IN THERE. ALEX: NO WORRIES IN THE WORLD.
MATT: WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG? SHANE GREENE IS A NEW DODGER PITCHER. TWO OUT, TWO ON IN THE SEVENTH. HE PITCHED ON FRIDAY IN THE OPENER. IT TOOK HIM 22 PITCHES TO GET .6 INNINGS OF WORK IN BUT HE DID PITCH SCORELESS RELIEF IN THE OPENER. TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOOR ON A MICRO RALLY AGAINST CURT CASALI. ALEX: CUTTER, SLIDER, CHANGE. >> OUT. MATT: THE GIANTS CATCHER HAS HAD A BIG DAY AND ANY TIME THE GIANTS CAN WIN AND GET PRODUCTIVITY OUT OF THE CATCHER'S SPOT WHILE BUSTER POSEY ENJOYS A RARE DAY OFF, IT'S A BIG DEAL AROUND HERE.
CASALI HAS BEEN VERY GOOD. 2-3 WITH AN R.B.I.. 2-0. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BRUCE BOCHY EARLIER IN THE BIG SHOES HE LEFT BEHIND FOR GABE KAPLER TO FILL. BUSTER, YOU HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE FUTURE HALL OF FAMER SKIPPER RECENTLY. >> HE IS NOT RULING OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE COULD RETURN AS MANAGER AND THERE'S A LOT OF SPECULATION IN THE INDUSTRY THAT BRUCE BOCHY WILL BE MANAGING SOME TEAM IN 2022. THE REASON FOR THAT IS AROUND BASEBALL, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME FIRST-TIME MANAGERS WHO STRUGGLED. THAT IS THE PERCEPTION. BRUCE BOCHY, A LOT OF SUCCESS. 66 YEARS OLD. HE WOULD HAVE TO PUT OFF THAT INDUCTION SPEECH HE WILL HAVE TO MAKE AT COOPERSTOWN SOMEDAY.
ALEX: I THINK HE WOULD GLADLY DO THAT. THREE BALLS AND NO STRIKES. THE COUNT TO CASALI. HE IS A TREMENDOUS ASSET FOR ANY ORGANIZATION. THE WORK THAT HE DID HEAR IN THE PADRES. THERE IS A FORMULA EARNING SOME OF THE VETERAN MANAGERS BACK. THAT MIGHT BE A FORMULA THAT COULD COME BACK. MATT: FULL COUNT TO CASALI. ALEX: THERE ARE SOME TEAMS IN WIN NOW MODE AND BRINGING IN A MANAGER WOULD BE REALLY ATTRACTIVE. MATT: OCTOBER IS ALL ABOUT HANDLING THE BIG PRESSURE, THE BULLPEN, SLOWING DOWN THE HEARTBEAT.
BOCHY, SHOWALTER, A LOT OF GUYS WHO WOULD VERY HELPFUL. FULL COUNT PITCH AND CASALI HITS IT IN THE AIR, THAT ONE SLICING OUT OF PLAY. BUCK SHOWALTER FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IS HAPPY BEING HOME BECAUSE HE CAN WATCH MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL. ONCE SPRING TRAINING STARTS, I'M PRETTY SURE HE PINES TO GET BACK OUT THERE AS BRUCE BOCHY MIGHT. OF THE TEAMS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN BRINGING SOMEONE LIKE THAT AROUND, THE GIANTS WOULD NOT BE ONE OF THEM BECAUSE GABE HAS DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB AND WILL BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME. >> INDEED. MATT: FULL COUNT, THREE BALLS AND TWO STRIKES TO CASALI. THE GIANTS LOOKING FOR SOME ADD-ON SUCCESS IN THE MATT: WELCOME BACK TO SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL ON ESPN, TELECAST PRESENTED BY TACO BELL. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR GAME TRACK, BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEICO.
BRANDON BELT STARTED THE PARTY ON THE HOME SIDE WITH A HOME RUN IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF INNING NUMBER ONE, PART OF A SIX RUN GIANTS ATTACK, UPRISING AGAINST WALKER BUEHLER. HE ALLOWED A SEASON WORST SIX RUNS TODAY. A SHORT ONE. TYLER ROGERS IS THE EIGHTH GIANT TO PITCH IN THIS GAME. EIGHT PITCHERS IN THE BOX SCORE SIDE AND THAT'S NOT THE SIDE THAT HAS THE EIGHTH-INNING LEAD BUT THAT IS THE CASE HERE TONIGHT. IT SAYS SO RIGHT THERE ON HIS SHIRT. ALEX: VERY EXCITED. MATT: A BOUNCING BALL THAT WILL RETIRE COREY SEAGER. NOTHING MAKES GIANTS FANS HAPPIER THAN EATING THE DODGERS — BEATING THE DODGERS. JOE MORGAN WINS IT FOR SAN FRANCISCO. THE GIANTS TOOK THE LEAD AND WENT ON TO WIN THE SEASON MAHLE 5-3, AND KNOCKED THE DODGERS OUT OF ANY POSTSEASON HOPES. IF IT DOES NOT MEAN THE GIANTS PLAY IN THE POSTSEASON, THE NEXT BEST THING IS TO RUIN IT FOR LOS ANGELES.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS MORE REWARDING, SENDING YOUR RIVAL HOME LIKE MORGAN DID OR ACTUALLY, YOU ADVANCE IN. MATT: JOE MORGAN, ONE OF MANY HALL OF FAMERS WHO WE LOST SUDDENLY. GREAT PLAY BY KRIS BRYANT. WHAT A TERRIFIC PLAY BY KRIS BRYANT, LUNGING TO HIS LEFT. TAKING HIS TIME ACROSS THE BELT. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS GUY, HOW UNDERRATED HE IS FOR ALL THE THINGS CAN DO. MAYBE THE MOST UNIQUE PLAYER IN THE GAME IF YOU TAKE AWAY OHTANI BUT A GUY WHO CAN PLAY THIS POSITION, AND HE TRULY IS LIKE A QUEEN ON THE CHESSBOARD FOR GABE KAPLER. VERY MUCH SET OUT IN THE FREE AGENT MARKET. MATT: TWO GONE AND IT'S CHRIS TAYLOR'S TURN TO KEEP THINGS ALIVE HERE FOR THE DODGERS. >> A LOT OF TIMES, THE GIANTS TARGET AND OF CREDIT FOR ALL THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE.
EVEN A GUY LIKE KRIS BRYANT. THEY HAVE THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER WITH POSEY, CRAWFORD, AND BELT, BUT IT COULD BE THE FOUR HORSEMEN. QUIET AND JUST GOES OUT AND DOES HIS JOB. MATT: GIANT PITCHING HAS RETIRE THE LAST NINE DODGERS THAT HAS COME TO THE PLATE WITH SOME HELP FROM KRIS BRYANT AND COMPANY. TYLER ROGERS, BY THE WAY, APPEARING FOR THE 67TH TIME THIS YEAR. HIS NUMBER HAS BEEN CALLED OFTEN. ONLY ANOTHER PLAYER HAS MADE MORE APPEARANCES IN THE GAME THIS SEASON.
I LOVE THE NOTE ON THAT POINT. ONE FOOT OFF THE GROUND COMING AT YOU FROM UNDERNEATH. A FLY BALL FROM MIKE YASTRZEMSKI WILL RETIRE THE SIDE IN ORDER. ONTO THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH. GIANTS IN THEIR SEASON FINALE WITH L.A. TONIGHT. >> THIS COPYRIGHTED TELECAST IS PRESENTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL. MATT: THE LEFT-HANDER, ANDREW VASQUEZ, IS QUITE A STORY. HE WILL APPEAR FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON, TONIGHT. A GUY WHO WAS A FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN AT UCSB, THEN DECIDED TO QUIT BASEBALL AFTER HIS JUNIOR YEAR. WENT TO SMALL DIVISION III WESTMONT COLLEGE, ALSO IN SANTA BARBARA. GOT OFF TO A GREAT START WITH THE TWINS. COULD NOT GET OFF TO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AFTER A COUPLE OF BAD OUTINGS. HE THOUGHT HE WAS FINISHED, WAS GOING TO BE A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER.
THIS YEAR, IN THE INDEPENDENT LEAGUE, THE DODGERS TRADED FOR HIM, NOW HE IS BACK TO HIS DREAM, PITCHING IN THE BIG LEAGUES. TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF A GUY TRYING TO EARN HIS LIVING AS A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER. ALEX: LOVE THOSE STORIES. THIS IS WHY IT IS THE GREATEST GAME IN THE WORLD. THOSE OUT THERE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES FOR ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY, DON'T GIVE UP, KEEP PLAYING BASEBALL. MATT: STRIKES OUT STEVEN DUGGAR ON THREE PITCHES. ONE GONE FOR THE PINCH HITTER. IT WILL BE MAURICIO DUBON. CALLED UP FROM AAA YESTERDAY WHEN ALEX DICKERSON LANDED ON THE INJURED LIST. ALEX: YOU MENTIONED THAT HE ATTENDED YOU SEE — HE ATTENDED UC SANTA BARBARA, THE HOME OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE TEAMMATES OF ALL TIME, MR. MICHAEL YOUNG. MATT: OK. I KNEW THAT RUN A BELL. I WAS WONDERING WHICH ONE OF YOUR TEAMMATES YOU WERE GOING TO SAY WENT TO UCSB. ALEX: MICHAEL YOUNG. A GREAT PLAYER, GREAT LEADER. MATT: 1-1 TO DUBON. ALEX: MICHAEL YOUNG DOING SOME WORK IN THE FRONT OFFICE WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS. MATT: THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE THERE FOR SURE.
BUT THE RANGERS, ONE OF THE TEAMS THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM A FAIRLY CLEAN PAYROLL HEADING INTO NEXT SEASON. BY THE WAY, SO WILL THE GIANTS. LOOK AT THEIR OUTSTANDING PAYROLL COMMITMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR AND BEYOND. THERE IS NOT A LOT OF RED INK. IT IS PRETTY AMAZING, THE PAYROLL FLEXIBILITY THE GIANTS ARE GOING TO HAVE. THEY SPENT SOME MONEY KEEPING BRANDON CRAWFORD IN THE FOLD. SOME OF THE MONEY COMES OFF THE BOOKS NEXT YEAR AND THEY WILL BE VERY ACTIVE IN THE FREE AGENT MARKET. BACK TO BACK STRIKEOUTS FOR VASQUEZ IN THE EIGHTH. TOMORROW, SCOTT SATTERFIELD LEADS LOUISVILLE AGAINST OLE MISS IN OUR PRIME TIME COLLEGE FOOTBALL LABOR DAY MATCHUP, THE ONLY ON THE SCHEDULE. RECE DAVIS AND KIRK HERBSTREIT ON THE CALL FROM MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM. 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC ON ESPN AND THE ESPN APP. WHY NOT COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON MONDAY NIGHT? ALEX: WAS THERE A LITTLE HEATH JACKSON IN? THE THING ABOUT THE GIANTS, I WANT TO PUT A BUTTON ON YOUR POINT, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A GOOD ONE. THE GIANTS COULD HAVE VERY EASILY ON WHY DID THIS CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. THEY KEPT THE BIG THREE AND REINVESTED WITH YOUNGER PLAYERS, COMPLEMENTARY PLAYERS, AND THEY DID NOT REBUILD, THEY JUST RETOOLED.
NOW, THE ULTIMATE POSITION WHERE THEY CAN WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP AND YET HAVE RESOURCES TO BUILD FOR NEXT YEAR. WELL DONE BY GIANTS MANAGEMENT. MATT: THIS IS VERY SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS. 1-2 TO ESTRADA. BACK TO VASQUEZ. IMPRESSIVE 1, 2, 3 INNING. : AFTER THE GAME TONIGHT, SPORTSCENTER, THEY WILL BE JOINED BY THE STAR OF TONIGHT'S GAME, PLUS THE DEFINING MOMENTS OF THE SEASON SERIES AND HOW THE SCORING CRAZE BEGAN. SPORTSCENTER NEXT ON ESPN AND THE ESPN APP. SOME CHANGES HERE AS WE START THE TOP HALF OF THE NINTH. JAKE MCGEE TAKES OVER ON THE MOUND. A COUPLE OF PINCH HITTERS FACING JAKE MCGEE. ANDREW BARNES AND ALBERT PUJOLS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO ENTER THE BOX SCORE. FROM SCORIGAMI FROM SCRABBLE WITH NAMES, SO MANY PLAYERS HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE GAME TODAY. MY GOODNESS. THE GIANTS HAVE USED 21 PLAYERS TONIGHT. THE ONLY GUYS THEY HAVE NOT USED, BUSTER POSEY, WHO HAD A SCHEDULED DAY OFF. WEBB AND DESCLAFANI ARE STARTERS. THEN THERE WERE ONLY THREE RELIEVERS WHO HAVE NOT GOTTEN INTO THE GAME. ALEX: IF YOU ARE ONE OF 26, YOU ARE USED TO IT BECAUSE GABE KAPLER HAS A QUICK TRIGGER.
WE SAW A LITTLE BIT OF THAT TONIGHT. MATT: THE COUNT IS 1-2 TO AUSTIN BARNES, BATTING IN THE NUMBER EIGHT SPOT, LEADING THINGS OFF IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH. BROKEN BAT — THE THROW IS OFF TARGET AND BARNES BEATS IT OUT. THAT HOP WAS BRUTAL. ALEX: A TERRIFIC PLAY ON THE FRONT END WITH A NASTY HOP. ON THE BACK END, JUST DROPS HIS ARM A LITTLE BIT. YOU SEE HIM DROP HIS HAND JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE. THAT ALL JUST CUTS AWAY. MATT: ERROR HUNG ON KRIS BRYANT. PROBABLY THE RIGHT CALL. JUST HIS THIRD ERROR WHILE PLAYING THIRD BASE THIS YEAR. NOW IT IS ALBERT PUJOLS TO PINCH-HIT. THE MAJORITY OF ALBERT'S APPEARANCES AS A DODGER HAVE COME AGAINST LEFT-HANDED PITCHING. HE, OF COURSE, RETURNING TO ST. LOUIS FOR A SERIES THAT BEGINS TOMORROW. DAVE ROBERTS HAS SAID HE WILL START TUESDAY AND THURSDAY IN HIS OLD STOMPING GROUNDS.
THAT IS HIT WELL TO LEFT CENTER FIELD. ALBERT HAS GONE DEEP. A TWO-RUN PINCH-HIT HOME RUN. AND, IT IS A TWO-RUN BALLGAME. ALEX: YOU MENTIONED, PUJOLS AT MOSTLY AGAINST LEFT-HANDERS. THIS IS A GOOD MATCHUP. MCGEE, PREDOMINANTLY A FASTBALL PITCHER. PAUL'S LOOKING — ALBERT PUJOLS LOOKING IN, STEPS IN, HOME RUN. MATT: ALBERT PUJOLS HAS HIT TWO PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS THIS YEAR. HE ENTERED THE SEASON, 20 YEARS IN THE GRANDE LIGAS, WITH TWO PINCH-HIT HOMERS. IF ONLY BECAUSE ALBERT STARTS EVERY DAY UNTIL THIS SEASON.
IT HAS REALLY LIVENED UP THE CROWD. TWO-RUN GAME. CAREER HOME RUN NUMBER 678. ALEX: TWO THINGS YOU CANNOT DO VERSUS THE DODGERS. ONE IS PASSIVE, TWO IS EXTRA OUT. MATT: TREA TURNER POPS IT UP. ONE AWAY IN THE NINTH. ALEX: PUJOLS, WE HAVE SEEN THAT OVER AND OVER OVER HIS CAREER. 678 TIMES. THAT BEAUTIFUL RIGHT-HANDED SWING, DEEP INTO THE NIGHT. MATT: SECOND TIME HE HAS HOMERED AGAINST JAKE MCGEE THIS SEASON. ALEX: IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND OF NOW, IT IS AN IDEAL TIME TO HIT, NO MORE SON, WHICH MEANS YOU ARE SEEING THE BALL CRYSTAL CLEAR. SOME MONTHS HE A SHOT HERE.
— SO MAX MUNCY HAS A SHOT HERE. MATT: THE BALLPARK IS BOUNCING. MAX MUNCY WOULD LOVE HIS FIRST HIT OF THE SERIES TO COME HERE ON WHAT MIGHT BE HIS LAST CHANCE. HE IS 0-11 FOR THE WEEKEND. A GUY WHO HAS BEEN A GIANT TORMENTOR FOR YEARS. ALEX: IF YOU ARE A DODGERS FAN, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE WISH, THAT MR. DODGER HAS A CHANCE TO HIT, THEIR CLUTCH HITTER. HE IS IN THE HOLE. UH OH. MATT: INTO THE VACATED HOLE. A BASE HIT FOR MAX MUNCY, HIS FIRST OF THE SERIES. THAT WILL BRING THE TYING RUN TO THE PLATE WITH ONE OUT IN THE NINTH. ALEX: LEFT ON LEFT, MCGEE THROWING MID 90'S. HARD TO PULL THIS BALL.
MUNCY DOES EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO. HIT IT AWAY. MATT: AT THE START OF THIS INNING, SAN FRANCISCO HAD RETIRED 10 STRAIGHT DODGERS. THE LEADOFF ERROR, THE HOMER, NOW A SINGLE. MOOKIE BETTS IS THE TYING RUN AT THE PLATE. FORMER CARDINAL JOHN BREBBIA UP IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BULLPEN. IF HE GETS INTO THE GAME, HE WOULD BE THE 10TH GIANTS PITCHER USED TONIGHT. FRIDAY NIGHT, THE DODGERS TIED A FRANCHISE RECORD BY USING 11 PITCHERS. 2-0. ALEX: MOOKIE, 0-4 CAREER AGAINST MCGEE. GOOD COUNT HERE, AND A DANGEROUS COUNT. IF YOU ARE MOOKIE, YOU ARE THINKING, JUST GET THE HEAD OUT. MATT: 2-1. JAKE MCGEE HAS NOT ROLLED A DOUBLE PLAY BALL THIS YEAR. 2-2. THE DODGERS FINALLY MAKING SOME NOISE IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH INNING. THE PUJOLS PINCH-HIT HOMER, THEIR FIRST AND ONLY EXTRA-BASE HIT OF THE NIGHT.
MUNCY SINGLED WITH ONE OUT. MCGEE'S 2-2. JAKE MCGEE WORKED ON FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE EXTRA INNINGS OPENER. THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY RELIEVERS, AND THIS IS TRUE OF BOTH SIDES, THAT HAVE HAD THE LUXURY OF ACTIVE BACK DAYS REST. AND, AGAIN, BOTH TEAMS IN ACTION IN AFTERNOON GAMES ON THE ROAD TOMORROW. NOTHING BUT FOUR-SEAMERS THIS WHOLE INNING. NOT JUST TO THIS PLATE APPEARANCE, IN THE INNING.
>> WHAT HAPPENS DURING A LONG AT-BAT LIKE THIS IN THE MIND OF THE HITTER, SEEING NOTHING BUT FASTBALLS. ALEX: YOU'RE GETTING MORE TIMING, GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE. YOUR EYES ARE GETTING USED TO IT. IF YOU ARE MCGEE, DON'T GET TO 3-2 BECAUSE THE GUY ON DECK, JUSTIN, 5-11 WITH TWO DOUBLES AGAINST MCGEE. MATT: HE GETS BETTS LOOKING. ALEX: MAGGIE AND — MCGEE AND THE GIANTS GET A BREAK BECAUSE THAT IS IN OFF THE PLATE. THAT IS TOO BAD. THAT IS THE KIND OF TIME, GET ME EARLY, DON'T TAKE THE BAT AWAY FROM ME.
MATT: JUSTIN TURNER, LAST CHANCE FOR THE DODGERS TONIGHT. AFTER A QUICK CONVERSATION WITH THE PITCHING COACH, MCGEE WILL CONTINUE. ALEX: WITH TWO OUTS HERE, YOU CHANGE THE DEFENSE A LITTLE BIT. MAKE SURE BRYANT HAS THE LINE AT THIRD BASE. YOU WANT TO KEEP JUSTIN TURNER AT FIRST BASE. KEEP JUSTIN TURNER IN THE BALLPARK, AND NO DOUBLES. MATT: TURNER HAS A SINGLE AND A WALK ON HIS LINE TONIGHT. HE HAS HAD SUCCESS AGAINST MCGEE . 5-11 TWO DOUBLES. A FLARE, FOUL. LOS ANGELES IS DOWN TO THEIR FINAL STRIKE TONIGHT. SOLD-OUT CROWD ON ITS FEET IN SAN FRANCISCO. THE TWO BEST RECORDS IN BASEBALL. THE WINNER TONIGHT IS WHO IS FIRST PLACE BY THEMSELVES IN THE NL WEST. THE SEASON SERIES BETWEEN THESE TEAMS WOULD BE A WRAP AS OF TONIGHT. OTHER CLUBS WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY IN TERMS OF A DIVISION TITLE. A BALL AND TWO STRIKES TO JUSTIN TURNER. IN THE AIR, SLICING IN RIGHT. YASTRZEMSKI HOPING FOR A PLAY, AND HE HAS GOT IT! THAT FIRST-PLACE TEAM WILL BE THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS.
THE PUJOLS PINCH-HIT HOMER MADE IT INTERESTING. THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS FLY BALL. TO SEE IF IT HIT THE NETTING FIRST. THE CALL ON THE FIELD WAS OUT. WHEN YOU SAW THE NET RIPPLE A LITTLE BIT, YOUR INSTINCT WAS MAY THE BALL HIT IT BUT I THINK THAT WAS MAYBE YASTRZEMSKI'S GLOVE. ALEX: LOOKED LIKE LEATHER FIRST. THAT LOOKED LIKE A CLEANOUT TO ME. WHY NOT CHECK? NOTHING TO LOSE. MATT: AS CLOSELY PLAYED AS THIS SERIES HAS BEEN, FRIDAY, THE GAME-WINNING PLAY WAS REVIEWED. ALEX: IF THE GIANTS WIN THIS, THEY WILL TAKE THE LEAD 10-9, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE OUTSCORED. MATT: THE FINAL OUT INTO OF THEIR LAST THREE — TWO OF THE THREE WINS THIS YEAR WILL HAVE BEEN REVIEWED. ALEX: SOMETHING TELLS ME THEY WILL SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN IN MID-OCTOBER. MATT: THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN EACH OTHER IN THE SEASON. IT IS OFFICIAL. THE GIANTS ARE 6-4 WINNERS TONIGHT. THEY CLAIM THE SEASON SERIES AND RECLAIM FIRST PLACE IN THE NL WEST WITH THE BEST RECORD IN BASEBALL. 25 GAMES LEFT AND WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE IT WON'T BE A FANTASTIC FINISH IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO.
ALEX: GREAT CONCENTRATION, BELIEF. GAME..
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