MLB Boston Red Sox vs Houston Astros FULL GAME - 19.08.2024

let w w he me he's me two thank you get this h h I watch Dy down three brother hold on fck side here go go go great what's outside he what's going on run you there sry brother out there getting a lot of work in in the field but this ball was you know H hit hard but you figure maybe go over there and the fact that it's off of his glove and gets by pen is really the issue if he just kept it in the infield you're not going to see de try to score here so reaching out for it unable to get it socks steal another run here big break right there and that ball trickles in the Outfield immediately de a scorn and once Peña got the ball you saw him look up there's no chance so an error on witam Josh Miller the pitching coach out with an interpreter as well for Kikuchi and Red Sox still in business here in the first inning with two runs home home run two singles and now an E5 and KAS is trying to keep it rolling Tristan since being activated again after missing 98 games in Baltimore went five for 13 in his return and he wasn't thrilled with his command of the strike zone he was self-critical even though we thought he looked great yeah he always says that he was fine like he looked a lot more comfortable than I thought they were all singles but you know that that's something that comes with it right he's just trying to find the zone and Barrel the baseball it's been impressive missed 90 eight games yeah and he's controlled the Zone nicely the power will come eventually but take another knock here look great at first base too defensively take one in tight for a ball 98 games yeah like that's a lot of baseball you know Bleak the intercostal muscles the stuff that goes on but that's used to be like a two to four week scene and then if you get it in the right area that's a that's a ton of time and card in the rib cage tough spot man if you make a Liv and swing in a bat and the strike number seven hitter tonight next pitch will be the 24th of the first inning for us Kikuchi that Soxs have made his life very difficult over the last few years one ball two strikes they faced him up in Toronto this year socks won that game seven to three like mid June he went four in seven hits five runs he four home runs off him O'Neal went twice I mean it was just just sort of carried over what they've been doing to him over the years but you're wondering if it was going to be a different look down in Houston different usage all right got two on them good launch right here put a quick five spot two down two one and a good take really good take wow good pitch there he won it take him prey hey that's one of those ones that this these are the quadrant they try to throw out there's a down away kind of just touched it as a pitcher saying I need it as a hitter like take and prey even berlander upset on behalf of the starter Kikuchi he's getting ready to pitch against the socks on Wednesday and that's going to be off the plate three and two it's like cus wants to get into this Juan sto or something you know like you got a little stride between pitches yeah in between Gonzalez at third Jansen on it first and the 3-2 that's going to be in there for strike three to retire the side Red Sox made him work though and Boston Pops for two right away do you know unlike Open Flame grills K dependable and steady all words you want at another up two nothing the Astros lineup now it's brought to you by Nissan it's a little bit different than we typically see because bregman is out Tucker's been out most of the Year Altuve the dangerous Alvarez then Diaz Jeremy Peña the short stop kartini is the catcher with Meers cabbage in right dubon in left and Whit at third rounding it out against the Red Sox starter brought to you by biot toyota.com Tanner Haw 88301 ra Red sex have actually lost the last five games he started although lately he's been pitching really well Bullpen has not helped him big swing in a Miss strike one by Altuve 301 with 16 oh runs a lot of that nut his doing couple of his games late games Bullpen gave it up like last Friday against these guys little trickler toward third Rafi with a backand and sets him down one away let's take a look at the Red Sox defense presented by Bigalow T across the infield you got Des at third base s down and Romy up the Middle with Tristan casus at first base in the Outfield left to right it's ref Schneider Duran and O'Neal with Danny Janson doing the catching Gordon Alvarez the DH 30625 home runs he has been a Red Sox killer and continues that with the base hit the other way I'll tell you right now I mean he is just a pure hitter I know the comps have been there and you know or David Ortiz and but he is just a pure hitter and there's a calmness about his presence right there's not a whole lot of antics but he's a guy I'm circling on this line the game gets tight I don't want any part of him period highlight it too while you're atod but you'll take this all day nobody on in front of them single to left very proud of you let's go get the next guy he's 17 for his last 31 against the Red Sox with five home runs deer Diaz this guy's been hot first baseman 298 13 home runs 69 runs bed in Astros have opened up a four-game lead over Seattle in the AL West winning 10 of their last 11 as Kev mentioned they've absolutely caught fire ground ball is short raphaela de Gonzalez one on the first two Red Sox with a double play and that cleans up the inning two to nothing Boston I love double plays it's a nice back for the top of the second Red Sox in front two nothing here in Houston Wong s on rafhaela and jiren Durant who blasted a home run on the first pitch of the game our DU up here against us Kikuchi Red Sox number two in Major League Baseball in hits right behind the San Diego Padres I tell you what their lineup all year long it's been fun to watch right Scrappy a lot of different lineups and matchups alcore going with an alrighty lineup tonight obviously but they have been Scrappy and I just want to ask you a question where's the radar gun I'm not going to sit here for seven a and try to search for it guys High po file I'm not doing it I've been acting like I don't know where I mean where's it at right center no here's what I want you to do I want you to keep an eye on the upper left in corner our bug the score bug will show you the velocity so you don't even have to look in the ballpark just right on your monitor on your TV monitor and you'll see it as soon as it's delivered it's like magic see that there you go magical change up but at but at the at every Stadium we used to kind of see it and there' be a spot now there's just there's stuff there's a lot of stuff there's a lot of stuff I would say right above talk to me right center all right above the bullpen I'm been looking over there for two innings now I just want to get it out there I'm a little frustrated I'm sweating no but if you want to buy a Budweiser or a Coca-Cola you're you're in business if you look out there right outside one and two I mean there's just it's a Stadium it really is great setup I just Uncle Kevin's got a tough time find that radar I like to know when I'm looking out there I got the monitor now thank you OB I got that part y now if uh we got any hints I'd love uh you're sweating indoors got him there you go 96 milph I'm a Pitter we take a look at the Verizon player profile Kikuchi since being a July 29 it's been really good for these guys in three starts 270 erra been piling up the strikeouts yeah it's couple little starts against Tampa Bay but still uh this guy's been absolutely dealing not getting up many hits a lot of strikeouts you mentioned 24 yeah he's got to go down in the zone and off the play Elevate his heat he's got 967 even on the back pocket but then they get cut or happy when he gets in trouble s down 264 he's belt to 13 oh runs and he'll be followed by Duran V Sox taking a quick lead here in Houston y one in there for strike seon's been a much better hitter there it is Kev they're showing it to you right now look at that see that 95 fast ball right center that's good teamwork right there now appreciate that right right there but s on becoming a better hitter like hitting 330 only a couple extra base hits the last month and a half but he's starting to drive the ball we were in Baltimore no one's leaving left field but if he hit some of those balls here it' be a different story one man away I wish they had left that left field alone in Baltimore we've had that discussion I think you obviously agree with that I I agree I mean they I don't know it's kind of like when Detroit they started they like 440 and 395 you start catering but also say your offense has a score right now Baltimore's worked out for that team because they've just been awesome but it is a big left Center rattle is short and Peña with a drop and seon's going to be safe so a couple of fumbles early on their infield witam and now Pena on that left side and that's an E6 yeah you can see it too right from the beginning you can see the white coming out right almost they it hit that palm of his hand wanted to pop out of the glove thought he'd be able to regroup but he loses it again see he didn't go into the glove and grab it right almost kind of flipped to it that's a couple of ease spe right pressure Speed The Hitter he knew and he kind of went out it kind of slow but he was waiting for that pop up and that was it well more speed now and Durant home run in the first inning is 16th that speed so true we've been talking about that the last week or so it's not just about stolen bases extra 90 ft but pressure on an infield like if I'm an infield it's almost like each Ros up every single time I start panicking I have to get rid of it quick next thing you know I Bobble it and it's an error safe well that's why rafie in the nin spot I love Duran then you when you got Hamilton there he'll shoot that one to left center field Myers back in up this is a catch you'll make just shy of the warning track and back to first goes raphaela two down great swing there by Durant obviously getting the first pitch home run and stays right on that baseball and that's just an approach it's where you put your eyeballs Lefty on Lefty if you pull it's an accident usually soft but man those are two good swings right there so two away for Tyler he has struck out 0 for one Red Sox in the lead to zip early kuchi is known to be very very serious about his sleep prior to every start it is said that he sleeps 13 to 14 hours are you kidding me I haven't done that since high school really serious about in his rest how many hours of sleep do you get a night if I'm lucky at my age now probably six and how many times you wake up and go potty I don't even want to talk about that 16 times for me I mean I sleep an hour I get up I go didn't I just go to the bathroom Lou what about you about eight maybe seven eight a you guys are lucky four kids later I think I average three and a half to 5 and a half that's about right Runner goes a strike in the throw down to tag he is out so a find throw by kartini and that will retire the side Red Sox don't score here in the second two- nothing Boston some tests are more enjoyable than others bottom of second two nothing socks in the lead in Houston and Tanner Haw got a double play ball in the first inning back at it in the second against Peña kartini and Meyers they are missing some key bats so it's a different looking lineup here for the Astros Red Sox may be getting them at a good time vard 277 with 12 home runs he's driven in 56 went to check and he did Tanner Hawk's pitching Arsenal is presented by Audi yeah you look at Tanner Haw he's got the sweeper he's throwing 42% time Sinker splitter cutter but he's looking for that that that Sinker sweeper his combo and the splitter has been a great effective pitch especially against lefties you know done a great job of making adjustments one thing about Tanner man he's a baseball player you know most pitchers every fifth day but he's out there on the bench watches the game loves to learn not afraid to adjust you know and and and and he's always there for a high five and that's a big deal for me position players I like pitchers that engage and watch the game Watch The hitters watch our tennesses listen to us you know cuz we do the same with them it's like how why we make a living two2 to pñ oh got him to go in that was nasty sweeper to strike him out his first can in of book tonight that's a good sweeper outside the zone you know this has been a pitch that's kind of got him some trouble you know with his location and giving up the long ball maybe hitting it a little bit more than they have in the past but when he locates it out there when he throws a sweeper for strikes even C strikes he uses it 1 20 to get back in counts when he controls that pitch that's when you know he is on keratin switch hitter looks at ball one strike throwing has been a little bit of an issue ji nice job talking about like his floor right oh he's struggling he's not the same well 392 when you're struggling over six starts you'll take that but control like right here you know two and0 it's going to happen within a game but we've seen some stretches where all of a sudden falls behind guys now he's got to come in if he gets strike one and then can go east west and expand drop that split he is nasty those first 15 16 starts of the year he wasn't walking anybody nobody 19 total walks in his first 17 starts the 2- Hot Shot base hit no play for Rafi kartini on with a single he's up to a nice start he's thrown out a base stealer and he's one for one and your point Obie get his last seven STS he had four walks against the Yankees twice three walks and three other starts like that wasn't him earlier in the year it was Pound The Zone get ahead see you later watch batting practice you know we pop up ground out whatever it is but yeah you pitching ahead and the counts a whole different ball game here's the center field of Myers that's where like that in League Play When the pitchers have to hit that was I remember DLo came in one time and hitting and he was a mass as a hitter couldn't hit at all great golfer couldn't hit but he came in punched out was like is that what my stuff looks like I'm like yeah yours is nastier no it's not Derek oh swinging a high fly left field deep bre Snider's backing up at the wall and he's there to make the playi back in first and two down little splitter there just on the end of the bat you know it felt like it was a home run in here but it wasn't nice job by Robbie who knows those short porches send up Trey C who's in right field tonight showed off pretty good arm there just recalled from AAA Sugarland today his fourth stint with Houston this year two down it's always nice when the when the Triple A team's about 30 minutes away you know I remember in Calvary with the Marlins like we were in Calvary Canada and the Triple A is in I mean the big league teams in Florida like that's not a fun flight now it's you got a 30-minute drive up the road stay in the same place thank goodness in for a call strike you're that far away you have to like anticipate injuries this guy might be getting because you can't get you over there until for a day and a half he'll be here in four days Planes Trains and Automobiles get down to Miami one one a cut and a miss on the split that's another thing to keep an eye on it the last couple has been great but he he barely gets any swing and Miss he not striking guys out at all like he was earlier in the year and a lot of bad contact pitching the contact pitching but he's already got a few swinging misses here early on trying to Fan cabbage ta her there to stay alive Red Sox were swept by Houston and Fenway this month the scores were 8 to4 5- four and 10 to2 the socks 28 games into the second half schedule that has been rated the toughest in baseball so far they're 12 and 16 in that and that one gets by him for strike three he got him struck him out with the sweeper 2K gra Kings withdraw tracker lets me follow my money every step of the way England athletes playing a big role in the success these local athletes accounted for 17 of the 126 medals Team USA won 40 gold medals were taken back to the states with New England tied athletes contributing 10 empowering moments presented by Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare and tough's Health Plan 32 Health companies this way to Better Health two nothing Red Sox here in the third coming to you from Houston and you guys mentioned it earlier when the Red Sox faced us Kikuchi when he was a me member of the Toronto Blue Jays they tagged him for four homers and since joining Houston at the deadline he's changed his usage a little bit and really started to lie on his slider and the Red Sox they seem to have noticed that as well and I was talking with Roman Gonzalez about this earlier pregame and he said yeah it's something that we dove into pregame that they discussed in those hitters meetings that said that overall though he's a good pitcher good fast ball he relies on it a lot but at the end of the day he said being on time for the heater is very important and what do you guys know first pitch of the game jiren Duran blasts of foren fast ball into the seats he was ready into those Crawford boxes Red Sox added another run as well well and we are on to the top half of the third inning Dave O'Brien alongside Kevin marar Lou merone and our three man Booth here from Houston Texas being on time of the heater that's how you hit you got to be ready for the heater they're they're coming to it at some point you know and and then especially early in the game cuz you you know every pitcher has a package but when you have 96 like kuchi does I mean you have to be ready on the fast ball and adjust to the other stuff acquired from Toronto at around the deadline and the general manager for Houston Dana Brown took a lot of criticism over that deal they had to give up a top prospect to get him fan base was not happy and then he goes out in his very first start and he strikes out eight in a row and that quieted people pretty quickly here that's going to be Ball Four well Locker Room's happy you know and that's the thing the dynamic in the locker room like at the trade deadline you think your Alvarez cares about that Prospect you gave up like you know what I mean bregman Altuve give me help I want to win right now and I get it the GM's job is to look at the future but it's just those guys in that Clubhouse to the deadline we need some help and they got it and some of the guys you're mentioning do not have a NeverEnding window either no doubt you know and they're used to winning they've gone to seven straight ALCS they're used to that of course they've won the World Series a couple of times too but they want to win another one no it's the same thing with when you shut down your AAR pitchers because they're young and this most nams they've thrown and you're looking at this promised land and Steven strawber is the one that comes to my mind when doosa was on that team back in of his career and they're like well no no we need him we don't need him to shut down so I agree I mean there there's obviously prospects that are Untouchable and all this stuff but most of the time man you got a team that has a chance you don't get these chances every year and it seems like the Astros have you made the point very well Kev how they turn things around so dramatically after a bad start when many wrote them off so oh you're getting too old you guys have that window's closed in other words where riti goes down Garcia goes down you know Verlander goes down McCullers hasn't you know thrown a pitch in I don't know how many years uh it's just one of those things but they find the way to keep battling with that Foundation of Jose Altuve baseball player Alex bregman baseball player Tucker goes down that's an MVP type candidate and they just find a way to win some organizations that way you know I mean Braves are dealing with it right now I mean Austin Riley goes down six weeks with a hand injury how many times can that team just lose somebody but you know good organizations they just keep plugging away you don't hear them saying hey feel sorry for ourselves O'Neal the base runner that'll Miss outside on Rob ref Snider who singled his first time and it's three and one on him and by the way they can develop pitching you know Hunter Brown the rookie Blanco arag Getti like a couple of rookies stepped up throwing the ball well for them I mean no doubt and they did in Boston when they swept the Red Sox here's the 3-1 those are opportunities so when injuries happen the opportunity for someone to St step up it's almost like Lis Hill for the Yankees you know Garrett Cole goes down who's going to step up without Luis heel I don't think the Yankees were anywhere near him you know and and this kid turns into the best pitch of the first half but now they're in a situ oh he shut him down he's got too many innings he had Tommy John and like do we put him in the closing role like what now he's your stting pitcher and you're trying to win a World Series in my opinion three and two on ref Snider Cho to third whitcom will get down to Second for an out on the first and in time for the double play as they go 543 and two down you know that discussion about young arms happens here right people talking about guys like Crawford guys like how she out in Detroit and now maybe thinking about skipping school bu a St or two this there's so much youth in the game of baseball these kids have come up here so young that they've never done it before then we get to August and everyone's like should we shut them down and it's like well they got it here too and the young kid Blanco he's another rookie he's never thrown more than 50 everyone's going through that 2010 we had about 150 on the deal 11 years later there's like 550 so something's not right we need to start building guys to throw rafy de in attack mode looking for his 28th home run which would be his 200th his major league career base hit and a run in the first inning Red Sox Head two zip and kuchi with an 01 pitch Ling the other way duban will make the play got a good jump on that well struck though out number three bottom of the third inning here minute made two nothing Red Sox leading the Astros it'll be 891 against Tanner Hal in the third and Mauricio duban just made a fine play and left will lead things off 253 four home runs goes after the first and Pops it up Gonzalez under and will make the grab for the out one gone on one pitch Tanner had a few of those welcome those all day long this is what he did really last Friday wasn't a ton of strikeouts but got a couple big double plays kept the ball on the ground gave you six and 2/3 everything you wanted from him quick outs are huge here's witam 286 H without a home run batting stats presented by your local New England Honda dealers bed Sox split the four four game series in Baltimore we're talking about after was I mean you'll take that any time I was reading a couple of accounts of the series and almost made it sound like the red sex should be disappointed for going two and two in Baltimore well I think it's kind of cuz you were up two to one it was like Kansas City when you were up two nothing in that series little pop up off first base and kasus looking for room and will not get there although you the Red Sox were one and six at one point against the Orioles they've had a few of those like they took the first two in KC they lost game it's a good team you're not going to sweep them same thing with Texas that one hurt cuz you had that one wrapped up he could have swept them same thing with Baltimore two to one but before going down to Baltimore if you said two and two mhm what somebody expect them to go three and one 02 pitch Red Sox did lose a game and a half in the Wild Card race Trail Kansas City by three and a half right now the Royals are hosting the Angels they've got Seth Lugo on the hill he's 13- seven for Kansas City well that one ate him up inside struck him out with that Sinker and two gone absolutely absolutely beautiful pitch after the 02 little sweeper off the plate and then you come in with that 94 95 is just barreling in that back leg and that that that's a power Sinker strikeout pitch kind of starts out almost inside and then shaves like uh-oh top of the order Altuve he's 0 for one now tuve regularly booed wherever he goes on the road including at fway piece of equipment there popping off that guard you can boom all you want I love watching this kid play baseball at this size the Dominate MVP type caliber player every year future Hall of Famer I mean he just he just swings the bat and goes he's a future Hall of Famer no doubt about it I mean his postseason home runs I mean I think he broke Manny's record I think 258 whatever it is but it's they're goty power numbers yeah just drove in his 800th run recently ground ball is short and raphaela up and over quickly and another fast inning here for Tanner H fourth inning in Houston two nothing Boston Romy Gonzalez will lead things off here against Kikuchi socks have actually played well in this building all time and a liner up the middle for a solid base hit they are 20 and 19 all time at Minimate liking that first pitch tonight there's not a better feeling than that that line drive at the middle right by the pitcher he kind take that round to first base it just feels good cuz that's a good swing when you can go right back up the box just not as fun as it used as as often as it used to be a lot of times you'll hit that in a short stop standing right there the second Bas standing right there and say this is this was my goal and now it's a double play like this is what I was taught to do from the time I was three years old life right back up the box to where the short stop is standing Danny Janson reached on an error first time up Houston's made a couple early and the left-hander from Japan with an 01 was talking with Danny actually before the game about this guy and said he's a little different than when you had him right these guys are together in Toronto and he was just talking about the usage and a lot of respect and how tough he is and kind of the similar cuz slider usage is way up here the change up a little bit more as well catcher face the guy he's caught now the last few years yeah that's that's always a fun matchup I mean you face your teammates you come back and face a guy but when you're The Catcher And you know and you've sat there in meetings and you know how to attack iters this is a great cat Mouse game you probably think yourself into a pretzel sometimes right right 111 SLA toward third but a foul ball you both faced pitchers who left the team or you left the team however it went who were great friends of yours and probably were guys who really knew how to make you laugh yeah and then you have to get in the Box against him well joshh Becket was a prim I go to Baltimore and got Becket on the mount I'm talking smack to him Everybody's scared to death of Becket I'm like I've carried him along with his mother and he's throwing curveballs I'm looking up hey dude come on Texas boy where's that for seamer liner the other way that'll drop it a right field for a base hit Gonzalez to Second Danny Janson kind of muscled that one to the Outfield but the Red Sox have something Brewing first and second it's a little different when I faced wake cuz I kind of knew how he was going to approach me yeah this is Jansen who's just p happy right this guy loves yanking pull the ball down that left field line but he gets a little change up stays back enough and again we're talking about where the infielders are look at out tuve he just can't get over there anymore and by the way getting a little bit old maybe not as quick as he once was defensively maybe lost a step but Romy had a freeze a little action here now this inning KAS is kind of d uh he is due to kind of drive one here he struck out his first time up five singles in Baltimore he'd love to put a charge into one here and he'll take ball in that's right Dave he said the most important thing for him was that he left those first three games off the aisle pain free he told us that was all that matters but as far as his pled appearance he say he's looking for better swing decisions to help him make better contact Drive the ball be the player that he was before he went on the injured list you guys know he left tied for fourth in all of baseball in home runs at that time yeah had six that very early in the season got fooled on that one one and one you missed that much time you kind of just in Survivor moment right like just trying to see the baseball swing at strikes as far as just unloading and driving the ball that might take a little bit of time and get that swing down now you know he wants to hurry it along and be a part of this after missing almost a 100 games that's a lot and there were various times while he was making his way back from the rib cage injury he felt he might be back on July 1 maybe July 18 maybe August 1st it took a lot longer than that I mean I was expecting one of these three for 35s right you 98 games is a long time to be away from the game four months Yoshida did the same thing for a couple you know three weeks but it's not been the case been getting his hits no it's like riding a bike for some of these guys you get some abats in the minor leagues right you you're taking tea work you're taking your soft toss it's really getting those fast switch muscles going right it's like spring training we show up you feel like you're never going to hit again but then it usually takes about 40 it bats and then you're kind of back you know and so that's why you go on the rehab assignment and then you come up when you're ready but I just think hitters that can hit they can hit two two in this strike three he's having a tough time with the Lefty tonight he has struck him out both trips he got him with a slider looking the first time on a 3-2 count this time here he just going to go fast ball kind of utter half one of those you probably get caught guessing a little bit right cuz it's right there th% he was guessing because like you said that split the middle at 93 is so one man out Conor Wong to DH this evening batting eighth struck out his first time up first and second and socks are going to add on ahead two nothing and strike that was a real nice job by Kikuchi kind of gave a second look back at second Romy Gonzalez he's looking to run you got one out here right now with the Lefty on the mound and when he looked at the plate he shuffled shuffled but when Kikuchi looked back he had to get back to Second Jansen get a little backside bag here maybe double steal coming off the rubber there the other day Red Sox executed a hit and run and I I popped my head in Alex his office I said was that a hit and run he said yeah I said where do we find that in the baseball reference I mean where where is the definition of that play he said yeah we don't do it very often but it worked out perfectly you know Albert PS put a lot of hit and runs on himself he would look at the guy in first base and then you know believe it or not with as many home runs one of four with 700 more but there was a lot of home runs he was telling me a couple weeks ago I put them on myself and I'm like what a cool thing Albert phol yeah hot shot Altuve the second got it out the flip on in plenty of time Red Sox have hit into a couple of double plays early still two nothing bottom four here in Houston time for stats with Lowe's Astros playing very good baseball since the 6th of August 10 and one number one in the game they've hit a lot of home runs ra 2.25 that's without Verlander and some other guys this one socked toward the alley that's going to get down and go all the way up against the wall That's Alvarez again he is into second base with a double there will come a time I believe in this series where you're going to see the Red Sox holding up four fingers a lot no doubt about it I mean you know listen nobody on base starting off an inning and he can come up here and hit a ball left Center Gap split finger and just not thinking pull that's exact that's textbook like t-w workk you know before the game like that's not as easy as he makes it look cuz we all got that one to pull and hit a ball million miles but I'm telling you first two of bats just stays on the baseball when he's doing that he's as tough as there is Diaz hitting a double play first trip and the series at Fenway three- game sweep by Houston he went 6 for 10 talking about Alvarez with three home runs he is now 18 for his last 32 against Boston with five home runs and 12 runs banded in that's in nine games socked in the center field base hit by Diaz Alvarez into third here's Durant firing back in and he'll hold the runner at third base so back to- back hits in a fourth off Tanner ha well Diaz has been swinging it no question since the All-Star break 343 takes a sinker middle middle and you see a man on second two in scor position n he lives 366 that's third in baseball with guys in one position from Diaz and even though he's swinging it well you're still going to be walking Alvarez no doubt about it and the deal is to drive that base runner in not yourself in and he stayed center of the field the great Tony Perez told me that stop trying to drive yourself in with the runners and scorm is drive them in poo for one he whiffed in the second nobody out he's a 277 hitter with 12 home runs runs so pretty good power a wave and a miss for strike one had him on the show today intentional talk and and talking about you know he grew up a Red Sox fan grew up loving Manny poppy Hometown boy went deep in Boston I was asking about tickets and he's like yeah you start learning to say no it's hard nothing at two yeah right now not seeing that sweep but they're coming out hacking huh Alvarez first pitch Diaz second Pitch he's got Tanner's got 34 pitches here in the fourth Peña swinging at a couple sweepers would be a big strike on now you got to be thinking strike out here he's been on fire 393 his last eight throw that Sinker that he threw to Shay would come as just to just drop like a three foot 02 and a good stop by Jansen heavy Downing Seeker here you know they even get a run but you can grab a double play it's a great pitch right now hard executed Dow and in one two to Peña ran down and in there it is I think he's going to use that to set up that sweeper the pñ has had a lot of trouble with but now that you've set it up now is when you got to ex well you could double up right now cuz that was a good take but now he's probably thinking and we'll see it gently charging it Des trying to go to home and he is going to be safe at home plate Alvarez got under and took out Jansen in the process and Houston gets on the board with a run painted did not hit it hard but enough to get that run home yeah probably the only play for Des the reason why he's safe is cuz this little flip that he threw him was high you know if you get it down on the plate maybe it's a quick tag but you see when Jansen catches how far he's got to go to get the ball down to the plate and I think alvare got the foot in they're going to review it though question is did that right foot get in did it hit the shin pad of Jansen or not yeah it was almost like the verch was the king of that dropping that knee pad down you know it was closer than it look cuz I agree 1,000% the high throw obviously the foots in there Chris seagull the home blade umpire called it safe probably safe worth a look I think initially he hits the shin Pad but then kind of slides through it to the plate and gets his foot down before the tag you know and a good pitch that was exact they doubled up in with the Sinker jammed paa and only play and you know just a tick High some pretty darn good looks there he looks safe yeah they're giving it a good long look and a play at the plate ruled safe by Chris seagull and the Astros believe they're on the scoreboard as py will become the runner at first and Diaz at second if it holds up review calling the fields overturned o Runner is out he's out wow wow how about this wow wow what did you know listen the Red Sox Mike Bramley is fantastic at this you're thinking it's early in the game I I don't know how you can change that I I tell you what the more you keep looking at the replay it's a heck of a lot closer wow I guess the determination was he slid into the blocker and his foot was not on the plate that's right he yeah initially but as we were saying I think momentum almost took him through the blocker but the Red Sox used that challenge in the fourth early in the game great one so take that run off the board Runners on at first and second and an out at the plate and here's kartini and a tip of the cap to Mike brenley on that one well they've had some big ones when you know the speed of the game or kind of the eye tells you he's probably not going to win this and the next thing you know I was shocked right there wow a break there ground ball through the hole for a base hit Diaz into third they're going to send him around O'Neal's throw is up the line and the Run scores play back to first and that's thrown away down the right field line pay to Tak it off he's coming around he will score kartini all the way down to Third and it's tied up two two that's is trying to do too much you know sometimes hit first and second one out this throw from O'Neal is not going to be there in time to get Diaz and and Jansen kind of sees kartini maybe round first base but Gonzalez is over there and it just it wasn't an obvious like he was off by 30 fet it was a throw that probably shouldn't have been made and now you got a little chaos so base hit and an error on Jansen and they've got a runner at third base now and only one away as biley comes out to talk with hin company this has not been a defensive gem so far already three errors comitt in the game by The two clubs combined and now the infield in and Myers will be the batter he is 0 for one Houston trying to untie it so the Red Sox have a run a raced at home plate but now two more scored Myers with a fly to leftto for one and looks at the strike and nobody feels worse on a play like that with Jans cuz his read was right let me throw it over there on that back pick but my goodness gracious once the throw goes and it goes up the line saw Jansen just hit the ground like should have held it mhm yeah his reaction the minute he let it go these are Big Leaguers they're confident throwing the bases right they're not going to throw the ball away just I don't think his feet were really set up the way he caught it feet were kind of crossed up a little bit and just tried to flip it over the first going and two Houston trying to get in front here now looking for a big K two strike pitch he wouldn't offer infield leaning in for the socks here and the right's onew did he offer yes he did they did appeal and that is it for Jake Meyers he Strikes Out Big K there for Tanner at first I didn't think he went he did go oh yeah you know at first I didn't think it went I thought it was a lot of body and I thought the bat stayed back but Jake once that Barrel gets going look how far that ball ends up off the plate that's how much movement he has on that as a hitter you think it's going to be a strike infield backs up swung on the Miss cabbage whipped his first time up the slider has been a good one for him here tonight he's getting a lot of swing and Miss on it been throwing it for strikes and that Sinker I tell you what a sinker is moving a heck of a foot and a half runner at third and a strike back to the sweeper he threw a slider for about three months now they call it a sweeper so now we're going to call it a sweeper 02 coming same thing you you had an upper cup for 12 years now we'll call it launch angle yep just different stuff late life vertical movement oh boy right tilt two down and onew would an offer Astros have tied it up here in the fourth inning Tanner hog trying to slam the door shut in the fourth and his two- two swing and a miss he put him away same thing with that sweeper again back to back C there we're tied two two inning five is presented by Salem Five bank Red Sox find themselves all tied up 22 in Houston and a key error on that runs scoring play meanwhile Kansas City has grabbed a three- nothing lead on the angels and they've gone to the fifth inning of their game at KC s raphaela will lead it off here against Kikuchi he's reached on an error there have been three errors in a game two of those by the Astros zon and then Duran and then O'Neal he want to get back on this guy obviously mistake like you mentioned it Jansen between Innings probably doesn't feel great worst guy in you know feels worse than anybody but give how credit for coming in and executing picking up his teammate leaving that guy where he is and striking out the next two two and one s on with an RBI single in the eighth inning at Baltimore yesterday that's actually plenty of hits they had 11 hits but with runners in scoring position that was a different matter on Sunday two and two three games here against the Astros and then home for three against Arizona team that's been playing really well for a while they that just you Tory lll's just done such a great job it feels like there's no p right you know they kind of start off slow and you're wondering what happened to the Rangers in Arizona two World Series teams Texas couldn't quite put it together Arizona they have not gone away the Padre's got rocket hot I mean the Dodgers look back they're two games ahead of those two teams at one point you know and they're just dangerous top team for the wild card in the National League but they're thinking about the division right now they're four backback San Diego three back of the Dodgers saw something today I think it's six teams are within a game of him the best record in baseball no one's on Pace to win a 100 how about that two two and Strikes him out one away lot of forseen fast B right there he stat cast 3D is powered by Google Cloud Jared Duran this is a first pitch of the game ex of 102 distance 356 a perfect swing on a four scene fast ball for Kikuchi and put the socks up one ZIP also had a good swing is next at bat lined out to Center so one for two tied up two two yeah both he Endeavors first two at bats kind of really committing to left field right we know that's when both of them were at their best now Des pulled it because it was a little cutter a little Slaughter but that that approach to left Center allowed him to stay on it both guys swing it well here Kikuchi was a very good pitcher in Japan it's an All-Star there and in Seattle started out his major league career with the Mariners he was an All-Star there too high fly ball left field that's pretty well hit dub Ban's backing up onto the track to make the play two down don't miss the Red Sox women's celebration August 26 join us for an empowering night of baseball celebrating incredible women VIP tickets include a pregame speaking program go to Red sox.com women Tyler O'neal He has struck out and taken Ball Four ref Snider on Deck I asked Tyler before the game what was today was it Chess Day what do we got he said back day I said now do you have numbers like how you hit on back day how you hit on chess day he said chess day was hot earlier in the year but he doesn't keep track we'll see he cuts and misses one ball and one strike it to me it looks like every day for him is chest and back day right I I I would go with bicep day he came out hitting with sleeveless like sweatshirt on and it's remarkable bicep weak it's unbel unable how big his arms are and just gets that one out in front of the plate kartini up and throws and takes him off the bag and so Tyler O'Neal is going to be safe the inning ought to be over Red Sox catch a break there with two down this is sloppy huh that's their third error socks have made one as well see if ref Schneider can take advantage of he comes out does everything right just when he flicks it little careless off that bag give ref Sneider a shot here in the Lefty here with two outs take advantage of it Rob one for two of the base City he s into a double play as well and he'll lay off ball one I would imagine like you know he's got chest back and legs but by the look of him like buys and tries are are daily thing uh I yeah I just I mean I've I've done curls we did curls I mean my arms never could get like that it's just got to be cool when you put your arm outside car window you know just kind of sitting out there yet at a red light like and they're just hanging off they're just like meat hangers I would cut the sleeves off of every shirt I own I wouldn't even have a shirt never wear a shirt ever I don't wear one anyways and I got Dad's Body I just do it for us he leads from first pitch down into the dirt of course his role model when it came to lifting was his dad who was Mr Canada yep it's a pretty good role model uh yeah there's a few big dads out there you know Marcus strowman's dad's a monster toal's dad's you know former everything 2-1 and fouled away just got a piece of it two and two my dad's 56 about a 158 lbs you know what I'm saying the genetic flow is a little different OB yeah My dad became good friends with the beer attendance at Fenway Hey Big Lou how we doing good to see you back big good to see you back rfy de waiting on Deck should it get that far two down in the two- two from Kikuchi line in right center field down for a base hit O'Neal rounds he's on his way into third he'll get there easily standing up and we'll see if that error on the catcher opened a door here for the Red Sox first and third 97 mph fast ball two two count and another great piece of hitting I mean you're seeing some big league of bats both sides that's a couple times now he's just driven the ball the other way going to go have a little chat you if nothing else it just sort of adds another 10 pitchers or so more stress you know to the outing sitting there now at 87 pitches here in the fifth should have been probably sitting at home or in that Dugout at 81 82 now he's got to deal with Des who has hit the ball well twice a base hit and a lineer to left time for a Coors Light beating the pressure most extra base hits by a Dominican born player before the age of 28 you were talking about Albert P earlier look at that 593 wow before he was 28 but rafay at 465 along with belr was in the Hall of Fame Albert was in the league when he was 16 wasn't he he is just a 1920 yeah I think he was 20 yeah like a 10th rounder too it wasn't like he was the first pick in the world that is amazing the machine Red Sox threatening again here trying to get back on top rafy with 77 runs batted in last 44 games batting 333 had a little cold spell in there he's heated up again and a little Chopper here to Pena he's going to go to First and in time to retire the side so the Red Sox can't make the error hurt bottom five in Houston Red Sox two and the Astros two Tanner ha so far as allowed two runs five hits here's dub bond to lead things off he's the number eight hitter and then witam and then Altuve they got a couple of guys sprinkled in their lineup tonight that are not exactly household names like Trey cabbage and Shay Wht and Victor cartini to name a few but they are getting healthier this Houston team future Hall of Famer Verlander returning on Wednesday will face the Red Sox in that mat it looks like bregman May return as well he woke up the other day with a sore elbow it's kind of interesting he said he slept wrong on it I mean you've done that right you kind of slept wrong but to have the swelling for about three games he missed all three games against the white socks they took two out of three against them and then he wasn't in there tonight probably not in tomorrow maybe back when berlander comes back yeah like you said you kind of wake up sometimes his tingles kind of like I lost the feeling of it but to have swelling in your elbow to make you miss a weekend yeah four games now and he's a ball player like he does not like missing games weave add and missed he missed that by a foot and tanah Hawks strikes out to bond one8 I'll tell you Tanner's that's been impressive here this is a this sweeper has been really good well located kind of just shows the middle of the plate and just takes off away from right-handers he's pumping strikes here almost at a 70% clip he just hit those three hitters three in a row singles fan six and here's witam yeah dubon did not look good on that I mean like everything was going to The Dugout to the Red Sox like yeah he's got a slurve it can be just a dirty dirty pitch for him just a little low I guess Chris Eagle didn't like it that's about as upset right there as you're ever going to see Tanner how he kind of looked off into the stands like okay I was talking to him about it cuz just you on the mound like he strikes a guy out he just walks back like it's you know outings at the time that kind of he was struggling a little bit during that stretch he I think about the starts for like few minutes whatever it is but when I get home I don't dwell it's just it's not going to change anything going to show up tomorrow and yeah try to get a good start to the next M just like his mind mentality his mentality is fantastic awesome two breaking ball did he offer yeah strike three he got a foul tip and then he got that just set down Whit him he strikes him out for the second time that is tough I'm telling you R and right that slurve cuz he's got the 95 he's shown and they know that but then you start get caught cheating a little bit and then you can't stop that swing lot of body and bat and he did go that's the beauty of getting ahead too right y there's eltu two down guy comes out of his shoes don't he when he swings and misses like the yeah they just they don't know the book cuz they'll hit breaking balls fast balls oh oh and you get them swinging it like your buddy noar I'm same thing when they're on fire it's like they're un pitch Vlad M gell this guy and I know he's not the tallest fellow but his Bat looks like it's about a 36 right who's taller you guys want shoulder shoulder I got altu you're e so you're eating you're cooking stuff on top of his head saying like you towering him what what is he 5'6 5'7 about 5'6 Maybe huh yeah I was just wondering it was a great question I thought it be Kev thank you for not including me in that there's a basin in the left field with two down so Altuve is aboard he's one for three that'll bring up Alvarez we'll see how the Red Sox deal with this guy he's already singled and doubled that's a pretty good look there casus and Altuve little chitchat altuve's on the bag too got one foot on have two feet on oh like you remember Frank Thomas being in first base I tried to stand on the back with him yeah that's so two down a man aboard he slices that one foul it's at 25 home runs batting stats brought to you by FW web where the pros go first two times and he's attacked early you know he's been on with nobody on base had didn't leave the yard single and a double you gota be real careful here this is where great hitter though like he's hit a breaking ball he's hit a split finger and you know he was up there o oh Dead red and fouled it off like you know when you've hit everything so far now it's like what do you throw them they're coming in well you watched it up close with Big Poppy you know in David's Prime and Alex coro's is compared Alvarez to David Ortiz in the modern day David Ortiz 100% OB because he's able to go foul Pole to foul pole that's what makes those guys dangerous right when poppy was peppering that green monster and then yeah you come inside and they put you 450 to the right now to be taken off on the pitch down into the dirt that scoots away is's up to Second that's going to be a hit batsman he got hit by the pitch so Alvarez going to be set to First that'll put him on at first and second but a red hot y Diaz little slider kind of getting his foot yeah a little hop short hop not the worst case scenario in the world to be perfectly honest with you kind of like did that hit him or not uh we're good either way it didn't hit him yeah nobody questioning it no but you got to get this guy as we mentioned he he's been tearing it up since the All-Star break already got one hit with a guy in scoring position he came into the game third in baseball 366 yeah since July 24 with some power too five home runs in that span they bat him third Tanner got the first two men on KS a base hit by Altuve hit batsman and now Diaz in there for strike one he Malden out behind the dish for years I remember last year seen this kid for the first time like uhoh this guy's going to be a problem and he was last year and he is again this year can swing it oh and two yeah he really could I me that's the thing Maldo was so good with the staff they didn't care if he hit I mean Dusty beger I don't care he's hitting he get at 160 they loved throwing to Maldonado but then all of a sudden the offense plays you got a young kid coming up Maldonado goes to the white socks and then this kid gets his everyday chance and you can see the ability got him playing first base tonight and he won't offer H with seven punch outs just hit a batter but he hasn't walked anybody again he stayed away and it's two and two Dave the sweeper or you going to pound him in Lou right now I think they want to do this sweeper away on a two- two with the Sinker 94 you got both those pitches working tonight right that's I said the Sinker plays I'm telling you so is that sweeper obviously getting allow swing misses off that but there are times especially right it's hard to elevate it's hard to get that ball off your bat exec uted bwing and in not just a fast ball 22 to Diaz Full Count that's an impressive take 100% 94 95 in on your hands that's a perfect pitcher's pitch just above the dirt he was sitting on it he like that that was that was I guess right yep I don't like that take from him runners go and a ground ball up the middle a sliding stab Gonzalez he's throwing a first base and got him outstanding play by Romy Gonzalez for out number three almost looked like he tossed it blindly over there to First that was a beautiful play by Roman again it was that sweeper he was sitting on hit it well but a beautiful play by Romy more importantly throw was right in the money right and we see where his body was beautiful play well start of the moment Roman Gonzalez is going to lead off here in the top of the sixth inning and he's the reason a game is 2-2 after a tremendous play there behind the bag and getting the out at first after a sliding stab a game that has not been defined by great defense but that was a wonderful play and saved a run check out the t- Mobile coverage Camp yeah here it is Diaz we mentioned look like he was sitting on this sweeper because he hits this ball hard look at the range first off not an easy play down on one knee but when he gets up he really doesn't have time to kind of set his feet he's really off balance that's the impressive part this thing is on the money could easily throw that ball off the bag given where his body was with his momentum too you know to throw a strike for seamer right at Tristan but great play does a great job knowing where first base is we've seen him a couple of times make a stab like that it doesn't even look like he's looking at the bag bang it's over there and what do you think the batting average is when you lead off the inning after making a really nice is it about 680 it is crazy we'll see one for two with a single tonight and a strike dropped in breaking ball Gonzalez Jansen and anassis here in the sixth inning against Kikuchi two and two he's throwing that curveball a little bit more here tonight 145 change UPS kind of like where he's been the last few outings you in Toronto I remember reading about it there only want him to throw four or five changing came here and they're like no no no no let's get that up to 15 or so kind of remade himself at second Altuve and out number one he's going to be safe there he came off the bag his foot wasn't on first base 100% 100% he came off the bag couldn't find the bag tried to find the bag and I think that's when obviously whether his heel touched it still but you saw the they're going to review it they will so Ry ruled safe initially we have had one call overturned on a play at home plate now take a look yeah there you go there's that step there's that guilt step right look where his foot is first we see he's not on the back now the throw was a little bit high but he's you got to get his you got to get your foot on the bag I only play a little catcher but he's been over first a lot this year he's safe he's 100% safe on that on that view you know he was taking some ground balls working early on the side at first base obviously a catcher but you can tell the footwork here definitely is safe looks like it right there he's not on the bag yeah know so another one under review on the play at first we nailed the other one at the plate earlier game so we'll see how this one goes but you see there like there's plenty you can see the brown in between right the dirt in between the spike and the bag always like the longer it goes more nervous I get this should be pretty quick you think upon review the on the field stands the runner is safe Houston loses their challenge so Houston loses their challenge High throw by Altuve Diaz could not remain on first base and Red Sox have a base runner that's a tough error in the second basem that's their fourth error in the game this one's on Altuve boy have they been sloppy Red Sox have to take advantage of it Danny Janson is reached on there by the third baseman and single I mean I got to give that error to first right Diaz like the reason why he was safe is cuz his foot never was on the bag in the first place so if he foots on the bag he's out yeah I agree see if they change that they've been handing them out ne01 pop foul back out of play by Danny good swing right there on 93 m fast ball that was about 2 Ines from being left Center 4-2 ball game he took advantage on that first air and scored a run but there's been three more Le to make him pay for that one here lead off the inning tried to Hole he couldn't do it and down he goes strike three on that curve ball he strikes out and one gone so tough little we've had a lot of check swings tonight you know and just just a little bit too much then he tried to hold it felt it walk back like he's been going to that curve ball the last couple Innings early it was just fast ball sliders that showing that curveball now Tristan KAS is trying to figure this guy out he's been up twice he struck out both times yeah it it's almost like he's he's in a a thinky thought process right he's kind of been in between pitches he's taken a four seam fastball down the middle he's been off on but there's been a lot of takes there he tried to Ambush there was a slider no problem the lob toss over Gonzalez runs well there's a rhythm to hitting though it's hard to be perfect you know you work in the cages you think in the cages you work on path in the cages and then when the game starts there's like a rhythm you know it's like dancing block bear here by karantini one ball and one strike both sides with six hits Red Sox have played a bunch of very tense games lately and they're doing it again tonight here in game one in Houston 97 pitches from Kikuchi too I think there's somebody up tough to see out there I think it's a righty you do have a right hander in a pen W and say down coming up here on Deck you wonder this be it 97's a lot of pitches these days good lead by Roy not going and fouled back tough task with a lefty out there count one and two this is where you have to eliminate full side of your Tristan right now you're just eliminating your fight you you've swung the O slider that was 96 kind of in between but you stay left Center Taylor Scott is that pitcher in the bullpen the right-hander for Houston the dog fight count right now Lefty on Lefty one two you know but it just lets you see the ball a little longer eliminating that pool side Kikuchi has had two disengagements another holding and in there for strike three got him again for the third time tonight you mentioned it C you know that left Center approach that was just that slider look at this it's good spot for it a little bit quick in that front side kind of still kind of that front hip right little pull happy good pitch by Kikuchi he fan seven and he is done at 99 pitches they're going to bring on Scott with Connor won coming up we'll take the break as well as Kikuchi gets a big hand here in Houston 2-2 game masatake oshida with a bat he's got a runner at first base and two down and a pitching change presented by Sullivan tyan Auto Service we're always here to get you there this guy Scott no fastball slotter change up to be honest with I think they did cor a favor you're able to get Yoshida into this game right here by going to this righty in the perfect spot too designated hitter I mean they just sort of handed it to him please put your sheet in this bulit m has been on fire y six game hitting streak 11 for his last 17 getting 370 since the All-Star break Runner goes fly the other way duond backing up and that ball is going to be off the wall they're going to send a Runner that's going to be a home run they call that ball gone that is a home run the runner stopping at second but that ball is gone a home run for masataka Yoshida it got out of here you said I think did him a favor like you know you bring him leave him in maybe for one more here to let Wong he's a DH and now how can Cory use Yoshida well you just handed putting Yoshida in this DH spot against the righty the guys in Fuego he can't get out and now you got a little two-pointer Kev yeah I tell you what in van over the the third base umpire Larry he had the home run call he was right on it we couldn't tell fan reached over the yellow a little bit let's see right here in the replay they are going to review it it'll be a crew chief review to determine if it's gone the way it bounced kind of just fell so you felt like somebody did get a piece of it up there but it was this is tough to see cuz it is right on this line Romy kind of Peaks up sees it Off the Wall he's trying to score see the way it fell straight down he almost felt like it hit a fan B yeah he was not sure it was a long time before they finally brought him in yeah you can see the yellow right here yeah hit the top of that there's a there's like a little Ridge behind that yellow that is that what it hit and fell back down you just couldn't get a real good view but I will say that the Umpire was right on it well now they'll determine in New York whether it's gone they called on the field a home run upon review the call on the field is confirmed home run they confirm it two-run Homer for masatake Yoshida and the Red Sox leaded 4-2 he just can't make it out right now that's that's one of those home runs that you stop at second you know it's a double you're feeling good nope it's a home run then a replay then the arms are up in the Dugout nice swing got to find that metal that's right yeah I just that that man smiling the minute he went out to that Bullpen to bring to righty I mean he got everything he wanted in this matchup here in the six sure did now you got Moss in there for the rest of the game set on Rafael over for two he has reached on an error and struck out Sox taken aim at those Crawford boxes here in Houston they're liking them and a 4-2 lead and Scott will miss fire outside that might be the only Park it's it's a home run you know I was just trying to think maybe Philly but I just think that that that's one of the ones that yeah arms up review has been a big part of this game on several occasions already including the first play of the Inning on the error which allowed Romy to reach a couple runs now on the eror right lead off the Inning on an error it's like leading off the inning with a walk you got to make them pay usually defensively it's not usually a good thing to start that inning off and Yoshida made him pay and the 3-1 and a high fly ball into left field not terribly deep duban coming in and makes the catch to your point Kev that is only a home run in this ballpark yeah I tell you that's where that's cool that's a good one Red Sox on top four two masakio in the clutch once again going the other way just nudges one out of here the Umpire is eventually confirming a two-run homer and the socks lead at 4-2 so a little cushion here for Tanner ha and then it for strike on pup we're down there watching batting practice youa and I even said to you I'm like have you ever seen a manager after watching a BP change the lineup because he was hitting bombs and line drives all over the place he he's locked in during batting practice yeah I was trying to I I forget the word now but I asked the translator I said what's the word for Bully cuz he was bullying The Baseballs and it was a cool word in Japanese and I said it to him when he was hitting he kind of laughed but yeah he looks good man obviously he was hitting four in a row P homers that you looked at me said I wonder if they can change the lot 02 to Peña who is 042 A trickler to third rafield be tested here and can't get it off the hand and pñ will be safe at first with a single to begin the bottom of the sixth inning the pit Zone presented by amik Tanner's been impressive he's got seven strikeouts here and very efficient the sweeper has been outstanding getting a ton of swing and Miss on it but it's also because of that Sinker right there that has been effective which has opened the door for swings like this and reasons why they're chasing pitches like this down and in look at this off the plate thanks for coming and another one he has been sharp here tonight kattini has a pair of singles tonight and we'll look at ball one and Kevin to your point in that Sinker that's setting up swings like that no doubt no doubt I mean just just the movement on the Sinker especially in righty especially guys on third base to elevate that he has just barreled that in and then opened the door for the sweeper where is that where's that that should be a repl you can kind of go the headset and go excuse me that was down the middle little Triple A tap the helmet right tap the helmet yeah we'll look at it again one one count or a 2 count now it's a catcher I'll give them a you're protecting the Umpire the entire game I think they should get the benefit of Doubt two nothing and a ground ball through for a base hit kartini is three for three that's going to put him on the corners with nobody out here come the Astros again infield single and a base hit up the middle in front of Jake Meers this is one it's a hitter's count now right you get the 2- and here you go you got the fast ball and that's the difference right one-1 you still open the door now it's 2 and Victor's up there Dead red nice swing up the middle we got action 1-1 maybe that's that slider down and end split down and Away Myers with a fly to left and a punch out he is 0 for two Houston nudging ahead in hits now 8 to7 and again nobody out nothing in one I like it pound the zone right you get the foul ball right there finger was a little Up Now you kind of pick and choose what you want to do you're looking for the double play Sox turned one in the first inning nothing at two but you see that pitch right there will be it's 94 milph starts up middle height wise and just barrels down and as a right-handed hitter Myers is doing everything he can to try to get that there you can't it's just a either your shin or a foul ball Tanner in good shape with the pitch count 81 he's been staying away from walks pñ on a third kartini on a first and a miss down in the zone right now down in the zone hitters looking to elevate something Get It Up In the Zone get a sack fly pitchers trying to get down in the zone Lucas Sims in the pen one two and strike him out Bo another deadly Sweeper for the K deadly location that was an executed perfect that down in away quadrant just perfect you we always talk about it you know we you can set up a pitch and say oh you setting it up for down and down and away right with the sweeper and as you point out he can come back with the Sinker in there's always two spots right you can double up down and in again because that hitter like a guy like Diaz looking for the sweeper or you can go to a guy that's shown you he really can't let off the sweeper all night long and that is a big strike out here for Tanner H Red Soxs with a mound visit this heated rivalry is brought to you by the pros at your New England GMC dealers John Singleton has a bat and he's about to dig in he's hitting for cabbage went 0 for 22k on the top of a strike out Tanner Haw with eight Singleton month of August hitting 286 got a couple home runs Friday night against the white sock hit his first career pinch hit home run Tanner love to get ahead get ahead right now you can work that split slide her in little sink her down away get your ground ball Double Play and get out of here it's been a long time since Tanner has had this many strikeouts you got to go back to June 6th against the white socks when he had nine has eight tonight looking for another one right here first and third with one down Lefty hitter with power and strike one and a big man by the way I mean I'm sitting over there he's at first base they're taking ground balls I'm like he is thick strong just Big Red Sox up 42 and a high fly ball into right center field not deep Durant will close the gap makes the catch tagging up Peña and he'll be in to score that'll make it a one-run game so Singleton coming off the bench a sack fly for the RBI and it's 43 think he'll take that he' love to get the ground ball the punch out but first and third nobody out pitch to the scoreboard a little bit here it's four to three got ahead the same thing here with Duan he's got a couple times at least once struck him out also got to pop up a second payy with that lead off single he comes in to score the run and two away and this is a situation why tbon does not look good at all in the sweeper he got a o pitch his first a bat popped up the second but his strike out on that sweeper I mean the entire body was going to the Red Sox Dugout so this is where you make him hit that tried it again two and0 it's weird though right his body's like all of his energies to the third base coach yeah don't leave it inner half like the entire B I get you leaking a little bit but it just seems like almost like he's afraid of the ball take a seat in a Dugout 20- and a fast ball in there 97 that had something extra on it two and one Kansas City with a 3-2 lead in the seventh inning against the Angels keep an eye on that score Red S three and a half back for that wild card position and the 2-1 by him again again 97 this sweeper day this is backto back sweeper this is two two sweeper if you take 3-2 sweeper I mean you have him set up right now a backto back 97 he had a little back pocket now you come out here and throw your a good one looking for that third out and a liner into right field O'Neal makes the play in a sinking Line Drive they get one 43 Boston Tanner Hawks pitching line brought to you by Ace Ticket Ace Ticket with the best seats at the lowest prices over six 90 pitches eight punch outs and two earned runs well he was good here tonight had a lot of swing and Miss in his game and that's as well as he's pitched the last couple times out you know a couple of strikeouts three strikeouts in games tonight he got eight stuff was sharp there were a lot of handshakes in that dogout that could be it for him as Sims was getting loose that would be three consecutive strong outings for him Chaz McCormack as we showed you there takes over in right field field socks up 43 going to the seventh inning it got started with a jiren Duran bullet into the Crawford boxes in the first thing the very first pitch of the game from Kikuchi Red Sox have hit two home runs that way tonight Yoshida in a perfect position for the Red Sox coming on to pinch hit in the sixth inning and Chris Martin's getting ready yeah the hit Sims up maybe if there was trouble on that inning but seventh inning you got 9912 he wants Martin to face Altuve and yon makes a lot of sense hopefully the next time it'll be Jansen Durant along with the Home Run has flly out two times he's one for three O'Neal on deck and a onew Fly ball into left field not deep this time duban with the grab and 108 watch the socks in an all new way tune in to the unobstructed views with Jer carbus and Tom Karen as the Red Sox visit the Astros tomorrow night at 8 on nessen Plus or streaming on nesson 360 so that'll be in the fourth inning and that means we are going to head over to nessen Plus we3 we don't got to go anywhere though right we can sit right here we can sit right here bounding ball to third gobble up by witam and on target and two down we don't have to go anywhere they actually don't have to physically move anywhere either we're just going to trade places as far as channels are concerned so if you'd like to stay right there on nessen and watch Jared Carabas and TC very very entertaining no doubt or if you want to come join us on nesson plus that's where you'll find us for that fourth inning only tomorrow and we'll remind ourselves again we actually don't have to go anywhere ref Snider will look at a strike makes me feel better yeah it's like trying to find anything these days though you know something's on and like it's on uh peacock times 2 plus plus and ESPN plus 19 I'm like man right remember the old days you grab a remote yeah in in the really old days your father would say hey could you get up and change the channel than the really old days and that TV was 4,000 lb it was yes they why did they weigh so much I don't know I mean today you have you know these gigantic screens that weigh nothing they're paper thin swung on and missed well there's so many different things in all these channels how many times you sit there and ask your wife hey do we have this I mean wife I I asked my kids I don't dad doesn't even know what what does streaming mean you got to have Wi-Fi but then you can plug a TV in with Wi-Fi you can watch anything you want I'm like it's kind of cool well we're going to be on SN plus and certainly I hope you have that on your cable system and you can join us for the fourth inning or watch the guys with unobstructed views they got a lot going on there base is empty two down and fouled back Rob with a couple of singles continues to have an outstanding year with a bat and defensively he's so I mean the thing with him is you know he's crushing lefties but then all of a sudden here the righties you don't have to pinch hit for him he gives you quality of bats almost hitting 290 against righties as well you right so he's getting the job done lefty or righty he gives you a professional at bat yep end of story right you're just a professional at bat he's a security blanket for a manager he does his job he's a great teammate he plays all three Outfield positions and he's a dude turned out to be a smart multi-year signing weave and a miss he will strike out Red Sox go fast in this inning it remains 4-3 Boston on nent is brought to you by New England GMC dealers we are professional grade and by the track at New Balance have your next corporate event at the track at New Balance guys throwing what we is throwing yeah Cracker Jacks peenuts right there that last throw I was trying to hit a young man and went over his head and probably hit somebody down below so I apologize no time for our by4 now.com called to the bullpen Red Sox will make the move for Chris Martin oh he's been good making his seventh appearance has come back off the iil giving up a run hasn't walked a guy six strikeouts since he's come back he's been rolling zero walks 25 strikeouts over his last 20 and two3 you know he throws strikes bottom of seventh Red Sox up one wow strike Wham struck out two times at the hand of Tanner ha who can pick up the win bounding ball backing up Rafi he's got a long throw ahead of him he'll bounce it and safe despite the long stretch by casus the lead off man is on that's why third base is so tricky you know the minute he backed up he knew this was going to be bang bang Catch and Release one hopper he beats it out getting down that line and sometimes that first step if you charge it off the bat it's a tough read you can get a little short hop and then all of a sudden once you catch it it's an easy play when you back up right there you knew it was going to be some trouble base hit man he can run Whit Come On and Here Comes eltu one for three by the way a this bit unusual a supervisor explanation on the home run by masaki oshida after reviewing all angles the replay official definitively determined the ball would have left the field to play had The Spectator not made contact with the ball the first time when they sent the notice on why they confirmed in a home run they said it had simply gone over the line aha they followed this up and this is different they usually don't do this with more explanation that it was actually a spectator making contact with the ball I like to explain it cut on and missed you know they get looks from both shows and and they get all sorts of camera angles this is the Home Park of the Astros so they they get angles like the kind we get of the wall at Fenway mhm on you know calls that could go either way so they may have looked at one of those in any event the onew and a swing in a Miss he struck him out well tuve down hackin in a big first out yeah that was a big big pitch right there Jose altu right kind of gambling for the fastball swing it looked like and then there it is that little sweeper slider cutter whatever you want to call it but yeah and once again what sets it up 94 mph Sinker down and in off the plate that got him to swing and now he speeds it up and chases time granted to Alvarez who was singled doubled and been hit by a pitch that Sox must be oh so careful with this man in a one-run game Wickam the base runner good Wheels o and one this is why you give Marty the seven right it's one run lead seventh inning Alvarez is up you you're going to want your best reliever other than Janson who's got the ninth right to be in this spot why save him for the eighth round ball base hit O'Neal will scoop it to run it down to Second stops there as the throw comes into third and Alvarez is three for three and what else is new just hard hit balls all over the field you know it is I mean just I mean there's a little splitter there but he stays on everything that one he pulls just on the basically the velocity and just by Romy just couldn't get ahead of it so tool board with one down Yer Diaz he is one for three Red Sox did get him to double up in the first inning 643 Red Sox four and Houston three in the seventh fouled away strike one you got to keep an eye we come in second base as well he had 26 bags down in Triple A this year want to keep him right where he is you don't want him on third base with one out Astros in there City connect uniforms tonight here's the 01 pitch in for strike he didn't think so Diaz hit one on August 9 at Fenway home run to win 448 such a good pitch when you can dot down and in on righty especially if that righty kind of feels crowded by it now it's in his head like we mentioned before you can go back there again you go cut her away off the dish like he did to Altuve opens the door for a lot that's going to be a violation on the batter Diaz and he is out that is strike three well that is one way to get him back to the bench that's a big one two down that's a huge call isn't that amazing he was so mad about the second strike that he's kind of like yeah that was it and that was a strike and that's third strike it was two timeouts he asked for that was the problem yeah can't do that try to call his second time out you want to call a timeout because you're not happy about the call to give yourself some time but then when you get back in they you try to call it again and there's your violation boy one of their hottest maybe their hottest hitter outside of Alvarez and a situation with two on he is rung up on a violation asking for a second time out that's the first time we have seen that call yeah yeah I haven't seen that either cuz at first I saw the clock at 14 then you realized he called all time to argue a pitch that he felt was down two down two one for pan that's across for strike that is big too you're talking about a guy that's one of the top hitters in baseball with runners in scoring position and again Marty keeps painting that down and in he got that one a little bit but still he's hitting that spot here right now a little something extra 02 can he get this man and that's in there strike three the Red Sox are out of the jam Martin with a big k and a big call too 43 we take a look at FanDuel same game parlay you can bet $5 and win $599 well a rather a dramatic half inning of baseball there and a big big inning again out of Chris Martin here's Caleb Ferguson out of the bullpen for Houston we go to the eighth inning socks up by a run as Des leads things off and rafy looks at a strike Ferguson acquired by the Astros from the Yankees at a deadline making his sixth appearance fast ball cutter little slvy breaking ball des's a base hit he's gone one for three scored around the first thing Red Sox took a two nothing lead de looking at that going golly that was 96 yeah where' you get that from usually 93 94 Romy Gonzalez on Deck Kansas City has won tonight they beat the Angels 5 to three yeah they're just not going to lose anymore feels like it no tell time we look up they've won five in a row now Red Sox have to win to remain three and a half back in the third wild card and now they're going to get the pitcher on a violation they'll get Ferguson and that'll be ball two these fans are getting on seagull but you know he just enforcing rules you can't call two timeouts you got to throw the ball before zeros yeah he's just reacting to the buzzer that he wears yeah mhm it tells him whether or not there's been a violation and a count three and two on rafy and a weave and a foul tip to the mid for strike three one gone in the eighth the eighth inning is presented by Jimmy Johns one gone Romy now ry's had an eventful night got a base hit reached on an error in the sixth inning on a play that went to review and was upheld in a Red Sox favor and he also made a tremendous Play to save a run on a sliding stab up the middle to the 01 this is one of the reasons why cor when he puts this lineup to lefties he separates des and Casas you going to bring in a lefty to get Des fine we're going to put guys like Romy or maybe Wong tonight it's Danny Jansen in between give him some righties to attack a lefty separate him one and two Red Sox got another excellent start out of Tanner H just two earned runs over six Innings tonight always seems to come back to starting pitching doesn't it yeah I tell you what it's exactly right OB he was awesome cutting Miss he was awesome tonight just watching made it two devastating pit split was okay that Sinker and slurve that Tanner had and rarely do you leave a game and go out there with all four of your pitches but my goodness he was great it's three in a row now six straight two runs or less six Innings two runs or less they need it Danny Jansen and he's reached on an error and a base hit he's going deep by the way right here at 95 M fastb if they give him the heater see what happens I'm just calling it Boys you've had success with that before my friend here in this building yes you have ground ball up the middle exactly what you said eltu up in over sets him down it's a one two three inning Red Sox baseball on nesson brought to you by Nissan say big before summer ends at the Nissan end of summer Sales Event Plymouth Rock the official auto and home insurance provider of the Boston Red Sox by Viva tequila Seltzer grab Viva tequila Seltzer at Luke's lickers across Cape cot and by super of New England there's a lot to love about a brand new Subaru Subaru ofne england.com back in Lone Star State been a good one here in Houston there been errors in the game but once again it has been tight 4-3 Red Sox have the lead Lucas Sims will have the baseball here in the eighth yeah he's done a nice job for him he's got some big outs for him he had one blow up it was against these guys it was last Friday in game one but other than that he's got some really big outs for them four holds here and this will be his eighth appearance loves to spin it kartini is three for three with three singles Houston's out hit the Sox 10 to7 now the Red Sox have two home runs Duran and Yoshida can't get this guy out right you get three for three and then you get up there and you're two and0 I mean it's when you're when you're going good those hitters counts look good and see what Old Lucas throws here in tight for ball three you when you're not going good they're just hitting the edges and you roll two all day but you know Sims has 94 he'll throw that cutter sweeper a big pitch for him obviously throws that like half the time got a curveball to go with it but got to get back into this count and strike get me over at 89 cutter mhm I mean that's like the new fun pitch to throw and they command it pretty good at this level and he puts him on not ideal there walking the lead off man a one run game look younger feel younger get your hair back with Tom Karen's hair doctor Dr Matthew leesy free inperson and virtual consultations at 1800 get hair disenzo is going to run for kartini we saw him hit his first major league home run at Fenway the other day and celebrated that yeah yeah he did he had eight and a half minutes out there in the big leags and hit a first home run and looked in the dug out like he was poppy Ohio State boy Jake Meyers and he will look at ball one so the tying run aboard here for the Astros in the bottom of the eighth and Sims to one0 two and nothing Jansen would like a word here back to the senzo home run I mean look at now this is the first one by the way first big league Homer I mean we go to the helmet we look in the Dugout like that's where it's changed wrong or right whatever you want to say yeah I mean you hit a home run first of all you don't know if it's a home run you're running around so excited you're just like thrilled to be in the big leagues and now you go helmet Manny Ramirez look at the Dugout poppy check me out dig me out and then I'm like yeah yep hit a long way though no doubt about it two and0 here on Meyers and threw there for a called strike Lackey had the best thing ever John Lackey pitched for Boston but he said hey I don't mind you doing whatever you want to do but you better have more home runs than I do wins and that's kind of a good theory round ball it's short raphaela Flips For One beand throw and got him Romy Gonzalez bear handed the toss and then whipped a strike to First for a double play yeah he had to because his toss was offline you know raphaela kind of an in between hop at this toss look at it's behind him but Romy reaches back concentration gets the first one and is able to actually still double off Meyers who can get down the line hey Romy Gonzalez having a nice game here defensively making some big plays when it matters I'll see that's a gorgeous double play and a big ni hit into right field barely gets onto the Outfield grasp by McCormack he's on with two down thanks to Romy yeah that that double play written all over you know you're a second baseman you're running to the bag and when you flip it behind me I'm it's going against my momentum now I got to stop look back make sure I get this one that can be easily flipped behind him rolls in the right field big legs bare hand two mhm here's the new bomb with a runner at first and two-way the runner goes here's the throw down and not going to get him so M cormi taking second they have the tying run and scoring position she has pretty good break right there Danny kind of went with this I don't know if he didn't have a grip or that was part of the scene but I don't think you were getting him anyways cormack with a nice jump importantly too you got ahead right 01 swinging Miss and line driveing the left field base headit McCormack into third he's coming around ref Snider will just toss it into second and this game is tied 44 in the eight I don't know if this was the cutter or sweeper but you know we've seen pay you kind of or duban rather not handling that one away just wasn't get it out there enough off the end of the Bat mccomic gets on steals right away and you make it pay for it yeah that happening just seconds after that outstanding double play base hit stolen base single new ball game yeah it's crazy Chaz MCC Corman gets the ball at the end of the bat oh oh going to finds a ho out there right field steals first pitch and then all that being said Rob ref made a great job of not trying to throw home and keeping dubon on first base cuz this game is still a tie game late so whitcom will be the batter he's gone one for three with a single two down huge run in 44 game dubon with really good Wheels over there at first Astros do have 12 hits this has happened far too often when Tanner ha is throwing a really good game lately yeah with the bullpen has coughed it up and a high popped down the right field line but that's going to keep on cruising foul on the night the bullpen collapsed and the Red Sox blew a three-run lead in the ninth inning against Texas last time out Tanner threw a very strong game six and two3 six hits two runs R Sox bullpen would cough that one up hater is working in their Bullpen popped up again Cas is given Chase so is O'Neal casus over there looking for it can't get to it could not reach it and witam will continue to swing he had back-to-back plays he kind of had to run in the same spot first one being about 20 rows deep this one was in play and he kind of lost sight of where that wall was you you know once you you kind of look and hope Ry was around he wasn't and then you're just a foot and a half off that's one of those ones regular depth ry's over there playing and shaded up the middle but regular depth maybe the second baseman gets over there onew to witam off the plate now tuve would be next two out duban a short lead and that'll Miss well this the guy you want right here he unfortunately run it the three and two which allows dubon to get a little head start but you got Altuve on Deck payoff pitch Runner take it off and that's ball four so Sims has walked a couple in the inning and allowed two hits It's not been his finest hour here and now the still dangerous Jose Altuve who's going one for four come in here for this bottom half and this is this the issue looking for consistent appearances right you bring in Martin to get the big part of the order he gets out of it okay I'm going to hand the ending to to Sims because we're talking we got already got past Diaz and Alvarez and Altuve but four out of five guys have reached lucky to get that big double play so Altuve to swing with Runners at first and second and two gone and a bottom of the eighth inning he'll take a ball yeah he's been off he's been off on this scene the 3-2 breaking ball to Shay to get to Altuve a little bit you know he swings and gets a piece of it fouls it away one and one that's a big big pitch right there Jose Altuve helping Lucas right there on that pitch that was off the plate you know and this is the the one when you are an aggressive hitter sometimes you're like you still got to rely that that pressure on the pitcher two down and a rocket pulled down the left field line but he hooks that one foul he hit it hard but foul he's just it's just like the game elevates in big situations for Jose like he can lower you to sleep and oh oh popup oh oh ground ball you know here and there and then all of a sudden you get this kind of situation it's just like it becomes dangerous even in this count you know bad ball hitter onew coming fouled back out of play to stay alive 97 right there you know you have 97 in the back pocket MH it's different if you have 92 for your fast ball but when you got 97 that that could that plays that's two for four with a home run of Sims breaking ball swung on and missed that was up stairs he got him with the sweeper they do tie it at the end of eight it's a 4-4 game Red Sox baseball on nesson is brought to you by biot toyota.com proper is not seen on TV visit biot toyota.com and by WB Mason shipping and packaging supplies delivered fast with no expensive Freight charges back inside minute made number of changes here for Houston in a 4-4 game as we go to the ninth inning Diaz is going to take over behind the plate the senzo takes over at first and haer will be the pitcher and a swing by Casas a high pop up in the left and coming on duban the left fielder he's going to call everybody off and make the grab for out number one Tristan o for four tonight A haer has been terrific as of late he set the Astros single season record by converting 27 consecutive save opportunities he has been tough this month as well hasn't given up a run you see some of the numbers on him guys just aren't really touching him especially lefties this is kind of like a good battle here the way Yoshida has been seeing the ball tonight a two-run homer initially he stopped at Second Base thinking he had doubled in the end a spectator touched it as he was going over the wall and they sent him home after a review R sucks have Homer twice tonight Jaron Durant started the ball game launching home run to left Moss has been on fire and he will take a ball 96 two and one last 14 games look at this and with power mhm it's going to be Ball three yeah he's T he's seen the ball well you know like just sitting there I mean Josh's out there with elbows and arms 96 97 just off the plate and there's just the takes he've been doing this for weeks it's almost like they're automatic takes but they're not good count for him right through it 87 raphaela next we are in the ninth 44 and Josh haer with a 3-2 tonight's 180 moment of the game presented by awaken 180 weight loss and here's the Home Run just just saw a change of got the fast ball second Pitch stays inside of it perfectly and you can see the fan just kind of reached over that ball would have been out no matter what and that's what they ruled and it was a home run the official weight loss program of the Boston Red Sox awaken 180 33,45 in the house tonight I think a lot of them came in just to cool off 3-2 trickled foul it has been unbelievable hot here in Houston it's a great call by you it's worth the ticket price to kind of come on here and sit in the AC for a couple hours watch two teams fighting 44 game here in the ninth Josh hater man I tell you he's been doing this so long Milwaukee to San Diego gets off to the start there and then gets signs a big deal here but man 32 spoiled again alsoa put on a good ab showed him that little slider inter just hiden there enough to fight it off right then fights off another 97 you mentioned he really turns that body tough to pick up everything's coming at you and Masa putting in that back together roll over on this one to the second baseman Altuve two up two down raphaelo will look to get another run on the board here in a 4-4 game in the ninth we go to the bottom of the ninth inning yordon Alvarez will lead it off for Houston and he has not made an out in the game again he's three for three and he's been hit by a pitch been a terror s on 0 for three and a high high fly to left center field D Bon plenty of time to get there and that's all for the socks so we go to the bottom half of the ninth inning in Houston lock up four four it's our strong play the game presented by New England Chevy dealers together let's drive this is how this one started off first pitch from Kikuchi little fast ball utter half and Durant just drives it the other way socks get out of the board real quick here Le this one one nothing they tacked on another one but here we are tied four four and a nine Houston has not LED in the game Kenley coming out of the bullpen Red Sox Clos are just trying to get this one to extras tonight and give the Red Sox a chance to win it then but the first man up is the incredibly dangerous yordon Alvarez three hits in this in this game two singles a double he's also been drilled by a pitch and kentley's first one is taken for strike one and a big right-handers one strike pitch right through it like a match up you've been looking for all night huh these two yeah two big boys going at it 21 games against the Red Sox 397 for Alvarez swing and a miss he put him away on three good morning good afternoon good night first time he'd ever face Kenley and Kenley fans him there you go I mean how do you pitch Alvarez throw like three Cutters into Zone let him swing underneath it it's a pretty good cutter don't get me wrong but wow isn't that amazing just a little delay in the delivery Diaz will swing it a high fly ball driven deep to left field forget it and his way out of here and that is the Ball Game Y Diaz going way downtown to win at 54 with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning he just punched out y you're down on three pitches right first pitch this kid he has been swinging it jumped out to that two nothing lead had the lead in the E gave it up and that's a tough one didn't jump on Kikuchi early when he seemed like he kind of had him yeah and yon said something to D just walking off and whatever he said it was just a first pitch cutter that just no doubter for Diaz also the first time he had ever faced Kenley Jansen he'll remember it forever it's almost like he looked at yordon and said you're exactly right I whatever he said he elevates it or whatever it was but man so the Red Sox lose on a walk-off by yand Diaz in the bottom of the ninth inning they also lose ground in the wildcard race because Kansas City knocked off the Angels so the socks have dropped to 4 and a half off the pace and in high style the Houston Astros step to a win on a walk-off home run by Yer Diaz TC Lenny and Devon coming to away right after the break