 MLB the show's coverage of Major League Baseball is on the air. Opening day is here as we get the new season underway with a good matchup between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles. Hi again everybody. It's finally here. Welcome to our special opening day edition of baseball on the show joined by Dan please act and Dan as we get things going this season it's pitching that has to be key if this team is going to have success. You know I always think pitching and defense are the keys to success in the long run. So as the season gets started it's going to be really important for this pitching staff to set a good tone. If they can get off on a good foot it will do a lot for the competence of the entire ball club. The game's counts starting now it's opening day it's the show and it's coming up next. John Means gets the call to pitch here on opening day in front of the hometown crowd. Dan please act what's the word on him. Hey it's hard to have all four of your pitches on but I think if this guy can have two or three of his four pitches and have command of him he's going to have a really good game. And that sends DJ LeMahieu into the box and we are ready for some daytime baseball. First pitch of the at bat on its way and the first pitch of the ball game is taken for a called strike one in a new season of baseball is underway. Well you don't need us to tell you it's really starting to come down out there. I can't imagine the umpires will let this go too much longer if it doesn't ease up. Well you could say that again that it's raining cats and dogs out there. Make sure you don't step in a pool. I think it's time to get the grounds crew out. One one is a slider taken for a ball to one to two and two now liner towards second. This will be taken in at second base good positioning for the first down so the base is empty here with one away and that will bring up labor Torres ready to deliver. Here's the first pitch could change up there to start him but it drops a little low for ball one means as a reputation as a strike thrower although that doesn't often result in a ton of strikeouts a typical start may find him with a low walk total and the ball in play a lot. Maddy he's what they call today one of those pitch to contact kind of guys. He has good stuff not great stuff. He relies a lot on his defense at one of the keys. He's not afraid to throw the ball in the strike zone with that said he needs some defense behind it because he's not going to get a whole lot of swings and misses in front of the change up and he can't keep it fair two strikes on him now had him fooled as he swings through the curveball two down pretty textbook breaking ball for the punch out right there got it to bend a lot of time it got there and had fallen completely out of the zone here not much he can do with that pitch and that'll bring up Aaron Judge and he's a bit tardy there on the first pitch fastball it's nothing in one bases are empty here with two men out a swing and this one is blasted to right field nothing's gonna stop it into the flag court and gone a solo home run there for Aaron Judge first home run of the campaign for him as the Yankees will grab a one to nothing lead well after a long winter and a grueling spring everyone is anxious to get the season started but to start it off with a home run there's no better way to get your campaign underway he was rounding the bases thinking hey this is going to be a good year at the plate now Gary Sanchez as the first pitchers have been high it's all one really starting to pour now in the forecast is not showing any signs of a break in the weather you know what are the big issues is player safety and right now this field is getting sloppy wet Matt and I don't know how much more rain this field can take one in one the count two out nobody on just off the outside that time laid off for a ball looks like that bomb earlier in any kind of put this picture on the defensive that being very aggressive right now he's going to get a little bit of momentum and behind now three and one this is where you cash your checks right here three one you're one of the best hitters in the game you live for situations like this swing and a misgood pitch and it's full now three and two hey after that extra base hit things could go awry he didn't he battled right back in his own with a nice executed pitch and that finds some outfield grass it's a base hit so he wins the full count battle and finds a way to make a mistake when he was sitting on fastball middle of the plate kept his hands back stayed through the baseball and delivers a hard hit line drive here's Brett Gardner now as he pops the first pitch foul behind the plate he takes his first cuts in this one with a man at first and two away off the outside that time as the breaking ball can't catch the zone Gardner is just shy of six feet at five eleven a left-handed batter and thrower this is his first hit at the big league level yeah Matty this guy has had an amazing career and you know what it's a testament to how hard he's worked the changes he's had to make this a game of adjustments and you don't hang around this long if you're not prepared to make some adjustments along the way three and one now to Brett Gardner called didn't go his way on two and one but it's important here on three and one to still make a quality pitch you have to have the mindset that you're still the one in the driver's seat hitters count all the way here it comes and a good at bat that time as he lays off for ball four and as a result that'll move a runner up into scoring position now with two away the left home and I think this walk is going to grind at him for a bit he just missed and now the inning continues with a man in scoring position now in the box Jean-Carlo Stanton and the Yanks trying to make this first inning even sweeter here but look now the pitch tried to check it in its own one this is exactly the situation you drew up from an offensive standpoint good pitcher on the mound but you got a chance to bury him early in this one one ball one strike one and two now is that one's fouled off one and two here it is again he sends it out of play on the stretch the one two and this is hit hard to the right side but foul will somebody sitting off speed right there only way he was laid on that heater as he was expecting another change up late making contact on that swing and we'll do it again on one and two again another foul wall Sanchez at second Gardner at first two out in the inning it's fouled away I'm trying to pick up that outside corner but this misses and it's back to even at two balls and two strikes the two to pitch hey this has been an epic at bat here I don't blame the pitcher for a little nibbling right there maybe get a swing and a miss he didn't bite on that once and now we go full count fouls this one off hit hard towards center and that's in their base hit I'm going to score from second as they grab a two to nothing lead now boy what a battle there do you will several pitch at bat right there he threw everything but the kitchen sink and he was still able to get an RBI base hit and Dan I can't tell you the longer the A B's go usually I'll tell you getting that swing mode where if he throws the rosin bag you're pulling the trigger on it wait for him to settle in his zone and not come outside of it and end up getting a knock that will bring in Giovanni or Sheller as the first pitch to him is in there for a cold strike one I think this any could have far reaching effects in this game they're really making him work and unless he dials it in it's probably going to limit how deep he goes into the game here's the 0 1 fastball well outside here's the 1 1 hit down the third base line but a foul ball 1 and 2 now a swing and a ground ball to third and he can't come up with it and the runner scores from third as they extend their lead it's a three nothing game and with two outs the pitcher was mentally in the dugout already now he's got to regroup and find a way to get out of this hard not to feel for the guy into the box now Luke Voight another first inning RBI opportunity for him here from the belt the pitch hey the way this guy on the mound's been struggling to find his own I'm not mad at the guy taking a pitch on its way the 0 1 pitch now a swing and a fly ball but this will land untouched and he strikes him out here so he's able to stop the bleeding a bit as the outside is retired so three runs on three hits including the home run one error in the inning and two men left on base we'll move on to the bottom half of ending number one it's the Yankees three and the Orioles nothing Garrett Cole is on the bound for the season opener on the road in this one what's your take on him Dan hey you don't see a lot of guys that have five pitches right sometimes it's hard to master even two or three but if you can master five like he has he'll be in pretty good shape at the plate Jose Iglesias it leaves things off here in the bottom half of the first fastball just misses that's ball one the 1 0 and he misses low here so the count goes to three and one he's only four pitches in but he doesn't look too sharp to start the day off and that misses ball four so that's just what you hope for here in the first base runners as you try to claw back into this one you know it takes a lot of discipline to watch a pitch like that go by but on a three one count he had the luxury of being a little bit more selective up there good take and a walk is the result so here's Trayman Sini first chance for him here with a man on following the lead off walk from the belt the pitch very rarely does a pitcher like this leave one in the middle of the second base position like that that's a pitcher right there he'd like to have back he'd love to swing at that one again breaking ball that time that misses out of a zone a runner at first with no outs here hit back up the middle for his scoops it up may you for one to avoid in time for the double play at the plate Ramon Urayas no one on base for him after the first time that that two ball really changed the complexion of this inning that looked like the middle of the order was going to have a chance to get a big hit with some ducks on the pond but now they just have to try and get a two out rally started first pitch of the at bat on its way let's get it going boys somebody's loose hit 98 with ease in the first inning too much bite on the breaking ball that time as it's well off the outside big sweeping breaking ball right there a good pitch but if he doesn't get him to swing at it he'll have to bring it in a little bit closer to the strike zone bases are empty here with two men out this one's outside quite a bit off the plate that time Renato Nunez would be next if they can keep this ending alive ready on three and one here it comes inside he misses ball for we knew coming into this game that this guy has a tendency to give up a lot of free passes history repeats itself as he's already given up two walks here I'll tell you effectively wild is a pretty tough thing to be now with the plate Renato Nunez he takes his first cuts in this one with a man at first and two away has a look now the pitch and that's taken for strike one a runner on first with two away now with throw over and the runner back safely here's the 0 1 pitch pitches mishandled behind the plate and it bounces away and makes it the second here as he's moved into scoring position now after the past ball and this is why you can't lose focus for a second when you're behind the plate any mistake a catcher makes has serious consequences this is a pass ball and the runner moves into scoring position now the one in one pitch two out here in a runner at second ball can't find the zone there and it's three and one this is spot you'd like to be in as a good hitter runners in scoring position and count leverage in your favor and the good fastball there finds the zone as the count goes full now three and two you know he wants to end this inning right here on three and two but I don't think we'll see him lay one in on the next pitch there with a base open to work with full count still seven pitch of the at bat coming up lifted into the air to shallow center Gardner is there makes the catch and the side is retired a couple of walks but no damage back with more of this Thursday afternoon business person special following this second ending up coming from Baltimore but first here's Heidi Watney with a little bit more on the forecast well Matt it doesn't appear that we're going to get much of a break from this rain at all as the game progresses however I am also hearing that this rain isn't supposed to intensify too much the grounds crew will be on standby just in case the umpires do call a delay but the goal is to get this one uninterrupted yeah Heidi and thanks even with all the technology that we have today to be able to forecast the weather accurately one never knows what mother nature has in store high and tight here to begin the inning it's ball one well that rain is really coming down right now it's raining cats and dogs you got to make sure you don't step in a poodle that's as hard and I've seen it rain all afternoon everyone it's so much harder to concentrate when it rains out in front of a fastball as this is the second baseman and he'll rip down the left field line that's going to be a fair ball and now it'll kick around in the corner and he'll pull in the second here with nobody out no doubt about it he was looking fastball all the way there and that's exactly what he got got the barrel out front and just blasted it down the line for an extra base hit nobody out runner in scoring position great opportunity here's the second baseman DJ LeMayhew as he will look at the ball one 0 for one here in the early going the 1 0 home is a fastball in off the plate for a ball he might still be thrown off from that first inning guys he got knocked around pretty good and that could be hard to recover from mentally sometimes here it comes to an O the count now with two and one from the stretch off speed pitch just missed inside you can really tell about how effective this guy's going to be when guys are doing it at that change up so far in this one they've been real smart to let it go the 3 1 skied in the air to straight away left Santander waits on it one away labor now to the plate Torres he was a strikeout victim in his first try he's set and the pitch and a fast ball misses here to start the at bat it's one and oh swung missed one and one from the belt kicks and deals fouled away runner at second here with one man out and a little tapper here in front of the mound as this may work as a sacrifice and that's great hustle right there out of the box not everybody's getting it right out of the shoot from step one but I have to ask you dad how frustrating executing a pitch and there's an infield not it is D-roy and you can read that right off the bat as a pitcher you can read the angle and you know that that ball is going to be hit on the ground and you're thinking deep down inside okay there's a quick out and it just wasn't meant to be here's big Aaron judge warning track is the catch is made and here comes the runner from third and the run is in to score from third that makes it a four nothing ball game great job there by this power hitter known for driving the ball on the ballpark does the job right there with the sack fly and brings the run home standing in the middle of the run Gary Sanchez he singled and scored in his first appearance in this one from the stretch and that misses ball one into the corner and slicing foul Sanchez is a prolific power hitter and you probably didn't need me to tell you that doesn't matter what kind of pitching he faces there's a lot of pop in that bat 1 1 to out with the man at first the ball right by him and the ending is over a run on two hits and they leave one we'll go to the bottom half of ending number two the Yankees lead it four to nothing Anthony Santander the next to bat and they've got some work to do early on down for nothing already infield in the over shift here now the pitch wind up and the 0 1 swing and a miss and he's in the hole 0 2 now a change up locks him up as he looks at strike three called one away flat out locked him up with the change up right there. Usually you're trying for a swing and miss when you throw that pitch in a two strike count but clearly he wasn't looking for it so it's a backwards K for him Adro Severino digs in at the plate he will take a look at a fastball in there as that strike zone expands just a little it's 0 1 bases are empty one man out chased a low ball there and he's quickly down in the count 0 and 2 nothing in two count and the pitch tries the slider to ring him up but he lays off one and two good pitch there on 0 and 2 breaking ball out of the zone away might set up another breaking ball to see if he'll chase this one a little bit farther off the plate he takes strike three called on the fastball couldn't pull the trigger and there are two away well that call looked like it was a little in a dangerous favor but it wasn't outrageous hey listen calling balls and strikes is a really tough job and even the best are going to miss some from time to time especially when they're sort of borderline like that last one not sure the hitter would want to hear that though first pitch of the at bat in there for strike one that's why this guy is great never misses over the heart of the plate it's got electric stuff but pinpoint control to all four quadrants and it's fouled away two pitchers and no one's got nobody on judge is there and he'll make the catch to retire the side three up three down for the Orioles they trail here four to nothing welcome back here's Heidi Watney with the reporters we get set for the top of the third Heidi thanks Matt I talked with Yankees manager Aaron Boone during the break about the team's offensive performance so far and flat out he was very pleased with the quality of their at bats they've already put four runs on the board and they've got a good pitch count so he said he thinks they're going to have a lot more opportunities to score because of that as the game goes on good stuff Heidi thanks settling in now Brett Gardner he scored after reaching on a walk in his first at bat here's the pitch we'll start the ending off with an easy fly ball to straight away left Santander's got it and there's one away next for New York Jean-Carlo Stanton looking to follow up the RBI from his first at bat now a swing and the barrel of the bat breaks into that time started to go around there but he holds up ball one one out nobody on the ballman two strikes this is taken for a ball high and tight two and two well two straight fast balls inside haven't put him away so now it'll be interesting to see what he turns to change up taken for ball three well below the zone hopped him up Severino over to his right and he brings it in for the second out of the inning at the plate Geo or Shella he comes in over one on the day thus far after reaching on an error his first time up now here's the pitch side target here and he hits it for strike one we're only in the third inning and his pitch count is above 60 that's not being too efficient with your pitches he'll one here's the fastball that gets the lower part of the zone called for a strike a back to back same pitch same spot don't be shocked if he goes right back out there if I'm a hitter that's where I'm sitting everyone would think he wants to go somewhere else he might go right exactly to the same spot one ball and two strikes to count the one two is swung on and miss strike three one two three go hitter and he's got the homers but they hold a four to nothing lead now batting Cedric Mullins he'll lead things off against Garrett Cole lots of baseball left in this one as we're still early on but you don't want to fall too far behind they're already down by a bundle and one of the things you want your lead off guy to get on and set the table for the big boys to start driving in some runs one strike now from Cole and it's belted high Gardner going back shot to right center first home run of the campaign for him as they get on the board it's four to one now hey every once in a while the speed guy will jump up and bite one he absolutely crushed that baseball doesn't fit his usual tool description but he can go deep if you leave one over the heart of the plate digging into the batter's box so be hands are Alberto so take a look at a slider here that misses for ball one comes one or no and that pitch misses in the dirt and it's two and oh now now ball two back to back breaking pitches I think if right now you really have to try to get the best pitch you can get in the zone you have to throw it right here in there two and one gutsy pitch right there to change up for a strike good call by the catcher great execution by the pitcher a hard liner but this will be a foul ball and he fouls this one off the two two one more time and he lays off so it's full now three and two you could pretty much book it that a fastball's coming a challenge fastball right here he cannot allow the nine hole hitter to get on base with the top of the order looming swing and a miss on the fast ball and that's the first doubt man I love watching a pitcher that just rears back and blows smoke by a guy at the letters that's the ultimate challenge pitching for me personally watching hitters swing and miss man that's a sight of beauty here's the shortstop now Jose Glacius as he'll go after the first pitch and promptly line one into left center field and that's going to get down for a base in and here's the big right handed power threat Tramansini one in one out and one on here in the end make contact with that pitch only he could do is probably hit that on the ground it could be a double play ball I had him reaching at thin air that time and he's going pretty quickly down 0 and 2 man that pitch had the look of a fastball straight change up the bottom fell out of it here it comes 0 and 2 a swing and a miss for route number 2 and a ball he had no chance of making contact with that's not an event he's going to look back on and be happy about obviously the strikeout result isn't good but to go down on three pitches and none of which were even in the strike zone as you see there that's not a good look to the plate now the first pitch to him runs a bit inside for Bowl one he drew a base on balls his first time up well below the knees laid off on the change up there they obviously circled him before the game that they were not going to let him beat them walked him this first time up and now they're nibbling again over the outside half and it's two and one fouled away a runner on first with two away and a good fastball swung on and missed for strike three and the inning is over Orioles draw closer on the home run we played three full the Yankees four and the Orioles one look white over one for him here in this one one of the keys to securing a win they want to keep the press run and try to build that lead as much as they can moving into the later innings first offering on its way well it's been a rough one so far four runs through three innings it's about time to get that pitch count down or he won't be out here very long on its way the 0 1 pitch tried to get him to go after the slider but it's one and one void originally from the state of Missouri this is his first year at the big league level on that fastball is too much for him there one and two some action out in the bullpen couple of right handers starting to loosen up ball and two strikes here's the pitch and this is swung on and missed in this fourth inning will start the same way he ended the third with a strikeout and there's one away that's his second strikeout of the game I wouldn't be surprised if a coach finds him in the dugout and gives him a little talk about shortening up and putting the ball in play good things tend to happen when you do that in these kinds of conditions and that'll bring up Miguel and do hard as he'll take a cold strike at the knees it's 0 and 1 1 for 1 as he reached base with a double his first time up into the wind up here comes the 0 and 1 now a ball lined to the left side but foul into the wind up here comes the 0 2 pitch four runs five hits and no errors for the Yankees so far into center field line drive base hit. Yeah. You can take a look at his numbers here with that one out single he's flirting with a little trouble here again. You'd like to see him find a way to get out of this inning and battle for another inning or so but you also don't want him to give up a big number. Now DJ LeMayhew and he'll take a look at ball one. He's hit listen is to add bats so far on a no pitch on the way slow roller left side and he won't even think about second as he'll flip on to first for the shoe route and that'll bring up Glibertura one for two in the ballgame thus far as a look now the pitch tried to check it in its own one speed pitch here but it gets below the knees evening us at one and one from the belt the pitch. Hey this is a big pitch right here. Can't allow them attack on any more runs. Let's see if he attacks his owner bury something in the dirt hit weekly back to the mound throw on to Davis takes care of him and that'll end the inning so no runs here on a base hit no errors and one man left to board to the bottom of any number four we go. The Yankees four and the Orioles one and here's Renato Nunez leading off. Hey we're still in the early stages in this one only down by a couple of runs but it's really key for this lead up guy to try to get on and get a big inning started ready to deliver. Here's the first pitch fouled off. This guy's been really on point so far but it's not getting any easier. He has to get through four five and six right here. That misses wide one ball and one strike a two and one count to Nunez the two one takes a pass and misses that strike to swing and a miss as he ran the fast ball right by him for the first down. Any time a pitcher locates a fastball on the inside corner it's going to be a tough pitch to hit that one was spot on and he had no answer for it into the box now Anthony Santander swings and sends it in the air out to left center. Stanton has a read on it makes the play and there are two gone now. In now for the O's Pedro Severino he got called out on strikes his last time through. Yeah Matty and he was locked up by a good fastball for strike three last time I'm interested to see if they attack him the same way come at him with hard Velo late or snap something off in the dirt to see if he'll fish the plate one ball one strike fall behind now to one and two he struck him out his seventh of the ballgame and that ends the inning one two three go the Orioles and this is still a four one ballgame Dylan Tate is out from the bullpen now as he'll make his first appearance here on the season number fifty five into the box now Aaron judge he'll start things out as we begin the fifth ready with the first pitch here it comes and there's a fastball well off the plate inside pretty good pitch right there fastball in off the plate one of the things you want to do as a pitcher try to stand those hitters up and it's a ball and two strikes not Aaron judge the one to Gary Sanchez will be next now three and two picks hit the other way out toward right field therefore it is Mancini and that's the first out of the inning there's a look at the final line for the Orioles starter not the opening day he wanted to have unfortunately yeah nothing seemed in sync for him out there in this one Matt he just couldn't get the ball where he wanted to and the opponents really took advantage of that that's a brutal feeling sitting in the dugout know that you disappointed your team he went out there and laid an egg he's ready here's the first offering Gary Sanchez is next as he finds himself behind 0 and 1 he'll be fine coming out of the bullpen in this one if he can keep the ball around the knees like that fifth inning here in a 4 to 1 ball game and that misses one and one can't keep the weight back and he falls behind one and two and it's fouled away the one to another one sent foul four runs six hits and no errors for the Yankees so far swung on and he went fishing in the dirt Severino finds it and the throat of first is there to record the second out stepping in and ready for another shot Brett Gardner 0 for one with a run scored thus far first out to the at bat on its way 0 1 count here's the pitch bases are empty here with two men out and an off speed pitch swung on and missed and with that the side is retired so the Yankees go 1 2 3 but they lead it 4 to 1 welcome back for the bottom of the fifth here's Heidi Watney Matt I had a chance to discuss the state of the Orioles offense with their manager between innings and he told me the quality of their swings needs to improve as the game moves forward they're struggling to drive baseball into the gaps right now as only one of their hits has been for extra bases that makes it pretty tough to generate runs but he said it's up to everyone in the lineup to make the necessary adjustments it hasn't gone their way to this point but that shouldn't mean they can't put together some great swings the rest of the way off for the thank you Heidi the first base first offering on its way Chris Davis is in for his second played appearances he looks at the ball it's one and oh now here's the pitch a ball and two strikes now he fouls this one off that misses and we're even at two and two a ball lying to the left side but this is a foul ball and another foul ball fouled away the two to one more time high in the air out to center field after it is Gardner he can't get there in time and now it hops over the wall for a second down the rule double well that will bring a smile to a manager's face every single time first hitter of the inning just squares it up and bounces it over the fence even if it stays in the yard that's a double either way trying to pick things up where we left off Cedric Mullins the last at that maybe we heard this guy's a good fastball hitter he got a fastball did miss it we'll see if they pitch him a little bit differently this time it makes it some off pitch coming here it is way behind that pitch it's 0 1 1 man this guy's been incredibly efficient so far in this one mostly because he's getting ahead 70% of the batters he's faced he's throwing the first pitch strike to 1 1 to 2 and 2 now look at the radar gun on that slider off speed pitch 91 miles an hour that's just a little bit of a field now the 2 2 is swung on and miss strike three hey I'm not sure what he was sitting on right there I might have been sitting on an off speed pitch but instead he gets the fastball way late had no chance to put that ball player at the plate Hanser Alberto as he takes a cold strike at the knees it's 0 1 Alberto is just shy of 6 feet at 5 11 right handed batter and thrower this is his third league level on its way is pitch number 75 that's in there and he's deep in the hole now 0 1 2 swung on and lifted in the air to left center after it is Gardner he tracks it down and makes the play to record the second out the lineup looks over and digging in Jose Glacius it was a single for him in his last half yeah and they take another single right here that third base coaches dying to wave his arms I wouldn't be surprised if anything hit hard through the infield he's going to wave him one ball no strikes to count one and no delivery and a fastball that's about off the radar screen there it's to an old full sets here it comes Tramansini would be next 3 0 pitch and that misses ball for so it's first and second now with two out three of those pitches were definitely out of the zone but that last pitch looked pretty darn good to me you're not usually going to get many favorable calls on 3 and 0 though you have to earn that spot ready once again Tramansini he comes in 0 4 2 thus far looking to wiggle out of this here it is here's the 1 0 2 down runners at first and second two balls and a strike has to be a challenge pitch coming up here he probably doesn't want to flirt with loading the bases the 2 1 2 and 2 did a good job to make sure he's working up and protect the plate and he'll have another shot at it here other 2 2 offering now a ball lined to the left side but foul here's another 2 2 and he's got himself another one as he picks up strikeout number 9 here and the side is retired Orioles strand a couple they trail it 4 to 1 with the plate Jean Carlo Stanton a hit in two tries so far John here's the first pitch to him look like the fastball got away from him there that was a tempting pitch to swing at right there a big power guy like this really wants something that he can elevate and drive out of the ballpark two balls and a strike to count now the 2 1 is a fastball that misses Giorg Schella is on deck tough pitch to layoff but he did and it's ball 4 so the leadoff hitters aboard to start the 6th look like he might have gotten squeezed a little bit right there and you know he's talking to himself in his head about it that kind of stuff goes both ways though hitters get their fair share of crummy calls going against them to in now Giorg Schella no hits to this point on the stretch here's the pitch the 1 0 now this is the kind of count this guy feeds on at the plate you can bet he's geared to hit the fastball right here and a good come back fastball there it's two balls and a strike gets the sign here comes the 2 1 now here's one hit in the air to the right side in there a base hit runners at the corners to start off the inning boy is that a thing of beauty right there hit and run to perfection Dero runners at first to third that's exactly what you're trying to do you don't see it in today's game too much there's a lot of moving parts a lot of walks homers and strikeouts but right there manager sets it in motion and the hitter just executes the perfection stepping in now look point he swings and grounds at the short a jumping catch at second for one on the first and it's a double play although the run does come in to score from third it certainly looked like they might have had a big inning cooking there with first and third and no outs but the double play kind of kills it they did get the run in but the batter doesn't get credit for an RBI in now is the Yankees DH Miguel Anduhar first pitch on its way sent on the ground out to second throw the first in plenty of time and the side is retired so one run on one hit no errors and no one left on base part of the order three four and five coming up the Yankees lead this one five to one digging in Ramon Urayas and through five turns it back they've only mustered a total of three hits not terrible but they're certainly not firing on all cylinders well it's getting a little bit too late in this game that this continues like this in today's game with so many dominant bullpen arms you certainly don't want to wait until the eighth or ninth to try to wake the bats up ready to deliver here's the first pitch a couple of right he's starting to loosen now in the bullpen wind up and the 01 and this ball is heading for the seats down the right side as the count will move to 0 and 2 now and he looks at a ball 1 and 2 boy he sped him up in this head bat now it's time for the changeup this guy's got a good one and he hasn't thrown it yet in this head bat high and deep down the left field line and this will wind up a foul ball a ball and two strikes here's the pitch what a great battle to start this inning what a great job by the leadoff hitter he knows that this pitcher starting to get up there in pitches the manager starting to get restless let's see if we can knock him out and get into that bullpen and he struck him out the 10th victim set down on strikes thus far that's 10 strikeouts for him now and I'll tell you he could rack up quite a few more before he's done still a lot of game left in this one standing in now Ronaldo Nunez this will take a look at a slider here that finds the zone for strike one 0 for two for him to this point on its way the first one pitch looking to punch him out again the pitch try to hold back but he won't be able to his that's ruled a swing and there are two away now fooled him just enough with that pitch to get him to go around according to the umpire sometimes it can be really tough for these big strong guys because once they're committed to swinging it's hard for them to slow their swings down and that appeared to be the case there and it's fouled away we're in the sixth inning now a five to one ball game set up away with the change up but it's one and one and with just five and two thirds innings under his belt he's about to hit the century mark in his pitch count now yeah Matty V and the way baseball has played these days it's about six innings or a hundred heaves and you're pretty much looking for that bullpen in D well right now this guy's pretty vulnerable right now at this game yeah Dan you were a monster down that bullpen that's what it seems to be in today's game there's five or six or you guys hanging out there so he's going to empty the bucket and we'll have to leave it there as this is strike three and that will retire the side three up three down for the Orioles they're down here five to one back to the top of the Yankee order digging in D.J. LeMayhew he'll be tasked with starting things as we begin the seventh ready with the first pitch here it comes and he jumps at a change of a swing and a miss looks like a lefty and a right hander going in the Baltimore bullpen waved at and missed and he's behind Owen to hit in the air down the right field line and no one will track it down another O2 home and he wasn't going to hit that one with an or the strikeout and there's one gone pretty textbook pitching right there jump ahead and account O2 and then start working outside the zone easier said than done but that's not the way to do it Torres as you watch a slider that stays inside for ball one he's working on a one for three thus far and he jumps on this one it's high and deep to center and oh he missed a home run by a matter of feet it's off the wall and he'll reach second now with one away and judge will stand in again but first will flash you back to the very first inning of the ballgame and here you go a solo home run that had him off and running early on the pitch watch as a fastball right there for strike one now a change up but it misses just a little below the zone looked like that one tied him up a bit a swing and a miss seventh inning here in a five to one ball game lays off to one to change up and he's worked it back to two and two you know he's probably cheating on that inside pitch after he got jammed earlier if you're on the mound right now you want to try to get that outside corner and there's a pretty good chance you'll get him to roll over something full count now three and two and this misses here for ball four just the second walk he's issued here into his seventh inning of work and with first base open the last thing he wanted to do was give him something to hit the heart of the zone so no harm done course out anywhere now Hunter Harvey is out from the bullpen now as he'll get the call here on opening day. He'll be his first assignment here as he'll face him with runners at first and second and one gone first and second now one man out he fouls this one off he's set here comes the one one it's one and two got him to chase after the curveball below the zone there that was a really nice pitch and it can be a really tough one to lay off of as a hitter the one two. Oh it's hit the third five. The tag gets one. On the first and talk about doing the job out of bullpen one batter two outs and the inning is over. Oriole bullpen does the job. We'll move on now to the bottom half of the seventh get up and stretch the Yankees are out in front five to one stepping up now Pedro Severino he starts off the inning against a guy who struck out the side last inning how do they get to him here. I'm not sure that they want to stay as patient he's been throwing a lot of strikes they might want to start swinging a little bit earlier in the count first offering on its way maybe trying to back him up a bit there with the fastball the guy in the mound is having one heck of a night but the downside of that if you're going to strike out a lot of guys your pitch count is going to be high so this gives the offense some kind of hope as this game is getting down to the end to an all couple strikeouts early in the game but he's done a much better job at the end of the game but he's done a much better job and this had bad trying to get ahead and put himself in a good hitters count good slider there against a swing and miss this lineup is flailing right now they're having a hard time just making contact let alone putting the ball in play I could have been three and one instead it's two and two Wow he's cruising right now out there for straight punch outs and working on number five here now the two to keep in the middle of the game for the people the longer the fat the higher the likelihood that this becomes his last inning of the three and two pitch is a swing and a miss that strike three a lot of indecision there on that check swing and that's something you see quite a lot on three and two when the difference between striking out and drawing a walk in being entered to it's pretty understandable why guys aren't always aggressive with their here comes the Yankee manager now up out of the dugout on his way to the mound and it appears that we've seen the last here in this one of Garrett Cole so he'll leave here with one out in the seventh as he now hopes the bullpen can go ahead and get in the W Jonathan the Weiss ago is out from the bullpen now as he'll make his first appearance here on the season here's Chris Davis now he's one for two in this one in field shifted well to the right here's the first pitch liner in there for a base hit he wasn't letting that one go jumped on the first pitch right there and drove it into the outfield for a base plate now Cedric Mullins in the dirt here and a nice job keeping it close it's bowl one hit in the air out toward left Stanton has a read on it and he makes the catch for the second hour ready now for Baltimore Johnson Alberto offered two from him so far in this one first pitch coming here it is well if you could throw it for a strike consistently a first pitch changeup is effective hitters are almost never looking for it and he misses with it one and one about the pitch grounded up the first baseline but this will get foul it's a ball and two strikes the one to two out with the man at first a full count to the Orioles designated hitter well this has been a good at that he's now worked to count full the three and two and allows the run run first to be on the move with two away pay off pitch on swung on and hit in the air out toward left Stanton is there and he'll put it away to retire the side fine work there out of the Yankee and we'll look ahead to ending number eight now the Yankees lead at five to one Red Gardner he'll start us off in the eight was the nothing and nothing hits her ball and that misses in the dirt for ball one fast ball at ninety four miles an hour and it's one and one here's the pitch fouled away might have jammed him a little there as this is softly hidden foul off to the left another one to the left a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of delivery hit out towards second fielded cleanly and the off balance throw gets him nice play for the out and digging into the batter's box next will be Giancarlo Stanton a hidden two official trips to the plate to this point in the ballgame ready with the first pitch here it comes and this is taken outside for ball one five one our score as we play the two well count the pitch finds the zone strike one it looks like this guy's going to work in the upper part of the strike zone it'll be interesting to see if this lineup can adjust to the way he benches and got him to go down after that one and it's two and two classic case at a front shoulder flying open on that off speed needs to stay compact and stay in the big part of the field bounced softly in front of the plate on to Davis at first in there are two away now that's riding in once again Giorgio or Shella he singled his last time up set here it comes liner but this will be a foul ball the one one takes a pitch for strike number two the one two is a breaking ball that can't find the zone and it's even at two misses this one inside and that'll run things full three and two is out number three one two three go the bombers they lead this one though five to one back to the top of the lineup stepping in pose a glaciers and he'll start out the bottom of the eighth inning it doesn't look very promising so far in this one as we move into the later innings down by a bundle it's time to get some base runners and hopefully a long ball to get them back into this one wind up and the oh one right side but it's going to be a foul ball here's the oh and two and a change up swung on and missed for the first down boy there's the perfect pitch right there the straight change of he had used it yet this at bat and what does he do he uses it pulls the string and gets the big strike out Tray Mancini and a swing from him yields a foul pop out of play to the right he's hit listen three at bats to this point into the wind up here comes the oh and one got him to go after that one and he's in a quick hold oh and two good waste pitch one and two pretty standard fastball right there oh and two now he's changed the eye level of the batter so he could start working something in like an off speed curveball down in the zone two balls and two strikes to Mancini now so you love for him to offer at that one but the execution was flawless nice curveball that starts in the zone and breaks just out just a great take by the batter count full three balls and two strikes bases are empty one man out awfully close there on three and two but take your base says Earl Hendricks sits ball for two ways to look at this walk if you're the hitting coach you say that's a great a B down oh to you work the walk but if you're a pitcher like me that's just a case of letting a guy off the hook and that can really frustrate you striding in Ramon Urayas he's hit listen is to at bats so far he's ready here's the first offering now the 0 1 runners on first with one down and he pumps the fastball by him here one and two now and he's struck out again that's the third time he's gone down on strikes in this one got him with a good high fastball there Danny we see a lot of that pitch in strikeout situations these days what makes it so effective I think Matt would make such a tough pitch as you're changing eye levels that fastball up looks so enticing to hit that you think you see that ball as a hitter you think you can drive it but it's really hard to get on top of that good high hard fastball so now to the plate Renato Nunez timing just to tick off there is this one's fouled off to the right he could really use a knock here over three in the game so far swaying in a line drive foul a runner on first with two away well above the letters with the fastball that time off on the breaking ball so the count runs full three to two out runner on first lots of possible outcomes on this pitch struck him out struck him out again I should say his third punch out of the game one left for the Orioles they're down five to one winning set to get underway digging in once again Luke Voigt he was a double play victim last time around yeah rolling into a two ball will eat you for the rest of the game at least so you know he wants to make up for it right here ninth inning begins as the first pitch is taken for ball one and here's a ball in the air now carrying a bit out toward right center Mancini is there one quick out to start ending number nine now plate now is the designated hitter Miguel Andujar so far two for three in this one here's the first pitch to him I'm set and the 0 1 now a check swing but he holds up in time ball one and he goes and chops this one out towards second reigned in throw on to first two gone DJ LeMayhew he went down on strikes last time up first offering on its way it's a high fly ball headed for the left field corner if it stays fair it's gone and it's gone as they add still another throw a solo shot down the line in left first home run of the campaign for him and it's now a six to one ball game no surprise with that swing of the bat this guy is simply one of the best in the game right now there's not too many guys that take a beautiful hack like that in the league on Torres this he'll take a look at an off speed pitcher that misses for ball one two hits in four attempts to this point can't sit back long enough in the count evens up at one and one two out nobody on tries to change up on him there but it's a ball two and one it's going to be back to some serious T work if he can't put that pitch in play right in his wheelhouse and there's strike three so we'll see now if they can manage to hold on to this huge lead as the side is retired one in the inning and it comes from a rather unlikely power source last chance coming up for the Orioles it's now six to one in favor of New York bottom of the inning now so stepping in Anthony Santander he looked to bounce back after striking out with a fastball you can tell he was late on that one and we'll see if he tries to cheat to something this a big hey there's an old saying in baseball you need to take a strike in this spot well he got one there now he just needs to find a way to get on gets the fastball by him here and he's in control oh and two oh to count you could do just about anything you want right now up down in out hard soft good time to be a pitcher that moves to a ball and two strikes now the one to hold back on the curve ball in the dirt it's full now three and two Wow from oh and two to three and two on that last pitch on two and two wasn't even close he had this guy in the ropes but now he let him right back into this at bat hold toward right center field Gardner is there it's the play one away so coming to the plate hey bro Severino was sat down on strikes in his last at bat he's ready here's the first offering the 0 1 pitch after two great pitches he has a lot of options right now he could bounce something or go elevated fastball to short for his picks it up on the first and the Orioles are down to their final out digging in and looking for more Chris Davis he comes to the plate as the last chance for his side two out here in the ninth first pitch coming here it is not close with the off speed pitch taken for a ball downstairs two balls and no strikes bases are empty here with two men out Wow that looked to be well inside but it's a called strike two and one now swing and a miss and they're up against it now as they're down to their final strike of the afternoon Baltimore down to their final strike swing and a miss he struck him out and that will do it here as the ball game is over you might think it's just another win but it's awfully hard to win in this game especially on the road but they find a way to get it done and they should be very happy with this performance six to one the final tally today the Yankees posted a three run first to propel them to the win Garrett Cole earns his first win of the season as he struck out 13 in this one John Means was only able to work four innings as he takes the loss so that just about does it for Mark DeRosa Dan please act Heidi Watney and our entire crew on Matt Vascers and you've been watching MLB the show for more make your way over to the show nation dot com