♪ ♪ >> OUR IMAGINATIONS ARE INFINITE. SCULPTING A BASEBALL DIAMOND FROM A FARMERS FIELD IN IOWA. LONGING FOR SUMMER AS SEASONS ARE PAINTED ON ITS CANVAS. ONCE THIS GAME AND ASLAN TOUCHES YOU, THE WIND NEVER BLOWS SO HARD AGAIN. >> HEY, DAD, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A CATCH? >> I'D LIKE THAT. >> I'M KEVIN COSTNER AND ON THIS FIELD WE ONCE MADE A MOVIE ABOUT DREAMS. OF BASEBALL AND YEARS GONE BY, AND MUCH MORE. A TALE OF LOVE, FAMILY, CHARACTER, THE TREASURE OF A SINGLE DAY. AMERICA HAS EMBRACED THE HEROES OF OUR YOUTH FOR OVER A CENTURY. THOSE WHO RAN ON GRASS SO GREEN IT TOOK YOUR BREATH AWAY, TOUCHING BASES AS WIDE AS CLOUDS. TONIGHT WE PAUSE TIME. IN THE WARMTH OF AUGUST, TWO MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS GIFT US WITH IT FOREVER MOMENT, THE WHITE SOX, THE YANKEES. COME TO OUR FIELD OF DREAMS AND PLAY BALL. ♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> GOOD AFTERNOON. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 30 YEARS AGO -- 30 -- ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT CORN, WE FOUND THE MOVIE THAT STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. TONIGHT, THANKS TO THAT ENDURING IMPACT THAT THAT LITTLE MOVIE HAD, IT'S ALLOWED US TO COME HERE AGAIN, BUT NOW WE ARE ON A FIELD THAT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL MADE. WE'VE COME TO SEE THE FIRST PLACE WHITE SOX -- [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] PLAY THE MIGHTY YANKEES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IN A FIELD THAT WAS ONCE CORN. IT'S PERFECT. WE KEPT OUR PROMISE, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HAS KEPT ITS PROMISE, THE DREAM IS STILL ALIVE. THIS PROBABLY JUST ONE QUESTION TO ANSWER. IS THIS HEAVEN? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I DON'T THINK I HEARD YOU, IS THIS HEAVEN? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] YES, IT IS. THIS FIELD IS FOR THE PLAYERS. GOOD LUCK TODAY. ♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> AND NOW, LET'S MEET THE MANAGER AND THE STARTING LINEUPS. FIRST, FOR THE NEW YORK YANKEES. THE MANAGER AARON BOONE. LEADING OFF, PLAYING SECOND BASE, D.J. LeMAHIEU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] BATTING SECOND, IN CENTER FIELD, BRETT GARDNER. BATTING THIRD, THE RIGHT RIGHT FIELDER, AARON JUDGE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] BATTING FOURTH, THE LEFT FIELDER, JOEY GALLO. [APPLAUSE] BATTING FIFTH, THE DESIGNATED HITTER, GIANCARLO STANTON. [APPLAUSE] BATTING SIXTH, PLAYING FIRST BASE, LUKE VOIT. [APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ BATTING SEVENTH, AT THIRD BASE, ROUGNED ODOR. BATTING EIGHTH, AND IN THE BULLPEN, THE CATCHER KYLE HIGASHIOKA. BATTING NINTH, PLAYING SHORTSTOP, TYLER WADE. AND A STARTING PITCHER WARMING UP IN THE BULLPEN, LEFT-HANDER ANDREW HEANEY. AND NOW, LET'S MEET THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WITH THE TIP OF THE CAP, TONY LA RUSSA, MANAGING THE WHITE SOX TONIGHT, MIGUEL CAIRO. LEADING OFF, THE SHORTSTOP, TIM ANDERSON. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] BATTING SECOND, THE SECOND BASEMAN, CESAR HERNANDEZ. [APPLAUSE] BATTING THIRD, THE FIRST BASEMAN, JOSE ABREU. TO BATTING FOURTH, THE LEFT FIELDER, ELOY JIMENEZ. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] BATTING FIFTH, AT THIRD BASE, YOAN MONCADA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] BATTING SIXTH, THE DESIGNATED HITTER, ANDREW VAUGHN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] BATTING SEVENTH, THE CENTER FIELDER, LUIS ROBERT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] BATTING EIGHTH, PLAYING RIGHT FIELD, ADAM ENGEL. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] BATTING NINTH, IN THE BULLPEN, AND NOW WALKING IN, THE CATCHER SEBY ZAVALA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND NEXT TO HIM, THE STARTING PITCHER FOR THE WHITE SOX, LANCE LYNN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ AND NOW, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RISE AND REMOVE YOUR HATS AS WE HONOR AMERICA WITH THE SINGING OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. HERE TONIGHT OVER ON THE ORIGINAL MOVIE SETTING, A PROUD NATIVE OF CLARKSVILLE IOWA, AND A WINNER OF SEASON 16 OF "AMERICAN IDOL," PLEASE WELCOME HOME MATTIE POPPY. ♪ 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 ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND WHEN WE COME BACK, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HISTORY, A >> IF YOU BUILD IT, HE WILL C COME. >> THERE IS GOLD DUST IN THIS MAGICAL MEADOW, MADE PERFECT BY A GAME WE LOVE. >> SEE IF YOU CAN HIT MY CURVE. >> ONE OF BASEBALL'S MOST MEMORABLE NIGHTS AWAITS. >> YEAH, YEAH, YOU CAN HIT THE CURVEBALL. >> IMAGINE FOREVER WE WILL SAY THE NEW YORK YANKEES ONCE PERFORMED ON THIS FARMLAND. THE WHITE SOX TRAVELED FROM CHICAGO TO PLAY HERE. >> DADDY, THERE'S A MAN OUT THERE ON YOUR LAWN. >> YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY GUYS WANTED TO PLAY HERE. >> THE ONE CONSTANT ARE ALL THE YEARS, RAY, HAS BEEN BASEBALL. >> I'M JAMES EARL JONES. WELCOME TO IOWA AND OUTFIELD OF DREAMS WELCOME TO IOWA AND OUR FIELD OF DREAMS. >> SO NICE TO HAVE THE ICONIC VOICE ANNA THE AIR AS WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO DYERSVILLE IOWA AND THE DISTANCE, THE MOVIE SET WHERE THEY SHOT THE FILM RELEASED IN 1989, THE FARMHOUSE WHERE THE FAMILY LIVED AND THEN THROUGH THE CORN MAZE, THROUGH THE OUTFIELD WALL ONTO THIS FIELD, THE STANDS ARE ABSOLUTELY PACKED, ABOUT 8,000 FANS IN ATTENDANCE HERE TONIGHT. WE ARE GLAD YOU'RE WITH US. IT'S ABOUT FAMILY AND BASEBALL. THIS FAMILY FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE HAD THREE GENERATIONS OF SOLID BIG LEAGUE PLAYERS, RAY BOONE STARTED HIS CAREER '48, PLAYED 13 SEASONS AS AN INFIELD OR COMIC GOING TO TO ALL-STAR GAME SCUM HIS SON BOB WAS JUST A ROCK BEHIND THE PLATE. THE 1980 WORLD CHAMPION PHILLIES, AND THEN HIS BOYS BRETT AND AARON MAKING THEIR MARKS IN THE BIG LEAGUES AND AARON NOW THE MANAGER WITH THE NEW YORK YANKEES IN HIS FOURTH YEAR AND LET'S SEND IT DOWN. STANDING BY WITH AARON BOONE IS KEN ROSENTHAL. >> YOUR FAMILY AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW BASEBALL LINKS THE GENERATIONS. BEING HERE TONIGHT AND CALLING A MOVIE THAT CAME OUT WHEN YOU WERE 16 YEARS OLD, HOW MUCH DOES IT TAKE YOU BACK TO HER YOUNGER YEARS, YOUR FAMILY MEMORIES, THOSE MOMENTS WHEN YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH THE GAME. >> A LOT. BASEBALL, LIKE MANY OF US, AND YOU, IT'S BEEN AN ENORMOUS PART OF MY LIFE AND I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, JUST WALKING OUT ON HIS FIELD WAS EMOTIONAL. WHAT THEY'VE CREATED HERE, AND TO SEE THE IMPACT IT HAD ON PLAYERS, PEOPLE IN THE STANDS, MAY BE PEOPLE IN THE STANDS SEEING A MAJOR LEAGUE GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A PERFECT NIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IOWA. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. >> THIS IS THE YANKEES' 17TH GAME IN 17 DAYS. YOU'VE COME THROW TRYING PERIOD AND GET YOU ARE RIGHT THERE. HOW MUCH EXTRA ENERGY ARE YOUR PLAYERS DRAWING JUST FROM BEING PART OF THIS EVENT? >> WELCOME OF THE GOOD THING IS OUR PURPOSE EACH AND EVERY DAY HAS BEEN EXCELLENT, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST MONTH WHERE WE REALLY TURNED AROUND. I REALLY THINK THERE IS SOMETHING TO COME IN THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DOG DAYS. WE ARE PLAYING FOR A LOT RIGHT NOW SO WE PROBABLY DON'T NEED MUCH HELP IN THAT DEPARTMENT BUT THERE'S NO QUESTION YOU THROW A VENUE LIKE THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER AND I'M SURE GUYS ARE DEKED. >> JOE, BACK TO YOU. >> Joe: THANK YOU, AS AARON SAID, IT'S AN ABSOLUTE PERFECT NIGHT HERE IN DYERSVILLE. 82 DEGREES, THE HUMIDITY IS DROPPING AS WE GO I'M A WIND 6 MILES PER HOUR. THE FORECAST IS SUNNY, THE BIG PART IS NO RAIN. THERE'S BEEN RAIN HERE DURING THE LITTLE STRETCHES OVER THE PREVIOUS FOUR DAYS, YESTERDAY A TORNADO WARNING AND THEY HAD WHAT WE CALL IN THE MIDWEST AN OLD-FASHIONED GULLY WASHER. IT REALLY POURED HERE YESTERDAY BUT TONIGHT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET THROUGH UNINTERRUPTED AND JOHN SMOLTZ, A GREAT GUY WHO'S MADE HIS NAME IN THIS GREAT GAME, TALKING ABOUT YOU AND THAT GUY, LANCE LYNN WAS THIS NIGHT SIGNIFYING IN YOUR CAREER. >> John: THIS WILL BE THE COOLEST REGULAR-SEASON GAME I'VE EVER DONE AND I THINK AARON BOONE SAID IT RIGHT. THE PLAYERS HAVE A DEVIATED KIND OF JOURNEY TO GET HERE, IT'S NOT YOUR PROTOTYPICAL SERIES BUT I GUARANTEE YOU EVERYONE OF THEM WILL REMEMBER EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WENT ON THIS NIGHT AND YOU WON'T REMEMBER A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL REGULAR-SEASON GAMES AND LESS YOU DID SOMETHING MIRACULOUS, SO I THINK THIS IS AS COOL AS IT GETS AND I HOPE -- YOU KNOW, SOMEONE IS GOING TO WIN, SOMEONE IS GOING TO LOSE BUT I GUARANTEE YOU EVERYBODY IN THIS PARK WILL REMEMBER THIS NIGHT. >> Joe: BACK I WILL, LANCE LYNN, WHO HAS BEEN SENSATIONAL IN HIS FIRST YEAR WITH THE WHITE SOX. THEY HAVE EXTENDED HIS DEAL, AND WHY NOT, LEADING MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WITH AN ERA JUST OVER 2.00. HE'S BEEN UNREAL. IN THIS WHITE SOX TEAM, AND WE WILL GET INTO IT TONIGHT, THEY ARE DOMINATING THEIR DIVISION, THEY ARE GETTING HEALTHY AS THEY GO, THEY ARE GETTING DYNAMIC OUTFIELDERS BACK, FINALLY HAVE THE OUTFIELD THAT THEY PROJECTED BACK TOGETHER THIS PAST WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL SEASON. TO ME, WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON THE MOUND, STARTING PITCHING, AND WHAT THEY CAN BRING AT YOU AT THE BACK END OF THE BULLPEN, THIS IS THE TEAM TO BEAT IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AND TIGHT GAMES IN OCTOBER, THEY CAN SLAM THE DOOR WITH THAT BULLPEN. >> John: EXACTLY, AND THEY'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF A DIVISION THAT WASN'T AS STRONG, AND DAVE WORN THROUGH IT SO FAR. I THINK EVERYTHING YOU'VE SAID ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE, THEY'VE GOT A SWAGGER ABOUT THEM. THEY ARE YOUNGER TEAM, THEY'VE GROWN IN CONFIDENCE, THEY ARE HEALTHY AND THE MAN ON THE MOUND IS THE PERFECT MAN ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS. YOU THINK HE COULD JUST WALK OUT OF THE CORN FIELDS AND THROW NOTHING BUT FASTBALLS. >> Joe: GIVEN THE DEFENSE BEHIND LANCE LYNN, AND ANY OUTFIELD IT'S JIMENEZ IN LEFT, ROBERT AND CENTER AND ENGEL IN RIGHT. MONCADA AT THIRD, ANDERSON, A DYNAMIC PLAYER, AT SHORT. CESAR HERNANDEZ, PICKED UP JUST BEFORE THE TRADE DEADLINE FROM CLEVELAND, HE'S AT SECOND BASE. JOSE ABREU, JUST AN RBI MACHINE, IS OVER AT FIRST. SEBY ZAVALA IS DOING THE CATCHING WHILE THEY WAIT FOR YASMANI GRANDAL TO GET HEALTHY WITH THAT TEAR IN HIS KNEE. AND LANCE LYNN, IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT. IT'S NOT EXACT, BUT THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS BALLPARK ARE LOOSELY BASED ON THAT OF OLD KAMINSKI PARK, EVEN WITH THE BULLPENS OUT BEYOND THE CENTER FIELD WALL. BEYOND THE WALL IN FRONT OF THE CORN. >> John: THE BALL WAS JUMPING IN BP SO WE WILL SEE WHAT BOTH OF THESE POWERFUL CLUBS CAN DO. IF THE BALL IS IN THE AIR, WE MAY HAVE A LOT IN THE CORN. >> Joe: FOR THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX, THEY STARTED THE DAY WITH A 10.5 GAME LEAD. THE YANKEES RIGHT NOW ARE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PLAYOFF PICTURE LOOKING IN, SO THESE GAMES, AS KEN ROSENTHAL SAID TO AARON BOONE, 17 IN 17 STRAIGHT DAYS FOR THE YANKEES, EVERY TEAM IS BIG, NO MATTER IF IT'S PLAYED IN IOWA, THE BRONX, OR WHEREVER. IN THESE TWO TEAMS WILL RESUME THE SERIES AFTER AN OFF DAY THIS WEEKEND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO. LYNN DEALS LOW AND WE ARE UNDERWAY IN DYERSVILLE. >> John: GOING TO SEE A LOT OF FASTBALLS. THE MOST FASTBALLS ANY PITCHER IN THE LEAGUE WILL THROW AND HE BURIES HIS CUTTER, SINKER AND FORCING FASTBALL AND HE HAS OWNED D.J. LeMAHIEU. YOU CAN'T SAY THAT ABOUT TOO MANY PEOPLE, 1 FOR 17 AGAINST LANCE LYNN. >> Joe: THAT IS RIGHT DOWN THE CHUTE ACCORDING TO IOWA NATIVE AT HOME PLATE UMPIRE PAT HOBERG. 1-1. LeMAHIEU WAITZ, TAKES LOW, 2-1. >> John: LAST YEAR HE HAD ABOUT ALMOST .370 AND A SHORTENED SEASON, THIS YOU HITTING .270 AND IF YOU JUST FEEL LIKE FOR THE YANKEES IF THEY ARE GOING TO REALLY GET GOING AND STARTS LOGGING, IT'S GOING TO START WITH THIS GUY. >> Joe: THE 2-1 PITCH IS CHOPPED FOUL, 2-2. LAZ DIAZ IS THE UMPIRE AT FIRST WITH MIKE ESTABROOK AT SECOND AND JEFF NELSON OVER AT THIRD. NELSON THE CREW CHIEF HERE TONIGHT. 2-2. LeMAHIEU FOLLOWS IT OUT OF PLAY, RIGHT SIDE. >> John: THESE FANS CAME ABOUT FOUR HOURS EARLY. >> Joe: I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF WORN OUT. >> John: NOT AN EASY PLACE TO GET TO, BUT ONCE YOU GET TO IT, BOY, THERE'S A LOT TO TAKE IN AND THEY HAVE ENJOYED EVERY SECOND OF IT, AS HAVE WE. >> Joe: 2-2 AND LOW, FULL COUNT AS LeMAHIEU IS MAKING LYNN WORK. GARDNER AND JUDGE WILL FOLLOW AND THEN GALLO. THE YANKEES COME IN 12 GAMES OVER .500. 3-2 PITCH IS CHOPPED FOUL. >> John: I MEAN SERIOUSLY, LANCE LYNN COULD HAVE PLAYED IN THE MOVIE. >> Joe: EASILY. HE'S GOT THE LOOK, THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF, IT'S JUST LIKE HERE, HIT IT. >> John: AND HE, SINCE COMING OVERCOME AS YOU MENTIONED, SINCE COMING OVER TO THE WHITE SOX, HE'S BEEN THE LEADER AND DAVE FOLLOWED HIM TO A T AND THE LEAD IN JUST ABOUT EVERY CATEGORY AND YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT FROM A TONY LA RUSSA-LED BALL CLUB. >> Joe: ANOTHER 3-2 PITCH IS GROUNDED UP THE MIDDLE OUT OF REACH OF ANDERSON AND INTO CENTER. GOOD AT-BAT BY LeMAHIEU AND HE'S ON TO START THE NIGHT FOR THE YANKEES. AND WITH THAT, AND WITH MORE ON THE UMPIRES, LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO TOM VERDUCCI. >> THANKS, JOE. FOR SOME PEOPLE THIS IS LITERALLY A FIELD OF DREAMS, AS IT WAS FOR THE LATE UMPIRE ERIC COOPER FROM IOWA. WHEN HE FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS GAME BEING PLANNED, HE WANTED AN UMPIRE FROM IOWA BEHIND THE PLATE. ERIC PASSED AWAY IN 2019 AT THE AGE OF 52, BUT HIS DREAM IS BEING COMPLETED TONIGHT BY PAT HOBERG, ALSO FROM IOWA. PAT HAD NOT BEEN HERE BEFORE TONIGHT. 90 MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRST PITCH, HE WAS AT THE MOVIE SITE FIELD PLAYING CATCH, YES, WITH HIS FATHER AND HIS BROTHER. IT'S A DREAM NOW COMPLETED FOR ERIC COOPER WEARING THE INITIALS EC, THE UMPIRES ARE TONIGHT. >> Joe: TOM, THANKS. LEAD OFF HIT BY AND GARDNER STEPS UP. I AM MOSTLY LIKE THE CROWD DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER TO MAKE NOISE OR NOT. >> John: YEAH. >> Joe: IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE IN CHURCH RIGHT NOW. >> John: WELL, THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE NOISE OF THE WHITE SOX GET SOME RUNS, BUT THIS SHOULD BE A GREAT CLASSIC MATCHUP. POWER PITCHING AGAINST POWER HITTING. THERE IS SOME STRIKEOUTS AND THE YANKEES LINEUP, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO FOLLOWS THE YANKEES KNOWS THAT THEY CAN SWING AND MISS AND THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX LEAD BASEBALL FOR PITCHERS WITH STRIKEOUTS IN NINE INNINGS. >> Joe: YANKEES FANS GETTING INTO IT. FIRST PITCH A BALL, NOW A CHOPPER FOUL, 1-1. >> John: BECAUSE OF ALL THE INJURIES AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE ON, YOU CAN EVEN IMAGINE WHAT THE MATRIX MUST LOOK LIKE FOR AARON BOONE, BUT BRETT GARDNER HAS BEEN HERE FOREVER, IT SEEMS LIKE, AND HE'S BEEN KIND OF THROWN INTO THE MIX BECAUSE OF ALL THE INJURIES AND THE ABILITY TO NOT HAVE THE OUTFIELD HEALTHY. THEY'VE REALLY STRUGGLED, THE YANKEES, FROM THE CENTER FIELD POSITION, SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT. >> Joe: THEY MISS AARON HICKS, WAS BEEN OUT WITH INJURY, UNDERGONE SURGERY. THEY WILL GET HIM BACK NEXT SEASON IS THE COUNT GOES TO 2-1 ON THE LONGEST TENURED YANKEE, BRETT GARDNER. BACK TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2009. 2-1 PITCH IS CHOPPED FOUL AGAIN, 2-2. >> John: THE EFFORT BY LANCE LYNN IS TO KEEP THE BALL DOWN. BRETT GARDNER YOU THINK WOULD BE OVERLY LOWBALLED -- GOOD LOWBALLED HITTER, NOT A TALL GUY BUT HE HAS STRUGGLED ON THE LOW PITCH. HE'S LOOKING FOR THE MIDDLE BELT PITCH WHERE HE CAN PULL, WHERE HIS POWER IS TO THE PULL SIDE AND LANCE LYNN IS REALLY TIME TO CONCENTRATE ON KEEPING THE BALL DOWN WITH SOME SINKERS AND CUTTERS. >> Joe: TWO STRIKES, THEY PLAYED GARDNER TO PULL ON THE INFIELD, GIVE HIM THIRD BASE. THAT'S OFF HIS FRONT FOOT, FOUL BALL. STILL 2-2. PUT A NUMBER TWO WHAT THE YANKEES CENTER FIELDERS I'VE HIT THIS YEAR, ALL TEN OF THEM, .197 COMBINED AVERAGE AND THAT GOT HIM UP AROUND THE RIGHT SHIN. >> John: YEAH, THAT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING -- YOU KNOW COME ONLY THING ABOUT THEIR STADIUM OF THE OFFENSE THAT THEY CAN PUT OUT, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE. MAYBE JOEY GALLO FROM TIME TO TIME WILL PLAY CENTER. THEY'VE MADE SOME MOVES TO HELP THE OFFENSE, THEY JUST GOT TO GET THEM HEALTHY AND ALL IN THE LINEUP FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> Joe: 2-2 IS IN FOR STRIKE THREE, ONE AWAY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> John: THIS IS A CUTTER THAT LOOKS HIGH OUT OF THE HANDS TO BRETT GARDNER AND HE'S GOING TO PROBABLY GO BACK AND LOOK AND THINK THAT IT WAS HIGH, BUT HE GOT A BELT HIGH STRIKE THREE CALLED IN LANCE LYNN'S FAVOR. >> Joe: SO THE HIGH STRIKE FOR OUT NUMBER ONE AND NOW A GUY WHO CAN KNOCK OVER SOME STALKS OF CORN OUT BEYOND THE WALL, AARON JUDGE, DIGS IN WITH HIS 23 HOME RUNS AND 54 RBIs. >> John: I ACTUALLY SAW THE CORNSTALKS MOVE OUT OF HIS WAY WHEN HE WAS WALKING. >> Joe: THEY WERE QUIVERING. CHECK ON THE RUNNER AT FIRST, THAT'S LeMAHIEU, WHO IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING HAS STOLEN FOUR AND NOT BEEN CAUGHT THE SEASON. >> John: JUDGE HAS HAD SOME GOOD SUCCESS AGAINST LYNN, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THOSE FASTBALLS. THE BREAKING BALL AWAY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PITCH THAT EVERYONE TRIES TO GET JUDGE TO CHASE, AND HIS HEIGHT -- AND IF THEY GET THE LOW STRIKE CALL AGAINST THEM, THEN HE VIRTUALLY IS IN BIG TROUBLE, BUT IF HE CAN STAY OFF THAT LOW PITCH, THEN THE PITCHER IS IN TROUBLE. >> Joe: RUNNER AT FIRST, ONE OUT. JUDGE CHOPS IT TO THIRD, FOUL. WE TALKED ABOUT McGILL CAIRO, THE ACTING MANAGER FOR THE WHITE SOX. TONY LA RUSSA IS AWAY FROM THE TEAM. HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW PASSED AWAY, SO HE HAS HANDED THE REINS TO MIGUEL CAIRO, TALKED TO HIM BEFORE THE GAME, THE TWO TALKED YESTERDAY, WENT OVER THE GAME PLAN, TALKED ABOUT THE LINEUP, THE PITCHING SITUATION, BUT TONY BASICALLY SAID, IT'S ON YOU, THIS IS YOUR GAME AND MIGUEL WILL LEAN ON THE COACHES AROUND HIM IN THE GUY HAS BEEN IN THIS GAME A LONG TIME AND THE WHITE SOX ARE IN GOOD HANDS WITH CAIRO. 0-1 PITCH FROM LYNN IS HIT OFF THE END OF THE BAT, STRIKE TWO. >> John: WHEN WE GOT HERE -- I'M STRUCK BY THE BEAUTY. MOST MAJOR-LEAGUE FIELDS ARE GOING TO BE IN PRIME CONDITION, BUT THIS IS PICTURESQUE AS A STADIUM YOU ARE EVER GOING TO SEE FROM THE GRASS TO THE AESTHETICS BEHIND IT AND CERTAINLY THE CROWD EVENTUALLY WILL GET INTO THE WHOLE IDEA OF THESE TWO TEAMS PLAYING IN IOWA. JUST A FANTASTIC JOB BY EVERYBODY. >> Joe: 0-2 PITCH IS DOWN AND AWAY. HAD A CHANCE TO WALK THIS FIELD LAST NIGHT WITH KEVIN COSTNER AND HIS SON JOE AND HIS FRIENDS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM FOX, WE WERE WALKING OUT BEYOND THE MOUND AND KEVIN WAS SAYING IS THIS GRASS REAL. IT'S THAT THICK, IT'S THAT GOOD THAT IT ALMOST FEELS ARTIFICIAL. >> John: YEAH, CERTAINLY THE PLAYERS -- >> Joe: HOW ABOUT THAT. A STRIKE OUT ON HIGH HEAT AT 94 AND BACK-TO-BACK STRIKEOUTS, TWO OUT IN THE FIRST INNING FOR NEW YORK. >> John: THAT'S WHAT LANCE LYNN DOESN'T IT'S REALLY WHAT THE ROTATION THE WHITE SOX DOES. GOING AGAINST ONE OF THE HIGHEST STRIKEOUT TEAMS IN THE YANKEES SO IT IS STRENGTH AGAINST STRENGTH AND SO FAR LANCE LYNN HAS HAD TWO. >> Joe: TIM ANDERSON WEARING A MICROPHONE FOR US TONIGHT. ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC PLAYERS IN THE GAME, AND HE WILL LEAD IT OFF FOR THE WHITE SOX IN THE BOTTOM OF THIS FIRST INNING AS THAT HITS THE OUTSIDE CORNER TO JOEY GALLO. GALLO WAITING FOR IT TO REALLY CLICK IN FOR HIM WITH HIS NEW CLUB. SEVEN YEARS WITH TEXAS. THERE IS THE SEASON OVERALL. BUT IN 13 GAMES WITH THE YANKES HITTING JUST .149. TAKES A BALL. >> John: THERE'S TREMENDOUS POWER, AS WE KNOW. A LOT OF SWINGS AND MISS A AND I BELIEVE JUST ABOUT HALF OF HIS AT-BATS WITH THE YANKEES HAVE BEEN STRIKEOUTS, SO WHEN THEY GOT GALLO, IT WASN'T UNTIL RIZZO TRADE THAT MAKES THEIR LINEUP THAT MUCH MORE DEADLY. >> Joe: RIZZO CAME SECOND. HE'S ON THE COVID LIST AND IMMEDIATELY MADE A HUGE IMPACT. FAN FAVORITE IN CHICAGO WITH THE CUBS AND AN INSTANT FAN FAVORITE WITH YANKEE FANS, THREE HOME RUNS AND RBIs IN HIS FIRST SIX GAMES. 2-1 AND THAT'S DOWN AND IN. SO 3-1 FROM LANCE LYNN. >> John: WHAT'S CHANGED WITH THE GALLO TRADE, THEY GOT MORE ATHLETIC, THEY IMPROVED THEIR DEFENSE. IF JOEY GALLO CAN GET LOCKED IN JUST A QUARTER MORE THAN HE HAS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING THIS YANKEE TEAM START PUTTING UP SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE RUNS, WHICH ARE USED TO SEEING, THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT LATELY. >> Joe: THAT'S A STRIKE THAT POPS IN THERE AT 95. FULL COUNT NOW. OF TALKED ABOUT PAT HOBERG IS GIVING A HIGH STRIKE. [APPLAUSE] NEXT PITCH IS HIT HIGH IN THE AIR TO CENTER. DRIFTING BACK NEAR THE WALL AND MAKING THE CATCH IS ROBERT TO END THE INNING. GALLO GAVE IT GEICO. AND WELCOME BACK TO DYERSVILLE IOWA. POPULATION 4,130. A GREAT TOWN AND SUMMONING PEOPLE HERE SO FRIENDLY AND EXCITED TO HAVE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IN THEIR CORN. PROUD IOWANS WHO HAVE ENJOYED THIS, THE IDEA OF IT. IT'S BEEN BAKING HERE FOR WELL OVER A YEAR AND NOW HERE WE ARE. BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING, WHITE SOX COMING TO THAT AND NO SCORE AFTER A HALF. LEFT-HANDER IS ANDREW HEANEY, 30-YEAR-OLD LEFTY, 6'2", 200 POUNDS FROM OKLAHOMA CITY AND THERE ARE THE NUMBERS OVERALL WITH THE ANGELS IN THE YANKEES. >> John: YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL FIRST PITCH. A LOT OF FASTBALLS UP OUT OF HEANEY BUT FIRST PITCH SWINGING OUT OF MR. HIT MAN, TIM ANDERSON. >> Joe: HE LIKES TO GO AFTER THE FIRST PITCH. ONE HOP, TYLER WADE SPINS, THROWS, GOT HIM. ANDERSON, WHO HAS 31 FIRST PITCH HITS, THIRD MOST IN BASEBALL, TRUE TO FORM THEIR AND TYLER WADE MADE A NICE PLAY TO HIS LEFT. EARLY TROUBLE FOR HEANEY IN HIS TWO STARTS WITH THE YANKEES, A GUY WHO'S BEEN THROUGH TOMMY JOHN SURGERY AND WAS THE NUMBER NINE OVERALL PICK BY THE MARLINS BACK IN 2012. CAME UP WITH MIAMI, WENT TO THE ANGELS, AND NOW HE'S WITH NEW YORK AND THAT SLIDES IN AT THE KNEES TO CESAR HERNANDEZ, STRIKE ONE. AND THAT'S STRIKE TWO. >> John: THE WHITE SOX MADE A SNEAKY MOVE BY PICKING UP HERNANDEZ AND HE'S HAD A GREAT YEAR AND THE POWER NUMBERS, 20 HOME RUNS. >> Joe: SWITCH-HITTER, HE HAS GOTTEN HOT AT THE RIGHT TIME, WEARING A UNIFORM. THAT SKIPS IN FROM HEANEY, BALL ONE. >> John: YEAH, YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE TEAMS THAT WENT OUT AND MADE MOVES. THERE ARE SOME TEAMS THAT MADE SOME POWER MOVES AND I THINK THE WHITE SOX ARE UNDER THE RADAR FROM SINGLE-HANDEDLY MAKING A COUPLE GREAT ONES, ONE BEING CRAIG KIMBREL. >> Joe: 1-2 PITCH IS FOULED AWAY. THEY HAVE TWO ALL-STAR CLOSERS NOW. AND THEY HAVE OTHERS, RYAN TEPERA, WHO WAS SO GOOD FOR THE CHICAGO CUBS THIS SEASON. GARRETT CROCHET, REALLY GOOD LEFT-HANDER. A NICE CHANGE OF PACE FROM HEANEY AND THAT'S OUT NUMBER TWO. GOOD PITCH. >> John: HEANEY STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE ANGELS, THEY NEED ARMS AND MADE SOME MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENTS AND ANY TIME YOU COME TO A NEW TEAM YOU GET A NEW SET OF EYES TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE THAT COULD -- MIGHT HELP YOU TURN AROUND, AND THAT'S WITH THE YANKEES ARE HOPING AGAIN, THEY'VE GOT TO GET SOME OF THEIR STARTERS HEALTHY AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE DANGEROUS IF THEY GET INTO THE POSTSEASON PITCHER. >> Joe: WITH TWO OUT, A STRIKE, ANOTHER HIGH STRIKE, THIS TIME TO JOSE ABREU. ABREU HAS PUT TOGETHER A REALLY, REALLY STRONG BIG-LEAGUE CAREER. CAME TO THE WHITE SOX IN 2014 AND HE'S BEEN AN RBI MACHINE, AS HE'S OUT IN FRONT OF THAT PITCH. GOOD ACTION HEAR FROM HEANEY EARLY AS THEY TWEAKED HIS DELIVERY IN THE COUNT, 0-2. >> John: YEAH, PITCHES DOWN GIVE ABREU THE MOST STRUGGLES. ANYTHING ABOVE THE KNEES AND TO THE BELT -- I'M TELLING YOU, THE SCOREBOARD IS IN REACH TONIGHT FROM SOMEBODY. >> Joe: HERE'S THE 0-2 PITCH. THAT IS SHOT INTO LEFT FIELD! BACK AT THE WALL, IT IS GONE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND THE FIRST HOME RUN IN MLB HISTORY IN IOWA BELONGS TO JOSE ABREU. A LASER OVER THE WALL IN LEFT AND THE WHITE SOX LEAD 1-0 HERE IN THE FIRST. >> John: STRONG, STRONG MAN. ALWAYS AN RBI MACHINE THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS AND WE SEE THE REPLAY ON THIS ONE, THE BREAKING BALL STAYED UP AND THAT'S WHERE HE LIKES IT. WATCHED HIM HIT BP AND IT WAS A SHOW ON WHERE HE WAS SITTING. THERE'S GOING TO BE A MAD DASH TO THE CORNFIELD TO TRY TO SEE WHERE THE BALL WENT -- HE'S GOT IT. >> Joe: THAT'S PHENOMENAL! I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SHOW IT. HERE'S JIMENEZ, WHO FOLLOWS IT AWAY OFF TO THE RIGHT, STRIKE ONE. THAT BALL WENT OVER THE WALL AND THEN WENT UP ONE OF THOSE ROWS OF CORN BEYOND THE WALL IN LEFT, AND THEN IT WAS A MAD DASH TO FIND THAT SOUVENIR IN THE CORN, AND THEY FOUND IT. [SCREAMING] 0-1 PITCH. CHASED IT, STRIKE TWO. >> John: THE WHITE SOX ARE COMING OUT A SHUT OUT BY THE TWINS 1-0 SO RIGHT AWAY THEY GOT ON THE BOARD. THEY CAN SCORE IN BUNCHES, CERTAINLY AS THE YEAR HAS GONE ON, THEY HAVE A MUCH BETTER RUN DIFFERENTIAL THAN MOST OF THE CLUBS IN BASEBALL. >> Joe: HERE'S THE NEXT TO JIMENEZ AND A COME BACKER TO HEANEY. WAS CRUISING UNTIL JOSE ABREU GOT HIM. SO IN A REGULAR-SEASON GAME, BASEBALL, OVER THE WALL INTO >> Joe: TONIGHT'S TELECAST IS SPONSORED BY MATTRESS FIRM, ON JUNK YOUR SLEEP TODAY. AND BY PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE, SAVE WHEN YOU BUNDLE AUTO, HOME OR MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE. CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BALLPARK HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2019. THE GAME WAS POSTPONED LAST YEAR DUE TO COVID. IT REQUIRED MOVING 30,000 CUBIC YARDS OF DIRT TO LEVEL THE SURFACE AND THEN COVERING IT WITH 4,000 TONS OF SAND AND 2,000 TONS OF GRAVEL. NEW CORN HAND PLANTED ABOUT 150 ACRES BEYOND THE OUTFIELD FENCES DOWN THE FOUL LINES AND IT SEATS JUST UNDER 8,000 AS THE FIRST PITCH IS POURED IN FOR A STRIKE TO GIANCARLO STANTON, THE DH. STANTON, LIKE THE YANKEES, AN UP-AND-DOWN YEAR. 17 HOMERS, 54 RBIs AND IN THE HOLE HERE 0-2. >> John: YEAH, THE HITTERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET READY TO SWING. THAT IS A NICE, NICE STRIKE ZONE FOR A GUY WHO CAN COMMAND THE BASEBALL. LANCE LYNN THROWING IT WHERE HE WANTS TO RIGHT NOW. >> Joe: 0-2 PITCH OUT OF PLAY. LYNN IS THE POSTER BOY FOR WHAT A.J. PIERZYNSKI SAYS THE BEST PITCH IN BASEBALL IS A WELL-PLACED STRIKE. >> John: YEP. AND HE'S A THROWBACK TO, YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ALL THE OTHER PITCHERS. >> Joe: 0-2 PITCH IS INSIDE. >> John: WHICH COULD BE A BIG PART OF WHY HE IS STAYING PRETTY HEALTHY TOO AND OUT THERE FOR THE WHITE SOX MAKING ALL THE STARTS. >> Joe: 1-2 PITCH IS OUTSIDE. LYNN WAS A FIRST-ROUND PICK BY THE CARDINALS IN '08. CAME UP IN 2011, WENT 2-0 THAT POSTSEASON FOR TONY LA RUSSA AND HIS LAST YEAR WITH THE CARDINALS WHEN THEY WON AT ALL, WON 18 GAMES IN 2012, 15-15 THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 2-2 PITCH IS HIGH AND IT'S GONE FROM 0-2 COUNT TO A FULL COUNT. HE WAS WITH THE TWINS, THEN THE YANKEES IN 2018. THE RANGERS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND NOW WITH THE WHITE SOX, AND THEY WANT TO KEEP HIM AROUND. 3-2 PITCH IS CALLED STRIKE THREE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] PUCK AND IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE THAT PITCH, THE WORD WILE OUT IN THE DUGOUTS THAT THE HOME PLATE UMPIRE PAT HOBERG IS GIVING A HIGH STRIKE AND THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIGH AND OUTSIDE. >> John: THAT'S WHY RIGHT NOW EVERY HITTER HAS GOT TO BE AGGRESSIVE, ESPECIALLY AGAINST THE MID THIGH TO BELT-HIGH FASTBALL AND HERE'S A GUY RIGHT HERE, THERE'S NO FASTBALL HE DOESN'T LIKE. HE'S BEEN INJURED, OUT OF RHYTHM, THE YANKEES WANT TO GET HIS BAT GOING. I'M >> Joe: FOOLED THERE AND A FOUL TIP FOR STRIKE ONE. THREE TIMES ON THE INJURED LIST FOR THE GUY, LUKE VOIT, WHO LED BASEBALL AND HOME RUNS IN THE 60 GAME CALENDAR LAST YEAR. KNEE SURGERY IN THE OFF-SEASON, HE'S DEALT WITH ISSUES FROM THAT, A STRAINED OBLIQUE AND THEN WHILE HE WAS OUT, THE YANKEES WENT OUT AND TRADED FOR ANTHONY RIZZO. NOW RIZZO ON THE COVID LIST AND VOIT BACK IN THE LINEUP AND WAITS FOR THE 0-1. HE WENT AROUND, THAT'S STR STRIKE TWO. >> John: STRUGGLES WITH THE PITCH DOWN. WANTS TO LIFT THE BALL, A LOT OF FLY BALLS AND HOME RUNS, SO FLY OUTS AND HOMERS AND STRIKEOUTS. >> Joe: ANOTHER STRIKE OUT ON THE LIST. THAT'S FOUR IN THE GAME ALREADY FOR LANCE LYNN. TWO DOWN HERE IN THE SECOND. THE FOX BET SUPER 6 APP IS GIVING YOU A CHANCE TO WIN $10,000, OF BIG PAPI'S MONEY DURING THE CONTEST. SCAN THE QR CODE NOW TO DOWNLOAD THE APP AND PICK THE ANSWERS TO SIX OUTCOMES ABOUT TONIGHT'S YANKEES-WHITE SOX MATCH UP FOR YOUR SHOT TO WIN. IT'S FREE TO PLAY, DON'T MISS OUT, PLAY NOW WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME LEFT. LEAD OFF BASE HIT BY D.J. LeMAHIEU IN THE FIRST AND SINCE THEN, FIVE IN A ROW RETIRED, FOUR BY STRIKEOUTS BY LYNN AND HERE'S ODOR, WHO TAKES STRIKE ONE. FORMER TEXAS RANGER NOW HAVING TO PLAY A LOT OF THIRD BASE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS BIG-LEAGUE CAREER. THAT'S STRIKE TWO. >> John: HE HAS STRUGGLED A LOT AGAINST RIGHT-HANDERS, WHICH YOU WOULDN'T THINK HE WOULD DO. STRUGGLING AGAINST RIGHT-HANDER PITCHING, THE LAST COUPLE YEARS HITTING UNDER .200, HE'S TRYING TO HIT IT HARD AND UNCOIL FROM THAT BATTING STANCE AND SOMETIMES MAYBE THE OPPOSITE ARM, THE LEFT-HANDER, HE DOESN'T PULL OFF THE BALL AS MUCH AS HE'S DOING AGAINST RIGHT-HANDERS. >> Joe: HAS HIT 13 HOME RUNS THIS SEASON. 0-2 PITCH IS POPPED IN THE INFIELD, SHALLOW LEFT. MONCADA IS CALLED OFF >> REMINDS US OF ALL THAT ONCE WAS GOOD AND IT COULD BE AGAIN. OH, PEOPLE WILL CALM, RAY, PEOPLE WILL MOST DEFINITELY C COME. >> Joe: A BEAUTIFUL SPEECH DELIVERED BY JAMES EARL JONES IN THE ROLE OF TERRENCE MANN IN 1989'S "FIELD OF DREAMS," AND WE WANT TO THANK JAMES EARL JONES FOR VOICING OVER ALL OF OUR STUFF THAT WE ASKED HIM TO DO, THAT ICONIC VOICE, AND WE THANK HIM FROM FOX SPORTS, AS HEANEY, WHO WAS BITTEN BY THE HOME RUN BALL AGAIN, DEALS OUTSIDE TO MONCADA. THAT'S ALREADY 22 HOME RUNS ALLOWED BY HEANEY. THE HOME RUN HE ALLOWED ALLOWED TO ABREU IN THE FIRST INNING, ALLOWED 16 WITH THE ANGELS AND E YANKEES, JUST MAKING HIS THIRD START. >> John: WELL, MISSED LOCATION TRYING TO GO UP, HE LIKES TO GO UP WITH TWO STRIKES AND THE ARM ANGLE HE THROWS AND THEN HE WILL THROW THAT CHANGEUP AND SLIDER. >> Joe: HEANEY ALLOWED FOUR HOME RUNS IN FOUR INNINGS PITCHED IN HIS YANKEES DEBUT IN A LOSS TO BALTIMORE AND THEN FOUR RUNS OVER THE FIRST TWO INNINGS LAST TIMEOUT BUT SETTLED DOWN AND GOT THE WIN OVER SEATTLE. THAT'S A STRIKE AND IT'S 2-2. MONCADA WAITS AND NOW OUT IN FRONT OF THAT PITCH AND STRIKES OUT, SECOND STRIKE OUT FOR HEANEY, FIRST OUT HERE IN THE SECOND. MORE FACTS ABOUT THE MOVIE. ORIGINAL MOVIE TITLE WAS "SHOELESS JOE," IT WAS BASED ON THE KINSELLA NOVEL NOMINATED FOR THREE ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST PITCHER AND BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, WHICH WE HEARD DURING THE PREGAME. EXTRAS IN THE FENWAY PARK SEEN AND 3,000 IOWA RESIDENTS, 1500 CARS TOOK PART IN THAT FINAL SCENE AT THE END OF THE MOVIE WHEN YOU SEE LIGHTS COMING IN. TONIGHT AFTER THIS GAME WE ARE GOING TO SEE LIGHTS LIKE THAT GOING OUT. FIRST PITCH A BALL TO VAUGHN AND THE ROOKIE TAKES A HIGH STRIKE HERE, 1-1. >> John: THIS IS A STRONG YOUNG MAN RIGHT HERE, HE'S GOT PROMISE. A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT POSSIBLE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, BUT HE'S GOT A LOT OF POWER FROM THE RIGHT SIDE. >> Joe: AND HE HAS SHOWN THE ABILITY TO PLAY ANYWHERE REALLY DEFENSIVELY. FIRST BASEMAN BY TRADE, BUT THEY HAD HIM IN THE OUTFIELD, HE'S DHING TONIGHT, HE'S PLAYED SECOND, HE'S P PLAYED THIRD. LA RUSSA LIKES MOVABLE PARTS, AND WHAT MANAGER DOESN'T? 1-2 PITCH SLASHED AT FOUL TO RIGHT. TO ME, AND I AM BIASED, BECAUSE I WILL JUST ADMIT RIGHT NOW I LOVE TONY LA RUSSA, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYBODY THAT'S DONE A BETTER JOB, CONSIDERING ALL THE INJURIES AND GUIDING THIS TEAM, ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL THE CONVERSATION EARLY ON IN THE YEAR THAT HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION, IT'S AND ANALYTICS-DRIVEN BUSINESS AND THE ABILITY TO COMBINE BOTH THE ANALYTICS AND THAT GOT GUT FEEL, HE'S WRITTEN THAT TO A 1 10.5 GE LEAD IN THE DIVISION. GOOD PITCH BY HEANEY. >> John: HE SET THE TONE EARLY IN SPRING TRAINING AS WE TALKED TO MIGUEL CAIRO ABOUT THE ENERGY OF THE CLUB. OF COURSE THE ENERGY COMES FROM TIM ANDERSON. HE'S FULL OF IT AND HE STIRS THAT TEAM ALONG WITH JOSE ABREU, BUT THEY EMPHASIZE WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WHAT THEIR IMPORTANCE ON HOW TO WIN GAMES IN THE HOLE EMPHASIS WAS WE ARE GOING TO WIN GAMES AND WE ARE GOING TO WIN GAMES THIS WAY. >> Joe: WITH TWO OUTS, HERE'S ROBERT AND TICKETS UNDER ONE IN >> Joe: HERE'S A VIEW FROM THE DRONE CAM POWERED BY T-MOBILE'S 5G NETWORK. PLAY BALL IS BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL'S INITIATIVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE FUN AND ACCESSIBLE WAYS TO PLAY THE GAME FOR ALL. FIND A LEAGUE NEAR YOUR, GO TO PlayBallDogOrgAndFollowOnIt FACEBOOK , TRAILING BY A RUN. REGULAR CATCHER GARY SANCHEZ ON THE COVID LIST SO HIGASHIOKA HAS HAD A LOT OF PLAYING TIME. HITTING .185, TERRIFIC DEFENSIVE CATCHER. 1-0 FROM LYNN. 2-0. >> John: STRUGGLES AGAINST BREAKING BALLS SO FAR, HAS KYLE. FASTBALL IS GOING TO BE WHAT IS LOOKING TO DRIVE, ESPECIALLY SINKERS, FOUR-SEAM FASTBALLS AND STRUGGLES WITH BREAKING BALLS. >> Joe: 2-0 PITCH IS IN FOR A STRIKE. >> John: JUST SIMPLE MECHANICS, HE'S IN FRONT OF THE MOUND, ALMOST LOOKS LIKE HE'S PITCHING OUT OF THE STRETCH, LITTLE TWO-STEP APPROACH AND GETS BEHIND THE BASEBALL WITH HIS BODY. HE'S NOT RACING TO HOME PLATE, JUST A NICE EASY DELIVERY. >> Joe: 2-2. >> John: AND A GUY LIKE THAT WHO CAN MANIPULATIVE BASEBALL WITH THREE TO FROM VERSIONS THE FASTBALL, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE THAT ARE KIND OF QUANTIFIED CUTTER, SINKER, FOUR-SEAM FASTBALL. >> Joe: LYNN HAS RETIRED SIX STRAIGHT. HIGASHIOKA WAITING FOR A 2-2 PITCH AND GETS A PIECE. YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY ARE PLAYING BASEBALL IN 2021 OR 1921, WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN, THE GAME IS NOT THAT DIFFERENT. >> John: NO. >> Joe: THE DIMENSIONS HAVEN'T CHANGED. UNIFORMS REALLY HAVEN'T CHANGED THAT MUCH. A TIMELESS NATURE OF THE GAME THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE MOVIE "FIELD OF DREAMS," AND WE HOPE TO VISIT WITH KEVIN COSTNER IS THIS GAME GOES ON. POP UP ON THE INFIELD AND MONCADA JOGS IN, MAKES THE PLAY. NUMBER NINE MAN TYLER WADE WALKS IN. WHY DON'T YOU TELL THE FINE FOLKS TUNING IN ON FOX WHAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU THROUGH BATTING PRACTICE TO THE LITTLE LEAGUERS. >> John: YEAH, SO I THREW SOME BATTING PRACTICE FIRST TO KEVIN PILLAR, SO I WAS IN THE OTHER FIELD TRYING TO SEE IF COULD GET HIM -- WE ARE OLD, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN OUR 50s. COULDN'T QUITE GET IT TO THE CORN AND THEN JIMMY, I BELIEVE HIS NAME -- >> Joe: JIMMY DOWNS. >> John: THEY THREW HIM IN THERE AND I THREW A COUPLE. I'M HALFWAY BETWEEN THE MOUND AND HOME PLATE TRYING TO PUT IT RIGHT IN THERE AND HE SENT IT TO THE CORNER, SO THEY TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, RUN THE BASES, FLIP THE BAT, DO HIS THING. THE THROW OF A LIFETIME. >> Joe: FROM AMATEUR CITY ELITE, AND THEY ARE IN ATTENDANCE. GUYS THAT GOT A CHANCE TO PLAY ON THE OTHER FIELD YESTERDAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS WRONG, YOU'VE DRILLED THE NEXT KID. >> John: IT'S HABIT. I DIDN'T MEAN TO. NO. >> Joe: 14 AND UNDER TEAM AND HE TOOK A HALL OF FAMER OUT OF THE PARK AND INTO THE CORN. >> John: HE DID. >> >> Joe: 1-1, 1 OUT AND NOBODY ON, WADE TAKES AWAY OUTSIDE, 2 2-1. GUY FIERI HAS COME UP WITH A HOT DOG WRAPPED IN AN APPLE PIE CRUST. I'VE NEVER SEEN YOUR SMILE IN OUR TIME TOGETHER LIKE YOU DID WHEN NOTHING ARRIVED. >> John: THAT'S RIGHT, I HAD ONE. >> Joe: THAT'S A STRIKE AND THE COUNT 2-2. >> John: ONE MISSION FOR MY SON-IN-LAW JOEL WAS TO SEE WHEN THIS PRODUCT WAS UNVEILED AND WHAT I THOUGHT OF IT, SO I DON'T MIND TRYING ANYTHING, I ATE IT, SENT HIM A VIDEO, AND I'M ALL IN. >> Joe: YOU LIKE IT? >> John: I'M ALL IN. >> Joe: 2-2 WITH 1 OUT, NOBODY ON. WADE TAKES JUST OUTSIDE, A FULL COUNT. WADE A CAREER HIGH IN GAMES PLAYED WITH 70, CAREER HIGH TEN STOLEN BASES, HITTING .262, AND WE WILL SEE ANOTHER PITCH. HAD A COUPLE OF DOUBLES, A COUPLE OF STEALS, SCORED A RUN IN THE 5-2 WIN OVER KANSAS CITY LAST NIGHT AND A SERIES WIN FOR THE YANKEES, THEY WON NINE OF THEIR LAST TEN SERIES. 3-2 AGAIN AND THAT'S DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE. WILL IT STAY IN PLAY? THE ANSWER IS YES, AND OUT NUMBER TWO AS JIMENEZ HALL'S IT IN. BACK TO THE TOP IS LeMAHIEU. >> John: YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT FOOTAGE OF EVERYTHING, SO HERE'S THE YOUNG MAN TAKING ME DEEP, WAITING FOR IT TO GET TO THE CORN AND ONCE IT DOES, THEY TOLD HIM TAKE YOUR WALK, YOUNG MAN. HE DID. >> Joe: THAT'S JIMMY DOWNS. >> John: DON'T KNOW IF HE KNEW ME BEFORE, BUT HE KNOWS ME NOW. HE'S TELLING THE STORY. SAYING I GOT NOTHING! HOW DID THIS GUY PITCH IN THE BIG LEAGUES? >> Joe: HE'S A HALL OF FAMER? HE'S JUST LOBBING IT IN. TWO OUT, NOBODY ON, LeMAHIEU, THE ONLY BASERUNNER SO FAR FOR THE YANKEES. SINGLED HIS FIRST TIME UP. TAKES A BALL. >> John: AS YOU MENTIONED, HE HAD REALLY NO NUMBERS AGAINST LANCE LYNN. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST HITTERS IN THE GAME, THE RIGHT-HANDER WHO CAN PEPPER THE RIGHT FIELD -- ANYWHERE IN RIGHT FIELD LIKE HE'S A LEFT-HANDED PULL HITTER. >> Joe: 2-0. ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PAINTING IS FLYING BY OVER LEFT FIELD RIGHT NOW, HOT AIR BALLOON. >> John: YOU EVER BEEN IN ONE OF THOSE? >> Joe: I HAVE, YES. >> John: REALLY? >> Joe: I HAVE BURIED I WAS SCARED TO DEATH. IT WAS IN TANZANIA AND GOING OVER SOME LIENS, I THOUGHT THIS WAS IT. >> John: [LAUGHS] BUT AT THAT POINT IT WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED. >> Joe: RIGHT. I MEAN, IF YOU'RE UP THERE, JUST GOT TO GO WITH IT. WHAT A SIGHT. 3-0 THE COUNT ON LeMAHIEU AS LYNN BRINGS IT AND IT'S INSIDE. LYNN WANTED THE CALL, DIDN'T GET IT AND THE FIRST WALK GIVEN OUT BY THE RIGHT-HANDER KEEPS THE TOP OF THE THIRD INNING ALIVE. >> John: WHEN YOU ESTABLISH CERTAIN STRIKE ZONES EARLY, THE PITCHER GETS REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THAT IS AND THEN WHEN IT CHANGES OR YOU DON'T GET A CALL, YOU ARE LIKE "HEY, I GOT THAT ONE EARLIER, THAT'S A STRIKE." >> Joe: YOU SOUND LIKE YOU SPEAK ABOUT THAT FROM EXPE EXPERIENCE. >> John: VERY MUCH SO. HAD TO LEARN VERY ON HOW TO SUBDUE MY DISMAY. MY VIEW WAS A DIFFERENT VIEW -- >> Joe: SPEAKING OF VIEWS, LOOK AT THAT. THAT IS A DRONE CIRCLING A HOT AIR BALLOON OVER CORN NEXT TO A BIG LEAGUE GAME IN IOWA. >> John: A DRONE FLYING NEXT TO THAT BALLOON LOOKS LIKE A FLY TO US IN THE BOOTH. >> Joe: WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WHERE ARE WE? GARDENER WEIGHTS NOW AND CHOPS IT FOUL, BALL ONE. GOT A CAMERA ON A PULLEY RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR FACE. >> John: THIS IS SOME COOL STUFF, I'M TELLING YOU, WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO CALL SOME GREAT GAMES BUT THIS WILL GO ON THE MEMORY BOOKS FOR EVERYONE WHO IS ATTENDING, HOPEFULLY ON TV YOU GET TO SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL IT LOOKS, AWESOME. >> Joe: I HOPE IT TRANSLATES, AND I'M SURE IF YOU'RE WATCHING YOU ARE LIKE OKAY, WE GOT IT, YOU'RE IN CORN, YOU'RE IN IOWA, BUT IT'S JUST STUNNING TO LOOK OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT THEY'VE DONE. >> John: THEY DID A GREAT JOB. THE SCOREBOARD, THE LITTLE BUILDING THAT HOUSED THE PRE AND POST, THE WOODEN SCOREBOARD RIGHT THERE, MANUALLY PUTTING UP THE SCORE. >> Joe: 0-2 ON GARDNER. HITTER'S BACKDROP BEHIND LANCE LYNN IN THIS CASE IS LIKE AN OLD BARN. THE CLOCK DOESN'T WORK AND RIGHT CENTER FIELD, THEY JUST HAVE SOMEONE CLICKING IT FORWARD ONE CLICK EVERY MINUTE. THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY OUT THERE WHATSOEVER. 0-2 THE COUNT, A TWO-OUT WALK AND NOW GARDNER TAKES A BALL. ZAVALA LOOKS INTO THE DUGOUT, GETS HIS SIGN AND NOW PUTS THE SIGN DOWN FOR LYNN. 1-2 PITCH IS RIPPED INTO RIGHT. BASE HIT, THAT WILL SEND LeMAHIEU TO SECOND, THAT'S IT. IT'S TWO ON, TWO OUT. A WALK AND A SINGLE WITH AARON JUDGE COMING UP. >> John: GARDNER FINALLY GOT ONE ON THE INNER HALF OF THE PLATE AND THESE ARE THE KINDS THAT HE CAN SOMETIMES GET IN THE AIR FOR HIS POWER STROKE. A MUCH-NEEDED HIT HERE WITH TWO OUTS. LeMAHIEU GETS OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN BIG AARON JUDGE STEPS UP LOOKING TO DO DAMAGE HERE. >> Joe: THE WHITE SOX HAVE A HOME RUN. THAT WAS JOSE ABREU IN THE FIRST INNING ON A 0-2 PITCH WITH TWO OUT AND LANCE LYNN SAID PRIOR TO THIS GAME I DON'T WANT TO BE THE FIRST PITCHER TO GIVE UP A BIG LEAGUE HOME RUN IN IOWA. HE'S SAFE. WON'T BE ON THAT LIST, BUT RIGHT NOW TRYING TO PROTECT OH 1-0 THIRD INNING LEAD. JUDGE STRIKE OUT HIS FIRST TIME AND TAKES ONE. FOULED AWAY, STRIKE TWO. >> John: THAT'S THE PITCH. A LITTLE BIT OUT OVER THE PLATE AND FOULED IT OUT, BUT IF THAT PITCH CREEPS OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE PLATE HE'S IN THE CORN. HE WANTS THE BALL UP. HE'S REALLY GOING TO STRUGGLE AWAY AND DOWN -- LOOK AT THOSE SPECIAL KICKS HE'S GOT GOING, FIELD OF DREAMS. >> Joe: MICKEY MANTLE'S AUTOGRAPH ON THERE, YOGI. LYNN HAS GOTTEN AHEAD OF AARON JUDGE TWICE NOW, 0-2 THE COUNT. UPSTAIRS, BALL ONE. >> John: I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE A SLIDER RIGHT HERE. >> Joe: 1-2 PITCH. THAT IS SMOKED INTO RIGHT AND INTO THE CORN! AARON JUDGE BUTCH THE YANKEES ON TOP WITH A THREE-RUN SHOT HERE IN THE THIRD. >> John: HE'S GOING TO WISH HE THROW SLIDER. TRYING TO SNEAK ANOTHER PIECE OF CHEESE PAST AARON JUDGE AND HE'S ANOTHER GUY THAT CAN MAKE THE BALL LOOK LIKE IS A LEFT-HANDED HITTER TO RIGHT FIELD. ALL OF THIS WITH TWO OUTS. >> Joe: A WALK, SINGLE, AND A BLAST INTO RIGHT BY NUMBER 99. NOW GALLO TAKES STRIKE ONE. >> John: THE REASON I THOUGHT THE SLIDER WAS COMING THERE, HE STARTED GETTING SOME GOOD SWINGS ON THE FASTBALL, AND BECAUSE HE IS SO STRONG, HE JUST LOVE THE POWER AND THE LOCATION OF THE PITCH DIRECTLY WHERE HE WAS GOING. >> Joe: STRIKE TWO ON GALLO. MAYBE IT'S THE SHOES. GOT TO BE THE SHOES. ALL THAT POWER THE OPPOSITE WAY. >> John: BALL UP. >> Joe: GALLO STRIKES OUT IN THE INNING IS OVER BUT 2-OUT DAMAGE BY THE YANKEES. A WALK, A SINGLE, A JUDGE BLA >> DYERSVILLE, IOWA, POPULATION 4,225. >> SURE IS QUIET ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF CHICAGO. >> CERTAINLY NOT THE BRONX. BIG IS THIS HEAVEN? >> NO, IT'S IOWA. >> Joe: THE MAN THAT DELIVERED THAT LINE IS GOING TO JOIN US NEXT HAPPENING AS WE MOVE INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD. WE SEEM TO GO HOME RUNS, JOSE ABREU, AND THEN MOMENTS AGO AARON JUDGE WITH A SHOT THE OPPOSITE WAY TO RIGHT. AND ADAM ENGEL IS FIRST UP FOR THE WHITE SOX HERE IN THE THIRD. FIND THEMSELVES DOWN BY A COUPLE IN A BLINK AND THE COUNT 2-0 FROM HEANEY. HERE'S THE NEXT FROM THE YANKEE LEFT-HANDER. 2-1. >> John: I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHEN YOU GO TO A NEUTRAL PLACE, HE'S HIT BETTER ON THE ROAD THAN HE HAS AT HOME. THIS IS CONSIDERED A HOME GAME, BUT IT'S ON THE ROAD. >> Joe: [LAUGHS] HE REALLY THINK OF SOMEWHERE AND STUFF. 2-1 AND NOW 3-1. IT'S YOUR IDLE MIND THAT WORRIES ME. >> John: WELL, IT SHOWED. >> Joe: IN THE BULLPEN THINKING UP STUFF. NOW YOU DO IT AS YOU ARE SITTING NEXT TO ME ON NATIONAL TV. 3-1 PITCH IS OUTSIDE, SO AFTER THE 31 RUN, HEANEY COMES BACK AND WALKS THE LEADOFF MAN. NOW A QUICK WORD FROM GOOGLE. >> John: THAT IS A PITCHER'S NO-NO. YOUR TEAM GET TO THREE HOME RUNS. OF USUALLY WHEN YOU WALK A GUY AFTER THIS SITUATIONS TAKE PLAC, YOU'RE LETTING THE OTHER TEAM BACK IN IT. THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S A RALLY. >> Joe: SEBY ZAVALA, THE CATCHER, TAKES A HIGH STRIKE. HE'S BEEN CATCHING THOSE, SO HE SHOULD KNOW THAT THE HIGH STRIKE FOR THE MOST PART HAS BEEN THERE FOR THE PITCHERS. YOU CAN HEAR HIM YELLING AT THE HOME PLATE UMPIRE DOWN THERE. STRIKE ONE ON ZAVALA. >> John: YEAH, THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A IN BETWEEN STRIKE ZONE TO SAY THE LEAST WHERE GUYS ARE CONFUSED. >> Joe: THERE'S ANOTHER, SO AT THE TOP PART OF THE ZONE, NOW AT THE BOTTOM PART AND THE COUNT 0-2. >> John: AND WHEN YOU'RE THE CATCHER OF THE OPPOSING -- WHEN YOU ARE THE CATCHER HITTING, IF THESE PITCHES ARE GOING TO BE CALLED AGAINST YOU AT THE PLATE, YOU WANT THOSE PITCHERS FOR YOUR PITCHER THE NEXT TIME HE'S ON THE MOUND UNDERGOING TO REMIND THE UMPIRE OF THAT. >> Joe: A SWING AND A MISS AND A STRIKE FOR OUT NUMBER ONE. I AM TOLD THAT WE ARE JOINED BY GERRIT COLE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU GUYS. >> Joe: WHERE ARE YOU? >> DOWN AT THE END OF THE DUGOUT. >> Joe: HEY! HOW ARE YOU FEELING THESE DAYS? >> BETTER. FIRST TWO DAYS WERE ROUGH, LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCED, ON THE MEND. >> Joe: YOU'VE HAD. YOU'VE DEALT WITH -- YOU DEALT WITH REAL SICKNESS. >> YEAH. YEAH, IT WAS LIKE A BAD FLU FOR SURE. >> Joe: ONE ON, ONE OUT, AND A FIRST PITCH IS IN TO ANDERSON. AND I ASK YOU THAT BECAUSE YOU -- WE TALKED TO AARON BOONE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SLIDE RIGHT BACK INTO THE ROTATION AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. AT LEAST THAT'S THE HOPE RIGHT NOW. >> YEAH, THAT'S THE HOPE. STILL HAVE I THINK -- YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO CHECK SOME BOXES AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS, YOU KNOW, GOOD TO GO, BUT THAT'S -- YEAH, THAT'S THE PLAN AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN EXECUTE IT. I'M FEELING GOOD. JORDAN AND I GOT TO PLAY A LITTLE CATCH AT MY HOUSE AND, MAN, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF ENERGY COMING TO THIS PLACE TODAY, I'M GLAD WE COULD MAKE IT. >> Joe: THAT'S THE OBVIOUS -- WITH REGARD TO WHAT THE TEAM FEELS LIKE COMING IN HERE -- AS THE NEXT ONE IS COMING FROM HEANEY WITH A 0-1 COUNT. FOULED AWAY BY ANDERSON. I TALKED TO AARON BOONE WHILE YOU GUYS WERE ON THE BUS ON YOUR WAY HERE AND I SAID YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE IT, WHEN YOU PULL IN, WHAT'S IT LIKE FROM THE PLAYER LEVEL WHEN YOU GUYS CAME IN, YOUNG, OLD, VETERAN, ROOKIE, WHAT ARE THE RESULTS AS YOU TAKE THE TEMPERATURE OF GUYS DOWN THERE? >> I THINK IT'S -- I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE SET OVER THERE OUT DEEP RIGHT FIELD WAS PRETTY SPECIAL TO VISIT AND WALK IN THROUGH THE CORNFIELDS. IT'S HOBBIES THEY ARE REALLY BEAUTIFUL NIGHT AND SO FAR IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT GAME. WE ARE KIND OF DOWN ON LIKE OUR TECHNOLOGY RIGHT NOW, SO WE ARE PLAYING LIKE A REALLY PURE GAME IN THE MIDDLE OF IOWA WITH -- IN THE MIDDLE OF A CORNFIELD. IT'S KIND OF SURREAL COME TO BE HONEST. >> Joe: THERE'S A SHOT ON THE LEFT FIELD LINE BY ANDERSON. LEAD RUNNER ENGEL IS GOING TO DIG FOR THIRD AND NOW THEY BRING HIM AROUND AS HE IS WAVED HOME AND IT'S AN RBI DOUBLE TO MAKE IT A ONE-RUN GAME. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] TIM ANDERSON DELIVERS WITH IT SHOT DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE. AND ENGEL, WHO DREW THAT LEADOFF WALK, COMES AROUND TO SCORE. >> John: REALLY GOOD DOWN AND IN, DOWN IN THE ZONE IN THIS BREAKING BALL GETS HIM RIGHT AT THE BARREL OF THE BAT, RIGHT WHERE HE LIKES IT. HOOKS AND AROUND AND GETS IT IN THE CORNER. TIM ANDERSON, HIT MACHINE, PUTS ANOTHER ONE OUT THERE. >> Joe: ENGEL SCORED WITHOUT A PLAY. WAVING HIM HOME AND NOW IT'S A 3-2 BALL GAME HERE IN THE THIRD INNING. AND INTO THE MEAT OF THIS LINEUP FOR THE WHITE SOX FOR HEANEY. ONE OUT AND THAT'S ON THE INSIDE CORNER. WHAT'S IT LIKE TO WATCH THIS FROM THE DUGOUT? HOW MUCH WOULD YOU LOVE TO BE OUT THERE PITCHING IN THIS KIND OF A SETTING? >> YEAH, IT WOULD BE PRETTY C COOL. I AM PRETTY SURE ANDREW IS PROBABLY FEELING PRETTY EXCITED FOR IT AND LANCE TOO. I GOT TO CATCH HIM EARLIER AS WE WERE ON THE TARMAC AND HE SEEMS LIKE HE WAS IN A GOOD MOOD, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A NICE DAY SO FAR FOR EVERYBODY AND JUST A REALLY -- YEAH, JUST A REALLY SPECIAL KIND OF ENVIRONMENT. IT'S GOT A COOL VIBE, I HOPE THEY DO IT AGAIN. >> Joe: YEAH, THE COMMISSIONER, BEFORE THIS GAME STARTED, COMMITTED TO ANOTHER GAME COMING HERE TO DYERSVILLE, IOWA. SO THIS IS NOT A ONE-AND-DONE FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR ANYBODY THAT'S HERE IN GOOD NEWS FOR WHOEVER CAN MAKE IT NEXT YEAR, IS THAT ONE FLOATS OUTSIDE. I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE WITH THIS TEAM? YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HIT WITH A LOT. INJURIES, THE COVID LIST, BUT YET HERE YOU ARE AND YOUR PLAYING YOUR BEST BASEBALL AND ALL OF THESE WALKING WOUNDED, SO TO SPEAK, ARE ON THEIR WAY BACK. >> YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE OUR OWN VARIANT NAMED AFTER US, THE YANKEES VARIANT, AT THIS POINT. WE'VE SUSTAINED SOME OTHER INJURIES, BUT FORTUNATELY THEY'VE BEEN -- GUYS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE THEM AND COME BACK STRONG AND WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD NEXT MAN UP MENTALITY COMING DOWN THE STRETCH HERE. YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT REALLY HUNTER STARTED JUST A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE BREAK, WE STARTED GETTING INTO SOME TRACTION WITH OUR PLAY AND OUR APPROACH AND HOW CONSISTENT WE WANTED TO BE IN THE RESULTS HAVE SHOWN UP AS OF LATE, SO I'M JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE, I'M EXCITED TO GET BACK, BECAUSE WE ARE PLAYING WELL AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS WHOLE SUMMER, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO THE PLAYOFFS HERE, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. >> Joe: THAT WAS A BIG STRIKE OUT THERE FOR ANDREW HEANEY AND WE WILL LEAVE YOU ALONE, LET YOU WATCH THE REST OF THIS ONE, BUT AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR COMING ON WITH US, AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR NIGHT HERE IN IOWA. >> YOU TOO, GUYS, THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> Joe: GOOD TO HEAR FROM GERRIT COLE AND GOOD TO HEAR HE'S FEELING BETTER. IT HOPES TO NEXT WEEK FOR THE YANKEES AND NOW A RUNNER AT SECOND BASE, THE BATTER IS AB ABREU. JOSE HOMERED ON THE 0-2 PITCH IS FIRST TIME UP, LINE DRIVE THE GOT OVER THE WALL IN LEFT. TAKES DOWN AND IN, BALL ONE. >> John: A COUPLE PITCHES THERE -- AS HEANEY DELIVERS, HE'S PULLING A COUPLE OF THE SECONDARY PITCHES ACROSS THE PLATE, WHICH IS A BAD RECIPE AGAINST A BIG, STRONG HITTER LIKE ABREU. HE'S GOT TO STAY AWAY AND KEEP THE BALL DOWN. GOT HIM TO SWING OVER THE TOP ON A REAL GOOD BREAKING BALL, BUT THEN HUNG ONE FOR THAT HOME RUN THAT HE HIT EARLIER. >> Joe: ANDERSON AT SECOND, TTWO OUTS, 1-0 PITCH, AND HE CHASED IT, 1-1. THE REIGNING AL MVP. FIRST FOR THE WHITE SOX SINCE THE BIG HURT WON IN THE MID-90s, BACK-TO-BACK '90 '93, '94. 1-1, RUNNER AT SECOND, TWO OUT. A 1-1. YANKEES LEAD IS 1. 3-2, HERE COMES THE 2-1 PITCH. 3-1. >> John: WITH A BASE OPEN AND THE SLUGGER, ONE OF THEIR BEST RBI GUYS, YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU PITCH VERY CAREFULLY. >> Joe: JIMENEZ WAITING ON DECK. DANGEROUS PITCH COMING FROM HEANEY FOR ABREU. AND IT SKIPS IN TO PUT TWO ON. TWO ON, TWO OUT, AND WE WILL GIVE YOU ABOVE AND BEYOND SPONSORED BY JERSEY MIKE'S. ELOY JIMENEZ. AND THIS SEASON SINCE BEING ACTIVATED FROM THE INJURED LIST ON JULY 25TH, 12 GAMES, FIVE HOMERS, 14 RBIs AND ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY HAD THE BACK-TO-BACK GAMES WITH TWO HOMERS, FIVE RBIs IN EACH CONTEST. >> John: YEAH, OUT OVER THE PLATE, A LOT OF POWER AGAIN. I DO THINK ABOUT THE WHITE SOX, WHAT THEY HAD TO ENDURE AND HOW THEY SURVIVED TWO OF THEIR BIG SLUGGERS GONE, REALLY. THE FIRST TIME ALL OF THEM ARE PLAYING IN THE SAME GAME. A LOT OF POWER THAT'S COME BACK AND IF THEY FIND THEIR RHYTHM, TOUGH TO BEAT. >> Joe: INJURED IN SPRING TRAINING WITH THAT TORRENT PACK AND WHILE WE HAVE A CHANCE WE WILL GIVE YOU A STATCAST SPONSORED BY GOOGLE CLOUD. I WOULD SAY HE'S HEALTHY, AND I WOULD SAY HE IS EXTREMELY STRONG. >> John: HE'S VERY STRONG. I WATCHED BP TOO, JUST GETTING A SENSE -- THEY WERE FLICKING THEM INTO THE CORNFIELD AND I THINK IT WAS JIMENEZ WHO CAME CLOSE TO THAT SCOREBOARD IN BATTING PRACTICE, SO DEFINITELY LIKES TO GET HIS ARMS EXTENDED. >> Joe: TWO ON, TWO OUT AND HERE'S ONE DOWN THE RIGHT FIELD LINE. AT THE WALL, IT IS GONE! AND RIGHT ON CUE, JIMENEZ GOES THE OPPOSITE WAY! A THREE-RUN SHOT AND THE WHITE SOX ARE BACK ON TOP. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THE HOTTEST HITTER IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES RIGHT NOW JUST MADE IT 5-3 CHICAGO. >> John: HE LIKES TO GET EXTENDED AND THEY WERE TRYING TO GO IN WITH THE FASTBALL AND DIDN'T GET IT IN. THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU'RE STRONG AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MISS YOUR PITCH LOCATION. IT ALL STARTED THIS INNING WITH A WALK. I'M TELLING YOU, THE WALK IS NEVER A GOOD THING AFTER YOUR TEAM SCORES 3, AND WHAT HAPPENS? THE WHITE SOX COME RIGHT BACK AND TAKE THE LEAD. >> Joe: TWO BIG RIGHT-HANDED SLUGGERS TRADE OPPOSITE FIELD HOME RUNS, THREE-RUN SHOT'S HERE IN THE THIRD INNING AND THE WHITE SOX BACK OUT IN FRONT. BALL ONE IS DOWN TO MONCADA. THIS CROWD IS GOT A BUZZ TO IT NOW AFTER THAT SHOT INTO RIGHT. 1-0 PITCH IS INSIDE, 2-0. HERE IT IS ON 2-0 AND A POP-UP, RIGHT SIDE, DOWN THE LINE AND AFTER THE LONG RUN, JUDGE IS THERE TO END THE INNING, SO JUDGE, A THREE-RUN SHOT IN THE TOP OF THE INNING AND NOW ELOY JIMENEZ. OPPOSITE FIELD. >> I'M RAY KINSELLA. >> JOE JACKSON. ♪ ♪ >> Joe: AND AS WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO DYERSVILLE, IOWA, THE FOURTH INNING ROLLS AROUND, 5-3 BALL GAME AND THE WHITE SOX ARE BACK ON TOP LEADING BY A COUPLE AND GIANCARLO STANTON FIRST UP AND HE FOULS IT BACK OFF THE FISTS STRIKE ONE, AND PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY THE MEN WHO JUST DELIVERED THAT LINE, KEVIN COSTNER. DID YOU EVER THINK, 30 YEARS AGO, THAT WE'D BE SITTING HERE WATCHING THE YANKEES IN THE WHITE SOX PLAYING A REAL BIG LEAGUE GAME? >> NOT REALLY, BUT IT FEELS JUST PERFECT GIVEN WHAT THAT MOVIE WAS ABOUT AND THE FACT THAT PEOPLE GRABBED ONTO THE MOVIE AND REFUSED TO LET GO. >> Joe: WHAT YOU THINK IT IS ABOUT THAT MOVIE? I CAN POINT TO THAT LAST SEEN WITH YOU AND YOUR FATHER PLAYING CATCH, BUT THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THAT, KIND OF A TIMELESS ESSENCE OF THIS GAME. >> YEAH, THEY PLAYED WITH THE JOY OF THINGS. I MEAN, THE '60s, AND IT WAS A LIGHT, FAIR MOVIE IN A SENSE, BUT I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS -- AND WE ALL ENJOY HEARING DUKE SNIDER'S NAME AND THAT'S GIL HODGES AND WE LIKED IT, BUT SOMEWHERE HALFWAY THROUGH THE MOVIE, WE STARTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS MAYBE ABOUT THINGS THAT GO UNSAID BETWEEN FATHERS AND SONS, SO WHILE IT HAD THIS ATHLETIC EVENT, IT WAS LIKE MY GOD, IS THAT MAYBE ABOUT -- ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT MY LIFE? AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE END AND JUST WEEP. A LOT OF IT IS A NONATHLETIC -- THERE'S A LOSS. >> Joe: THERE'S A BROKEN BAT, 2-HOPPER TO ANDERSON, ONE AWAY. >> John: THERE'S THAT IDEA THAT YOU WANT TO BE RIGHT SO MUCH YOU ARE WRONG AND THERE'S MISSED TIME. AND I THINK THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT -- I SAW PEOPLE -- WHERE THEY COULDN'T GET ENOUGH AIR AND WAITING TO COME BACK AFTER THE PARTY. >> Joe: THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS AND AS I THINK OF THAT LAST SEEN, AS YOUR PLAYING CATCH WITH YOUR FATHER, WALKED OUT OF THE CORN, YOU THINK ABOUT THAT CONNECTION YOU HAVE WITH SOMEBODY WHEN YOU JUST PLAY CATCH, WHETHER IT'S YOUR FATHER, GRANDFATHER, YOUR GRANDMA, YOUR MOM, YOUR BEST FRIEND, WHATEVER IT IS, AND NOTHING NEEDS TO BE SAID, AS VOIT FLIES ONE INTO RIGHT OFF THE END OF THE BAT AND HANDLED BY ENGEL, TWO OUT. THERE'S JUST A CONNECTION AND YOU DON'T EVEN REALLY HAVE TO TALK. >> IT'S LIKE THAT DRIVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHEN YOU ARE CLOSE WITH SOMEBODY. IT'S THE SMELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY THE WORD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILL THE SILENCE. I FELT THAT YESTERDAY WITH MY SON EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE A LOT OF EYES ON US, YOU COULDN'T CALL IT AN INTIMATE MOMENT, BUT SOMETIMES FOR US THAT WAS ALL WE HAD, AND WHEN WE STARTED THROWING IT, I FELT HIM THROWING HARD AND I STARTED TO THROW IT HARD. >> Joe: AND YOU CAN STILL THROW. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, KEVIN COSTNER, WHO IS ALWAYS BEEN RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST OF ACTORS WHO ATHLETICALLY CAN GET IT DONE ON FILM, YOU STILL HAVE A TERRIFIC ARM. >> [LAUGHS] >> Joe: HERE'S ONE FOUL OFF TO THE RIGHT. >> IT FELT GOOD. YOU AND I GRABBED A MINUTE FOR OURSELVES TOO AND OUT OF THAT MINUTE WE BOTH ENDED UP SAYING A COUPLE THINGS TO EACH OTHER THAT WE WON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT HERE BUT IT WAS LIKE PROFOUND. IT WAS PROFOUND. >> Joe: YEAH. >> IT WAS REALLY THAT. I WAS KIND OF -- YOU KNOW, TOOK MY BREATH AWAY, IN THAT UNIQUE MOMENT SOMETHING GETS SAID AND YOU GO "WOW, INTERESTING." >> Joe: DID YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAD WHEN YOU WALKED OUT OF HERE BEFORE THE MOVIE WAS RELEASED? >> NO, BUT I KNEW THAT THE MOVIE HAD A CHANCE TO BE GREAT BECAUSE IT WAS WRITTEN WELL. I MEAN, I GET SO MUCH CREDIT FOR THESE MOVIES SOMETIMES BEING QUOTE UNQUOTE "STAR." THE REAL STAR WAS PHIL ROBINSON, WHO ADAPTED THIS BOOK, A NONATHLETE WHO MADE SENSE TO YOU GUYS. JAMES EARL JONES, A LITERARY GENIUS, A NONATHLETE, MAKES THE BEST SPEECH IN THE WORLD THAT NONE OF YOU GUYS COULD MAKE. HE DID IT. YOU KNOW, TED WILLIAMS IS GOING TO DO IT, BUT WHEN HE TO FIND THAT CHALKBOARD, THAT IT WAS ERASED, AND YOU GUYS -- YOU'RE A HALL OF FAMER, YOU GO -- WHAT HE SAID, IT LIVES FOREVER. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE SPENCER TRACY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT WAS LIKE A SPEECH AND JAMES, IT WAS INCREDIBLE. BUT WHAT I REALLY FEEL IS THAT I DO GET TOO MUCH CREDIT. I THINK OF MY FRIEND CHUCK GORDON AND LARRY GORDON, WHO MADE THESE GIANT MOVIES AND HOLLYWOOD AND DECIDED TO COME MAKE THIS LITTLE MOVIE FOR $10 AND SAID NO, WE ARE HERE EVERY DAY. NOT LIKE WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT MOVIE, WE ARE GOING TO RIDE THE BIG HORSE SOMEWHERE, WHATEVER IT IS, OUR NAME WILL BE THERE. NO, THEY WERE THERE EVERY DAY WHEN WE LOST CHUCK, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK OF -- I DO THINK OF PHIL. HE'S THE GUY THAT PICKED THE MUSIC THAT PUT THE HAIR -- THAT WAS PHIL WHO PICKED HIM. SO THERE'S THESE REALLY GOOD CHOICES, AND I THINK PROBABLY ONE OF THE DASH SOMETHING THAT'S VERY INDICATIVE OF THIS PLACE IS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD CHOICE. >> Joe: 3-2 AND A GROUND ARE FOUL BY ODOR WITH TWO OUT, NOBODY ON. TO ME, YOU WALK IN AND WE JUST TALKED TO GERRIT COLE ABOUT IT, I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE, AARON BOONE WHO GREW UP IN THIS GAME, GERRIT COLE, VETERAN, ROOKIE ON THE ROSTER, ANYBODY ON THE WHITE SOX, YOU WALK OUT OF THE CORNER AND WALK ONTO THE FIELD, IT'S BREATHTAKING. >> THIS ISN'T A GIMMICK GAME, TODAY IS A TRADITION. THIS IS ALMOST A TRADITION, WHO DOESN'T WANT TO PLAY HERE? >> Joe: GROUND BALL TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND HANDLED AS ODOR IS >> Joe: A VIEW FROM THE DRONE CAM POWERED BY T-MOBILE'S 5G NETWORK, AND MLB'S FIELD OF DREAMS IS PRESENTED TONIGHT BY GEICO. WE ARE JOINED BY KEVIN COSTNER. THAT'S THE HOUSE. I STILL AM AMAZED THAT YOU CAN DO A DRONE SHOT THAT ENDS UP THROUGH THE WINDOW AND DOWN THE STAIRS. YOU DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU WHEN YOU MADE THAT MOVIE, KEVIN. >> NO, WE DIDN'T. WE HAD TO TALK PEOPLE INTO BRINGING THOSE CARS FOR THAT LAST SHOT. AND IT WAS -- WE HAD ONE SHOT AT IT AND THAT MADE PLAYING CATCH WITH WIRE REALLY HARD BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE CANNOT DROP THIS BALL, AND I DON'T LIKE PLAIN CATCH WITH THAT IDEA. >> Joe: A FOUL BACK AND OUT OF PLAY OFF THE BAT OF ANDREW -- >> IT ALWAYS TAKES THE FUN OUT OF IT, IF YOU THROW IT AND YET EVERYTHING WAS -- AND NOW, THEY COULD PUT THAT IN DIGITALLY. >> Joe: THE CARS LINING UP ON THEIR WAY IN HERE. >> YEAH, SO NOW SONY PEOPLE WERE PART OF THAT LITTLE MOVIE, A LOT OF THINGS LIKE THAT. >> Joe: 0-2 THE COUNT. HOW LONG WERE YOU HERE? >> WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, WE HAD TO GET IT DONE, SO I BET YOU WE WERE HERE TO AND A HALF MONTHS. MAYBE LONGER. I WAS BECAUSE I WAS IN MOST ALL OF THE SCENES. >> Joe: THAT'S OUTSIDE AND THE COUNT 2-2 ON VAUGHN, THE ROOKIE, WHO STRUCK OUT HIS FIRST TIME. >> John: I CAN ONLY IMAGINE -- I KNOW WHAT PLAYERS LOOK AT AND THEY GET HERE AND THEY ARE IN ALL, WHAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WHEN YOU SAW IT, HAVING KNOWN -- BEING SO INTIMATE? >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS. THERE WAS A BUNCH OF CAMERAS ON ME, RIGHT, SO A LITTLE BIT OF THE AUTHENTICITY GOES AWAY, BUT GUESS WHAT? IT WAS SO DOMINANT, THEY DISAPPEARED AND THE ONLY WORD THAT CAME TO MIND WAS "PERFECT" >> Joe: 3-2 AND A BREAKING BALL FLIED INTO RIGHT. JUDGE IS THERE, ONE AWAY. >> I HAD A GOOD FRIEND WHO ACTUALLY DESIGNED THIS THING. I THINK I TOLD JOE THAT AND HE DIDN'T TELL ME FOR TWO YEARS. >> Joe: WOW. WHAT WAS THIS MOMENT LIKE AS YOU ARE ABOUT TO COME OUT OF THE CORN AND WALK TO THE FIELD IN FRONT OF THE CROWD? >> IT BECAME A BETTER MOMENT THAN I IMAGINED AND YOU WANT TO KIND OF LIVE UP TO WHATEVER THE EXPECTATION WAS BUT I THINK AT THE MOMENT YOU LET THE MUSIC TAKE OVER. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE WELL, I WILL JUST NOT WORRY ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE BECAUSE THE MUSIC IS DOING EVERYTHING. >> Joe: THERE'S A FLY BALL INTO RIGHT OFF THE BAT OF ROBERT. BACK INTO THE ALLEY AND UP AGAINST THE WALL. ROBERT WILL CRUISE INTO SECOND WITH A ONE-OUT DOUBLE. AND, MAN, THE WHITE SOX HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SEE THAT SWEET SWING AND THAT POWER AND THAT SPEED BACK AFTER THAT TEAR IN HIS HIP. AND A ONE-OUT DOUBLE FOR LUIS ROBERT YOU'RE IN THE FOURTH. >> John: HE'S JUST SO STRONG THAT HE GETS JAMMED BUT GETS THE BARREL OF THE BAT DOWN TO THE BALL, AND IF HE WERE TO GET THE HEAD OUT QUICKER, THAT BALL WOULD HAVE WENT TOWARDS THE SCOREBOARD, BUT THAT'S HOW STRONG HE IS TO STAY ON THE BALL TO SPLIT THE GAP. >> Joe: SO HE'S HERE WITH ONE OUT AND ADAM ENGEL WILL DIG IN AT THE WHITE SOX CAN ADD TO THEIR TWO-RUN LEAD HERE IN THE FOURTH INNING. YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF A COUPLE OF MOMENTS FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, KEVIN. I GO BACK TO THAT ALL-CENTURY TEAM BACK IN '99 AT THE ALL-STAR GAME AT FENWAY PARK AS IT FOULS BACK OUR WAY, STRIKE ONE, WITH TED WILLIAMS COMING DOWN THE RIGHT FIELD LINE AND TIPPING HIS CAP, JUST ALMOST, YOU KNOW, IN A DEMONSTRATIVE WAY, PUSHING HIS CAP TO THE CROWD. I MEAN THAT -- AND YOU ARE DOING THE VOICE-OVER, THAT WAS A NIGHT I'VE NEVER SEEN. >> I INTRODUCED 49 OF THE 50, SO I DIDN'T CALL HIS NAME, SOMEONE ELSE DID. DID YOU CALL IT? >> Joe: I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK THE P.A. DIET TO GUY DID >> I CALLED 49 AND THEN I THINK TED CAME IN. AND EVEN TED I BET -- THAT FEELING, BECAUSE HE'S THERE, I DON'T KNOW HE WAS PREPARED, THE GREATEST PLAYERS AT THAT POINT AT THAT LIST SURROUNDED HIM. I THINK THAT HAD TO TAKE HIM TO ANOTHER PLACE, BUT HE WAS A HAD BARK GUY. >> Joe: FOR THOSE OF YOU, IT'S A GREAT MOMENT IF YOU WANT TO GOOGLE IT, BUT TED WILLIAMS COMES DOWN IN THE CART, HIS SON JOHN HENRY IS DRIVING HIM AND JUST ORGANICALLY, THE PLAYERS CAME AROUND HIM AND HIS FACE JUST LIT UP. >> IT -- YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WHEN PLAYERS TAKE A WHOLE SEASON -- >> Joe: HERE IS ZAVALA FLYING WHEN INTO RIGHT. BACK AT THE WALL, IT IS GONE! >> THIS STADIUM IS WORKING PERFECTLY. >> Joe: [LAUGHS] A TWO-RUN SHOT INTO RIGHT. >> John: IF YOU'RE A HITTER. >> Joe: AND ITS 7-3 WHITE SOX IN THE FOURTH. I'M STARTING TO GET THE SENSE I'M A JOHN, THAT THIS BALL CARRIES WELL OUT TO RIGHT. >> I WATCHED BP AND IF IT WAS A NORMAL BP I WOULD STOP WATCHING IT BECAUSE THE BALL WAS JUMPING. >> THAT'S FUNNY. I'M GOING TO STOP WITH THE SHOW, THAT'S HILARIOUS. >> John: AND I KNEW THAT IF PITCHERS DIDN'T MAKE THEIR PITCHES TONIGHT, THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE NO PART OF THE PARK THAT, WITH THE STRONG HITTERS, THAT THE WAY THE BALL WAS CARRYING WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLD IT AND IT'S SHOWING THAT TONIGHT. >> Joe: WHAT TO THINK OF THIS NEW JOHN SMOLTZ LOOK THAT HE'S GOT GOING ON? >> SMART. SMART. HE LOOKS GOOD. >> Joe: A ONE-OUT DOUBLE, A 2-OUTS, TWO-RUN HOMER BY ZAVALA, ANDERSON HITS ONE FOUL. >> YOU'VE GOT TO FEEL LIKE MAYBE JOHN HAS GOT A SECOND JOB NO, HE'S COMING HERE AND HE'S MOONLIGHTS, HE'S GOT ANOTHER GIG. THAT'S SHARP. >> John: YOU SEE THE REPLAY, JUDGE KNOWS IT RIGHT AWAY. >> Joe: AND THAT JUST SWALLOWED UP BY THE CORN. 0-1 PITCH IS IN FOR A STRIKE TO ANDERSON, WHO DIDN'T LIKE THE CALL, 0-2. I SAW THE RACE FOR THE HOME BALL RUN INTO LEFT ON THE BALL THAT ABREU HIT, I HAVEN'T SEEN CHANCE FOR THE BALLS THAT HAVE BEEN HIT OUT INTO RIGHT, BUT I'M SURE THAT'S GOING ON. >> IT GIVES OUT A GREAT LITTLE LEAGUE QUALITY, YOU CHASE THE BALL, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BALLS TO BEGIN WITH, SO IT -- MAN, WHEN I WASN'T PLAYING, I WAS GETTING THAT BALL, BECAUSE YOU GET THE CANDY. >> Joe: GET IT BACK IN. >> GET IT BACK IN. >> Joe: IN THIS CASE I DON'T KNOW, SOMEONE IS GOING TO END UP -- OR JUST DECADES FROM NOW, CENTURIES FROM NOW THAT BALL WILL BE FOUND OUT IN RIGHT FIELD. >> John: I THINK THIS TIME IF YOU BRING THE BALL, YOU GET THE APPLE PIE HOT DOG. >> [LAUGHS] >> John: THAT THEY ARE DEBUTING. >> Joe: MR. FITZ, KEVIN COSTNER, DID YOU TRY THE APPLE PIE? >> THE WORD IS GOING AROUND ABOUT THAT DISH, I THOUGHT IT DIDN'T SOUND GOOD BUT EVERYONE IS SAYING IT'S REALLY GOOD. >> IT IS, I HAD IT. IT WAS ON A MISSION HERE, THAT WAS MY FIRST THING I HAD TO DO, I HAD TO TRY IT, SO ANYTHING DESSERT-RELATED, I AM IN. >> Joe: TWO OUTS, NOBODY ON, 1-2 PITCH. ANDERSON JUST STICKS THE BAT OUT AND SOMEHOW THAT CARRIES ALL THE WAY TO JUDGE IN RIGHT, BUT ANOTHER HOME RUN. WE YOU STICK AROUND ANOTHER? >> YEAH, I'D LIKE TO. >> Joe: >> Joe: 7-3, WHITE SOX, NOW AS HEANEY HAS ALLOWED THREE HOME RUNS IN THIS BALL GAME. ONE BY ABREU, ONE BY JIMENEZ AND ONE BY ZAVALA. LANCE LYNN BACK TO WORK AND PITCH 1 OF THE FIFTH INNING IS DOWN FOR BALL ONE. HIGASHIOKA OF THE PLATE, TYLER WADE WILL FOLLOW AND THEN LeMAHIEU. JAM SHOT FOUL, LEFT SIDE. STRIKE ONE. >> John: THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS GAME SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, BOTH OF THESE TEAMS WILL HAVE A DAY OFF, TRAVEL, AND RESUME THE SERIES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN CHICAGO, SO, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INTERESTING JOURNEY TO GET HERE AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN THE SCHEDULE, THIS IS NOT COMFORTABLE, AND THEN YOU GET HERE AND YOU REALIZE THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE AND YOU WILL NEVER FORGET IT. I STILL -- I STILL WERE MEMBER THE MOMENT THAT WE WENT TO THE HALL OF FAME AND PLAYED AN EXHIBITION GAME AT I HAD A SAME FEELING LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE TERRIBLE AND THEN YOU GET THERE AND YOU TAKE IN THE HOLE AREA OF THE GAME, AND YOU'RE LIKE NOW I KNOW WHY YOU ARE HERE. >> Joe: DON'T FORGET IT. 2-1. HIGASHIOKA POPPED UP THE FIRST TIME, COMES UP EMPTY. GOOD PITCH BY LYNN, 2-2. >> AVOIDS WANTED TO ASK THIS QUESTION TO YOU, KEVIN IN A WAY WHERE IT'S ASKED OF US. WE ARE DONE PLAYING, I RARELY WATCHED ANYTHING I EVER DID. I'M INTERESTED AS TIME GOES ON AND YOUR FAMILY GETS BIGGER, DO YOU TAKE TIME TO WATCH ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE? >> NOT IN LESSON REALLY ASKED, AND, YOU KNOW -- YOU KNOW, I DON'T MAKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF COMEDIES, I MAKE SOME ROMANTIC COMEDIES, BUT A LOT OF MY MOVIES HAVE SOME ADULT THEMES AND SO A LOT OF THE MOVIES THAT MY KIDS WATCH, THEY HAVE TO GET TO A CERTAIN AGE BEFORE THEY WATCH THEM. BUT NO, I DON'T FIND MYSELF DOING THAT. THEY WILL DRAG ME IN TO SAY -- TO SEE WHAT IT IS. I DID MAKE A MISTAKE ONCE TH THOUGH. WITH MY THREE YOUNGEST, ONE OF THEM FINALLY -- THE 12-YEAR-OLD, WHO WAS REALLY TAKEN CHARGE, SAID I WANT TO SEE THAT MOVIE AND I SAID WHAT WILL BE AND SHE SAID "PERFECT WORLD," AND I GO -- THERE'S LIKE 12 OR 13, AND I'M LIKE "NO." AND THEN THE HANDS WERE ON THE HIP LIKE SUPERMAN. I'M GOING TO SEE THE MOVIE SO I FINALLY SAID OKAY AND IN THE NEXT THING, THE OTHER TO POP OUT AND SAY WE WANT TO SEE IT TOO. AND SHE GOES THEY WANT TO SEE IT TOO WAS QUOTE, SO WE WENT ON WATCHED THIS THING AND I SAID I'M GOING TO PUT MY HANDS OVER YOUR EYES AND AT THE END OF THE MOVIE I LOSE MY LIFE AND MY YOUNGEST SON WAS LAYING ON MY CHEST WATCHING AND WHEN IT HAPPENED, HE WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 6, BECAUSE I HAD CLOSED HIS EYES FOR CERTAIN THINGS, BUT THAT HAPPENED AND WHEN THE MOVIE WAS OVER, THE OTHERS WALKED OUT, OKAY, WE SAW THAT, PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TO -- HE ROLLED OVER AND STARTED TOUCHING MY FACE. AND IT WAS CODE FOR "ARE YOU -- THAT WAS A MOVIE -- AND I REALLY LEARNED A LOT, MAYBE WERE LIKE MAN, WHAT A DUMMY, BUT THE WAY THAT MY DAUGHTER TRAPPED ME WITH THE OTHER TWO, BUT IT CHANGED ME THAT THERE ARE MOVIES THAT THEY CAN'T SEE, AND THAT, HIM TOUCHING MY FACE, I WILL NEVER FORGET, REALLY MAKING SURE. IT WAS WHO I PLAYED CATCH WITH, JOE, LAST NIGHT. >> Joe: THAT'S COOL. TWO OUTS, NOBODY ON IN THE BATTER WILL BE D.J. LeMAHIEU. WELL, AS THIS INNING HAS TWO OUTS IN IT, TYPICALLY WE HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE SO FAST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T DO IT JUSTICE, BUT I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE CREDIT. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO PUT TOGETHER A TREMENDOUS MOVIE, BUT WHAT A MOMENT, WHAT A TIME HERE IN IOWA FOR YOU, WHETHER IT WAS BACK IN THE '80s ARE NOW HERE IN 2021. THANKS. THANKS FOR LETTING US CRASH THIS PARTY. >> YOUR GIVING ME A GOOD LITTLE SET UP HERE. I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO TALK TO THE ACTORS, TIMOTHY, WHO JUST HANDED ME MY PERFORMANCE. YOU KNOW, WITH HIM BEING OUTRAGEOUS AND JAMES EARL JONES, YOU JUST WATCH HIM AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS SO GREAT, BUT IT WAS A -- YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT THE MEN WHO HELPED MAKE THIS MOVIE, BUT THE ACTORS, I HAVEN'T GOT A CHANCE. AND BURT LANCASTER, YOU KNOW, MY PERFORMANCE WAS HANDED TO ME. I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO, I KNEW WHAT IT WAS, I KNEW I HAD A CHANCE TO BE GREAT IF WE DIDN'T MESS IT UP. AND THAT'S SIMPLY LIKE DON'T LET IT BE SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT A CAR CRASH, THERE'S NOT A FISTFIGHT, THERE'S NO LOVE SCENE, IT'S ALL GOING TO REST ON SOMEONE SAYING "DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A CATCH"? AND THAT WAS OUR EXCITING MOMENT. >> Joe: 2-2, 2 OUTS, NOBODY ON, AND A FLY BALL, RIGHT FIELD, IT WILL BE HANDLED BY ENGEL. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND THANKS FOR OUR CATCH YESTERDAY. >> IT WAS A GOOD CATCH. >> Joe: IT WAS A GOOD CATCH. >> John: I'M GLAD YOU GUYS COULD STILL STARTING PITCHER, YOU KNOW YOU ARE TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM TO PROVIDE AS MANY INNINGS AS POSSIBLE TO EVEN IF THE IS NOT A WIN. IT HELPS RESET YOUR CLUB FOR THAT DAY OFF TOMORROW AND THE REST OF THE WEEKEND SERIES. >> Joe: THAT'S TO THIRD. BACKHANDED BY ODOR AND THE THROW IS TRUE. ONE AWAY. THE NEXT TELECAST IS PRINTED BY GEICO. AND SPONSORED BY CHEVROLET. FIND NEW ROADS, AND BY JERSEY MIKE'S SUBS, BE A SUB ABOVE. MLB.tv IS NOW 50 TO 99, WATCH ALL OUT OF MARKET REGULAR-SEASON GAMES LIVE PLUS ONDEMAND, PLUS MLB BIG INNING, BLACK OUTS AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS APPLY, VISIT MLB.tv FOR MORE DETAILS. HERE IS A FOUL BACK AND OUT OF BACK OFF THE BAT OF ABREU, STRIKE ONE HERE IN THE FIFTH INNING. >> John: I'M ALSO STRUCK BY HOW -- I MEAN THEY PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER IN PERFECT PLACE, BUT THE LIGHTING MAKES EVERYTHING LOOK LIKE IT HAD BEEN HERE FOREVER, RIGHT? THE LIGHTING HAS BEEN -- >> Joe: IT LOOKS LIKE A SACK. >> John: IT DOES. IT'S WAY DIFFERENT THAN A STADIUM OF COURSE. >> Joe: UPSTAIRS, 1-1. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN TAKE A BAD PITCHER HERE. >> John: NO. >> Joe: OR GET A BAD SHOT, WHETHER IT'S VIA THE DRONE OR WHATEVER WE ARE TRYING TO BRING YOU HERE TONIGHT. 1-1. THAT'S OUTSIDE, 2-1. >> John: IS TELLING STOMACH, THEY WERE TRYING TO ASK ME WHAT IS IT LIKE NEXT OF THE COOLEST THING WHAT I WANTED TO SEE, WHICH WHEN WE ARE APPEAR DOING OUR THING, I'M SURE WE HAVE PITCHERS OF IT, YOU PARK FOR THE FANS, PARK SO FAR AWAY AND IT'S THAT LONG WALK COMING INTO SEE THIS WHOLE THING UNVEIL KIND OF ONE PIECE AT A TIME BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE OVER SOME OF THE CORN. AND A REALIZATION WHEN YOU COME AROUND THE CORNER AND YOU COME UP TO THIS PLACE, IT DOES -- IT DOES SET YOU BACK TO ONE OF THE COOLEST EVENTS WE WILL BE PART OF. >> Joe: YEAH, KEVIN WAS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING WHEN WE WERE OFF AIR AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD POINT, WHICH I WILL BRING UP HERE IN A SECOND, 3-1. ONE OUT, NOBODY ON HERE IN THE FIFTH, HEANEY TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS FRAME, KEEP IT A 4-RUN BALL GAME, AND THAT'S OUTSIDE. FIRST OF ALL, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS GAME IS FEATURED ON THE FREE TO PLAY FOX BET SUPER 6 APP. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IN TONIGHT'S CONTEST, HOW MANY TOTAL RUNS WILL BE SCORED. A PLAYER LONG ON THE APP FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN. KEVIN WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE LITTLE KIDS THAT ARE PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME, YOU KNOW, OFTEN ANOTHER FIELD OR SOMEWHERE, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. YOU'VE GOT BIG LEAGUERS PLAYING IN FRONT OF US AND THEN ON THE FIELD WHERE THEY SHOT THE MOVIE, WHICH IS JUST COMING INTO VIEW NOW, LITTLE KIDS ARE PLAIN BASEBALL OVER THERE. THERE IS A FLY BALL INTO CENTER! BACK AT THE TRACK, IT IS CAUGHT. JIMENEZ, WHO'S GOT FIVE HOME RUNS OVER THE LAST FIVE GAMES, ALMOST SHOT ANOTHER ONE OUT OF HERE. >> John: YEAH, STRAIGHTAWAY CENTER, HE PUT A CHARGE INTO IT, AND RICK GARDNER DID A NICE JOB GAUGING THIS ONE OF THE WALL. NEW STADIUM, OF COURSE THEY TAKE INFIELD AND OUTFIELD AND GET ACCUSTOMED TO IT, BUT DID A NICE JOB JUDGING THAT. THIS BALL WAS SMOKED OFF THE BAT. EVERY SWING HE'S TAKING RIGHT NOW SEEMS LIKE THE SAME. THAT ONE JUST DIDN'T GET OUT. >> Joe: TWO OUTS, HERE'S MONCADA. BALL ONE DOWN. >> John: MAYBE NOT RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE IN THE THRALLS OF THEIR SEASON, COMING IN THIS PROJECT -- IN THIS WHOLE AREA, IT MADE ME THINK EVERY PLAYER HERE THAT'S ON THIS FIELD HAD A SMALL FIELD THAT THEY CONSIDERED THEIR FIELD WHEN THEY WERE GROWING UP, RIGHT? WHETHER IT WAS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY OR WHETHER IT WAS A SMALL DIRT FIELD. RIGHT AWAY YOU START THINKING ABUT THE FIELD YOU GREW UP ON AND WHAT LED TO THE JOURNEY THAT GETS US TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES. FOR THE VERY FEW END A VERY FORTUNATE ARE PLAYING HERE TODAY, THE SAME IS GOT TO BE TRUE. >> Joe: DOES YOURS HAVE A NAME IN MICHIGAN? >> John: YEAH. I WAS ABLE TO BE PART OF A FIELD AT SAINT GERARD WHERE WE -- YOU KNOW, RENOVATED, BUILT -- IT WAS A SMALL LITTLE FIELD THAT I GREW UP IN LANSING, MICHIGAN, AND THAT'S WHERE I STARTED PLAYING BASEBALL AND, YOU KNOW, AS YOURS WOULD GO ON AFTER GETTING THROUGH THE BIG LEAGUES, COMEBACK AN END TRY TO RENOVATE THAT FIELD TO BRING IT UP TO SPEED A LITTLE BIT AND CREATE SOME MORE FIELDS, THAT'S THE FIELD FOR ME GROWING UP WHERE I SPENT MOST OF MY TIME. >> Joe: 1-2 AND NOW A GROUNDER UP THE MIDDLE RIGHT AT LeMAHIEU. HE WILL FLIP, THE INNING IS OVER, GOOD >> Joe: WE CONTINUE IN THIS UNREAL SETTING IN DYERSVILLE, IOWA. KIDS ARE PLAYING ON THE MOVIE SET FIELD AND THROUGH THE CORN MAZE, HERE'S A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FIELD WITH JUST ABOUT 8,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. "FIELD OF DREAMS" GAME PRESENTED BY GEICO TONIGHT ON FOX. 7-3 BALL GAME AND LANCE LYNN IS BACK TO WORK AND HE MISSES INSIDE, BRETT GARDNER. THE YANKEES HAVE TO GET TO WORK. FOUR-RUN BALL GAME. GARDNER, JUDGE, GALLO. >> John: LANCE LYNN ONLY MADE ONE MISTAKE, TWO OUTS, NO BE ON, HE GAVE OUT A COUPLE HITS AND THEN THAT THREE-RUN HOMER, THE MISTAKE PITCH TO AARON JUDGE. >> Joe: HERE'S ONE DOWN THE LINE OFF THE BAT OF GARDNER. IT IS GONE! BRETT GARDNER HAS MADE THIS A THREE-RUN BALL GAME AS THE CORN OUT IN RIGHT GOBBLING UP SOME BASEBALLS HERE TONIGHT, A ROCKET AND FOR GARDNER, HOME RUN NUMBER FIVE ON THE YEAR. >> John: AND FOR THE YANKEES, THEY'RE HOPING THAT GARDNER CAN GET GOING, BECAUSE HE ADDS A DIMENSION THAT'S DIFFERENT TO THEIR LINEUP. AND THIS IS THAT PITCH. DOWN AND IN, INNER PLATE, THAT'S WHAT HE LIKES TO DO, THAT FAMOUS RELEASE THAT HE'S GOT AN WHEN HE HITS HOMERS, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THAT AREA. OF COURSE IN HIS HOME BALLPARK, THERE'S NO CORNFIELDS, BUT IT'S SHORT. >> Joe: THAT WOULD HAVE FOUND THE SEATS. 3-RUN GAME. AARON JUDGE NOW, WHO WENT DEEP INTO RIGHT HIS LAST TIME UP, THREE-RUN SHOT, TAKES UPSTAIRS FOR BALL ONE. AND AT THE KNEES, 1-1. >> John: WE TALKED TO AARON BOONE AND I'M SURE EVERY YEAR -- I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU CAN QUANTIFY THIS BUT EVERY TEAM GOES THROUGH BAD LOSSES BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME HISTORICALLY REALLY BAD LOSSES FOR THE YANKEES THAT THEY HAVE BOUNCED BACK FROM AND OVERCOME. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT WHETHER HIS JOB WAS NOT SAFE, THE TEAM WASN'T DOING ANYTHING, WHAT WERE THEY GOING TO DO AT THE TRADE DEADLINE, AND A SEEMINGLY FIND WAYS TO BOUNCE BACK. I MEAN, IT REALLY IS A CREDIT TO THEM, THE PLAYERS IN THE CLUBHOUSE, BECAUSE THEY LOOKED BAD. I MEAN, THEY LOOKED REALLY BAD. >> Joe: THAT'S OFF THE END OF THE BAT. ANDERSON DOES ALL HE CAN AND SAFE AT FIRST. AS JUDGE GOT AROUND THE TAG. >> John: YOU ONLY HOPE NO ONE CAN GET HURT ON THE PLAY, VERY ATHLETIC PLAY BY JUDGE. ALONG THROW THAT TOOK ABREU A AWAY. GET HIS FOOT ON THE BAG JUST AVOIDING THE TAG. >> Joe: AND IT GOES DOWN AS AN ERROR ON ANDERSON, HIS SIXTH OF THE YEAR. THAT WILL BRING IN GALLO. >> John: I WOULD THINK JOEY GALLO NEEDS TO BE AGGRESSIVE ON HIS FIRST PITCH. GETTING INTO COUNTS, STRIKING OUT A LOT. HASN'T BEEN SWINGING MUCH. THAT ONE WAS TOO HIGH TO BE AGGRESSIVE, BUT EARLY IN THE COUNT HITTING AND JOEY TAKES HIS WALKS. YOU SEE THE LOW BATTING AVERAGE AND THE POWER. SO HE STILL GETS ON BASE BY TAKING HIS WALKS, JUST GOT TO CUT DOWN THE STRIKEOUTS A LITTLE BIT. >> Joe: 1-0 PITCH IS -- THAT WAS A PITCH TO HIT AND GALLO FOULED IT BACK, 1-1. RUNNER AT FIRST, JUDGE, NOBODY OUT, THREE-RUN GAME. 2-1. TALKING ABOUT THE YANKEES AT THE END OF JUNE. AARON BOONE GOT THE DREADED VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. BRIAN CASHMAN SAYING THIS IS NOT AN AARON BOONE PROBLEM, THE TEAM JUST WASN'T PLAYING WELL. THE SUN SETTING HERE IN IOWA. 2-1 PITCH IS FOULED AWAY, 2-2 AND JUST OVER THE PAST MONTH, THE YANKEES HAVE HAD THE BEST RECORD IN BASEBALL. >> John: YEAH, THE BLUEPRINT IS PRETTY SIMPLE. EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT HOW UNATHLETIC THEY GOT, HOW MANY GROUND BALL DOUBLE PLAYS THEY HIT INTO, AND THE FACT IS, THE BLUEPRINT IS THEY ARE GOING TO MASH ANY PITCHER THAT'S NOT ON THEIR GAME AND THEY ARE GOING TO HIT THEIR WAY TO A PLAYOFF SPOT AND THEN WHAT TO THEY DO IN THE PLAYOFFS? CAN THEY PITCH AND MATCHUP WITH THE TOP GUYS THAT THEY ARE FACING, OR WILL THEY BE EXPOSED WITH THEIR SWING AND MISS STYLE LINEUP? AND I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE NARRATIVE COME POSTSEASON TIME, THEY HAVE BEEN CLOSE AGAINST THE ASTROS, TOOK THEM TO A GAME 7, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS TEAM. I STILL BELIEVED, EVEN WHEN THEY WERE STRUGGLING, THAT THEY WERE A PLAYOFF TEAM, BECAUSE THEY WERE EVENTUALLY GOING TO HITS. >> Joe: THAT IS OUTSIDE. A HOMER, AN ERROR, AND NOW A WALK AND LYNN IN SOME TROUBLE HERE IN THE SIXTH AND NOW A QUICK WORD FROM CHEVROLET. >> Joe: MIGUEL CAIRO IS OUT OF THE DUGOUT. AND WE WILL SEE IF PITCHING CHANGES COMING HERE IN THE SIXTH INNING OR IF HE'S GOING TO STICK WITH HIS BIG RIGHT-HANDER. 6'5", 270-POUND LANCE LYNN, AND THAT'S IT FOR LYNN. SO LYNN IS KNOCKED STEAMROLLER'. IT'S BEEN ERASED LIKE A BLACKBOARD, REBUILT AND ERASED AGAIN, BUT BASEBALL. THIS FIELD, THIS GAME IS A PART OF OUR PAST, RAY. IT REMINDS US OF ALL THAT ONCE WAS GOOD AND THAT COULD BE AG AGAIN. PEOPLE WILL COME, RAY. PEOPLE WILL MOST DEFINITELY C COME. >> Joe: AND THEY HAVE ON A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT IN DYERSVILLE, IOWA, AND THIS GAME IS STARTING TO TIGHTEN. 7-4 IS THE SCORE, TWO ON, NOBODY OUT, A RUN IS HOME ON THE GARDNER HOMER. IN THE FLAMETHROWER KOPECH TAKES OVER AND, WOW. >> John: YEAH, HE CAN THROW UP TO 100 MILES AN HOUR BUT HE'S GOING TO BASICALLY COME AFTER YOU WITH A FASTBALL I'M A SLIDER, AND OCCASIONAL CURVE. >> Joe: THE NUMBERS FOR MICHAEL ON THE YEAR AS HE SPINS ONE END, IT'S FOULED BACK AND OUT OF PLAY BY STANTON. 1-1, SO FIVE PLUS FOR LYNN. FOUR HITS, STRUCK OUT SEVEN, WALKED TWO, ALLOWED TO GO HOME RUNS AND IS RESPONSIBLE AFTER GIVING UP FOUR RUNS WITH THE TWO RUNNERS ON. HERE'S A 1-1 FROM KOPECH. JUST TRYING TO CATCH UP IS STANTON, STRIKE TWO. >> John: HE WAS A STARTER, GOT TOMMY JOHN SURGERY. COMING BACK, HE'S TAKEN A WHILE BUT THEY ARE PUTTING HIM IN A HIGH LEVERAGE SITUATION AND REALLY WITH THE WHITE SOX BULLPEN CAN DO IS BOTH CRAIG KIMBREL, LIAM HENDRIKS -- I MEAN, IT'S -- IT'S PARTY OVER IF THEY'VE GOT THE LEAD LATE. >> Joe: 1-2. FOULED BACK. THE JOB THAT THE FRONT OFFICE AND RICK HAHN MOTHER SCOUTING DEPARTMENT HAS DONE FOR THE WHITE SOX IS OFF THE CHARTS. HIS NINTH YEAR AS GENERAL MANAGER, KENNY WILLIAMS, FORMER GM, NOW THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT. THE FRONT OFFICE HAS DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB. THERE'S SO MUCH DEPTH WITH THIS TEAM AND NOW GOING FORWARD AT THE DEADLINE WITH THE DEAL OF MADRIGAL TO THE CUBS AND GETTING KIMBRELL. BREAKING BALL SLOWLY HIT, TOUGH PLAY. ANDERSON, GOT HIM! AND A REALLY GOOD PLAY BY TIM ANDERSON FOR THE FIRST OUT HERE IN THE INNING. >> John: WITH ALL THAT STANTON HAS GONE THROUGH PHYSICALWISE, EARLIER IN HIS CAREER, HE WOULD HAVE BEAT THIS OUT EASY. HE JUST IS NOT GETTING DOWN THE LINE LIKE HE USED TO. >> Joe: THE GUY WHO JUST MADE THIS PLAY, TIM ANDERSON, INKED THAT SIX YEAR, $25 MILLION DEALER IN THE SPRING OF 2017, THE CLUB HAS OPTIONS THAT CAN TAKE HIM THROUGH 2024. THAT KIND OF STARTED THE REBUILD, AND IT'S TAKEN A WHILE. THE WHITE SOX FANS HAVE PERSEVERED THROUGH IT. THIS IS A TEAM, JOHN, THAT'S REALLY GOOD NOW AND IS GOING TO BE GOOD HERE FOR A WHILE. >> John: THEY ARE, AND THEY ARE PUT TOGETHER WITH -- YES, THEY ARE YOUNG. I THINK THIRD OR FOURTH OR FIFTH YOUNGEST TEAM IN THE GAME, BUT THEY GOT THE VETERAN TONY LA RUSSA KIND OF GUIDING THEM THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE BECAUSE HE'S WON A TON OF GAMES. >> Joe: FOULED BACK, 1-1, THE GUY ON THE MOUND, KOPECH, CAME IN THE CHRIS SALE DEAL WITH MONCADA, WHO IS THERE THIRD BASEMAN, IN JUNE OF 2016, AND YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY DID WITH THE DEAL TO GET JIMENEZ AND DYLAN CEASE FROM THE CUBS FOR CQUINTANA IN JULY OF 2017, IT'S JUST BEEN ONE MOVE AFTER THE OTHER. 1-1 PITCH HERE AND VOIT COULD NOT HOLD UP, GEARED UP FOR THE FASTBALL, STRIKE TWO. >> John: THE HARD SLIDER AFTER SEEING 97. THE HARDEST THING HERE, YOU WANT TO THROW ANOTHER SLIDER, YOU JUST DON'T HAVE TO MAKE IT BETTER, YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE IT THE SAME LOCATION AND VOIT WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THAT PITCH. >> Joe: SECOND AND THIRD, ONE OUT. >> John: THE TENDENCY SOMETIMES WHEN YOU THROW A REALLY GOOD SLIDER IS YOU THINK YOU CAN THROW BETTER ONE AND IT TAKES YEARS OF PRACTICE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO SET IT BACK IN THE SAME PLACE WITHOUT TRYING TO MAKE IT THAT MUCH BETTER AND IT'S JUST HUMAN NATURE, SPEND IT MORE, BREAK IT MORE, GET THE STRIKEOUT QUICKER THAN YOU SOMETIMES DO. >> Joe: NOW IT 2-2 COUNT. LUKE VOIT WAITS AND TAKES IT RIGHT DOWN THE CHUTE, STRUCK HIM OUT! 100 MILES PER HOUR, TWO DOWN. THIS MONTH ON TUBI, IT'S THE BITE FEST. CATCH OVER 70 SHORT CLASSICS IN THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE KILLER ORIGINAL MOVIE "SWIM." ALL SHARKS ALL MONTH, ALL FREE, SO DOWNLOAD THE APP AND JOIN THE FRENZY. THIS IS A BIG AT-BAT FOR KOPECH ON THE MOUND AND FOR THE GUY AT THE PLATE, ROUGNED ODOR. RUNNERS AT SECOND AND THIRD, TWO OUT. >> John: HE'LL BE GEARED TO HIT A FASTBALL, AND THAT'S WHY HE THREW HIM THE SLIDER, BECAUSE HE'S -- I MEAN, HE COMES TO THE BOX AND YOU KNOW, THE SCOUTING REPORT IS -- HE'S GOING TO LEAN ON THE FASTBALL. >> Joe: KOPECH JUST TRYING TO SLAM THE DOOR ON THE YANKEES HERE IN THE SIXTH. ODOR 0 FOR 2, HE'S HIT 16 HOME RUNS THIS YEAR -- 13 HOME RUNS THIS YEAR. TYING RUN AT THE PLATE. TOO LATE WITH THAT SWING, STRIKE TWO. >> John: THE DIFFERENCE WHEN THE PHILOSOPHY WHEN YOU HAVE A HARD THROWING PITCHER, 99 MILES AN HOUR, AND YOU HAVE A BIG-SWINGING HITTER, THAT'S NOT A GOOD RECIPE. YOU NEED SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO USE THAT POWER ON THE PITCHER AND A SHORT COMPACT STROKE LIKE A LeMAHIEU AT THE PLATE RIGHT NOW WOULD BE A TOUGHER ISSUE. >> Joe: THE SWING AND A MISS, STRUCK HIM OUT AND KOPECH DOES THE JOB HERE IN THE SIXTH! >> Joe: WELCOME BACK TO DYERSVILLE, WHERE FANS HAVE BEEN ENJOYING MANY UNIQUE EXPERIENCES HERE INCLUDING CORN MAZES, EXPLORING THE "FIELD OF DREAMS" MOVIE SET, SAMPLING APPLE PIE HOT DOGS, THANKS, GUY FIERI, A MODERN TWIST ON THE 1974 JINGLE "BASEBALL, HOT DOGS, APPLE PIE, AND CHEVROLET." THIS FUN NIGHT ROLLS INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING. 7-4 IS THE SCORE AND THE WHITE SOX COMING TO THE PLATE AGAINST THE LEFT-HANDER WANDY PERALTA. THERE ARE THE NUMBERS FOR J WAN, AND THE TIGHT BREAKING BALL IS IN THERE FOR A STRIKE TO ANDREW VAUGHN. BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING. HERE'S THE NEXT. THAT'S STRIKE TWO. LIAM HENDRIKS IS ON WITH US FROM OUT OF THE BULLPEN. HI, LIAM. >> HOW ARE WE DOING, GUYS? >> Joe: WE ARE DOING GOOD. FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR GOING WITH US TONIGHT, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US DURING ALL-STAR GAME. LET'S KEEP IT A LITTLE CLEANER TONIGHT, MY MAN, IF WE CAN DO THAT. >> I'M JUST HAPPY I CAN HEAR YOUR TONIGHT. >> Joe: AMI TOO, THAT'S USUALLY BETTER FOR INTERVIEWERS. 1-2 PITCH DOWN LOW. YOU HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE PLAYERS THAT'S BEEN REALLY UPFRONT ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU WERE EXCITED -- HOW EXCITED YOU WERE TO COME HERE TO DYERSVILLE, IOWA, AND SEE THIS. HASN'T LIVED UP TO EXPECTATIONS? >> IT'S BEEN AMAZING. BEASLEY COMING OUT HERE, YOU'RE ALWAYS NERVOUS A LITTLE BIT OF THE PLAYING INTO STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT A FANTASTIC JOB WORKING ON THIS FIELD AND THEY DESERVE ALL THE CREDIT, BUT YEAH, I'M EXCITED. OBVIOUSLY I RAN THROUGH THE CORNER EARLIER, I DID THE MAZE, I WENT THROUGH THE HOUSE. SAT ON THE BENCHES, AND THAT I GOT TO SHAKE KEVIN COSTNER'S HAND, WHICH IS NEVER A BAD THING. >> Joe: THERE'S BALL FOUR. BY THE WAY, I KNOW THIS IS PAY FOR PLAY HERE, YOU ARE GETTING YOUR KEVIN COSTNER AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALL. SO JUST KNOW YOU ARE BEING PAID. THAT'S THE FOX SPORTS WAY, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT BASEBALL. >> I APPRECIATE IT. THAT WAS THE ONE THING -- MY WIFE WAS LIKE YOU NEED TO SHAKE HIS HAND, YOU CAN NEED TO CALL HIM KEVIN SO WE CAN HAVE A FIRST-NAME BASIS. >> Joe: WELL, A JOB WELL DONE. YOU ARE PART OF A BULLPEN -- YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT ALL YEAR, THE STATS ARE OFF THE CHARTS, BUT NOW WITH THE ADDITION OF KIMBREL AND WHAT WE JUST SAW KOPECH DO A MOMENT AGO, THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL OUT BEYOND THAT WALL FOR THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX. HERE'S A GROUND BALL TO THIRD. THE OUT AT SECOND AND NO DOUBLE PLAY OFF THE BAT OF ROBERT. YOU'VE GOT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THE GROUP YOU HAVE OUT THERE. >> WITHOUT A DOUBT. OBVIOUSLY KOPECH BLOWS US ALL OUT OF THE WATER. HE'S GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL. IS GOT A GOOD HEAD ON HIS SHOULDERS THAT ONCE HE KIND OF -- ONCE HE GETS INTO THAT ROLE -- HE'S GOING TO BE A PHENOMENAL STARTER FOR A LONG PERIOD TIME AND WE ARE JUST EXCITED THAT HE IS DOING THIS IN THE BULLPEN FOR A LITTLE BIT AND JOINING THE PONY TAIL MINDS MORAVA MAN BORN BUT CRAIG AND TIM HAVE ACTUAL PONYTAIL SO THEY GET A LITTLE MORE THE CREDIT. >> John: I CAN'T SPEAK TO ANY HERE SO I'M GOING TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT. WHEN DID YOU GET -- I KNOW EVERY RELIEVER IS DIFFERENT. WHEN DO YOU START GETTING LOCKED IN AND A GAME LIKE TONIGHT? IS AROUND THE SEVENTH? >> GENERALLY WHEN THE PHONE RINGS AND SAYS ME. >> John: SO YOU ARE RELAXED ALL THE WAY -- >> I'VE GOT TO BE. I'M USUALLY MESSING AROUND WITH PEOPLE, JOKING AROUND FOR IT WITH GOT A COUPLE NEW GUYS IN THE BULLPEN SO WE NEED TO HEAR THEIR STORIES TO MAKE THE TIME PASS AND THAT'S ABOUT IT, REALLY, BUT AS SOON AS THE PHONE RINGS, THAT'S WHEN NOBODY COMES OFF. >> Joe: HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PLAYING OUT WITH REGARD TO ROLLS DOWN THE STRETCH? ARE YOU GUYS EVEN WORRIED ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW WITH TWO ALL-STAR CLOSERS DOWN THERE? >> NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT. BOTH OF US HAVE COME AND WE HAVE TALKED WITH EACH OTHER, TALKED WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND ALL OF IT HAS BEEN JUST GIVE ME THE BALL. I DON'T CARE WHAT INNING, I DON'T CARE WHAT ROLE, WE JUST WANT TO PITCH AND THAT'S THE WAY WE ARE GOING ABOUT IT. IT'S NOTHING WHERE TRYING TO REALLY FOCUS ON. BUT YEAH, WE ARE -- WE DON'T CARE, JUST GIVE US THE BALL AND WE CAN FLIP-FLOP -- I MEAN, YOU CAN PUT KOPECH IN THE NINTH INNING AND HE'D BLOW US ALL OUT OF THE WATER ANYWAY. >> Joe: 0-2 THE COUNT, A FLY BALL DOWN THE RIGHT FIELD LINE WILL END UP A FOUL BALL, MUCH TO THE DISMAY OF LIAM HENDRIKS. YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THIS GAME A LONG TIME, BEEN AN ALL-STAR. YOU MAKE YOUR LIVING ON THE MOUND. HOW ABOUT YOUR LINEUP AND WHERE IT SITS NOW WITH THESE GUYS COMING BACK, THIS CANNOT BE A FUN LINEUP TWO PITCH TWO. >> YOU MEAN THE MONSTARS? THIS IS BOTH GOOD LINEUP, I FACE THE BEFORE AND THIS LINEUP IS UNBELIEVABLE. YOU'VE GOT THE GUYS ARE GOING TO FACE, YOU'VE GOT THE GUYS WHO HIT FOR POWER, YOU GOT THE GUYS WHO JUST MOVED GUYS OVER AND HAVE PRODUCTIVE AT-BATS, IF GOT THE GUYS WHO JUST EAT UP PITCHES AND MAKE SURE THE PITCHER WORKS, AND THAT'S JUST THE LINEUP THEY'VE GOT. IT ROLES AND WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT GUYS IN AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND EVERYONE IS PICKED UP THE SLACK FROM EVERYTHING. IT'S BEEN FUN TO WATCH, IT'S BEEN FUN TO BE A PART OF. >> Joe: ANOTHER CHECK ON THE RUNNER AT FIRST. >> John: THE ONLY THING I NOTICED ABOUT YOU GUYS IS YOU ARE REALLY TIGHT, YOU ARE REALLY A NERVOUS BALL CLUB. THE OPPOSITE OF THAT COME YOU GUYS ARE HAVING A LOT OF FUN IN THE ENERGY GOT TO BE INCREDIBLE. EVERY DAY SOMEONE IS BRINGING ENERGY. >> YEAH, WE ARE A TIGHT-KNIT FAMILY IN THERE, AND WE ALL RAG ON EACH OTHER TILL THE END OF THE DAY AND THEN -- BUT IF ANYONE ELSE DOES IT, WE ARE GOING TO GET READY TO GO, AND THAT'S JUST HOW IT GOES. BUT YEAH, WE RAG ON EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME, TELL BILLY HE SUCKS, I TELL TIM HE SUCKS, THEY GIVE IT STRAIGHT BACK TO ME AND IT'S JUST -- IT'S THE WAY YOU NEED TO KEEP IT LIGHTHEARTED. NOBODY IS UNDER PRESSURE FOR ANYTHING AND WE ALL GOT THERE AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND PLAY WITHOUT THE WORRY OF LIKE I NEED TO MAKE SURE I GET THIS OPPORTUNITY AND PLAY NOW. NO, YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE, WE ARE A TEAM THAT ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING AND IT'S JUST -- IT'S A GOOD GROUP OF GUYS IN THERE FOR SURE. >> Joe: THE FINAL QUESTION IN THE WE WILL LET YOU GO AND PREPARE FOR THE REST OF YOUR NIGHT, BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH HAND-WRINGING ABOUT TONY LA RUSSA BEING 76 AND COMING BACK, TEN YEARS AWAY, HOW WOULD YOU CATEGORIZE THE WORK IS DONE WITH THIS TEAM SO FAR IN 2021? >> I MEAN, ONCE YOU GET THROUGH THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T TELL IF HE IS JOKING OR SERIOUS, IT'S GREAT. THAT WAS THE THING FROM AT THE START. ONCE HE STARTS JOKING AROUND, IT'S GREAT, BUT HE'S AWESOME. I LOVE TONY. I'VE WORKED WITH TONY THREE YEARS THROUGH HIS ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION IN THE BAY AREA SO I KNOWN HIM FOR A LOT OF TIME AND HE WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THE WHITE SOX WAS ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR ME THIS OFF-SEASON, JUST HIS USAGE OF THE BULLPEN. HE'S NOT AFRAID TO USE GUYS AND YOU CAN GET CALLED UP FROM TRIPLE-A LIKE A COUPLE GUYS DID EARLIER IN THERE AND THEN THREE OUTINGS WHERE YOU ARE IN A SET UP ROLE ANTITRUST IS GUYS COMING HE TRUSTS THE HOT HAND AND HE HAS THE GOT FOR THIS GAME THAT NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE GAME HAVE ANY MORE. >> Joe: YOU KNOW HIM LIKE I KNOW HIM. CALL THIS A DOUBLEHEADER WIN IF YOU GUYS WIN AND HE GOT A MENTION FOR IT ON NATIONAL TV. >> THAT'S ALL UP MY ALLEY AS WELL. I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO PROMOTE AS MUCH ANIMAL RESCUE STUFF AS I CAN. >> Joe: THANKS FOR COMING ON TONIGHT, THANKS FOR LETTING US DIP IN DURING THE ALL-STAR GAME. YOU ARE A WONDERFUL GUY, A TREMENDOUS PITCHER, AND BEST OF LUCK, MAN. YOU GUYS HAVE GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL DOWN THERE AND IT'S FUN TO WATCH. >> APPRECIATE IT, GUYS, TRYING TO CONVINCE THE FRONT OFFICE TO LET US USED HIS UNIFORMS IN THE NORMAL CYCLE. >> Joe: YOU SOUND AN AWFUL LOT LIKE RUSSELL CROWE, HOW MAY TIMES TO GET THAT? >> NOT OFTEN BUT I'M ACTUALLY QUITE HAPPY WITH THAT. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? [LAUGHTER] >> Joe: WE ALWAYS ARE! INKS, MAN, THANKS FOR THE TIME. >> APPRECIATE IT, GUYS. >> Joe: LIAM HENDRIKS, PART OF THAT SHUTDOWN BULLPEN FOR THE WHITE SOX WHITE SOX. >> John: THEY HAVE KIND OF A UNIQUE SET UP, THE CORNER IN THE BACK ON, LITTLE GOOD VIEWING AREA TO WATCH THE GAME AND FOR SOME OF THOSE GUYS DOWN THERE ALL DAY. >> Joe: A STRIKE OUT ENDS THE INNING, AND GOOD WORK >> Joe: THE SEVENTH NOW AND COVERAGE OF THE SEVENTH INNING IS PRESENTED BY MATTRESS FIRM. OUR MATTRESS FIRM SLEEPER REPORT IS THE GUY ON DECK, TYLER WADE, CAREER HIGH GAMES PLAYED THIS YEAR. TEN STOLEN BASES A CAREER HIGH, CAME IN HITTING .262, GETTING A LOT OF WORK AND WILL GET MORE AFTER THE INJURY, THE SPRAINED THUMB BY GLEYBER TORRES, AND HE'LL BE OUT, THEY HOPE FOR NOT MUCH MORE THAN THREE WEEKS, BUT WHO KNOWS. HE WAITS TO HIT NEXT AS HIGASHIOKA TAKES A BALL. HE'S POPPED UP, STRUCK OUT AND DEALS WITH KOPECH. LEFT SIDE. NICE PLAY, MONCADA. SPINS AND THROWS AND GOT HIM OUT. >> John: WOW, WHAT A GOOD PLAY THERE. THAT BALL WAS HEADED FOR THE OUTFIELD. MONCADA, HE SNAGS A BASE HIT AWAY FROM THE LEADOFF HITTER AND THE YANKEES TRYING TO GET MOMENTUM HERE IN THE SEVENTH. SAYING ABOUT WADE, WADE JUST REMINDS ME OF JUST A BASEBALL PLAYER. LIKE A PLAYER THAT WOULD PLAY HERE, JUST NOTHING SUPER FLASHY, PLAY A COUPLE POSITIONS AND PLAY THE GAME THAT HE LOVES, I'M S SURE. >> Joe: BATS WITH ONE OUT, NOBODY ON HERE IN THE SEVENTH AND KOPECH DEALS. IN THE ARMS GO UP, ONE BALL, UP AND IN. >> John: IF THE YANKEES GET INTO THE POSTSEASON, WHICH I THINK THEY ARE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MOST COMPLICATED SHARES MEETING IN THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL. >> Joe: NOBODY IS GOING TO BE LEFT WITH ANYTHING. >> John: [LAUGHS] AND TYPICALLY IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS AT HOME, YOU VOTE ON PLAYERS WHO DON'T ALREADY HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THE YEAR, AND THAT MEANS YOUR ROSTER HAS BEEN EXPANDED BY THOSE WHO, AND CONTRIBUTE AND PLAY A ROLE AND THEY GET VOTED ON. >> Joe: THIS IS TO GET MONEY FROM -- THE BONUS MONEY THAT COMES FROM PLAYOFF BASEBALL. >> John: AND A LOT OF THEM OF COURSE WILL BE FROM TRIPLE-A. THEY ARE THERE FOR THE STRETCH, THE YANKEES THAT NOBODY KNEW, ALL THE INJURIES, TRIPLE-A GOT CALLED UP. THOSE GUYS WILL HAVE PLAYED TO GET MENTIONED IN WHETHER OR NOT THEY GET VOTED -- THEY WILL BE VOTED ON A PARTICULAR PORTION OF A SHARE. >> Joe: 2-1. NUMBER NINE HITTER WITH LeMAHIEU ON DECK AND NOW 3-1. >> John: I SAY THAT BECAUSE I REMEMBER OUR FIRST PROCESS WAS HORRIBLE. WE WENT FROM WORST TO FIRST AND IT WAS A SHOCK, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WE WERE LIKE HOARDING EVERYTHING WE COULD HOARD AND DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE BECAME TO UNDERSTAND -- >> Joe: HERE'S A BUNT ON 3-1 AND THERE YOU GO. HE'S JUST A BASEBALL PLAYER. >> John: THAT'S WHAT I -- AGAIN, WHEN I SEE A GUY LIKE HIM, I JUST KNOW HE CAN DO EVERYTHING VERY WELL. >> Joe: I MEAN, JUST A THING OF BEAUTY, MONCADA WAS BACK, HE DROPPED IT DOWN. THIS FALL, BIG NOON SATURDAYS ON FOX ARE BACK FEATURING A FIVE STAR SEPTEMBER WITH THE BIGGEST FOOTBALL GAMES OF THE DAY AT NOON EASTERN, PLUS WE ARE LIVE AND ON LOCATION AS THE BIG NOON KICKOFF PREGAME SHOW HITS THE ROAD STARTING SEPTEMBER 4TH, ONLY ON FOX. HERE'S THE BUNT BY WADE. >> John: PERFECTLY EXECUTED, AND THAT JUST IS -- THAT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN 115 OFF THE BAT FOR A SINGLE. >> Joe: THAT WAS 115 OFF THE BAT FOR A FOUL BY LeMAHIEU. ONE ON, ONE OUT. >> John: BUT TO FINISH MY POINT, BY THE THIRD YEAR OF THREE STRAIGHT YEARS, SURE, GIVE IT TO HIM, GIVE IT TO THAT GUY. WHO? WHAT? YEAH, GIVE IT TO HIM. IT BECAME OLD HAT AND WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO IT. >> Joe: THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WIN 14 DIVISIONS IN A ROW. RUNNER GOING, THROW DOWN AND A STOLEN BASE FOR WADE. DOWN BY 3, YOU BETTER MAKE IT, AND TYLER WADE ADDS TO HIS CAREER HIGH STOLEN BASE NUMBER 11. >> John: GOT A GOOD JUMP, HIGH LEG KICK, NEVER LOOKED BACK. >> Joe: STRONG THROW BY ZAVALA, BUT LATE. >> John: THE YANKEES ARE USED TO PLAYING THIS GAME, THEIR BULLPEN, IF THEY WERE WINNING GOING TO THE SEVENTH INNING, IT WAS OVER, SO THEY KNOW WHAT'S LOOMING IN THE WHITE SOX BULLPEN. THEY HAVE TO SCORE SOME RUNS HERE IN THE SEVENTH. >> Joe: THE HIGH STRIKE IS BACK IN THE COUNT 1-2. >> John: YOU JUST CAN'T HIT THAT, YOU KNOW? THAT'S THE ONE THING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GAME, IF YOU CAN THROW PITCH AT THE TOP OF THE STRIKE ZONE AT THAT VELOCITY, THERE'S VERY FEW GUYS IN THIS GAME THAT GET TO IT. NOW, IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE 2 INCHES LOWER... >> Joe: 2-2 NOW. HEARD TIM ANDERSON TELLING KOPECH TO CHANGE THE LOOK, MAYBE CHANGE THE SIGNS WITH WADE AT SECOND NOW AFTER A COUPLE OF PITCHES. 2-2 AND IT IS OUTSIDE I GUESS? KOPECH CAN'T BELIEVE IT. THE THROW BACK IS WIDE AND THE WHITE SOX WONDER WHERE THAT PITCH WAS. >> John: KOPECH IS NOT GOING TO GET ANY FAVORS WITH THE ARMS OUT AND SHOWING THE UMPIRE HE THOUGHT IT WAS A STRIKE. AND IT PROBABLY WAS A STRIKE, PERFECT PITCH, BOTH THE CATCHER AND KOPECH -- >> Joe: A CALLED BALL THREE AND A FULL COUNT. NOW A WALK. KOPECH STILL HOT. >> John: THAT'S CARRYOVER EFFECT. THE MORE YOU PITCH IN THIS GAME, YOU HAVE TO HAVE CONFERENCE ARE GOING TO THROW ANOTHER GREAT PITCH AND THAT CARRYOVER EFFECT HAS LED THE MANAGER TO COME OUT AND TALK AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION MORE TO THE UMPIRE I WOULD THINK THEN IT IS TO THE PITCHER. YOU'RE GOING TO CALM THE PITCHER DOWN BUT YOU'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THE UMPIRE TO COME OUT AND LET HIM KNOW WHAT YOU THINK EVEN IF HE MAKES A PITCHING CHANGE, WHICH ADJUSTED. >> Joe: THE LEFT-HANDER AARON BUMMER GETS THE CALL WITH ERIC GARDNER COMING UP. KOPECH >> Joe: DOWNLOAD THE MLB APP TO GET IN GAME VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS COME ALIVE PITCH BY PITCH, BREAKING NEWS, PLAYER UPDATES, STATS, LEADER BOARDS AND MORE FOR YOUR FAVORITE TEAM AND THE REST OF THE LEAGUE. THE NUMBERS FOR AARON BUMMER, TRYING TO GET OUT OF THIS SEVENTH INNING JAM AS BRETT GARDNER, WHO'S HAD A NICE NIGHT, A SINGLE AND A HOMER, DIGS IN. >> John: HE'S GOING TO SLING IT. A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF FASTBALLS, CUTTERS AND SLIDERS. >> Joe: WADE AND LeMAHIEU THE RUNNERS ON. REMEMBER THE MIC ON THE CHEST OF SHORTSTOP TIM ANDERSON, THAT'S WE ARE LISTENING TO. BALL ONE. GARDNER CAME IN HITTING .207. HIS ROUGHEST YEAR AT THE PLATE, BUT TIME TO CHANGE ALL THAT THE REST OF THE WAY. HE HAS SINGLED AND SCORED, HOMERED, STRUCK OUT HIS FIRST TIME. FIRST THREE AT-BATS AGAINST THE RIGHT-HANDER LANCE LYNN, NOW THE LEFTY BUMMER. FINDS STRIKE ONE. THE YANKEES TEAM HITTING .2 TO FIVE WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION. 1 FOR 4 TONIGHT. GROUND BALL, RIGHT SIDE. IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO TURN TWO, AND THEY CAN'T. FIRST AND THIRD, TWO DOWN. >> John: THAT'S REALLY WHAT BRETT GARDNER WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT AARON JUDGE GETS TO THE PLATE. IF HE GETS THE TYING RUN TO THE PLATE, A GOOD JOB BEATING THAT OUT. >> Joe: JUDGE WILL WALK IN, HE'S BEEN ON TWICE. WASN'T OUT THERE LONG, HE TOOK THE TROT AFTER A THREE-RUN SHOT IN THE THIRD. HIM TYING RUN AT THE PLATE HERE IN THE SEVENTH. >> John: THIS IS ONE OF THE RED SOX HAVE BEEN -- I'M SORRY, THE RED SOX -- THE YANKEES HAVE NOT BEEN GOT IT ALL WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION. >> Joe: SAW THAT MARK, .225, A STRIKE IS POURED IN AT 96. MID-90s OR ABOVE OTHERWISE DON'T APPLY IN THE WHITE SOX BULLPEN. THEY DON'T NEED YOU. >> John: WRITES. INSIDE , >> Joe: INSIDE, A BALL AND A STRIKE. BALL TWO TO JUDGE. >> John: BASED ON WHO IS ON DECK, YOU NEVER WANT TO LOAD THE BASES UP, BUT WHEN YOU HEAR SOMEBODY SAY THERE'S A BASE OPEN, IT USUALLY IS THE BASE OPEN AT FIRST. THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE BASE OPEN AT SECOND, SO YOU DON'T GET IN. >> Joe: THE LEFT-HANDED HITTING GALLO, WHO STRUGGLED, ON DECK, YOU DON'T CRY IF YOU PUT HIM ON. >> John: YEP. >> Joe: RUNNERS AT THE CORNER, TWO OUTS. 3-1 TO JUDGE IS DOWN FOR BALL FOUR IN THE BASES ARE LOADED, AND A BIG MOMENT, ONE OF THE NEWER YANKEES, JOEY GALLO, COMING UP. KIMBREL GETTING LOOSE. HERE IN THE SEVENTH. WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE FOR JOEY GALLO? HE HAS WALKED, STRUCK OUT, FLIED OUT. GROUND BALL UP THE MIDDLE AND BOBBLED, BUT THE OUT AS TIM ANDERSON MAKES THE PLAY AND GALLO BOUNCES INTO THE FORCE O OUT. FRESH REFRESH AT SUBWAY. AGAIN, COVERAGE OF THE SEVENTH INNING PRESENTED BY MATTRESS FIRM AS WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO DYERSVILLE, IOWA, BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING, AND WANDY PERALTA, THE LEFTY, BACK TO WORK. TIM ANDERSON LEADING IT OFF, TAKING A BALL. >> John: TIM ANDERSON HAS ONE OF THE SIMPLEST APPROACHES TO HITTING, AND IT'S WHY HE'S ALWAYS FLIRTING WITH .300. HE'S TAKING THE BARREL OF THE BACK TO HIS KNEES, MEANING HE'S GOING DOWN IN THE ZONE. LOVES TO DROP THE BAT IN THE ZONE AND SEEK THOSE HITS UP THE MIDDLE, LEFT CENTER. PULLED OFF THAT ONE JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS GUY IS -- HE'S ALWAYS ABOUT SOMETHING, HE'S NEVER GOING TO HAVE A DULL DAY BECAUSE HE'S BRINGING SOME KIND OF ENERGY EACH DAY TO THE PARK. >> Joe: LEFT SIDE, WADE GATHERS IT, THROWS IT, ONE AWAY. SAID HE WAS THE EMOTIONAL LEADER COMING HE'S WEARING A MIKE TONIGHT, RESTED AND READY SPONSORED BY MATTRESS FIRM. >> COME ON, COME ON. COME ON, BABY! GET THAT GROUND BALL TO ROLLOVER, BABY! >[INDISCERNIBLE]. YES, SIR! >> Joe: HE IS RARELY RESTED, ALWAYS READY. TIM ANDERSON. AND FUN TO WATCH. WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT TONY LA RUSSA AFTER THAT WHOLE -- YERMIN MERCEDES THINGS HAPPEN, HE SAID TONE IS LIKE THE DAD AND WE ARE THE BAD KIDS THAT DON'T LISTEN AND WE ALL GET ALONG. AND HOWEVER IT'S GOT TO HAPPEN, HERE THEY ARE WITH A 10.5 LEAD AT THE START OF THE DAY, 67-48, GETTING HEALTHIER AND MORE DANGEROUS AS THE SEASON WEARS ON. 1-1 ON HERNANDEZ. >> John: WHAT I ALWAYS LIKE IS HE'S REFRESHINGLY HONEST AND HE SAYS LOOK, I KNOW EVERYONE THINKS I'M BAT FIRST, GLOVE SECOND. I WANT TO IMPROVE THAT GLOVE, I WANT TO BE THOUGHT OF AS A BETTER SHORTSTOP DEFENSIVELY THAN JUST KNOWN AS A GUY THAT CAN HIT. AND YOU KNOW, THE BAT FLIPS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE PROBABLY, IN THE BEGINNING, MIGHT'VE BEEN TAKEN ABACK BY, HE JUST ENJOYS PLAYING. >> Joe: PERALTA HAS LOOKED GOOD, TWO OUTS. PITCHED AROUND A MISSED PLAY LAST INNING, HE HAS NOW STRUCK OUT TWO, TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE SEVENTH. TALK ABOUT RESTED AND READY SPONSORED BY MATTRESS FIRM, AND FOR THE WHITE SOX, LIAM HENDRIKS, OUR FRIEND, WITH HIS 26 SAVES LEAVING THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, 79 STRIKEOUTS, MOST A BIG LEAGUE RELIEVER. LAST PITCHED ON THE SIXTH AS WE PLAY HERE ON THE 12TH, SO HE IS JUST THAT. PLENTY OF REST AND PLENTY READY. >> John: YEAH, AND YOU GET TO THE DANGER POINT OF A CLO CLOSER/RELIEVER WHERE YOU DON'T WANT MANY DAYS TO GO BY. SO I WOULD THINK, AND LESS SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS HERE, HE WILL GET IN HIS GAME HERE TONIGHT AND IT WILL BE A WELCOMED OPPORTUNITY. YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TOO LONG WHEN YOU'RE USED TO PITCHING EVERY OTHER DAY, TWO DAYS IN A ROW, THREE DAYS IN A ROW. >> Joe: PERALTA HAS LOOKED OUTSTANDING. CRAIG KIMBREL, IT APPEARS, IS READY TO COME IN AND WORK IN THE EIGHTH. A LITTLE PAUSE AND GO. >> John: THAT SOUNDED LIKE OUR PRODUCER. >> Joe: IT DID. JUST WHEN I SAID THAT. PETE. PAUSE... GO. PREGAME INTRODUCTION. HE'S THE BEST. PETE. MATT, OUR DIRECTOR. WE -- NO MATTER WHAT ROLE YOU FILM HERE FOR FOX OR FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL OR AS A FAN, WE ALL COULDN'T WAIT TO GET HERE. AMAZING CREW THAT HAS BEEN ASSEMBLED TO BRING YOU THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FROM DYERSVILLE. 2-2 NOW ON JOSE ABREU, WHO HAS HAD A NICE NIGHT, HOMER, TWO WALKS, TWO RUNS SCORED. >> John: SOME OF THE BEST DRONE -- THE PILOTS, DRONE PILOTS, THOSE NAVIGATING THOSE DRONES, BEST I'VE EVER SEEN. >> Joe: NO DOUBT. 2-2 BURIED A STRIKE OUT ENDS THE INNING. GOOD STUFF BY PERALTA. LET'S GO >> Joe: AS WE WELCOME YOU BACK, A REMINDER, 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 THE PILOTS AND PERSONNEL OF THE 442ND FIGHTER WING OUT OF WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE IN MISSOURI TO PERFORM TODAY'S FLYOVER. JOHN, THIS IS HOW THE WHITE SOX HAVE DRAWN IT UP HERE AFTER THE DEAL WITH THE CUBS. THEY MAY HAVE THE TWO BEST CLOSERS IN THE GAME IN THE SAME BULLPEN AND THEY'VE GOT A THREE-RUN LEAD. HERE'S ONE OF THEM IN THE EIGHTH. THE OTHER WE EXPECT IN THE NINTH. IT'S KIMBREL, AND THERE'S STRIKE ONE. >> John: YEAH, EXACTLY, AND THEY BASICALLY MADE THAT MOVE KNOWING EACH PERSONNEL AND EACH PERSONALITIES WOULD ADAPT. LOCAL TO BOTH GUYS CAN BE LOCKED DOWN GUYS, THEY CAN SHARE THE DUTIES. THEY HAVE A CLOSER EVERY NIGHT, IF THEY GO ON A SIX-GAME WINNING STREAK, THEY HAVE A CLOSER EVERY NIGHT IF THEY WANT TO USE IT THAT WAY AND KIMBREL HAS THAT POWER BREAKING BALL. >> Joe: THAT NASTY, NASTY PITCH JUST MISSED. LEURY GARCIA IS IN THE BALL GAME IN RIGHT. AS WE PLAY HERE IN THE EIGHTH, 3-RUN GAME, 7-4. BUMMER A NICE JOB, GOT TWO OUTS, WALKED ONE. THERE IT IS AGAIN, STRIKE TWO. >> John: IT'S A UNIQUE BREAKING BALL BECAUSE HE HAS SUCH A DIFFERENT ARM ANGLE. THE HITTERS SEEING A FASTBALL SLINGING ALMOST A LOW THREE-QUARTER THAT KIND OF RISES AND THEN HE GETS INTO THAT BREAKING BALL THAT TAKES THE TOP OF THE NEPAD -- THE KNEES, AND GOES DOWN TO THE SHIN PADS OF THE CATCHER. >> Joe: 96 MRS., 2-2. STANTON NOW, HE IS 0 FOR 3 TONIGHT, THEN VOIT, THEN ODOR. THAT IS OUTSIDE FOR BALL THREE, 3-2. PRETTY GOOD PITCH AGAIN. KOPECH DIDN'T GET THAT SAME DELIVERY LAST INNING. HERE IT IS, AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN A CENTIMETER OUTSIDE. >> John: IF HE THROWS A BREAKING BALL ANYWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLATE, STANTON WILL SWING AT IT, OR HE COULD JUST TRY TO THROW FASTBALL BY HIM IN THE ZONE. >> Joe: 3-2. LEFT SIDE, ANDERSON MAKES THE PLAY, ONE AWAY. FOR KEN ROSENTHAL, THERE ARE STORIES JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK WITH THIS ONE GAME HERE IN DYERSVILLE, IOWA. TELL US ONE THAT MAYBE PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF. >> THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY HAS EXPERIENCED A DROP FOR MUCH OF THE SUMMER BUT THE LAST FEW DAYS BROUGHT RAIN AND TUESDAY'S STORM HAD SUCH VIOLENT WINDS IT ACTUALLY SNAPPED OFF SOME OF THE CORN. ANDY AND ADAM RAY, THEY ARE BROTHERS WHO WENT THE "FIELD OF DREAMS" SITE TO GROW THE CROP AND THEY HAVE WORKED TOWARDS THE SAY SINCE 2019 WITH MLB, BUT WHEN THAT STORM HIT TWO DAYS AGO, SUDDENLY THEY HAD TO SCRAMBLE. WHAT THEY DID WAS PURCHASE 1100 METAL AND FIBERGLASS RODS AND WHAT THEY DID WITH THEM WAS ZIP TIE THEM TO EACH OF THE DAMAGED STOCKS TO HELP THEM GET BACK UPRIGHT AND TO MAKE THEM LOOK BEAUTIFUL AGAIN. THEY WORKED UNTIL 10:30 THAT NIGHT AND THEN WERE AT IT AGAIN THE FOLLOWING MORNING. IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THE CARE AND THE PRIDE THAT WENT INTO THIS GAME. >> Joe: YOU FEEL IT EVERYWHERE, WHETHER YOU ARE CHECKING INTO THE HOTEL OR YOU ARE WALKING INTO THE BALLPARK OR -- I MEAN EVERYBODY YOU MEET WHO IS FROM IOWA IS SO PROUD OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE TONIGHT AND WHAT HAPPENED HERE YESTERDAY WITH THE LITTLE LEAGUE GAME, IT'S JUST -- THAT'S WHAT'S MADE IT SPECIAL. >> John: YEAH, AS IT SHOULD BE. THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME, HOPEFULLY NOW TWICE IN A LIFETIME SCENARIO BECAUSE -- AGAIN, YOU JUST CAN'T PITCHER A PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF WHERE IT'S AT AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO UNIQUE AND OF COURSE TIED IN WITH THE MOVIE, AND AS YOU SAID, AT THE HOTEL, PEOPLE WERE POLITELY WAITING OUTSIDE FOR AUTOGRAPHS AND DIDN'T THINK TWICE ABOUT BEING RUDE, AND THEY WERE JUST SUPER NICE. >> Joe: SWING AND A MISS TO MAKE IT 2-2. STAYED AT THE HOTEL JULIAN WHILE WE'VE BEEN HERE AND I'VE SAID THAT I WOULD SAY ON NATIONAL TV THAT I SPILLED COFFEE ON THE GENERAL MANAGER ON MY WAY OUT THE DOOR TO GET IN THE CAR TODAY, SO I'M SORRY. >> John: YOU DID? >> Joe: YEAH. >> John: BUT YOU APOLOGIZED. >> Joe: I DID! I FELT TERRIBLE. THAT BOUNCES IN, AND A FULL COUNT. BACK IN DUBUQUE, ABOUT, WHAT, 25, 30 MINUTES AWAY FROM HERE BY CAR -- SO SORRY! I OU. 3-2 PITCH, NOBODY ON HERE IN THE EIGHTH. FOULED BACK BY VOIT, GOOD RIP. STANTON GROUNDED OUT, NOW A 3-3-2 PITCH ON ITS WAY AND VOIT TAKES A ONE-OUT WALK. FOR THE FINE FOLKS OF IOWA, HERE ARE SOME FUN FACTS FOR YOU. FUN FACT FOR YOU, THE LARGEST CORN PRODUCER IN AMERICA, IOWA. ONLY STATE THAT STARTS WITH TWO VOWELS, IOWA! HOGS OUT NUMBER HUMAN POPULATION, IOWA! AND NOTABLE CELEBRITIES BORN IN IOWA, HERBERT HOOVER, JOHN WAYNE, JOHNNY CARSON, THAT MIDWESTERN CHARM HE ALWAYS HAD, KURT WARNER, ASHTON KUTCHER, AND JOE BURROW COMING BACK FROM A TORN ACL RIGHT NOW WITH THE CINCINNATI BENGALS. >> John: YOU KNOW WHAT I ALSO LEARNED WHEN YOU ASK QUESTIONS? NOT ALL THE CORN IS EDIBLE. I MEAN, IT'S EDIBLE, BUT IT'S NOT USED -- IT'S USED FOR GRAYS AND ANIMALS. >> Joe: IT'S FEED CORN. >> John: YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. >> Joe: ANOTHER FUN FACT FOR YOU FROM A HALL OF FAMER. A SWING AND A MISS, NOW 0-2 ON ROUGNED ODOR. >> John: AND I GUESS TIME WILL TELL IF THE APPLE PIE HOTDOG MAKES IT IT PAST THE TRIAL PERIOD HERE IN IOWA. >> Joe: HERE COMES 0-2 PITCH. UPSTAIRS FOR BALL ONE. NOW THAT YOUR X NUMBER OF INNINGS AFTER EATING THAT -- >> John: I WANT ANOTHER ONE. >> Joe: OH, YOU WANT ANOTHER ONE? >> John: YEAH, I WANT ANOTHER ONE. >> Joe: FOUL TIP HUNG ON TO BY THE CATCHER ZAVALA, TWO DOWN. PRIOR TO THE GAME, HAVING FUN WITH THE CORN AND EATING -- THAT'S FEED CORN, RIGHT? >> John: I THINK SO. >> Joe: THEY SPIT IT OUT. >> John: [LAUGHS] >> Joe: HAS LIVED TO TELL. ETHAN KATZ IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS PITCHING COACH FOR THE WHITE SOX AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB. HERE'S ONE THAT GETS BACK TO THE SCREEN OUT OF THE RIGHT HAND OF KIMBREL AND DOWN TO SECOND GOES VOIT WITH TWO OUTS, BALL ONE. >> John: KIMBREL WILL KEEP YOU UNEASY IN THE BOX, WHICH IS NOT A BAD THING IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR PITCHES WHEN YOU HAVE TO, BUT HE WILL UNCORK A COUPLE WILD ONES EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. AND SNAP OFF THAT BREAKING BALL WHEN YOU THINK IT'S COMING AT YOU, YOU BUCKLE, AND IT'S A STRIKE. >> Joe: NOW THAT'S GOING TO SEND ZAVALA OUT TO THE MOUND TO TALK TO KIMBREL. LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO TOM VERDUCCI. >> JOE, EARLIER BEFORE THE GAME, I MET WHITE SOX OWNER JERRY REINSDORF IN THE CORNFIELD. I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL NIGHT TO SAY THAT, BY THE WAY. HE MENTIONED TO ME THAT THE CROSS SHE WAS GETTING FOR TICKETS TO THIS GAME WAS GREATER THAN ANY OF THE CHICAGO BULLS FINALS WHEN MICHAEL JORDAN WAS THERE. OF COURSE THAT CENTER SAT MORE THAN 20,000. THERE'S 8,000 HERE BUT EACH TEAM WAS ALLOTTED 1500 TICKETS. IF YOU'RE IN THE BALLPARK TONIGHT AND YOU ARE FROM IOWA, IT'S LIKE WINNING THE LOTTERY. ACTUALLY, IT IS THE LOTTERY. THAT'S HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HANDS ON THEIR TICKETS. AVERAGE TICKET PRICE THE GREATEST IN REGULAR-SEASON HISTORY. ONLY THE 202016 WORLD SERIES GAMES AT WRIGLEY FIELD IN CLEVELAND EXCEEDED THE AVERAGE TICKET PRICE, WHICH BY NOW IS PROBABLY OVER 3,000 A TICKET. >> Joe: WOW. I GOT TICKETS FOR FRIENDS, NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LEAN ON THEM MORE FOR THANK YOUS THAN THAT I ACTUALLY GOT. WHO KNEW? JERRY REINSDORF, WHO MADE THE AUDACIOUS MOVE TO MAKE THE CHANGE IN MANAGER FROM RENTERIA TO TONY LA RUSSA, HIS GOOD FRIEND, AND HERE HE AND THEY SIT IN FIRST PLACE BY A MILE. THAT'S OUTSIDE, AND THE COUNT 2-1 NOW ON HIGASHIOKA. >> John: AND THERE IS SOME EXPERIENCE THAT TONY HAS HAD WITH BIG LEADS AND HE WANTS TO TAKE THAT LEAD AND DOUBLE IT, I GUARANTEE IT, KNOWING HIM, BUT HE WILL HAVE HIS TEAM READY TO PLAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. YOU KNOW, BIG LEADS, IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP EVERYBODY GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION WHEN YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE. SOMETIMES YOU GOOD ON THAT STRETCH AND THAT'S THE TEAM YOU WORRY ABOUT PLAYING. >> Joe: 2-2. 10.5 IS KIND OF A MAGIC NUMBER FOR TONY, HIS CARDINALS IN 2011 CAME BACK FROM 10.5 OUT TO GET INTO THE POSTSEASON. THEY WON IT ALL, BEAT THE TEXAS RANGERS, AND TONY LA RUSSA WALKED AWAY. TEN YEARS LATER HIS THE WHITE SOX MANAGER, WHERE IT ALL BEGAN FOR HIM IN 1979. 2-2 PITCH, A SWING AND A MISS AND THAT ENDS THE INNING! MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS GIFT US A FOREVER MOMENT. THE WHITE SOX, THE YANKEES COME TO OUR FIELD OF DREAMS AND PLAY BALL. >> Joe: WE HAVE DONE JUST THAT ON A THURSDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 12TH, 2021. DYERSVILLE, IOWA, BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING, AND BACK TO WORK, THIS YANKEES BULLPEN. AS RODRIGUEZ TAKES OVER. TWO STRONG INNINGS FROM WANDY PERALTA. NO HITS, THREE STRIKEOUTS AND A WALK. >> John: FASTBALL, SLIDER, CHANGE. >> Joe: JOELY RODRIGUEZ IS JUST THE THIRD PITCHER OF THE NIGHT FOR THE YANKEES, SO HEANEY, EVEN THOUGH HE GOT KNOCKED AROUND A LITTLE BIT ALLOWED THREE MORE HOME RUNS. GOT FIVE INNINGS UNDER HIS BELT, PERALTA, TWO SHUT OUT INNINGS AND NOW ANOTHER LEFTY, RODR RODRIGUEZ. OFF DAY COMING TOMORROW FOR THESE TWO TEAMS BEFORE THE SERIES RESETS AND RESTARTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO ON SATURDAY. 1-0 PITCH TO JIMENEZ IS OUT AND UP, 2-0. >> John: I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK YESTERDAY, DOING THAT YOUTH GAME BETWEEN CHICAGO AND NEW YORK AND THOSE KIDS BEING HERE AT THIS INCREDIBLE SETTING, AND I WONDER WHAT THEY ARE THINKING, YOU KNOW? THEY PLAYED AT A HIGH LEVEL IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, 14 AND 15-YEAR-OLDS -- >> Joe: THIS ONE IS INTO RIGHT. JUDGE TO HIS LEFT WON'T GET THERE AND IT DROPS IN FRONT OF HIM FOR A LEADOFF BASE HIT BY JIMENEZ. 2 OUT OF 4 TONIGHT WITH HIS THREE-RUN HOME RUN BACK IN THE THIRD. TONIGHT'S TELECAST PRESENT OR BY GEICO BY THE ALL NEW HYUNDAI TUCSON, OUR BEST TUCSON EVER. AND BY T-MOBILE, AMERICA'S LARGEST, FASTEST, AND MOST RELIABLE 5G NETWORK. >> John: I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT SITTING IN THIS SETTING, WONDERING ABOUT THE FUTURE, RIGHT? ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THE HEROES THEY HAVE ON THE FIELD AND SOME OF THOSE ARE DULY NOTED, THE DESCRIPTIONS WE WERE GIVEN. PRETTY COOL. >> Joe: A NICE HAND FOR ELOY JIMENEZ, WHO COMES OUT OF THE BALL GAME FOR BRIAN GOODWIN, WHO WILL DO THE RUNNING AT FIRST. HERE'S YOAN MONCADA AND OUT TO TALK TO RODRIGUEZ IS HIGASHIOKA. THIS IS THE THIRD DAY IN A ROW PITCHING FOR JOELY RODRIGUEZ. FOR THE YANKEES IN THE NINTH INNING IT WILL BE THE NINE, ONE, AND TWO HITTERS, WADE, LeMAHIEU AND GARDNER. SO RODRIGUEZ IS TRYING TO KEEP THIS A THREE-RUN GAME AND KEEP HIS TEAM IN IT. LIAM HENDRIKS, AS WE PEEKED THROUGH THE CORN, IS GETTING READY FOR THE WHITE SOX. >> John: BASICALLY WHAT HE DOES IS SAVES ALL HIS ENERGY AND POURS IT RIGHT INTO EVERY PITCH HE THROWS WHEN HE COMES IN AND HE'S GETTING AFTER IT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. PEOPLE USED TO ASK ME ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STARTING AND CLOSING AND THERE IS. ON A DAY THAT I WOULD PITCH AS A STARTER, I DIDN'T WANT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO ASK ME A LOT OF QUESTIONS. NOT THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO THEM, I JUST WANTED TO SAVE ALL MY ANSWERS. I WANT TO MAKE A LOT OF GOOD DECISIONS THAT DAY. I WANT TO MAKE 125 GOOD DECISIONS AND THE MORE QUESTIONS I ASKED, THE MORE I FELT LIKE I WAS EXHAUSTING SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS, SO ON A DAY I PITCHED, IT WAS MORE ABOUT JUST EVERYTHING ELSE BUT PITCHING, RIGHT? AS A CLOSER, YOU HAVE SO MUCH TIME TO KILL AND SOME GUYS JUST CHOOSE TO RECLUSE THEMSELVES AND GET AWAY AND THEN CHECK INTO THE GAME AROUND THE SEVENTH INNING, OR IF YOU GET TOO INVOLVED IN THE GAME, YOUR THINKING ALL RIGHT, NOW MY CHANCE IS TO PITCH IN YOUR INTO EVERYTHING. YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT ENERGY AND HE DOES IT IN A UNIQUE WAY WHERE HE IS LIKE WHATEVER, YOU CAN TALK TO ME DURING THE GAME, IT'S MY TIME TO GO IN, THAT'S WHEN I THINK ABOUT CLOSING. >> Joe: 1-1. I MEAN, LEE SMITH WAS NOTORIOUS FOR TAKING A NAP IN THE TRAINERS ROOM ON THE TABLE THERE UNTIL SOMEBODY WOKE HIM UP AND SAID HEY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS, SEVENTH INNING, EIGHTH INNING, TIME TO START HEADING DOWN TH THERE. I DON'T THINK MUCH BOTHERS HENDRIX. 1-1, AND THE NEXT FROM THE TENDER IS HIT ON A LINE FOR A DOUBLE PLAY AND NOTHING THAT GOODWIN COULD DO ABOUT IT. TOOK A STEP TO HIS RIGHT, AND THAT WAS IT. LIVE TO THE GAME SPONSORED BY HYUNDAI. THE HOME RUN BY ABREU JUST OVER THE WALL, THE FIRST IN MLB HISTORY. BACK IN THE FIRST AND THEN ELOY JIMENEZ, THE THREE-RUN SHOT IN THE THIRD, THE TO RUN BLAST, AND THE FOURTH BY SEBY ZAVALA. WITH THE BASES EMPTY, HERE'S VAUGHN. STRIKE ONE. >> John: YOU KNOW THEY ALL CAME OUT OF THE CORNFIELD, WHICH IS REALLY COOL, BUT THESE ARE TWO HUGE TEAMS, LIKE BIG GUYS. THE YANKEES HAVE SOME MONSTERS AND SO TO THE WHITE SOX. >> Joe: I THINK THE CORN IS AS HIGH AS TEN, 12 FEET. THEY WEREN'T TOO FAR UNDER THAT WHEN THEY WALKED OUT OF THERE. >> John: NO. >> Joe: THE COUNT IS 0-2 AS HENDRIKS IS SET TO GO AFTER A SCORELESS INNING BY KIMBREL. A WALK AND TWO STRIKEOUTS. 0-2 PITCH. >> John: AND THE OTHER THING REAL QUICK AS HE'S GETTING READY TO COME OUT, IT'S A CONTROLLED ADRENALINE AS A STARTER BECAUSE WERE BUILDING TOWARDS THE END, WHERE IT'S AN ADRENALINE RUSH LIKE YOU'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THE BULLPEN TO GO INTO THE NINTH INNING. IT IS UNMATCHED, THERE'S NOTHING THAT PREPARES YOU FOR IT AND YOU RIDE THAT ADRENALINE AND HOPE TO GET THREE OUTS. >> Joe: LEFT SIDE, AND BASE HIT. VAUGHN, HIS FIRST HIT OF THE NIGHT, ON BASE FOR THE SECOND TIME. AND AS THE EIGHTH INNING CONTINUES, A QUICK WORD FROM GOOGLE. >> Joe: ANOTHER AT-BAT FOR LUIS ROBERT, WHO HAS SPEED AND POWER TO BURN, HIS 28TH GAME OF THE SEASON. CAME BACK THIS PAST MONDAY. TAKES A STRIKE HERE. HE TORE HIS RIGHT HIP FLEXOR RUNNING TO FIRST BASE ON THE 2N. FINISHED SECOND IN LAST YEAR'S AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR VOTING AND WON A GOLD GLOVE. AND ONE OF THOSE BIG BODIED GUYS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 0-1 PITCH IS DOWN. JOELY RODRIGUEZ, 1-1. STRIKE TWO. >> John: A LOT OF THE SLUGGERS, YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL LEAVING THE BALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ZONE OR UP. THEY ARE VULNERABLE DOWN BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE TALLER AND LIKELY TO HIT THE BALL IN THE AIR, YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE THE PITCH DOWN. >> Joe: HERE'S ANOTHER 1-2 AND A STRIKE OUT ENDS THE INNING, AND SENDS THIS GAME INTOIT'S IO. >> Joe: WE ARE ACROSS THE CORN FROM WHERE THEY SHOT THAT MOVIE, RELEASED IN 1989, "FIELD OF DREAMS," THAT SCENE BETWEEN KEVIN COSTNER, WHO PLAYED RAY KINSELLA. RAY LIOTTA PLAYED SHOELESS JOE JACKSON, AND HERE'S LIAM HENDRIKS, WHO IS ANOTHER THROWBACK TYPE. FROM AUSTRALIA, READY TO WORK. LINE DRIVE INTO RIGHT CENTER FIELD, HE IS GREETED WITH A BASE HIT. THAT PITCH WAS UP. AND A BASE HIT TO START THE INNING, 2 OUT OF 4 IS TYLER WADE ON THE NIGHT AND THERE IS LIFE FOR THE YANKEES HERE IN THE NINTH INNING AS HENDRIKS THROWS ONE PITCH. GOODWIN STAYS IN THE GAME, HE'S IN RIGHT. GARCIA, WHO JUST ENTERED, WILL GO NOW TO LEFT FIELD. ROBERT STAYS IN THE GAME IN CENTER AND NOW THE TOP OF THE ORDER WITH AARON JUDGE LURKING TWO HITTERS AWAY. D.J. LeMAHIEU NOW, BRETT GARDNER ON DECK. >> John: THAT'S WHAT LIAM HENDRIKS KNOWS, HE KNOWS WHO'S COMING UP TO PRESENT THE TYING RUN IN HIS GOAL IS TO NEVER GET THE TYING RUN TO HOME PLATE. >> Joe: AT 96 FOR STRIKE ONE. LeMAHIEU HAS A SINGLE, TWO WALKS, AND HE'S FLIED OUT. OUTSIDE, 1-1. THE GAME HAS BEEN SPECTACULAR TO WATCH. IT'S AN IMPORTANT GAME. ALL THESE GAMES ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE YANKEES. RIGHT NOW ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PLAYOFF PICTURE LOOKING IN AS -- >> John: ABREU, THAT WAS A 95-MILE-AN-HOUR THROW OVER. >> Joe: HERE COMES THE 1-1. HENDRIKS. BLOWS IT BY THE BAT OF LeMAHIEU, STRIKE TWO. LANCE LYNN, WHO YOU SAW THERE, STARTED, STILL IN LINE FOR THE WIN. 10-3 AS HE MADE THE START HERE TONIGHT. HERE COMES A 1-2. STRUCK HIM OUT ON A NECK-HIGH FASTBALL, ONE AWAY! >> John: YOU RARELY SEE THAT IN D.J. LeMAHIEU WHEN HE IS GOING GOOD, BUT THIS FASTBALL JUST BEATS HIM. TRIES TO GET ON TOP, ONE OF THE BEST CONTACT HITTERS IN THE ABILITY TO GO TO ALL PARTS OF THE FIELD, HE GOT BLOWN AWAY THERE. >> Joe: BASEBALL IS IN FULL SWING. FOLLOW MLB ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND YOUTUBE SO YOU DON'T MISS A THING THIS SEASON. IF AARON JUDGE IS GOING TO REPRESENT THE TYING RUN, BRETT GARDNER IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET ON BASE. HE'S HAD A NICE NIGHT AT THE PLATE, AND HE TAKES A STRIKE. SINGLED AND SCORED IN THE THIRD, HOMERED IN THE SIXTH, BOUNCED INTO A FORCE OUT IN THE SEVENTH. ALL THE WEAPONS OUT OF THE BULLPEN ON DISPLAY TONIGHT FOR THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX. GOOD STOP BY ZAVALA. 1-1. >> John: YEAH, BRETT GARDNER, IF YOU'RE A YANKEE FAN, IF YOU CAN HIT SOMEHOW A GROUND BALL TO THE SHORTSTOP, THERE'S NOBODY THERE, BUT THEY'RE PLAYING HIM THAT WAY BECAUSE HE REALLY HITS THE BALL ON THE GROUND TO THE SHORTSTOP. PLAYING HIM IN THE SHIFT. >> Joe: 1-1. THAT IS OUT OF PLAY, STRIKE TWO. >> John: BRETT GARDNER MISSED HIS PITCH. HE WAS SHAKING HIS HEAD RIGHT AFTER HE MISSED THAT AND FOULED OFF THAT BREAKING BALL THAT WAS UP. THAT'S WHERE THIS PITCH WAS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT BRETT GARDNER KNOWS HE MAY NOT GET AGAIN. >> Joe: STRUCK HIM OUT, TWO DOWN! AND HENDRIKS WILL GET TO DEAL WITH AARON JUDGE, A SPOT WHERE JUDGE, THE BEST HE CAN DO IS MAKE IT A ONE-RUN GAME. FROM LYNN TO KOPECH, TO BUMMER, TO HENDRIKS, A PRETTY BIG IMPORTANT COMBINATION FOR THE WHITE SOX WITH AN EYE ON OCTOBER. >> John: YEP. THERE'S NO REAL REASON TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE GUY AT FIRST BASE RIGHT NOW. [LAUGHS] I MEAN, HE THREW ANOTHER SEAT OVER THERE >> Joe: BALL ONE. BALL TWO. HE'S GOT A LITTLE MAD HUNG HUNGARIAN -- >> John: HE DOES! >> Joe: HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY MYSTERIES TO HOW HE'S FEELING AND EVERY MOMENT AS THE 2-0 PITCH IS FOULED AWAY, 2-1. >> John: HE GETS HIMSELF LITTLE SELF REMINDERS, LITTLE "STAY BACK," SMACK HIMSELF A LITTLE BIT. >> Joe: HUFFING AND PUFFING WITH THE COUNT 2-1 ON AARON JUDGE. THIS BALL IS WAY OUT OF HERE! ONE-RUN GAME! SECONDS OF THE NIGHT, 25 FOR THE YEAR FOR BIG NUMBER 99! >> John: WATCH OUT IF HE GETS HOT. POWER AGAINST POWER, AND AGAIN, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO PULL TO MAKE THE PARK LOOK SMALL. >> Joe: AND HE'S BROUGHT UP JOEY GALLO NOW REPRESENTING THE TYING RUN. BALL ONE. GALLO WITH 26 HOME RUNS, ONE AS A YANKEE. NOW 14 GAMES WITH NEW YORK. GOOD PITCH DOWN AND IN. >> John: [LAUGHS] >> Joe: THAT CAME UP AND CAUGHT GALLO AFTER IT BOUNCED IN, 2-1. 7-6 BALL GAME. A 5-RBI NIGHT FOR AARON JUDGE. 2-1. 3-1 WITH STANTON ON DECK. THE TYING RUN IS ON. AND THAT WILL BRING A VISIT FROM ETHAN KATZ. >> John: NOT MANY VISITS HE'S GOING TO TAKE TO HIS CLOSER, BUT HE'S GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, JUST REMIND HIM THE SITUATION, REMIND HIM OF THE SCOUTING REPORT TO STANTON. SO, DOES THIS RECORD, WIN OR LOSS, GO TO TONY, DO YOU KNOW? >> Joe: THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, OR MIGUEL CAIRO? >> John: I THINK IT GOES TO TONY. >> Joe: HE HAS NUMBER TWO ON THE ALL-TIME LIST, NOT MANY IN THIS CATEGORY. >> John: [LAUGHS] >> Joe: THERE'S CONNIE MACK AND THEN THERE'S TONY LA RUSSA, WHO IS SOMEWHERE WITH FAMILY SWEATING OUT THE END OF THIS ONE. HERE'S STANTON. HE'S HIT 17 HOME RUNS, HITLESS TONIGHT. AROUND IT GOES! BACK AT THE WALL, IT IS GONE! YANKEES ON TOP, 8-7! HERO OF THE NIGHT! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> John: THIS WAS SUPER CLOSE TO BEING CAUGHT. A ROCKET BY STANTON. HE JUST GETS A BREAKING BALL THAT STAYS OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE PLATE AND HE JUST SMOKES IT, BUT THEN WATCH THE END OF THIS PLAY, RIGHT THERE IT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD A CHANCE, BUT JUST OVER THE FENCE. >> Joe: SIXTH BLOWN SAVE OF THE YEAR FOR HENDRIKS, AND A COMPLETE REVERSAL HERE IN THE NINTH INNING. WHAT A MOMENT FOR GIANCARLO STANTON, A TWO-RUN SHOT BY JUDGE, A TWO-RUN SHOT BY THE DH STANTON. VOIT TAKES HIGH, 1-1. >> John: THE YANKEES GETTING ALL THESE RUNS WITH TWO OUTS. THEY HIT THE THREE-RUN HOMER WITH TWO OUTS, AND THESE FOUR RUNS ALL COMING WITH TWO OUTS. >> Joe: 1-1 PITCH HERE IS DOWN AND IN. 2-1 PITCH IS DOWN, 3-1. THE YANKEES ARE WITHOUT AROLDIS CHAPMAN, ON THE IL WITH SHOULDER INFLAMMATION. THEY'VE BEEN MIXING AND MATCHING IN THE LATE INNINGS HERE OF LATE. THAT'S FOUL, FULL COUNT. AND WE WILL SEE WHO GETS THE BALL IN THE BOTTOM OF THIS NINTH INNING. ZACH BRITTON GETTING LOOSE. NOT A FAVORABLE REVIEW OF HIS OWN WORK THE SEASON HERE RECENTLY BY ZACH BRITTON. THAT'S OFF THE END OF THE BAT. BUT COMING OFF A GOOD APPEARANCE HIS LAST TIMEOUT. A SHOCKING TOP OF THE NINTH AGAINST LIAM HENDRIKS, AND IT STARTED WITH TYLER WADE FIRST PITCH SWINGING AND A BASE HIT. >> John: IT IS SHOCKING, BUT THE YANKEES HAVE BEEN DOING THIS KIND OF THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IT'S JUST A CREDIT TO THE TEAM WHO HAS BATTLED. EVERY TEAM HAS INJURIES, THE WHITE SOX OF HAD A BUNCH OF INJURIES, BUT THE YANKEES HAVE GONE THROUGH A STRETCH WHERE SOMETIMES UNRECOGNIZABLE WHAT THEIR LINEUP IS. >> Joe: 3-2 PITCH AGAIN AND A STRIKE OUT ENDS THE INNING. WHAT AN INNING IT WAS, DAMAGE DONE. PROVIDED BY AARON JUDGE, GIANCARLO STANTON, KNOCKING DOWN CORN AND PUTTING THE YANKEES ONF THE NINTH WE GO. WHAT A NIGHT FOR AARON JUDGE, A THREE-RUN HOME RUN, A TWO RUN HOME RUN, GIANCARLO STANTON'S TWO-RUN HOME RUN A MOMENT AGO PUTHE YANKEES ON TOP. THEY HOPE FOR GOOD, THE WHITE SOX WANT TO RUIN THE NIGHT FOR THE YANKEES AND FOR ZACH BRITTON. >> John: HERE'S THE CHALLENGE THE WHITE SOX HAVE. ZACH BRITTON'S SINKER IS SO GOOD, HE REALLY THROWS IT FOR A STRIKE, BUT HITTERS RARELY TAKE IT BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S A STRIKE COMING OUT OF HIS HANDS AND THEY SWING AND HIT A LOT OF GROUND BALLS, SO MAKE HIM THROW STRIKES, BRITTON WANTS THEM TO HIT IT ON THE GROUND. >> Joe: CHANGE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. MEANWHILE, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LEURY GARCIA STARTING THE INNING, BUT WITH THE LEFTY, IT'S DANNY MENDICK WHO WILL START THE INNING HERE HITTING UNDER .200 IN JUST UNDER 60 GAMES THIS SEASON. GROUND BALL, RIGHT SIDE AND TO THE BAG GOES LeMAHIEU, WHO HAS SHIFTED THEIR WITH ROUGNED ODOR AT SECOND BASE. ENTER VELASQUEZ AT SHORT AND TYLER WADE OVER TO THIRD, SO MOVING THE PIECES ALL AROUND THE INFIELD, TRYING TO GET THE BEST DEFENSE BEHIND ZACH BRITTON THAT THEY CAN. >> John: YEAH, A LOT OF GROUND BALLS, SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON YOUR TOES IF YOU'RE AN INFIELDER AND HE JUST HAS INCREDIBLE SINK TO THAT -- >> Joe: PRETTY GOOD LIFE THERE TO THAT FASTBALL. ZAVALA, A TWO-RUN HOME RUN TONIGHT SANDWICHED BY STRI STRIKEOUTS. ONE OUT, NOBODY ON, AND STR STRIKE TWO. BRITTON TRYING TO NAIL IT DOWN. BALL ONE. ONE OUTCOME A BASES EMPTY, GROUND BALL, LEFT SIDE, THAT IS A FOUL BALL. FOUL BALL TO KEEP THE COUNT 1-2. >> John: THIS BALL BARELY GOES FOUL. OF COURSE THE BALL HAS TO GO OVER THE BAG TO BE DEEMED FAIR. >> Joe: ZAVALA BACK TO THE PLATE, THEN TIM ANDERSON. REMEMBER ELOY JIMENEZ HAS ALREADY COME OUT OF THIS BALL GAME, THAT BIG BAT IN THE CLEANUP SPOT, BUT STILL A FEW SPOTS AWAY FOR THE WHITE SOX TRYING TO RALLY HERE IN THE NINTH. A FUN GAME FOR ALL, A MORE IMPORTANT GAME FOR THE YANKEES WITH WHERE THEY SIT. ZAVALA TAKES BALL TWO. 2-2. TAMPA BAY RAYS PUT UP A WIN TODAY. YANKEES STARTED THIS DAY 6 BACK IN THE DIVISION, JUST TWO BEHIND BOSTON. THAT SKIPS IN. >> John: YEAH, THAT'S BEEN THE AMAZING TURNAROUND. THEY'VE PLAYED SO WELL THEY'VE ONLY GAINED A HALF A GAME ON THE RAYS, BUT THEY PICKED UP A LOT OF GAMES ON THE BOSTON RED SOX AND NOW ARE CLOSE ENOUGH FOR THE WILD CARD -- WAY CLOSER THAN THEY ARE FOR THE DIVISION. IF GOT AN -- GOT TO GET IN POSITION FOR THE WILD CARD BEFORE YOU CAN THINK OF A DIVISIONAL TITLE. >> Joe: 3-2 PITCH IS HIGH AND THE TYING RUN IS ON. TAMPA BAY BEATING BOSTON, SO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE YANKEES TO BE JUST ONE BEHIND THE RED SOX AS THEY TRY TO BEAT THE WHITE SOX. TIM ANDERSON DIGGING IN, 1 FOR 4 TONIGHT. >> John: GOOD MATCHUP HERE FOR A LOW-BALL HITTER, SINKING FASTBALL. >> Joe: ANDERSON HITS ONE IN THE AIR TO RIGHT! BACK AT THE WALL AND THE WHITE SOX WHEN IT ! THE WHITE SOX WIN IT! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [FIREWORKS] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [FIREWORKS] ♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Joe: IT YOU CAN THROW THE PARTY, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO TURN OUT. >> John: [LAUGHS] UNREAL! >> Joe: HOW ABOUT SIX RUNS ON THE BOARD AND THE NINTH INNING ALONE AND THE WHITE SOX WITH A WALK OFF 9-8 WIN. THIS WAS SOME KIND OF NIGHT FOR BASEBALL. >> John: IT SURE WAS AND THE MOST ENERGETIC GUY ON THE TEAM ENDS UP WINNING IT AND LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW ABOUT IT AS SOON AS HE MADE CONTACT, HE KNEW IT WAS GONE AND WHAT A GAME. >> Joe: IT MAKES A WINNER OUT OF HENDRIKS, A LOSER OUT OF BRITTON. >> John: THIS JUST WAS A GOOD MATCHUP FOR THE WAY THAT TIM ANDERSON LIKES TO HIT, AND HE GETS THE BARREL OF THE BAT DOWN TO THE BALL IN THE LOW PART OF THE ZONE ABOUT AS GOOD AS ANYBODY. AND HE KNOWS IT RIGHT THERE. >> Joe: A WALK AND A HOMER AND A WALK-OFF WIN! AND NOBODY MORE RELIEVED THAN LIAM HENDRIKS. >> John: NO, EXACTLY. >> Joe: HE IS THERE EMOTIONAL LEADER, TIM ANDERSON. AND WHAT A MOMENT HERE ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 12TH IN DYERSVILLE, IOWA. >> John: [LAUGHS] YOU CAN'T SCRIPT A MOVIE ANY BETTER, I DON'T THINK THEY COULD HAVE SCRIPTED THIS GAME ANY BETTER FOR THE FOLKS HERE. NOBODY LEFT, AND LIKE YOU SAID, NINTH INNING FIREWORKS. >> Joe: A 9-8, THE WHITE SOX WIN IT, LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO KEN ROSENTHAL. >> THANKS, JOE. EIGHT HOME RUNS HIT IN HIS GAME, WHAT WAS IT LIKE IN THE NINTH INNING WHEN YOU GUYS CAME BACK? >> WELL, WE NEVER GIVE UP. WE NEVER GIVE UP. THEY SCORED FOUR RUNS, BUT WE NEVER GIVE UP AND THIS IS THE RESULT. >> WHEN YOU GOT HERE TODAY, DID YOU TELL YOURSELF "I HAVE GOT TO HIT A HOME RUN INTO THE CORNER"? >> I JUST SAY I NEED TO HAVE GOOD AT-BATS, BECAUSE OF I HAVE GOOD AT-BATS, THE HOMER CAN COME. >> YOU GREW UP IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PLAYED IN SOME SMALL TOWNS IN THE MINOR LEAGUES, WHAT WILL YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THIS DAY? >> WELL, IT WAS AMAZING, YOU KNOW? THIS IS LIKE WHEN YOU GO PLAY IN THE MINOR LEAGUES A LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS IS A BIG ONE. AND IT WAS FUN. IT WAS REALLY FUN. >> THANKS A LOT, CONGRATULATIONS. NOW OVER TO TOM VERDUCCI WITH THE HERO. >> TIM ANDERSON, WE SPENT A LOT OF THE STAY TALKING ABOUT A GREAT MOVIE, AND YOU GO OUT AND YOU WRITE YOUR OWN HOLLYWOOD SCRIPT. IT'S PLAIN TO ME WHAT IT FELT LIKE COMING OFF THE FIELD AFTER THE TOP OF THE NINTH INNING WITH THE LEAD LOST AND THEN YOU WRITE BACK. >> THE GAMES NEVER OVER. THE GAME IS NEVER OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER. I KNEW WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR AND I DIDN'T MISS. I DIDN'T MISS, AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S GO HOME. >> WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THIS TEAM -- I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU BEAT THE YANKEES THIS YEAR, YOU'RE STARTING TO GET HEALTHY, WE SAW A BUSHEL OF BASEBALLS GO IN THE CORNFIELD HERE, WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT HOW THE WHITE SOX ARE PLAYING NOW AND WHAT'S AHEAD? >> WE BATTLE. WE BATTLE ALL THE WAY TO THE END. WE WENT TO NEW YORK WE WHIPPED THEM -- THEY WHIPPED US THREE TIMES THE WE ALL THOSE GUYS. >> THIS TO ME WAS ONE OF THE MOST VISUALLY STRIKING SCENARIOS I'VE SEEN FOR A MAJOR LEAGUE BALLPARK. THE IMPORTANT THING IS YOU'RE WALKING WAY FROM IOWA WITH A WIN. WHAT ELSE WILL YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THIS EXPERIENCE? >> JUST THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE, MAN. JUST COMING HERE PLAYING IN THE MIDDLE OF CORN, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT? WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK IT OFF HERE AS WELL? SO WE MADE HISTORY TONIGHT. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS. >> BACK TO YOU. >> Joe: WHAT A PLAYER HE IS, EIGHT HOME RUNS, A HOMER BATTLE, EACH SITE HAD FOUR AND TIM ANDERSON HAD THE LAST, THE LAST SWING THAT MATTERED TONIGHT. ♪ ♪ MAKES A WINNER OUT OF HENDRIKS, 7-2, A LOSER OUT OF ZACH BRITTON, 0-1, AND THE WHITE SOX FLEXING THEIR NEW HOME RUN POWER ON THE NIGHT THAT THAT VAUNTED BULLPEN DIDN'T HAVE IT. BUT, MY GOSH, FEEL LIKE WE ALL WALK OUT OF HERE WINNERS HAVING BEEN HERE. >> John: AMEN. >> Joe: A NIGHT WE WILL NOT SOON FORGET AND MAYBE WON'T EVER. 9-8, THE WHITE SOX WIN IT. [FIREWORKS] THE ACTING MANAGER MIGUEL CAIRO GETTING THE WIN AND
