THROUGH THEIR LIFELONG CHARITABLE INITIATIVES, HANK AND BILLY AARON'S SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION, MEDICINE, HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND COUNTLESS YOUTH PROGRAMS WILL LEAVE A LEGACY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME MRS. BILLYE AARON. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND THE ALL-STAR PLAYERS ARE PRESENTING BILLYE AARON WITH A JERSEY SIGNED BY ALL OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AND NATIONAL LEAGUE ALL-STAR PLAYERS AND A PAINTING CREATED DURING ALL-STAR WEEK BY DENVER ARTIST KAYLEE BENDER. IT PORTRAYS HANK AARON'S JOURNEY FROM A 17-YEAR-OLD IN MOBILE, ALABAMA, LEAVING HOME TO PURSUE A BASEBALL CAREER, TO HIS CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT 23 YEARS LATER AFTER HITTING HIS 715TH CAREER HOME RUN. IN ADDITION, WE DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO RIGHT FIELD WHERE HANK AARON WAS A 25 TIME ALL-STAR GAME SELECTION, THE MOST OF ANY PLAYER. ON THIS NIGHT OF ALL-STARS, ON THIS FIELD THAT WILL HOST A RETURN OF BASEBALL'S MIDSUMMER CLASSIC, WE CELEBRATE THE LIFE, LEGACY, AND UNFORGETTABLE IMPACT OF NUMBER 44, THE GREAT HANK AARON. AND OUR THANKS TO THE BILLYE AARON AND ALL THE AARON FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE WITH US HERE TONIGHT. WE TAKE A BREAK AND CONTINUE ON >> Joe: WELCOME BACK TO COORS FIELD IN DENVER, GETTING SET FOR THE ALL-STAR GAME COMING UP IN MOMENTS. PRESENTING TONIGHT'S COLORS ARE THE ARMED FORCES COLOR GUARD FROM THE MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. AND DRUMMERS FROM THE THIRD U.S. INFANTRY REGIMENT FIFE AND DRUM CORPS. [DRUMMING] ♪ ♪ AND NOW TO HONOR AMERICA WITH THE SINGING OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM, PLEASE WELCOME A MULTITALENTED SINGER AND ACTOR, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS CAPTIVATING PERFORMANCE IN "HAMILTON" ON BROADWAY, GRAMMY AND EMMY AWARD-WINNING SONGWRITER AND COMPOSER CHRISTOPHER JACKSON. >> ♪ O SAY CAN YOU SEE ♪ ♪ BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪ ♪ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED ♪ ♪ AT THE TWILIGHT'S ♪ ♪ LAST GLEAMING ♪ ♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES ♪ ♪ AND BRIGHT STARS ♪ ♪ THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT ♪ ♪ O'ER THE RAMPARTS ♪ ♪ WE WATCHED ♪ ♪ WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING ♪ ♪ AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE ♪ ♪ THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR ♪ ♪ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT ♪ ♪ THAT OUR FLAG ♪ ♪ WAS STILL THERE ♪ ♪ O SAY DOES THAT ♪ STAR-SPANGLED BANNER ♪ ♪ YET WAVE ♪ ♪ O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE ♪ ♪ AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪ >> Joe: WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK, ♪ ♪ >> Joe: THE 2021 MLB ALL-STAR GAME IS PRESENTED BY MASTERCARD. WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO DENVER, COLORADO. BEAUTIFUL NIGHT, THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER AND AWAY WE GO. THE BEST FROM THE AL AGAINST THE BEST FROM THE NL. AND NOW WELCOME INSIDE THE BROADCAST BOOTH, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JOE BUCK. THAT'S THE HALL OF FAMER. HIS NAME IS JOHN SMOLTZ. YOUTH IS BEING SERVED HERE TONIGHT. THERE ARE 42 FIRST TIME ALL-STARS, EIGHT OF THEM ARE 24 YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE HOW MANY YOUNG STARS ARE HERE. JOHN, THIS IS OUR 22ND ALL-STAR GAME THAT WE'VE COVERED AT FOX. I CAN'T REMEMBER A MORE ANTICIPATED ALL-STAR DEBUT THAN WHAT WE ARE HAVING HERE AND WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE FROM SHOHEI OHTANI. >> John: WORDS CAN'T DESCRIBE WHAT THIS YOUNG MAN HAS DONE. THE COMPARISONS ARE GOING TO GO TO BABE RUTH, BUT WHAT HE'S DOING IN OUR SPORT IS PHENOMENAL. I'VE RUN OUT OF WORDS. THE NUMBERS COULD BE YEAR ENDING NUMBERS. THAT'S FIRST HALF. WHAT HE'S DOING ON THE MOUND, HE HASN'T EVEN EMBARKED ON WHAT HE'S CAPABLE OF DOING ON THE MOUND. I KNOW WE HIT MORE HOME RUNS IN THIS GENERATION THAN BABE RUTH BUT THIS IS A SPECIAL PLAYER. >> Joe: ABSOLUTELY PURE AND HE MAY BE IN A HEAD-TO-HEAD RACE FOR AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP WITH A GUY WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU NEXT AND THAT'S VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR.. WHAT A FIRST HALF HE'S PUT TOGETHER. WE DO SO MUCH ANTICIPATED WHEN HE GOT CALLED UP. NOW HE HAS SWITCHED POSITIONS. HE'S LEANER. LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. THREATENING TRIPLE CROWN. I FACED HIS DAD. WOULDN'T WANT TO FACE HIM. IT'S AN EXCITING GENERATION OF YOUNG PLAYERS MAKING IMPACTS RIGHT AWAY. >> Joe: ANOTHER JR., OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE, THAT'S THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, AND THE SAN DIEGO PADRES AND THIS STUD, FERNANDO TATIS JR. WHO HAS GOT POWER AND HE'S GOT SPEED. >> John: I'M OFFICIALLY OLD. I FACED BOTH OF THEIR FATHERS. WHAT AN ABSOLUTE GENE POOL. THE POWER AND SPEED IS UNPRECEDENTED IN WHAT HE CAN DO DEFENSIVELY, FLASHY. HE'S THE WHOLE PACKAGE. YOU MUST SEE HIM WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLATE. YOU MUST SEE HIM IN THE FIELD. >> Joe: IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN HERE TONIGHT. PLAYERS HAVE COME FROM NEAR AND FAR F FOR TWO NIGHTS ALL-STAR GAME. >> WELCOME TO THE ALL-STAR GAME. STICK IT WHETHER YOU'RE THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK. >> OR THE OLD GUY ON THE BLOCK. ASK >> WHETHER YOU'RE HERE TO HIT. >> OR HERE TO PITCH. >> WHETHER IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME OR YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. >> IT'S MY FIRST TIME TOO. >> ALL THAT MATTERS. >> IS >> SHOHEI OHTANI. >> SHOW ME THE MONEY. >> I LOVE THIS GUY. >> FERNANDO TATIS JR.. >> YOU CAN'T DO IT ANY BETTER THAN THIS GUY IS DOING IT. >> CALCULATING ROUTE TO COORS FIELD. >> THAT WAY. >> 1966 MILES TO DENVER. >> DON'T LEAVE WITHOUT ME. ♪ ♪ >> JULY SUNSHINE, TIME FOR BASEBALL'S MIDSUMMER TRIP TO THE TOP. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY FIVES? >> GO FISH. >> EAST COAST, W WEST COAST. THE GAME'S GREATS. >> A PLURAL NOUN. >> CLIMBING TOWARD COLORADO, EVERY ROAD MAP POINTING TOWARDS THE ROCKIES. A MILE HIGH SHOWCASE OF POWER AND PRESTIGE. >> COLORADO IS THE CENTENNIAL STATE. >> PULL INCOME APART AND PLAY. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL BASEBALL'S ALL-STAR GAME. >> ACT LIKE YOU'RE DRIVING. >> THIS AIN'T EVEN GOING TO WORK. BESIDES, THIS THING IS OUT OF GAS. >> LET'S GO. >> Joe: IT HAS BEEN SAID MANY TIMES. I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN. IT'S NOT AN ALL-STAR GAME UNTIL YOU HEAR FROM COOLIO. DESTINATION DENVER, COLORADO. THESE GUYS ARE HAVING A BLAST. PAPA JOHN'S STARTING LINEUP FOR THE AMERICAN LEAGUE LOOKS LIKE THIS. THE DH IS SHOHEI OHTANI. VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR., XANDER BOGAERTS, AARON JUDGE, RAFAEL DEVERS, MARCUS SEMIEN, SALVADOR PEREZ, TEOSCAR HERNANDEZ, AND CEDRIC MULLINS. LET'S GO DOWN TO THE FIELD AND CHECK IN WITH KENNY ROSENTHAL. >> Ken: YOU'LL BE WEARING A MIKE LEADER AS YOU STEP TO THE PLATE. LAST YEAR THERE WASN'T AN ALL-STAR GAME. TONIGHT A FULL HOUSE. HOW MUCH MORE SPECIAL ISN'T THAT WE ARE BACK. >> IT MEANS A LOT. WE OBVIOUSLY WENT THROUGH A TOUGH STRETCH THESE LAST COUPLE YEARS. WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR THE FULL HOUSE AND HAVING THE FANS BACK IN THE STADIUM. WE HAVE THE GAME BACK WHERE WE WANT TO BE AND WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. >> Ken: HOW EXCITED ARE YOU TO BE SHOHEI OHTANI'S TEAMMATE? >> IT'S FUN. WE JUST PLAYED THEM ALSO. HE PITCHED AGAINST US. HIT A HOMER AGAINST US. HE PRETTY MUCH DID EVERYTHING IN THAT SERIES WE HAD. HE'S A BIG PART OF THIS ALL-STAR GAME. >> Ken: THANKS VERY MUCH. NOW TO TOM VERDUCCI WITH A PLAYER WHO IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ROCKIES FANS. >> Tom: NOLAN ARENADO, FOR EIGHT YEARS, THIS WAS HOME. YOU THOUGHT YOU'D BE A ROCKY FOR LIFE. TWO WEEKS AGO YOU CAME BACK AS A ST. LOUIS CARDINAL. TONIGHT YOU COME BACK AS A NATIONAL LEAGUE ALL-STAR. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THESE FANS TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT THIS MOMENT MEANS TO YOU? >> IT'S A GREAT MOMENT. COLORADO DESERVES THIS. THEY DESERVE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND I'M PROUD TO PLAY IN DENVER. I LOVE EVERYONE OF YOU AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT. IT'S A GREAT DAY. LET'S HAVE SOME FUN. >> Tom: YOU'VE HAD GREAT MOMENTS HERE. GO HAVE ANOTHER ONE. >> THANK YOU. >> Joe: STILL ABSOLUTELY LOVED AND FOR GOOD REASON HERE IN DENVER. ONE OF THE BEST THIRD BASEMAN TO EVER PLAY THE GAME, NOLAN ARENADO. HE BRINGS HIS EIGHT GOLD GLOVES WITH HIM BACK TO COLORADO. WE ARE SET FOR BASEBALL. TWO NIGHTS ALL-STAR GAME TELECAST ON FOX IS BEING PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN 4K HDR. MAX SCHERZER IS BEEN WAITING AND IF YOU KNOW MAX SCHERZER AT ALL, HE'S ABOUT AS INTENSE A GUY THERE IS AN HE'S ABOUT TO DO WAS SHOHEI OHTANI WE HE IS AND FACED IT IS REALLY EXCITED TO FACE HIM. YOU KNOW THAT HE IS RARING TO GO. >> John: HE IS RARING TO GO AND HE WATCHED THE HOME RUN DERBY SO LOOK FOR HIM TO PITCH OUTSIDE TO OHTANI. >> Joe: A LITTLE HEAT AT 96. OHTANI FOULS IT BACK, AND THAT'S STRIKE ONE AND WE ARE UNDER WAY. >> John: IT'S SO AMAZING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A LEADOFF BATTER GOING TO PITCH THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE INNING AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OHTANI IS DOING. CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW HE'S PULLING THIS OFF. INCREDIBLE YEAR. >> Joe: OHTANI JUST TURNED 27. GROUNDS ONE, RIGHT SIDE. NICE PLAY TO HIS RIGHT. FRAZIER GETS THE OUT. TOOK A HIT AWAY FROM OHTANI, AS THAT WAS HEADED FOR THAT LITTLE GAP AND INTO RIGHT FIELD AND FRAZIER, REPRESENTING THE PIRATES, MADE THAT PLAY. >> John: IT'S A GREAT PLAY. THE BALL WAS HIT FIRM. THEY WERE BOTH TRYING TO GET THE BALL BUT FRAZIER COMES UP WITH IT. OHTANI CAN HIT, CAN RUN, CAN PITCH. >> Joe: THIS GUY CAN HIT, VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR., LEADING THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AND AVERAGE, SECOND IN HOME RUNS TO OHTANI AND FIRST IN RBIs. YOU SEE THE OPS LEADING BASEBALL. THAT IS STRIKE ONE. >> John: OF COURSE THE BLUE JAYS DON'T REALLY HAVE A HOME. THEY HAVE GONE FROM THEIR SPRING TRAINING SITE IN BUFFALO, AND MANY PROPS TO WHAT THESE PLAYERS HAVE HAD TO ENDURE AND THE YEAR THAT THIS YOUNG MAN HAS. POWER, AVERAGE, HE'S GOT THE WHOLE THING. >> Joe: SCHERZER DEALS AND ARENADO TAKES INSIDE. IF YOU FACED BOTH OF THE TATISS, YOU'RE COVERING A TATIS GAME AT VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR.. MAX SCHERZER HAS GIVEN UP ROUNDS TO BOTH FATHER AND SON. >> John: SENIOR CAN SWING OUT A BALL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BATTER'S BOX AND HE CAN HIT ONE OFF THE GROUND 450 FEET. A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR JR., MORE PROTOTYPICAL. CONTROLS THE STRIKE ZONE STRIKE ZONE. >> Joe: 2-1 PITCH IS HIT LIKE A ROCKET, KNOCKED SCHERZER DOWN AND THE OUT AT FIRST, AS FRAZIER MAKES ANOTHER PLAN THAT WILL BRING IN XANDER BOGAERTS AND I'M HESITANT TO EVEN TRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? THINK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. US. FOR JOINING KENNY ROSENTHAL JUST A MOMENT AGO. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IS YOUR DAY AGAIN AGAINST MAX SCHERZER? >> HOW'S IT GOING, GUYS? >> Joe: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AGAINST SCHERZER? >> FASTBALL. >> Joe: LET'S SEE WHAT HE SERVES YOU ON PITCH NUMBER ONE. THE 28-YEAR-OLD XANDER BOGAERTS, THIRD ALL-STAR GAME. HERE IT IS. HE WAS RIGHT. 96, STRIKE ONE. >> 96? >> Joe: 96. GOOD TAKE. ONE BALL, ONE STRIKE. THE 1-1 FROM SCHERZER. THAT IS FOULED RIGHT SIDE AND OUT OF PLAY. 1-2. ALL RIGHT, TRYING TO GET ON BASE IN FRONT OF AARON JUDGE AND EXTEND THIS FIRST INNING. LET'S GO, XANDER. BREAKING BALL STAYS UP. >> John: ONE OTHER THING'S FOR COLORADO FOR PITCHERS, THE HARD THINGS TO GET A FEEL FOR YOUR BREAKING BALL. IT DOESN'T BREAK AS MUCH AS A DOZEN OTHER BALLPARKS. YOU CAN GET A LITTLE MORE VELOCITY WITH THE FASTBALL. >> Joe: WHAT'S COMING, XANDER? WHAT'S COMING? >> FASTBALL. >> Joe: OH, HE GOT YOU. NOT THE FASTBALL. OH, THAT WAS FILTHY. GOOD PITCH TO XANDER BOGAERTS. HE HAS BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME. MAX SCHERZER STARTING IN ALL-STAR GAME FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN >> Joe: ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE YOU THE PAPA JOHN'S STARTING LINEUP FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. FERNANDO TATIS JR., MAX MUNCY, NOLAN ARENADO, FREDDIE FREEMAN, NICK CASTELLANOS AND JESSE WINKER. J.T. REALMUTO, BRYAN REYNOLDS, ADAM FRAZIER. MADE A NICE PLAY TO ROB OHTANI IN THE TOP HALF OF THE INNING. HERE IS SHOHEI OHTANI. >> John: I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE WHAT THIS YOUNG MAN HAS DONE ON THE YEAR. HE HASN'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO MAXIMIZING HIS ABILITY TO PITCH. 13 STARTS, LESS THAN 30 IN HIS CAREER. HE'S GOT TO FASTBALL, SLIDER, SPLIT. HE WILL ATTACK YOU. HE'S OBVIOUSLY ATHLETIC. THIS HAS GOT TO BE SOME MOMENT FOR HIM. >> Joe: PEOPLE WANT TO COMPARE WHAT OHTANI IS DOING TO BABE RUTH. BABE RUTH'S LAST TWO YEARS WITH THE RED SOX, HE STARTED TO CUT THE STARTING PITCHING DOWN. HIS STARTS WERE CUT WAY BACK AND THEN HE BROKE HIS THUMB BEING AN OUTFIELDER AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID WITH NEW YORK YANKEES. WHAT OHTANI HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO AND IF IT CONTINUES IN THE SECOND HALF, IT'S SAFE TO SAY IT JUST HASN'T BEEN DONE. >> John: IT HASN'T. THE ACCOUNTANT MAY BE HE'S A STRETCH BUT WHAT HE'S DOING IN ONE SPORT IS EQUIVALENT TO WHAT BO JACKSON WAS DOING IN FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL. POWER AND SPEED. OHTANI IS DOING SOMETHING ON THE MOUND, THAT IF ALL HE DID WAS PITCH ON THE MOUND, I MADE THE CLAIM HE'D BE ONE OF THE BEST IF NOT THE BEST PITCHER IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. THAT JUST TELLS YOU WHAT HIS TIME SPLIT BETWEEN HITTING AND PITCHING HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER SEEN. >> Joe: 22-YEAR-OLD FERNANDO TATIS JR., ALL WORLD TALENT TAKES DOWN AND AWAY. IF YOU ARE WATCHING THE HOME RUN DERBY LAST NIGHT, YOU SAW OHTANI AT THE END OF THAT HEAD TO WITH JUAN SOTO. JUST GASSED. AFTER A LONG FIRST HALF, HE SAID YES TO THE HOME RUN DERBY. HE IS THE STARTING PITCHER, LEADING OFF AS THE DH. ONE BALL, ONE STRIKE. THAT'S A NASTY BREAKING BALL FOR STRIKE NUMBER TWO. HE'S PITCHING AT ALTITUDE HERE IN DENVER, WHICH IS NOT EASY. AND IT'S JUST REMARKABLE THE SMILE HE HAS HAD ON HIS FACE FROM THE SECOND HE GOT TO DENVER. >> John: HE HAS BEEN THE WHOLE PACKAGE AND PROPS TO HIM FOR COMING OUT DOING EVERYTHING HE'S DOING TONIGHT. >> Joe: THAT'S A FOUL BALL. LET'S PUT THOSE NUMBERS BACK UP. YOU HAVE OHTANI AND WHAT HE'S DONE WITH THE BAT ON THE LEFT, 56 EXTRA-BASE HITS, 33 HOME RUNS, AVERAGED. ON THE RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT THE OPPONENTS HAVE DONE AGAINST HIM WHEN THEY BEND IN THE BATTER'S BOX FACING THIS RIGHT-HANDER. >> John: MOST MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHERS WHO PITCHED A LONG TIME WILL TELL YOU ANYTHING NORTH OF 90 STARS IS WHEN YOU FIGURE OUT YOUR CRAFT AS A PITCHER. HE IS DIVIDING THAT TIME 20% OF PITCHING. >> Joe: OFF THE END OF THE BAT, INTO THE LEFT. THE BALLPARK WILL HOLD IT. ONE DOWN. 4 OUT OF 5 DAYS HE'S PREPARING TO HIT. >> John: WE SAW THE NUMBERS, THEY'RE UNBELIEVABLE. ONE OUT OF SIX DAYS HE'S PREPARING TO PITCH. OBVIOUSLY IN TONIGHT'S GAME, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONE INNING, THAT ENERGY SPENT IN THAT GAME THAT HE PITCHES AND HITS IS UNREAL. YOU CAN SEE TATIS JUST KNOWING HE MISSED ONE HERE AT COORS FIELD. >> Joe: HERE'S A HARD THING ABOUT DOING IT ALL-STAR GAME. WE COULD TALK FOR THREE INNINGS ABOUT OHTANI. YOU CAN TALK FOR THREE INNINGS ABOUT TATIS JR.. NATIONAL LEAGUE AND AVERAGE, FIRST AND HOME RUNS, FIRST IN STOLEN BASES. HE DOES IT ALL. HERE IS MAX MUNCY WHO LEADS THE LEAGUE IN ON-BASE PERCENTAGE AND WALKS. 19 HOME RUNS, TAKES A STRIKE FROM OHTANI. >> John: OHTANI HAS FOUR PITCHES BY THE THREE THAT HE REALLY HAS A FEEL FOR AND HE SAW THE BREAKING BALL AND HE'S GOT A GREAT SPLIT-FINGER FASTBALL. THE LEAGUE HAS HIT 0.80. THE FASTBALL HAS GEARS. >> Joe: THAT'S OUTSIDE. YOU HAVE MET THEM ALL, NOT JUST IN BASEBALL. YOU MET THEM IN OTHER SPORTS. PLAYED GOLF WITH HALF THE GOLFING WORLD. WE GOT A CHANCE TO MEET SHOHEI OHTANI BEFORE TONIGHT'S GAME. THERE IS AN AURA WITH HIS 27-YEAR-OLD THAT I JUST HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED. WHEN HE CAME SIN, TALKING -- WHEN HE CAME IN, TALKING TO THE MEDIA, SMILING, LAUGHING. HERE IS ARENADO. SO MUCH TALK ABOUT WHO IS NOT HERE AND WHO HAS OPTED OUT. LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN DENVER, COLORADO. THIS MATCH UP WITH ARENADO AGAINST SHOHEI OHTANI. THESE GUYS ARE HAVING A BLAST. ARENADO IS HAVING A MOMENT HERE IN DENVER. >> John: CLASSY MOVE BY OHTANI, GIVING HIM HIS MOMENT. >> Joe: THEY DIDN'T WANT HIM TO GO, AND FOR GOOD REASON. HE HAS BEEN AN RBI MACHINE, NOLAN ARENADO. HE'S AS GOOD AT THIRD BASE AS YOU'LL EVER SEE. >> John: HE'S GOING TO WANT TO HIT THIS FIRST PITCH. HE'LL BE REALLY AGGRESSIVE. >> Joe: IT'S IN THE DIRT INSTEAD. BALL ONE. FIVE TIMES IN ALL-STAR FOR THE COLORADO ROCKIES. MOST RBIs IN BASEBALL SINCE 2015. JUST EATS, SLEEPS, DRINKS BASEBALL. EVERYTHING YOU WANT FOR A PLAYER ON A LONG-TERM DEAL. >> John: ABSOLUTELY. HE'S ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT YOU DESCRIBE, HE LOVES THE GAME. IT'S NOT AN ACT. IT'S NOT THAT HE'S PLAYING FOOTBALL ON A BASEBALL FIELD. HE'S GOING ALL OUT ON EVERY PLAY. HE'S GOT THOSE HAPPY FEET AT THE PLATE. LOVES TO HIT AND LOVES TO HIT HERE AND WHY WOULDN'T YOU? >> Joe: STRIKE TWO AT 97. >> John: I'M REALLY IMPRESSED. I KNOW IT'S EASY TO GET AMPED UP BUT OHTANI, EVEN AFTER LAST NIGHT LOOKS TOTALLY CALM AND PREPARED FOR THE MOMENT. IT WOULD BE SO EASY TO OVERTHROW. SO EASY TO DO SO MUCH IN ONE INNING. THAT'S THE HARDEST PART ABOUT PITCHING. YOU KNOW YOU'VE ONLY GOT ONE INNING, TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH. SO FAR, HE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY IN CONTROL. >> Joe: STILL 1-2. BACK WHEN WE TALKED OHTANI, HE TOLD US HE'S JUST GOING TO QUOTE-UNQUOTE LET IT EAT. >> John: LETTING IT EAT BUT IN A CONTROLLED FASHION PART HE IS IN SYNC WITH HIS BODY ON THE MOUND. HE'S NEVER PITCHED HERE SO HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, WHAT THE BALL WOULD DO. >> Joe: I KNOW THIS. HE WILL SLEEP WELL ON THE FLIGHT OUT OF DENVER. >> John: [LAUGHS] YEAH. >> Joe: HE IS SUCH A CREDIT TO HIS PARENTS. HIS FATHER PLAYED AMATEUR BASEBALL IN THE INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE, HIS MOTHER WAS A BAD BADMINTON PLAYER. THE ATHLETIC. D IT WITH A SMILE AND BE >> Joe: THE MLB ALL-STAR GAME IS YOUR CHANCE TO WIN $10,000 OF BIG PAPI'S MONEY FOR FREE. THE FOX BET SUPER 6 SUPER 6 APP. PICK SIX MLB ALL-STAR OUTCOMES FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN. FREE TO PLAY. DON'T MISS OUT AND PLAY NOW. NEW PITCHER IN THE BALL GAME IS CORBIN BURNES, PERFECT FIRST FOR MAX SCHERZER WITH A STRIKEOUT. EIGHT TIME ALL-STAR WILL SIT THE REST OF THIS ONE OUT. CORBIN BURNES REPRESENTING THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS. HERE IN THE SECOND, NO SCORE. AARON JUDGE TAKE SLOW. BALL ONE. STANDING AT FIRST BASE IS THE REIGNING NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP, FREDDIE FREEMAN, WHO CAN HEAR US. HI, FREDDIE. DOING GOOD. YOU ARE WAY OFF THE LINE. >> YEAH. I'VE KIND OF GOT TO BE WITH HIM UP. HE HAD SAID ON THE RIGHT FIELD LINE. >> Joe: YOU CAN JUST WATCH IT GO INTO THE CORNER. TWO BALLS, NO STRIKES. >> I'M JUST GLAD I'M NOT PLAYING THIRD BASE. >> Joe: THAT FALLS IN THE LAP OF NOLAN ARENADO. >> I THINK HE'LL BE OKAY. >> Joe: 2-0. DOWN AND AWAY. >> IF HE GETS TO FIRST BASE, HE'S GOING TO MAKE ME LOOK SO SHORT. [LAUGHTER] >> Joe: HOW TALL ARE YOU? >> JUST UNDER 6'5" AND I'M ABOUT TO LOOK REALLY, REALLY SMALL HERE IN A SECOND. >> Joe: JUDGE IS 6'7". >> I DON'T LOOK UP VERY OFTEN. HE'S GOING TO POTENTIALLY MAKE ME DO IT. DARN IT. >> Joe: HERE COMES THAT MOMENT. CORBIN BURNES, WHO WENT 58 STRIKEOUTS BEFORE HE WALKED ANY HITTERS, AND HAS 15 ON THE YEAR, WALKS JUDGE TO LEAD OFF THE INNING. YOU LOOK SHORT, FREDDIE. >> I TOLD THEM I WAS GOING TO LOOK SHORT IF YOU GET TO FIRST BASE AND HERE WE ARE. A COUPLE OF GUYS WITH PERFECT TEETH THOUGH, I KNOW THAT. >> Joe: YOU MAY WANT TO WARN HIM THAT YOUR MIND TO. >> I AM TWO AWAY MIKE. SEE WHEN THAT WILL BE THE LAST WE HEAR FROM AARON. >> Joe: RAFAEL DEVERS RIGHT DOWN THE LINE. THAT'S A FAIR BALL. JUDGE WILL DIG FOR THIRD. THEY HOLD HIM ON A DOUBLE THAT BOUNCES OVER FREEMAN. IF YOU WANT TO ADD THAT TO THE REGULAR SEASON STATS, 26 DOUBLES PER RAFAEL DEVERS, EXTRA-BASE HIT MACHINE. >> John: HITS A HIGH GROUND BALL THAT GOES OVER FREDDIE'S HEAD. JUST OVER THE LINE FOR A DOUBLE. THE AMERICAN LEAGUE HAS GOT SOME ACTION GOING HERE AGAINST CORBIN BURNES. CORBIN BURNES IS THROWING 96 TO 98 WITH EVERYTHING CUTTING. GOOD BREAKING BALL, GOOD SLIDER OFF THE PLATE. >> Joe: FOR HIM AND FOR HIS BURNS, 2.36 ERA, HE HAS BLOSSOMED. IN TROUBLE, SECOND AND THIRD. NOBODY OUT AND DEALS A STRIKE TO MARCUS SEMIEN. THE ONLY PLAYER IN BASEBALL THIS SEASON WITH 20 PLUS HOMERS, 20 PLUS DOUBLES, TEN PLUS STEALS. HE HAS DONE THAT WHILE CHANGING POSITIONS. FORMER SHORTSTOP, NOW AT SECOND BASE. GOOD PITCH HERE. >> John: THAT'S WHERE HE WANTS TO LIVE. THE CHALLENGE HERE IN COLORADO WITH THAT HARD CUTTER THAT HE HAS COME YOU'VE GOT TO IMAGINE IT'S NOT GOING TO CUT AS MUCH HERE AT THE LEVEL THAT YOU'RE AT AS IT WOULD BE BACK HOME FOR HIM IN MILWAUKEE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE ON THE ROAD. >> Joe: 0-2 PITCHES GROUNDED TO THIRD. TO THE PLATE, JUDGE. THEYBARE HAND. ARENADO DID ALL HE COULD AND INTO SCORE IS JUDGE. THE AMERICAN LEAGUE ON TOP HERE IN THE SECOND. >> John: THAT WAS A GREAT READ BY AARON JUDGE AT THIRD. AS SOON AS THE BALL IS HIT, HE GOES. IT'S A GREAT READ. THE ONE THING ABOUT THE ALL-STAR GAME IN BASEBALL, IT REALLY TRULY IS PLAYED AS CLOSE TO A REGULAR-SEASON GAME WITH THE ANTICIPATION OF EACH PLAYER PLAYING THE GAME THEY WOULD IF IT WAS A REGULAR-SEASON GAME. THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE THEY ARE OF AARON JUDGE. >> Joe: A WALK, DOUBLE, INFIELD SINGLE FOR SEMIEN WHO HAS PUT THE AMERICAN LEAGUE ON TOP. HERE IS SALVADOR PEREZ WHO TAKES A STRIKE. SALVADOR IS ABOUT AS ROCK-SOLID AS THEY COME. HE IS A SEVEN TIME ALL-STAR. HE'S PLAYED IN ALL 89 GAMES SO FAR FOR THE ROYALS, AND HE'S PUTTING TOGETHER A CAREER YEAR WITH THE BAT. >> John: HE SURE IS. THE POWER NUMBERS ESPECIALLY IN HIS ABILITY, MUCH LIKE YADIER MOLINA, HE WANTS TO CATCH EVERY SINGLE GAME POSSIBLE. HE'S THE BACKBONE OF THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS ORGANIZATION. >> Joe: FIVE-TIME GOLD GLOVE AWARD WINNER, WAITS FOR THE 0-2. BREAKING BALL STAYS INSIDE. FREDDIE IS STILL MIC'D OVER THERE. ARE YOU GOING TO RIP IT OUT OF YOUR EAR NOW THAT YOU'RE DOWN B? >> NO, IT'S OKAY. IT'S FINE. I LIKE LISTENING TO YOU GUYS TALK. >> Joe: IF YOU WANT TO TWEET ABOUT HOW WE ARE BIASED AGAINST ANYBODY, GO AHEAD. >> YOU DON'T LIKE ANYBODY'S FAVORITE TEAMS. >> Joe: SOMEHOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO JUST STRIKE EVERYBODY OFF THE LIST. I HEARD YOUR SON CHARLIE GOT TO MEET TATIS JR. >> I AM BIG ON DAD OF THE YEAR. THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO NAME MYSELF. THAT'S ALL HE WANTED. FERNANDO, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PERSON, GREAT WITH KIDS, INCREDIBLE BASEBALL PLAYER AND A GREAT PERSON PRETTY ME AND SON VERY, VERY HAPPY. I THINK THIS MIGHT BE CHARLIE'S FIRST MEMORY THAT HE WILL REMEMBER. >> Joe: WE ARE LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW. THAT'S FROM YOUR INSTAGRAM PITCH. >> IT SPECIAL. IT REALLY WAS. HE WAS SO OVER THE MOON. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT FOR ME. I GET TO BRING MY SON AND DO THIS KIND OF STUFF. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. >> Joe: BIG SWING BY TEOSCAR HERNANDEZ. I TELL YOU WHAT. WHEN THIS GUY CONNECTS, THE BAL SLIDES. >> HE DID THAT AGAINST US. >> Joe: NEXT PITCH, TRYING TO LIMIT THE DAMAGE. BIG STRIKEOUT OF PEREZ AND NOW A ONE BALL, ONE STRIKE COUNT ON HERNANDEZ. >> John: THESE MOMENTS WHEN YOU'RE PITCHING IN AND ALL-STAR GAME, YOU CERTAINLY WONDER YOUR BEST. YOU HAVE TO TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THE BIG INNING AND NOT THROW EVERYTHING SUPERHARD. >> Joe: REALMUTO TRYING TO FRAME IT. OUTSIDE. KIND OF THE LATE BLOOMER IS TEOTASKER. FIRST TIME ALL-STAR, TRADED BY HOUSTON TO THE BLUE JAYS AT THE DEADLINE IN 2017. THE YEAR HOUSTON WON AT ALL. 2-1 PITCH. FOOLED HIM. >> John: THE CUTTER IS 94 TO 95 AND HE BREAKS THE BREAKING BALL OFF THE CUTTER. I DON'T THINK HE THROWS ANYTHING STRAIGHT AND WHEN HE IS GOING GOOD HE JUST PAINTS THE OUTSIDE PART OF THE PLATE. RIGHT-HANDERS HAVE A HARD TIME WHEN CORBIN BURNES, WOODRUFF, MILWAUKEE BREWERS HAVE THREE STARTERS THAT ARE PRETTY GOOD THIS YEAR. >> Joe: FREDDIE, YOU'RE LEADING OFF IN THE BOTTOM OF THE INNING. DO YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE FACING? >> I DO NOT. IS SHOHEI COMING BACK OUT? >> Joe: NO. >> CAN YOU LET ME KNOW? STEVE AND I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, LOOKS LIKE KYLE GIBSON. >> OKAY, TEXAS RANGERS. IT'S HARD IN THESE GAMES BECAUSE YOU DON'T FACE THESE GUYS VERY OFTEN. I DON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW WHAT HE THROWS. WE'LL FIND OUT TOGETHER. >> Joe: 2-2 PITCH. TATIS, FRAZIER. GOT THEM BOTH. NICE JOB I CORBIN BURNES TO LIMIT THE >> Joe: PLAY BALL IS BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL'S INITIATIVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE FUN WAYS TO PLAY THE GAME FOR ALL. FIND A LEAGUE NEAR YOU. GO TO PlayBall.org. OUR SINCEREST APOLOGIES TO FREDDIE FREEMAN. WE SAW GIPSON GETTING LOOSE. BUT IT IS LANCE LYNN. FREEMAN DOESN'T KNOW GIBSON AT ALL AND HAS SEEN LANCE LYNN NINE TIMES. HONEST MISTAKE. HE IS UP ON THE COUNT HERE. >> John: HE GOT REFRESHED WHEN HE WENT BACK TO THE DUGOUT. LANCE LYNN, FASTBALL, SINKER CUTTER OVER 90% OF THE TIME. NO ONE COMES CLOSE TO THAT US USAGE. HE BASICALLY IS GOING TO COME RIGHT AFTER THE HITTER. UNDER 2 ERA IN THE WHITE SOX ARE HAVING A FANTASTIC YEAR MAINLY BECAUSE THIS MAN HAS BEEN A BULLDOG ON THE MOUND. HE JUST COMES RIGHT AFTER YOU AND HE MAKES HIS PITCHES. FEELS LIKE HE'S GOING TO GET CONTACT OUT RATHER THAN ALWAYS TRYING TO STRIKE YOU OUT. >> Joe: 9-3 WITH AN ERA UNDER 2. THAT'S A ROCKET. BUT RIGHT AT VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR. HE WINS THAT RACE, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IS STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST BASE RUNNER. WITH LYNN AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX. WHAT A JOB TONY LA RUSSA HAS DONE. THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF INJURIES. THEY ARE STARTING TO GET SOME PLAYERS BACK. THEY LEAD IN THE AL CENTRAL BY EIGHT GAMES OVER CLEVELAND. >> John: BUILDING THIS ORGANIZATION WITH SOME YOUNG, DYNAMIC POSITION PLAYERS. YOU MENTIONED THOSE INJURIES BUT THEY HAVE PIECED IT TOGETHER. GUYS ARE MENDING AND TRYING TO GET BACK. THEY HAVE A HEALTHY LEAD IN THE CENTRAL AND NOTHING SHOWS ARE GOING TO SLOW DOWN. EIGHT GAMES OVER CLEVELAND. THEY'VE GOT A GOOD COMBINATION OF BULLPEN, PITCHING AND HITTING. >> Joe: HERE IS NICK CASTELLANOS, ONE OF TWO REDS BACK-TO-BACK IN THE LINEUP FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. TAKES A STRIKE. HE'S LEADING THE LEAGUE IN HITTING, LEADING THE LEAGUE IN DOUBLES, LEADING THE LEAGUE IN EXTRA-BASE HITS. HE'S HIT 18 HOME RUNS FOR THE REDS ARE ONLY FOUR GAMES OUT. 0-2. >> John: HE'S A HITTING MACHINE. IN DETROIT THE POWER NUMBERS DIDN'T COME IN BECAUSE HE WAS MORE OF A GAP TO GAP HITTER BECAUSE THE PARK WAS SO BIG. IT SERVED HIM WELL WHEN HE GOT TO CHICAGO. THE CUBS, HE WAS ON FIRE. NOW THE HOME PARK HE PLAYS, A HITTER'S PARADISE AND YOU'RE SEEING THOSE NUMBERS AND POWER NUMBERS COME UP. >> Joe: ONE OF THE 42 FIRST TIME ALL-STAR IS. GETS UNDER IT AND SKIES IT A MILE HIGH LITERALLY. ON THE INFIELD FOR GUERRERO JR.. BACK TO THE BREAK LAST YEAR AND FAST-FORWARD TO THE DIVISION WINNERS, YOU SEE WHERE THEY ENDED UP AND NOW IN 2021, ALL OF THEM ARE DIFFERENT. DIVISION WINNERS LAST YEAR, THE DIVISION LEADERS THIS YEAR. YOU SEE THE CHANGEOVER AND WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WHEN THE FIRST PITCHERS WERE THROWN ON APRIL 1ST THAT THE BEST RECORD IN BASEBALL WOULD BELONG TO THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS. >> John: I THINK THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT THAT WHERE THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS. MAYBE SOME OF THEM MIGHT'VE BEEN HESITANT TO PROCLAIM IT. IT'S BEEN AN UNBELIEVABLE YEAR. TO THINK THAT THEY ARE LEADING ALL OF BASEBALL IN WINS AND REALLY SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN. IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCELLENT SECOND HALF IN THE WEST. >> Joe: BRANDON CRAWFORD IS HAVING A CAREER YEAR. BUSTER POSEY IS SLOW DOWN WITH INJURY BUT HE'S PUTTING TOGETHER A CAREER YEAR WITH A BAT WHICH IS SAYING A LOT. 0-1 THE COUNT ON WINKER. ONE BALL, ONE STRIKE ON JESSE, HITTING .343 AGAINST RIGHT-HANDED PITCHING THIS SEASON. IF YOU WANT TO PICK ONE GUY WHO MAY BE HAVING THE BEST TIME OF ALL THE ALL-STARS HERE IN DENVER, THE 27-YEAR-OLD FIRST TIME ALL-STAR JESSE WINKER. 2-1. BECAME THE FIRST REDS PLAYER WITH MULTIPLE THREE HOME OR GAMES IN A SINGLE SEASON WHEN HE ACCOMPLISHED THAT ON JUNE 6TH. HE INTO LEFT FIELD AND HE'S BECOME QUITE A PLAYER FOR DAVID BELL. 2-1 FROM LYNN. 2-2. WINKER TRYING TO KEEP THE SECOND INNING ALIVE FOR REALMUTO. RBI INFIELD HIT BY SEMIEN IN THE TOP OF THE INNING. THE AL ON TOP. 2-2. THE AMERICAN LEAGUE HAS WON SEVEN STRAIGHT ALL-STAR GAMES AND TEN OF THE LAST 11. 25-6-1 OVER THE LAST 32 MIDSUMMER CLASSIC'S. KEVIN CASH TRYING TO KEEP THAT STREAK ALIVE FOR THE AL. 2-2. FULL COUNT. >> John: ON THE OTHER SIDE, DAVE ROBERTS SAYS IT'S ABOUT TIME WE GET A WIN. PUNCH THE TICKET AND GET IT RIGHT. THE THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM MA MAYBE. FOR THE DODGERS SKIPPER. >> Joe: HERE'S THE 3-2, AND THAT'S DOWN FOR A TWO-OUT WALK. LYNN WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH REALMUTO. WE LOOK AT THE ALL-STAR GAME BREAKDOWN. IT'S REALLY BEEN A GAME OF STREAKS. FIRST ONE WAS IN 1933, THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. THEN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE HAD THEIR RUN. THEN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE IS HAVING THEIR FUN. SEVEN STRAIGHT WINS. TWO IN EXTRA INNINGS, TWO ONE RUN WINS AND A SHUTOUT IN 2013. REALMUTO. LOCKED IN WITH THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES. HE DOES IT ALL FOR PHILADELPHIA. TREMENDOUS CATCHER. THERE ARE THE OFFENSIVE NUMBERS, THIRD TIME ALL-STAR. >> John: VERY ATHLETIC CATCHER, CAN RUN A LITTLE BIT. HE'S GOT TO POWER AND THE PHILLIES LOCKED HIM UP, THE BEST OF HIS POSITION. >> Joe: VOTED IN BY THE PLAYERS, WAS CONVERTED FROM SHORTSTOP TO CATCHER IN THE MARLINS ORGANIZATION. THE PHILLIES ARE GLAD THEY DID THAT. HERE'S THE 1-1. STRIKE TWO. >> John: THE TWO THINGS YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING ON THIS FIELD. YOU WANT TO BE A HITTER AND AN OUTFIELDER. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW HUGE THIS FIELD IS, YOU CAN COVER A LOT OF GROUND AND TAKE AWAY A LOT OF DOUBLES AND TRIPLES IN THE OUTFIELD. IF YOU'VE GOT SOME SPEED, PLAY YOUR POSITION. >> Joe: 1-2. FOCHT OFF. >> John: I ALWAYS FELT THERE WOULD BE A .400 HITTER IN THIS BALLPARK FROM THIS TEAM BEFORE -- YOU WOULD ASSUME THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE HOME RUNS. THE BALL TRAVELS. THE FIELD IS SO BIG, A GUY WHO HITS FOR AVERAGE CAN CERTAINLY BENEFIT PLAYING HERE AT COORS FIELD. >> Joe: 1-2 PITCHES SWUNG ON AND MISSED IN A SCORELESS FRAME PUT UP BY LANCE LYNN. JOHN, ARE YOU HAVING FUN? >> John: SURE M. >> Joe: THESE GUYS ARE. ♪ ♪ >> Joe: CORBIN BURNES, GOOD WORK TO GET AROUND THE LEADOFF WALK, DOUBLE, INFIELD SINGLE. GOT THE DOUBLE PLAY BALL AFTER THE STRIKE OUT. ONE RUN PUT ON THE BOARD BY THE AL IN THE SECOND AND HERE IS CEDRIC MULLINS, A TERRIFIC PLAYER ON THE REBUILDING ORIOLES TEAM. HE'S GOT SPEED. NUMBER ONE OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AND HITS WITH 106, HITTING .314. HE'S GOT POP. 16 HOME RUNS, 16 STEALS, SECOND IN THE LEAGUE. WHEN HE LEADS OFTEN ENDING THE SEASON, HITTING .360. ONE BALL, ONE STRIKE FROM CORBIN BURNES. >> John: IT'S A GREAT STORY FOR HIM TO BE HERE IN THE ALL-STAR GAME. AS YOU MENTIONED, BALTIMORE TRYING TO GET BACK TO THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION THEY HOPE TO IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. HE'S A BIG PART OF IT. >> Joe: 1-1 PITCH GROUNDED FOUL. FERNANDO TATIS JR. IS WEARING A MIC IN AN EAR PIECE. ARE YOU HAVING FUN? YOU HAVE BEEN SMILING EVER SI SINCE. >> YOU HAVE TO. WHEN YOU'RE LIVING THE DREAM, YOU HAVE TO. >> Joe: ONE BALL, TWO STRIKES. YOU KNOW, IF HE HITS IT TO YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HURRY IT OOVER TO FIRST BASE. >> I KNOW THAT. I KNOW THAT. HE'S A GREAT PLAYER. >> Joe: HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE YOUR ARM TO YOUR DAD'S ARM. WE HAD A BETTER ARM IN THEIR PRIME? >> HE HAS A 10. I'M A 9. >> Joe: HERE'S THE 1-2 AND THE STRIKEOUT WITH OHTANI COMING UP. >> I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. >> HE IS A UNICORN, SUPERHERO. >> ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC. >> SHOHEI THE MONEY. >> [SPEAKING JAPANESE] >> GONE! >> "SHOTIME." >> Joe: ONE OUT, NOBODY ON. OHTANI SECOND AT-BAT, ROBBED OF A HIT ON A GOOD PLAY BY ADAM FRAZIER IN THE FIRST INNING A BURNES BRINGS IT. HE GROUNDS TO THE RIGHT SIDE. FREEMAN SLIPS FOR THE OUT. FERNANDO, I DON'T WANT THE AT-BAT TO GO BY AND HAVE ME NOT TO ASK YOU ABOUT OHTANI. IT'S GOT TO AMAZE YOU WHAT HE IS DOING AT THIS LEVEL. >> IT AMAZES EVERYBODY. PEOPLE WONDER IF THEY WANT TO SEE THE LEGEND OF BABE RUTH, THIS GUY IS GETTING STARTED ON THE SAME PATH. HOPEFULLY HE CAN BE HEALTHY AND HE CAN KEEP IT GOING. GOING TO BE GREAT FOR THE GAME. >> Joe: YOU'VE GOT 28. HE'S GOT 33. >> YEAH. >> Joe: I'M TALKING ABOUT HOME RUNS. HERE IS THE SWING AND A MISS. >> YES. WOW. >> Joe: VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR., HOW GOOD OF FRIENDS ARE YOU TWO? >> THAT'S MY BOY. WE'VE COME UP TOGETHER. WE ARE KIND OF LIVING THE SAME LIFE. WE GREW UP AS THE SONS OF MAJOR LEAGUERS. ALMOST THE SAME RIDE FOR BOTH OF US. >> Joe: IT'S CRAZY. YOU'RE BOTH 22. YOUR BOTH HITTING 28 HOME RUNS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT VLAD JR.'S GRANDMOTHER'S FOOD IS WHAT'S KEEPING EVERYBODY HEALTHY AND STRONG IN THE BIG LEAGUES. >> HEALTHY AND HAPPY. >> Joe: GOODBYE! WOW. GUERRERO JR. HAS DOUBLED THE LEAD. SAY SOMETHING TO HIM ON HIS WAY AROUND. >> [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Joe: WOW. THAT IS THE 200TH HOME RUN IN ALL-STAR GAME HISTORY, AND YOU COULD HAVE CHOPPED THAT UP INTO TWO. >> THAT WAS A BOMB. >> Joe: THAT WENT OVER YOUR HEAD RATHER FAST, FERNANDO. >> SO QUICK. SHOULD HAVE ADMIRED IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. >> Joe: 468 FEET. SWING AND A MISS BY BOGAERTS. >> John: THE SLIDER CUTTER STAYED OVER THE PLATE AND THAT'S A RECIPE FOR DISASTER FOR PITCHERS. GUERRERO JR. HAS BEEN DOING THAT ALL FIRST HALF. NOT A SURPRISE. >> Joe: HERE'S THE 0-1. THERE IS ONE INTO LEFT, BASE HIT. THAT PITCH WAS UP AND BOGAERTS IS ON. LET'S GO BACK TO THE HOMELAND BY VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR. LET'S GO BACK TO THE HOME RUN. >> John: BOTH OF THEM KNEW IT. THE CATCHER, THE HITTER, AND THE PITCHER UNFORTUNATELY. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A STAT THAT DETERMINES IF A BALL IS GOING TO LEAVE EVERY BALLPARK. IT WOULD HAVE LEFT EVERY BALLPARK. >> Joe: I THINK SO. HERE'S A PITCH DOWN TO AARON JUDGE. FERNANDO, YOU ARE DUE UP THIRD IN THE BOTTOM OF THE INNING. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO. >> YEAH. >> Joe: JUDGE, WHO WALKED AND SCORED HIS FIRST TIME. GOOD PITCH THERE. >> John: THIS IS JUST A PERFECT SWING. THE BAT STAYS IN THE ZONE, THE WHOLE TIME EXTENSION. THERE'S NO BETTER FEELING FOR THE HITTER. THERE IS NO WORSE FEELING FOR THE PITCHER, AS WE SAW BOTH. >> Joe: THAT IS DOWN. TWO BALLS AND A STRIKE. >> John: AARON JU JUDGE OBVIOUSLY, HAVEN'T SEEN GUYS AT HIS HEIGHT HAVE THE KIND OF SUCCESS THAT HE'S HAVING. THE NEW YORK YANKEES ARE HOPING HE CAN STAY HEALTHY AND START PUTTING UP THOSE NUMBERS NEAR THE 50 MARK IN HOMERS. >> Joe: 29 YEARS OLD, THIRD TIME IS AN ALL STAR AND HE HAD SET OFF THE END OF THE BAT FOUL. 2-2. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN 2017. SET THE ROOKIE HOME RUN RECORD WITH 52. THAT WAS BROKEN TWO YEARS LATER BY PETE ALONSO WHO WENT OFF IN LAST NIGHT'S HOME RUN DERBY. >> John: DID HE. MAN. HE MIGHT BE STILL BOBBING AND WEAVING AND HOPPING AROUND. >> Joe: 2-2 TO JUDGE. THERE YOU GO. EVEN WITH ME TALKING IN YOUR EAR. ALL RIGHT. DAZZLE US IN THE BOTTOM OF THIS THIRD INNING, TATIS. >> IT WENT HALFWAY. I CAUGHT IT. TELECAST IS PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL. THE ACCOUNTS AND DESCRIPTION OF THE GAME MAY NOT BE DISSEMINATED WITHOUT EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT. >> Joe: TONIGHT'S TELECAST IS PRESENTED BY MASTERCARD AND SPONSORED BY FORD. BUILT FORD CROWD. AND BY VERIZON. 5G BUILT RIGHT. REMINDS ME OF LETTERMAN, THE VELCRO SUITS. >> John: GOT TO TRY THAT OUT. >> Joe: LEADING OFF HIS BRYAN REYNOLDS. >> John: KYLE GIBSON IS GOING TO THROW THE KITCHEN SINK AT HIM. FIVE DIFFERENT PITCHES, NEVER REALLY THROWS MANY OVER AGAINST LEFT-HANDERS, NOTHING OVER 22% SO YOU HAVE TO BE READY FOR EVERY KIND OF PITCH AND EVERY DIFFERENT AREA. CONTACT PITCHER WHO'S TRYING TO CHANGE SPEEDS AND GET THE HITTER TO GET THE BALL OFF THE BARREL OF THE BAT. >> Joe: HAD REYNOLDS OUT IN FRONT OF IT IN THE COUNT IS 0-2. FOR GIBSON, THE QUESTION COULD BE, WHERE DOES HE END THE YEAR? >> John: THERE'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL PLAYERS WHO WERE IN THIS ALL-STAR GAME THAT WILL NOT FINISH THEIR TENURE WITH THAT TEAM, AND THERE WILL BE A FEW CUBS ON THAT LIST ON THAT LIST. >> Joe: 0-2 PITCH RIPPED INTO RIGHT. BACK AT THE WALL. IT IS CAUGHT BY JUDGE. BRYAN REYNOLDS ALMOST HAD A MOMENT TO REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. AND THE BALL DIED AT THE WALL, AND AARON JUDGE WAS THERE. >> John: I'M NOT SURE IF I SAW THIS RIGHT. AS JUDGE WAS GOING BACK, I THOUGHT THE WALL MOVED TO GIVE HIM ROOM SO HE COULD CATCH THE BALL. WITH AARON JUDGE, HE CAN GO UP AND OVER ANY WALL. NOT THIS ONE HERE AT COORS COORS FIELD. I DON'T THINK HE GETS ENOUGH CREDIT FOR HIS DEFENSE BECAUSE WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT HIS OFFENSE. >> Joe: A GUY WHO IS 6'7", SO ATHLETIC, CAN PLAY CENTER. WENT A LONG WAY TO GET THAT ONE. THE NUMBER NINE HITTER IS ADAM FRAZIER WHO IS NUMBER TWO IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN AN AVERAGE BUT HE'S NUMBER ONE IN HITS. LEADING BASEBALL WITH HUNDRED 15. FERNANDO TATIS JR. I SEE YOU CREEPING OUT THERE TRYING TO GET A LOOK AT GIBSON. >> EXACTLY RIGHT. >> Joe: 2-0 THE COUNT. THERE IS WANTED TO RIGHT, BASE HIT FOR FRAZIER. IT DOESN'T MATTER THE VENUE. OR WHAT'S ON THE LINE, FRAZIER JUST HIT IN 2021. >> John: SHORT, COMPACT SWING. LEFT THE BALL MIDDLE AND THEN HE'S A HIT MACHINE. A FEW OF THESE GUYS IN THE ALL-STAR GAME WHO MIGHT NOT BE KNOWN FOR THEIR POWER BUT CAN CERTAINLY GET SOME BASE HITS. >> Joe: TATIS JR. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FROM GIBSON? >> FASTBALL. YEAH, FASTBALL. >> Joe: WANTED THAT, FIRST PITCH SWINGING AND FOUL. >> GOOD PITCH. >> Joe: A BIG HOLE IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE INFIELD, FERNANDO. ARE YOU LOOKING AT THAT? OR YOU JUST WANT TO LAUNCH? >> OPPOSITE-FIELD HOMER. >> Joe: GOOD THOUGHT. INTO RIGHT CENTER FIELD, MULLINS TO HIS LEFT, TWO DOWN. I THINK YOU MISSED A COUPLE PITCHES IN THIS ONE. >>] SPEAKING SPANISH] >> Joe: I KNOW ENOUGH SPANISH TO KNOW WHAT MALO MEANS. >> I SHOULD HAVE HIT THAT OUT. >> Joe: THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU. >> IT'S A GOOD SIGN FOR THE SECOND HALF. >> Joe: THERE YOU GO. FERNANDO, THANKS FOR DOING THAT. WE APPRECIATE IT. ONE OF THE BRIGHT STARS OF THE GAME OBVIOUSLY. A SMILE JUST PASTED ON HIS FACE. AS MUNCY STANDS IN. TOOK A BALL OUTSIDE FROM GIBSON. KYLE BRINGS IT. BALL TWO. >> John: MONTHS HE CAN HIT IN ANY BALLPARK. HE DOES NOT EXPAND THE ZONE BUT HE COULD DO SO MUCH DAMAGE HERE AT COORS FIELD BECAUSE THE BALL WOULD NOT MOVE AS MUCH AND HE WOULD HAVE THE NITRO ZONE KIND OF MIDDLE THIRD THAT HE LIKES. IF HE GETS A PITCH ON THE INNER HALF, HE COULD TIE THE GAME UP A REALLY >> Joe: HE DOES NOT CHASE. HE WAS THINKING ABOUT A 2-2 GAME AND INSTEAD IT IS STRIKE ONE. >> John: THIS IS THE LANE HE CAN DO DAMAGE IN. THE BALL COMES IN THE INNER THIRD BUT JUST GETS AND BEATS HIM TO THE BARREL OF THE BAT. HE DOESN'T SWING UP HARDLY EVER AND HE WON'T EXPAND THE ZONE WAY. HE'S REALLY LOOKING AT CUTTING THE PLATE IN THIRDS. AND CONTROLLING THE STRIKE ZONE WHICH HE HAS DONE ALL YEAR. >> Joe: 2-1 PITCH. A LITTLE POP-UP. ON THE INFIELD AND GLOVED FOR ♪ ♪ >> GUYS ARE TRYING TO ONE UP US. >> ALL-STAR GAME SWAG CHAIN. >> SWAG BOW TIE. >> GETTING A LITTLE OUT OF CONTROL. >> JOE AND JOHN, WE'VE GOT ONE FOR YOU. >> Joe: WE'LL TAKE IT. IT WILL BE HARD TO GET THROUGH AIRPORT SECURITY WITH APPLE WILL TRY. WE'LL BE SEEING FERNANDO TATIS JR. FOR YEARS TO COME. IN THE ALL-STAR GAME. NOW HOMETOWN ALL-STAR GERMAN MARQUEZ IS IN THE BALL GAME WITH THE NEW SHORTSTOP BEHIND HIM. TATIS JR. IS OUT AND BRANDON CRAWFORD TAKES OVER. WHAT A YEAR HE HAS PUT TOGETHER FOR SAN FRANCISCO. >> John: HE HAS. THE YOUNG MAN ON THE MOUND HAS HAD A GREAT YEAR PITCHING HERE AT HOME. >> Joe: GROUND BALL OF THE MIDDLE AND FRESH INTO THE GAME, CRAWFORD GUIDES IT ACROSS. ONE PITCH, ONE OUT. MARQUES HAS THREE COMPLETE GAMES. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT. IF YOU WERE A STARTER IN THIS STADIUM, IT CAN GET INTO PITCHERS' HEADS AND FOR A GUY LIKE GERMAN, HE HAS NOT LET THE ALTITUDE BOTHER HIM AT ALL. >> John: HE'S GOT DYNAMIC STUFF. YOU HAVE TO BE A LITTLE WILD IN THIS PARK, KEEP THE HITTERS ON EDGE BUT HE HAS THE MAKEUP OF PITCHES. SLIDER, CURVEBALL, CHANGEUP, FASTBALL. IF YOU ARE COMMAND-CONTROLLED PITCHER IN THIS PARK, YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO STRUGGLE IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR BALL TO MOVE IN SYNC. >> Joe: ONE BALL, ONE STRIKE. MARK HAS WITH AN INFIELD BASE HIT HIS FIRST TIME. CORBIN BURNES GOES TWO. TO STRIKE OUT, ONE WALK AND A HOME RUN. GOOD PITCH. STRIKE TWO. SEMIEN WAS THIRD IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP VOTING IN 2019. FIRST TIME ALL-STAR TAKE SLOW. 2-2. >> John: THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT HE HAS MASTERED AND LEARNED, YOU OVERWORK AND YOU OVER AMP UP AS A PITCHER TO TRY TO MAKE IT BREAK MORE, THROW IT HARDER. YOUR OXYGEN IS DIFFERENT. AND WHERE YOU REALLY GET IS YOU GET THE CARRYOVER EFFECT AS A VISITOR WHEN YOU COME HERE. IT CARRIES OVER TO YOUR NEXT START SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT'S WHERE IT CATCHES UP WITH YOU. WHEN YOU'RE HERE AT HOME, YOU GET USED TO THE ELEMENTS. >> Joe: BALL THREE. 3-2. 3-2 PITCH IS GROUNDED LEFT SIDE. ARENADO GLOVES, THROWS. TWO DOWN. TONIGHT'S FOX TELECAST IN 4K HDR FEATURES MORE THAN 50 CAMERAS, TWO OF WHICH ARE POINT-TO-POINT WIRED FLYING CAMERAS ABOVE THE FIELD. 20 INGROUND MICROPHONES AND MICS AT ALL THREE BASES. TWO CINEMA MEGALODON CAMERAS. OUR. OUR CREW. >> John: OVER THERE TO OUR RIGHT. >> Joe: PEREZ DIGS IN. HELLO. HE SEEKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO RUN OUT THERE. THAT ONE JUST GOT AWAY BUT GOT THE ATTENTION OF THE KANSAS CITY CATCHER WHO IS HAPPY TO SMILE ABOUT IT. >> John: ACTUALLY A REALLY PERFECT DAY FOR A BASEBALL GAME, NOT HOT, LITTLE BIT RAIN CAME THROUGH AND COOLED IT OFF. >> Joe: SALVADOR OUT IN FRONT OF THAT. 2-1. THE NEXT. 2-2. PEREZ IS ON A SHORT LIST, 1 OF 3 CATCHERS IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE HISTORY WITH 20 PLUS HOME RUNS, 15 PLUS DOUBLES AT THE ALL-STAR BREAK WITH PUDGE, MICKEY TETTLETON >> Joe: GEICO IS DONATING TICKETS TO HONOR MILITARY MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT MAJOR LEAGUE STADIUMS AROUND THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE GEICO SEATS FOR SERVICE PROGRAM. TODAY WE WELCOME ANCHOR JEN JENNISON. NATHAN EOVALDI TAKES OVER AND QUICKLY HAS THE COUNT 0-TWO ON NOLAN ARENADO. >> John: STRONGMAN, CONTROLS 100. HE'S ADDED PITCHES TO HIS REPERTOIRE AND OTHER THAN THE GIANTS THE NEXT BEST STORY IS THE BOSTON RED SOX AS THEY ARE LEADING THEIR DIVISION. >> Joe: IN THE DIRT. ONE BALL, TWO STRIKES. NATHAN EOVALDI WENT THROUGH TOMMY JOHN SURGERY EARLY IN HIS LIFE IN HIGH SCHOOL HE'S BOUNCED AROUND WITH A FEW ORGANIZATIONS. HE HAS REALLY BLOSSOMED HERE LATER IN HIS CAREER. >> John: HE SURE HAS. THE SPLIT-FINGER FASTBALL HAS REALLY TAKEN HIM TO THE NEXT LEVEL. >> Joe: 1-2 PITCH. ARENADO LAYS OFF. 2-0, AL ON TOP. THREE, FOUR, FIVE HITTERS HERE FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. HE KNOWS THAT BATTER'S BOX. AND HE GROUNDS ONE OFF EOVALDI'S GLOVE. EASY OUT AT SECOND FROM SEMIEN. IT WILL BE SCORED 1-4-3. ONE OUT AND NOW A QUICK WORD FROM GOOGLE. >> ♪ WE CAN WORK IT OUT ♪ ♪ WE CAN WORK IT OUT ♪ >> Joe: HERE'S FREDDIE FRE FREEMAN. THIRD STRAIGHT ALL-STAR GAME START FOR FREDDIE. FIFTH ALL-STAR GAME OVERALL. EOVALDI BRINGS IT. TIED HIM UP. HE WENT AROUND. THAT'S STRIKE ONE. THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE PRESSURE ON OZZIE ALBIES WHO WE WILL SEE LATER IN THE BALL GAME ON FREDDIE FREEMAN WITH THE LOSS OF RONALD ACUNA JR. WHO TORE HIS ACL AT THE END OF LAST WEEK. HEARTBREAKING. STRIKE TWO ON FREDDIE FREEMAN. >> John: I THINK FREDDIE FREEMAN, WHO HAD A ROUGH START TO HIS SEASON, HEATED UP BIG TIME AND THE TIMING MIGHT BE GREAT. IF ANYONE CAN CARRY A CLUB, IT'S FREDDIE FREEMAN. ALBIES, HAVE TO BE EXTRA SPECIAL TO MAKE UP FOR ACUNA. >> Joe: UP TO GET IT BUT HITS IT FOULED ON THE LEFT FIELD LINE. THE BRAVES COME INTO THE BREAK FOUR GAMES BACK BEHIND THE METS. PHILLY AND SECOND AT 3.5 BACK. NATIONALS ARE 6 BACK. MIAMI 9 BACK. >> John: THIS SHOULD PROBABLY BE A SPLIT FINGER HERE AGAINST FREDDIE. >> Joe: 0-2. GROUNDED RIGHT SIDE. THAT'S A BASE HIT. LOOKS LIKE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE SPLITTER. FREEMAN IS ON. SECOND NATIONAL LEAGUE HIT OF THE BALL GAME. ONE ON, ONE OUT. AUGUST 12TH, WE CAN'T WAIT, YANKEES AND WHITE SOX TRAVEL TO IOWA AND THE SIGHT OF THE MOST BELOVED BASEBALL MOVIE OF ALL TIME TO PLAY AN HISTORIC REGULAR-SEASON MATCH UP ON THE REAL FIELD OF DREAMS. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT. THE MLB FIELD OF DREAMS GAME PRESENTED BY GEICO AUGUST 12TH ON FOX AND THE FOX SPORTS APP. YANKEES TRYING TO CLIMB BACK AT IT IN THE AL EAST. WHITE SOX LEADING THEIR DIVISION. THIS SHOULD BE TWO. AND IT IS. OFF THE BAT OF CASTELLANOS. TURNED UP THE MIDDLE BY STAY ONE 2-0 AMERICAN LEAGUE AS WE MOVE TO THE FIFTH INNING HERE IN DENVER. SPEAKING OF THE IMPACT OF REUNITING, WE HEAR DAVE ROBERTS HAS BEEN PART OF AN INCREDIBLE MASTERCARD PROGRAM THAT INVITES FANS TO COME TOGETHER IN A 60 MILLION PERSON STAND UP AND SUPPORT OF STAND UP TO CANCER. WITH THE HELP OF CARDHOLDERS WHO ORDERED ONLINE OR TAPPED IN STORE FOR A MEAL. MASTERCARD IS DONATING $5 MILLION TO STAND UP TO CANCER. DAVE, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW FANS STILL TAKE A STAND AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU PERSONALLY? >> I'M TELLING YOU IS A CANCER SURVIVOR, IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME TO -- OH, BOY. THAT BALL HAS GOT TO GET DOWN, JOE. >> Joe: OFF THE BAT OF HERNANDEZ, TRYING TO STRETCH IT. HE'S GOT A LEADOFF DOUBLE. HE ASKED HER HERNANDEZ. >> NOW WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT MASTERCARD AND STAND UP TO CANCER. I AM A FORMER CANCER SURVIVOR AND THE MASTERCARD PROGRAM IS PROVIDING CANS VARIOUS WAYS TO TAKE A STAND. PARTICIPATING IN THE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE BEEN PART OF THE DRIVES THE STAND UP TO CANCER RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS. ALSO IN TONIGHT'S GAME WITH THE BLACKARD MOMENT THAT WE HAVE, THERE'S A DIGITAL STAND UP TO CANCER SNAPCHAT THAT CREATES AND SPREADS AWARENESS. IT'S GREAT, THE FANS, THE PLAYERS, EVERYONE CAN COME TOGETHER FOR A GREATER GOOD AND EVERYONE WE KNOW OR HAS BEEN PART AND KNOW SOMETHING, HAS A STORY WITH CANCER. FOR ME TO PARTNER WITH MASTERCARD, FOR ME IT'S A PERFECT MARRIAGE. >> Joe: DAVE, THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE YOU, JOE. >> Joe: WILL CONTINUE TALKING TO BOTH MANAGERS. CEDRIC MULLINS TAKES A BALL OUTSIDE. TREVOR ROGERS IS THE NEW PIT PITCHER. BIG LEFT-HANDER WHO ALLOWS A LEADOFF DOUBLE BY HERNANDES. TEOSCAR HERNANDEZ IS 1 FOR 2. FIFTH IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WITHIN THE AREA OF 2.31. HE DEALS AND THAT'S HAMMERED FOULED. STRIKE TWO. THE OTHER CHANGES DEFENSIVELY. MANNY MACHADO HAS TAKEN OVER AT THIRD BASE AND JUAN SOTO IS IN THE BALL GAME IN RIGHT. 1-2 THE COUNT. MULLINS STRUCK OUT HIS FIRST TIME. AND REACHES OUT, ADVANCES THE RUNNER. BOB OLD, ON THAT FIRST IS MULLINS AND IT'S FIRST AND THIRD WITH NOBODY OUT. SEE HOW THEY RULE IT. >> John: HE HAD NO CHANCE TO THROW HIM OUT. THIS YOUNGSTER CAN FLY. HE GOT OUT OF THE BOX RIGHT AWAY. CRAWFORD'S ARM, I DON'T THINK IF HE COMES UP CLEAN RIGHT HERE. THIS BALL IS HIT AND HE'S GONE. BANG-BANG THROW. STILL DON'T THINK HE WOULD HAVE GOT HIM. >> Joe: KEVIN CASH IS MANAGING ON THE AMERICAN LEAGUE SIDE, AND IT'S J.D. MARTINEZ BETTING HERE FOR OHTANI. ITS FIRST AND THIRD WITH NOBODY OUT, AND KEVIN, ARE YOU HAVING ANY FUN DOWN THERE? >> JUST A LITTLE BIT. IT'S NOT TOO BAD WHEN YOU GET TO PINCH-HIT OHTANI FOR MARTIN IS PAIRED WHAT A SPECIAL MOMENT. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WHAT DOC SAID AND MASTERCARD AND EVERYTHING. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. >> Joe: 0-1 THE COUNT. FIRST AND THIRD, NOBODY OUT. FOULED BACKED BY MARTINEZ. J.D. WITH BIG OFFENSIVE NUMBERS AS WE'VE COME TO EXPECT. HAD A DOWN YEAR LAST YEAR BUT REALLY JUST SINCE LEAVING THE ASTROS ORGANIZATION, HIS CAREER HAS TAKEN OFF. HE REWORKED HIS SWING. ONE OF THE MOST FEARED POWER HITTERS IN THE GAME STILL. >> John: A LOT OF GUYS GOT OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE LAST YEAR AND J.D. WAS ONE OF THEM AND HE SHOWED EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE AGAIN. >> Joe: 0-2 PITCH. THAT'S A CHECK SWING AND HE WENT ON A BIG STRIKE ON HERE FOR ROGERS. HEY, GUYS, DAVE ROBERTS AND KEVIN CASH, YOU TWO MET IN LAST YEAR'S WORLD SERIES. AT THE END OF THAT 60 GAME SPRINT. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF RESPECT BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU. THAT WAS SOME WORLD SERIES YOU GUYS PROVIDED ALL OF US. >> IT WAS GREAT AND OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, KEVIN AND I HAVE GONE PRETTY CLOSE AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A RESPECT ON MY END FOR HIM AND HOW HE MANAGES THE GAME AND PLAYERS. WHAT THE INDUSTRY THINKS OF HIM. FOR ME, ANY TYPE OF RAYS GAME, I'M ALWAYS TRY TO TUNE IN AND UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE WERE ON THE WEST COAST AND I CAN SORT OF WATCH BEFORE OUR GAMES. I CAN LEARN WHAT HE'S DOING AND WANT 20s DOING BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO GROW AND HAVE JUST SO MUCH RESPECT FOR KEVIN AND WHAT HE'S DONE WITH THE RAYS ORGANIZATION. >> I APPRECIATE THAT, CERTAINLY LIKEWISE. I THINK THE EXACT SAME THING ABOUT DOC. HE'S A VETERAN OF THIS GAME NOW. WORLD SERIES SO OFTEN, MY GOSH. THIS IS GETTING OLD TO HIM. NOT TO BE. I WISH WE HAD THIS HEADSET GOING ON IN THE POSTSEASON LAST YEAR. [LAUGHTER] I MIGHT'VE BEEN ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM IT. >> Joe: FIRST AND THIRD, ONE OUT. CHOPPER OFF THE BAT OF VLADIMIR GUERRERO. A RUN WILL COME TO THE PLATE. IT'S 3-0 AMERICAN LEAGUE ON AN RBI GROUND OUT BY EMBATTLED VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR. WHO SAYS SMALL BALL IS DEAD? >> SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT GETTING THE BALL AND MOVING FORWARD. THIS IS THE SAME GUY THAT HIT THE BALL 500 FEET. HE'S HITTING IT -- DRIVING IN A RUN. >> Joe: THE LEAD IS EXTENDED TO 3-0. MULLINS IS THERE WITH TWO DOWN FOR XANDER BOGAERTS. WELL, DOC, BEFORE WE LEFT YOUR LITTLE MAKESHIFT OFFICE, HE SAID I'M TIRED OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE LOSING THIS THING. IT'S BEEN SEVEN STRAIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. HERE YOU ARE DOWN 3-0. >> I HEAR YOU. THOSE GUYS HAVE JUMPED ON US AGAIN. IT'S NOT HOW YOU START. IT'S HOW YOU FINISH. WE HAVE MUCH ADO, SOTO, WE ARE GOING TO FINISH STRONG. WE NEED TO PUT UP A CROOKED NUMBER. >> Joe: RUNNER AT SECOND, TO OUT PARADE DOWN AND IMPAIRED ONE BALL, ONE STRIKE. HOW MUCH FUN IS IT, KEVIN TO PUT PEN TO PAPER AND PUT A LINE UP LIKE THIS TOGETHER? >> YOU COULD HAVE PULLED IT RIGHT OUT OF A HAT, DOESN'T MATTER WHO HITS WHERE. YOU LOOK AT THESE LINES ON THESE GUYS, IT'S REMARKABLE THE TYPES OF SEASONS. THEY ARE PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND ONE HALF. >> Joe: GOING THE OTHER WAY, BASE HIT BY BOGAERTS. DIGGING AROUND THIRD IN SCORING HIS BELOVED AND IT'S TWO RUNS HERE IN THE FIFTH INNING IN A 4-0 AMERICAN LEAGUE LEAD. >> WE'VE GOT OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US. THEY JUMP-STARTED. WE HAVE GOT SOME WORK TO DO. >> Joe: HERE IT IS. WE SAW AN RBI GROUND OUT. WE SAW XANDER BOGAERTS GO THE OTHER WAY. >> John: THOSE THINGS HAPPEN AT COORS FIELD FOR THAT'S WHY HITTERS HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OF MISTAKE PITCHES AND THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT USUALLY. >> Joe: THE BATTER IS AARON JUDGE. GUYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, THANKS FOR THE ACCESS THAT YOU GAVE US LAST OCTOBER. KEVIN, GIVE YOUR MOM MY BEST. I DON'T WANT HER MAD AT ME. >> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL DID TO MAKE THE POSTSEASON SPECIAL FOR ALL THE FANS. NO DOUBT. THANKS A LOT, FELLAS. LET'S DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. >> Joe: THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR BOTH OF YOU. KEVIN CASH, DAVE ROBERTS. MANAGING HERE THIS ALL-STAR GAME. TIRELESS WITH WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY AT THE BALLPARK. BY THE TIME WE SHOW UP AND BOTHER THEM EVERY DAY BEFORE HE POSTSEASON GAME, THEY JUST COULDN'T BE NICER OR MORE FORTHCOMING WITH INFORMATION. WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE. 1-2 THE COUNT ON JUDGE WHO HAS WALKED AND SCORED AND GROUNDED OUT. TWO RUNS HOME, RUNNER AT FIRST, HE GOT UNDER THAT. SHALLOW RIGHT CENTER FIELD. SOTO IS THERE AND THAT ENDS THE INNING. >> Joe: WE ROLL ON FROM DENVER, COLORADO. FIRST PITCH FROM THE NEW PITCHER FOR THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, GREGORY SOTO DIPS LOW. A NUMBER OF CHANGES. WE'LL GO THROUGH IT. JESSE WINKER'S FIRST UP. INITIALLY THEY SAID THE BALL HIT BY MULLINS WAS A BASE HIT. THEY CHANGED IT TO AN ERROR, TWO UNEARNED RUNS SCORING IN THE TOP OF THE INNING FOR THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. EARNED OR UNEARNED, IT'S 4-0 AND ONE OUT HERE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH, AS WINKER GROUNDS OUT. 0 FOR 1 OF THE BALL GAME. >> John: KIND SCORING FOR THE PITCHER BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH PLAY. SOTO THROWS BASICALLY TWO PITCHES: FASTBALL, SLIDER. FASTBALL IS 97 AND ABOVE. THIS GUY IS COMING AFTER YOU. >> Joe: NICE GLOVE. TIN MAN, "WIZARD OF OZ." SPARKLING IN THIS MILD HIGH-ALTITUDE. REALMUTO STANDS IN AND TAKES DOWN. ONE BALL, ONE STRIKE. >> John: I'D BE INTERESTED. I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN USE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS HERE. I'M NOT SO SURE YOU'D BE ABLE TO USE THAT GLOVE AND REGULAR SEASON. >> Joe: DON'T THINK SO. NEW CATCHER IS MIKE ZUNINO. BACK AT THE WALL! IT IS GONE! J.T. REALMUTO HAS PUT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE ON THE BOARD WITH A ONE OUT HOME RUN HERE IN THE FIFTH. >> John: THAT'S ONE THING IN THIS BALLPARK, HITTERS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE VELOCITY. IF YOU DON'T TRY TO DO TOO MUCH AND TRY TO PULL EVERYTHING, YOU CAN USE THIS BIG SPACIOUS BALLPARK TO YOUR ADVANTAGE AND HE GOES WITH HIS FASTBALL AWAY, TREMENDOUS CARRY THIS BALL HAS TO RIGHT CENTER. A MUCH TALLER FENCE OF COURSE. J.T. CAN HIT ALL PARTS OF THE BALLPARK. >> Joe: HERE'S A CHOPPER OF THE MIDDLE AND A CLEAN PLAY MADE, AS REYNOLDS GROUNDS OUT. SEMIEN MADE THAT, GOT THE TRUE HEALTH AND REYNOLDS IS NOW 0 FO. THAT WILL BRING IN ADAM FRAZIER WHO SINGLED. ONE OF JUST THREE NATIONAL LEAGUE KIDS SO FAR. 1 OF 3 NATIONAL LEAGUE HITS. GALLO IS IN RIGHT, OLSON AT FIRST, BO BICHETTE AT SHORT. YOU KNOW ABOUT SOTO. I TOLD YOU ABOUT ZUNINO DOING THE CATCHING. AT THIRD BASE IT IS JOSE RA RAMIREZ. >> John: IF YOU WONDER WHY A GUY IS HITTING .330 IN THE LEAGUE, HE HAS NO WASTED MOVEMENT. SHORT, COMPACT SWING. NOT TRYING TO CRUSH THE BALL. >> Joe: 2-0 THE COUNT. THAT CATCHES THE CORNER. FRAZIER DIDN'T AGREE, AND THE COUNT IS 2-1. >> John: MAY BE. [LAUGHTER] A LITTLE OUTSIDE. 99 NONETHELESS. >> Joe: SOTO DEALING, AND IT'S IN THE DIRT. 3-1. >> John: MISSED A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE OUTSIDE PART OF THE PLATE. AFTER YOU GET A CALL LIKE THAT, YOU CHANGE ALL YOUR GAME PLAN AND YOU GO RIGHT BACK OUT THERE. >> Joe: ADAM FRAZIER DOMINATED AT MISSISSIPPI STATE, HIT .348 AS A BULLDOG. NCAA CHAMPS. 3-1 AND THAT GETS PAST SOTO. GLOVED AND OUT AT FIRST TO END THE INNING. J.T. REALMUTO GOES THE OPPOSITE WAY. >> TONIGHT WE DELIVER A POWERFUL MESSAGE AS WE ONCE AGAIN JOIN OUR PARTNER, STAND UP TO CANCER, AND REAFFIRMING A COMMITMENT TO THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER. FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, ITS FANS, PLAYERS AND COACHES HAVE COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND TO STAND UNITED AND STEADFAST IN OUR DETERMINATION TO DEFEAT THIS DISEASE. PLEASE JOIN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, MASTERCARD, FOX, AND THE ENTIRE BASEBALL FAMILY AS WE STAND TOGETHER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER. VISIT StandUp2Cancer.org TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN HELP TODAY. ♪ ♪ LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU. SINCE 2010, MASTERCARD HAS DONATED OVER $55 MILLION TO STAND UP TO CANCER. AND NOW THANKS TO CARDHOLDERS LIKE YOU, MASTERCARD IS DONATING ANOTHER $5 MILLION TO HELP FUND GROUNDBREAKING CANCER RESEARCH. TOGETHER WE CAN START SOMETHING PRICELESS. ♪ ♪ >> ♪ EVEN WHEN I'M OLD AND GRAY, I'M GOING TO FEEL THE WAY I DO TODAY ♪ ♪ BECAUSE YOU ♪ >> Joe: 4-1 BALL GAME IS THIS ALL-STAR GAME MOVES INTO THE SIXTH. WATCH ALL OUT OF MARKET REGULAR-SEASON GAMES LIVE OR ON-DEMAND PLUS MLB BIG INNING EXCLUSIVELY ON MLB TV PER BLACKOUTS AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS APPLY. VISIT MLB DOT TV FOR DETAILS. NEW PITCHER IN THE BALL GAME IS TAIJUAN WALKER. ON WHAT A REVELATION HE HAS BEEN FOR THE NEW YORK METS. >> John: SURE HAS COME OF BIG, TALL ATHLETIC PITCHER AND FASTBALL, SLIDER, CURVEBALL AND A SPLIT FINGER AND FOR THE METS WHO CURRENTLY HOLDS FIRST PLACE, TO GET ANY KIND OF HELP BEYOND deGROM AND YOU LIKE THEIR CHANCES TO BE IN THE PLAYOFFS. >> Joe: JOSE RAMIREZ, FIRST AT-BAT. GETTING OUT OF THE WAY OF THAT INSIDE. A LOT OF CHANGES FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE AS THEY TRAIL B. PLAYING BEHIND WALKER. DOWN AND IN. HERE ARE THE CHANGES. CHRIS TAYLOR AND CENTER. KRIS BRYANT IN LEFT, OZZIE ALBIES AT SECOND, WE KNOW ABOUT WALKER. OMAR NARVAEZ DURING THE CATCHING. THIS IS FOULED RIGHT SIDE. 2-2. THE NEXT HALF INNING, WE ARE GOING TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SHOHEI OHTANI THROUGH HIS INTERPRETER. 3-2 PITCH. FOUL. 3-2. WE HAVE 2-2. WE WILL GO WITH THE BOARD. THREE BALLS, TWO STRIKES. THAT IS DOWN AND IN. EVIDENTLY WE WERE RIGHT AND THE BOARD WAS WRONG. NOW IT'S 3-2. HERE IT COMES FROM WALKER, AND A HIGH FLY BALL INTO RIGHT CENTER FIELD. BACK IS TAYLOR TO HIS LEFT AND HE'S GOT IT FOR THE OUT. WHILE WE HAVE A MOMENT, ABOVE AND BEYOND SPONSORED BY JERSEY MIKE'S. WE RECOGNIZE OUR FRIEND MIKE SWANSON, VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING FOR THE ROYALS WHO WILL BE RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR AFTER 43 MLB SEASONS. HE'S BEEN WITH THE PADRES, ROCKIES, DIAMONDBACKS, ROYALS AND STARTING WITH KEITH JACKSON IN THE 1970s WORKED COUNTLESS NATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS AS A STATISTICIAN. AS A TEENAGER HE SPENT TIME AS A EQUIPMENT STAFF ASSISTANT WITH THE CHIEF CENTER THE HEAD COACH. HE WAS THE 2002 RECIPIENT OF THE AWARD FOR MLB PUBLIC RELATIONS EXCELLENT. HIS WIFE RENEE, DAUGHTER RACHEL. FROM ALL OF US AT FOX AND ALL OF US ACROSS BASEBALL, THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR ALL YOU DO AND ALL YOU HAVE DONE. HAPPY RETIREMENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. ONE BALL, TWO STRIKES. WHIT MERRIFIELD. RIGHT ON CUE, REPRESENTING THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS. FOUL OFF TO THE RIGHT. STILL 1-2. >> John: I WAS WITH DAN PATRICK ANY ASKED ME WHAT ONE GUY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE UNDER THE RADAR AND IT'S THIS GUY AT THE PLATE, WHIT MERRIFIELD. ALL HE DOES IS HIT, STEAL BASES, HE'S A HIP MACHINE. WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING HITTERS IN THIS PARK WHO DON'T JUST SLOG. >> Joe: HERE HE IS FIGHTING OFF THESE PITCHES. HE'S GOT A LOT OF SPEED, LEADING THE WAY IN STOLEN BASES, TWO-TIME STOLEN BASE CHAMP IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. GREAT CONTACT HITTER. USES THE WHOLE FIELD AND LED THE LEAGUE IN HITS IN 2018 AND 2019. TWO BALLS, TWO STRIKES. >> John: PLAY A LOT OF DEFENSE AND UTILIZE THE SKILL SET, KANSAS CITY LOOKING TO GET BACK TO THE PLAYOFFS BY BUILDING THE ROSTER WITH LITTLE MORE CONTACT. >> Joe: SWING AND A MISS ON A NASTY PITCH BY WALKER. TWO DOWN. TREVOR ROGERS WORKED IN INNING, ALLOWED TWO RUNS, NONE EARNED, TWO HITS, ONE STRIKE OUT HERE IS A STRIKE OUT FOR TAIJUAN WALKER. >> John: NICE, TIGHT SLIDER. >> Joe: THAT WILL BRING IN ZUNINO. >> John: THIS WOULD BE THE OPPOSITE OF WHIT MERRIFIELD. IT IS ALL OR NOTHING. THE POWER NUMBERS FOR ZUNINO AND THE RAYS. AVERAGE BELOW .200. >> Joe: HE FLIES WANTED TO WRITE AND HE HAS JUST LEFT. 5-1 AS ZUNINO GOES DEEP OVER THE WALL IN RIGHT AND THE AL BACK ON TOP MY 4. >> John: HE IS SAYING YOU CAN HIT UNDER .200 IF YOU HIT THOSE POWER NUMBERS AND HOMERS HE'S HIT ALREADY THIS YEAR. >> Joe: GOT IT OUT OF HERE EASILY THE OPPOSITE WAY AND IT'S 5-1 HERE IN THE SIXTH INNING. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU SAID HE WAS LOOKING TO LEAVE. >> John: THAT'S GOING TO MAKE HIS MANAGER PRETTY HAPPY. THE IMPORTANT PART OF THE RAYS PITCHING STAFF HANDLING THEM. WHAT EVER GIVES YOU AT THE PLATE, I KNOW THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S A BONUS. THE POWER IS REALLY SHOWING ITSELF IN THE FIRST HALF. >> Joe: HERE IS JARED WALSH WHO HAS SHOWN PLENTY OF POWER HIMSELF. 22 HOME RUNS, TIED FOR FIFTH IN THE LEAGUE, HITTING .278, 65 RBIs. IT WAS THE NEED TO PLAY HIM THAT LED TO THE RELEASE OF FUTURE HALL OF FAMER IN THE GREAT ALBERT PUJOLS WHO IS NOW REALLY HITTING THE BALL WELL FOR THE L.A. DODGERS. >> John: ABSOLUTELY. THIS YOUNG MAN HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A HITTING MACHINE AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE ANGELS, IF THEY CAN HANG AROUND, OFFENSE, IF THEY GET TROUT BACK. THEIR OFFENSE AND UPTON. >> Joe: FLY BALL, LONG RUN, CAN ANYONE GET THERE? CHRIS TAYLOR TO END THE INNING PAIRED >> Joe: TONIGHT'S TELECAST IS PRESENTED BY MASTERCARD AND SPONSORED BY CHEVROLET. FIND NEW ROADS. AND BY INTUIT QUICKBOOKS, HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES BE MORE SUCCESSFUL. NEW PITCHER INTO THE BALL GAME IS CHRIS BASSITT. HE WILL DEAL WITH BRANDON CRAWFORD AND JUSTIN TURNER IS IN THE ON-DECK CIRCLE AND THEN MACHADO WILL HIT. IT IS BACK TO A FOUR-RUN BALL GAME. 5-1 AMERICAN LEAGUE, THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH OF THE BIG SWING AND A MISS BY BRANDON CRAWFORD WAS HAVING A SENSATIONAL YEAR. >> John: HE SURE IS. DON'T TELL ANYBODY THAT THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS ARE OLD. THEY DON'T BELIEVE THEY ARE OLD AND THEY ARE ALL BOUNCING BACK TO HAVE A FANTASTIC FIRST HALF. >> Joe: UNSIGNED HAS THIS YEAR, CRAWFORD SWINGS THROUGH IT. 0-2. MORE CHANGES FOR THE AMERICAN LEAGUE SIDE, AS GARCIA TAKES OVER IN CENTER. WALSH STAYS IN THE GAME AND LEFT. WHIT MERRIFIELD AT SECOND BASE. 0-2 FROM BASSITT. A LITTLE POP-UP, LEFT SIDE, HANDLED BY RAMIREZ. ONE AWAY. WELL, WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF TALKING WITH NOT ONLY SHOHEI OHTANI BUT HIS TRANSLATOR, IPPEI MIZUHARA. ASK HIM IF YOU WOULD, HOW HE FEELS AFTER ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY AND EVERYTHING HE IS DONE HERE IN DENVER OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS. >> [SPEAKING JAPANESE] >> A LITTLE NERVOUS HERE AND THERE BUT MORE THAN THAT HE HAD A LOT OF FUN. >> Joe: DEFINITELY SHOWS, AS TURNER GOES AFTER THE FIRST PITCH, STRIKE ONE. SOMETHING THAT I ASKED HIM WHEN WE MET BEFORE THE GAME. ANY ADDED PRESSURE WITH ALL THE EYES WATCHING HIM FROM JAPAN, HIS HOME COUNTRY, AND WHAT HE IS MEANT TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND BASEBALL HERE IN THE STATES AND CANADA SO FAR AND REALLY SINCE HE GOT TO THE ANGELS. >> [SPEAKING JAPANESE] >> [SPEAKINGAPANESE] >> REALLY SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT I WAS THE STARTING PITCHER FOR THE ALL-STAR GAME. ONCE THEY CALLED MY NAME, I GOT READY. I WANTED TO SHOW EVERYBODY WHAT I HAVE. I THOUGHT I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT. >> Joe: MANNY MACHADO WALKS IN. HIS FIRST AT-BAT OF THE BALL GAME, AND HOW TIRED WAS HE LAST NIGHT AFTER THE HOME RUN DERBY, IPPEI, AND HOW DID HE FEEL WARMING UP FOR HIS ONE INNING HERE TONIGHT? >> [SPEAKING JAPANESE] >> I MEAN, HE NEVER SWINGS THIS MUCH DURING THE REGULAR SEASON. A LOT MORE TIRED THAN IN THE SEASON. GLAD TO GET OUT OF THE INNING WITH THREE HITTERS. >> Joe: DOES HE KNOW THAT HE'S IN LINE FOR THE WIN? >> [SPEAKING JAPANESE] >> NO, HE DID NOT KNOW THAT. >> Joe: WELL, HE IS. HERE IS ONE INTO RIGHT CENTER FIELD, MACHADO WASN'T RUNNING. EVEN WITH THEM IS PLAY, HE IS INTO SECOND BASE WITH TWO OUTS. JOHN SMOLTZ HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU, IPPEI AND SHOHEI. >> John: I HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO IS PLAIN TO EVERYBODY WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOB HE'S DOING. I HEARD HE DOESN'T TAKE BATTING PRACTICE DURING THE YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT? >> [SPEAKING JAPANESE] >> THAT'S TRUE, HE HASN'T TAKEN BP EVER SINCE SPRING TRAINING FOR AND HE GETS ALL OF HIS HITTING WORK DONE IN THE CAGE. >> Joe: WE KNOW THAT HE CAN DO IT ALL. HIS DAD PLAYED BASEBALL AND HIS MOM PLAYED BADMINTON. DODOES HE PLAY BADMINTON? >> [SPEAKING JAPANESE] >> HE PLAYED BADMINTON GROWING UP. HE STILL PLAYS BADMINTON FOR TRAINING PRACTICES. >> Joe: FANTASTIC. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME BEFORE THE GAME. THANKS FOR ALL SHOHEI HAS DONE HERE IN DENVER. HE HAS DONE IT A LOT, DONE IT WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND BASEBALL HAS GOT SOMEBODY TO WATCH FOR YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU. THAT IS IPPEI WITH SHOHEI OHTANI. HAS A SINGLE INTO RIGHT CENTER FIELD OFF THE FACT OF MACHADO, WENT TO SECOND ON THE ERROR IN RIGHT CENTER FIELD. IT GIVES JAKE CRONENWORTH OF THE PADRES AN OPPORTUNITY HIM FOR A 2-OUT RBI BASE HIT. >> John: THIS YOUNG MAN HAS A CLOSER'S ARM. HE PITCHED IN COLLEGE AND OF COURSE HE CAN PLAY ALL OVER THE FIELD. HE IS HAVING A GREAT YEAR FOR THE SAN DIEGO PADRES WHO ARE HAVING A LEVEL OF EXPECTATION TO CHALLENGE THE DODGERS OF COURSE IN THE DIVISION AND POSSIBLY IN POSITION TO MAKE ANOTHER PLAYOFF RUN. >> Joe: LEFT-HANDED BAT FOR THE PADRES IN A RIGHT-HANDED HEAVY LINEUP. THAT ONE IS HIGHER THE COUNT IS FULL. IT WAS REALLY A TIGHT 3-TEAM RACE IN THE NL WEST THE MAJORITY OF THE FIRST HALF SAN DIEGO HAS FALLEN BACK A BIT. THEY ARE 4 BEHIND THE DODGERS WHO ARE 2 OUT BEHIND THE GIANTS WHO HAVE THE BEST RECORD IN THE GAME. I THINK IT'S BECOMING ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THEY ARE FOR REAL. >> John: BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO LOPSIDED RECORD LIES IN THE NL WEST, THEY'VE GOT A REALLY BIG LEAD IN THE WILD CARD ACTION. THAT'S THE FALLBACKS WHEN YOU DON'T WIN THE DIVISION. >> Joe: JUST TWO SPOTS THIS YEAR. THEY RESIDE IN THAT DIVISION. 3-2 PITCH. DOWN AND IN. A TWO-OUT WALK. OPPORTUNITY WITH SOTO COMING UP. >> WANT TO STAY UP-TO-DATE? SIRI, SHOW ME BASEBALL STAN STANDINGS. >> Joe: THAT WILL BRING IN JUAN SOTO. WHEN WE ASKED DAVE ROBERTS WHO HE HAS BEEN MOST IMPRESSED BY OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS, AS HE HAS SEEN THESE PLAYERS IN HIS CLUBHOUSE, ONE OF THE FIRST NAMES HE SAID WAS JUAN SOTO. THE WAY HE IS LOCKED IN ON THE BENCH, IN THE FIELD, IN THE BATTER'S BOX. A WORLD OF TALENT. TATAKES A BALL. >> John: A YOUNG PLAYER WITH AN OLD SOUL AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT EASY DOESN'T JUST GO UP THERE AND WAIL AT IT, MEANING SWINGING AT ANYTHING. HE HAS A TWO TRACK APPROACH, A POWER APPROACH AND HE'LL PUT THE BALL AND PLAY MORE TIMES THAN NOT AND HE GETS REALLY, REALLY ON TOP OF THE PITCHER WHEN A GUY MAKES A GREAT PITCH ON HIM. >> Joe: HE MUSCLES IT LAST NIGHT. HERE HE IS IN THE HOME RUN DERBY. WE GIVE YOU STAN KASTEN POWERED BY GOOGLE CLOUD 524 HOME RUN, THE LONGEST HOME RUN DURING THE HOME RUN DERBY IN THE STATCAST ERA. THE COUNT AT 3-0, FROM BASSITT. >> John: I HEARD HIM SAY SOMETHING. BY ENTERING THE HOME RUN DERBY IT MIGHT'VE CLICKED IN HIS POWER STROKE. HOMERS ARE DOWN A LITTLE BIT. THE NATIONALS IN THE SECOND HALF TRYING TO KEEP AFLOAT IN THE PLAYOFF RUN. >> Joe: SWINGING ON 3-0. TRYING TO MAKE IT A ONE-RUN GAME. LET'S GO TO TOM VERDUCCI. >> Tom: CHRIS BASSITT PITCHED SUNDAY FOR THE OAKLAND A's AND HE VOLUNTEERED TO PITCH TODAY. MOST GUYS WILL NOT PITCHING THE GAME IF THEY PITCH ON SUNDAY. I ASKED HIM WHY HE SAID I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL EVER BE BACK HERE AGAIN. >> Joe: HE WAS A WINNER ON SUNDAY. HE'S BEEN WRITING A TEN-GAME WINNING STREAK. HE BRINGS IT HOME HERE AND ISSUES ANOTHER WALK TO LOAD THE BASES. THAT WILL BRING IN KRIS BRYANT. >> John: KRIS BRYANT, JOE, ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS, ALONG WITH BAEZ AND POSSIBLY KIMBREL ON WHO AND WHERE HE WILL GO. >> MAKE SURE HE'S GOOD TO GO. >> Joe: THAT IS KEVIN CASH CALLING DOWN TO THE BULLPEN AND SAYING WHOEVER IS ABOUT TO GET UP OR WHOEVER IS UP, THEY ARE GOOD TO GO OVER THE NEXT HITTER IF IT GETS THAT FAR. >> John: I THOUGHT WE HAD TUNED INTO NASCAR. >> Joe: IT SOUNDED LIKE IT. HERE IS BRYANT. GOT OFF TO A GREAT START. HAS TAPERED OFF A BIT. HE HAS BEEN A ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, MVP, UNSIGNED PAST THIS SEASON. MOST PREDICT HE'LL END UP IN ANOTHER UNIFORM BEFORE THE END OF 2021. 0-1 PITCH. STRIKE TWO. HE HAS BEEN UNSELFISH. HE STARTED AT FIVE POSITIONS DEFENSIVELY THIS YEAR. HAD AN 11-GAME LOSING STREAK BY THE CUBS. CHANGE THEM FROM BUYERS TO IT APPEARS SELLERS AT THE UPCOMING TRADE DEADLINE AT THE END OF THE MONTH. 0-2. THAT GETS AWAY. DIGGING FOR THE PLATE, AND SCORING IS MACHADO. IT'S A THREE RUN GAME. IN AND OUT OR JUST OFF THE GLOVE OF ZUNINO? >> John: IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TOO MUCH TO ZUNINO. HE'S ONE OF THE BETTER ONES BEHIND THE PLATE. IT CAUGHT THE END OF THE GLOVE, GOOD ANTICIPATION MY MACHADO. ONE RUN CLOSER. >> Joe: OTHER REN RUNNERS ADVAN. PASSED BALL AND NOW STRIKE OUT TO END THE INNING. A PASSED BALL, IT PLATES ♪ ♪ [LAUGHTER] STAY WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING FUN EVER SINCE THEY GOT TO DENVER. 5-2 BALL GAME NOW, AS THIS 91ST MLB ALL-STAR GAME MOVES INTO THE SEVENTH. NEW PITCHER IS FREDDY PERALTA, PART OF THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER IN THE ROTATION FOR THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS. ADD WHAT JOSH HADER DOES OUT OF THEIR BULLPEN, THEIR PITCHING SITUATION, THAT'S WHY THEY ARE SITTING IN FIRST PLACE IN THEIR DIVISION. 0-1 PITCH SWUNG ON AND MISSED. GARCIA IS IN THE HOLE 0- TWO. WE WILL GIVE YOU THE CHANGES AND THEN TALK TO KRIS BRYANT. TREA TURNER CHART. BRANDON CRAWFORD IS OUT. EDUARDO ESCOBAR TAKES OVER AT THIRD BASE. 5-2 GAME. ADOLIS GARCIA IS TOTALLY FOOLED AND STRIKES OUT. TO START THE SEVENTH INNING. KRIS BRYANT, HOW ARE YOU DOING IN LEFT FIELD? >> GOOD. A LITTLE LONELY. >> Joe: THAT'S A BIG LEFT FIELD. >> IT'S A BIG FIELD. >> Joe: COMPARED TO WRIGLEY. YOU GOT A MILE TO YOUR LEFT BEFORE YOU FIND YOUR CENTER FIELDER. >> I KNOW. I'M PLAYING WITH THE DEAD GRASSES. >> Joe: THAT'S A TELLTALE SIGN. THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE. IN DENVER, PLAY DEEP AND BE PREPARED TO RUN. OR JUST TURN AND WATCH. HERE IS J.D. MARTINEZ WHO STRUCK OUT HIS FIRST TIME. 0-1. I KNOW YOU'RE SICK OF TALKING ABOUT IT BUT IT IS THE ALL-STAR GAME AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE 11-GAME LOSING STREAK WAS JUST CRASHING TO THE CUBS. I GUESS WE SIT HERE NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY, NOT KNOWING WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE END OF JULY. HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR CONCENTRATION THROUGH ALL OF IT? >> HONESTLY I FEEL LIKE MOVING AROUND ALL THESE POSITIONS REALLY HELPS ME. IT'S A NEW THING EVERY DAY AND I'M JUST TRYING TO FOCUS ON THAT DAY. I STILL HAVE THE CUBS ON MY CHEST I AM PROUD OF THAT AND PROUD TO PLAY IN SUCH AN UNBELIEVABLE CITY. UNTIL THEY TELL ME I'M NOT, I WILL GO OUT THERE AND GIVE IT ALL I'VE GOT. >> Joe: 0-2 THE COUNT THE COUNT. AT MARTINA'S AND OUT OF PLAY. I CAN SAY IT'S UNSELFISH. YOU'RE WILLING TO PLAY ANYWHERE AND IT ADDS TO YOUR RESUME. I FEEL LIKE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE REALLY ANYWHERE THEY PUT YOU DEFENSIVELY. >> YEAH. I'M JUST TRICKING THEM. I DON'T KNOW. I AM JUST TRYING TO BE A KID AGAIN, MAN. I WAS MOVING ALL OVER THE FIELD WHEN I WAS TEN, 11 YEARS OLD AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT. IT FEELS JUST LIKE IT NOW. I MEAN, ALL THE KIDS OUT THERE, MOVE AROUND THE FIELD. PLAY WHEREVER YOU CAN PLAY. THE VERSATILITY IS HUGE RIGHT NOW. >> Joe: YEAH, AND IT'S PAID OFF FOR YOU. YOU'RE PLAYING BEHIND PERALTA. YOU'VE SEEN ENOUGH OF THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS, HE'S GOT GREAT STUFF. >> YEAH. HE'S THEIR THIRD GUY AND HE COULD BE AN ACE OF SOME STAFF. WATCHING HIM COME UP, HE WAS OUT OF THE PEN A LOT. NOW STARTING AND DOING WHAT HE'S DOING. HE'S NOT A FUN AT-BAT. HE STEPPING AT YOU AND THROWING ACROSS HIS BODY, REALLY GOOD SPIN AND A FASTBALL THE PLACE UP. IT'S A GOOD STAFF THAT THEY'VE GOT. >> Joe: MATT OLSON PARTICIPATED IN THE HOME RUN DERBY LAST NIGHT. THE INFIELD PLAYS OLSON TO PULL. OUTFIELD A LITTLE BIT YOU MOVED, KRIS MAYBE 3 FEET TO YOUR LEFT. >> YEAH. HE MIGHT HIT ONE THIS WAY. I HOPE HE DOESN'T HIT IT IN THE AIR BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE RIGHT NOW. >> Joe: IT SOUNDS WINDY TOO. IS IT WINDY OR AM I JUST HEARING THINGS? >> John: MAY BE OR JUST HEARING THINGS. >> Joe: MAYBE YOU ARE HUFFING AND PUFFING. >> IT'S A LONG RUN FROM THE DUGOUT. >> Joe: HE WAS COMING FOR YOU, KRIS. >> John: KRIS, YOU SWITCHED ANGLES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FIELD. WHAT'S THE TOUGHEST ANGLE WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING A DIFFERENT POSITION? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THEY ARE SIMILAR. IT'S A MATTER, MORE LEFTIES OR MORE RIGHTIES IN THE LINEUP. CENTER FIELD, I LOVE SEEING THE BALL OUT THERE. IT'S A LOT OF FUN TO TRACK DOWN THE BALL AND PROBABLY MY FAVORITE POSITION RIGHT NOW IS CENTER. >> Joe: IT'S REMARKABLE. I REMEMBER TALKING TO DAVID ROSS EARLIER IN THE YEAR AND HE SAID I'VE GOT TO GET KRIS BACK IN A THIRD BAY SO HE GETS A GAME THERE AND FEELS COMFORTABLE. >> I KNOW. I HAVE BEEN ON HIM. WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME UP AND DO GOOD THINGS. PEOPLE GET HURT. I WILL BE THE GLUE THAT PATCHES THE HOLES. >> Joe: I'LL SAY THIS FOR YOU, MY MAN, YOU HAVE BEEN A JOY TO WATCH AS A CUB. HOPE IT CONTINUES BUT IF IT DOESN'T, DON'T STOP B >> Joe: THERE IS A WORLD CHAMPION, CHRIS TAYLOR. HE IS COMING UP IN THE SEVENTH INNING. THE NL DOWN BY 3. OWN A PIECE OF DIGITAL DODGERS HISTORY TO CELEBRATE THE 2020 WORLD SERIES TITLE. VISIT CANDY.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION. ALL PROCEEDS NET OF THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATIVE FEES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION. ANDREW KITTREDGE IS INTO THE BALL GAME, A GUY WHO WAS TAKEN OFF THE ROSTER, SIGNED, RELEASED, BROUGHT BACK. HERE HE IS HAVING A GREAT YEAR. A LATE ADDITION TO THE PITCHING STAFF OR THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. HE HAS BEEN LIGHTS-OUT. >> John: HE HAS. ELECTRIC FASTBALL AND SLIDER. HE WILL THROW A CHANGE OF EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. >> Joe: NARVAEZ TAKES UP AND AWAY. ONE BALL, ONE STRIKE. JOEY WENDLE, WHO WAS A MAGICIAN DEFENSIVELY LAST YEAR DURING THE POSTSEASON, A GREAT TRIP TO THE POSTSEASON WITH THE BAT, TAKES OVER AT THIRD BASE. HE IS WAY OFF THE LINE. NARVAEZ NOT IN FRONT. STRIKE TWO. FIRST AT-BAT FOR NARVAEZ. REALMUTO HOMERED, 1 FOR 2 WHILE HE WAS IN THERE AT CATCHER. NOW OMAR. HITTING .300, EIGHT HOME RUNS HOME RUNS. 1-2 PITCH. THAT IS UP TO METAL, GLOVED, A GOOD PLAY BY BICHETTE. LET'S SEND IT TO KEN ROSENTHAL. CAN: ANDREW KITTREDGE, AND OTHER UNLIKELY ALL-STAR. HE WAS SPENDING THE ALL-STAR BREAK AT DISNEY IN FLORIDA, HAVING DINNER MONDAY WITH HIS WIFE AND SON. HIS MANAGER KEVIN CASH CALLED AND SAID, ANDREW, GET ON A PLANE. >> Joe: HERE HE IS PITCHING IN THE SEVENTH INNING AND TAKING CARE OF THE FIRST OUT WITH NARVAEZ AND A GROUND OUT. IS CHRIS TAYLOR. THERE IS HIS MANAGER, KEVIN CASH. CHRIS TAYLOR IS ON THE LIST. THREE GUYS IN THIS ALL-STAR GAME ALONE THEY WERE PICKED UP OR JUST ADDED TO THE DODGERS ORGANIZATION AND THEY JUST CHANGE THEIR ENTIRE CAREERS. TALKED TO DAVE ROBERTS ABOUT IT BEFORE THE GAME, THE MAJORITY OBVIOUSLY, CREDIT GOES TO THESE PLAYERS. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT JUSTIN TURNER WHO WAS NOT OFFERED A CONTRACT BY THE METS. HE HAS MADE MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS WITH THE DODGERS. THAT GUY, MAX MUNCY, LET GO BY THE A's AND NOW CHRIS TAYLOR. IN A NOT TALKED ABOUT DEAL REALLY WITH SEATTLE. THE GUY PLAYS ALL OVER AS HE GROUNDS OUT. GOOD PLAY BY WENDELL. TWO DOWN. TALK ABOUT SPENDING ALL THAT MONEY. GETTING MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS ON A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM THAT WAY, THAT THE ORGANIZATION DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT. >> John: ABSOLUTELY. LAST-DITCH EFFORTS BY SOME OF THESE PLAYERS TO MAKE THESE DRASTIC CHANGES BECAUSE THEIR CAREER WAS GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND NOW ALL STARS, WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP. I WOULD SAY THE TRANSFORMATION IS PRETTY GOOD. >> Joe: HERE IS OZZIE ALBIES. REPRESENTING THE ATLANTA BRAVES. COMING UP EMPTY. STRIKE ONE. SWITCH-HITTER, BETTER CITED AT LEAST POWER WISES ON THE OTHER SIDE. HITTING LEFT-HANDED, HE SERVED IN THE LEAGUE WITH A 61 RBIs, .262 AVERAGE. STRIKE TWO. 97 FROM KITTREDGE. A GUY THE DAVE ROBERTS THAT I WANT TO PUT HIM IN MY POCKET AND TAKE HIM OUT OF HERE. >> John: [LAUGHS] HE'S THAT KIND OF GUY. FOR A LITTLE GUY, CERTAINLY TRYING TO HIT THE BALL A LONG WAYS. >> Joe: HE GROUNDS ONE RIGHT SIDE. THE PICKUP AND THE THROW LOW BUT OUT AND THAT WILL END THE FIRST SEVEN INNINGS. >> Joe: IT TAKES DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE TO GET TO THE SHOW AND STAND OUT AS THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER. FOLLOWING TONIGHT'S PLAYER, TED WILLIAMS ALL-STAR GAME MVP WINNER WILL GET TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO ALL-STARS IN THE CHEVY LINEUP, THE STINGRAY, THE SILVERADO. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND OTHER CHEVROLET MODELS, VISIT TREVOR LANE.COM. MARK MELANCON TAKES OVER. AND THE CLOSER FOR SAN DIEGO. 31 SAVE CHANCES, LEADS BASEBALL WITH HIS, BIG NUMBERS FOR A GUY WHO HAS BOUNCED AROUND BUT HE IS A GRITTY NUMBERS. >> John: HE WILL SPIN THE B BALL. YOU DON'T SEE MANY CLOSERS WITH OVER-THE-TOP CURVEBALLS BUT HE KEEPS THE BALL ON THE BARREL OF THE BAT AND NOT AFRAID TO PITCH TO CONTACT. >> Joe: BO BICHETTE WHO IN THESE PARTS IS KNOWN AS THE SON OF DANTE BICHETTE TO PLAY FOR THE COLORADO ROCKIES AMONG OTHER TEAMS, AT THE PLATE. 0-2. SWING AND A MISS F BY BO. INTUIT QUICKBOOKS. ATTRIBUTE FOR THE LATE GREAT HANK AARON. THEN WE SAW VLAD JR.. GOING DEEP, DEEP, DEEP, THE BACK OF THE SEATS TO LEFT AND THEN ZUNINO WENT THE OTHER WAY FOR THE HOME RUN IN THE SIXTH INNING WITH AN EXIT VELO OF 107. 98 FEET HIGH. 392 FEET OFF HIS BAT. THAT MADE IT A SCORE OF 5-1 AND NOW IT'S 5-2. OZZIE ALBIES IS ABLE TO LISTEN TO US. OZZIE, HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? >> Joe: WE ARE DOING GOOD. THANKS FOR DOING THIS. I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU ARE A PAIN ALWAYS SMILING. >> ALWAYS GOT TO HAVE FUN. >> Joe: ONE BALL, ONE STRIKE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE SECOND HALF? I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO MISS YOUR BUDDY AND ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE GAME AND RONALD ACUNA JR. BREAD HOW DO YOU SIZE UP WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE SECOND HALF FOR THE ATLANTA BRAVES? >> WE ARE GOING TO MISS HIM. HE'S OUR SUPERSTAR FRED HE'S THE GUY, HE SETS THE TABLE. HE GETS ON BASE, SOMETHING FUN IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WE ARE GOING TO MISS HIM FOR SURE. THERE'S A FEELING THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP BATTLING. GO OUT EVERY DAY AND GET WINS. >> Joe: I WAS TOLD YOU WERE GOING TO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DID. DID YOU WEAR HIS JERSEY OUT THERE EARLIER TODAY? >> YES, I HAVE HIS JERSEY. HE TOLD ME TO LET THE GUYS SIGN IT FOR HIM SO I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO HIM. THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED. >> Joe: A BALL AND TWO STRIKES ON JOEY GALLO, POWER HITTER FOR THE RANGERS. ONE OUT, NOBODY ON. DOWN AND IN. TWO BALLS, TWO STRIKES. I WOULD IMAGINE YOU GUYS YOU ANO DO TOO MUCH WITHOUT ACUNA. YOU CAN ONLY DO WHAT YOU CAN DO. >> WE ARE GOING TO STAY ON OUR GAME PLAN. DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR TEAM WIN. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. >> Joe: 2-2 PITCHES DOWN. HOW DOES THIS FEEL? WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW BIG THE OUTFIELD IS HERE IN DENVER. HOW IS THE INFIELD? >> IT'S GREAT. I LIKE IT. I LIKE THE GRASS, THE DIRT. STAY WITH THE PLAN, IF YOU HIT IT GOOD, THE BALL IS GOING TO GO. >> Joe: 3-2 THE COUNT ANYONE OUT WALL, AS GALLO WAS ABOARD. HOW DIFFICULT IS IT, OZZIE, AS WE'RE GOING TO GET REGGIE SMITH COMING OUT. HE MAY BE THERE TO MAKE A PITCHING CHANGE. >> IT'S AMAZING. HE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ME ABOUT SWITCH-HITTING. IT WAS REALLY AMAZING. APPRECIATE WHAT HE DID FOR ME. >> Joe: THAT'S GREAT. GREAT SWITCH-HITTER IN REGGIE SMITH. MELA >> Joe: THIS FALL, BIG NOON SATURDAY RETURNS ON FOX FEATURING OUR BEST SCHEDULE EVER. TOP TEAMS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND THE MARQUEE MATCHUP OF THE DAY EVERY WEEK AT NOON EASTERN, PLUS WE ARE ALIVE AND ON LOCATION IS THE BIG NOON PREGAME KICKOFF SHOW HITS THE ROAD. BIG NOON SATURDAY RETURNS THIS FALL ON FOX. HERE IS WENDLE GETTING HIS FIRST AT-BAT, TAKING ON THE YOUNG RIGHT-HANDER, ALEX REYES, WHO'S BEEN THROUGH A NUMBER OF INJURIES INCLUDING TOMMY JOHN SURGERY. AND ALL HE'S DONE IS GO 20 FOR 20 AND SAVE CHANCES WITH AN ERA OF 1.5. >> John: HE'S THE GUY WHO'S GOING TO RETURN TO THE STARTING ROTATION BUT RIGHT NOW THEY NEED HIS... >> Joe: WENDLE KIND OF GOLFS IT INTO CENTER, THAT WILL DROP INTO A BASE HIT AND IT'S TOO LONG, ONE OUT. >> John: THEY NEED HIS ABILITY TO SHUT THE GAME DOWN FOR THE CARDINALS. THEY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH A TON OF INJURIES AND THEIR ROTATION. THIS YOUNG MAN, HE WANTS TO BE A STARTER BUT UNDERSTANDS THE INJURIES HE'S HAD. PIECING TOGETHER, GET ABOUT 80 INNINGS THIS YEAR AS A RELIEVER. >> Joe: OZZIE, ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE WE GO. I KNOW YOU WANT TO TURN DOUBLE PLAY HERE IN END THE INNING PRINT HOW TOUGH IS IT TO WORK WITH A NEW SHORTSTOP HERE IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, IN THIS CASE, TREA TURNER. >> HE'S AN AWESOME GUY, FUN GUY. JUST HAVING FUN OUT HERE. NOT THAT MUCH TO DO TODAY, JUST ENJOY IT. WE GET OUT HERE AND WE TALK. NO SIGNS, NO CARD PLAYING SHIFT. >> Joe: NO SIGNS. ARE YOU DOING THE "WHO'S COVERING?" >> WE DID THAT, THAT'S ABOUT IT. THAT'S PART OF THE GAME YOU SHOULD DO EVERY PITCH. EVERY HITTER. >> Joe: HERE IS WHIT MERRIFIELD WITH HIS SECOND AT-BAT. THAT IS OFF THE END OF THE BAT. PLAY AT SECOND BASE BY CRONENWORTH. GOOD PLAY. >> IT WAS. I DIDN'T THINK HE WAS COMING TO SECOND BUT HE DID. >> I WAS TERRIFIED. >> I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST GOING TO THE BAG. >> Joe: WE HEARD TREA TURNER SAY "I WAS TERRIFIED." >> SAME WITH ME. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS COMING TO SECOND TO SECOND BASE. >> AWESOME PLAY. >> Joe: AGGRESSIVE BY CRONENWORTH AT FIRST BASE. GOOD PLAY. FIRST AND THIRD, TWO OUTS. THE BATTER IS ZUNINO WHO HOMERED IN HIS PREVIOUS AT-BAT. BALL ONE OUTSIDE FROM REYES. >> THANK YOU. >> Joe: MADE THE UMPIRE MOVE. >> [LAUGHS] I WILL ALWAYS TALK FUN STUFF WITH HIM. ALWAYS ABOUT THE CARDS AND THE SHIFT IN ALL THAT. ALWAYS GIVE ME A HARD TIME ABOUT IT. >> Joe: THE SECOND BASE UMPIRE, CHRIS GUCCIONE A. >> CHRIS! THEY TOLD ME THAT I MADE YOU MOVE. >> Joe: HE HAS NO IDEA THAT YOU CAN TALK TO ME. >> PROBABLY NOT. >> Joe: 1-1 PITCH. BEFORE THIS INNING ENDS. >> THEY ARE LISTENING TO YOU. THEY ARE LISTENING TO YOU UP THERE. I HAVE THE MIC ON. >> Joe: IT'S GOOD. IT'S NICE TO REMIND PEOPLE AROUND YOU THAT YOU HAVE A LIVE MIC ON YOUR CHEST. >> JUST IN CASE. >> Joe: STRIKE OUT. OZZIE, HAVE A GREAT SECOND HALF. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. >> Joe: WE ARE BIG FANS OF YOURS. GOOD WORK BY ALEX REYES. GETS OUT OF THE INNING. BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH COMING UP. A THREE RUN GAME. >> Joe: TONIGHT'S TELECAST IS PRESENTED BY MASTERCARD. AND SPONSORED BY GEICO. SAVE EVEN MORE WHEN YOU BUNDLE HOME AND CAR INSURANCE. BY T-MOBILE. AMERICA'S LARGEST, FASTEST AND MOST RELIABLE 5G NETWORK. AND BY THE ALL-NEW HYUNDAI TUCSON. OUR BEST TUCSON EVER. TREA TURNER JUST HAMMERED THE FIRST PITCH, HIS FIRST AND MAYBE ONLY AT-BAT AND POPS IT UP FOR OUT NUMBER ONE. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE TAKES ON THE RIGHT-HANDER MATT BARNES, WHO IS CLOSING GAMES FOR THE FIRST-PLACE RED SOX, JUST TURN THOSE NUMBERS INTO A NICE TWO YEAR EXTENSION THIS PAST WEEK. >> John: HE SURE DID. COMES RIGHT AFTER THE HITTER WITH A GOOD OVERHAND BREAKING BALL. AGAIN, IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, THE BEST STORY IN BASEBALL WOULD BE THE BOSTON RED SOX. THEY ARE CURRENTLY ON TOP OF THE EASTERN DIVISION IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. >> Joe: THE BATTER IS JUSTIN TURNER. TAKES OVER THE OUTSIDE CORNER AT 95 FROM BARNES. TURNER, IN HIS PREVIOUS AT-BAT, GROUNDED OUT. TIM ANDERSON OF THE FIRST-PLACE WHITE SOX TAKES OVER AT SHORT. HERE IS ONE OFF THE END OF THE BAT. BASE HIT BY TURNER. JUSTIN IS 1 FOR 2, HOPING THAT GETS SOMETHING GOING FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. A SIDE THAT HAS LOST SEVEN STRAIGHT IN THE ALL-STAR GAME. IT WILL BRING IN EDUARDO EDUARDO ESCOBAR. WHO WILL BE AT THE CENTER OF THE NEXT ICONIC ALL-STAR MOMENT? MAKE YOUR FIX WITH MLB RALLY AND COMPETE TO WIN $25,000. RESTRICTIONS APPLY. SEE OFFICIAL RULES AT MLB.COM/RALLY. DOWNLOAD THE APP NOW. ESCOBAR STANDS IN. TAKES HIGH, BALL ONE. >> John: HAVING A GOOD POWER SEASON, 60 RBIs. EVEN THOUGH HIS TEAM HAS STRUGGLED IN THE FIRST HALF. HE HAS HAD A NICE OFFENSIVE OUTPUT. >> Joe: THAT'S ON THE OUTSIDE CORNER. A BALL AND A STRIKE. HIT 35 HOME RUNS TWO SEASONS AGO, 2019. SWITCH-HITTER WEIGHTS AND ACHES WAY OUTSIDE. 2-1 BARNES GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY. HIS FIRST ALL-STAR GAME APPEARANCE. 19 SAVES IN HIS CAREER COMING INTO THIS SEASON. THAT MISSES IN THE COUNT IS 3-1. HAD A CAREER ERA OVER 4 INTO THIS YEAR. HE'S IN THE MID-2s, TRYING TO THROW A STRIKE HERE. ESCOBAR SWING THROUGH IT. FULL COUNT. >> John: AFTER THE BREAK, YOU'VE GOT THE DODGERS STAYING HERE TO PLAY COLORADO AND YOU'VE GOT BARNES' RED SOX TANGLING WITH THE YANKEES. THAT WILL BE A STORY LINE IN THE SECOND HALF ABOUT THE YANKEES AND CAN THEY PLAY THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE MIX, PLAYING EACH OTHER A LOT IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS. >> Joe: ONE ON, ONE OUT, 3-2 PITCH. FOULED BACK, A GOOD RIP. TALKING ABOUT THE WEST. THERE ARE THE NUMBERS, THE RECORDS, HOME RUNS BY THE GIANTS, THE MOST IN BASEBALL. KEVIN GAUSMAN WORKED THIS WEEKEND, SO HE'S NOT WORKING IN TONIGHT'S GAME. 9-3, 1.73 ERA, DODGERS WORLD CHAMPS, AND THE PADRES. 6 BACK. ANOTHER 3-2 AND ANOTHER FOUL BALL. >> John: THAT'S THE MOST SURPRISING THING FOR ME, THE AMOUNT OF HOME RUNS THAT THE GIANTS HIT. THEY DON'T PLAY IN A FRIENDLY PARK THAT'S CONDUCIVE FOR HOME RUNS HOTELS WHAT KIND OF YEAR THEY ARE HAVING FOR THE POWER SIDE OF THINGS. >> Joe: JAKE CRONENWORTH IS ON DECK. ESCOBAR TRYING TO GET ON ANYWAY HE CAN TO BRING UP THE TYING RUN HERE IN THE EIGHTH. AND HE HAS DONE SO. BASE HIT INTO RIGHT CENTER FIELD. TURNER WILL BE CONTENT TO GO FROM STATION TO STATION. TWO ON, ONE OUT, OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. >> John: FOR A GUY WHO RELIES ON HIS BREAKING BALL, HE ALREADY IS HAVING A COUPLE TUMBLERS MEANING THE BALL DIDN'T BREAK SHARP. BOTH HITTERS WERE ABLE TO GET A HIT. IN BOSTON, THAT BALL WOULD BREAK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AND HE RELIES HEAVILY ON THAT FOR A STRIKEOUT PITCH. THERE IS THE CURVEBALL, SEE HOW THE HITTER CAN PICK IT UP, KEEP HIS HANDS BACK. EVEN IF HE'S FOOLED ON THE CHANGE OF SPEEDS FROM A FASTBALL, THOSE TWO HITTERS WERE ABLE TO KIND OF MUSCLE IT UP, IF YOU WILL, TO THIS SPACIOUS PARK. >> Joe: CRONENWORTH. >> John: HE LIKES FASTBALLS IN. >> Joe: WELL OUTSIDE. WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE THE PARADE OUT OF THE BULLPEN WHICH IS WHAT THESE GAMES ARE, IT JUST TAKES ONE GUY BEING OFF TO THROW A WRENCH INTO THE ENTIRE PLAN. CRONENWORTH WALKED HIS FIRST TIME UP. AND GETS A LINE DRIVE OUT, CAUGHT BY THE WINDOW. GOOD BASERUNNING BY THE LEAD RUNNER, TURNER, TO NOT GET DOUBLED OFF. BAD BREAK FOR JAKE CRONENWORTH >> John: HE WAS INVOLVED IN AN UNFORTUNATE RUNNING PLAYS. THIS TIME HE WASN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES. I BELIEVE HIS TEAMMATE PASSED HIM UP ON A HOME ON, BELLINGER, WHILE HE WAS AT FIRST. HE'S HAD INTERESTING MEMORIES HERE AT COORS FIELD. >> Joe: WE'VE GOT ACTION NOW WITH SOTO DIGGING IN AGAINST BARNES AND SOTO SHOWED THE WORLD WHAT HE COULD DO LAST NIGHT WITH THE POWER. THE TYING RUN AT THE PLATE. BREAKING BALL, A GOOD ONE FOR A STRIKE OVER THE INSIDE CORNER. A FIVE-TOOL PLAYER IS SOTO. LED THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN BATTING AVERAGE, OPS LAST YEAR. ON-BASE PERCENTAGE AS WELL. FOOLED TOTALLY BY BARNES, STRIKE TWO. >> John: YOU WON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN PER YOU'LL SEE HIM SPREAD OUT WITH HIS LEGS TO TRY TO GET INTO THE TWO-STRIKE APPROACH. HE RARELY SWINGS OUT OF THE ZONE AND LOOKS THIS KIND OF BAD BUT HE WAS GUESSING FASTBALL AND CERTAINLY GOT THE BREAKING BALL. THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN. WATCH HIM TRY TO GET INTO A TWO-STRIKE APPROACH, SPREAD OUT. >> Joe: TWO HITS IN THE INNING. 0-2 PITCH. ZUNINO, GOOD JOB TO BLOCK IT. >> John: HIS APPROACH LASTS FOR A LONG TIME FOR THIS A LOT OF APPROACHES THAT WORK ON POWER AND LAUNCH ANGLE. THOSE BATTING STYLES AND APPROACHES WON'T LAST 15 YEARS PRINT HE'S GOT THE GAME THAT WILL LAST FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE OF HIS APPROACH AND STY. YOU CAN'T PITCH HIM ONE WAY. HE'S NOT A GRIP AND RIP TYPE GUY. THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS HAVE A STUD FOR A WHILE. >> Joe: 1-2 PITCH FOULED ACCURATE POSITIONING OF THE OUTFIELDERS WILL SUPPORT YOUR POINT. THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH STRAIGHT AWAY. ON THE INFIELD, THEY PLAY SOTO TO PULL. >> John: WHAT HE DID IN THE WORLD SERIES AGAINST GERRIT COLE, WHAT HE DID IS JUST, IT'S NOT NORMAL FOR A YOUNG PLAYER TO BE THIS POISED AND TO MAKE THE IN-GAME ADJUSTMENTS LIKE HE DOES. >> Joe: AND GO OPPOSITE FIELD WITH POWER. 1-2 PITCH. UP AND AWAY. 2-2. NATIONAL LEAGUE BENCH IS EMPTY. AMERICAN LEAGUE AS WELL. PLAYING IN THE EIGHTH, 2-2. SOTO JUST SPOILED IT. >> John: THERE YOU GO, THAT'S WHAT HE DOES AND HE IS STRONG ENOUGH IN A SPREADOUT APPROACH WITH TWO STRIKES TO STILL HURT YOU WITH POWER. IT'S NOT THAT HE'S GIVING UP POWER BUT THAT HE FOULS OFF PITCHERS PITCHERS. THAT'S A PITCHER'S PITCH. YOU ARE ON THE MOUND, YOU ARE LIKE, I NEEDED THAT ONE PARENT HOW DO I GET HIM TO CHASE OFF THE PLATE? >> Joe: TYING RUN AT THE PLATE. TAKE SLOW. THE RUNNERS WILL GET A HEAD START, WHICH IN THIS PARK IS A BIG DEAL, IF SOTO IS ABLE TO PLUG THE GAP. IT SHOULD BE AN EASY TWO RUNS ON THE BOARD. I THINK HE IS THINKING ONE BETTER THAN THAT. 3-2. HE WALKED HIM. >> John: THAT'S AN OUTSTANDING ALL-STAR AT-BAT. HE HAS BROUGHT UP BRYANT. IS THIS THE SECOND TIME BRYANT HAS BEEN UP WITH THE BASES LOADED? >> Joe: HE CAME ON WITH TWO ON AND TWO OUT IN THE SIXTH. NOW A VISIT TO THE MOUND FOR BARNES. >> GET THEM BOTH GOING AND EXPLAIN THAT ROGERS IS KIND OF OUR LAST LINE OF DEFENSE BUT WE MIGHT GO TO HENDRICKS FIRST. THE ONE THAT WAS KEVIN CASH ON THE PHONE TO THE BULLPEN. >> John: I THINK HE SAID THEY NEED NEW TIRES. >> Joe: COMING IN FOR A PIT STOP. NASCAR, FORMULA 1. IT WAS LIKE DANNY RICARDO. I THINK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT TAYLOR ROGERS, WHO WAS JUST ADDED, SAYING, EXPLAIN HE'S THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE. PITCHERS INCLUDING AROLDIS CHAPMAN THAT KEVIN CASH WANTS TO STAY AWAY FROM TONIGHT. RIGHT NOW THE GAME IS HANGING IN THE BALANCE. HERE IS KRIS BRYANT. TWO OUT. BALL ONE. >> John: THAT BREAKING BALL, KRIS BRYANT WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF HE COULD GET A HANGING BREAKING BALL THAT HE EITHER SHOOT TO THE GAP OR HIT OVER THE FENCE. NOW THAT HE IS HEALTHY AND THAT FRONT SHOULDER. >> Joe: FRED LYNN HAS THE ONLY GRAND SLAM IN ALL-STAR GAME HISTORY. OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR BRYANT TO TRY TO MAKE A MEMORY HERE AS A CHICAGO CUB. 2-0. THREE BALLS, NO STRIKES. ALL RIGHT. IT'S A GREEN LIGHT SITUATION. >> John: EVEN THOUGH IT IS 3-0 WITH THE BASES LOADED. >> Joe: 3-0 PITCH. IT'S HIT IN THE AIR TO LEFT AND CAUGHT. JARED WALSH. WHAT A PLAY COMING IN TO GET IT WITH A SLIDING GRAB TO ROB BRYANT AND TO ROB THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. WHAT A PLAY. AFTER ALL THAT, NO MORE RUNS ON >> Joe: WELL, WHEN LAST WE TALKED, THE GUY ON THE RIGHT HAD A LINE DRIVE INTO LEFT AND THE GUY ON THE LEFT. JARED WALSH, JUST TOOK AN EXTRA-BASE HIT AWAY. CRAIG KIMBREL TAKES OVER. JUST TO PUT A BOW ON WHAT WALSH DID. HE'S MAINLY A FIRST BASEMAN. HE'S PLAYED SOME OUTFIELD, HAS NOT PLAYED LEFT FIELD AND THE BIG LEAGUES AND HE JUST MADE THAT PLAY TO ROB KRIS BRYANT WITH THE BASES LOADED IN A MOMENT AGO. >> John: OUTSTANDING PLAY. MIGHT HAVE HELPED HE WAS LEFT-HANDED WITH THE ANGLE THE BALL WAS COMING IN ON. >> Joe: HERE HE IS INTO CENTER FIELD. BACK AT THE TRACK! IT IS CAUGHT BY TAYLOR, AS WALSH, WHO WAS HIT 22 HOME RUNS IN THE FIRST HALF, GAVE THAT BALL A RIDE. OUR HYUNDAI LIFT OF THE GAME. THAT CATCHING LEFT. BASES LOADED, TWO OUTS, THREE RUN GAME. WALSH COMES IN AND GETS IT BEFORE IT HITS THE GRASS. THE REACTION BY BRYANT AND MORE OF A REACTION BY MATT BARNES. CRAIG KIMBREL HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL, AND HE IS ONE OF THE TRADE SHIFTS IT WOULD APPEAR FOR THE CUBS. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY MORE VALUABLE TRADE SHIFT THEY COULD BE OUT THERE FOR A TEAM LOOKING FOR A CLOSER. HIS FIRST HALF, HE'S BEEN DOMINANT. >> John: HE TURNED IT AROUND. HE STRUGGLED IN HIS COMEBACK WITH THE CUBS BUT HE'S FOUND HIS GROOVE. HE HAS A POWER BREAKING BALL, POWER FASTBALL. UNIQUE ANGLE WITH WHICH HE DELIVERS THE BALL. >> Joe: ADOLIS GARCIA STRUCK OUT HIS FIRST AT-BAT. HE HAS A LOT OF TOOLS. A TON OF POWER. DOESN'T WALK A LOT, STRIKES OUT A BIT. HE HAS HAD A FLAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC LATE IN GAMES FOR THE RANGERS. COMES UP EMPTY HERE. THE COUNT IS ONE BALL, TWO STRIKES. ON DECK, NELSON CRUZ. ONE OUT HERE IN THE INNING. A FOULED BACK AND OUT OF PLAY. NELSON, CAN YOU HEAR US IN THE BOOTH? HAVE YOU GOT US, NELSON CRUZ? PAGING NELSON CRUZ. NO WHITE COURTESY PHONE ANYWHERE NEARBY. NO CONVERSATION. >> I CAN HEAR YOU, YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Joe: YEAH, WE'VE GOT YOU. ONE BALL, TWO STRIKES ON GARCIA. A ROCKET UP THE MIDDLE. ADOLIS GARCIA IS ON WITH ONE OUT HERE IN THE NINTH INNING AND HE HAS STRETCHED IT TO A DOUBLE. THE OUTFIELD HAS TO PLAY DEEP, AND ADOLIS GARCIA TOOK ADVANTAGE, WAS HUSTLING ALL THE WAY. THAT GIVES YOU, NELSON CRUZ, A BETTER RBI CHANCE. THAT WAS A GOOD PIECE OF WORK BY GARCIA. >> YEAH, NO DOUBT. CURVEBALL. PRETTY GOOD. GOOD, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> John: I THINK WHEN NELSON STEPPED IN THE BOX HE'S IN AN RBI SITUATION. >> Joe: THAT'S TRUE. I MEAN, NELSON IS SITTING AT 435 HOME RUNS. 500 KNOTS OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR A GUY WHO JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO SLOW DOWN. RUNNER AT SECOND, ONE OUT. KIMBREL. GROUND BALL, RIGHT SIDE. TO THE THIRD IS. TWO OUTS. LOOK AT YOU, NELSON, FIRST PITCH SWINGING. WERE YOU GOING UP THERE, NELSON, SWINGING AT THE FIRST PITCH NO MATTER? >> NO. I MEAN. LOOKING FOR A FASTBALL, HE GAVE ME THAT. I TOLD HIM THROW IT HARDER SO I CAN HIT IT BETTER. >> Joe: THANKS, NELSON. HAVE A GREAT SECOND HALF. WE'LL HAVE A PITCHING CHANG >> Joe: FATHER-SON COMBINATIONS WITH HOME RUNS IN ALL-STAR GAME. BOBBY AND BARRY BONDS. KEN SR., KEN JR. GRIFFEY. VLADIMIR SR., VLADIMIR JR.. VLADIMIR JR. HAD A TAPE MEASURE SHOT AND THIS BALL GAME. ZACK WHEELER TAKES OVER ON THE MOUND. VLAD SR., NINE TIME ALL-STAR. JUST 46 YEARS OLD. PROUD OF HIS 22-YEAR-OLD SON. YOU CAN BET FOR WHAT HE HAS BECOME IN THE BIG LEAGUES AND WHAT HE'S DONE HERE TONIGHT. THE BATTER IS MATT OLSON. RUNNER AT THIRD. GARCIA. TWO OUTS, GROUND BALL RIGHT SIDE. WHEELER HAS BEEN A HORSE, AND INNINGS EATER. HE WAS NICKED UP AND INJURED WHILE HE WAS WITH THE METS. AND THE PHILLIES JUST WANT TO RIDE HIM IN THIS SECOND HALF AND CLIMBED THE STANDINGS IN THE NL EAST. OLSON STRUCK OUT HIS FIRST TIME. SET UP HERE AT 0-2 AND STRIKES OUT. WHEELER COMES IN AND SLAMS THE DOOR ON THE TOP OF THE NINTH. A THREE RUN >> HI. I DIDN'T GET BOOED. >> I WANT A HUG. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. >> OH, MY GOSH. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? >> WE CAN'T THINK THESE PLAYERS ENOUGH FOR AGREEING TO WEAR MICROPHONES, EARPIECES IN SOME CASES, LETTING US TALK TO THEM. THANKS TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND CHUCK TORRES, OUR FRIEND. LIAM HENDRIKS, THE CLOSER FOR THE WHITE SOX, TAKES OVER THE BALL GAME. ONE BALL, ONE STRIKE ON OMAR NARVAEZ. TRYING TO SAVE IT HERE IN AND MAKE THE BALL GAME. 5-2 AFFAIR, THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH HERE IN DENVER. LIAM IS WEARING A MICROPHONE. DOWN AND IN. TWO BALLS AND A STRIKE. I DON'T KNOW IF LIAM CAN HEAR US. CAN YOU HEAR US, LIAM. NO. WE'LL LEAVE HIM ALONE. 2-1, NARVAEZ. 0 FOR 1. GROUNDED OUT IN THE SEVENTH. 3-1. FROM PERTH, AUSTRALIA, HE HAS BOUNCED AROUND, HE HAS BEEN A CLOSER AND A GOOD ONE FOR A LOT OF YEARS. GROUND BALL PASSED HENDRIKS. BASE HIT. NARVAEZ ABLE TO BEAT IT, AS WHIT MERRIFIELD DID ALL HE COULD. LEADOFF MAN IS ON HERE IN THE NINTH INNING FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. >> John: WHEN YOU'RE A CLOSER, YOU HAVE HIGH INTENSITY. HE'S FULL OF HIGH INTENSITY. IN A GAME LIKE HERE WHERE THE OXYGEN IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, YOU CAN GET YOURSELF AND YOUR BREATHING A LITTLE OUT OF WHACK. HE COMES RIGHT AFTER THE HIT HITTERS. >> Joe: THAT WILL BRING IN CHRIS TAYLOR. 0 FOR 1. TEN HOME RUNS, .277 AVERAGE ON THE YEAR, STRIKE ONE. TALK ABOUT UTILITY PLAYER. IT'S ALMOST AN INSULT TO A CHRIS TAYLOR PLACE. HE CAN START ANYWHERE. JOE MADDON, NOW MANAGER OF THE ANGELS, USED TO SAY YOU'RE NOT A TRUE UTILITY PLAYER AND THUS YOU CAN PLAY SHORT. HOW ABOUT THAT? BACK TO THE BACKSTOP AND OUT AT SECOND IS NARVAEZ, AS ZUNINO GETS HIM FOR OUT NUMBER ONE. >> John: YOU DON'T SEE THIS PLAY VERY OFTEN. HE SPIKED THE BREAKING BALL AND HE COMES BACK OFF THE BRICK WALL. GREAT REACTION. AS IF IT WAS A RELIEF TO RULE. EASY OUT. AS IF IT WAS A RELAY THROW. >> Joe: MERRIFIELD APPLY THE TAG. OUT AT SECOND IS NARVAEZ. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT UPSTAIRS. TWO BALLS AND A STRIKE ON CHRIS TAYLOR. OZZIE ALBIES ON DECK. 2-2. HENDRIKS TRYING TO SETTLE INTO THIS EFFORT TRYING TO GET THE SAVE HERE IN THE 91ST MLB ALL-STAR GAME. OHTANI STILL IN LINE FOR THE W WIN. SHOHEI WORKED A SCORELESS FIRST INNING. WHILE HE WAS AT THE PLATE, 0 FO. 2-2 FROM HENDRIKS. STRUCK HIM OUT. ZUNINO FLOATS IT DOWN TO FIRST, TWO AWAY. AND ALBIES IS THE LAST CHANCE. FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. LIAM WANTS THAT SOUVENIR. THE AL PITCHERS JUST DOMINANT OVER THE LAST EIGHT ALL-STAR GAMES, AS THE AMERICAN LEAGUE TRIES TO WIN ITS EIGHTH STRAIGHT. HENDRIKS A PART OF THAT. ALBIES, TWO OUT, NOBODY ON. BREAKING BALL LOW. BALL ONE. 1-0 PITCH. STRIKE ONE. THE CROWDS HERE IN DENVER HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL. THEY HAVE BEEN PACKED IN TONIGHT, LAST NIGHT, THE HOME RUN DERBY WAS ELECTRIC. SECOND TIME COORS FIELD HAS PLAYED HOST. ALSO HERE BACK IN '98. TWO BALLS AND A STRIKE. GROUND BALL RIGHT SIDE IS FOULED. NOW HENDRIKS ONE STRIKE AWAY. >> John: HE'S CHARGED UP. WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY HE'S THE PROTOTYPICAL CLOSER BUT HE'S THE GUY WHO LOVES THIS ROLE AND IS VERY ANIMATED AND EMOTIONAL. IT CAN WORK TO HIS ADVANTAGE. IF YOU'RE KIND OF BLASE AND GO ABOUT IT. HE'S GOING AFTER IT AND I'M SURE IF HE GETS THIS LAST OUT IT WON'T JUST BE AN EXAMINATION ALL-STAR GAME SAVE. IT WILL BE A BIG MOMENT. >> Joe: HERE COMES THE 2-2. ALBIES TAKES BALL THREE. IF IT CONTINUES, TREA TURNER IS ON DECK. EVERY PLAYER WAS USED THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE USED IN THIS GAME. THERE WERE A COUPLE PITCHERS THAT WERE STAYED AWAY FROM BY THE MANAGERS BUT BOTH BENCHES TOTALLY EMPTY. 3-2 TO ALBIES RIPPED INTO RIGHT. ALBIES IS ON WITH TWO OUT. HE WILL CRUISE INTO SECOND BASE AND MAKE IT WITH A TWO-OUT DOUBLE. THE BALL GAME CONTINUES FOR TREA TURNER. GOING OVER THE SIGNS WITH ZUNINO. >> IT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT, YOUR MIC'D UP. >> Joe: THE MIC IS WORKING. THE EARPIECE ISN'T. THEY GO OVER THE SIGNS WITH THE RUNNER AT SECOND BASE. TREA TURNER HAS GOT POWER. YOU SEE THE AVERAGE, STOLEN BASES. HE DOES IT ALL. 19 STEALS ON THE YEAR, HE CAN FLY. GROUND BALL SHOULD END IT. TO THE RIGHT SIDE, MERRIFIELD HAS GOT IT. AND THE AMERICAN LEAGUE HAS WON THE EIGHTH STRAIGHT AS THEY WIN HERE TONIGHT BY 2. IN A GAME THAT LASTED EXACTLY THREE HOURS... THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CONTINUES ITS DOMINANCE. AND HENDRIKS PICKS UP THE SAVE. HOME RUNS BY GUERRERO JR. IN THE GAME. ZUNINO. HOME RUNS BY REALMUTO. GOOD PITCHING TOP TO BOTTOM RELAY ON EACH SIDE. WE DO THE MOST DYNAMIC PLAYER IN THE GAME WILL GET THE WIN. OHTANI GOES ONE INNING. DIDN'T GET A HIT BUT THE PEOPLE HERE IN COLORADO GOT TO SEE QUITE A SHOW. POWER IN THE HOME RUN DERBY AND POWER ON THE MOUND. HE LOOKED COMFORTABLE, EVEN THOUGH HE MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME NERVES. THAT YOUNG MAN RIGHT THERE, GUERRERO JR., HAS NOT COOLED OFF BY THE WAY. >> Joe: THE LINE SCORE. 5, 9, 1 FOR THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, 2, 8, 1. ALONG THE WAY, THAT NATIONAL LEAGUE LEFT EIGHT RUNNERS ABOARD. THE WINNER OHTANI, THE LOSER IS CORBIN BURNES AND THE SAVE FOR LIAM HENDRIKS. ANOTHER ALL-STAR GAME IS IN THE BOOKS AND LET'S SEND IT TO KENNY ROSENTHAL. >> Ken: YOU'RE A FIRST-TIME ALL-STAR, YOU HIT A HOME RUN IN THE SIXTH INNING. GOING AROUND THE BASES, WHAT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND? >> NOT MUCH. JUST TRYING TO SOAK UP THE MOMENT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DREAM ABOUT BEING HERE. WE TRIED TO GET A SWING OFF AND IT'S FUN TO SEE THE RESULTS. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU JUST COME OUT HERE AND TRY TO ENJOY IT FOR WHAT IT IS. STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPENS, IT'S REALLY SPECIAL. >> Ken: YOU PLAY AGAINST VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR. A LOT. WHAT HE DID TONIGHT, WHAT WERE YOUR IMPRESSIONS? >> IT'S WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING ALL YEAR EXCEPT HE'S DOING AGAINST NINE OR TEN ALL-STAR PITCHERS. THERE IS NO BREAK, ESPECIALLY THAT LINEUP AND ALL THE STARTERS THEY HAD. SEEING HIM DO THAT IS INCREDIBLE, JUST THE FIRST HALF HE'S HAD. >> Ken: CONGRATULATIONS. TO TOM VERDUCCI. >> Tom: LIAM, I DON'T THINK HE REALIZED THAT WE COULD HEAR YOU. YOU COULDN'T HEAR US. TONIGHT OFFICIALLY YOU ARE CREDITED WITH A SAFE AND I THINK YOU EARNED YOUR OWN TALK SHOW. >> THAT'S THE PLAN. IN THE OFF-SEASON, I GET BORED. MY WIFE WANTS ME TO GET ME OUT OF THE HOUSE. BASEBALL, HOCKEY, GET INVOLVED. LOOKING AT POST CAREER STUFF. >> Tom: TALKING ABOUT CAREER, YOU'VE BEEN TRADED THREE TIMES. ON WAIVERS TWICE. IT'S HER SECOND ALL-STAR GAME AND WITH YOU GETTING THE SAFE, WHAT DOES THIS MOMENT MEAN FOR YOU? >> IT'S BEEN A LONG WAY SINCE A COUPLE TRADES IN THERE. IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY. ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE DOCUMENTED THAT SO I CAN STOP TALKING ABOUT IT. I'M HAPPY TO BE PITCHING IN A GAME PAIRED HONESTLY. THE FIRST ONE WAS SURREAL. IT'S SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL. IT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. HOPEFULLY GET MORE AUSSIES INVOLVED IN BASEBALL. I'VE BEEN DREAMING OF THIS MOMENT. >> THE WINNING PITCHER FROM JAPAN, THE SAVE FROM AUSTRALIA. >> IT'S A WORLD GAME. THERE'S A LOT OF US OVER HERE AND HOPEFULLY THERE'S MORE TO COME WITH THE EXPOSURE FROM SHOHEI AND GUYS FROM THE DR AND VENEZUELA. >> APPRECIATE IT. >> Joe: YOU, TOM, AND THANKS TO KENNY AND OUR ENTIRE CREW. I THINK HE MIGHT BE IN LINE FOR A TALK SHOW. HE'S GOT SOME PERSONALITY. ENDED UP GETTING THE FINAL OUTS AND THE SAFE HERE IN THIS ALL-STAR GAME. >> John: WE SAW SOME GREAT DEFENSE FROM THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, GOOD PITCHING AS YOU MENTION. LOOK, I THINK THE WORLD GOT A CHANCE TO SEE OHTANI. I THINK THE WORLD UNDER -- I DON'T THINK THE WORLD UNDERSTANDS HOW SPECIAL HE IS AND WHAT HE'S DOING. THE YOUNG TALENT, THE MVP. GUERRERO JR. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT YOUNG TALENT. >> Joe: MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD IS COMING UP NEXT. WILL THAT BE VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR. TAPE MEASURE SHOT BACK IN THE THIRD. 42 FIRST-TIME ALL-STAR IS ♪ ♪ >> Joe: THERE IS THE FINAL, 5-2 THE AMERICAN LEAGUE ON TOP OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE HERE IN DENVER. LET'S SEND IT TO TOM RINALDI. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TIME NOW FOR THE TED WILLIAMS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD PRESENTED BY CHEVROLET. HERE TO DO THE HONORS, COMMISSIONER ROB MANFRED. TAKE IT AWAY. >> THANK YOU, TOM. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS YEAR'S TED WILLIAMS AWARD TO VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR. VLAD, YOU MADE HISTORY. YOUNGEST MVP IN HISTORY. CONGRATULATIONS. >> Tom: VLAD, JOINED BY YOUR INTERPRETER. NOT ONLY THE YOUNGEST MVP BUT YOU HIT THE 200 HOME RUN IN ALL-STAR GAME HISTORY. WHAT DOES THIS KNIGHT MEAN TO YOU? >> [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THINK GOD, MY FAMILY, MY TEAMMATES. I ENJOY BEING HERE. IT WAS ALL GREAT. THANK YOU. >> MAKING MORE HISTORY. VLAD, THERE ARE THREE FATHER-SON COMBINATIONS WHO HAVE HOMERED IN THE ALL-STAR GAME. THE BONDS, THE GRIFFEYS, AND THE GUERREROS. A MESSAGE ON THIS NIGHT TO YOUR FATHER, VLAD SR. >> [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> IT MEANS A LOT TO ME. IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY DAD. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO HIM. DAD, THIS IS FOR YOU. >> Tom: YOU'RE MVP OF THE ALL-STAR GAME HERE IN DENVER. JO. >> Joe: TOM, THANK YOU. VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR. REPRESENTING THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS. HERE ARE THE MILESTONE HOME RUNS AND ALL-STAR GAME HISTORY. BABE RUTH, FITTINGLY HIT THE FIRST, FIRST ALL-STAR GAME AT COMISKEY PARK. JIMMY WYNN AT COUNTY STADIUM AND TONIGHT VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR. YOUNGEST BLUE JAYS PLAYER TO START AND ALL-STAR GAME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY. THE TOP VOTE GETTER, AND NOW THE YOUNGEST MVP.
