>> Brian: JUSTIN VERLANDER JUST ABOUT READY TO GO AS WE GET SET. THEN CAL RALEIGH, MITCH HANIGER, CARLOS SENATE, ADAM FRAZIER, JARED KELENIC AND J.P. CRAWFORD THE STARTING LINE. THAT'S THE LINEUP AINST O I SO M. WE SHOWED YOU THE TOP TO BOTTOM. HE'S HEAVY FASTBALL AND HE'LL THROW THE SLIDER OFF IT AND HE MIXED IN THE CHANGE-UP A LITTLE MORE. WHEN YOU GET TWO STRIKES AGAINST VERLANDER, .131 ARVERAGE FOR THE T THERE MARVIN HUDSON.
FRENCHY, SET US UP DEFENSIVELY FOR THE ASTROS. >> Jeff: MTINDO BREGMAN, PENA, ALTUVE AROUND THE INFIELD. RODRIGUEZ JUMPS ON THE FIRST PITCH. AWAY WE GO FOR GAME ONE OF THIS DIVISION SERIES. JULIO RODRIGUEZ LIKELY THERO >> Jeff: PRETTY GOOD PITCH RIGHT THERE. >> Brian: VERLANDER COMING OFF A GEM HIS LAST START OF THE REGULAR SEASON. WE WERE HERE FOR THAT WITH RON DARLING. WE SAW THE FINAL TUESDAY. FELT LIKE HE FRANCHISE RECORD. WE'LL SEE HOW VERLANDER GOES HERE AT GAME ONE OF THIS POST-SEASON. HE FALLS BEHIND RODRIGUEZ. THREE BALLS AND A STRIKE. >> Jeff: YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER TUNE-UP THAN WHAT WE SAW LAST TUESDAY. ASTBALL SWINGING AND MISSING AND THE SLIDER IS HIS PUT-AWAY PITCH. >> Brian: A HITTER THAT HUNTS THE FASTBALL. VERLANDER MISSES. IT'S AN OPENING WALK. THE SPEEDY RODRIGUEZ WHO STOLE 25 BAGS THIS YEAR, HE ISAR A 25 SEASON. WE'LL SEE HOW AGGRESSIVE HE WANTS TO BE WITH VERLANDER ON THE MOUND. MALDONADO A GREAT THROWER BEHIND THE PLATE.
VERLANDER WORKS QUICK. DEALS TO TY FRANCE. >> Jeff: I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, ENTIT MT A STARTERS, ESPECIALLY LEGENDS LIKE JUSTIN VERLANDER WHO IS CERTAINLY HEADED TO THE HALL OF FAME. HE'S MISSED THE LAST TWO YEARS, VERLANDER, HAS COME BACK REIRED INNING OF THEIR THAT FIRST POST-SEASON GAME IN 21 YEARS IN TORONTO THEY JUMPED EARLY. SCOTT SERVAIS BELIEVES IN HIS TEAM. HE KNOWS THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE MAGIC GOING RIGHT NOW. THEY'VE G AN MARINERS' HANDS. >> Jeff: THAT'S WHY IN TORONTO THEY PUT RUNS UP EARLY AND CASTILLO WENT TO WORK ON THEM. THAT'S THE PLAN THEY HAVE TODAY. >> Brian: FRANCE FOULS IT AWAY. LATE ON IT. TWO BALLS, TWO STRIKES THE COUNT. IN 20 AT-BATS, INCLUDING A HOME RUN AGAINST VERLANDER. RUNNER AT FIRST. THE TWO-STRIKE PITCH THAT IS THROUGH FOR A BASE HIT. FRANCE TO RIGHT CENTER. RODRIGUEZ WILL TURN AND BURN TO THIRD. THE THROW LIUP. TAKES THE FASTBALL IN. LOOKS HOW HE PULLS THOSE HANDS IN BEAUTIFULLY AND SHOOTS IT THROUGH THE RIGHT SIDE. WATCH RODRIGUEZ HERE.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT SPEED. LOOK AT THAT, B.A. HE'S GONE. RLANR MISSES HIGH. NO SWING. ABLE TO CHECK IT. SUAREZ HAS BEEN AN RBI MACHINE THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. DROVE IN A PAIR IN TORONTO OVER 6 STKE OS THIS YEAR. VERLANDER KNOWING THIS IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO TRY TO GET ONE. >> Brian: ALWAYS BEEN HIS BREAD AND BUTTER THAT BIG CURVE BALL. STARTED TO THROW A LOT MORE SLIDERS HIS LAST TWO COMPETITIVE SEASONS. THAT ONE MSES SUAREZ HAD HIS KNEES BUCKLE A LITTLE BIT. THAT TIME THE SLIDER FROM VERLANDER. IT'S 2-2. VEANDE DEALS IT AND THAT ONE IS IN THERE. AN ABOUT FACE. NOW THEY'RE UP AND LOUD. VERLANDER WITH THE SLIDER. FIRST OUT OF THE GAME IS A BACKWARDS K.
>> Jeff: THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT SO HARD. POTIONASMARS THREATENING EARLY. STILL FIRST AND THIRD. NOW ONE AWAY. HERE IS CAL RALEIGH. HE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE STARS OF THE MARINERS. HAD SOME ICONIC MOMENTS ALREADY. FLY BALL, YOU HAVE TO PUSH ACROSS THE RUN. >> Brian: RALEIGH WITH THE ICONIC HOME RUN THAT PUNCHED THE MARINERS TICKET TO THE POST-SEASON. 27 HOME RUNS THIS YEAR FORTH ON. VERLANDER AND THE 1-1 AND A LINE SHOT BASE HIT TO RIGHT. IN TO SCORE IS RODRIGUEZ.
ON HIS WAY TO THIRD GOES FRANCE AND THE MARINERS STRIKE FIRST HERE IN GAME ONE. IT'S CAL RALEIGH ONCE AGN. SING IT, JUST LINES IT RIGHT INTO THE RIGHT FIELD. WITH TUCKER HAVING TO GO A GOOD BIT TO THE RIGHT, FRANCE WAS ABLE TO HUSTLE AND GET TO THIRD BASE. >> Brian: BIG RUN ON THE BOARD FOR THE MARINERS RIGHT AWAY. CLUB.ONE OUT. HANIGER SO THRILLED NOT ONLY TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM, BUT BE HEALTHY. HE'S GOING INTO HIS FREE AGENT YEAR. HANIGER OVERALL SEASON NUMBERS, NOT GREAT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T PLAY MUCH. COULD BE AN IMPACT PLAYER. SENDS THAT DOWN THE LINE FOUL.I. I WOULD LOOK POSSIBLY FOR VERLANDER TO MAYBE GO MORE OFF SPEED RIGHT HERE. HE'S A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE EARLY WITH IT. BIG MOMENT TO. >> Brian: ALREADY 20 PITCHES INTO THE FIRST. VERLANDER DELIVERS. HANIGER THE LAZY FLY BALL TO RIGHT. TUCK HHROW FASTBALLS EARLY.
WHEN YOU HAVE FIRST AND THIRD AND ONE OUT, YOU HAVE TO EMPTY THE BALL TO GET OUT OF THE INNING. >> Brian: TWO MEN ARE OUT. VERLANDER WILFACEARSTEASO HE'S GOT NINE HOME RUNS AGAINST JUSTIN VERLANDER IN HIS CAREER. >> Jeff: CARLOS DOESN'T NECESSARILY HIT FOR THE AVERAGE THAT HE USED TO WHEN HE WAS IN CLEVELAND, BUT ONE THING HE'S ALWAYS HAD, IAN,S SERIES, WE'R ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT SANTANA IS ABLE TO DO. HE INJURED HIS HAMSTRING ON SATURDAY IN GAME TWO OF THAT WILD CARD SERIES. HE SAID IT'S VERY TIGHT STILL, BUT MORE IN THE CRAMP CATEGORY HATRMARSETNE ON BAKER.ED ALTUVE, PENA, ALVAREZ, BREGMAN, TUCKER, GURRIEL, MANCINI THE DH, McCORMICK AND MALDONADO ROUNDING OUT THE STARTING NINE FOR DUSTY BAKER.
LOGAIL >> Jeff: THEY HAD HIM LINED UP FOR A GAME THREE START IN TORONTO. THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM THROWING HIM IN BIG SITUATIONS. 8-1 ON THE ROAD THIS YEAR. HE'S HAD>>f: CAL RALEIGH BEHIND DISH. ADAM FRAZIER AT SECOND, FRANCE AT FIRST, SUAREZ AT TAKEVER THA CARLOS. WHAT A YEAR HE'S HAD. ONLY JULIO RODRIGUEZ WITH MORE HOME RUNS AMONG ROOKIES. PENA, BIG POWER HITTER. IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING WHEN YOU GET INTOIV H THE CURVE AND WIPES HIM OUT.
>> Jeff: IT'S SOMETHING GILBERT HAS DONE MORE THIS YEAR, STARTING TO DOUBLE THE CURVE BALL, THE AMOUNT HE THROWS IT. THAT HAD SOME SERIOUS BREAK THROUGH IT. A GUY LIKE PENA LOVES THAT NIOMING IN.OTOU LONG RUN. CRAWFORD — SUAREZ WILL MAKE THE CALL AND THE CATCH. A SIX-PITCH INNING FORLIS,CH BY PITCH, FULL COVERAGE ALL FREE IN THE APP. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE MLB APP TODAY. 1-0 MARINERS. WE GO TO THE SECOND NOW. IT IS GOING TO BE ADAM FRAZIER WHO STARTS IT OFF. TAKES A STRIKE FMDOLE, BUT THIS WAS RIGHT THERE. IT WAS A FAMOUS DOUBLE AFTER THE BRILLIANT CANOMEBACK, ONE OF TH GREATEST COMEBACKS IN MLB HISTORY. IT WAS FRAZIER WHO DROVE IN CAL RALEIGH AND PUT THE MARINERS IN THE LEAD. NOW FRAZIER GS TO IS I HIS FIRST TWO CAREER POST-SEASON GAMES. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT NERVES. HE DIDN'T SHOW IT. SCOTT SERVAIS WAS TALKING TO US YESTERDAY, B.A., ABOUT VERSUS THE LEFTY, I MIGHT PLAY THIS GUY. HE'S IN A GOOD SPOT RIGHT LISA.
JARED FINDS A HOLE, A BASE HIT. BACK-TO-BACK SINGLES TO START THE SECOND INNING. TCWFDP SHOWING BUNT. SCOTT SERVAIS TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF PLAYERS WHO HAD DOWN YEARS OR STRUGGLES THROUGH THE YEAR, BUT HAVE COME UP BIG. NOT A BIG OFFENSIVE WEAPON DURING THE REGULAR SEASON, ESPECIALLY IN THE SECOND HALF. IT WAS HIS FLARE TO CENTER FIELD IN TORONTO THAT PRODUCED THE REEUNT SS TS SEASON HAS JUSTIN VERLANDER ALLOWED A FIRST INNING RUN. LOOKED LIKE HE WAS CALMING DOWN. NOW HE'S OUT HERE AGAIN AND PUT TWO SINGLES ON THE BOARD. >> Brian: PITCH COUNT IS HIGH ALREADY. 30 PITCHES. NOBODY OUT IN THE SECOND. CRAWFORD SWINGS IN THEAI PCT O FLIES OUT. SECOND AND THIRD NOW. >> Jeff: GREAT JOB BY KELENIC. McCORMICK PRETTY GOOD DEFENSIVELY OUT THERE. NOT THE BEST OF ARMS. HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT. SEUP NOW FOR JULIO RODRIGUEZ. ASTROS BRING THEIR INFIELD IN.
RODRIGUEZ IS A SWING AND A MISS. WENT AFTER THAT Y. RLANDER BACK IN THE WIND UP. SECOND AND THIRD. THE 0-1. DID HE GO? DID NOT. CHECKS HIS SWING. IT WAS CLOSE. FIRST BASE UMPIRE SAYS NO.SWND . ANOTHER FASTBALL RIGHT BY HIM. >> Jeff: THAT'S JUST RARING BACK AT 98 RIGHT BY YOU. I'M GOING TO BEAT YOU TO THE OT. INTO THE GAP IT GOES. THIS IS GOING TO BRING IN TWO RUNS. RODRIGUEZ STYLING HIS WAY INTO SECOND BASE. IT'S A TWO RBI DOUBLE AND THE MARINERS LEAD 3-0 IN THE SECOND INNING. FALND GAPS IT TO RIGHT C WITH A HUGE HIT. >> Brian: DRIVES ONE THROUGH THE GAP. RODRIGUEZ, WHO WALKED AND SCORED IN THE FIRST INNING, ROLLS INTO SECOND BASE WITH A 3-0 SEATTLE. STILL ONE OUT.
RODRIGUEZ AT SECOND AND TY FRANCE AT THE PLATE. SWING AND A MISS. >> Jeff: I WAS SURPRISED HE DIDN'T GO TO THAT PITCH AGAINST RODRIGUEZ ONCE HE BLEW THE TWO FASTBALLS B 2YEAR OF AGE, WE'LL UNPACK ALL THAT IS JULIO RODRIGUEZ, BUT EVERYTHING HE DOES IS MAJOR WOW FACTOR. MAKING ADJUSTMENTS IN A PLAYOFF GAME AND STILL ABLE TO DRIVE THE BALL INTO RIGHT CENTER FIELD. IT'S ONE THING T H TAL RINE. RODRIGUEZ READY TO RUN AT SECOND BASE. IT'S FRANCE. TAKES ONE OFF THE PLATE. NOT CLOSE. MALDONADO GETS A REACTION FROM THE CROWD. TT W THAT TIME AND FOULS IT AWAY. >> Jeff: YOU CAN TELL TY FRANCE IS TAKING THE SAME APPROACH.
HE LET THAT BALL GET DEEP. HE'S GOT 51 OPPOSITE HITS THIS YEAR, THE FIFTH MOST IN THE A.L. EB Brian: THAT'S HIS GAME OPERATIONS. TON OF TRADES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. FOUND A RHYTHM WITH THEIR PLAYERS AND A GOOD MIX OF PLAYERS NOW. 1-2 THE COUNT. VERLANDER TEAR — GETS A LOT OF GROUND BALLS. THE SEVENTH IN THE A.L. A LOT OF BALLS IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW. >> Brian: ANOTHER 1-2. BACK UP THE MIDDLE AND A BASE HIT. RODRIGUEZ AROUND THIRD AND HE'LL SCORE EASILY. IT'S R >> Jeff: TAKE A LOOK HERE.
THERE'S THAT CURVE BALL. YOU CAN SEE JUST KIND OF STAYS UP. FRANCE WITH THE RIGHT APPROACH GOING RIGHT BACK UP THE MIDDLE THE OTHER WAY. LINESHISOO SIKE OUT VICTIM IN THE FIRST INNING. IT'S JUST THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR VERLANDER HAS ALLOWED FOUR OR MORE EARNED RUNS. THIS IS THE E.R.A. LEADER IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AND WE'RE ONLY IN THE SECOND INNING, STILL WITH ONLY WILL BE VERY INTERESTING IF DUSTY BAKER GOES FOR THE EARLY POOL HERE WITH HIS ACE ON THE MOUND. HE DOES HAVE A COUPLE STARTERS THAT HE'S MOVED INTO THE BULLPEN. THE ASTROS BEST ROTATION AND THE BEST PITCHING STAFF IN ALL OF BASEBALL TOP TO GUYS. >> Brian: 1-2 THE COUNT TO EUGENIO SUAREZ. >> Jeff: THAT'S THE THING RIGHT NOW, B.A. VERLANDER IS GETTING TO TWO STRIKES AGAINST THESE HITTERS. HE'S JUST NOT ABLE TO PUT THEM AWAY RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE'SSE BL 2-2 THE COUNT. THIS MARINERS OFFENSE, THEIR IDENTITY, TAKING ON A CLUTCH IDENTITY. THEIR OFFENSE FEELS TIMELY. THEY WILL TAKE WALKS. THEY GRINDRLDER. IS IS TWO AND THREE BALLS. THIS AT-BAT HE'S HAD GOOD PITCHES. THIS IS 97, A LITTLE UP OFF THE PLATE AND HE'S ABLE TO FOUL IT OFF. THAT ENABLES YOU TO SEE ANOTHER PITCH AND A BETTER CHANCE FOR THE PITCHER TO MAKE A DOUE PLAY. VERLANDER ON THE ROPES GETS A SIX, FOUR, THREE DOUBLE PLAY. BEAUTIFULLY STARTED BY THE ROOKIE SHORTSTOP JEREMY PENA. >> Brian: ALEX BREGMAN READY TO LEAD OFF FOR HOUSTON. THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN A 4-0 HOLE AFTER AN INNING AND A HALF.
IT WILL BE BREGMAN, TUCKER AND FASTBALL AN AWFUL LOT. HITS WITH A CURVE. UNCEACK SEASON. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE'S BEEN HEALTHY SINCE 2019. YOU CAN SEE HIS BAT SPEED IS BACK, GETTING ON BASE, THE POWER IS COMING BACK. BEST THIRD BASEMAN IN BASEBALL FOR A LONG TIME. >> Brian: A HAND INJURY LAST YEAR CERTAIN LED FOR THE ASTROS.
BREGMAN SKIES ONE. THAT IS PLAYABLE FOR FRANCE. OUT NUMBER ONE AND FOUR IN A ROW RETIRED BY LOGAN GILBERT. >>> BET $5 ANDIN $0 INRE TS Y B:. TUCKER ANOTHER BIG YEAR THIS YEAR FOR THE ASTROS. FITH0 RSN BIs, DROVE I107,OP BACK-TO-BACK SEASONS. SWING AND A MISS. HIT HIS 30th HOME RUN IN THE FINAL REGULAR SERIES GAME AGAINST THE PHILLIES TO GET TO THAT 30 HOME RUN MARK. VET H MAN0 HOME RUN PERFORMERS IN ASTROS HISTORY. JOINS LANCE BERGMAN AS THE ONLY OTHER TO DO THAT. LET'S CHECK IN WITH MATT WINER. T HIM.: BOTH OF THESE SIN FOR LOGAN GILBERT IT BEGINS THE DAY BEFORE A START. HIS ALTER EGO HAS A NAME. IT'S WALTER, AS IN WALTER THE ALTER EGO. YOU JUST DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH WALTER. LBERS FST CAREER START LAST AUGUST AGAINST HOUSTON, THEY TAGGED HIM FOR NINE EARNED RUNS. SINCE THEN HE HAS A 2.63 E.R.A. HE'S DONE A MUCH BETTER JOB. >> Brian: TWO STARTS AGAINST TH. THEY HIM LINED UP TO PITCH A GAME THREE, A WIN OR GO HOME GAME, IN TORONTO IF IT GOT TO THAT POINT.
THAT WAS ALL BY DESIGN TO GET HIM INTO A POSITION TO HAVE TO PITCH GAME THREE OR GAME ONE. TUCKER LINES ONE RIGHT TO LWH H HAD SUCCESS AGAINST — THIS YEAR HE'S HAD TWO STARTS AND ONLY GIVEN UP ONE HOME RUN TO THIS LINEUP, WHICH THE ASTROS CAN HIT IN BUNCHES. >> Brian: HERE IS YULI GRI MTS W AND HE DELIVERS THE FIRST HIT FOR THE ASTROS. >> Jeff: THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF HOW FAR THE ASTROS GO IN THE POST-SEASON. SIX, SEVEN,EI N FLY ON THE FIRS PITCH. HE PLAYED IN 752 REGULAR SEASON GAMES BEFORE HE MADE IT TO THE POST. TRADED FROM THE ORIOLES TO THE ASTROS. WAS A BELOVED PLAYER IN BALTIMORE. A FAN FAVORITE COUNTING ON THE EXPERIENCE.
OFF THE END OF THE BAT. POPPED HIM UP. IT'S GOING TO BE CRAWFORD TO MAKE THE CATCH. THAT WILL RETIRE THE SIDE. LOGAN GILBERT HAS PUT TWO >> Brian: I DON'T KNOW IF A SECOND YEAR PLAYER CAN GET A STATUE, BUT IF YOU ARE, THIS IS THE MOMENT.CALE W TC W ROLLER. VERLANDER RIGHT THERE. THERE'S OUT NUMBER ONE. RALEIGH WITH AN RBI SINGLE HIS FIRST TIME UP. VERLANDER TAKES CARE OF HIM WITH ONE PITCH.
HOW ABOUT THE MARINERS APPROACH THUS FAR, FRENCHY? >> Jeff: YOU FACE MOVING GUYS. >> Brian: MITCH HANIGER TAKES A BALL. HANIGER FLEW OUT TO RIGHT HIS FIRST TIME UP.ET THE DOUBLE PLAY, ANOTHER HIT, MAYBE A WALK, HE MIGHT TAKE HIM OUT DUSTY BAKER. HE GETS THE DOUBLE PLAY AND VERLANDER MARCHES ON. GROUND BALL TO SHORT. PENA ACROSS THE DMO N NO.
>> Brian: VERLANDER WITH TWO QUICK OUTS. NEEDS A QUICK INNING. THROWN A TON OF PITCHES ALREADY. CARLOS SANTANA NOW WITH TWO OUTS AND NOBODY ON. 61 INNINGS AND YOU KNOW WHO IT WAS TO? THIS MAN AT THE PLATE. >> Brian: SANTANA. NINE CAREER HOMERS AGAINST VERLANDER. HE HAD A HUGE HOME RUN AS A RIGHT HANDED BATTER IN GAME TWO OF THE WILD CARD MISSES. COULDN'T GET HIM TO BITE. ONE BALL, TWO STRIKES. VERLANDER FACED THE MARINERS ON SIX OCCASIONS. WON FIVEDE HE SD WE GET HIM EVER TIME THIS SEASON. IT'S NOT ONE TIME WE'RE GONNA MISS HIM. >> Brian: THEY PLAYED 19 TIMES. HOUSTON HAS DOMINATED THE SEASON HOTON HAS WON 30 OF THE LAST 37 GAMES AGAINST THE MARINERS AT MINUTE MAID PARK. THEY'RE OUT TO THE 4-0 START TODAY. 2-2 THE COUNT.
SANTANA GETS UNDER ONE. A LOOSE >> Ban: GETOUHAN ETSY ASAP. >> Jeff: YOU WOULD LOOK GOOD IN THAT. >> Brian: LOGAN GILBERT BACK TO WORK. CHAS McCORMICK STARTS FOR THE ASTROS. DEFICIT. DOWN 8-1 AGAINST THE BLUE JAYS. SCOTT SERVAIS FIRST YEAR MANAGING IN THE POST-SEASON. WHAT A START HIS TEAM IS OFF TO. THEY GOT A RUN IN THE FIRST AND 3 MORE OFF VERLANDER IN THE SECOND. RBIs FROST AT-BAT. MATT WINER HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH THE FORMER ASTRO, SCOTT SERVAIS. >> SCOTT, YOU HAVE RUNS ON THE BOARD AND A HIGH PITCH COUNT AGAINST JUSTIN VERLANDER.
WHAT DID YOU LIKE MOST EARLY ON? A >> IT'S GREAT. WE HAVE TO STAY AHEAD IN THE COUNT. THEY CONTROL THE STRIKE ZONE WELL. LOGAN NEEDS TO STAY AFTER IT. >> Jeff: TO MAKE THAT POINT, B.A., GILBERT 8 OUT O9 IN GILBERT WITH THAT BIG SWEEPING CURVE BALL HAD HIM WAY OUT IN FRONT. NO BALLS, TWO STRIKES. A CHANGE OF PACE PITCH HERE FOR GILBERT. 20 MILES OFF HIS FASTBALL. >> Jeff: THE HARD THINGS IhARR POST-SEASON GAME AS THE CATCHER FOR THE ASTROS. MOST IN CLUB HISTORY. THESE PITCHERS LIKE THROWING TO MALDONADO. HE'S A SUPREME DEFENSIVE CATCHER. L T THR TO HIM.CQUIRE CHRISTIAN YOU HAVE THE OFFENSE THE ASTROS HAVE, DUSTY BAKER IS GOING TO TEND TO GO WITH A GOOD DEFENSIVE CATCHER WHO HIS PITCHERS FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH. THAT'S NOT A KNOCK ON ALTUVE DUE NEXT. ONADO A DOUBLE PLAY CA >> Jeff: ONE OF THOSE YOU WEREN'T TRYING TO GO THERE. HE WAS TRYING TO THROW THE FASTBALL A LITTLE BIT UP AND THE BALL JUST KIND OF RAN ON HIM.
GOT MALDONADO TO CHASE. >> Brian: HE CAN REALLY SPIN IT. WE SEE IN THE SLOW MOTION WA E. >> Jeff: 9 OF 10 FIRST-PITCH STRIKES. AT THE PLATE. HIS TEAM AND THIS CROWD FEEDS OFF THE ENERGY OF JOSE ALTUVE. >> Brian: ONE OF THE GREAT LEAD-OFF HITTERS EVER IN ASTROS FRANCHISE HISTORY. HE'S HAD SOME ELECTRIFYING MOMENTS IN THE POST-SEASONS N ALL-SEASON HOME RUN RECORD. JUST SIX SHY. HE'S GOT A GREAT EYE. HE TAKES A BALL. NOW IT'S 3-1. >> Jeff: YOU LOOK AT HIM AND HE CAN BE A FREE SWINGER. YOU SEE HIM COVER A LOT OF THE OUTSIDE PART OTHE PLLTS ABOARD. GILBERT ISSUES HIS FIRST WALK. NOW IT'S FIRST AND SECOND. THE ASTROS GET SOMETHING COOKING HERE WITH ONE AWAY. TWO ON AND ONE AWAY. GILBERT DEALS. IN THE AIR CENTER FIELD.
HIT WELL. RODRIGUEZ WILL TURN. HE'S THERE. HE'LL MAKE THE PLAY. OUT NUMBER TWO. McCORMICK TAGS AND GOES TO .27 RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION. THAT'S HOW YOU WIN OVER 100 BALL GAMES. THEY GOT THE RIGHT GUY UP RIGHT NOW. >> Brian: EARLY MOMENT HERE. ALVAREZ WITH RUNNERS AT THE CORNERS AND TWO OUTS. SSTSO ATTACK ALVAREZ. FIRST PITCH MISSES. HIGH FASTBALL. ALVAREZ PROBABLY GOING TO FINISH THIRD IN THE MVP VOTING BEHIND AARON JUDGE. >> Jeff: I WOULD THINK SO. IF THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE AHEAD OF HIM, IAVEN SEEIT. A TWO RBI DOU. WHEN THEY NEED A BIG HIT, THEY GET ONE FROM YORDAN ALVAREZ. 4-2, MARINERS. LASD FIELD AND LEFT SAME THING CENTER. OUTFIELDERS TAKE FUNNY ROUTES SOMETIMES. THAT BALL KEPT SLICING. >> Brian: NOW IT'S BREGMAN. STSE >> Jeff: YOU CAN SEE THE FANS BACK INTO THIS BALL GAME NOW. >> Brian: THE TOP OF THE ORDER, CHAS McCORMICK WITH THE -OET T LEFTIES, ALVAREZ AND TUCKER. SHORT COMPACT STROKE. >> Jeff: THIS IS HOW IT USUALLY. HIGH ON-BASE PERCENTAGE. GILBERT WITH TWO SCORELESS INNINGS RUNNING INTO TROUBLE IN THE THIRD.
HE DELIVERS.BRN WERO TRAFFIC AN NOT A LOT OF HIGH-STRESS PITCHES. ALL OF A SUDDEN HE HAS. >> Brian: HERE IT COMES. BREGMAN TAKES A BALL. DRAWS THE WALK. HE FINISHED SECOND THIS YEAR IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE IN WALKS. HE IS ABOARDITHDO HIS YOUNG RIG. DON'T FORGET YOU CAN PREDICT WHICH PLAYERS WILL STACK THE MOST TOTAL BASES EACH DAY. IT'S THE POST-SEASON COMPETE TO WIN FOR $50,000 IN OUR MLB BASE CHASE IN THE ML >> Jeff: THIS IS WHERE THE PITCHING COACH GOES OUT THERE AND KCALMS HIS PITCHER DOWN. YOU GOT TO WONDER, THOUGH, THE CURVE BALL ALVAREZ HIT, IF YOU SEE HIM START TO INCORPORATE THE CHANGE-UP, HE'S GOT ONE OF THE BETTER CHAE-UP >> Jeff: A LOT OF GUYS TRY SOMETIMES — I WANT TO SAY THE SECOND, THIRD — IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS IN THEIR BALLPARK IN A BIG MOMENT LIKE THIS, IT WAS ONLY THE SECOND CHANGE-UP HE'S THROWN TODAY. >> Brian: YOU CHANGE YOURERTU H LIKE THIS ALL YEAR. >> Jeff: THAT'S WHERE YOU MAKE YOUR MONEY, 32 RBIs. >> Brian: TWO ON, TUCKER LAYS OFF.
CAN'T DRIVE IN TRIPLE DIGITS WITHOUT THE A MISS. GILBERT STRIKES HIM OUT. WENT WITH THE SLIDER. A STRIKE OUT TO END THE >> Brian: JUSTIN VERLANDER COMING OFF AN 11-PITCH THREE UP THREE DOWNHIRD IG QUICKLY 0-2. >> Jeff: THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO IN THIS SECOND INNING. INAME OKED ABOUT THE PRODUCTION COME A HUGE STORY. EVERY POST-SEASON GAME YOU TRY TO CONTROL THE BOTTOM OF THE ORDER. YOU MAKE IT THIS FAR, PRETTY GOOD CHANCE YOU HAVE SOME GREAT TALENT AT THE TOP AND THE MIDDLE OF YOUR ORDER.
THE BOTTOM OF THE VERLANDER'S GOT HIM 0-2. ANOTHER ONE COMES. SWING AND A MISS. NASTY SLIDER. PHFRAZIER IS GONE. JUSTIN VERLANDER HAS HIS SECOND STRIKE OUT. MATT WINER WITH D BHA. NOW IT'S 2-0 INSTEAD OF 4-0. >> AS GOOD AS HE IS, AS GOOD AS THE NUMBERS ARE, SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE YORDAN ALVAREZ IS UNSUNG. WHAT HAS IMPRESSED YOU MOST ABOUT HIM? >> THE THING ABOUT IS IS HE'S THE WHOLE LLTE IHAT WE'VE SEEN ALL SEASON. THAT LAST SLIDER IS VINTAGE JUSTIN VERLANDER. >> Brian: THAT'S A GOOD ONE THERE TO KELENIC. >> Jeff: THAT'S THE BEST SLIDER WE'VE SEEN. STARTS TO TBALL. A BALL AND TWO STRIKES. VERLANDER HAS RETIRED FIVE CONST SLIDER. YOU CAN SEE HE'S STARTING TO DIAL IT IN. A LOT OF TIME ACES LIKE JUSTIN VERLANDER, ONCE THEY HIT THEIR SPOT, THEY SHUT YOU DOWN. >> Brian: THREE STRIKE OUTS TODAY. HE HAS JUMPED OVER CLAYTON KERSHA HE'L THE PLATE. PAT HOEBERG BEHIND THE DISH, HE'S AS GOOD AS THERE IS IN THE GAME. HE'S A HITTER'S UMPIRE, BUT HE STAYS IN THAT BOX PRETTY FOD A HOME WITH THE MARINERS.
THAT ONE MISSES HIGH. VERLANDER, AFTER TWO STRIKE OUTS TO START THE INNING, HAS FALLEN BEHIND 3-0. 70 PITCHES ALREADY WITH TWO OUTS IN THE FOURTH INNING. BITT ALLODE FLARE TO NO MAN'S LAND IN CENTER FIELD IN TORONTO. JULIO RODRIGUEZ DUE NEXT. VERLANDER DELIVERS. THAT ONE IS HIGH AND DEEP TO RIGHT. J.P. CRAWFORD FLEXES HIS MUSCLES. THAT ONE >> Jeff: FASTBALL DOWN IN THE ZONE. ABLE TO GET EXTENSION. THE BOTTOM OF THIS MARINERS LINEUP GETTING THE JOB DONE. >> Brian: CRAWFORD HTRAWFD WITHS IN THE TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING.
5-2 MARINERS. STILL TWO OUTS. NOW RODRIGUEZ. HE TAKES A STRIKE. WHAT A SWING HERE.LHT BACK OVER THE MIDDLE PART OF THE PLATE. CRAWFORD DID NOT MISS. >> Brian: BIG SWING AND A MISS FROM RODRIGUEZ. >> Jeff: THAT'S HOW IT USUALLY HAPPENS. JUST AS THIS CROWD WAS LOUD AND INTO IT, CRAWFORD QUIETS THEM DOWN ONCE AGAIN. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE F.RINERS DID IN TORONTO. NO THROW TO THIRD BASE. THE ROOKIE'S GOT A TRIPLE. A TWO-OUT TRIPLE TO GO WITH HIS DOUBLE AND A WALK. WHAT A GAME ONE FOR JULIO RODRIGUEZ.D. RIGH HERE, LOOK AT THE SPEED. NO CHANCE YOU'RE GETTING THAT. >> Brian: THAT'S JUST FOURTH GEAR FOR RODRIGUEZ. HE'S BEEN BATTLING SOME BACK PROBLEMS. ABLE TO COME BACK THE LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON. -TCKIG GUY.HE IS RUNNING WELL. HE'S LED THIS YOUNG PLAYER IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY. FRANCE WITH TWO HITS ALREADY. AN RBI HIS LAST TIME UP. THIS S. HE SENDS THAT ONE DEEP TO LEFT FIELD. ALVAREZ IS BACK AT THE WALL. HE LEAPS — OH, IT DROPS IN AND OUT OF HIS GLOVE.
ANOTHER RUN IS IN. FRANCE INTO SECOND BASE WITH A A THIS. I THINK HE HAD IT. NO. IT HIT THE WALL FIRST. THAT'S WHERE IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING AS A PITCHER. HE JAMMED FRANCE ON THAT PITCH. THE MAJORITY OF PARKS THAT BALL IS CAUGHT IN LEFT FIELD. HERE WITH THAT SHORT WALL IT'S A DOUBLE ANDNARSOM RIGHT BACK JUST AS THE ASTROS SCORE TWICE. ABREU BACK UP AND THROWING. HE WAS UP IN THE SECOND INNING AS WELL. >> Jeff: TALK ABOUT ANSWERING BACK. OTT RV WOO LE VERLANDER WAS BACK IN FORM. THEN CRAWFORD GOT INTO A HITTER'S COUNT AND SENT ONE. THAT ONE INTO LEFT FIELD. A BASE HIT. SUAREZ WITH A SINGLE AND FRANCE THE THROW TO THE PLATE, HE IS GOING TO BE OUT. WHAT A THROW BY VAREFR N B PY R. ALVAREZ ON THE FLY TO END THE INNING. THRERUNOMB IN THE NINTH TO MAKE IT CLOSE AND THE PHILLIES TAKE GAME ONE OVER THE BRAVES IN ATLANTA, 7-6.
WE LOOK AT OUR BETTING GAME PARLAY. THEY MARERS OFF TO THIS FAST START AGAINST THE ASTROS. DUSTY BAKER REFERENCED THE FIVE-DAY LAY OFF AND A SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT HERE AS JUSTIN VERLANDER IS OUT AFTER FOUR INNINGS. WE WILL GUESS — THIS WAS THE HUG BETWEEN INS. 6-3 MARINERS. GURRIEL STARTS THE FOURTH INNING WITH A LONG BALL. >> Jeff: 100 OFF THE T. IT. ON THE OTHER SIDE, SCOTT SERVAIS WANTS GILBERT TO GET HIM SOME LENGTH. HE'S GOT A 6-3 LEAD. >> Brian: GURRIEL WITH TWO HITS NOW. NOW IT'S MANCINI. GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DER, CROWD ERUPTS ONCE AGAIN. LOGAN GILBERT GIVING UP TWO IN THE THIRD. THERE'S A SWING AND A MISS. 2-1 THE GILBERT TRYING TO OUTLAST VERLANDER. HIT SHARPLY, BUT RIGHT AT REET IT FLY.
THE T. IT WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY. >> Jeff: IT WAS. HE PUT THIS RIGHT ON THE MONEY. AT THE TIME IT'S 6-2. NOW YOU SEE THE ASTROS GET ANOTHER ONE. IT'S ONLY THE FOURTH INNING. >> Brian: JUST A REMDERN THAT WAS ALL CLEAN AND AN EASY OUT AS IT TURNED OUT TO BE AFTER MALDONADO HAD IT IN HIS GLOVE. >> Jeff: FRANCE JUST PUMPED THE BRAKES AND SAID ALL RIGHT I'LL TAKE ONE. >> Brian: CHAS McCORMICK OUT TO >> Brian: TWO GONE, NOBODY ON AFTER THE GURRIEL LEAD-OFF HOMER FOR MARTIN MALDONADO. MARINERS CERTAINLY KNOW THIS, BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE AWARE OU 15 LONG BALLS THIS YEAR IN H. THAT NINTH POSITION. >> Brian: HIT A LONG HOME RUN LAST TUESDAY. ASTROS HAVE HAD FIVE DAYS OFF. WON 106 GAMES THIS YEAR. SECOND MOST IN FRANCHISE STORWOTI THIS SEASON DUSTY BAKER 16 GAMES BETTER THAN THE MARINERS IN THE A.L. WEST. A RUN AWAY TRAIN TO WIN THE DIVISION. ef EXPERIENCE.S IT AWAY. THEY HAVE BEEN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES FIVE STRAIGHT YEARS.
MALDONADO JUST HAD HIS KNEES BUCKLED. WHAT A PITCH. BIG CURVE BALL FROM GILBERT. COMES BACK STRONG AFTER THE HOME RUN FROM >> Announcer: THE MLBHE MAN WHO LIKELY GOING TO WIN THE CY YOUNG AWARD IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. TEN HITS AND SINCE RUNS ALLOWED. IT'S GOING TO BE BRYAN ABREU MT DOMINANT BULLPENS IN ALL OF BASEBALL. NEVER IMAGINED YOU WOULD SEE THEM THIS EARLY. IN MAY THE MARINERS GOT VERLANDER FOR SIX RUNS IN SIX INNINGS, TEN HITS IN THAT GAME, FOUR HOMERS.CO ON TWICE IN HIS T 28 GAMES. HIS JOB KEEP IT RIGHT AT 6-3 AND GIVE YOUR OFFENSE A CHANCE. IF YOU'RE SEATTLE, YOU HAVE TO KEEP TACKING ON. >> Brian:SO NOT HAVE A LEFT-HANDED PITCHER IN THEIR BULLPEN. WILL SMITH DID NOT MAKE THE POST-SEASON ROSTER. THAT JUMPED OFF THE LINEUP SHEET TO ME TODAY. YOU BELIEVE THERE'S SOME RHYTHM BEHIND THAT FOR DUSTY BAKER. HE'S GOT GIVEN YOU A LOT ON THE OTHER HAND AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE BAD NEWS.
>> Brian: HANIGER HALF SWING. ABLE TO CHECK IT. BALL AND STRIKE THE COUNT. THIS ASTROS BULLPEN, THE BES PR ENTER A GAME WITH MEN ON FOR VERLANDER. WITH ALVAREZ THROWING OUT TY FRANCE AT THE PLATE HE GETS TO START A CLEAN INNING IN THE FIFTH. >> Jeff: THIS MARINERS TEAM MORE RIGHT-HANDED HEAVY. THEY HAVE SWITCH HITTERS, BUTTHN FRANCISCO A COUPLE SEASONS, '99 AND 2000. YOU ASK DUSTY THAT, HE SAYS EVERYBODY'S PLAYED FOR ME. BEEN AROUND A WHILE. 25 YEARS DUSTY BER I >> Brian: THAT'S A SHOT THROUGH FOR A BASE HIT. TWO-STRIKE SINGLE FOR MITCH NIGE EHT INTO LEFT FIELD PAST BREGMAN. >> Brian: HANIGER'S HAD A CHANCE FOR SOME BIG MOMENTS IN THE POST-SEASON. WAITED A LONG TIME. WAS THROUGH THE BAD TIMES AND GRND.HE GOOD WITH THE MARINERS. IT'S SOMETHING WE WON'T SEE NEXT YEAR WHEN THE SHIFT RESTRICTIONS COME INTO PLAY IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO INFIELDERS ON EACH SIDE OF SECOND BASE, AT LEAST TWO. CARLOS SANTANA IS 0 FOR 2.
BOTH OF HIS OUTS IN THE AIR, COUPLE POP-UPS AGAINST VERLANDER. THAT'S IN THERE FOR A STRIKE. >> Brian: HERE'S THE 1-1. SANTANA BREAKS HIS BAT. FOUL BALL. HATE TO LOSE THAT BAT. THAT'S BEEN A GOOD ONE FOR HIM. >> Jeff: I WAS GOING TO SHA I 2. CAME FROM THE PHILLIES WITH J.P. CRAWFORD BUT WAS FLIPPED QUICKLY. TEN DAYS LATER THEY SENT HIM TO CLEVELAND. THEY GOT HIM BACK THIS YEAR VIA TRADE FROM KANSAS CITY. SWING AND A MI.ITT IT HAS ON IT. YOU JUST SWING RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF IT. HASN'T THROWN A FASTBALL YET TODAY. >> Brian: HE'S GOT TWOUT B H SLS BEEN SO EFFECTIVE ALL YEAR. >> Brian: ADAM FRAZIER HAD A SINGLE AND RUN IN THE SECOND. VERLANDER STRUCK HIM OUT IN THE FOURTH. BULLPEN ACTIVE ONCE AGAIN FOR TH JAVR IF ABREU CAN GET THROUGH THIS INNING. AN EXCELLENT STARTER ALL YEAR. ASTROS HAVE TWO TERRIFIC STARTERS IN THEIR BULLPEN FOR THE SERIES. THAT WAS IN THERE FOR A STRIKE ON FRAZIER.
FRIER TAKES A BALL. >> Jeff: HE'S BEING A LITTLE CAREFUL WITH FRAZIER TO NOT THROW THAT BREAKING BALL DOWN AND IN. DI MAKE CONTACT WITH FRAZIER, BUT A DEAD BALL. IT'S 3-2 NOW. IT'S TRAVELING TIME FOR HANIGER AT FIRST BASE. TRIED TO GET HIM OPI TWO OUTS. 3-2 THE COUNT. THERE HE GOES. FRAZIER PULLS ONE ON THE GROUND. THAT ENDS THE INNING. SCORELESS FRAME FOR BRYAN ABREU. GUARDIANS. THAT'S ON TBS AT 7:30 EASTERN. NATIONAL LEAGUE TAKES OVER TOMORROW WHILE THE A.L. TAKES THE DAY OFF. AARON JUDGE TOP OF THE HOUSTON ORDER. ALTUVE, PENA AND ALVAREZ. LOGAN GILBERT BACK OUT FOR HIS FIFTH INNING OF WORK.
GILBERT HAS GIVEN UP THREE RUNS. GAVE UP A 71 TCHE FOR HIM RIGHT NOW. YOU WONDER TOO AS WE SEE THEY'RE WARMING UP MATT BRASH, WITH A 6-3 LEAD IN GAME ONE LIKE T THIS — >> Brian: SWING INNINGS HE. H B RELIEVERS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE ORDER. THE KEY RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE THE MARINERS AND SCOTT SERVAIS IS CAN YOU GET GILBERT THROUGH THE TOP OF THIS ORDER? THAT WILL COMPLETELY CHANGE THE PATH OF SCOTT SERVAIS' BULLPEN THETYO WONDER IF THAT FIVE-DAY LAY-OFF COOLED HIM OFF AT ALL.
HE HIT .444 IN THE LAST 14 GAMES TO GET TO AN EVEN .300 BATTING AVERAGE WHICH WAS THE SED HERE B THIS INNING. >> Jeff: HERE'S THAT CURVE BALL. THAT'S THE BACK-UP CURVE BALL. YOU CAN SEE ALTUVE PULLED IT OUT. THIS IS WHY YOU'RE SEEING SCOTT SERVAIS LOOK AT THAT BULLPEN. THIRD TIME THRGH T FIRST PITCH. A QUICK SECOND OUT FOR LOGAN GILBERT. TWO UP, TWO DOWN IN THE FIFTH. >> Jeff: IF YOU'RE JOSE TUVEYO A BIT. ALVAREZ WITH A MIGHTY LASH AT IT. COMES UP EMPTY. VERLANDER HAD GONE A WEEK BETWEEN STARTS. LOGAN GILBERT IT'S BEEN TEN DAYS BETWEEN STARTS. HE LAST PITCHED IN THAT CLININAMT . GILBERT STARTED THAT GAME AND WAS BRILLIANT. ALVAREZ BIG BOUNCING BALL. SHIFT IS ON. FRAZIER RIGHT THERE. ONE, TWO, THREE INNING FOR LOGAN >> Announcer: WANNA WATCH MORE MLB GAMES WITH YOUR FRIENDS. >>rian ME SIRI. SEATE. ABREU IS BACK ON THE MOUND FOR THE ASTROS. KELENIC HAD A HIT AND RUN SCORED IN THE SECOND. HE AND FRAZIER WITH BACK-TO-BACK SINGLES TO START THE SECOND INNING.
THAT WAS A THREE-RUN INNING FOR SEATTLE. KELENIC STRUCK OUT H L TIM UP. BIG QUESTION RIGHT NOW AFTER LOGAN GILBERT'S TEN-PITCH THREE UP, THREE DOWN INNING, DOES SCOTT SERVAIS PUT HIM BACK OUT THERE FOR THE SIXTH INNING. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULDN'T >>: H. THIR TIM THROUGH, TOP OF THE ORDER AND HE GOES RIGHT THROUGH ALTUVE, PENA AND ALVAREZ. BRASH HAS SAT DOWN. GOT A FULL LATHER UP IN THE MARINERS BULLPEN. KELEC SNG CRO YOU WANT TO DO LATE IN THE GAME. >> Brian: ABREU DELIVERS A 2-2. KELENIC TAKES A BALL. THIS IS WHERE THE OFF DAY AFTER GAME ONE, WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL, BUT IT IS THE CASE THIS YEAR IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE,R THE. THE THIRD BASEMAN MAKES THE CATCH IN THE GRASS FOR OUT NUMBER ONE. BRINGS UP J.P. CRAWFORD WHO TURNED THE MO BACK AROUND WITH THE LONG BALL. 2nd. f: 62 INNINGS VERLANDER NO >> Jeff: YOU FELT LIKE VERLANDER WAS GETTING IN A GROOVE. STRUCK SOOUT BACK-TO-BACK BATTE BEFORE THAT. >> Brian: TWO GUYS IN THIS GAME, GURRIEL AND CRAWFORD, VERY LITTLE HOME RUN PDUCTN S H TM W TAKE THOSE BLOWS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE ON THE ROAD IN A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT.
DON'T TRY TO DO TOO MUCH. DON'T THINK LONG BALLS. JUST CHIP AWAY AND GET ON BASE. TAKE THE HUMBLE APPROACH. SURE ENOUGH CRAWFORD DROPS A HEAD A PCH F VEANDER HE HIT OUT. ABREU AHEAD OF HIM, 1-2 HERE. 2-2 NOW. ABREU DEALS THE 2-2. HIT THE GROUND. CAME RIGHT UP AND NAILED HIM. H SIMILAR THING HAPPEN TO HIM. ACTUALLY REQUIRED SURGERY. IT WAS A DEVASTATING INJURY. CRAWFORD IS ALL RIGHT. E R UP. CLOSE PITCH. THREE BALLS AND TWO STRIKES. GOOD CALL BACK THERE THOUGH. >> Jeff: HE'S NOT GIVING THAT BALL OUTSIDE THAT BOX. THE FASTBALL JUST BELOW THE ZONE.UP ABREU GETS THE CALL. CRAWFORD IS OUT AND THE THIRD STRIKE OUT FOR BRYAN ABREU. >> Jeff: WHETHER IT FOOLED CRAWFORD OR NOT, PRETTY GOOD JOB TAKING THIS PITCH.
YOU CAN SEE >> Brian: BACK AT MINUTE MAID PARK AND DUSTY BAKER WITH TWO OUTS, NOBODY ON, BUT WITH JULIO RODRIGUEZ COMING UP IS GOING TO HIS BULLPEN, HITTER WHO LOVES THE FASTBALL. JULIO RODRIGUEZ IS HAVING SOME KIND OF GAME ONE. STARTED WITH A WALK. THEN IN THE SECOND INNING A KEY TWO RBI DOUBLE OFF VERLANDER. THEN HE FOLLOWED IT UP WITH A TRIPLE IN THE FOURTH. >> Jeff: HE'S SNGLEFF Ban: FIRS DOUBLE, TRIPLE AND THREE RUNS SCORED IN HIS FIRST FIVE INNINGS IN A POST-SEASON GAME. DUSTY BAKER TAKING NO CHANCES. BRINGS ON ONE OF HIS BETTER STARTERS THIS YEAR. THE FIRST PITCH FASTBALIGHTJA. ENCH MENONED THAT SCORELESS STREAK IN THE FIRST SEASON. HE'S QUICKLY AHEAD OF RODRIGUEZ. 0-2 ON A COUPLE FASTBALLS. >> Jeff: LAST TIME WE SAW VERLANDER BLOW TWO FASTBALLS BY RODRIGUEZ, HE TRIPLED IT UP. THAT'S WHEN HE HIT THE BALL TO .
JAVIER 0-2 TO RODRIGUEZ. SLIDER THAT TIME. THEY LEARNED THEIR LESSON. >> Jeff: LITTLE TOO FAR OFF THE PLATE. IING FOR ABREU AND JAVIER. ASTROS BULLPEN PUTS UP A HOUSTO SWEPT THE BLUE JAYS. THEY LEAD THIS ONE 6-3. IT'S BREGMAN WHO LEADS OFF DRIVING TO RIGHT FIELD AND HANIGER MAKES A BEAUTIFUL CATCH OVER THE SHOULDER. BREGMAN HIT ITE JOBOING BACK AND MAKING THE CATCH. >> Brian: HAD IT SIZED UP THE WHOLE WAY. TIMED HIS LEAP. PUTS IT AWAY FOR OUT NUMBER ONE. HERE'S KYLE TUCRKSTH SIX INNING. WITH A THREE-RUN LEAD YOU GET THROUGH TUCKER AND GURRIEL, FEEL LIKE YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A RUNWAY HERE. BRASH BACK UP AND THROWING. N THIRD.HIS WINDOW IS CSING TWO RBI DOUBLE BY ALVAREZ AND GURRIEL'S HOMER.
THE MARINERS HAVE PUT 6 ON THE BOARD ON 11 HITS AS TUCKER TAKES A STRIKE. NO CHANCE TO GET KYLE TUCKER. INFIELD HIT. >> Jeff: TOUGH PLAY. HE MADE A GOOD PITCH. TUCKER WITH A LITTLE CHECK IN FRONT. SCOTT SERVAIS IS GOING TO TAKE THE BALL FROM HIS 6'6" RIGHT HANDER. LOGAN GILBERT >> Brian: PITCHING CHANGE AT MINUTE MAID PARK AS THE MARINERS GO TO THEIR BULLPEN FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE BRING YOU INSIDE THE BOOTH PRESENTED BY TOYOTA. BRN ANRSONITH SCOTT SERVAIS HAS SOME WEAPONS IN THAT BULLPEN. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> Brian: IT WILL BE MATT BRASH WHO WAS WARMING UP LAST INNING.
HE'LL GET THE FIRST CRACK AT THE ASTROS OUT OF THE SEATTLE PEN. THERE'S A GOOD THEM WITTHE IL RU RESPONSIBILITY. EXCELLENT JOB IN HIS FIRST POST-SEASON GAME. >> Jeff: THE ONE THING BRASH HAS STRUGGLED WITH, LITTLE BIT OF CONTROL PROBLEMS. 33 WALKS. GURRIEL 2 FOR 2. MARINERS SET UP TO TURN A DOUBLE PLAY. THAT ONE MISSES. THAT IS A SLIDER. HE'S GOT A GOOD ONE DOES BRASH. THE A KNEE BUCKLER FROM BRASH. >> Jeff: YOU NOTICE A LOT OF THESE PITCHERS COMING IN, THE BALL JUST OFF THE PLATE. THEY'RE SURPRISED IT'S NOT BEING CALLED A STRIKE. IT'S BEEN CONSISTENT ALL GAME. >> Brian: THE-1 SEEOW IT'S COMIN. >> Brian: THAT WAS IN THE ZONE A LONG TIME. 6-3 MARINERS LEAD IT. GURRIEL WITH A RUNNER AT FIRST. THE 2-2. IT'S TO THE BACK STOP. TUCKER WILLOPUNY NOW. OH. >> Jeff: THAT BACKED UP ON HIM BIG TIME. >> Brian: BRASH GOT GURRIEL TO BOUNCE INTO A COUPLE DOUBLE BLA >> Jeff: BRASH'S BREAD AND BUTTER HAS BEEN THAT SLIDER. ONLY EIGHT STRIKE OUTS ON THE FASTBALL THIS YEAR.
VE OUT FOR THE SECOND AT H. OUT OF THE INNING. >> Jeff: 104 OFF THE BAT. ALMOST LOOKED, B.A., THAT HE WAS SITTING ALL OVER THE SLIDER. HE GOT IT. HE'S LUCKY, BRASH, THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO ELEVATEHAEG YE, SPLE BETWEEN BALTIMORE AND HOUSTON. MOST OF THOSE HOME RUNS COMING AS A MEMBER OF THE ORIOLES. SWING AND A MISS. MANCINI CHASED THE SLIDER TIGHT >> Brian: THAT WAS 86. 1-1. FASTBALL THREADS IN THERE FOR A STRIKE. SCOTT SERVAIS CALLS MATT BRASH HIS PIVOT GUY.
HE USES HIM IN THE BIG SPOTS, THH COMING OUT OF SPRING TRAINING STRUGGLED. WENT TO AAA AND FOUND LIFE AT AGE 34 AS A RELIEVER. IN THE DIRT. RALEIGH BLOCKS IT, BUT TUCKER ADVANCES. COULDN'T KEEP IT CYT, YON'T NECESSARILY TAKE THE SLIDER OUT, BUT, BOY, YOU PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON CAL RALEIGH BEHIND THE PLATE IF THIS ONE BOUNCES. >> Brian: 2-2 THE COUNT. TUCKER ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THIRD. TO MCININDTHS A DANGEROUS PITCH. >> Brian: GOT A GOOD PIECE OF CAL RALEIGH AS WELL. HE'S A LITTLE BANGED UP AS IT IS. HE HAS A THUMB INJURY ON HIS CATCHING HAND. ANXIOUS MOMENTS, BOTH SIDES. TSTROS TRYING TO TURN THE GAM >> Announcer: THIS COPY RIGHTED TELECAST MAY NOT BE @MLB. CRISTIAN JAVIER WILL CONTINUE ON HERE AND TY FRANCE TRIES TO JUMP ON HIM EARLY AND PULLS ONE FOUL.
LES BNG UPTON, WHO'S NO LONGER WITH THE TEAM. SCOTT SERVAIS SAID IT WAS UPTON WHO SPOKE UP AND SAID WHAT'S GOING ON? UPTON SAID I DON'T KNOW YOU GUYS VERY WELL, BUT WHAT I SEE IS A ED WELL.SE AND FUN LUIS CASTILLO CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR SEATTLE. >> Jeff: THIS WAS A TEAM WITH A LOT OF EXPECTATIONS. THINGS DIDN'T GET OFF TO THE BEST START. THERE ARE MOMENTS LIKE THAT. SN. BRASH WITH A STRIKE OUT. DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST. >> Jeff: BEAT HIM TO THE OT CON BRAWL. THESE GUYS TALKED ABOUT IT. >> Brian: THE MARINERS AND ASTROS, THERE'S NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS.
ANY TIME YOU FACE A TEAM 19 TIMES THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME BAD BLOOD. LOGAN GILBERT WAS INVVED IA GONE. EUGENIO SUAREZ GOES DEEP, AND THE MARINERS ADD ON IN THE SEVENTH INNING. PITCH AND SUAREZ HOOKS IT. HOME HE'S OUT FRONT, BUT SO STRONG. STAYED BACK ENOUGH AND HIT IT TO THE BOXES. >> Brian: EUGIORE NHERE NEAR TH PRODUCTION WITH THE MARINERS, BUT HAS BECOME A LEADER AND A CLUBHOUSE PRESENCE AND FINALLY BACK DOING WHAT WE SAW HIM DO IN CINCINNATI ALL THOSE YEARS AFTER A COUPLE DOWN SEASONS.
HE WAS A THROW-IN IN THE JESE MAKES IT 7-3. THE 0-2 UPSTAIRS A BALL TO CAL RALEIGH. HUNTER BROWN GETTING READY FOR HOUSTON. ANOTHER RIGHT HIT >> Jeff: EACH TIME HOUSTON HAS SCORED A BOUNCE-BACK RUN, SEATTLE HAS ANSWERED AND EXTENDED THAT LEAD BACK. RALEIGH SENDS ONE SKYWARD. THAT'S BREGMAN. THAT'S OUT NUMBER TWO. >> Jeff: THAT'S THE THING. THEALLASAST FOUR YEARS, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL BACK INTO THE '18 SEASON, ONLY AARON JUDGE HAS HIT MORE HOME RUNS THAN EUGENIO SUAREZ. HE FITS IN THAT — HE HAD A MUCH GOFWE S T NUMBERS IN THE IN THE POST-SEASON. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE, B.A. THE OTHER TEAMS WIN THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME. >> Brian: 1-1 TO MITCHIS BULLPE THE REST OF THE WAY. HIS OFFENSE HAS ADDED TO THE LEAD.
HANIGER TAKES A BALL. GILBERT GOES FIVE AND A THIRD TODAY, FIVE HITS, THREE E' SLL IN WALTER MODE. >> Brian: THAT BALL HIT DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE. ALVAREZ MAKES THE CATCH. EUGENIO SUAREZ TAKES ♪ ♪ >> Brian: MARINERS BRINGING THE ELECTRIC FACTORY TO HOUSTON. THEY'VE MAINTAINED THEIR RUN AR. SHOCKED THE CROWD. LOGAN GILBERT KEPT THE TEAM IN IT. NOW IT'S GOING TO THE SEATTLE BULLPEN. NOW DIEGO CASTILLO COMING IN.ST. CASTILLO DELIVERS HIS FIRST OFFERING. 96 MILE AN HOUR SINKER IN THERE FOR A STRIKE. >> Jeff: CASTILLO A TWO-PITCH GUY.
GOT THAT SINKER AND COMES BACK LYS THAT SLER. RIGHT NOW TO GO WITH FRAMBER VALDEZ FOR GAME TWO. THAT PUTS LANCE McCULLERS IN SEATTLE FOR GAME THREE AGAINST THE ASTROS. MARINERS HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE FOR THEIR GAME THREEUP GTW A LOT OF BASEBALL TO BE PLAYED HERE. SCOTT SERVAIS AND THE MARINERS COUNT THE OUTS. NINE TO GO. VASQUEZ JUST SWITCH CLUBHOUSES. HE WALKED ACROSS THE FIELD FROM ONE TO THE OTHER, THE RED SOX TO THE ASTROS. >> Jeff: THAT HAS TO BE SO WEIRD WHEN THAT HAPPENS. >> Brian: MALDONADO REMAINS AS THE NUMBER ONE'R SEEING DUSTY BAKER PULL THE TRIGGER RIGHT NOW. >> Brian: ANY TIME THE ASTROS ARE DOWN, YOU'LL SEE VASQUEZ HIT FOR MAONAD RANGG FAR OFF THE BAG. THAT'S GOING TO BE A BASE HIT. VASQUEZ GETS IT STARTED FOR THE ASTROS IN THE SEVENTH INNING. >> Jeff: THAT'S THE SHIFT AND NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHERE FRAZIER WAS. IF HE DID,RA: 'SASHIT. FOR THE THIRD TIME THE ASTROS HAVE THEIR LEAD MAN ON. FIRST TWO HAVE SCORED. THAT WAS THE GURRIEL HOME RUN IN THE FOURTH INNING AND McCORMICK WITH THE LEAD-OFF SINGLE IN THE THIRD CAME AROUND TOTAY IN TO C.
WE'LL SEE WHO BAKER GOES WITH TO PLAY CENTER FIELD. JAMMED SHOT FOUL. DI POPS IT FOUL AND OUT OF PLAY. >> Jeff: GETS A COUPLE STARTS A WEEK, LIKE YOU SAID, MOVE THEM ALL OVER THE DIAMOND WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE GIVING SOMEONE A DAY 0-ECOT. CASTILLO FIRES AGAIN. BROKEN BAT GROUND BALL CRAWFORD. ONLY THE ONE OUT AT SECOND BASE. HIT TWO SLOWLY TO TURN TWO. IT'S THE FIRST OUT OF THE INNING FOR CASTILLO. CUTS DOWN THE LEAD NNIN DIAZ >> Brian: THIS IS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH FOR THE ASTROS RIGHT NOW. TURN THE LINEUP OVER. YOU'RE DOWN 4. TOP OF THE ORDER. FOURTH TIME UP FOR ALTUVE. HE'S 0 FOR 2 WITH A >> Brian: MISSED IT. TWO BALLS,WO COUNT THERE. AT LEAST WANT TO GET IT STRAIGHT. MARINERS COME INTO THIS GAME HAVING WON FIVE STRAIGHT AND 9 OF 7-5, 7-6, YOU PROBABLY SEE MONTERO COME INTO THE BALL GAME. >> Brian: 2-0 TO JOSE ALTUVE. DIAZ THE RUNNER AT FIRST. THAT ONE SPINS IN FOR A STRIKE.
THAT'S A BIG H FLT HTER TO FACE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE BR BRIGHT. ALTUVE ON THE GROUND. THERE'S A CHANCE. OUT AT SECOND AND THE THROW TO FIRST AND IT'S A IN H ANDO THE CATCHING NOW. YOUNG HUNTER BROWN ON THE MOUND. EL ELECTRIFYING STUFF. HIS FIRST PITCH TO SANTANA MISSES AWAY FOR BALL ONE. >> Jeff: HE HAS A BIG ARM. NOT SPENT A WHOLE BUNCH OF TIME IN THEIG IMICHIGAN. HE PATTERNED HIS ENTIRE STYLE AFTER VERLANDER. >> Jeff: THERE ARE A LOT OF LITTLE KIDS IN MICHIGAN PITCHING LIKE HIM. >> Brian: VERY FEW COULD PULL IT OFF.
>> Jeff: THAT'S TRUE. >> Brian: EVERYBODY WANTEDO US HIM. MARINERS LEAD 7-3. SANTANA IS HITLESS. 0 FOR 3 WITH A STRIKEOUT. WHAT A JOB BYIE OF ALTUVE. ABLE TO SAVE HIS BEST RELIEVER, HIS MOST DYNAMIC RELIEVER ONE MORE INNING. SANTANA CHOPS ONE TO FIRST BASE. GURRIEL MAKES THE PLAY FOR OUT NUMBERONE.S TYAKE ON THE YANKEES IN THE BRONX. AARON JUDGE, MR. 62, READY TO GO IN GAME ONE. BACK TO YOU. >> Brian: SO INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS ALL UNFOLDS. THANK YOU, ERNIE. THE ROAD TEARE O TIME. >> Jeff: YOU WONDER IF THE YANKEES AND DODGERS WATCHED THE BRAVES GAME EARLIER. >> Brian: MARINERS SWEPT THE BLUE JAYS IN TORONTO IN THE WILD CARD SERIES. THEY'VE GOT-3DSDTHNOERAY OFF FR A TRAVEL DAY FOR BOTH SIDES. THEN GAMES THREE, FOUR AND FIVE WILL BE IN SUCCESSION.
THAT MEANS WE COULD HAVE A GAME FOUR IN SEATTLE AND THE NEXT DAY A GAME FIVE RIGHT THERE IS PENA TO MAKE A PLAY. >> Jeff: IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS REDIRECTED A LITTLE BIT. >> Brian: GOOD BODY CONTROL THERE. LET'S SEE IF IT HIT HIM. >> Jeff: YEAH, OFF HIS GLE.X, THREE. TWO MEN OUT FOR BROWN FACING KELENIC. KELENIC, THAT'S A BASE HIT. OPPOSITE FIELD. KELENIC CAN RUN. HE HOLDS UP AT FIRST. JARED KELENIC WITH TWOHEY' GOIN GIVE YOU ALL THAT ROOM, WHY NOT LET IT GET DEEP AND SHOOT IT? >> Brian: KELENIC'S PARENTS HAVE SEEN HIM STRUGGLE AT THE BIG LEAGUE LEVEL.
HE HAD A GREAT RUN IN AAA. SCOTS, S >>eff: IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE SOME GUYS YOU GO TO TEAMS WHERE YOU'LL GET PLENTY OF LEEWAY. YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FAIL AND GET MORE CHANCES BECAUSE YOUR TEAM IS PLAYING OUT THE SEASON. NOT SO MUCH FOR THE MARINERS. THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DAYS OFF, NOT ENCVEN CLOSE TO T SAME THING. THERE'S NO ADRENALINE GOING. THE PITCHERS AREN'T BEING AS SHARP AND IT'S TOUGH TO REPLICATE. SIX DAYS CAN BE L FOR THE ASTRO. YOU HAVE TO BE READY. YOU'RE IN AN EVERY DAY RHYTHM PLAYING AND THEN YOU DON'T DO THAT, IT CAN HAVE AN EFFECT. THEY TALKED ABOUT IT. SO FAR IT'S BEEN THE MARINERS ROLLING WITH MOMENTUM AND THEY'VE CARRIED OVEENA CURETHE SECOND BASE. A BANG-BANG PLAY. THE MARINERS WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT THIS PICK. >> Jeff: HE BLOCKS THE BAG TOO. GREAT JOB. >> BanS AU ML POST-SEASON ON TBS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE.
>> Brian: A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THOSE BASE PADS. WE GO TO THE BOTTOMF TH DRES MUNOZ, HIS FIRST ONE AT 101. >> Jeff: ANOTHER GUY THROWS 100 MILES AN HOUR. SEE HIS POST-SEASON NUMBERS. HE'S GOT A BIG SLIDER. THROWS A SLIDER 65% OF THE TIME COMPARED TO THE TAME FM SAN DIEGO. MUNOZ WAS HURT WHEN THEY MADE THE DEAL. THEY KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A WHILE FOR HIM TO COME BACK. HE MADE HIS DEBUT IN THE LAST GAME OF LAST YEAR AND HAS BEEN A FORCE THIS YOUET THE SLIDER. >> Brian: 100 IS CRUISING SPEED. THAT'S NOT HIS BEST. >> Jeff: NO. HE'S GOT 102, 103 IF HE NEEDS IT. >> Brian: PENA LASHES ONEO RSHO PUTS IT WHERE HE WANTS IT. I WAS TELLING YOU BEFORE THE GAME, B.A., 11 GUYS JUST IN THE WILD CARD SERIES THREW 100 PLUS PITCHES. THE RECORD IS 13 AND THE BRAVES, DGST HEE ABOUT AS AUTOMATIC AS IT GETS. SCORED ON IN JUST THREE GAMES IN HIS FINAL 41 HE PITCHED. JUST THREE GAVE UP RUNS.
GETS A STRIKE ON ALVAREZ AND IT'S 0-2. RIGHT FIELD LINE.E D THIS IS A FAIR BALL. ALVAREZ WILL HOLD UP AROUND FIRST. THAT WAS VERY WELL PLAYED BY HANIGER. YORDAN ALVAREZ TURNS IT AROUND QUICKLY. IT'S HIS SECOND HIT. MUNO H GAME. THIS BALL LEFT THE BAT AT 114 MILES AN HOUR. SLAMS OFF THE RIGHT FIELD FENCE. ANY ELEVATION AND THAT'S WAY OUT OF HERE. >> Jeff: THAT BALL HITS THE FENCE ON THE LINE AND THAT OUTFIELDER C G >> Jeff: IN THE MAJORITY OF CLUBS MUNOZ IS YOUR NINTH INNING GUY. AT SOME POINT HE'LL TAKE OVER THE CLOSER ROLE. RIGHT NOW THE WAY THIS TEAM IS BUILT, THIS IS THE MOMENT THEY WANT HIM IN THE BALL GAME. >> Brian: IT'S THE LANESS DEPL. >> Jeff: THE ZONE HAS BEEN CONSISTENT. JUST THE ONE PITCH TO J.P. CRAWFORD, OTHER THAN THAT, I CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER PITCH THAT I WAS — >> Brian: HE'S BEEN ON HIS GAME.
HE'S A TERRIFIC UMPIRE. 1-1. KEEP IN MIND THE AMONG THIS GROUP WILL BE WHERE THEY PULL THE WORLD SERIES UMPIRES FROM. TWO BALLS AND A STRIKE. BREGMAN SENDS ONE DEEP INTO LEFT CENTER FIELD. THIS IS WAY BACK AND >> Jeff: FOUR STRAIGHT SLIDERS TO BREGMAN. I DON'T CARE HOW GOOD YOUR STUFF IS IF YOU SEE FOUR IN AOWSOMEER. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR IN THREE YEARS HE'S BEEN HEALTHY. >> Brian: HE'S BUILT FOR THE BIG MOMENTS. HE'S HAD SO MANY IN THE POST-SEASON. NO DOUBTER LEFT CENTER. BREGMAN WITH A QUICK TWO-SPOT FOR >> Jeff: HAVEN'T HEARD THE STADIUM LIKE THIS IN A WHILE.
>> Brian: HERE'S KYLE TUCKER. MARINERS HAVE A SHIFT ON. TUCK BT THE MARINERS ADDED ON IN THE FOURTH INNING WITH TWO, ADDED ONE IN THE SEVENTH WITH THE SUAREZ HOMER. TUCKER FOULS IT AWAY. >> Jeff: THERE'S NOBODY THAT'S LEFT THIS BALL GAME YET. THESE FANS STICKING AROUND. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THIS CASTILLO CHEERING ON HIS TEAMMATE. TUCKER FOULS IT AWAY. COUNT REMAINS NO BALLS, TWO STRIKES. >> Jeff: TALKING ABOUT THE AMAZING YEAR KYLE TUCKER HAS Bri:IG PITCH. 0-2, MUNOZ DEALS. TUCKER SWING AND A MISS. MUNOZ GOES 102. GASSED HIM UP FOR THE STRIKEOUT. THE SECOND OUT OF THE INNING. FIRST STRIKEOUT FOR MUNOZ. Jef TT BREAN AND HUNG IT. YOU JUST SAW SOME GOOD FASTBALLS THERE TO TUCKER. >> Brian: TO GURRIEL HE STARTS WITH A FASTBALL AND HE MISSED. GURRIEL KNOCKED ONE OUT OF HERE IN THE FOURTH INNING.HEIK DUSTY BAKER HOPING FOR A COUPLE MORE BASE RUER >> Jeff: BOY, HE CONTINUES TO STAY HOT.
THE ONLY OUT HE'S MADE TODAY WAS A BALL THAT WAS A BULLET TO LEFT FIELD ON A 3-2 SLIDER. >>rian WHA ACE TYI RUN TO THE PLATE. YOU GOT A POWER HITTER UP THERE. IT'S TREY MANCINI. TWO OUTS. EIGHT INNING. MUNOZ. BIG SWING AND A MISS. MANCINI OVEHE INNINGS AND GAVE 6 RUNS. MUNOZ DEALS. ONE BALL, ONE STRIKE THE COUNT. >> Jeff: WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT DUSTY BAKER, HE'S BEEN IN THIS GAME SO LONG AND HE'S STILL SO SUPERSTITIOUS. NOW HANGING OUT ITHE EVEN WITH A MANCINI OUT RIGHT HERE, SCOTT SERVAIS KNOWS JOSE ALTUVE IS GOING TO GET AN AT-BAT IN THE NINTH. HE WOU BE D UGAME. >> Brian: SIMILAR TO TODAY WITH THE PHILLIES AND THE BRAVES. MANCINI WITH A GOOD CUT. THAT WAS A HANGING SLIDER. 2-2 THE COUNT. THAT WAS THE ONE MANCINI PROBABLY WANTS BACK. SIMILAR TO THE PITCH THAT BREGMAN SENT OUT OF HERE.RO WITH. 2-2 THE COUNT. TWO OUTS. GURRIEL AT FIRST. A SWING AND A MISS. MUNOZ WITH A BIG STRIKEOUT TO END THE INNING.
TWO Ks FOR MUNOZ, BUT ALEX BREGMAN CPP O PREGAME BATTING PRACTICE. GUARDIANS WINNERS OF THE A.L. STALL. YANKEES WINNERS OF THE A.L. EAST. 7:30 TONIGHT ON TBS. BRIAN ANDERSON HERE WITH JEFF FRANCOEUR AND MT NE HE I VE– PRY IS THE CLOSER, BUT DUSTY BAKER USING MONTERO FOR THE TOUGH OUTS. >> Jeff:HESTE T COUNT. JAM SHOT ON THE HOP. ALTUVE. ONE AWAY. >> Jeff: 68 INNINGS, BEEN A WORK HORSE FOR HIM.ATEELS CAN KEEP TE HERE AND GIVE YOUR OFFENSE A CHANCE TO GET BACK IN IT.
>> Brian: SEE RYAN PRESSLY HOPING FOR A CHANCE. JULIO RODRIGUEZ AS WE GO BACK TO THE TOP OF THE ORDER. P A A STARTER WITH THE METS. COUPLE YEARS WITH THE RANGERS. NOW IN HIS SECOND SEASON AS AN ASTRO. HE DEALS AND A SWING AND A MISS. BIG FASTBALL, 97. HE TWO TEAMS. A DEAL WITH THE >> Brian: MONTERO STRUGGLED AS A MARINER. HE'S FOUND SOMETHING HERE AS AN ASTRO. ASTROS HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM WITH FLIPPING PITCHERS. THEY'VE DONE IT WITH SO MANDYHI COMING. >> Jeff: THE STUFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE. GOT A BIG ARM. ALWAYS HAD 96, 97. NOW HE CAN CONTROL IT AND THROW STRIKES. >> Brian: 3-2 PITCH TO RODRIGUEZ. A DRIVE INTO RIGHTCEER LL >> Jeff: REALLY NICE PLAY RIGHT HERE HAVING TO GO DEEP TO THAT RIGHT CENTER OVER BY THEIR BULLPEN. THE HARD THING HERE IS YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE WALL IS. A LOT OF TIMES OFIELRS, SIMILAR.
>> Brian: FIRST BALL SWINGING AND THE OUT. DUSTY BAKER PUTS IN MONTERO AND HE RETIRES THE SIDE IN ORDER. HERE WE GO TO THE >> Brian: BOTTOM OF THE NINTH IN HOUSTON. DON'T FORGET THE UPCING OUTS. BOTTOM OF THE NINTH. 7-5 SEATTLE. FIRST BALL SWINGING CHRISTIAN VAZ VAZQUEZ. LET'S SET IT UP. PAUL SEWALD IS ON TOAI SLIR THA ACROSS THE ZONE. IT IT'S A FRISBEE SLIDER. >> Brian: WE'LL HAVE A PINCH HITTER NEXT.
ON T GUND >> Brian: THESE MANAGERS WRESTLE OVER ROSTER DECISIONS FOR DAYS LEADING UP TO THE POST-SEASON. IT FEELS LIKE IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO THAT DECISION. RIGHT HERE DUSTY BAKER WHO WRESTLED WITHOSTE W >> Jeff: 25th, 26th GUY SHOULDN'T MAKE THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE IN A GAME. LIKE YOU SAID, HERE HE IS BATTING TO KEEP THIS GAME ALIVE. WE SAID AFTER GILBERT WENT OUT, 11 OUTS WERE NEEDED BY THE AAA 20th.
FIRST TIME HE WAS EVER ON A MAJOR LEAGUE ROSTER. DRAFTED IN '18. TRYING TO GET ALTUVE TO THE PLATE REPRESENTING THE TYING RUN. COD COME UP. OF HENSLEY THEAST SWING AND A MISS. >> Jeff: YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE HIM SOME TIME, BUT I IMAGINE THE ADRENALINE IS PUMPING RIGHT NOW ON THAT MOUND.TC TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIS CHANCE IN THE BIG LEAGUES. HIT .345 THE FINAL MONTH OF THE SEASON. GOOD SWING. GEINTO 3-2 COUNT.
HE WANTS ACTION ON THIS PITCH. >> Brian: 2-2 AGAIN. SEWALD DELIVERS. MISSES. NOW IT'S 3-2. ROAD USTON TRYING TO FLIP THE SCRIPT RIGHT NOW. FULL COUNT. PITCH ON THE WAY. SPOILS IT. HENSLEY WITH A GOOD AT-BAT GOING HERE. >> Jeff: YOUR FIRST POST-SEASON IN THIS SITUATION, A.3-E COUN SEWALD FIRES. OH, HE MISSED BADLY. IT'S A WALK. HENSLEY DRAWS THE WALK. AN EIGHT-PITCH BATTLE. NOW THE ASTROS BRINGING THE TYING RUN TO THE PLATE. RUNNER. SCOTT SERVAIS TRYING TO KEEP IT COOL. >> Jeff: HE KNOWS IT'S SO CLOSE. A WIN HERE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT. >> Brian: HERE'S ALTUVE. JAKE MYERS COMESFF ALTUVE A HOT ONE FOULED. >> Jeff: GOT THE PART OF THE LINEUP YOU WANT. ANYBODY ELSE YOU WANT UP RIGHT NOW OTHER THAN AN EIGHT-TIME ALL STAR? >> Ban:NL DELIVERS. SWING AND A MISS. TOOK A RIP AT A HIGH FASTBALL. NO BALLS AND TWO STRIKES.
>> Jeff: YOU CAN SEE HE THROWS FROM THAT SIDE ANGLE. THAT FASTBALL KIND OF PUSHES AND RISES UP ITGH T BRAS IN OUR FIRST GAME TODAY MOUNTED A COMEBACK. A TEAM THAT WON THEIR DIVISION, GOT THE BY. THE ASTROS TRYING TO FIGHT THEIR WAY BACK. THEY WERE DOWN 4-0 EARLY.GEOR T SECOND OUT OF THE INNING. STUCK WITH HIS BREAD AND BUTTER, THE HIGH CHEESE. >> Jeff: LET'S TAKE A LOOK HERE AT THIS WITH ALTUVE. FIRST PITCH ALMOST HIT THE SLIDER DOWN THE LINE. CLIMBED THE LADDER WITH THAT FASTBALL. WENT BACK TO THEanERE' JEREMY P. PENA TAKES A FASTBALL STRIKE. GOT A CALL THERE. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A SCOUTING REPORT RIGHT NOW. SELD, Hf:T H DID WAS HE SET IT UP. HE GOT THAT FIRST PITCH FASTBALL. NOW YOU SAW HIM EXPAND THE ZONE. USUALLY IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, B.A., YOUNG HITTER YOU GO RIGHT BACK OUT THERE AND TRY TO EXPAND IT MORE.
Bri: SD THE BIGGEST DEBATE THE ASTROS HAVE ABOUT THEIR LINEUP IS WHO HITS SECOND. THIS KID CAN HARDLY WATCH, MAN. EMOTIONS ARE OVERWHELMING HIM. JEREMY PAIT T UP THE MIDDLE. THE ASTROS HAVE TWO ON WITH TWO AWAY AND THEIR BIG THUMB PER COMING UP. >> Jeff: I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE GNG YORDAN ALVAREZ. THAT MOMENT HAS ARRIVED. SEWALD WILL EXIT. CANNOT FINISH. THE REIGNING AMERICAN LEAGUE CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER. HE'S ON TO FACE YORDAN ALVAREZ. JUST FOUR CAREER RELIEF APPEARANCES. NONE IN THE LAST THREE CAREERS. HIS LAST ONE BACK IN 2021. THREE IN . .321. THE MATCH-UP AS FAR AS THAT GOES ISN'T BAD. WHERE ROBBIE RAY DOES HAVE — HE HAS 212 STRIKEOUTS.
HE'S GOT THE ABILITY WITH THAT FASTBALL AND SLIDER GOING AWAY, COUNT AND LEFT THE SLIDER UP THERE AND A TWO-OUT TWO-STRIKE SINGLE BY JEREMY PENA SET THE STAGE FOR YORDAN ALVAREZ, ONE OF THE MOST FEARED HITTERS IN THE GAME. >> Jeff: IT'S FUNNY. AOT O T PLATE. BIG MOMENT. >> Brian: HERE WE GO. MYERS AT SECOND BASE, THE PINCH RUNNER. PENA THE RUNNER AT FIRST THE TYING RUN. ALVAREZ A MIGHTY LASH. HE FOULS IT BACK. FIRST PITCH FASTBALL SATURDAY. ALVAREZ LAUNCHES DEEP RIGHT FIELD. THIS ONE IS GONE. THE ASTROS WALK THEM OFF IN GAME ONE! YORDAN ALVAREZ, ARE YOU >> Brian: WHAT AN INCREDIBLE FINISH TO GAME ONE OF THIS AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES. YORDAN ALVAREZ A E-OPTH WAS HIM. THERE'S ONE GUY I SAID COMING IN YOU DON'T WANT TO BRING HIM UP.
>> Brian: A 438-FOOT HOMER INTO THE SECOND DECK. HIS ONE SHOT WITH A SAME SIDE MATCH-UP. YORDAN ALVAREZ SHOWS YOU WHY HE IS ONE OF THE GREAT.
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