 We are under the lights this evening as we get you set for another edition of baseball on the show coming up. We've got a good match up in store between the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the New York Yankees Yankees baseball is next Jay Hap a Southpaw from Illinois against the starting call in this one. Dan please act. What do you got. Hey Matt this guy's been throwing the ball really well. He picked up his 10th win of the year in his last one and he'd like nothing more than to make it two good ones in a row and pick up his win number 11 today. He now is Andleton Simmons and we are set for baseball here this evening. First delivery to him on the way start of a four game set as the game's first pitch misses for ball one and as the Yankees get started here tonight guys they've got to be considered the hottest team in baseball right now as they come in with the players of nine of their last 10 ball games. Yeah Maddie this team finds itself with a huge lead double digits right now and climbing playing really good baseball. Some people will say oh you don't want to have that big a lead. You start resting on your laurels. I look at it the other way man you've earned the right to kind of get some guys off their feet if the manager wants. There's a lot of different ways you can go about it. This team's focused in playing really good baseball. I would not worry about it. I'm just pushing the throttle. He got the fastball where he wanted and just pulled off of it on they really bunch him up on that one as he swings and misses for the first out. That was a nasty looking slider that time. Yeah that was really well executed that classic strike out. You think it's fastball middle in then it starts bearing in on your back leg and unless you hit it out front there's nothing much you can do with that into the box. David Fletcher as the first hitter and misses to him. It's ball one. Hap has thrown north of 1,800 big league innings in his career and over those innings he's collected over 1,500 strike outs on a big swing and he crushes this ball deep. My goodness a long home run. So a solo shot down the line in left eighth home run on the season for him as the angels take a one to nothing lead. Love the homer in the top of the line and give your pitcher a chance to kind of regroup and gather himself with an early lead in now is Anthony Rendon as he takes a called strike at the knees it's own one and you see the numbers there he's been very dangerous at the plate to say the least the 0 and 1 delivery snatched out of midair at first base for out number two. Hiding into the box Mike Trout first pitch of the at bat on its way fastball too high to start him out here one and all wouldn't mind a pitcher expand in his own a little bit more and using his aggressiveness against him and there's a base hit on a line you know Dero I'm not sure if you're one of those superstitious guys but a 13 game hitting straight seems like a pretty good number for this guy. Yeah that's the old baker's dozen right there. We're almost looking at two weeks of just sleeping like a baby. I can't be you hear me reiterate this throughout this streak. I can't tell you when you're swinging the bat like this and now they've got him picked off and the tag is on him to retire the side. Felix Pena gets the starting nod for the halos. What do you have for us on him Danny. Hey one of the strengths of this guy is handling right handed hitters right handers coming into this game are hitting under 250 against this guy. So he's doing a lot of things right when the right handers step into the batter's box. Here comes Brett Gardner now as he'll lead things off in the home first. Now here's the pitch so fellows this angels team entering play here tonight. They've had it go in the last 10 games. There's seven and three over that stretch including a win last time out. Yeah Maddie this team has been playing really well right now and this is case in point chance to jump out again to another one nothing lead. They've really been doing that they've been on the attack early offensive almost ambush like approaches to their bats and it's working for sometimes you just got to trust your hands. It probably wasn't even in the zone and he was able to fight it off for a base hit and that'll bring up Gliber Torres a line shot to third base but the runner is back to avoid the double play coming to the plate now. Giancarlo Stanton he enters this one second in the American League and round trippers. Yeah he's blasted four home runs in his last 10 games too. And he's got that power stroke working right now. This guy's an absolute nightmare to opposing pitcher power to all fields and he'll take that ball away and drive it for opposite field power. He's ready. Here's the first off. He's going to get it. He's going to get it. He's going to get it. He's going to get it. He's going to get it. He's going to get it. Here's the first offering and they pitch out here but nothing's going on. Our umpires calling balls and strikes is Mr. Earl Hendricks. Hey you know Dero the book kind of on Earl Hendricks is he likes one side of the plate or the other. Could it be where he sets up behind the catcher. It could be Dan but as a hitter that's all you look for. You get I'll give you a little bit off the outside edge if you're going to be consistent with it to an ode to the Yankees left fielder. Gardner stands at first with three and oh now died three and oh now. Wow this is the kind of count you'd like to get your superstar hitters in right three and oh you can bet he has the green light on this pitch from the belt the pitch that one's in there three and one you maybe get two pitches a game where all the guesswork goes out the window this is certainly that situation that misses ball four so it's first and second now with only one away to the box. Now Gary Sanchez and there you see his righty lefty splits and how they played out so far this season set here it comes and there's a fastball well off the plate inside first and second now one man out two and oh got to find a way to execute either a good fastball down the way or flip something off speed for a strike you cannot miss over the harder plate in these situations the hitter is on high alert now the two hit the other way out toward right field giving Chase his good one now this will rattle up against the wall and a good throw is going to hold that runner at third. So they're loaded now with only one away after that hit right there Dero that extends his hitting streak to six games. Yeah no doubt about it. Six days in a row with Knox will help you sleep better at night down to the plate now Mike Tuckman as the first pitchers have been high it's ball one the average four in the two sixty seven on the year nine homers and twenty five driven in him to swing through it it's one and one obviously a huge situation in the game here but at the plate he's got to keep it simple. He can't try to do too much just because the bases are juiced at the very least just find a way to get that tying run home from third outside two and one. It often becomes harder to hit the zone when the pressure starts to heat up Frank too called and it's even a two one of my favorite pitches in the game right there. The old Greg Maddox equalizer started at the front hit and bring it back ended up the first baseline but a foul ball as it holds it two and two and two now boy not what you want coming out of the gate as a pitcher right you don't want to have to show all of your pitches this early on in the game but that's a quality of that and what does it make you do as a pitcher. You have to use a lot of your pitches and the more pitches a hitter sees the better chance they have to make good contact and it misses ball for and that will force Homer run and it's been an absolute nightmare start to the game and the nightmare continues as he walks in a run here in the first the wheels are not completely off the bus but they're definitely wobbling. We'll see if he can limit the damage going forward digging in now. Giorg Shella as he begins this one as the fourth leading hitter in the American League there's no way you could have forecasted this kind of season from this guy not to take anything away from them but I don't think many people in baseball considered him to be one of the league's best hitters for average coming into this year is the first pitch to him grounded to short Simmons has it. There's one for one to pull holes they get them both and they end the inning Yankees forced to settle for one one inning in the books here all the way to the end of the season. He's tied at one and one yet his evening at the plate started Tommy Lestella batting just a notch below three hundred so far on the season. First offering on its way to wind up and the 0 1 and this is high a ball and a strike come back with one dirt as the count moves to two and one now and the pitch hit hard to the right side reigned in so John here to start the second stepping up now Justin Upton and he's a guy that's really scuffling at the plate right now first pitch on its way to Upton and this is lifted high in the air down the right field line but no chance to run it down it's a foul ball one out nobody on that's over but low ball in a strike it's a high fly ball headed for the left field corner if it stays fair it's gone but this one will bend foul had plenty of distance though as it landed in the upper deck now a swing and a missy struck him out and it's too up to down to start the second. Hey I'm not sure what he was sitting on right there might have been sitting on an off speed pitch but instead he gets the fastball way late had no chance to put that ball in play next batter to the plate Brian Goodwin as he'll go after the first pitch to him and comes up empty at strike one he'll work on keeping this top of the second alive wind up and the 0 1 drill down the line but this will get foul for strike to bases are empty here with two men out swung on and missed and that's the final out of the inning angels go down one two three will go to the left half of the second tied one apiece Miguel Anduja set to lead off the home half of the second base player deliver here's the first pitch the O2 pitch hit hard on the ground to the right and this gets through into right so he turns the O and two count into a leadoff base hit you don't see that too much in today's game most guys it doesn't matter what the count drive the ball out of the ball park not the case here good to strike adjustment able to punch a ground ball through a hole for a single into the box now look boy as you watch a slider that stays inside for ball one he'll start this one at two sixty nine eighteen homers and forty four RBI's a swing and a miss that's the first strike two balls and a strike to the Yankees first baseman this right hand a pitcher his bread and butter is that to the right and he loves to throw it inside to one home leadoff man aboard here in a one one ball game and that's taken high for a ball it's full now three and two look like he tried to elevate a fastball in that two to pitch there but kind of overdid it with a pitch that high it's pretty easy to lay off if you're the hitter to second for one on the first and that's now two innings and two double play balls here right to a way now striding in Tyler Wayne you'll get to take his first cuts here swing and a liner but the shortstop's got him played perfectly as he takes this in for the third out Yanks held in check through two were tied one a piece welcome back to the Bronx where these fans have witnessed a lot of good pitching from their Yankees this season coming into the day they ranked first in the league in the LRA and strikeouts a combination that has opposing lineups searching for answers one member of the staff told me it's a special group of guys I've never been on a pitching staff that's so dominant top to bottom and I've been on some pretty good ones and one of the hitters on the team told me I'm relieved I get to stand behind them and play defense instead of staring them down in the box that can't be fun the first back to you number five all right thanks I.D. Now here it comes Albert Pujols is into start things off here as he looks at a called strike it's nothing in one found it softly down the line toward first but that'll get foul it's 0 and 2 now a ball and two strikes to Albert Pujols boy he sped him up in this at bat now it's time for the changeup this guy's got a good one and he hasn't thrown it yet in this at bat lifted in the air out to right Tuckman is over a few steps as he puts it away for the first time so one away and here's the left handed hitting catcher Jason Castro first pitch of the at bat on its way this ball is heading for the seats down the right side as the count will move to 0 and 2 now bases are empty one man and he'll try and tempt him with one of the dirt but he'll hold back here it's one and two and that 0 2 fastball wasn't even close but on the hit right now I'm still sitting on that heater the 1 2 is a swing and a miss that strike three really good late bite on that slider right there the best ones have that late action that just darts at the last minute they're so tough to get the bat on and when you've got that good slider going it's a great strikeout pitch so now to the plate will be in Grelton Simmons as he'll go after the first pitch and bounce it into foul territory Simmons is truly an elite level defender which is a big deal given the position he plays in the middle infield defensive metrics have become a bigger and bigger part of evaluating players of course and he's consistently among the leaders in these newer categories at his position yeah you can tell his pitching Steph absolutely loves him first step quickness soft hands an absolute cannon for an arm this guy fits to build defensively and do harm he's got it and the side is retired angels are gone in order after two and a half it remains a 1 1 ball game last half of the inning and up next the left handed hitting Brett Gardner and a shot hit down the corner fly to start the inning instead of foul ball the wind up here comes the 2 2 pitch another foul ball hit on the ground down the first baseline things at 2 and 2 now here it comes hey this has been an epic get bat right 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 neither guy given in here's the next one and good patience exercised as he works out to walk to lead off the home half of the third and don't forget he lost his last time out so he wants to get off on the right foot here the last thing he wanted was to walk the lead off now digging in to try it again Torres hit it hard been lined out in his first step back yeah Matty but as he walks to the plate right here he feels good building off that last AP he hit that ball on the screws he'll try and entice him with a high fastball but he wouldn't commit it's all one that's a good take on a fastball out of the zone hey I get it he's looking for a ball to drive but that ball was a little bit too far up in the zone that's one you normally pop right up on a no pitch on the way swing and a screamer but this one's not going to stay fair boy not exactly what you'd like as a pitcher one of the keys is to minimize your pitches attack the strike zone early a lot of deep counts and working himself into a lot of trouble and that's ball three now is it just misses below the zone these last two guys are making him work quite a bit out there both have been long at bats and all in all he's had to make 13 throws just to them so far not the kind of swing you're looking for three and one as it runs to a full count now three and two here comes the payoff pitch how it's hit to third five four three and they turn the double play nice job on the mound to bounce back from the leadoff block those are usually pretty costly but that won't be the case this time after the two ball bases empty now after the double play and standing in as the veteran outfielder Jean-Carlo Stanton infield in the over shift here now the pitch and that one swung on and missed 0 and 1 two out nobody on fastball misses inside it's even at one Stanton a California born ball player he's an 11 year vet at the major league level so he certainly puts together a nice career in professional baseball yeah Matty you ain't kidding right there 10 years we refer to that in a biz as hitting full pension the 1 2 no that missed that the ball fouled away ready with another 2 2 and there's ball three on a breaking ball that misses away for the guy in the mound this is one of those innings where nothing comes easy he's thrown a bunch of pitches and this a B hasn't been any different definitely laboring at the moment still hang in with him another good swing to keep it going that's back to back sliders on the outside part of the plate now would be a good time to come in with that good hard stuff inside the eighth pitch of the at bat is the one that finally does it as he wears him down and the inning is over down in order go the Yankees we played three full we're tied at one ready for another chance David Fletcher he went deep in his first at back we'll see what he's got in store for us here and I'm sure as he strides to the plate right here he certainly got to have a little bit more confidence but that's not his game he's got to get back to what makes him successful put back to baseball and try and drive something right back up the middle to the wind up here comes the 0 and 1 loft it in the air out toward right center right fielder is on the run but he can't make the play as it finds the outfield grass so another multi hit game for him as he's aboard here in the top of the fourth inning and we check out the angels leaders in that category to find that he currently ranks third on the ball club in next will be Anthony Rendon as the first pitch to him is in there for a called strike one both clubs with three hits in the ballgame set up away with the change up but it's one and one there's a fastball well off the plate for a ball fouls this one off to two it's the top of the zone he struck him out looking 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 and that'll bring Mike Prout to the dish as the first pitch to him is taken alone away for ball one finds the zone strike one one run on three hits and no errors to this point for the angels three high two and one I don't blame him for not coming over the heart of the plate he circled this guy on the lineup card when he got to the yard today he's been swinging one of the hotter bats in the game and now it's even at two and two full count three balls and two strikes to the angels center fielder not a bad time right here to put that runner in motion three to count you send the runner and if it's a bad pitch it's ball four they off pitch home and he lays off here a nice job it's ball four first and second now with one away he's going to be pretty upset with himself about that three to pitch all you want to do in that count is make a competitive pitch but that one wasn't even sniffing the zone and he let him get away thing in Tommy Lestella he's over one after grounding out in his only trip to the plate so far yeah Matty expect this pitcher to try and get the same result that's his last at bat right here the double play is in order anything on the ground the way this defense is they could certainly roll to ball one to start the at bat there's a breaking popped up in Doohar foul ground he hauls it in without any trouble and there are two away just and up to looking to put the ball in play here he went down on strikes in his first at bat yeah kind of shocked he got blown away with a fastball you could tell he was laid on that one and we'll see if he tries to cheat to something this a big and that misses ball one one and oh here it is three hits and no errors to this point for the angels hitting the air down the right field line but this is just going to wind up being a foul ball is a slider that runs inside that time and that'll keep him from diving out over the plate here's the two and two swaying in a miss as he chased with two strikes and that will retire the side angels strand a couple will go to the bottom of the fourth tied one to one just about set to go for the last of the fourth but before we do that here's Heidi Watney thanks Matt I talked with the 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 worked out three walks so he feels as though that kind of willingness to let the opposition work themselves into trouble will continue to result in good things for them on the scoreboard alright Heidi thank you bottom of the inning now and the next to bat the Dominican born catcher Gary Sanchez the catcher Gary comes the first pitch he's outside for a ball well this is spot you'd like to be in two oh good hitter gonna turn it loose right here and that's over two and one nasty two oh slider right there for a strike no shame in tipping your hat three and one now teams been struggling on offense let your D work for you right here pound the zone I couldn't catch up with the gas that time when you get yourself to a three one count and you get a fastball those are the ones you really want to punish couldn't get the bat on it so we'll see if that comes back to Haunted three to pitch is a wave and a miss he struck him out any time a pitcher locates a fastball on the inside corner it's going to be a tough pitch that one was spot on and he had no answer for it plate now Mike Tuckman and he'll watch one miss up and away for a ball one and all the average for him at two sixty seven on the year nine homers twenty six RB eyes ball here that's taken for ball two now the two oh lifted the other way down the left field line and this will wind up a foul ball one half nobody on and it's fouled away now the two two doesn't get the zone count full now I know we buried that slider in right there but that's a dangerous pitch if he doesn't pop commit and bury that inside it leaks out over the plate he can get hurt with that pitch now the three and two pitch hard hit ball to second he's right there and throw to Pujols is in time for the second out next to be the designated hitter Geo or Shella with the first pitch here it comes swing and a liner foul I know that's the spot he didn't want to miss him but he got away with it slider swung on and grounded toward short what a play and that ends the inning off a one leg in the hole falling away that is pure magic back with more on this Monday night after this welcome back Heidi Watney standing by as we get set for the top of the fifth Matt I had a chance to discuss the state of the Angels offense with their manager between innings and he told me he feels like they're being too patient at the plate right now he said the problem is they're allowing themselves to fall behind in the count way too often which is forcing them to constantly be in protect mode and swing at bad pitches a lot of their outs have come from at bats where they've fallen behind so the focus going forward needs to be about being the aggressor early in the at bats thank you Heidi here's the first pitch to him a fastball here is he'll take a look at ball one one and all the bouncer to the left side and this is going to be extra bases here to kick off the fifth around first he's digging for second and he'll pull in the second here with nobody out here's Albert now the Sibley off a slider too low ball one comes into this at bat 0 for one in the ballgame 1 0 count here it is this is high in the air out toward left center Gardner on the moon he makes the catch and tagging is the runner from second and he'll make it up to third safely here with one away Jason Castro the catcher is in he's 0 for 1 thus far this is situation where the offensive player just needs to do his job take inventory infield back gets you a ground ball somewhere in the infield preferably off the corners and get your team one and one to Jason Castro is a fastball that misses everyone in the ballpark knows what the pitchers intentions are in this situation great job at the plate to lay off the tough pitch in a good spot to swing by Castro as he gets a lot of this one out to deep right field and they take the lead it's gone a two run blast to straight away right field home run number 15 for him thus far and it gives the angels a three to one lead there's still some game left to be played but that one swing could end up being a deciding factor in this one. Andrelton Simmons yes he'll take a look at ball one. He's 0 for 2 in the ballgame so far on home misses ball to not even close with the 1 0 he needs to get back in the zone but be careful work the quadrants and a ball pop foul to the right side out of play the 2 1 home ball even a 2 and 2 swung on and hit in the air again deep down the left field line and it's off the foul pole back to back home runs so a solo shot down the line in left home run number 16 for him on the year and the angels have opened it up to a four to one boy talk about when you're hot you're hot gets two bombs yesterday and another long bomb so far today when this guy gets hot he's near impossible to stop I'm not giving this guy a pitch anywhere close to it David Fletcher as he puts it on the ground a third and there aren't two away now so bases are empty here with two gone and that'll bring up Anthony Rendon the first pitch to him when he's pitching effectively usually that two seen fastball is moving quite a bit but here it's just kind of flat and straight could be a big part of the reason why he's getting knocked around here's a swing and a miss one and one Wow great pitch right there right changing speeds how about that straight change up how about that swing howdy if you're waving at me up high two and one now well I think he just kind of lost focused on the mound right there it's clearly not going his way and he's thinking more about that than the task at hand and right now he needs to think about this hitter being line drive that's going to be troubled Rendon on his way to second make it to second base now with two gone hey guys that was a nice job by the batter right there was able to get his front foot down early recognized a back door slider stay inside it and drive it the other way is the center fielder Mike trap runner in scoring position with two gone first pitch on its way breaking ball below the zone that's ball one well his last time out guys were just flailing away at that slider but tonight completely different story I think their approach coming to the plate tonight was to lay off that pitch until he shows he can throw it for a strike ready with the 1 0 pitch now a good pitch around the knees but it doesn't quite catch the bottom of the zone he certainly has an open base down there but you don't want your defender stand to flat foot it for much longer three runs already home here two and one what I love right there is just a freedom in that hack he ain't trying to do anything but hit the baseball as far as he can two one home oh right back to him on the mound and he'll flip it on to first and with it that ends the inning so three runs on four hits no errors in a man left on home half of the fifth coming up hits the Angels four and the Yankees one set now for the bottom of the fifth and that will give way to the third baseman Miguel Andujar first offering on its way fouled off did high and deep out to straight away left up and going back almost into the short porch but it's off the wall and the Yankees are in business here it's a lead off double he obviously didn't let last night's hit us out and get to his head too much because that's his second hit of the ballgame this one a double I'm sure he's feeling a lot better about the way he's going right now looks boy as he lays off a fastball too low for ball one 0 for 1 for him here in this one under no delivery downstairs two balls and no strikes fifth inning here in a four to one ballgame he and Oh now misses there for ball four so runners are at first and second now with nobody out so stepping in Tyler Wayne hit it hard been lined out in his first at bat yeah pretty unlucky right there Matty squared up a fastball nicely and that's all you can do you just want to be on time for the heater and he's prepared for this next day Bay ball misses here to start the at bat it's one and only perfect time for a mound visit right here just to give him a breather a chance to collect himself and get back to work swinging a little blooper to center and that's going to fall for a base hit and the throw will go to second as they get to force out man I don't know how that happened to be a base hit to the outfield but then all of a sudden the throw comes in and they get the force on the plate to be honest that just can't happen this way toward the mound now is Skipper Joe Madden and a change is forthcoming as that's going to do it for his starter here this evening so he'll head to the dugout after working just four and a third not enough to qualify for the victory as his bullpen will have to go a long way to hang on to the lead Matt Andries takes the mound to try to get out of this mess there are two on with only one away Gardner will be the first to greet him here as he'll do so with runners at the corners and only one out as a look now the pitch curveball bounces in this one gets away holds on but the trailer will take second on this is away here it's two and oh about the pitch two and one now found a short taken in by Simmons go to first is in time but meanwhile the runner is in to score so a runner in scoring position with two men gone and that will bring up labor Torres set and the pitch I'm stirring now in that angel bullpen as it'll be both the lefty and a righty that start to get loose the 1 0 hit hard to third a diving effort as it's off his glove and a good effort here but he's well safe at first and there are two on and two out now Jim chrono Stanton now as he takes a fastball off the plate for a ball one and all and we'll see what he can do here with a pair of runners on base and two gone here in the fifth two balls and no strikes the count of Stanton a time to start making some quality pitches he finds himself in a tough spot behind an account with guys on base put this one away and the side is retired a run on two hits for the Yankees five innings complete it's the angels four and the Yankees two takes over to start the sixth inning on the mound winning set to get underway and that'll bring in Tommy Lestella to bat next on the stretch here's the pitch pause and the O2 and the dirt but swung on and missed and he makes the throat of first Lestella is retired and there's one away ready once again Justin Upton he went down on strikes last time up he's got to put that one behind him especially with runners in scoring position those punch outs will stick with you a little longer swing and there it goes deep to left no chance at bringing this one back and gone and absolute bomb Justin Upton with a solo home run number twenty one for him on the season and just like that it's now a five to ball game well they've got the elevate and celebrate thing working in this one guys that was their fourth big fly of the game. Yeah. Hey Matt Evie this big ball park in the Bronx has that shortporks in right field D row but you can hit the ball out of just about any part of his ballpark. Yeah. This place plays sneaky small. I know it's got big gaps but right field is so juicy as a right handed hitter you don't feel like you have to cheat not surprised by what we saw today one for two in the ball game thus far and this runs inside and that looked like it got him pretty good. Well I'm not sure if he was looking past this guy to the slugger coming up or just lost focus. But now the big bad stuff to the plate with a great RBI opportunity digging in once again Albert Pujols. It was a flyout for him in his last trip first delivery to him on the way ripped down the line this gets foul it's 0 and 1 runners on first with one down. This one's in the dirt. Good job keeping it close as the count goes to one and one about the pitch still a ball and two strikes and that misses two and two. I don't blame the pitcher one bit for trying to get to chase right there. He's been fouling everything off. He still got the entire arsenal open to him. So we'll see what pitch he comes with next. Breaking ball well inside and taken for ball three. You can certainly tell at bats like this one frustrate the heck out of a pitcher. But you've got to find a way to stay composed and execute your plan on the only battle for so long as he's finally set down here after an eight pitch at bat. Jason Castro will stand in again as we flash you back to the middle innings here. This was a big blow a two run home run that really got his guys going. And he here's the first offering swing and a miss on the sinker 0 and 1. In my opinion one of the toughest pitches in the game to square up just a heavy sinker with good downward action barely able to make contact down 0 and 2 now a runner on first with two away a swing and a miss on a ball way outside the strike zone and the inning is over the Angels add one more to their lead and it comes via the solo home run on to the bottom of the sixth. It's now five to two Angels riding forward now the Yankee cleanup here. Gary Sanchez faced Matt Andrews previously just a three for thirteen batting line. He's taken him deep once below the knees one ball no strikes that's why two and oh now here's the pitch three balls no strike. Mike Tuckman waits on deck has taken strike one maybe a little jumpy there as he swings through the fastball ready to deliver the full count pitch swing and a miss and they'll come all the way back from three and oh to punch him out one away leading off the inning. Your job is to get on base and set the table for the inning. That was a pretty good bat that he pushed a count to three and two and made the picture work. But I think he'd like to have that three to pitch back pretty sure that was ball for he went after to the plate now Mike Tuckman and she'll take a look at a strike right down the middle of its own one. He was retired via the ground ball last time up to the wind up. Here comes the oh and one one one misses again ball three to short. Proto Pujols is in time for the second out to bring in Giovanni your shell off. He was a ground out victim last time up comes the first pitch high in the air down the right field line Goodwin will reach out with one hand to make the catch on the move and that ends the inning. One two three go the bombers they trail five two. Ben Heller is on to pitch from the bullpen now to start ending number seven set for the start of the inning on standing in one of the best two strike hitters in baseball. Andrelton Simmons first pitch of the at bat on its way wheat grounder down the line at third bare handed at his knees he is out and what a vital play there preventing the lead off man from getting aboard David Fletcher 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 often running early on slider gets the outside that's a strike and some action out in the Yankee bullpen now as a right hander starts to loosen up five to our score as we play any number seven and he falls behind 0 and 2 nothing in two count and the pitch swinging a ball hit on the ground throw gets him to down trying to pick things up where we left off Anthony Rendon he doubled his last time through his pitch coming here it is bases are empty here with two men out two balls and no strikes to Anthony Rendon it's a lot easier to hit when you're putting yourself in good hitters counts this guy's done a great job not swinging at pitchers pitches and when he's getting the ball in his own he's getting the barrel to he's been hot lately too high and it's three and oh if you're at the plate right now you have to realize who's on deck I guarantee you something's over the heart of the plate you have to be aggressive in the zone right here and there's a strike as he'll try to work his way back it's three and one right side but it's going to be a foul ball three two counts are usually a time to challenge the hitter but I think he'll be careful here shoot for the corner and if you miss and you walk him so what that's better than him putting one in the seats off pitch home hit sharply on the ground and that's in for a base head he's two for four now that's the difference in today's games pitchers will throw any pitch in any count but the batter was able to deliver on a three to breaking ball as the first pitch to him is swung on and missed for strike one he's working on a one for two games so far and here's a foul ball just off to the right as they get ahead of him here nothing in two to out with the man at first a little bit off the outside it's one and two the pitch swung on and lifted in the air to left center after it is Gardner he makes the catch what a play on the run to end the inning Angels leave one and it remains five to two here's Miguel and a hard now he had a two bagger and later scored in his previous play appearance and he did deliver here's the first pitch hey this is a real pesky hitter right here as a pitcher you really like to keep this guy off the bases this guy that kind of sets the tables for big innings and that's in there for his strike one and one at one two balls in the strike and this one's going to bounce up to the plate and easy take there and it's three and one now well that's a pretty well known fact that your batting average goes up as you get into more favorable hitters counts and that's especially true when we're talking about this kind of hitter not a great spot to be in if you're the pitcher lets him off the hook there as this isn't even close for ball four well the reason power hitters generally draw more walks than other guys is exactly what we saw right there pitchers work around them and nibble the corners a lot more so they don't get burned he made some good pitches but he just couldn't get him to chase enough out of the zone now at the plate look boy it was a walk in his last trip here's the first pitch to him all you want is to lead off man to get on to start a big inning maybe get a big rally going to claw your way back into this ballgame just got the corner that time with the fastball strike to the runner at first with no outs here lifted down the line in left and no one will get this one the one to in the dirt the tag and he is safe on a very close play at the bag well now might be a good time to make a visit to the mound your pitcher walks the first batter and allows them to get into scoring position with the wild pitch got to settle him down and make sure everything's all right physically here now the two two started to go did he hold up in time yes says the first base umpire it's ball three now and this is swung on and missed and boy they took care of a key man there one away well his struggles continue it's been a rough goal that at the plate with him and watching this at bat it's clear to me that his rhythm and timing they're just all off even as a pitcher like I was you can tell these things and exploit them and that'll bring up Tyler Wade as he would look at a first pitch fastball for ball one over two from him so far in this one and a strike to even the count one and one one out in a runner on second base I ties him up with a fastball inside one and two through that fastball right by him he had no chance to get the barrel of that one had to sit back on the change up and he did a good job to get the bat on that one there one two and oh a big rip at the curveball but he didn't get it and he becomes the second casualty of the inning pretty textbook breaking ball for the punch out right there got it to bend a lot and by the time it got there it had fallen completely out of the zone not much you can do with that pitch so here's the veteran Brett Gardner as he looks at a fastball that's in there for strike one and one one delivery into center field and that's going to get down for a base hit under isn't stopping here he comes to the plate the tag and he saved as it's now a two run game well that's an aggressive send their deal because this outfield has a very strong throwing arm yeah and when you're sitting in the hitters meeting next stop they go over so every base runner is unnoticed knowing that this guy's got one of the strongest arms in the league but they challenged him and it worked the box now torres to still take a look at the pitch too low it's ball one he's got a hidden three at bats to this point drives it the other way to deep right looking up his good one run blast to straight away right field number twenty three for him thus far as we are all tied at five that right there team trailing and he ties it up with a bomb interested to see how this one finishes out Justin Anderson takes over pitching duties looking to get that final out now here in this seventh inning batter's box next will be Giancarlo Stanton he will take strike one on the fastball here no balls in the strike two out nobody on one and one that we see a lefty and a right hander start to loosen up in the bullpen now the one and one pitch going to need to make a little bit of an adjustment with his slider release and at least attempt to hit her that it's going to be a strike he's falling behind now three and one when you're playing close games like this base runners mean everything so he can ill afford to start giving away free passes and he lays off ball four now the potential go ahead run is on base here so that's the second walk he's worked in this one yeah that seems to be a popular approach when this guy steps in he can really hurt you with one swing so I think the idea is mostly not to let this one guy beat you Matt now in the box Gary Sanchez he's working on a one for three thus far first offering on its way and he holds up here but the pitch is a cold strike anyway that was a pretty good fastball after he walked the hitter previous there was little angry on that heater to out with the possible go ahead run at first not close and it's one and one now one and two to the Yankees catcher it's not easy to get your barrel to a pitch that high that could be an effective location as long as he keeps it above the letters working for the punch out and the offering in the dirt and now let's see and a very big mistake as that'll move the possible go ahead run into scoring position well I know what he was thinking there the pitch before was way out of the zone and he was hacking so the pitcher says hey he's going to swing at that how about this solid strategy except this time it didn't work out and it's a wild pitch there's the two and two outside in a full count three and two now on three and two as a pitcher you've got to go with the pitch that you feel most comfortable throwing with and it looks like they'd rather go after the next guys the intentional walk signal comes here with two away now that now the plate might talk two outs and two runners aboard here in the seventh inning to deliver here's the first pitch he's really in trouble and it's just getting worse and worse and worse this guy needs to find the strike zone in the worst way two down runners at first and second and he fires in a strike this time to make it one ball and one strike that's the exact spot to lean on as a reliever as a hitter you just have to tip your cap and look for the next one but he didn't get it two and one counts Wells to three and one got a good spot to be in right now pitches falling behind an account with a guy up that it's really well with runners in scoring position two men are on with two men out basketball there finds the zone as the count goes full now three and two one of the most frustrating things for me to watch in this game is guys getting count leverage and not pull the trigger on a fastball middle in that's why you play to get most situations where you can try and do damage what do you want the nasty slider I think he was trying to be a little too fine there and a walk is the result well the good news is he has a force at every base the bad news a single probably drives in a couple of runs for the plate now is the designated hitter Giorgella not much in the way of productivity from him so far but he's got a chance to come through here in a crucial spot yeah it's time now that he has to put the rest of those bats behind him because none of that matters if he can clutch up when it really counts pitch coming here it is on the pitch and this is low ball to fight so hard to get into these type accounts you can't let this pitch get away from you you have to keyhole something middle of the plate out of the stretch the three one home fouled away well bases loaded lifted in the air out towards left center out giving chase one run score and that will get over the wall in fact so two runs will score but not the third well that's a huge base hit right there we're getting late into this one and that gives them the lead by two yeah that could be a backbreaker right there we'll see how this one ends up but nice job to get that knock right there to drive in a pair now Ryan Booker drops in from the bullpen here is the inherits a tough spot with two on and two away and that'll bring up Miguel and do hard and it looks like this could be a critical at bat in this one well a glance at my score book shows they haven't been able to get him out yet so this could be a fun at bat watch ready with the first pitch here it comes look like he was going to wait him out see if he was going to come over the heart of the plate well newsflash he is and this hitter is going to adjust his batting gloves and he better be ready in the box comes set the 0 1 the fastball is swung on the news when I broke into the league not many guys were throwing that elevated fastball with that much velocity on it the game is changed the set and the 1 2 to two balls and two strikes now here down the right field line but this is going to wind up a foul ball he set the 2 2 now a ball hit high in the air with three run blasts to straight away left number 14 on the season as this is now a five run cushion excellent swing right there that's multiple home runs in the same inning watch yourself you're missing over the heart of the plate look boy as you look at a breaking ball that misses for ball one no hits to this point fastball taken high for a ball well he knows it but this is the kind of guy you just have to go right after he's not the biggest threat with the bat so it's time to challenge him right here too high and that constant ball four at the plate Tyler Wade he looked to bounce back after striking out his last time up from the stretch to first on the first with his bull holes and he steps on the bag for the third out but not before they claim the lead here as they bat around and hang an eighth spot on him we'll look ahead to ending number eight now the Yankees lead this one and ten to five no recess has been summoned from the bullpen as he'll do so to start the eighth number eight and five Louis ready to begin the eighth and that'll bring in Tommy Lestello to bat next 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 first pitch of the at bat probably a design take right there they need base runners so they're going to make them try to bring the ball in the strike zone to wind up and the oh one swing and a miss that one tied him up classic case that a front shoulder flying open on that off speed needs to stay compact and stay in a big part of the field on only two he misses with a fast ball well below the knees laid off on the change up there swung on and missed he didn't even come close to contact on a ball way out of the zone one out I really like that he gave up nibbling out of the zone trying to get him to chase that wasn't working so he just reached back and fired a good old country hardball fastball right by him no better feeling in the world when you're a pitcher that throwing a fastball right by a guy just an upped in the next to hit and she'll take a look at a slider here that misses for ball one good fastball as he gets the swing and a miss hit down the third baseline but this will get foul it's a ball in two strikes the one to fouls this one off two to one more time swing high drive left field and deep Stanton looking up and this ball is gone no chance to make a play on that one a solo shot here to left his second home run of the game as they've cut this deficit down to four plate now Brian Goodwin as he'll take one up in the zone but indeed in the strike zone for the first strike a hidden two at bats for him at this point in the ballgame into the wind up here comes the 0 and 1 a swinging strike and now it's 0 and 2 on you can tell he wanted to hold off but he swings through the inside pitch anyway and he becomes out number two every pitcher gives up home runs some more than others but the best ones forget about them as soon as the next guy digs into the batter's box he showed me a lot right there by going after the next hitter and striking him out on only three pitches into the box Albert Pujols as he'll look at a fastball too high for ball one he's hit listen three at bats to this point bouncer up the middle for his has it throw in the dirt but a good scoop at first saves an error as the side is retired but the angels do get one back via the solo home run we'll go to the bottom of the eighth it's the Yankees 10 and the angels six so the lineup flips over and digging in Brett Gardner two hits in three at bats for him in this one hold slowly down the third base line for one delivery and the third baseline but a foul ball as it holds it two and two now here it comes and it's fouled away pay three foul balls in a row right here searching for that put away stuff there's a swing and a drive hit well out to right field goes the dino shot here to straight away right field number 17 for him on the season as it is now a five run cushion the eighth appearance of the year so far number fifty seven plate now torres the first pitch misses to him it's ball one as we near the end of this one I think it's safe to say that the story of the game has undoubtedly been the long ball guys what do you think about what we've witnessed well as a former offensive player I absolutely love it kudos to both lineups for doing absolute damage today one of the most fun watches of the year you know D world what this shows me this new age way of guys going up there and they're swinging hard you need to make good pitches quality pitches and if you don't have command of the fastball you're in for a long day and we saw that here this afternoon a ball flying out at near record pace two and one the count now the pitch swing and a miss two and two now borderline pitch right there but as a low ball hitter you can live with that as long as the umpire doesn't give him north as well three and two full count pitch home swung on and hit in the air again deep down the left field line goes the dynamite go a solo shot down the line and left his second of the game as it's now a six run ball game the looking for one 0 4 2 for him to this point playing a miss two and one get it ready big boy this guy's throwing three digits right here the best way I can help the fans is 90 to 92 you can usually see seems 92 to 95 it starts to really quick enough on you over three digits you're seeing a white blur 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 three and two now outs nobody on there's one at 97 and all he can do is foul that one away payoff pitch one more time is swung on and miss strike three that strikeout was a real good example of a pitcher continuing to make a guy chase out of the zone when you recognize a hitter is in protect mode you don't have to come inside the strike zone you could just expand further and further until he literally can't touch it so now to the plate Gary Sanchez he'll look at a fastball in there on the outer half it's 0 and 1 he's got a hit in three at bats to this point one pitch ball one that one looked like it could easily have gone the other way there's a big difference between 0 and 2 and 1 and 1 but now this next pitch probably becomes the biggest of the at bat look like the fastball got away from him there it's ball two still only one out in the inning he struck out again that's the third time he's gone down on strikes in this one that was aggressive pitching in that at bat and I like seeing that he showed all hard stuff until the fifth and final pitch for the strikeout when you work off your hard stuff it really opens up your secondary pitches to be more deceptive standing in now Mike Tuckman as with two away he'll swing and miss at the first pitch it's 0 and 1 he's 0 for 2 in the ballgame so far reaching a very thin air that time and he's very quickly down 0 and 2 usually you see Chase is outside the zone on off speed stuff like sliders breaking balls and change ups but through it right past him a swing and a miss at the gas and that ends the inning so they get a couple of runs on two hits no errors and no one left to board we played eight full the Yankees lead at twelve to six settling in now Jason Castro will lead things off here in inning number nine he's ready here's the first offering off we go in the ninth as the first pitch misses for ball one that one's going to find the seats strike one ball and two strikes to the Angels catcher here's the one and two delivery now a fastball awfully close but he doesn't get the call it's two and two now pitch on the way now here's a swing by Castro as he goes into the deep right field gone to lead off the inning a solo home run for Jason Castro his second home run of the game as they try to claw back it's a five run deficit Tommy Kingley the six foot one inch right hander will be the one to get the call from the bullpen here Andrews and Simmons he grounds it sharply to third on the first so a good bounce back pitch there as he gets the ground ball for the first out stepping up now David Fletcher one run in and one gun so far in the center ready to deliver here's the first pitch it's a high fly ball headed for the left field corner if it stays fair it's gone definitely had the distance but it winds up a foul ball and a change up here but that's taken low in the dirt for a ball right hander starts to loosen out in the bullpen now and he looks at one in there one and two a fastball but that's easy to lay off and it's back to even a two and two the stand alive putting together a really good at bat here hanging a miss on the change up and they're a two gone stepping up to the plate Anthony Rendon and he needs to make something happen they're down to their final out here in the night from the stretch took a little off and it's in for a cold strike one and this guy's got an eighty nine mile an hour change up there was a time when eighty nine was a pretty good fastball a ball hit hard to the left side that gets down and he's got himself a base hit Dan you have to love it when your defense picks you up right there keeping him at first base that looked like it had extra bases written all over great job by the left fielder to get to that ball and get the ball back in keeping that to a single Mike Trout as he takes a fastball off the plate for a ball one and all a runner on first with two away and he misses a low with it two and oh now this is the kind of count this guy feeds on at the plate you can bet he's here to hit the fastball right here the two on the way in the dirt here and he'll keep that runner where he is but meanwhile it's three and oh now and a good comeback there it's three and one into the corner and slicing foul three two two out runner on first lots of possible outcomes on this pitch angels down to their last strike and he struck him out and that'll do it for the angels here this evening if you want to know what this game was decided that's easy look no further than the seventh inning that big rally in the crooked number on the scoreboard proved to be all the difference 12 to 7 the final score in this ball game the New York Yankees jumped ahead in the seventh inning and never gave the lead back Ben Heller wins his fourth game out of a bullpen this year so that's a wrap here tonight for Mark DeRosa Dan please act in Heidi Watney this is Matt 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