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White Sox all-around Game 1 win in Houston, Austin Riley’s BIG Braves moment over Philly | FT Postgame · Foul Territory

• 0:13
  Speaker 1: FT live post game show. The Chicago White Sox win
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: a postseason game for the first time in almost a
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: half decade and two better than to speak with AJ
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: Pruszynski about this. Six three is your final score. AJ,
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: let's recap it all right now as the White Sox
• 0:30
  Speaker 1: are a win away from advancing here in the wild
• 0:32
  Speaker 1: card round. What did you think?
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  Speaker 2: Great plan by the White Sox with their pitching. Kagan Smith,
• 0:39
  Speaker 2: the start, excuse me, was great. And the way they
• 0:43
  Speaker 2: pieced it together, they went Grant Taylor seven outs at
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  Speaker 2: the end. Pretty awesome. Limited number of pitches. We'll see
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  Speaker 2: how he bounces back. But, you know, they got the
• 0:53
  Speaker 2: home run by Colson Montgomery. They had some walks in
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  Speaker 2: the first inning where Blue Bob couldn't do it over
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  Speaker 2: the plate. And that cost the Astros the error by
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  Speaker 2: Christian Walker, obviously.
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  Speaker 3: A really good game for the White Sox. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: one through nine they hit.
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  Speaker 2: They got some big hits and just a good team
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  Speaker 2: win for a team that was supposed to be very unexperienced.
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  Speaker 2: They looked like the team that was the veteran team,
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  Speaker 2: and the Astros looked like the team that was inexperienced.
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  Speaker 1: With the approach, too, right? I mean, they had 11
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  Speaker 1: knocks in this game, 10 of them coming against left-handed pitching, too.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, they had it going on. And also, Bluebaugh,
• 1:28
  Speaker 1: you know, for the White Sox lineup, I mean, you
• 1:31
  Speaker 1: got a lot of left-handed hitters in there, right? Especially
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  Speaker 1: towards the top of the lineup. I don't know if
• 1:38
  Speaker 1: Bluebaugh was the right guy. I know he had been
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  Speaker 1: really good for them, but it's almost like Hagan Smith
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  Speaker 1: set the tone. Bluebaugh also set the tone for a
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  Speaker 1: really ugly looking bullpen game early on for them.
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  Speaker 2: Well, too many walks. I mean, you can't walk the
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  Speaker 2: leadoff guy, right? And then they scored a run in
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  Speaker 2: the first inning without getting a hit. You can't have
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  Speaker 2: that happen in a playoff game. It just can't happen.
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  Speaker 2: That's how you set the negative tone and give the,
• 2:01
  Speaker 2: give the White Sox credit. I mean, Antonacci had an
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  Speaker 2: unbelievable bat to get us started and, know then they
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  Speaker 2: get the ball to Christian Walker who's a gold glover
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  Speaker 2: he steps on the base good base running by Antonacci
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  Speaker 2: gets in the lane of the throw causes the error
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  Speaker 2: goes to third and then the sacks lie I mean
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  Speaker 2: that's just good baseball there's no other way to put
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  Speaker 2: it it was just good baseball in the first inning
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  Speaker 2: uh Higgins Smith pitched really well Sandlin came in and
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  Speaker 2: did a nice job uh Grant Taylor obviously seven outs
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  Speaker 2: five punchies pretty good.
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  Speaker 3: Uh It was a good win.
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  Speaker 2: They had big at-bats. They drove in guys from third
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  Speaker 2: with less than two outs. They just did everything they
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  Speaker 2: needed to do, really. They just were the better team tonight.
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  Speaker 2: There's no other way to put it. The White Sox
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  Speaker 2: were a better team than the Astros tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Grant Taylor was doing things that he wasn't doing during
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  Speaker 1: the regular season. That's what the postseason is about here.
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  Speaker 1: Two and a third innings, 54 pitches from him. He
• 2:58
  Speaker 1: had a 36 pitch and then People were wondering if
• 3:02
  Speaker 1: he was going to come out again. But, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you watch this team as much as anyone on the planet.
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  Speaker 1: What was going to be the option if it wasn't him?
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  Speaker 3: There wasn't an option.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: There was no option. The option was, Grant Taylor, give
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  Speaker 2: me seven outs, and that's it. And we're going to
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  Speaker 2: try and win game one and worry about game two
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  Speaker 2: and game three. The question is, when can he come
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  Speaker 2: back now, right? They're really going to win this tomorrow
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  Speaker 2: because they're not going to want to have to. figure
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  Speaker 2: out what to do.
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  Speaker 3: In game three.
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  Speaker 2: But, you know, everyone else, I mean, him and Hagan
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  Speaker 2: Smith are probably unavailable tomorrow, but you're going to probably,
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  Speaker 2: you're going to start Sean Burke. I think you're going
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  Speaker 2: to need him to go five or six innings for you.
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  Speaker 2: And then you're going to need some other people to
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  Speaker 2: step up, whether that's, you know, I don't think Sandlin
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  Speaker 2: will be available tomorrow, but whether that's, you know, Hudson
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  Speaker 2: down there and, you know, whoever it is in the bullpen,
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  Speaker 2: they're going to need some different guys to step up.
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  Speaker 2: And the biggest thing for the White Sox is, They
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  Speaker 2: need to score some runs. They need to score runs early,
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  Speaker 2: put pressure on the Astros like they did today. Because
• 4:01
  Speaker 2: once they got ahead, it just never felt like the
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  Speaker 2: Astros could get back in it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and for the Astros, I mean, this is a
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  Speaker 1: team that has really struggled on the starting pitching front
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  Speaker 1: this year. Bullpen has been a little bit better. in
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  Speaker 1: terms of rankings among the league, but not great. This
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  Speaker 1: is just not ideal. And for Houston, I mean, you
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  Speaker 1: heard a decent amount of booing, especially early on. They're
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  Speaker 1: not used to a game like this, right? They barely
• 4:27
  Speaker 1: win the division. They do win it, but Hunter Brown
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  Speaker 1: is their ace. He was not ready to go yet
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  Speaker 1: because of having to pitch on Friday. So he'll pitch
• 4:35
  Speaker 1: in game two to try and save their season, but
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  Speaker 1: they're watching that game early on. And I mean, Houston
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  Speaker 1: in general is a jaded fan base right now with
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  Speaker 1: how good the team's been for the past decade. And,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's true, right? They've had so much winning
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  Speaker 1: there for about 10 years. When you see a product
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  Speaker 1: like this on the field, it's not what they're used
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  Speaker 1: to seeing. And it's a product that really needs to
• 4:55
  Speaker 1: put a ton of runs on the board. That's what
• 4:57
  Speaker 1: we saw today. I mean, you needed seven runs to
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  Speaker 1: beat the White Sox today, and they didn't have it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think the booing– I think the booing was
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  Speaker 2: more frustration from the Astros fans, again, because of the walks,
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  Speaker 2: because of the mistakes on defense. And once you start
• 5:09
  Speaker 2: falling behind at home, that's why it's almost. And when
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  Speaker 2: we had Chuck Garfine on the other day, he said, Hey, well,
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  Speaker 2: Venable relishes being on the road. It's almost better to
• 5:17
  Speaker 2: be on the road. Cause you get that first shot, right?
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  Speaker 2: Get the first shot to score. And if you score early,
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  Speaker 2: then especially in an elimination game, like tomorrow, man, I
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  Speaker 2: put so much pressure on the home team.
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  Speaker 3: And then the crowds like, Oh no, this is going
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  Speaker 3: to be the end of the year. Oh no, we're
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  Speaker 3: not scoring. We're not scoring. What's wrong with this team?
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  Speaker 3: Why can't we score?
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  Speaker 2: Instead of them thinking like, okay, we're going to get
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  Speaker 2: behind them. We're going to back this team. Um, Pressure
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  Speaker 2: really piles on it. If the White Sox can jump
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  Speaker 2: on them tomorrow early, this series could be over two games.
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  Speaker 1: Crazy to think about it, right? I mean, in fairness,
• 5:50
  Speaker 1: this portion of the bracket is looked at a little
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  Speaker 1: bit differently than what the Yankees, Red Sox, and Rays
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  Speaker 1: are dealing with in the upper portion of the left
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  Speaker 1: side of the bracket here with all the postseason teams.
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  Speaker 1: But Houston was... really kind of fumbling down the stretch.
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  Speaker 1: They allowed the Rangers to get back into the American
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  Speaker 1: league West. So they weren't heading into this post-season with
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  Speaker 1: a head full of steam here either. So, um, definitely not,
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  Speaker 1: you know, not a team thriving. If you're the white socks,
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  Speaker 1: you're like, Hey, this is a team in the post-season experience.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 1: Um, but it's not a team that put together a
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  Speaker 1: strong season.
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  Speaker 4: 500.
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  Speaker 3: No, no, no, no, not at all.
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  Speaker 2: And that's why I, That's why I picked the White
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  Speaker 2: Sox to win the series before we went into it,
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  Speaker 2: because I thought the White Sox, even though they lost
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  Speaker 2: the season series, were a better team. And they showed
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  Speaker 2: that to me tonight. They showed that they were a
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  Speaker 2: better team in the first game.
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  Speaker 3: Now it's only one game.
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  Speaker 2: I know they have to win one more, but they
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  Speaker 2: look like a more complete team. They look better defensively.
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  Speaker 2: They look better offensively in their approach and their pitching
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  Speaker 2: look better. And so it was, it's amazing that the
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  Speaker 2: White Sox, listen, the White Sox have come a long ways.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not saying the White Sox are ready to win
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  Speaker 2: the world series, But I thought they looked mature. They
• 7:05
  Speaker 2: weren't intimidated, that's for sure. Now, the Astros fans never
• 7:09
  Speaker 2: really were given a chance to get into the game.
• 7:11
  Speaker 2: But from the leadoff hitter to the last hitter, it
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  Speaker 2: seemed like the White Sox were always going to win
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  Speaker 2: this game.
• 7:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and this is what fans were waiting for. I mean,
• 7:20
  Speaker 1: Colson Montgomery was a highly hyped prospect. He went deep,
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  Speaker 1: 432 feet with his bomb dad, some offense. Murakami was
• 7:28
  Speaker 1: a great signing for this team, and he was able
• 7:30
  Speaker 1: to reach for that. Maybe it was a change-up. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: a down-and-away change-up that he was able to get a
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  Speaker 1: little piece of and turn that into something. sacrifice fly
• 7:40
  Speaker 1: to get them on the board first you've watched Sam
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  Speaker 1: Antonacci really develop himself as a brand of baseball that
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  Speaker 1: the White Sox like to look at right even when
• 7:48
  Speaker 1: he had his hit by pitch later on in the
• 7:50
  Speaker 1: game he kind of looks to the dugout and they're
• 7:51
  Speaker 1: so used to seeing like him walks not easy to
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  Speaker 1: strike out right the the brand that he plays is
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  Speaker 1: so different than the brand that you were watching when
• 8:01
  Speaker 1: the team was racking up 100 plus loss seasons so
• 8:04
  Speaker 1: you add all of that up I mean the young
• 8:06
  Speaker 1: guys even Kyle Teal too coming over in a big
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  Speaker 1: trade right And the White Sox needed catching help. He
• 8:11
  Speaker 1: was really good behind the plate to work with all
• 8:13
  Speaker 1: these guys, many who didn't have postseason experience, AJ, and
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  Speaker 1: had some nice challenges that he was able to win over.
• 8:21
  Speaker 2: Well, three of the nine starters in the White Sox
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  Speaker 2: lineup were from the career crochet trade, Brad Montgomery, Kyle Teal,
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  Speaker 2: and Chase Mydra. So that's a win of a trade.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, his greatest career crochet was a couple of
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  Speaker 2: years ago. He's hurt all year, but that's a win.
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  Speaker 2: You have three starting players on your team. that are
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  Speaker 2: going to be here for a long time that are
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  Speaker 2: playing in a playoff game. That's a pretty good trade
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  Speaker 2: for both sides. And, you know, the thing about, again,
• 8:47
  Speaker 2: it was a complete win. It was, it was plate discipline.
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  Speaker 2: It was defense. It was getting the guy in from
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  Speaker 2: third when you needed it. It was, you know, Sam
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  Speaker 2: Antonacci taking the lead off walk. And then he faces
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  Speaker 2: a lefty with a runner on third, less than two outs,
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  Speaker 2: gets two strikes. let's the ball get deep singles to left.
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  Speaker 2: It was just, it was just a calm game. That
• 9:05
  Speaker 2: was really well played by the way. I mean, I
• 9:07
  Speaker 2: keep saying the same thing, but there's not really much
• 9:10
  Speaker 2: you can dig into.
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  Speaker 3: It was well played. It was well pitched and the
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  Speaker 3: White Sox were a better team for one game. Right.
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  Speaker 1: Flat out better team. And there was a little bit
• 9:18
  Speaker 1: of a threat. Nelson Velasquez hit a big pinch hit
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  Speaker 1: home run to kind of get them back into it
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  Speaker 1: and also get the crowd back into the game. And Taylor,
• 9:24
  Speaker 1: you know, had to work his way through a challenging
• 9:27
  Speaker 1: eighth inning, but Overall, I mean, this is about as
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  Speaker 1: good as it gets if you're a White Sox fan
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  Speaker 1: with a 6-3 win. So let's do this. Fox One
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  Speaker 1: will help us pick a player of the game. AJ,
• 9:38
  Speaker 1: do you have that in mind?
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  Speaker 4: I do.
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  Speaker 3: Sam Antonacci.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Tell me about him. And also, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: for fans that watch us and don't hear a lot
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  Speaker 1: about him, this is a guy who I think White
• 9:53
  Speaker 1: Sox fans, I mentioned the team, but also White Sox
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  Speaker 1: fans have really fallen in love with.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Sam Antonacci, to me, leadoff walk, right?
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  Speaker 2: Scored the first run, drove in another run with a single,
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  Speaker 2: got hit by pitch, plays a solid left field. He's
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  Speaker 2: just a pest. He's a pest at the top of
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  Speaker 2: the order. He's a pest just on the field. When
• 10:15
  Speaker 2: he steps on the field, he's a pest. This is
• 10:17
  Speaker 2: the kind of player White Sox fans loved. He doesn't
• 10:19
  Speaker 2: back down. He'll, you know, throw an elbow if he
• 10:22
  Speaker 2: needs to. But tonight was the perfect example. Lead off walk,
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  Speaker 2: scores the first run, drives in another run, just on
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  Speaker 2: base a bunch of times, just causing havoc. Same Antonacci
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  Speaker 2: for me. Set the tone in this game and the
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  Speaker 2: White Sox just followed his lead.
• 10:38
  Speaker 1: Can we give a shout out to the Pope too?
• 10:40
  Speaker 1: Your Pope hat worked earlier today on FT. Of course.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, that's my guy. That's my guy. Pope Leo
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  Speaker 2: sent the letter Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Reinsdorf.
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  Speaker 2: Pushing him luck, basically. It was a little interesting. It
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  Speaker 2: was dated September 9th. It was dated September 9th, though,
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  Speaker 2: so I'm trying to figure out why it took so
• 11:01
  Speaker 2: long to get to Chicago. Would they have to sail
• 11:03
  Speaker 2: over on one of Columbus's ships? I don't understand why
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  Speaker 2: it took so long, but other than.
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  Speaker 3: That, it was pretty cool.
• 11:08
  Speaker 1: The pigeons.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, carrier pigeons. There you go.
• 11:11
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. They bring them over, and it's pretty.
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  Speaker 3: Far to get over.
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  Speaker 2: Because the White Sox are small markets, so they couldn't
• 11:16
  Speaker 2: afford UPS or FedEx or any of the other ones.
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  Speaker 1: We call it old school okay it's old school oh
• 11:24
  Speaker 1: that was the approach there got it but wait you
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  Speaker 1: said september 9th was when it was dated that's.
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  Speaker 2: What it's dated if you read that letter if you
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  Speaker 2: zoom in on it at the bottom it says on
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  Speaker 2: this day september 9th because i i think i'm pretty
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  Speaker 2: sure that's what it says so we're in deep into
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  Speaker 2: september so.
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  Speaker 1: And it was a good luck on the postseason right.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah totally so 20 days awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Prior to today he was i'm saying it.
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  Speaker 3: Seemed like it took a little longer than you would
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  Speaker 3: have thought i'm trying to find the letter hold.
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  Speaker 4: On well no i yeah i i don't know unless
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  Speaker 4: unless i misread it which i don't think i did
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  Speaker 4: but maybe hold.
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  Speaker 3: On i'm trying to find it here white socks we.
• 12:10
  Speaker 1: Might have to do some more digging on this for
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  Speaker 1: uh For tomorrow's show.
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  Speaker 3: I'm trying to find the letter. It's hard to find
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  Speaker 3: the letter.
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  Speaker 4: Here we go.
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  Speaker 1: We have it. We dropped it.
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  Speaker 3: At the bottom, it says, from the Vatican, 9th September, 2026.
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  Speaker 1: I believe you. I'm just saying it was a bit
• 12:24
  Speaker 1: of a shock to see a letter that's dated at
• 12:27
  Speaker 1: that time. Anyway, player of the game is Sam Antonacci,
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  Speaker 1: and then also the Pope for coming through with the letter.
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  Speaker 1: That ends up being a little bit of good luck.
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  Speaker 1: on the 9th, knowing that the team was going to
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  Speaker 1: make the postseason. That's a super fan right there. MLB
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  Speaker 1: on Fox, streaming on Fox One. Actually, eventually you'll get
• 12:47
  Speaker 1: AJ talking about a player of the game when we
• 12:49
  Speaker 1: get to the NLDS and his series there. But at home,
• 12:53
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• 12:55
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• 12:57
  Speaker 1: at foxone.com. And then come back to me here. I
• 13:01
  Speaker 1: want to finish recapping this series by talking about what's next.
• 13:06
  Speaker 1: I know we mentioned it a little bit, but this
• 13:08
  Speaker 1: is With the Astros, I mean, I know you're not
• 13:11
  Speaker 1: in an ideal situation, but this is what the Astros
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  Speaker 1: want if their backs are against the wall. Hunter Brown
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  Speaker 1: is absolutely the guy that you want in a spot
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  Speaker 1: like this.
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  Speaker 2: He is their best pitcher, and they need him to
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  Speaker 2: pitch like he's their best pitcher. But on the other side, though,
• 13:27
  Speaker 2: if Sean Burke starts for the White Sox, he's also
• 13:29
  Speaker 2: been their best pitcher for much of the second half.
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  Speaker 2: So they also have it lined up where we have
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  Speaker 2: Sean Burke ready to go. The Astros' bullpen is a
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  Speaker 2: little depleted now because they used a lot of resources
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  Speaker 2: to try to stay in this game. So it's kind
• 13:44
  Speaker 2: of worst-case scenario for the Astros, worst-best-case scenario, and it's
• 13:50
  Speaker 2: best-best-case for me for the White Sox because you beat
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  Speaker 2: up their bullpen and now they're a little bit depleted
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  Speaker 2: and you have your guy who you think is.
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  Speaker 3: Your best pitcher in the second half ready to go.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think they're probably going to call on
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  Speaker 1: Peter Lambert at some point in that game too if
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  Speaker 1: need be. I mean, it could be one of those
• 14:06
  Speaker 1: situations where they get length from Brown. Peter Lambert gives
• 14:10
  Speaker 1: them something. I mean, they are hoping he's available in
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  Speaker 1: game two. He had 41 pitches thrown on Sunday after
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  Speaker 1: 62 pitches on Thursday where they helped him out on Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: But he's been pretty good for them. So hopefully Lambert
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  Speaker 1: will help. Who might go?
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  Speaker 3: Hayter might go three innings.
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  Speaker 1: If you just use those three, maybe that's what gets
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  Speaker 1: you through it. So we'll see what happens. But great
• 14:33
  Speaker 1: start for the White Sox. winning game one there. We're
• 14:36
  Speaker 1: going to get to a different game here coming up
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  Speaker 1: in a moment, but just a reminder to everyone, we're
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  Speaker 1: Have a day. Have a swing. Austin Riley after a
• 15:10
  Speaker 1: season that was not his shiniest, not his brightest. But
• 15:15
  Speaker 1: you can make up for all of that in one
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: swing late in a postseason game when the Braves needed him.
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: The Phillies were in control here a little bit late,
• 15:23
  Speaker 1: but their bullpen has let them down for the past
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: few years. It happened again.
• 15:27
  Speaker 4: 5-3.
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: Braves take game one. It's the Chris Sale game. And
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: Philly almost stole one here. Durant gives up this big homer.
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: Center cut to Austin Riley. What did you see?
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: Well, they kept saying, and if you looked at Austin
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: Riley's numbers, he hasn't hit fastballs very well. He finally
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: got to one. I think he just went all chips
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: all in. He's those guys throwing a hundred. Even if
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: he throws me a split, it's still going to be
• 15:50
  Speaker 2: 98 miles an hour. So I'm just going to go
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: for it. And he threw it right down the middle.
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: I mean, but let's not forget, there was two important
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: ambassadors before that. Michael Harris infield single after a long
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: at bat. Ozzie Albies got hit by pitch walk. It
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: was hit by pitch, I guess. Um, three, two after
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: a long at bat to get Austin Riley up there
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: with a chance. And Austin Riley had left a bunch
• 16:11
  Speaker 2: of guys on base his first few at bat. So
• 16:14
  Speaker 2: this was kind of redemption for him, right center. It's
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: where his best swings are. Chris Sale pitched really well.
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: JT Romuto, huge triple, um, not off sale, um, off
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: Fuentes to, to give the, the.
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: Phillies the lead.
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: Um, out of bone with a huge swing early in
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: the game off of Chris sale. But to me, this
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: was all about the, they brought in Johan Duran in
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: the seventh inning. Is he going to go nine out?
• 16:39
  Speaker 2: I mean, now is he available tomorrow? Cause he threw
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: a lot of pitches too.
• 16:42
  Speaker 3: So I guess the good thing is the Phillies didn't
• 16:45
  Speaker 3: have to pitch the bottom of the ninth. I maybe,
• 16:46
  Speaker 3: I don't know, but, Uh, wow.
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: Um, just, uh, just a, well, a very interesting game
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: on the strategy point, especially on the Philly side with
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: the wrong one that far, we didn't know how long
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: was Ardo go. He gave me five strong innings. Uh,
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: sale was great again. Um, just, it was a good,
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: it was a really good game and a really entertaining game.
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: Yeah. My thing is if you're Philly and you're using
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: Duran that early.
• 17:11
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: But what did it look like after that? I mean,
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: It's just not a good sign when, you know, Enderon's
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: getting called upon, right, in the seventh.
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: In the seventh?
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: Yes, here.
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, in the eighth, okay, in the seventh
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: in your first game here, and I know it's only
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: a best out of three, so you're doing your thing,
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: but it just makes you feel uneasy about their circle
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: of trust. Like, if Philly somehow wins the next one, right,
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: and then, I mean, even advances here, what is the
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: circle of trust going to look like for the Philly bullpen?
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: It doesn't make you feel good, I'll tell you that. No.
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: If you're a Phillies fan, you're like, what just happened?
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: I mean, you think, all right, Real Muto has like, oh,
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: what are you going to do? He's an 0 for 33,
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: I think, to end the year.
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: Yeah, 0 for 34.
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: And then he gets that huge triple down the right
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: field line to give him a lead. And you're thinking, oh, man,
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: we're going to steal this game. Here comes, then you
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: look up and you're like, Deron's in the seventh?
• 18:09
  Speaker 3: Wow. I mean, I know it was the.
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: Top of the order and I know that you want
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: your best pitcher against the best part, but man, asking
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: them to go three innings is still a lot. He
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: only threw 27 pitches, but it's still, he was up
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: down twice. He would have been up down three times.
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: It wasn't, it would have been different, but they didn't win.
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: And again, much like the Astros and you know, they
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: used a lot of resources to not.
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: Win a game that they needed to win.
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: Yeah. And Mac L posted this stat, the Phillies blow
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: a game one lead in the seventh inning or later
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: for a third straight post season. And If you go
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: back to 2024, nine postseason games total, they've given up
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: 41 total runs, okay? 35 of them have come in
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: the sixth inning or later. Very clear-cut team here with Philly.
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: They know how to rack up starting pitching. They do
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: not know how to finish games, right? Very nice and simple.
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: It's one of the best starting staffs we've had in
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: the game in the last few years, and that'll happen
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: again here with Christopher Sanchez starting game two. They burned
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: Wheeler on Sunday because they were falling apart. at the
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: end of the season. So they're just not in a
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: good place heading into this one. And to me, this
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: looks like a prime opportunity for Tyler Molly to shine
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: against Sanchez, keep them in the game. Braves have a
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: much better bullpen, right? Braves bullpens really good. Often should
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: be better for the Braves and more consistent. And this
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: is a chance for them to put them away in
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: two games. Yeah.
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: They don't want to, they don't want to give them
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: any hope.
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: They, they want this game over with, they want this
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: series over where they want to win Tomorrow and get
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: it over.
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: They don't want to go to game three. They don't
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: want they just don't want that to happen.
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: You kind of give them a big I don't see
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: you gave him a haymaker by Austin Riley's home run.
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: This was this was a serious haymaker to their.
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: Psyche whatever you want to call it for the Phillies
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: fans against the guy who they were counting on he's
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: been really good for a couple years so you know
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: you can say those.
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: Numbers but it hasn't been him a lot of times been.
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: Other guys Perkering Alvarado whoever you want to throw out
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: there it's been other guys Hoffman I mean, there's been
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: a list of guys who have given it up. It
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: hasn't been Duran. So when Johan Duran gives it up,
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: you're like, whoa, wait.
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: A second, what just happened?
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: So, again, it's really hard to bounce back when your
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: closer blows a game, especially when you think you're going
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: to steal.
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: I don't want.
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: To put it all on Duran because there was other
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: opportunities and there was other things that happened.
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: But, man, now it stings when your.
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: Closer, a guy you've been counting on, a guy you've
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: counted on for years, gives it up.
• 20:29
  Speaker 3: Those are the ones that really hurt, especially in a
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: short series.
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and then they have Bryce L. Glacius shutting it
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: down in the ninth inning. For Atlanta, too, just in
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: case they do fall in game two, I mentioned Wheeler
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: pitching Sunday. Technically, he could pitch game three on short rest.
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: That would not be fun for them.
• 20:50
  Speaker 3: Did they do that, though? I mean, they got way
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: more out of Lozardo than they thought. I figured.
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: I mean, they said he was an opener. He went
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: five innings. It looked really good. I guess that shoulder's
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: feeling all right.
• 21:01
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: I mean, the Velo faded a little bit later in
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: the game, right? Like first inning Velo was 98 on average.
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: And then by the, was it the fourth inning? He
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: was at 95.7, which still plays if you're locating and
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: you have the sweeper and his sweeper is like potentially
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: the best pitch in baseball. Many stat nerds say it
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: is in terms of the metrics there. So yeah, you're right.
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: You could not have asked for more out of Lizardo
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: after he hadn't started a game in a few weeks.
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: He had the one inning appearance on, Sunday and gave
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: them 77 pitches, five innings, one run. I mean, he
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: kept up with sale, sale, gave up three runs. So,
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: I mean, he, he more than kept up with sale.
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: Oh yeah. He pitched great.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: And again, they, they were in a great spot to
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: steal this game and it didn't happen.
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: I mean, Lizardo was great.
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: I mean, uh, McFarland was great after him, Alec Boone
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: with the big hit, Titi Romuto with the big hit.
• 21:53
  Speaker 3: Um, but you know, nothing, not much out of Schwarber,
• 21:55
  Speaker 3: not much out of Harper, which is understandable with sale
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: on the mound.
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: Um, but the other guys stepped up and you just, gosh,
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: you know, you wish there was a way to Ron
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: didn't have to pitch the seventh.
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: And then you get them through the eighth and the ninth.
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: That's a little more doable than asking a guy to
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: go three innings. I don't think that Toronto's probably ever
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: gone three innings in his life. I mean, I know
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: he didn't have to go there, but two, two innings
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: is still a lot. I mean, I know closers do
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: it in post-season, but that's a lot. And then that
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: second inning, it got real dicey real fast with the,
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: Infield hit, walk, and then, wow, first pitch right down
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: the middle, whack, homer.
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: Yeah, did Trey Turner have a chance at that one
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: or Harris was going to be safe?
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: No, that was such a tough play because he didn't
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: hit it very hard. Harris, he can fly, so he
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: didn't hit it very hard. Michael Harris had a nice
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: game too, by the way. Let's not forget about him
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: on brave side, offensively and defensively. No, did Turner have
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: a chance? No, they're talking about his finger and all that.
• 22:49
  Speaker 3: Like, no, his finger, no.
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: Michael Harris just beat it. you know, they were like, Oh, he,
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: he made a bad throw. Even if he makes a
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: perfect though, he still beats that. So I didn't, I
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: didn't think that that was just, no, he was too fast.
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: Yeah. And you mentioned all these earlier full count hit
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: by pitch to keep things running huge. And he had
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: two knocks earlier that were hard hit off the bat.
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: I think both over a hundred mile an hour exit velocity.
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: So some, some guys, I mean, that didn't have the
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: best years all of a sudden have been in postseason
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: moments and they're still good players and they should be
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: still somewhat in their prime years in terms of the
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: age curve in baseball. So that could be a good sign.
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: And also, Walt Weiss gets some credit for starting Estremski
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: against Lizardo. He got the big hit early in the
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: game to tie that game up left on left. And
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: they were only thinking he was starting because they were
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: assuming Lizardo was only going to go you know, an
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: inning or two, they were thinking maybe three one time
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: through and he ended up being out there for five innings,
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: but a huge knock for Yastrzemski.
• 23:49
  Speaker 3: I think it was in the second inning to tie
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: the game at one. Yeah.
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: And they were chanting Austin Riley's name on the way
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: out there. You know, the Braves didn't make the playoffs
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: last year, but they've also been a team that's had
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: a lot of winning, a lot of taking the division
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: crown over the last 10 years. They have a world
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: series title under their belt. And I would say if anything,
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: you know, heading into a, Deeper postseason series if they're
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: able to advance here. What? You're concerned about what the
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: beginning of the game is going to look like on
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: a daily basis for them?
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: I hope.
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: Martin Perez still has a chance of returning for the
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: next round, by the way. That could help. Had a
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: solid year.
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: If the Braves win this and they get to go
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: play the Dodgers, that's going to be a battle. That's
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: going to be a real battle, especially if Molly can
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: pitch well. We know Sale is going to step up.
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: If you get Tyler Molly to pitch well, And then
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: their bullpen and their offense is legit. And one thing
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: about the Dodgers, they've had a little bit of a
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: hard time. Well, I guess less than what we expected
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: of scoring a run. So, again, it's a big gift.
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: They have to win another game. But if they get through,
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: I don't mind their chances.
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: No. And for me, the bullpens too, right? The thing
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: is if they do advance here and they match up with– LA.
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: I mean, the Dodgers should have significantly better starting pitching,
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: but they should be able to match them pretty closely
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: on bullpen and offense.
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: So two out of three components there and defense probably,
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: I don't know, where would you go on the advantage?
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: They're probably pretty close between those two.
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: Pretty close.
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: I mean, what are we going to show a, you know, Mookie,
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: good Mookie, bad Mookie, Freddie, Freddie have power.
• 25:28
  Speaker 3: I mean, it's, it's, it's pretty equal. Yeah.
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: Um, there's a look at the series breakdown right now. Um,
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: but some big boys for Atlanta, uh, Austin Riley taking
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: it all smiles there for Austin Riley. And yes, Chris
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: sale had nine punch outs in his work for Atlanta
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: to more than keep them in the game here. So
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: props to him still doing it late, late in his career,
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: looking like he's in his prime. He had a hundred
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: on what was the strikeout to, to get Harper. I
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: think he hit a hundred miles an hour on that
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: early on.
• 26:01
  Speaker 4: In the game.
• 26:01
  Speaker 3: Yes, he did in the first inning.
• 26:05
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: Yeah. A hundred miles an hour. And even the knock
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: from bone was something, I mean, he had allowed one
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: hit all year on a fastball above the zone one,
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: and it was on opening day to Bobby witch juniors. So, uh,
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: you know, good job by the Phillies to fight early,
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: but ends up not really working out for them based
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: on the bullpen there. So, uh, anyway, that's what we
• 26:24
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• 27:22
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• 27:25
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• 27:28
  Speaker 1: and we'll be able to recap some of the other games, too.
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: So I'm looking forward to that. AJ, get some rest.
• 27:33
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• 27:36
  Speaker 1: we'll call it Wednesday. Wednesday.
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: Wednesday.
• 27:38
  Speaker 3: KP, Scott, you'll be out of town. You'll be missing
• 27:41
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• 27:42
  Speaker 1: I have to get back for the postgame show. Don't
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: tell everyone I'm too far away this time, okay?
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: I mean, who knows where you could be? You could
• 27:50
  Speaker 3: be on the moon. We don't know.
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Speeding back.
• 27:54
  Speaker 3: Thanks, everyone.