Bay Rays Vs. Twins. Sep/3/2024 TODAY GAME Highlights | MLB Season 2024

League Baseball game and Jeffrey Springs is on the mound for the rids Jeffrey Springs Home Furniture starting pitcher making his seventh start of the Season he missed majority of the Year recovering from Tommy John's surgery he had it after his third start last year but he's a guy that likes to move the ball all over the plate has not thrown more than 90 pitches five pitch mix I'm a twins hitter I eliminate that cutter you see he throws that 2% of the time but that four seam fast ball and that change up he likes to throw that around 74 75% of the times ran Jeffers has one leadoff home run this season that came at Target Field against Carlos rodon and the Yankees back in April and Springs to Jeffers and the first pitch is a strike and that's where Springs is going to be around 90 mph yeah that's where he sits I think uh he's coming off Tommy John surgery so I think he's still trying to get settled in and he's still trying to regain his his fast ball strength and and uh hasn't been stretched out totally yet but fast ball sits between 89 and 90 mph Springs has been really good here at home in fact the raise of one each of springs' last 11 home starts has a really good change up as the fast B at 91 misses ey I say he has a good change up historically yes still trying to find the FI for that pitch so far this year as opposing teams are slugging 500 off that change up so far and there's a fast ball at Jeffers he might have been thinking change up there the fast B locked him up one out yeah definitely think Ryan Jeffers was sitting off speed you tell right there by the way he took that fast ball fast ball inside S I think he was sitting change up all all along as we said with Royce Lewis last night swinging more at the first pitch than he ever has before and stays on that same plan and fouls a knee high pass ball back for strike one that swing resulted in an RBI double in the opening opening inning last night you like to see that from him especially with guys in scoring position you know you're probably going to get a wrinkle if you're him change up reaching and Pops it up Logan Driscoll catching his big league debut he was working on that play that exact play with the Chucks machine out early on today and second batter in tested and made the play near the net the raay defensively tonight brought to you by Ford Jose Siri back with the team after an excused absence away from the club last night Jose cavero at short stop fighting it at the plate but he is a menace on the base pass he has great speed and Driscoll his big league debut catching Springs tonight two down and now Jose Miranda batting 13 tonight Miranda is the DH was two hits last night as that one will work its way [Music] foul Miranda has done more damage I'm sorry dard more to righties than to lefties of his nine home runs surprisingly only two have come against left hand pitch yeah I think that's what makes him so valuable as a player you're Rocco you can you can play him against righties or lefties I think his approach never it never waivers you know he stays up through the middle of the field short compact swing as well similar to to Brooks Lee to shallow right Morell racing over in the second baseman makes the play and Jonathan aond to the first baseman in his zip pocket but Yi Diaz hit lead off last night Christopher Morel has that honor tonight and David fest's first pitch has popped up and this one towards the roof and this one will land in the stands behind the plate home furniture starting pitcher David Festa making his ninth start of the Season he's done a beautiful job stepping in for a lot of injured pitchers in in in the rotation for the twins three- pitch mix fast ball slider change up electric arm once again he's filled in perfect for the twins slider usage has been up as of late he's coming off a real really good start against the Atlanta Braves now the one-1 pitch and there's 94 up and inside I love that report from Audra a moment ago about pesta had that slider usage used it heavily against the Braves and mainly to righties he said that's my best pitch against righties yep that's his that's his number one pitch is that slider and then he'll back it up with that four seam fast ball and I would say that's definitely his out pitch B in big situations that that's his best pitch trying to come back down 3-1 against Morell and this one's fouled back there's 94 ran it in and we'll see if the slider comes into play good note here opponents are 0 for their last 15 when the atat ends on a Festa slider sharply hit and a base hit off the fast for and Morell now two for five in the series a leadoff single to begin the night for Tampa twins defensively here tonight right field Michael Helman his big league debut of the age of 28 K farmers at second base Brooks Lee key swing late last night Roy Lewis at third Ry Jeffers behind the plate it's rookie Michael Helman 11th round pick out of Texas A&M in 2018 Brandon La sends it to left in the ballpark for Austin Martin and there's out number one holding in first base is [Music] Morell let's go on the driver seat brought to you by Hyundai and as dard mentioned a chance to look at the number one Prospect in the game right now at Junior Camero Dylan Cruz Walker Jenkins of the twins on that list and Monero only 21 years old we've been talking a lot about Matt walner and how the ball comes off his Bat and it sounds totally different well Junior commero he's the guy for the Rays where the bat the ball just comes off his Bat and it sounds totally different and he drives the ball all all over the field over his last 10 games an average exit velocity of 94.7 so he's doing a lot of damage when he touches the ball on the barrel was originally in the Guardians organization then Cleveland sent cero Tampa Bay's way in 2021 made the final out last night Durant able to strike him out with a breaking ball to end it there's a change up and it's a one-w count Festa with the change up to righties has allowed only two hits all year but one of those two hits a home [Music] run check on Morell and the tag applied 10 Morell is back in safely Tampa Bay will run but Morel just one stolen base with his new team plenty of Team Speed as the lineup thickens here against Festa tonight R stays and the onew hit to right and a chance here for Helman two down sure Big League debut yes you can't wait for that at bat but you want a chance in a Fly ball right in the opening inning oh yeah you want you want to find that you want the ball to find you just to kind of get yourself settled in within the ball game I'm sure he has a lot of jitters um but yeah getting the easy routine Fly ball to start the game now help hopefully help settle him in two down for Josh low we saw on right field last night he's in left field tonight multi- hit games in five of his last seven he had two more hits last night with a run scored and a tough out against the twins look at that note 12 career games in 333 off twins pitching on two love those two pitches right there first pitch change up caught him off off balance a little bit and he doubled up with the fast ball right after that same location really good execution right there from Festa yeah he did change up fast ball change up keeping the ball away from low and that'll get fouled Fest has some great numbers by the way his last seven games covering six starts limiting opposing batters to a 193 average and his erra over that span seven games six starts in the very low [Music] threes [Music] heing Morel enhances that lead a bit more takes off and now stops and the onew is outside with two ball two strike count probably a good thing he stopped right there fast ball Up and Away that would been a perfect pitch for Jeffers to make a make a good throw got him on a change up down and away so the leadoff hit leads to nothing and David fesa picks up strikeout number one tonight and his 20th strike out this season third so very small sample as he unloads to left down the line deep in the corner stay fair that ball is fair and gone Carlos Santana there's hit number one here in September there you go I like the reverse psychology right there Cory his 19th home run and the twins take a one- nothing lead you know what I I got to give credit to the crew in the truck I had somebody in my ear just told me a second ago that Carlos Santana was going to go deep first pitch right here what does he do he goes deep I can't take credit for that what a swing for from him that would be producer extraordinaire Rick poo that call tonight s was going to go deep and now Kyle farmer picks up his first ever hit at Tropicana Field as we talked about with Trevor plof on the pregame show farmer three career games at the trop was open for three but first we focus on Santana fastball middle in he said he was not looking for a change up I'm not sitting on that I'm going to be aggressive look for that fast ball in which is where Jeffree strings likes to attack he likes to throw that fast ball in Carlo Santana ready for it and now that's nine straight games with the Home Run for the twins against Tampa Bay and then you said Kyle farmer never had a hit here again three career games though but picked up his first ever base hit at the trop and now Brooks Lee homard from this side of the plate last night think 3113 that guys left-handed pitching as Springs misses high and now a two ball no strike count we heard audre during the pregame show as she spoke with Brooks before the game about his right-handed swing his left-handed swing even before he got hurt that's fouled back and we were around him when Lee he was so upset with his left-handed swing these were his words that my left-handed swing is called trash wow trash before he got hurt pretty good last night uh yeah I mean even before he got yeah before he got hurt I mean I saw nothing but Bas hits up through the middle of the field from his left side he said his left side of Swing was was trash before yeah I mean Ju Just as he was starting he was trying to find the swing here to begin well his first you know few games he was an RBI machine but then after the first 7 10 games he said yeah my left-handed swing it's not there right now well if that's trash I'll take that I'll take a trash 270 hitter from the left hand left side and Chase the change up there and spring strikes out his second Twin tonight one down nicely executed change up or slider I should say from Jeffrey Springs that ball just fell off the table in terms of run value the slider has been springs' best pitch so far yeah I think he's still trying to get a feel for that change up um in 2022 that that was his Goto pitch and I I I think I still think that's his that that's that's his number one pitch but like you said you know early on like I think that slider that that's been a little bit more effective he's been throwing that pitch on the inside corner but that change up that that's his that's that's a pitch that he wants to perfect I think once he gets that third too to Second and they get the lead man in Farmer Runner goes and the pitch aside throw to second base and Castro is safe this from the twins I think Roco talked about a little bit during his pregame hit as far as not having as much thump in the lineup today so they might have to be a little bit more aggressive on the bases so home runs bangs this one to center field Jose Siri though is there makes the play but if the Rays indeed line up a lefty look out Festa and this one lined past to lunging far and a lead off single for Johnny Duca that was smoked right up Runner goes and the pitch is a ball and Jeffers just kind of bobbled that ball in his right hand two balls and no strikes on Jonathan Ronda and Carlos Santana will take it to the bag for the out cabier with a lot of speed you got Johnny Luca with a lot of speed so got to Prof Festa and Jeffers now ooh that almost looked like a yep right on [Applause] Cube again the 2-2 lost his Bat and this is rolled fou still two and two catching tonight and takes down good month of August in the minor leagues roll to the will throw out Driscoll and Festa leaves