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will you're BR you will be in masaki Yoshida will Longhorn bats eighth and sidon Raphael of the shortstop we'll bat ninth for Alex cor Jaren Duran having a very good series we're going to look at where he has been hitting the ball last night four hits two singles one double in a home run but he likes some of these games adjust to the some of the strengths of jiren Duran Justin berlander first pitch since since June the 9th is inside for ball one JV when he left the team the record of the Astros was 30 and 36 remember this is after Kyle Tucker had been injured for about a week but since jv's been gone the American League best record belongs to the Astros 38 and 21 kind of crazy to think about Tucker and burland are being gone yet the Astros have the best American League record since their injuries it is an incredible story and you really hope that down the stretch the Astros can continue to add some healthy ball players like a Justin verander like a Kyle Tucker cuz that would only mean great things and getting them back and using some of that depth to be able to run through the American League West and try and grab another title Berlin are making two rehab starts August 10th with triaa Sugarland and August 15th with dou a Corpus Christie on the road this ball hits sharply and passed Yer Diaz into right field jiren Duran on base for a six consecutive time he's going for second Duran continues to use his aggressiveness and speed to get to second base that is the fifth time in the last six of bats he's got into at least second base as he keeps going first to second and challenging outfielders MD Anderson Strike Zone shows that fast ball in at 94 Durant clears it out hits it past Jer Diaz didn't get the best jump but jiren Duran every time he has left the Box in this series he has had the intention of getting the second base that's how you lead the league in doubles his 39th double of the season oh Verlander right away pitching with a runner in scoring position Teran now six for nine in the series with two home runs and two doubles he also went to second on a throw home yesterday when Macio duban tried to cut the runner off and then went to second on an error on a Miss throw by John Singleton on an infield hit so all five of his last hits he's ended up at second base if not circling the bases yeah what in the Jose Miranda's going on one to one the count to upay you in berlander 2 rehab starts he walked three in his first outing still getting his footing in that start at Sugarland excuse me he walked two in that outing and then he walked none in his last outing with Corpus Christie knowing that he's on a pitch count today you would think he's going to be hyper aggressive he normally is aggressive anyhow in the strike zone as he gets ahead of a Bru here one and two just below the Zone with a change up its two and two JV working with Victor kartini today and Justin threw his Bullpen on Sunday kartini was out in the bullpen catching him and they had a little conversation afterwards swing and a foul tip Justin's back with his first strikeout and that'll give him in his career 3,394 get a chance to see that fast ball rush through the Zone on our matches from Super Mo something to keep an eye on is that velocity from Justin Verlander so far so good that last pitch at 95.1 milph going through the Zone it's a good sign very good sign now Tristan cases the batter Kosta takes a first pitch breaking ball for a strike yeah it'll be fun to watch the secondary pitches for Justin we know that fast ball is going to play every time he's out there but I would imagine maybe in between that last Rehab start and now trying to refine and get a better f for some of those secondary pitches against a team like this into center field it's going to drop down for a hit Jake Meers plays it on a hop they're sending Duran Here Comes Jake's throw and Duran safe turned on the speed it was an aggressive send and they end up scoring the run on a ball that Jake had a chance to throw out the runner at home it looked like it was going to be a close play at home all kind of lofted out there Duran couldn't get in a jump immediately a little bit late but he was waved home testing the defense of the Astros and that arm of Jake Myers and it's just a hair late as Durant gives a great slide to go in there and swipe it with his left hand and this guy has been a menace on the base PA you look at the metrics of base running in the league he is at the very top of the charts as Raphael Des takes a pitch up and in for ball one so that last hit by casus now means he's been on base five times in the last two games it was the jiren Duran Tristan Casa show last night and it started out that way this afternoon as rapael Des misses that pitch it's one1 [Music] only two hits as you see for de in his career against JV have been for home runs little curtesy toss the first Des two hits in this series one in each game the Astros have struck him out three times in nine of bats pass ball just missed two and one drops in that strike he's been able to pull that curveball into the zone for a couple of looking strikes so far today berlander facing Boston for a 25th time in his career swing in a Miss ever goes down that's two strikeouts in the in the inning for berlander here's the Astro starting defense it's presented by Xfinity you've got yordon Alvarez playing left field for the first time in this series saw Jake Meers with that throw from Center Jaz McCormack gets a start backto back starts in right field Shay wickom gets his fifth consecutive start at third Jeremy py at shortstop Mauricio duban and yer Diaz on the right side with duban starting at second that means Jose Altuve has the day off Victor caratini behind the plate and Alex bregman is your DH today here's Rob ref Snider ref Snider taking a pitch for a strike that curveball again dropping in Boston not swinging at any curveballs that Justin drops in for strikes so far the exit velocity on the RBI hit by casus was less than 80 mph off the bat this hit better but Chaz McCormick is there to put it away for the final out of the inning lead off double and a single by Casas the speed of jiren Duran gives Boston a one- nothing [Music] lead e e e on the mound for the Boston Red Sox 6'6 right-hander has 13 starts this season Z 4.56 he was bumped from that rotation when the Red Sox picked up James Paxton we know since our visit to Fenway that James Paxton is now on that injured list with a strain calf coming out of that game against the Astros after getting one out so he's inserted back into that rotation 13 starts he has a 4.02 erra good to see Alex bregman back in there bregman missing the first five games of the hom playing in the finale here Bry missed a series earlier against the Texas Rangers but his longest stretch away from the team was this five-game stretch as he's been dealing with a little elbow issue you see him wearing that sleeve on his right arm Alex didn't like that call from David Rackley he's got every reason to disagree with it Alex bregman one of the guys that knows his own as well as anybody not a nice way to bring him back into the lineup now just a quick reminder so instead of three and one it's two and two and cou and take Alex when he went oh he never went on the ilil but when he went away for 5 days had been hitting 340 in August in his 12 games he's hoping to pick up where he left off he was as hot as we have seen him in a long time before his recent injury yeah I'll ask the same question he probably asked when he felt that injury is why now why not in April and May get it out of the way on some of those cold months because August is his month and he was swinging bringing it like it was his month seeing a lot of pitches here as the leadoff hitter against Criswell and he drills one to left field that's gone welcome back Bry into the Crawford boxes a tie it at one as if he never left still scorching hot he likes it spicy in August Bry bomb to get things going he likes that salsa instant boost six home runs in August and only 13 games by far his best month of the year in his career and easily in 2024 he kept telling Joe I'm ready I'm ready put me in Joe said we have to listen to the medical staff just wait be patient he's been waiting to talk like that for about 5 days yordon Sky one to right field but he got under it Willer abrau Will Make the play yordan looking for his first home run here at minan minut in almost two months but back to Brey yeah there's that two seamer at the bottom of the MD Anderson through it hit that one on a line into the Crawford boxes another thing about Alex too is he's racking up those hits as he gets that train started again is the exit velocities have been excellent in this month he's not just going out there and finding hits he's going out there and creating hits by getting the ball and crushing it that home run came off the bat at 1091 little Tapper Yer might beat it out de is going to barehanded throw not in time Yer Diaz with an infield hit that's a five-game hitting streak for Yer well guess what that's going to be our AT&T fiber fast play the speed of Jer Diz tapping this one out in front of Rafael De and we know he's sneaky quick for a guy his size and being a mostly full-time catcher he gets down the line quickly smelling that hit and gets it and even if kasus makes that play Yer already on the bag so Yer who came into the game sixth in the American League and hitting picks up an infield hit in his first at bat today now Jeremy Peña back in that four spot Jeremy moving up with Alex on the shelf and now with Jose Altuve having a day off Jeremy still hitting in that cleanup spot he's down to the count here 0 and2 for those wondering Yer got down the line at 28.3 ft per second that is excellent work strong effort that's right near the top of the catching list terms of Sprint speed we're going to see a guy in Philly in a couple of series who's near the top of that list at JT real Muto but yers right up there amongst the best in the catching position that was the first leadoff home run of brey's career not that he's been a leadoff hitter a whole lot that one's [Music] wide missed his spot still in the zone but wide throw no chance even if they turn it perfectly I don't think you're going to get Peña on a slow ground ball Peña reaches on a fielder's [Music] Choice looking at the list in the American League Yer is currently fifth fastest catcher in the [Music] AL not bad Connor Wong guy at the plate for the Red Sox is the fastest how about it yeah local guy local guy went to parland high school and also University of Houston he can run appan High School head coach was on the field today yes honor before the game got a nice little check from the Astros Foundation two and0 the count to kartini in the National League the two fastest catchers are both on the Phillies no kidding JT real Muto one our buddy our buddy Garrett stubs too that one just Clips a corner and kartini with a 2-1 count Victor seen a lot of starts lately he's been catching Spencer arti and usay Kikuchi and now he gets Justin Berlin veteran presence behind the plate for some of these pitchers but also the bat has kind of forced the issue as well he's swinging the bat Joe spot knows could use some offense every now and then and kartini usually brings it 390 is what he's hitting since coming off the ilil that's 17 games worth I'll take that that'll get you in the lineup yeah now that Joe's using Yer first base there goes the runner and the throw is a good one Conor Wong gets Jeremy Peña trying to steal Peña caught for the sixth time this year Jeremy lingering to see if they want to look at it Joe is e e hit late in last night's game right behind Jo's spot could not wait to get back into the game or just play and Joe SP was asked about his availability after the game and he laughed and he said that just goes to show you this guy's love for the game his passion his Drive how bad he wants to be in there helping his teammates out and that's why his Bat and his presence makes such a huge difference in this team and in this lineup he also TK we have a couple guys in this Dugout today bregman uh and Altuve not great at just hanging out in the Dugout but that's what they're doing cuz Jose Altuve is just getting a day off nobody's wanting a day off right now with how important these games are but it's much needed during this long stretch important time of year for them to listen to their bodies so Joe spot's help he's helping them do that by picking days off for them knowing that there's five and a half weeks of very important baseball left to be played yeah 18 games in 18 days Julia you've been watching bregman probably be stir crazy for the last five but it seems like he's always hanging down near the manager like you said oh yeah he's busy he's busy he's got an iPad he's doing some scouting he's talking to pitchers and you know he's he's watching he's another coach down there Justin berlander now has a tie game he walked off the mound down one to nothing bregman tying it up as he faces the DH here masataka Yoshida lead off the second thander gave up a couple of hits and a run in the first inning the RBI base hit by C is not hit all that well but it dropped in in front of Jake Meyers for the first run there's a strike dotting up the inside corner two and two JB has an unusual career history with the Red Sox in that he went from 2019 until last year may of 19 till August of 23 without facing Boston but now pitching against them for the 25th time and his numbers overall have been very good against this team 281 ER coming in two two pitches lined in the left Yordano play it on a couple of hops masataka Yoshida who's been red hot since the All-Star break continues with a base hit here to lead off the second what blumber or what Julie was talking about blumber is that here's the schedule the Astros playing six in a row on this home stand and there's no day off leading into this next road trip or coming back home and if you take into consideration the competition you're playing it makes it that much more stressful and that's why these guys who are everyday contributors want to be in there for some of those key moments and try and do their best to get through this last part of August by not having days off and playing some stiff competition these guys know what's on the line they also know that they've worked their tails off to get into this position and they don't want to roll relinquish any opportunity to anybody else wi come to Second for one they try to turn a double play we mentioned Connor Wong is the fastest catcher in the American League and he was easily able to beat that around the horn attempt at a double play yeah the most important thing when you've got a guy who could run at the plate on a ground ball with a runner at first is make sure that you get that lead Runner now berlander will face David Hamilton runner on the go and Hamilton swings and Pops one up looks like it could be playable for Shay Wickam in foul territory puts it away retreating back to First is Wong that's the second out time to take a look at today's Chevy stro [Music] ball Justin Verlander back on the mound for the first time in over two months a assuming full health for all three of these guys who would be your game one starter in an Astros playoff series would you go with a hunter Brown B that guy like grasa rer Valdez or C the first ballot Hall of Famer Justin berlander send your votes to at Space City hn use the hash strole tough choice good choices those three you would imagine would be in line to be one two and three in some form if the Astros do qualify for the 2024 playoffs Astros came into today with a 91.3% chance to reach the postseason according to fangraph that's their highest number all season long there was a time they were in the 30% range earlier in the year this ball hammered to left field but uron Alvarez is there he's going to watch it off the wall and it bounces over his head which will allow the run to score yordon got caught in between there and that double by raphaela bouncing over his head allows the runner Wong to score easily and make it a two to one game yeah I thought that ball was hit a little bit harder but it looked like yordon felt that he might have had an opportunity to make a catch up against that wall eventually getting to the idea that he would not tried to back up far enough to play off that wall but it looked like it hit part of that steel beam and jumped over his head after it bounced over the warning track would have been an interesting play had yordon fielded that off the- wall because I'm not sure if Wong would have been sent or if he was sent probably would have been a play at the plate I agree instead it's a 2-1 lead here's Jared Durant Duran speed picked up a run for Boston in the first inning he doubled on a ball where 98% of the runners if not 9 9% of the runners in baseball don't go to second on that play and he beat the throw by Chaz McCormick for a double then he scored on a ball that checked up on Jake Myers and Myers had a great shot to throw him out but there you see how much better jiren Durant is as a base runner than most of baseball his 8.8 Michael Garcia close but those two guys are running away in that category for the best base runners in baseball yeah and we're at the point in the season where you've got a pretty good sample size to understand what these guys are doing so it shouldn't be a surprise for any outfielder playing against jiren Duran that he's going to be looking to try and take advantage of an extra 90 ft so it puts a lot of pressure on the outfielders to come charging in as quickly as they possibly can get control of that baseball and try and stop him and that's a new category they have added on the stat cast era the ball in the dirt and advancing to third is going to be raell with two outs Bas running runs above average is kind of a new category for statcast and it measures guys that take advantage of an extra 90 ft more often than others so now it's three and one on Duran Astros haven't retired Duran since Friday's game as he fouls one back it's three and two [Music] it's a guy that in addition to his hustle plays every day he started the first 116 games for Boston before a two- game suspension and he draws a walk here berlander issues his first walk that's Boston now with Runners on first and third with two outs JV struck out will y Abu his first time up former astr minor leager who debuted here at minim Park last season was almost on this date tomorrow is the anniversary pitch inside Durant takes second with his 32nd steal of the Year tied his teammate David Hamilton for second most in the AL Boston second in the American League in stolen bases only behind the Tampa Bay Rays Austin's Dugout not happy with that call from David Rackley JV gets it it's one of1 that's a better pitch and now he gets ahead one and two San Raphael has been dancing off third trying to distract JV I think he's picked the wrong starter to try to distract yeah there's a good chance jv's seen that before maybe I mean maybe a rookie but 520 starts he's had a runner on third with a big lead before hit hard and that's a foul ball Yer made the call before the crew chief Larry vanover stays one and two sticking with that curve ball this one came back stayed in the zone and down and a Bru put a good swing on it but y with the early call he got a future yeah that's long ways wa yeah take your time on that one way down the road good stop by kartini on a pitch that bounced in front of the plate it's two and two Boston making JB work in this inning he's thrown 23 pitches so far after a 19 pitch first inning not sure the exact number for Verlander but we know that he had thrown 57 pitches and 52 pitches in his two rehab starts popped up who wants it on the infield Shay witam down the line at third will put it away for the final out the two stranded one scores in the inning Boston leads two to one e e e a 2-1 count then a pitch was called a strike when Jeremy Peña was caught stealing in the first inning facing Cooper Criswell plumber mentioned Chiswell hasn't started a game in over a month because of the acquisition of James Paxton and then when the Astros were in town when they might need a starter a week and a half ago Chiswell was on the co list came back and appeared as a reliever in his most recent outing and now getting his first start since July 23rd Jake watches one wide one and0 Criswell has been with three organizations at the major league level Boston being his third team he debuted with a team that drafted him the angels in 2021 only appeared in one game with Los Angeles and that was a start and he was claimed off waivers in that next season by Tampa Bay and appeared with the ray for one start in 22 and picked up 10 relief appearances for Tampa Bay last year there's a ball knocked down and gloved cleanly look at that arm what a play by sidon rafhaela we've only seen this guy for a limited time in center and short but he's a special defensive player no he's an incredible athlete feel like we've seen him more in center field than at shortstop but in this series he's made some plays that show why he's moved back to the infield he's got great great range going to his right the ability just to catch it but you're right TK once you grab it you've got to get it across the diamond and he does in a pretty healthy manner with a strong throw and that wasn't even close Duan with a ball down the left field line that should be extra bases duban heading to second base with two outs and dubie will have his 22nd double of the year dubie this one a sweeper that just stays on the zone and dubon did a great job of staying on it getting flat through the zone and breaking that into left field trying to set up some two out rbi's now Shay wh combats Shay takes a first pitch on the outside edge for strike Shay getting a chance to play every day since Tuesday in this home stand excuse me since Saturday in this home standad he's played the last five and he's done a nice job at the pl sh four for 13 with a couple of doubles also has walked three times one thing we've noticed from Shay maybe more so than other guys that have come up is he's really working the strike zone well very patient hitter and the pitches he's gotten inside the Zone he's put some good swings on him as well that pitch missing in he's got a 3-1 couch as McCormick on Deck how about a sinker that leaks back over the middle part of the plate right here for Shay foror a potential first big league Homer I like it I like the call let that ball travel Barrel it up and show us some of that pop got in on him yep tailed up and in still like the aggressiveness it was a strike inside the Zone probably sitting on that Sinker only seven home runs Allowed by Chiswell in 75 Innings this year makes sense for a sinker baller keeping that ball down his ground ball rate almost to 50% I should say 8 and 76 Brey got bregy shot him Astros and Red Sox playing for the final time this season the Red Sox snapped an astro seven game winning streak against them last night that dates back to last season that was right off the end of the bat and it's going to go to the first baseman casus chriswell covering in time to get wickum for the final out the Astros failed to score two out double by Mauricio duban it's a 2-1 Boston lead e e one way back the 189 ra the 181 opponent average so teams just haven't that team hasn't been able to really get anything going against him guys in that last Rehab start for JV had to go to Arkansas for it the Corpus Christy hook said weather not too hot ballpark was good but what he liked most was that he felt good towards the end of that that start he said the vlo started to tick up a little bit in that last inning for him really able to dial it in just a little bit of a slow start for him but got better as it went so look for that today okay yeah it was not a great option for either the double A or AAA team being on the road it was a worse option if he pitched for sugar leg cuz they were in Tacoma oh man travel that would have been a long flight instead it was Northwest Arkansas pitching against the naturals in that doua game I could have had him pick me up a sweatshirt or something BL Pig he's ahead of Tristan Casa here 0 and2 Casa singled home a run his first time up and try to hold his swing he goes too far Nate th Rings up the first baseman top or CES for the first out that's strikeout number three for Berlin I thought that was a great slider to begin with we'll check it out on our in the Anderson Strike Zone maybe clipping that down in Edge that's why it was tough for casus to make that swing decision and couldn't check it that was a great pitch Verlander was in the top 10 all time in strikeouts in major league history for about 2 months exactly from May 24th when he struck out Abraham Toro to move into the 10 spot until July 25th when JB was on the ilil and his former teammate Max Scherzer passed him berlander starting the day 12 behind sherzer for the number 10 spot Max currently on the iil himself JB now nine behind 01 pitch is down 101 so those guys will continue to ping pong back back and forth you would think yeah that's what's kind of interesting almost last man's standing is going to end up in the top 10 until they both pass the big train Walder Johnson yeah it may be in and out of the top 10 for starts to come we're not sure when Sherer is going to pitch again at the big league level he's starting his rehab assignment on Friday at doua Frisco it's going to be a tough couple of days for that whoever's playing Frisco I think yeah the Grom and sh back to back well you want to be challenged here it is that's pretty awesome for is awesome a double a kid who's going to face the Grom and Sher in backto back starts I think everybody wins in those situations when you get caliber like that rehabbing you get to say you faced one of the greats or two of the greats ever struck out against JV his first time up and skies this one to center field Jake Myers will move back a couple of steps but has it lined up for out number two get Astros updates and offers on your phone receive exclusive Astros news pre-sales content and more by signing up for Astros text messages text Astros to 26099 to join today two outs Bas is empty JV looking for his first clean inning in his first start back as he faces Rob ref Snider first pitch swing is a slider and it's 0 and one Russ Snider had faced furlander twice in his career but it was all the way back in 20 16 more than eight years ago in June of 2016 when JV was pitching for the Tigers at Yankee Stadium and Rob refer got the start that day that's a well-placed fast ball gets the called strike it's one and two yeah that's excellent well pinkt job to fall behind try to go back to that slider good call almost got a swing two and two Rider's had a great year hitting 297 as he digs in with the slider maybe the one pitch that he hasn't gotten all that well a 240 batting average against that slider overall this season trying to get him out there yeah again try to get him there hey you're right plumber it's been a career year for rest Snider most games played most everything that he's done offensively is this season and he's not a young guy he's playing a veteran age 33 call third strike JB starts and ends the inning with a strikeout he's got four in the game and he inches one closer to Max cerer for top 10 all time e e e Rafael Des at 808 this has been the month of Alex bregman he's off to a great start in this ball game today regular hit second behind Chaz McCormick who goes after the first pitch and grounds one to short talked about the defense for S down Rafael he continues play well over short St has 3D Power by so bregy who sat out the first five games of the home stand been accounting for the Astros lone run today he takes one down for a ball two [Music] and0 Alex with that home run picking up his 20th home run of the season and six of them have been in August in only 13 games got a 3-1 count here reggy hitting 20 or more home runs for the fifth time in his last six seasons not counting the pandemic here which basically impossible to hit 20 home runs that year 32 pck which is a called strike bregman thought about it checked his swing middle right on the outside corner that'll be strikeout number one for Criswell just kind of a two seamer that came back and grabbed that outside edge locked up [Music] Alex over just fouled down the first Baseline y on looking for extra bases but he just hooked it foul really hasn't gotten a pitch in this series that he can Elevate he's gotten his hits he's just looking for something he can get in the air and drive he got a 16 game on Bas streak going one of the best streaks in baseball active and we've told you numerous times what he's done against Boston in his career and he continues to hit well against Boston he's on base for the 17th excutive time yon with a single on the left such a good hitter we know he wants to drive that baseball out of the ballpark but right here just puts his nose down on a back door those guys half his size that you would like to see take swings like that on pitches like that that's a really good point [Music] he is sometimes overlooked for how good a hitter he is yes amazingly enough because he just I think it's his fault though cuz he hits him so far he hits him so far and so hard but he's also what 65 240 he just immediately start looking for power and you know 450t shots but he's a very good hitter and that's just the swing itself I mean you could break down some at bats and see where he's maybe set up some pitchers as well he came into today fifth in all of baseball at batting average how about you so it's not like he's just hitting the ball out he's hitting getting base hits jer's got a three-oh count here and that is a four pitch walk Jer wanted to make sure David Rackley didn't call that pitch off the plate of strike first and second now a little two out rally for the Astros down two to one I would be surprised if there was part of gner that said go ahead call it a strike I'll hang around for one more just in case yeah the way he's been going now we'll get a little meeting at the mound here as the Red Sox pitching coach Andrew Bailey heads out to talk what F's the first pitch o and one you'd like to see Jeremy open up on one of those does such a good job of hitting 95 plus but just that little bit of a sink sometimes tying him up but if he could leak out a little bit and just maybe sell out for one of those sinkers he could do some serious damage on a pitch like that that's not going to help the cause [Music] [Music] well off the plate watches a sweeper wide it's one and two Astros have had a runner on base all three Innings against cruzwell this rally like last inning starting with two outs they've had at least a runner in scoring position every inning another one that was a ball out of the hand pñ taking it easily easily it's two and two JP can find a pitch to his left liking here Astros with four hits down two to one another one well wide you can see Criswell slap his thigh after that delivery he has not thrown a competitive pitch after getting ahead 0 and two yeah under different circumstances JP would be on first base for kartini that would have been ball four but here he's got a 3-2 count and a chance to do some damage with two outs got on the sweeper as pñ strikes out to end the inning with the runners on the go we head to the four still 2-1 Boston e e e Astros and Red Sox always good crowds when the Red Sox are in town we had 33,400 on Monday that bumped up by a th000 last night because of course dollar dog you always get an extra bump and tonight maybe not as many as we had last night but still a solid crowd for a school day midweek afternoon game JV day yeah masataka Yoshida leading off sends this one into left center field Jake Meyers will watch yordon Alvarez make the catch for out number one so good to have JV back making his 11th start of the year making his 52th start of his first ballot Hall of Fame career and just the presence that he brings yeah yeah he's been hovering around obviously on while he was on that injured list sitting down in that Coach's Corner that we like to see in the Astros Dugout I just and selfishly I like I like watching him pitch cuz he has the fast ball to go out there and overwhelm you and he's still aggressive with it but at the same time he's kind of a technician now where he can kind of execute put pitches where he wants to set guys up and get outs but I also like prepping for his games because you pull up numbers against some of these teams like the Boston Red Sox and like you said 25 starts against the team and it's just the length of the career the numbers he's aass are kind of fun to just kind of sift through every once in a while there's a documentary that's going to debut on Sunday about Greg Maddox I can't wait and nobody's ever going to be in Greg maddox's class but of the modern-day pitchers good call I like it there's not many that work work as hard or do the mental work for a preparation to start a game and even ingame adjustments better than Justin berlander As It Gets a ground out here that's six in a row sent down by JV I think that's very well stated yeah Maddox is just I mean his nickname is a professor for a reason I mean he is breaking down you know how many seams he's trying to get on a particular corner to a guy I want to talk to you maybe not in this broadcast but once that debuts on Sunday cuz you have some good stories about playing behind Maddox uh I I faced him when I first got called up I was facing those late '90s Atlanta Brave rotations and just you know getting thrashed but loving every minute of it because they were so good but then later in his career I got a chance to be Greg mx's teammate with the San Diego Padres for a couple of years and got to witness up close and have those conversations with Greg it's amazing and we don't normally promote shows on other networks but that's one that if you get a chance to watch on a Sunday or whenever it rears on MLB Network the Greg Maddox is going to be a really cool special it's going to be extremely cool because you're going to get a chance to to to meet Greg Maddox a little bit more than what you've seen in interviews but I like that they've brought in the hitters to have those conversations as well how about JV he is rolling along now having sent down seven in a row three of them on strikeouts at eight pitch fourth inning for e e e here in the fourth inning Down 2 to one Victor keratin leads off and takes a first pitch for a strike at the top of the Zone 0 and one Victor getting the start behind the plate today on Monday he started and went three for three with a walk and hit the ball over 1022 milph all three of his base hits got a 2-1 count here the Astros as we mentioned facing Criswell for the first time now these hitters seeing him for a second at bat tertini watches that one wide three and one this will be the 60th pitch for Criswell 30 strikes 29 out of the zone 87 mph Sinker for a strike It's a Full Count there's a ball sharply hit knock down and Hamilton's throw is going to be in time what a play on the recovery by Hamilton as he was able to get into shallow right field to throw out Victor kartini [Music] that's a great play by the second baseman Jake Meers was robbed of a hit on a great play by sidon raphaela the shortstop his first time up top of the Zone has been there for Chiswell today as he picks up another strike it's one to [Music] one that was in the same height location but not caught as well by Connor Wong it's two and one picking up some edges and now Jake with a two2 two count Criswell gets the sign and goes and Jake Myers will take a timeout here no he's great getaway gay game guy I think he's right with 11 and2 seconds in between each pitch he's a grab and go guy for sure and Jake goes down on strikes just the third strike out for Criswell two away here in the fourth now a word from Mauricio didn't wait around last time up he picked the first pitch and sent it into the left field corner for his 22nd double of the year he also goes after the first pitch in this ab and fouls this one [Music] off only two guys have more doubles on the team than Marcio duvon yordon Alvarez with 29 and Alex bregman with 25 he's tied with Altuve with 22 doubles and a lot fewer bats than Jose watches that one wide two and one as shows have had a runner and scoring position every inning two outs and nobody on here Mauricio sends one to right field backing up is a Bru and Willer puts it away for the final out first one two three inning of the game for Cooper cruzwell we head to the fifth in a 2-1 Boston lead top of the order e e e that with our cameras but he said there's a lot happening inside the clubhouse like a Justin berlander talking to Hunter Brown and Spencer baretti not just about pitching but also how to handle bad starts certain environments that's what makes this group special TK Jeremy pñ you backs up on the popup make sure yordon Alvarez hears him call the pop and there's one away yordon saying I heard you this time not going to run you over buddy yeah but uh what Julie was talking about blumber I mean you played on so many different teams and you know how important that chemistry is within the clubhouse and talking it through yeah and I I'd like what she actually said because you're going to have those conversations obviously when things are going well and everybody's feeling good and you know the Vibes are up but when those vibes are down is when you start to realize who who who those real guys are inside that Clubhouse because you got to have the conversations getting through a 162 Game season is not an easy task because you're going to have some Peaks you're going to have some valleys it's how do you get through that how do you and you need other guys watching your game to understand because you're not always going to see some of those deficiencies because you're working on something else for the first time in eight plate appearances the Astros pick up an out on jiren Duran that's why I hesitated cuz I couldn't believe it locked me up quite a run he had on Bas seven straight times but yeah that's uh it's a huge part of every team and every successful team not always do successful teams get along well but it's usually a recipe for success and talking of the game is something that maybe is a lost art in the 70s and 80s guys used to hang around the clubhouse a whole lot longer than guys do these days but talking the game with this team seems to be in Bogue lately will your Abu is 0 for two today yeah I hope that's not a lost art in the game having those conversations and kind of lingering around the clubhouses after games cuz that's I you know what do you miss most about the game you I kind of miss those moments after games where you've kind of you know fought as hard as you could for a good three three and a half hours still got you know a little bit of sweat hardening up on your skin and you're having a beverage with the boys watching game tape or watching games in a different time zone and just kind of talking through some of the moments or at bats that you had he's been Landing that curveball for a strike whenever he wanted to no the curveball has been nice nice little wrinkle that keeps the hitter off balance they can't settle in and just guess you know the firm fast ball or the firm slider cuz you're getting ready to try and hit 94 95 and all of a sudden this ball just kind of pops out of the hand and just kind of spins its way back into the zone and you don't have time to regroup and pull the trigger on it see the pitch count by inning after two innings we weren't sure if JV would get through four or five but all of a sudden that pitch count has been outstanding 148 and now another seven here in this inning it's been heavy on the fast ball what you expect but at the same time it's been a good mix of slider and curveball he's gotten that curveball over for a strike at 69% wow and he's above 70 pitches now so we're not sure if he's going to get pushed Beyond this inning but getting through five after 43 pitches after two innings would be a nice bonus for Joe asata and Josh Miller I agree and it kind of goes back to what Julie was saying about Verlander speaking about those rehab starts almost got better the longer he stayed in the game Astros do have a little bit of a tax Bullpen today they had four different guys throw 23 pitches or more in the game last night Astros throwing 182 pitches in that game last night 60 more than the Red Sox St two and two the count to appre you and that one's wide JV has walked one to go along with five strikeouts you see the Astros Bullpen starting to move around now as JV Verlander has hit 75 pitches that's Taylor Scott got him Verlander strikes out a half dozen and his return to the mound for the first time in over two months JV now six e e e and you predicted a Zack Den zenzo home run the had bat before oh he hit one out today you predicted a shay wh come home run the last at bat so let's see what happens here I like that attitude yeah that would be a wonderful thing and a lot of fun to call Z back hit one out of Fenway Park it will be impossible with the roof closed for Shay to do the same here that one's wi two and one well he showed us something we haven't seen since being in this ballpark Yesterday by hitting one above the 366 sign and having it stick in the fence that's a rocket but right at the short stop he hit the ball hard but he's out number one here in the fifth time now for stats with Lowe's since Kyle Tucker has been out it's been rough I think the biggest number for me and you don't expect anybody to live up to Tucker's numbers but that biggest number for me is that bottom mhm 10 walks in the timeout there Tucker still I think I heard you talking before the game is still second on the team and walks yeah but that being said it would be great if some of these guys could get on base a little more frequently and offset maybe the low on the Low batting average number but it's still amazing to think that as good as this offense is and they add a guy like Kyle Tucker how much better they can be it's a good thing we didn't put the strikeout totals on there too cuz that would be ugly as well yeah the strikeout numbers are bad so yeah that's that's not the production you're looking for behind Kyle Tucker the Astros have tried a lot of different guys out there in right field Chaz is out there today Chaz as we have talked about has not had the season anybody expected especially him he grounded out his first time up I was checking that Shay Wickam double that you were talking about cuz I didn't look at it yesterday but 18 stadiums he would have had his first big league home run how about that I didn't realize that Taz goes down on strikes here that's now five strikeouts for Chiswell take that four strike out for chisell all second time through the lineup e e e over the Astros Alex Cory on the road on the road hitters hitting 152 against him the ker Criswell making his first start in over a month fares well today against the Astros as he leaves after four and two3 of one-run baseball griswell in his last two relief appearances that allow 12 hits and eight runs in four Innings but today he limited the Astros to one run on four hits and retired the last six he faced Alex has the only run scored against Criswell with that leadoff home run in the first inning his first leadoff home run of his big league career takes one up and away for a ball one and one two outs in the base is empty with this pitching change [Music] and bregman takes a close pitch but just off the plate two and one Astros are going to have to adjust that velocity dial up for Zack Kelly he's the hardest thrower out of that Bullpen just ahead of Luis Garcia Kelly averaging 96.6 milph on his fast ball he's also got five pitches change cutter slider sweeper it's all kinds of spin behind the fast ball and change up Red Sox bullpen has not been good since the All-Star break but they came through last night with four one hit shutout Innings behind Nick petta for a 65 win bragman towards the middle rapael Glides to his left to make the play for out number three Zack Kelly gets the fin out of the inning we're going to head to the six it's a 2-1 Boston lead e e lemmer thanks Julia JB looked great out there I also like that he finished strong throwing 76 pitches the fast ball getting up to 959 milph which is a good sign obviously tomorrow recovery is going to be interesting as well but for the time being he is done and he's going to give way to Brian King Brian King getting some action in this series because there's a lot of left-handed pit hitters in this lineup for the Boston Red Sox he's been good in 19 games 2.41 is that all right and we figured we would see King and Caleb Ferguson against the Boston Red Sox lineup they pitched twice in that series at Fenway each and now King getting back-to-back games threw 24 pitches last night that was his second highest total of the Season as he went an inning in a third and now back out there Day game after a night game so he'll probably be limited here a little more than he was last night 2-1 pitch is wide it's three and one Tristan casus a very patient hitter has walked 15 times in 27 games is on base percentage about 100 points higher than his batting average on the season who takes a lot of pitches takes that one on the outside corner it's three and two pitcher pitch and that 3-1 count little different look to the lineup we didn't see kasus in that lineup at Fenway I tell you what TK they were they were a good offensive team when we saw them in Fenway even without casus and Tyler O'Neal in that lineup but it's a different animal when you add those two guys in there great pitch by Brian King to get rid of Tristan Kus 3-1 32 fast balls on the Outer Edge nicely done couple of paint jobs just catching that outside corner on the MD Anderson Strike Zone but I think that adding those two guys in casus and O'Neal it's a whole another Dynamic and we always talk about depth and lineup those guys add incredible depth and actually kind of strengthens the bench for Alex core as well and kasus is a guy that missed 98 games he has been out almost the entire season only playing in his 28th Game of the Year Red Sox lead Major League Baseball and batting average as Des takes one up and in for a ball one to one de is struck out and fly out king faed Raphael de twice in the game yesterday struck him out and de flyed out his second at bat this one tapped foul it's one and two [Music] Taylor Scott back up in the Astros P inside two and two Taylor warming for the second straight inning how about Justin burland are going 10 straight batters to end his outing retiring all 10 no I was very impressed with what Justin did we always have such high expectations of him but we also know that the Red Sox have been swinging the bats well but he did a very good job you can kind of see some of those in-game adjustments for him but he definitely looked like he was getting stronger got him Ting strike out Strikes Out Des again two strikeouts here in the sixth inning time now to play name that Astro powered by Reliant Prett clu for you plus Club Championship Series veteran he's world serious you know who that Astro is Hop on X go to at Space City hn and tell us who you think that Astro is powered by Reliant there's Rob ref Snider he pinch hit yesterday grounded out and popped up in his two it bats facing Brian King here he's 0 for two today King looking good today I would think Joe wanted him at least for three batters and maybe at that point he was going to go to Taylor Scott King trying to get all three outs of the three batters he is facing he's already struck out two in the inning that one's a little bit low one and two I like that he got the swing and Miss with the slider previously and tried to come back with a better one not in the zone see if he couldn't get the Chase come on now ref Schneider walked away wow everybody left home plate except the home plate umpire great pitch ref Snider waiting for that right hand to come up it never did and he's got to change course that's one where the H plit umpire knows he missed it whenever the batter walks to the Dugout Josh Miller know that King just made some pitches he should have struck out the side a pitch ago that would have been a brilliant inning if he would have gotten that call there we go try it again there we go Brian King coming off 24 pitches in an inning in a third last night strikes out the side this afternoon e e e e yordon Alvarez leads off as he faces a new pitcher for the Red Sox another pitcher out of that Bullpen for Alex K when Kowski is going to be in this game first appearance in this series last time he was out on the mound was on the 14th against Texas took a blown save in that opportunity first two pitches nowhere close both well above the Zone yordan in a two hitters count here yordon has a double and a home run his two at bats against wowski takes a strike Gordon hit one out at Fenway Park on August 10th on a change up sends this one to left field he got under it yon's home run drought here at home continues amazing the home road splits how about some comparison adley Rutman up in Baltimore we're going to see him soon since June 21st struggling a little bit 209 batting average janner Diaz with exemplary numbers since June 21st as far as catchers are concerned jer's numbers play 25-year-old getting a chance be an everyday catcher for the first time in his career on base twice today with a single and a walk throwing out base runners lately didn't look comfortable on that swing it's 0 and2 [Music] pokes one towards right and Hamilton unable to get there Yer on base for a third time today as he just reaches out and singles into [Music] right how did he even get to that number one and then number two how did he actually get it in play to become a hit pretty impressive stuff from Yer somewhere in that Dugout Jose Al Tu base very proud yeah he's clapping like a proud father right now going That's my boy that's the kind of hit how Tu has all the time when it looks like it's well off the plate and he can't get there he just pokes it into the right field how about 40 multi-hit games per Yer yeah he is racking those up isn't he so coming off three straight games with the Home Run Yer now on base three straight times today here's Jeremy pñ looking for his first hit Jeremy came in with a three-game hitting streak he is bounced into a fielder's choice and struck out it's also been caught stealing today that was the Astro's first hit since the yordon Alvarez base hit in the third inning hit number five in the game for Houston Red Sox pitching had retired the previous eight since the Yer Diaz walk in the third good take on a pitch down two and one well with two hits today Yer now has five straight two hit games wow yeah it's a good home stand it's also homered in three straight games try and extend that hopefully with another AB later towards the hole raphaela's throw bounces Pena out for now Joe espot says we want to look at that that throw balance and another good pick by Tristan casus in a spot it said go ahead and play we already know he's out but a good play on both I was going to say this combination right here in rafhaela and kasus have been magnificent that's a heck of a job by Tristan just selling out trying to go get that pick and timed it perfectly to be able to get it in that glove and hold on very impressive field a Victor 0 for two today [Music] he hits the ball sharply again but at David Hamilton again this time a little closer to the body of Hamilton who makes the play for out number three Victor continues to swing the bat well just into some tough luck Astro e e e the burland since June the 9th went very well you retired the last 10 batters he face Brian King striking out the side in the sixth and now a new pitcher in the seventh second relever out of the bullpen for Jo spot in his Astros is going to be Taylor Scott he's gone out there and racked up seven wins out of the bullpen has a 1.86 erra his whip is beautiful hovering around that one it's walks and hits per inning pitched this be his 54th appearance that's theak yosida the DH the first batter Taylor will face that's the first time that an Astros pitcher has started with a first pitch ball since the second inning berlander and King had gone 12 for 12 both combined on first pitch strikes one of the reasons why the Red Sox have been retired 13 times in a row and now Scott missing with his first two pitches now sheeta got a pinch his first big league pinch hit home run off scott in that first game of the series and H went into the Crawford boxes a two-run home run that gave Boston a 4 to2 lead of the time the Astros will come back to walk off in the Yer Diaz Home Run To Win It 5 to four and that ball the other way for a base hit the yida two for two against Taylor in this series has a leadoff hit here in the seventh inning the World Baseball Classic is coming to minute made Park in 2026 to stay up to date and receive notifications about tournament information and pre-sale opportunities visit astros.com WBC see they name the countries that we're going to be playing here at minimade Park who they get from March 5th through March 11th saw the list momentarily there Team USA is here team Mexico is here team Italy is here team Great Britain is here and then there's going to be a qualifier that will also appear and then in the next round you're going to draw from a pool that in includes Cuba Conor along the batter with an 01 count takes one up it's one1 so you got a chance to see some pretty good baseball maybe a lot of names that you recognize I love the Team USA is going to be playing here they have the WBC split between Houston and Miami for the first couple of rounds love of a go by Yoshida he hasn't attempted to steal the whole year counts two and one on wall you sound disappointed that he hasn't attempted to steal yeah cuz this is a running team so he's just too busy watching everybody else taking bags ball hit pretty well Yan trying to track it on the warning track actually right in front of the track long retired for the first out now pool B is the United States pool with Mexico Italy Great Britain a qualifier pool a which we will see the winner of advaned to Houston in the quarterfinals the winner and the runner up is Puerto Rico Cuba Canada Panama wow yeah we're going to see some great baseball here but the team will be broken up a little bit because Venezuela and Altuve and the Dominican Republic and a number of Astros will be playing in Miami for the first round or two if they Advance one to one the count to David Hamilton keeping an eye on Yoshida I don't know if they ever played together but Taylor Scott did spend some time pitching in Japan I mean might have played against each other they were not not on the same team there goes Yoshida the pitch is a strike and the throw is low Yoshida has his first steel the season so he kept threatening to go Boston Dugout wants to save the baseball on that steal he finally got the urge and went Tey short hopping that throw didn't really give Jeremy Pia a good throw to try and catch slide might be the reason why Rashida doesn't steal too many bags he did steal eight last year but hasn't been running this season got him down goes Hamilton on strikes Taylor Scott picks up his first strikeout Astros with 10 strikeouts today good fast ball up and that's that four seamer that's been very effective for Taylor Scott this season it's a tough arm angle sometimes pick up that release what we expected in this boss series was that the Red Sox would run we talked about them being second in the A on stolen bases and they have two more steals today Z on rafhaela the batter here one for two and he hits this ball down the line and left and he's going to add to the Red Sox lead with an RBI double yordon will dig it out of the corner San thought about three but yordon gets it back in so it's now a 3 to one lead as Rella not KN in his second run of the game on the double in the battle of the bull pins the Red Sox have gotten to the Astros yesterday and today first run since the second inning rfel playing great defense and swinging the bat well yeah we talked about what we expected in this Red Sox series what we didn't expect was Boston's Bullpen out pitching the Astros last night and we didn't expect Boston to play better defense than the Astros in this series but their defense has not only been not just neutral it's been a positive no you've been spoton making some big plays tough plays too they came in with more errors and more unearned runs still lead the majors in both categories by a wide margin but they've played one of their better defensive series of the year in these three games Scott giving up a couple of hits in a run here in the S7 inning now pcing jiren Duran both times Scott has pitched in this series Yoshida has scored a run gave up a run to Yoshida on the home run in Monday's game and gave up a leadoff single and a stolen base and a run here in this inning good change up to even the count back to back really really good change UPS from Taylor Scott to even out this count Scott pitched for Boston last year four games they got a start for them in one of those four trying to keep this game right here at 3 to one Duran has double scored a run walk stolen a base and flyed out to Center when he flyed out in the fifth it was the first time he had been retired in eight plate [Music] appearances that's well off the plate and it counts full see Scott frustrated with himself those last two pitches not competitive as Duran draws a two out walk so two hits and a walk allowed in this inning and Josh Miller will go out and talk with Taylor and now a word from Rally House Chu Ry house for the best selection of Team gear and local GS from the most popular stops asro is wrapping up this home stand with the Boston Red Sox trying to win today come from behind passion to go 4-2 on the home stand a loss would put them at three and three and then the Astros go on the Road for Philadelphia after they play Baltimore for four in terms of toughest schedules in the American League West the Astros have the toughest schedule by a pretty wide margin makes a lot of sense talked about the stretch they're on right now 18 of 19 then you're playing teams like the Boston Red Sox Baltimore oral Philadelphia Phillies Kansas City Royals you know they just keep mounting up and these are all playoff contending teams as well as having those great records so there's possible matchups through the end of August for the Astros the Astros at the end of this stretch today plus the next 11 games four in Baltimore 3 and Philly four back here against Kansas City it'll go a long way to determining who wins the AL West if they're still in that four or five game lead after 12 games they're going to be in great shape I I completely agree with you they do have a road trip coming up where they've got to face the red hot San Diego Padres as well but it starts to even up on the strength of schedule after this trip to Baltimore and Philly as we get a fly out to center field end the inning so a run scores on a couple of hits in a walk 7th in stretch time Boston three Houston one e e e 46th appearance that Red Sox bullpen first pitch he throws is sent into left field for a base hit but right away the Astros bring the tying run to the plate as Jake Meyer singles to lead off the bottom of the seven I thre the game yesterday took nine pitches to get through an inning that was his first appearance against the Astros overall this season and in those 47 and two3 innings it's given up seven home runs this is the pocket of the lineup he faced yesterday it was flipped in the order duban then Myers then whitcom yesterday and weisser through a one two three inning but now Jake turns around that first pitch for a single and duban looks at the first one off the plate for ball one ficio has a double in it bats Astros now with six hits same total as the Boston Red Sox doesn't get the bottom of the zone why ER looks in wondering where that pitch was it's two and0 Boston Bullpen with an inning and a third scoreless today after four shutout Innings yesterday he made up for it there that could have gone either way goes to weisser and it counts two and one part of that rally on Monday when the Astros came back to win was a big RBI base hit by Mauricio duban and he singled home Chaz McCormack in the eighth to tie of the game at four setting the stage for the Yer Diaz walkoff there's a ball into center field for a base hit Meyers will hold up at second base the Astros have their first two base runners on on back-to-back [Music] singles good swing by ler got Shay witam yesterday on a ground out to Third will be pulled for a pinch hitter today with John Singleton hitting for Wickam here arm Duran can hustle in and get to that baseball but we've kind of seen him not show concern about trying to throw guys out at home plate plays a little bit deeper and you're going to test ref Snider out there in left field as well especially if he have to if he has to move to his right or left now one gets away both Runners Advance Jake Myers the third Mauricio duban to Second a wild pitch has put the tying runs into scoring position [Music] yank to the inside weisser's got that two seam fast ball usually goes to the outside corner but that one just choked off John had a pinch hit home run earlier in this homee that was his first Pinch at home run of his career that came against the White Soxs back on Friday checks his swing on a pitch down no swings as Nate Tomlinson two and one loses the elbow guard on a swing through the change up it's two and two infields back here you're just looking for at least one run with contact yeah but he was looking for three on that swing Big John letting it eat came out of the equipment now he can't reattach the elbow guard so he fires it away they don't make elastic to get around those guns [Music] TK that's a big strike out for weer Singleton going down looking and that's the first out of the inning it's a great pitch after a couple of change UPS unfortunately for Johnny dotted up that inside corner to get him so going with backto back left-handed pinch hitters here as Trey cabbage will come on as a pinch [Music] hitter and usually Boston likes to go over scouting reports but Bailey's already gone out there once so this will be a meeting between Conor Wong and Greg weisser here weisser this year facing leanders has allowed a 301 batting average and a 987 Ops yeah up up out of the plate the infields come in now so he's got to find something he can drive the Outfield first pitch down at 96 one and0 cabbage started the game on Monday against the Red Sox went oh for two now getting it a bat here in a big spot in the seventh misses the change up one of one [Music] that's off the play two and one back-to- back hits by Jake Meyers and Mauricio duban moving up on a wild pitch Astros have the tying runs in scoring position with one out in the seventh crushed it but foul down the right field side it's two and two yeah that's a strong foul ball right there that was in the top one I mean that was maybe 10 rows from getting to the back wall all right so he cleared out down and in with that sweeper man 113.5 off the bat just get a mistake good take on a change up off the plate and now the Count's full Alex bregman on Deck it's been a lot of soft in this yet bat sweepers change UPS to cabbage struck out John Singleton with a fast ball inside great at that coming off a game where he struck out a couple of times you know he wanted to do damage but he was really patient there yeah but you got you're right TK you sometimes you do want to do a little too much and you start to Chase and get big but he did a good job of being patient right there cuz weisser stayed soft 32 now bregman bats with the Bas is loaded and he pops It Up Down the Line in right coming in is Duran who makes the catch you can't score on that flyball and a frustrated Alex bregman will walk back to the Dugout with the second out yeah it looked like he got a pretty good pitch to hit more big [Music] up and weer will be lifted for a new pitcher e e e e yon's been on base all three times against Bernardino including a home run as he swings and fouls one back yordon hit one against berardino in fedway August the 11th of this year took a curveball [Music] out Astro still without a grand slam on the season Yan without a home run at minut made Park in close to two months since June 22nd tomorrow would be two months we see what he does against [Applause] lefties biggest at bat of the game here and he takes a fast ball for a strike [Music] now yordon has to fight down to the count 0 and two man he got him chasing not the best at bat for yordon took an 01 strike fires the helmet away as he swung it a pitch well off the plate to strike out e e e e in his career fber continuing to get wins lately he is 8-0 his last 10 starts and the team's 10-0 in those 10 starts this inning started a little late because Taylor Scott had to wait for yordon Alvarez to get into left field yordon was steaming after striking out to end that inning we don't see him that frustrated very often no he's one of the more stoic guys on this team I mean we've seen him smile high five jump you know and have a good time but when things have gone bad for him we really haven't seen him react but he was he was very displeased with what happened in that at bat in the inning and he was kind of stewing the entire time going out there to left field there's no doubt he knew what his history was with Bernardino and he took that 01 pitch which looked hitable and then he didn't lay off a pitch that wasn't hitable on 02 and he ends up leaving the base is loaded so it's a 3-1 game and a 3-1 count and Taylor Scott walks the first batter heat bases Scott trying to extend into a second inning of work look at this reaction we never see this from yordon ever that maybe we've seen before but not the helmet no he snapped I mean for yordon that's a snap then he was doing waiting for his glove to be handed to him and barely got to his left field position by the time Taylor Scott was ready to work swinging strike on rafhael De 0 and [Music] one so Taylor Scott who's been asked to do a lot of heavy lifting for the Astros all season long being asked to go a second inning here and his pitch counts over 30 now the Astros really don't have many options today in their Bullpen we mentioned the benefit of Justin berlander in a six-man rotation is yeah you've got an extra day off for your starters but it also limits your Bullpen with only seven arms to choose from Seth Martinez being one of those arms Caleb ort was put on the paternity list today to make room for Justin berlander so Seth Martinez warming up here in this 3-1 game Luis Garcia warming up in the Red Sox [Music] pen oh two pitches a double play lined right to Yer Diaz all he had to do is turn around and step on the bag that's the way to limit your pitch count didn't really frame it up but catch nonetheless and there is a pitch grounded to short so Taylor Scott who is looking at a high pitch count ends up getting three outs in the span of three pitches after that lead off one e e e in our Astro stro pole new pitcher for the Red Sox that's big right-hander Luis Garcia spending most of the season with the angels before coming over to the Boston Red Sox hasn't been exactly great n last seven games is thr s and two thirds Innings and given up 12 earned runs including giving up four home runs did have a clean outing yesterday against the Astros going an inning and throwing nine pitches to get through it and this is the same part of the lineup he faced yesterday as he'll have Jer Diaz Jeremy Peña John Singleton who was du up last time be Peña behind Diaz again this time kartini hitting third that inning yesterday was the first clean inning for Luis Garcia without allowing a run in seven appearances for the Red Sox he did have a clean one to start his Red Sox career then six in a row allowing a run before last night Yer sends one to right field pretty deep but playable a Bru on the warning track puts it away first time Yer has been retired today as he flies out to the wall and right right your legacy and the stars with the Space City brick program the Space City brick program is the perfect way to capture your favorite Astros memories and make them a permanent part of minute made Park get your space City brick today at astros.com bricks Lis Garcia would not normally be the eighth inning setup guy you would think just based on the way he's pitched for Boston but again their bll Pen's a little taxed the last two series against the Orioles and the Astros Kenley Jansen probably not available today he's pish in four out of five games so Garcia getting the eighth inning here trying to protect the 3 to1 lead we'll see either Lucas Sims or Chris Martin if the Astros are trailing in the ninth Peña down in the count 0 and two Jeremy 0 for three today and Peña goes down on strikes Jeremy had good numbers against his hometown team coming into this series The Boston has pitched them well in this three-game set time not in play Nam that Astro powered by 204 career home runs if you include the postseason played in the ALCS every season much like this organization since 2017 Alex ggman first pitch fast ball up one and0 to Victor kartini kartini has hit the ball sharply a couple of times his the last two times up but hit it towards David Hamilton Hamilton made a great play on him in the fourth inning when he hit it 1091 and then he had one go right to him last time for a ground up kartini has two of the three three hardest hit baseballs of the night or the afternoon Shay Wickham has the hardest it goes down to 1 and two here goes down on that down to the count on that swinging strike gar is completely different from when we saw him in Fenway three Innings and six runs in Fenway he about to go two shutout Innings against the Astros yeah and it wasn't just the Astros who was get who were getting six straight outings giving up a run send the move to Boston cartini did not check his swing that'll be a strikeout for Garcia two strikeouts to end the inning Luis Garcia has his best two outings of his Red Sox career back to back e e e twice and helped out Brian King last night so a new pitcher for the Astros of the night been a minute since we've seen Seth Martinez last time we saw him was on July 30th against the Dodgers when two-thirds of an inning working his way back up here and sticking around with Caleb Hort going on that paternity list yeah Seth probably thinking the numbers game is going to work against me when they bring JB back cuz he was the latest guy added to the team but taleb ort leaving for a few days for paternity leing congratulations to ort and his wife as Seth martinz will be on here in the ninth inning trying to keep this game at 3 to one set facing masaka Yoshida Conor Wong and David Hamilton so he'll have two lefties of the first three batters Yoshida switch hitter that's sataka taking one excuse me masataka is a left-hand hitter masataka taking one down it's two and two sends this one into left Center Jake's going to have a play makes it in the left center field for the first out so we've got uh Seth Martinez on the mound now we had Ryan Presley go on the ilil when Martinez was activated at the beginning of the series what's the latest on Presley Julia Ryan Presley's doing great he's felt really good the last couple of days we saw him play catch what was that a couple of days ago and then today the update was that he was really close and feeling really good so there is even a chance that he doesn't need a rehab assignment just with how well this gone it's that lower back strain for him I think he just needed a little time to to let that rest a little bit and then he jumped back up and was in full uni today and it's really happy about that all right good news and at the end of the day if you can give Ryan Press ly a little Gap in the season to kind of rest that arm that's not the worst thing either for him down the stretch yeah I agree you can give those guys a little bit of a rest get the back right get the arm right and if the Astros are able to get back to the postseason again this year Ryan Presley will be putting an incredible run on the line in his recent postseasons Presley not allowing an earned run last last year or the year before and only one earned run back in 2021 there you see the socks Bullpen we thought it would be either Chris Martin or Lucas Sims in the ninth it is Martin that will have the ball in the bottom half of the ninth inning Astros will have the six seven and eight hitters do up Jake Meyers Mauricio duban and Zach disenzo who's in the game took over for Shay Wickham at third disenzo playing his first couple of innings at third hasn't had a an opportunity yet this one pop Fen out of play lenzo's only played first base in his Astros career now getting a chance to play a position he's played a lot more in third base than he has a first Trey cabbage also stay in the game he's in right field he would bat fourth if it gets to his spot next inning a little flare into Center easy play for Jake Myers Conor Wong retired for the second out this week on Astros Bases Loaded Craig bigio and Jeff Bell reveal Ken cetti's impact on their careers we look at Jer Diaz's incredible week at the plate and recap another title winning season for the Astros RBI softball team all that and more on Astros Bases Loaded d de viewing Friday night after Astro's final take the first pitch to David Hamilton is off the plate Hamilton 0 for three today Seth Martinez looking for a one two3 inning here Boston scoring a run in the first inning and a run in the second inning and that is a shot to right field and that is going to be in the second death the longhorn David Hamilton comes into minim park and hits his eighth home run of the year and increases the Boston lead to 4 to one [Music] just a fast ball up Hamilton did a good job of barreling that up 380t home run there's a strike sidon rafhael has been a big part of this game he has doubled twice at knocking in a run each time double to make it two to nothing in the second and double to make it 3 to one in the seventh this ball slicing it's going to be into the crowd and it's 0 and2 here's a popup playable foul territory catcher Victor kartini puts it away for the final out of the inning a two-out home run by by David Hamilton makes it 4 to one Astros need a big rally to have a winning home [Music] stand e e e veteran right-hander Chris Martin coming out of that Bullpen for the Red Sox trying to close this saves been in the league since 2014 and last two saves came in the final week of last year you know you're going to have to be ready for strikes when Martin's on the mound you saw the strikeout to walk ratio 38-2 and he gets two of the first three pitches over for strikes at an 81% clip that's the best in all of baseball he's ahead of Jake o and one yeah Jake's used to see in that ratio it'll be Jake and then Mauricio duban and Zack disenzo do up Jake one for three today with a single was last time up Jake hits one the other way but willu is there and he makes the catch for out number one was Boston Bullpen threw four shut outed super Criswell and six different relievers have combined to shut down the Astros ever since as show's got a run with their first batter of the game and that's it duban sends the ground ball to Short in on rafhaela continues to play Stellar defense that was an easy play two outs the AST the Orioles currently lead the AL East and have this second best record in the American League actually they just lost today to the so they're now tied with the Yankees and the AL East and also the Phillies who have one of the top records in the National League two of the best teams in baseball on this seven game road trip we will not be on the air tomorrow that's a national broadcast in the first game against the Orioles tomorrow we'll back with you on Friday from Oro Park at Camden Yards Zack disenzo gets his first at bat Z came on defensively after Shay whitcom was lifted for a pinch [Music] hitter Zach against the Red Sox hit his first career home run but still looking for his first hit since that home run cleared the monster and the monster seats at benwin takes one high it's two and two [Music] [Music] there's a base hit into right field that's snaps an 0 for 15 for Den zenzo has to feel good for the Ohio State University short step as he singles here with two outs of the N well that's got to feel extremely good for denzo good job on a fast ball away just go with it hit it hard going the other way good swing [Music] now Trey cabbage the batter cabbage drew a walk his last time up that was the critical part of the game for the Astros they were down 3 to one in the seventh inning Greg weisser had just walked Trey cabbage to load the bases white weisser was able to get bregman to fly out the shallow right and then Brandon Bernardino came on and struck out yordon Alvarez to strand three runners in the seventh with the Astros still trailing 3 to one Astros need one more base runner to bring the tying run to the plate zenzo is going to head to Second and they won't even attempt to throw so Zach will get credited with his first stolen base no they're going to St indifference thought when the game was within three runs I have to go back and look at the new rules anyway indifference no steal and caught nope nope they're going to say hit the ground that was close to the last swing of the day but Connor Wong picked it off the ground instead of catching it clean off the bat tried to sell [Music] it skipped into the glove clearly upstairs two and [Music] two if somehow this game extends to yordon Alvarez I'm calling the walkoff oh man an angry walk-off yes cuz he's still probably seething he's he's two batters away that a foul tip will end it caught by Wong this time and that'll do it for the Astros in the ninth one hit one left on the Red Sox after losing seven in a row to the Astros over two seasons win the last two games of the series and send Houston on the road with a three and three home standad the Astros lead in the AL West down to 4 and A2 Seattle plays in La against the Dodgers later on today 4 to one final Astros postgame show presented by waterburger Vanessa Richardson and Brian bogusevic will be your host Julia Morales will gather interviews in the Astros Clubhouse you will hear from Joe and others after the game postgame show next lead off man