Robert Jr. homers twice, Crochet strikes out 9, in White Sox' 5-4 win vs. Astros

FORD @#CROSSOVER OR BRONCO SPOR DISCOVER GREAT OFFERS ONLY AT YOUR LOCAL FORD DEALER. >> John: 2 - 2. GOT HIM SWINGING.@# BALLGAME. AND THE SOX AND THE ASTROS-- AND THE ASTROS 8 GAME WINNING STREAK TAKING GAME ONE OF THIS SERIES 5-4. >> THE WHITE SOX HAD LOST 14 OF THE LAST 15 ON THE ROAD. THE ASTROS HAD @#WON EIGHT IN A ROW BUT THE WHITE SOX HANG ON TO BEAT THE 1st PL., ASTROS. LUIS ROBERT JUNIOR, FOUR HITS, TWO HOMERS, FOUR RBIs. JUSTIN ANDERSON HIS FIRST WHITE SOX WIN. CHAD KUHL GETS HIS FIRST WHITE SOX SAVE AND THERE IT IS. 5-4 THE FINAL IN HOUSTON. @# >> I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT THAT AND TAKE A PITCHER. >> TAKE A PITCHER WITH MY PHONE. >> WHEN YOU FACE GUYS LIKE-- OKAY, THEY ARE COMING INTO TOWN. IT'S TIME FOR US TO KILL THE PARTY. >> THE HOUSTON PARTY?@# >> THEY'VE GOT A TOUGH SCHEDULE. KILL THE PARTY. >> THEY NEED LIKE A MANTRA. A SLOGAN TO FIRE THEM UP. >> BY THE WAY, IT'S EASY. WHEN YOU FINISH SECOND,@# YOU FINISH LAST. >> TRUE, SORT OF. IN MY MIND OF THE WHITE SOX CAME IN SECOND RIGHT NOW. >> THEY SAY YOU FINISH SECOND, -- OR YOU FINISH LAST. @# KILL THE PARTY. WHO'S GOING TO WATCH GAMES IN OUR HOUSE? YOU GUYS. >> WILL LISTEN. THE SOX HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO SAY THE LEAST. AT SOME POINT LUIS ROBERT JUNIOR WAS GOING TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE GAMES AND IT WAS HERE TONIGHT. >> AWESOME. FINALLY WE HAD A BIG NIGHT FROM THE BIG BOYS. GARRETT CROCHET @#SUPPOSED TO B PITCHING, THROWING THE BALL WAY BETTER AND THE PANTHER. WE DON'T EXPECT HIM TO DO THIS EVERY NIGHT, BUT WE EXPECT THAT TYPE OF NIGHT FOR HIM.@# >> EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. AND THE BULLPEN WHICH HAS LOST 40 GAMES THIS YEAR, THEY HAD TO HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE BUT THAT'S-- I MEAN WHEN YOU HAVE GARRETT CROCHET ONLY GOING FOR INNINGS YOU HAVE TO HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE@# WITH YOUR BULLPEN F FIVE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE THING FOR, I DON'T KNOW IF THE WHOLE SEASON, BUT WHEN HE GOES FOUR THEY ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE WITH THIS BULLPEN TO GO FIVE INNINGS TO GET A WIN. AND THEY BARELY WON THE GAME. >> THE BULLPEN FINALLY. >> THEY DID OKAY-- >> EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT THE BULLPEN.@# GOOD JOB. TOUKI TOUKI . YOU GIVE UP A COUPLE OF RUNS, BUT GOOD JOB FOR YOU. YOU KEEP THE GUYS IN THE GAME. >> AND WE ARE GOING TO EXPLAIN THE DILEMMA THAT GRADY SIZEMORE , WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE WHEN GARRETT CROCHET GOES 4. HE HAD TO GO @#IN EXTRA INNING BECAUSE >> SOMEBODY HAD TO TAKE ANOTHER EXTRA INNING, SOMEBODY IN THE BULLPEN. >> BECAUSE THEY HAVE A GAME TOMORROW, TOO. >> THAT'S MY CONCERN. MY CONCERN IS, IF OF THIS GUY FAILED TODAY IN THE BULLPEN, THEN YOU HAD TO PICK IT UP FOR TOMORROW?@# AND SUNDAY. >> IMAGINE OF THE GAME WENT INTO EXTRA INNINGS TODAY. >> I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT PLAN. GREAT PLAN, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY SOMEBODY'S GOT TO THE CUP THE SLACK. TODAY, I'M VERY HAPPY THE WAY THAT CROCHET WAS THROWING.@# THEY TOLD HIM TO THROW FIVE, SIX, FOUR, TWO, THREE. WHY? BECAUSE HE WENT OUT AND COMMANDED THE BALL. HE WAS HIMSELF. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT LUIS ROBERT JUNIOR. HE HAS HAD A FRUSTRATING SEASON COMING IN @#BATTING .200 FOR TH YEAR. ONLY 27 RBIs AND LAST WEEK HE SAID YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU THINK, I'M QUITTING. YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO QUIT BUT IT ENTERED HIS MIND BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SUCH A STRUGGLE FOR HIM BUT THIS WAS HIS BIGGEST GAME BY FAR. FOUR HITS, TWO HOMERS, FOUR RBIs AND HOW ABOUT THIS HOME RUN IN THE THIRD INNING?@# >> IT FOUL. >> IT WON'T. >> IT FOUL. >> IT WON'T. >> OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS. >> JUST SO GOOD. WE COULD SAY DAY IN AND DAY OUT, I DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT PLAYERS BUT PHYSICALLY IT'S FINE . EVERYTHING ELSE, IT WASN'T.@# >> MENTALLY? >> SWING THE BAT, WHATEVER. THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT FOR HIM. NOT EVERY DAY BUT AT LEAST WE CAN SEE GOOD AT BATS. THE AT BAT THEY HAD EARLIER. BEFORE THAT, OH MY @#GOD IT WAS UGLY. >> THAT WAS A PITCH, VERY HITTABLE AND HE HIT IT OUT. HOW MANY HITTABLE PITCHES DID WE SEE THEM FOUL OFF? >> BY THE WAY, HIS ARM, HE CAN DO SOME DAMAGE.@# BUT WITH A PITCH EVEN CLOSE TO THE STRIKES OWN-- >> THIS WAS THE BIGGEST ONE BECAUSE IT WAS THE MOST CLUTCH. AN RBI SINGLE IN THE EIGHTH. YOUR INSURANCE. HIT IT TO RIGHT CENTER. >> I ALWAYS KEEP SAYING THAT. YOU NEED TO GO TO THE MIDDLE, @# THAT MEANS YOU ARE LOCKED IN. BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU HAVE TO FACE THE WHITE SOX, THE MANAGER SCOUT REPORT, WOW, .200. HE IS STILL THE MOST DANGEROUS GUY IN THE LINEUP. JUST BE CAREFUL WITH HIM.@# WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE REACTION FROM THE BALLCLUB. >> ENTERING TONIGHT ROBERT HAD ONLY ONE HOME RUN IN 109 PLATE APPEARANCES BUT HOMERS IN BACK TO BACK TRIPS IN THE PLATE. FIRST MULTI-HOME RUN GAMES SINCE THE TIGERS, FEELS LIKE A LIFETIME AGO@# AND PUT UP BIG NUMBERS IN HIS CAREER AGAINST THE ASTROS. SO HERE'S LUIS ROBERT JUNIOR WITH JOHN AND GORDON IN HOUSTON. >> John: JOINED BY LUIS ROBERT JUNIOR AND INTERPRETER BILLY RUSSO. LUIS, CONGRATULATIONS. TWO HOME RUNS. WHAT WAS THE CHANGE IN YOUR SWING THAT GOT YOU LOCKED IN TONIGHT? >> I THINK I JUST COULD DO DAMAGE TO THE MISTAKES THAT THE PITCHER MADE TODAY AND THIS WAS THE RESULT. >> LUIS, I WAS WATCHING YOUR BP AND YOU WERE HITTING @#BALLS ON THE TRAIN TRACKS THE ENTIRE BP. WHAT WAS YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS TODAY WHEN YOU WERE GETTING READY FOR THIS GAME? WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO HUNT FOR THE PITCHES YOU WERE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT? >>@# MY MIND PROCESS WAS @#THE AS ALWAYS. YOU TRY TO PUT THE BALL IN PLAY AND I WAS DOING THAT DURING BP, HITTING THE BALL HARD AND DURING THE GAME IT CAME MORE NATURAL AT THIS TIME. BUT I'VE BEEN DOING THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND YESTERDAY MY TEAMMATES ALSO HAD A GOOD GAME.@# >> John: FOR US MORTALS, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE FEELING OF WHAT IT'S LIKE CONNECTING WITH THE BALL AND HITTING IT OVER THE TRAIN TRACKS? >>@# HE WASN'T JUST ABOUT TO HI THE BALL HARDER PUT IT IN THE TRAIN TRACKS. IT WAS ABOUT THE TIME THAT IT HAPPENED WITHOUT HITTING A HOMER. >> CONGRATS, LUIS. FUN TO WATCH. GOODWIN IN THE OPENER OF THIS @# THREE-GAME SERIES. >> GREAT TO SEE HIM DO THAT. HE HAD TO LIVE IT. HE'S HAD TO LIVE THROUGH THIS SEASON LONG STRUGGLE. FOUR RBIs TONIGHT AND HAD ONLY WHAT, 27 RBIs ALL SEASON? WE USED TO RUN @#THIS GUY ALL T TIME. >> SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE THAT TYPE OF TALENT, SOMETIMES YOU WATCH YOURSELF AND YOU MIGHT LOSE CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF. YOU HAVE DOUBTS IN YOURSELF. I SAID THERE'S NO DOUBT. @# SHRINK THE STRIKES OWN. LET THAT MOTIVATE YOU. YOU WILL BE EASY OUT. ONE THING ABOUT IT, YOU STILL FIRST BASE, FIRST BASE FOR SPACE? YOU STEAL SECOND BASE? THINGS CHANGE. TO ME,@# I'M VERY, VERY SURPRIS SEEING HIM STRUGGLE THAT WAY. VERY SURPRISED, BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE TALENT, THE TALENT WILL TAKE YOU OVER. WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TALENT YOU TRY TO MAXIMIZE HER SELF TO PUT YOUR TALENT ON THE TABLE BUT WHEN YOU @#HAVE TALENT BY MISTA- - >> OZZIE, NOT THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TALENT-- >> I DON'T. >> NOT HITTING FOR POWER BUT THE WAY THE SEASON IS GOING, MANY OF YOUR SEASONS YOU WILL HAVE MORE RBIs THAN LUIS ROBERT JUNIOR. >> I REMEMBER@# IN SPRING TRAING , IN THIS BALLCLUB, I WILL GET 8 RBIs. BUT SAYING I COULD HIT A GROUND BALL TO SECOND BASE. OBVIOUSLY-- HIT A BALL IN THE GAP @#AND SHOULD GOT ONE RBI BU GOT THREE. IT JUST SHOCKED ME. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN BASEBALL ASK ME ABOUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE KID? I SAY NO HEALTH, BUT THIS GAME, IT CAN PUT YOU DOWN @#ON YOUR KNEES AND PRAY TO GOD, SAY WHY? BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER WHEN I TOLD YOU GUYS EVERY TIME YOU HIT AND YOU ARE LIKE MY GOD, NOBODY IS THERE. SOMETIMES YOU HIT AND IT'S LIKE, 30 PEOPLE IS IN THE BALLPARK. >> THE THING WITH ROBERT IS,@# IT'S NOT LIKE HE WAS GETTING ROBBED. HE IS JUST SO MUCH BETTER. >> CHASING TOO MANY BAD PITCHES. >> YES. IT'S VERY SIMPLE TO US TO SAY. >> EVERYBODY. @# CHASING A BAD PITCH. CHASING BAD PITCHES. REALLY CARING WERE TRYING, BECAUSE THAT IS HIS STABLE. BUT YOU SWING THE BAT, HE MAY BE UPSET@#, LIKE THE INNING CLO TO GIVE HIM THE CHANCE. WHEN YOU ARE AT THE PLATE, GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE. THIS GUY, FOR LIKE THE LAST THREE MONTHS, FIRST TIME I SEE HIM HE GET HIMSELF A CHANCE. >>@# WELL GIVING HIMSELF A CHAN EVERY SINGLE TIME. LET'S HOPE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO THIS EVERY NIGHT BUT PITCHING RECAP BROUGHT TO YOU BY LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE. GARRETT CROCHET. FOUR INNINGS, ONE RUN, NO WALKS, 9K'S@#. ONLY 55 PITCHES. I'M THINKING 55 PITCHES? HE COULDN'T GO ANOTHER INNING? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR CROCHET BUT JUST WATCHING THIS, IT WAS HIS BEST GAME SINCE THE ALL-STAR BREAK AND THEY TAKE HIM OUT WITH ONLY 55 PITCHES SO AGAIN. HE ISN'T EVEN @#GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS BUT LET'S TRY NOT TO LOSE 120 GAMES. LET'S WIN AS MANY AS POSSIBLE AND HE'S A WE GOING-- HE'S ONLY GOING FOUR. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN TWO MONTHS. >> I AGREE@#. >> I GET THEY ARE TRYING TO-- SAVE DAVIS'S ARM, OKAY. I JUST DON'T GET IT, THOUGH. >> I DO. >> YOU GET IT? >> FRANK THOMAS SAY WHAT.@# YOU SEE HIM THROW 98, 99. WHEN THE PLAN IS WORKING FOR HIM , HE WORKED FOR THE BALLCLUB? >> HE IS STAYING HEALTHY WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT @#BUT THEY AR WALKING A TIGHT ROPE TO GET TO THE NINTH INNING AND WHEN I GAME. >> I DON'T KNOW.-- >> WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM GRADY SIZEMORE. >> YOU GO TIMING, LIKE YOU GO THREE@# REALLY-- THEY GO TO THREE, CROCHET, CAN TALK ABOUT THIS? LOOK AROUND AND SAY THAT PITCH@ HUNDRED INNINGS AND NEVER MISSES START. THAT I SAY WAIT A MINUTE, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. KEEP HIM. IF YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP HIM I WOULD DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING RIGHT NOW BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO TRADE HIM, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK WELL YEAH HE PITCH ALL YEAR LONG.@# >> 90 PITCHES. >> IF HE DOES THIS THE REST OF THE YEAR, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS BUT HE IS ON PACE TO THROW ABOUT 150 INNINGS WHICH IS AMAZING. EVERY TEAM WILL LOOK AT THAT AND GO OKAY, I WILL SIGN THAT. OR ACQUIRE THAT. >> CY YOUNG WINNER@#. 115 INNINGS? CY YOUNG WINNER AWARD. 230, 220, THEY ARE DONE. >> HE HAS NOT PITCHED INTO THE FIFTH IN HIS LAST SEVEN STARTS AND AGAIN I'M NOT QUESTIONING IT. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PLAN, I JUST DON'T GET IT. I @#KIND OF GET IT BUT, ARE WE TRYING TO WIN OR SAY CROCHET, CAN YOU DO BOTH? >> I WOULD TRY TO WIN, TOO. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY THIS IS THE BIG LEAGUES. THIS IS ABOUT WINNING.@# >> NOT TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEIR OPINIONS OF OBVIOUSLY-- WILL RESPECT THAT. >> AND AGAIN I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DON'T WANT TO TELL THE GAME PLAN BEFORE THE GAME BECAUSE THEY WANT TO WIN @#THE GAME. THEY DON'T WANT TO SAY CROCHET GOING FOUR. >> SCOUTS, EVERYBODY KNOW HOW MANY INNINGS YOU'RE GOING TO THROW. IT'S NOT LIKE, OKAY. CROCHET GOING TO THROW THREE INNINGS. THEY KNOW THAT. >> WHO IS THEY? >> YOUR POTENTIAL TEAM.@# >> WILL THAT HAS BEEN THE TRACK RECORD BUT-- >> WHEN HE WAS AT 55 PITCHES I WAS LIKE, HE'S GOING OUT FOR THE FIFTH AND HE DIDN'T. >> HE THREW VERY WELL. HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO NINE WHEN YOU THROW 60, 70 PITCHES? 8 , SEVEN. FROM 4 TO 7 WHICH @#IS WHAT HE' BEEN PITCHING LATELY. >> HE GOES FOUR INNINGS AND NOW WE HAVE TO BUILD A BRIDGE TO GET TO THE NINTH. BAILEY. BUT THEY DID IT. AND IT STARTS WITH TOUKI TOUSSAINT AND THIS IS THE PROBLEM THEY WERE GOING TO RUN INTO POTENTIALLY . FIRST @#AND SECOND. NOBODY OUT. STRIKEOUT COMING HERE AROUND ALTUVE. THE FIRST AND A SECOND, WHOM. THE FIRST AND SECOND, ONE OUT DOUBLE PLAY HIGH WIRE ACT AND A NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCE WHEN YOU PULL HIM AFTER ONE INNING. >>@# HE STARTED OUT DOING GREAT BUT THEN A TWO- RUN HOMER FROM JAKE MEYERS AND IT GOES FROM A 4 - 1 GAME TO A 4 - 3 GAME AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S A WHOLE @#DIFFERENT GAME. >> I'D TAKE THE LOW AND PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT AND SAY SO GOOD, HOME RUNS. GETTING THE BRONZE, THAT'S A NORMAL WAY TO TALK ABOUT IT.@# >> THAT WAS THE DAMAGE. HE WAS PITCHING GREAT UNTIL HE GAVE UP THE TWO- RUN HOMER AND THEN THE DOUBLE. EVENTUALLY WE GET TO THE EIGHTH INNING AND FOR GRADY SIZEMORE TRYING TO MANAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND YOU'VE GOT MATT FOSTER# WHO HAS NOT PITCHED IN THE MAJORS SINCE 2022 COMING UP TOMMY JOHN SURGERY, THROWS THEM INTO THE FIRE BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO MANY GUYS BACK THERE. GREAT CATCH BY FLETCHER AS WELL. >> BY THE WAY, YOU SEE THEM@# O THE DANCE FLOOR. >> AND NOW WE GO TO THE NINTH. CHAD KUHL. ONE SAVE IN HIS CAREER, AND HE ENDS UP GIVING UP A HOME RUN BUT HE IS ABLE TO GET THE SAVE AND IT'S A 5-4 WIN.@# >> WHY ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT? JUST LET HIM PITCH. >> THAT IS A VERY ACUTE OBSERVATION FOR THE MANAGER. I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN AGAIN@# IN GARFEINEASE. I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT AND THIS IS LIKE THE BRAIN OF OZZIE GUILLEN. TWO QUICK OUTS FOR CHAD KUHL. THERE'S NOBODY ON BASE, NOW YOU HAVE A PINCH-HITTER UP@#. SO TH PITCHING COACH, THIS WAS NOT IN THE GAME PLAN. I'M GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND TALK TO HIM WHICH SEEMS LIKE, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YOU AS A MANAGER GO NO, YOU CAN MESS UP HIS RHYTHM. >> MAY NOT GIVE UP THE RHYTHM, # BUT FEELS LIKE IT. IT'S ON DECK, AND THEN IN THE HOLE. NO, JUST LET HIM PITCH. IF IT HAPPENS IT HAPPENS. TALKING ABOUT MANAGER WISE