Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals inning 1-2 Game Highlights -MLB 8/26/2024-MLB Season 2024.

and it wasn't looking very good after the first three Innings but MJ Melendez had a three-run home run in the fourth and saved two to put the Royals in front and Salvador Perez was on base all four times he came to the plate oh yeah and here's the lineup against Lefty Logan Allen who grew up with MJ Melendez in South FL and then Logan Allen went on to Florida International University and his head coach was mville Ming Logan Allen in the second round in 2020 ah little bragon rides are on the line here over there this young man here just not overpowering guys we're going to show you here in just a minute what exactly he throws his Arsenal he's had a okay he's statcast powered by Google Cloud shows you four seamer sweeper change up cutter look at that accent just really to tell you the truth Rhino not impressed with the Guardians what their F showing the Royals with here in this it doesn't necessarily mean anything but he's not any anybody real special will Brennen of of K stay go to the infield we'll show you the rookie Brian roio he's he's uh making his 97 start he's got really good ball one on Michael Garcia he batted seventh in game one who Lin to the Outfield twice in game one has a lead off double job nice this is the approach you want on a soft toss and Lefty hey that's 91 that might be his fast his best fast ball but that's a great start let's see if they can manufacture one early here see feeling pretty frisky out there got a nice big lead kid Baylor making his 79 pickoff play at second but Garcia SES me did you know that micheel Garcia is ninth in the American League runs doesn't but the fact that he's ninth that tells me he's having a good season no matter what some of the numbers may see Point think the Royals wanted to see more progress but it just underlines what he does when he gets on base for 31 in stolen base attempts nothing wrong with that and when he gets on I mean he scores one on Bobby and you can go look at the top 25 and run score Garcia great point hope you're right right here yeah he want no two on nobody out would you want to pick from Yankees when they played the Yankees they pitched to soda to stto and in the game yesterday Royals had two on with nobody out in the first inning against Coy that game and now the Royals just need a big hit for one for seven earlier today in game one but if you combine that with yesterday one for their last they they'll get back to it Binny hits a ground ball up the middle and Garcia's at third situations like that with when you have move them steal them stay away from double plays like this because Vinnie and salvi that's kind of what they do when they try to pull that of track Le put away on salvi walked singled and fifth in the league Two [Music] and0 Freddy fine is on deck ha of the inning in game one today Nick sandin walked two in the first inning but was able to get ready was the DH in game one and he was old for four he wanted no part of salvi there and I don't blame him firminator can drive in runs one and one pretty nice little sweeper there to seen Logan Allen on the ground left side and schneeman with Royals in the first inning two on nobody out and Allen Works around yeah now Monty says if Marsh gets through the first inning cleanly watch out he so many of his starts line right field and that's down for a hit want to have a lead off man on show you his pitch Arsenal it's a good one he's now that's the percentage he uses the four seem is good good numbers there slider curveball Sinker these Guardians three double plays he rolled up game one and he was one for four hitting everything to left field well the Royals had two on nobody out in the first and came up empty and now Cleveland has two on and nobody get his 17th start out there in center field along with Blanco and right his seventh and D young in his third basem throwing out over 37% Runners that's the best in baseball so keep it down roll a pair he had a lead off double in the seventh inning in game one in the bottom of the seventh and then in the next half inning Bobby wh Jr homered to put the Royals in front for in the second inning it's down and in one ball one strike a hit batter and had loaded the bases with one out and then there was a Bases Loaded walk and a p two balls one strike and Cleveland really didn't put Ramirez has driven in 103 two and two and that'll be out of Play Don't Want to Miss in there leave it out over the plate sometimes pitchers try to go in there and they don't get it all the way in that could be great they can get it out maybe two he runs well and in addition to all those impressive stats we just showed you he's also one of the yeah just 69 he's good a lot of power hitters Sluggers have a wh 100 swinging at it there really wasn't anything he could do with it walks line and now Cleveland has a couple of Runners at third base and they're both going Juan had rounded third and stopped Jimenez had gone to Third and stopped the Royals had an e both ended up scoring ah what an awful read this was this is a routine out wow now why would have had him out it was not a good throw and there's a panic throw too wow time to regroup fellas and obviously Blanco I mean the sun's not in his eyes it's it's it's it's going across his body the shadow so it's an air9 no RBI what he out well he turned the wrong way the first place okay the ball's hit off of and boy they messed up and then we couldn't we couldn't get it out on that play two and one I think there's a lot of doovers on that play you mentioned the re and need it as fast as he could and then just take a a little more time to make a firm accurate ouch that was ow it was the sound cuz it awfully was awfully [Applause] loud I'd imagine Brian Sweeney is saying hey look you gave up two hard hit singles yes but it's the first inning you better get to pitch him that's right I would agree with that this game Fly and here's a play candidate if Mars can execute a good pitch Ramirez is and now Naylor's hit by a pitch that might have been a gift from the home plate umpire yeah you know Monty was also talking about that wins the first game that second game that team needs to focus and I would agree with him Focus extra hard and you know you know after the misplay and right his throw which he just picked it up been winged it you know without concentrating on thr out at home plate right because of the mixup every little detail on a play I think B Scully would say right now that field at the moment yes won I'm sure feels terrible out there Marsh comes up with a big pitch to get Noel and that's out number one to go [Applause] at of Blue Valley High School in Kansas State always seems to do well against the Royals right brenon Ed up as a pinch hitter late in game one and flyed out to [Music] right maor is a walking lead and that known for his base stealing ability but he had a huge jump Marsh would love that here got to execute a pitch down and away from him hope he tries to pull it it just changed the scoring on the rir the second runner scoring did so on the air nine [Applause] and out at second base but the Run did score it's only the second out of the inning but home plate umpire John tumpane wanted everybody to know is out he does not advance but the air on the pickoff results in run number three what's become a slight was a little bit forced Marsh looked like he tried to be too fine and give give Vinnie that throw right on the leg of now a ground ball to Garcia and that is the inning Wow and his ER is over five what Logan Allen has received this year yeah that's wow and here he is on the M two and0 on Paul D young De Young Melendez and wono High Fly ball into deep left field and Paul D young as his 22nd home run of the year and that's way a sloppy bottom of the first and it is 3-1 and you're Logan Allen and you don't have a Fast Ball blow by anybody oh man you put a pctures like that into the box tells you he [Music] got now MJ Melendez bounces one up the middle and into center field that makes him Royals yeah hey look you know what all the Comfort behind winds the Royals have not nothing the least concern toe and they know they can come back and there's no one who wants to help more than this [Music] guy oh and two the last four games including the reminder of how clean they've been playing most of the season because there certain things that have happened plays that have they're making life a lot more difficult for themselves still 0 and two on Blanc yeah you know we're spoiled the way they set us up for all the success they've had with maybe mentally tired I don't think a lot of guys are physically tired because you know you're in a pen race like this and these guys get excited to play definitely need to clean some things up Co chokes up with two strikes backhanded rokio out at second and a double play and the Guardians already have two [Applause] tonight yep he hit it too hard if he didn't hit it as hard probably would have for good hands good footwork too to to position his feet for the throw before he even received it these guys are all top shelf guys so if you're starting short meot trust in the short it's been a pitcher friendly strike zone so far Royals have known for months that this double header was coming up after the rain out earlier this year but what they did not so mat quero has factored in what that took out of certain players and it's a home run to left to put the Royals on the board Cleveland leads 3-1 with the way that he handled being optioned right in the latter part of July at the trade deadline said that but he also meant all the right things he said I'm going to be back I know I have to pitch better I'm going we absolutely believe he could do that today Vinnie's going to call that one off today and going forward saying that we believe that he has the mindset and the strikeout ability to help us in the bullpen if JJ praising the way he's gone about everything thanks goalie he he believes in himself too this young man here he came into spring he said you know I'm better than this and I want to be able to stand up with the rest of these other starters here so he took pride in taking that ball for a player when you get that tap on the shoulder and you're supposed to go see the manager you formulate your thoughts before because that's part of the process too them watching how you handle them one and two on Bo Naylor two balls two strikes on the my walk in there what could it be are they going to sit me down did they trade me so always kind of prepared myself for that F D young makes a play did it ever occur to you when you were tapped on the never are you kidding no way not me a player of my statute no I was always thinking about going down or whatever what' you say so good for marsh one on rokio and I do you continue to work hard do you sulk are you pouting back to the big leagues yeah they're all watching that too uhhuh and it's totally attached to the attitude control your attitude you'll be good be humble line foul past third base coach rugas odor he done I don't think he's with anybody right now Royals committed two errors one of which was an Aon pickoff by Marsh in the first inning so two three second inning it'll be out of play he his trouble came in the early Innings and then he would really get on a roll Triple A and he gets a routine Fly ball to center field and