Twins at Brewers | MLB Game of the Week Live on YouTube

>> MLB GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE. GAME TWO BETWEEN BREWERS AND TWINS. PLAYOFF TYPE ATMOSPHERE. THESE GAMES ARE CRUCIAL. GAMES COMING UP AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR. LIVE ON YOUTUBE. LET'S YOU SET. >> HERE WE GO AGAIN. >> THE TWINS ARE IN TOWN IN MILWAUKEE. >> YELICH DRIVE RIGHT CENTER. IT'S A GRAND SLAM. >> IT'S HOME RUN NUMBER 200 ON THE SEASON FOR THE TWINS. MINNESOTA TWINS ARE BACK ON TOP. THERE'S ONE, THERE'S, TWO, ANOTHER TRIPLE PLAY. SECOND ONE TURNED BY THE TWINS INFIELD THIS YEAR. THE BREWERS TAKE THE LEAD. >> THIS GAME IS TIED. >> I'M FIRED UP. I'M RIGHT HERE. >> WELCOME TO THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE HERE ON YOUTUBE INSIDE STUDIO 42, MLB NETWORK. BOTH THESE TEAMS, THEY NEED WINS. >> YOU'RE IN AUGUST, YOU'VE WORKED THIS HARD TO BE IN IT. THESE GAMES ARE FUN. >> THAT'S NIGHT GAME ONE WAS UNBELIEVABLE HERE. WE GOT COUNTDOWN CLOCK FOR YOU BEFORE WE GET OUT TO SITE AT MILLER PARK. LET'S TALK YOU BACK TO THE LAST HIGHLIGHTS HERE. THERE'S GREAT BACK AND FORTH. BOTH THESE TEAMS HAD HIGHS AND LOWS. LET'S START WITH MITCH GARVER, 22nd HOME RUN OF THE YEAR. >> THIS GUY COME UP AND HAS BEEN ELECTRIC. HE'S HITTING HOME RUNS. >> YASMANI GRANDAL, THEY WERE WAITING FOR A MOMENT LIKE THIS. GIVES MILWAUKEE THE LEAD. SEAN: GOT A GOOD BREAKING BALL THERE AND DIDN'T MISS IT. THIS IS OFF JOSH HADER, 96 MILES PER HOUR. GONZALEZ COMES THROUGH BIG TIME WITH THE 3-RUN SHOT AND THE TWINS, HE'S BEEN A BIG SPOT BEFORE. TWINS END UP WINNING IT 7-5. FRAN: IN THE AL CENTRAL, YOU GOT MINNESOTA RECLAIMING THE LEAD. HALF GAME LEAD OVER THE INDIANS HERE. SEAN: CLEVELAND MADE THAT RUN. THE TWINS ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN IT. I THINK THEY HAVE THE FIRE POWER TO MAKE THAT A GREAT RISK. FRAN: YOU SAW MILWAUKEE THIRD IN THE NL CENTRAL. LOOK AT THE NL WILD CARD STANDINGS HERE, YOU SEE THEY ARE TWO GAMES BACK NOW OF THE CARDINALS FOR THAT SECOND SPOT. SEAN: NOW HE'S GIVING UP SOME RUNS. THE BULLPEN HASN'T BEEN AS DOMINANT AS IT WAS LAST YEAR. THAT WAS A HUGE STORY FOR THE BREWERS LAST YEAR. FRAN: DURING THE POSTSEASON, I SPENT LOT OF TIME IN MILLER PARK. PLACE WAS LOUD. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO WATCH POSTSEASON BASEBALL. LOOK AT THE TWINS LINE-UP HERE. MITCH GARVER IN THE LEAD UP SPOT. IT REALLY LET YOU KNOW, JUST HOW MUCH THE GAME HAS CHANGED. YOU NO LONGER TALKING ABOUT GUYS GO UP THERE AND LOOK AT THREE OR FOUR, FIVE PITCHES. SEAN: 20 SOMETHING BOMBS IN THE LEADOFF SPOT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS LINE-UP, YOU GOT AT GUY LIKE MAX KEPLER HITTING SEVENTH, YOU GOT A DEEP LINE-UP. TWINS RELIEDED ON THAT LINE-UP SO MUCH. YOU SAW IT LAST NIGHT WITH MARWIN GONZALEZ. FRAN: NELSON CRUZ IS A NAME YOU DON'T SEE THERE. CRUZ WILL NOT NEED SURGERY. HE GOT HIT ON THE SWING AND DAMAGED HIS LEFT WRIST. HE'S HAD ISSUES WITH THAT ALL YEAR LONG. THAT'S HUGE THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO NEED SURGERY. SEAN: NELSON CRUZ HAS BEEN HUGE. I HAD A WRIST INJURY BEFORE. HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT AS SERIOUS WE THOUGHT IT WAS. FRAN: 39 YEARS OF AGE. LOOK NOW AT THE BREWERS LINE-UP. BREWERS ARE PUMPED. THE GUY HITTING THIRD IS BACK. HE PLAYED HIS FIRST GAME LAST NIGHT. HE PLAYED ABOUT A WEEK. HE MISSED CLOSE TO FIVE GAMES. CHRISTIAN YELICH HAS BEEN DEALING WITH BACK SPASMS ON AND OFF. SEAN: IT'S A DIFFERENT CLUB WITHOUT YELICH. TALKING ABOUT THE MVP OF THE LEAGUE. THIS GUY IS SO PERSONAL. ONE GUY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, REALLY GOOD PROSPECT, HIT OVER .300, INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HE DOES. FRAN: LOOK NOW AT TODAY'S STARTER HERE FOR THE BREWERS. YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THIS IF YOU WATCHED THE BREWERS REGULARLY, BUT GIO SNEAKS UP ON YOU. IF YOU GO BACK TO LAST AUGUST WHEN HE CAME OVER TO MILWAUKEE, 15 STARTS, LIKE 5-1 WITH E.R.A. UNDER THREE. SEAN: WOW. I LOVE THAT STAT. YOU THINK GIO AND ALL THE YEARS HE HAD IN WASHINGTON. GUY KNOWS HOW TO PITCH. AT THE END OF THE DAY, HERE'S A VETERAN PRESENCE IN THAT ROTATION. EVERY TIME THEY TAKES THAT, YOU KNOW AT LEAST HE'S GOING GIVE YOU A GREAT GAME. HE'S GOING TO KEEP THE GAME AND MANAGE THE GAME. FRAN: YOU'RE A BIG GUY, OBVIOUSLY. ERIC THAMES HITTING SEVENTH IN THAT BREWERS LINE-UP. >> YOU GUYS ARE IN SIMILAR SPOT LAST YEAR THEMES IT OF TRYING TO CONTEND FOR THE DIVISION. HOW DO YOU COMPARE LAST YEAR'S TEAM TO THIS YEAR'S TEAM AND DO YOU THINK THAT YOU STILL HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO GET BACK TO THE POSTSEASON? >> YES, LAST YEAR WE SHOCKED A LOT OF PEOPLE. WE SHOCKED OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT. WE WERE HAVING FUN AND PLAYING FOR EACH OTHER. JUST THE MAGIC THAT HAPPENED IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER WAS UNREAL. THIS YEAR, WE KNOW WE'RE CAPABLE OF. WE'VE BEEN BITTEN BY THE INJURY BUG A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE TRYING TO BATTLE THROUGH THAT AND STAY IN CONTENTION WHETHER IT'S WILD CARD OR NL CENTRAL. END OF AUGUST, ALL THE WAY TO SEPTEMBER, IT'S GOING TO BE EVERY GAME DOWN -- COUNTS AND EVER GAME MATTERS. NL CENTRAL IS ALWAYS CLOSE TO LAST DAYS. WE'RE STAYING COMPETITIVE AND WE'RE LISTENING ON -- PLANNING ON THAT AL CENTRAL. >> THE TWINS ARE THERE WITH THE INDIANS. DID IT FEEL LIKE SEPTEMBER BASEBALL LAST NIGHT WITH BOTH TEAM REALLY NEEDING TO WIN? >> YES. DEFINITELY. I KNOW INDIANS ARE GOING AT IT FOR FIRST PLACE. I THINK TWINS ARE FIRST PLACE NOW. HALF GAME, YEAH. THEY'RE BATTLING OUT. THEY ARE STRUG -- SLUGGERS. WE'RE HAPPY THAT CRUZ IS OUT NOW. HE'S UNREAL. I SEEN HIM FOR WHOLE CAREER. IT REALLY IS A PLAYOFF GAME AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS COME SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. WE COULD BE PLAYING IN THE WORLD SERIES. FRAN: EVERY TIME I SEE ERIC THAMES, I PICTURE OF THE OCTAGON. I FEEL SORRY FOR THE POOR SOUL WHO WILL BE THE OCTAGON. GREAT STUFF. THAMES HAD A BIG HOME RUN. HE HAD A WALKOFF THE OTHER NIGHT. 16 HOME RUNS ALL YEAR AND LIMITED AT-BAT. WE'RE ON YOUTUBE. WE WANT YOU GUYS TO GO HERE AND HIT THE SEARCH KEY. HOW TO BE A LEFTY MATCHER. WE GOT A COUPLE OF GUYS. SEAN: GREAT THING ABOUT THAT GAME TODAY, WE HAVE SOME GREAT LEFTY STICKS. THE FIRST GUY THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE GAME. REIGNING MVP AND CHRISTIAN YELICH. JUST HOW GOOD HE IS USING THE WHOLE FIELD. HE'S SPECIAL WITH HIS HOME RUNS TO CENTER AND LEFT CENTER. HE USES -- HE'S A LINE TO LINE GUY. THIS IS WHAT MAKES HIM GREAT. WHEN YOU'RE A .330 HITTER AND REIGNING MVP, YOU USE THIS LEFT CENTER GAP. HE USES IT LIKE NO ONE IN BASEBALL. EVEN THAT BREAKING BALL THERE, SHOOT TO LEFT CENTER. THAT BALL IS UP AND AWAY, 96, NO. YOU CAN'T PITCH TO ME THERE. IN OFF THE PLATE 91. GETS INSIDE AND SHOOTS TO LEFT. HIS BARREL AWARENESS IS UNBELIEVABLE. HE PLAYED A SHIFT ON HIM. YOU CAN'T DO THAT AGAINST THIS GUY. YOU CAN'T PITCH TO THIS GUY. HE'S A LINE TO LINE GUY. IT'S NOT JUST HOME RUNS IN A GAP IT'S NOT JUST DOUBLES IN THE GAP, THIS GUY IS JUST ONE OF THE BEST HITTERS LINE TO LINE. THE ONE THING ABOUT CHRISTIAN YELICH, YOU CAN PITCH HIM IN. HE HAS SUCH A GOOD WHIP WITH HIS BARREL. HE CAN PULL THIS BARREL INSIDE THE BALL. ONE THING IS AS A HITTER. YOU GOT TO LET THE BALL DICTATE WHERE IT WANTS TO GO. CHRISTIAN YELICH DOES IT BETTER THAN ANYONE. THAT BALL IS MILL AWAY, IT COMES RIGHT HERE. HE LETS IT TRAVEL RIGHT THERE. HE LET'S IT TRAVEL RIGHT ABOUT THERE. HE'S GOT GREAT HANDS. WHEN HE COMMITS, HE'S GOT SUCH A GREAT -- WATCH HIS WHIP ACTION. BOOM, HE KIND OF GETS THAT RIGHT THERE. THE WAY HE VISUALLY SETS UP WHERE HE LET'S THAT BALL TRAVEL SO WELL, YOU KNOW WHY, HE KNOWS HE HAS GREAT HANDS. WHEN HE LET'S THE BALL TRAVEL, HE CAN BE WHEREVER HE IS HERE AND WHAM THAT'S LEFT. 6 HOME RUNS TO LEFT CENTER. I BELIEVE 22 HOME RUNS TO CENTER. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT STAYING IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE FEEL. CHRISTIAN YELICH DOES IT BETTER THAN ANYONE IN THE GAME. FRAN: 39 BOMBS FOR YELICH AND 23 STOLEN BASES. THOSE LONG LEGS CAN MOVE. DON'T BE DECEIVED. HOW TO BE A LEFTY MATCHER. LET'S JUMP OVER TO TWINS LINE-UP. A GUY NORMALLY HITS THE TOP SPOT IS MAX KEPLER. SEAN: WHEN YOU'RE IN THE TWINS LINE-UP AND YOU GOT MAX KEPLER HITTING SEVEN. THIS GUY IS SPECIAL. HE'S A GUY MAYBE NOT THE TOTAL COMPLETE PACKAGE LIKE YELICH. THIS GUY HAVE SOME BIG-TIME POWER AS WE'VE SEEN ALL YEAR LONG. HIM HITTING LOT OF HOME RUNS. FOR ME, HE'S NOT SO MUCH OF A LEFTY CENTER GUY, HE'S MORE OF A PULL, LEFTY BALLS MILL IN. HE'S GOING IF MAKE YOU PAY FOR IT. RIGHT RIGHT THERE AND DEAD CENTER. LOOK AT HIS STATS, .355 TO CENTER FIELD WITH 11 HOME RUNS TO RIGHT HE'S GOT 19 HOME RUNS AND ALMOST 300 CLIP. THIS GUY IS SITTING ON THREW -- 32 BOMB. HE'S A GAME-CHANGING BAT. IT BE SO FUN TO WATCH THIS GAME TODAY. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YELICH. FRAN: IT'S BEEN HUGE YEAR FOR MAX KEPLER. THEY WERE HOPING HE WOULD MAKE THIS JUMP. MID-30'S IN TERMS OF HOME RUNS. THIRD IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. HE JUMPED OUTAND HAD A BREAKOUT SEASON. SEAN: ONE THING ABOUT MAX KEPLER, YOU CAN'T TEACH EXPERIENCE. HE GETS BETTER AND BETTER. FRAN: WE'LL GET OUT TO MILLER PARK AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR FOR BREWERS AND TWINS. NAME DAY GAMES TODAY. WE'LL GET YOU TO UPDATES AND HERE'S J.D. MARTINEZ AND THE RED SOX TAKING ON THE INDIANS. IT'S A DEEM FLY BALL. NICE JOB BY TYLER NAQUIN DOWN THERE IN THE CORNER. SEAN: NAQUIN HAS BEEN GREAT OUT THERE. THIS IS A GUY RIGHT HERE, JOSE RAMIREZ. NICE PLAY RIGHT THERE. UH-OH. RAMIREZ HAS BEEN THE RESURGENCE. HE AND LINDOR AND THAT LINE-UP GOES. JOSE RAMIREZ LOOKS LIKE AN MVP. FRAN: INDIANS BEHIND THE TWINS. YANKS AND ORIOLES, THEY MAY HAVE JUMPED OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD. WITH THAT YANKEES LINE-UP, IT COULD BE SHORT LIVED. DEE DEE GREGORIUS DRIVING IN AARON JUDGE. SEAN: THAT'S HOME RUN NUMBER 61 FOR THE YANKEES. FRAN: THIS GUY JUST GOT BACK. IT'S LIKE HE NEVER GOT BACK. SEAN: HE HAS 26. FRAN: YANKEES ON TOP OF THE ORIOLES 4-1. ANOTHER UPDATE FOR YOU. RANGERS AND BLUE JAYS. DELINO DESHIELDINGS RIGHT BACK UP THE MIDDLE AND RUNNERS ON THE CORNERS. THAT'S GOING TO GIVE THE RANGERS A 1-0 LEAD. DANNY SANTANA AND HE'S GOING TO GROUND OUT BUT THE RANGERS DO GET ON THE BOARD HERE. THEY'RE ON TOP 1-0. BLUE JAYS, BY THE WAY, SINCE WE'VE SEEN HIM COME UP, THEY'RE 11-5. DO THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO PLAY FOR IN TERMS OF THE FACT THEY'RE OUT OF IT? THEY GOT THREE BIG-TIME NAMES IN THAT LINE-UP. SEAN: WHEN YOU'RE A 21 YEAR KID, YOUR GOAL IS IN LIFE IS TO PLAY IN THE BIG LEAGUES. THOSE GUYS, WE'RE TALKING IMPACT PLAYERS. THEY WANT TO COME UP AND MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES. WHEN THEY COME IN NEXT SEASON, 2020, THEY'RE SAYING, LOOK AT THE FOUNDATION WE BUILT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. NOW WE KNOW WE CAN PLAY UP HERE. CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS UP. FUTURE SO BRIGHT IN TORONTO. FRAN: GET YOURSELF FOR MLB GAME OF THE WEEK HERE ON YOUTUBE LIVE, TWINS AND BREWERS. GAME TWO IS ANYTHING LIKE GAME ONE, YOU'RE IN FOR A TREAT. LOOK BACK AT GAME ONE. >> NOBODY OUT, FIRST AND SECOND, HERE'S GRANDAL. SWING AND DRIVE INTO RIGHT FIELD THAT IS UP AND SHE IS GONE! >> CHANCE FOR THE TWINS TO BACK IN FIRST PLACE HERE. A DRIVE TO LEFT CENTER FIELD. GONZALEZ WITH A 3-RUN HOME RUN. THE TWINS TAKE THE LEAD. FRAN: CRAZY. MARWIN GONZALEZ HAS BEEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT. REMEMBER COUPLE OF YEARS BACK IN THE WORLD SERIES, HE HITS HOME RUN IN GAME 2. THAT CHANGED THE COMPLEXION OF THE WORLD SERIES. JOSH HADER, WE SEE HIM. HE'S GIVEN UP 30 HIT THIS YEAR. 13 HAVE BEEN HOME RUNS. PEOPLE ARE SEEING HIM LITTLE BIT MORE NOW, MAYBE GETTING USED TO HIM. WHAT IT BE LIKE TO FACE HIM? SEAN: WHEN I THINK OF HADER, I LOOK BACK FACING GUY LIKE BILLY WAGNER COMING OUT THE PEN. LIKEY WAGNER COMING JUST FACING THE GUY MORE. YOU FACE A CLOSER, YOU PLAY HIM 18 TIMES. FOR HADER IT'S NOT SURPRISE. THEY'VE SEEN HIS HEATER. THEY SEEN MA HE HAS AND IT'S NOT SURPRISING. THEY KNOW, FRAN, ALMOST 90% OF THE TIME, THOSE GUYS COMING WITH HIS FAST BALL. YOU SAW RIGHT THERE, MARWIN GONZALEZ AMBUSHED THAT FIRST PITCH. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO GET THIS GUY AND GET HIM EARLY. HE'S GIVEN UP 20 RUNS THIS YEAR, 17 OF THEM FROM THE HOME RUN. I THINK FOR GUYS GETTING IN THERE, IT'S NOT LIKE I SAID, IF YOU MISS A SPOT IN THE BIG LEAGUES, EVEN IF YOU'RE JOSH HADER, 95 MILES AN HOUR AND IT'S OUT OVER THE PLATE, IT WILL GET HIT. HIS LOCATION HAS BEEN A PROBLEM. I LOOK AT FACING RANDY JOHNSON. I SAID, OH THAT'S NASTY. YOU START TO FACE HIM LITTLE BIT MORE. YOU START TO SAY TO YOURSELF, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT AS INTIMIDATED AS I USED TO BE. THAT'S WHAT GUYS STARTING TO FIND OUT ABOUT HADER. LISTEN, I CAN LOOK FOR THAT HEATER. IF HE MAKES A MISTAKE, I CAN HIT IT. FRAN: WE TAKE A LOOK HERE AT JOSH HADER. OVER 12 MINUTES AWAY FROM SENDING YOU OUT TO MILLER PARK. THE BREWERS, THAT'S A THING ABOUT NOT ONLY NL CENTRAL BUT WILD CARD RACE. THEY ARE IN IT. REGARDLESS HOW YOU'RE PLAYING RIGHT NOW, THE NL IS SO CROWDED AND CONGESTED, CLEVELAND GETS ON A HOT STREAK, THEY CAN EMERGE. SEAN: NO DOUBT ABOUT DO. EVERYTHING IS SO TIGHT. WHOEVER GETS HOT NOW, WILL TAKE IT. FRAN: I MENTIONED RICH WOLTZ ALONGSIDE DAN PLESAC. >> I'M HERE WITH FORMER TWIN JUSTIN MORNEAU. >> IT WAS EMOTIONAL SWINGS OF PENNANT CHASE AND IT'S ONLY THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST. IT WAS ONE OF THE GAMES INDIANS TIED IT UP LATE. THE TWINS BLEW THE LEAD LATE. ALL OF SUDDEN, MARWIN GONZALEZ COMES UP AND HITS BIG 3-RUN HOME RUN OFF HADER . IT WAS ONE OF THOSE EMOTIONAL GAMES. >> RIGHT NEW THE BREWERS, THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY. WHAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWINS EARLY ON AND LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS? >> THE STARTING PITCHING WAS PITCHING DEEP IN THE GAME. FOR THE MOST PART, THE STARTING PITCHING WAS DEPENDABLE. THEN THEY REASON INTO A ROUGH PATCH. SOME OF THE PERFORMANCES THEY WERE GETTING TAILED OFF. HE WAS BACK ON TRACK LAST NIGHT. THIS TEAM CONTINUED TO HIT HOME RUNS BUT THE PITCHING IS REALLY GOING TO BE THE KEY. >> LOT OF BEGINS WANT TO KNOW, YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON NELSON CRUZ. >> HE SHOULD BE BACK WHEN HE'S ELIGIBLE DOME CAN -- COME OFF THE IL. HE'S ACTUALLY POSITIVE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND NOW HE'S STARTING TO SWING THE BAT. HE SAID HE FEELS GOOD. >> ON ANOTHER POSITIVE, THE TWINS HAVE A VERY FAVORABLE SCHEDULE TOWARDS END OF THE SEASON. DO YOU THINK THAT WILL HELP THEM WIN THIS AL CENTRAL? >> I THINK IT WILL. WIN THIS FRAN: THAT'S QUIETLY GOOD NUMBERS. YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY EXPECT THAT, NOT THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT IT FROM GIO. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE HE'S BEEN LIGHT OUT FOR THEM. HE'S BEEN REALLY GOOD. SEAN: HE WAS IN THE MINORS WITH THE YANKEES LITTLE BIT. NOW HE'S BACK UP. OBVIOUSLY HE KNOW HOUSE TO PITCH. IF I'M A TEAMMATE GINO GONZALEZ, I'M HAPPY TO SEE HIM. THEY NEED THEIR STARTERS. SEAN: IF YOU'RE A TWINS FAN, YOU TAKE IT ALL DAY. THEY HAVE EASIEST SCHEDULE. I THINK THAT HELPS THEM DOWN THE STRETCH. CLEVELAND IS COMING AND THEY ARE PLAYING GREAT BASEBALL. TWINS AND FANS KNOWING WHAT THEY KNOW -- FRAN: ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE TWINS HAVE SUCH A GREAT YEAR. TODAY'S STARTER, KYLE GIBSON HAS DONE A NICE JOB, SO DID JAKE ODORIZZI. >> OKAY, I'M A MINNESOTA GIRL. HERE WE GO AGAIN, THAT 11 1/2 GAME LEAD YOU GUYS HAD IS GONE. HOW DO YOU KEEP THAT PANIC FOR THE FAN BASE FROM COMING IN THE CLUBHOUSE? >> MY QUOTE WAS, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON HEAR. WE'RE NOT MINNESOTA PEOPLE. WE'RE ALL HERE TO PLAY AND WE'RE HERE TO WIN. ALL THE OLD CURSES MISSED FIELD GOALS AND THAT RESONATES WITH PEOPLE TO THIS DAY, DOESN'T APPLY TO US. FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WE'RE HERE TO DO A JOB. WE'RE BACK IN FIRST PLACE NOW. THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO BE THE FINISH THE YEAR. >> WHAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE? >> THE MENTALITY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IT'S A BIG THING FOR A LONG SEASON. WE BOTH HAVE THE BIG LEAD EARLY ON. WE'RE ABLE TO GO THROUGH A LULL AND STILL BE WHERE WE WANT TO BE NOW. INDIANS PLAY GREAT. THEY DID WHAT WE DID BEGINNING OF THE SEASON. THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT LITTLE BIT TOUGHER ON US. IT'S A GOOD THING TO BE TRYING TO WIN A DIVISION CONSTANTLY GOING TO SEPTEMBER. YOU'RE TO BE PLAYING GOOD BASEBALL. THIS TEAM IS REALLY SPECIAL. OFFENSIVELY, OUR PITCHING SIDE IS MORE INTEGRATED THAN PEOPLE THINK. JUST TO WATCH OUR GUYS HIT IS A PRETTY ENJOYABLE THING TO DO. >> REAL QUICK, WE ARE ON YOUTUBE TODAY. WHICH IS AWESOME. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU GO TO YOUTUBE TO WATCH, WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE VIDEOS? >> PRETTY MUCH WHATEVER KEEPS MY KIDS HAPPY. WE GO WATCH THE BABY SHARK VIDEO PLENTY OF TIMES TO CALM DOWN CRYING KIDS. THAT SEEMS LIKE THE PLAY. WHENEVER THEY CAN CALM DOWN AND MAYBE THEY'RE LITTLE OVER EXCITED, WE THROW SOMETHING DOWN THERE TO CALM THEM DOWN. IT'S HARD IT PINPOINT. >> IT'S JAKE ODORIZZI. >> MY YOUNGEST DOESN'T KNOW IT. IT ENTERTAINS HIM. >> THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. FRAN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IN CASE JAKE ODORIZZI, YOU LIKE WATCHING THAT LINE-UP. I'M SURE HE LIKES THE ADDITION OF SERGIO ROMO CLOSING OUT GAMES. SEAN: VETERAN PRESENCE. YOU WATCH SERGIO ROMO ON THE MOUND, HE'S NOT SCARED OF ANYBODY. FRAN: JUST ONE EARNED RUN GIVEN UP. LET'S TAKE BACK TO FINAL OUT. >> PUNCHED TO SHORT RIGHT CENTER FIELD. MAKES THE CATCH. THERE HAVE BEEN 71 OTHER WINS THIS YEAR, NONE BIGGER THAN THE ONE IN MILWAUKEE TONIGHT. >> BUCKLE UP. IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET MORE INTERESTING AS WE GO ALONG. THE TWINS TAKE OVER FIRST PLACE AGAIN. >> SERGIO IT'S BEEN COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE YOU JOINED THE TWINS. WHAT ARE YOUR EARLY IMPRESSIONS? >> SUPER FUN. I KNOW I SAY THE WORD FUN A LOT. I AM JUST LETTING YOU KNOW. THAT'S MY THING. I TOLD YOU BEFORE, MY BATTERY IS LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN MOST. AMOUNT OF ENERGY I HAVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, IT'S BIG. IT'S JUST A IMPLEMENT HERE. >> I KNOW I'M SUPER FIDGETY AND I'M SUPER ENERGETIC. I'M HYPER AND I GOT THAT ADHD THING GON ON. I'M QUIRKY AND EVERYTHING. IN THE BULLPEN, BULLPEN, I DON'. SEAN: BRINGS ENERGY AND FUN. JUST APPRECIATE GETTING OUT THERE AND PLAYING BASEBALL. FRAN: 22 IS BACK. HOPEFULLY THAT BACK IS HEALTHY. CHRISTIAN YELICH, HE TOOK IT PERSONALLY. WHEN PEOPLE SAY YOU WILL COME BACK. HE'S LIKE, NO I'M NOT. COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, HE SAID HOW IS THE PROGRESSION THING WORKING OUT. THIS GUY IS SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT HE DOES. SEAN: ONE THING ABOUT CHRISTIAN YELICH THAT THE BREWERS FANS SEE, WATCHING THIS GUY NIGHT IN AND NIGHT OUT. YOU REALLY APPRECIATE THE PLAYER THAT HE IS. WE TALK ABOUT IT EARLIER THE WAY HE USES THE GAPS AND THE WHOLE FIELD. THIS IS ONCE IN A GENERATIONAL PLAYER. FRAN: WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU OUT TO MILLER PARK COMING UP. WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THE OTHER MLB GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE. COMING UP NEXT WEDNESDAY, WE'RE GOING OUT TO THE DESERT IN ARIZONA FOR THE ROCKIES AND D-BACKS. D-BACKS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE. SEAN: THEY'VE BEEN HANGING AROUND ALL YEAR LONG. RIGHT AROUND .500. THEY TRYING IF MAKE THAT PUSH. YOU GOT TO TOREY LOVULLO AND THAT CREW SOME PROPS. FRAN: IN TERMS OF BREWERS, THEY NEED TO GET ON THE RUNS. 8 OF THE LAST 11 OR 10 OF 13. SEAN: THEY NEED CONSISTENCY. THEY NEED YELICH IN THAT LINE-UP. WITHOUT HIM IN THAT LINE-UP, IT'S DIFFERENT. THE BULLPEN GOT TO BE A FACTOR. THOSE GUYS GOT TO STEP UP TOWARDS END OF THE SEASON HERE. WE'RE SEE WHAT HAPPENS. FRAN: GREAT TWO-GAME SET. TWINS AND BREWERS, GAME 2, GAME THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE. I'M FRAN CHARLES, THAT COUNTDOWN CLOCK GETTING CLOSE. WE'LL SEND YOU OUT TO MILLER PARK. ENJOY THE GAME ON YOUTUBE. LITTLE OVERCAST AND RAIN IN MILWAUKEE. THIS IS THE BEST TAILGATE SCENE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. CLOUDS AND RAIN, NO PROBLEM. THEY GOT IT COVERED HERE AT MILLER PARK. TERRIFIC MATCHUP FOR THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK ON YOUTUBE. PLAYOFF HOPEFULS AND A LOT ON THE LINE. BREECH TWO-GAME SERIES. THE MINNESOTA TWINS AND MILWAUKEE BREWERS. INTERLEAGUE BASEBALL FOR YOU TODAY. THE TWINS HALF GAME LEAD NOW IN THE CENTRAL. BREWERS ARE GAME AND A HALF BACK IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD CARD. THEY MET LAST NIGHT, IT WAS A THRILLING GAME. THE TWINS HIT A LOT OF HOME RUN THIS YEAR, 230. BUT BIGGEST WAS LAST NIGHT. MARWIN GONZALEZ, 3-RUN HOMER . THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE. YOUTUBE BUSINESS TO DO. IF YOU'RE NEW DIFFERENCE. -- BEN AND CLEVELAND INDIANS WITH FIRST PLACE ON LINE. TAKE US BACK THERE. >> THIS AL CENTRAL WAS OVER. WHAT TIME TWINS HAD 11 1/2 GAME LEAD. THE INDIANS ARE COMING. THEY CAME AND WON THREE OUT OF FOUR TARGET FIELD. >> THE TWINS STILL HAVE SEVEN -X GAMES LEFT. CARLOS SANTANA COMES UP AND HITS A GRAND SLAM. >> FUN FOR SURE. THE CENTRAL FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON WILL BE A GREAT WATCH. >> YOUNG INDIAN PITCHES HAS BEEN GOOD. SHANE BEIBER PITCHED VERY WELL. THEY'RE EXPECTING COREY KLUBER BACK IN A FEW WEEKS. THAN GOOD ROTATION FOR THE INDIANS MIGHT GET STRONGER. >> JUSTIN, LET'S START WITH THE TWINS. SOME GUYS HAVE EMERGED THIS YEAR THAT HAVE REALLY HELPED. EVERYONE HITTING HOME RUNS IT SEEMS. MAX KEPLER HAVE BEEN GREAT SEASON. >> LUIS ARRAEZ. >> HE'S ON BASE MACHINE. ONE OF THEM EMERGED. WHO KNEW THAT MAX KEPLER WILL HIT 32 HOMERS. >> I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY KNEW ABOUT THE 32 HOMERS. THEY SIGNED HIM TO CONTRACT EXTENSION IN THE OFF SEASON. THEY HAVE BELIEF IN HIM. HE IS A DANGEROUS HITTER. >> WHEN YOU'RE HITTING HOME RUNNINGS, IT HELPS TO GET GUYS ON BASE. ARRAEZ GETS ON BASE. IF I TELL YOU THAT HOME RUN WILL -- CHRISTIANYELICH WILL HAVE A , YOU SAY YES. >> MAYBE NOT SO FAST. NOT VERY OFTEN YOU SEE A SECOND BASEMAN HITTING IN THE FOUR SPOT. KESTON HIURA HIT IN ALL STOPS IN MINOR LEAGUE. HE HITS GOOD FAST BALLS. HE'S A GOOD BREAKING BALL HITTER. HE'S OFF TO BETTER SEASON. CODY BELLINGER AND CHRISTIAN YELICH FOR THE NL MVP IN 2019. LOOK AT THAT GRAPHIC. 47 BOMBS AT MILLER BALLPARK. THE BREWERS HAVE GOTTEN LOT OF BANG FOR THEIR BUCK FOR THE TRADE FROM THE MARLINS. >> LOOK AT YELICH, MVP YEAR ON THE RIGHT AND THIS YEAR, BETTER ON BASE. MORE SLUGGING IN TOTAL BASES. THE CHALLENGE FOR THE BREWERS TODAY AND ANYBODY ELSE FACING THE TWINS, KEEP THEM IN THE BALLPARK. WITH MORE ON THAT LET'S GO DOWN TO THE FIELD. >> HITTING HOME RUNS IS JUST WHAT THIS TWINS TEAM DOES. EDDIE ROSARIO IS ONE OF THOSE SLUGGERS. HE TOLD THE MEDIA WE LIKE TO HIT A LOT OF BOMB BUZZ. BOMBBA IS BOMB IN SPANISH. LAUGH THE TWINS ROSTER SPEAKS SPANISH. NICKNAME WAS BORN. THE TWINS SET A NEW FRANCHISE RECORD FOR HOME RUNS LAST WEEK. WE'RE TALKING EARLY AUGUST. THEY'RE ON PACE TO SHATTER THE MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD. IT'S NOT JUST ONE GUY WHO'S DOING ALL THE DAMAGE, FIVE PLAYERS ALREADY HIT 20 AND FEW MORE ARE VERY CLOSE. THE TWINS COULD BECOME THE FIRST TEAM IN MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY TO HAVE EIGHT PLAYERS WITH 20 PLUS HOMERS. YOU SEE HERE, IT'S GUYS YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT GOING INTO THE SEASON TO PRODUCE. MAX KEPLER 44 HOME RUNS >> MILLER PARK IS READY TO GO. MLB GAME OF THE WEEK ON YOUTUBE. WE GOT TWINS AND WE'VE GOT BREWERS. WITH A LOT ON THE LINE. >> WHEN YOU'RE HOT LIKE HE IS, YOU CAN HIT HOME RUNS WITH ONE HAND. >> CHRISTIAN YELICH HIT A ROCKET. >> TWINS DONE IT AGAIN. POLANCO WITH A CYCLE. >> HE IS THE FIRST TWINS SWITCH HITTER TO HIT FOR THE TIGERS. >> THREE HOMER NIGHT KEPLER. >> THIS GUY IS HAVING HIMSELF A NIGHT. >> SECOND TIME IN HIS CAREER, MAX KEPLER COME TO CLEVELAND AND HIT THREE HOME RUNS. MIKE MOUSTAKAS DOES IT AGAIN. >> MIGHT BE THREE. OUT THERE. OUT AT SECOND, A TRIPLE PLAY! UNBELIEVABLE. >> SANO TO THE BACK. THERE'S ONE, THERE'S TWO. ANOTHER TRIPLE PLAY. >> UNBELIEVABLE. GOING BACK AT THE WALL. OH MY GOODNESS. HE DID IT AGAIN. >> LORENZO CAIN ROBS ESCOBAR OF A HOME RUN. >> NELSON CRUZ CAN COME DOWN ON A BASEBALL WITH MUCH AUTHORITY. >> HOTTEST PLAYER IN ALL OF BASEBALL IS NELSON CRUZ. >> TWINS ROAD WIN, MINNESOTA ONE OF THE BEST IN BASEBALL ON THE ROAD. THE BREWERS NEED A WIN HERE TO TRY TO KEEP PACE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD CARD RACE. TWO YOUNG BRIGHT MANAGERS, CRAIG COUNSELL HAS AN OUTSTANDING RUN HERE WITH THE BREWERS. HE'LL TURN 49 NEXT WEEK. THIS IS YEAR NUMBER FIVE. AND ROCCO BALDELLI LEARNED AT THE FOOT OF JOE MADDEN AND KEVIN CASH DOWN WITH THE RAYS. BALDELLI IN HIS FIRST SEASON. HIS LINE-UP LOOKS THIS WAY. MINNESOTA TWINS 72-47. POLANCO SECOND, MIGUEL SANO THIRD, EDDIE ROSARIO. MARWIN GONZALEZ, MAX KEPLER WAS ON BASE, JONATHAN SCHOOP GETS START AT SECOND AND KYLE GIBSON IS ON THE MOUND. GIO GONZALEZ GETS BASEBALL FOR MILWAUKEE. DAN: IT'S DIFFERENT FOR GIO GONZALEZ. YOU LOOK AT THE OVERPOWER CURVE BALL. HE'S NOT THE SAME GUY. MORE CHANGEUPS MORE TWO-SEAM FAST BALLS. DON'T LOOK FOR AS MANY CURVE BALLS AS WE USED TO SEE FROM GIO. MORE CHANGEUPS THAN CURVE BALLS. RICH: THEY DON'T MESS AROUND. IT'S EITHER KEPLER ON GARVER IN THAT LEADOFF SPOT. AGAINST THE LEFTY IT'S GARVER, 22 HOME RUNS AND A .610 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE FOR THE TWINS' CATCHER. DAN: OFFICE IS THERE WITH HIM. HE'S IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY BEHIND THE PLATE. HE WENT INTO THE OFF SEASON SAYING THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED TO IMPROVE ON. WHAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE. RICH: GONZALEZ WHO OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T THROW AS HARD AS HE USED TO, MISSES IN. THE COUNT IS 2-1. >> YOU THINK ABOUT GIO GONZALEZ AND MAX SCHERZER WITH THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS. HE'S ONE OF THEIR GO TO PITCHERS. RICH: OUT OF PLAY. >> GIO KIND OF EXPERIENCE WHAT WE SAW LOT OF VETERANS TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO PLAY. SIGNEDDED MINOR DEAL WITH THE YANKEES. BREWERS WERE LOOKING FOR STARTING PITCHING. GIO GONZALEZ ANSWER THAT. HE'S NOT GOING TO GO VERY DEEP IN THE GAME. HE'S PRETTY MUCH A FIVE OR SIX INNING PITCHER. HE KNOWS HOW TO MANAGE A GAME. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT HE DOES NOW. RICH: GARVER TO RIGHT AND IT'S GONE. THE BUMBA SHOW ON THE FIRST HITTER IS IN FULL FORCE. 23 NOW FOR GARVER. 231 NOW FOR THE TWINS. UNBELIEVABLE. DAN: THAT'S WHY HE HITS LEADOFF. YOU HAVE IMMEDIATE POWER THREATS. DOESN'T ALLOW THAT PITCHER TO SELLING IN AND FIND THE STRIKE ZONE. HE'S UNCOMFORTABLE IF YOU LEAD THE BALL UP IN THE ZONE. >> TWO-SEAM FAST BALL, 81 MILES AN HOUR. GARVER HAD A MONSTER YEAR. DAN: HE GAINED SO MUCH EXPERIENCE LAST YEAR. HE LEARNED WHAT IT MEANT TO HANDLE A PITCHING STAFF. LEARNED HIMSELF AS A HITTER. HE EVOLVED LAST YEAR. EVERYTHING HE WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR, KNOWING HE NEEDED TO GET BETTER RECEIVING WISE. IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE TANDEM. IT WORKS OUT SO WELL WITH A LEFT HANDED HITTER AND RIGHT HANDED HITTER. IT MAKES MATCHUPS HAPPEN. RICH: HERE'S POLANCO FOR THE TWINS. SWING AND A MISS. YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THE TWINS LOCKED UP MAX KEPLER, POLANCO AS WELL. HE'S HITTING WITH POWER. AS IS EVERYBODY IN THE TWINS UNIFORM. 17 HOME RUNS SLUGGING CLOSE TO 500 AND GONZALEZ WITH A FAST BALL THAT MISSES UP. >> I FEEL LIKE SOME OF IT HAS BEEN DISCOUNTED. AS A TEAM THEY HIT SO MANY HOME RUNS. THEY ARE LEADING ALL OF BASEBALL. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S INSIGNIFICANT. RICH: POLANCO STRIKEOUT. >> IT'S WHERE, IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT USED TO SEEING FOR THE MINNESOTA TWINS. TYPICALLY FIRST TO THIRD STEALS TO BASES AND PUT PRESSURE ON THE DEFENSE. NOW IT'S THE RUN THREAT ALMOST NONEXISTENT. THEY DON'T STEAL LOT OF BASES. IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, YOU CAN GET DOWN 1-0 AND 3-0 IN A HURRY WITH THEIR ABILITY TO HIT THE BALL OUT THE BALLPARK. RICH: NELSON CRUZ IS ON THE IL RIGHT NOW. WE'LL VISIT WITH HIM IN A COUPLE OF INNINGS. WITHOUT HIM, THIS IS STILL AN IMPRESSIVELY THICK LINE-UP. MIGUEL SANO IS A LARGE HUMAN. 6'4", 272. IF I'M GOING TO MISS LOW, I WILL MISS LOW. >> WE'VE SEEN WHAT GIO IS NOW. FAST BALL IS 88 AND 90 MILES AN HOUR. TWO-SEAM FAST BALL THAT WAS AWAY. FIRST PITCH TO SANO WAS CHANGEUP AND CURVE BALL. HE'S NOT THE OVERPOWER PITCHER THAT HE ONCE WAS. THERE'S ANOTHER CHANGEUP. ONE OF THE THINGS HE CHANGED HIS STYLE. WE TALKED TO CRAIG COUNSELL BEFORE THE GAME. HE TALKED HIS USAGE OF HIS PITCHES AND HOW TO MANAGE A GAME. HIS STUFF MIGHT NOT BE WHAT IT WAS. HE FIGURED OUT HOW TO INCORPORATE THAT FOUR-SEAM FAST BALL FOR STRIKES. THERE'S ANOTHER CHANGEUP. HE'S VERY UNPREDICTABLE. HE HAS TO BE AT THIS POINT. CRAIG COUNSELL WAS TELLING US EARLIER, THERE AREN'T MANY STARTING PITCHERS IN THE GAME WITH 89 TO 90. HE'S 90 MILES AN HOUR TOPS. RICH: HE'S HAD A TERRIFIC CAREER. FIRST IN OAKLAND AND SEVEN YEARS WITH THE NATIONALS, COUPLE OF ALL-STAR TEAMS. HAD AN OUTSTANDING 2017 RIGHT AT THE END OF LAST YEAR. FAST BALL UP. GONZALEZ MAKING FIVE STARTS TO A .2.13 E.R.A. ALSO GOT THE BALL IN THE POSTSEASON AS WELL. GOT A 3-2 ON MIGUEL SANO. MITCH GARVER OPPOSITE FIELD AND 1- 0 TWINS LEAD. THAT'S A STRIKE. GREAT SPOT INNER HALF RIGHT AT THE LETTERS. A PAIR OF STRIKEOUTS FOR GIO GONZALEZ. DAN: MIGUEL SANO MINE LOOKING FOR THAT CHANGEUP. HE WENT TWO FAST BALL IN AND MISSED. MIGHT HAVE BEEN LITTLE PITT A -E BIT FRIENDLY CALL. YASMANI GRANDAL WITH THE HIGH STRIKE ZONE. PITCH KIND OF TIES UP SANO. HE'S LOOKING FOR SOMETHING OUT OVER THE PLATE AND GOOD FAST BALL IN. RICH: THAT'S WHY GONZALEZ HAS BEEN ABLE IT GET BOTH OF HIS STRIKEOUT. POLANCO SWINGING SANO LOOKING. BOTH AT THE TOP OF THE ZONE. HERE IS EDDIE ROSARIO WHO'S A VERY STEADY MINNESOTA TWIN. LAST THREE YEARS, 17, HE HIT 27 HOMERS, 18, 24 HOMERS. HE'S POPPED 25 THIS YEAR. TOWARDS THE LINE. GRESHAM CAN'T HOLD IT. IT'S 0-2. DAN: THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PADDING ON THAT PART HE RAN INTO THEY'RE. TOUGH PLAY FOR AN OUTFIELDER. TRYING TO GAUGE WHERE YOU'RE AT ON THE FEEL. >> OUCH. LITTLE BIT THAT RIGHT SHOULDER GOING INTO THAT SCREEN THERE. DAN: EDDIE ROSARIO IT'S HARDED TO SAY. THE BIG YEARS FOR MAX KEPLER AND NELSON CRUZ COMING IN AND POWER NUMBERS UP AND DOWN THE LINE-UP. HE'S BEEN STEADY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. HE'S THAT THREAT. HE WANTS TO BE UP IN THE BIG MOMENTS. RICH: THAT ONE IS HIT. CAME BACK AND THAT'S GONE! GOODNESS. OPPOSITE FIELD, EDDIE ROSARIO, TWO RUNS, TWO HOMERS. THIS IS HOW THE MINNESOTA TWINS ROLL. DAN: IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE A HAPPY TEAM. THEY CUT DOWN THEIR STRIKEOUT RATE FROM THE WHERE THEY WERE AT LAST YEAR. THEY'RE OUT THERE, THEY'RE ATTACKING AND THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE. THEY TRY TO PUT THEIR BEST SWING ON IT EVERY TIME UP THERE. RICH: ANOTHER HIGH FAST BALL. WE'VE SEEN LOT OF FAST BALLS FROM GIO. 88 MILES AN HOUR, FOUR-SEAM FAST BALL. KIND OF UP MIDDLE THIRD. MILESTONE THERE. HIS 100th CAREER HOME RUN. HERE IS C.J. CRON. GENTLEMAN JAIME HIRSCH HAD THE PROJECTIONS. WE MIGHT WANT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS GAME, TO AMEND THOSE PROJECTIONS AND AIM LITTLE HIGHER. DAN: IT'S OVER 300. WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. WHAT WE'RE USED TO SEEING. RICH: MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD IS YANKEES LAST YEAR, .267. TWINS COMING IN THIS GAME ON PACE FOR .313. CRON GOT 19. BIG RIGHT HANDED BAT. BREAK OUT YEAR WITH THE RAYS. TAKES OUTSIDE. >> I DON'T THINK YOU CAN ATTRIBUTE IT ONLY TO BASEBALLS. THE PITCH THAT ROSARIO HITS UP IN THE ZONE. WHEN YOU MAKE MISTAKES, THOSE ARE OFTEN HOME RUNS. WHEN YOU MAKE MISTAKES LOWER IN THE ZONE, THEY ARE GROUND BALLS IN THE GAP. THE BALL IS GOING TO FLAY OVER THE FENCE. THAT'S KIND OF THE TREND IN BASEBALL AS STRIKE ZONE GOTTEN MORE NORTH TO SOUTH. RICH: HERE'S MARWIN GONZALEZ WHO TAKES A STRIKE. >> FIRST PITCH HE SAW OFF JOSH HADER, 3-RUN HOME RUN. 13th HOME RUN ALLOWED LAST NIGHT BY JOSH HADER. ONE OF REASONS BREWERS ARE HOVERING AROUND THAT .500 MARK. BULLPENS GOOD LAST YEAR. THEY REALLY MISSED COREY KNEBEL WHO THEY LOST TO TOMMY JOHN SURGERY. RICH: WHEN YOUR ROTATION GETS THIN THAT EXPOSES THAT BULLPEN. NORMALLY, GOOD ROTATION, YOU'LL SEE A GOOD BULLPEN. THAT'S LESS INNINGS YOU HAVE TO EAT UP LAST YEAR. BREWERS HAD TO TRADE DEADLINE. >> THEY ACQUIRED JONATHAN SCHOOP AND MIKE MOUSTAKAS. THEIR THEORY WAS, GENERAL MANAGER DAVID STERN THOUGHT IF THEY WENT OUT AND ACQUIRED MORE HITTING, GAMES THEY WERE UP, TURNED IT OVER TO THE BULLPEN. THE BULLPEN WAS DOMINANT. BRENDAN WOODRUFF IS IN THE STARTING ROTATION WITH ADRIAN HOUSER. RICH: GONZALEZ SWING AND A MISS. MINNESOTA TWINS HAVE DONE IT ALL YEAR LONG. NOTHING DIFFERENT HERE IN THE FIRST INNING. MITCH GARVER, LEADING OFF OPPOSITE FIELD. EDDIE ROSARIO WITH TWO OUTS, OPPOSITE FIELDS. THE TWINS HAVE GRABBED A 2-0 LEAD. DAN: THAT 2-0 LEAD SHOULD HAVE AN IMPACT HOW HE APPROACH THIS GAME. OBVIOUSLY HE'S WANT TO ATTACK THE STRIKE ZONE LITTLE BIT MORE, SEE HOW HE PITCHES. HE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE SHUTDOWN INNING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. GET THEM BACK IN THERE AS QUICK AS YOU CAN. KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING. >> YOU SAW ROCCO BALDELLI, MANY PEOPLE FEEL MANAGER OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE. HERE'S TRENT GRISHAM. ONLY 22. EARNED HIS WAY TO THE BIG LEAGUES WITH A HOT RUN IN SAN ANTONIO. TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE FOR THE BREWERS. GRISHAM IN THE BOX. >> IF YOU WATCH THE WAY HE GRIPS BAT. HE GRIPS IT LIKE A GOLF CLUB. FIRST YEAR PRO BALL, BREWERS WANTED TO GET HIM TO CHANGE HIS GRIP, MORE STRONGER GRIP. YOU CAN ALMOST SEE BOTH THUMBS OFF THE BAT. RICH: SMOKES THAT IN CENTER FIELD FOR LEADOFF HIT. >> THIS YEAR HE WENT TO SPRING TRAINING. HE FELT LIKE HE WILL GO BACK TO WAY HE FELT COMFORTABLE. HOLDING IT MORE LIKE A GOLF CLUB. SO FAR IT WORKED. RICH: THE NUMBERS AT THE BIG LEAGUE LEVEL ARE PROMISING. DAN: HE'S GOING TO KEEP GETTING OPPORTUNITIES. LINE-UP HAS BEEN CONSISTENT AND IT'S A DEEP LINE-UP. GIBSON JUST TRYING TO GET STRIKE 1, JUST TRYING TO GET COMFORTABLE OUT THERE ON THE MOUND. RIGHT AWAY DEALING WITH TROUBLE. RICH: BALL IN THE DIRT. GETS AWAY FROM GARVER. YASMANI GRANDAL AT THE PLATE. >> HE YANKS THIS BREAKING BALL DOWN AND IN. YOU SEE GRANDAL TO PULL SOMETHING RIGHT THERE. JUST YANKS THIS ONE DOWN IN THE GROUND. IT'S A TOUGH PITCH FOR GARVER. RICH: GARVER IMPROVED HIS RECEIVING SKILLINGS OVER THE LAST SEASON. WE WERE SEEING MORE AND MORE CATCHERS GO KIND OF BACK IN TIME TO THAT MORE ATHLETIC POSITIONING GOING DOWN TO A KNEE. GARVER DONE IT HERE WITH THE TWINS. IT PUT THEM IN BETTER POSITION AS AN ATHLETE TO GET IN AND OUT. DAN: GARVER IS A BIG GUY. IT HELPS HIM TO STEAL PITCHES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE ZONE. RICH: EVERYBODY MVP COMING TO THE PLATE AND RUNNERS FIRST AND SECOND. >> IF YOU'RE ROCCO BALDELLI YOU HAVE TO BE CONCERNED. WALK TO GRANDAL. THIS IS PART OF THE ORDER OF THIS BALLPARK YOU TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM WITH YELICH AND HIURA ON DECK. TWO RUNS IN THIS BALLPARK IS NOTHING. YOU WOULD ASSUME, YELL -- YELICH WILL BE SWINGING EARLY. RICH: YELICH HAD A DOUBLE OFF THE BASE OF THE LEFT FIELD WALL LAST NIGHT IN HIS RETURN TO THE LINE-UP AFTER ABSENCE FOUR OR FIVE DAYS WITH A SORE BACK. BREWERS HAD AN OFF DAY. GOT COUPLE MORE OFF DAYS. CRAIG COUNSELL CONFIDENT THAT YELICH'S BACK IS GOOD TO GO. COUNT 0-1. 39 HOME RUNS, TIED CODY BELLINGER AND MIKE TROUT FOR THE MAJOR LEAGUE LEAD. YELICH FOULS THAT PITCH BACK. DAN: HE MIGHT HAVE GOT AWAY WITH ONE. HE HASN'T MISSED THAT PITCH TOO MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. KIND OF GOT BEAT IN THE ZONE. HE STARTED OFF WITH THE FIRST PITCH FAST BALL. THAT ONE TRYING TO GO IN AND RAN BACK OVER. >> YOU CAN SEE YELICH WAY OUT IN FRONT OF IT HERE. PULLING THE STRING AND GREAT PITCH THERE BY GIBSON. DAN: ONLY WAY TO GET CHASES IN THE PITCHES IS IF HE'S AHEAD IN THE COUNT. HE'S EFFECTIVE WITH THAT SLIDER. HITTERS AREN'T ENTICED AND THEY HAVE TO REASON TO SWING AT IT. THEY'RE AHEAD IN THE COUNT AND THEY'RE IN CONTROL. RICH: HIURA, WORD WAS OUT LAST YEAR, ANYONE THAT WATCH THIS KID IN THE MINOR LEAGUES, HE CAN FLAT HIT. UC IRVINE, BIG WEST CONFERENCE. HIURA, 56 GAMES HAS LIT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE ON FIRE. SLUGGING .587. ON BASE 372 CLIP. SWINGS AT A BREAKING BALL THERE. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPRESSIVE, I HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH HIM, WHAT MAKES HIM SO GOOD, HE'S NOT AFRAID TO TAKE THAT BALL AND DRIVE IT TO RIGHT CENTER FIELD. HE'S A GOOD FAST BALL HITTER. FOR A YOUNG HITTER, YOU SEE LOT OF YOUNG HITTERRINGS WHEN THEY GET CALLED UP, THEY ARE PULL TYPE OF HITTERS. HE'S INSIDE-OUT WING. HE'S VERY GOOD, TWO STRIKE BREAKING BALL HITTER. RICH: PULLS THAT BALL IN LEFT FIELD. BASE HIT. CHRISTIAN AROUND THIRD AND COMING HOME. MILWAUKEE HAS ONE RUN BACK. DAN: BECAUSE AS WE TALKED ABOUT, HE USES THE WHOLE FIELD, YOU CAN'T SHIFT ON HIM. >> IT'S ON THE CORNER ABOUT KNEE HIGH. HE HAS GREAT PLATE COVERAGE. HITS THIS ONE RIGHT PAST POLANCO AND SHORT. WE TUCKED ON IT IN THE OPEN. VERY RARELY YOU SEE A ROOKIE THAT HAS COUPLE OF MONTHS SERVICE TIME IN THE BIG LEAGUES HITTING IN THE FOUR SPOT. BREWERS ARE CONFIDENT IN HIS FOOT BALL -- BAT TO BALL SKILLS. RICH: BREWERS HAVE BEEN 1 FOR LAST 23 WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION. HERE'S MOUSTAKAS. HE'S POPPED 27 HOMERS, 25 DOUBLES. FIVE SPOT TODAY, GRANDAL AT SECOND, HIURA AT FIRST INFIELD SHIFTED A BIT FOR MOUSTAKAS. THESE ARE TWO DEFENSES THAT ARE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE SHIFT. DAN: MOUSTAKAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH GIBSON WITH HIS TIME WITH THE ROYALS IN THE AL CENTRAL. THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS MATCHUP HERE. EXPERIENCE USUALLY FAVORS THE HITTER. RICH: MOUSTAKAS AN ALL-STAR THIS YEAR. NO SWING. ROB DRAKE DOWN AT THIRD BASE. ROBERTO ORTIZ AT FIRST, MIKE MUCHLINSKI WORKING THE FIRST BASE. 2-0. ON THE GROUND, SCHOOP PIVOTS. POLANCO FUMBLES. EVERYBODY SAFE. DAN: THIS HAS BEEN ISSUES FOR THE MINNESOTA TWINS TEAM. IF THERE'S ONE KNOCK ON THEIR GAME, THEY PROBABLY MADE FUDD MORE ERRORS. THERE WAS A MISSED BUNT LAST NIGHT. POLANCO SECOND BASE THERE. MAYBE TRYING TO BE TOO QUICK AND TURN DOUBLE PLAY ON A BALL. WASN'T HIT HARD ENOUGH. THAT'S AN OUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE. YOU CANNOT GIVE BIG LEAGUE TEAMS EXTRA OUTS. DON'T DO THAT. RICH: ERRORS GOES TO POLANCO. BAGS ARE LOADED. HERE'S LORENZO CAIN, GIBSON 16 PITCHES IN THIS INNING. CAIN TRYING TO RECAPTURE WHAT HE HAD LAST YEAR. >> HE TOUCHED ON IT, YOU LOOK AT THE AVERAGE, 248, 8 HOME RUNS HITTING FURTHER DOWN IN THE ORDER. HITTING NEAR THE TOP THIRD OF THE LINE-UP FOR THE BREWERS. SWINGING AT A LOT OF PITCHER'S PITCHES. PITCHERS THROWING LOT OF BREAKING BALL IN COUNTS LIKE THIS ONE. PRETTY GOOD FAST BALL THERE FROM GIBSON, 94 MILES AN HOUR. SOMETIMES HITTERS TRY TO HIT AND SWING THEIR WAY OUT OF IT. AT TIMES, LORENZO CAIN, THE LAST WEEK 10 DAYS LITTLE BIT GUILTY BEING LITTLE BIT OVERAGGRESSIVE. DAN: YOU SAY I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN TAKE A FEW PITCHES. SEE IF I CAN STRIKE A STRIKE ZONE DOWN. TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE STRIKE ZONE AS A HITTER AND TO BE DISCIPLINED AND STAY WITHIN YOURSELF, THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE SUCCESS. SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A GOOD AT-BAT, A WALK OR SAC-FLY IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS. DOING SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE. RICH: INFIELD UP THE MIDDLE BACK FOR TWO. BAGS LOAD. ALREADY A BACK AND FORTH AFFAIR. TWINS GOT TWO ON TWO HOMERS IN THE FIRST TOP HALF. BREWERS ANSWERED WITH ONE. CAIN A CHOPPER TOWARDS SHORT. POLANCO, SCHOOP TURNS IN TIME. GIBSON GETS HIMSELF OUT OF TROUBLE. BUT THE BREWERS PUT RUN UP ON A COUPLE OF HITS, LEAVE A COUPLE. JUST AN INNING IN THE BOOKS HERE. MLB GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE AND THE TWINS HAVE A 2-1 LEAD. NELSON CRUZ HOSTED COUPLE OF TEAMS AT TARGET FIELD FOR A GAME OF BATIA WHICH IS DOMINICAN FOR STICK BALL. >> WE START HITTING WITH THE TOY. WE START USING AS A BASEBALL. IT BECOMES REALLY POPULAR AND ALSO HELP US AS A HEATER TO FOLLOW PIECES. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WILL DO. SOMETIMES IF YOU REALLY GOOD. MOST OF THE TIMES YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU WILL GO. YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW. IT'S HARD TO PUT IN PLAY. ♪♪ I PLAYED BETYAH EVERYDAY. IT'S COOL IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, EVERYWHERE YOU CAN FIND PLACE TO PLAY. IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR THE KIDS. IT'S PART OF OUR CULTURE AS DOMINICAN. YOU WANT TO SHOW WHAT WE DID AS A KID. RICH: BETYAH, HI NELSON, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED PLAYING THAT IN THE DOMINICAN? >> MAYBE NINE OR EIGHT. RICH: YOU STILL USE IT FOR HAND AND EYE COORDINATION? >> I USE THE BOTTLE OF COKE OR BEER. IT'S SMALL. IT MAKES IT LITTLE BIT HARDER TO HIT IT. RICH: HOW IS THE WRIST? I KNOW YOU GOT GOOD NEWS. YOU'RE ON THE IL. YOU SHOULD BE BACK PRETTY SOON. >> IT FEELS GREAT. I TOOK A VACATION DAY. IT FEELS MORE LOOSE THAN EARLIER IN THE YEAR. DAN: NICE TO TALK TO YOU. GUYS ARE GOING DEEP LIKE THAT. IS IT TOUGH BEING A CHEERLEADER? >> I LOVE TO PLAY. I HAVE TO BE THE BEST CHEERLEADER FOR THE TEAM. JUSTIN: SO MANY OF THESE YOUNG PLAYERS SAY THEY LOOK UP TO YOU, THEY LEARNED FROM YOU. IS THERE A CERTAIN POINT THAT YOU REMEMBER? HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF YOURSELF AS A LEADER? >> I THINK WE HAD GUYS WHO ARE VETERAN, THAT'S PART OF THE JOB. >> YOU COME FROM BEHIND, ESPECIALLY AGAINST TOUGH PITCHING WE HAD LAST NIGHT ON THE FOUND. IT'S HUGE FOR US. LAST NIGHT WAS AN EXAMPLE WHAT WE DO. RICH: WALK TO KEPLER. JONATHAN SCHOOP AT THE PLATE. MINNESOTA HIT COUPLE OF SOLO HOMERS. MITCH GARVER AND EDDIE ROSARIO IN THE FIRST, NELSON CRUZ IS OUR GUEST. MAX KEPLER GOOD LEAD AT THE FIRST. ROCCO BALDELLI SAID TODAY, YOU'VE BEEN SUCH A BIG INFLUENCE, NOT ONLY IN THE LINE-UP BUT ALSO IN THE CLUBHOUSE WITH SOME OF THE YOUNGER PLAYERS. I WANT TO GET YOUR IMPRESSION ON THE GUYS FIRST BASE. MAX KEPLER, WHO IS REALLY BLOWING UP THIS YEAR. WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN FROM KEPLER THIS SEASON? >> WHAT YOU SEE NOW, THAT'S WHAT I SAW IN SPRING TRAINING. HE'S A GUY WHO CAN HIT HOMERS, HE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER BATTING AVERAGE. IF YOU STAY AND WATCH HIS BATTING PRACTICE, IT'S IMPRESSIVE. DEFINITELY YOU SEE A GUY THAT DEFINITELY MATURED. HE UNDERSTANDS AND HE LEARN ABOUT HIS SWING. DAN: YOU SAID YOU SAW SOMETHING IN THIS MINNESOTA TEAM, YOU WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS. YOU CAN SEE SORT OF MAYBE THAT OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE OF THESE YOUNG PLAYERS EVOLVING. WAS HE WASN'T OF THE GUYS WHO SAID, I WANT TO BE OVER THERE WITH THOSE GUYS? THERE'S A FEW YOUNG GUYS I'M SURE HE WAS ONE OF THEM. >> NO DOUBT. WHOLE LINE, EVEN THE GUYS, MADE A WHOLE GROUP WE WOULD HAVE TOGETHER. THE GUYS THAT WAS HERE LAST YEAR. IT SEEMS LIKE EVEN THE YOUNG GUYS, THEY SEE WHAT WE HAVE AS A TEAM. RICH: NICE BUNT BY GIBSON. GOOD EXECUTION. TELL US ABOUT GARVER. I THINK ON THE NATIONAL SCENE, HIS NAME IS NOT KNOWN BUT YOU HAVE A CATCHER WHO POPPED 23 HOME RUNS AND PLAYED THE WAY HE HAS. YOU REALLY HAVE SOMETHING. >> NOT ONLY THE WAY HE HIT IF. WHEN HE'S CALLING THE PITCHES, WE'RE CONFIDENT. THE PITCHES AND THE STUFF, TRUST IT. HE'S BEEN THE GUY THAT WE IDOLIZE EVERYDAY TO BE UP THERE. RICH: TAKE CARE OF THAT WRIST. HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE YOU WITHIN A WEEK. >> THANK YOU GUYS. RICH: NELSON CRUZ, WRIST ISSUE. GARVER TAKES IT. NORMALLY, WHEN YOU GET AN INJURY, YOU CAN CALL DOCTOR OR EXPERT. WE HAVE TO LOOK TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOOTH, JUSTIN MORNEAU HAD THE SAME INJURY. DAN: IT BOTHERED HIM OFF AND ON. -- OFF AND ON. PATTING PRACTICE IT HURT. LATE JUNE OR JULY RUPTURED AND THE PAIN WAS GONE. IT WAS THE WEIRDEST THING. THE STRENGTH WASN'T QUITE THE SAME. IT WAS MY TOP HAND AND FOR HIM IT'S HIS BOTTOM HAND. RICH: MOUSTAKAS ON THE RUN. IN TIME AND THE INNING ENDS. WE'LL PICK UP THE MEDICAL UPDATE AFTER THIS. WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE THE 15th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOVIE "MEAN GIRLS" WE'LL DO IT BREW CREW WAY. AS THEY DECIDED TO ADOPT ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE SEATS. >> WAIT, SIT DOWN. SERIOUSLY SIT DOWN. I WAS CATCHER FOR DODGERS IN LOS ANGELES. >> YOU NEVER SEEN A REAL TAILGATE PARTY BEFORE? SHUT UP. >> I HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING. >> THE DODGERS. THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING. >> THANKS. YOU'RE LIKE REALLY GOOD. >> THANK YOU. >> SO YOU AGREE? >> I THINK YOU'RE REALLY GOOD. >> I DON'T KNOW, MY GOSH, LOVE YOUR TATTOO. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? >> TASMANIAN DEVIL. MY NICKNAME IS YAZ. >> IT'S SO FETCH. >> IT'S SLANG FROM ENGLAND. DAN: WE'RE SO USED TO SEEING YASMANI GRANDAL. LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T GET TO SEE THEIR PERSONALITY, LAUGH AND THEIR SMILE AND CHARACTERISTICS. IT'S A GREAT THING THAT BASEBALL DOING NOW. JUSTIN: SHOWING EMOTION WAS DISCOURAGED. WE SEE LOT MORE CELEBRATIONS WITH HITTERS AND PITCHERS. IT SHOWS DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES. IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYONE TO SEE THAT. GUYS AREN'T ROBOTS. THEY'RE OUT THERE AS BASEBALL PLAYERS BUT THERE'S PEOPLE BEHIND THOSE THAT HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES AND HOW THEY BLEND TOGETHER IN THE CLUBHOUSE. RICH: TWINS 2-1 LEAD BOTTOM OF THE SECOND IN MILWAUKEE. GLAD YOU'RE WITH US ON YOUTUBE. ERIC THAMES FOULS THAT PITCH OUT OF PLAY. THAT'S ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT FORMAT HERE ON MLB GAME OF THE WEEK. WE GET TO GO PLACES AND SEE THINGS AND HEAR THINGS THAT YOU NORMALLY DON'T GET IN A STANDARD MAJOR LEAGUE TELECAST. THAMES LINES IT IN GAP LEFT CENTER FIELD. THAT'S WELL HIT. ROSARIO CURTS IT -- CUTS HAD OFF. THAMES GETS IN WITH THE DOUBLE. DAN: REALLY GOOD JOB BY THAMES. HE WAS THINKING DOUBLE. THIS IS A BULLET RIGHT OVER SHORTSTOP. ANOTHER TWO-SEAM FAST BALL AWAY. HE DRIVES RIGHT OVER SHORTSTOP. YOU CAN SEE THE SHIFT ON SANO, BASICALLY PLAYING STRAIGHT UP SHORTSTOP. HE CHALLENGES THE ARM OF ROSARIO. GREAT JOB BY THAMES. HE WAS THINKING RIGHT OUT THE BOX. MAKES IT FAIRLY EASY. RICH: EVERYONE WHO LED OFF AN INNING HAS BEEN ON BASE. JUSTIN: BREWERS LIKE TO SEE LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENCY. YOU SEE THAT FIRST PITCH BREAKING BALL. AT TIMINGS HE GETS IN THAT SWING MODE. LAST YEAR HE WAS SENT DOWN TO MINOR LEAGUE. HE'S A TERRIFIC SHORTSTOP. AT TIMES WHEN HE'S SWINGING THE BAT REALLY WELL, HE REMINDS YOU LITTLE BIT OF JAVIER BAEZ. THEY HAVE KIND OF THE SAME SWING. RICH: THAMES AT SECOND. LITTLE TAPPER, POLANCO ON THE RUN, MAKES THE PLAY. DAN: NICE PLAY RIGHT THERE. PROBABLY THINK HE CAN DO IT AGAIN. HE PROBABLY MAKE IT TO THIRD. POLANCO IS NOT GOING TO SPIN AND THROW THAT BALL TO THIRD BASE HAVING TO CHARGE IT. REAL GOOD PLAY HERE. HE'S ABLE TO MAKE THE EXCHANGE ON THE RUN, VERY ATHLETIC PLAY. PERFECT THROW. YOU GOT THE PITCHER UP. THIS NATIONAL LEAGUE GAME FOR OUR TWINS AND AMERICAN LEAGUE VIEWERS, THE WAY IT WORKS SO DIFFERENT. YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL HERE THE PITCHER YOU'RE EXACTLY SURE. HE'S ALREADY IN SCORING POSITION. RICH: SEE IF HE DOES TRY TO PUSH HIM 90 FEET UP. GONZALEZ WHEN HE DOES RUN INTO ONE, CAN HIT IT AWAY. HE'S GOT THREE CAREER HOMERS. HE DOESN'T HAVE A HIT THIS YEAR. JUSTIN: YOU'RE LOOKING AT C.J. CRON, HE'S ONLY ABOUT 45 FEET AWAY. HE'S CREEPING IN AND GOOD JOB THERE BY GIO. DAN: HE'S A PRETTY GOOD HITS PITCHER. JUSTIN: THAT'S A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AT-BAT. SWING LIKE THAT MIGHT PUSH C.J. CRON BACK EVEN ANOTHER STEP. YOU CAN SEE HIM MAKING HIS WAY BACK TOWARDS FIRST BASE. RICH: GONZALEZ CHECKS HIS SWING. NO SWING. DAN: HE SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER IN AMERICAN LEAGUE, HE'S BEEN NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR YEARS NOW. HE KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE THE BAT. HE'S PROBABLY LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE THAN GIBSON WOULD BE IN THIS SAME SITUATION IN THE BATTER'S BOX. RICH: SHALLOW CENTER, KEPLER MAKES THE CATCH. THAMES WHO OPENED THE INNING WITH A DOUBLE, STILL AT SECOND. TRENT GRISHAM COMES BACK TO THE PLATE. THERE'S MYSTERY, ESPECIALLY AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM AND NOT ONLY FOR THEIR PITCHER HITTING BUT FACING THE PITCHER. ONE OF THE BIGGEST HITS BY A PITCHER THIS PAST WEEK, PROBABLY WILL SMITH, THAT LINE DRIVE TO RIGHTING THAT KNOCKED IN TWO TO HELP THE GIANTS BECOME THE PHILLIES. THAT WAS HIS FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE AT-BAT. DAN: IT'S NOT THAT EASY. RICH: CERTAINLY HIS FIRST HIT. DAN: NOTHING WORSE THAN YOU GOING THROUGH A STRETCH WHERE YOU CAN'T GET ANYBODY OUT. BLOWOUT GAME, YOU'LL SEE A POSITION PLAYER AND OPPOSING TEAM HAVE 1-2-3 INNING. YOU SIT THERE SHAKING YOUR HEAD, THINKING I WOULD PAY NOW, I WOULD VIE FOR A QUICK INNING. DAN: WE SAW IT LAST WEEK OF GUYS POSITION PLAYERS COMING IN, THROWING THE BALL LIKE 50 MILES AN HOUR. RICH: BECAUSE OF THE DOUBLE SWITCH OR LOSING THE DH RICH: BECAUSE OF THE DOUBLE SWITCH, ACT OF GOD, HOW MANY. YOU PLAY IT LIKE ONCE A WEEK. JHON I -- JUSTIN: I REMEMBER GETTING TO FIRST BASE. HE SAID TO ME, JEEZ, HOW OLD ARE YOU? I THINK I WAS 33 AT THE TIME. I SPENT THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS OF MY CAREER IN MILWAUKEE IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. I NEVER HIT. THAT WAS MY FIRST HIT. RICH: BREWERS TRYING TO TIE THIS BALL GAME UP. KYLE GIBSON WHO WOBBLED IN THE FIRST INNING, GAVE UP A LEADOFF DOUBLE HERE IN THE SECOND. GRISHAM, SOLID SINGLE. NICE BLOCK THERE BY GARVER. COUNT 2-2. JUSTIN: THERE'S THAT GOOD GRIP THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. ALMOST LIKE A GOLF CLUB. YOU SEE THE THUMB KIND OF STRAIGHT UP? LOOKS LIKE A PHIL MICKELSON GRIP RIGHT THERE. BOTH THUMBS STRAIGHT UP. KIND OF LOOKS LIKE YOU RICH WHEN YOU YOU'RE HITTING THE 60-WEDGE RIGHT OVER THOSE BUNKERS. YOU NEVER GO IN BUNKERS DO YOU? RICH: I'M A TENNIS GUY. I STAY OUT THE BUNKERS. [LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE. BOTH THUMBS STRAIGHT UP. JUSTIN: IT'S UNIQUE. HE HIT THIS WAY BEFORE THE BREWERS SIGNED HIM. HIS FIRST YEAR, HIT WELL OVER .300 IN TWO STOPS. HE DECIDED THIS YEAR, HE WAS GOING TO GO BACK TO WHAT WORKS FOR HIM. UNUSUAL GRIP. IT WORKS FOR HIM. RICH: THIS IS JUST GAME NUMBER 11 IN HIS BIG LEAGUE CAREER. FAST BALL IS IN. GIBSON THOUGHT HE HAD A STRIKEOUT. YOU CAN TELL IT WAS IN. BY A GOOD MARGIN, TIM TIMMONS HAD THE CALL. NOW YOU GET GRANDAL OUT. DAN: THIS PITCH INSIDE. MAYBE GARVER THE WAY HE FRAMED IT, TRICKED GIBSON THINKING IT WAS A BETTER PITCH THAN IT WAS. HE'S GOT THAT MOVEMENT ON THAT FAST BALL AND RUN BACK TOWARDS THE PLATE. THAT BALL WAS A GOOD SIX INCHES INSIDE. NOW HE'S GOT TO MAKE SOME PITCHES TO GRANDAL. YOU WALK IN OFF THE INNING. I WANT TO GO UPSTAIRS. I THINK IT WAS A STRIKE. YOU SLOW IT DOWN, IT WAS HIT OFF THE PLATE. RICH: POLANCO OVER THERE AND THE SHORTSTOP AND SHIFT ON TO FIRST. GIBSON PITCHES OUT OF TROUBLE HERE IN THE SECOND. FOR IN-DEPTH PERSPECTIVES, DON'T FORGET CHECK OUT YOUTUBE LIVE GAME COMMENTARY WHICH FEATURES, MLB, TWINS AND BREWERS AND SELECT YOUTUBE CREATORS. UNIQUE VIEWING EXPERIENCE, YOU CAN BE THE LIVE GAME COMMENTARY ON YOUR MOBILE PHONE OR COMPUTER OR SMART TV. ALL DAN PLESAC TV'S ARE SMART TV'S. JAIME: I'M HAPPY TO HAVE DAVID -- >> RIGHT BEFORE MY TENTH BIRTHDAY, I WAS DIAGNOSEDDED WITH BLADDER CANCER. AUGUST 5th, EVER SINCE THEN, I'VE BEEN GETTING AFTER IT AND TRYING TO GET BACK. JAIME: YOU WERE NINE YEARS OLD? >> YES, BLOODER AND PROSTATE. >> YOU'RE ALL IN REMISSION? >> IT WAS 2013, WAS MY ACTUAL CONSIDERED REMISSION. IT WAS CERTAIN AMOUNT OF YEARS. >> NOW HERE YOU ARE. YOU'RE BIG LEAGUE PITCHER. LAST TIME YOU MET WITH THE BREWERS BACK IN TARGET FIELD WAS SPECIAL FOR YOU. YOUR FIRST BIG LEAGUE START. YOU THREW SIX SHUTOUT INNINGS. WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE FOR YOU? >> I'VE BEEN THROWING THAT GAME IN MY HEAD FOR SO MANY YEARS. BEING ABLE IT TAKE IT IN AND AENJOY -- ENJOY IT. I WAS VERY CALM. I SAID IT SENSE THEN, THAT'S THE MOST CALM I'VE EVER BEEN THIS A START. ALL THE INNINGS AVERY THROWN, I WAS ABLE TO EMBRACE IT. >> NOW YOU MADE FEW MORE STARTS. WHAT IS YOUR APPROACH BEEN WITH EVERY START? WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? >> I LEARNED A LOT. THESE HITTERS DON'T MISS MUCH. I HAVE TO EXECUTE WHAT I HAVE. I HAVE IT USE MY HEAD AND TAKE IT DAY BY DAY. >> TWINS ARE ABOUT TO HIT. WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE TODAY. WHAT HAPPEN IS IT LIKE FOR YOU AS A PITCHER, KNOWING YOU GOT SERIOUS POWER BEHINDED? >> IT GIVES YOU THE CONFIDENCE YOU CAN GET IN THE STRIKE ZONE. PITCH WITH YOUR STUFF AND HAVE A GREAT DEFENSE AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE RUNS SCORED. >> THANK YOU FOR TIME. RICH: DELVIN SMELTZER WITH THE TERRIFIC STORY. POLANCO, EDDIE ROSARIO, MIGUEL SANO, FOR THE TWINS WHO POPPED TWO HOMERS. SOLO SHOTS BY MITCH GARVER AND ROSARIO. POLANCO STRUCK OUT IN FIRST. GIO GONZALEZ HAS BEEN NAFF GAITING -- NAVIGATING HIS WAY AROUND THE STRIKE ZONE. JUSTIN: YOU LOOK BACK AT HIS CAREER, HE WAS 19-9. WHEN 16 GAMES IN 2011. FIRST YEAR WITH THE NATIONALS IN 2012. 21-8 WITH A ..289 E.R.A. HE'S A DIFFERENT GIO GONZALEZ. GOES ABOUT IT DIFFERENT WAYS. FEW MORE CHANGEUPS, WE DON'T SEE THAT BIG CURVE BALL OR BIG HEATER. RICH: CRAIG COUNSELL SAID BEFORE THE GAME, HE WATCHED A AFAR, HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH HIS PITCHING ACUMEN. HIS FEEL FOR PITCHING. DAN: THAT'S POP UP TO YELICH RIGHT FIELD. WHEN YOU HAVE YOUNGER PITCHERS LIKE WOODRUFF AND HOUSER, THEY WATCH THE WAY A GUY GOES ABOUT HIS WORK. I THINK MOST GUYS, JUSTIN YOU CAN TOUCH IT ON A POSITION PLAYER STANDPOINT, IF YOU CAN TAKE ALL THOSE EXPERIENCES EARLY ON AND TAKE THAT KNOWLEDGE, IT WILL BE AN EASY GAME TO PLAY. JUSTIN: YES, EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, AS CAREER GOES ON, THE STUFF YOU WISH YOU CAN TELL YOUR YOUNGER SELF, LITTLE STAGE OF MY CAREER, I ALREADY TIME IN THE BIG LEAGUE. I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM WATCHING HIM WORK. RICH: MIGUEL SANO. WAY, WAY OUT OF HERE. MY GOODNESS. ON THE SLAUGHT CONTINUES FOR THE TWINSES. THREE SOLO HOMERS AND 3-1 LEAD. DAN: HE MADE THE ADJUSTMENT THERE. TRIED TO CHALLENGE HIM WITH THE HEATER. HE'S BEEN ON FIRE. HE MADE SOME SWING ADJUSTMENTS. BIGGEST THING FOR HIM HAS BEEN HIS STRIKE ZONE DISCIPLINE. NOT GETTING HIMSELF OUT. THAT'S ALMOST THE EXACT SAME PITCH THAT HE STRUCK HIM OUT ON THE LAST TIME UP. HE NOW HE MAKES THE ADJUSTMENT. HE'S GOT MUCH POWER THAN ANYBODY IN THE BIG LEAGUE. RICH: THIS IS QUITE A SHOW. HERE'S ROSARIO, HOME EVERYDAY TO LEFT. IF YOU SPENT TIME AROUND BASEBALL WHETHER IT'S THE MINOR LEAGUE OR MAJOR LEAGUES YOU PROBABLY SEEN THIS GROUP CALLED THE MEN OF STEEL. THEY ARE A SOFTBALL EXHIBITION TEAM THAT COME IN. THEY'RE ALL 6'5", THEY HIT BALLS LIKE 450 FEET AND IT'S ALL IN EXHIBITION. LOOK AT GIO THERE. DAN: YOU KNOW THE SOUND. YOU KNOW THE TRAJECTORY. IT NORMALLY ISN'T GOOD. JUSTIN: LOT OF TIMES AS A PITCHER, YOU DON'T WANT TO WATCH THOSE HOME RUNS. YOU WANT TO SEE HOW FAR THEY GO. DAN: IT'S BEEN KIND OF WHAT BASEBALL IS IN 2019. GIO GONZALEZ STRIKES OUT THE SIDE IN THE FIRST AND GIVES UP TWO HOME RUNS. HE HAD FOUR STRIKEOUTS. PROBLEM IS THREE SOLO HOME RUNS. RICH: HE'S FACING MEN OF STEEL. DAN: THAT'S TRUE. THERE WAS AN INTERESTING LINE ABOUT WEEK TO 10 DAYS AGO, JAMES PAXTON, FOUR INNINGS, ALL EARNED, NO WALK, NINE STRIKEOUTS. WE'VE SEEN THAT IN A GAME. IT'S BECOMING LITTLE BIT ALL OR NOTHING. RICH: HALF SWING RUN DOWN BY CAIN IN RIGHT CENTER FIELD. ROSARIO IS OUT. DAN: THERE'S YOUR ASSOCIATED BANK. MIGUEL SANO MADE A ONE STOP DEPOSIT RIGHT OVER THE CHECK DECK. JUSTIN: I THINK THEY SENT IT BACK. THIS CHECK BOUNCED. DAN: INSUFFICIENT FUNDS. THERE'S A GOOD LOOK AT THE BIG FELLA. JUSTIN: THIS IS WHAT THIS TEAM DOES. THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE IN THE ZONE. THEIR CHASE RATE IS LOW OR NEAR TOP TEN. THEY DON'T GET THEMSELVES OUT TOO OFTEN. AS WE TALKED TO ROCCO BALDELLI, HE SAID WE TRY NOT TO GIVE THEM TOO MUCH. THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THEM. WE WANT THEM TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN THE STRIKE ZONE AND GO AFTER IT AND THEY'VE DONE THAT VERY WELL AND BETTER THAN ANYONE ON THE HOME RUN SIDE OF BASEBALL. DAN: IT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU HAVE GOOD HITTING THE HOME RUN SIDE TEAM. HOW YOU CAN TAKE A BIG BALL, TYPE OF WHAT TOM GLAVIN DID. IT'S AMAZING HOW GOOD HITTING TEAM CAN TURN A BIGGER BALLPARK INTO A AN AVERAGE LOOKING BALLPARK. JUSTIN: PERCEPTION OF THAT PLACE CHANGED. WE'RE SEEING THAT THROUGHOUT BASEBALL. THIS TEAM IS JUST BUILT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM TO DRIVE THE BALL OUT THE BALLPARK. THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT LOT OF PEOPLE HAD WAS WHO'S GOING TO BE ON BASE. THEY'VE DONE GOOD JOB OF GETTING ON BASE. THESE YOUNGER HITTERS HAVE TOUGH BIG STRIDES. RICH: C.J. CRON TO SHORT. ARCIA GATHERS. HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MINNESOTA TWINS IN THE YARDS. MIGUEL SANO ALL 272 POUNDS OF HIM, 415 FEET LATER, IT'S IN THE CHECK DECK. THE TWINS ARE UP 3-1. CHRISTIAN YELICH PICKED UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF. HE'S LOOKING FOR BACK-TO-BACK MVP'S. >> THE BREWERS HAVE BEATEN ST. LOUIS. >> CHRISTIAN YELICH WAS THE BADDEST MAN ON THE FEEL >> IT IS GONE. FLY BALL BACK IN THE DEEP RIGHT FIELD. GONE. SECOND OF THE NIGHT. >> DRIVE TO LEFT CENTER AND DEEP. NO, NOT AGAIN. GET OUT OF HERE, GONE. >> IN ONE NIGHT, CHRISTIAN YELICH JUST HIT HIS THIRD HOME RUN IN THIS GAME THIS IS TURNING SPAG A SWEET LITTLE RUN >> NOW IT'S CHRISTIAN YELICH WITH THE BASES LOADED. >> HIGH DRIVE, DEEP RIGHT CENTER. IT'S GONE. THE GRAND SLAM FOR CHRISTIAN YELICH. >> HE'S BLOWN AWAY HIS PEERS. >> YELICH DRIVE, BACK IN THE LEFT FIELD. WE'RE TIED. WOW. CURTAIN CALL FOR CHRISTIAN YELICH. RICH: CHRISTIAN YELICH MVP LAST YEAR, FIRST YEAR MILWAUKEE. THEY LOVE HIM NOW. THEY SHOULD. HE'S GOT A SHOT AS BACK-TO-BACK MVP. YELICH LEADS IT OFF IN THE THIRD. 3-1 TWINS ON TOP. KYLE GIBSON ON THE MOUND. YELICH TAKES OUT AND JUSTIN MORNEAU, TALK ABOUT YELICH IN HIS SWING, YOU GO TO THIS GUY, THE HITTING COACH FOR THE BREWERS WHO MANAGED YELICH FOR TWO SEASONS IN THE MINOR LEAGUES WITH THE MARLINS. IN THIS AGE OF LAUNCH ANGLE AND EVERYBODY TWEAKING THEIR SWING AND CHANGING THEIR SWING, I ASKED HIM HAVE YOU SEEN A CHANGE WITH THE SWING WITH YELICH. NO, SAME SWING. ONLY THING IS DIFFERENT HE'S BATCHING THE BOUGHT OUT IN FRONT AS AS YOUNG HITTER WITH THE MARLINS. IT SHOWS. JUSTIN: IT ALLOWS YOU TO ELEVATE THE BALL LITTLE BIT MORE. RICH: CATCHES THAT IN FRONT. JUSTIN: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE AS HITTERS TRY TO DO IS YOU WANT TO TRACK THE BALL. YOU WANT TO SEE THE BALL. COMING IN THIS BALLPARK, HE WASN'T REWARDED AS MUCH. HITTING IN THAT BALLPARK IN MIAMI, THAT'S BIG. ESPECIALLY THE CENTER LEFT RIGHT CENTER. IT PLAYS HUGE IN MIAMI. YOU COME HERE, YOU TAKE THAT HOME FIELD APPROACH. NOW HE'S GETTING REWARDED DOUBLES AND HOMERS. YOU THOUGHT PLAST YEAR HE MIGHT HAVE PEAKED. HE'S GOTTEN BETTER FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. HE'S RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE NUMBERS THAT HE PUT UP. HE'S TOP THREE IN BASEBALL NOW. HE'S GETTING REGARDED -- REWARDED FORKING THE APPROACH. ATE REAL CHALLENGE TO BE ABLE TO STAY ON IT. RICH: HERE'S HIURA, RBI SINGLY TO LEFT. WE TALKED ABOUT SHIFTING AGAINST A GUY LIKE HIURA. TWINS SHIFTED LITTLE MORE NOW THAT BROUGHT SCHOOP ALMOST BEHIND SECOND BASE. HE'S GOT MAD POWER TO RIGHT CENTER. DAN: HOW A CHANCE TO SEE HIM WITH THE MARLINS. WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU SAW, THAT WOULD TRANSLATE SYMBOL A GUY THAT WILL BE A 30 PLUS HOME RUN GUY? RICH: ABSOLUTELY YES. MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE THAT FROM THE OUTSIDE. HIURA ANOTHER SHOT TO LEFT. THE OLD ADDAGE IN BASEBALL FOR A HITTER LIKE YELICH IS THE POWER WILL COME ONCE YOU GET TO THE BIG LEAGUE. NOW DAYS GUYS ARE ARRIVING, THEY GOT THE POWER. MY KNEW STRIKE ZONE SO WELL. THE FACT HE'S HITTING HOME RUNS NOW, DON MATTINGLY MANAGED HIM THERE. HE'S A GREAT IT'SING COACH AND STILL IS. THE POWER GOING TO COME. TO HIURA. MOUSTAKAS REACHED ON AN ERROR BACK IN THE FIRST. MILWAUKEE GOT THEIR RUN IN THE FIRST. POP UP. SANO. HAVE YOU SEEN A BIGGER THIRD BASEMAN IN BASEBALL? DAN: ONLY ONE I CAN RECALL IS PABLO SANDOVAL. THIS IS A LARGE MAN. HE'S GOT HIMSELF -- HE SEEMS LIKE HE'S IN BETTER SHAPE. I THOUGHT HE WAS GETTING LITTLE BIT ON THE HEAVY SIDE LAST YEAR AND YEAR BEFORE. HE LOOKS TERRIFIC RIGHT NOW. JUSTIN: HE REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT IN THE OFF SEASON. IT WAS UNFORTUNATE, HE HAD AN INCIDENT WITH HIS ACHILLES AND END UP GETTING INFECTED IN THE OFF SEASON. HE CAME IN, SPENT SO MUCH TIME FOCUSING ON THAT CONDITION, HIS STRENGTH AND BEING READY TO GO. HE MISSED WHOLE BUNCH OF TIME. HE'S JUST GROWING UP. EXPECTATIONS FROM THE DOCUMENT MAY THOUGHT OF HIM AS 16-YEAR-OLD CADE -- KID. HE'S SURROUNDED WHERE HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE GUY. ONLY FOCUSES ON HIM. RICH: CAIN BACK IN CENTER FIELD. HIURA WILL STOP AT SECOND. BREWERS HAVE HAD GOOD SWINGS AGAINST KYLE GIBSON. THEY HAVE A POWERFUL LEFT HANDED BAT COMING UP NOW ERIC THAMES. DAN: AVERAGE DOWN AND LOW 240'S. LITTLE TWO SAMIER DOWN 93. HITS A BULLET RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. BREWERS KIND OF -- IT'S BEEN A TOTALLY ROUGH GO FOR LORENZO CAIN TO THIS POINT. LOT OF SEASON LEFT. BREWERS HALF GAME OUT OF THE SECOND NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD CARD SPOT. 2 1/2 GAMES BEHIND THE CUBS IN THE NL CENTRAL. RICH: THAMES TO REVEREND. IT'S GOING TO FALL FOR A HIT. HIURA WILL SCORE EASILY. CAIN INTO THIRD BASE. ERIC THAMES IS 2 FOR 2. IT'S A 1-RUN BALL GAME. JUSTIN: GOOD SWING HERE. JUST ABLE TO HIT IT IN THE EXACT RIGHT SPOT AROUND THE SHIFT. DRIVING IN A RUN AND FRUSTRATION I THINK LAST START FOR GIBSON AND THIS START NOT GOING AS WELL AS HE LIKED. HE'S BEEN HANDED COUPLE OF 2-RUN LEADS. RICH: THAT'S BENEFITS OF MODERN DAY APPROACH. HIT THE BALL IN THE AIR. IT'S HARD TO HIT THE BALL THROUGH THE SHIFT. YOU PUT IT IN THE AND AND YOU GET IT OVER THE SHIFT, THAMES BLUFFS. SWING AND A MISS BY ARCIA. DAN: ARCIA GETS LITTLE JUMPER. RUNNERS AT FIRST AND THIRD AND ONE OUT. LITTLE BIT BLOWN PROBABLY AT SICK -- ALMOST KIND OF VEILING AWAY. RICH: TAPPER. ONLY BLAKE SNELL HAS A BETTER STRIKEOUT RATE ON BREAKING BALLS THAN GIBSON. GIBSON IS SECOND IN BASEBALL 50%, SNELL IS AT 55%. JUSTIN: IF YOU'RE GARVER, YOU WILL CALL FOR THAT BREAKING BALL DOWN, MAKE SURE TO BLOCK IT. GOT CAIN AT THIRD BASE AND GOOD BASE RUNNER. YOU GOT A GOOD LEAD. RICH: 0 OF 2. THERE'S THE BREAKING BALL. THAMES IS GOING TO TAKE SECOND BASE. SPEAKING OF THE BREAKING BALL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRIKEOUT RATE, WITH THAT BREAKING BALL. SNELL IS ON TOP, SOME OTHER GOOD CURVE BALLERS AND BREAKING BALLS. CORBIN, LUIS CASTILLO IS BRIGHT YOUNG STAR IN CINCINNATI, CLEVINGER IN CLEVELAND. JUSTIN: I THINK CLEVINGER TAKING A BIG JUMP UP. ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WHY THE INDIANS ARE BREATHING RIGHT DOWN THE NECK OF THE TWINS NOW. DAN: IT WAS BASED ON THERE WAS NO SPOT IN THE ROTATION. HE COMES RIGHT AT YOU WITH ABOVE AVERAGE STUFF. RICH: HE HIM 1-2. FIRST BASE IS OPEN. GIO GONZALEZ IS ON DECK. JUSTIN: LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL GO FAST BALL IN. RICH: THERE'S THE FAST BALL. JUSTIN: WHEN YOU HAVE A GUY THAT LOOKS OVER ANXIOUS AT THE PLATE, HE'S A LAUNCH ANGLE TYPE OF GUY THAT LIKING TO LIFT THE BALL UP IN THE AIR. RICH: DOESN'T CHASE. DAN: THERE'S ONE WAYS TO APPROACH THIS. IF YOU'RE ABLE TO RETIRE ARCIA HERE, YOU HAVE THE PITCHER LEADING OFF NEXT INNING. IF YOU GIVE UP A HIT RIGHT HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE FAULTED BECAUSE THE PITCHER IS ON DECK. IT'S NOT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A CHANCE. IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THIS AND STRAND TWO RUNNERS, IT'S ARE THE BEST CASE SCENARIO. RICH: 3-2. CHECK WING. THAT'S A STRIKEOUT. GIBSON WITH THE BREAKING BALL GETS THE STRIKEOUT. MILWAUKEE GETS ANOTHER RUN BACK ON THREE HITS. THEY LEAVE TWO. AFTER THREE, ONE RUN LEAD FOR THE MINNESOTA TWINS. WHO WON LAST NIGHT IN COMEBACK FASHION. THEY DID IT THE WAY THEY ARE DOING NOW. MARWIN GONZALEZ HOME RUN LAST NIGHT. DAN: YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF HE SPED HIM UP TO MAKE HIM LITTLE BIT MORE VULNERABLE TO THAT BREAKING BALL AWAY. RICH: CRAIG COUNSELL CEASE RES -- CRAIG COUNSELL RESUME, IMPRESSIVE STUFF. KEY PART OF TWO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND TWO POSTSEASONS FOR THE 1997 MARLINS. GREW UP A BREWERS FAN. HIS DAD WORKED IN THE FRONT OFFICE. HE HAS IMPROVED THIS TEAM. LAST YEAR ONE GAME AWAY FROM THE WORLD SERIES. LOSING TO THE DODGERS IN GAME SEVEN IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. BREWERS THIS YEAR, KIND OF LAID IT OUT, INJURIES, YOU CAN PROJECT WINS AND LOSSES. YOU CAN PROJECT HOME RUNS, IT'S HARD TO PROJECT INJURIES. THE BREWERS HAVE HAD A TON OF THEM IN THEIR BULLPEN AND IN THAIRO -- IN THEIR ROTATION. DAN: COREY KNEBEL LOST FOR TOMMY JOHN. HE WAS ONE OF THE GUYS THAT CRAIG COUNSELL, HE LIKES TO CALL HIS GUYS OUTGETTERS. HE CAN USE KNEBEL IN THE SIX AND SEVEN. THEY SENT HIM DOWN IN JULY LAST YEAR. HE LOST HIS MECHANICS AND DELIVERY. THEY BROUGHT HIM BACK UP. THEY REALLY HAD A THREE-HEADED MONSTER. KNEBEL WAS THROWING GREAT. JOSH HADER WAS THROWING GREAT. THE BREWERS FELT LIKE IF THEY HAD THE LEAD ON, IT WAS PRETTY MUCH LIGHTINGS OUT. THAT'S NOT BEEN THE CASE. RICH: THAT'S THE BULLPEN. HERE ARE THE STARTING PITCHERS. ZACK DAVIES SUPPOSED TO COME PACK FOR THE CARDINAL SERIES. YOU LOSE THAT TALENT FROM THE ROTATION AND THE BULLPEN. THAT'S A CHALLENGE. GUYS MET THAT CHALLENGE JOIN US NOW, CRAIG COUNSELL. HOW ARE YOU? WHAT ARE HAVE YOU SEEN SO FAR? BOTH PITCHERS DON'T SEEM TO BE REALLY SHARP. >> THE TWINS ARE A GOOD HOME RUN HITTING TEAM. THEY'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF COUPLE OF GIO'S PITCHES UP IN THE ZONE. HE'S THROWING THE BALL PRETTY WELL. THE STRIKEOUT IS THERE. THAT MEANS CHANGEUPS IS REALLY GOOD TODAY. WE'RE DOING GOOD JOB OFFENSIVELY. DAN: HOW ABOUT KESTON HIURA? >> HE'S A HECK OF YOUNG HITTER. BRAND NEW IN THIS LEAGUE. REALLY A MIDDLE OF THE LINE-UP GUY. HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB. RICH: LAST QUESTION, YOU GET DAVIES BACK FROM THE CARDINAL. WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING TO PATCH IT TOGETHER WITH YOUR BULLPEN AND ROTATION. WHAT WOULD HE MEAN TO THE BALL CLUB? >> WE'VE HAD OFF DAYS AND TAKING ADVANTAGE WITH FOUR STARTERS. JORDAN LYLES A PLAYER FROM PITTSBURGH HAS DONE NICE JOB SOLIDIFYING IN BRANDON WOODRUFF'S ABSENCE. RICH: THANKS FOR THE VISIT. GOOD LUCK REST OF THE WAY TODAY. >> THANKS. RICH: CRAIG COUNSELL, WE APPRECIATE THE VISIT. MARWIN GONZALEZ BOUNCED OUT. HERE'S MAX KEPLER. KEPLER TAKES A STRIKE. HE WALKED BACK IN THE SECOND. FOR BOTH TEAMS, THERE ARE SOME GUYS WHO'S NAMES WHO HAVE NOT BLOWN UP NATIONALLY. MORE PEOPLE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT MAX KEPLER. NOT JUST FOR HIS NUMBERS BUT HIS STORY. THIS IS A GUY WHO WAS BORN IN GERMANY, KEPLER, HIS PARENTS, WERE BOTH IN THE BERLIN BALLET. DAN: HE DIDN'T DO BALLET WHEN HE WALKED IN THE CLUBHOUSE. JUSTIN: THIS 16-YEAR-OLD KID CAME OVER. HE WENT TO SCHOOL IN FLORIDA AND HE MOVED FROM GERMANY AND HE JUST DEVELOPED. YOU THINK HE HASN'T HAD REPS OF KID IN CALIFORNIA OR FLORIDA OR TEXAS. THEY PLAYED BASEBALL YEAR AROUND. I THINK EVERYONE SAW THAT POTENTIAL. IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR A FEW YEARS. RICH: HIS MOTHER FROM TEXAS AND DAD FROM POLAND. THEY WERE DANCERS IN THE BERLIN BALLET. HE PLAYED BASEBALL IN GERMANY. HE CAME OVER AS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL FORTH MYERS TWINS TRAINING HOME. RICH: SCHOOP NOT STOPPING. HE'S IN THERE FOR A DOUBLE. DAN: BREWERS ACQUIRED HIM IN THE DETROIT DEADLINE LAST YEAR. TURNED HIMSELF MORE OF A UTILITY THAT USED AGAINST LEFT HANDERS. GETTING A CHANCE FOR HIM TO BE BACK IN THE LINE-UP EVERYDAY, THIS GUY MANNY MACHADO, THEY WERE THE BEST SHORTSTOP SECOND BASE COMBO IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE FOR COUPLE OF SEASONS. THIS GUY IS A REALLY SOLVE PLAYER. THE FANS IN MILWAUKEE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE HOW GOOD HE IS. RICH: YOU GOT THE INFIELD AND PITCHER UP. DAN PLESAC AND JUSTIN MORNEAU HOW YOU PLAY THIS? DAN: THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ON CONTACT. I'LL BE SURPRISED WE'RE GOING ON CONTACT. IT'S A TIME WHERE YOU MIGHT TAKE A CHANCE. NOT WITH GARVER ON DECK. JUSTIN: IF YOU'RE GIO NOW, YOU WILL CHANNEL THAT INNER ENERGY FROM FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO. RIGHT NOW YOU'RE THINKING STRIKEOUT. YOU HAVE TO GET GREEDY. LOT OF TIMES, WHERE YOU'RE LET THE AT-BAT OR COUNT DICTATE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. YOU HAVE TO REALLY BE THINKING PUNCHOUT. YOU GOT A GUY THAT'S VERY INEXPERIENCE WITH GIBSON I'D BE SURPRISED IF THEY PUT A SQUEEZE PLAY OR SACRIFICE BUNT ON. SAFETY SQUEEZE. RICH: TAKES DOWN LOW. JUSTIN: IF YOU'RE ABLE TO RETIRE GIBSON, ESPECIALLY STRIKEOUT, YOU HAVE RUNNERS SECOND AND THIRD, THEN YOU CAN BE CAREFUL WITH MITCH GARVER WHO MASHES AGAINST LEFT HANDED PITCHING. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT OUT. YOU HAVE TO GET HIM OUT. RICH: 2-1. OUTSIDE. YOU DON'T WANT TO FACE GARVER WITH THE BAGS LOADED. THAT'S THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE FACE OF CRAIG COUNSELL. DAN: IF YOU'RE GIO GONZALEZ, YOU HAVE TO BE SHAKING YOUR HEAD. YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE 3-2 BREAKING BALL NOW. IF HE FEELS HE CAN THROW THAT CURVE BALL FOR A STRIKE, I THINK THAT'S THE PITCH. RICH: GIBSONS 4 FOR 15 FOR HIS CAREER. 3 OF 2. IT'S OUT AND HE TAKES IT AND THEY ARE LOADED. HERE COMES GARVER. JUSTIN: EVERYTHING THAT COULD HAPPEN, THAT'S THE WORST DAYS SCENARIO. DAN: YOU FALL BEHIND THE PITCHER 2-1. YOU HAVE THAT GOOD CURVE BALL IN YOUR BACK PACKET. HE ELECTED TO GO WITH ANOTHER FAST BALL. THAT FAST BALL HE THREW LIKE HE REALLY WAS TRYING TO NIBBLE. HE PITCHED GIBSON LIKE HE WAS EVERYDAY POSITION PLAYER. BASES LOADED HERE ONE OUT. RICH: NOW, MITCH GARVER HAVING AN OUTSTANDING YEAR. AS A LEADOFF HITTER, HE LEADS OFF AGAINST LEFTIES. THAT STARTED THREE HOMER DAY FOR THE MINNESOTA TWINS. JUSTIN: HIS OPS IS OVER 1100 AGAINST LEFTIES. BALL GAME LAST NIGHT, THEY ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY PITCHED HIM AWAY. HE COMINGS UP IN HIS FIRST AT-BAT, MAKES THAT ADJUSTMENT. THE SECOND TIME UP, THEY SHOWED HIM A FAST BALL HIM A FAST BALL IN. MAYBE TO GET HIM OFF. I'LL BE SURPRISED IF THEY TRY TO CHALLENGE HIM HERE. RICH: PRIDE OF ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. MITCH GARVER PLAYED AT THE HOMETOWN UNIVERSITY OF THE NEW MEXICO LOGOS. HIT .390 HIS SENIOR YEAR. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PLAYERS OUT OF THAT STATE. DID YOU KNOW, RALPH KIENER, BORN IN NEW MEXICO, ALEX BREGMAN IS AN ALBUQUERQUE KID AS WELL. JUSTIN: THIS BALL WELL SHORT OF THE PLATE. DAN: THAT'S HOW YOU GET THE REPUTATION BEING ONE THE BEST DEFENSIVE CATCHERS. NOW GARVER STRIKE ZONE JUST SHRUNK TO THE SIZE RICH: INFIELD AND EXTREME SHIFT. A WALK HIS BULLPEN IS ACTIVE. DAN: THAT IS SOMETHING YOU NEVER SAW LAST YEAR, JEREMY JEFFRESS UP IN THE FOURTH INNING. CRAIG COUNSELL NOT AFRAID TO USE THEM TO CLOSE GAMES. SHOWS YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS GAME. THE BREWERS HAVE A DAY OFF TOMORROW. THEY GO TO WASHINGTON DC TO PLAY THE NATIONALS THIS WEEKEND. THIS IS A GAME WHERE CRAIG COUNSELL WILL THROW ALL HIS CHIPS IN. RICH: GIO GONZALEZ'S LABORING HERE. THE BALL-STRIKE RATIO IS NOT WHERE YOU WANT IT. 39 BALLS, 37 STRIKES. THAT IS UPSIDE DOWN. GARVER TAKES. JUSTIN: NOW HE HAS BACKED HIMSELF INTO A CORNER. WHAT DO YOU DO? DO YOU CHALLENGE THEM WITH THE FASTBALL OR GO BACK TO THE CHANGEUP? RICH: OUT OF PLAY. COUNT IS FULL. DAN: PRETTY GUTSY PITCH. I GUESS THE PITCH, IF YOU HAVE THE GUTS TO DO IT, IS TO COME WITH A FASTBALL. JUSTIN: THE ONLY PROBLEM IS IT IS 89, IT IS NOT THAT 94 ANYMORE. RICH: ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A PLESAC IN THE GRAPHIC. DAN: THAT IS A CHANGEUP THAT GARVER WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BACK. ZACH PLESAC, I DIDN'T TEACH HIM THAT. RICH: BAGS STILL LOADED. GOT HIM. DAN: ANOTHER CHANGEUP. TERRIFIC SEQUENCING OF PITCHING. GUTSY FOR GIO GONZALEZ. FIVE CONSECUTIVE CHANGEUPS. Y FOR GIORICH: AND ALL VERY WEL. JUSTIN: WELL LOCATED. NOW HE HAS TO FINISH THE SETTING UP. RICH: GRANDAL HAS TO SLIDE OUT TO SMOTHER IT. THAT IS TEXTBOOK. DAN: SITTING AT 81 PITCHES. I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED IF WE DON'T TO JEREMY JEFFRESS TO START THE NEXT INNING. RICH: POLANCO PULLS IT FOUL. DAN: IT IS AMAZING HOW AT A CERTAIN PART OF YOUR CAREER, I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD HAVE SAID FIVE YEARS AGO THAT GIO GONZALEZ WOULD HAVE THROWN FIVE CONSECUTIVE CHANGEUPS. WHEN YOU ARE IN SURVIVAL MODE AND YOU NO LONGER HAVE THAT 95, AS CRAIG COUNSELL SAY, HE IS A SURVIVOR, HE DOES NOT PANIC. HE KNOWS HE CANNOT DO IT THE WAY HE USED TO. AND HE IS VERY COMPETITIVE. RICH: LINED INTO CENTER FIELD. BASE HIT. KAPLER WILL SCORE. SCHOOP RIGHT BEHIND HIM. POLANCO STRETCHES THE LEAD TO 5- 2. JUSTIN: THAT IS THAT BIG TWO-OUT HITS THAT THE BREWERS MISSED YESTERDAY. LEFT A LOT OF RUNNERS ON BASE. THIS TEAM CAN DO IT. IT IS NOT ONLY THE HOME RUN. THEY HIT WELL WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION. NOW WE WILL SEE A DOUBLE SWITCH AS MATT -- MANAGER CRAIG COUNSELL COMES OUT OF THE DUGOUT. RICH: MAKING THE MOVE. FOR YOU AMERICAN LEAGUE FANS, THIS IS ALWAYS THRILLING, THE DOUBLE SWITCH. JUSTIN: AS A YOUNG PLAYER WE HAD OUR MEETINGS, I NEVER WATCH NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL. I CAME UP AS A ROOKIE AND THEY ARE SAYING, GUYS NOT STARTING THE GAME, BE READY FOR THE DOUBLE SWITCH. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS. RICH: TUNE IN AS THE STARS OF TODAY MEET STARS OF TOMORROW. JAVY BAEZ, JOSH BELL, THE MLB LITTLE LEAGUE CLASSIC PRESENTED BY GEICO. SUNDAY, 7:00 EASTERN ON ESPN THAT IS LIVE FROM WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA. WE KNOW THAT BASEBALL FANS WATCH GAMES ON A VARIETY OF DEVICES. YOU CAN FIND SOME TERRIFIC BASEBALL ON OUR MLB GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE. LOOK AT THESE GAMES. BACK TO DODGER STADIUM FOR THE RAYS AND THE DODGERS. WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW A GAME ON A LAPTOP OR TABLET. IF YOU GO TO THE SCOREBOARD PAGE ON THE MLB AT BAT APP, IT IS ONE CLICK AWAY FROM GETTING YOU TO THE GAME. MILLER PARK IN MILWAUKEE. THERE ARE A LOT OF TWINS FANS WHO HAVE MADE THIS TRIP FOR THE TWO-GAME SERIES. THEY ENJOYED THEMSELVES LAST NIGHT AND THEY ARE ENJOYING THEMSELVES TODAY. SANO CROSSED ONE TO LEFT FOR HIS 21ST. ONE OF THREE HOMERS FOR THE TWINS. DAN: I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE TO CALL SANO THE LOAN OFFICER. DOING SOME ONE-STOP BANK SHOPPING. RICH: IT IS SO EASY THESE DAYS. HERE IS THE HOMER. DAN: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DEPOSIT. A FOUR-BAGGER WITH SWAGGER. IN THE CHECK DECK, MIGUEL SANO. RICH: THREE SOLO HOMERS. RUNNERS AT THE CORNERS HERE. AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ON. YOU NEED TO DO THAT EVERY OPPORTUNITY YOU GET. DAN: WHAT A YEAR JEFFRESS HAD LAST YEAR. MAY THE ALL-STAR TEAM. IT IS BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. MONSTER YEAR LAST YEAR. RICH: DO YOU BELIEVE THERE CAN BE A HANGOVER OR A CARRYOVER? DAN: I DO. LAST YEAR HE PITCHED 76 HIGH LEVERAGE INNINGS. THAT IS THE WHERE AND TERROR YOU'RE SEEING WITH JOSH HADER RIGHT NOW. RICH: YOU ALSO HAVE THE PLAYOFFS ON TOP OF THAT. THAT IS THE TOLL FOR A LOT OF PITCHERS TO GET INTO THE POSTSEASON. DAN: HIS VELOCITY WAS DOWN IN SPRING TRAINING. CAUSE SOME CONCERN FOR THE BREWERS. THAT IS NORMAL FOR A RELIEVER. HE PITCHED A LOT. SOMETIMES YOU PAY THE PRICE FOR THAT THE FOLLOWING YEAR. RICH: HE FINISHES SANO. BUT THE TWINS ADD TWO MORE. MINNESOTA WITH A 5-2 LEAD. IF YOU ARE THE BREWERS AND YOU ARE CHASING DOWN WILDCARDS, YOU WHAT TO PLAY WILD-CARD TEAMS. LOOK AT THE UPCOMING GAMES. IT IS ALL RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM. DAN: THEY ARE HOPING TO HAVE BRANDON WOODRUFF BACK SOMETIME IN THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. HE IS A BIG PART OF THEIR ROTATION. THEY WILL GET ZACH DAVIES BACK. THE STARTING PITCHING HAS NOT BEEN THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN INABILITY TO HIT WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION AND THEIR BULLPEN IS NOT ROCKSOLID AS IT WAS LAST YEAR. RICH: CHASE ANDERSON IS A GUY THEY ARE COUNTING ON DOWN THE STRETCH. DAN: HE HAS THROWN THE BALL VERY WELL LATELY. A LOT OF TIMES WHAT IS HURT THE BREWERS IS WHAT WE SAW FROM GIO GONZALEZ. HIGH PITCH COUNT. NOT ABLE TO GET INTO THE SEVENTH OR EIGHTH INNING. THEY GO TO THAT BULLPEN EARLY AND OFTEN AND THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET SOME MORE LENGTH OUT OF IT. RICH: LET'S GO TO THE SOURCE. LET'S HEAR ABOUT THE ROTATION. WELCOME TO THE SHOW. WE WERE TALKING TO CRAIG COUNSELL. YOU GUYS REALLY HAD TO PATCH IT TOGETHER WITH YOUR ROTATION AND BULLPEN. IT SOUNDS LIKE HELP IS ON THE WAY. >> I THINK SO. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET CHACIN AND WOODRUFF BACK IN SEPTEMBER. RICH: YOU GUYS HAVE A FEELING NOW WHAT IT FELT LIKE FOR PITCHERS TO FACE YOU. HERE ARE THE STARTING PITCHERS ON THE INJURED LIST. LAST YEAR YOUR OFFENSE BLUDGEONS PEOPLE. THIS YEAR IT IS THE MINNESOTA TWINS. WHAT WAS THE PITCHER'S MEETING MY GOING INTO THIS TWO-GAME SERIES SCOUTING THE SAME? >> WE KNOW THEY ARE BUILT AROUND THE LONG BALL. THE GOAL IS TO FACE THESE GUYS AND KEEP THE BALL IN THE PARK. THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD TEAM. OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP THE BALL OUT OF THE AIR AGAINST THE STREAM. -- THIS TEAM. RICH: HERNAN PEREZ IS GOING TO GET THE AT-BAT. DAN: BASKET -- LAST YEAR YOU GUYS WERE ABOUT FIVE GAMES OUT. DO YOU HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE KNOWING YOU WERE ABLE TO RUN DOWN THE CUBS LAST YEAR? >> NO DOUBT. LAST YEAR WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TEAM DOWN THE STRETCH. GETTING SOME GUYS HEALTHY WILL HELP OUT. IF WE CONTINUE TO STAY CLOSE, ARE STARTING PITCHING NEEDS TO GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO GAMES. HELP THIS TEAM DOWN THE STRETCH. JUSTIN: DO YOU THINK THERE CAN BE A CARRYOVER AFFECT WITH ALL OF THE INNINGS AND PITCHING DEEP INTO THE POSTSEASON? >> A LITTLE BIT. YOU LOOK AT WHAT HADER HAS DONE FOR US. THIS YEAR HE IS GETTING MORE EXPOSED. HIS HEATER UP IN THE ZONE IS ALMOST UNHITTABLE. OUR BULLPEN REALLY CARRIED US LAST SEASON. WE WILL COUNT AGAIN ON THOSE GUYS. THAT IS HOW THE MATCHUPS WORK AND THE ANALYTICS WORK. MICHAEL AS A STARTING PITCHER IS TO GO UP AND GET US INTO THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH INNING. HANDED OVER TO THOSE GUYS. WE HAVE TO GET HITTING ON ALL SAUNDERS. WE ARE CAPABLE TO DO THAT. RICH: TRANSGRESSION AT THE PLATE -- TRENT GRISHAM AT THE PLATE. RICH: WHAT IS IT LIKE PLAYING FOR CRAIG COUNSELL? HE IS INCREDIBLY WELL RESPECTED AROUND THE GAME AND WELL-LIKED BY JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY. >> NO DOUBT. HE HAS BEEN AWESOME. IF HE HAS BEEN HERE SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE. IT IS A LOT OF FUN PLAYING FOR HIM. HE HAS AN OLD-SCHOOL MENTALITY. HE KNOWS HOW TO MANAGE THE GAME REALLY WELL. I RESPECT EVERY DECISION HE MAKES. I LOOK FOR TO BEING HERE FOR A FEW MORE YEARS TRYING TO BRING A WORLD SERIES BACK HERE TO MILWAUKEE. RICH: I THINK THIS GAME HAS A LONG WAY TO GO. THANKS FOR THE VISIT. GOOD LUCK THE REST OF THE WAY. CHASE ANDERSON OF THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS. WENT FIVE INNINGS LAST NIGHT. MINNESOTA CAME BACK TO WIN THE BALLGAME ON A MARWIN GONZALEZ THREE RUN HOMER. SWING AND A MISS BY GRISHAM, A HIGHLY TOUTED YOUNGER -- YOUNGSTER. DAN: STRAIGHT CHANGEUP BY KYLE GIBSON. THAT PITCH THERE'S A COUPLE OF PURPOSES. SLOW A YOUNG, AGGRESSIVE HITTER LIKE US DOWN. RICH: DRIVE TO RIGHT AND DEEP BUT CURLING FOUL. JUSTIN: YOU CAN SEE THERE IS SOMETHING THERE WITH THIS KID. JUST LIKE HIURA. THEY HAVE SOME ESTABLISHED BIG-LEAGUE HITTERS IN THIS LINEUP BUT THEY HAVE SOME GOOD YOUNG GUYS. NOT ONLY DOES TODAY LOOK GOOD BUT THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT. THERE'S SOME BAT SPEED THERE, THAT SOUND COMING OFF THE BAT. RICH: HIURA IS 2-2 WITH A RUN SCORED AND HE IS LOCKED IN A RUN. 2-2. DAN: ANOTHER CHANGEUP. IT WILL BE INCHES SINGLE SEE WHAT GIBSON THE LIKES TO DO HERE. -- ELECTS TO DO HERE. HE HAS GONE SLOW, SLOW, SLOW AS A GENERAL IDEA. YOU TRY NOT TO THROW FOUR OF THE EQUAL PITCH. RICH: POP-UP WILL FIND THE SEATS. FOR THE MANY TWINS FANCY MADE THE TRIP TO MILWAUKEE, THEY HAVE STOPPED BY A FEW OF THE TAILGATES ON THEIR WAY IN. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE TAILGATE SCENE. THIS IS SETTING UP TO BE A REALLY NICE STOP. A WIN LAST NIGHT AND A LOSS FOR CLEVELAND. THE INDIANS ARE DOWN 5-1 IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH RIGHT NOW AT HOME AGAINST BOSTON. TWINS HAD FIRST BASE FOR SO LONG EXCEPT FOR MONDAY. NOW THEY'RE BACK IN FIRST PLACE IN STRIVING -- AND TRYING TO STAY THERE. JAMIE: I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE TWINS CATCHING PART -- PITCHING COACH. GIBSON IS KNOWNS AS A NIBBLER. HE ONLY THROWS 35% OF HIS PITCHES INSIDE THE STRIKE ZONE. HIS LAST OUTING, HE THREW A CAREER-HIGH SIX WALKS. THE PITCHING COACH TOLD ME A LOT OF THESE GUYS CONSERVE ENERGY. THEY DON'T THROW THERE BEST OF EARLY ON. HE WAS WORKING ON GETTING TO THROW HIS BEST STUFF. IT SEEMS LIKE HE HAS SETTLED DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON TERMS OF DURING FIRST PITCH STRIKES. HE HAS DONE THAT NOW TO 12 OF 20 BATTERS HE HAS FACED SO FAR. RICH: GOOD STUFF, THANK YOU. GRANDAL HAS BOUNCED OUT AND WALKED. WES JOHNSON IS SOMEWHAT OF A PIONEER. PITCHING COACH AT ARKANSAS. JUSTIN: THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS RAISED OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION. YOU BRING IN SOMEBODY WITHOUT MAJOR LEAGUE EXPERIENCE. BUT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO UNLOCK QUITE A FEW GUYS. CAPTURE THAT VELOCITY. 96 MILES PER HOUR CONSISTENTLY. RICH: I THINK THAT IS A TREND THAT WILL CONTINUE. YOU WILL SEE MORE COLLEGE COACHES GOES STRAIGHT TO THE BIG LEAGUES IS HITTING COACHES AND PITCHING COACHES. JUSTIN: IT TAKES A SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND COMMAND OF THE ROOM. NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO HAVE PLAYED MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. HE HAS BEEN AROUND THE GAME A LONG TIME. HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO UNLOCK SO MUCH POTENTIAL OUT OF A LOT OF THESE PITCHERS. IT IS A GOOD MOVE. IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO STEP INTO A MAJOR LEAGUE CLUBHOUSE AND FEEL COMFORTABLE AND TAKE CONTROL OF A PITCHING STAFF. RICH: 3-1 TO GRANDAL. THAT IS A STRIKE. PART OF THAT IS THE INCREDIBLE ADVANCEMENT IN PLAYER DEVELOPMENT AND THE COLLEGE GAME. PLACES LIKE ARKANSAS, ANY SEC TEAM, VANDERBILT, ACC TEAMS. THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THE COLLEGE COACHES ARE USING, THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP PLAYERS WHO SPEND A YEAR OR TWO IN THE MINOR LEAGUES AND GET TO THE BIG LEAGUES. THAT HAS CHANGED A LOT OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. GRANDAL HAS WALKED. JUSTIN: WITH THE DIFFICULTY OF SELECTING PITCHERS EARLY IN THE DRAFT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, IT HAS AFFECTED THE WAY TEAMS SCOUT. YOU SEE A LOT MORE ARMS GOING TO COLLEGE TO DEVELOP MORE. SO TEAMS HAVE A LOT MORE DATA AGAINST BETTER COMPETITION. IT IS HARD TO READ A GUY PITCHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY WHO MIGHT GET THREE MONTHS OF BASEBALL OUTDOORS WHEN THE WEATHER FINALLY WARMS UP. YOU GET A GOOD READ ON A GUY PITCHING AT FLORIDA STATE OR VANDERBILT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT COACHES. ALL OF THE TOOLS THEY HAVE TO USE. THEY ARE REALLY TAKING ADVANTAGE. YOU SEE GUYS MORE READY TO GET TO THE BIG LEAGUES WHEN THEIR DRAFTED OUT OF COLLEGE. RICH: A BACK INJURY FOR A HITTER , DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO GO THERE, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD MENTION IT. IT IS NOT EASY. HIS LOWER BACK IS HAD SOME OF THOSE ISSUES BEFORE. IT IS KEPT HIM OUT OF A STRETCH OF GAMES. LAST NIGHT HE WAS 1-5. HAD A DOUBLE. HE IS NOT A GUY WHO'S -- WHO SPENDS A LOT OF TIME IN SLUMPS. JUSTIN: HIS APPROACH AND WILLINGNESS TO USE ALL FIELDS. GUYS LIKE THAT ARE HARD TO PITCH TO. THERE IS NOT ONE WAY TO ATTACK THEM. YOU CANNOT SAY THERE IS A HOLE RIGHT HERE. YOU HAVE TO MIX YOUR PATTERNS. RICH: THIS WAS THE FIRST AT-BAT, GIBSON VS. YELICH. DAN: PRETTY GOOD PITCH SEQUENCE. I THOUGHT THIS THE BEST BREAKING BALL HE HAS THROWN YET TODAY. DON'T THINK THE CHRISTIAN YELICH DOES NOT REMEMBER THAT. HE MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR THAT PITCH DOWN AND IN. RICH: WE TOLD YOU LAST INNING, ONLY BLAKE SNELL STRIKES OUT MORE HITTERS IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES WITH THAT BREAKING BALL. DAN: HE SPENDS IT REALLY WELL -- SPINS IT REALLY YWELL. THIS IS ANOTHER SPOT SET UP FOR THAT HARD BREAKING BALL AWAY. JUSTIN: I THINK IT IS HARD TO TELL HOW BIG A PITCHER IS. GIBSON IS 6'6". HIS BREAKING BALL LOOKS LIKE IT IS COMING TOWARD THE ZONE. YOU SEE IT COMING. WITH SUCH A TALL GUY, HE IS ABLE TO GET THAT DOWNWARD ANGLE. YOU SEE SO MANY HITTERS SWING OVER THE TOP OF IT. RICH: GRANDAL WILL BE MOVING WITH TWO OUTS. CENTER FIELD, KAPLER IS THERE AND MAKES THE CATCH. KYLE GIBSON HAS HAD TRAFFIC ALL DAY LONG. THE TWINS HOLDING TIGHT AS WE GO TO THE FIFTH. 5-2 MINNESOTA LEAD. THE BREWERS HAD AN INCREDIBLE RUN LAST YEAR, GETTING ONE GAME AWAY FROM THE WORLD SERIES. TO GET THERE, THEY HAD TO WIN 19 OF THEIR LAST 25. LET'S GO BACK TO 2018. >> CHRISTIAN YELICH HAVING HIS BEST SEASON IN EVERY SIGNIFICANT CATEGORY. >> KEEP ON RUNNING. IT IS A TRIPLE. IT IS A CYCLE FOR YELICH. >> THAT IS WHAT AN M.V.P. LOOKS LIKE. >> HE STRUCK HIM OUT. THE BREWERS ARE GOING TO THE POSTSEASON. >> A ONE-GAME PLAYOFF FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL DIVISION. >> LORENZO CAIN LOOKS AT HIS BENCH AS HE DRIVES IN ARCIA. BROXTON IS THERE. THEY ARE THE CHAMPIONS! >> MIKE MOUSTAKAS LINES A SINGLE TO RIGHT. THE BREWERS HAVE TAKEN GAME ONE IN THE DIVISION SERIES. >> IN THE AIR TO CENTER. DEEP AND OUT OF HERE. THAT IS THAT. >> THERE ARE NO TO BETTER WORDS AND A POSTSEASON SERIES THE GAME SEVEN. >> YELICH JUST THAT ONE OUT OF HERE. >> SWING AND A DRIVE INTO RIGHT CENTER. A BIG-TIME HOME RUN FOR BELLINGER. HERE COMES KERSHAW. HE STRUCK HIM OUT. THE DODGERS ARE GOING TO BOSTON. >> SUCH A GREAT YEAR FOR THIS TEAM. EVERYBODY DESERVES CREDIT. RICH: WHAT A RIDE IT WAS IN 2018. OBVIOUSLY THE BREWERS WANT TO GET BACK IN THE POSTSEASON. 1.5 BACK OF THE WILD-CARD. A GOOD ONE HERE. NEARLY A FULL HOUSE FOR THIS AFTERNOON TILT. THIS IS A BRIEF TWO-GAME INTERLEAGUE SERIES. LAST NIGHT A FULL HOUSE IN A WHILE GAME. THE TWINS ONE ON A MARWIN GONZALEZ SOME RUN. THREE HOME RUNS FOR THE TWINS TODAY. 5-2 LEAD. YOU CAN SEE THE TWINS FANS MINGLED IN WITH THE BREWERS FANS. EDDIE ROSARIO SETTLES AND -- I. JUSTIN: YOU HAVE CERTAIN TRIPS TO LOOK FORWARD TO. FOR ME IT WAS SEATTLE. THE BREWERS SERIES WAS ALWAYS ONE OF THE ONES I'VE CIRCLED ON THE CALENDAR BECAUSE YOU CAME HERE AND IT WAS ABOUT HALF OF TWINS FANS IN THE STADIUM. MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN, THERE IS RIVALRY ACROSS ALL SPORTS. IT WAS A FUN ONE FOR ME. PEOPLE FROM MINNESOTA ARE A LITTLE BIT LATE BACK. HERE THEY ARE ON VACATION AND LETTING LOOSE. IT MAKES IT ENJOYABLE. IT IS A FUN SERIES AND RIVALRY. DAN: I CAME UP WITH MILWAUKEE. THE TWO BIGGEST RIVALS WERE THE TWINS AND THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX. RICH: WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE BREWERS AND THEIR STRUGGLES IN TERMS OF HEALTH. LET'S NOT OVERLOOK WHAT HAS GONE RIGHT FOR THESE GUYS. ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG BAT OF KESTON HIURA. MOUSTAKAS WAS AN ALL-STAR THIS YEAR. AND YASMANI GRANDAL HAS BEEN A NICE ADDITION. DAN: THERE ARE A LOT OF POSITIVES. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SUM UP WHERE THEY ARE AT IN A NUTSHELL, WE TOUCHED ON IN THE MEETING BEFORE THE GAME, BULLPEN DEPTH IS NOT AS GOOD AS IT WAS LAST YEAR. MILWAUKEE FELT LIKE IF THEY HAD THE LEAD THEY HAD SEVERAL OPTIONS THEY COULD THROW AT YOU AND ALL OF THE OPTIONS WERE GUYS WHO COULD STRIKE PEOPLE OUT. KNEBEL WAS TERRIFIC. JEFFRESS. WE WOULD OF NEVER SEEN HIM IN THE FOURTH INNING OF A GAME LAST YEAR. IN THE NINTH INNING, THEY WERE NEARLY UNBEATABLE. RICH: THOSE WERE THE ISSUES WE HAVE ADDRESSED WITH WHAT IS GONE WRONG THIS YEAR. EVERY TEAM, IF THEY HAVEN'T YEAR THAT THINGS GO WRONG, WITH STILL LOVE TO BE 1.5 GAMES OUT OF THE WILD-CARD. THIS IS MARWIN GONZALEZ. C.J. CRON IS AT FIRST. HE GOT HIT BY A PITCH. GONZALEZ STRUCK OUT BACK IN THE FIRST. BOUNCED OUT IN THE FOURTH. FIVE HITS FOR THE TWINS. BUT THREE ARE HOMERS. JUSTIN: WANTED TO DRIVE IN A COUPLE OF RUNS. RICH: IT WAS NASTY AND MILWAUKEE THIS MORNING. DAN: THE BEAUTY OF HAVING A NICER TRACTABLE ROOF. RICH: SUNSHINE DANCING AROUND THIS FINE CITY RIGHT NOW. THIS DOCUMENT SOME OF THE ISSUES THE BREWERS HAD JESUS AGUILAR IS NOW A RAY. TRAVIS SHAW OUT IN THE MINOR LEAGUES. INJURIES TO CHACIN AND KNEBEL. DAN: FIRST BASE IS BEEN KIND OF A BLACK HOLE. AGUILAR WAS SO GOOD LAST YEAR AND MADE THE ALL-STAR TEAM. HE HAD A MISERABLE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AND PLAYOFFS. WHAT ARE YOUR POWER SPOTS? THEY ARE HOPING THAT ERIC THAMES , WHO IS 2-2 SO FAR IN THIS ONE, CAN BRING SOME PRODUCTIVITY THE FIRST-BASE. IT IS BEEN A PROBLEM FROM A WALKING. RICH: GONZALEZ BEHIND IN THE COUNT. CRON IS AT FIRST. TIME CALLED. JUSTIN: IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FROM MARWIN GONZALEZ, THEY DON'T JUMP OUT AT YOU. BUT HE HAS COME UP WITH SO MANY BIG HITS. GOT OFF TO A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOW START. NOW YOU'RE REALLY SEEING THE VALUE HE BRINGS. HIS VERSATILITY. THEY COMPLAIN HIM ALL OVER THE FIELD. HIS EXPERIENCE PLAYING IN THE WORLD SERIES. BIG AT-BATS, BIG SITUATIONS. HE IS STARTING TO SHOW HIS TRUE VALUE. RICH: HE SWINGS AND MISSES AT A SHARP BREAKING BALL. THAT IS THE SECOND OUT THE FIFTH INNING. HERE COMES MAX KEPLER. LEAD THE SHOW OFF TALKING ABOUT IS 32 HOME RUNS AND SLUGGING PERCENTAGE. WE HAVE NOT SEEN HIM MAKE CONTACT BECAUSE HE HAS WALKED TWICE. DAN: HE IS ONE OF THESE GUYS THAT I WATCHED FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AS A PITCHER, WHEN I'M WATCHING A GUY LIKE HIM, HE HAS BASEBALL PLAYER WRITTEN ALL OVER HIM. HIS BODY LANGUAGE, HIS MANNERISMS. HE IS VERY ATHLETIC. HE CAN GO GET THE BALL IN THE OUTFIELD. HE IS AN ACCURATE THROW HER. HE GETS YOUR ATTENTION. IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS UP THERE TO DO SOME DAMAGE. HE IS RECOGNIZING THE STRIKES ZONE A LITTLE BIT BETTER THIS YEAR. HE HAS RELY SEE A STRONG ENOUGH TO HIT THE BALL AWAY. RICH: SHALLOW LEFT CENTER. CAIN GOES GAP TO GAP AS WELL AS ANYONE. MAKES THE CATCH. THAT IS IS QUITE AN INNING AS THE TWINS HAVE HAD IN THIS BALLGAME. THE FENCE TRYING TO SWEEP THIS BRIEF AND VERY IMPORTANT TWO-GAME SERIES. THESE GUYS ARE BROTHERS-IN-LAW. >> WE SAW EACH OTHER PLAYING AROUND. HE IS A YEAR YOUNGER THAN ME. [LAUGHTER] THAT IS A HARD ONE. I AM PRETTY SURE I CAN SING A LITTLE BIT. >> I PUT IN THE NAME. >> I WISH. [LAUGHTER] RICH: BERRIOS'RECORD RIGHT NOW IS 10-6. KYLE GIBSON HAS BEEN A SURVIVOR IN THIS BALLGAME. HIURA IS 202. RIGHT CENTER FIELD AND DEEP, AT THE TRACK, GONZALEZ MAKES THE CATCH. DAN: ONE OF THE SIGNS OF A GOOD HITTER AT THERE. HE TAKES THE PITCH AWAY AND DOES NOT TRY TO PULL IT. VERY ADVANCED WITH THE BAT. THE BREWERS WILL HAVE SOME PATIENCE WITH HIM DEFENSIVELY. HERE'S A GOOD LOOK AT THAT SWING. HE TRIES TO HIT THIS BALL TO LEFT CENTER FIELD. THIS BALLPARK IS VERY HITTER FRIENDLY. HE COULD FIND HIMSELF HAVING A GREAT CAREER. CHRISTIAN YELICH IS TURNED HIS CAREER AROUND HITTING IN THIS BALLPARK. I WAS ROOTING FOR MIKE MOUSTAKAS. I WANT HIM TO GO DEEP SO I CAN BREAK OUT MY CELL PHONE CALL. THERE IS STILL TIME. RICH: MOUSTAKAS IS A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GUY. 30 YEARS OLD. DAN: TO THINK A LOT OF GUYS CAN'T WAIT TO HIT FREE AGENCY? HE HAS GONE FOR IT. SETS THE ROYALS HOME RUN RECORD. TRIES FREE AGENCY. TURNS DOWN THE BIG $17 MILLION. NO TAKERS OUT THERE. BREWERS TAKE A FLYER ON HIM. IT'S THE FREE ART -- FREE AGENT MARKET AGAIN. JUSTIN: IT IS AMAZING TO SEE. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN YOU WOULD GET A GUY WITH WORLD SERIES EXPERIENCE KNOCK AND ON THE DOOR TO GET IN YOUR LINEUP. HAVE A GOOD YEAR LAST YEAR. ANOTHER GOOD YEAR THIS YEAR. I'M REALLY HOPING HE WILL GET A THREE-YEAR DEAL. RICH: HE IS PART OF WHAT IS A SIGNIFICANT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FLAVOR ON THIS TEAM. RYAN BRAUN, CHRISTIAN YELICH. HIURA IS A SOCAL GUY. JUSTIN: ON THE FLIPSIDE THE MINNESOTA TWINS ARE AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM. RICH: IT IS NOT A HOME RUN BUT IT IS A SOLID SHOT THAT WILL GET TO THE WALL. MOUSTAKAS IS AN WITH A DOUBLE. YOU CAN TROT IT OUT RIGHT NOW. NOT YET, I WILL SAVE IT FOR LATER. NOT SURE HOW THIS WILL BE SCORED. HE WAS THINKING TO RIGHT OUT OF THE GET-GO. THIS BALL GETS UNDER THE GLOVE OF MARWIN GONZALEZ. WATCH MOOSE RIGHT HERE, GETTING ALL OF THOSE HOOVES ON THE GROUND. LOW FLYING RIGHT HERE, HEAD-FIRST BELLY FLOP. RICH: THE BREWERS HAVE HAD A LOT OF GUYS IN SCORING POSITION. LORENZO CAIN HAS BOUNCED INTO A DOUBLE PLAY AND SINGLED. JUSTIN: THESE ARE TWO GUYS COMING INTO THIS GAME WHO HAD A COMBINED 70 AT-BATS OFF OF GIBSON. DAN: PITCH COUNT IS GETTING UP THERE FOR GIBSON. THIS WILL BE HIS 85TH PITCH. YOU WONDER IF ROCCO BALDELLI WILL HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY UP IN THE BULLPEN. RICH: BECAUSE THIS IS A NATIONAL LEAGUE GAME, GIBSON IS DUE UP SECOND IN THE SIXTH. THAT ALL PLAYS INTO PITCHING CHANGES AS WELL. CAIN HIT A BULLET BACK UP THE BOX INTO CENTER FIELD FOR A HIT. HIS FIRST HIT OF THE SERIES. A BALL AND A STRIKE. DAN: IF YOU ARE GIBSON RIGHT HERE YOU WANT TO BE AGGRESSIVE. ERIC THAMES ON DECK. 2-2 WITH A DOUBLE AND A BASE HIT. YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT CAREFUL HERE WITH LORENZO CAIN. JUSTIN: HOW MUCH TO DO THAT THE SCORE DICTATE HOW YOU PITCH? DAN: IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE LATER INNINGS. I'M THINKING I WOULD LIKE TO GET AN OUT RIGHT NOW. THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS HAVE THE TYING RUN COME UP. YOU KIND OF PICK YOUR FIGHTS AND PICK YOUR SPOTS. RICH: SLOWLY HIT. DAN: ANOTHER NICE PLAY BY POLANCO. HE MADE A PLAY EARLIER JUST ABOUT THE SAME PLAY. PICKED IT RIGHT UP OF THE SHOELACES. THAT IS A BIG OUT FOR KYLE GIBSON. RICH: HE IS ABLE TO MAKE THIS TOO VERY DIFFICULT PLAYS COMING IN. BUT THE DOUBLE PLAY BALL EARLIER HE CLANKED IT. RICH: OFF THE GLOVE OF POLANCO. THE BREWERS HAVE A RUN. 3-3 IS THAMES. MOUSTAKAS SCORES. 5-3 GAME. DAN: KIND OF A HARD THING TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE THREE FIELDERS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE INFIELD. TWINS PLAYING THE SHIFT. RIGHT OFF THE GLOVE OF POLANCO. ALMOST COMES UP WITH A TERRIFIC PLAY. CERTAINLY GOING TO BE SCORED A BASE HIT. A BIG DAY SO FAR AS THE MOOSE COMES HOME FOR THE BREWERS. RICH: BEN GAMEL WILL GET THE AT-BAT HERE. ARCIA OUT. HE CAME OUT IN THE DOUBLE SWITCH WHEN PEREZ CAME IN. GAMEL IN THE EIGHTH SPOT. PEREZ ON DECK. WHEN THE TWINS SHIFT AND MOVE EVERYBODY TO THE RIGHT SIDE, THAT LEAVES MIGUEL SANO ALONE ON THE LEFT SIDE. THAT IS A BIG MAN OUT THERE. JUSTIN: LEFT COVERING ALMOST AN ENTIRE SIDE OF THE FIELD. HE HAS AS GOOD OF ARM AT THIRD BASE IS ANYONE IN THE LEAGUE. KNOWN FOR HIS ARM STRENGTH. HIS FOOTWORK HAS IMPROVED. THAT IS A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER. RICH: CHECK SWING AND HE WENT AROUND. THE HOME PLATE UMPIRE HAD THAT CALL. GIBSON GIVES UP A RUN BUT FINISHES UP THE FIFTH. NOT SURE IF HE IS DONE FOR THE DAY. HE AND THE TWINS ARE STILL ON TOP. 5-3 LEAD IN MILWAUKEE. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE BOMBA SQUAD. THE TWINS RECENTLY SET A SINGLE-SEASON RECORD FOR HOME RUNS. HERE'S A LOOK AND LISTEN. >> THEIR KIND OF THE SLEEPING GIANT AND KNOWING GIVES THE MANY CREDIT. >> ANOTHER HOME RUN. >> THESE APPROACHES WERE PHENOMENAL. >> MAKE IT BACK TO BACK TO BACK. >> KEPLER GOES DEEP. FIVE HOME RUNS FOR THE TWINS LAST NIGHT AND FIVE MORE THIS AFTERNOON. >> THIS TEAM IS NEVER REALLY OUT OF A BALLGAME. >> BLASTED TO CENTER FIELD. >> THAT IS GONE FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR. >> DEEP TO CENTER, HE HAS DONE IT AGAIN. >> SOLO HOMER TO RIGHT. MAX KEPLER, THREE HOMERS. >> NELSON CRUZ WITH HIS THIRD HOME RUN OF THE NIGHT. >> THIRD TIME IN HIS CAREER THAT HE IS HIT THREE HOME RUNS IN A GAME. >> HE HAS DONE IT AGAIN. >> FIRST PITCH SWINGING AND THERE IS A NEW RECORD. >> THEIR OFFENSE IS KILLER. RICH: IN THAT SEQUENCE I HEARD THE INDIANS ANNOUNCER CALLING THE RUN BY KAPLER AGAINST POWER -- KEPLER AGAINST BAUER. DAN: WE TALK ABOUT SAMPLE SIZE. FIVE AT-BATS, FIVE BOMBS, THAT IS OWNERSHIP. WHEN YOU GO FIVE CONSECUTIVE AT-BATS AND HIT A HOME RUN AGAINST A GUY LIKE TREVOR BAUER, THAT IS AMAZING. IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THERE ARE SOME GUYS WHO PROBABLY HAVE NIGHTMARES ACING TREVOR BAUER. THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON WHY SOME ELITE PITCHERS, GUYS TO YOU WOULD NORMALLY NOT WANT TO FACE, AND THEN SOME SOFT TOSSING GUY COMES OUT OF THE BULLPEN AND YOU ARE LIKE 0-12. RICH: THIS GUY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SOFT TOSSING. RAY BLACK WILL PUT TRIPLE DIGITS UP. THE BREWERS ARE HOPEFUL THAT HE ADDS TO THEIR BULLPEN. BULLPEN. JUSTIN: THEY CHALLENGE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE. THEY COME AFTER YOU. IT IS NOT A COMFORTABLE AT-BAT. BUT YOU KNOW AT SOME POINT IN THAT BAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THEIR BEST STUFF. THERE ARE SOME GUYS WHO JUST OWN YOU AND YOU HAVE NO EXPLANATION FOR IT. RICH: IT IS A MIRACLE THAT HE THROWS 100 UP TO THE SHOULDER ISSUES THAT HE HAD EARLIER IN HIS CAREER. LABRUM SURGERY IS NEVER FUN FOR A PITCHER. OFTENTIMES A CHANGE AS A PITCHER'S CAREER. THIS IS ALL ABOUT PERSEVERANCE. JUSTIN: ANOTHER VERSATILE PLAYER WHO CAN PLAY ALL OVER THE FIELD. THE TWINS HAVE A LOT OF MOVABLE PIECES. THEY HAVE DONE A NICE JOB. THEY HAVE HAD SOME INJURIES. BUT THEY'RE ARE GETTING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EVERYONE. THIS IS ANOTHER GUY WHO IS SO VALUABLE ON THIS TEAM. RICH: BLACK THROWS IN A STRIKE. JUSTIN: THAT IS NOT FAIR. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 100 AND THEN HE DROPS THAT IN. TOOK A LEFT TURN ONCE A GOT TO THE PLATE. RICH: ADRIANZA IS HOT. ANOTHER BREAKING BALL. EVEN BEFORE HE HAD THE SHOULDER ISSUE IN HIGH SCHOOL, RAY BLACK HAD TOMMY JOHN SURGERY IN HIS SENIOR YEAR. THEN A SHOULDER INJURY HAPPENED IN THE SPRING OF 2012. HE MISSED ALL OF THAT YEAR AND 2013. AND HE WAS ALWAYS IN THE MINOR LEAGUES. A LEGENDARY GUY WERE PEOPLE WOULD HEAR WORD-OF-MOUTH. THERE WAS A GUY WHO TOUCHED ONE OF FOUR -- 104 ON A RADAR GUN. WHEN HE ARRIVED WITH THE GIANTS, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED TO SEE HIM. DAN: CRAIG COUNSELL SAYS IT IS AMAZING THAT A GUY WHO THROWS 100, NOBODY REALLY KNEW MUCH ABOUT HIM. HOW DO YOU GO UNNOTICED WHEN YOU THROW THAT FAST? BUT THERE IS SO MUCH VELOCITY IN TODAY'S GAME. YOU CAN BASICALLY GO TO ANY BULLPEN AND YOU CAN FIND THREE OR FOUR GUYS WHO ARE 97 MILES OR ABOVE. I AM NOT SURE HOW LONG WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE FINDING THESE YOUNG ARMS. WE ARE GOING THROUGH THEM ONE AFTER ANOTHER AFTER ANOTHER. WE HAVE GOTTEN TO AN AGE WHERE WE ARE GOING THROUGH A LINEUP THE THIRD TIME AND THAT IS ABOUT IT FOR YOUR STARTING PITCHER. YET WE ARE GOING THROUGH A RECORD NUMBER OF BULLPEN USAGE. WE ARE SEEING SOME TEAMS LIKE THE BREWERS, THEY ARE PAYING THE PRICE. RICH: 2-2. ADRIANZA DRILLED IT TO RIGHT. YELICH CANNOT GET IT. IT IS OVER HIS HEAD AND A HOPS OFF THE WALL. HE WILL HAVE THE TRIPLE EASILY. JUSTIN: WHEN A GUY THROWS AS HARD AS HE DOES, YOU HAVE TO BE ADMISSION IN YOUR SWING. YOU LET HIM PROVIDE THE POWER. YOU SEE THAT RIGHT THERE. REAL SIMPLE SWING. TAKES HIS PALE TO IT AND LETS THE BAT DO THE WORK. THERE IS LIKE COMING OFF THE BENCH AND HAVING TO RUN A TRIPLE. THANKFULLY FOR HIM IT WAS A STANDUP TRIPLE. RICH: THE INFIELD CREEPS IN. GARVER AT THE PLATE. THERE IS 98. PART OF THE MYSTERY OF BLACK, HE HAD THOSE MAJOR INJURIES. THE GIANTS RELEASED HIM IN 2017. BUT THEN GOT BACK IN THE ORGANIZATION AND GOT TO THE BIG LEAGUES IN 2018. INTO THE SEATS. 0-2 ON GARVER WHO SET THE TIME WITH HIS HOME RUN. THE TWINS MAKE NO BONES ABOUT IT , THEY DO NOT RUN. THEY SHOW YOU THAT CARD RIGHT AWAY. THERE IS NO PRETENSE. JUSTIN: IT IS NOT AN ORGANIZATIONAL PHILOSOPHY. IT IS JUST THE PERSONNEL THAT HE HAS. RICH: POP-UP, FOUL TERRITORY. RAN OUT OF ROOM. JUSTIN: HE SAID IT DEPENDS ON WHO HE HAS. IF HE HAD FOUR BYRON BUXTON'S, THEY WOULD HAVE 40 STOLEN BASES. RICH: HOPEFULLY THEY WILL HAVE HIM BACK IN A WEEK OR TWO. JUSTIN: HE IS SO GOOD. WHEN HE GETS ON BASE IT IS A HEADACHE FOR THE OTHER TEAMS PITCHERS. YOU NEED HIM ON THE FIELD. HE HAS THAT ELEMENT. IN THE PLAYOFFS, ESPECIALLY, WE HAVE SEEN ONE STOLEN BASE CAN CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE SERIES. RICH: RIGHT IN THE STOCK IS AT THIRD. MAKES THE CATCH AND STEPS ON THE BAG. THAT IS A NIFTY WAY FOR RAY BLACK TO GET OUT OF TROUBLE IN THE SIXTH. BOTTOM OF THE SIX COMING UP. WE WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE DISCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THE TELECASTS. HERE'S THE SCHEDULE COMING UP. IT IS REALLY GOOD. PLAYOFF HOPES AND ALL OF THESE MATCHUPS. WE WANT WELL ON IT TOO LONG. THERE IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT WE NEED TO GET TO HERE AT MILLER PARK. THAT IS, GENTLEMEN, PUT YOUR MONEY ON THE TABLE. JUSTIN: I'VE GOT CHORIZO. DAN: VERY RARELY DO THEY GO BACK TO BACK. I WILL GO WITH NUMBER FIVE. RICH: I WILL GO ITALIAN. DAN: I WILL GO FOR -- FOUR, PAUL MOLITOR. THE IGNITER! RICH: HE CELEBRATED TOO EARLY. THERE IS AN INQUIRY. JUSTIN: BACK-TO-BACK WINNER. RICH: THAT DID NOT WORK OUT SO WELL FOR ME. SAM DYSON COMING OUT OF THE BULLPEN FOR THE TWINS. DAN:. -- CLOSES THE PHOTOS. RICH: YOU CAN'T CELEBRATE EARLY. DAN: IT COST YOU A W. I KNOW W'S DON'T MEAN MUCH IN BASEBALL ANYMORE FOR PITCHERS. RICH: COST ME CAP FAIR TO THE AIRPORT IS WHAT IT DID. 5-3 BALLGAME. THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT TRADITIONS IN BASEBALL, THE SAUSAGE RACES. ON SUNDAY THEY HAVE THE LITTLE WEINERS, THE LITTLE SAUSAGES, ACTUALLY A RELAY. MANY PEOPLE, TWINS FANS, I AM SURE, WERE DISAPPOINTED. THERE WAS CRITICISM THE TWINS DID NOT PICK UP A STARTING PITCHER AT THE DEADLINE. THEY DID PICK UP TWO GOOD BULKHEAD PIECES, SAM DYSON AND SERGIO ROMO. THEY HAD THE EIGHTH AND NINTH INNING LAST NIGHT AND LOCKED IT DOWN. JUSTIN: THEY FEEL LIKE THEY GOT THE BEST RELIEVER THAT WAS TRADED WHEN THEY GOT SAM DYSON. NOT A LOT OF MOVEMENT ON THIS YEAR'S TRADE DEADLINE. THE METS MESSED EVERYONE UP BY MAKING MOVES THEY DID NOT EXPECT ANYONE TO MAKE. HE STRUGGLED THROUGH HIS FIRST TWO APPEARANCES, WENT ON THE I.L. WITH A SHOULDER ISSUE, PITCHED LAST NIGHT, SAID HE FEELS GOOD. GOOD TO SEE HIM OUT THERE ON BACK-TO-BACK DAYS. DAN: THAT IS ONE THING THAT DRIVES YOU NUTS WHEN YOU ARE ACQUIRED BY E-TRADE, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PENNANT RACE. THE FIRST-PLACE TEAM WENT FROM THE GIANTS AT THE TIME. THE GIANTS WERE MAKING A RUN. THEY CHOSE TO KEEP MADISON BUMGARNER, MOVED A FEW RELIEVERS. AS YOU TOUCHED ON, HIS FIRST TWO OUTINGS WERE LIKE THE NIGHTMARE OF GETTING TRADED TO A NEW TEAM, PITCHING SO WELL WITH THE GIANTS. THIS GUY, WHEN HE IS ON, TWINS FANS ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY HE IS BACK IN THAT BULLPEN. QUALITY RELIEVER, NOT AFRAID TO THROW STRIKES. HE IS GOING TO HELP THEM BACK INTO THE BULLPEN. RICH: THEY HAVE COUNTED ON TAYLOR ROGERS, UNAVAILABLE LAST NIGHT, TO GET BIG OUTS LATE IN BALLGAMES. A COUPLE OF BIG ARMS, DYSON AND ROMO, HOPEFULLY WILL TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF TAYLOR ROGERS. HE HAS GIVEN UP A FEW HOMERUNS RECENTLY, MAYBE THE HATERS SITUATION, BEING OVEREXPOSED, BEING ASKED TO GET EVERYTHING OUT LATER IN THE GAME. THEY HAVE DEPTH AND OPTIONS AND IT IS NICE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A CLOSER AVAILABLE TO HAVE A GUY LIKE SERGIO ROMO WHO HAS BEEN A CLOSER FOR A LONG TIME, TO HAVE THOSE GUYS AS OPTIONS. MAKES THE MANAGER'S LIFE THAT MUCH EASIER. DAN: THE LAST THREE RELIEVERS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, ALL X GIANTS -- ALL EX-GIANTS. ROMO WENT TO MIAMI BEFORE HE ARRIVED HERE. CAREER APPEARANCES IN THE BULLPEN. ROMO AND DYSON ADD A LOG OF EXPERIENCE. THEY JUMP ON A MOVING TRAIN AND ARE RIGHT IN THE THICK OF IT IN THE EIGHTH AND NINTH INNING. DYSON, AN EARLY ARRIVAL IN THE SIXTH. RICH: AS A GUY HE WAS TRADED AT THE OLD AUGUST DEADLINE AND JUMPED INTO A PENNANT RACE FOR A TEAM THAT WAS THIRD OR FOURTH PLACE IN THE STANDINGS, THE ADRENALINE AND ENERGY, THE KIND OF LIFT YOU GET AT THAT TIME, AS DISAPPOINTED AS I WAS TO LEAVE THE ONLY TEAM I HAVE EVER KNOWN TO JUMP INTO PITTSBURGH AND PLAY THE CARDINALS RIGHT AWAY, WHAT IT DOES FOR YOU AS A PLAYER LIFT YOU UP A LITTLE BIT, GIVES YOU NEW LIFE, HELPS YOU GET THROUGH THE TOUGH PART OF THE SEASON, AUGUST AND EARLY SEPTEMBER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU ARE PLAYING IN FRONT OF SOLD-OUT CROWDS. IT REMINDS YOU WHAT YOU PLAY FOR, REALLY WHAT IT MEANS. DAN: I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE EASIER TO GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT KNOWING THEY HAVE GUYS LIKE DYSON AND ROMO. THIS DIVISION IS GOING TO GO RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE. CLEVELAND INDIANS ARE MUCH IMPROVED. RAMIREZ IS STARTING TO HIT AGAIN. CARLOS SANTANA HAS BEEN OUT OF HIS MIND. THEIR STARTING PITCHING IS STARTING TO GET HEALTHY. THE LAST 2-3 WEEKS OF THE SEASON -- WHAT WE HAVE SEEN BASEBALL THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS HAS BEEN A BATTLE OF BULLPENS. THE TWINS FEEL LIKE THEY SOLIDIFIED THEIR BULLPEN WITH EXPERIENCED RELIEVERS, DYSON AND ROMO BEING TWO OF THEM. RICH: 2-2 PITCH, PEREZ LEADING IT OFF. ONE FACTOR, AND TO ME IT PLAYS MORE INTO A WILD-CARD SPOT THAN THE DIVISION, IS THE FACT THAT THE BOTTOM OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL IS NOT GOOD, AND THE TWINS HAVE A TON OF GAMES REMAINING AGAINST THE ROYALS, THE WHITE SOX, AND THE TIGERS. THEY HAVE THE EASIEST SCHEDULE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. CLEVELAND HAS THE 12TH EASIEST. CLEVELAND GETS TO PLAY SOME OF THOSE CLUBS AS WELL. DAN: BY EASIEST, YOU GO BY STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE, BUT THERE IS NO EASY TEAMS IN THE BIG LEAGUES. RICH: THOSE TEAMS CAN BE TOUGHER TO PLAY THAN A DIVISION RIVAL. DAN: THEY ARE LOOSE, THEY GOT NOTHING TO PLAY FOR. YOU GOT GUYS GETTING CALLED UP, FIRST TASTE OF THE BIG LEAGUES, ADRENALINE, NOTHING TO LOSE. YOU HAVE GOT GUYS FIGHTING FOR JOBS, SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. UNKNOWNS FACING PITCHERS NOBODY HAS EVER SEEN. A LOT GOING ON CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR CONTENDERS TO PLAY AGAINST TEAMS WITH A LACK OF EXPERIENCE. RICH: NOW A 10 PITCH AT BAT. DYSON DOTS THE CORNER. I TELL YOU, TIM TIMMONS HAS HAD A REALLY GOOD GAME HERE BEHIND THE PLATE. ANY TIME HITTER HAS ARGUED, TIMMONS HAS BEEN IN THE RIGHT. THAT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE. JUSTIN: TWO-SEAM FASTBALL, 95 MILES AN HOUR. YOU CAN SEE IT CATCHES THE OUTSIDE CORNER. TOUGH PITCHING NOT TO SWING OUT. PAUL LOOKS LIKE IT IS STARTING OUT IN THE LEFT-HANDED BATTER'S BOX. PEREZ KNOWN FOR CHASING PITCHES. SAM DYSON WAS IN LAST NIGHTS GAME. QUICK TURNOVER, A DAY GAME AFTER A NIGHT GAME. SHOULD BE GOOD AND LOSE RIGHT NOW. RICH: GRESHAM, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR THE BREWERS, IN A LEADOFF SPOT. GETTING HIS FIRST OPPORTUNITY IN THE BIG LEAGUES. 1-2 WITH A WALK, HAS LOOKED GOOD DOING IT. THE BREWERS HAVE THREE RUNS ON EIGHT HITS, THE TWINS HAVE JUST SIX HITS BUT FIVE RUNS, THREE SOLO HOMERS. JUSTIN: THERE'S ANOTHER GOOD LOOK AT IT. WATCH THE PLACEMENT OF HIS HANDS, ALMOST LIKE A GOLF CLUB. THUMBS, ALMOST THE INTERLOCKED GRIP. DAN: THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS GAME. THERE IS NOT ONE WAY TO DO ANYTHING. WHATEVER WORKS, EVEN IF IT IS UNORTHODOX, IF IT GETS THE JOB DONE, WHY NOT? THERE IS NOT ONE WAY TO PITCH, NOT ONE WAY TO HIT. THERE IS A POINT EVERY HITTER GETS TOO WHEN YOU MAKE CONTACT, BUT HOW YOU GET THERE VARIES FROM GUY TO GUY BASED ON THEIR STRENGTH, THEIR HANDS BEAT. TAKE -- THERE HAND SPEED. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AS HE FOULED IT OFF RIGHT OFF THE ANKLE. I DON'T MISS THAT. PEOPLE ASK ME, DO YOU MISS PLAYING? I DON'T MISS THAT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT MUCH. JUSTIN: DO YOU STILL, ESPECIALLY WHEN COLD WEATHER HITS IN MINNESOTA, DO YOU GET ACHES AND PAINS FROM THE BALLS ON YOUR SHINS AND FEET? DAN: YEAH. JUSTIN: FOR ARE THOSE HOCKEY INJURIES FROM THE BACKYARD RINK YOU HAVE? DAN: WE HAD A COUPLE OF GOOD SHOTS OFF THE SHIN THIS WINTER. WHEN I GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TIME OF YEAR IT IS, IT IS NOT THE BEST TIME OF DAY FOR ME. RICH: GRISHAM AT THE PLATE. I DID NOT KNOW THIS, DAN PLESAC, UNTIL I DID RESEARCH ON JUSTIN. HE PLAYED IN THE WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE FOR THE PORTLAND WINTER HAWKS, ACCOMPLISHED HOCKEY PLAYER. HE GREW UP IN NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND HAS AN OUTDOOR RINK IN HIS BACKYARD WITH HIS OWN ZAMBONI IN MINNESOTA. JUSTIN: I PLAY ON IT MORE THAN MY KIDS DO. RICH: REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY, CAL RIPKEN JR. HAD EVERYBODY OVER TO PLAY PICKUP HOOP IN HIS JIM. JUSTIN HAS EVERYBODY OVER, ALL THE PLAYERS WHO WAIT HOCKEY AND EVEN SOME MINNESOTA WHILE PLAYERS, TO PLAY PICKUP HOCKEY. DAN: JOE MAUER, CAN YOU SKATE? JUSTIN: THERE IS NOTHING JOE MAUER CAN DO. IF YOU SAW HIM ON THE ICE, YOU WOULD HAVE NO IDEA HE DIDN'T PLAY HOCKEY UNTIL HE WAS 15. IT IS RIDICULOUS. HE HAS BEATEN ME AT PING-PONG LEFT AND RIGHT-HANDED, AND I WAS PLAYING RIGHT-HANDED OLD-TIME. DAN: ANY OTHER BASEBALL PLAYERS THAT GET OUT THERE? JUSTIN: CORY KOSKI LIVES ABOUT 10 MINUTES AWAY, GREW UP PLAYING HOCKEY. USUALLY THREE BASEBALL PLAYERS AND WE HAVE TO FIND A FORMER HOCKEY PLAYER TO PLAY WITH US. WE PLAY USUALLY ON WEDNESDAYS DURING THE DAY. A GOOD GAME, DO UNTO DURING THE -- TWO ON TWO. IT IS A LITTLE BIGGER THAN A DOUBLES TENNIS COURT, SO IT IS PERFECT. DAN: WHERE DID YOU FIND A ZAMBONI? DID YOU FIND OUT ON CARS.COM. JUSTIN: I HAVE A JOHN DEERE TRACTOR. I HAVE HOT WATER TANKS, I FILL IT UP WITH HOT WATER. THIS ICE IS SOME OF THE BEST ICE YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR LIFE. RICH: SOMETIMES WE STRAY FROM CALLING BALLS AND STRIKES, AND WE DID GET OFF THE BEATEN TRACK, BUT WHAT A GREAT BEATEN TRACK THAT WAS TO GET OFF OF TO HEAR THAT. SAM DYSON TO YASMANI GRANDAL. WHEN YOU GET BACK TO SECAUCUS, I SMELL A MLB NETWORK FEATURE, RIGHT? JUSTIN: YES. DAN: I CAN'T SKATE SO I WON'T BE PART OF THAT FUTURE. RICH: MAKE THAT HAPPEN. DAN: I SHOULD. THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS I TRIED TO RUN AWAY FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES IN DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND THAT IS RIGHT INTO JUSTIN'S WHEELHOUSE, SO TO FLY INTO THE TWIN CITIES IN JANUARY FOR A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MIGHT BE A TOUGH CALL. RICH: GRANDAL HAS WALKED TWICE. HE IS YOUR-ONE. -- HE IS 0-1. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT MITCH GARVER, WE HAVE SEEN A COUPLE PITCHES THIS INNING HE HAS BROUGHT BACK INTO THE ZONE. WE TOUCHED ON EARLIER IN THE BROADCAST, HE IS A GUY WHO TOUCHED ON GETTING OUT DEFENSIVELY. HE GIVES THE UMPIRE A GOOD LOOK. HE DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB OF HOLDING THAT BALL, SAYING HEY, THIS IS WHERE THIS PITCH WAS. HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET A FEW BORDERLINE PITCHES IN THE TWINS FAVOR SO FAR. RICH: TWO BALLS, TWO STRIKES. SAM DYSON IN FOR GIBSON. GIBSON, FIVE INNINGS. HE HAD TRAFFIC AND WOBBLED A BIT, IT FELT LIKE, ALMOST EVERY INNING. GIBSON STRUCK OUT THREE, WALKED THREE, GAVE UP RERUNS ON EIGHT HITS -- GAVE UP THREE RUNS ON EIGHT HITS. TYSON'S 2-2 IS UP AND IN. DAN: HE IS VERY COMFORTABLE. YOU CAN SEE GREG MADDUX, THE TWO-SEAM FASTBALL TO BRING THE PITCH BACK IN TOWARDS THE INNER PORTION OF THE PLATE. A VERY DIFFICULT PITCH TO LEARN HOW TO THROW AND TO PERFECT, BUT IF YOU CAN, IT IS A GREAT WEAPON. IT REALLY OPENS UP BOTH SIDES OF THE PLATE, PARTICULARLY IF YOU ARE FACING A LEFTY. RICH: 3-2. JUSTIN: AS A LEFT-HANDED HITTER, YOU ARE STANDING THERE AND YOU THINK, THAT BALL IS INSIDE. YOU LIFT YOUR ARMS UP AND LOOK DOWN AND AS YOU GIVE UP ON THAT BALL, IT STARTS RUNNING BACK OVER THE INSIDE CORNER. BECAUSE THE UMPIRE IS ON THE INSIDE CORNER WHERE HE SETS UP, MITCH GARVER DOES A GOOD JOB PRESENTING THAT BALL. THEN YOU LOOK BACK AND THE BALL HAS CAUGHT THE INSIDE CORNER AND IT IS TOO LATE. IT IS HARD TO FORCE YOURSELF TO SWING AT A PITCH THAT YOU SEE AS A BALL OUT OF THE HAND. RICH: PITCH NUMBER 23 FOR DYSON WHO THREW JUST NINE LAST NIGHT AND WORKED A SCORELESS EIGHT. THAT DRIBBLES THROUGH INTO CENTER FIELD. YASMANI GRANDAL, WHO HAS MADE A NICE LIVING AT THIS, HAS BEEN ON BASE THREE TIMES ALREADY. JUSTIN: HE HAD A BIG HOME RUN LAST NIGHT TO PUT THE TWINS DOWN LATE. HIS FIRST HOME RUN, LONGEST OF HIS CAREER. NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN LOOKS LIKE THAT COMPLETELY TOOK THE PRESSURE OFF. HE LOOKS COMFORTABLE IN THE BATTER'S BOX. RICH: SAM DYSON IS GOING TO GET A VISIT. WES JOHNSON, THE PITCHING COACH. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAKING THAT TRANSITION AS A COLLEGE PITCHING COACH TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES. DAN, IT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE, NOW IT HAS BEEN DONE. THAT IS TO JUMP IMMEDIATELY FROM COLLEGE TO THE BIG LEAGUES. IT IS AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC. DAN: IT IS, AND I THINK IT PLAYS NOW MORE THAN EVER, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A HARD SELL TO RUN THIS THROUGH A BRUINS STAFF, AN OLDER, ESTABLISHED GROUP. FRANK VIOLA, JEFF REARDON, GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND THAT REALLY WOULDN'T BE INTO BUYING INTO THE NEW WAVE AS FAR AS LETTING FLIES, LET IT EAT, USING THE ANALYTICS. I THINK HE SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE THAT THE YOUNG PITCHERS SPEAK RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE TWINS PITCHERS ARE BUYING IN, BECAUSE THAT IS THE VERBIAGE THEY HAVE GROWN UP WITH. RICH: YELICH, HAS LINE TO CENTER, BOUNCED OUT AND STRUCK OUT. YELICH HAS HIT 39 HOMERS. DRIVES IT, LEFT CENTER FIELD. ROSARIO HAS ROOM AND HE MAKES THE CATCH. DYSON DODGES ONE THERE. GRANDAL LEFT ON BASE AND THE BREWERS ARE STILL TWO RUNS SHY. 5-3 TWINS HEADED FOR THE SEVENTH AREA THEY ARE AT IT AGAIN. AS PART OF A GIVEAWAY LAST YEAR, SOME BREWERS REENACTED ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE MOVIE SCENES. >> SO YOU GUYS HEADED OFF TO THE BULLPEN? >> MY SCOOTER DIED AND I AM LATE FOR A BULLPEN SESSION. >> WE USUALLY DON'T PICK UP HITCHHIKERS. BUT I'M GOING TO GO WITH MY INSTINCTS ON THIS ONE. SATO LOVE, PARTNER. YOUR IT. >> YOU ARE IT. >> QUITSIES. >> YOU CAN'T DO THAT. >> CAN, TOO, STAMPED IT. >> DOUBLE STAMPED IT. >> TRIPLE STAMP, NUMBER RACES. >> YOU CAN'T TRIPLE STAMP A DOUBLE STAMPED. >> GUYS, ENOUGH! >> WANT TO HEAR THE MOST ANNOYING SOUND IN THE WORLD? EEEEEEEEEEEENNNNH! >> GUYS, GUYS, GUYS. YOU THINK WE CAN LISTEN TO THE RADIO OR SOMETHING? >> WHO NEEDS A RADIO? READY, J.J.? ♪ MOCK ING BIRD ♪ >> YEAH ♪ >> ♪ MOCKINGBIRD EVERYBODY, HAVE YOU HEARD SHE IS GOING TO BUY ME A MOCKINGBIRD IF THAT MOCKINGBIRD DON'T SAYIN -- DON'T SING SHE'S GOING TO BUY ME A DIAMOND RING ♪ >> LOOK, SOME PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT. >> PICK THEM UP. RICH: THAT'S OUTSTANDING. DOM AND DUMBER -- DUMB AND DUMBER, VERY NICE. FOR MORE BREWERS CONTENT, INCLUDING BEHIND-THE-SCENES INTERACTION WITH FORMER PLAYERS AND ALUMS, SUBSCRIBE TO THE BREWERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW. WITH A BREWER ALARM, DAN PLESAC, AND A TWIN AND PIRATE ALUM, JUSTIN MORNEAU, AND JAMIE HERSCH. I AM RICH WALTZ. MLB GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE. A CRUCIAL SERIES, EVEN THOUGH IT IS INTERLEAGUE, FOR THE BREWERS WHO ARE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD-CARD RACE, AND OF COURSE THE TWINS, WHO ARE NECK AND NECK AND BACK IN FIRST PLACE AFTER A DAY OUT OF IT. THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL, JUNIOR GUERRA INTO THE LEAGUE FOR THE BREWERS. JORGE POLANCO IS THE HITTER. DAN: LAST YEAR STARTED 26 GAMES FOR THE BREWERS, 141 INNINGS PITCHED, USED PRIMARILY OUT OF THE BULLPEN THIS SEASON. AS GREG COUNSEL REFERS TO, HIS RELIEVERS AS OUT GUTTERS. -- OUT GETTERS. THIS IS WHEN YOU START TO EARN YOUR MONEY, BEING A MANAGER IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. THIS IS A TOUGH TWINS LINEUP. GARRETT IS GOING TO FACE POLANCO, SANO, AND ROSARIO. BREWERS FEEL LIKE THEY STILL HAVE THREE MORE CRACKS TO GET TO THE TWINS. A LOT OF BASEBALL STILL TO BE PLAYED IN MILWAUKEE. RICH: GIO GONZALEZ START, FIVE RUNS, 3.2. JEFFERSON WITH AN INNING AND A THIRD. RAY BLACK FOR AN INNING. NOW GUERRA. IN THE AIR OFF THE BAT OF POLANCO. ONLY ONE MAN ON THAT SIDE, WAS DOCTORS, WHO MAKES THE CATCH. JUSTIN: IT SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THE STARTING PITCHER TO GO DEEP IN THE GAMES. AS A MANAGER, YOU ARE ABLE TO MATCH UP. IT IS NOT LIKE YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HAVE ENOUGH PICTURES TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE GAME. IF THE STARTING PITCHER GOES INTO THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH INNING, YOU CAN USE THAT GUY FOR ONE OR TWO BATTERS AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THEM PITCH TO 45 BATTERS AND MAYBE THOSE MATCHUPS ARE NOT FAVORABLE. A GOOD BULLPEN IS A RESULT OF GOOD STARTING PITCHING. IT IS HARD TO HAVE A GOOD BULLPEN CONSISTENTLY COMING INTO GAMES IN THE FOURTH OR FIFTH INNING. THEY JUST GET OVERUSED. RICH: SANO WITH JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY AVAILABLE ON THE LEFT SIDE. NO SWING. A 415 FOOT HOMER TO LEFT FOR SNOW AND TWO STRIKEOUTS. YOU SEE THE SHIFT. JUSTIN: I THINK THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE STARTING PITCHER OUT EARLIER WITH THE DAY OFF TOMORROW. IF THEY HAVE A RUN OF 19 STRAIGHT GAMES OR WHATEVER IT IS , YOU ARE FORCED TO USE THOSE STARTERS LONGER THAN YOU WANT TO. IT HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE FOR THEM AS A STAFF. INJURIES PLAY A PART OF THIS. YOU TAKE -- DAN: YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT GRAPHIC, LAST IN ALL HE STARTS. THAT OVER WORKS YOUR BULLPEN, A BULLPEN THAT IS NOT AS DURABLE AS IT WAS LAST YEAR. JOSH HADER LAST NIGHT BLOWING A SAVE. MARWIN GONZALEZ, A BIG THREE RUN HOME RUN IN THE INNING. 13 HOME RUNS ALLOWED SO FAR THIS YEAR BY JOSH HADER. MATT ALBER SITTING NEXT TO. HE HAS HAD A REALLY SOLID SEASON. HE IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE GUYS I THINK CRAIG COUNSELL IS GOING TO LEAN ON. EIGHTH OR NINTH INNING, IF HADER NEEDS A DAY OFF, DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU SEE MATT ALBERS PITCHING SOME LATE LEVERAGE SITUATIONS. JUSTIN: ALL THAT BEING SAID, ESPECIALLY IN THE CENTRAL, EVERYBODY HAS WARTS, ISSUES THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH, WHETHER YOU ARE THE CUBS, THE CARDINALS, THE NATIONALS, WHO ARE ALSO IN THE WILD-CARD RACE. DAN: FAIR TO SAY THAT THE N.L. CENTRAL MIGHT BE THE MOST DISAPPOINTING DIVISION IN BASEBALL? A LOT OF PEOPLE, MYSELF INCLUDED, THOUGHT TOP TO BOTTOM, THROW THE PIRATES INTO THAT MIX, THAT THIS DIVISION HAD A SHOT TO HAVE TWO MAYBE TEAMS 94-PLUS WIN THEMES, AND IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THERE IS GOING TO BE A 90 WIN TEAM IN THE CENTRAL. RICH: THAT IS A HIGH BALL TO CENTER. CAIN MAKES THE CATCH. THE ROOF STILL CLOSED IN MILWAUKEE AFTER MORNING RAIN. SO NO, OUT NUMBER TWO. DAN: THE CUBS HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES, SIGNED CRAIG KIMBREL LATE. ON THE INJURED LIST. SHOULD BE BACK SOON. JOE MADDON HAS ISSUES IN EIGHTH AND NINTH INNING. I STILL THINK WHY I LIKE THE CUBS TO WIN THE CENTRAL, THEIR STARTING PITCHING IS SUPERIOR TO MILWAUKEE OR ST. LOUIS. JON LESTER HAD A COUPLE OF ROUGH STARTS. COLE HAMELS, KYLE HENDRICKS. QUINTANA WAS GOODNESS NIGHT -- WAS GOOD LAST NIGHT. DESERVED A BETTER FATE THAN HE WAS ABLE TO GET. THEIR STARTING PITCHING IS ROCKSOLID. NICK CASTELLANOS HAS BEEN ON FIRE SINCE THEY ACQUIRED HIM AT THE TRADE DEADLINE. ALL THINGS TO ME LOOK LIKE THE CUBS HAVE THE LEAST OF THE ISSUES OF THE THREE TEAMS. JUSTIN: THERE ARE NOT AS MANY LAYUPS IN THAT DIVISION AS OPPOSED TO THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL, BECAUSE I THINK CINCINNATI HAS HUNG AROUND LONGER THAN MANY PEOPLE EXPECTED. THEY ARE NOT AN EASY OPPONENT. DAN: THEN THEY ACQUIRED OUR, AND SONNY GRAY IS THROWING THE BALL WELL. CASTILLO, ONE OF THE TOP YOUNG PITCHERS. THAT IS A TEAM YOU DON'T WANT TO PLAY THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX WEEKS BECAUSE THEIR STARTING PITCHING IS SO STRONG. >> THE PIRATES WERE DOING ALL RIGHT UNTIL THE ALL-STAR BREAK. THEN EVERYTHING FELL OFF. RICH: UP THE MIDDLE, PEREZ TO HIS RIGHT. HE IS PICKED BY THAMES AT FIRST BASE AND THE TWINS ARE DONE. SEVENTH INNING STRETCH, BIG HOUSE IN MILWAUKEE. BUMPUS SQUAD IN THE HOUSE, REPRESENTING. MITCH GARVER, FIRST HITTER. TWO HITTERS LATER -- THIS IS THE FIRST INNING, KIDS. THAT'S A PAIR OF SOLO HOME RUNS. GIO GONZALEZ WAS FRUSTRATED. BREWERS ANSWER. KESTON HIURA. LEARN THAT NAME. HE IS GOING TO BE AROUND A LONG TIME. THE TWINS DIDN'T HELP THEMSELVES OUT DEFENSIVE PLAY, -- DEFENSIVE LY. KYLE GIBSON WOBBLED BUT DIDN'T FALL DOWN. BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED HOME RUN PARADE, MIGUEL SANO, DAN PLESAC NEEDS A DEPOSIT. AND THE CHECK DECK GETTING SOME LOVE ON OUR GAME RECAP. BREWERS IN THE BOTTOM HALF. THAMES HAS HAD A TERRIFIC DAY, THREE-THREE WITH TWO R.B.I.'S. GIBSON AGAIN, WALKING THAT TIGHT ROPE, GETS OUT OF TROUBLE. THIS, JUSTIN MORNEAU, IS NOT A HOME RUN, BUT THAT IS AN ENORMOUS HIT. JUSTIN: TWO OUT HIT THAT THE BREWERS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET TOO OFTEN IN THIS SHORT TWO-GAME SERIES. RICH: ALWAYS LIKE IT WHEN YOU SEE A BIG MAN SLIDING LIKE THAT. MOUSTAKAS IN TO SECOND. THERE BREWERS WOULD SQUEEZE THAT RUN. BAINES, ANOTHER HIT. BECAUSE THE LEAD DOWN, BUT WITH GAMBLE PINCH-HITTING. THAT'S HOW WE HAVE ARRIVED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH AND IT IS 5-3. I WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WISH ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES A SPEEDY RECOVERY. SCOTT BRAUN, WE ARE THINKING ABOUT YOU, HOPE YOU ARE FEELING BETTER AND WE SEE YOU BACK OUT HERE SOON. IN MILWAUKEE, GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY THE HITTERS. ON A DAY GAME WHERE THE ROOF IS CLOSED, THE SUN WAS OUT, BUT IT IS STILL OVERCAST. WHEN IT IS SUNNY AND THE SUN COMES THROUGH THE WINDOWS ON THE FIRST BASE SIDE, THE SHADOWS CAN BE TOUGH. NO SHADOWS, NO EXCUSES. HERE IS HUIRA. DAN: THE TWINS, IS THERE A HEIGHT RESTRICTION, YOU HAVE TO BE 6'4"? ANOTHER BIG DUDE. TREVOR MAY, 6'4", 240 POUNDS. A SOLID YEAR, SOLID E.R.A.. PITCH MIX, FOUR-SEAM AND A TWO-SEAM FASTBALL, SLIDER, CURVE, AND FASTBALL. JUSTIN: HE IS DEVELOPING A POWER ARM OUT OF THE BULLPEN. HE HIT 99 MILES AN HOUR LAST WEEK, FASTEST PITCH OF HIS CAREER. HE IS A GUY THAT HAS REALLY ADAPTED WELL TO THROWING THE BALL UP IN THE ZONE AND THROWING THE FOUR-SEAM FASTBALL AND GETTING SOME BIG OUTS IN THIS BULLPEN THAT THE TWINS ARE COUNTING ON DOWN THE STRETCH. RICH: 1-1 AND HIURA TAKES DOWN LOW. THEIR PRODUCT OF THE COLLEGE GAME, BORN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE HAS HAD THE SAME HITTING COACH SINCE HE WAS NINE YEARS OLD, A GUY NAMED SEAN THOMPSON. DAN: I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY DAD. THAT'S MY HITTING COACH WHEN I WAS NINE. THAT'S GOOD THOUGH. IT IS NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE TO LEAN ON. RICH: THE BIGGEST ISSUE WITH HIM HIS DEFENSE. IN COLLEGE, HE HAD AN ARM INJURY. HURT HIS ELBOW, HAD TOMMY JOHN SURGERY, AND D.H.'ED THE REST OF THE CAREER. HE IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS AND THEY THINK SECOND BASE WILL BE THE BEST SPOT FOR HIM. HANDS ARE GOOD, MOBILITY GOOD, IT IS JUST INSTINCTS AND EXPERIENCE, THE BREWERS FEEL, THAT HIURA NEEDS. DAN: IN AN AGE WHERE WE HAVE SO MUCH SHIFTING GOING ON -- TAKE A LOOK AT IT. 20 OVERALL COMING INTO THE 2019 SEASON. NUMBER ONE IN THE BREWERS SYSTEM. NINTH OVERALL DRAFT PICK, PLAYED THE FUTURES GAME IN 2018. SMOOTH SWING WITH AN EXPLOSIVE BACK. JUST OVER 200 GAMES HE HAS PLAYED IN THE FIELD. YOU TOUCHED ON IT, A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT WITH THE ADVANCED SHIFTING, THERE ISN'T AS MUCH NEED FOR LEARNING HOW TO TURN THE DOUBLE PLAY TO THE PROPER FOOTWORK, PARTICULARLY WITH THE NEW ROLES WHERE YOU ARE NOT SEEING GUYS ROLL BLOCKING ANYMORE. YOU CAN MOVE THE DEFENDERS AROUND A LITTLE MORE. PUTTING MORE BAMA IN SPOTS WHERE HE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN A PLAYER COMES IN RIGHT, ROLLING WILLIE RANDOLPH INTO THE OUTFIELD. THOSE DAYS HAVE COME AND GONE. RICH: IF YOU CAN HIT, THEY WILL FIND A SPOT FOR YOU. JUSTIN: IT'S IMPRESSIVE TO SEE HIS BALANCE, WITH SUCH A HIGH LEG KICK HOW HE IS ABLE TO KEEP HIS HANDS BACK, HIS BODY BACK. A LOT OF GUYS CAN ONLY HIT A FAST ALL IF THEY HAVE THAT HIGH OF A LEG KICK. RICH: HIS METRICS OFFENSIVELY ARE REALLY GOOD. THE DEFENSIVE RUNS SAVED, NOT SO MUCH. THAT MEASURES YOUR TOTAL DEFENSE FROM TURNING DOUBLE PLAYS, RANGE VECTOR, ERRORS IN THERE AS WELL. I THINK CRAIG COUNSELL TOLD US HE HAS PLAYED 100 GAMES AT SECOND BASE AND THAT IS IT IN HIS LIFE. LEARNING AND THE BIG LEAGUES TO PLAY IN THE INFIELD IS NOT EASY. JUSTIN: FOR THE BREWERS AND BREWERS FANS, REMEMBER CHRIS DAVIS, WHO THEY GAVE UP ON AS THEY THOUGHT HE WAS A LIABILITY DEFENSIVE PLAY. SINCE THAT TRADE, ONE SHY OF 200 HOME RUNS. HE HAS TAKEN OFF. WITH THE DESIGNATED HITTER IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, YOU HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE HIM AT-BATS. I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE AS A RESULT, HIURA IS GOING TO GET EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PLAY DEFENSE AT THE BIG-LEAGUE LEVEL. NOT TOO OFTEN YOU WANT TO LET 40 HOME RUN HITTERS GO AND THIS GUY LOOKS LIKE HE HAS THAT POTENTIAL. THE CEILING LOOKS HIGH FOR THIS YOUNG MAN. HE LOOKS LIKE A COMPLETE HITTER, USES THE WHOLE FIELD, POWER EVERYWHERE. NOW YOU HAVE TO GET HIM COMFORTABLE. ALL HE HAS TO BE IS AVERAGE DEFENSIVE PLAY. HE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A GOLD GLOVER, BUT HE HAS TO WANT TO IMPROVE. THE MORE HE IS OUT THERE, THE BETTER HE IS GOING TO GET WITH EVERY GAME HE PLAYS. RICH: THAT IS A GREAT AT-BAT, 11 PITCH AT BAT. HE WAS THE CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AT UC IRVINE, LED THE NATION IN HITTING AND SLUGGING. HE HAS ONLY BEEN IN THE MINOR LEAGUES TO END A HALF YEARS. 317 AVERAGE, .382 ON BASE, .546 SLUG IN TWO AND HALF YEARS. DAN: I HAD A CHANCE TO DO A FOUR GAME SERIES IN EARLY JUNE IN PITTSBURGH, AND VERY RARELY DOES HE HAVE ANY WILD SWINGS WHERE HE SWINGS AT A FIRST PITCH BREAKING BALL THAT'S IN THE DIRT. HIS APPROACH TO HITTING IS VERY ADVANCED AND HE KIND OF KNOWS WHAT HIS STRIKE ZONE IS. THAT LAST AT-BAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD SIGN EVENT. MAY THROUGH EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK AT HIM AND THERE IS NO CHANCE HE WAS TRACING THAT PITCH. THREE BALLS AND TWO STRIKES. YOU SEE SO MANY HITTERS GET TO A POINT LIKE WE SAW WITH ARCIA, YOU CHASE THAT BREAKING BALL IN THE DIRT. HARRIS WAY ADVANCED BEYOND THAT. RICH: TREVOR MAY UP TO MOUSTAKAS, WHO DOUBLED BACK IN THE FIFTH AREA TO RUN BALLGAME, BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH AREA -- SEVENTH. TWINS WON LAST NIGHT. A LOT OF HOME RUNS FOR THE BREWERS, YASMANI GRANDAL FOR THE TWINS, MAY THE BIGGEST, OF THE YEAR. THAT IS SAYING SOMETHING. THEY HAVE ONLY HIT, IS IT 233 BY NOW? MARWIN GONZALEZ WITH A HOMER LATE. GARVER HOMERED LAST NIGHT AS WELL. BREAKING BALL CATCHES THE CORNER. DAN: MOST PLAYERS WILL TELL YOU -- LAST NIGHT ALL EYES ARE ON THE SCOREBOARD. THEY SEE JACKIE BRADLEY JUNIOR THEY KNEW THE INDIANS HAD LOST A LEAD IN THE 10TH INNING. JACKIE BRADLEY JUNIOR, SOLO HOME RUN LAST NIGHT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A BIG WIN FOR THE TWINS LAST NIGHT. RICH: BALL IN THE DIRT, GOOD HUSTLE, AND HIURA IS AT SECOND BASE. DAN: TRY TO LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD THIS AFTERNOON. THE RED SOX, 8-1 WINNERS ALREADY OVER TO BLEND -- WINNERS OVER CLEVELAND. RICH: YOU FOLLOW THE TWINS. YOU AGREE, BIGGEST HOME RUN OF THE YEAR? JUSTIN: OF COURSE. THEY ARE PLAYING SO WELL AND ALL OF A SUDDEN CLEVELAND KEPT THEIR FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL AND FINALLY CAUGHT THEM. EVERY TIME THIS TEAM HAS BEEN PUSHED, THEY PUSH BACK. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A DEVASTATING LOSS, USING THAT LEAD LATE. RICH: 2-2 AND MOUSTAKAS CHASES OUT OF THE ZONE. THAT IS A HUGE STRIKEOUT FOR MAY BECAUSE HIURA WAS AT SECOND WITH NOBODY OUT. THERE IS YOUR FINAL. BOSTON 5-1. NOW THE STANDINGS UP-TO-THE-MINUTE. THE LEAD NOW A GAME, IF MINNESOTA HOLDS AND WINS THIS GAME, IT WILL BE A GAME AND A HALF. DAN: IT DOES NOT GET EASIER FOR THE INDIANS. TOMORROW THEY HAVE A FOUR-GAME SET WITH THE YANKEES IN NEW YORK. JUSTIN: THEY SPEND A WEEK IN NEW YORK, THEY PLAY THE METS AFTER THAT. A TOUGH PART OF THE SCHEDULE FOR THE CLEVELAND INDIANS. EVEN BEFORE LAST NIGHT, THE INDIANS TIED IT UP IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH. PLAYERS TELL YOU THEY DON'T SCOREBOARD WATCH, BUT I GUARANTEE EVERYBODY IN THE DUGOUT KNOWS THE CLEVELAND GAME IS OVER AND THEY LOST ALREADY, SO THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE MORE BREATHING ROOM TO FINISH OFF THIS WIN. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS GAME IS GOING TO FINISH 5-3. IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT FEEL. RICH: WE TOUCHED ON THAT FOR THE TWINS. MINNESOTA HAS GOT A LOT LEFT WITH THE ROYALS, WHITE SOX, AND TIGERS IN THEIR DIVISION. THE ASTROS ON THAT LIST AS WELL. THE RAYS. CAIN, A SWING AND A MISS AT THE FIRST PITCH. 0-1. IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, I KNOW IT IS INTERLEAGUE BASEBALL, BUT THIS TWO GAME SERIES, CRUCIAL FOR BOTH TEAMS. TWINS, AS JUSTIN POINTED OUT, WITH THE WIN LAST NIGHT ABLE TO RECAPTURE FIRST PLACE. BREWERS IN THE THICK OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD-CARD RACE. TWINS, WINNERS LAST NIGHT, LEADING HERE. THE PITCHES IN. 2-1. TWINS DOING IT IN TWIN FASHION. THREE SOLO HOMERS AND A TWO RUN SINGLE BY JORGE POLANCO. BREWERS, SINGLE RUNS IN THE FIRST, THIRD, AND FOR, HAVE OUT HIT THE TWINS BUT ARE DOWN 5-3. THOSE SHADOWS NOW, THE SUN IS OUT IN MILWAUKEE. YOU CAN SEE IT LIGHTING UP HOME PLATE. >> THOSE HITTERS ARE GOING TO BLAME YOU FOR JINXING THEM. WHEN THE ROOF IS CLOSED, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SHADOWS AND GLARE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO PITCH IN ALL OF BASEBALL. IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO SEE THE BALL. A BY TREVOR MAY. ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU ARE STANDING THERE, LOOKING INTO A DARKER BACKGROUND. PROBABLY HARDER FOR RIGHT-HANDED HITTERS BECAUSE THE SUN IS IN THEIR FACE. RICH: 3-1, A HIGH CHOPPER FOUL. THE COUNT ON CAIN NOW GOES TO 3-2. >> THE SHADOWS BRINGS TO MIND LEE SMITH, HIS DAYS WITH THE CUBS, THE SHADOWS AT WRIGLEY FIELD IN THE AFTERNOON. A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT HELPED LEE ARTHUR SMITH PILEUP THOSE SAVES. THERE IS A REASON HE IS IN THE HALL OF FAME. HE WAS A PRETTY GOOD RELIEVER. RICH: HIURA IS AT SECOND. THE 3-2. GOT IT. WOW. WELL, MAY WALKED HIURA TO OPEN THE INNING, MOVED UP ON A WILD PITCH WITH STRIKEOUTS OF MOUSTAKAS AND CAIN. HERE COMES THAMES. DAN: THIS HAS BEEN THE BUGABOO FOR THE LORENZO CAIN. THIS IS NOT A VERY GOOD BREAKING BALL. BUT WHEN YOU THROW 95 TO 97, JUST THAT LITTLE BIT OF BREAK DOWN AND AWAY, LORENZO CAIN NOT SEEING THE BALL PARTICULARLY WELL. TREVOR MAY, THE BENEFICIARY. >> HE SET HIM UP, MADE HIM INSIDE CONSCIOUS. WELL LOCATED SLIDER AT THE EDGE OF THE ZONE. RICH: THAMES, SWING AND A MISS. HE IS 3-3, A DOUBLE, TWO R.B.I. SINGLES. HE IS TRYING TO GET BACK TO THAT 2017 FORM. LAST YEAR, THUMB SURGERY SLOWED HIM DOWN. JESUS AGUILAR PICKED UP THE SLACK AT FIRST BASE, BUT AGUILAR IS NOW A TAMPA BAY RAY. WE HAVE SEEN YASMANI GRANDAL AT FIRST BASE PSALM AS WELL FOR THE BREWERS -- AT FIRST BASE SOME AS WELL FOR THE BREWERS. JUSTIN: SO MANY INTERESTING RACES GOING ON. YOU HAVE TO COUNT ON CERTAIN GUYS, BUT YOU ALSO NEED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM UNEXPECTED GUYS. A HOT FINISH CAN REALLY CHANGE AN ORGANIZATION'S MIND OR HAVE AN IMPACT GOING FORWARD. IF HE IS ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE DOWN THE STRETCH, IT MAKES THIS LINEUP SO MUCH DEEPER. YOU CAN'T FOCUS ON THE UNCHRISTIAN YELICH. YOU HAVE TO HAVE DIFFERENT GUYS THAT YOU ATTACK. YOU ARE GOING TO NEED THOSE GUYS FURTHER DOWN THE LINEUP, DOWN THE ORDER, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. YOU HAVE TO GET CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EVERYONE. RICH: THAT'S A STRIKE. THAMES DIDN'T LIKE IT. THAT IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT TIMMONS SEEMS TO HAVE MISSED. JUST OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. DAN: THAT'S A TOUGH ONE AS A HITTER. 97 MILES AN HOUR. JUSTIN: GREAT FRAME BY GARBER. DAN: DOES A GREAT JOB PRESENTING IT. JUSTIN: HE HAS GOT A LITTLE MOVEMENT MOVING AWAY FROM THE LEFT-HANDED HITTERS, SO IT STARTED OVER THE PLATE AND THAT IS WHY IT WAS CALLED A STRIKE. GARBER GAVE HIM SUCH A GOOD LOOK. NOT A WHOLE LOT OF ADDED MOVEMENT AFTER HE CAUGHT THAT PITCH. NOW YOU HAVE A PITCHERS COUNT AND YOU HAVE TO GRIND THROUGH IT. RICH: BRAUN ON DECK AS A POSSIBLE PINCH HITTER. THAMES HITS A POP-UP. SHOULD BE PLAYABLE. GARVER, SANO. SANO I BELIEVE HAS IT, OR IS IT GARVER? CARVER HAS GOT IT. A NICE JOB BY TREVOR MAY, A PITCH OUT OF TROUBLE. BREWERS LEAVE A RUNNER. GAME HEAD TODAY. THE TWINS HAD AN 11.5 GAME DIVISION LEAD ON JUNE 3, BUT THE INDIANS HAVE HAD AN INCREDIBLE RUN. TAKE A LOOK AND LISTEN. >> LOOK AT THE CENTRAL. THE TEAM TO BEAT RIGHT NOW, THE TWINS. >> MINNESOTA HIT A MILLION HOME RUNS. >> KIND OF A SLEEPING GIANT. BRINGING IN NELSON CRUZ. >> THAT BALL IS OUT OF HERE. OH, MERCY! GOODBYE HOME RUN INTO THE SECOND DECK. BACK TO BACK TO BACK HOMERS. >> THE TWINS RUNNING AWAY TO HIDE IN THE A.L. CENTRAL. THEIR DIVISION LEAD HAS BALLOONED TO 11.5 GAMES, THANKS TO WINNING 11 OF 14 AGAINST CENTRAL FOES. >> THE INDIANS ARE 41-16, THE BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN ALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. >> CLEVELAND DOESN'T GET THE LOVE THEY DESERVE. >> THAT'S CALLED MOMENTUM AND THE INDIANS HAVE ALL OF IT. >> IT IS NOT HOW YOU START, IT IS HOW YOU FINISH. >> I HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE. >> THE CLEVELAND INDIANS GET IT DONE ON THE ROAD AGAIN. >> THE CLEVELAND INDIANS HAVE A SHARE OF FIRST PLACE. >> THE INDIANS HAVE BEEN ON A SEARCH FOR QUITE SOME TIME. >> THEY HAVE COME FROM 11.5 GAMES BACK AND HAVE TIED THE MINNESOTA TWINS FOR THE TOP SPOT IN THE CENTRAL. >> THERE SHE GOES, IT'S A GRAND SLAM! THE INDIANS COME TO MINNESOTA AND TAKE THREE OUT OF FOUR FROM THE TWINS. RICH: SO FOR 2019 WITH THE INDIANS BREATHING RIGHT DOWN THE TWINS' NECK, THERE IS YOUR RECORD TO START. SINCE JULY 14, ABOUT A .500 RECORD. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOES NOT SHOW UP ON THAT GRAPHIC WITH THE COMPARISON IS WITH OR WITHOUT BYRON BUXTON. WITHOUT BUXTON, THE MINNESOTA TWINS HAVE NOT BEEN A VERY GOOD TEAM THIS YEAR. WHEN THEY GET HIM BACK, AND HOPEFULLY THEY DO SOON, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THOSE NUMBERS IMPROVE POST JULY 13. JUSTIN: HE REALLY IS A DIFFERENCE MAKER. WHAT HE DOES FOR A PITCHING STAFF, KNOWING EVERY BALL STAYS IN THE AIR. HE IS IN MY OPINION THE BEST DEFENSIVE OUTFIELDER IN ALL OF BASEBALL. THE BALLS HE IS ABLE TO GET TO. RICH: MIKE MCCURRY IS OUR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED RESEARCHER ON THIS GAME. DUG THOSE NUMBERS OUT. THEY ARE THREE UNDER WITHOUT BUXTON. JUSTIN: LOOKING BACK AT THE OTHER NUMBERS, THEY GOT OFF TO SUCH A GOOD START. IT IS NOT LIKE THEY SUDDENLY WENT OFF TO A 10-25 STRETCH. THEY WERE HOVERING AROUND .500. YOU KNOW YOU ARE A GOOD TEAM WHEN THEY SET THE BAR SO HIGH THAT THE PLAY .500 BASEBALL IS A DISAPPOINTMENT. A COMBINATION OF HOW WELL THE INDIANS WERE PLAYING. MINNESOTA TWINS HAD THE BEST RECORD IN BASEBALL FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS. SINCE THEN, INDIANS HAVE HAD THE BEST RECORD IN BASEBALL. RICH: THAT CATCHES CRON ON THE SHOULDER AREA. JUNIOR GUERRA INTO HIS SECOND INNING IN RELIEF AREA JUNIOR GONZALEZ, MAX KEPLER. JUSTIN: THE SECOND PAGE C.J. CRON HAS BEEN HIT BY TODAY. I THINK HE WOULD RATHER GET HIT BY THAT ONE. A TRIP DOWN TO FIRST BASE. I FEEL LIKE THE TWINS, JUST FOR THE COMFORT LEVEL OF EVERYONE IN THE DUGOUT, TO ADD ONE RUN, MAYBE TWO RUNS HERE WOULD REALLY GO A LONG WAY TO FINISHING THIS OFF. DAN: LAST NIGHT HE HIT THE BIG HOME RUN. I CALL HIM THE SWISS ARMY KNIFE. HE PLAYS ABOUT EVERYWHERE. TERRIFIC SIGNED BY THE TWINS. HE CAN PLAY THE INFIELD IF HE HAD TO, PLAY THE OUTFIELD. SWITCH HEAD, HITS FOR POWER. JUSTIN: I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN ENTIRE TEAM IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES MADE UP OF GUYS LIKE HIM. MAYBE BEN ZOBRIST COULD BE THE PLAYER COACH AND LET GUYS PLAY ALL OVER EVERY NIGHT. >> IT IS HARD TO FIND THOSE GUYS. THAT'S WHY THEY ARE SO VALUABLE. JUSTIN: WHEN YOU FIND A GUY WHO CAN PRODUCE WITH THE BAT -- ZOBRIST WAS, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE PATRON SAINT OF THAT, BUT WAS USED AS AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON AND WAS SO GOOD DEFENSIVELY, YOU COULD PLUG HIM INTO PLACES. >> THE TWINS HAD ONE LAST YEAR WITH EDUARDO ESCOBAR. ENDED UP EXTENDING WITH THE DIAMONDBACKS IN THE OFF-SEASON. THEY REPLACED ESCOBAR WITH MARWIN GONZALEZ. THESE GUYS ARE IN DEMAND. THE TWINS FEEL FORTUNATE THEY WERE ABLE TO SIGN HIM LATE INTO THE OFF-SEASON AND GET A CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER PLAYER TO SUPPLEMENT THE REST OF THESE GUYS THEY HAVE HERE. RICH: GONZALEZ, SWING AND A MISS. >> YOU TAKE A LOOK AT STAR POWER PLAYERS. DJ LEMAHIEU MAY BE THE BEST FREE AGENT SIGNING OF ANYBODY. KRIS BRYANT WITH THE COPS. HE WILL PLAY FIRST BASE, A LITTLE BIT OF RIGHT FIELD. IN A DAY AND AGE OF MANEUVERING PLAYERS AROUND, THE MORE VERSATILITY YOU BRING TO THE TABLE, THE BETTER PACKAGE YOU ARE TO AN ORGANIZATION. JUSTIN: IT USED TO BE A NATIONAL LEAGUE THING. THAT PLAYER HAD MORE VALUE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. ZOBRIST WITH THE RAYS AND JOE MADDON HIM WITH THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SAW THE VALUE OF A GUY LIKE THAT BECAUSE YOU COULD PUT YOUR BEST OFFENSIVE LINEUP OUT THERE AND MOVE HIM AROUND THE GRID, SO TO SPEAK, TO MANIPULATE THE LINEUP. RICH: KAPLER HAS WALKED TWICE AND FLIED OUT. JUSTIN: WITH A LEFTY IN THE PEN, YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY THEY ARE NOT BRINGING HIM TO FACE MAX KEPLER. HE HAS IMPROVED HIS NUMBERS GRADUALLY AGAINST LEFT-HANDED PITCHING. THAT HAS BEEN THE DIFFERENCE FOR HIM. RICH: DRIVE TO RIGHT, DEEP DOWN THE LINE. IT IS FOULED. YELICH DISAPPEARS AND SO DOES THE BASEBALL. KAPLER HAD A GOOD LOOK ON HIS WAY DOWN THE LINE. ROBERTO ORTIZ, THE FIRST BASE UMPIRE, WAS ON IT. DAN: THIS ONE JUST FOUL. THIS IS LIVING ON THE EDGE AS A MANAGER, IF YOU ARE CRAIG COUNSELL. YOU HAVE A LEFTY IN CLAUDIO WARMING UP. A GOOD LOOK AT CRAIG COUNSELL PACING BACK AND FORTH. I AM SURE WHEN THAT BALL LEFT, IT WAS LIKE, I AM GOING TO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TO ANSWER. CLAUDIO HAS BEEN VERY GOOD FOR THE BREWERS THIS YEAR. RICH: GUERRA HAS BEEN GETTING LEFTIES OUT. 1.67. IF GARVER DIDN'T CRUSH LEFTIES, YOU MIGHT SEE KAPLER IN THE LEADOFF SPOT AGAINST RIGHTIES AND LEFTIES. TALK ABOUT HAVING A NICE COMBINATION, IF YOU ARE ROCCO BALDELLI. TWO POWER BATS, GUYS THAT CAN ALSO GET ON BASE, AND YOU CAN MIX AND MATCH THEM DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ARE FACING. KEPLER GOT JAMMED AND GRISHAM IS THERE TO MAKE THE CATCH. JUSTIN: ROCCO BALDELLI HAS DONE A NICE JOB. GUYS SLOTTED INTO THEIR SPOTS IN THE ORDER, BUT HE IS NOT AFRAID TO MOVE GUYS AROUND, USE DIFFERENT LINEUPS, USE THE INFORMATION HE IS GIVEN ON ANY GIVEN DAY TO FIND THE MOST FAVORABLE MATCHUPS. TERRY FRANCONA IS AS GOOD AS ANYONE IN BASEBALL AT GETTING THE PLATOON ADVANTAGE AND GETTING AT-BATS FOR A RIGHT-HANDED HITTER OFF A LEFT-HANDED PITCHER AND ALL THE REST OF IT. YOU ARE SEEING MANAGERS DO THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF PLANNING AND TAKES A LOT OF THINKING AHEAD. RICH: JONATHAN SCHOOP TAKES A STRIKE. JONATHAN SCHOOP, 1-3, A DOUBLE IN THE FOURTH. JUSTIN: HE GOT OFF TO A GREAT START. HE HAS SEEN HIS PLAYING TIME DIMINISH WITH THE ARRIVAL OF LUIS ARISE, WHO HAS DONE JUSTIN GOOD JOB AS A ROUGIE -- A ROOKIE. RICH: BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR FOR SCHOOP HAS BEEN HITTING WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION. HE IS ONE OF THE MANY TALENTED PLAYERS FROM -- YOU SAY THE NETHERLANDS, THE CURRENT SOUTH, THAT AREA DOWN THERE. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THEIR WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC TEAM HAS BEEN IN THE FINALS THE LAST TWO TIMES. THEY HAVE SO MANY GREAT INFIELDERS, FROM DIDI GREGORIUS TO XANDER BOGAERTS'S TO SCHOOP, OZZIE ALBIES NOW. I KNOW I AM MISSING A FEW OTHERS. JURICKSON PROFAR. WHO AM I MISSING? JUSTIN: THAT'S AMAZING FOR A POPULATION, NOT THAT LARGE OF A PLACE. DAN: IT STARTED WITH ANDRUW JONES OF THE BRAVES. RICH: -- IS THE GUY THAT PLAYS SHORTSTOP. THE OTHER SHORTSTOPS HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER POSITION. SCHOOP SWINGS AND MISSES. JUNIOR GUERRA, TWO SCORELESS INNINGS. MILWAUKEE, TWO RUNS SHY RIGHT NOW, 5-3. CODY BELLINGER, CHRISTIAN YELICH, BACK AND FORTH THEY GO. A SEASON-LONG GAME OF M.V.P. IN THIS NATIONAL COMMERCIAL. >> WHERE DO WE FIND YOU THIS TIME? >> HOW ABOUT A GAME OF M.V.P.? >> LET'S DO IT. >> START WITH 415 TO RIGHT FIELD. GOT IT, YOU ARE UP. >> 415 TO RIGHT FIELD. WOO! >> SEAT 15. >> JUST MISSED IT. >> HOW ABOUT AN M? >> LET'S GO, SHOW ME SOMETHING. >> DODGER DOGS, ALL DAY. >> EXTRA KRAUT, PLEASE. >> SLIDE FOR ME. >> WE DON'T HAVE BERNIE, BUT WE DO HAVE TOMMY. >> THAT LOOKS LIKE A V. >> ALL TIED UP. LET'S GO. >> THAT'S TOUGH FOR ME. >> LOOKS LIKE I WIN M.V.P. AGAIN. >> LET'S RUN IT BACK. >> YEAH! RICH: MORE OF THAT, PLEASE. HERE IS YOUR M.V.P. RACE. BELANGER HAS COOLED DOWN A BIT. YELICH HAD THE LOWER BACK ISSUE, HAS BEEN OUT FOR A SHORT SPELL. BUT YELICH LEADS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. IN FACT, HE LEADS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IN ON-BASE, SLUGGING, TIED FOR HOME WITH BELLINGER AND TROUT. THIS IS SPLITTING HAIRS. THIS HAS BEEN THE RAGING DEBATE AT MLB POST ALL-STAR BREAK. I WOULD GIVE THE EDGE TO CODY BELLINGER, BY THE SLIGHTEST OF MARGINS. YOU COULD SWAY ME THE NEXT 3 -- TWO WEEKS ONTO CHRISTIAN YELICH. I THINK WHAT BELLINGER HAS DONE IN A VERY PITCHER-FRIENDLY BALLPARK, HE IS JUST A SOLID PLAYER. RIGHT FIELD, CENTER FIELD. HE IS THEIR BEST OFFENDER WHEREVER THEY PLAY. JUSTIN: I THINK A COUPLE OF GUYS HAVE CREPT INTO THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL. ACUNA, ATLANTA WITH HOW WELL THEY ARE PLAYING. I FACTOR IN HOW GOOD A PLAYOFF TEAM IS. ALONSO HAS TO BE IN THAT CONVERSATION. MAYBE NOT THE SAME LEVEL AS THOSE TWO, BUT IF THE METS MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DOESN'T GET SOME TOP THREE VOTES. RICH: SERGIO ROMO IS IN. POLANCO THROWS TO FIRST! THE TWINS GET SLOPPY IN A TIGHT GAME AND THE BREWERS HAVE AN OPENING HERE. DAN: JUSTIN, YOU ARE SAYING HE CAN MAKE SOME OF THE BEST PLAYS. A SIMPLE TWO HOPPER TO SHORT AND HE SPIKES THIS ONE INTO THE GROUND. JUSTIN: HE HAS MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE WAY HE THROWS. EARLIER IN THE YEAR, THEY SAID WE JUST WANT YOU TO GET TO A SPOT WHERE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE. HE STARTED THROWING THE BALL A LITTLE MORE SIDEARM. HE DOESN'T USUALLY GET HIS HAND UP THAT HIGH. C.J. CRON WANTS THAT ONE BACK. AS A FIRST BASEMEN, YOU TAKE PRIDE IN SAVING YOUR GUYS' ERRORS, PICK THEM UP IF THEY DON'T MAKE A PERFECT THROW. HE HAS BEEN GOOD AT PICKING UP BALLS IN THE DIRT THIS YEAR. RICH: PEREZ TAKES OUTSIDE. LET'S CHECK IN WITH JAMIE HERSCH. JAMIE: IF SERGIO ROMO CAN'T PICK THEM UP, IT WOULD BE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE BIG IMPACT HE HAS HAD ON THIS TEAM. WORDS LIKE FUN AND ENERGY ARE USED BY ALL THE GUYS IN THE CLUBHOUSE. WHEN I ASKED HIM TO DESCRIBE THEMSELVES, YOU SAID, MY BATTERY IS CHARGED MORE THAN MODES. HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT BEING IN THE BACK END OF HIS CAREER. HE SAYS HE SAVORS EVERY MOMENT AND HE LOVED GETTING THE SAVE, BUT ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT WAS WHEN RANDY DOUMIT GOT TO THE FIELD. WHEN ROMO SAW HIM SHOW UP IN SNEAKERS AND TUBE SOCKS AND A VAN HALEN T-SHIRT AND SHORTS, HE SAID, I AM TAKING YOU SHOPPING TOMORROW. DON'T MAKE ANY PLANS. NOT ONLY IS HE A GREAT RELIEVER, HE BRINGS ENERGY. HE IS A HECK TEAMMATE I GUESS. JUSTIN: HE IS BELOVED BY TEAMMATES, WHETHER IT WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO, A BRIEF TIME WITH THE DODGERS, TAMPA BAY, EVEN THE YOUNG MARLINS. DON MATTINGLY LOVED HAVING SERGIO ROMO. DAN, WHAT WAS IT THAT ROCCO BALDELLI SAID ABOUT ROMO? HE IS NOT SCARED OF ANYTHING. DAN: YOU CAN'T TEACH THAT. WHEN YOU HAVE A TEAM PLAYING MEANINGFUL GAMES -- THIS CENTRAL IS GOING TO GO RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE. EXPERIENCE DOES PLAY INTO IT. RICH: INTO CENTER FIELD, BRAUN TURNS SECOND AND THROWS A GOOD ONE. HE IS SAFE. PEREZ STILL AT FIRST. AT THE CORNERS AND NOBODY OUT. DAN: PRETTY GOOD AT-BAT FOR HERNAN PEREZ. SERGIO ROMO, A VARIETY OF BREAKING BALLS. GOOD BASE RUNNING BY BRAUN. HITS THIS RIGHT OFF THE END OF THE BAT. YOU COULD NOT HAVE PLACED IT ANY BETTER. ROMO ALMOST DEFLECTS THIS. IT DEFLECTS OFF OF JONATHAN SCHOOP. THAT GIVES BRAUN A CHANCE TO SLOW IT DOWN ENOUGH. THE BREW CREW IN BUSINESS WITH RUNNERS ON THE CORNER AND NOBODY OUT. RICH: BRAUN OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY BUT CAP -- KEPT THE TOLL ON. DAN: THAT HEADBUTT ON SANO'S CHEEK KEPT HIM FROM HOLDING THE TAG ON. I THINK THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STRIKING OUT AND BEING ABLE TO PUT THE BALL IN PLAY, TAKING AN UGLY SWING AND STILL BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE. RICH: YOU CAN SEE THE SUNLIGHT AMPED UP FOR THE TRENT GRISHAM AT THAT. JUSTIN: THIS IS HARD TO SEE. ANYTIME THE HITTER IS STANDING IN A LIGHT LOOKING INTO THE DARK , MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO PICK UP ANYTHING WITH SPIN. THIS GUY KNOWS HOW TO SPIN AS WELL AS ANYBODY. RICH: GRISHAM, THE ROOKIE, 1-3. THE BREWERS WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION. >> AFTER GRISHAM YOU GET INTO THE TEETH OF THE ORDER, GRANDAL, YELICH, AND HERO. -- AND HIURA. JUSTIN: HE IS A GUY WHO HAS GOTTEN THE MOST OUT OF EVERY OUNCE OF TALENT HE WAS GIVEN. HE GOES OUT THERE AND KEEPS ATTACKING. HE DOESN'T SHY AWAY FROM THE BIG MOMENTS AND GOES AFTER THEM AND GETS REWARDED MORE TIMES THAN NOT WITHOUT AGGRESSIVENESS. RICH: HE THROWS THAT WORLDLY BIRD BREAKING BALL AWAY. I THINK OF THE LAST OUT OF THE WORLD SERIES. FREEZES MIGUEL CABRERA, ONE OF THE GREATEST HITTERS OF OUR GENERATION. LOOKING FOR THE BREAKING BALL, GETS THE EXPRESS. 2-0, THROWS THE FASTBALL AND COMES BACK WITH THAT. 2-1 BREAKING BALL, PERFECTLY PLACED. JUSTIN: HE APPEARED AND 21 POSTSEASON GAMES GIANTS, ALL THREE WORLD SERIES TEAMS WITH AN E.R.A. RIGHT AROUND THREE IN THE POSTSEASON. RICH: DRIVE TO RIGHT! AND DEEP! AND GONE! TRENT GRISHAM! AND THE BREWERS GRAB THE LEAD. HE SAW THAT ONE. JUSTIN: ALMOST IDENTICAL OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, A THREE RUN HOMER LATE FOR THE BREWERS. TRIED TO SNEAK A FASTBALL IN BY HIM RIGHT THERE. RAN BACK OVER THE PLATE. HE KNEW IT FROM THE SECOND HE HIT IT. DAN: SECOND CAREER HOME RUN FOR GRISHAM. JUST LIKE THAT, THE BREW CREW -- SEEMED LIKE A HARMLESS WAY TO START THE INNING. BRAUN HITS A GROUNDBALL THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST OUT OF AN INNING. A BASE HIT BY HERNAN PEREZ, THEN GRISHAM WITH A BIG RERUN BOB -- A BIG THREE RUN BOMB. JUST LIKE THAT THE BREWERS FIND THEMSELVES ON TOP. RICH: ANOTHER THREE RUN HOME RUN IN THIS SERIES. MARWIN GONZALEZ LAST NIGHT, GRANDAL HAD ONE YESTERDAY, TOO. GRANDAL TAKES A STRIKE AND IT IS 0-1. JUSTIN: THESE ARE THE HARDEST TO DEAL WITH, THE HARDEST ONES TO TAKE AS A PLAYER. IF THE TWINS ARE NOT ABLE TO COME BACK, THEY ONLY HAVE THREE OUTS LEFT TO PLAY WITH. YOU GO FROM FEELING GOOD ON THE FLIGHT TO TEXAS TO HAVING ANOTHER ONE SNATCHED AWAY FROM YOU LATE. ON THE FLIPSIDE, THE BREWERS REALLY GRINDING FOR THE WILD-CARD, ALSO NOT TOO FAR OUT OF THE N.L. CENTRAL RACE. THAT IS AHEAD THAT CAN TURN YOUR SEASON. DAN: YOU WONDER, CRAIG COUNSELL, WILL HE BRING HADER BACK? CLAUDIO WARMING UP. IT LOOKS LIKE CLAUDIO AND MATT ALBERS WARMING UP IN THE BULLPEN FOR MILWAUKEE. JUSTIN: WE TALKED TO CRAIG COUNSEL BEFORE THE GAME. HE SAID HE WAS MAYBE LOOKING TO GET HADER AN APPEARANCE OR TWO IN A LESS HIGH LEVERAGE SITUATION. MAYBE GET HIM MORE SETTLED, MORE COMFORTABLE, HAVE A COUPLE OF APPEARANCES WHERE HE CAN GO OUT AND LET IT FLY AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING THE MOST IMPORTANT THREE OR SIX OUTS OF THE GAME. PROBABLY A DIFFERENT LOOK AT THE END FOR THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS. THESE TWO TEAMS ARE SO EVENLY MATCHED, IT IS BACK AND FORTH. IT IS LIKE PLAYOFF BASEBALL IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST. RICH: 41,000 HERE TO WATCH THIS ONE. ROSARIO, THAT'S THE FIRST OUT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH. PLAY BALL IS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLS INITIATIVE TO INSPIRE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL PARTICIPATION, MAKING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE AND FUN FOR EVERYONE. TO FIND A YOUTH ORGANIZATION NEAR YOU, GO TO PLAYBALL.ORG. YELICH, WHO HAS LINED OUT HIS LAST TWO TIMES OUT, IS 0-4 TO FACE ROMO. I THINK BROOKE FANS KNEW THEY HAD -- I THINK BREWER FANS KNEW THEY HAD A TERRIFIC PLAYER LAST YEAR. THEY HAVE LEARNED THEY ALSO HAVE A TERRIFIC YOUNG MAN. IF YOU PAID ANY ATTENTION IN THE OFF-SEASON TO WHAT CHRISTIAN YELICH WAS UP TO, IN THAT THOUSAND OAKS AREA, THAT HORRIFIC SHOOTING, THE MALIBU FIRES, ALL SEEMED TO COME AT THE SAME TIME. YELICH MOBILIZED A LOT OF MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS, EVEN HIS TEAMMATES, GUYS AROUND THAT AREA, TO RAISE FUNDS FOR BOTH OF THOSE CAUSES. A SWING AND A MISS. IT IS 1-2. JUSTIN: TALKING TO THE COACHING STAFF BEFORE THE GAME YESTERDAY, THEY SAID HE WASN'T AS WELL KNOWN IN MIAMI. PLAYERS AROUND THE LEAGUE KNEW. ALL OF A SUDDEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, HE STARTED TO TURN INTO THAT SUPERSTAR AND THE WAY THEY HANDLED IT STAYED HUMBLE. SHOWED RESPECT TO EVERYONE AROUND THEM HE HANDLED EVERYTHING SO WELL, AS WELL AS YOU COULD ASK SOMEONE THAT IS THRUST INTO THE SPOTLIGHT. HE HAS BEEN EVEN BETTER THIS YEAR. THAT IS THE TYPE OF GUY YOU LOVE TO BUILD A TEAM AROUND. RICH: YELICH STRIKES OUT THERE. A RARE 0-5 FOR HIM. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY SAW SOMETHING FROM ROMO AFTER THAT DELIVERY, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THE BASEBALL. HIURA IS ON HIS WAY OUT. ROMO IS COMING OUT. A FRUSTRATING INNING FOR THE VETERAN IN HIS 12TH YEAR IN THE BIG LEAGUES. OF COURSE, THE DOOR OPENED ON THE ERROR BY THE LONGO. PEREZ HAD A SEEING EYE SIGNAL OFF THE END OF THE BAT. THE ROOKIE GRISHAM HIT HIS SECOND BIG-LEAGUE HOMERED TO RIGHT. DAN: IT CAN BE THE BEST OF TIMES AND THE WORST OF TIMES. I HAVE EXPERIENCED IT ALL ON THE MOUND AND THE A'S WERE NINTH-INNING. -- IN THE EIGHTH OR NINTH INNING. YOU THROW A GROUND BALL TO SHORT, HAVE TO PICK YOUR TEAMMATES UP. PEREZ HITS A GOOD ONE OFF THE END OF THE BAT. THE NEXT THING, FIRST AND THIRD AND NOBODY OUT. IT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY EASIER. AS LONG AS HE IS PLAYING, HE IS PLAYING 12 YEARS. THEY KNOW THAT THE INDIANS HAVE ALREADY LOST 5-1 AND A CHANCE TO PICK UP A FULL GAME IN THE STANDINGS. WITH A NEW TEAM AND A NEW BUNCH OF GUYS, YOU HAVE A BIG WIN LAST NIGHT. YOU HAVE A TWO RUN LEAD GOING INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH. YOUR JOB IS TO GET THREE OUTS AND KEEP IT AT 5-3. RICH: WE WILL TEMPT YOU WITH THE REMAINING SCHEDULE, THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK ON YOUTUBE. DIAMONDBACKS AT HOME. THEN YOU GET BRAVES. METS AND NATIONALS. A LOT ON THE LINE. THE RAYS AT HOME. INDIANS ON THE ROAD. RAYS-DODGERS COULD HAVE A LOT OF MEETING FOR BOTH TEAMS. THEN THE CARDINALS IN THE DESERT IN THAT LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON. MLB.TV IS NOW AVAILABLE AT A LOWER PRICE. 49.90 NINE DOLLARS GIVES YOU EVERY OUT OF MARKET REGULAR SEASON GAME. YOU GET ACCESS TO MLB AT-BAT PREMIUM. VISIT MLB.TV FOR DETAILS. JUSTIN: NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED IN THAT LAST SEQUENCE BEFORE THE HOME RUN, FOR A GUY TO PUT AN 0-2 SWING ON A PITCH LIKE THAT AND GET ON BASE. RICH: HIURA STAYS IN THE PARK. ROSARIO MAKES THE CATCH. THE ERROR OPENED THE DOOR AND THE BREWERS BARGED THROUGH WITH THREE RUNS. TRENT GRISHAM IN HIS 11TH BIG LEAGUE GAME PUMPS ONE INTO THE SEATS. THE BREWERS LEAVE NOW GOING INTO THE NIGHT BY A SCORE OF 6-5. NOW, ONE OF THE GREAT GAMES -- AND YOU THINK THIS IS BACK AND FORTH. ONE OF THE GREAT GAMES THIS YEAR INVOLVED THE TWINS. TARGET FIELD, JULY 22, TWINS AND YANKEES. >> TWINS DO BATTLE WITH ANOTHER FIRST-PLACE TEAM. >> A DEEP DRIVE TO RIGHT FIELD, AND WE ARE TIED. >> THAT'S WHAT THE BIG MAN CAN DO WITH ONE SWING. HE CAN ABSOLUTELY CHANGE A BALLGAME. >> THE YANKEES REALLY MAKING NOISE AND A -- NOISE IN THE EIGHTH. THAT BALL IS OFF THE TOP OF THE WALL. A TWO-RUN DOUBLE. THEY ARE BACK IN IT. R BACK AT THE WALL, LEAVING, AND HE DOES IT. TWO RUNS WILL SCORE. THE HAVE PULLED IN FRONT. THE TWINS RETAKE THE LEAD. HITS THIS ONE DEEP IN THE AIR TO LEFT FIELD. THAT BALL IS GONE! AARON HICKS DELIVERS A TWO-OUT, TWO-RUMBELOW. HEY DRIVE TO RIGHT CENTER FIELD. THE TWINS HAVE TIED IT UP. GLEYBER TORRES DELIVERS AN R.B.I. SINGLE TO PUT THE YANKEES BACK IN FRONT. TWINS HAVE THE TYING RUN AT SECOND. TWO DOWN. A DRIVE TO THE GAP IN LEFT CENTER FIELD. AND HE MADE THE CATCH! OH MY GOODNESS, WHAT A CATCH ON A SENSATIONAL LEAPING, LUNGING GRAB IN A FITTING FINISH TO AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT. DAN: DAN PLESAC WITH YOU ON THE DESK THAT NIGHT OF THAT WILD GAME. THAT CATCH THAT AARON HICKS MADE WAS ONE OF THE BEST CATCHES OF THE YEAR. THAT WAS WILD. NOT IF YOU ARE A TWINS FAN, BUT WHAT A WILD GAME. RICH: NINTH-INNING HERE, 6-5 GAME. THE BREWERS IN A DECIDEDLY DIFFERENT SPOT. NOW IT IS ALEX CLAUDIO TO TRY TO SAVE IT. CLAUDIO'S SEASON HAS BEEN A GOOD ONE, A 1.34 E.R.A. LUIS ARISE TAKES A BREAKING BALL BUT MISSES OUTSIDE. WE TALKED ABOUT HIM AT THE OUTSET OF THE TELECAST, ONE OF THE YOUNG TWINS WHO HAS REALLY HELPED MINNESOTA. LOOK AT THE ON BASE PERCENTAGE, NOT BAD FOR A ROOKIE. DAN: HE HAS DONE IT EVERY LEVEL OF THE MINOR LEAGUES, NOW THE BIG LEAGUES. THIS TELLS YOU HOW MUCH CONFIDENCE THEY HAVE IN HIM. THIS ROOKIE IS GOING TO PINCH-HIT, GOING TO WORK THE COUNT, FIND ANY WAY TO GET ON BASE. RICH: THIS MIGHT BE THE LOAN HITTER FOR CLAUDIO. MATT ALBERT IS WARMING UP IN THE BALL THEN. CLAUDIO DOES HAVE CLOSING EXPERIENCE. SAVED 11 GAMES IN 2018. LAST YEAR 66 GAMES. HE IS NOT JUST A ONE SITUATIONAL GUY, BUT THAT MAY BE THE CASE THIS AFTERNOON. ARRAEZ SWINGS AND MISSES. YOU HAVE GARVER, THEN POLANCO, THEN SANO. JUSTIN: GARVER HITS LEFTIES AS WELL AS ALMOST ANYBODY IN THE LEAGUE. RICH: FELL BEHIND, NOW IT IS 2-2. ARRAEZ PULLS IT. JUST FOUL. DAN: THERE WAS A TIME WHEN YOU PLATE NO DOUBLES DEFENSE IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, A ONE RUN GAME WHERE THE FIRST BASEMEN IS GOING TO HUG THE LINE. ARRASEZ ALMOST SNUCK THAT BY HIM. CLOSE TO BEING A FAIR BALL AND STILL BEING FOUL. CLAUDIO RIGHT NOW GETTING HIS BREAKING BALL DOWN AND AWAY. WOULD BE SURPRISED IF HE DOES NOT GO TO THIS BIG SWEEPER DOWN AND AWAY. RICH: LIFTED IN THE AIR BEHIND THIRD. MOUSTAKAS, THERE IS THE FIRST OUT. YOU EXPECT OVER THE TOP ROPE NOW WILL BE MATT ALBERS, JUST THE ONE HITTER FOR CLAUDIO. JUSTIN: NORMALLY THIS WOULD BE A SITUATION WHERE YOU SEE THEIR SHUTDOWN LEFTY, JOSH HADER, COME IN. CAN SEE OLIVER'S COME IN RIGHT HERE. TRYING TO FINISH THIS THING OFF POSSIBLY. DAN: GIVE CREDIT TO MATT ALBERS BABIP HE HAS BEEN REALLY DURABLE. HE HAS BEEN THE MIDDLE GUY. HE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO CLOSE SOME GAMES ON OCCASION. HE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE UNSUNG HEROES AND THE BREWERS BULLPEN UNTIL THEY CAN GET JOSH HADER FIGURED OUT. RICHIE TOUCHED ON IT. WE TALKED TO GREG COUNSEL BEFORE THE GAME. HE WOULD LIKE TO EASE HIS WAY IN NON-HIGH LEVERAGE SITUATIONS TO GET HIS FEEDBACK ON THE GROUND. RICH: THERE ARE NO SOFT LANDINGS IN THIS TWO-GAME SERIES. YOU CAN SEE THIS IN JULY THROUGH AUGUST. WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN? DAN: HE IS A ONE PITCH PITCHER, 90% FASTBALLS. I THINK IT IS TWO THINGS. HIS CONFIDENCE IS A LITTLE SHAKEN. WHEN YOU HAVE GIVEN UP 13 HOMERUNS, YOU ARE NOT USED TO SEEING THE BALL FLY OUT OF THE BALLPARK. HE HAS NEVER THROWN A LOT OF BREAKING BALLS, SO YOU SEE FASTBALL AFTER FASTBALL AFTER FASTBALL. HE HAS ALLOWED SEVEN HOME RUNS SINCE THE START OF JULY, MOST OF THE FASTBALLS DOWN IN THE ZONE WHEN HE IS IN THE UPPER QUADRANT , HE IS 95 TO 96 BUT THE BALL HAS GREAT LIFE. HE HAS WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A SNEAKY FASTBALL. THEY BOUGHT OF ARMS AND LEGS AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANGLES. HE IS A NIGHTMARE AGAINST LEFTIES. HE SAW THE FASTBALL AS A TAKEDOWN, NOT MUCH. I THINK MOST OF IT IS HIS CONFIDENCE. HE IS USED TO SEEING SWINGS AND MISSES. WHAT HAS HAPPENED THIS YEAR, HE IS GETTING AMBUSHED ON THE FIRST PITCH. JUSTIN: HIS TEAMMATES AND BULLPEN MATES HAVE REALLY PICKED THE BREWERS UP. THIS WAS A 3.2 INNING START FOR GIO GONZALEZ. JEREMY JEFFRESS, RAY BLACK, JUNIOR GUERRA, ALEX CLAUDIO, AND NOW ALBERS. THE BULLPEN HAS NOT GIVEN UP A RUN FOR THE BREWERS TODAY. DAN: ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MATT ALBERS, VERY ANIMATED. PRETTY GOOD BREAKING BALL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. WHEN HE IS ON, HE IS THROWING STRIKES. HOPEFULLY WE GET TO A SITUATION WITH TWO OUTS, HE WILL GET THAT LAST OUT. HE PITCHES WITH A LOT OF PASSION, A SENSE OF URGENCY. HE IS FUN TO WATCH THROW. RICH: GARVER CAN TIE THIS WITH A SWING. HE HOMERED IN THE FIRST. HE HAS NOT 23 HOME RUNS OUT OF THE PARK THIS YEAR WITH A SLUGGING PERCENTAGE OVER .600. BACKHANDED. PEREZ LOADS OFF AND GETS THE OUT. REMEMBER, HE CAME IN EARLY IN THE DAY WITH A DOUBLE SWITCH. TWO OUTS. DAN: REALLY STRONG THROW ACROSS THE DIAMOND INTO THE SHIFT. THAT'S THE ONE THING ABOUT BEING A WHOLE HITTER WHEN YOU HIT THE BALL ON THE GROUND. IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO GET AHEAD OTHER THAN IN THE AIR. TWINS DOWN TO THE LAST OUT. THEY REALLY NEED POLANCO. IT IS FITTING, THE GUY WHO MADE THE ERROR THAT OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE BREWERS NOW GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDEEM HIMSELF. RICH: A GOOD MATCHUP FOR MATT ALBERS. HE LIKES TO SINK THE BALL DOWN AND AWAY. A TOUGH GUY FOR POLANCO TO GET THE BALL UP IN THE AIR, HIT THE BALL OUT OF THE BALLPARK. THIS IS A GOOD MATCHUP. IF YOU ARE CRAIG COUNSELL, YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET IT DONE HERE WITH THE BIG FELLOW SANO ON THE DECK. TRY TO SPIN ON THAT ONE. DAN: IF HE CONTINUES TO SWING MILE, HE IS GOING TO PLAY RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF MATT ALBERS. ALBERS WILL HAVE THAT GOOD TWO-SEAM FASTBALL. HE IS HARD TO GET THE BALL UP IN THE AIR AGAINST. RICH: BIG CROWD, OVER 41,000, ON THEIR FEET. 1-1. DID NOT COME FAR ENOUGH. THAT ONE JUST MISSED. DAN: 95, ABOUT AS GOOD AS YOU ARE GOING TO SEE FOR MATT ALBERS. NORMALLY 92-93. A CHANCE TO PICK UP A SAVE, PICK UP THE BALL THEN. BIG THREE RUN HOME RUN FOR TRENT GRISHAM. BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH. RICH: POLANCO LIFTS THAT ONE FOUL AND OUT OF PLAY AND THE COUNT EVENS. POLANCO HAS 17 HOMERS, TWO RUN SINGLE IN THE FOURTH. DAN: KEEP AN EYE ON MATT ALBER'' BODY LANGUAGE. IF HE GETS THE LAST OUT, YOU WILL SEE A VERY ANIMATED RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER. RICH: INFIELD FLY POLANCO TO PULL. HE IS A SWITCH HITTER. 2-2. JUSTIN: BIG SWING GOT IN ON HIM A LITTLE BIT. THAT IS THE ONE THAT CAN SOMETIMES FULLY YOU. CROWD LETS OUT A MOAN. THAT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A POP-UP TO SECOND BASE. ALBERS SAW SOMETHING ON THE FASTBALL HE THREW EARLIER. HE WANTED THAT PITCH. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE HIM GO BACK TO THE OFFSPEED AWAY , ESPECIALLY IF HE KEEPS TAKING BIG, WILD SWINGS. RICH: 2-2 AGAIN. YOU HAVE A BIG MAN ON DECK, A DANGEROUS BAT, MIGUEL SANO. EVERY BAT IN THIS LINEUP IS DANGEROUS. DAN: IF YOU ARE MATT ALBERS, YOU HAVE TO THROW WHATEVER PITCHING WILL. THE LAST THING THEY WANT TO DO IS GIVE SANO A CHANCE TO SWING IT. RICH: THREE-NUMERAL TWO, TAKES IT OUTSIDE, CHECKS HIS WAY AREA SANO WILL GET A SHOT IN THE NIGHT. JUSTIN: THAT'S A REALLY GOOD AT-BAT. WHEN HE GOT TO TWO STRIKES, YOU TOOK A BIG SWING AT THE FASTBALL. SEEMED LIKE HE SHORTENED HIS STRIDE, CUT DOWN ON THE SWING, FOUND SOME PLATE DISCIPLINE. DAN: THEY ARE BIG AT-BATS. THAT'S LIKE THE MONEY STOLEN BAG WHEN YOU REALLY NEED LINE. THAT WAS A TERRIFIC AT-BAT AND FIGHTING BY WARREN POLANCO. RICH: NOW SANO 1-4, BUT THAT ONE WENT 115 FEET, HIS 21ST HOME RUN OF THE CAREER -- OF THE YEAR. THIS IS ONLY GAME NUMBER 71 FOR THE BIG GUY. NO SWING. 1-3 IN HIS CAREER AGAINST ALBERS WITH A HOME RUN. DAN: THAT'S AS CLOSE AS IT GETS. JUSTIN: I THINK HE COMMITTED. THAT STUFF. -- THAT'S TOUGH. RICH: OUTFIELD VERY DEEP. POLANCO, WE DOCUMENTED THE TWINS DON'T RUN MUCH AT ALL. POLANCO HAS FOUR STOLEN BASES, THEN CAUGHT THREE TIMES. YOU SEE HOW DEEP, KEYNAN CENTER, YELICH IN RIGHT ARE. JUSTIN: I THINK YOU HAVE TO STAY AT FIRST BASE. RICH: ALMOST GOT HIM. IT IS IN AND IT IS 2-0. REMEMBER, JOSH HADER GAVE UP A BIG HOME RUN LATE LAST NIGHT. CRAIG COUNSEL HAS STAYED AWAY FROM HIM HERE. ALEX CLAUDIO GOT THE FIRST HOUR. ALBERS HAS COME ON. HE GOT THE SECOND OUT. BUT WALKED ALONG COLONEL. SO NO -- SANO SITTING ON A 2-0 PITCH. IT IS WAY OUT. DAN: THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE WITH HIM EARLIER THIS YEAR. HE IS IN AN OFFENSIVE COUNT. A LOT OF TIMES IN THE PAST, YOU WOULD SEE HIM SWING WILDLY AT-BATS LIGHTER. HIS PLATE DISCIPLINE HAS LIVED -- HAS IMPROVED. HE HAS GOT HIMSELF IN A GOOD COUNT NOW. LET HIM SWING FREELY. RICH: 3-0. THAT'S OUT, AND HE WALKS SANO ON FOUR PITCHES AFTER THE GREAT AT-BAT BY POLANCO. NOW YOU HAVE GOT ROSARIO, THE CLEANUP HITTER. HE HOMERED IN THE FIRST. THERE BREWERS PITCHING COACH ON HIS WAY OUT, CHRIS HOOK. DAN: EDDIE ROSARIO HAS A FLAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC. HE IS HITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LINEUP FOR A REASON. HE IS SURROUNDED BY BIG POWER BATS. HE HAS COME UP WITH A LOT OF HITS OVER THE YEARS. HE WANTS TO BE IN THAT SPOT. THE ONLY THING HE HAS TO BE WARY OF IS EXPANDING THE STRIKE ZONE. SOMETIMES IN BIG MOMENTS HE GETS OVEREXCITED AND WILL DO MORE THAN HE HAS TO WITH A BORDERLINE PITCH OFF THE PLATE. IF HE IS ABLE TO STAY WITHIN THE STRIKE ZONE, HE HAS COME THROUGH IN THESE MOMENTS FOR THE TWINS. RICH: YOU SAW HADER AND YOU SAW AN EMPTY BULLPEN MOUND. THE BREWERS ARE RIDING WITH MATT ALBERS HERE. ROSARIO LAST NIGHT WAS 2-4 WITH A DOUBLE. JUSTIN: WHAT MAKES IT SO DIFFICULT IN THIS BALLPARK, THE BALL FLIES TO ALL PARTS. THERE IS NOT REALLY A HAPPY SPOT YOU CAN GO. OF BALL FLIES OUT OF HERE TO LEFT FIELD. RICH: THAT IS WAY OUTSIDE. THE INFIELD HAS SHIFTED. THE OUTFIELD NOW HAS TO SURE ENOUGH -- SHORTEN UP. POLANCO HAS PRETTY GOOD SPEED. JUSTIN: HE HIT AN OPPOSITE FIELD HOME RUN EARLIER THIS GAME. RICH: THAT'S OUT. DAN: IF YOU ARE MATT ALBERS RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS LIKE YOU HAVE A BASE OPEN. YOU HAVE C.J. CRON ON DECK. YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH ROSARIO. IT WOULD NOT BE THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD. YOU HAVE TO MAKE A PITCHER'S PITCH. IF YOU FALL BEHIND, YOU WALK ROSARIO, YOU PAINT YOURSELF IN A CORNER AND HAVE TO GET C.J. CRON. >> HE HAS MISSED ON EIGHT STRAIGHT PITCHES. DAN: YOU CAN'T JUST LAY ONE IN. IT IS ALL GOING TO COME DOWN TO C.J. CRON. A GREAT MATCHUP, WRITING ON RIGHT. RICH: CRON IS READY. ROSARIO. ALBERS HAS LOST THE STRIKE ZONE. HE MISSES BADLY AGAIN. HE HAS LOST IT. HE HAS MISSED ON NINE STRAIGHT PITCHES. DAN: I DON'T THINK HE HAD HIS HEART IN THAT AT-BAT. AS SOON AS HE FELL BEHIND 2-0, HE WAS NOT GOING TO THROW ANYTHING OVER THE PLATE. NOBODY WARMING UP IN THE BALL THEN, SO THIS IS ALL MATT ALBERS. JUSTIN: THIS IS THE GUY THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO GO AFTER. MOUSTAKAS WAS PLAYING TRADITIONAL SHORTSTOP. THEY WERE ENCOURAGING THE TWINS TO RUN WITH ROSARIO AT THE PLATE. HE THREW OFFSPEED 2-0, OFFSPEED 3-0. THEY SAID, YOU ARE GOING TO GO AFTER CRON. WE WILL SEE HOW AGGRESSIVE C.J. CRON IS. RICH: IF YOU ARE YAWS MONEY GRANDAL, MAKE SURE YOU KNOCK IT DOWN AND KEEP IT IN FRONT. CRON DIGS IN, FIRST PITCH IS LOW. HE WALKED SANO ON FOUR PITCHES AND ROSARIO ON FOUR PITCHES. HE HAS MISSED WITH 10 STRAIGHT, AND FINALLY AN ARM IS UP IN THE BREWERS BULLPEN. JUSTIN: THIS IS WHY MANAGERS HAVE GREAT HAIR -- HAVE GRAY HAIR. THE TENSION IN THIS BALLPARK, YOU COULD CUT IT WITH A KNIFE. THIS IS FUN TO BE A PART OF RIGHT HERE. RICH: HE GETS A STRIKE, AND A BORDERLINE ONE AT THAT. AT THE KNEES AND ON THE OUTSIDE PART. THE 40,000 PLUS YOU HAVE BEEN ON THEIR FEET HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING TO CLING TO. DAN: THAT'S A TERRIFIC PITCH. IT JUST CATCHES THE CORNER. GRANDAL DOES A NICE JOB PRESENTING IT AS A STRIKE. RICH: 1-1 PITCH. 95, THREW IT BY HIM. HE IS BACK. DAN: THERE IS A METHOD TO THE MADNESS FOR MATT ALBERS. LOAD THEM UP AND GET THE CROWD ON THEIR FEET. RICH: THREE STRAIGHT WALKS WITH TWO OUTS IN A ONE RUN GAME. ALBERS, 1-2. CRON BAMA, LEFT CENTER FIELD DEEP. CAIN IS THERE AND HE MAKES THE CATCH. ALBERS SURVIVES. THE BREWERS WIN. AN ENORMOUS SIGH OF RELIEF FROM MILLER PARK. DAN: PUSHED TO THE LIMIT, WALKED, THE BASES LOADED, FALLS BEHIND BALL ONE. THE PITCHING REALLY MADE THAT INNING -- THE 1-0 FASTBALL THAT WAS 95 FOR A STRIKE. MATT ALBERS LOOKS CALM RIGHT NOW. JUSTIN: I KNOW IT WAS JUST TWO GAMES, BUT WHAT A SERIES. DAN: THIS FELT LIKE A FOUR GAME SET. JUSTIN: ABOUT LIKE A FOUR-GAME PLAYOFF SERIES. DAN: THE LAST PITCH, A SINKER. C.J. CRON KNEW AS SOON HE HIT IT THAT HE POPPED IT UP. LORENZO CAIN CAN COVER A LOT OF GROUND. THERE HE IS, MATT ALBERS. NORMALLY YOU WILL SEE HIM MORE ANIMATED LIKE HE STEPS IN A BUCKET OF SASSY. BUT A WIN IS A WIN. RICH: TIME FOR OUR MLB GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE POSTGAME SHOW. WE CHANGE INTO OUR POSTGAME OUTFITS AND HERE WE GO, AS THE BREWERS WITH A DRAMATIC WIN, DRAMATIC WITH A THREE RUN HOMER WHICH PUT THEM ON TOP BY TRENT GRISHAM, AND CERTAINLY DRAMATIC. MATT ALBERS TAKES A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE AND JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME FINDS THE STRIKE ZONE, GETS C.J. CRON TO HIT A FLY BALL OUT. ALL IS WELL. THE BREWERS AND TWINS SPLIT THIS SERIES. DAN: CRAIG COUNSEL SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO USE JOSH HADER IN MORE LOWER LEVERAGE SITUATIONS. WE HAD A GREAT SHOT OF HADER SITTING THERE WITH HIS JACKET ON. IF YOU ARE CRAIG COUNSELL, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GAMES WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME BREATHING ROOM AND NOT HAVE TO COME DOWN TO A RUN RUN GAME. A TRENT GRISHAM HOME RUN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH GAVE THE BREWERS THE LEAD. THEY HAVE SET IT UP FOR THE DRAMATICS KNOWN AS MATT ALBERS. RICH: WILD-CARD STANDINGS, AN IMPORTANT ONE. THE NATIONALS, CARDINALS, THE BREWERS A GAME BACK. THE BREWERS LAST NIGHT HAVE THE TWINS COME BACK ON THEM, SO MILWAUKEE TURNS THE TABLE. FOR 22-YEAR-OLD GETTING HIS FIRST TASTE OF THE BIG LEAGUES DID THE TRICK, AND HE JOINS US NOW, TRENT GRISHAM. FOR A BIG MOMENT FOR YOU AFTER BALLCLUB. TELL US ABOUT THE AT-BAT AND ABOUT THE MOMENT. FIRST GROW THROUGH THE PITCH AND WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT YOU GOT. TRENT: I FACED HIM THE NIGHT BEFORE. I SAW A LOT OF PITCHES SO I HAVE A LOT ON HIM GOING INTO THIS AT-BAT AND TRY TO WAIT HIM OUT AND SEE WHAT I COULD DO. DAN: DID YOU KNOW IT WAS GOING WHEN YOU HIT IT? TRENT: YES, I THINK SO. DAN: WHAT DOES NOT FEEL LIKE? TRENT: NICE FOR SURE. IT IS EXCITING, ESPECIALLY IN LATE INNINGS. RICH: IN FRONT OF 41,000, THAT IS NOT BAD EITHER. THE SUN CAME OUT IT SEEMED LIKE AN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR AT-BAT. WERE YOU PICKING UP SPIN OR DID HE THROW YOU A FAVOR BY THROWING A FASTBALL? TRENT: THAT WAS A TOUGHER AT-BAT. I SAW A FEW PITCHES AND GOT THE FEEL FOR IT AND WENT FROM THERE. RICH: TELL US ABOUT THE WAY YOU GRIP THE BAT. DAN POINTED OUT. YOUR THUMBS ARE STRAIGHT UP. WHY DID YOU CHANGE THAT AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESULT? TRENT: WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I FELT THE BAT IN THE BACK OF MY HANDS. IT GOT A LITTLE WOBBLY, I COULD NOT CONTROL THE BARREL. I AM USED TO BEING IN THE CAGE. PUT YOUR THUMBS ON THE BAT FOR EXTRA SUPPORT AND GET USED TO IT AND YOU CAN DROP THEM DOWN WHEN YOU GET OUT OF THE CAGE. I LIKE HOW IT FELT, SO I STUCK WITH IT AND BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME NOW. RICH: HAVE YOU SEEN ANOTHER HITTER USE THAT? TRENT: NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. DAN: ARE YOU STARTING TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, PART OF THIS BREWERS TEAM? HITTING A HOME RUN LIKE THAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE PART OF THE GUYS. TRENT: OF COURSE. WE HAVE A GREAT CLUBHOUSE. THEY MADE ME FEEL WELCOME FROM THE GET-GO, COMFORTABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY. DAN: YOU MADE A PLAY IN THE FIRST INNING, YOU CRASHED INTO THE WALL DOWN THE LEFT-FIELD LINE. YOU TRY TO TAKE ON THE GATE. DID IT HURT AS BAD AS IT LOOKED? TRENT: IT DID NOT FEEL GOOD. I LOOKED AT THE GATE, WONDERING WHY WE DID NOT HAVE AS. IT DID NOT FEEL THE BEST. JUSTIN: ANY TIME A ROOKIE COMES THE BIG LEAGUES, IT IS THE VETERANS OR AN EXPERIENCED PLAYER WHO WILL HELP. WHO ARE THE GUYS WHO HAVE HELPED YOU IN THIS TRANSITION? THIS IS ONLY GAVE NUMBER 11 IN YOUR BIG-LEAGUE CAREER. TRENT: OBVIOUSLY THE OUTFIELDERS, BRAUN, YELICH, AND LORENZO CAIN. MATT ALBERS HAVE BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME. BEING AROUND HIM, SAME AGENCY. TALKING TO THEM, SEEING HOW THE DAY-TO-DAY GOES, BEING ON THE FIELD AND TRYING TO COMMUNICATE. JUSTIN: YOU EARNED YOUR WAY HERE IN THE MINOR LEAGUES AND NOW DOING IT AT THE BIG-LEAGUE LEVEL. WHAT A THRILL, GAME-WINNING HOME RUN. CONGRATULATIONS, YOUNG MAN. STAY HEALTHY AND GOOD LUCK THE REST OF THE WAY. TRENT: APPRECIATE IT. JUSTIN: THAT'S PRETTY COOL. RICH: SECOND BIG-LEAGUE HOME RUN, HIS FIRST ONE AT MILLER PARK, AND GAME-WINNER. THIS SERIES WAS FILLED WITH EMOTION. THE TWINS SNATCHING BACK A WIN LAST NIGHT, HOME RUN FOR MARWIN GONZALEZ. THE BREWERS FLIP THE SWITCH THIS AFTERNOON. RICH: ANYTIME YOU LOSE A GAME WHEN YOU ARE LEADING LATE, UNFORTUNATELY JORGE POLANCO WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE FLAG. THE BREWERS TOOK ADVANTAGE. TO SEE A YOUNG KID COME UP LIKE THAT AND HIT IT WAY BACK, HE KNEW IT AS SOON AS IT CAME OFF THE BAT TO NOT LET THE MOMENT GET TO BIG, NOT CHASE THE BACKDOOR BREAKING BALL. HE GOT IT PITCH THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR. TO HEAR A YOUNG HITTER SAY HOW MUCH INFORMATION HE GAINED BY FACING HIM THE NIGHT BEFORE, HE SAID HE FELT COMFORTABLE IN THE BATTER'S BOX AS A RESULT. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE TWINS, WHO WERE LOOKING AT A NICE CUSHION, TO HAVE A GAME TAKEN AWAY LATE AND THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY -- BECAUSE THIS TEAM FIGHTS TO THE END -- THEY LOADED THE BASES AT THE TOP OF THE NINTH AND WERE JUST ONE SWING AWAY FROM TAKING IT BACK AGAIN. INTERESTING STRETCH FOR THE TWINS AND BREWERS. TWO GOOD BALLCLUBS. DAN: LET'S TAGTEAM THESE HIGHLIGHTS. TREINEN WHENEVER YOU WANT. LONG BALL WHEN YOU PLAY THE TWINS. HOW DO YOU KEEP IT IN THE YARD? YOU DON'T. FIRST BATTER, MITCH GARVER. JUSTIN: GIO GONZALEZ HAD A FUNKY FIRST INNING. HE STRUCK OUT THE SIDE. THE NEGATIVE IS HE GAVE UP TWO SOLO HOME RUNS. HERE IS THE SECOND ONE TO JORGE POLANCO. GIO STRIKES OUT THE SIDE BUT GIVES UP TWO SOLO BOMBS IN THE FIRST. JUSTIN: THIS IS LIKE TWINS HITTERS WILL DO TO OPPOSING HITTERS. YOU SEE THE FRUSTRATION FROM GIO GONZALEZ. THE BREWERS WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT ALL THE WAY TO THE END. CASTEL ERROR DRIVING IN A RUN. THE BIG HIT THEY WERE LACKING LAST NIGHT COULD HAVE PUT THE GAME OUT OF REACH. TODAY THEY HAD A FEW BIG HITS. RICH: NOW LOOKING FOR MORE. AN ERROR OUT AT SECOND BASE BY THE LOCKOUT. YOU ARE THINKING TROUBLE. KYLE GIBSON IS WOBBLING IN THE FIRST. JUSTIN: THIS IS A PLAY THAT HAS TO BE MADE. UNFORTUNATELY IT WASN'T. THEN HE GETS ANOTHER CHANCE. DIDN'T LOOK SHAKY, LOOKS CONFIDENT. THEY WERE ABLE TO TURN HAD. -- TURN IT. THIS WAS A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME. TRAFFIC ALL DAY FOR THE STARTING PITCHERS OF BOTH BULLPENS. ANOTHER HOME RUN FROM A MIGUEL SANO. YOU CAN SEE THE FRUSTRATION FROM GIO GONZALEZ AS SO MANY PICTURES HAVE SEEN ALL YEAR. RICH: THAT IS IN THE CHECK DECK. THEY HAVE MEASURED THAT AT 415 FEET. DAN: HERE HE IS AGAIN, KESTON. HE CAN SWING IT. THE BREW CREW IN BUSINESS. RICH: LO-CAIN IN TO CENTER FIELD. ERIC THAMES WOULD COME UP. THAMES HAD PROBABLY THE BEST OFFENSIVE DAY UNTIL GRISHAM. HE WAS GO 3-3. THIS IS THE FIRST OF HIS TWO SINGLES. HE ALSO HAD A DOUBLE. THAT KNOCKED HOME A RUN. THERE IS THE ESCAPE FROM KYLE GIBSON, WHO WOULD GO FIVE INNINGS, THREE RUNS ON EIGHT HITS. DAN: FIRST AND THIRD, BIG OUT OF THE GAME. RICH: GETTING A STAR WAS JONATHAN SCHOOP. JUSTIN: HIS PLAYING TIME HAS BEEN DIMINISHED WITH THE ARRIVAL OF LUIS ARRAEZ AND HIM PLAYING SO WELL. THE WALK OF THE PITCHER, KYLE GIBSON. DAN: THE AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER. RICH: THIS IS A CASE OF ONE TO MANY CHANGEUPS FROM GIO GONZALEZ. POLANCO GETS A CHANGEUP AND HITS OVER LEFT CENTER FIELD TO DRIVE IN A COUPLE OF RUNS. THE TWINS ARE IN BUSINESS, FEELING GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES. THE BULLPEN WAS READY TO PITCH MULTIPLE INNINGS IF NEEDED. JUSTIN: 5-2 LEADER THAT POINT. TO THE FIFTH, MILWAUKEE SCRATCHING BACK, THE LAST INNING FOR GIBSON. DAN: GET OUT THE CELL PHONE, CALLED THE PARK RANGER, THE MOOSE IS LOOSE. MOUSTAKAS HEADFIRST IN THE SECOND. RICH: WAITING FOR THAT ALL DAY. MOUSTAKAS WOULD SCORE. POPPED OFF THE GLOVE OF POLANCO. A HIT FOR THAMES, HIS THIRD. GIBSON KEEPS THE LEAD. INTO THE BULLPEN, SAM DYSON. DYSON WOULD GET THE SIXTH. JUSTIN: AFTER A ROUGH COUPLE OF OUTINGS TO START HIS TWINS CAREER, BACK-TO-BACK GAMES HE HAS COME IN AND HIT A HOME RUN. HE LOOKS A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE SINCE HE CAME OFF THE INJURED LIST. RICH: YOU THOUGHT MAYBE THIS WAS THE INNING THEY WOULD GET GOING. DAN: VERY IMPRESSED WITH TREVOR MAY. FASTBALL ANY TIME FROM 96 TO 97. VERY IMPRESSIVE INNING FOR TREVOR MAY. OVERPOWERS THEM WITH A FOUR-SEAM FASTBALL, STRIKES OUT LORENZO CAIN WITH A HARD SLIDER. RICH: ERIC THAMES POPS OUT. THAT ENDS THE THREAT. THAT WAS THE SEVENTH. THIS IS A KEY PLAY IN THE BALLGAME. DAN: GROUNDBALL TURNS INTO AN ERROR. THEN HERNAN PEREZ HITS IT OFF THE END OF THE BAT. A GREAT GUYS TRYING TO KNOCK IT DOWN BY JONATHAN SCHOOP. JUST LIKE THAT, THE BREWERS IN BUSINESS. RICH: HERE IS THE GRISHAM AT-BAT. DAN: THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE. UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MILLER LITE BEER PEN. JUST LIKE THAT, THE BREW CREW OFF 6-5. RICH: NOW MATT ALBERS -- REMEMBER, JOSH HADER GETTING A DAY OFF. ALBERS GETS WILD. THAT WAS A TIGHT AT-BAT FOR POLANCO, BUT HE LOST THE STRIKE ZONE. FOUR PITCH WALK TO SANO, ROSARIO. OFF CAME C.J. CRON. DAN: THE KEY WAS THE 1-0 PITCH. HE FALLS BEHIND 1-0 AND THROWS A GREAT PITCH TO GET BACK INTO THE COUNT. EVERYBODY IS GOING, HEY, MATT ALBERS. RICH: THAT'S SOME QUALITY GAME RECAPPING. THERE IS YOU ARE. SUCCESS IN FIVE BREWERS. THE WINNERS. TWINS HAVE JUST SIX HITS, BUT THREE OF THOSE WERE HOME RUNS. KESTON HIURA, WHAT A FASCINATING GUY AND WHAT A BRIGHT FUTURE. JAMIE HERSCH CAUGHT UP WITH HIM MOMENTS AGO. JAMIE: THAT FINISH WAS A LITTLE TOO INTERESTING FOR BREWERS PLAYERS. HOW NERVOUS WERE YOU IN THE NINTH INNING? KESTON: NOT AT ALL. MATT HAS GIVEN US QUALITY INNINGS. BEING AGGRESSIVE, HE WAS ABLE TO GET US THE WIN. KESTON: ESPECIALLY AFTER -- JAMIE: ESPECIALLY AFTER LAST NIGHT, YOU HAVE A COMEBACK. WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE TO KEEP FIGHTING DESPITE TRAILING THE WHOLE GAME? KESTON: BE AGGRESSIVE THE WHOLE TIME. EVERYONE IN OUR LINEUP CAN DO DAMAGE. PUT QUALITY AT-BATS TOGETHER AND DRIVE THEM IN. A CLUTCH THREE RUN HOME RUN BY TRENT GRISHAM. JAMIE: WHAT DID YOU SEE OUT OF THEM? HOW MUCH DID NOT LIFT THIS TEAM? KESTON: IT WAS HUGE. HE IS GIVING US QUALITY AT-BATS EVERY TIME HE IS AT THE DATE, WHETHER IT IS GETTING A HIT, GETTING ON BASE FIRE WALK. HE IS DEFINITELY SOMEONE FUN TO WATCH AND ALL CONGRATS TO HIM. JAMIE: YOU ARE HAVING AN INCREDIBLE WIKI SEASON -- INCREDIBLE ROOKIE SEASON. HOW MUCH FUN ARE YOU HAVING? KESTON: HAVING A GREAT TIME, LEARNING THINGS ALONG THE WAY. IT IS ABOUT TO GET MORE EXCITING. THERE IS A LOT MORE IN-STORE AND WE ARE EXCITED FOR WHAT'S LEFT. JAMIE: THANKS FOR THE TIME, CONGRATS ON THE WIN. KESTON: THANKS FOR HAVING ME. JUSTIN: THE BREWERS HAVE THIS SIGNIFICANT WIN AND WE ARE INTERVIEWING TRENT GRISHAM AND KESTON HIURA, TWO GUYS THAT WERE WELL THOUGHT OF AT THE START OF THE YEAR, BUT FOR THEM TO PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN AUGUST BODES WELL FOR THE FRANCHISE. DAN: IT DOES. FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, YOU THOUGHT OF RYAN BRAUN. NOW IT IS CHRISTIAN YELICH LORENZO CAIN, MIKE MOUSTAKAS. BRAUN CAME INTO PITCH LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. EIGHT -- THE TEAM HAS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO STRIKE. THAT WAS A BIG HOME RUN FOR GRISHAM. THE KEY FOR CRAIG COUNSELL IS TO GET LENGTH INTO HIS STARTING PITCHING THE REMAINING SIX WEEKS OF THE SEASON AND WHO THEY CAN GO TO UNTIL THEY GET JOSH HADER SQUARED AWAY. WHEN HADER IS GOOD, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN WIN EVERY GAME. RICH: THE TWINS COME OUT OF HERE WITH THE SPLIT. THEY STILL HAVE POSSESSION OF FIRST PLACE IN THE CENTRAL AND THAT'S BIG. THEY WILL LOOK AT THIS GAME AND LOOK AT THE BACKEND OF THE BULLPEN WITH DYSON AND ROMO AND SAY, THIS IS THE BALLGAME THEY SHOULD HAVE AT. JUSTIN: IT IS HARD TO PUT THE BLAME ON ROMO. HE GETS THE SIMPLE GROUNDBALL PLANS UP POLANCO SHOULD HAVE MADE AN DIDN'T. LOOKED LIKE HE COULD HAVE SHORT ARM HIM INSTEAD OF LETTING IT SLIDE. EARLIER IN THE GAME, A DOUBLE PLAY BALL HE DIDN'T CATCH, GIBSON PICKED IT UP ON THAT ONE. ANY TIME YOU'RE IN A PENNANT RACE AND THERE ARE SO CLOSE WITH THE CLEVELAND INDIANS, ANY TIME YOU GIVE UP SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY LEADING LATE AS YOU WERE, YOU HAVE GUYS YOU PICKED UP AT THE DEADLINE LATE. WHEN IT IS TAKEN AWAY, THOSE ONCE HEARD A TEAM. THEY CAN STING YOU FOR A WHILE. FORTUNATELY IN BASEBALL, IT IS NOT LIKE FOOTBALL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT A WEEK TO MAKE UP FOR IT. THEY ARE FLYING TO TEXAS RIGHT NOW. THE BALL WILL BE FLYING ALL OVER THE BALLPARK. IN BASEBALL YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SHORT MEMORY TO FORGET THOSE THINGS, MOVE ON. THEY ARE STILL IN FIRST PLACE, STILL IN A GOOD SPOT. MOVING FORWARD, THEY ARE GOING TO COUNT ON THOSE GUYS. THEY TRUST THOSE GUYS DOWN THERE. ROMO HAS BEEN A WORLD SERIES CHAMPION MULTIPLE TIMES, CLOSED OUT BALLGAMES ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT IS HARD TO PUT THE BLAME ON HIM WHEN THE PLAYS WERE NOT MADE IN FRONT OF THEM. THIS TEAM IS GOOD AND IT IS GOOD FOR EVERYONE TO GET A LOOK AT THEM. NOT JUST THE HOME RUNS, THEY DO A LOT OF THINGS WELL. THEY WERE IN BOTH THESE GAMES, THEY BATTLED BACK. NOW THE FUN ONLY CONTINUES FOR BOTH TEAMS. DAN: TEXAS, A GOOD PLACE FOR THE SQUAD TO GO. RICH: WE GO BACK TO THE START OF THE TELECAST AND FIND OUT HOW WE DID. HERE ARE THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT. BOMBA SQUAD FRONT AND CENTER, TWO HOMERS IN THE FIRST INNING. DAN: YOU BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION, THE TWINS ARE GOING TO HIT A LOT OF HOME RUNS RICH AFTER THE FIRST INNING, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SEE LIKE 15 HOME RUNS. RICH: I THINK WE DID PRETTY WELL ON BOMBA SQUAD. WE ARE NOT DONE YET. BOMBA SQUAD WILL NOT BE DENIED. DAN: LOVE THE REACTION FROM GIO GONZALEZ, THE LITTLE LEAGUE REACTION. RICH: KESTON HIURA TIME. THIS GUY IS FASCINATING. GREAT COLLEGE HITTER AND IT HAS TRANSLATED THROUGH THE MINOR LEAGUES AND THE BIG LEAGUES. DAN: HE SPRINGS THE BALL -- JUSTIN: HE SPRINGS THE BALL IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BALLPARK. HE HITS IN BETWEEN THIRD BASE AND SHORTSTOP. TERRIFIC YOUNG HITTER. HE HAS PUT TOGETHER AT-BATS FOR SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN HERE ONLY MAY 14. RICH: MINNESOTA MISHAPS. THEY WERE NOT SHARP DEFENSIVELY. THIS HAS BEEN PART OF THE THEME OF THEM GOING TO A ROUGH STRETCH IN THE SEASON. THE EASY THING TO DO IS TO POINT A FINGER AT THE STARTING PITCHING. YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO PITCH AS DEEP IN THE GAMES AS YOU WOULD LIKE. THERE WERE SOME MISTAKES MADE TODAY AND YESTERDAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY TODAY IT COST THEM. JUSTIN: GETTING READY FOR MINNESOTA MISHAPS, I WAS TAUGHT IT WAS SLOPPY D AND I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WAS DAN'S DISC JOCKEY NAME. DAN: I DON'T USUALLY MAKE AN APPEARANCE IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT WHO DID, TRENT GRISHAM, A THREE RUN BOMB. HIS SECOND CAREER HOME RUN. RICH: AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL STANDINGS, THE TWINS LEAD A HALF-GAME OVER THE INDIANS. THEY LOST 5-1 TO THE BOSTON RED SOX. WHITE SOX, ROYALS, AND TIGERS ARE OUT OF IT, BUT THEY WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO THE TWINS AND INDIANS. LET'S GO DOWN TO THE PODIUM AND BREWERS MANAGER CRAIG COUNSELL. CRAIG: I DIDN'T THINK HE GOT IT, SO I THOUGHT WE WERE SAFE. >> WHEN CHRIS WENT OUT TO TALK TO ELDERS, WAS THE THINKING, DON'T GIVE ROSARIO ANYTHING? CRAIG: THAT WAS A GAME PLAN, BUT IT WAS ALSO JUST BE REALLY -- MATTIE HAS THE ABILITY TO PITCH AROUND GUYS AND TRY TO MAKE THEM AGGRESSIVE. IT'S WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO ANYWAY, BUT WE WERE CONFIRMING WITH HIM. >> DOES THAT MAKE YOU NERVOUS, LOADED BASIS AND A ONE RUN GAME? CRAIG: IT'S A BETTER CHANCE FOR THEM TO OUT, BOTTOM LINE. >> WHAT WAS THE HADER SITUATION TODAY? CRAIG: I DIDN'T WANT TO USE HIM TODAY. I AM GOING TO STAY AWAY FROM HIM. HE WILL BE GOOD TO GO ON FRIDAY. >> IS IT MORE MENTAL OR PHYSICAL? CRAIG: JUST A AWAY FROM HIM. HE IS FINE. >> THE OPPOSITE OF LAST NIGHT. HE REALLY STUCK IN THERE AGAINST ROMO AND IT WAS A NICE AT THAT. CRAIG: IT'S NONE OF PITCHES TODAY, A BUNCH OF GOOD AT-BATS. IT FELT A LITTLE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY AND WE HAD TROUBLE BREAKING THROUGH, BUT WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A MISTAKE THAT THEY MADE WITH A LEADOFF SINGLE BY BRAUN AND HERNAN SNUCK A BALL THROUGH BECAUSE THEY WERE PLAYING IN DIFFERENT POSITIONING. WE HAD A BUNCH OF GUYS WITH REALLY GOOD AT-BATS. HERNAN, HIURA, THAT AT BAT BY GRISHAM. GOOD OFFENSE FOR SURE. >> -- PRETTY BIG MOMENTS BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE NOT LET IT GET THE BEST OF THEM. CRAIG: THEY ARE GETTING GREAT OPPORTUNITIES AND FUN BASEBALL IN A PLAYOFF CHASE AND MAKING THE MOST OF IT. TRENT HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING, DONE A FABULOUS JOB. KESTON CONTINUES TO PUT TOGETHER GOOD AT-BATS. TWO ROOKIES HITTING IN THE LEADOFF SPOT AND HITTING NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER TWO IN OUR LINEUP. THEY HAVE EARNED IT. >> THEY SAY A LOT OF CONFIDENCE YOU SHOWED IN HIM TO PUT HIM IN THE LEADOFF SPOT. CRAIG: I THINK A LOT OF TIMES YOUNG PLAYERS CAN PROVIDE SPARKS FOR TEAMS. THAT'S WHAT TRENT HAS BEEN DOING. IT TAKES PRESSURE OFF SOME OTHER GUYS. IT IS THE REVERSE OF WHAT WE ALWAYS THINK, BUT YOUNG GUYS CAN DO THAT. TRENT AND KESTON ARE DOING A HECKUVA JOB OF IT. RICH: EIGHTH INNING WAS A KEY IN THIS SHORT TWO-GAME SERIES. THIS WAS MARWIN GONZALEZ NIGHT WITH THE TWINS DOWN. >> AMBUSHED JOSH HADER, FIRST PITCH. FEBRUARY SAW THEY HAD IN THE BAG. -- THE BREWERS THOUGHT THEY HAD IT IN THE BAG. JUSTIN: THESE TEAMS DON'T QUIT. THAT'S WHY THEY ARE IN PLAYOFF CONTENTION. THE YOUNG KID COMES UP THERE, NOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, NOT OVERWHELMED BY THE MOMENT. HE KNEW AS SOON CAME OFF HIS BAT. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE SEE RELIEVERS WITH A HIGHER E.R.A. THAN STARTERS. A LOT OF RUNS WERE SCORED OFF THE RELIEVERS, SO WE GIVE CREDIT TO THE HITTERS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER SOME GOOD AT-BATS. RICH: LAST NIGHT CRAIG COUNSELL HAD TO ANSWER TO THE EIGHTH INNING. TODAY IT IS ROCCO BALDELLI. ROCCO: IT HAS KIND OF BEEN A TOUGH SERIES DEFENSIVELY. COLLECTIVELY WE CAN PLAY BETTER. TODAY I THINK POLO WENT OVER THE TOP ON THAT BALL LATE IN THE GAME TO MAKE THE THROW. HE HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD THROWING FROM THE LOWER ON SLOT PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE YEAR. HE CHOSE TO GO UP TOP ON IT AND OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T END UP MAKING THE PLAY. >> SEE ANYTHING UNUSUAL WITH SERGIO? ROCCO I THOUGHT SERGIO WAS FINE. HE HAS THROWN THE BALL JUST LIKE HE HAS EVERY OUTING. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN ERROR AND A SOFT BALL NOT HIT VERY HARD TO START THE INNING. ONCE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF GUYS ON BASE, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. A GUY PUTS ONE GOOD SWING ON THE BALL AND ON THE BAYSIDE AND THERE IS A THREE RUN HOMER. I THINK WE HAVE TO STOP THAT INNING FROM GETTING TO THAT POINT. IT WAS SELF-INFLICTED TONIGHT AND WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE THOSE PLAYS. >> [INAUDIBLE] ROCCO ANY TIME YOU DON'T MAKE THE PLAYS, YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AS A REASON YOU DON'T WIN THE GAME. NOTHING WRONG WITH THINKING ABOUT IT AFTER THE GAME. YOU HAVE TO WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN AND GET READY TO PLAY. LIKE DAN SAID, POLO HAS BEEN VERY STEADY OVER THERE. IS THROWING HAS BEEN ACCURATE, BEEN ON TARGET. THE NEW ARM STROKE THIS YEAR HAS DONE WONDERS FOR HIM AND TODAY WAS A TOUGH ONE. >> [INAUDIBLE] ROCCO: HE THREW THE BALL REALLY WELL, PUT US IN A GREAT SPOT. I THOUGHT HE COMMANDED THE BALL PRETTY WELL. I THINK HE ATTACKED THE HITTERS PRETTY WELL, TOO. I THINK HE ENJOYS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE GAME, GETTING OUT THERE AND REVVING A THAT -- GRABBING A BAT. HE PUT US IN A GOOD SPOT. WE WERE IN A GREAT POSITION TO WIN. RICH: UPCOMING SCHEDULE, MLB GAME OF THE WEEK ON YOUTUBE. ROCKIES AND DIAMONDBACKS NEXT, BUT SOME REALLY GOOD MATCHUPS. METS AND NATIONALS JUMPS OUT. RAYS AT DODGERS AS WELL AND CARDINALS AND DIAMONDBACKS FINISHING LATE SEPTEMBER IN THE DESERT. OUR ATTENTION WE TURN NOW TO NEXT WEDNESDAY, ROCKIES AND DIAMONDBACKS. >> A LINE DRIVE LEFT FIELD BASE HIT. HERE COMES THE WINNING RUN. CARSON KELLY DELIVERS. >> KELLY, HIS FIRST CAREER HOME RUN. >> NO CHANCE FOR ANYBODY TO GET IT. >> WHAT A CATCH THAT WAS. >> DESMOND WITH A STELLAR GRAB. >> ONE CENTER FIELDER ROBBING ANOTHER. >> THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS CATCH. >> SWING AND A DRIVE, WAY OUT OF HERE. >> PERALTA, BOY, DID HE RUSH THAT ONE. >> SHALLOW RIGHT WON'T DO IT. THE WINNING RUN SCORES AND THE DIAMONDBACKS DO DO IT. >> KETEL MARTE WALKS IT OFF AND DROPS THE CURTAIN ON THIS DRAMATIC FINISH. >> BALL IS HIT TO LEFT CENTER FIELD AND DEEP AND IT IS GONE. >> HIT NUMBER 1000 WILL BE REMEMBERED. >> ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN BASEBALL TONIGHT. >> ARE NOT OUR, BACK AND. -- ARENADO, BACKHAND. >> SPECTACULAR DOUBLE PLAY TURN. >> HOW MANY THIRD BASEMAN CAN DO THAT? >> DYSON, MARTE, PERALTA. CAP THEY MAKE IT THREE-THREE? >> DRIVES TO LEFT FIELD. WILKERSON MAKES THE CATCH. THE TAG, THE THROW HOME. >> JORY WALTERS WITH A SAC FLY. >> JARROD DYSON. TAKING A HOME RUN AWAY FROM JOC PEDERSON. >> TAKE A GOOD LOOK. A GRAND SLAM FROM DESMOND. >> IAN DESMOND STAYS ON IT, SENDS IT THE OPPOSITE WAY. RICH: GUYS, THAT'S AN INTERESTING MATCHUP BECAUSE ARIZONA IS ALIVE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD-CARD RACE. DAN: THE DISAPPOINTING TEAM HAS BEEN THE ROCKIES. INTO THE PRESEASON, PEOPLE THOUGHT WITH ARENADO, CHARLIE BLACKMON, THE PITCHING STAFF. THEY HAVE NOT SCORED RUNS AND THE BULLPEN HAS NOT BEEN AS GOOD. THEY PUT MONEY INTO THE BULLPEN AND IT HAS LET THEM DOWN. RICH: LET'S TURN TO THE ROCKY ALUM. JUSTIN: ANYTIME NOLAN ARENADO IS PLAYING, I WILL TUNE IN. MY FAVORITE PLAYER RIGHT NOW. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PLAYER IMPACT THE GAME DEFENSIVELY AS MUCH AS HE HAVE. HE HAS -- HE IS MY FAVORITE PLAYER TO WATCH. RICH: TERRIFIC JOB ON THE GAME OF THE WEEK HERE ON YOUTUBE. DAN: A LOT OF FUN, A LOT OF HOME RUNS. MATT ALBERS MADE IT INTERESTING AT THE END. RICH: JUSTIN, GOOD LUCK TO THE TWINS IN TEXAS. DAN: I WILL BE IN D.C. WITH THE BREWERS FOR THE WEEKEND. RICH: DIAMONDBACKS AND ROCKIES NEXT WEEK. COVERAGE BEGINS WITH THE PREGAME SHOW AT 3:00 EASTERN. FOR DAN PLESAC, JUSTIN MARRERO, JAMIE HERSCH, I AM RICH WALTZ. YOU ARE WATCHING THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE. [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT NCICAP.ORG]

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Published: Wed Aug 14 2019