Braves at Rockies | MLB Game of the Week Live on YouTube

KEVIN: FINALLY HAVE MY OWN SHOW. I'VE BEEN MR. IRRELEVANT FOR THE RED SOX FOR SO MANY YEARS. BUT NOW, THE PLACE THAT MILLAR BUILT. THE KEVIN MILLAR SHOW IS HERE. MM. >> THAT IS BIG-LEAGUE BASEBALL, BOY. >> SWING AND A MISS. STRUCK HIM OUT! >> ACUNA SENDS US HOME HAPPY! THERE IS A FESTIVAL FOR FREDDIE FREEMAN. >> WHAT A GRAB BY BLACKMON! HOW ABOUT THAT CATCH? >> ROCKIES WIN. >> AND THE BRAVES HAVE WON. KEVIN: THE KEVIN MILLAR SHOW IS HERE. WE HAVE THE BRAVES. WE HAVE THE ROCKIES. >> WHOA, I AM HERE TOO, BATMAN. THIS IS THE YOUTUBE PREGAME SHOW. WE HAVE TO BE A TEAM. ARE YOU READY? ROCKIES-BRAVES, NEXT. STAY WITH US. ♪ [CAPTIONS MADE POSSIBLE BY MLB NETWORK] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT NCICAP.ORG] >> WE ARE CERTAINLY READY AND YOU AT HOME ARE IN FOR A TREAT. BALLPARK CAM UP CLOSE ON SOME DUDE'S NECK. ONE, FAIR BETWEEN THE ROCKIES AND THE BRAVES. ATLANTA GOING FOR NINE BEFORE THEY HEAD NORTH OF THE BORDER. WELCOME TO THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE PREGAME SHOW. KEVIN MILLAR, LAUREN SHEHADI. YOU WERE SO CLOSE TO HAVING YOUR OWN GIG. KEVIN: I'M HAPPY YOU ARE HERE. LAUREN: PLUS IT IS 29 MINUTES. LET'S GO, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW COMING UP OVER THE NEXT 29 MINUTES. WE ARE GOING TO START THE CLOCK. 27:53. STARTING WITH THE PITCHING MATCHUP FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S GAME. JULIO TEHERAN LOOKING FOR HIS NINTH WIN, COMING OFF A 5-0 WIN OVER THE MARLINS. BUT IMAGINE TIM MELVILLE, CALLED UP TO REPLACE JON GRAY LAST WEEK. AS ONLY PITCHED IN SEVEN MAJOR LEAGUE GAMES. BRAVES HAVE STARS FOR DAYS. YOU ALWAYS LOOK TO JULIO TEHERAN TO DO BIG THINGS. KEVIN: HE'S BEEN THE ROCK. GREAT SLIDER. GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO WIN EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. DOESN'T GET THE ACE RECOGNITION, BUT HAS BEEN THEIR ACE. DEVASTATING SLIDER. SOME GUYS THROW SLIDERS, BUT THAT SLIDER COMES OUT LIKE A FASTBALL, STAYS ON THE SAME PLANE. SOMETIMES SLIDERS ARE KIND OF UP AND THEN DOWN. HE THROWS THAT INVISIBLE BUGS BUNNY WE LIKE TO CALL IT. HE GIVES THIS TEAM STABILITY AND SECURITY. WHEN YOU HAVE THAT, IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD. LAUREN: BRAVES PITCHING STAFF, 8-0 WITH 1.87 OVER THERE EIGHT-GAME WIN STREAK. WHAT ABOUT THE ROCKIES? SURE THERE'S INJURIES. IS THERE MORE TO IT? KEVIN: COMING INTO THE SEASON YOU HAVE A LOT OF HYPE. LAST YEAR, THEY WERE SO GOOD. YOU LOOK AT THIS SITUATION, IT JUST HASN'T BEEN GREAT. YOU CAN'T WIN A GAME ON PAPER. FREELAND WAS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS GOING. CY YOUNG CANDIDATE. MARQUEZ, GRAY, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT GO ON THROUGH A SEASON. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD. THEY HAVE TO BE SCRATCHING THEIR HEAD LIKE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED? LAUREN: BULLPEN STRUGGLED IN A MAJOR WAY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON. I WANT TO LOOK AT THE LINEUPS. I REMEMBER A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, NICK MARKAKIS GETS INJURED, AND WE THOUGHT, HOW DOES THIS BRAVES LINEUP MAKE UP FOR IT? THEY KEEP ON WINNING AND THEY KEEP COMING AT YOU. KEVIN: SO MUCH TALENT, SO MUCH ATHLETIC ABILITY. YOU HAVE LEFT, YOU HAVE RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO BRING YOUR A-GAME AGAINST THIS TEAM. THE BRAVES HAVE BEEN THE STABILITY OF THIS EAST. THIS IS A TOUGH LINEUP. LAUREN: TOUGHEST OUT WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE RIGHT NOW. KEVIN: FREDDIE FREEMAN. LAUREN: CONSISTENTLY GOOD. KEVIN: THERE'S GUYS THAT HIT DAMAGED GOODS. BUT I ALWAYS WAS A GUY TO SIT BACK. HE HIT GOOD PITCHING. THE BEST AGAINST THE BEST. LAUREN: QUALITY AT-BATS. JULIO TEHERAN PITCHING TO THIS ROCKIES LINEUP. EVERY GAME YOU ARE GOING TO GET AN AMAZING DEFENSIVE PLAY BY NOLAN ARENADO OR A TWO RUN HOME RUN. WHAT STANDS OUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS LINEUP? KEVIN: TREVOR STORY. YOU HAVE ARENADO VIGOROUSLY, BUT I DON'T THINK THEIR LINEUP HAS BEEN THE PROBLEM. WE ADDRESSED THEIR STARTING PITCHING. THIS IS A LINEUP THAT NO STARTING PITCHER LIKES TO FACED. LAUREN: I SPOKE WITH CHARLIE BLACKMON. I SAID, MOST ATHLETIC PLAYER ON THE TEAM, AND HE SAID TREVOR STORY. SPEAKING OF RYAN MCMAHON, HE'S BATTING FIFTH TODAY AND LAUREN GARDNER HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH HIM. >> RYAN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME. HOW ARE YOU FEELING AFTER YOUR ROAD TRIP WITH THE DELAY IN ST. LOUIS? >> THAT WASN'T IDEAL, OBVIOUSLY. BUT THAT IS THE GRIND OF THE SEASON. >> THE ROAD TRIP WAS A BIT OF A GRIND FOR YOU GUYS. NOW YOU ARE BACK IN THE FRIENDLY CONFINES OF COORS FIELD. >> ALWAYS NICE TO BE HOME. YOU GET TO SHOW UP TO THE PARK WHEN YOU ARE USED TO. HOPEFULLY WE PLAY SOME GOOD BALL. >> THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO DO TODAY. TIM MELVILLE ON THE MOUND FOR YOU GUYS. HOW INSPIRING IS THAT? >> THAT GUY HAS GRANTED THROUGH SO MUCH. FOR HIM TO COME HERE, HAVE THAT GREAT START, HOPEFULLY HE THROWS ANOTHER ONE TODAY FOR US. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BATS IN YOUR LINEUP, YOU GUYS ARE STACKED. HOW DO YOU MEASURE UP AGAINST THIS BRAVES LINEUP? >> THEY ARE A GOOD BASEBALL CLUB, BUT I THINK WE ARE RIGHT THERE WITH THEM. WHEN YOU LOOK AT RAW TALENT, I THINK OUR LINEUP CAN PLAY WITH ANYBODY. >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE MOOD IN THE CLUBHOUSE? >> OBVIOUSLY IT IS DOWN. WE HAD A LOT OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS, AS WE SHOULD. SOME YEARS YOU GOT IT, SOME YEARS YOU DON'T. WE ARE TRYING TO FINISH STRONG. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN. WE ARE GOING TO PLAY HARD. >> THE REASON YOU PLAY THE GAME. >> THAT IS FOR SURE. >> THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, RYAN. LAUREN: THANKS, LAUREN GARDNER AND RYAN MCMAHON. HE'S PLAYED A LITTLE BIT EVERYWHERE. ARE YOU READY FOR A LITTLE GAME? IT IS CALLED LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE. IF YOU AGREE WITH WHAT I'M SAYING, LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE. IF YOU DISAGREE, IT IS A NO. ARE YOU READY TO GO? YOU SAID WHEN I SHOWED YOU THE BRAVES LINEUP THAT FREDDIE FREEMAN WAS THE TOUGHEST OUT. RONALD ACUNA JR. IS THE BRAVES M.V.P. LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE? KEVIN: THUMBS DOWN, I WOULD SAY NO. HE IS NOT THE BRAVES M.V.P. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU KNOW WHO IS MY BRAVES M.V.P., FREDDIE FREEMAN. LAUREN: IS IT ALWAYS THE GUY THAT THE CLUBHOUSE RUNS THROUGH? IS IT ALWAYS THAT WHO IS YOUR M.V.P.? NO, RIGHT? KEVIN: HE'S JUST THERE. HE'S JUST -- I MEAN ACUNA IS PROBABLY THE MOST TALENTED, BUT IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, YOU GO TO FREDDIE FREEMAN'S LOCKER. LAUREN: THIS IS AN INTERESTING NEXT QUESTION. I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE HALL OF FAME. NOLAN ARENADO WILL BE A HALL OF FAMER. 219 CAREER HOMERS. AGE 28. CAREER O.P.S. OF .891. HE'S WON A GOLD GLOVE EVERY SEASON HE'S PLAYED IN THE BIG LEAGUES. KEVIN: 100% HE'S GOING TO THE HALL OF FAME. TODD HELTON WAS ON A FAST TRACK. HE WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME GETTING TO THE HALL OF FAME. WE SOMETIMES GET THESE AWESOME NUMBERS AND WE SAY HALL OF FAMER, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO THIS FOR A LONG TIME. NOLAN ARENADO, YOU CAN'T SAY BROOKS WAS BETTER THAN ARENADO, BUT IF ARENADO KEEPS DOING HIS THING, HE'S A FIRST BALLOT HALL OF FAMER. LAUREN: LIKE AND MAYBE SUBSCRIBE? IS THAT A COPOUT, KEVIN MILLAR? KEVIN: IT WAS POTENTIALLY A COPOUT, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY SUBSCRIBE, PERIOD. LAUREN: BUT STILL WORK TO DO. NEXT, ROCKIES PITCHING WILL BOUNCE BACK NEXT SEASON. WE SPOKE ABOUT KYLE FREELAND. FOURTH IN AND OUT CY YOUNG VOTING. ON THE REBOUND YEAR? KEVIN: LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE. THEY HAVE TO. IF THEY DON'T, THEY ARE GOING TO DO A STREET SWEEPER THROUGH THIS PITCHING ROTATION. HE'S A MUCH BETTER PICTURE THAN A SEVEN E.R.A.. I'M SUBSCRIBING. LAUREN: VERY SIMPLE AND I THINK I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING ON THIS LAST ONE. THE BRAVES WILL REACH THE NLCS. IF THE SEASON ENDED TODAY, THEY WOULD FACE THE CARDINALS AND THE WINNER OF THE WILD-CARD GAME. KEVIN: LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE. THEY ARE ON SUCH A GREAT RUN. YOU WATCH THE ATHLETIC TALENT. YOU WATCH JOSH DONALDSON. I'M LIKING AND SUBSCRIBING. I THINK WE WILL SEE THIS TEAM IN THE BIG GAMES. LAUREN: BRAVES AND ROCKIES, GETTING YOU SET FOR THE YOUTUBE GAME OF THE WEEK ON MONDAY. BRAVES BEGINNING A STRETCH OF EIGHT STRAIGHT GAMES AGAINST LOSING TEAMS. THEY'VE WON EIGHT IN A ROW AND LIFE IS GOOD. IT IS A 3:00 EASTERN FIRST PITCH. ♪ ♪ ♪ LAUREN: PAUL CLARK CAM -- BALLPARK CAM WITH A LIVE LOOK IN COLORADO. THE BRAVES AND ROCKIES. THESE TEAMS GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. BRAVES HAVE WON EIGHT IN A ROW, ROCKIES HAVE LOST FOUR STRAIGHT. JULIO TEHERAN ON THE MOUND. AFTER A SLOW START, THEIR BULLPEN IN THE LAST EIGHT GAMES, 0.64 E.R.A. COMPLETE EFFORT BY THE BRAVES RECENTLY. BRAVES AND ROCKIES COMING UP ON YOUTUBE. TO SEE MORE EXCLUSIVE CONTENT, INCLUDING VIDEO SERIES AND PLAYLISTS, SUBSCRIBE TO THE BRAVES YOUTUBE CHANNEL. LET'S HEAD BACK TO COORS FIELD FOR MORE ON TODAY'S GAME. HERE IS JEREMY AFFELDT. >> THANKS. WE HAVE ANOTHER GREAT GAME. TWO OFFENSIVE TEAMS. TIM MELVILLE PITCHING HIS SECOND GAME FOR THE ROCKIES, FACING YET ANOTHER UNBELIEVABLE OFFENSE IN THE BRAVES. IT WILL BE A TEST FOR HIM HERE AT COORS FIELD, WHERE THERE IS DIFFERENT AIR, UNBELIEVABLE OFFENSE, EIGHT STRAIGHT WINS, AND THE ROCKIES COMING OFF A 1-6 ROAD TRIP WHERE HE WAS THE ONLY WINNER FOR THE ROCKIES. MELVILLE, HE'S GOING TO HAVE A BIG SITUATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE BRAVES. THE BRAVES OFFENSE IS VERY GOOD AND MELVILLE HAS A BREAKING BALL THAT IS VERY GOOD. YOU ARE SEEING AN OFFENSE WITH THE ROCKIES WITH THEIR FIRST THREE GUYS BEING THE HIGHLIGHT FOR THE ROCKIES. THEY ARE PROBABLY A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE AT HOME, BUT THE BRAVES COMING IN AS HOT AS THEY HAVE BEEN, FACING A KID NAMED TIM MELVILLE, BUT WITH THEIR CONFIDENCE AND THEIR OFFENSE, THEIR TOP FOUR GUYS IS GOING TO BE UNBELIEVABLE. >> TIM MELVILLE IS RUNNING INTO A BUZZ SAW. EIGHT STRAIGHT WINS. THEY ARE WINNING AT HOME, WINNING ON THE ROAD. THEY ARE HITTING EVERYWHERE THEY GO. IT STARTS WITH RONALD ACUNA JR. OZZIE ALBIES, FREDDIE FREEMAN, AND JOSH DONALDSON. THAT ONE YEAR CONTRACT IS LOOKING LIKE A BARGAIN. THE MONTH OF AUGUST ISN'T EVEN OVER YET. THE ATLANTA BRAVES WILL HAVE TO RELY ON NEWLY REINSTATED DANSBY SWANSON. ON THE BRAVES SIDE OF THINGS, JULIO TEHERAN WILL TAKE THE BALL. THE ONLY HIT A LITTLE OVER .250 OFF HIM CAREER. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A HIGH-SCORING GAME, A LONG GAME, BUT A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR BASEBALL IN COLORADO. LAUREN: JOSH DONALDSON ON A ONE YEAR, $23 MILLION CONTRACT. THAT IS WITH AUSTIN RILEY READY TO GO. TWO SOLO HOME RUNS. WHEN HE CAME TO THE BRAVES, IT WAS KIND OF SLOW. YOU NOTICED SOMETHING HE'S DOING DIFFERENTLY. KEVIN: IN ALL SPORTS INJURIES ARE TERRIBLE. NOW I FEEL LIKE JOSH DONALDSON IS HEALTHY. HE'S GOT THE SHOULDER SHRUG. JUST STUFF IS COMING. THAT IS WHAT IT TAKES IN ALL SPORTS. I DON'T CARE IF IT IS SHOOTING FREE THROWS. I'VE GOT TAPE. THE LEG KICK IS GETTING HIGHER. BACK HERE IN 2012, IT IS A QUICK LITTLE LEG KICK. YOU ALWAYS HAVE MORE TIME THAN YOU THINK IN SPORTS. JOSH DONALDSON, NOW WATCH THE HEIGHT OF THIS LEG KICK. IT IS CLOSER TO THE BODY. I'M READY. IN BASEBALL, YOU WANT TO WAIT BACK AS LONG AS YOU CAN. NOW YOU SEE THE LEG KICK. BOOM. THIS KID IS THROWING THE BARREL TO THE BALL. PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK, WHAT IS THAT? THIS KID IS THROWING THE BARREL TO THE BALL. YOU START SEEING -- I WENT INTO SEATTLE, 2004, I'M STRUGGLING, BOSTON WANTS MY HEAD. I'M OUT THERE EARLY WORKING, WATCHING MEG OLIVO HIT. MIGUEL OLIVO IS HITTING EARLY WORK. CATCHER FOR THE MARINERS. BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. I WENT BACK AFTER THAT GAME. THE NEXT DAY, THEY WERE PLAYING THE ORIOLES. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CLOSED OFF. I SAID, I HAVE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT. I SAT THERE AND I HIT OPEN. I'M HITTING JUST LIKE MIGUEL OLIVO. NOW IT GOES, RIGHT? YANKEES COME TO TOWN. THIS ISN'T ABOUT ME. I'M JUST TELLING YOU, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO IT. THIS IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT HIM. THE LEG KICK IS FUN. OK. NOW IT IS, BOOM. JOSE BAUTISTA, 2009, STARTS LEG KICKING AND THEN HITS THE MOST HOME RUNS IN BASEBALL. HERE WE GO, BOOM. CONFIDENCE COMES AND NOW HE'S JOEY BATS. LAUREN: IS IT TOUGH TO TRANSITION AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING WELL? KEVIN: YOU HAVE TO CHANGE SOMETHING. I DON'T CARE IF IT IS BATTING GLOVES, SMALLER BAT, I DON'T CARE IF YOU SHAVE YOUR HEAD. IF IT IS UP IN THE BOX, ON THE PLATE, YOU CAN'T STAY THE SAME. I ALWAYS LOVED CHANGE. CHANGE IS GOOD. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO PICK UP AND MOVE. THE STARS WERE NEVER LINED UP. BUT YOU MEET NEW FRIENDS. THE KIDS ARE FINE IN SCHOOL. SAME WAY. LAUREN: WHEN I'M DOING THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON -- KEVIN: IT STOPPED ME FROM THINKING. I GOT IN THE BOX, HITTING OPEN. I COULD SEE THE PITCHER AND EVERYTHING. OK. LAUREN: HERE GOES NOTHING. KEVIN: NOTHING. THE CHEST IS OUT NOW INSTEAD OF WALKING TO THE DUGOUT LIKE THIS. IT IS ATTITUDE. JOSH DONALDSON HAS THE ATTITUDE. LAUREN: HE LOVES PLAYING BEHIND THAT STARTING STAFF AS WELL AS THAT BULLPEN. LAUREN GARDNER STANDING BY WITH SHANE GREENE. >> LAST TIME WE SAW YOU WAS AT THE ALL-STAR GAME. THE DEADLINE CAME AND WENT AND HERE YOU ARE WITH A CONTENDER. WHAT HAS THAT TRANSITION BEEN LIKE? >> I WENT FROM LAST PLACE TO FIRST PLACE OVERNIGHT. I TOOK THE REDEYE FROM COAST-TO-COAST AND HAD A GAME THAT NIGHT. IT HAS BEEN A CRAZY TRANSITION, BUT WE ARE GETTING THE BALL ROLLING. >> ESPECIALLY IN YOUR LAST FEW OUTINGS. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THAT PROCESS OF SETTLING IN WITH A NEW TEAM? >> FIRST YOU ARE LIKE THE NEW KID AT HIGH SCHOOL. YOU EAT LUNCH BY YOURSELF AND MAKE FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY. THIS CLUBHOUSE HAS A GROUP OF GOOD GUYS. IT HAS BEEN EASY TO FIT IN. THEY MADE ME FEEL WELCOME RIGHT AWAY. >> WINNING CURES ALL. WHO HAVE YOU GRAVITATED TOWARDS? >> IT IS EASY IN THE BULLPEN BECAUSE YOU ARE DOWN THERE WITH THOSE GUYS PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE GAME. >> IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT IS THE CEILING FOR THIS CLUB? >> WORLD SERIES? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A CEILING, BUT THIS TEAM CAN BEAT ANYONE IN BASEBALL. I'M GLAD THEY ARE ON MY TEAM. >> WHEN YOU GUYS HEADED HOME AFTER THIS CRAZY ROAD TRIP, YOU WILL HAVE 14 GAMES AGAINST THE NATS AND THE PHILLIES. WHAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITY WILL THAT BE? >> IT IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY. THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN PLAYING AGAINST THOSE GUYS FOR A WHILE. FOR ME IT IS A BUNCH OF NEW FACES. >> AND THEY REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHANE GREENE. LAUREN: THANK YOU, GUYS. BALLPARK CAM IN COLORADO GETTING YOU SET FOR THE BRAVES AND ROCKIES ON YOUTUBE. JULIO TEHERAN AND TIM MELVILLE IS THE PITCHING MATCHUP. HE WAS THE NUMBER ONE PITCHER COMING OUT OF THE DRAFT. WHEN YOU BROKE THROUGH, THE ROAD WASN'T AS PAVED AS YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. TIM MELVILLE, SEVEN STARTS IN THE BIG LEAGUES. KEVIN: THE BATTLES THAT GO ON, IT MAKES YOU TOUGHER. I ALWAYS SAID, IT IS, HOW ARE YOU THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES? TOUGH TIMES DON'T LAST. TOUGH PEOPLE DO. TIM, HIGH PROSPECT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. NOLAN RYAN DOMINATES AND THINGS START GETTING SQUARELY. NEXT THING, YOU ARE IN INDEPENDENT BALL. NOW HE'S BACK. THIS IS FUN TO WATCH. I LIVED THIS KIND OF STORY AS AN UNDRAFTED GUY. YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES. A LOT OF IS MATURITY. THESE ARE KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE I WAS GOING. I WAS TRYING TO GET RID OF MY ACNE AND THIS GUY IS FIRST IN THE WORLD. NOW YOU MATURE AND YOU LEARN. EAT BETTER, WHATEVER, TRAIN BETTER. LAUREN: AND HE WILL BE ON FULL DISPLAY THIS AFTERNOON ON YOUTUBE. HE WILL GET A CRACK AT THIS BRAVES LINEUP THAT IS RELENTLESS. IN THE LINEUP, DANSBY SWANSON. ONE MORE WEAPON ADDED ON. KEVIN: THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS WITH GUYS HURT. DANSBY IS BACK. MARKAKIS HAS BEEN OUT. THIS TEAM JUST KIND OF KEEPS PLUGGING AWAY. WE TALK ABOUT DEPTH. THEY HAVE DEPTH. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BENCH. GUYS HAVE STEPPED UP. LAUREN: LET'S SHIFT GEARS AND TALK ABOUT THE ROCKIES FOR A SECOND. I REMEMBER YOU TELLING ME ABOUT YOUR FIRST YEAR WITH THE MARLINS. 98 LOSSES. KEVIN: I WAS GOING TO SAY THREE DIGITS FOR SURE. HOW MANY LOSSES? LAUREN: 98. THIS IS A ROCKIES TEAM APPROACHING THE FINAL WEEK OF AUGUST AND REALLY OUT OF CONTENTION. THEY ARE PLAYING FOR A WILD-CARD. HOW DO YOU GET MOTIVATED? KEVIN: YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL. YOU GET PAID TO DO A JOB. YOU OWE IT TO THIS ORGANIZATION. I GUARANTEE THERE'S STUFF GOING ON IN THAT LOCKER ROOM. LEADERSHIP HAS TO BE BETTER. MANAGERS AND STAFF HAVE TO BE BETTER. FRONT OFFICE HAS TO BE BETTER. IT IS TOUGH, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO DO YOUR JOB. IF YOU ARE BROUGHT INTO SAVE, DO YOUR JOB. IF YOU ARE THE LEADOFF GUY, DO YOUR JOB. ONCE EVERYBODY STARTS DOING THEIR JOB AGAIN, IT GETS BETTER. I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH MONEY YOU ARE MAKING. YOU ARE MISERABLE. THEY NEED TO MAKE THIS THING BETTER. LAUREN: THE BALL FLIES IN COLORADO. TREVOR STORY WAS IN THE STUDIO AND WE SAID, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE SPLITS? HE SAID WHAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS THAT PLAYING IN COLORADO TAKES A TOLL ON YOUR BODY AS WELL. KEVIN: YOU CAN'T BREATHE. WHEN WE GO SHAG, IT IS TOUGH. YOU GO SNOW SKIING, YOU HAVE THESE OXYGEN THINGS. IT IS TOUGH. THEY DON'T GREAT -- DON'T GET CREDIT FOR THEIR OFFENSE. IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT. YOU PLAY WHERE YOU PLAY. YOU DO GOOD WHERE YOU DO GOOD. I'M WITH TREVOR. YOU CAN'T BREATHE THERE. LAUREN: DOES IT WORK AGAINST YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT PLAYING ELSEWHERE? WHEN NOLAN ARENADO AND CHARLIE BLACKMON GO ELSEWHERE? KEVIN: I THINK EVERYBODY HAS BETTER NUMBERS AT HOME. I HIT BETTER AT FENWAY. THAT IS KIND OF THE WAY IT IS. THEY ARE SPLITS, AVERAGES. YOUR MUSIC, YOUR BATTER'S BOX, YOUR BED. IT IS A GOOD PLACE TO HIT. IT IS NOT THAT THE BALL JUST FLIES OUT. IT IS A HUGE OUTFIELD. LAUREN: A LOOK AT THE STANDINGS IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE AND THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW THE DODGERS ARE THE CLASS OF THE WEST. SEVEN-GAME SERIES, DODGERS-BRAVES, TODAY. HOW DOES THAT GO DOWN? KEVIN: TODAY I'M GOING TO TAKE THE BRAVES FOR THE UPSET. JUST BECAUSE THERE IS NO REASON. NO, THE REASON WHY IS I THINK THEIR LINEUP TOP TO BOTTOM IS BETTER. I THINK ACUNA AT THE TOP OF THE LINEUP IS BETTER. FREDDIE FREEMAN MATCHING UP WITH BELLY AND JOSH DONALDSON PLAYING THE WAY HE IS -- HE HAS STABILITY IN THAT LINEUP ALL THE WAY AROUND. THE DODGERS ARE VERY SIMILAR. PROBABLY BETTER STARTING PITCHING. LAUREN: DO THE DODGERS GET PAST THE WILD-CARD WINNER? KEVIN: YEAH. LAUREN: AND THEN THEY PLAY THE BRAVES? KEVIN: WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. MY PRESEASON PREDICTION IS THE ASTROS AND BREWERS, BREWERS WIN THE WORLD SERIES. I'M TRYING TO STAY WITH THE BREWERS AS LONG AS I CAN. BUT THE BRAVES ARE TAKING MY HEART. LAUREN: FANS ARE WATCHING THIS AFTERNOON ON YOUTUBE AND HERE ARE OUR MLB GAMES OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE. SEPTEMBER 4, THE NATIONALS AND THE METS. POTENTIAL MAHLE N.L. WILD-CARD MATCHUP. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. ENJOY THE GAME ON YOUTUBE. BRAVES AND ROCKIES, FIRST PITCH, NOW. >> HERE'S THE PITCH. >> WHAT A PLAY. >> ARE YOU KIDDING ME? >> OH MY! >> WE HAD SNOW HERE BACK IN APRIL, WHICH MEANS EXTRA BASEBALL IN AUGUST. A MAKEUP OF A GAME POSTPONED MONTHS AGO. 76 DEGREES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATE. THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE WITH THE BRAVES AND ROCKIES AT COORS FIELD. HELLO TO EVERYONE WATCHING WORLDWIDE ON YOUTUBE. I'M SCOTT BRAUN. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE A BRAVES TEAM THAT HAS WON EIGHT IN A ROW. THEY ARE RIDING HIGH AND THEY ARE FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE ROCKIES IN A BIT OF A STRUGGLE. YOU WILL SEE A BRIGHT SPOT IN THAT ROTATION. YOU KNOW THE DEAL ON YOUTUBE. THIS GAME IS STREAMING LIVE AND IT IS FREE. AFTER TODAY, WE HAVE SIX MORE GAMES THE REST OF THE SEASON. JOIN THE 2 MILLION PLUS FANS WHO SUBSCRIBED TO THE MLB YOUTUBE CHANNEL. WE ARE ALSO LIVE FOR YOUTUBE TV CUSTOMERS. LET'S BRING IN THE FORMER BIG LEAGUERS, JEREMY AFFELDT, PART OF THE 2007 ROCKIES WORLD SERIES TEAM, AND YOUR FORMER TEAMMATE BACK ON KANSAS CITY YEARS AGO, MATT DYESS, HOW WAS THAT EXPERIENCE? >> HE WAS THE OLD VETERAN. I'VE ALWAYS HAD A DISDAIN FOR LEFT-HANDED PITCHERS. SCOTT: LET'S GET YOUR BEST STUFF ON THE RIGHTY. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT JULIO TEHERAN? >> JULIO TEHERAN IS NOT INTIMIDATED AT ALL. TEHERAN HAS HAD NO ISSUES WITH THIS LINEUP. BUT ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, ANYONE SHOULD BE INTIMIDATED TO PITCH. TIM MELVILLE -- SCOTT: TIM MELVILLE, YOU WERE PART OF THE FAN CLUB. >> I WAS. THIS GUY WAS IN A BARBECUE RESTAURANT COOKING THIS YEAR. MAKE HIS DEBUT WITH THE ROCKIES, THROWING NASTY HAMMERS. HE WAS HITTING. HE GOT HIS FIRST KNOCK, COUPLE R.B.I.'S, AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE THOUGHT HE HAD DONE EVERYTHING AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW HE'S DROPPING DOWN BUNTS TO SCORE ANOTHER RUN. WILL HIS CURVEBALL WORK IN COORS FIELD? I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS DIFFERENT AIR AND A DIFFERENT LINEUP. BUT IF HE'S HITTING LIKE LAST WEEK, IT IS GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR THE BRAVES LINEUP. SCOTT: YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE RUN SUPPORT. CHARLIE BLACKMON LOVES HITTING IN THIS BALLPARK. JEREMY: IT IS AN INTERESTING STAT. HE LOVES HITTING HERE. SECOND HIGHEST IN 27 YEARS. WHEN YOU HAVE A 1.281 O.P.S., THAT IS RIDICULOUS. I DON'T CARE IF IT IS COORS OR NOT. THE LACK OF OXYGEN IS DEFINITELY NOT AFFECTING HIM. HE'S DOING REALLY WELL. I THINK HE'S ONLY BEHIND LARRY WALKER IN THAT STATISTIC. ON THE ROAD, HE'S ABOUT 50% LESS O.P.S., THE WORST IN MLB HISTORY ON THE ROAD. FOR WHATEVER REASON HE'S NOT FEELING IT ON THE ROAD. BUT HE'S IN THE LINEUP TODAY AND THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS. SCOTT: THIS IS A HITTERS PARADISE. ALL THE SUPERSTARS ARE HERE. THEY'VE BEEN AWESOME. MATT: THEY REALLY HAVE. THEY'VE HAD SOME INJURIES, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THE TOP FOUR THAT THE BRAVES HAVE, AND OZZIE ALBIES HAS BEEN THE MOST CONSISTENT PLAYER IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES, HE HOLDS DOWN SECOND PLACE AT AN ALL-STAR LEVEL, AND HE STARTED TO DO DAMAGE FROM THE LEFT SIDE. JOSH DONALDSON IS THE BRINGER OF RAIN. IF YOU LOOK AT HIS STATCAST NUMBERS, HIS EXIT VELO AND BARREL PERCENTAGE IS WAY AHEAD OF HIS M.V.P. SEASON. SCOTT: THIS IS STEADY FREDDIE. MATT: HE'S HIT OVER .300. HE IS ALMOST SO GOOD HE'S BORING. YOU JUST COUNT ON IT. SCOTT: THIS GUY IS A LITTLE LESS BORING AND A LITTLE YOUNGER AT THE TOP OF THE LINEUP. MATT: EVERY DAY SINCE MAY 10, HE'S BEEN THE LEADOFF BATTER FOR THE BRAVES. HE'S PROJECTED JUST UNDER 40 STOLEN BASES. WE COULD HAVE A 40-40 PLAYER IN RONALD ACUNA JR.. SCOTT: HE IS STARTING IN CENTER FIELD. LOOK AT HIS RANK SINCE THE ALL-STAR BREAK. SECOND HALF OF LAST YEAR, THEY SAID, YOU ARE OUR LEADOFF HITTER. HE TOOK OFF. LET'S GO BACK TO THE COLORADO ROCKIES SIDE. TIM MELVILLE STOLE THE SHOW LAST WEEK. WE WILL SEE IF HE CAN PULL THAT OFF AGAIN. AND WE WILL BRING IN LAUREN GARDNER WITH MORE. LAUREN GARDNER: WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND AN ARTICLE ENTITLED, FROM BARBECUE TO BASEBALL. THOSE ARE TWO OF MY FAVORITE THINGS. WHAT I FOUND WAS AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF A KID IN 2008 THAT WAS RANKED THE BEST PITCHER IN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL IN AMERICA. HE WAS LATER DRAFTED BY THE ROYALS, BUT STRUGGLED IN THE MINORS. HE LATER BOUNCED ON UNTIL HE ENDED UP GETTING DROPPED BY THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES THIS PAST OFF-SEASON. HE FOUND HIMSELF WORKING IN A BARBECUE RESTAURANT. AND OF COURSE HE GOT TO EAT AS MUCH FREE BARBECUE AS HE WANTED. HE ENDED UP PLAYING INDEPENDENT BALL. HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO THROW THE GAME OF HIS LIFE. IT WAS A PERFORMANCE THAT BUD BLACK CALLED A THROWBACK GAME. HE RELIED SO MUCH ON HIS SECONDARY PITCHES. THE STORY IS THAT YOU NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIGHT UP THE RADAR GUN IN ORDER TO LIGHT UP OUR HEARTS. IF YOU WORK AT A BARBECUE RESTAURANT, YOU GET AS MUCH FREE BARBECUE AS YOU WANT. SCOTT: THANKS, LAUREN. BRAVES-ROCKIES, ONE MORE TIME THIS YEAR IN DENVER, LET'S GO. >> WHAT A CATCH THAT WAS. THAT IS ONE CENTER FIELDER ROBBING ANOTHER. >> THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS CATCH. >> DID HE JUST TURN OUT THE LIGHTS? HE DID. A WALKOFF HOMER AND THE BRAVES WIN IT. >> LEFT CENTER FIELD, DEEP, AND IT IS GONE. HOW ABOUT THAT? >> KID NUMBER 1000. >> ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN BASEBALL IS HAVING A NIGHT. >> ARENADO, BACKHAND. HE'S GOING TO GO FOR A DOUBLE PLAY. >> THE SPECTACULAR DOUBLE PLAY. HOW MANY THIRD BASEMEN CAN DO THAT? >> AND HE WILL SCORE, BRAVES WIN. INTO THE RIGHT CENTER FIELD GAP. >> TONY WOLTERS, THREE HITS AND HE DRIVES IT TO LEFT. HOFFMAN READY TO TAG. WILKERSON MAKES THE CATCH. >> TONY WOLTERS WITH A SAC FLY. >> FAIR BALL! IT IS A WALKOFF. ACUNA BRINGS HOME THE WINNER. BRAVES WIN, 504. >> YOU WON'T SEE IT FOR LONG. A GRAND SLAM FROM DESMOND. >> AND A BASE HIT COULD WIN IT. LIFTED OUT TOWARDS LEFT CENTER, THIS IS GOING TO DROP IN. MCCANN IS ABOUT TO BE A HERO. BRAVES WIN IT. THEY COME FROM BEHIND AND BEAT THE PHILLIES IN GAME ONE. SCOTT: AND THE BRAVES HAVE WON EIGHT GAMES. 6'4", SEVEN INNINGS, ONE RUN, TWO HITS. HE'S A YOUTUBE STAR. HE MADE HIS DEBUT ON YOUTUBE. ONE OF THE BEST GAMES WE'VE SEEN FROM A COLORADO STARTER THIS YEAR. AS THE ROCKIES TAKE THE FIELD, WE WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE ATLANTA BRAVES. ACUNA JR., FREEMAN, JOSH DONALDSON WITH TWO HOME RUNS YESTERDAY. NOW THEY MOVE ON TO DENVER. MATT JOYCE IN RIGHT FIELD. DANSBY SWANSON ACTIVATED TODAY. FRANCISCO CERVELLI GETTING ANOTHER START AT CATCHER. RAFAEL ORTEGA HITTING EIGHTH AND JULIO TEHERAN. OK, BACK TO THE MAIN EVENT FROM LAST WEEK. TIM MELVILLE DID THINGS THAT WERE BEYOND EXPECTATIONS AGAINST ARIZONA. WHERE HAS HE BEEN ALL OUR LIVES? JEREMY: WE HEARD HIS STATS EARLIER. NUMBER ONE HIGH SCHOOL PITCHER IN THE COUNTRY. HE GOT DRAFTED BY THE ROYALS. HE JUST DIDN'T PAN OUT. COOKING THE BARBECUE. WATCHING ARIZONA RED SOX GAMES WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND IN THE STANDS. HE MAKES HIS DEBUT IN ARIZONA. CINDERELLA STORIES HAPPEN. WHEN HE WENT OUT THERE, HE SHOWED NO STRESS, NO PRESSURE. IN A SITUATION LIKE HIS, HE PROBABLY DOESN'T FEEL -- HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. HE'S SEEN BOTH SIDES. HE'S BEEN RELEASED. HE'S BEEN IN THE MINOR LEAGUES. HE'S HAD A COUPLE SHOTS. HE GETS UP EVERY DAY AND SAYS, I'M GOING TO GIVE IT MY BEST SHOT, BUT I DON'T PUT PRESSURE ON MYSELF. SCOTT: 10 YEARS IN THE MINOR LEAGUES, 19 DIFFERENT TEAMS. HE'S A ROCKY NOW AND HE'S READY TO GO AGAINST RONALD ACUNA JR., ONE OF THE BEST IN THE SPORT. JEREMY: THAT IS A JERSEY WALL. MATT: RONALD ACUNA JR. IS HOPING HE DOESN'T HAVE HIS BREAKING BALL THAT HE HAD LAST WEEK IN ARIZONA. THAT IS FOR SURE. SCOTT: MLB GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE. WE ARE UNDERWAY. 72 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON IN DENVER. IT WAS HOT YESTERDAY. A LITTLE COOLER TODAY. BRAVES ARE SIZZLING. 80 WINS, 52 LOSSES. TWO SWINGS AND MISSES RIGHT AWAY. MATT: BOTH SIDES OF THE PLATE RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE. THIS IS NOT A COMFORTABLE SITUATION. THIS CAN BE A TOUGH MATCHUP. SCOTT: HE CONNECTS TO THE LEFT SIDE FOR STORY. ONE AWAY. LET'S SET UP THE REST OF THE ROCKIES DEFENSE. MELVILLE PLAYING CATCH WITH HIS MINOR LEAGUE BATTERY MATE. DON NUNEZ BEHIND THE PLATE. DANIEL MURPHY AT FIRST. RYAN MCMAHON PLAYING NEXT TO HIM. LEFT SIDE, ARENADO AND STORY. OUTFIELD, DESMOND, HAMPSON, CHARLIE BLACKMON. AND ACUNA'S BEST FRIEND ON THE TEAM, OZZIE ALBIES, HITTING NEXT. SWITCH HITTER GOES AFTER THE FIRST PITCH. THEY GOT ONE THING ON THE SCOUTING REPORT. THEY WERE TOLD HE IS GOING TO THROW STRIKES. MATT: THEY CAME OUT SWINGING. ACUNA JR. SWUNG ON THE FIRST PITCH AND SO HAS OZZIE NOW. SCOTT: AND HE SWINGS ON THE SECOND PITCH. HE'S GOT HIMSELF A BASE HIT. HE WILL GET THERE WITH A ONE OUT DOUBLE. MATT: ONE THING OZZIE ALBIES HAS DONE THIS YEAR, INCREASING HIS PRODUCTION FROM THE LEFT SIDE. HE STAYS ON IT LONG ENOUGH. HE WILL TAKE OFF. HE IS AS CLOSE TO A FIVE TOOL SECOND BASEMAN AS YOU CAN HAVE. SCOTT: DIDN'T MISS HIS LOCATION THERE. HE JUST KEPT HIS HANDS BACK. THAT IS A COORS FIELD DOUBLE, BY THE WAY. YOU CAN STICK IT OUT THERE WHERE THERE IS A SHIFT, YOU ARE GOING TO GET TWO. SCOTT: NOW, FREDDIE FREEMAN, AND HE WILL TAKE THE FIRST PITCH. ONE OF THE BIG MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT PLAYING BASEBALL HERE, YOU JUST THINK HOMERS. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE HOME RUNS. YOU SEE A TON OF TRIPLES. EXTRA-BASE HITS IN GENERAL. MATT: I LOVE HITTING HERE. JEREMY PROBABLY DIDN'T LOVE PITCHING. JEREMY: IT WAS TOUGH TO COME IN ON THE ROAD. IF YOU ARE A HOME PITCHER HERE, YOU KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING. ONE, YOUR OUTFIELD KNOWS HOW TO PLAY THE OUTFIELD. A LOT OF THESE VISITING TEAMS COME IN AND THEY EITHER -- THERE'S SO MUCH ROOM IN FRONT OF THE OUTFIELDER THAT THEY JUST KIND OF FLAREUP -- EXCUSE ME, THERE'S SO MUCH ROOM IN FRONT OF THE OUTFIELDER AND BEHIND THE INFIELDER, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NO MAN'S LAND, AND THE BALLS DROP QUITE A BIT. SCOTT: AND FREDDIE FREEMAN KNOWS HOW TO PRODUCE HITS LIKE THAT. BEST BATTING AVERAGE WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION GOING BACK TO 2013. BUT HE'S DOWN ON STRIKES. MELVILLE FOOLS HIM FOR HIS FIRST PUNCH OUT. JEREMY: THAT IS A BACKUP SLIDER. THAT IS WHERE YOU GET -- I GUARANTEE YOU, FREEMAN READ SLIDER, AND IT STAYS AWAY AND ASKED AS A CHANGEUP. PAUL BYRD, YOUR BRAVES ON FEEL GUY, HE USED TO THROW BACKUP SLIDERS ON PURPOSE. SCOTT: NOW JOSH DONALDSON, TWO HOME RUNS YESTERDAY. 32 ON THE YEAR. MATT: JOSH IS VERY PATIENT. THERE IS A BASE OPEN. WE CHRONICLED HOW THE BRAVES LINEUP CAN GO UP AGAINST ANYONE ELSE. SEE IF THE ROCKIES MAKE THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE LINEUP. I DON'T THINK MELVILLE PITCHES AROUND ANYBODY. JEREMY: I'M THINKING MAYBE HE'S GOING TO BE CAREFUL. HE JUST STARTED A SLIDER RIGHT AT HIM. WHATEVER. I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM MY BEST SHOT. IF I'M THE ROCKIES, WE MIGHT WANT TO STRATEGIZE. HE JUST THROWS A SLIDER AT HIM. SCOTT: NINE OF HIS FIRST 11 TOSSES FOR STRIKES. LAST WEEK, FASTBALL, SLIDER, LATE, SLOW CURVEBALL. JEREMY: IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. SCOTT: UNDER 70 MILES AN HOUR WITH THAT PITCH. 2-2. MATT: IMPRESSED WITH HIS ABILITY TO GO AFTER PEOPLE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HIS SHARPNESS OF BREAK HERE? JEREMY: RIGHT NOW IT IS LATE. THE KEY TO A BREAKING BALL IN COORS IS YOU HAVE TO FINISH IT OUTFRONT. YOU SAW HOW HE STRUCK OUT FREEMAN. HE GOT AWAY WITH IT. SCOTT: DONALDSON JUST FLICKING THE HELMET. STUFF THAT HE PROBABLY HASN'T SEEN THIS YEAR. JEREMY: CAN'T TELL IF HE WAS TRYING TO GIVE HIM A HIGH FIVE. SCOTT: TIM MELVILLE WORKS AROUND THE ALBIES DOUBLE. STRIKES OUT FREEMAN AND DONALDSON. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE ROCKIES ORDER. BLACKMON, STORY, ARENADO. THEY SIGNED DANIEL MURPHY THIS OFF-SEASON. RYAN MCMAHON, IAN DESMOND, GARRETT HAMPSON, DON NUNEZ CATCHING, AND TIM MELVILLE. IT STARTS WITH CHARLIE BLACKMON. WE SHOWED YOU IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW, THE SPLITS AT HOME VERSUS ON THE ROAD. HE LOVES HITTING AT COORS FIELD. THIS IS WHAT HE'S WORKING WITH ON THE ROAD. MATT: HE'S STRUGGLING WITH THE PITCHES AWAY. LOOK AT THAT. 500 UP AND AWAY, .391 DOWN AND AWAY. HE COVERS THE PLATE. HE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE HE HAS TO GO AWAY. WHAT IS IMPRESSIVE IS IT IS EVEN THE DOWN AND IN BALL THAT HE'S HITTING .300 ON. FRANKLY THAT IS PROBABLY WHERE I WOULD LIVE IF I HAD TO FACE HIM HERE. YOU DEFINITELY DON'T WANT IT OUT OVER THE PLATE. SCOTT: HE WILL FACE A VETERAN ON THE MOUND WHO HAS FASTBALL COMMAND. JULIO TEHERAN MAKING HIS 28TH START OF THE SEASON. DALLAS KEUCHEL JUST ADDED TO THE TEAM THIS YEAR. HE'S 28 NOW. HE DOES NOT THROW HARD. THIS IS ANOTHER SOFT TOSS OR ON THE MOUND. MATT: WHIP IS A LITTLE CONCERNING TO ME, 1.33. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THESE ROCKIES HITTERS TAKE THAT AND BE LIKE, LET'S BE A LITTLE PATIENT. HE WILL DO THAT OR HE WILL GO DEEP INTO COUNTS. THE ROCKIES HAVE THAT ABILITY. TO BE A LITTLE MORE PATIENT AND WAIT FOR THE PITCH THEY WANT TO HIT. THEY WANT TO HIT HOMERS. 100% ON THEIR MIND. JEREMY: THE TOP THREE IN THE LINEUP CERTAINLY SHOULD DO THAT. CHARLIE BLACKMON HAS 27, STORY WITH 28, AND ARENADO HAS 33. CERTAINLY SHOOTING FOR THAT 30 HOME RUN MARK. SCOTT: JULIO TEHERAN. BLACKMON, 6-25 CAREER NUMBERS AGAINST HIM. AND HE SPINS ONE TO LEFT. RAFAEL ORTEGA. AND THERE'S ONE GONE. AND HE SPINS ONE TO LEFT. AND THE DEFENSE FOR THE ATLANTA BRAVES, TEHERAN PLAYING CATCH WITH SWANSON. ACUNA JR. IN CENTER FIELD THIS AFTERNOON. JOYCE IN RIGHT. TREVOR STORY. MATT: A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER FOR THAT OUTFIELD. I THOUGHT WE MIGHT SEE BILLY HAMILTON. JEREMY: THE WAY THEY SAW HIM PITCH LEFTIES LAST WEEK, MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT TOUGH FOR BILLY HAMILTON. I WOULD THINK LATE IN THE GAME, IF THEY NEED DEFENSE, THEY WILL STICK AS MANY OUTFIELDERS AS THEY CAN IN THE OUTFIELD. SCOTT: HAMILTON, ONE OF THE FASTEST IN THE SPORT. SCOOPED UP BY THE BRAVES. THEY SAID PRIMARY USAGE. PINCH-RUNNING OF COURSE. WE'VE SEEN PLENTY OF THAT. JEREMY: WITH THIS PLAYOFF RUN THEY ARE ABOUT TO GO ON, SNITKER PROBABLY TOOK A PAGE OUT OF BOCHY'S PLAYBOOK. IF YOU WANT TO CAUSE CHAOS WHEN YOU PINCH RUN, AND YOU CAN STEAL A LATE RUN LATE IN THE GAME, ESPECIALLY IN THIS SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME, YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT THAT. ONE THING RELIEVERS DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB ON WAS HOLDING BASERUNNERS. MATT: I DEFINITELY DID NOT TRY TO HOLD GUYS. EVERY TIME I TRY TO PICK OVER, I TRY TO SNEAK A PICK OVER AND THE FIRST BASE COACH WOULD YELL BACK BEFORE I LIFT MY LEG. DID YOU GUYS HAVE SOMETHING ON ME? JEREMY: WE DID. YOUR FEET WERE A LOT WIDER TOGETHER. MATT: TEXT ME THAT AFTER YOU ARE OUT OF IT. LET ME KNOW. MY JOB WAS TO BEAT YOU. SCOTT: YOU REMEMBER THAT? MATT: IT IS A TELL LEFTIES TEND TO HAVE. DIFFERENT FOOT PLACEMENT. JEREMY: I COULD HAVE HAD ANOTHER TWO YEARS IN THE BIG LEAGUES IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT. [LAUGHTER] SCOTT: 2-2 TO STORY. THOUSAND OTHER ONE OFF. MATT: TO JEREMY'S POINT, THIS ROCKIES LINEUP CAN JUST BATTLE YOU AND BATTLE YOU. WHAT JULIO TEHERAN DOES NOT HAVE THIS YEAR IS THAT GET OFF THE MOUND PITCH. HE CAN END UP IN SOME VERY LONG AT-BATS. STORY IS DOING THAT TO HIM NOW. SCOTT: THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SQUAT AT HOME. 58-73 OVERALL, BUT AT HOME, THEY ARE ABOUT .500. JEREMY: THE DODGERS HAVE THE WINNING RECORD AND THAT IS IT. THE DODGERS AND ROCKIES. JUST INTERESTING TO ME. THEY DON'T -- -- SCOTT: THAT TWO-RUN DIFFERENCE WITH THEIR OFFENSE, BUT ALSO ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH THEIR PITCHING STAFF. THE ROCKIES DEALING WITH A TON OF INJURIES TO THEIR ROTATION. IN ON THE HANDS. THAT IS GOING TO WORK. BASE HIT FOR TREVOR STORY. MATT: YOU CAN SEE TEHERAN TRYING TO BEAT HIM. CAP FOULING THEM OFF. JEREMY: BACKUP SLIDER. THAT IS THAT BALL THAT DROPS HERE A LOT IN COORS FIELD. IT WILL GET CONTAGIOUS. ONCE A GUY DECIDES TO DROP ONE IN, NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT FOUR, FIVE RUNS ON YOU. MATT: GOT THAT ONE, JEREMY? JEREMY: NO, I WOULD GET HURT. MATT: THAT WAS CLOSE, THOUGH. THE ONE THAT WENT OFF HIS FACE BEFORE, HE ALMOST HIT ONE OFF OUR FACE ON THAT FOUL BALL. SCOTT: FIVE STRAIGHT SEASONS, 30 PLUS HOMERS, 100 PLUS R.B.I.'S. PULLS IT TO THE LEFT SIDE. STAYING BACK IS DONALDSON. HE GETS THE OUT AT SECOND AND THEY DOUBLE HIM UP. JULIO TEHERAN, DOUBLE PLAY BALL. NO SCORE AFTER ONE. NICE PICK BY FREDDIE FREEMAN AT FIRST. EASY. BACK TO TIM MELVILLE, WHO SPENT 2008 THROUGH 2014 IN THE ROYALS SYSTEM. HE WAS KNOWN AS THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL PITCHER IN HIS CLASS. NICE SHOT WITH JUSTIN VERLANDER IN 2015. MADE HIS MLB DEBUT WITH THE REDS. HE WAS PART OF A FEW MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS, REALLY COULDN'T CRACK THE ROTATION. SPENT 2016 IN THE OFF-SEASON IN THE MEXICAN WINTER LEAGUE. THE LONG ISLAND DUCKS, THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. HE WAS BACK WITH LONG ISLAND THIS SEASON. IN JUNE OF 2017, CLAIMED OFF WAIVERS BY THE PADRES. THERE'S ANOTHER UNIFORM TO ADD. AND YET ANOTHER TRIPLE-A FOR THE ORIOLES LAST SEASON. THIS YEAR, HE IS SITTING IN ARIZONA, WATCHING A GAME AS A FAN, GOES TO THE LONG ISLAND DUCKS, MOVES ONTO THE ROCKIES, AND HERE HE IS. LAUREN: INCREDIBLE STORY. INCREDIBLE JOURNEY. I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO WHEN HE WAS 11 YEARS OLD. HE HAD A RARE POSTURE DISORDER WHERE HE HAD TO HAVE A-ROD IMPLANTED INTO HIS CHEST. NATURALLY HE WAS NERVOUS ABOUT HAVING THIS SURGERY. SO HIS MOM WROTE DOWN DIFFERENT AFFIRMATIONS THAT TIM HAD TO READ, I'LL BREATHE BETTER, I'LL SWIM FASTER, I'LL WORK HARDER. HE SAID HE TOOK THOSE AFFIRMATIONS RELIGIOUSLY. THE REST IS HISTORY. SCOTT: THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY. SOMETHING REALLY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH AT A YOUNG AGE. HE DOESN'T SEEM FAZED BY MUCH. JEREMY: THE AFFIRMATION THING, I LIKE IT. I HAD TO DO THAT WHEN I PITCHED. I HAD TO TELL MYSELF, YOU GOT THIS. YOU WILL NOT THROW A HANGING BREAKING BALL. YOU WILL THROW IT TO THE PLATE. SCOTT: STRIKE ON MATT JOYCE. JEREMY: MELVILLE, SPEAKING OF POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS, I WILL STRIKE OUT FREDDIE FREEMAN. KEEP THROWING THAT BREAKING BALL. HE SAID IN THE INTERVIEW LAST WEEK, HE'S AND BRAVES HAVEN'T SEEN HIM. IT IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. SCOTT: THE INTERVIEW LAST WEEK ON THE YOUTUBE POST-GAME SHOW I THOUGHT IT WAS ALSO INTERESTING HOW HE DIDN'T SAY THERE WAS A MOMENT FOR HIM WHEN HE THOUGHT ABOUT QUITTING. MOST PLAYERS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH WHAT HE WENT THROUGH HAVE THAT STORY. MISSES UPSTAIRS TO JOYCE. THEY ASK DID YOU EVER THINK OF QUITTING? NO, I BELIEVED IN MYSELF. NOT ARROGANT. NO, I FEEL LIKE I BELONG HERE. MATT: THAT IS WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING. AND WHEN YOU PLAY INDEPENDENT BALL AT 29 YEARS OLD, ONE, YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE A FAMILY. BUT, TWO, YOU STILL HAVE THE DRIVE TO PLAY THE GAME AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS SCENARIO WITH BASEBALL THE WAY IT IS AND THE GAUNTLET TO GET TO THE BIG LEAVES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE DRIVE OR THE GAME WILL PASS YOU UP. I TIP MY HAT TO THAT GUY. SCOTT: JOYCE STAYING ALIVE, ALMOST 1,000 MINOR LEAGUE INNINGS FOR THE ROCKIES STARTER. MATT: HE COMES IN, PLAYS A SOLID RIGHT FIELD. GIVES YOU A GOOD AT-BAT. HITTING .260, ONLY FOUR HOMERS ON LIMITED. I'M CONSIDERED ABOUT MELVILLE. I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES YOU CAN BE WILD IN THE STRIKE ZONE AND SOMETIMES BEING OUT OF STRIKE ZONE ISN'T SUCH A BAD THING. JEREMY, IF YOU ARE STARTING, YOU STARTED EARLY AND YOU ARE JUST POUNDING THE STRIKE ZONE WOULD YOU ADJUST THE SECOND OR THIRD TIME THROUGH TRYING TO GET THEM TO CHASE? >> I DIDN'T FOUND THE STRIKE ZONE AS A STARTER UNFORTUNATELY. SCOTT: MATT JOYCE IS IN BUSINESS WITH A KNOCK OVER THE HEAD OF MCMAHON. JEREMY:IF A STARTER CAN DO IT EARLY AND MADDUX DID IT EARLY IN THE GAME AND THEN HE WOULD LEARN TO THROW JUST OFF THE PLATE TO WHERE HE COULD THROW BALLS LATER IN THE GAME BECAUSE HE POUNDED THE STRIKE ZONE SO EARLY HE GOT THE HITTERS IN SWING MODE. THEN YOU CAN THROW THE BREAKING BALL LOW OR FASTBALL OFF AND YOU WILL GET BAD CONTACT OR SWING AND MISS. SO HE HAS 23 PITCHES, 17 FOR STRIKES. HE PROBABLY WILL WANT TO START THE SECOND TIME THROUGH NOT THROWING SO MANY STRIKES ESPECIALLY WITH AN OFFENSE LIKE THIS. MATT: YOU HEARD THAT CHEER. THAT IS FOR DANSBY THE BRAVES FANS HERE. AT BREAKFAST HE WAS RECOGNIZED BY FOUR BRAVES FANS. I NEVER GET RECOGNIZED. SCOTT: THERE IS A PRETTY LARGE CONTINGENT BEHIND THE BRAVES DUGOUT. THAT IS CONNECTED TO DEEP CENTER AND HE HAS IT AT THE TRACK. SWANSON GIVES IT A BIG RIDE. JUST ACTIVATED TODAY. THE RIGHT FOOT CONTUSION. THEY SEND DOWN ADAM DUVAL AND THE STARTING SHORTSTOP IS BACK AND LOOKS LIKE HE HASN'T MISSED A BEAT. MATT: CAN STILL DRIVE IT UP THE MIDDLE AND HITS IT ABOUT 413 FEET ON THE FIRST SWING BACK. I THINK HE WILL TAKE THAT ANY DAY. SCOTT: HERE IS A NEW BRAVE, FRANCISCO CERVELLI. SLOW STUFF FROM MELVILLE. CERVELLI MADE HIS BRAVES DEBUT SATURDAY, 3-5. DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF HIS GEAR. STILL DOESN'T HAVE IT APPARENTLY. BORROWING FROM EVERYONE, ON METS CATCHER RENE RENE RIVERA CONTRI WITH HIS MET AND SKIP JACKSON THE SPIDERMAN CLEATS. MATT: I TALKED TO HIM BEFORE THE GAME AND HE SAID I HAD FUN BEING ON BASE BUT IF I DO THAT IN COLORADO YOU WILL HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE BOOTH TO GIVE ME MOUTH TO MOUTH. I TOLD HIM THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN SO I HOPE HE IS ONLY ON BASE TWICE. SCOTT: HE STILL HAS THE SPIDERMAN CLEATS ON. MATT: YOU GO 3-5 YOU ARE WEARING THEM. SCOTT: THAT IS TRUE. MATT: HE IS A HIGH ENERGY GUY. I GOT TO PLAY WITH HIM IN YANKEES CAMP RIGHT BEFORE THEY RELEASED HIM AND -- RELEASED ME AND KEPT HIM. GOOD CHOICE. SCOTT: CERVELLI LET LOOSE BY THE PIRATES SO THE BRAVES COULD GET HIM. BRIAN MCCANN ON THE INJURED LIST. THERE COULD BE TWO. IT IS. AFTER THE YANKEES BASE HIT A LOUD FLY BALL FROM DANSBY SWANSON AND CERVELLI BOUNCING INTO THE DOUBLE PLAY AND MIKE FOLTYNEWICZ IS JOINING US SOON SO FOR ALL OF YOU YOUTUBEERS IN THE COMMENT SECTION GIVE US SOME QUESTIONS AND WE WILL RELAY THEM TO HIM IN A MOMENT. CHECK OUT YOUTUBE LIVE GAME COMMENTARY WITH MLB, ROCKS, BRAVES AND SELECT GROUP OF YOUTUBE CREATORS. THEY WILL ADD WITH THE LIVE GAME COMMENTARY ON THE MOBILE PHONE, COMPUTER AND SMART TV. WE WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE DISCUSSION THROUGHOUT THE BROADCAST. SO, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY IN THAT COMMENTS SECTION THAT YOU HAVE FOR MIKE FOLTYNEWICZ BRAVES STARTER WE WILL RELY QUESTIONS TO HIM. THIS IS WITH WE ARE WORKING WITH THE REST OF THE SEASON. SIX MORE AFTER TODAY INCLUDING THE METS AND NATIONALS WEDNESDAY AND THEN THE NEXT DAY THE BLUE JAYS AND RAYS AND SOME GAMES IN CALIFORNIA AND BRAVES AND NATIONALS MEET ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13 AND YOU WILL HAVE THAT ON YOUTUBE. LET'S BRING IN MIKE FOLTYNEWICZ THE BRAVES STARTER LIVE ON TPHAOURB. LOWRY -- YOUTUBE. THANKS FOR COME ON. >> I'M GOOD. HOW ABOUT YOU. SCOTT: GREAT. HOW WAS PLAYERS WEEKEND. >> GREAT. I'M GLAD I GOT TO MAKE IT UP AND EVERYONE IS HAVING FUN WITH THE SWAG AND SHOES. MATT: YOU HAD A GOOD TIME THERE IN NEW YORK. YOU YOURSELF WILL A REALLY GOOD GAME. SUN INNINGS, TWO HITS, STRUCK OUT SEVEN. MIKE: I WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON PITCHING INSIDE AND THEY GOT A LOT OF GUYS WHO LIKE TO GET THEIR HANDS EXTENDED AND PUT THE BALL OVER THE FENCE AND GETTING INSIDE THAT WAS GOOD. USING THE CURVEBALL REALLY AND THEY ARE A SLIDER HITTING TEAM AND WE GOT AWAY FROM THAT AND THEN LATER WE USED IT MORE. BUT THE OFF-SPEED WAS WORKING, CHANGE-UP WAS WORKING AND I GOT GROUND BALLS TO GET DEEP IN THE GAME. JEREMY: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. YOU PITCHED IN COORS A FEW TIMES? MIKE: TWO OR THREE. JEREMY: HOW DO YOU PREPARE AS A PITCHER TO PITCH HERE? DO YOU DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY? WHETHER TRYING TO KEEP YOUREN DO YOU UNDERSTAND GOING OR HOW DO YOU PREPARE AS A STARTER TO PITCH HERE? MIKE: YOU REALLY CAN'T. ALL YOU CAN DO IS ON THE OFF-SPEED STUFF THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO FINISH IT, TRY TO GET IT UP IN THE AIR. I CAN LEAVE STUFF UP IN THE ZONE BUT YOU JUST TRY TO FINISH THE OFF-SPEED. IF YOU CAN GET HERE EARLY YOU CAN GET A BULLPEN IN AND GET USED IT THE ALTITUDE, START RUNNING. IT IS JUST GOOD TO GET UP HERE AT A DIFFERENT ALTITUDE BUT FOCUS ON THE SPEED STUFF. SCOTT: THAT SNAG ON BAT OF MURPHY AND MCMAHON STAKES A STRIKE UP IN THE ZONE. MIKE, WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMENTS SECTION WITH SOME OF THE YOUTUBE CREATORS AND THE BRAVES ARE CHIMING IN. START WITH FOOL SHALL BASEBALL. CAN YOU -- FOOLISH BASEBALL. CAN YOU REQUEST WHAT HE WAS WORK ON IN GWINNETT. MIKE: SLIDER. I DIDN'T THROW IT VERY WELL IN THE GAME. MAYBE I WAS TRYING TO DROP DOWN SOMETHING MECHANICAL SO MY ARM DIDN'T HURT BECAUSE THAT WAS A PITCH THAT KIND OF HURT MY ARM IN SPRING TRAINING AND I REHABBED IT AND GAME BACK GOOD BUT WORKING ON IT MAKING SURE TO FINISH IT UNDERNEATH IT LEFTIES, AWAY IT THE RIGHTIES INSTEAD OF LETTING IT FLOAT OVER. I KIND OF GOT THAT FEEL BACK A LITTLE BIT. I'M GLAD I WENT DOWN TO WORK ON IT BECAUSE IT IS TOUGH TO WORK ON THAT UP HERE WITH THESE LINE-UPS. IT IS GOOD TO GET THAT BACK AND IT IS WORKING WELL. SCOTT: MCMAHON STRIKES OUT. MATT: SPORTS GAME UNIVERSE ASKS THIS, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT A POTENTIAL 1991 WORLD SERIES REMATCH THIS OCTOBER? HOW ARE THE BOYS FEELING ABOUT THIS PLAYOFF RUN? MIKE: PROBABLY LIKE YOU SAID, WE ARE TAKING IT A DAY AT A TIME. YOU CAN'T LOOK TOO FAR AHEAD. WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT TOOK PLACE TO PLAY, WE ARE PLAYING THE PHILLIES AND WASHINGTON A LOT AND OVER THE NEXT MONTH SO JUST GOT TO FOCUS. THANK YOU. SCOTT: WHO IS HELPING YOU OUT THERE? MIKE: DALLAS KEUCHEL. SCOTT: SAY HELLO AND GREAT GAME YESTERDAY. MATT: IS HE THE REASON YOU DON'T GROW THE BEARD ANY MORE? MIKE: HE PUTS EVERYBODY TO SHAME. IF HE IS HERE IT IS NOT FUN. BUT THE PLAYOFF PICTURE WE ARE TAKING THEM ONE GAME AT A TIME BECAUSE WE WERE IN THAT SPOT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND DEEP IN THE STANDINGS AND YOU ARE RIGHT THERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR SO WE TAKE IT A DAY AT A TIME. WE HAVE OUR DIVISION TO PLAY A LOT AT THE END. A LOT OF US GOT PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE LAST YEAR AND WE ARE EXCITED TO MOVE ON AND GET TO HIT SEPTEMBER. SCOTT: DESMOND STAYS ALIVE. HOW COOL IS DALLAS KEUCHEL TO BE ADDED AROUND THE MID SEASON? MIKE. THE GREAT. WE RUMORS WERE GOING AROUND THAT WE MIGHT BE GETTING HIM I WAS WITH HIM IN HOUSTON A FEW YEARS AND HE WAS A TREMENDOUS TEAMMATE AND WORKER. YOU CAN TELL WHEN HE GOES OUT ON THE MOUND YOU KNOW THE WORK ETHIC. HE'S ONLY BEEN WITH US A MONTH OR MONTH AND A HALF AND IT IS AWESOME TO GET THAT KIND OF LEADER. WHO WOULD NOT WANT A CY YOUNG WINNER? MATT: HAS HE TRIED TO GET YOU TO DO THE ESPN BODY ISSUE? MIKE: I WILL HAVE TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT. BUT HE IS A PHENOMENAL PERSON. JUST THE TYPE OF PERSON TO GET HIM AT THE HALF WHICH MARK AND -- HALFWAY MARK AND GREAT TO HAVE HIM WITH THE ATTITUDE AND INSURANCE. SCOTT: BRINGS THAT WORLD SERIES RING. MIKE: THOSE WORLD SERIES RINGS AND NICE CARS AND THIS WHAT I CAN DO. I LOVED HIM EVER SINCE I MET HIM WITH HOUSTON AND HAPPY IT SEE HIM ON OUR SIDE. SCOTT: HAVE YOU GOTTEN TO SPEAK WITH FRANCISCO CERVELLI? MIKE: A LITTLE BIT. I ACTUALLY HIT HIM IN THE HEAD IN 2015 OR 2016 AND TRIED TO BRING THAT UP AND APOLOGIZE. BUT HE IS A SOLID DUDE AND GREAT GUY. RESPONSIBLE. YOU COULD SEE THAT WHEN WE WERE PLAYING PITTSBURGH. AND A CANNON BEHIND THE PLATE WITH THE YESTERDAY AND DAY BEFORE. SCOTT: SOME REALLY IN-DEPTH QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMENTS. FOOLISH BASEBALL GOING CAN YOU ASK HIM ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH MIKE FAST? MIKE: I DON'T REMEMBER THAT NAME. SCOTT: YOU JUST HURT SOMEBODY AS FEELINGS. MATT: COULD BE A TYPO. SCOTT: COULD BE AN AUTO CORRECT ACTION. THAT IS OUT OF ROOF FOR MATT JOYCE. HERE IS ONE BACK TO SPORTS GAME UNIVERSE HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO MAINTAIN YOUR HOMER HITTING TWINS? MIKE: IT WAS LIKE WELCOME BACK START. BUT IT IS A HOME RUN POWER HITTING TEAM AND THEY HAVE GUYS ON BENCH THAT CAN SWING BUT THEY ARE PATIENT. I LOVE GOING IN THERE AND I WAS ABLE TO SHOW WHY I CAN COMPETE AND CAN HELP THE TEAM. SO I WENT DOWN WORKING ON THE SLIDER AND I WAS FOCUSED ON GETTING IT DOWN AND ATTACKING THE ZONE AND BEING AGGRESSIVE AND NOT BEING SCARED. I HAD A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THAT DAY AND IT WORKED OUT. IT WAS GOOD TO GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY WITH A GOOD TEAM LIKE THAT. SCOTT: THAT WILL DO IT FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND. TEHERAN HOLDS THE ROCKIES SCORELESS. MIKE, GOOD LUCK THE REST OF THE WAY. MIKE: THANKS FOR HAVING ME. SCOTT: MIKE FOLTYNEWICZ WITH US. MIKE FAST CURRENT SPECIALIST ASSISTANT TO THE FRONT OFFICE GUY SO NOT EXPECTED TO KNOW EVERY PERSON OUT THERE. MATT: THAT IS FAIR. SCOTT: LET'S GET TO SANDY CHILDS WHO VISITED THE ROCKIES CLUBHOUSE TO FIND OUT WHAT BIG LEAGUERS SNACK ON OFF THE FIELD. WHO'S HUNGRY? >> LET'S SEE WHAT MLB PLAYERS LIKE TO DO OFF THE FIELD. >> WHAT A PITCH BY JOHN GRAY. >> NOLAN ARENADO. >> JOHN, I'LL IN HERE TO GET AN INSIDE LOOK OF WHAT BIG LEAGUE PLAYERS SNACK ON. >> CAN YOU GRAB A NACHO. WE HAVE THESE SECRET BASEBALL PEANUT BUTTER BALLS. THEY ARE UNBELIEVABLE. THEY ARE SO TASTY. >> THERE ARE PROTEIN BALLS. WHY IS EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT IT? >> THEY ARE MEAT BALLS. >> WHAT TYPE OF PLAYER DO YOU HAVE? >> I'M ORIGINAL. KETTLE ROAST IS GOOD. I DON'T DO THE DILL PICKLE. >> ALL THE BARBECUE AND RANCH. >> WHAT ABOUT GUM? WE SEE BIG BUBBLES. IN THE CLUBHOUSE AND DUGOUT. >> IT IS DOUBLE BUBBLE. >> WHAT IS YOUR GO-TO SNACK. >> I EAT A LOT OF BANANAS. >> WE HEAR THE RUMOR THAT BALL PLAYERS ARE REALLY HEALTHY. IS THAT TRUE IS IT >> NOT SO MUCH. >> THIS IS FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH. SCOTT: THAT IS IMPORTANT. TO SEE MORE BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO FROM THE COLORADO ROCKIES SUBSCRIBE TO THEIR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. YOU TALKED TO ME ABOUT YOUR DIET LAST WEEK. YOU SAY YOU EAT BETTER NOW THAN WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING, JEREMY. I'M SURE YOU DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH GOING ON CLUBHOUSE WISE. JEREMY: THEY STARTED DOING THAT AT THE END THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THE SPECIAL COOKS AND WHAT WE WERE EATING AND -- SCOTT: THAT WILL GET PAST AIR DEMAND ORTEGA WITH A BASE HIT TO START THE THIRD. JEREMY: THEY EVEN HAD SPECIAL STUFF ON THE PLANES. IT WAS SELECTED BY THE STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING AND NUTRITIONISTS BUT THAT ANNOYED ME BECAUSE I WANTED TO EAT WAY WANT. I WAS IN THE GIANTS CLUBHOUSE THE OTHER DAY AND THEY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT COMBUCHE SEVEN AND NUTS AND FRUIT AND NOT A LOT OF LIKE SNICKER BARS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IT IS DETAILED BIG TIME NOW. I PROBABLY WISH NOW THAT I EAT BETTER I WORK OUT NOW, MATT. THAT HAS BEEN THE DIFFERENCE. WHEN I STOPPED PLAYING AND STARTED WORKING OUT AND I THINK MY DIET AND WORKOUT WOULD HAVE BEEN BISHOP. MATT: I WAS DISADVANTAGEOUS TO WITH THERE WERE TRYING TO CREATE IN PITTSBURGH. THEY BROUGHT IN CHEFS BUT I WAS SMUGGLING IN WILD CLERY PEPSI AND -- WILD CHERRY. I WAS NOT A GOOD TOO LATE WHEN IT COMES TO EATING HEALTHY. SCOTT: THAT IS A BUNT TO MOVE ORTEGA INTO SCORING POSITION. THE NUTRITION, THE SPORTS SCIENTISTS, YOU KNOW, AROUND AND THEY ARE FINDING NUTRITION IS BIG WITH RECOVERY AND WHEN YOU HAVE MUSCLE PULLS OR SURGERY, NUTRITION IS BIG AND WITH ALL THE TRAVEL GOING ON AND LACK OF DAYS OFF AND COAST TO COAST AND RECOVERY IS NOT VERY GOOD ANY MORE AND NUTRITION IS THE ONLY FINDING GUYS CAN DO TO KEEP HEALTHY ENOUGH TO BOUNCE BACK TO NOT GET INJURED. WHATEVER THIS GUY IS EATING, IT IS WORKING. RONALD ACUNA JR. 36 HOME RUNS IN THE LEADOFF SPOT FOR ATLANTA. 11 THIS MONTH. A DYNAMITE AUGUST. AND AN M.V.P. CANDIDATE. ROLLER TO SHORT AND HE GOT HIM. MATT: THAT IS A BIG LEAGUE PLAY. ACUNA RUNS WELL. WE KNOW HE COULD BE A 40-40 GUY. CATCHES BALL OUT FRONT AND STORY -- I GUESS IT IS DO OR DIE BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO BARE HANDED YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF IT. HIS NUMBERS ARE RIDICULOUS. WHEN LOOK AT WHAT HE'S DONE SINCE MIDWAY LAST YEAR IT IS PRETTY MUCH HIM AND MIKE TROUT. INCREDIBLE. ANOTHER THING IS OZZIE ALBIES LEADS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN INNINGS PLAYED. THE BRAVES NEEDED SOMETHING SOLID AND THEY GOT IT WITH HIM. SCOTT: ORTEGA STILL AT SECOND. TWO AWAY AND THAT IS FOULED TO THE RIGHT SIDE. HE HAD DOUBLE IN THE FIRST. ONE HIT EACH FRAME SO FAR FOR ATLANTA. NO RUNS YET. COMING OFF THE SWEEP OF THE METS THEY ARE 11-5 AGAINST THE METS. GOT IN LAST NIGHT AROUND 8:30 SO PLENTY OF SLEEP. GOT IN EARLIER THAN THE ROCKIES BECAUSE THERE WERE IN ST. LOUIS AND THAT GAME WAS DELAYED ABOUT IT INFORM HOURS, THE -- TWO AND A HALF HOURS, SWEPT BY A SIZZLE ING CARDINALS TEAM IN FIRST PLAYS IN THE NATIONAL LAG EAST AT THE MOMENT -- NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST AT THE MOMENT. MATT: JUST MISSING WHEN HE MISSES. WE TALKED ABOUT HIM POTENTIALLY TRYING TO STRETCH THE STRIKE ZONE. JEREMY: HE KIND OF DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER. HE WON'T BE A HIGH STRIKEOUT GUY. HE WILL BE A WE CAN CONTACT. WITH GUYS IN SCORING POSITION THAT IS A BIG THING IS CREATING WE CAN CONTACT AND HE WILL PITCH MORE IN AND SEE IF GUYS ARE WILLING TO EXPAND FURTHER OFF THE PLATE BY THROWING THE BREAKING BALL THREE OR FOUR INCHES OFF THE OUTSIDE CORNER AND IF THEY DON'T BITE HE CAN SLOWLY COME BACK BUT HE DOES NOT HAVE TO COME AS MUCH OVER THE PLATE BECAUSE OF THE UNTIL OF STRIKES HE'S BEEN THROWING. SCOTT: GOT HIM. BREAKING BALL. THAT SLIDER IS LATE. HE WILL SAVE FREEMAN AND DONALDSON FOR THE NEXT HALF. ALBIES GOES DOWN. THAT IS THE THIRD STRIKEOUT FOR TIM MELVILLE, CARRYING MOMENT FROM LAST WEEK'S S INNINGS -- S INNINGS. HE AND SHAWN NEWCOME BATTLED IT OUT TO THIS NO LAUGH CHALLENGE DUEL. >> WHAT DID YOU CALL AN EMPTY CAN OF CHEESE WHIZ. CHEESE WAS. >> WHAT DO BALLERINAS USE FOR TRANSPORTATION? A TUTU TRAIN. >> HOW DOES THE GHOST LOOK SO YOUNG? IT GOT BOOTOX. >> WHAT DID YOU CALL A BELT FULL OF WATCHES? >> A WAIST OF TIME. >> WHY DID THE SKELETON HIT THE PARTY ALONE? HE HAD NO BODY TO GO WITH HIM. SCOTT: TO SEE MORE OF THAT BRAVES YOUTUBE CONTENT INCLUDING VIDEO LIKE RIDING WITH THEM AND MY LIST SUBSCRIBE TO THEIR CHANNEL. DID YOU HOLD ON FROM THE LAST. MATT: THE SKELETON WITHIN GOT TO ME. JEREMY: I WAS LAUGHING AT THEM LAUGHING. SCOTT: YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW THEY ARE SHOOTING THAT AND IT IS QUIET. MATT: THEY SET IT UP TO BE AWKWARD FOR SURE. SCOTT: EIGHT, NINE AND ONE DUE UP. LAST OF THE THIRD IN DENVER. NUNES. MATT: HE WILL GET A LOT OF PITCHES TO HIT BECAUSE OF THE SLUGER BEHIND HIM. WE'VE MELVILLE AND SAW WHAT HE CAN DO. SCOTT: BATTING .500. MATT: GOT TO GO AFTER DOM RIGHT HERE. SCOTT: NUNES CALLED UP TO DEBUT ON AUGUST 13 AND HE WAS THE TRIPLE A CATCHER FOR THAT MAN. HE LIFT ONE IT RIGHT. JOYCE HEADING BACK AND HE'S GOT ROOM. NOT MUCH. OUT NUMBER ONE. NICE CATCH. THE BRAVES ARE PLAYING SENSATIONAL BASEBALL RIGHT NOW, LAUREN. LAUREN: I'M SITTING HERE BY THE DUGOUT AND I WAS WATCHING MIKE FOLTYNEWICZ AND CREDIT TO HIM FOR MAINTAINING HIS COMPOSURE AS DALLAS KEUCHEL WAS HERE THROWING SEEDS AT HIM TRYING TO DISTRACT HIM HAVING A GOOD TIME AND GAVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF WATER. I THINK THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO WHAT A GOOD MOOD THEY ARE IN DESPITE THE CRAZY TRAVEL ON THIS TRIP AND THEY ARE KEEPING IT LOOSE AND I WAS TALKING TO ERIC YOUNG SR. WHO USED TO PLAY FOR THE ROCKS AND NOW THE FIRST BASE COACH HERE WITH ATLANTA AND HE SAID WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT GROUP IN THE CLUBHOUSE AND WE HAVE THE LEADERS AND FREDDIE FREEMAN AND BRIAN MCMAHON BUT THE YOUNG KIDS WE LET THEM HAVE FUN BUT WHEN IT IS TIME TO BE SERIES THEY KNOW HOW TO SELF-POLICE AND LOCK IT DOWN. I SAW THAT. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. SCOTT: DONALDSON RETIRES MELVILLE WHO IS NOT EASY. THIS BRAVES TEAM HAS THE MIX. THEY HAVE THE YOUNG STARS WITH RONALD ACUNA AND THEN BRING IN DONALDSON AND KEUCHEL AND BRIAN MCCANN. MOST OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP CLUBS WE HAVE SEEN RECENTLY HAVE THE PERFECT BLEND IN THE CLUBHOUSE AND THE BRAVES ARE HAVING FUN. IT IS ALSO FUN WHEN YOU ARE WINNING THIS MUCH. MATT: YOUNG ENERGY AND PITCHING IS UNBELIEVABLE. BULLPEN HAS CLICKED IN. EVERYBODY IS HAVING A GOOD TIME. YOU GO TO THE BALL PARK BECAUSE YOU WANT TO AND GET THERE EARLY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T WAIT. THAT IS WHAT WINNING TEAMS DO. ROCKIES AROUND SOMETIMES THEY TEND TO SLEEP IN A LITTLE LONGER FOR A DAY GAME. THEY ARE NOT AS EXCITED TO COME. THEY SEEM TO KEEP OK ENERGY BEING THE SITUATION THEY ARE IN. JEREMY: WE WAS TRADED FROM PITTSBURGH WE WERE IN THE DOLDRUMS TO ATLANTA AND WATCHING BILLY HAMILTON HIS EYES WERE WIDE OPEN AND CERVELLI BOUNCING AROUND IN CONTENTION. HE SAID I FEEL ALIVE. THE OLDER GUYS BACK IN CONDITIONS THIS LATE CAN ADD A SPECIAL ENERGY. MATT: YES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A REASON TO PLAY AGAIN. NOW THEIR VETERAN KNOWLEDGE IS HUGE FOR THESE YOUNG GUYS AND THEY ARE LIKE THIS IS WHY I PLAY. YOU PLAY THIS GAME LONG ENOUGH AND IT WILL BECOME A JOB AND YOU FORGET WHY YOU PLAY. AND THESE VETERANS COMING OVER IN A WINNING SITUATION THEY ARE REMINDED HOW FUN IT IS AND THERE IS EXCITEMENT ALL THE WAY AROUND. SCOTT: THREE BATS FOR CHARLIE BLACKMON. BUD BLACK WILL SPEAK WITH US IN THIS HALF AND YOUTUBE CREATORS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS WE'LL TAKE THEM AND ASK HIM IN A MOMENT. JEREMY: FANS HEAR AREN'T THIS IS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A REASON TO PLAY AND IF YOU ARE PLAYING ON A WINNING TEAM YOU ARE PLAYING FOR WINS AND NOT JUST BECAUSE THE PAYCHECK. IT IS MORE FUN. REMIND ME THIS TIME OF YEAR OF WHAT COLLEGE BALL WAS THE WHOLE TIME THROUGH. SCOTT: SEE HOW STORY HANDLES THIS SITUATION. TWO-OUT WALKS AT COORS FIELD IS USUALLY WHEN GUYS CANNOT FINISH AND THE BIG BOYS COME UP. IT ENDS UP BEING CROOKED NUMBERS STEAMS. -- SOMETIMES. AND HE SWUNG FOR IT RIGHT THERE. JEREMY: TREVOR STORY HAS HAD A HOT BAT ALL YEAR BUT ESPECIALLY THE SECOND HALF. SCOTT: JULY A BIT DOWN BUT AUGUST A SURGE. WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT ABOUT QUITE A FEW HITTERS TODAY. MATT: TEHERAN IS TRYING TO POUND THE INSIDE OF STRIKE ZONE. BUT IF YOU TRY TO LIVE AWAY IN COORS FIELD WE SHOWED WHETHER CHARLIE BLACKMON CAN DO. TRFR STORY CAN -- TREVOR CAN HIT IT IN THE BULLPEN AS WELL AS ANYONE. SCOTT: .361 WITH SIX HOME RUNS AND 16 R.B.I.'S. THAT IS AN INSIDE FASTBALL FROM TEHERAN BY FAR THE BEST IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ON INSIDE FASTBALL. BATTING AVERAGE IS .140. NEXT IS JACK FLAHERTY AT .161 . JEREMY: THAT MIGHT BE WHY HE FACES THEM SO WELL. YOU CANNOT BE AFRAID TO PITCH IN BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO GET THEM OUT OVER PLATE BECAUSE THEY CAN BEAT YOU THE OTHER WAY. THE HITTERS ARE NOT AFRAID TO HIT THE OTHER WAY. YOU HAVE TO GET THEM TO LOOK INSIDE FROM TIME TO TIME AND KEEP THEM FROM DIVING. A GUY LIKE THIS, IF HE LIKES TO PITCH IN TO HITTERS IT COULD BE AWESOME. HE HAS A SUCCESS RATE AGAINST COLORADO. SCOTT: HITTER'S COUNT FOR STORY. YOU WOULD THINK THE TOP OF THAT LIST WITH FEATURE SOMEBODY WHO THROWS 98 MILES AN HOUR BECAUSE A LITTLE HARDER TO TURN ON A PUMP THAT FAST -- PITCH THAT FAST. HE DOESN'T THROW CLOSE TO THAT BUT HE IS LEADING MAN. MATT: IF YOU DON'T HAVE VELOCITY YOU HAVE TO CREATE IT. YOU CAN CHANGE IT BY THROWING A FASTBALL AWAY AND FASTBALL IN AND THE HITTER HAS IT START EARLIER ON THE FASTBALL IN. YOU CAN ADD AND SUBTRACT THAT WAY AND THAT IS WHAT GOOD PITCHERS DO. SCOTT: A GOOD PITCH THERE. IT IS HIS SECOND STRIKEOUT AND TEHERAN AGAIN ALLOWED A BASE RUNNER AND ESCAPES. AFTER THREE NO SCORE. TEHERAN AGAINST MELVILLE WORKING ON THE PITCHING SIDE WHICH IS RARE IN THIS BALL PARK. IT IS THE MLB GAME OF WELCOME LIVE ON -- OF THE WEEK BRAVES AND ROCKS. MONDAY Y BASEBALL -- MONDAY AFTERNOON BASEBALL. ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE IN THE COMMENTS SECTION IN HIS THIRD YEAR MANAGING THE ROCKS, BACK-TO-BACK POST-SEASON APPEARANCES FOR COLORADO. MANAGER OF THE YEAR IN 2010. 91 WINS LAST YEAR FOR THE ROCKIES, 87 IN 2017. LONGTIME MANAGER OF THE SAN DIEGO PADRES BEFORE HIS TENURE BEGAN WITH THE ROCKIES. WELL TALK TO BUD IN A MOMENT. HE DEFINITELY HAD SOME SUPERSTARS IT WORK WITH WITH ARENADO, STORY AND WE SAW BLACKMON LEAD OFF. WE WILL WELCOME HIM. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE SUPERSTARS AND HOW NICE IS IT TO HAVE THE TOP THREE THAT YOU FEATURE ON A DAILY BASIS? BUD: THEY ARE LEGITIMATE FOR SURE. YOU LOOK AT THEIR TRACK RECORD AND ESPECIALLY THE LAST COUPLE OF KWRRS FOR TREVOR, CHARLIE AND NOLAN HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR A HANDFUL OF YEARS. THEY ARE REALLY GOOD PLAYERS. MATT: WE WERE WATCHING MECHANICALVILLE DO THE -- MELVILLE DO WITH HE DID. HOW IMPRESSED HAVE YOU BEEN WITH HIS ABILITY TO BEAR DOWN? BUD: IT IS SIMILAR IT WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK AGAINST DIAMONDBACKS, AN ASSORTMENT OF PITCHES AND USE OF THE BREAKING BALL AND SHRAORD AND KEEPING THE GOUGE. JEREMY: I DIDN'T THINK HE WAS NECESSARILY GOING TO BE AS GOOD HERE AS IN ARIZONA. HE'S COMMANDING IT TO BOTH SIDES. THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WERE IMPRESSED WITH LAST GAME HOW HE COMMANDS THE BREAKING BALL. BUD: FOR SURE. HE HAS TO DO THAT. HE KNOWS HIS GAME BEEN ANYBODY AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT AFTER THE GAME LAST WEEK. THAT IS THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM PITCH. HE SAID THAT IS HOW HE PITCHES. GOOD FOR HIM. SCOTT: WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH THE TIM MELVILLE SHOW AND LET YOU GO. BUD BLACK, MANAGER OF THE COLORADO ROCKIES. LOOKS LIKE WE WILL A HIT BEHIND WHOM POLITIC. NICK LENTZ GIVE AS YOU THUMBS UP SO THAT IS GOOD. MATT: I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT. JEREMY: THAT IS A BIG LEAGUE SCUD. WHEN YOU CAN THEY A SCUD AND PUT IT OFF THE UMPIRE THAT IS IMPRESSIVE. THAT BALL NEEDS TO BE SIGNED. SCOTT: WE BARELY TOOK A BREAK THERE. LISTEN IT THIS. OH. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HE NEEDED A MINUTE OR TWO. MATT: WE HAVE A NEW UMPIRE CHANGING GATHER RIGHT NOW. GOOD FOR YOU. SCOTT: HE HAS TO BE NAUSEOUS A LITTLE BIT. JEREMY: I WONDER IF THIS HURTS WORSE AT ALTITUDE. SCOTT: 3-1 IT FREEMAN. 3-2. JEREMY: SECOND TIME THROUGH THE BRAVES BIG HITTERS DON'T SEEM LIKE THEY HAVE FIGURED HIM OUT. YOU SAW YOU A -- ACUNA WITH WE CAN GROUND OUT AND FREEMAN TAKING UNOR THEY DOCKS -- UNORTHODOX. SCOTT: THAT IS OUT OF REACH. HE THREW TWO LAST GAME AND HE FLIPPED THAT UP THERE AGAINST HIM AND YOU ALMOST SAW FREEMAN KIND OF, WHAT WAS THAT? 60 MILES AN HOUR AND COMING TOP TO BOTTOM. IT CAN MESS HITTERS UP ON THEIR APPROACH. HE MISSES. FREEMAN ABOARD FOR DONALDSON. JUST LIKE WE DID WITH BUD BLACK, BRIAN SNITKER WILL CALL FOR US SO YOU CAN CALL FOR QUESTIONS AND ASK THEM TO THE BRAVES MANAGER. BEEN IN THE ORGANIZATION FOR 43 SEASONS BACK TO 1977. GOT THE JOB AT AGE 60 IN 2016 TAKING OVEROR FREDI GONZALEZ AND HE'S DONE A DYNAMITE JOB WITH THERE CLUB. MATT: I WAS COVERING THEM WHEN FREDDIE WAS REMOVED AND SNIT CAME IN AND HE WON THE LOCKER ROOM OVER ON DAY ONE OR TWO AND THEY HAVE BEEN BATTLING FOR HIM SINCE. LINE OF THE DAY IN THE MANAGER PREGAME, SAYING SORRY ABOUT THIS TRAVEL BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY MILES I HAVE TRAVELED ON BUSES? THIS IS NOTHING. FLY A CHARTER. SO HE HAS GREAT PERSPECTIVE THAT PLAYERS PICK UP ON. SCOTT: NO PLAYER CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING HE WILL GO YOU WANT IT LOOK AT MY MINOR LEAGUE TRACK RECORD? HOW IS THIS TRAVEL GOING FOR THE HADN'T BRAVES, LAUREN? LAUREN: STPHREUT CONSIDER WAS LIKE -- SNITKER WAS GUYS WE ARE TRAVELING ON A CHARTER FLIGHT AND STAYING IN FIVE STAR HOTELS BUT TO BE FAIR IT IS A THREE-CITY ROAD TRIP BUT IT IS 5,000 MILES. BUT IN TALKING TO THE DISGUISE I'M EXHAUSTED THEY WENT FROM ATLANTA TO NEW YORK, OUT HERE FOR THERE GAME WHICH IS A MAKE-UP GAME AND BACK IT TORONTO SO THEY ARE THAT CLOSE TO TORONTO FROM NEW YORK AND BACK IT HASN'T AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, THEIR SCHEDULE AHEAD IS PRETTY DIFFICULT. THEY HAVE 14 GAMES IN A ROW AGAINST THE NATS AND PHILLIES SO THIS WILL BE A VERY DIFFICULT STRETCH AHEAD. MATT: WHO IS PITCHING FOR ATLANTA AND FRONT. JEREMY: MOOK SIR ROCA -- HE GETS TO HAVE THE OFF DAY IN TORONTO WHILE THEY ARE GRINDING. IF HE DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD GAME THERE WILL BE UPSET DUDES. SNITKER SAID HE ALWAYS WANTED A OFF DAY IN TORONTO. HE WANTS THAT EXPERIENCE THE BIG LEAGUE CITIES. MATT: NIAGARA FALLS HE COULD HAVE GONE TO. A LOT OF STOPS COULD HAVE MADE THERE IF HE HAD THE OFF DAY. SCOTT: TORONTO IN THE SUMMERTIME IS AWESOME. A CHECK. JEREMY: I SAW MY FIRST BROADWAY SHOW. MIKE SWEENEY TOOK ME ON A MANDATE. WE WANT TO LION KING. I ACTUALLY ENJOYED IT. I WAS HUMMING THE SONG IN THE SHOWER AFTER WARDS AND THOUGHT I LIKED THE MUSIC. JEREMY: I TOOK MY KIDS. AWAY TEND TO GO IT BROADWAY SHOWS ON BROADWAY. SCOTT: FREDDIE FREEMAN SWIPES A BAG. JEREMY: FREDDIE FREEMAN IS GOOD ATHLETE. HE CAN THROW 90 PLUS OFF THE MOUND AND DONALDSON DIDN'T LIKE THAT BUT IT CUT A PIECE. BUT FREDDIE GOT A GOOD JOB AND NOT THE SLOW WAS FIRST BASEMAN, REALLY ATHLETIC FOR A BIG GUY. HE USED IT BE ABLE TO DUNK A BASKETBALL. SCOTT: HE GOT HIS SIXTH STOLEN BASE THERE. DONALDSON STRIKES OUT AND NOW IT IS JOYCE. MATT: TIM MELVILLE HOLDING BASE RUNNERS ON LIKE JEREMY AFFELDT. SCOTT: PROBABLY HAS THAT MANUFACTURE DEPUTY. JEREMY: I'M STILL PARTIALLY OFFENDED. SCOTT: YOU WANTED MATT TO TEXT YOU? JEREMY: THE FIRST BASE COACHES ARE YELLING BACK BEFORE I LIFT MY LEG. AS A LEFTY IT IS YOUR FOOT PLACEMENT OR SET WITH THE GLOVE. MATT: THERE ARE ONLY TWO THINGS TO CHECK. EVEN THOUGH WE WERE TEAMMATES YOU COULD HAVE CHECKED YOURSELF. JEREMY: GOOD POINT. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO THROW STRIKES. I STARTED DEPENDING ON MIXING MY LOOKS UP. I STARTED TO TRY TO GO AS ITER. -- FASTER OR I THINK I'M GOING TO GO AND I'M GOING TO PAUSE A LITTLE BIT AND DEKE HIM IN GOING. IF HE WAS FAST AND I WALKED HIM EURBLD -- I SHOULD HAVE JUST THROWN THE BALL IN THE GAP AND GIVE HIM A DOUBLE. SCOTT: MECHANICALVILLE HAS FOUR -- MELVILLE. LAST WE CAN IN HIS DEBUT FOUR K'S IN S SO HE IS ON A BETTER PACE THIS AFTERNOON SO FAR. A LITTLE MORE TRAFFIC THEN HE HAD IN ARIZONA. HAVING TO GET OUT OF SOME JAMS AND SHOW WHAT HE CAN DO FROM THE STRETCH. THAT'S IN THERE. THREE OF THE FOUR STRIKEOUTS FROM THE SLIDER. WE WILL SEE IF HE DIALS UP ANOTHER. HERE IS WHY A HITTER DO NOT LIKE THAT. HE HAS AN INTERESTING ARM SHRORT. FASTBALL TOP IT BOTTOM SO THEY LOSE THE BALL COMING AT THEM AND THEY THINK IT IS DOWN BUT IT STAYS AT THE BOTTOM OF ZONE. THAT IS WHAT MAKES HIM TOUGH. HE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF DECEPTION. HE CAN THROW 89 AND GET LATE SWINGS SHOWING YOU THERE IS SOME DECEPTION WITH HIS ARM SLOT AND ANNUAL WITH HIS FASTBALL -- ANNUAL WITH HIS FASTBALL IS TOUGH BECAUSE YOU ONLY SEE THE TOP OF THE BALL SO THEY CAN'T TELL IF IT IS UP OR DOWN. HE LET THAT GET SO DEEP BECAUSE HE CAN'T PICK IT UP EARLY ENOUGH. JEREMY: THIS IS WHERE SABRE METRICS -- SCOTT: THAT WILL DROP INTO LEFT FIELD AND WAVED IS FREEMAN AND THE THROW AND THE TAG IS IN TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF HE RAN THROUGH THE STOP SIGN? MATT: HE SENT HIM. SCOTT: RON WASHINGTON SAID GO FOR IT. HE HAS AN ARM. HE IS NOT NONE -- HE CAN THROW A BASEBALL A LONG WAY. HE PLAYED IN CENTER FIELD HERE. HE WAS OUT BY A LOT. SCOTT: ACTUALLY, LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK. DID HE GET A FOOT? MATT: THERE IS THE FOOT AND THE TAG WAS A LITTLE HIGH. BUT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE BALL BEAT HIM BY SO MUCH I CANNOT IMAGINE HE GOT HIS FOOT IT. JEREMY: THAT IS CLOSE. SCOTT: IT IS CLOSER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS. MATT: WE WILL SEE. HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAFE. JEREMY: DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE HE WAS IN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL WHEN THE FIRST BIT OF LEATHER TOUCHED HIS LEG BUT DEFINITELY WORTH TAKING A LOOK. SCOTT: DELAYED CALL AS WELL. THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS IN REAL TIME. IT IS NOT AN EASY JOB. THAT IS WHY THE REPLAY IS IN PLACE. BUT UNLESS THEY ARE SAYING THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH I'M SAYING THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THE WAY HE PUT THE TAG ON. JEREMY: IF HIS FOOT IS ON GROUND HE IS SAFE BEFORE THE CONTACT. SCOTT: SO IS THAT A BAD TAG? WAS THERE NOT ENOUGH TIME? JEREMY: HE HAS TO REACT BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT THE TAG DOWN IT KEEP HIM FROM GETTING TO THE PLATE. BUT I'M NOT A CATCHER. MATT, YOU TELL ME. MATT: IT IS A NEW THING. I TEACH HIGH SCHOOLERS AND WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM TO DO THE SWIPE BUT HE CAN PLANT HIS LEFT TPHRAE IN FRONT OF HOME PLATE AND HE DOES NOT HAVE TO GIVE HIM THE PLATE AND HE HAD THE BALL IN PLENTY OF TIME. IT WAS A GREAT THROW BY DESMOND. THEY KEPT THE CALL. SCOTT:S -- HE'S OUT. I'M WILLING TO BET THERE MIGHT BE A SITUATION WHERE THEY SAY THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO OVERTURN IT. SOME OF THESE CALLS IN INSTANT REPLAY I HAVE BALKED ON A LITTLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE MISSED CALLS ON THE REPLAY AND YOU WONDER WHAT -- SOMETIMES YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET THE FEEDBACK. JEREMY: DO WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE MIC LIKE IN THE NFL. THERE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE A SIGNAL. SCOTT: MY GUESS IS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE LIKE YOU MENTIONED. MATT: GOT TO BE. JEREMY: SEE IF DANSBY CAN HIT ONE THREE FEET FARTHER THAN LAST TIME. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LATE SWINGS BY THE BRAVES. AND THAT IS WHERE SABRE METRICS MEETS US. WE USED TO SAY HE THROWS A FOG BALL BUT NOW YOU CAN QUANTIFY. EVEN AT 89 OR 90 THE SPIN RATE IS HIGHER THAN MOST WHO THROW 89. THAT IS THE SNEAKY CHEESE. JEREMY THE BALL JUMPS ON THE HITTERS AS IT GETS TO THE POLITIC. MATT: ALWAYS WINDED WHY CERTAIN PITCHERS CAN GET IT BY ME AND YOU FELT LIKE WERE ALL OFFICER IT. YOU LOOK AT THE LATE BREAK ON THE BREAKING BALL OR LATE LIFE ON THE FASTBALL. I WOULD HAVE TO BET THE SPIN RATE IS WELL BEFORE AVERAGE FOR THE VELOCITY HE HAS. MATT: THE PROBLEM IS I USED TO JUST TRY TO THROW AS HARD AS I COULD. MATT: SOMETIMES YOUR SPIN RATE WAS PHENOMENAL AND SOMETIMES IT WAS AWFUL. YOU NEVER THREW THE SAME PITCH TWICE. JEREMY: I FIGURE IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS COMING OUT OF MY HAND TPHAORTD DO HITTERS. MATT: YOU STRUCK ME OUT ON A CURVEBALL AND THAT WAS NASTY CURVEBALL AND IT WASN'T. SCOTT: DANSBY CRANKS ONE, TWISTING, WILL IT STAY FAIR? FOUL BALL. MATT: IT LOOKED STRAIGHT OFF THE BAT AND JUST CONTINUED. THAT IS THE TOUGH THING ABOUT THIS BALL PARK. ONCE IT GOES UP THE BALL SEEMS IT FLOAT. THERE'S NOTHING BRINGING IT BACK DOWN. THAT IS WHY YOU SEE THESE HITTERS WHO WILL TRY TO GET THE BALL IN THE AIR. JEREMY: I NAUGHT IT HIT THE RED COVER. MATT: THEY ARE GOING TO SAY IT WENT AROUND THE POLE. SCOTT: THIS WILL CLOCK THIS ONE. -- THEY WILL CHECK THIS ONE. TWO REVIEWS IN WITHIN -- IN ONE INNING. FIRST WHY THE FOR SWANSON 395 IT CENTER. THIS ONE PROBABLY ABOUT 370. JEREMY: IF THAT IS FOUL HE MISSED TWO HOME RUNS BY THREE FEET. MATT: THAT IS FOUL. SCOTT: LEFT SIDE OF THE POLE. THERE'S THE BASEBALL, A LITTLE WHITE PEARL. FOUL BALL. OFFICIAL. THAT IS A CREW CHIEF REVIEW BY THE WAY. CAN DEFICIT CONSIDER ASK -- DEFICIT CONSIDER ASK FOR A CREW CHIEF REVIEW SO IT DOES NOT GO SCOTT: THERE'S THE PUNCHOUT FOR MECHANICALVILLE HIS FIFTH. S GETTING OUT OF JAMS, STRIKING OUT DONALDSON ON BREAKING BALLS ON GUYS STEALING. THERE'S BEEN TRAFFIC BY BRAVES BUT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO ESCAPE. WE HAVE A GOOD ONE AND BRIAN SNITKER ABOUT TO JOIN US. MANAGER OF 2016, LAST YEAR 90 WINS, FIRST N.L. EAST TITLE SINCE 2013 AND HE WAS NAMED MANAGER OF THE YEAR. 18 WINS IMPROVED FROM 2007 IT 2018 AND HE GOT AN EXTENSION THROUGH 2021. HIS 43RD SEASON. A PLEASURE IT -- TO TALK TO. WE ARE ABOUT TO TALK TO HIM BRAVES AND ROCKIES SCORELESS IN DENVER. MATT: WE HAVE TO ASK HIM ABOUT THAT. TWO REPLAYS. JEREMY: BRIAN IS SUCH A GOOD DUDE. I THINK THAT HE IS MORE NERVOUS WHEN HE WATCHES HIS GRANDKIDS PLAY TEE BALL THAN WATCHING THE BRAVES. WAS SHOWING VIDEOS OF THEM TODAY. SCOTT: SO YOU KNOW FOR INDEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVE CHECK OUT YOUTUBE LIVE GAME WITH THE ROCKIES AND BRAVES AND THEY HAVE BEEN HELPING WITH REQUESTS FOR GOESES AND THIS WILL ADD -- GUESTS AND YOU CAN DO THAT ON YOUR MOBIL PHONE, COMPUTER, LIVING ROOM ON THE SMART TV. WE WILL MIX IN COMMENTS THROUGHOUT THE GAME. MAYBE BRIAN CONSTITUENT -- STHEUT KERR LATER. -- SNITKER LATER. SWANSON RETURNS TODAY AFTER A FOOT BRUISE AND LOUD FOUL BALL IT CENTER AND FOUL BALL IN LEFT THAT WE REVIEWED. NOW AWAY MOVE TO THE BOTTOM -- BRIAN SNITKER WITH US. HOW ABOUT THE REPLAYS? >> I COULD NOT TELL ON THE SHOVEL AND THE PLAY AT THE PLATE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS SAFE. JEREMY: I WAS 60-40. >> THEY PROBABLY CANNOT TELL IF HIS FOOT SUN -- IS ON THE PLATE. THAT IS TOUGH. MATT: YOU HAVE JULIO THROWING A LOT OF HEATERS. HE'S LIVED THERE SO FAR. >> HIS FASTBALL COMMAND HAS BEEN GOOD. S THEN GOOD -- HE'S THROWN SLIDERS. SCOTT: THANKS FOR THE TIME. GOOD LUCK. BRIAN: ALL RIGHT, ENJOY. SCOTT: BRIAN SNITKER AWESOME TO GET HIM. >> CLEARED THINGS A LITTLE BIT. JEREMY: SO MUCH GOING ON AND THEY BOTH TAKE TIME. BOTH AMBASSADORS FOR THE GAME. SCOTT: NOLAN ARENADO IN A 1-2 HOLE. SEE IF THAT IS PLAYABLE FOR CERVELLI. IT IS NOT. IT WASN'T PLAYABLE FOR THAT FAN. MATT: TOOK COVER. >> HE IS OK. SCOTT: ARENADO HIT INTO A DOUBLE PLAY IN THE FIRST. HE'S LIKE FREEMAN, YOU ANY YOU ARE GETTING 30 AND 100. FIVE YEARS IN A ROW. MATT: ANDS ALREADY THERE THIS YEAR AND IT AUGUST. ASKING SEASONS WITH 30 PLUS HOME RUNS, THIRD BASEMAN. MIKE SCHMIDT. EDDIE MATTHEWS. THAT IS PRETTY GOOD COMPANY. FIVE YEARS IN A ROW. SO GOOD THEY ARE BORING. WATCHING HIM PLAY DEFENSE IS SPECIAL. SCOTT: PULLED THAT TO LEFT AND HE THAT A BASE HIT. ROCKIES FRANCHISE HISTORY THEY PLAYERS HAVE DONE 30 AND 100 IF I HAVE TIMES. HEALTH TON. CASTILLO. WALKER, I FEEL LIKE YOU SEE THOSE FOUR NAMES ON MOST OF THE OFFENSIVE HISTORY BACK CATEGORIESOR COLORADO. MATT: ARENADO WILL PASS THEM. YOU THINK OF HEALTH TON'S CAREER -- HELTON'S CAREER PHENOMENAL AND ARENADO WILL PROBABLY PASS THAT LUKE LIKE NOTHING. HE'S DONE THAT SINCE HE GOT HERE AND SIGNED A LONG-TERM DEAL. HE WILL BE AROUND A LONG TIME AND THEY WON'T WANT TO GET RID OF HIM. YOU WANT TO BUILD AROUND A GUY AND HE IS PHENOMENAL AT THIRD BASE. SCOTT: MURPHY TO FREEMAN AND HE WILL TAG ARENADO AND MAKE THE DOUBLE PLAY UNCONVENTIONALLY. MATT: ARENADO THOUGHT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LINE DRIVE AND HE DIDN'T ANY IF IT WOULD BE A DOUBLE PLAY AND STEP ON THIRD SO HE JUST STARTED JOGGING OFF THE FIELD. JEREMY: HE DIDN'T CATCH T. NOLAN DIDN'T KNOW AND GOT THE DEUCE. SCOTT: STEP, STEP. TWO OUTS. THAT IS A BIG LEAGUE BALLGAME WAR WATCHING. MATT: ONE OF MY FAVORITE SENSATIONS IS THE GET UP AGAINST. JEREMY: MY WIFE IS TRYING IT GET ME TO DO SOME WITH MY KIDS AND I'M NERVOUS BUT I'M MESSING IT UP. MATT: I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT BUMPERS THE LOOK SLIDE AT WEDDINGS. SCOTT: CAN YOU SHUFFLE? JEREMY: I WON'T GO THERE. SCOTT: BRIAN MCMAHON. STILL SCORELESS. TEHERAN HAS THAT STRIKEOUTS, ONE IS THE MAN AT THE PLATEMENT MCMAHON MUCH BETTER OFFENSIVELY AT WHOM LIKE MANY -- AT HOME LIKE MANY OF HAS TEAMMATES. YOU DID A GREAT JOB POINTING OUT THAT THE WHIP IS GOING TO GET JULIO TEHERAN IN TROUBLE. HE HASN'T HAD A CLEAN INNING YET. LEFT A RUN ON IN THE SECOND AND THE THIRD AND HAD A WEIRD DOUBLE PLAY HERE. PLAYING WITH FIRE. JEREMY: BASED ON WHERE YOU ARE PLAYING, HE IS HAVING TO WORK HARD TO GET THESE OUTS. IT COULD BITE HIM LATER IN THE GAME. YOU COULD SEE HIM RUN OUT OF GAS. SCOTT: SO FAR, EVERY INNING HAS BEEN A MINI-ADVENTURE, RUNNERS ON EVERY INNING SO FAR. THROUGH 4, TEHERAN GETS MCMAHON TWICE. OUR GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE CONTINUES. HIS FIFTH CONSECUTIVE SEASON OF 30 PLUS, NOLAN ARENADO MAY BE ON THE HALL OF FAME HIGHWAY. >> I WILL DO MY BEST TO BE A GREAT TEAMMATE, BE A GREAT LEADER. >> HOW ABOUT THAT? TOUCH THEM ALL TIME FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR NOLAN ARENADO. SPECTACULAR DEFENSE FROM NOLAN ARENADO. UNBELIEVABLE. >> THAT IS A FANTASTIC PLAY, AS GOOD AS ANY I HAVE SEEN. >> NOLAN ARENADO, A WALKOFF HOME RUN. >> DID HE CATCH THAT? YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. >> THIS IS ABSOLUTE DEFENSIVE BRILLIANCE. >> IT IS A FORCED DOUBLE PLAY. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? >> YOU WON'T SEE IT FOR LONG. HAVE AN AFTERNOON, NOLAN ARENADO. >> ARENADO AND BUSTER POSEY HAVING WORDS AT HOME. >> DID HE MAKE THAT PLAY? WOW. >> ROCKIES WIN. ROCK -- WALKOFF CYCLE. >> HE DOES THAT FROM HIS KNEES. UNBELIEVABLE. >> THIRD HOME RUN OF THE DAY FOR NOLAN ARENADO. >> THAT IS A GOLD GLOVER AT WORK. >> NUMBER 200 FOR ARENADO. WALKOFF HOME RUN, NOLAN ARENADO. >> IN HIS LAST FIVE SEASONS, HE HAS HAD AT LEAST 30 HOME RUNS. SCOTT: ONE OF THE BEST IN THE PLANET. ARENADO, MATCHING UP WITH MIKE SCHMIDT THROUGH HIS FIRST 1000 GAMES. QUITE A FEW SIMILARITIES. THE OFFENSIVE NUMBERS, VERY CLOSE. THREE NATIONAL LEAGUE M.V.P. AWARDS WITH SCHMIDT, ARENADO NONE. THE VOTERS WILL LOOK AT THE HOME NUMBERS AND SAY, IT IS EASIER TO GET THE JOB DONE WHEN YOU ARE HITTING IN THIS BALLPARK AND THAT IS WHY YOU SEE SOME INFLATED NUMBERS. IT IS NOT JUST FROM THE ROCKIES, SCORING IN GENERAL IS AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE LEAGUE ON A YEARLY BASIS IN THIS PARK. MATT: IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO HIT, TOUGH PLACE TO PITCH. WHAT HE BRINGS TO BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS HOME-ROAD SPLITS, IT IS NOT WHAT CHARLIE BLACKMON IS TEST >> THAT WAS REALLY BRAVE. HOW DOES IT TASTE? >> NOT BAD. NOT BAD. >> SHOULD I TRY ONE? I WILL BRING SOME UP TO YOU. >> GIVE US THE PLAY-BY-PLAY AFTER THE BITE. >> IT IS RELATIVELY TASTELESS. >> TASTELESS? >> IF I SAID IT TASTES LIKE CHICKEN, I WOULD BE LYING. I AM FROM COLORADO. DO YOU WANT ME TO SEND UP THE REMAINING 2? >> YES. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE. WE NEED TO EXPERIENCE THIS. >> I DON'T KNOW IF I AM THAT HUNGRY. >> WHEN IN COLORADO. >> CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST TOOK A SECOND BITE. >> IS IT BORING? >> THEY ARE FINE. THEY JUST NEED A LITTLE SALT. >> BRING ICE CREAM WHEN YOU COME. BRING THOSE ROCKIES HATS UP. >> I'M ON BOARD. >> THANK YOU, GREAT WORK. >> DESMOND AND NUNEZ DUE UP AGAINST JULIO TEHERAN. THIS COPYRIGHTED TELECAST IS PRESENTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED OR RETRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM AND THE CONTENTS MAY NOT BE DISSEMINATED WITHOUT EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT. GOT IT? >> NAILED IT. >> IAN DESMOND. WALKED AKIN THE SECOND. DEFENSE HAS BEEN STRONG FOR BOTH SIDES. THE BRAVES PLAY EXCEPTIONALLY WELL ON DEFENSE. THE ROCKIES INFIELD DEFENSE IS GREAT. >> THE BRAVES INFIELD GETS A LOT OF LOVE FOR THEIR OFFENSE BUT IT OVERSHADOWS HOW GOOD THEY ARE ON DEFENSE. A LOT OF THAT GOES TOWARDS RON WASHINGTON. TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN OFF DAY, AND HE IS OUT HERE AND WE ARE DOING OUR PREGAME HITS THREE HOURS BEFORE THE GAME, HE WAS WORKING WITH OZZIE ALBIES ON HIS HANDS. THEY WORK SO HARD. DONALDSON, UNBELIEVABLE AT THIRD BASE. DANSBY SWANSON, SOLID, THE MOST CONSISTENT YOUNG SHORTSTOP IN THE GAME. OZZIE ALBIES, WE TALKED ABOUT HIM. FREDDIE FREEMAN GOT A LONG GOLD GLOVE. THEIR OFFENSE WHICH -- OUTSHINES THE DEFENSE THAT THEY DON'T GET THE LOVE THEY SHOULD ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL. >> THAT WAS HIS FIRST GOLD GLOVE. >> TRAVESTY. >> THE GENERAL MANAGER TOOK OVER BEFORE LAST SEASON. THAT WAS ONE OF HIS FIRST ORDERS, LET'S BE BETTER ON DEFENSE. HE HAS MADE SOME MOVES TO THE ROSTER TO IMPROVE IN THAT CATEGORY. I THINK ONE OF HIS FIRST DEALS WAS MATT KEMP. WES PARSONS, THE FORMER BRAVE, IN THE BULLPEN FOR THE ROCKIES. >> MELVILLE SPOT UP FOURTH, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE RUBY A PINCH-HITTER. IF HIS SPOT COMES UP, THAT MEANS SOMEONE IS ON BASE. MELVILLE ROOTING FOR A RUN HERE. HE IS IN THE HIGH 90'S IN PITCH COUNT. >> HAS GONE THROUGH THREE JERSEYS I'M SURE. PRETTY SURE HE IS DONE. THAT IS ONLY PITCH 61 SO FAR FOR JULIO TEHERAN. THAT IS WHERE LAUREN NEEDS TO GO. A LITTLE TIM MELVILLE BARBECUE ACTION OVER THERE. I KNOW HIS BUDDIES ARE WATCHING. >> LITTLE MISS BARBECUE OR SOMETHING? >> IN SCOTT SPEED -- SCOTTSDALE. >> SAYS IT IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY. I KIND OF WANT HIM TO COOK IT BECAUSE HE WAS BRAGGING ABOUT HIS COOKING SKILLS. MA'AM, THAT LOOKS GOOD. AND I AM FROM TEXAS. WE HAVE RUDY'S BARBECUE. THAT IS A YOU TUBE VIDEO RIGHT THERE IN ITSELF. TIM MELVILLE MAKING BARBECUE IN THE OFF-SEASON. >> YOU GOT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. YOU SHOULD BE ON THE COMMERCIALS FOR THEM AT THIS POINT. >> ENDORSEMENT DEALS COMING. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE ENDORSEMENT? CLEATS? GLOVE? BARBECUE. >> DESMOND DOESN'T GET ONE PASSED DONALDSON. WOW. I MEAN HOT CORNER DEFENSIVELY. J.D. MAKES THE PLAY. >> GIVE IT TO DONALDSON, THAT WAS A ROCKET. HE HASN'T HAD A TON OF ACTION OVER THERE. HE WAS ON HIS TOES FOR THAT. THAT BALL WAS RIPPED. MATT: I PLAYED A LITTLE INFIELD IN MY DAY AND THE HARDEST THING IS TO MAINTAIN FOCUS PITCH AFTER PITCH. DESMOND DID A GREAT JOB WORKING ALONG THE BACK, SMOKES THE BALL. DONALDSON READY AT ALL TIMES. HE IS A PROFESSIONAL OVER THERE. HE WAS IN TORONTO, HIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT HAS IMPRESSED ME. SCOTT: WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT DONALDSON AFTER THIS HALF INNING. MUSICALLY. THERE IS YOUR TEASE. MATT: I AM NOT INTERESTED. JEREMY: ME TOO. MATT: I WAS INTERESTED BEFORE THAT BUT NOW I AM REALLY INTERESTED. SCOTT: ONE WORD CAN CHANGE IT ALL. THIS IS HAMPSON. DONALDSON HANDLED HIM. THAT WAS BACK IN THE SECOND INNING. 28-YEAR-OLD RIGHT-HANDER JULIO TEHERAN. HAVING A GOOD YEAR FOR ATLANTA. STARTED THE DAY WITH THE 3.53 E.R.A. AND CONTINUES TO SINK DOWN. REMEMBER, IN ATLANTA, HIS LAST 10 STARTS, JUST ONE BAD ONE. THE ONLY GUY ON THE TEAM THAT DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE STADIUMS. HIS HOME AND ROAD SPLITS ARE SO WEIRD BECAUSE OF THAT YEAR IN HIS CAREER. YOU MENTIONED HIS E.R.A. COMING DOWN, A FULL 10TH OF A POINT DOWN TODAY, THREE .43 AS IT SITS NOW. THROWING THE BALL IN. HE IS SITTING AT 90-91 WITH A TWO SEAM, FOUR SEAM FASTBALL. HE WILL THROW THEM BOTH ABOUT THE SAME SPEED AND THIS IS THE KIND OF YARD YOU HAVE TO PITCH INSIDE. HE HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THAT. JEREMY: HE IS ANOTHER GUY THAT, HE JUMPS AT YOU WHEN HE THROWS. HE HAS THAT WEIRD EXPLOSION AT THE END. HE ALMOST LUNGES AT YOU. THE BALL COMES SHOOTING OUT OF HIS HAND WITH DECEPTION AND PROBABLY A LITTLE JUMP. HAS THAT LOWERED ARM SLOT ON THE BREAKING BALL, BUT HE COMES RIGHT AT YOU. HE DOESN'T SHOW ANY KIND OF, HE DOESN'T TRY TO NITPICK THE STRIKE ZONE, JUST MAKES YOU COMPETE AGAINST HIM AND AS YOU GET INTO SWING MODE, HE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB SUBTRACTING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PLATE, KEEPING HITTERS OFF BALANCE. SCOTT: HAMPSON TO THE LEFT SIDE FOR SWANSON. HE IS A SPEEDSTER, HAMPSON, BUT NOT THERE IN TIME. THE SECOND OUT. THE BRAVES DEFENSE MAKES, LEAVING US TO DOM NUNEZ. JEREMY: GOOD WALK-UP SONG. OLD-SCHOOL TUPAC RIGHT THERE. SCOTT: HE FLEW OUT TO RIGHT FIELD LAST TIME UP. YOU ARE SEEING THIS LAST PITCH, HE ALMOST GOES SIDEARM AND HE IS ALMOST CHANGING ARM SLOT AS THE GAME HAS GONE ON AND ON. HE HAS ACTUALLY ALMOST GIVEN A NEW LOOK, RIGHT THERE YOU CAN SEE HE HAS BEEN DROPPING DOWN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE PITCHES TO GIVE THESE GUYS A LITTLE DIFFERENT LOOK. SOME GUYS CAN CHANGE ARM SLOTS. VERY FEW DO IT WELL, BUT IF YOU CAN DO IT, IT GIVES NOT ONLY A DIFFERENT VELOCITY, IT GIVES A DIFFERENT LOOK TO THE HITTERS. CUEVA WAS ANOTHER GUY, HE PAUSES , GOES BACK AND FORTH. PITCHERS ARE STARTING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, IF THEY DON'T HAVE VELOCITY, HOW DO I CREATE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF VELOCITY TO THE HITTERS I AM THEIR APPROACH TO ME AT THE PLATE? THAT IS HOW THEY DO IT, CHANGING ARM SLOT, PAUSING. YOU SEE THE QUICK PITCH WHERE THEY DROP AND GO. PITCHERS HAVE TO GET A LITTLE MORE CREATIVE NOW THAT EVERYBODY COMING INTO THE BIG LEAGUES IS THROWING 100 AND IF YOU DON'T THROW 100, HOW DO I TRY TO CHANGE VELOCITIES WITH THE 92 MILE-PER-HOUR FASTBALL I'VE GOT? THAT IS HOW YOU DO IT. MATT: CUETO DID THAT TO ME ONE TIME. IT SHOCKED ME. I PROBABLY WATCHED 15 BATTERS ON YOU AND 63 OF THEM FOR STRIKES. SCOTT: YONATHAN DAZA, THE PINCH-HITTER, TOP 10 PROSPECT IN THE ORGANIZATION. HAS YET TO GET GOING OFFENSIVELY. WE HAVE SOME GRUB NOW. MATT: THIS IS NOT THE ICE CREAM WE WERE PROMISED. JEREMY: I AM TRYING ONE OF THESE. SCOTT: THIS LOOKS LIKE POPCORN SHRIMP. WHAT IS THIS? LAUREN? LAUREN: THOSE ARE THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTERS. THEY HAD THEM TO ME AND I WAS LIKE, I WANT CHICKEN TENDERS. THEY WERE LIKE, THIS IS WHAT YOU REQUESTED. WILL YOU GIVE IT A TRY? JEREMY: I AM. I AM GOING TO ROCK ONE OF THESE. I WAS GETTING BRAVE AND THEN THEY TELL ME WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THIS PITCH BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SEE IT. I AM STARTING TO SHAKE, GETTING NERVOUS. SCOTT: THAT IS A GREAT PITCH. JEREMY: I'M GOING TO TRY IT. CHEERS. MATT: YOU DIDN'T GO? SCOTT: I HAVE TO CALL THE GAME AND I AM ALLERGIC. MATT: BLAND CHICKEN FINGER. JEREMY: THE AFTERTASTE ISN'T GREAT. MATT: I AM NOT THERE YET. SCOTT: DAZA TO TEHERAN, HE GETS THROUGH THE FIFTH. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE GETTING THROUGH THE FIFTH BUT TEHERAN DID. JEREMY: LAUREN COULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT US CATCH UP -- KETCHUP? JEREMY: I TRIED TO TAKE ANOTHER BITE. MATT: 1-10, WHAT IS THIS? JEREMY: IF THEY HAVE A SPICY AOLI SAUCE -- MATT: A LITTLE HOT SAUCE -- JEREMY: PLAIN LIKE THIS, I AM NOT A FAN. MATT: IT NEEDS A GOOD SHOVEL TO GET SOME GOOD, TASTY -- JEREMY: I GET NERVOUS TO BITE WHATEVER THE TAIL WAS. I WOULD HOLD OFF ON THAT. WE WILL LET THEM WASH THAT DOWN WITH SOME WATER. SCOTT: REMEMBER HOW I MENTIONED JOSH DONALDSON MUSICALLY? THIS IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. >> I'M JOSH DONALDSON. I LIKE 90'S R&B, HIP-HOP, OLD-SCHOOL COUNTRY MUSIC WHEN I AM GETTING READY FOR THE GAME. I AM GOING TO PLAY HIP-HOP TO GET ME GOING, OR IF I AM TRYING TO RELAX BEFORE A GAME, IF I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO RELAX I WILL USE MAYBE SOME 90'S ALTERNATIVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SOME OF THE ARTISTS WOULD PROBABLY BE KEITH SWEAT, 50 CENT, HANK WILLIAMS, MAYBE SOME NIRVANA. BACK AND FORTH, I BOUNCE AROUND. I HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF WHAT I LIKE. SCOTT: TALKING ABOUT THESE PITCHERS WITH VARIETY, JOSH DONALDSON HAS VARIETY IN WHAT HE LISTENS TO. TO SEE MORE OF THIS EXCLUSIVE BRAVES YOUTUBE CONTENT, INCLUDING B.P. PLAYLISTS, SUBSCRIBE TO THE BRAVES YOUTUBE CHANNEL. LET'S GO BACK TO THE LAST JOSH DONALDSON VERSUS TIM MELVILLE RATTLED. HE WILL BE FACING A NEW MAN IN WES PARSONS BUT HAD TO BE HANDLED. MATT: MELVILLE HANDLED HIM WELL, TRY TO FINISH HIM LIKE AWAY. DONALDSON, LATE OFF THAT PITCH, THINKS HE WORKS A WALK ON THE LAST PITCH AND MELVILLE GETS THE COLONY OUTSIDE CORNER. I THINK HE WAS RIGHT. I THINK IT WAS A STRIKE ON THE OUTSIDE CORNER. DONALDSON LOOKED LOST AGAINST MELVILLE, SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE OFTEN FROM DONALDSON. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW HE MADE THE ADJUSTMENT BUT HE WON'T FACE HIM A THIRD TIME THROUGH. SCOTT: THE RIGHT-HANDER WES PARSONS, YOU CAN SEE HIS NUMBER WITH COLORADO AND ATLANTA. HE WAS A BRAVE, SCOOPED UP BY THE ROCKIES. WORKING ON HIS CONTROL. 12 K'S TO 13 WALKS. THAT IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. JEREMY: THAT IS HOW I WOULD PITCH HIM, GET HIM UNCOMFORTABLE, GETTING WAY IN, MOVING HIS FEET. YOU SAW MILLVILLE GET GOOD SWINGS ON BREAKING BALLS AWAY. YOU HAVE TO MOVE A GUY IN ORDER TO COMMAND THAT, TO MAKE HIM NOT WANT IT. RIGHT NOW, IT HAS TO BE IN COME OUT COME UP, DOWN, KEEP HIM OFF BALANCE. THE WAY HE HAS HIT HOMERS, MAKE THEM FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN THE ROCKIES PITCHERS DO WITH HIM TODAY. DONALDSON -- SCOTT: DONALDSON UP THE MIDDLE. THERE IS THE FIRST OUT. TWO HOMERS YESTERDAY FOR DONALDSON AND HE IS ONE OF THE GREAT CHARACTERS IN THE SPORT. BEFORE HIS FIRST HOMER, HE GOES OUT I THINK TO A RANDOM METS FAN AND SAYS, CAN YOU TOUCH MY BAT FOR GOOD LUCK? SHE SAYS NO. HE GOES LONG, BARELY. WE ASSISTED BY THE DEATH THE WIN ASSISTED BY THE HOMER. IT GETS BETTER. SHE SAYS I CAN'T GO HOME AND TELL EVERYONE I GIVE THE OPPOSITION I WAS THE GOOD LUCK CHARM. HE COMES OUT AND BRINGS HER ASSIGNED BAT. THAT IS HOW YOU GET IT DONE. MATT: PEOPLE MAY BE THINK IT WOULD BE CHIPPER JONES, IT WAS HANK AARON WHO HIT NINE HOME RUNS AGAINST THE METS. DONALDSON, OWNING THE METS THIS YEAR. JEREMY: HE IS HAVING A BLAST OUT IN QUEENS. MATT: IT IS ALWAYS FUN WHEN YOU CAN TRY TO WIN OVER A FAN WHO DOESN'T WANT TO BE WON OVER. THE AUTOGRAPHED BAT WILL DO THAT. JEREMY: HE DID HIS BEST. AND DIRECTED WITH HER, GOING -- DIRECTED WITH HER -- INTERACTED WITH HER, THE HIGH FIVE, THE FREEBIE. ARE WE SURE SHE DIDN'T TOUCH HIS BAT? I THOUGHT I SAW HER TOUCH HIS BAT. MATT: SHE PROBABLY FELT BAD ABOUT THE HOME RUN AND WOULDN'T GIVE HIM A HIGH FIVE. JEREMY: THAT IS PROBABLY WHAT HAPPENED. I THINK SHE TOUCHED HIS BAT AND THEN IT WAS LIKE, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A HIGH FIVE. SCOTT: INCONCLUSIVE ON THE REPLAY REVIEW. WE HAD ONE OF THESE THIS GAME. JEREMY: NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE THAT SHE TOUCHED THE BAT. I WILL BACK HER UP. SHE HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL TODAY PROBABLY. SCOTT: JOYCE DOESN'T BITE AND HE HAS A BASE. MATT: WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, CONCERN ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE COLORADO BULLPEN. MELVILLE DID GREAT BUT HE GROUND OUT THROUGH FIVE, BRIDGING THE GAP FOR FOUR INNINGS WILL BE TOUGH FOR THE BULLPEN. JEREMY: THE BIG BACK AND THEY HAVE, THE TWO OR THREE GUYS THEY HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT -- THEY HAVE BEEN DEPENDING ON AVERAGE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE JOB DONE. THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY ASTOUNDING, HOW BAD THEY HAVE BEEN. HE HAS TO FIGURE OUT HOW HE DID -- CAN GET THE NEXT FEW INNINGS OUT OF THE BULLPEN TO GET HIM TO THE BACK HE HAS. HE HAS A NEW CLOSER. HE WENT THROUGH A DIFFERENT CLOSER EVERY MONTH AND THEY JUST ANNOUNCED BEFORE THE LAST GAME HE DID WHO THE NEW CLOSER WAS. I THINK IT IS ALMONTE. IS HE THE BIG ARM? SCOTT: I THINK IT IS CARLOS ESTEVEZ. 98. THERE IT IS. THERE ARE YOUR RELIEF PITCHERS SIGNED IN DECEMBER 2017, WADE DAVIS, BRYAN SHAW, JAKE MCGEE. THAT IS $106 MILLION IN TOTAL SALARY. COMBINED FOR THREE, A FIVE .5 ZERO E.R.A.. WADE DAVIS, TALK ABOUT HOME-ROAD SPLITS LIKE CHARLIE BLACKMON HAS HITTING. WADE DAVIS PITCHING. HE LOOKS LIKE A RELIEF ACE ON THE ROAD AND AT HOME, CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO PITCH. MATT: THE CUTTER IS A TOUGH THING TO THROW HERE. JEREMY: JEREMY: THAT IS ALL HE IS DEPENDING ON. YOU CAN SEE THE SECOND HALF STATS. THE BULLPEN, EVERYONE OF THEM HIS LAST. NOT A LOT OF SILVER LINING THERE. YOU HAVE DAVIS, OBERG, ESTEVEZ HIM A OBERG WENT ON THE D.L.. SCOTT: HE IS ON THE INJURED LIST. A BIG STRIKEOUT FOR PERSONS. THAT IS ANOTHER THING THAT BUT HAS DEALT WITH. A FIVE MAN ROTATION HE STARTED THE YEAR WITH, GONE. ALL HURT. HE HAD DAVIS WHO HAS BEEN STRUGGLING. THE CLOSER YOU BRING IN TO FILL IN FOR HIM GOES DOWN WITH A BLOOD CLOT. HE IS DONE. NOW YOU HAVE ESTEVEZ. I SAW HIM PITCH, HE HAS SOME LIFE, 98, THUNDER COMING OUT OF THE ARM. HE HAS A GUY HE CAN GO TO. PROBABLY -- PROBLEM IS, YOU HAVE TO GET TO HIM. JEREMY: THEY NEED SOME RUN SUPPORT TODAY. CERVELLI, IT IS A BALLPARK THAT HAS SEEN 13.3 RUNS PER GAME THIS SEASON. WE HAVE NOTHING. MATT: WE GOT NOTHING BUT THE WIND IS STARTING TO PICK UP LATE IN THE AFTERNOON IN COLORADO. THIS IS WHEN YOU WOULD SHOW UP AT 3:00 AS A ROAD GUY AND GET A LITTLE B.P., AND THE BALL WOULD BE FLYING. WE MIGHT SEE SOME HOME RUNS HIT HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, THE PITCHER HAS DONE A MINUTE AMAZING -- AN AMAZING JOB. SO MY THE GROUND BALL OUTS. WE HAD A STRIKEOUT AND WHEN THIS INNING. THERE HAVEN'T BEEN BALLS IN THE AIR. SCOTT: IT IS A CREDIT TO THE KIND OF STUFF RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN SEE ON THE PITCHER'S BOX , THESE BALLS ARE STAYING IN ON THE HANDS. IT IS NOT ON THE BARREL. JAM SHOTS, TOP TO BOTTOM FASTBALLS, HITTERS ARE HAVING TO HIT THE TOP OF THE BASEBALL WHICH IMMEDIATELY MAKES THE BALL GO DOWN ESPECIALLY WITH THIS LAUNCH ANGLE AND EVERYTHING THEY ARE TRYING TO DO NOW. YOU CAN'T DO THAT WHEN YOU ONLY SEE THE TOP OF THE BALL. SOME GOOD PITCH IS MADE IN BIG SITUATIONS, KEEPING THE BALL ON THE GROUND. SCOTT: DRIVEN TO CENTER. HAMPSON BACKING UP. IN STRIDE. THAT WILL SIT DOWN AND. WES PARSONS WORKS A ROUND. MATT JOYCE HAS REACHED BASE BUT THE BRAVES HAVE NO RUNS TO SHOW FOR IT AS WE ENTER THE ROCKIES PORTION OF THE SIXTH. THE GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE, SCOTT BRAUN, JEREMY AFFELDT, MATT DIAZ AND LAUREN GARDNER. NOW RYAN MCMAHON WITH THE SWEET LEFT-HANDED SWING. WHAT DO YOU THINK HIS THOUGHTS ARE? >> HE WILL NEVER BELIEVE WHO I FOUND. HE IS RIGHT HERE, RYAN MCMAHON. >> >> UP GUYS? -- WHAT'S UP GUYS? >> WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE ART OF BAT FLIPPING. HOW DO YOU DO A BAT FLIP? >> THERE ARE TWO THINGS, THE BATS DROP AND THE BAT FLIP. FLIP, ANYTHING THAT GOES UP. DROP, ANYTHING THAT GOES DOWN. I WILL DROP IT STRAIGHT. >> NOT DISRESPECTING THE PITCHER. >> LETTING HIM KNOW I GOT YOU. I AM NOT LOOKING AT HIM, JUST GETTING GOING. IF I BAT FLIP, I WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. >> WHO HAS THE BEST BAT FLIP? >> I WILL GIVE YOU THE PLAY-BY-PLAY FOR THIS ONE. MURPHY STARES AT THE PITCHER. WHEN HE IS DOING THIS, HE IS SAYING I WANT YOU TO THROW IT RIGHT THERE. GETS HIM HERE, FINISHES, THEN HE WALKS LIKE THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT. THEN HE DROPS IT. >> WHO ELSE IS DO YOU LIKE? >> NOLAN. HE WILL GET IN A, BOUNCING AROUND, GOES TO HIT IT AND HOLDS IT THERE. HE TAKES SIX STEPS BEFORE HE GETS OUT OF THE BOX. CARLOS GONZALEZ HAS A GREAT ONE. HE HAS THE BIG LEG KICK, THEN DROPS IT. >> WE WILL TAKE IT BACK TO THE GAME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SCOTT: THANK YOU, SO MUCH. THE MLB BALLPARK APP, REDEEM SPECIAL OFFERS, ACCESS EXCLUSIVE CONTENT AND MORE. PLAY WITH MLB'S INITIATIVE TO INSPIRE ALL FORMS OF BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL PARTICIPATION. MAKING PLAYOFF OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE AND FUN FOR ANYONE. GO TO PLAYBALL.ORG. I LOVE THE WAY THEY EDIT THOSE VIDEOS. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THEY WILL SNEAK IN THE SLOW-MO MOTION DEEP VOICE. HE IS A BAT DROP HER, RYAN MCMAHON, AND NOT A BAT FLIP ARE. -- BAT FLIPPER. SCOTT: MY FAVORITE BAT DROPPER WAS PAUL O'NEILL. HE WOULD LOOK STRAIGHT AT THE GROUND KNOWING, HIT IT SO FAR. SCOTT: WE HAVE THE BIG BOYS UP FOR COLORADO. BLACKMON, STORY, ARENADO. JEREMY: BRANDON BELT HAS A GOOD BAT DROP. MATT: IT'S THOSE SNEAKY QUIET GUYS. THEY ARE BAT FLIPPING IN THEIR OWN WAY. I HAVE COME ALONG WAY. I USED TO BE A GET OFF MY LAWN KIND OF GUY, NOW I DON'T MIND IT. JEREMY: THE BAUTISTA ONE IS A LITTLE EXTREME. FOR ME. SCOTT: IN THAT MOMENT, THOUGH. MATT: IN THAT MOMENT. JEREMY: A LITTLE EXTREME. I UNDERSTAND THE EXCITEMENT, BUT THE BAT WENT INTO THE STANDS ALMOST. WHEN HE THREW IT. IT IS A LITTLE EXTREME. IF HE IS OK AND THE STRIKEOUT HAPPENS IN A BIG SITUATION, WE DO BACK FLIPS ALL THE WAY TO THE DUGOUT. SCOTT: ONE HOPPER FREEMAN, HE WILL HANDLE HIMSELF. MATT: MY BEST BAT FLIP WAS ALSO MY MOST EMBARRASSING, IN COLLEGE AGAINST GEORGIA TECH. I HIT ONE ON SUNDAY, WAY GONE. THE BAT FLIP WENT TOWARDS THEIR DUGOUT. I SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF, IF YOU FIND IT, I WILL SIGN IT. I WAS IN THE BIG LEAGUES AND HE WAS THERE AND SAID, I NEVER FOUND IT. MARK TEIXEIRA, GREAT TEAMMATE WITH THE BRAVES BUT DIDN'T LET ME FORGET WHAT A POMPOUS JERK I WAS WHEN I BAT FLIP GEORGIA TECH. SCOTT: TREVOR STORY. IF TEHERAN CAN GET THROUGH THIS PART OF THE ORDER, 83 PITCHES, HE HAS THE ABILITY TO GET THE BRAVES LENGTH OUT OF THE BULLPEN. LONG STRETCH, LOTS OF TRAVELING. THEY OFF DAY FOR ATLANTA COMES THURSDAY. THEY HAVE 2 IN TORONTO, A HOMECOMING. FOR JOSH DONALDSON. IT WILL BE A SHOW. AND MIKE SOROKA. FROM THE AREA. THEY ARE OFF THURSDAY AND THEY HAVE NINE GAMES AT HOME. STORY. GETS IT PAST HIM. A LITTLE JAM SHOT. THE ROCKIES HAVE A ONE OUT BASE RUNNER. JEREMY: A WEIRD HOP? MATT: YOU DON'T GET THE SPINOFF AND AS A SECOND BASEMAN. THE BALL STAYED IN THE AIR LONGER THAN ALBIES THOUGHT IT WOULD. IT CARRIED A LITTLE. WITH THAT SPIN, IT WILL SHOOT AWAY. THAT IS A LUCKY PLAY IF HE MAKES IT. HE PUT HIMSELF IN POSITION TO HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE A LUCKY PLAY BUT THAT IS JUST A TOUGH PLAY. GOOD JOB OF HITTING. 2-0 AGAIN. THE PITCHERS ARE WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK GOING INSIDE. SCOTT: ARENADO, A TWO HIT THEY FOR STORY. -- DAY FOR STORY. ARENADO WITH A BASE HIT IN THE FOURTH, FIRST TIME UP HIT INTO A DOUBLE PLAY. JEREMY: IF HE IS THINKING YOU ARE GOING TO COME IN, BETTER WATCH OUT. MATT: HE WILL TAKE A PITCH AND CHEAT. JEREMY: HE WILL. SCOTT: WE HAVE SEEN HIM PLACE BASEBALLS VERY, VERY FAR BACK IN LEFT FIELD. I THINK I DID A GAME HERE WHEN HE HIT ONE PASSED ALL THE SEATS IN LEFT FIELD. I THINK HE JUST CLEARED THE SEATS AND GOT TO THE CONCOURSE. MATT: HE'S GOT THE KIND OF POWER YOU CAN GET A SOUVENIR EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT EXPECTING ONE. JEREMY: THAT IS PRETTY MUCH HOW THE ROCKIES' DAY HAS BEEN GOING. ARENADO 0-2, TRYING TO PROTECT THE BALL ON THE LEFT-HANDED BATTER. NEITHER SIDE IS GETTING REALLY GOOD SWINGS ON EITHER END OF THE PITCHES, BUT THE ROCKIES DEFINITELY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT COMING AT THEM. MATT: JULIO TEHERAN, TOP FIVE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN SLOWEST FASTBALL VELOCITY. TREVOR STORY, A COUPLE STOLEN BASES AWAY FROM ANOTHER 20-20 SEASON. HERE IT IS. IN FRANCHISE HISTORY, CARLOS GONZALEZ, DANTE BICHETTE, TREVOR STORY. TWO AWAY FROM MATCHING DANTE BICHETTE. HE IS YOUNG, 26, PLENTY OF TIME TO BLOW PAST EVERYONE ON THE LIST. SCOTT: SEEING THAT DANTE BICHETTE, HIS SON IS DOING OK. HE IS IN TORONTO. THE BRAVES ARE ABOUT TO SEE HIM. MATT: BRAVES WILL GET A FULL DOSE OF BO BICHETTE. HE IS EXCITING. THE YOUNG KIDS I HANG OUT WITH, MY SON'S AGE, THEY HAVE EMBRACED HIM. THEY WATCHES HIGHLIGHTS ON YOUTUBE EVERY MORNING. HIM, JAVY BAEZ AND RONALD ACUNA JR. ARE THE THREE THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF. WHAT A GOOD PLACE BASEBALL IS IN. WHEN YOU TOLD ME TREVOR STORY IS ONLY 26, I PICTURE HIM AS AN OLD GUY. THAT IS HOW YOUNG AND EXCITING SOME OF THESE PLAYERS ARE. SCOTT: BICHETTE IS UP TO 22 EXTRA-BASE HITS. A MOST TO GET ONE TONIGHT. -- ALMOST GUARANTEED TO GET ONE TONIGHT. TEHERAN NOT ABLE TO GET THE LAST PITCH. HE IS SPOILING THEM. TEHERAN DOESN'T HAVE THE SWING AND MISS STUFF AND THAT IS WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT BOTTOM FIVE IN AVERAGE FASTBALL VELOCITY. THAT IS WHAT THAT CAN GET YOU. SWING AND MISS STUFF, THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN BREAKING BALL AND FASTBALL, NOT ENOUGH TO GET THE SWING AND MISS TO GET OFF THE MOUND. SCOTT: GOT HIM ON THE TWO P2 OFFERING. -- GOT HIM ON THE 2-2 OFFERING. MATT: THAT WAS A FOUL TIP INTO THE GLOVE. I CALL THAT A TIE. SCOTT: THE FOURTH K FOR TEHERAN. JEREMY: SEEMS LIKE THAT WHOLE AT-BAT, ARENADO WAS NOT LOOKING AWAY. SEEMS LIKE HE WAS WANTING SOMETHING IN RIGHT THERE, THE WAY HE WAS, HIS APPROACH. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCOUTING REPORT, INSIDE FASTBALLS WOULD BE ON THERE FOR TEHERAN. MAYBE WAS SAVING UP. -- MAYBE HE WAS SAVING UP. MURPHY'S HOME-ROAD SPLITS ARE ABNORMAL FOR A ROCKY. EXCEPTIONAL AT HOME BATTING AVERAGE AND ON-BASE, NOT MUCH ON THE ROAD BUT ALL THE POWER HAS BEEN ON THE ROAD. THERE YOU GO. 9-11 HOMERS AWAY FROM THIS PARK. USING THAT SPACIOUS OUTFIELD. MATT: I THINK HE COULD HIT ON OTHER PLANETS. DANIEL HARVEY HAS BEEN HITTING AND A LOT OF -- DANIEL MURPHY BEEN HITTING AND A LOT OF BALLPARKS FOR A LONG TIME. A TOUGH OUT, GREAT EYE AT THE PLATE, HE WILL TAKE WHAT YOU GIVE HIM. THAT IS PROBABLY WHAT HE DOES HERE MORE THAN MOST ROCKIES PLAYERS. HE IS NOT JUST TRYING TO GO YARD EVERY PITCH. SCOTT: STORY GOING FOR SECOND, HERE IS THE THROW AND HE IS IN THERE. THE 19TH OF THE SEASON FOR TREVOR STORY. THE FIRST ROCKY TO REACH SECOND BASE TODAY. JEREMY: WONDER IF CERVELLI AND TEHERAN KNOW WHAT SIGN HE IS USING RIGHT NOW. SCOTT: MURPHY, SEARCHING FOR HIS FIRST HIT TODAY. TO CENTER. ACUNA CAMPS UNDER IT AND TEHERAN GETS THROUGH ANOTHER INNING. SIX DOWN. NOTHING ON THE BOARD. FIVE HITS FOR THE BRAVES, THREE FOR THE ROCKIES, NO SCORE AND YET FROM TWO TEAMS THAT DID SOME TRAVELING LAST NIGHT TO GET HERE. FOR A MAKEUP GAME, A SNOW-OUT BACK IN APRIL GIVING US EXTRA BASEBALL IN AUGUST. DESPITE THE LACK OF RUN-SCORING, IT HAS BEEN ENTERTAINING. ♪ >> A SLOW ROLLER TO SHORT. TOUGH PLAY FOR STORY AND HE GOT HIM. >> ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? VERY BAD. SCOTT: WE HAVE REACHED THE SEVENTH INNING IN DENVER. IT IS THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE. HUG SENT HIGH-FIVES FOR JULIO TEHERAN. -- HOGS AND HIGH-FIVES FOR JULIO TEHERAN. NOT AN EASY PARK TO PITCH IN. THE SIXTH START FOR TEHERAN IN THIS BALLPARK. FOUR OUT OF SIX WERE GOOD FOR HIM PITCHING IN THIS BALLPARK. MATT: JULIO TEHERAN, NOT INTIMIDATED BY THIS ROCKIES ROSTER, DID HIS THING AND HAD A GREAT DAY. SCOTT: MLB.TV VISIT MLB.TV. TAKE IT IN R.B.I. BASEBALL. IT DELIVERS AN MLB EXPERIENCE WITH THE EXPERIENCE ACROSS MULTIPLE SEASONS. AND HUNDREDS OF NEW ANIMATION. I HAVE TO GO THERE. MATT: PLACE IS BEAUTIFUL. GARDEN OF THE GODS UP IN THAT AREA. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. SCOTT: PROBABLY NUMBER ONE MUSIC VENUE ON MY LIST FOR ME TO HIT. MATT: TO GO TO A CONCERT WITH A BUDDY OF MINE, HE HAD A HEART ATTACK. HE HUNG OUT IN THE HOSPITAL. HE IS FINE NOW. I OWE MYSELF A TRIP TO RED ROCK. SCOTT: CULBERSON IS PINCH-HITTING. WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN MUSICAL TASTES. MATT: JAY-Z AND HANK SENIOR. NEED TO BREATHE WITH THE BAND I WAS SUPPOSED TO SEE THERE. I HAD A LOT OF FUN. SCOTT: WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. MATT: RIGHT-HANDED PINCH-HITTER. HE IS A LITTLE MORE ATHLETIC, MUCH BETTER HAIR. I'M SHOCKED HE TOOK IT THERE. HE COMES OFF PRETTY AGGRESSIVE. AND SEE IT THERE. SCOTT: PRETTY BIG HOME RUNS OFF THE BENCH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT TEAMS AND ESPECIALLY IN THE PLAYOFFS OR GETTING TO THE PLAYOFFS. HE WAS WITH THE DODGERS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. EX TEAMMATE. THREE STRIKES. QUICK WORK FOR PARSONS. 13TH GAME IN THE HISTORY OF THE STADIUM TO BE SCORELESS. SECOND TIME THIS SEASON. ARE WE READING THAT RIGHT? IT'S NOT AN OLD STADIUM BUT NOT YOUNG GAME. 1995 IS WHEN IT BEGAN. MATT: THEY ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB. THEY ARE STAYING IN ON THE HANDS. TRIED TO DO IT AGAIN THERE. SCOTT: 2-1 TO ACUNA. TEHERAN IS DONE. SIX SHUTOUT FRAMES, 97 PITCHES. GOOD DAY. JACKSON WARMING. BRAVES' BULLPEN HAS BEEN SO GOOD DURING THE EIGHT-GAME WIN STEEK. MATT: TOOK A WHILE TO GET THEIR FEET UNDER THEM. SCOTT: NUNEZ WALKING OFF WITH STRIKE THREE FROM PARSONS AND THAT'S ACUNA GOING DOWN. HE IS 0-3. LET'S STRETCH. AND TALK MORE ABOUT ACUNA. HE HAS TURNED A LOT OF HEADS IN HIS BIG LEAGUE CAREER THAT IS NOT EVEN TWO YEARS DEEP. >> THE NUMBER ONE PROSPECT IN ALL OF BASEBALL MADE HIS MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT TONIGHT. >> ACUNA WITH A MAMMOTH HOME RUN. >> HOME RUN ON BACK-TO-BACK DAYS. >> AND HE GOT SMOKED ON THE VERY FIRST PITCH. AND NONE TOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT. ACUNA GOT HIT. NOT THE FIRST TIME HE HAS BEEN HIT BY A MARLINS' PITCHER. >> WAY, WAY BACK. IT'S GONE! >> CARRIED IT DOWN THE FIRST-BASE LINE. >> GOT SMASHED WITH A PITCH LAST YEAR. >> FAIR BALL. >> FIRST CAREER WALK-OFF HIT. >> BACK GOES ACUNA AND IT IS GONE. WHAT A CATCH BY ACUNA. >> MAKES IT LOOK SO EFFORTLESS. >> AND THE BRAVES HAVE WON IT! ACUNA SENDS US HOME HAPPY. >> I WANT TO BE ACUNA WHEN I GROW UP. >> THAT BALL IS LONG GONE. >> THIS KID RIGHT HERE HAS SOME CRAZY TALENT. >> WHAT A PLAY BY ACUNA. SCOTT: M.V.P.-CALIBER SEASON GOING ON. 36 HOMERS, 89 R.B.I.'S. SCORED OVER 100 TIMES. STOLEN BATS. WHAT ARE OTHER NOTABLES? MARTE AND RENDON. BUT BELLINGER LEADING THE PACK. YELICH. ACUNA DIDN'T LIKE THAT CALL. THAT ENDED THINGS IN THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH. IT IS LUKE JACKSON. THIS BRAVES' BULLPEN HAS BEEN SPECIAL DURING THE EIGHT-GAME WIN STREAK. ONE RUN ALLOWED IN 11 INNINGS THIS MONTH FOR JACKSON. E.R.A. BELOW 1.00. PICKED UP A WIN AGAINST THE METS IN QUEENS, TWO SCORELESS INNINGS OF ONE-HIT BALL. THE STRIKEOUT NUMBERS FOR HIM HAVE SOARED. 12 STRIKEOUTS PER NINE INNINGS SO FAR THIS YEAR. DECREASED THE FASTBALL PERCENTAGE. TONS OF SLIDERS NOW, AND THIS IS A THEME WE HAVE SEEN WITH MANY RELIEVERS, GO WITH YOUR BEST PITCH MORE AND MORE AND MORE. JEREMY: THE WAY GUYS ARE GETTING GEARED UP, YOU WILL SEE PITCHERS SET IT UP BY THROWING MORE BREAKING BALLS. IT EBBS AND FLOWS. BUT THESE BULLPEN GUYS DON'T HAVE TIME TO SET UP HITTERS. WHATEVER IT IS, THEY ARE THROWING IT AT THEM. THEY HAVE TO GO WITH BATTERS AND NOT FACING THESE GUYS TWO, THREE TIMES A GAME. AND RELIEVERS HAVE TO GET CREATIVE. EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO BEAT THEM LATE IN THE GAME AND HAVE TO KEEP THE HITTERS OFF. SCOTT: ON THE GROUND. TOSSED AND HE GOT HIM. THAT'S PRETTY. MATT: THEY MAKE IT LOOK EASY. UTTERLY IMPRESSIVE. HE TURNS -- PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS ABOUT HIM. THERE WAS CONVERSATION, MOVE DANCE BY TO SECOND BECAUSE OZZIE WAS SO GOOD AT SECOND. HE SHOWS THE ABILITY TO PLAY ON THE INFIELD. BACK TO THE BRAVES' BULLPEN, THEY HAD THE SCORELESS WINNING STREAK, 25 SCORELESS INNINGS ON A GROUPEDOUT FIELDER'S CHOICE. THAT'S THE LONGEST ONE THEY HAVE HAD EVER SINCE THEY MOVED. THIS BRAVES' BULLPEN HAS SET THE STANDARD FOR HOW THEY EXPECT TO WIN DOWN THE STRETCH. SCOTT: CRAZY THING IS THEY HAD A 7.13 E.R.A. UP UNTIL THAT STREAK STARTED AND 28 1/3. EARNED SCORE RUN. DESMOND IS BACKING UP. WANTED TIME-OUT. HE GETS A FREE BALL. MATT: DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN. HE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE HAD JUST GROUND OUT AN EXTRA INNING AND THREE GUYS WERE DROPPED ON IN HIS LAP HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW. I KNEW MARK DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA AND TOOK HIM A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT THEIR ROLES. JEREMY, WHAT DOES A MANAGER FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THEM. BLACK AND BOCH. JEREMY: THEY HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON OUT THERE. HE HAS A BRAVES' PLAYER HE DIDN'T LIKE OUT THERE. FACT THAT WE WERE SAYING, IT IS A REALLY TOUGH SITUATION WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN AS A MANAGER YOU GET THREE BULLPEN GUYS GIVEN TO YOU AT THE TRADE DEADLINE AND YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO FIT AND IT CAN BE A LITTLE CONFUSION ON HOW AND WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO FIT AND GUYS ARE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND WHO THEY JUST GOT TRADED TO. AS THEY GET SETTLED IN AND THE MANAGER GETS THE FLOW, HOW THEY THINK AND WHAT THE MATCH UPS WILL BE. AND WE WERE TALKING EARLIER TODAY, IT KIND OF CLICKED AND HAVE VETERAN GUYS WITH GREAT ARMS PUTTING TOGETHER DECENT BULLPEN NUMBERS. LUKE JACKSON HAS BEEN GREAT IN THIS ROLE. SCOTT: GROUND BALL OUT. MCMAHON, DESMOND AND HAMPSON HAS PUT THE BALL ON THE GROUPED TWO TIMES. NO HITS TO SHOW FOR IT. 96 JEREMY: NUMBERS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THE BULLPEN. THERE HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD BULLPENS COMING OUT OF ATLANTA. SMOLTZ, MUSCLE HOLE HAND -- MUSCLE HOLLAND. -- MULHOLLAND. SCOTT: TWO OF THE OPTIONS TO CLOSE GAMES FOR THE ROCKIES. OBVIOUSLY, NEED SOME RUNS. DAVIS BEFORE THAT. IMPRESSIVE INNING FROM LUKE JACKSON. SIT DOWN THE SIDE IN ORDER AND WE'RE THROUGH SEVEN IN DENVER. BRAVES AND ROCKIES, SCORELESS. LOOK AT THIS PUT-AWAY PITCH. >> RIDE BIKES, SCOOTERS. ACTIVE CITY. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND HAVE THE KAYAK AND LEARN THE RAPIDS. THEY HAVE A LOT OF GOOD STUFF GOING ON IN THIS CITY. MATT: YESTERDAY WAS 97 AND TODAY IS PERFECT. CAN'T MAKE UP ITS MIND SOMETIMES. >> REMEMBER YOUTUBE LIVE GAME COMMENTARY. YOU JUST HEARD FROM THAT ACCOUNT. ROCKIES, BRAVES, CREATORS CHIME IN WITH QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND ADD THOUGHTS DURING THE BROADCAST. IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO US AND CHECK OUT WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, LIVE COMMENTARY ON YOUR PHONE, COMPUTER AND SMARTTV. NEXT WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, METS- NATIONALS, THAT SHOULD BE GREAT. TWO TEAMS BATTLING IT OUT. THE WEEK AFTER THAT, WE ARE IN ANAHEIM FOR BRAVES AND NATIONALS. THAT IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. RAYS AND DODGERS ON TUESDAY, THE 17TH AND INTERLEAGUE AND CARDINALS AND DIAMONDBACKS TO FILL OUT OUR SCHEDULE HERE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON. HAVING A PLASS ON YOUTUBE AND HELLO TO EVERYONE WATCHING GLOBALLY, THANKS FOR WATCHING US IN DENVER. WHO IS GOING TO SCORE? E.R.A. JUST SLIGHTLY OVER 4.00. HE HAS HAD LOTS OF WILDNESS IN HIS CAREER. BIG ARM, THOUGH. >> GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN HIS LAST AT-BAT. 89-90. ALBIES. THREE INFIELDERS ON THE INSIDE AGAINST HIM. MATT: HE FLICKED ONE OVER THAT SHIFT. HE GOT A DOUBLE. SINCE THEN, THEY HELD HIM AT BAY. THIS IS A BIG INNING FOR THE BRAVES BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST TIME THEY ARE THROUGH. SCOTT: THAT 97 IS A LOCALITY HARDER THAN 89. SCOTT: THAT ONE HURT BAD. LOFTED. SHALLOW LEFT. ARENADO CALLING FOR IT. DOESN'T HAVE IT. SECOND LIFE FOR ALBIES. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT PLAY. JEREMY: HE HAD TO GO FOR A LONG WAY. SCOTT: THE OUTFIELDERS CAN'T GET TO IT. JEREMY: HE IS FAST BUT NOT THAT FAST. SCOTT: DO YOU THINK HE HAD A CHANCE? JEREMY: ARENADO IS THINKING AND HE HAS TO BE RUNNING FROM SECOND BASE. RIGHT THERE, YOUR THIRD BASE IS SO FAR IN POSITION. IF HE IS PLAYING IN A NORMAL SPOT, GOING TO CATCH IT. NOW HE HAS TO RUN PRETTY MUCH FROM SECOND BASE TO CATCH THAT BALL. SCOTT: WITH NOLAN, YOU ASSUME IT'S AUTOMATIC. THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE IT. MATT: WHEN SOMEONE DROPS A FLY BALL -- SCOTT: SECOND LIFE DIDN'T WORK OUT. STRIKEOUT FOR HIM ON 99 MILES PER HOUR. HERE'S FREEMAN. I MEAN, THAT IS EXPLOSIVE. SCOTT: ON THE HANDS TO FREEMAN. ARENADO. SIMILAR SPOT. DOESN'T HAVE IT AND IT'S A FAIR BALL! THEY CALLING IT FAIR? HE WAS IN FOUL TERRITORY WHEN HE CAUGHT IT. MATT: BARELY FAIR BALL. GERM JERMENT HE IS TRYING TO KEEP THE SUN OUT AND HITS THE PALM AND BOUNCES OUT. EIGHTH ERROR OF THE YEAR. TWO BASES. SCOTT: FREDDIE IS IN SCORING POSITION. THAT SUN MAKING THE JOB MUCH TOUGHER FOR HIM AGAINST THE DANGEROUS PART OF THE BRAVES' LINEUP WHICH CONTINUES WITH DONALDSON. HERE'S JOYCE. HE'S REACHED BASE THREE TIMES. COUPLE TIMES AND A WALK. ESTEVEZ DID PITCH YESTERDAY. 27 PITCHES. HIS FIRST ACTION SINCE WEDNESDAY. ONE RUN ON THREE HITS IN HIS ONE INNING AGAINST THE CARDINALS OFFENSE. SUDDENLY, THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT. DONALDSON IN THE AIR. HAMPSON. MOVING UP. AND HE'S GOT IT. FREEMAN BACK TO SECOND. PUTS THE BRAVES AT 1-10 WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION. JEREMY: HE GETS HIS NOT DOWN IN TIME. 97 MILES AN HOUR. LITTLE SLOWER THAN THE 99. HE KNOWS IT AS SOON AS HE MAKES CONTACT THAT HE WAS ALL OVER IT. YOU CAN SEE THE BARREL IS THERE, HE CAUGHT IT A LITTLE BELOW THE BALL. TOTALLY DIFFERENT, FIRST THREE PITCHES YOU FACE, THROWING 97-99, YOU ARE GOING TO MISUNDERSTOOD NEETH THE BALL. SCOTT: MATT JOYCE LOOKING TO STAY PERFECT TODAY. BRAVES ARE GOING FOR NINE IN A ROW. THIS ACTUALLY STARTS AN EIGHT-GAME STRETCH FOR THEM AGAINST LOSING TEAMS. WHITE SOX AND BLUE JAYS AND THEN THE GAUNTLET AGAINST THE DIVISION BEGINS. MATT: I'M SURPRISED TO SEE THE STARTING LINEUP. IT LETS YOU KNOW THAT WINS COUNT THE SAME NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE AGAINST. IF YOU END THE SEASON 97. AND GOING TO BEAT THE TORONTOS AND WHITE SOCKS OF THE WORLD WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PLAY THEM. SCOTT: BEST CHANCE THE BRAVES HAD AT SCORING WAS WHEN FREEMAN WAS AT SECOND AND WAVED AROUND AT HOME. THAT WAS ON THE JOYCE BASE HIT. MATT: THE ROCKIES HAVE HAD ONE RUNNER GET TO SECOND BASE ALL DAY. FREEMAN HAD A COUPLE OF TIMES THERE. WE SAW CERVELLI GET FROM. IT WASN'T PRETTY WHEN HE GOT THERE. SCOTT: JOYCE TO CENTER. HAMPSON GETTING A LOT OF WORK LATELY. SWIRLING AROUND. AND ESTEVEZ ESCAPES. THE ERROR ON ARENADO HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE SUN A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT NO DAMAGE DONE THROUGH 7 1/2. HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT? "GAME SUMMARY" AND MELVILLE. STILL ON THE FAN CLUB? JEREMY: I'M STILL ON THE FAN CLUB. ONLY GOT THROUGH FIVE. BUT THIS IS A DIFFERENT TEAM. THIS IS DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND THE DEFENSE HE GOT RIGHT THERE FROM STORY AND THE WAY HE POUNDED HIS OWN, I'M A HUGE FAN. SCOTT: TEHERAN SCORELESS WORK AS WELL THROUGH SIX INNINGS. MATT: HE GOT OUT OF THEM. STRUCK OUT STORY. IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PITCHER'S DUEL EXCEPT FOR THIS. AND THEN THIS PLAY RIGHT HERE. MELVILLE MAGIC. I GOT ON THE MELVILLE BAND WAGON. SCOTT: STILL DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS OUT. JEREMY: I THINK HE WAS SAFE. SCATSCAT -- SCOTT: IT'S NOT US. BASES LOADED FOR FREDDIE FREEMAN. KEY OUT FROM MELVILLE. JEREMY: THAT'S WHEN I OFFICIALLY JOINED THE FAN CLUB RIGHT THERE. SCOTT: TEHERAN STILL GOING STRONG IN THE SIXTH. STORY, THIS ONE. STEALS SECOND. ROCKIES' FIRST BASE RUNNER AT SECOND. BUT MURPHY, FLY BALL OUT TO CENTER. HERE WE ARE WITH A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED DUEL IN DENVER. USUALLY YOU SEE 13-PLUS RUNS SCORED ON AVERAGE AT THIS PARK. FANS ARE PROBABLY WELCOMING THIS. SOMETHING NEW. NO RUNS UP. MATT: I WOULD HAVE MISSED ON EVERY PREDICTION. I ACTUALLY TOLD MY WIFE, I'M GOING TO RUSH TO THE AIRPORT TO GET HOME TONIGHT BECAUSE IT WILL BE A 12-10 BALLGAME. I WAS WRONG. THE GAME IS STILL GOING, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO GET TO 12-10. SCOTT: CHRIS MARTIN IS THE NEW MAN ON THE MOUND FOR THE BRAVES. SO ROQUEA IS ALREADY IN TORONTO. >> HE IS CLOSER TO CALGARY. CALGARY IS LIKE ACROSS THE NATION FROM TORONTO. GEE OGGRA IF I WAS MY LOWEST GRADE IN COLLEGE. >> NUNEZ BEHIND 1-2. 33-YEAR-OLD. 6' 8," 215 POUNDER AND TRADED OVER TO THE BRAVES AT THE TRADE DEADLINE. 54 STRIKEOUTS, FIVE WALKS. A ROQUE BEGINNING WITH THE BRAVES. THAT WAS THE STORY FOR ALL THREE. MATT: IT STARTED TO TURN FOR CHRIS AGAINST THE DODGERS. TWO SCORELESS OUTINGS AGAINST THE DODGERS WHICH LOOKED LIKE HE GOT COMFORTABLE. NO RUNS, NO WALKS. AND THEN HE GOES MIAMI HAS A SHUTOUT AND NEW YORK METS AND THEN METS AGAIN, ANOTHER SHUTOUT. HE HAS HIS FEET UNDER HIM AND FOUND HIS ROLE HERE. IT'S BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THIS BULLPEN. THE LAST EIGHT GAMES ARE ANY INDICATION, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE BULLPENS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO FACE IN THE PLAYOFFS. SCOTT: NUNEZ HARD HIT UP THE MIDDLE. ACUNA LATE TO THE BALL AND NUNEZ WITH A DOUBLE. JEREMY: YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT IS A LEADOFF DOUBLE. YOU ARE THINKING THE CENTER FIELDER IS THE RIGHT FIELD IS GOING TO GET TO IT AND THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION. HUSTLING OUT OF THE BOX IS WHAT HELPED THAT OUT. I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED THE JUMP SLIDE RIGHT THERE. TWO DOUBLES BY THE CATCHERS. CERVELLI IS MORE MEMORABLE, BUT NUNEZ COULD BE MORE MEMORABLE IN THIS BALLGAME. SCOTT: PINCH-HITTER. CHRIS MARTIN IS ONE OF THOSE STORIES, TOO. 2010 AND MADE HIS DEBUT FOR THE ROCKIES. BOUNCED AROUND IN THE RED SOX MINOR LEAGUE ORGANIZATION. COLORADO SCOOPED HIM UP. SPENT SOME TIME IN JAPAN 2016 AND 2017. THE SPLITTER, THAT'S COOL. HE MATT: DIDN'T HE WORK FOR U.P.S. ONE POINT. SCOTT: YES, IN TEXAS, UNLOADING TRUCKS AT U.P.S. ONE DAY ON THE WAREHOUSE, HITTING 95 MILES AN HOUR. MATT: WHO'S CATCHING IT IN THE WAREHOUSE? [LAUGHTER] MATT: WITH HIS HEIGHT, THEY ARE GOOD AT UNLOADING BOXES ON THE UPPER SHELF. SCOTT: ANOTHER HIT. GIVE HIM A MINUTE HERE. MATT: CERVELLI IS SO CAUTIOUS. COMING OFF OF MULTIPLE CONCUSSIONS AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY HE WASN'T GOING TO CATCH AGAIN IN PITTSBURGH. CAUGHT HIM CLEAN. SCOTT: I'M GOING TO WANT TO GET MY HEAD TAPPED. CHECKING TO SEE IF I'M ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER 0-2 WITH ALONZO PINCH-HITTING. JEREMY: A LEFTIE WOULD BE TRYING TO BALL TO THE GROUPED. BLACKMON TO POTENTIALLY PUT A GO-AHEAD RUN. TWO STRIKES WITH A STRIKEOUT PITCHER, HE IS TRYING TO PUT THE BALL IN PLAY. YOU DON'T HAVE A SITUATION AT THIS POINT ONCE YOU GET TWO STRIKES. YOU TRY TO DO IT WITH THE FIRST TWO STRIKES BUT NOW IT'S JUST BATTLE. SCOTT: I WAS WONDERING IF HE WHAT GOING TO GIVE US SMALL BALL. I CALLED SOME OF HIS GAMES WHEN HE WAS A SUPERSTAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI AND HE WAS THE GUY. BUT THERE WAS NO BUNTING THERE AND COMES UP, HIGH DRAFT PICK WITH THE CINCINNATI REDS AND BOUNCED AROUND A BIT. OFF TO A NICE START WITH THE ROCKIES. 967 O.P.S. AND BROKE THE BAT. AND MOVES THE RUNNER OVER. LOOK OUT, CHRIS MARTIN. SCOTT: THAT BAT IS STICKING IN THE GROUND AND DEFINITELY ONE IF IT HIT HIM, COULD HAVE HURT HIM. MATT: KNOWING HE IS A PROFESSIONAL ENOUGH HITTER TO PUT THE BALL IN PLAY WITH THE POTENTIAL WINNING RUN HAS MOVED UP TO THIRD BASE. JEREMY: HE HAS SOME MOVES. SOME AGILITY OUT THERE. SCOTT: 0-16. R.B.I. CHANCE HERE. INFIELD IN. NUNEZ AT THIRD. HERE IT COMES. MATT: THAT WAS REALLY CLOSE. SCOTT: REALLY CLOSE. MATT: DID YOU EVER HAVE ONE COME AT YOU LIKE THAT? JEREMY: I HAD TO HOP OVER. I DON'T REMEMBER ONE COMING AT MY HEAD. I KIND OF AVOIDED THOSE. THAT'S SCARY. I WAS AT A GAME AGAINST MIAMI AND I BELIEVE IT HAPPENED AND IT ACTUALLY GOT IT. AND HE HAD TO PULL OUT OF THE GAME. FELT LIKE IT PUNCTURED A LUNG. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO IT WAS. MATT: YOU WERE GRAND FATHERED IN. THAT BROKE LIKE THE OLD MAPLE BACKS. HE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. JEREMY: THEY SPLINTERED. SCOTT: BLACKMON SENDS IT TO RIGHT AND IT'S CAUGHT BUT IT'S GOT ENOUGH. FINALLY, WE BREAK THE ICE AT COORS FIELD. 1-0, ROCKIES. NUNEZ SCORES THE FIRST RUN OF THE CONTEST HERE. STORY UP NEXT. SCOTT: TWO HITS TODAY. THERE'S YOUR CLOSER. WE WONDERED HOW THAT WAS GOING TO GO. DIAZ AND ESTEVEZ ARE TWO VIABLE CANDIDATES. ESTEVEZ AND DIAZ PRETTY SOON. JEREMY: HE HAS NO CAREER SAVES UP UNTIL THIS POINT. THIS WILL BE BAPTISM BY FIRE AS THE CLOSER FOR THE ROCKIES. SCOTT: FANTASY BASEBALL, YOU CAN USE A FEW SAVES IF YOU ARE IN A LEAGUE LIKE THAT. JEREMY: FOURTH CLOSER, THERE IS A LOT OF INSTABILITY GO BEING ON DOWN THERE. MATT: IT WAS GREEN'S JOB. AND BACK TO JACKSON FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THEN TO HAMPSON. AND LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE HIM FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE IF DIAZ DOES HIS JOB, WE WILL NOT BE SEEING HIM IN THIS BALLGAME. SCOTT: STORY SENDS IT 3-2 TO RIGHT FIELD. TWO-OUT BASE RUNNER FOR THE ROCKIES. MATT: THIRD HIT OF THE DAY. RIGHT FIELD HAS BEEN HIS HONEY HOLE. I'M IMPRESSED. TAKE WHAT THEY GIVE YOU. WILLING TO GO TO RIGHT FIELD AND IF THEY MAKE A MISTAKE, THAT WAS A QUALITY PITCH BUT A PROFESSIONAL SWING ARM. SCOTT: ANOTHER CHANCE FOR ARENADO. HE HAD A TOUGH INNING. STRIKEOUT. TWO DROPPED FLY BALLS. 1-4 HITTERS. THAT'S THE BEST IN BASEBALL. TOP HEEF ---HEAVY TEAM OFFENSIVELY. SCOTT: NUNEZ HUSTLE FOR THE DOUBLE PROVING TO BE THE DIFFERENCE AT THE MOMENT. AND THE BROKEN BAT, GROUND BALL OUT. BLACKMON BRINGS HIM HOME WITH THE SACRIFICE FLY. HERE'S CHARLIE. THEY GOT HIM. STORY'S OUT. NICE HESITATION THERE. LITTLE PAUSE FROM CHRIS MARTIN TO GET US THROUGH THE LAST OF THE EIGHTH. STORY WANTS THAT CHECKED. MATT: TRYING TO AVOID. ALBIES WANTED TO TAG HIM INSTEAD OF THE BASE. SCOTT: MIGHT WANT TO HAVE THAT CHECKED. WE'LL REVIEW IT. LATE STAGES OF THE GAME, WHY NOT, ESPECIALLY WITH ARENADO UP. MATT: WHEN YOU ARE AN INFIELDER, I WOULD LOVE IT WHEN THEY TAGGED ME. WHAT I CAN'T AVOID IS THE BAG. IF YOU LAY YOUR GLOVE DOWN TO SECOND BASE YOU ARE GOING TO GET ME. SCOTT: I THINK HIS FOOT IS OFF TEMPORARILY. WATCH. THE LAST VIEW. HIS NOT WAS OFF. SEE A LITTLE KICKOFF? JEREMY: IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT PANS OUT. SCOTT: NOT THERE. NOT THERE. SAFE. SAFE, BUT -- STAY ON IT. BECAUSE ONCE THE FOOT GETS THERE, THAT'S WHY THE INFIELDERS KEEP THE GLOVE ON THE BASE RUNNER FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WAS THERE A KICKOFF? JEREMY: THE TOE MIGHT HAVE STAYED ON IT THE WHOLE TIME. SCOTT: DO YOU GUYS HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO MAKE A CALL? JEREMY: I THINK IT WAS A LATE TAG THERE. BUT BASED ON THE REVIEWS, I HAVE NO -- SCOTT: WHATEVER WAS CALLED ON THE FIELD WILL STAND. JEREMY: NO GLOVE TOUCHED UNTIL RIGHT THERE. MATT: IF THEY CAN SLOW IT DOWN AND SLIDE A PIECE OF PAPER UNDER THERE, HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S OUT. JEREMY: HE DIDN'T GET HIM UNTIL LATE. THAT WAS AN ATHLETIC SLIDE, I TELL YOU THAT. HE'S NOT LEAVING OUT IN THE MIDDLE FIELD. SCOTT: THEY CALLED HIM OUT. JEREMY: THEY CAN GO TO THAT LOOPHOLE OF NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE AND CAN PROTECT THE UMPIRE. I'M NOT SET ON THAT. I'M UPSET -- THESE ARE REALLY POTENTIALLY TWO CALLS FOR BOTH TEAMS, NOT JUST ONE WAY. IT COULD BE A 1-1 GAME RIGHT NOW IF THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE THE RIGHT CALL. SCOTT: LAST CHANCE FOR THE BRAVES. THEIR TURN IN THE NINTH COMING UP. FOCUS ON ROCKIES' THIRD BASE. HE HE DISCUSSED THE PROWESS OF ARENADO. >> I'M JOINED BY THIRD BASE COACH AND INFIELDER'S COACH. WHAT DOES THE THIRD BASE COACH DO? >> IT GETS OVER THE MANAGER AND THE SIGNS THEY WANT TO USE AND KNOW THE PLAYERS AND TAKE THE EXTRA BASE. AND -- >> GREEN LIGHT FOR COLE. >> DON'T GIVE ANY SECRETS AWAY AND HOW MANY SIGNS DO YOU HAVE TO MEMBER RISE IN A SEASON. >> EIGHT SIGNS. WE TRY TO TRY TO CHANGE IT. >> THE RUNNER IS COMING IN FROM SECOND AND STAYING SOFT AND BREEZE RIGHT THROUGH YOU. WHAT HAPPENS? >> I JUST SAY GOOD LUCK. >> INFIELDER'S COACH, ARENADO, WHAT IS SOMETHING HE HAS DONE? >> PLAYING IN SAN FRANCISCO WHERE HE RAN DOWN THE THIRD BASELINE AND CAUGHT THE BALL. >> OH MY GOODNESS, DID HE CATCH THAT? YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEE A BETTER CATCH ANYWHERE. >> TO SEE HIM MAKE THAT PLAY AND WHEREWITHAL AND PULL THE BALL BACK TO THIRD BASE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. BACK TO THE GAME. >> I LOVE THAT, SEE MORE VIDEO FROM THE COLORADO ROCKIES, SUBSCRIBE TO YOUTUBE CHANNEL. BUNCH OF BRAVES' FANS IN THE STADIUM. GOOD DAY OFF. JEREMY: SOME OF THEM LIVE HERE AND TRAVEL HERE. EASIER TO GET A TICKET HERE AND CHEAPER HERE THAN IN ATLANTA. SCOTT: MAKES SENSE. GOING FOR THE FIRST EVER SAVE. YOU LOOK AT THE STRIKEOUT TO WALK RATIO AND THINGS TO LIKE IN HIS 40 2/3 INNINGS. JEREMY: BUD BLACK IS SHOWING HIM RIGHT HERE. YOU HAVE BEEN A CONSISTENT RELIEVER IN THE BACK END AND TRY TO CLOSE OUT SOME GAMES. SCOTT: 59% FASTBALL USAGE. IN THE 97 RANGE. AND 41% OF THE TIME WITH THE SLIDER. THAT'S A HARD SLIDER. MATT: 90 MILE AN HOUR SLIDER. CHANGE OF SPEED, JEREMY. THIS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES THAT WE ARE SEEING 89-91. JEREMY: THAT'S HIS SLIDER. HARDER THAN THE FASTBALL. SCOTT: SWANSON, CERVELLI. AND HE'S GOT ONE. JEREMY: ALMOST A BACKUP SLIDER. YOU WILL SEE HITTERS SWING THROUGH A LOT. AND LATE ON IT, EVEN. THEY ARE NOT -- THE BRAVES DON'T SEEM THEY ARE GETTING GOOD LOOKS AT PITCHERS AND THE APPROACH THEY HAVE AGAINST THE ROCKIES DIDN'T SEEM TO WORK FOR THEM SO FAR. SCOTT: CERVELLI, SLIDED UP. MATT: SO FIRM. SHOCKING AND FIRM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE UP LIKE THAT. GOING TO ROLL TO THE WALL. CERVELLI, TRUCKING THROUGH THIRD. AND HE'S THERE! . STICKS THE LANDING THIS TIME. IT'S A ONE-OUT TRIPLE FOR THE NEW BRAVES' CATCHER. MATT: BEGGING FOR OXYGEN AND HITS ANOTHER BALL TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FIELD. MISSED THE BALL AND ALMOST FEELS LIKE HAM HAMPSON. TWO CENTER FIELDERS, LITTLE LATE GOING TO THE BALL. MATT: REAL EASY TO CASH IN THIS GAME. AND HE WOULD HAVE TO STAY HERE FOR 15 INNINGS AND GET THE WIN. SCOTT: ONE OF MY FAVORITE LINES OF THE YEAR FROM HIM, HE SAID OUR OFFENSE IS LIKE AN NBA GAME, FOURTH QUARTER, HERE WE GO. SOMETIMES YOU CAN WATCH AN NBA SCOTT: LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO SPIN BACK. TWO STRIKES ON HIM. JEREMY: I HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED WITH THE HANDS IN THE STANDS TODAY. JEREMY: LULLED TO SLEEP. YOU NEED MORE OFFENSE. NOLAN COULDN'T GET IT. SCOTT: 2-2 TO ORTEGA. AND NOW IT'S FULL. MATT: GREAT AT-BAT HERE BY ORTEGA. HE'S IN THE SAME SITUATION ALONZO. YOU WANT TO GET A SAC FLY AND NOW PUT A BALL IN PLAY. SCOTT: WILL HAMILTON GO? MATT: RIGHT THERE. YOU SEE HE IS GOING ON CONTACT. THERE IS A LINE DRIVE TO THE INFIELD. DOUBLE PLAY GAME OVER. BILLY HAMILTON IS LOOKING TO SCORE ON CONTACT. THIS BALL SCORES, HE'S ON HIS WAY. SCOTT: EVEN IF IT IS A HIGH FLY BALL AND SHALLOW PARTS OF THE OUTFIELD. WE HAVE SEEN HIM SCORE IN THOSE SITUATIONS. PAYOFF. SCORCHED FOULED. MIXED CROWD. PLENTY OF BRAVES' FANS IN THE HOUSE. PROBABLY GET TONS OF CHEERS REGARDLESS OF THE RESULTS OF THIS PLAY. MATT: NINTH PITCH AT-BAT. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE BATTLE FOR BOTH OF THESE YOUNG PLAYERS. SCOTT: DIAZ TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER HIS FIRST CAREER SAVE. NOT AN EASY TEAM TO PUT AWAY. BRAVES HAVE AN EIGHT-GAME WIN STREAK ON THE LINE. BALL FOUR. AND/OR TAKEA LOOKS BACK TO THE DUGOUT, TRYING TO PUMP UP THE CREW. JEREMY: NOT EXACTLY A BAD WALK BECAUSE YOU HAVE HAMILTON AT THIRD BASE AND YOU ARE NOT GIVING ANYTHING FOR A HITTER TO MAKE CONTACT AND GOING FOR A PUNCHOUT KNOWING IF I WALKED IN THIS SITUATION, I HAVE DOUBLE PLAY SETUP AND HAVE A DOUBLE PLAY SCENARIO. THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE PITCHING FOR RIGHT THERE, A STRIKEOUT OR A WALKOUT. SCOTT: DANNY WHO IS GETTING REGULAR TIME AT SHORT STOP, SWANSON ACTIVATED TODAY. PINCH-HIT WITH HAMILTON AT THIRD. ORTEGA AFTER THE WALK AT FIRST. JUST ONE OUT. RUNNERS GOING. SENDS IT TO RIGHT. AND BRING IN THE RUN EASILY. WE ARE TIED! AND FINALLY, WE ARE GETTING OFFENSE. A RUN FOR THE ROCKIES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH AND ANSWER FROM THE BRAVES HERE IN THE NINTH. MAT JEREMY: SOMETHING YOU CAN ELEVATE AND SMOKES IT TO RIGHT FIELD. ORTEGA. AND HE ALMOST GETS CAUGHT UP SLEEPING. NO SHOT. GUNS IT TO FIRST. AND HAMILTON SCORES IT. AND/OR TAKEA. ONE THING THAT WALK DID DO IS GUARANTEED ACUNA ANOTHER SHOT IN THIS BALLGAME. SCOTT: ACUNA, FREEMAN AND DONALDSON. WE ARE BACK TO THE TOP OF THE LINEUP. HE IS HITLESS. STOLE ANOTHER BAG. MATT: ALMOST EQUALLY AS IMPRESSIVE. JEREMY: I WANT TO SEE ORTEGA. DIAZ HAS A GOOD JOB OF PICKING OFF BUT WHEN HE DOES, HE IS VERY DELIBERATE TO THE PLATE. SCOTT: HE'S GOING. AND NUNEZ LOST THE BASEBALL. SO A STOLEN BASE FOR ORTEGA. A HIT COULD GIVE THE BRAVES THE LEAD. JEREMY: ORTEGA TIMING UP THE MOVE. DIAZ RIGHTFULLY SO, TWO OUTS AND TWO STRIKES. WHAT HE HAS CREATED BY NOT HOLDING ORTEGA CLOSER IS A BLOOPER. SCOTT: ROCKIES ARE COMING OFF BACK-TO-BACK CAMPAIGNS. AND WON'T BE THE CASE BECAUSE OF PITCHING. MATT: HE HAS THE SECOND MOST BARRELS BEHIND MIKE TROUT ACCORDING TO STAT CAST. AND HE GOT HIM. WALK-OFF CHANCE FOR THE ROIKS COMING UP IN THE NINTH. COLORADO HAS GIVEN UP 69 RUNS, FOURTH MOST IN THE NBA. BUT ACUNA JAMMED UP HERE. MATT: HAS A CHANCE TO SET THE RECORD. SCOTT: THE BRAVES BY SIX GAMES. YESTERDAY WAS WIN NUMBER 80 FOR THEM. BUT THE NATIONALS HAVE WON FIVE IN A ROW. THE PHILLIES 67 AND 62. THE FIRST FOUR ON HERE ALL PLAYOFF RELEVANT. BRAVES WITH THE LEAD, PHILLIES, NATIONALS AND METS ALL IN THE WILD CARD DISCUSSION. MAT TO PITCH THE NINTH. 1-1 GAME. GREAT YEAR FOR HIM. THIS IS A GEM OF A PICKUP BY THE GENERAL MANAGER. SIGNED A BIG DEAL LAST YEAR WITH THE METS, TWO YEARS, $14 MILLION AND TRADED HIM AWAY TO SEATTLE IN THE OFF-SEASON AND MAY 20 FOR A PAIR OF RELIEVERS. TYLER FLOWERS ENTERS THE GAME. FLOWERS, ONE OF THE MORE EXPERIENCED CATCHERS IN BASEBALL. I DON'T CONSIDER HIM A BACKUP. JEREMY: THEY HOPE HE COMES BACK IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. SCOTT: THEY ARE 33-29 AT HOME. AND TWO OF THEIR LAST FOUR HOME VICTORIES HAVE BEEN WALK-OFFS. JEREMY: FINDING A HARD TIME FINDING THE STRIKE ZONE. SCOTT: TAKE YOUR BASE. JEREMY: THAT'S THE KEY. WHEN YOU HAVE HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IN THESE BALLGAMES, YOU NEED BASE RUNNERS. ARENADO COULD GO FOR A HOME RUN BUT KEYHOLE THAT PITCHER. IF HE DOESN'T, I'M GOING TO DRAW A WALK. I ONLY NEED ONE RUN. WE NEED ONE RUN TO GO HOME. WALKING A GUY TO LEAD OFF THE NINTH. SCOTT: BLEVINS IS GOING TO REPLACE ANTHONY AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A TRIP BACK TO 1995, ONLY TIME THE BRAVES AND ROCKIES BATTLED IN THE POST-SEASON. >> GAME ONE OF THE BEST OF THE DIVISION SERIES. >> CONNECTED WITH A TWO-RUN HOMER. GIVE THE ROCKIES A LEAD. >> CHIPPER JONES. >> NOW THE THIRD-BASE LINE, GREAT PLAY BY CHIPPER SCONES, GETS THE OUT AT SECOND BASE. >> CHIPPER JONES HAS CONNECTED FOR HIS SECOND HOME RUN OF THE NIGHT. >> AND THE BRAVES HOLD ON. >> WELCOME TO GAME TWO. >> FIRST PITCH OF THE BALLGAME. >> GIVES THE ATLANTA BRAVES. THIRD OF THE SERIES FOR. THIS GAME IS TIED AS WALKER CONNECTS WITH A THREE-RUN HOMER. >> GROUNDS ONE TO SECOND. >> THROWS IT AWAY. ONE RUN IS IN. AND THE BRAVES NOW LEAD IT 7-4. >> GAME THREE. TWO-RUN HOMER. GIVING THE ROCKIES A 5-3 LEAD. >> FLY BALL, SHALLOW LEFT FIELD. CAN'T GET IT, BASE HIT. AND WE ARE TIED 5-5. LINED THIS TO RIGHT FIELD. AND LARRY WALKER AND ROCKIES LEAD IT 7-5. THE ROCKIES SCORED THEIR FIRST EVER PLAYOFF VICTORY. >> THEY HAVE TAKEN THE GAME FOR GAME FOUR. >> JUST FAIR OVER THE FENCE. AND DEEP. GET BACK AND IT IS GONE TO GIVE ATLANTA THE LEAD. >> TWO HOME RUNS TONIGHT. >> THE BAVES, A STRIKE AWAY FROM ADVANCING AND WILL GO TO CINCINNATI FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. SCOTT: THAT WAS BACK IN 1995 AND SEE WHO WINS THIS DUEL. AND HE HAS DANIEL MURPHY. BLEVINS SPECIALIZES AGAINSTLANDED HITTERS. BUT MURPHY HAS BEEN MUCH BETTER AGAINSTLANDED PITCHERS. CLEANING UP SOME SCRAPS OUT IN THE OUTFIELD. JEREMY: BLEVINS SPECIALIZES IN ROCKIES' PLAYERS. JEREMY: ALMOST STEPS BEHIND THE LEFTIE AND PROBABLY NOT COMFORTABLE AT-BAT FOR A LOT OF LEFTIES. JEREMY: I DON'T THINK HE IS VERY COMFORTABLE AND THE SHADOWS ARE COMING IN AND INTERESTING SHADOW BECAUSE THE LIGHT POST UP THERE AND THE BALL IS GOING IN AND OUT OF THE SHADOWS. PRETTY TOUGH FOR HITTERS THIS TIME OF DAY. MATT: I HATED 4:00 GAMES. ESPECIALLY IN THE PLAYOFFS. SCOTT: BLEVINS IMPRESSIVE AGAINST HIS FORMER TEAMMATE. >> GOOD MORNING, GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD NIGHT, RIGHT THERE. MATT: YOU DON'T SEE MURPHY FOOLED LIKE THAT AT-BAT. NOT VERY OFTEN. >> THE BALL GETS LIGHT, DARK AND LIGHT AGAIN. JEREMY: GOING TO BE TOUGH. MATT: YOU TRYING TO PICK UP SPIN, LOCATION AND THE BALL IS CHANGING COLOR WHILE YOU ARE TRYING TO PICK ALL THAT UP AND YOU HAVE A CROSS-FIRING LEFTIE WHO IS FIRING THE BALL BEHIND YOUR PITCH. SCOTT: GREAT YEAR FOR MCMAHON. LAST 40 GAMES, 10 HOMERS, 30 R.B.I.'S. HERE'S ARENADO AND WALKED PREVIOUSLY. THAT'S A STRIKE. ARE YOU GOING BACK THERE TO SEE HOW MUCH LEEWAY YOU HAVE? MATT: I THINK THAT'S AS FAR AS THE UMPIRES ARE WILLING TO GIVE OUT THERE. SCOTT: SOLIDLY CONNECTED TO RIGHT AND IT'S OFF THE TOP OF THE WALL AND GONE! IT'S OVER! RYAN MCMAHON, BULL'S EYE AND THE ROCKIES WIN IT! HE MATT: GOOD THINGS HAPPEN. HE DID IT EARLY IN THE GAME AND WE GOT TO SEE IT LIVE AND IN PERSON. I DID NOT KNOW THAT WAS OUT OF HERE. OUT OF THERE AT THE TOP OF THE RAILING. WALK-OFF HOME RUN FOR MCMAHON. UNBELIEVABLE GAME ON COORS FIELD. JEREMY: GOOD PITCHING DUEL. THAT WAS NOT MY PREDICTION HOW THE GAME WAS GOING TO END. BUT ROCKIES NEEDED IT AFTER THAT ROUGH ROAD TRIP FACING A REALLY HOT BRAVES' TEAM. SCOTT: JUST ENOUGH CARRY OVER THE TALL RIGHT FIELD WALL. SMACKED THE RAILING. ROCKIES AT 59-73 ON THE YEAR. BRAVES FALL AT 80-5 . A MAKEUP GAME. SNOWED OUT BACK IN APRIL. THE BRAVES COME FOR A WALK-OFF AND WILL TRAVEL ON TO TORONTO. ROCKIES STAY PUT. TWO AGAINST BOSTON COMING UP. RED SOX, SIX GAMES OUT OF THE WILD CARD. IT'S THE GAME OF THE WEEK POST-GAME SHOW LIVE ON YOUTUBE. 30 MINUTES ALL YOURS, INTERVIEWS COMING UP. WE'LL HEAR FROM BOTH SIDES, AND INTERVIEW OR TWO FOR US. RYAN MCMAHON, QUICK HANDS, GAME OVER. >> THAT'S A MISSILE. >> ABSOLUTE MISSILE. LEFT-ON-LEFT. WE SAW THE BACK DROP. TWO STRIKEOUTS. 0-3. YOU JUST DON'T GIVE UP. IN SUPPORT OF A GREAT START. HE GROUNDED OUT FIVE HARDINNINGS. BULLPEN DID ITS JOB. STOPPED THE BLEEDING THERE AND MCMANNIS A HERO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING. SCOTT: I THINK THAT WAS THE THING OR WHATEVER THEY DO ON THEIR HEAD NOR THE COCKROACH. AND THAT TEAM CAN BE A PEST. THIS ROCKIES' TEAM CAN BE A PEST. THEY HAVE TO COME IN HERE AND WHEN THE ROCKIES AREN'T IN IT AND WILL MAKE IT TOUGH FOR YOU TO WIN HERE IN SEPTEMBER AND MAKE IT TOUGH. PUT SOME PRESSURE ON THEM. >> YOU GET THAT FROM YOUR MANAGER. >> YOU GET IT FROM BUD BLACK. WELL RESPECTED MAN IN THE BASEBALL WORLD AND ALSO BY HIS PLAYERS AND WON'T DO ANYTHING TO LET HIM DOWN AND THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY TO THE END. SCOTT: WON FIVE IN A ROW. THE MAN WITH THE WALK-OFF. RYAN, CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE WATCHING WORLDWIDE ON YOUTUBE. THE BALL LEFT IN A HURRY. >> I JUST JOINED THE TEAM LAST WEEK. >> WE HAVE RYAN? >> YOUTUBE GUYS WERE CLICKING THUMBS UP. >> TRY TO BRING IT AGAIN. SCOTT: RYAN, I'M BRINGING YOU BACK IN. RYAN MCMAHON, THE MAN WITH THE WALK-OFF. RYAN, TAKE US THROUGH THE LAST BAT. THE BALL LEFT IN A HURRY. >> I GOT THAT ONE GOOD. TWO MADE PITCHES AND I WAS TRYING TO COME OVER THE PLATE AND I DIDN'T MISS IT. >> WE PLAYED A YOUTUBE CLIP ABOUT YOU TALKING ABOUT YOUR BACK DROP VERSUS THE BACK FLIP. YOU BACK DROPPED THIS QUICKLY. DID YOU KNOW OR WERE YOU A HOPEFUL BACK DROP? >> I WAS GETTING READY TO RUN. >> WE ARE SHOWING THE DROP RIGHT NOW. ACTUALLY MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN THE HOMER IS THE DEKE MOVE ON HOME PLATE ON THE COOLER. >> I HAVE TO SAVE THOSE B.G.'S. >> THOSE ARE GREAT. SCOTT: SECOND CAREER WALK-OFF, HOW DO YOU CHAIR THIS ONE TO THE FIRST ONE? >> PRETTY SWEET. WE BEAT A REALLY GOOD BALL CLUB. BOTH SIDES HAD PITCHING GOING. SCOTT: TIM MELVILLE FAN CLUB. HOW IS HE FITTING IN THAT LOCKER AND ALL THE THINGS ABOUT TIM MELVILLE? >> HE IS A SUPERCOMPETITOR OUT THERE AND TOMMY SQUAN AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. ONE OF THE MOST HUMBLE KS. JUST OVER THE LAST WEEK, HE HAS MADE A HUGE IMPRESSION ON ME. >> EVERYONE HAS SAID YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH A GOOD NICKNAME. ANYTHING GOING DIFFERENT? >> PACE OF PLAY AND HOW THINGS WORK UP IN THE BIG LEAGUES. AND MORE CONSISTENT TIMES. >> TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS GAME CAN DO. GETTING HOME AGAINST A REALLY HOT ATLANTA BRAVES TEAM. WHAT DID IT DO? >> CONGRATULATIONS AND SEE YOU SOON. >> 24-YEAR-OLD WITH THE WALK-OFF HOME RUN. 3-1 WINNERS AND I BELIEVE WE'LL HERE FROM TIM MELVILLE. AM I ACCURATE? ROCKIES STARTED COMING SOON AND TOUGH LOSS FOR THE BRAVES. FOR COLORADO, IT'S SOMETHING TO BUILD OFF OF AND WE GET TO EVERYONE. SCOTT BRAUN, AND MAT AND JEREMY. TOUGH LOSS AND YOU HIT THE ROAD AGAIN AND GOING UP TO TORONTO AND SCENE THERE AND DONALDSON COMING BACK. AND YOU CAN'T SLIP BECAUSE YOU FACE THE GAUNTLET. >> THOSE ARE THE DANGEROUS ONES, WE WATCHED THIS BLUE JAYS TEAM PLAY VERY TOUGH. NO ONE WANTS TO GO OVER IT. AND THIS GAME RIGHT HERE, YOU DON'T WANT IT TO SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL. TOMORROW, BRAVES HAS TO PUT UP SOME WINS EARLY. THEY HAD RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION BUT ON BASE ALMOST EVERY INNING IN THIS INNING. ULTIMATE LETDOWN FOR THE BRAVES, BUT THEY ARE THE FIGHTING SNICKERS. THEY ARE GOING TO WIND IT AND WILL BE FINE HEADING UP TO TORONTO. JEREMY: YOU HAVE TO TIP YOUR HAT. THE FAN CLUB IS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER. HE HAS BOTH OF THEM AND COMING OUT HERE AND FACED TWO OFFENSIVE TEAMS AND HAD TO WORK HARDER TODAY THAN THE LAST WEEK IN ARIZONA. HIS HAT SOAKED IN SWEAT AND JERSEY AND RAN HIS PITCH COUNT UP. AND AS A STARTING PITCHER, THAT'S YOUR JOB, KEEP THEM IN THE BALLGAME AND THE BULLPEN FOR THE ROCKIES GOT A BOOST HOLDING A GOOD OFFENSE TO GET A WIN. THAT IS POSITIVE. AND THERE WILL BE PROBLEMS DOWN THE STRETCH. THEY ARE A TEAM THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. >> HELPED THE BRAVES TIE THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH INNING THAT BLACKMON DOES CATCHES. THEY DID BLOW A SAVE AND HAD POSITIVE THINGS. SCOTT: WELCOME TO THE RECAP. >> HE IS BRINGING IT AGAIN. AND THEN RELY ON YOUR DEFENSE, TOO. >> BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL. >> WEAK CONTACT AND OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T GET THE WIN TODAY BUT PITCHED WELL ENOUGH LIKE JEREMY SAID TO GIVE HIS TEAM A CHANCE TO WIN. AND WHEN THESE GUYS KILLED THE BALL. IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. >> JOSH DONALDSON CAN PLAY THIRD BASE. HE PLAYS AN AMAZING THIRD BASE. HE BACKED UP TEHERAN AND HE WAS ON TODAY. HE STRUCK OUT LESS THAN MELVILLE DID BUT HE HAD A GREAT GAME COMMANDING THE INSIDE PART OF THE PLATE. HEADING INTO THE FOURTH AND EVEN WITH THE REPLAY REVIEW. >> TWO FEET AWAY FROM THE HOMER. FIRST TRIP TO THE PLATE. THIS TIME AROUND, A LITTLE TOO OUT IN FRONT OF IT. FOULS IT OFF, LEFT SIDE OF THE POLE AND THEN STRIKES OUT. SO MELVILLE WITH A BIG K. STEPPED UP IN ALL OF THOSE BIG MOMENTS. LOOK AT THIS INNING FOR ATLANTA. MIGHT CRACK THINGS OPEN WHEN SER VILI SMACKS ONE OFF THE WALL. >> I STILL CAN'T GET OVER IT. >> ORTEGA HITS A FLY BALL TO CENTER FIELD AFTER THIS SLIDE AND THEN HE STRIKES OUT. TEHERAN TO GET OUT OF THE ARE INNING. DON'T TEST HIM. AND HE GOT MORE. STRUCK HIM OUT. GETS FREEMAN ON A WEAK GROUND BALL. 1-9 AGAINST MELVILLE IN SCORING POSITION. >> THIS WAS YOUR FAVORITE MOVE RIGHT THERE. LET'S HEAR IT. MELVILLE. >> TEHERAN STILL DEALING WITH IT. WEAK CONTACT. STORY HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE. HE HAD THREE HITS. ROCKIES DIDN'T HAVE THAT MANY MORE THAN THREE. TRIES TO STEAL SECOND. GETS THE SECOND BASE REVIEW TURNED OVER. BUT THE NEXT PITCH, NEXT BATTER, MURPHY POPS OUT. STILL SCORELESS IN COLORADO. 13TH TIME THEY SAID IN COORS FIELD HISTORY. SIX SCORELESS INNINGS. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. >> 13 RUNS A GAME IN THIS BALLPARK. AND ACTUALLY, THERE WAS SECOND CHANCES. ARENADO CAN'T HANDLE THAT BALL. FREEMAN, ALBIES STRUCK OUT. FREEMAN GETS TO SECOND ON THE TWO-BASE ERROR WITH JUST ONE OUT. SO YOU'RE GOING OK, BRAVES HAVE A CHANCE. BRAVES STRUGGLED WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION. 1-11 AT THIS POINT. DIDN'T GET ENOUGH THERE. AND WE GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH. CHRIS MARTIN AGAINST NUNEZ AND THIS HUSTLE HELPED THE ROCKIES >> CHARLIE BLACKMON AND HAMPSON NOT BACKING HIM UP. CERVELLI ENDED UP AT THIRD. >> IF HE HAD TO RUN FIVE TIMES. I'M NOT DOING THAT. AND LUCKY FOR YOU BY THE TIME THE POST-GAME SHOW IS DONE. AND SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. AND HAMILTON CAN CRAWL HOME. I BET HE CRAWLS FAST. ORTEGA STRIKES OUT AND ORTEGA OUT AT SECOND? >> ASUNEA SETS THIS UP. >> THAT'S ENOUGH. IT CAME BACK. SO TO MAKE THE CALL. THE BASES, WE'RE DONE. MLB POINTED THIS OUT IN THE COMMENTS SECTION. THIRD YOUTUBE GAME 3-8. NICE. TWO GAMES ARE GOOD. AND RYAN MCMANNIS AVOIDING LIQUID. ROCKIES WINNERS. THE BREAVES LEAD THE NL EAST, 80-5 . MELVILLE. FIVE SHUTOUT FRAMES. HERE THE SECOND INTERVIEW. >> YOU TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT YOUR STORY ABOUT WORKING FOR LITTLE MISS BARBECUE IN ARIZONA, HOW DOES THIS COMPARE? >> HOPEFULLY I'M DOING OK AND TAKE ME OFF BATHROOM DUTY NEXT SEASON AND SHOUT OUT TO SCOTT AND BECKY HOLMES THERE. THEY ARE GREAT PEOPLE. IT IS LAID BACK KIND OF BUSINESS. I LOOK AT THIS KIND OF THE SAME WAY. HOW YOU INTERACT WITH PEOPLE AROUND YOU AND THE CULTURE OF THE CLUBHOUSE IS IMPORTANT TO ME. I'M THAT KIND OF GUY AND I SPREAD THE GOOD TIMES. >> LET'S TAKE YOU TO THE FIFTH INNING, YOU WERE IN A BIT OF A JAM AND ABLE TO GET OUT OF IT. WHAT WERE YOU ABLE TO CHANNEL? >> EXECUTE THE PITCH. EXECUTE A FASTBALL. HE IS A GREAT HITTER AND PRETTY GOOD PLAYER AND BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THAT WAS HUGE FOR ME AND FOR THE CROWD AND GAVE A THUMB UP TO THE CROWD, IT WAS FUN. >> DOES THIS FEEL SURREAL TO YOU? >> NOT REALLY? BEEN IN PRO BOWL SINCE 2008. YOU DREAM ABOUT THESE MOMENTS AND YOU WANT TO PREPARE FOR THEM. ONTO THE NEXT GAME NOW AND KEEP PREPARING FOR THE NEXT ONE. >> YOU ARE RELYING ON THE SECONDARY PITCHES, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO STICK WITH? >> FOUR-PITCH MIX. I'LL ADJUST HERE AND THERE AND CREDIT FOR CALLING A GOOD GAME AND ONE PITCH AT A TIME AND KEEP EXECUTING AND HAVE FUN. >> BEST DISH? >> PORK RIBS, BRISKET AND I REALLY LIKE MAC AND CHEESE AND THE RANCH-STYLE BEANS AND ADD A SIDE OF A BEEF RIB. AND YOU HAVE IT ON THE SIDE TO PICK APART AND IT IS PHENOMENAL. >> MY ARTERIES ARE CLOGGED BUT I'M SO UG HUNGRY. >> I NEED SOME BRISKET RIGHT NOW. >> WE'RE ON IT. FIND A GOOD BARBECUE SPOT IN DENVER. ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE OF THEM IS AT COORS FIELD AND THE OTHER ONE AT ARIZONA. 12 INNINGS AND ONE RUN. HE IS A FUN GUY AND I KNOW THIS FROM AND INTERVIEW WITH IS OF THE PEOPLE THEY WORKED WITH. THEY SAID THE APPETITE IS IS OFF THE CHARTS AND THE WAY HE DESCRIBED HIS IDEAL DISH. >> HE WENT RIGHT DOWN AND SAID THROW A SIDE OF THIS ON THERE. HE GOT IT LOCKED DOWN. I'M THINKING THEY MIGHT HAVE A LINE HERE AT THEIR RESTAURANT. >> WATCHING A GUY FIND JOY IN THE GAME. JUST PUTTING IT FULL CIRCLE. I LOVE WATCHING HIM PITCH AND GET WITH THE CROWD. WE SAID IT IN THE FIRST THREE INNINGS. HE IS SCARED TO CLEAN THE BATHROOMS. >> THAT'S WHAT HE IS AFTER. >> I LOVE THE LINE, HE SAID I LOVE TO SPREAD THE GOOD TIMES. AND SO MEDIA SAVVY. THAT WAS GREAT. TIM MELVILLE AND THE ROCKIES PICK UP THE VICTORY 3-1. LET'S PLAY OUR GAME. HOW DID WE DO? BASED OFF OUR PRE-GAME PREDICTIONS AND OUR ANALYSIS AND WE START WITH MELVILLE'S MAGIC, IT WAS THERE AGAIN. HAD MAGIC IN THAT LAST WEEK. >> MCMAHON GETS THE JOB DONE. HAVEN'T HEARD THAT BEFORE. NEW PHRASE FOR ME. I'M IN. AND ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, OUR ADVENTURE. >> YES, PLEASE. >> GIVE US THE PLAY BY PLAY AFTER THE BREAK. >> RELATIVELY TASTELESS. >> TASTES LIKE CHICKEN. I WOULD BE LYING. >> TWO PITCHES. >> I GOT TO CALL THE GAME AND I'M ALLERGIC TO THAT. >> GREAT. >> CHICKEN FINGERS. >> THE AFTER TASTE ISN'T GREAT. >> I'M NOT THERE YET. >> THAT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR 1/2 AGO. >> THE >> YOU KNOW WHAT? I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD COME HERE AND CALL A GAME AND SNACK ON OYSTERS MID-GAME. >> I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING. I HAVE HAD IT ONE AT A TIME. BUT NOT AT THE BALLPARK, YOU KNOW. >> IN OUR LAST FEW GAMES, WE BOUNCED BACK WITH A VERY MAG KNIFE ENT PITCHING PERFORMANCE BY OUR GUYS AND WHEN YOU PITCH WELL, YOU NEED TO WIN AND WE PITCHED WELL TONIGHT AND WON. AND THOSE GAMES THAT WE DON'T PITCH WELL, WE HAVE TO OUTSCORE THEM AND HAVEN'T PEN ABLE TO DO THAT CONSISTENTLY. >> HOW ABOUT MELVILLE? >> NOT LIKE HE IS A YOUNG KID. HE HAS BEEN AROUND A LOT. >> AND HE SAID HE WAS THROWING 93-96 MILES AN HOUR AND HAS A BIG ARM AND SOME SIZE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT POINT, OBVIOUS THING HAVE CHANGED TO THE TYPE OF PITCHER HE IS NOW. HE HAS GONE INTO THIS PITCH THAT CHANGES SPEEDS, KEEPS THE BALLGAME. OFFSPEED BEYOND THE COUNT. WILL THROW A FASTBALL IN THROW IT AWAY AND MISSES PITCHES. AND HE CAN SPIN THE BALL. AND HE IS GETTING HIS OUTS. >> BEING GO TO START PLAYING LIKE A KID AGAIN. >> AND THEY STRUGGLED EARLIER IN THE YEAR? >> COMING INTO THE SITUATION. HE IS EXCITED TO BE HERE AND HAS A TENDENCY TO BRING OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE. WE SIGNED UP TO DO THIS. NOT EASY ALL THE TIME. YOU JUST HAVE TO DO IT. AND COMING OUT HERE NOW. NOT LIKE WE CAME OUT HERE AND PLAYING. WE HAD AN OFF DAY EARLIER LAST WEEK AND WE HAVE ONE ON THURSDAY. SO IT'S PROBABLY AS GOOD A SITUATION IN THIS TYPE OF THING HAPPENING AS YOU COULD HAVE. >> JOSH WAS GREAT YESTERDAY. ANY CONCERN YESTERDAY? >> WE WON EIGHT OUT OF NINE. BUT WE RARELY PITCHED. HOPEFULLY WHEN THE BATS COME ALIVE AND PITCHING UP AND BE A GOOD BALANCE. >> HE HAS THE BEST ATTITUDE. APPRECIATING WHERE HE IS, WHAT HIS JOB IS AND HOW THIS TEAM IS PERFORMING AND JUST A LOSS. YEAH. IS IT UNFORTUNATE THAT HE FLEW ALL OVER HERE. HE SAID THERE ARE BRIGHT SPOTS. ASIDE FROM THE END THERE HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR THEM. JEREMY: AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT DURING THE BROADCAST. MATT: LAST MANAGER YOU ARE GOING TO WHINE TO. HE HAS BEEN ON MORE THAN 12-HOUR BUS RIDES. JEREMY: I THINK AS A MANAGER, HE DOESN'T MAKE EXCUSES FOR HIS TEAM. IT'S NOT CONVENIENT. THEY HAVE TO GO TO TORONTO AND WIN THE BALLGAMES AND HAVE A PITCHER. THEY ARE GOING TO GET IN AND GET SLEEP AND GOOD RESS AND WILL WANT TO WIN. AS A MANAGER HE HAS TO FOCUS ON THESE GUYS WINNING. WE HAD TWO BIG GAMES HERE. AND BUSINESS AS USUAL. I LIKE THAT. SCOTT: ANOTHER BRAVES' GAME COMING UP, SIX GAMES LEFT ON THE YOUTUBE AGENDA, NL EAST. >> AND IT'S GONE, HE DID IT, OVER HIS HEAD AND OFF THE WALL. IT IS GONE. THREE HOME RUNS IN A STRETCH OF FIVE PITCHES AND SUBMIT HAVE SWEPT THE NATIONALS. >> COMING THROUGH WITH A CANNON SHOT TO LEFT-CENTER FIELD. SAFE, DAVID WRIGHT, GOT IN UNDER THE TAG. THERE IS -- GIVES THE METS THE LEAD. >> THE NEW YORK METS HAVE SWEPT THE THREE-GAME SERIES FROM THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS. LIFTING ONE DEEP, GAMETIME ON A HOME RUN BY VICTOR ROAD WAS, -- ROBLES. SEE YOU LATER. THE FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE HIT IS A HOME RUN TO DEAD CENTER FIELD. THE NATIONALS HAVE AHEAD BACK TO BACK TO BACK TO BACK HOME RUNS. >> THAT IS A PRECIOUS 1,473.5 FEET. >> MAKES THE CATCH AND CRASHES INTO THE PROTECTIVE PADDING AND HOLDS ON. UNBELIEVABLE PLATE BY MCNEIL. >> HOME RUN AND THE METS TAKE THE LEAD. >> AND PETE ALONSO HAS JUST SET THE NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE RECORD. >> FULL SPEED AHEAD DIVING, OH, MY GOODNESS, ROBLES, IT'S A TWO RUN HOME RUN. >> AND TIES THE GAME, FULL GAME. >> THEY LOVE DUELING IN BIG BALLGAMES. >> THE METS AND THE NATIONALS HAVE BEEN SECOND HALF SENSATIONS WITH THE BRAVES, JUST SWEPT THE MET. WE HAVE FOUR LEGITIMATE CONTENDERS IN THE ML EAST. >> OF YOU HAVE NOT TUNED INTO ANY OF THOSE GAMES, A HIGH-PROFILE YOUNG PLAYER, TUNE IN JUST TO SEE THAT IS IN BOTH OF THEM CHASING WILDCARDS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SCENARIOS WORKING THERE. IT WILL BE INTENSE. IT IS A GOOD BASEBALL GAME TO WATCH. ALSO EXCITED FOR THAT GAME. IF YOU TYPE WHAT IS THE NEXT WORD, HECKLER. MILLIONS OF VIEWS, I KID YOU NOT SO AFTER THIS POST GAME SHOW COMES TO A CLOSE WHICH IS IN A SEC, CHECK THAT OUT. THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK RETURNS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, METS AND NATIONALS, PREGAME SHOW FROM 12:30 P.M. I AM SCOTT BRAUN SAYING THANKS FOR WATCHING AND YOU COME A LOSS OF YOU.

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Published: Mon Aug 26 2019