Show #495: The Braves WIN AGAIN and go up 2-0

You're listening to Atlanta baseball talk, your weekly podcast for all things at Atlanta Braves. Welcome to Atlanta baseball talk show number 495. Today is Tuesday, October 13, 2020. My name is Steve. I'm joined by both Hammy and Curtis and folks. Please help out the show by telling your friends, sharing links and writing reviews. If you don't, Tomlin starts game three. I mean, why would that? Yeah,

say you're a little, you know, top of the show. Welcome to Atlanta baseball show number. You're very like you read it. Very clean. If you know emotion, you're emotionless. When you read it, Steve, I wonder if people could tell what the outcome of the game was by that's the business man. Is that the business side of you? The non fan side of you. You do it

well. Thanks. Yeah, two. Oh, it's it's yeah. Yeah. And it was harrowing to the end. I mean, you did have to remind us as right before we came on the air that that we did win. And we did we did win. Two. Oh. Look, you know what? So here's the flip side of all the like, you know, but clenching and here we go again and all

the stuff is that this is more of the. In the over the last two decades, we would have lost this. You know, this would have been I mean, they mentioned it on the post game. The minute that I heard that, you know, had we blown that lead? It would have been the biggest NLCS lead blown. Right. It had Atlanta written all over it. Atlanta written all

over it except not this team. No, we are changing the tapes. Seriously, am I 20 year old, I'm watching the game was own of, you know, who's only known this heartache was, I mean, just, just dying, just dying. I'm just dying with every pitch. I could I watch the the Belinger at bad through my fingers. Yeah. And it was still scary and horrifying. But we won.

And yet, and yet, one, and it is a two o' lead. And we now are the home team for the next three games. And let's just talk about this now too. Right. Because I know we were texting it back and forth. They were talking about a little bit on the post game show. This woke up the dog. Yeah. The Dodgers have momentum. You know what? The

Dodgers are also down to zip. Yeah. And they lost a game with their ace. And they're, you know, we're getting into this in a second. But they're, you know, number two guy. Now will is guaranteed not to start twice in this series. And there's no guarantee he's coming back. Like, yeah, it's all well and good. You know, the Dodgers were going to score some runs. The

Braves were not going to go, you know, through the entire post game. But he's in giving up an average of one run per game. Not against the Dodgers. Yeah. Not against the Dodgers. Yeah. And if it was a, if it was a CSAT game back and forth, we would be so jacked up right now that we just won a game eight to seven. But then the.

And I know that I was, and I, and I sang by this last night. It did feel measured, Braves Dodgers tonight. It started tilting towards while the Dodgers. That became the dominant storyline, right? And obviously, when they began rallying. But then they went to the studio and all. A ride and big was just all about the Dodgers, not about the Braves winning. But you know what?

The. The. Everything was 27 outs. Weeks can score too. We scored more runs than you do. None of that carries over to the other game. Right? You didn't get it done. I know you can score. We knew it all week. And we know. Yeah. I mean, that that's a critical aspect of this is that the. We kind of take their foot off the pedal and we

and we gave up a bunch of walks and and held it together. You know, and you didn't we beat you. And so this rally means nothing. We knew it. It. It. You know, we knew this was going to happen. We're up to nothing. We're the home team. We have all the momentum. And the rally was against literally the last guy in the bullpen. Yeah. I mean,

Tom was the 28th man. It was, you know, it was snicker who has been really sort of perfect in the postseason being snickery of lack. And let's, let's save that for later in the show. All right. So, um, but so before we get into before we walk through the game, uh, some news before the game, right? We mentioned a little bit. Kershaw scratched at like 11

a.m. This morning. Crazy. Oh, the texts I was getting from people. Um, so did he get, is he scratched for tomorrow to? Yes. So, or, you know, you know, three or four p.m. This afternoon, the Dodgers were saying he could be back for game three or game four later this evening. They said definitely out for tomorrow. I mean, I think it's a lot of fun. Possibly

for game four, but look, backs are crazy. You know, he, they have no idea. They have no idea. I'm sure they believe and feel that they've caught it early. So there's a good chance that he can return. But who knows how he wakes up tomorrow? Well, and he was saying that he could be, you know, 90% effective. Not his most effective. And so I think they

were, you know, if he can go out there and be 90% effective at some point, they're just going to throw him out there. Right. So I can't imagine he just is a scratch because of this. Yeah, fair enough. But, but this, you know, this ruins plans. Oh, yeah. The Dodgers, you know, to me, they had it, you know, what's his name? Bueller is going to pitch

one in six. Kirschau could pitch two and seven. Right. That's out the window. They, um, we went deep into their bullpen tonight. And part of that was, you know, the guy, you know, not the, not the, not the one a guy pitching tonight. I mean, this, you know, this wrecked a lot of plans. So Kirschau out, gauntlin in, a brave, a brave Dodgers start of the

hadn't pitched in September 26th when he faced the angels. Um, and he, you know, this was a guy that we were going to see at some point start again. Three, four or five, but now, like I said, plans change. Um, what were you going to say, him? Oh, just that he brought it early. Yeah, he brought it. Yeah, but he was scary early. I know we'll

get into it. But he looked good. He looks really, I mean, you saw why he, I mean, he had a great regular season. He was one of their best pitchers. Right. We talked about he had the lowest whip. Um, but, uh, yeah. He had it early. Sorry. Get into it. That's all right. Yeah. Um, also what we, uh, suspected given Snickers comments last night, Duval, um,

out for this series, which of course means he's out for the next series, which first off, what a, what a crushing turn of events for Duval, who had this magical season. And, you know, decided to play for a guy who's at risk with his diabetes during all this and was succeeding. And then to just a freak injury like last night. After not contributing to right after

sort of not really doing much and going out like that tough, tough. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. So, um, Camargo was his replacement. So Camargo now on the 28 man, Pache started in center tonight, which again, you know, more kudos to, um, to snitcher, you know, pushing the right buttons. Um, so let's walk through the game. So, Gonselin looks real good to start the game, striking out

both Akunyan, Freddie, Ozzuna crushes a ball that Chris Taylor makes a great play on and the top of the first is over very, very quickly. So, Cam, I think you were the only one of the three of us that saw it, uh, because Kurt was, um, out at baseball practice. And I got, didn't get to the game until Freddie, um, was the high and tight pitch

a message or anything to Akunyan or much do about nothing? Uh, I think there was something behind it. I mean, certainly Smoltson buck jumped on it and we're talking about that. And Smolts made this comment. It's like, you know, a pitcher like that knows how to throw that type of pitch. And it did. It sort of started on the plate. And then just sort of flared

up and in towards towards Akunyan. Um, you know, so it wasn't like a fastball at his head. Um, but it brushed him back. And it was close. I mean, it, you know, it's, it's stupid that it hit the bat. And he didn't swing. And it's a, it's a foul ball, but whatever. That's a stupid baseball. But, um, I think there was a message behind it. I

do. I don't think they were trying to hit him, but I do, I definitely think they were trying to claim that inside of the plate. Like they all say they have to do if they're going to be effective against them. You know, well, yeah. Go ahead. Well, I was just going to say that this seems to now be the pattern the teams are going to work

with Akunyan. Um, and maybe work off his energy that he, they can do these types of things and it gets him fired up. And he maybe he's not, he doesn't produce something. He is, 125 in this series and struck out three times tonight. So maybe there's some impact to getting in his head. Well, that's what they're trying to. I mean, that's exactly what it is. If

you can take away the outs, if you, if, because if he can sort of sit on the inside of the plate and just totally clean up on the outside of the plate, he's very dangerous. So you have to make, you know, you have to make him step back and he's not as good. But he was okay. I mean, he had some good walks tonight. Obviously, um,

you know, came across and scored. Um, but yeah, you're right. It's, um, it worked. He's not, he was not slugging very hard. All right. So moving to the bottom of the first. So Ian Emerson comes out pump in 97 miles per hour looking amazing. Get's Mookie to 0 and 2. And then if you really liked freeds 28 pitch. Last night. Um, so he loses Mookie after

0 and 2 loses Mookie to a walk. Wild pitch Mookie to 2nd. Seager strikeout Turner pop up. Monthsie walk. It's first and second. And then Riley makes an amazing play on just an absolute bullet. And then a crap throw. Um, sandwich in between an amazing play by Freddie to stretch out. Keep his foot on the bag. Um, I mean, that, uh, that moment right there was

a game changer. Yeah. You know, that, that moment was made it to a, what we talked about last night with freed where you're a little shaky early and you bend, don't break and you sort of get your confidence and settle down versus. You know, the wheels are off before the games even started. And we just came out of an inning with the pitcher looks dominant, right?

So that was. If a first inning play can be a game changer, that was a game changer. I, I totally agree. Yeah. Um, so top second, nothing to do. And Darnell K, Ozzy fly out. Dance be fly out. Consons at 20 pitches through two. Um, Anderson settles down in the bottom of the second strike out, fly out, fly out, 13 pitches. He's at 42 total through

two. Uh, nothing doing top three. Riley flies out, cakes, strikes out, uh, Pashay grounds out. And through three, um, gauntlet is at 28 pitches. Um, like blaze through the lineup. The first time through. It was just hot knife through butter stuff. So bottom three, um, Taylor flies out to deep center. And we see Pashay just flashing that plus defense. Looking great. Going back on a ball

that really, really sailed. Um, Bet walks, Seager strike out, Turner singles. So it's first and third. And Pashay actually had his throw bin on the line. He might have gotten, um, bets a third, but uh, he walks Muncie. So now it's bases loaded. And then a miracle escape. Groundball to Riley, who steps on third. Inning over. Anderson's at 66 pitches through three. So top four, one

of those Akuni walks. Akuni is on no outs. It's the first base runner for the break. On this whatku AW embrace top of the fourth. And then Freddie strikes again. Yes. No doubt. Or just beautiful. Yeah, just so great. So pure and sweet. Um. Yeah, Yeah and us showing up when we need him most. and then strikes out Taylor. 85 pitches and that's it for Anderson

because we get a snicker in game interview. Um in the top of the fifth and he confirms that that's going to be it for Anderson lot lot of high stress pitches. You know what he didn't say but also he had gotten through the lineup twice. You know the top of the lineup was coming up. Um did not make sense for it didn't make sense for Anderson

to come back out. right. He had walked five guys. He was missing a lot. I mean clearly with five walks. You know the great thing about Anderson even when he was missing all he did was missed down. Like you know it got him into trouble with walks but it didn't get him in trouble with leaving stuff out over the plate and getting crushed. He gave up

one hit. Yeah one hit five walks five strikeouts for innings. Yeah. So you know the right call totally the right call. Yeah. Especially in hindsight when that ending went so long and he just sat there. The the next half inning right which was 30 minutes plus right. So for yes for the top for the top of the fifth the I mean it had to be like

a 40 minute. Um innings crazy. So it starts first guy is out. Riley strikes out. Then cakes takes a walk. Pass. A beautiful double down the line. Uh more cake is school. Yeah. Haslund. Yeah. I know how about it. Yeah. Uh three zip. Uh so gauntlet. Starts to get the right call. Just to lose his mechanics at this point right. He walks cakes. The after the

Pasha double Akunya walks and that's it for Gauntlet. Uh Pedro Baez is in Freddie RBI single. Oh Zuna walk. Dar no walk. RBI walk. I've zip. Yeah. Long sack fly for Ozzy which really I mean um Belinger made an amazing play on that. He did. He totally did. I mean that really I think eight times out of 10 is a basis clearing double. But a sack

fly it's six zip. Um by as is gone. Flora comes in. Dance be strike out but yes 40 minutes and four runs later. The braves are up six zip heading to the bottom of the fifth. And feeling good. Yeah feeling good. Um Matt sick is in. Uh fly out walk. Matt sick gets a double play from Turner. No harm. Uh top six. Riley flies out. Cakes

doubles. Nox Flora out of the game. McGee is in. He strikes out Pasha and Akunya. So. Cakes looked like a different guy tonight. I thought totally agree. You know he had results. Right. He had a walk. He had that double. I think he gets another hit later in the game. But he yeah he singles in the night. But he did. Yeah. But just you know he'd

looked so much more comfortable. Um was taking pitches. I mean he just had better plate discipline tonight. He was catching up. I mean look he was missing some fastballs but it was catching up and fouling off fastballs that he wasn't even fouling off the last couple of weeks. Like it was it was an encouraging night from Cakes. I thought well it just a jekyll and hide

night from last night where he just looked so overmatched. I mean just he look fooled and foolish and on his back foot taking weak defensive swings. And he has for game after game after game. Yeah. I mean so yeah. So he was uh and I think my wife noticed again tonight. And because he came up and and I said oh my god there's his you know

every four game double or something and then you know when he she and she noticed and mentioned that he was a completely different player than he was last night. So even my wife noticed we should we should get her on the show. We should not have any left hand to compliment about your wife there. I think it was more of a okay. Well and we need

I mean we've got to have one of the rotational guys at the bottom of the line of contributing. We can't have it because Sponson has not done a ton you know I mean we've got to have guys even if it's one a night. I mean Riley and and Pasha. Pasha had that double but Riley went over four. So you know to being able to generate state

stuff up and down the lineup is really imperative for this for this team because it can't just be two or three guys. And Darno is completely disappeared so far in the first two games. Ozone is yet to get going really. So yeah. I mean he really did it. He looked it was like vintage like beginning of the season more. And they did share it around a

little bit tonight. Kurt right. I mean Pasha with that RBI dance bees RBI double. Um. Cakes doing some things so. Yeah I mean if they keep doing that that will work for the bottom three so. Bottom six another inning of Matic a ground out he works around a will Smith single to strike out Belinger and a Pollock fly out so more just really good Matic top

seven Alex Wood. Yeah. Right comes in. Um you know who is not I mean you know Alex Wood has sort of fallen from. Some pretty big heights that he had been with with the Dodgers after getting traded. Uh he gets a ground out from Freddie Ozone a shallow fly he walks down to. I don't know. um Ozzy infield single. And then dance with an RBI double

it is available seven zip in the top of the seven. Head to to the bottom. And at this point. And the game, like. You know I'm hunting right? This entire postseason. I've been hanging on Every pitch. And I mean just like intense intense focus. And I'm I'm kind of on Twitter a bit. At this point. And I walked my dog. Went over to the radio. I'm

like, I can walk my dog, right? I'll just put you know, put listen to it on the radio. Whatever. It's my fault that Sager hit that home. By the way, sorry. I think between the two of us. No, no. I have to admit we were kind of flipping back and forth fantasy reasons to to the. Uh, bills. Titans Titans game at times just to check in

to see what was going on with that game, which, you know, serves us all. Okay. Well, we we can all wear this, I guess. Yes. So bottom of the seven, right? And this is the right move. It is seven zip. It is time to use the O days and the webs and the, you know, even mentor or green, right? I mean, don't use the big guns.

Um, so O day comes in and Peterson single, although it's really common error on all these four shadowing, by the way. Um, single by Taylor. He strikes out mookie, which is huge. But then he gets replaced by. And mentor and mentor comes in and gives up a three run homer to Seager gets the next two guys. So all of a sudden, it's a bit of a

game. Seven, three. Get the next two shadowing. Yes. But getting the next two guys big there, right? I mean, that was bad. Bad pitch. Yeah. So, shook off that at bat against Seager. And, and, you know, I mean, the next two are. Who Turner and. Muncie. Yeah, right? I mean, yeah, Turner and Muncie. So, I'm sure that the team is really good. So, you know, big

outs there. Yeah. So top eight. Alex Wood is still in. Pasha fly out. Acunia strike out. And then he hits Freddy right above the elbow. He got the surgery on and Freddy looks like terrible. Freddy looks like he's in terrible pain. He does walk to first. And that slow motion shot. Oh, God. Freddy is there going to commercial where he closes his eyes. And of course,

it's in slow motion. So it looks like he's, you know, about to weep. Yeah. Like he's just my seasons over. Or my elbow is shattered. Or yeah. I mean, that was the longest commercial break in the history of commercial breaks. Totally. Oh my God. We come back and Freddy is still on first. So hopefully, you know, I haven't seen it in the post game stuff. But

he probably just sort of lost feeling in it and, you know, is fine. It looks. It's a game. You stayed in the game. You stayed in the game. Yeah. And it was a change up, right? So it wasn't a fastball. Thank God. Because it was Joe Kelly, right? Who can get it up there in a hurry. No, it was, you know, it was. Joe Kelly. Then,

okay. But it was a, but it was a change up. It wasn't. So it wasn't intentional. And I think it, if you see in the replay, it catches his hip a little bit. So which may be softened it some also. Well, and it was above the elbow. It didn't look like it really caught like the pointy, you know, end of the elbow for sure is a

bit above it. Yeah. So, personally, that's not a surgically repaired air elbow or anything recently. So Joe Kelly comes in, gets a fly out from a zoom. It is bottom eight. And so now we have to bring Chris Martin, because, you know, it's no longer a seven run game. Will Smith strike out, Belinger pop fly, Pollock single, but then Peterson fly out. Martin still looking great.

And it's a four run, a four run game heading into the top of the nine. And the ball Eric comes in, Darnell strikes out, Ozzy, so two things here, Ozzy homers, which of course becomes pretty big, as we know, in the bottom of the night. But Melanson catches the home run again. Second night in a row. It's the best thing ever. Yeah. It's the best. And,

you know, Melanson, who if you'd ask me to, you know, come up with one adjective to describe his face. I would have it be like stoic. Yes. Emotionless. Yeah. Or, yeah, or just no personality. Like you just don't know. Yeah. And to do that sort of high stuff. And he did like smiling ear to ear. Yeah. Fought around the high five. And I mean, it was

just awesome. It was so great. We were so grieving in our living room. It was the best thing ever. Mark, my lancer is now my son's favorite player. By the way, there you go. You got to go buy that Melanson, and Shersey tomorrow. Yes. It was insane. And again, Ozzy got turned around and you, he, his swing, I mean, you know, the stats bear it out.

From the right side of the plate, he just, his swing is so much more confident. He just lets loose. And he just did it again. I mean, the same exact thing as he did last night. Obviously. So good. So it's now eight, three. We have a grand slam plus one lead. The rest of the inning, Dan's B singles, Riley flies out, Cakes singles, Pasha ends it

with a ground out. So, okay. It's bottom of the night. We had seen during shots of the bullpen in the top of the night that Tomlin and Melanson were warming up. Then after Melanson catches Ozzy's home run, he sits down. It is Tomlin's game. So before anything happens, right? What do you guys think about, about Snickr putting Tomlin in in a five run game? Kurt? I

mean, I, I texted you guys saying we're not really going to see Melanson are we? So, I mean, Tomlin, Tomlin are we? So I was not super thrilled about it. But I guess the concept is that you need to get some guys some work in games like this, but I would have seen like, you can play for Green or somebody like that that we haven't seen

pitch that much. Who are much more important to the long term prospects of this than Josh Tomlin is. Yeah, I think it's more about we've got a five run lead. We can burn the last guy in the bullpen. And you know, it's seven games with no breaks, potentially. And he has faith that Josh Tomlin can even if he gives up four runs. Can escape. Yeah. Yeah.

So look, I didn't hate it. Clearly, it didn't work out well. It was not the most, you know, it was not as risk averse as Snickr could have been there. But I mean, I get it. You know, it is, it could be seven games. And after tomorrow, you know, you've got two games. You've got a cover with Bryce Wilson and Anowa and the bullpen and, you

know, things are going to start to get a little hairier. So, but it does not go well. No. And I don't think you should. I feel like if you care, you ask Kurt. I know you don't. It's not the first time. It's not like we were up by eight. I mean, you don't go to your, you play every game to win. And like, I think you

bring in green. I think you bring in someone who's better there. Even though the, you know, it's not. Yeah. I mean, you just, you don't, I mean, at this point, Tomlin is a mop up guy. Right. And this was not a mop up situation. You know, he's one, if like we're getting blown out in game three, but we just have to get through it and preserve

our pitchers for game four. It's just a bad. It's too risky. It's too conservative. It's like, okay. And I think, I think you can't think like we'll just put our worst guy out there and think about tomorrow. I think you got to play to win that game. Right. I mean, the Dodgers are that good. You cannot let your foot off the pedal and be like, let's

get to tomorrow. And I think it was a little too casual. A decision. Okay. I hear you look. I mean, the argument could be made that put the 27th guy out there, which is Jacob Webb. So, you know, it is, it's a, it's a better picture. Yeah. And, and it's not as risky. So, I mean, look, it's, you know, it's, it's not black and white for

sure. And, you know, you could convince me. So Tomlin's in. He strikes out Taylor. Mookie gets a single. His first hit of the series. Seeker double. Turner strike out. We're one out of way. Snickers still a genius at this point. And then Muncie hits a two run homer. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's what I think. I think that's what I think is the best way to

do it. And it doesn't look nearly as good. No. Muncie of the 158 batting average and having done nothing all year. Well, I think at him, I mean, the pitch is the balls that he threw to Muncie. I think it was a three in one count. I memory serves. And the balls that he threw to Muncie, even Muncie wasn't even offering it. Those because they were

so off the plate. And so when he, when Tomlin has to come down the middle to get a strike over. It's not usually going to end up well. Yeah. And it sure didn't. And it was a no doubt. It was a no doubt. All right. So that's the end of Tomlin's night. And Mellanson has to come back in. And Mellanson does his job. He gets Will

Smith to ground out to end the game except Ozzy cannot feel to cleanly. Two airs. Bobbles it. Yeah, really. Bobbles it twice in that play. You know, right? He, the transfer was not clean. But had he picked it up clean, I think he still gets him. But then he bobbed it trying to pick it up off the dirt. A second time. Yeah. So Smith is on.

Belinger then triples. And it is eight seven. And then you know what? I didn't even, I didn't even note who the last. That was. But then. But the last. Yeah. Well, it's, it's, you know, it. One thing on the one side, it's those little things that get magnified in the playoffs. I mean, you think of you can go back to the side. The Sidbrem slide. Chico

leaned who was one of the best defensive second baseman in baseball at the time made an error to keep that in and going. So those things just get compounded. And when you saw Ozzy make that play in the course of my mind with Belinger coming up, it seemed like trouble was a foot. And I, in my brain, I envisioned a two run homer and we were

going to have a tie game. Thankfully, because Mellanson grooved a ball. Thankfully, Belinger did not turn. And on it enough to put it into the seats and only got the triple out of it. But on the other side, you escape. I mean, you had all these things. The bullpen completely imploding. Ozzy making errors. All these types of things that happened. And you still managed to win

this game, which again, we've talked so much this post season about these games in the past. We would have lost. Yeah. And I don't know where, I don't know where I would have ranked seven. Nothing. Game two, loss in the pantheon of horrible post season losses. But it would have been up there. But thankfully, we don't even have to worry about it. No records were broken

tonight. Oh, and they expelled all that energy to lose. Right. I mean, that's exhausting. Right. You know, and I mean, Snickers said that earlier on. And I forget after what gave it was the first day. Right. Right. That long. The extra innings one is you, you hate to be the loser in that game because. You know, a you're down, but also you expelled all that energy

and you've got to come back and pick it back up. So it's just like, they lost. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. There's no, there's no awards for run differential. Nope. And we knew they were going to score. And you know what? They're bullpen imploded too. Right. Their start. I mean, we got games in a row. I mean, the bullpen has nothing good at all in

this series so far. I mean, they've had guys that have stood out. But we've gotten to quite a few of their guys in their bullpen. And it's, I know, that it's the same effective that they're getting to sort of the underbelly of our bullpen. But, you know, it's not like that they're coming out clean sheets on this either because if they had, they would have won

this game. Right. And they only scored in two innings. Right. I mean, I know they were little they came in bursts, but our ability to score in a lot more innings and sort of Aussies Homer. You know, so crucial with this. We beat them. We beat them. Yeah. We are up to zip. In the NLCS and the chunk of it was so far, Tomlin, who might

not throw another pitch in the series. Yep. Absolutely. And if you. Oh, if I see feels that ball cleanly, it's not even a sweat. Right. That is exactly right. All right, guys. Let's wrap. We'll wrap up tonight's game and look at game three right after this quick break. All right. So, you know, Kyle. Right tomorrow, right? It's the it's the it's the end of the three

starters we have. We know that. Julius goes. Urius. Urius. Urius. I had to look it up when I did my starters thing. It's actually Urius. Yes. According to baseball reference. Just, you know, I never pronounced any name right. So I'm going to lured this over you guys. Well, you might as well. Yes. So he is a lefty. I think that's right. That should probably look that

up. No, I just know how to pronounce his name. Come on, man. I'll get back to that. You keep talking. I'll let you know. Okay. Pretty sure he's a lefty, which. So, which is interesting, right? It will turn Aussie around. So, Aussie will be batting from the right side, which is good. Do we. Yeah. He throws left. He's a lefty. Interesting. You know, we talked about

last night. You know, that they're going to be some intrigue in the in the lineup today. And there'll be some intrigue in the lineup tomorrow. Like does Snittger start Marquaykis tomorrow. You know, my recommendation would be that he does not. And you put Riley and left. As she stays in center. Acunus and right. And you put Camargo a third. And Camargo gets to bat from the

right side, which is stronger side. And you don't waste those. And you can't get these with Marquaykis facing a lefty. And then save him to come in against a righty. You know, his pinch hitter. If he looks like he did today, I mean that there could be some hope in that pinch hit. Yeah, exactly. And then he can go and play left and Riley can come

in and play third. And you sit Camargo. Yeah, 100%. I think that's a good plan. So we will see. How do you guys feel about Kyle right tomorrow? I think it's level. Tammy. I think the same thing that they've all had. Right. I mean, I think these guys are, you know, freed and Anderson are with him pumping him up. He feels confidence being those peers with

those guys. Right. And being here. And I think he's going to go out there with confidence. We're up to nothing. I think Darnell is going to continue to get, you know, help him call a good game. And, you know, and not get rattled and not put up crooked numbers early. And keep us in it. So I like our, I mean, I, I think it's going to

be a good game. I don't think the wheels are going to come off for him tomorrow. I mean, the Dodgers are going to bring it. Right. We saw it. You know, they are going to bring it. It's going to be tough. But I like our chances. Yeah. Curtis, how you feeling about Kyle? Right? Sure. Yeah. I mean, it's, it's going to be the same type of

situation. I mean, they've, he's got to limit the walks. He's got a pound the strike zone. I, you mentioned it earlier. I was in my car. My son had baseball practice today. So I was not able to physically watch the game. I was listening to it. And I mentioned it to you guys earlier. But Joe Simpson and I forget it wasn't been any of the, no,

it was, uh, Jim Powell. And they were talking that Anderson for the first time. They felt like was sort of pitching to avoid contact as opposed to him pounding the strike send as he's done so much and all the starts that he's given us so far. And that, Ding, that's just my, I mean, I'm going to be able to do it. I'd be a symptom of

his, the stage and his youthfulness and everything else. And, um, so hopefully they can convey that to right to trust his stuff. Trust the defense behind him. Um, if he gives up a home run, limited by giving up a solo home run as opposed to walking a bunch of guys, um, they're going to get their hits. And so, um, you know, he has to be confident

in his stuff. And just like these other two guys have done. Um, and hopefully he can give us more than four. And we're winning so we don't have to dip quite as heavily into the bullpen again. Although I, so you text that comment to us. And I watched the whole game. Um, other than when I walked the dog and ruined it for us. But, um, I

thought he was just, you know, and a lot like freed was, he was just throwing a lot of off speed breaking stuff to the Dodgers. Cause that's what kept them off balance. Right. And that he was trying to, you know, not be too heavy on the fastball. And, but I don't, I didn't see what his, his, you know, pitch mixup was and how many fasts falls

he had versus off speed stuff. But I didn't feel like he was pitching away from contact. I just felt like he was trying to, you know, get them to chase more. Maybe, maybe that's the same thing. And it may be a combination of him trying to get them to chase and him just not having feel for his, for his curveball. I mean, that's what he was

missing down with. Right. You know, um, yeah, you know, it's amazing. We talked about it when we were previewing the series that the starters cannot walk guys. It's good. And I think we're going to kill us and amazing tonight, Anderson walks five and still gives up no runs. Yeah. I just been the pitching has been incredible. Yeah. I mean, I, I, I, I think we see

a lot of the same stuff. Um, from right that we have. And let's get through a shaky first. Cause there probably will be and then settle down and give us five innings and turn it over to the bullpen. For the last two weeks. All right, guys, that is the show. We will be back Wednesday night with a wrap up of game three. Remember, you can find

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