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where's the appeal he went yeah I mean the gral didn't appeal because he thought that the home plate umpire had called him out and there's the strikeout for Suzuki that was kind of weird what I'm assuming grandal just expected Edwin Moscoso to ring him up and when he didn't it was a delayed appeal to Vic carapaz over at first base but yeah he went was clear so couldn't score the runner from third now with two outs it's Cody Bellinger and it's inside for ball one 99 missing and how many times you get a leadoff double and you expect to get the run home right well against SK sure you do that's not the case from the other side of the coin too from experience when you're out there in the middle of the diamond you you're like okay ground ball right side it's going to get just past Alica williams' dive and the Cubs will get that first inning run on a hard roller through the infield RBI hit for Bellinger one- nothing Chicago I was about to say you you kind of in your mind that lead off double he's like okay he's I'm I'm going to approach this like he's scored I'm just going to try and get the next three guys out and at the end of the inning if he's still out there great if not okay well that's on me I gave a b off double that's that's kind of a I think as a starting pitcher you got to have that mindset so that you'll Bend but don't break don't don't try to stop that Runner right away yeah first inning of a game there's an inside strike on the spinker to isach Paredes so one- nothing Cubs they open with an early tally got to try and tell yourself you know if that one early Run's going to beat you you're probably wen't going to win anyway so just just get the outs one is in it's a ball and a strike on Paredes and Allstar with Tampa Bay this year especially once they move the runner to third obvious L here he ended up getting a strike out and there was a window of opportunity now to not give up a run but Bellinger a pretty darn good hitter he got his hit got the two out RBI 55th run batted in for [Music] Bellinger so one- nothing Cubs one and one on Paredes Bellinger with eight stolen bases here's the pitch swinging a Miss he's laid on 100 at the top of the Zone one and two SK already with a strikeout he's 11 strikeouts away from tying the Pirates rookie record for strikeouts in a season that has stood for 89 years here's the onew swinging a foul late swing on 100 at the top of the Zone velocity firm here in the first [Music] Bellinger on it first one and two and the pitch he runs pitches a ball and then it gets away from gr do an easy stolen base for Bellinger his ninth that's only the third stolen base with skin on the mound for the entire season that it was going to be a kind of an interesting thing for me today you they they ran so successfully in the opening game of this series with's going to be able to stop him and there two ways that he that that is going to happen one of them he's not going to have very many base runners and little pop to first base tles from his perch will get into foul ground and backhanded to make the catch has that great pickoff move also so I I don't think they're going to run much Cubs get a run half [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] which means sheets is the official late night early a.m. Brey second Brey pre- lunch lunch 4 p.m. [Music] snack 34-year-old right-hander Kyle Hendrick will work the prophal Cub or a head to the Bel and the first one to isaia ker FFA in there for a strike 87 milph that's what we see these days from Hendrick yeah not a hard thrower never really is throwing very hard but got off to I was looking at his game logs and man he just was horrible early on this season first two months outside now one to one yeah he didn't hardly throw very many pitches at all anymore he's only thrown uh over 90 he's thrown more than 95 pitches only once all year swinging a Miss on a curveball it's one and two now and in all of his starts he's only thrown 90 or more five times so he's just he's really been on a uh short leash a lot of that is because of he's been giving up a lot of runs too they get him out of there onew rolled over to Third and got him to chase that curveball Bush was able to stay on the bag with a Nimble Play Saving paras's throw that was up the line one out Cubs defense of the attempted base dealers since joining the Cubs it's pretty good swinging a foul and strike one on Brian Reynolds 20 home runs batting at [Music] 279 switch hitter batting left and the pitch that's outside one ball and one strike of the Pirates in the game today Reynolds has the most experience against hris 36 career at bats grounded foul kind it looks like uh the bottom of the lineup might do some damage against him uh today looking at the matchup uh you know starting with Conor Joe and moving down some guys that have had some success McKenna triello is only five at bats off of him but he's got three hits in a home run one two parachuted foul up the left side goes untouched still want might look toward the bottom of the lineup today to get some early offense off the professor Cruz is on Deck he's been the best hitter in the National League this month I think one of the things that uh you have to look for with Hendrick out there is he needs a fairly wide Strike Zone to be successful cuz he's going to try and hit Corners all day onew is soaring to right field and Brian Reynolds is taged tag number 21 of the deepest reaches of the seats in r a home run for Reynolds tying the game at one here in the first inning ay no doubter he got that one got the fireworks going off early lunchtime [Music] fireworks and Bowser Blast for Reynolds number 21 that that ball hit in the back corner up there very back corner and there's two folks sitting there too right in that spot tried an up and in fast ball hit in the last row seats just in the farthest reaches for the drop off and then the lower seating area ball one down and in to [Music] Cruz Cruz hitting at 383 in August that's the best in the National League swinging a Miss on the change of pace there one and one Reen hit that on stack cast at 429 ft what stack cast tells us and that home run flight path brought to you by Pittsburgh International Airport change up away two and one on O'Neal Cruz baseball's third ever 6'7 center fielder today here's the pitch bounced foul two balls at two strikes four hits yesterday hard he was hitting the ball yesterday yesterday didn't really get any of them up on the air but he was smoking the ball on the line and ground balls yeah four hits I think with three were 110 plus maybe all four yeah I can't remember what the last one was but I know three of them were 22 is popped up back behind the plate Beth and Cy will have just enough room to make the catch and Cruz fouls out to the catcher for the second out I wonder how many uh ball is over 110 he is hit this year it's got to be a nice collection he spitballing just number two on that list probably right behind judge even if he just ball went downloaded to you take all that cuz he he's got some bullets for outs this year too well however you want to slice it now all those exit velocities have turned into hits for Cruz pitch strike 101 I mean Cruz coming in his average is up to 271 for the season now the harder the ball is hit better chance it's not going to be caught that's for sure one1 to tles and a wave in a Miss on a change up off the plate away one ball two strikes Reynolds with a home run to tie it a run a piece here in the first tle at 248 for the season heading at 11 home runs as 44 [Music] RBI here's the set and a one-w pitch dribbled foul up the third base side on that change up from Hendricks that was his 20th home run surrendered when Reynolds hit his 21st here's a one-w swing in a liner pass first and second baseman in right a base hit for Rowdy tles two out single will bring up Conor Joe said he's got some good numbers in his match ups against HRI eight for 15 that's more hits than outs yeah 600 slugging percentage 579 on base so he likes uh what he sees when Hendrick is pitching first one is outside for ball one on a curve and Connor Joe's always hit the Cubs well second highest OPS among active players 10 oh from Hendricks outside now two balls and nothing on a change up missing throw that change up to righties lefties both sides of the plate Hendrick had a Dartmouth and the two- pitch Conor Joe sees the ball at the bottom of the zone three and0 will'll be ruled the ball on a borderline [Music] pitch hris debuted with the Cubs 10 years ago after being drafted by the Rangers but never appeared with Texas for pitch walk now two Pirates are on with two outs for Billy McKinny he's the number six hitter for the Pirates today e Taz at second Conor Joe on at first for Billy McKenna batting for the Pirates against Hendrick take an extra base hit right now let Conor run the pitch swing and a miss out in front of a change up and a strike that's what Hendricks was thinking he's going to be aggressive I'm going throw him change up parats have tied the score on the Reynolds home run 1-1 here in the first here's an 01 pitch down low and Away tried another change up wouldn't fish for it one ball and one strike Hendrick looks in and the pitch high and Away with a fast ball at 88 mph it's two balls and a [Music] strike chance for the Pirates to take an early lead here in the first Quick Pitch just missed outside with a curve three and one Hendrick has just walked Conor Joe now behind on mckenny here's a 3-1 and they'll take a strike got a fast ball out over the plate on 3-1 with two on and two out now a Full Count three balls and two strikes McKenna will take the time out here's the pitch swinging a Miss struck him out on a change up a 3-1 fast ball best pitch to hit but hadam fool did Hendrick it's why he's [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] when I told her it was a beer I show Hills irrigation and turf our Grass Is Always Greener Pirates won Cubs won through an inning Paul SK returns here's Herer and outside ball one at 98 Horner at 255 a right-handed batter with five home runs only career at bat against skin he homered off him here's the 10 pitch and it's down low just missing with a fast ball two balls and no strikes Swanson and then Crow Armstrong to follow skees on a 20-0 pitch delivers a strike spinker right at the knees two and one here's the set and the pitch swinging a liner over short and in the left that's down for a base hit kind of stayed down too when it hit the grass and McKenna lunging down to make sure he fielded it on a hop so a lead off single for Herer Cubs third hit today that's already more than SK allowed in his last start I was going to say this having somebody get three hits off of him this early in a game is a little different hasn't allowed more than three hits in a start since August 10th isn't that amazing to say what a pitcher here's Swanson takes a strike 99 right at the knees right on the Outer Edge perfectly placed with Upper 90 seat Swanson at 229 with a dozen homers including a grand slam back on Monday got the right side wide open for him pickoff move and T playing in front of the bag a handcuff Fields the ball skin scoots that ball over there pretty quick for instance as skin has picked up off Ellie Dela Cruz twice this year the baseball stolen base leader here's the pitch swinging a foul and now two strikes and Swanson my teams have not been very successful stealing with SK out there just three out of four now after that first inning stolen base for the whole season three as you were just talking about he didn't give up very many hits yeah so who's running and uh base runners yeah but he he has an excellent pickoff move same used to be said of Hendrick remember when Hendricks earlier in his career he used to have it for right-hander he was excellent still two strikes on another throw over so that's the two disengagements exhausted by skines to try to keep Herer close he's stolen 25 bases got a big lead and o02 swinging a Miss throw down way late and a stolen base again for the Cubs their 10th in the series Horner was way off mean it's one of the few times we've seen a base dealer after the pitcher has used the two Enga disengagements to really press the issue and take a very big yeah lead I dare you to throw over yeah you know that sort of thing cuz you've already thrown over twice so otherwise it's a b if you don't pick them off yeah if you don't get me out there's a strike yeah that was I think baseball's intent and rightfully so I'm still surprised that that more Runners don't do that where they just say well okay I'm going to steal the base you got to throw me out now everybody knows it's coming here's the 01 and it's outside one ball one strike we did see that for about the first month of the ru where there was a people were running all over place and then it just went off a cliff and the pitch swing in a miss one ball two strikes to Crow [Music] Armstrong and the pitch swinging a liner up the middle that's a base hit Cruz will feel it on a hop he's got that great arm of course and we'll see it on display hop throw right to the catcher as Herer was arriving but it gets away from grandall skin back there a little ardy to pick it up and Crow Armstrong all the way to Third on that and it's two to one Chicago see now and now Cruz is going to get a throng ER even though he put a one hopper right on the money that was an extraordinary throw yeah it was a one hopper right there it wasn't handled and nobody was backing up the play so either one of those if the ball is caught or if somebody if the if schames was backing up then nobody moves up 90 ft and Cruz doesn't get an error he's got a bunch of errors this year on on those throws just like that Beth and court with a man at third one out tried to push a bunt and found it strike one on Beth and Court yeah that that is I mean uh you know when you go and look back and you you're going to say ER is Fielding percentage watch the 20 or so games 25 games that he plays out there that is such an advantage to have him be able to throw from center field like that that's down low one ball and one strike look at Jackson Merill the rookie in San Diego one of the other top rookies in the league and he came up as a middle in Fielder and they put him out center field and he's got a great arm not quite like Cruz if that ball was caught might have had an out you know was it was going to be a bang bang play at the plate the pitch and that's down low two and one so goes as a single for Crow Armstrong in RBI moves to second on the throw and to Third on what has to be ruled the error on the throw even though you have to give an error to somebody yeah there should be two guys there instead of just one and it's almost I would say 98% of the time they give the error on the whoever threw it down low three and one but that was a the first time that we've seen the arm from the outfield for Cruz he threw at 103 mph 103.3 from The Outfield soft Tapper to short Kor FFA ales to go to First and Crow Armstrong will score bethan court and RBI bounce out it's 3 to1 Chicago it it's so tough to throw somebody out at the plate the that has the the speed they're going on contact when the ball's especially when the ball's chopped like that so you just go ahead and take the sh out at first base it's still early in the ball game and there's a strike so Cruz's throw from center field by the way that's it's the second hardest throw in all the baseball this season this is his second inning playing in the Outfield so those uh those skills will be on display that's down low one ball and one strike to Ian half three runs across for the Cubs only once has skin allowed more than three runs in and Outing in his major league career that was the four runs he gave up at La on the 10th swing and a foul one ball two strikes on E in [Music] [Music] half and the pitch that's outside at 100 two balls and two strikes back to work on a 22 and it's inside three and [Music] two in danger of walking hap it would be Michael Bush next full count and the pitch swinging a foul SK let him have 98 so a 20 pitch first inning for skem he's thrown 22 so far here in the second 3 to one Cubs leading it's one thing the Cubs have forced the Pirates in this series to throw a ton of pitches yeah more than 400 in the first two games here's the pitch swinging a bouncing ball up the middle on the backhand Alica Williams second baseman on to first for the final out Cubs had two on two singles a stolen base and error and [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] yman grandal will lead it off for the Pirates here in the bottom of the second inning Cubs have a 3 to one lead triolo and then Williams to follow against Kyle Hendricks Reynolds homered in the first accounting for the Pirates score Hendrick delivers and grandall takes down low for ball one on a curveball missing average up to 210 for the switch hitter seven home runs 1 and it B ball two outside on a fast B at 86 mph from Kyle Hendricks Beth and Court sets up away in the pitch that's right out over the plate change up right down the middle and now two and one on grandall at that game-winning home run on Sunday was in there on Monday and now again here today here's the pitch outside 3 and one Henry has caught yesterday his first start in this stint with the Pirates grandal has caught skines in 16 of Skin's 18 starts in the big leagues and even once in Indianapolis half swing strike three balls at two strikes and skines has said that he'll look back and really value having grandal behind the plate once in a lifetime opportunity is what he called it have a veteran catcher catching him his rookie season grandal will draw a leadoff walk against Hendrick Hendrick's second walk today quick and and looking at his history of how often they pull him out he won't be out there very long well because of the big leads they established in the first two games the Cubs could be aggressive with their top bullpeners today here's triolo two for five with a home run lifetime against Hendrick she'll take off the plate away for ball one bethan Court appears peeved that these pitches that are two and three balls off the plate aren't called strikes but Edwin Moscoso has been on it there's a slid step delivery outside again two balls and no strikes on a change up missing and I think that points to what you were saying earlier Bob about how Hendrix really does need a widened Strike Zone yeah he he if he starts getting pitches called strikes on the edges and he is much much more effective 20- is hit on a line out to deep right field Bellinger chasing it goes over his head bounds Off the Wall he Fields the rebound that's a double for triolo and grandall had to see it down he'll get to Third so second and third for the Pirates nobody out and Alica Williams is coming up triolo's really hit pretty solidly since Hayes has going on the injured list oh yeah he certainly has has a come back alive with that bat PES down to here in the second the pitch half swing strike change up just off the plate [Music] away Williams hitting at 211 has not hit a home run since July of last season in the minors or Majors pitch outside on a change up missing one ball and one strike no one on it first so Bush can play off the line for the right-handed batter the pitch swing in a Miss one-1 curveball that ended up right at the knees on the Outer Edge one and two on Alica [Music] Williams Isaiah ker FFA is on Deck here's the pitch down low and blocked by bethan court it's two balls at two [Music] strikes now the set and the pitch outside three and two Hendrick having a hard time finding the strike zone he's not on it today the pitch swinging a miss and down on a change up threw him a strike and Williams swung through it one out it looked like it broke but yeah definitely a change up grip oh look like can move the ball a little bit when it's it's even know what a change up he could Master at manipulating the ball foul territory up first and Bush tried to track it down he had to go a long way reached down to the last moment could not make the catch so Conor FFA just down a strike he was running as fast as he could up the right field line and foul ground I think we would have got a run out of that yeah if he makes that catch he's moving away from home plate would have to change his momentum and throw and even with grandal running at third yeah he probably able to tank and score good point sometimes it's better not to catch those foul balls well I don't dribbler toward first Bush charges he's going to get it over to Hendrick really hustling to get over to the base and he'll beat Kinder FFA there grandall and triolo Advance a run in on the bounce out 3-2 Chicago see it would have been the same situation as what they just got do you know you give up ran into the the railing down there by uh you know by where the uh the ballp person is here's Brian Reynolds who had a long home run his first time up D dhing today got 17 RBI in his 17 games as a DH this season six home runs as the designated hitter and the first pitch a strike on a change up just on that Outer Edge triolo is at third with two men gone a run in 3-2 Chicago leading in the second here's an 01 and that's outside change up fading away from Reynolds batting left and it's one ball and one strike kind of pick your poison right now for Hendrick Reynolds don't want to give him anything to hit but Cruz is sitting there on Deck tap foul one and two Cruz is one of the hottest hitters in baseball now and rs had a long home run off me so who do I pitch to here you got to pick one of them so far he's got ahead of Reynolds one and two so it looks like he's pitching to him 50 pitches for hris here's the pitch down low two and two change up missed no fast balls yet yeah that's the what Reynolds hit [Music] out triolo standing at third with two away 3-2 Cubs 2-2 pitch swung on lined up the middle base hit Reynolds drives in the Run he took that change up sent it back up the box RBI number 74 for Reynolds 3-3 game here in a second and that's what happens when you're you're afraid to throw a guy a fast ball he just keep pumping change UPS so what what's it changing up off of nothing just becomes a slower straight pitch Reynolds takes it line drive right back through the middle now Cruz gets the bat Reynolds has stolen seven bases pitch is swung on line the other way to left and that turns around the outfielder half he couldn't believe how hard that ball was hit Reynolds will be held at third a scalding double for Cruz the opposite way I mean that's a two-time goal Glover there in left field that was dizzied by the exploding bat of O'Neal Cruz 113 mph line drive right over the opposite corner outfielder's [Music] head so now Tommy H he's not having much success in anything right now been a bad year for [Music] him and now the Pirates rally situation here second and third two outs for rowy tles at a 633 ER and it looks like it's going to climb some more today [Music] Pirates would add two on a base hit from tesir here's the pitch and they'll take a strike down and then change up to start well the Cubs got a run in the first so did the Pirates Cubs got two in the top half of the second inning so did the Pirates so far looking for more here's hendrix's 01 way outside snap throw to Third and Reynolds back in on a head first dive be and Court pretty good defensive catcher going to help the cause today here's a 1-1 tles waves through down in away change up out of Change Change you might as well sit on a change up cuz you're going to see two or three of them every bat one and two on Rowdy tles Reynolds at third after his RBI single Cruz with a double he's at second onew Pitch tles takes way outside another the change up wasn't it yeah two balls and two [Music] strikes here's the 2-2 tles takes in barely missed with the fast ball at 88 three balls and two strikes Conor Joe is on Deck [Applause] here's the set of the pitch swinging a weak pop to third Paredes backtracking and amazing somehow that coms in catch that ball two come in 53 pirates on a bloop two run single for tles between two Cub fielders yeah they're just looking at each other as that ball is in the air say you got it I don't you got [Music] it yeah Peres not a strong Fielder typically but Swanson the gold Glover well he had a long way to run but if he if I think he was thinking about that that's not his ball to catch if he would have known immediately that's mine or nobody's I think he would have got there maybe a lunging catch where he lost his feet something but I think he could have got there but here's the pitch and a swing of a Miss threw it right by him at 89 but he didn't know that was going to be up to him yeah Peres was so close to that ball few steps back he makes the catch but it befed him and the Pirates benefit 5-3 they enjoy the lead now with his four-run second inning one to Connor Joe and just misses inside with a fast B one ball and one strike so tles with rbi's 45 and 46 still in the second inning and he's already thrown over 60 pitches Hendrick ass pitch is fouled away might just utilize him for length as as much as he can give them today I mean he wasn't helped by his defense right there he should have been out of the inning but instead the Pirates capitalize the pitch swung on and lined up the middle a base hit hit hung a curveball to Connor Joe and he hits a single to Center pirates with four straight two out hits first and second for mckenny the ninth pirate to bat in this second inning we Billy McKenna batting with two outs and minut at first and second for the second time today already Texas Swing ball one if the Pirates are just going to hit strikes today I don't know if Hendricks has anything that can get him out the the fast ball to change up the curveball if it's in the strike zone they're going to hit it and they have already seven hits for the Pirates there's a swing in a miss and a change up just off the plate away one to1 that's what he has to have he has to have you trying to hit pitches that are [Music] balls one ball one strike 5-3 the Pirates lead the Cubs here in the second inning both teams have scored in both [Music] Innings 1-1 from Kyle Hendricks swing Fly ball toward the Gap in left center field toward the notch this is down and it will one hop over the wall automatic double for Billy McKinny Joe has to go back to third but give him a run B in it's 6 to3 Pirates well they are walloping Kyle Hendricks right now there's nobody throwing in the bullpen I mean they're just telling Hendrick you're going to have to wear this one picked up a baseball out there going to start playing some catch five straight two out hits for the Pirates here's grandall delivers low ball one as Hendrick he walked grandall to start this sitting 6-3 Pirates here in the second zra has gone from 633 to 675 ball two down low in this uh ining in 2/3 he's [Music] toss now the 2- and grandal fouls it away got that change up down in way he is getting some swings on that but that's about all that has sty made the pirate so far a momentary blip second and third for grandall with two away the pitch low three and one Ethan Roberts is a right-hander and he's getting up in the Cubs Bullpen 63 the Pirates lead five straight two out hits 31 and ball four Miss with the fast B he's walked ground twice in the inning I'll point out that grandall has walked 12 times this season coming into today and he walked him twice in one inning so he's thrown 41 pitches this inning 20 have missed the mark 70 I guess not 70 I thought 69 according to the scoreboard that's incorrect no you're right 70 something yeah okay here's triolo who doubled earlier this inning and now a slow slow walk by Beth and Court to the mound and a slow slow walk by Craig councel to the mound the Cubs manager it's the second Mound visit of the inning and that guarantees us a pitching change so the Pirates Derek Kyle Hendricks after two no one and 2/3 Innings wow don't think we'd ever say that with Kyle Hendricks this pitching chain [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] he has been in just nine ball games but pitched pretty well given up just three runs in 13 Innings of work he's walked six and struck out 12 nice and cool down there today I'll bet you sitting in the shade here's the pitch triolo hits it on the ground to third Paredes gloves cleanly and gets a force at second one pitch gets out of the inning