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now we're ready for baseball Japan takes00:00:02
the field Team USA the visiting team in00:00:04
this championship game and here is that00:00:06
United States lineup with a couple of00:00:09
changes mookie bets and Mike Trout and00:00:11
Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado that00:00:13
doesn't change goldschman's been awesome00:00:15
in this tournament schwarber the d800:00:17
Turner moves from nine to six they were00:00:20
reluctant to do it felt like they had to00:00:22
do it JT real Muto behind the plate00:00:23
Cedric Mullins will get a chance to play00:00:25
some upgraded defense perhaps in left00:00:28
field cow Tucker is a little banged up00:00:29
Tim Anderson the second baseman and the00:00:32
Ninth Place hitter for the United States00:00:33
so that's the U.S lineup against this00:00:36
left-handed pitcher and Japan's manager00:00:38
very confident of this young man yeah00:00:42
four Innings on two games three hits one00:00:45
on run look this is a guy who's going to00:00:47
feature a pretty good fastball good00:00:49
riding four-seam fastball but his00:00:51
biggest pitch is that split can he throw00:00:53
it enough times to get the hitters off00:00:56
the fastball we shall find out but it's00:00:58
a fastball split slider combo this is a00:01:00
guy that kind of is a little bit00:01:02
deceptive a little Johnny Cueto a little00:01:04
Tyler Anderson a fastball like uria's00:01:06
from that we saw in Mexico but he's got00:01:08
the whole package and I'm excited to00:01:10
watch him he's got that high spin rate00:01:12
stuff part of the reason why the stuff00:01:14
at least based on velocity maybe plays00:01:16
up a little bit the defense for Japan00:01:18
they played such a fundamentally sound00:01:20
game last night Yoshida in left field00:01:22
new barn Center condo in Wright murakami00:01:26
in third sosuke genda the shortstop00:01:28
Yamada at second okamoto at first at00:01:31
Nakamura behind the plate for Monica00:01:33
let's go down before first pitch to JP00:01:35
Dave one thing I'll be watching very00:01:38
carefully here from my broadcast00:01:39
position next to team Japan's dugout00:01:42
at some point in time during the game00:01:45
does he leave The Dugout to warm up of00:01:48
course typically he's a starting pitcher00:01:50
but tonight he's the DH and batting00:01:52
third so it could get complicated if in00:01:56
fact Japan decides they want Otani on00:01:58
the mound maybe for three outs maybe for00:02:01
the final three outs we'll have to see00:02:03
how the game plays out JP will be00:02:05
watching that very very closely00:02:09
great player he's been a broadcaster now00:02:12
for the first time the manager of Team00:02:14
Japan on the other side Mark DeRosa who00:02:17
is managing a team for the first time in00:02:20
his distinguished baseball career00:02:22
he's going to be fantastic both of these00:02:24
managers man they've done a fantastic00:02:26
job and oh I've been waiting for this00:02:29
play ball00:02:31
here we go the World Baseball Classic00:02:34
championship game tonight00:02:38
and the very first pitch to mookie Bess00:02:40
is taken for a strike00:02:44
[Applause]00:02:47
out of top of the order and particularly00:02:49
for a left-handed pitcher to have to go00:02:51
through bets trout and Goldschmidt right00:02:53
away00:02:55
that little hesitation mookie hits a Fly00:02:57
ball right center field condo over and00:03:00
he'll make the catch short of the00:03:02
warning track for round number one00:03:04
that's a pretty good fastball right00:03:06
there in a third he's going to have to00:03:08
throw inside to these right-handers to00:03:10
kind of speed them up a little bit and00:03:11
then hopefully go to that split he wants00:03:13
to go to that split early and often he00:03:15
has two types of split one that dives00:03:17
into left-handers or away from00:03:19
right-handers and the one that's more of00:03:21
a hanging just to steal a strike so the00:03:24
home plate umpire Lance Barksdale The00:03:25
Crew Chief John trumpain another Big00:03:27
League umpire at first Pinellas Alfaro00:03:29
Park and Quinn Wolcott the rest of this00:03:32
umpiring crew for this championship game00:03:35
fastball to Mike Trout just misses a00:03:37
little too far inside00:03:39
that's what we'll see with amanaga00:03:41
though a lot of glove side fastballs00:03:43
trying to tie up these right-handers00:03:45
the 1-0 trout swings through the00:03:48
fastball00:03:50
and that may be our first good example00:03:54
of the effect of that high spin rate 9400:03:57
but to a hitter I think a lot of times00:04:00
it appears to be faster firmer00:04:04
that one is hit to shallow right field00:04:07
condo has to race in and it's going to00:04:09
fall base hit Trout's going to try for a00:04:12
second but throw the slide easy00:04:22
well you want to talk about five tool00:04:24
player00:04:25
America's captain00:04:27
oh my goodness gets a little curveball00:04:31
here tries to do the right thing letting00:04:33
it get deep gets a little Jam but watch00:04:35
this this is talk talking about velocity00:04:39
a guy moving at 260 pounds full on go00:04:43
he's smelling it here we go big boy00:04:46
pressure at all times00:04:48
[Applause]00:04:52
Mark derosos talked so much about Mike00:04:54
Trout's incredible Talent level and the00:04:57
way he plays the game tries to overpower00:05:00
the game and I think Team USA loves the00:05:04
tone setting there from trout to hustle00:05:06
his way into an extra base hit now Paul00:05:09
goldschman00:05:12
for steel strike one00:05:19
gold Schmidt among all these00:05:21
right-handed hitters and there are a lot00:05:22
of them who have good numbers against00:05:24
lefties but nobody destroyed00:05:26
left-handers like Paul Goldschmidt did00:05:28
last year00:05:33
a great opportunity for the United00:05:35
States00:05:38
a one00:05:40
big cut and a high fastball00:05:44
that was a very healthy cut right there00:05:47
by Paul Goldsmith00:05:50
continue to come in00:05:52
and up on Paul or on Paul Goldsmith or00:05:55
will he go to that split00:05:58
he's got Windows right now Dave he he00:06:00
can bait him00:06:01
we know Paul Grossman does such a good00:06:03
job with his strike discipline he's00:06:06
always swinging at the right pitches00:06:10
[Applause]00:06:12
tomorrow going through the signs and00:06:14
Monica will check trout at second00:06:16
[Applause]00:06:18
another look back00:06:20
oh two got it00:06:27
that right there was a good split that's00:06:29
a guy that's understanding hey I'm going00:06:31
to rush him up and in and I'm going to00:06:33
slow him down with the split change00:06:35
right there it was more of a straighter00:06:37
change it had really no dive down00:06:39
that was a good one right there00:06:43
he Paul bushman's right there having a00:06:44
little talk returner hey talk to me00:06:46
about the split what is it doing00:06:50
we saw so many of the young pitching00:06:52
stars for Japan in last night's00:06:54
semi-final game00:06:55
demonica he's 29 years old he's been00:06:58
around a while00:07:03
not out of the woods yet Nolan Arenado00:07:05
first pitch swing and a ground ball the00:07:06
first pick by okomoto he'll take it to00:07:08
the bag himself for the put out and the00:07:11
United States is retired trout with the00:07:13
hustle double but the United States does00:07:15
not score00:07:16
[Music]00:07:19
bottom of the first no score Japan comes00:07:22
up for the first time large new bar00:07:24
there center fielder and leadoff hitter00:07:26
kensuke condos had so many good at bats00:07:28
in this tournament he bats in front of00:07:30
shohei Otani masataka Yoshida that's00:07:33
right behind him murakami the hero last00:07:36
night okamoto Yamada Guetta Nakamura00:07:39
rounding out the lineup against Merrill00:07:42
Kelly what an opportunity for the00:07:44
veteran right-hander now Kelly you know00:07:47
he's a guy that obviously has been00:07:49
welcoming the start for a long time in00:07:51
three Innings four hits two on runs but00:07:53
takina00:07:55
the manager in USA and Andy Pettit he00:07:58
said to me hey he's fixed a couple of00:07:59
things he was getting around the00:08:01
baseball he's looking to throw through00:08:02
the glove I'm really excited what what00:08:05
he's going to do tonight in a way00:08:07
perfect for this tournament00:08:10
he went around the world to ReDiscover00:08:13
his game to fine-tune his game first00:08:15
pitch swing and nuke bar against Kelly00:08:17
and a Fly ball shallow left field00:08:20
Mullins00:08:21
four round number one00:08:24
and we're going to take a look at his00:08:25
pitch Arsenal and what he's featuring we00:08:28
know about the good fastball the good00:08:29
riding fastball really gets on all the00:08:31
hitters but for me it's going to come00:08:33
down to that cutter he's got to be able00:08:35
to throw that cutter to the left-handers00:08:36
he's going to be facing a lot of them00:08:37
we're understanding he's got a change of00:08:39
a sinker and a curveball but for me it's00:08:41
the fastball the cutter and the changeup00:08:43
if he can throw that cutter in early00:08:45
counts it's going to be very difficult00:08:47
to hit Kelly tonight00:08:50
one pitch one out against gay condo00:08:53
stands in and a good fastball right on00:08:56
the outside corner Strike One Call00:09:00
[Music]00:09:02
no five extra base hits scored nine runs00:09:06
[Music]00:09:09
lineup last night on the00:09:11
swing00:09:14
the count is one and one that's a very00:09:16
good change up though right there early00:09:17
mixing missing down with it00:09:24
I like this guy he can hit00:09:30
is that one just inside ball two that's00:09:33
that little baby cutter that's that's00:09:35
the one that he's really Dave he's00:09:37
really got to throw00:09:39
tonight she's gonna have a good start00:09:42
he's a great Otani waiting in the on00:09:45
Deck Circle [Music]00:09:49
fastball two and two00:09:52
I really like also that Mark deroza put00:09:54
Cedric Mullins in left field we saw from00:09:56
last night's game Japan really was00:09:58
hitting the ball the other way00:10:00
defense is going to be key for tonight's00:10:02
game there's a reason really he made00:10:04
that decision Randy rosarina almost00:10:06
stole the show last night running all00:10:08
over the place catching balls that one00:10:10
hit hard up the middle right into the00:10:12
defense Trey Turner there for round00:10:14
number two00:10:19
right on Trey Turner we talk about you00:10:22
know not only is he hitting home runs00:10:24
and coming up clutch but he's playing00:10:25
really good defense at shortstop America00:10:28
shortstop00:10:30
now shohei ohtani00:10:36
[Applause]00:10:40
in the middle of everything last night00:10:42
whether Mexico pitched to him or pitched00:10:46
around him the offense for Japan00:10:49
in a lot of ways went right through00:10:51
shohei Otani he was in the mix for all00:10:54
of it00:10:56
oh that's out takes ball one outside00:11:01
and it is a conundrum when You Face00:11:03
Japan because he's so great and you want00:11:06
to Circle him and say we just can't let00:11:08
him beat us00:11:09
[Music]00:11:12
but he's got the teammates if you pitch00:11:14
around him and he's out there on the00:11:16
bases to make you pay00:11:18
I would still think gotta be very00:11:21
careful with show hail time00:11:27
especially right here a little bit00:11:28
change up count right here for Merrell00:11:30
Kelly no it's 2-0 and this is badly with00:11:33
that one 3-0 and it just really tells00:11:36
you how they're going to attack him00:11:38
right now they're going to give him the00:11:40
Barry Bonds treatment nothing where he's00:11:43
not going to beat us he's been00:11:44
highlighted in today's meeting for Team00:11:46
USA00:11:48
I'd highlight him too00:11:50
3-0 a massive strike00:11:54
this pitch from Ariel Kelly is coming up00:11:55
next is it's either my pitch that's00:11:57
going to be called for a strike or take00:11:59
your walk00:12:02
good hitters count for a great hitter00:12:05
the 3-1 ohtani takes ball four he's00:12:09
close but a two-out walk defense behind00:12:13
this radiator pitcher for Team USA00:12:17
solid defensive tournament for the00:12:19
United States it's been a difference in00:12:21
some of their tight games Mullins trout00:12:23
and vets in the Outfield that's about as00:12:25
good as they can line it up aronado one00:12:27
of the greatest in the game at any00:12:28
position Turner Anderson who never00:12:31
played second before this World Baseball00:12:33
Classic has done an excellent job there00:12:35
Goldschmidt and a catcher who can by00:12:38
himself negate the running game JT real00:12:40
Muto00:12:42
he's been fantastic all tournament long00:12:44
you look at a good team especially in00:12:46
this tournament two best00:12:48
tournament you look at them up the00:12:49
middle wow they are smooth as it gets so00:12:53
here's Yoshida00:12:55
a little bit high ball one I think Glenn00:12:57
sparksdale our home plate umpire00:13:00
he does have a tendency to be pretty00:13:02
tight he can have a smallish strike zone00:13:06
what a tournament for Yoshida00:13:11
huge three00:13:13
last night00:13:14
he pops this one up behind home plate00:13:16
real Muto back to the backstop but it's00:13:19
beyond its reach00:13:21
[Music]00:13:24
think about Merrell Kelly though when he00:13:26
comes inside to left-handers kind of00:13:28
gets around the baseball a little bit so00:13:30
it tends to cut late the thing is the00:13:33
problem is you'll get that same fastball00:13:35
when he's trying to throw it away and00:13:36
it'll kind of run on him a little bit so00:13:38
he's got that cutter he's got that run00:13:41
it's got that good change up he's gonna00:13:43
need them all tonight00:13:47
he does also have a very good pickoff00:13:49
move00:13:51
so the combination of that move and real00:13:53
Muto behind the plate is gonna be tough00:13:55
as long as Barrel Kelly's in the game00:13:56
tough to run on USA00:14:00
[Music]00:14:02
another pick-off throw00:14:10
I would think sure hey wants to match00:14:12
Mike Trout and get to second base00:14:15
like Mike Trout did it in the first00:14:16
inning00:14:17
show him wants to get to second place00:14:19
and especially with two outs that's when00:14:22
you gotta try it00:14:23
the deeper the count goes the more00:14:25
likely shohei will go00:14:30
thank you00:14:36
the 1-100:14:38
fouled off to the left00:14:46
Camaro Kelly one strike away from00:14:49
getting through this first inning00:14:51
packed house in Miami championship game00:14:56
a culmination of weeks of tremendous00:14:59
baseball00:15:08
jellies one two00:15:11
sort of flip down the left field line00:15:13
but foul00:15:17
early I'm seeing these swings and it's00:15:20
late it's on you I face marrow Kelly and00:15:24
marches explodes out of his hand00:15:27
you're on it next thing you know you're00:15:29
just not00:15:31
from a long time to get to the big00:15:33
leagues pitched in Korea for four years00:15:35
came back to the United States after00:15:37
having great success there00:15:39
and it's turned into one of the better00:15:42
starters in the National League for the00:15:43
Arizona Diamondbacks00:15:48
the one too to Yoshida00:15:50
[Music]00:15:52
and we'll apply the tag and that's a00:15:55
good start for Merrell Kelly we'll go to00:15:57
the second in Miami no score00:16:01
Mark derosa's first coach his forever00:16:04
coach is his father Jack Jack passed00:16:07
away in 2012 and as Mark DeRosa took the00:16:10
Reigns of Team USA for this tournament00:16:12
he reflected often on his father's00:16:14
lessons and his memory and one of the00:16:16
things on his mind tonight Dave is00:16:18
honoring all those lessons that his00:16:20
father gave him and interestingly Mark00:16:22
DeRosa wondered how much he would like00:16:24
to manage he's now honoring his father00:16:27
by loving the job he has right now yeah00:16:29
thank you JP it was part poignant and00:16:33
part spirited when Mark was telling us00:16:36
about that he sort of finished with my00:16:39
dad would want us to win this freaking00:16:40
game00:16:42
there was an intensity with the manager00:16:45
for Team USA Kyle schwarber a high00:16:47
strike given by Lance Barksdale00:16:50
ending number two00:16:52
we asked Mark DeRosa about what was the00:16:55
message for Team USA says really none00:16:57
and I think these boys know what they00:16:59
got to do what's at stake00:17:02
[Applause]00:17:03
swing through the fastball it's only two00:17:09
John schwarber has been a relatively00:17:11
quiet World Baseball Classic but I don't00:17:13
think there was much of a decision to be00:17:15
made to have him in the lineup00:17:20
is hit off the end of the back to right00:17:22
field condo charging in and he'll get00:17:24
there00:17:28
so far from managa00:17:31
it's been that good fastball to start00:17:33
things off for every hitter and then00:17:34
that good slider and split00:17:36
now he's really got that ride today a00:17:39
little bit more than I think I would00:17:40
think these USA hitters have been00:17:42
thinking about they understood that they00:17:45
had ride but it's just really getting on00:17:47
them00:17:49
well here we go Trey Turner who's been00:17:51
awesome the last two games had the home00:17:54
run the Team USA will never forget00:17:57
when they come from behind win against00:17:58
Venezuela and then two home runs against00:18:00
Cuba in the semis00:18:03
breaking ball off the outside and it was00:18:06
a dilemma because the way the lineup's00:18:08
set up Team USA wanted to move him up00:18:11
but he was so good in that number nine00:18:13
spot00:18:14
whether it's Superstition or Comfort or00:18:16
whatever but here he is hitting sixth00:18:18
he takes low ball too00:18:24
how about those numbers right there four00:18:26
home runs wow00:18:34
2-0 Turner right back to the back stop I00:18:38
think we've seen from Trey Turner is00:18:39
when he gets on a big wave more than not00:18:42
he usually stays on that wave of hitting00:18:44
for a long time00:18:46
he's not a guy that's that's streaky it00:18:49
kind of stays consistent gives you good00:18:50
at bats but when he's on one00:18:53
usually for a long time00:18:56
[Applause]00:18:58
2-1 pitch Turner hits another one down00:19:01
the left field line he's done it again00:19:03
it's gone00:19:04
[Applause]00:19:22
America's shortstop Trey Turner we00:19:26
talked about the wave he's riding a big00:19:29
wave trying to throw that cheese inside00:19:32
Craig Turner was absolutely ready for it00:19:36
up00:19:39
USA USA00:19:43
[Music]00:19:45
[Applause]00:19:48
incredible00:19:50
what a week for Trey Turner00:19:53
[Applause]00:20:01
take a look at that four seamer it00:20:03
really just looks like the same weird00:20:05
video we've been watching all week00:20:07
trying to throw Trey Turner fastballs00:20:09
inside and he just keeps hitting him and00:20:12
check out Mark DeRosa you think he's00:20:14
feeling it he's got the best seat in the00:20:16
house00:20:20
what a smile00:20:22
d-ro was just he just didn't want to00:20:25
mess it up by moving him in the lineup I00:20:27
mean that's kind of how it works with00:20:28
this sport dude it's working don't00:20:30
change anything he reluctantly moved him00:20:32
up in the order obviously did not affect00:20:35
the swing tied for the most home runs in00:20:38
a single World Baseball Classic in00:20:40
history00:20:42
and he's going to have some more bats00:20:44
tonight who knows00:20:47
side ball two to real Muto00:20:51
I just don't understand how you even00:20:53
would risk at the idea of well let's try00:20:57
to throw him another fastball inside00:20:59
here00:21:01
he was ready00:21:02
real Muto has been great00:21:05
new teammates with Trey Turner00:21:09
he went around there two and two00:21:12
[Applause]00:21:14
well we know Team USA has so many great00:21:17
players and we know that Trey Turner is00:21:19
one of those I mean Trey Turner is one00:21:21
of the best players in the world period00:21:23
but for him to be the guy to flex the00:21:27
muscles to bring the huge power00:21:31
I think that has surprised some folks00:21:35
2-200:21:37
we'll count now three and two00:21:42
on the 2022 season Trey Turner 21 home00:21:45
runs 100 RBIs in 160 games a guy that00:21:48
plays every single day00:21:50
maybe the new feature for Trey Turner's00:21:52
game is upping those home run count00:21:56
career high 28 in a single season00:21:59
fouls that one out of play and he's in a00:22:01
great Stadium too00:22:03
up those home runs too yeah he could be00:22:06
coming for a new career high this year00:22:09
I mean it's funny team USA's hit 11 home00:22:11
runs more than any other team in This00:22:13
World Baseball Classic Turner's got five00:22:16
nobody else has more than one he's the00:22:19
only player00:22:21
for Team USA who's hit more than one and00:22:23
he's hit five of them pound for pound00:22:25
one of the strongest guys in that team00:22:27
Trey turn 3-2 Bill Muto flying drive00:22:31
base hit left field00:22:40
babe it's clear they understand hey00:22:43
manager is going to come in on them with00:22:45
those fastballs they're ready for it and00:22:47
they're ready for it in any count right00:22:48
there managa try to throw that 2-200:22:51
fastball in and although he gets the00:22:53
broken bat00:22:54
JT just too strong00:22:56
[Applause]00:23:07
it's just gonna be this is a essentially00:23:10
I mean it's a one-game championship this00:23:12
is a game seven so we'll have to see how00:23:15
both managers want to work their way00:23:17
through this game it's only the second00:23:19
inning00:23:21
now left-handed hitters Cedric Mullins00:23:23
who Homer I think it's Cuba in the00:23:26
semi-final win he takes ball one more00:23:30
than not solo homers will not get you00:23:32
pulled out of the game it's more of the00:23:34
longer Innings the first and second base00:23:37
hits the man on second two out base hit00:23:39
those are the ones that the managers00:23:41
will say okay he's had enough00:23:44
no pitch Mullins00:23:46
strike00:23:49
just kind of that get it in breaking00:23:51
ball00:23:55
well we have our first answer to my00:23:58
question00:23:59
Togo right-hander is getting loose00:24:02
Japan's not going to wait around if00:24:04
imunaga gets into more trouble00:24:10
1-100:24:12
-2 that's a good slider right there00:24:15
a little bit of a sweeper action to it00:24:19
those are really really tough for00:24:21
left-handers too one layout of and two00:24:24
make any type of connection on it00:24:30
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[Applause]00:24:36
the one two to Mullins00:24:38
three call Perfect Pitch right on the00:24:41
outside00:24:48
let's see that four seater although00:24:53
Nakamura wanted that ball inside it was00:24:56
still a good pitch on the on the away00:24:58
Zone00:24:59
manager though it's got that really good00:25:01
ride four seamer I think Cedric Mullins00:25:03
was caught in between there I think he00:25:05
was still thinking soft00:25:07
good pitch calling00:25:10
and the Umpire lands Barksdale I think00:25:12
it's worth pointing out Connor it first00:25:14
two down Tim Anderson Ninth Place Center00:25:16
for Team USA00:25:18
breaking ball high that's the slower00:25:20
curveball there there's some umpires if00:25:22
you missed the target even if the ball's00:25:24
in the strike zone have a hard time00:25:25
calling it a strike that was a strike00:25:27
and land sparksdale called it strike00:25:29
three00:25:35
real Muto the runner at first Anderson00:25:38
on the ground up the middle00:25:41
will stop at second00:25:44
and now Team USA has a chance to make00:25:47
this much more than just a one-run00:25:50
inning with the top of the order coming00:25:51
back up00:25:53
we haven't seen a lot of brick doubling00:25:55
up with pitches in imanaga right there00:25:57
he doubled up with that curveball Tim00:25:59
Anderson's just too good his handout00:26:01
coordination is too good you throw him00:26:03
that lollipop once again and he'll make00:26:05
you pay for it00:26:07
we're gonna get a meeting on the mount I00:26:09
wonder if it's possible that Japan is00:26:11
considering a pitching change right here00:26:14
right now00:26:15
it doesn't look like it with00:26:17
Yama00:26:26
I would think he'll give him one more00:26:27
hitter and mookie bets00:26:31
gotta be careful with mookie obviously00:26:34
that goes without saying00:26:38
so now Yuki uragawa00:26:43
it's joined in Togo in the bullpen00:26:47
that's something we probably won't see00:26:49
from Team USA00:26:51
Japan a little more free to use their00:26:52
Bullpen liberally00:26:54
two on two out who he bets swings at00:26:58
that pitch and hits a Fly ball in the00:26:59
left field Yoshida will make the catch00:27:02
short of the warning track and mookie00:27:05
might have just missed one so all in all00:27:07
just the one but more than that because00:27:10
of what Trey Turner is Doing In This00:27:12
World Baseball Classic amazing his fifth00:27:15
home run makes it one nothing USA00:27:20
Merrill Kelly on the mound his wife Bree00:27:23
in the stands and Merrell credits Brie00:27:25
for their family's extraordinary00:27:27
Adventure during those four seasons in00:27:30
Korea that was where Meryl transformed00:27:32
himself into a high-end Major League00:27:35
starter and the two of them had an00:27:37
extraordinary experience as well Bree00:27:39
told me earlier today that Merrill loved00:27:42
the environment there the great fan00:27:44
support the noise in the ballpark00:27:46
certainly a lot of those same Vibes here00:27:48
in Miami tonight it really is a cool00:27:50
story JP because unlike some other00:27:52
pitchers who say go to Korea go to Japan00:27:54
after they've had a taste of Major00:27:57
League Baseball marikelli had never00:27:58
pitched in the big leagues00:28:00
and went over there and did really00:28:02
transform his career swing murakami00:28:06
Kami choose one00:28:09
hentai game00:28:10
[Applause]00:28:16
[Music] [Applause]00:28:17
[Music]00:28:18
[Applause]00:28:20
[Music]00:28:26
it takes one swing that happened last00:28:29
night the drive to left Center to Win It00:28:32
he's another fastball tonight tie ball00:28:35
game murakami is not surprised the big00:28:38
games and big swings the two-time MVP00:28:41
has come up huge for Japan you want to00:28:44
answer back the SE right there oh my00:28:47
goodness was that ball crushed or what00:28:50
432 feet00:28:53
115.00:28:55
miles per hour off the bat I think he00:28:57
knew it was it was a no doubter a yes00:29:02
a very quiet pip job like I like to say00:29:06
wow big time swing so with that it's one00:29:10
to one00:29:12
okamoto the first baseman for Japan00:29:15
all right so throw that four seamer00:29:17
right there look how short and compact00:29:18
he stays00:29:20
[Music]00:29:22
all it takes with these Sluggers is one00:29:24
swing well and the point you're making00:29:27
about that is if you miss last night's00:29:29
semi-final game00:29:31
and that is just crushed00:29:35
territory up there00:29:41
two to okamoto00:29:45
center field and that's a base hit00:29:49
but back to murakami just briefly00:29:52
through his first advance of the game00:29:55
last night he looked like a lost soul he00:29:57
he was a shell of himself and he came up00:30:01
in that huge spot late in the game00:30:02
delivered the game-winning hit00:30:04
and the swing we just saw that's the00:30:07
swing that they've been watching in00:30:09
Japan the last two years as the best00:30:11
hitter in those leagues00:30:16
I love most about that is he was00:30:18
thinking about bunting he was a00:30:20
situation he talked about it after the00:30:22
game man you know coryama you got to00:30:24
give him credit that's the manager here00:30:26
for Japan said no no no00:30:28
we know what you can do with the bat we00:30:30
believe in you00:30:31
go ahead and you know it just shows the00:30:34
the effects of a manager understanding00:30:36
the moment00:30:37
and the player he had at the plate yeah00:30:41
[Music]00:30:50
[Music]00:30:51
we want you to swing the bat like you've00:30:54
done so many times Triple Crown winner00:30:56
last year and he's even talked about I00:31:00
wanted to match the ability of shohei00:31:02
Otani not in a mean way not in a more00:31:03
jealous way it's just a he was so good00:31:06
for Japan he needed some protection he00:31:08
he felt like he was the guy that said00:31:11
okay I'm the one that's going to be by00:31:12
your side during this whole thing00:31:15
so a lot of pressure was built on him00:31:17
but he's delivered here in a game seven00:31:20
situation00:31:25
so one to one that's our score nobody00:31:28
out still bottom of the second00:31:31
two one two Yamada that one misses badly00:31:34
it's three and one let's go down to JP00:31:37
murakami was the dominant story in Japan00:31:40
last year in the news period size Sneed00:31:43
a former major league pitcher who was00:31:45
his teammate with the occult swallows00:31:47
told me last year that when he walked by00:31:48
the newsstands he said quote more or00:31:51
less all the front pages are his picture00:31:55
well last night that came true again I'm00:31:58
sure and this morning00:32:02
two-time reigning Central League MVP00:32:06
Monster Power numbers 3-100:32:12
2.00:32:14
it is now Wednesday morning in Tokyo00:32:19
with a country watching the interests00:32:23
the passion for baseball in that country00:32:25
off the charts00:32:29
Samurai Japan as they call this national00:32:31
team three and two00:32:35
foul ball00:32:42
Johnny of course are the big leagues00:32:44
murakami's still playing in Japan maybe00:32:46
one day he'll come to Major League00:32:48
Baseball but those are the two00:32:50
dominant forces in Japanese baseball00:32:54
with the long ball00:32:56
[Music]00:32:58
I know Johnny does a little bit more00:33:00
than that yeah00:33:03
3-2 and that one has driven the right00:33:06
field vets will Glide over and catch it00:33:10
for round number one00:33:15
this was last night his teammates with00:33:18
the occult swallows in their Clubhouse00:33:21
watching the game let's listen to their00:33:23
reaction when he came through00:33:26
[Music]00:33:28
foreign00:33:31
[Applause]00:33:38
you can excuse the camera work we were a00:33:41
little excited there00:33:43
I'm sure they can't wait to see their00:33:45
teammate come home and celebrate an00:33:47
incredible moment now breaking ball to00:33:51
sosuke genda the shortstop in eighth00:33:53
place Center00:33:57
lots of game left here a lot of game00:34:00
agenda you see that bottom pinky finger00:34:04
right hand pinky00:34:05
wrapped up flips that line driving to00:34:08
left field that's going to be a hit00:34:10
the broken finger or not genda gets in00:34:13
opposite field single and Japan has two00:34:15
on with one out00:34:17
well a guy who does all the right things00:34:20
a guy that can absolutely field it but a00:34:22
guy right here at the plate00:34:24
who's not scared of the moment not00:34:26
scared of the finger being hurt00:34:29
and once one thing we saw yesterday from00:34:31
Mexico is they threw him a lot of00:34:33
fastballs he was a lot he was very late00:34:35
with the fastball today they try to do00:34:38
the same thing gento was a little more00:34:40
prepared for the pitch00:34:42
[Music]00:34:44
so Mark DeRosa now starting to talk00:34:46
things over in The Dugout a run across00:34:48
two more hits Sandy petted his pitching00:34:51
coach on the phone we may see some00:34:53
Bullpen activity00:34:56
pitch ball to the ninth placehold of the00:34:58
catcher Nakamura00:35:00
[Applause]00:35:05
or for his defense but capable three for00:35:07
six In This World Baseball Classic he00:35:10
understands his role he's not thinking00:35:12
of slug right here he's just thinking to00:35:14
put the ball in play00:35:15
[Music]00:35:17
2-000:35:20
[Applause]00:35:22
we get Aaron Loop up in the bullpen now00:35:24
Luke is not going to go long in this00:35:26
game but in terms of a lefty against all00:35:28
the left-handed hitters at the top of00:35:30
the lineup [Music]00:35:32
Richard also deciding he may need him in00:35:34
this second inning 2-000:35:37
slow bouncer toward third it kicks foul00:35:40
one thing Nakamura likes to do is pull00:35:43
the baseball he is on top of the dish00:35:45
Merrell Kelly if he's going to throw00:35:48
inside he's got to get it inside move00:35:50
his feet00:35:51
so that way you can expand the Zone away00:35:53
with the slider or the changeup he's a00:35:56
guy and you can tell right there I mean00:35:58
he is on top of the dish and he's doing00:36:00
he's looking for one thing and that's to00:36:02
pull the baseball00:36:07
lead Runner okamoto not great speed he's00:36:09
the first baseman at second not a real00:36:11
fast runner at the plate 2-1 and he got00:36:14
it inside two and two that's the pitch00:36:16
you want to win this half-back and Kelly00:36:19
you got to throw it right there00:36:22
look how over the play he is I mean his00:36:24
leg kick is completely on top of that00:36:27
dish it's uncomfortable you have to make00:36:29
sure that you get it inside00:36:32
how you open up Windows00:36:34
[Music]00:36:36
Kelly's 2-200:36:39
just misses it00:36:41
reminds me of Justin Turner in the big00:36:44
leagues he is so close to the plate you00:36:46
missed by an inch and it's almost like00:36:48
you're going to hit him00:36:50
and that was in right there but with00:36:51
Turner he likes to step in the bucket a00:36:53
little bit when he's gliding with his00:36:55
front foot with him with Nakamura he00:36:58
stays more even with it00:37:00
a lot harder to hit that pitch inside00:37:02
even harder 3-2 that is00:37:06
he walked him and that's huge that's the00:37:08
Ninth Place hitter00:37:10
now the bases are loaded with large nuke00:37:14
bar coming up and we'll see what Mark00:37:15
DeRosa wants to do00:37:18
I just don't know if Luke is warmed00:37:21
enough00:37:22
[Applause]00:37:23
this could be a meeting00:37:26
real Muto and Company just to stall for00:37:28
an extra minute some more pitches00:37:32
looks like Brady singer also just00:37:35
starting to get loose out there00:37:41
they're bringing the right match up in00:37:43
Lube if that's the case Brom ball guy00:37:46
looking for a double play not00:37:48
necessarily looking for a strikeout00:37:50
tough tough matchup for new bar00:37:53
so we'll see and it does look like Mark00:37:55
DeRosa is coming out so that was just to00:37:59
buy an extra moment00:38:02
sa manager is going to make the pitching00:38:04
change it's only the second inning but00:38:08
it's a winner take all championship game00:38:10
and Mark DeRosa is managing like it so00:38:13
Kelly out Aaron Loop in Bases Loaded one00:38:16
down pitching change we'll be back right00:38:19
after this00:38:20
the final roster Edition Team USA made00:38:23
before this tournament began was to add00:38:26
the man who was on the mound right now00:38:28
Aaron Loop replaced Brooks Rayleigh when00:38:31
Rayleigh sustained a minor hamstring00:38:33
injury in the final day before Team USA00:38:37
began pool play in Phoenix Arizona Aaron00:38:40
Loop an 11-year veteran most known for00:38:43
his ability to match up in the late00:38:45
Innings but Mark DeRosa trusted both his00:38:48
ability and his character and DeRosa00:38:51
would know 10 years ago Aaron Loop and00:38:54
Mark DeRosa were playing teammates on00:38:56
the Toronto Blue Jays well what a spot00:38:59
for the guy who was the late ad because00:39:02
the bases are loaded and the top of the00:39:05
order is up for team Japan and a tie00:39:08
game it's only the second inning but it00:39:09
feels like a massive moment in this game00:39:11
yeah we know and Luke he's a specialist00:39:14
for left-handers but00:39:16
you know a new bar last year in 2022 he00:39:19
had left-handers better than00:39:20
right-handers out of 273 Mark and versus00:39:23
right-handers 217 so he's a specialist00:39:26
of hitting left-handers so it's a it's00:39:28
going to be an absolute challenge right00:39:30
here for Luke especially the first pitch00:39:32
he's an ambusher in Newport00:39:34
get the defense set for Newport to pull00:39:37
but that left side is a little exposed00:39:40
as great as Nolan aronado is00:39:43
loaded one out dubar who has become a00:39:46
hero in Japan00:39:50
first pitch00:39:52
I think he was just taking a pitch there00:39:55
and Luke got the call strike one00:39:58
[Music]00:40:03
spot for Aaron Luke00:40:12
strike pitch and it's strike two that's00:40:15
a good strike right there that's got00:40:17
sinking action00:40:19
our ball is coming out of second base00:40:22
very hard to time up if you're new bar00:40:24
right now you're in just00:40:26
protection mode00:40:29
on Deck then we would see ohtani if00:40:33
Japan's rally continues here's the O200:40:36
Luke Barr breaks his back slow roller to00:40:39
first base Goldsmith's only play is the00:40:41
first and Luke just got there to get the00:40:43
out on the play okomoto comes in to00:40:46
score so Japan takes its first lead 2-100:40:49
[Applause]00:40:52
[Music]00:40:54
that's the downside on Loop is he gets00:40:57
soft contact in a situation when you00:40:59
need double plays00:41:00
as you see him right there get to the00:41:02
bag00:41:04
great job right there slowing everything00:41:06
down staying behind the baseball on that00:41:09
house tossed by Goldsmith00:41:11
but he's so deceptive he's so good that00:41:13
you get a lot of soft contact00:41:16
moment when you need to double play00:41:18
kind of worked in the favors of Japan00:41:20
Japanese hitters and the value of00:41:22
putting the ball in play in a two-strike00:41:24
count to get the run home now a chance00:41:26
for more with kensuke condo00:41:28
he takes a strike00:41:32
Rondo hit the ball hard his first time00:41:34
up again tonight we've seen nothing but00:41:36
hard contact off his Bat since team00:41:38
Japan showed up in Miami00:41:40
[Music]00:41:44
this is a big spot a base hit could make00:41:46
it four to one00:41:48
well off the outside00:41:50
[Music]00:41:57
so athletic in the Box00:41:59
a lot of these Japanese hitters are very00:42:02
athletic but he's always moving there's00:42:04
always got a lot of rhythm00:42:06
and his load very first movement and00:42:10
then he just continues to wiggle00:42:13
he takes a strike well located one and00:42:16
two00:42:17
that's a good pitch00:42:19
Luke has been missing with his fastball00:42:21
in the inner third to the left-handers00:42:23
I know he's got a good slider00:42:25
[Applause]00:42:28
let the action work00:42:29
[Applause]00:42:36
here's the one too that one is hit down00:42:39
the left field line foul not00:42:43
by much00:42:46
that's all condo is trying to do right00:42:48
there trying to see the ball as deep as00:42:50
possible using the other field the left00:42:52
side of the field00:42:54
if you're Loop you want to throw that00:42:55
fastball you want to throw that fastball00:42:57
in00:42:58
nothing away00:42:59
[Music]00:43:03
[Applause]00:43:10
we'll try it again condo and check swing00:43:13
foul he did come way inside condo tried00:43:16
to hold up and00:43:18
did manage to hold up but the ball hit00:43:20
the bat foul ball00:43:22
very scary situation obviously too for00:43:25
Team USA you got to have guts in your JT00:43:27
ramunto to call that pitch inside00:43:29
knowing you had show hail Tani00:43:31
behind correct a hit batter loads of00:43:34
bases for ohtani and Team USA does not00:43:37
want that00:43:38
now time00:43:39
[Applause]00:43:44
Luke was so locked in he didn't see the00:43:46
home plate umpire he was into his motion00:43:51
trying to dig deep here00:43:55
to get Team USA out of this big second00:43:57
inning Jam00:43:59
the one two00:44:01
that one is popped up into center field00:44:04
Mike Trout is there for round number00:44:07
three00:44:09
and all things considered Aaron Luke did00:44:11
a really good job but the home run from00:44:14
murakami was a blast and Japan added one00:44:17
more after that we go to the third 2-100:44:21
Japan leads00:44:25
well first time up Mike Trout trying to00:44:28
get this USA team started00:44:32
[Applause]00:44:34
Bobby Witt wearing a microphone in The00:44:37
Dugout right off the bat he knew that00:44:40
was going to be a double for Mike Trout00:44:44
look at the max Sprint speed right there00:44:47
30 feet per second that's that's pretty00:44:49
good00:44:52
what a special player so he comes up00:44:55
here in the third00:44:58
game USA's lead is gone and now she'll00:45:02
say Togo 22 year old very young00:45:04
right-hander for the omiori Giants you00:45:07
know one thing he's coming off a career00:45:09
here in 2022 a Fly ball pitcher he00:45:11
induces a lot of soft contact with that00:45:13
slider splitter since mid 90s00:45:16
first pitch in this championship game to00:45:19
Mike Trout welcome to the game00:45:22
she'll say is strike one00:45:30
the 0-100:45:32
tip I got a piece of the catcher Owen00:45:34
two00:45:36
Mike Trout has been relatively quiet00:45:40
here in Miami these couple games Team00:45:44
USA would not be here without his00:45:46
performance he carried at times the00:45:49
United States lineup in Phoenix in pool00:45:52
play to get here to have a chance to win00:45:54
this Championship yeah00:46:02
[Applause]00:46:04
one two to Trout00:46:09
not close00:46:11
oh there's that slider right there00:46:13
a lot of the hand but it's a little too00:46:16
quick with it00:46:18
one thing I've noticed with00:46:21
Japanese pitchers they've come in a lot00:46:24
especially late00:46:25
early and late has been in on him00:46:30
the one two to trout and he got it00:46:33
swinging00:46:35
very impressive00:46:38
when you make quick work of Mike track00:46:40
right there with four pitches but check00:46:42
this splitter out it just Falls right00:46:45
out of the table00:46:46
a lot of guys in the big leagues don't00:46:48
throw that pitch00:46:50
it looks funky it looks like a fastball00:46:52
a little two seamer and all of a sudden00:46:54
it just dies on you drop side of a table00:46:56
just a good pitch right there that was00:46:58
that was that was nasty00:47:00
so now Paul Goldschmidt he takes the00:47:03
breaking ball in the dirt for ball one00:47:10
struck out his first time up that was00:47:12
against the starter e Monica00:47:15
ah one and one00:47:20
[Music]00:47:25
for an Otto on deck and then schwarber00:47:27
would follow that one is hit high in the00:47:30
air way up there coming in hard Yoshida00:47:34
from Left Field toward the line two down00:47:41
two outs Kyle Freeland is up in the00:47:44
bullpen for Team USA so I do believe in00:47:47
the bottom of this third I mean that's00:47:48
the guy who will see00:47:50
I'll clean it more of a clean inning00:47:53
type of guy who can come in and start00:47:56
fresh hopefully give him a couple00:47:57
Innings two or three Innings Max00:48:01
and I know Merrell Kelly saw him there00:48:03
in The Dugout I know he's disappointed00:48:05
Aaron Luke though00:48:07
do an excellent job00:48:10
because that could have gotten ugly for00:48:13
Team USA with the top of the order up00:48:17
only the one extra run after the Home00:48:19
Run ball one to Nolan aronado00:48:26
Play It's 1-100:48:29
you can tell the action on that fastball00:48:31
today on Togo it it's got some giddy up00:48:34
on it00:48:36
one fastball Nolan doesn't like to pull00:48:38
right there he was a little tardy00:48:40
it's one one count though anything goes00:48:42
he's throwing that good split that good00:48:44
fastball in with a Little Ride00:48:47
I would think split here00:48:52
good but mess with it00:48:55
oh now you can double up on it00:48:57
or take the adjustments of Nolan and say00:49:00
hey I gotta trust my fastball here but00:49:02
Nolan he's too smart he'll make the00:49:04
adjustment00:49:12
three and one00:49:17
I would think the play here is being00:49:19
very careful with Nolan00:49:20
I mean schwarber behind who hasn't fared00:49:23
too well in this tournament out hitting00:49:25
167.00:49:27
olin's the guy you got to be careful00:49:28
with especially in these counts fastball00:49:30
counts00:49:32
here's the 3-100:49:34
4 inside did not throw in the fastball00:49:36
it's a two-hour walk00:49:38
that's a clear message on schwerver's00:49:41
part if he's on deck hey we want to go00:49:43
we want to go against you00:49:48
that is a little dangerous because Kyle00:49:51
schwarber hasn't had his best swing00:49:53
going but all it takes is one with this00:49:56
guy sure does00:49:58
sure he really reminds me a lot of00:50:00
murakami it's one swing and he's locked00:50:04
in00:50:09
power 46 home run season last year for00:50:12
Kyle schwarber00:50:14
goes after the first pitch though pops00:50:16
it up00:50:17
will it be playable enough and the net00:50:21
just beyond the reach of the catcher00:50:24
Nakamura oh he took a really good swing00:50:27
on that fastball just missed it00:50:33
he knows it00:50:34
[Music]00:50:44
only Aaron judge and all the big league00:50:46
baseball had more home runs last year00:50:48
and the guy at the plate right now00:50:52
[Music]00:51:00
big games playoff games00:51:04
no matter where he's played Kyle00:51:06
schwarber has come up huge two-in-one00:51:13
schwarber is the type of guy as the back00:51:15
goes he likes to00:51:17
sit on a pitch kind of okay I I have a00:51:21
feeling the split's coming here and00:51:23
he'll sit on it if it's a good pitch if00:51:25
it's a hanging pitch you may have the00:51:27
lead00:51:29
[Applause]00:51:35
got the first two outs quickly trout and00:51:37
goldschman and now he's having a hard00:51:39
time throwing strikes00:51:41
two out walks00:51:43
they can hunt they can haunt you I mean00:51:45
we know who's on Deck00:51:49
it is not the guy that Japan wants to00:51:51
face with men on base00:51:54
Trey Turner waiting hoping 3-1 schwarber00:51:58
went after a high fastball that might00:52:00
have been Ball Four00:52:03
he got away with one right there in Togo00:52:07
that's two fastballs already that sure00:52:10
was been underneath00:52:13
he's gonna get a good pitch to hit here00:52:15
they don't want Turner with first and00:52:17
second00:52:22
from Jose Togo00:52:27
they go off with two down there he goes00:52:29
3-2 pitch his ball four not Columbus00:52:32
amazing00:52:34
back to back two out walks00:52:37
and the guy who has dominated play here00:52:40
in Miami is coming to the plate and that00:52:42
prompts a meeting00:52:47
well the pitch selection for me was a00:52:49
little bit strange on schwarber but00:52:51
let's take a look at that second inning00:52:52
Homer boy oh boy they just feel like00:52:55
they're the same clip from this whole00:52:57
tournament00:52:59
guys are trying to go in on him and Trey00:53:01
Turner is just too short and too good00:53:05
locked in in a way that as great as he's00:53:08
been in his career I'm not sure we've00:53:10
ever seen Trey Turner quite like this00:53:12
[Music]00:53:14
five home runs to lead Everybody In This00:53:17
World Baseball Classic matching an00:53:19
all-time tournament record00:53:29
opportunity to tie the game or who knows00:53:32
maybe much more00:53:35
[Applause]00:53:40
[Applause]00:53:46
[Music]00:53:51
first pitch to Turner Way outside and a00:53:54
great save by Nakamura00:54:00
it's overthrowing that split right there00:54:03
I'm a what a great job right there00:54:07
wow that's a saving of beauty00:54:11
[Music]00:54:13
[Applause]00:54:17
might keep the bat in the hands though00:54:19
Trey Turner that gets by maybe they just00:54:21
walk him00:54:24
here's the 1-000:54:28
[Applause]00:54:33
Everything feels dangerous right now00:54:36
against Turner00:54:38
just a little later but underneath it00:54:42
and he was caught in between right there00:54:45
he's just so good at simplifying it real00:54:47
and just have that00:54:52
the 1-100:54:53
this is it foul one and two I mean two00:54:57
strike situations have not phased him he00:54:59
hit the the Grand Slam against Venezuela00:55:03
the moment of this whole tournament in a00:55:06
two-strike count00:55:09
[Music]00:55:13
you go back to that at that four home00:55:15
runs in his last seven at bats00:55:19
[Applause]00:55:26
[Applause]00:55:29
here's the one two not this time00:55:32
the splitter strikes him out00:55:34
so Togo walks two but gets through00:55:37
Turner middle of the third it's 2-100:55:40
Japan00:55:44
coming up here for team Japan it's such00:55:47
a cool Side Story to this championship00:55:49
game the teammates in the big leagues00:55:51
maybe the two biggest stars of the sport00:55:53
tonight00:55:55
get to go head-to-head00:55:57
ohtani took batting practice again today00:56:00
younger and again it was unbelievable it00:56:03
was a facade Homer I mean every shot he00:56:06
was hitting was just unbelievable00:56:09
hitting the top of the screen there00:56:11
it was a show not too not that many00:56:14
swings but it was an absolute show00:56:17
so the new pitcher Kyle Freeland00:56:19
immediately has to face Otani and he00:56:21
bounces the breaking ball for ball one00:56:24
third pitcher of the game already for00:56:26
Team USA bottom of the third Freeland00:56:28
who pitched against Great Britain00:56:31
through three innings00:56:32
in cool play back in Phoenix00:56:35
[Music]00:56:37
got the call there 21-100:56:39
paying he is absolutely excited for the00:56:43
opportunity Denver Colorado's finest00:56:47
playing for the Rockies00:56:49
[Music]00:56:51
ohtani swings and misses one and two I00:56:55
talked to him earlier and Freeland asked00:56:57
him how much fun are you having he goes00:56:58
man what a blessing this has been00:57:01
unbelievable00:57:05
tough task00:57:08
here's just one two00:57:10
the outside did you see what ohtani said00:57:13
yesterday after the game about taking00:57:15
batting practice he really doesn't do it00:57:16
on the field during the Big League00:57:18
season he just wanted team Mexico to see00:57:20
him take some swings00:57:25
Full Count here three and two00:57:32
[Music]00:57:38
here's the 3-2 pitch00:57:40
strike three call00:57:45
oh it's a good slider right there on00:57:47
preland00:57:49
going to work quickly on shohei Otani00:57:53
a little slider cutter00:57:54
[Music]00:57:57
oh man throws them completely 3-2 you00:58:01
throw a left on left cutter like that00:58:03
more than not you're not gonna get the00:58:04
swing00:58:07
that was a well executed pitch now he00:58:09
misses inside to Yoshida00:58:11
[Music]00:58:13
this time for the great Otani00:58:20
what's up00:58:22
[Music]00:58:24
who apparently had quite the pre-game00:58:26
speech00:58:27
Otani did in the locker room before the00:58:29
game00:58:30
you sure did00:58:33
he was the guy to get up and address00:58:34
team Japan00:58:39
let's stop admiring them if you admire00:58:43
them you can't surpass them we came here00:58:45
to surpass them to reach the top for one00:58:47
day let's just throw all that away the00:58:50
admirations and just think about winning00:58:55
[Music]00:58:57
Ball Four to Yoshida so after Freeland00:59:00
struck out ohtani he gives up the four00:59:02
pitch walk00:59:05
we've seen the walk be a big play for00:59:07
Japan these last couple of nights and00:59:09
now it just feels like a whole different00:59:12
story with murataka murakami coming to00:59:14
the plate00:59:16
last night Midway through the game it00:59:18
looked like he wanted to dig a hole and00:59:21
hide and now now he walks up to the00:59:24
plate with his head held high one thing00:59:27
about murakami though he likes to swing00:59:29
first pitch especially if it's a00:59:31
fastball like the first half bat first00:59:33
pitch swinging00:59:34
last night he was swinging at all the00:59:37
first pitches they threw him00:59:39
see Freeland to the plate00:59:42
and a first pitch way could be two00:59:44
Anderson the second one Turner to first00:59:46
got him got him to play00:59:51
nicely turned by Team USA00:59:55
and their defense so Freeland gets the00:59:59
double play ball after the walk01:00:01
picked by Goldsmith at first we're01:00:04
through three two to one Japan01:00:08
we go to inning number four Team USA01:00:11
another home run from Trey Turner took a01:00:13
one-nothing lead Japan answered with two01:00:15
runs in the bottom of the second both01:00:17
starters out of the game which is not01:00:19
that surprising considering01:00:21
it's a one-game championship must win01:00:27
Togo who is a starter in Japan came on01:00:30
in relief and he'll work another inning01:00:33
at least01:00:35
against the bottom part of the order01:00:36
real Muto Mullins and Anderson do up01:00:38
here01:00:40
Muto quietly he's had a great tournament01:00:42
yeah and they've been trying to go in on01:00:44
him with fastballs inside01:00:46
cjt understands that and turns on one01:00:51
they went inside and up01:00:55
yeah but that was just tells me he was01:00:57
sitting fast while he was sitting01:00:58
fastball in01:01:04
Togo works from the wind up01:01:08
his breaking balls a little bit low it's01:01:10
one and one01:01:14
JT real Muto had the great quote the01:01:16
other day01:01:19
and I think01:01:20
speaking for everybody in that dugout01:01:24
it's one and two how could you possibly01:01:27
rather be in spring training than have a01:01:29
chance to play in these games01:01:31
laughs01:01:35
almost like the recruitment for the next01:01:37
World Baseball Classic has already01:01:39
started oh yeah01:01:42
slow roller hit foul Mike tried already01:01:45
said I'm in01:01:47
2026 count me in there Mookie Betts I01:01:50
think said the same01:01:52
Mark deroso said he thinks that01:01:55
every big position player01:01:58
for America is going to want to play01:02:00
next time around and he thinks the01:02:01
recruitment on the pitching side will be01:02:03
intense oh yeah01:02:06
one two that one line to shortstop and01:02:09
caught there by genda01:02:16
well let's look at the pitch sequence01:02:18
that ended Turner's at-bat fire hitting01:02:21
that was the split right there and I01:02:23
felt like that pitch got really Turner01:02:25
thinking you know I'm kind of in between01:02:28
the whole Outback wasn't sure what to01:02:30
really look for01:02:31
tells me that Togo had a really good01:02:33
fastball and a really good split01:02:34
especially in Turner's at-bat01:02:37
Mullins the splitter for strike one like01:02:39
that one01:02:40
if you strike out Trey Turner we're01:02:43
going to highlight you so it's a little01:02:45
carrot for every pitcher for Japan right01:02:47
now the way Trey Turner is swinging01:02:53
UPS it up01:02:55
and back01:02:57
seats01:02:58
or at least into the net in its own two01:03:04
I think for me is the ability to get01:03:07
ahead of hitters early in the at-bat01:03:09
because then the splitter really comes01:03:11
to play01:03:13
I know he's got a good fastball we know01:03:15
that He's a fly ball pitcher likes to01:03:18
get a lot of soft contact but that those01:03:20
first two pitches in the I better Soul01:03:22
crucial for Togo01:03:23
he lands him for strike he can go to01:03:26
work01:03:28
too01:03:30
and through the split Mullins did a good01:03:31
job01:03:33
[Music]01:03:36
subject Mullins who's really turned into01:03:37
a star for the Baltimore Orioles playing01:03:40
tonight maybe he's an excellent hitter01:03:45
ball Nakamura thought of a strike three01:03:49
he had a case there01:03:51
that was a good split change up right01:03:53
there caught the corner01:03:57
he came up ready to throw two two01:04:00
Mullins fights it off01:04:04
on the right field side but you talked01:04:07
about it earlier Mullins is really in01:04:09
the game tonight01:04:10
to help Mark DeRosa have the best01:04:12
possible Outfield defense that left01:04:14
field spot last night Japan was just01:04:17
sending one line drive after another out01:04:19
there01:04:21
I think he bought himself another01:04:22
splitter here 2-2 I don't think they01:04:24
would go in on him let's see that one's01:04:27
lying towards left center field and it's01:04:29
going to be caught slicing back to01:04:32
Yoshida two down01:04:37
Yoshida did such a good job with that01:04:39
first step01:04:40
fighting the lights as we see that split01:04:43
change right there01:04:44
Wellness did a good job protecting with01:04:47
two strikes look at this look at this01:04:51
oh man Yoshino so smooth back there I01:04:55
think you're right at the end maybe just01:04:57
a little difficulty seeing the ball01:04:59
looking up into the lights01:05:01
they made the catch01:05:02
[Music]01:05:03
two down here's Tim Anderson had a base01:05:05
hit his first time up swings through the01:05:08
fastball01:05:11
Tim right there took a shot01:05:15
he's such a good breaking ball hitter01:05:19
you gotta be careful with Tim Anderson01:05:20
any breaking balls he's going after him01:05:23
[Music]01:05:26
center field and fairly deep big part of01:05:29
the yard the condo for the out another01:05:32
scoreless inning for Togo 2-1 Japan01:05:35
leads01:05:39
this was the Rivalry that we all had in01:05:42
mind when the WBC was born in 2006 a01:05:45
dramatic win for the Americans that year01:05:47
but three years later Japan dominated01:05:50
Team USA in the semi-final at Dodgers01:05:53
stadium and it was in the very same01:05:55
ballpark Chavez Ravine where Team USA01:05:57
finally Advanced to the WBC championship01:06:00
game six years ago01:06:03
so the history in this event of these01:06:06
two teams going head-to-head and this01:06:08
year almost feels like more than ever01:06:10
the two best teams in the world are01:06:13
meeting for this championship and I know01:06:15
Yonder coming in the Dominican Republic01:06:17
their lineup stacked pitching depth01:06:20
Venezuela great team Puerto Rico all the01:06:23
history and the star power on that team01:06:25
but yeah01:06:27
through it all is Kyle Freeland back to01:06:29
work and a swing on a high fly ball left01:06:32
center field to deep Mullins at the wall01:06:34
it's gone01:06:40
thank you01:06:45
[Music]01:06:49
oh no surprise past five seasons 30 plus01:06:54
home runs we know the power is there in01:06:57
okamoto 164 home runs in that span01:07:02
he got a good pitch to hit right there01:07:04
boy oh boy he did not miss it01:07:09
his second home run of this World01:07:11
Baseball Classic and the second home run01:07:13
of the night for Japan just a little01:07:15
baby slider stayed right over the plate01:07:18
call extension two-hand finish01:07:21
he knew it was gone as soon as he left01:07:24
his back01:07:25
uh Yamada pops it up right center field01:07:28
Mookie Betts calls off Mike Trout01:07:30
[Music]01:07:32
is out number one01:07:35
it just sounds different than01:07:39
as soon as he left his back there was a01:07:42
no doubter they knew01:07:46
maybe the only doubt Outfield walls a01:07:50
little higher there one of the biggest01:07:51
parts of the ballpark and this is not an01:07:55
easy home run hitters ballpark01:07:58
but you're right that was crushed now01:08:00
genda01:08:01
takes a strike careful with a good push01:08:04
button here01:08:07
try to run it towards Tim Anderson01:08:10
[Music]01:08:13
he's playing deep if he can get it by01:08:14
the pitcher01:08:17
almost like a swinging butt but he hit01:08:19
it foul off his foot so it's only two01:08:21
the beauty of this team is shohel Tony01:08:23
yesterday was saying oh this is the best01:08:26
team01:08:27
that he's ever been on in the top to01:08:30
bottom they got the defense they got the01:08:32
power they got the speed they got the01:08:34
pitching01:08:36
[Music]01:08:40
once one nothing USA now it's 3-1 Japan01:08:46
events the manager for japanideki01:08:49
kuriyama we're talking to him today01:08:51
before the game01:08:53
the guy at the plate right here sosuke01:08:55
and not just the greatest shortstop01:08:57
right now01:08:59
he called him the greatest shortstop in01:09:01
Japanese baseball history defensively01:09:05
that Rookie of the Year in 2017 and01:09:08
after that he has disappointed01:09:10
defensively five straight Golden Glove01:09:12
Awards01:09:13
given to the best defender01:09:16
in his League at his position01:09:19
slashes that one foul and that's what01:09:22
Japan's always been able to do is01:09:24
they're not going to make the mistakes01:09:25
they're going to hit the right Cuts01:09:27
they're going to play the right defense01:09:28
they're going to run the right bases01:09:30
they're gonna make you beat them or beat01:09:32
them the right way01:09:34
they're not gonna give you outs01:09:36
[Music]01:09:39
two01:09:41
outside01:09:47
defensive run save leaders since the01:09:50
start of 2021 at shortstop in the big01:09:52
leagues Correa walls Rojas kainer falefa01:09:55
and we we do have measurements let's get01:09:58
the Strikes Out Swinging for baseball01:10:01
wow01:10:03
[Music]01:10:07
that's incredible and we saw him making01:10:09
a spectacular over-the-shoulder catch in01:10:12
last night's win01:10:14
there were so many plays like that last01:10:16
night for Japan the relay to cut down01:10:18
the run at home plate the01:10:20
over-the-shoulder catch that added up to01:10:22
give Japan a chance to come from behind01:10:25
and win01:10:29
the place hitter Nakamura takes ball one01:10:32
I think I noticed with all the01:10:34
infielters for for Japan they catch the01:10:36
ball not only two heads but with one01:10:40
tells you how sure they are of their01:10:42
hands01:10:46
short arnotto is going to cut it off01:10:49
snap the drill the drill first01:10:52
Miami Florida the same for this01:10:54
championship game in the World Baseball01:10:56
Classic01:10:59
fireworks over the water and fireworks01:11:02
all tournament long inside with the01:11:04
quality of baseball we've seen in this01:11:06
ballpark over the last 10 plus days has01:11:09
been phenomenal01:11:11
sure has been01:11:16
United States and Japan going01:11:18
head-to-head here01:11:19
another new pitcher for Japan hiroto01:11:23
takakashi takes over third pitcher of01:11:25
the game for Japan with a smile on his01:11:27
face01:11:28
top of the order coming up for Team USA01:11:31
he should have a smile he's one of those01:11:33
young studs who is a strong candidate01:11:35
for the biggest eye-opener for01:11:36
international fans this is a guy 29 K01:11:40
rate was second best behind Roki Sasaki01:11:42
a guy who pitched yesterday throwing 10001:11:44
102 miles an hour this guy has a really01:11:47
good splitter gets a lot of swings and01:11:49
misses on the fastball big Chopper to01:11:51
third gonna be a tough play to throw low01:11:53
and got him in first I don't know01:11:58
the intentional bounce and perfect to01:12:02
first base Team USA is going to01:12:04
challenge it was Bang Bang01:12:07
boy mookie really smelled that hit take01:12:09
a look here01:12:12
oh yeah I think he's safe01:12:15
I think he's safe oh best look here01:12:19
he is on the bag yeah he's safe safe01:12:24
just barely01:12:30
wow01:12:31
that was great all the way around01:12:36
even with the microphone not functioning01:12:38
we know what they're looking at and it01:12:40
shouldn't take long01:12:42
I wouldn't think01:12:43
it would take that long01:12:48
[Music]01:12:53
crowd seeing this great view the one01:12:55
that we just saw01:13:14
so they overturned the call with replay01:13:17
and mookie bets just terrific hustle and01:13:20
speed01:13:24
he was waiting he wanted a call01:13:27
continue and now Mike Trout comes up01:13:31
a great effort by murakami01:13:37
when Takahashi is 98 to 10001:13:39
good split oh man I can't wait to see01:13:43
this at that transpired against the01:13:45
youngest pitcher toward Japan he's only01:13:48
20 years old big lead by Mookie01:13:51
[Applause]01:13:53
Takahashi throws and a fastball just a01:13:58
little bit High01:14:06
[Applause]01:14:09
[Music]01:14:12
[Applause]01:14:19
there's the 1-001:14:21
just outside again two close pitches two01:14:24
good takes01:14:25
[Applause]01:14:28
see that pitch the right call down and01:14:31
away [Applause]01:14:33
[Music]01:14:34
Mike likes to take his chances here 2-001:14:39
Takahashi he's got to trust that 97.01:14:44
again good size lead over at first base01:14:48
and he didn't throw him throw the01:14:50
fastball01:14:51
he threw that split01:14:53
a lot of swings and misses with that01:14:55
split that's his best pitch that's his01:14:58
go-to pitch even though he throws 97 9801:15:00
miles an hour01:15:04
my goodness01:15:06
the quality of pitching we're seeing01:15:08
here01:15:09
[Applause]01:15:11
yeah this guy 20 years old he is an01:15:14
eye-opener01:15:19
Trout's still ahead though 2-101:15:22
pitch on the way foul to the backstop so01:15:24
he followed the split with 97 and that's01:15:26
what the split does to you right there01:15:28
throws at 2-001:15:31
catchy swinging get you biting on it now01:15:33
I can throw my 98. now anything goes01:15:37
I would think if you're if you're Mike01:15:39
you got to start with the fastball you01:15:41
have to adjust got to look up in the01:15:42
zone01:15:50
[Applause]01:15:53
[Music]01:15:55
the 2-2 and that one comes way inside01:15:59
[Applause]01:16:06
well we see Mike with two strikes he01:16:07
likes to go the other way what does01:16:09
Japan do let's tie him him up let's01:16:11
let's move his feet01:16:17
you definitely moved01:16:19
had to01:16:21
tough pitch right here because anything01:16:23
goes this is not just a fastball count01:16:25
his pitch is a splitter01:16:29
vets might be going01:16:35
is not and the ball is pulled foul01:16:39
was that splitter01:16:44
the more the f-back goes the more01:16:46
Advantage it leads to Mike Trout now01:16:50
he's seen that splitter three or four01:16:52
times he seemed that fastball at 97-9801:16:54
he's too good of a hitter not to01:16:56
minute01:16:57
you know pick up his pinpoint01:17:00
on Takahashi01:17:02
[Applause]01:17:10
he looks dangerous he does another 3-201:17:14
the01:17:15
pitched he got it with that nasty01:17:18
splitter01:17:22
that was nasty01:17:24
doesn't necessarily have to be a strike01:17:27
but it's the action the action of the01:17:30
fastball that leads to that splitter and01:17:33
leads to that swing01:17:35
[Applause]01:17:36
wow that is a 20 year old01:17:40
championship game against the best01:17:43
hitter in the world01:17:48
been the biggest eye-opener in this01:17:49
tournament01:17:52
what it's not over for him yet he's got01:17:55
to get through at least one more maybe01:17:57
two maybe more Paul Goldschmidt01:18:00
side with the fastball01:18:06
coach Mido for two he's had a lot of01:18:08
good at bats in the World Baseball01:18:10
Classic01:18:11
[Music]01:18:17
and Nolan aronado the returning players01:18:19
from that championship team six years01:18:22
ago01:18:25
1-0 swings through the fastball dropped01:18:28
by Nakamura but01:18:30
he bets staying put01:18:32
his stuff is so explosive01:18:35
and we've seen some of the best hitters01:18:38
have very awkward swings and Mike Trout01:18:41
and now go Smith and it tells you the01:18:44
fastball01:18:45
how explosive it is01:18:58
one and one long pause maybe to help01:19:02
freeze the runner Goldsmith took a big01:19:04
swing fouled it back I would think of01:19:06
mookie at some point here he's going to01:19:08
test it he's got to test the waters at01:19:10
some point01:19:11
[Music]01:19:12
I'm sure he's got the green light01:19:13
they're talking about how fast he is to01:19:15
home plate01:19:16
[Music]01:19:19
a little bit unsure right now01:19:22
you gotta pick the right pitches01:19:32
count right here01:19:37
[Applause]01:19:40
Takahashi one two and through the split01:19:44
he bounced it it was blocked Lincoln bet01:19:47
stays over at first01:19:52
foreign01:20:01
thing about the running game you're down01:20:07
you have power at the plate01:20:10
just you don't want to make it out on01:20:13
the bases01:20:16
strikeout stuff for Takahashi the artist01:20:19
struck out by trout01:20:22
now trying to get Goldsmith the 2-201:20:25
strike three call fastball Frozen01:20:31
well it tells you how nasty his splitter01:20:34
is you rarely see01:20:37
Bo Smith getting Frozen like that on a01:20:39
fastball especially with two strikes01:20:43
it just tells you it is explosive01:20:45
everything he's got with two pitches01:20:50
very impressive01:20:52
two down and Nolan aronado walked his01:20:56
last time up01:21:01
[Music]01:21:03
Nolan likes to swing first pitcher01:21:06
it gets a good pitch he's he's looking01:21:08
to pull he's looking up slug01:21:13
pitch01:21:15
of all01:21:17
good take right there01:21:21
[Music]01:21:24
so far this has been really impressive01:21:26
the youngest player for Japan one of the01:21:28
youngest players in the entire World01:21:29
Baseball Classic01:21:33
on the mound against the heart of the01:21:35
order for Team USA01:21:40
there's 1-001:21:42
just outside with a fastball 2-001:21:46
so amazed by their delivery and how they01:21:49
can throw so hard and kind of pause01:21:52
their their follow through01:21:54
on one leg01:21:56
it's amazing to watch it's a 20 year old01:21:59
right now 97 98 with the vicious01:22:03
splitter01:22:04
make some of the best hitters in the01:22:06
world look like they've looked in this01:22:08
inning01:22:09
starter in Japan he's got the stuff of a01:22:12
closer01:22:16
it's 2-0 that one is lightened into left01:22:18
field that's a base hit for Nolan01:22:19
Arenado01:22:21
one hop to Yoshida Betts will stop in01:22:24
second01:22:28
oh Nolan's been watching the at-bat01:22:30
transpire throughout this these Innings01:22:32
through a 2-0 split to Mike Trout 2-001:22:36
split to Nolan Nolan was ready for it01:22:38
[Music]01:22:41
let's talk about the head down look at01:22:44
this moment of contact head down01:22:46
completely staying through the baseball01:22:50
just so consistent01:22:52
that is the classic Nolan arnato swing01:22:58
now schwarber who's over one pitched him01:23:01
very carefully last time walked in01:23:04
that was Togo now Takahashi01:23:07
on the previous battle he missed a01:23:09
couple fastballs that he wanted back01:23:10
they baited him with some Splitters but01:23:13
this is a totally different animal in01:23:15
takahachi01:23:19
thank you01:23:21
great chance for schwarber though Two on01:23:23
Two Out01:23:24
he01:23:25
takes a little bit high ball one that's01:23:28
where they've gone they've gone up up01:23:30
the ladder with him and soft down and01:23:32
away01:23:36
a lot of times in hitters counts they've01:23:38
gone soft01:23:39
even counts more fastballs up in the01:23:42
zone and he's lurking and Otani trying01:23:45
to stay loose01:23:48
grind of a half inning01:23:50
[Applause]01:23:53
off the inside 2-001:23:59
some good takes from the USA hitters in01:24:02
this inning because these pitchers are01:24:03
these are not big misses01:24:06
[Music]01:24:11
Team USA looking for a big hit and who01:24:15
knows maybe a big fly01:24:18
[Applause]01:24:20
we'll take a shot here01:24:23
here's the 2-0 in the dirt through the01:24:26
splitter and it's 3-0 well again same01:24:29
situation here you got Trey Turner the01:24:32
hottest hitter on the planet right now01:24:34
waiting on Deck01:24:36
if schwarber walks01:24:38
and Turner would come up with the bases01:24:40
loaded01:24:42
he's the guy here though with two outs01:24:44
you know I know you got Turner behind01:24:46
but it's a fastball count for 95 of the01:24:50
time01:24:53
we'll see if it is here 3-001:24:57
Takahashi schwarber swings 3-0 and it's01:24:59
a Fly ball center field01:25:01
in the ballpark nuke bar for round01:25:04
number three he took a chance there and01:25:07
just missed it01:25:09
done a great job by the 20 year old01:25:11
Takahashi01:25:17
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consent look who is headed to the01:25:31
bullpen for team Japan01:25:34
so we'll see it's not a guarantee that01:25:36
we'll01:25:37
see him in the game but that gives you a01:25:40
pretty good indication that01:25:42
with a 3-1 lead Japan is preparing for01:25:45
the late Innings with one of the best01:25:46
pitchers in the world01:25:48
top of the order here in the bottom of01:25:50
the fifth Japan already leads 3-101:25:52
they've hit two home runs01:25:54
in this game tonight01:25:58
that lasted bat was one where he found a01:26:02
way to get another run home01:26:05
against a left-handed reliever put the01:26:07
ball in play in a two-strike count01:26:10
at that point it made it two to one yeah01:26:12
Luke got the ground ball it's just when01:26:14
you're throwing those Sinker Ballers01:26:15
more than not on left-handers you're01:26:17
gonna get the soft contact01:26:19
hit that one hard but a pop-up into01:26:22
right field mookie bets one away01:26:27
and this was interesting 3-0 count two01:26:30
on Trey Turner on Deck they gave the01:26:33
green light to Kyle schwarber I don't01:26:34
really have a problem with it I think01:26:36
early on especially this is01:26:38
this is a changer of the game01:26:39
[Music]01:26:43
more than not a 95 98 chance of getting01:26:46
a fastball he did get the fastball he's01:26:49
got to live with the results01:26:51
he went right to it there's not much to01:26:53
really talk about his he was just a01:26:55
little Tardy on the fastball he's01:26:56
refreshed refreshed refresh he wants to01:26:58
see that pitch that he missed because I01:27:00
mean I think the point you make is an01:27:02
important one01:27:04
you really got to trust your guy 3-001:27:06
with as hot as Trey Turner has been01:27:10
but you trust him to swing at the right01:27:12
pitch 3-0 and he did I mean look we've01:27:15
seen him in the past he this guy at any01:27:17
given moment right he'll change the game01:27:19
and you know in this part of the game in01:27:22
the fifth inning it's just a momentum01:27:23
swing that Mark DeRosa is looking for01:27:26
and you had the right guy I mean sure01:27:28
would you like to get Turner with basic01:27:30
loaded but it's a totally different01:27:32
animal of the what ifs that could have01:27:34
should have would have I don't I don't01:27:38
mind the move and and even just you got01:27:41
a guy who led the league in home runs01:27:42
getting a fastball right down the middle01:27:44
against01:27:46
[Music]01:27:47
tough right-handed pitcher01:27:53
I think you put it you got to live with01:27:55
the result gotta live with it01:27:58
I would think if it's a seventh or01:27:59
eighth inning01:28:00
it's a little different right now why01:28:04
not 3-1 pitch condo takes ball four so01:28:08
that's a one hour walk with Otani coming01:28:10
up01:28:20
well at your point at the start of The01:28:23
Telecast Yonder was01:28:25
Japan's got a lot of great hitters we've01:28:27
seen them in this tournament but01:28:31
you just have a hard time thinking01:28:34
you're going to let this guy beat you in01:28:35
a championship game01:28:37
[Applause]01:28:40
well in the prior at that01:28:43
Freeland really was on on the slider the01:28:46
cutter not too many fastballs01:28:49
[Music]01:28:52
Tommy chased one that's the first01:28:55
fastball he's seen from Freeland01:28:57
boy it was up and in riding at you he's01:29:00
not picking up Freeland will at all01:29:03
and that's like you rarely see shohei01:29:06
with those types of swings01:29:09
now that might free Freeland up a little01:29:10
bit to go after him01:29:12
snaps a throw to first condo he's got to01:29:15
be careful01:29:17
freeland's got the good pickoff move01:29:20
that's been the goal to left on left01:29:23
they've been going in JT's been calling01:29:25
the fastballs inside on a lot of the01:29:26
left-handers01:29:32
[Music]01:29:35
you got to be able to throw in and make01:29:37
sure it's in01:29:39
it's a dangerous situation to play with01:29:44
[Music]01:29:46
softer01:29:48
[Music]01:29:55
you could take by Otani seemed to see01:29:57
that pitch pretty well01:30:02
you know the play could be fastballs01:30:03
back in01:30:05
but you've highlighted show hey01:30:08
he can't beat you01:30:10
he wants that fastball again01:30:13
2-1 pitch oh Tommy got jammed hits the01:30:18
ground ball01:30:19
Anderson there to make the play and01:30:21
throw out Otani and you've got to give a01:30:22
lot of credit to Freeland right there01:30:24
with JT ramunto wanting the slider and01:30:27
freelance saying no I trust my fastball01:30:28
I trust my ride my sink on it01:30:31
I'm gonna get this pitch in01:30:33
and I'm gonna Jam show hey right here to01:30:35
hopefully get a double play he jammed01:30:37
him that's a quality pitch right there01:30:41
[Applause]01:30:46
that's just a picture executing his game01:30:48
plan I was and I think you're right to01:30:50
point out it takes a little guts01:30:52
is one of the great catchers in the01:30:55
world01:30:56
Shake him off to go with the pitch you01:30:58
want that's what you're supposed to do01:30:59
it's you're the pitcher you're throwing01:31:01
the pitch but01:31:03
I love it I mean that that's just if it01:31:06
tells you anything about Freeland and01:31:08
who he is and the grit and desire he has01:31:11
to pitch for Team USA it's right there01:31:13
in that at bat but now he's got to get01:31:16
through Yoshida and he misses high and01:31:19
tight ball one01:31:22
it's on that ground ball condo move to01:31:24
Second so runner in scoring position01:31:26
Japan already ahead three to one01:31:30
[Music]01:31:33
he's looked01:31:35
he's seen everything we talked about it01:31:39
yesterday how he's it felt like every at01:31:41
that he was too old he was protecting01:31:43
the strike zone he really does a good01:31:44
job of swinging at the right pitch as it01:31:46
once again01:31:47
gotta be very careful here with Yoshida01:31:51
[Music]01:31:54
Kyle Freeland a check hit second01:31:57
really a long look back there01:32:00
she uh takes a strike hey there's really01:32:02
no break in this lineup for Japan and01:32:05
all these guys do all the things well I01:32:09
think especially when you have that01:32:11
Runner out there in scoring position01:32:13
that's when they go to work they make it01:32:16
very hard on the pitcher01:32:21
2-101:32:23
Sheena fouled that one back out of play01:32:28
they don't have the top to bottom power01:32:30
that the lineup for USA has they have01:32:33
power they've hit two home runs in this01:32:34
championship game01:32:39
the question becomes for Mark DeRosa if01:32:41
he gets out of this inning do you bring01:32:43
him back up01:32:44
for the bottom of the six in Freeland01:32:49
you got a very healthy Bullpen right now01:32:51
and starting a clean inning01:32:53
I would think he would go to it01:32:56
here's the 2-2 Yoshida topper right back01:32:59
to the bound Kyle Freeland has it and he01:33:02
throws him out clean inning Perfection01:33:04
for Mr Freeland Denver's finest01:33:08
what a great inning button01:33:12
moments ago right in front of me sholay01:33:15
Otani walked from Team Japan's Dugout to01:33:18
the bullpen he is going to be able to01:33:21
prepare to potentially enter this game01:33:23
late and it's an extraordinary scene01:33:26
Dave and Yonder you think back to when01:33:28
team Japan won the World Baseball01:33:29
Classic in 2009 that was with Daisuke01:33:32
Matsuzaka as the starter and you Darvis01:33:35
closing it out the possibility exists01:33:37
tonight gentlemen that we could see01:33:39
Otani on the mound against his Angel's01:33:41
teammate Mike Trout01:33:44
it's hard to imagine what that's going01:33:47
to feel like if he comes in the game for01:33:49
now hiromi Ito will take over for Japan01:33:52
the fourth pitcher of the night01:33:53
[Music]01:33:56
stuff this is a guy who's really not a01:33:59
hard thrower he's got an ephus pitch01:34:02
which he's quartered on wanting to use01:34:05
in the World Baseball Classic01:34:07
saw both Darvish and Otani out there01:34:10
first pitch nice low to Trey Turner yeah01:34:13
he relies a lot on off-speed pitches and01:34:15
deception01:34:17
trying to fool these American hitters01:34:21
Turner has hit another home run tonight01:34:23
his fifth of the tournament01:34:26
got the strike Anthony's 1-101:34:32
Let's Get Enough velocity that one at 9301:34:35
miles an hour at least to plant the sea01:34:38
yeah01:34:41
1-1 Turner off the end of the bat to01:34:45
left field01:34:47
Yoshida one away01:34:49
[Applause]01:34:52
thank you01:34:54
seen a lot of these American hitters01:34:56
really wanting to pull the baseball01:34:59
we'll do a little bit too much01:35:07
start counting those01:35:09
more these hitters start start to press01:35:12
a little bit now this game's getting01:35:14
late for the United States they're the01:35:16
visiting team we're in the top of the01:35:17
sixth01:35:22
if Japan plays it right01:35:25
first pitch to real Muto oh it's a01:35:28
strike now is it likely that they'll01:35:30
only have to go through those big01:35:31
hitters one more time no but it's01:35:33
possible it's possible01:35:36
they certainly had the weapons in the01:35:38
bullpen to do so01:35:43
Muto one for two at the plate01:35:49
close one and one Team USA has six hits01:35:52
Japan has four hits but01:35:54
[Music]01:35:55
two home runs for Japan01:36:02
this would be interesting to see what01:36:04
the plan is in terms of the timing of01:36:06
shohei Otani01:36:11
and the fact that he went down there now01:36:14
another pitch dropped but the call made01:36:16
by Lance Barksdale it's one and two he01:36:19
had a different01:36:20
right-hander warming up in the pit I say01:36:24
otah01:36:25
[Music]01:36:27
Tani did make it out in the last half01:36:29
inning01:36:30
second to last out01:36:36
on two01:36:41
he just tried to think along with the01:36:43
manager how it's just complicated01:36:45
ohtania is not pitched in relief since01:36:47
2016 in any setting01:36:49
so in terms of balancing his job as a01:36:52
hitter and also trying to find a way to01:36:55
get him ready to pitch01:36:57
it's delicate well I would I would think01:36:59
they would want to give Otani a clean01:37:01
inning yeah right you know you got01:37:03
Darvish there as well he's sitting but I01:37:06
would think Oto will be a guy who's01:37:07
warming up in case01:37:10
if Ito gets in trouble that would be my01:37:12
guess too01:37:15
what AB shohei targeted for the seventh01:37:18
yes the seventh it just depends how much01:37:21
time he needs to warm up I mean you know01:37:23
most starters take a little bit longer01:37:25
than Bullpen guys on the ground the01:37:27
third and pick clean by murakami and he01:37:30
throws it out so does he need two01:37:32
innings does he need an inning and a01:37:35
half to get ready that's that's kind of01:37:37
the question mark we don't really know01:37:39
correct and again we're it's just01:37:41
speculation for us but01:37:44
I'm only thinking that his managers sent01:37:48
him out there now01:37:51
kind of makes you think01:37:55
that as opposed to saving him say for01:37:57
the ninth inning which was some01:37:58
speculation coming in01:38:00
maybe he's going to pitch a little01:38:02
earlier than that we'll see Cedric01:38:04
Mullins01:38:06
all I know is we we got the next three01:38:10
Innings that are gonna be don't go01:38:12
anywhere01:38:13
don't go anywhere01:38:16
oh my goodness01:38:18
Pro Baseball Classic championship game01:38:20
tonight01:38:23
and one01:38:28
well you told even though he does not01:38:30
have the power of stuff he's not he's01:38:32
only 25 years old very sharp01:38:38
two and one01:38:43
but he he's definitely not it's01:38:45
interesting he's in this game because he01:38:47
definitely was not circled as one of the01:38:49
pitchers most likely to pitch in the big01:38:52
time pressure spots01:38:58
but here he is01:39:01
2-101:39:03
foul ball it's two and two01:39:09
oh he's got the ifas pitch very01:39:14
very gutsy if he wants to try it here01:39:16
but01:39:17
it's been going with the slider oh he's01:39:20
got a good fastball01:39:23
[Applause]01:39:24
he's something if he broke it out here01:39:26
wouldn't it01:39:27
I don't think so two two I don't either01:39:29
he struck him out01:39:33
nasty went with 94. and neromi Ito01:39:37
retires aside in order middle of the six01:39:39
still 3-1 Japan01:39:41
foreign01:39:44
closing in on the end of what has been a01:39:47
tremendous showcase for the game of01:39:50
baseball around the world01:39:52
Samurai Japan against Team USA01:39:55
championship game of this World Baseball01:39:57
Classic and we go to the bottom of the01:39:59
sixth Japan01:40:00
as the 3-1 lead and now Mark DeRosa is01:40:04
going to start to line up his true01:40:05
relievers and he's going to start with01:40:07
the right-hander Jason Adam yeah Jason01:40:09
Adam he's got a low 80 sliders good01:40:12
change up in that mid 90s four seamer01:40:14
but this is a guy who really relies on01:40:17
his slider opponent last year we're01:40:18
hitting .98 with it and they only01:40:21
slugged 178. Adams is that guy who'll01:40:24
get on top of you with this fast but01:40:26
we'll finish you off with that breaking01:40:27
ball gotta be careful with this guy the01:40:29
big big Power and a breaking ball to01:40:33
jump ahead on one against murakami01:40:35
that's a good breaking ball right there01:40:37
we see murakami jump on first pitch01:40:39
heaters both times both have bats01:40:42
he's had tonight01:40:44
a home run and has grounded into a01:40:46
double play Big shift on for murakami01:40:49
fastball on the outside01:40:51
[Music]01:40:56
Trey Turner's the guy who's gone out01:40:58
really to play shallow right field01:41:06
foreign01:41:09
[Music]01:41:16
[Music]01:41:20
so that's interesting01:41:22
that makes me think01:41:24
I was wrong about the way they're trying01:41:26
to plot out the last few innings01:41:29
[Music]01:41:31
maybe odani just wanted to watch the01:41:33
game from a different spot Maybe01:41:39
think a little bit about using his bench01:41:42
[Music]01:41:47
again we don't know exactly how even you01:41:52
Darvish is allowed to be used01:42:00
I don't think one thing01:42:02
got it that's a good change up right01:42:05
there but if you're gonna go with01:42:07
Darvish Darvish needs more time than a01:42:10
half inning to get going for the seventh01:42:13
[Music]01:42:15
think that's that would be fair01:42:21
well01:42:23
come on we'll keep our eyes out there at01:42:26
Team Japan bullpen01:42:29
meanwhile okamoto who has hit a home run01:42:32
in this championship game01:42:34
he's two for two he scored two of the01:42:36
three runs so he's having a big night01:42:38
takes the breaking ball for a strike01:42:42
[Music]01:42:48
great career in Japan01:42:50
Five Seasons with 30 plus home runs we01:42:52
know about the power01:42:55
[Music]01:42:56
new one01:43:03
so simple his load01:43:05
so simple his stance01:43:09
very very compact01:43:11
[Music]01:43:12
look at the numbers there the Murray01:43:15
Giants01:43:22
the 1-101:43:25
hit down the right field line it's going01:43:28
to slice though and make it back into01:43:29
the seats01:43:32
very compact to the baseball01:43:35
[Applause]01:43:37
[Music]01:43:42
and free hitter gets his own song01:43:48
and chance enchant01:43:54
see if they can Inspire okamoto here's01:43:59
the one too Struck it now with the01:44:01
breaking ball that's a good slider right01:44:03
there [Applause]01:44:06
and he got murakami with the changeup01:44:08
now Komodo with the slider01:44:11
[Music]01:44:12
shows you the ability of atoms and his01:44:14
pitches those really quantity pitches01:44:17
right there oh that's just unhittable01:44:19
for Oklahoma01:44:21
town and Away starts with a fastball01:44:24
though01:44:25
for the slider01:44:27
so two outs Jason Adams come into this01:44:30
game looks great01:44:32
suto Yamada01:44:36
veteran player01:44:38
basketball high ball one there's01:44:40
something about his leg kick though man01:44:42
he picks it up and then just Glides it01:44:45
around home plate01:44:47
[Music]01:44:56
there goes the leg nothing so slider01:45:00
strike one01:45:01
I've been very surprised by Japanese01:45:04
fans I mean we see the Budweiser deck01:45:06
over there it's it's filled completely01:45:12
shown up01:45:13
[Music]01:45:17
there's the 1-101:45:19
missed with a breaking ball outside01:45:26
so Yamada I had an account two on one01:45:28
the power for Japan mostly not here in01:45:31
the bottom part of the order01:45:33
and I would think he'll challenge him01:45:34
here with a fastball I would think so01:45:37
[Music]01:45:39
Jason Adam01:45:41
is 2-1 pitch he didn't he threw the01:45:45
breaking ball and fooled him tells you01:45:47
how reliable he feels about that pitch01:45:49
with the slider01:45:51
were hitting in the low 200s01:45:55
[Music]01:45:56
[Applause]01:45:58
slugging just 178 off of it01:46:02
[Applause]01:46:06
Jason Adam ready and the 2-2 pitch down01:46:11
and away with the slider again01:46:15
I I agree with you the the principle is01:46:18
sort of the same but he's he trusts that01:46:21
breaking ball big time01:46:24
whatever it is01:46:26
he needs to throw a strike01:46:34
Full Count three and two01:46:37
here's the pitch01:46:39
it's Ball Four he walked him01:46:42
we've seen over and over in this01:46:44
tournament two-hour walks really haunt01:46:46
you01:46:49
well that's his go-to pitch it's a01:46:51
slider01:46:52
really opponents haven't done much with01:46:54
it I mean you can see why he loves it01:46:55
it's just a dominant pitch01:46:59
so there's a reason why he throws it a01:47:01
lot01:47:02
but01:47:04
Yamato's got enough speed to wear01:47:06
especially on this fast Turf here in01:47:08
Miami01:47:09
if gendek slashes one down the line01:47:11
could get one in the Gap that two-hour01:47:14
walk could turn into an extra run01:47:19
Sasuke agenda the shortstop an eighth01:47:22
place hitter01:47:24
one for two tonight [Applause]01:47:30
the runner goes pitch taken very high01:47:32
real muto's throw slide safe in second01:47:41
well your mother stole that off Adams01:47:44
that was not JT Royal munta right there01:47:46
very slow to the plate with that high01:47:48
lead kick way too much speed in Yamada01:47:51
JT just couldn't do anything with that01:47:56
I really love the feet first slides01:48:01
good hard tag but just too much speed01:48:04
right there01:48:06
so that's big that walk essentially01:48:07
turns into a two out extra base hit01:48:09
that's why two out walks are dangerous01:48:11
especially with a guy like him01:48:13
a lot of speed01:48:15
so now01:48:17
genda a chance to just flip a base in01:48:19
anywhere and add to the lead this is01:48:21
when he'll make you work right here and01:48:22
get the01:48:26
[Applause]01:48:28
wanna know the count Adam looking back01:48:30
to second now throws01:48:33
Senator misses High the one thing about01:48:35
genda is they've been going hard on him01:48:38
we understand he's got the the broken01:48:40
pinky so hard is the play the problem is01:48:43
with Ganda he's understanding that01:48:45
as he's hit some balls to the left side01:48:47
of the field big hole out out there in01:48:50
left field01:48:53
[Applause]01:48:56
the 2-0 pitch and uh tops it foul that's01:48:59
a good changeup01:49:02
very good change up right there01:49:09
real pressure pitches now for Adam01:49:14
because I'm sure Team USA all the01:49:18
power on their offensive side they're01:49:20
feeling like they can't fall another run01:49:22
behind01:49:27
two and one01:49:29
the pitch way outside01:49:36
well the thing is that with atoms the01:49:39
soft stuff that's that's that's a01:49:40
contact pitch01:49:42
so if you're going to01:49:44
kind of you're sitting soft here01:49:47
he's been throwing it01:49:52
[Applause]01:49:54
[Music]01:49:55
[Applause]01:49:56
here's the 3-101:49:58
that is ball four so back to back walks01:50:01
so that was an easy take01:50:03
two on for Japan but two outs I wouldn't01:50:07
mind a mountain visit right here kind of01:50:08
slow everything down01:50:15
[Music]01:50:18
oh Tawny now you get the bottom part of01:50:21
the order so otani's been sitting out in01:50:23
the bullpen the last inning but it's at01:50:26
least possible that his spot's going to01:50:28
come up here in the sixth if this rally01:50:30
continues so01:50:32
also back in shohei01:50:36
Little League baseball01:50:37
[Applause]01:50:39
Championship setting01:50:40
[Applause]01:50:47
two on two out no visit to the mound01:50:50
from Andy Pettit the pitching coach now01:50:52
a breaking ball that goes over the head01:50:54
of Nakamura for ball one Jason Adam01:50:58
right now having a hard time with his01:50:59
command01:51:00
[Music]01:51:04
Nakamura01:51:06
has already walked in this game01:51:09
he got the lead off hitter on Deck01:51:17
the 1-0 pitch01:51:20
got the call there01:51:23
that's a much better slider right there01:51:25
not Darvish01:51:28
to his favor they've taken a longer time01:51:31
in this inning01:51:32
yeah he's had a lot of time now he01:51:35
it's hard for us to know we're not down01:51:37
there but01:51:39
is that a lot of time to get ready01:51:43
the 1-1 pitch way outside ball two01:51:50
struck out murakami struck out okamoto01:51:53
the big Power hitters and now 78901:51:56
hitters01:51:57
straight walks and a 2-1 count to the01:52:00
catcher Nakamura01:52:03
[Music]01:52:09
gotta find the strike zone01:52:12
here's his 2-1 pitch01:52:14
that is inside ball three01:52:18
wow01:52:21
he's just all over the place01:52:23
he's lost it he's lost command of his01:52:25
fastball he's lost command of his slider01:52:27
his go-to pitch01:52:29
I just think at this point you go with01:52:31
what you know best01:52:33
[Music]01:52:36
shaken as real Muto go through goes01:52:38
through the signs he wants to go through01:52:39
him again01:52:40
[Music]01:52:42
lived and die his whole career with his01:52:45
slider I would think the sliders what's01:52:46
coming01:52:49
excellent speed on the bases for Japan01:52:52
two one two out01:52:54
bottom six a 3-1 count here's the pitch01:52:57
it is not even close to the backstop01:53:00
ball four01:53:01
[Applause]01:53:03
so with two outs and nobody on Jason01:53:06
Adam has walked the bases loaded01:53:11
team USA's Bullpen this whole time has01:53:14
been quiet01:53:18
this is his inning01:53:20
they don't have the and that that pitch01:53:23
not even close and you say that's his01:53:25
comfort pitch that's his bread and01:53:27
butter yeah it's just not even not even01:53:29
close01:53:32
I mean one issue for Mark DeRosa and01:53:34
Team USA is there there are not a lot of01:53:37
pitchers that have the green light01:53:41
to come in in an existing inning almost01:53:44
everybody has that restriction where01:53:46
okay you can use them but you got to01:53:48
start an inning Kendall greatman is one01:53:50
of those who can come into a game in the01:53:53
middle of an inning but he's just01:53:54
starting to get loose01:53:57
[Music]01:54:00
meanwhile01:54:02
Jason Adam cannot be a good feeling01:54:04
maybe Andy Pettit can spot something and01:54:07
help him01:54:10
well we know one thing every time Andy01:54:12
Petter has gone to talk to to his guys01:54:14
they've delivered01:54:18
they need him right now01:54:22
this game has got to stay 3-1 if USA is01:54:25
going to have a chance01:54:27
Mars new car01:54:28
[Music]01:54:31
oh for three but with a run batted in01:54:33
Bases Loaded two down01:54:37
against Adam01:54:38
and he finds the strike zone with that01:54:42
first pitch that's a really good01:54:44
changeup right there boy that just it01:54:47
kind of takes everybody's breath okay01:54:48
now we can relax01:54:52
Snoop bar the first player born outside01:54:54
Japan to play for team Japan in the01:54:58
World Baseball Classic01:55:01
huge moment po101:55:04
is a high same pitch different result01:55:07
one and one01:55:08
[Music]01:55:11
thing the large new bar is known for in01:55:13
the big leagues is patience01:55:15
he typically makes you find the strike01:55:17
zone01:55:18
those are the runners01:55:21
[Music]01:55:22
a walk forces in a run01:55:25
here's the 1-1 that is a strike he got01:55:28
the breaking ball in there one to two01:55:30
that's a good fastball that's a good01:55:32
slider right there he's gone back to01:55:34
back change him with the slider01:55:37
living thy sauce01:55:42
huge moment in the game01:55:44
[Applause]01:55:54
the 1-2 new bar pulls it foul and went01:55:58
back to that changeup01:56:06
I I would like something soft once again01:56:09
but you really gotta trust JT Roman01:56:11
doing this at this point01:56:14
you really gotta believe in him01:56:18
It's gotta be down01:56:21
again01:56:23
with the bases full another 1-2 pitch01:56:29
way outside with a fastball just not01:56:32
these are huge misses so many of these01:56:34
that's just the ball out of the hand01:56:36
right there01:56:38
the new bar that's just a okay I'll take01:56:40
that for a ball now look at that he's01:56:42
throwing 30 pitches already only 1301:56:44
strikes01:56:47
[Applause]01:56:50
it's two and two01:56:56
here it comes new bar Fly ball right01:57:00
field Mookie Betts is there it was not01:57:04
easy but somehow some way Jason Adam got01:57:08
through it Japan leaves the bases loaded01:57:14
sholay Otani is the most interesting man01:57:17
in the Baseball World especially on this01:57:19
night all eyes in the ballpark are on01:57:22
him he was in the bullpen he came back01:57:25
to the Dugout just in case his turn at01:57:27
bat came up it did not then he jogged01:57:30
back to the bullpen as well so we will01:57:32
keep our eyes on him Dave and Yonder01:57:35
very carefully meanwhile it is taisse01:57:37
OTA on the mountain for Samurai Japan01:57:39
and thank you JP I mean his spot is due01:57:42
up in the bottom half of his seventh01:57:44
inning second01:57:48
where he's going to close it out yeah01:57:50
yeah they want him for the night but in01:57:52
the meantime we got Ulta this is a guy01:57:54
who was lead rookie of the year he01:57:57
averages 95 miles an hour on his heater01:57:59
he's also got that nasty split which01:58:01
most of the Japanese Bullpen guys have01:58:05
he's been just tremendous he can throw01:58:07
that splitter whenever he wants usually01:58:09
lives on the top of the Zone with his01:58:10
fastball he needs a big inning here01:58:14
he pitched the scoreless ninth to set up01:58:16
the walk-off win last night Jeff McNeil01:58:19
gonna pinch hit for Tim Anderson here01:58:22
and trying to spark a rally in the01:58:24
seventh01:58:25
Neil takes outside01:58:30
of all one what a great weapon to have01:58:33
out of your your bench he's a batting01:58:35
champion Mark DeRosa feels bad he just01:58:37
hasn't been able to use him that much01:58:42
ton of left-handed pitching that was01:58:44
close but call the ball01:58:47
or Lance has been tight all game yep01:58:49
it's a small strike zone01:58:50
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could be a huge play buy himself a01:58:56
fastball here01:58:57
you would think so top of the order up01:58:59
next and he gets a fastball but not01:59:01
close 3-001:59:05
seventh inning it's usually where you01:59:06
win or lose a game01:59:09
well and we saw the green light with01:59:11
schwarber up with two on there will not01:59:13
be he'll be taken here01:59:15
down two01:59:21
and it's Ball Four Man Four pitch walk01:59:24
Jeff McNeil01:59:29
[Applause]01:59:32
as we speak the World Baseball Classic01:59:35
championship trophy is being engraved01:59:40
what team name will go01:59:42
on the front there01:59:43
[Applause]01:59:47
definitely hanging in the balance and01:59:49
that was a good start for Team USA here01:59:52
in the seventh now one thing we know01:59:54
though with both of these teams they01:59:56
have not hit with Runners who scoring01:59:57
position USA oh for five seven left02:00:00
Japan over four with seven left02:00:02
somebody's got to come through02:00:08
got the call that time02:00:12
Dave this is the ending we call the02:00:14
bridge Gap02:00:15
you got to bridge this inning very02:00:17
important inning for both teams02:00:23
[Applause]02:00:25
the 01 mookie swings and misses that's a02:00:29
good split that's the split he relies on02:00:31
when he gets on top of the hitters02:00:36
now that's playing he's got two ways to02:00:38
throw it one that goes just straight02:00:39
down and one that really rides into the02:00:41
right-handed hitter's back leg02:00:45
so he's ahead of mookie Beto and two02:00:47
runner at first nobody out02:00:50
and very high with a fastball02:00:54
that's just to move eyes02:00:57
[Music]02:01:03
it's what I like to call the setup pitch02:01:05
for the next pitch see if he set up that02:01:07
splitter one to two he throws bats Line02:01:12
Drive beats hit just hit it too hard02:01:15
past the reach of genda and Team USA has02:01:19
two on nobody out but Mike Trout coming02:01:22
up when we talk about that setup pitch02:01:24
on the fastball up in the zone Mookie02:01:26
Betts has seen that way too many times02:01:29
setting him up for that splitter well02:01:31
guess what mookie was absolutely ready02:01:33
for it what a rocket to left field here02:01:36
we go runners in scoring position02:01:39
on your Bridge inning these are the02:01:41
Innings where you win them and lose them02:01:43
and you have the best hitter in the02:01:45
planet Mike Trout02:01:47
[Applause]02:01:53
started off his night with a double02:01:56
since then he has struck out twice what02:01:59
a chance here02:02:02
speed on the bases nobody out02:02:06
the pitch02:02:09
side and hit him02:02:11
I think it hit the bat oh what a break02:02:15
for Japan big time I was with you I02:02:17
thought it hit him but I think it02:02:19
glanced off the bat02:02:21
[Music]02:02:27
what a break02:02:31
Mike Trout might be thinking I wanted it02:02:33
I don't want to go to first base02:02:35
[Applause]02:02:36
circus captain and he come through02:02:43
protests been all over the place here02:02:45
301 trout flying drag right field02:02:49
condo leads forward to make the catch02:02:52
that one almost fooled him02:02:55
maybe the lights maybe the spin on the02:02:58
ball a huge first out to get through02:03:00
trout02:03:05
the Hops are the lights and I think he02:03:07
was playing the lights the whole time02:03:09
didn't see it really well off the bat02:03:12
but had to wait to get in the right02:03:14
angles02:03:15
for that ball to be away from the lights02:03:18
good play02:03:20
so not out of it though absolutely not02:03:22
now USA oh for six with runners in02:03:26
scoring position02:03:28
all Goldschmidt comes up here he's over02:03:30
three02:03:32
two on now one out Goldsmith02:03:37
over top the splitter that splitter02:03:40
that is a tough first pitch02:03:45
[Music] [Applause]02:03:51
maybe starting to picture02:03:56
swinging them in so in two got him to02:03:58
chase all day he's he's seen a steady02:04:01
diet of Splitters02:04:06
still haven't had a hit with a runner in02:04:09
scoring position on either side with02:04:10
that three home runs in this game02:04:14
home run here would put Team USA back02:04:17
ahead down 3-1 the O2 is on the ground02:04:21
to short genda flips the second one02:04:24
throw to first got him double play oh02:04:29
two on nobody out and he gets through02:04:32
trout and goldsmith02:04:36
shohei one two three warm-up pitches02:04:39
okay now I gotta go back in the Dugout02:04:42
because I'm on Deck to start the bottom02:04:44
of the seventh inning as a hitter02:04:45
amazing02:04:49
the new pitcher David betnar for Team02:04:51
USA02:04:53
the American team had a great02:04:54
opportunity in the top of the seventh02:04:56
and the Big Time pitching got through it02:04:58
so it's still three to one fourth02:05:00
appearance of this tournament for betnar02:05:02
[Music]02:05:05
those are in the big leagues02:05:06
challenged him with a fastball there02:05:11
Jeff big wheel stays in the game after02:05:14
pinch hitting he's at second base that02:05:16
Gnar he needs a zero here02:05:19
and he's in the heart of this lineup02:05:21
right now but no better guy to do it02:05:24
than Benard he's been outstanding02:05:27
foul02:05:29
it's one and two just two hits in This02:05:31
World Baseball Classic allowed02:05:36
you know one thing garbage has been02:05:37
warming up for a couple Innings now I02:05:39
think he's ready to come in to the02:05:41
eighth I I the fact that he has02:05:43
continued to throw would make me think02:05:45
that that's true02:05:48
[Music]02:05:50
condo one two pitch02:05:53
fouls it off to the left that's a good02:05:55
fastball at 97 miles an hour right there02:05:57
once again we can look at the prior02:06:00
inning the top of the seventh02:06:02
do you have the heart of the line up02:06:04
there for USA and couldn't pull through02:06:09
they have just missed the big hit02:06:12
tonight they've had chances eight of02:06:15
them02:06:18
one two a little pop-up arnato all alone02:06:21
on the left side no problem for him one02:06:24
away [Applause]02:06:28
now Otani will hit after running some02:06:31
wind Sprints back and forth from the dug02:06:32
out to the bullpen02:06:36
there's just truly no Harrison there's02:06:40
no player like shohei Otani in the game02:06:50
where he may do both02:06:53
hit and come out of the bullpen not just02:06:55
as a starter it's a little complicated02:06:59
takes ball one02:07:06
fastball's inside have been has been the02:07:08
go-to against shohei Otani02:07:10
[Music]02:07:14
betting our throws Mrs the breaking ball02:07:18
2-002:07:20
that's just wanting to overthrow that02:07:22
breaking ball right there that's all02:07:24
that is02:07:25
just gotta rely gotta trust it trust the02:07:27
timing of it02:07:30
I would be surprised if fastball comes02:07:33
here02:07:37
fastball foul back02:07:41
oh I love this02:07:45
probably the best fastball he's seen all02:07:48
night in Otani02:07:49
[Music]02:07:50
trying to go the other way with it02:07:54
so I can take underneath it02:07:57
shift on for Otani02:08:01
if he wants a butt hit it's available02:08:03
[Music]02:08:05
2-102:08:06
and he drives that one foul off to the02:08:09
left another fast ball got him late got02:08:12
him late on that fastball02:08:15
this is great cat and mouse game02:08:19
so much fun02:08:22
and again the pressure to keep this a02:08:24
two-run game and I had the stages02:08:26
running out of outs you make one mistake02:08:29
to this guy02:08:31
and it can be 4-102:08:34
bed Nars 2-2 that is off the outside I02:08:38
would think if you score one more run if02:08:41
you're Japan you may not see Otani close02:08:44
it out02:08:50
Full Count now02:08:56
the 3-202:08:57
otali hits it hard and a diving staff02:09:00
from his D's the throw not in time02:09:03
ohtani big strong and he's too fast02:09:08
[Applause]02:09:10
Trey Turner great effort they're going02:09:13
to challenge02:09:14
it was Bang Bang02:09:17
what a great play by Turner right there02:09:20
the one hard liquor goes with let's see02:09:24
that's as close As It Gets02:09:27
uh02:09:28
when does the ball first make contact02:09:31
with the glove I thank him right there02:09:35
[Applause]02:09:36
that's just too close that is as close02:09:39
as it could possibly be now I've played02:09:42
against ohtani and I know he can hit and02:09:43
I know he can pitch but when people ask02:09:46
me what I think about Otani I think the02:09:48
coolest thing is the way he runs it's a02:09:51
quiet stealth speed you don't hear him02:09:55
and a lot of times first basemans they02:09:57
get to hear the runner and you'll know02:10:00
when to kind of get out there and02:10:01
stretch but with Otani you don't hear it02:10:04
I bet if Goldsmith kind of takes a02:10:06
little bit of a better approach to that02:10:08
ball02:10:09
get out there02:10:11
he might be out but you just don't hear02:10:14
Otani coming in02:10:17
I think because the ball has to beat the02:10:21
runner there I think02:10:23
he was safe I think he's safe too02:10:27
so he hit the ball 114 miles an hour02:10:30
he ran to first 30 feet per second which02:10:33
is Elite statcast Sprint speed and we02:10:37
might see him take them out later in the02:10:38
game and throw 100 miles an hour02:10:43
that was a great effort by Trey Turner02:10:45
even just to stab the ball and field it02:10:47
cleanly as hard as he hit it02:10:52
man what a player02:10:55
they're taking a close look let's see02:11:08
and even without the microphone02:11:11
the call Safe the place stands it's the02:11:15
bottom of the seventh inning and really02:11:16
no02:11:18
risk or very little risk in asking for a02:11:21
challenge there using a challenge02:11:25
[Music]02:11:31
that was just big time baseball there02:11:32
all the way around there was02:11:36
and now one out base runner for asataka02:11:39
Yoshida02:11:42
relatively quiet game for him02:11:43
considering how well he's been swinging02:11:46
the bat02:11:47
[Music]02:11:49
it's not out of the question that Otani02:11:51
could try to steal a bag02:11:52
[Music]02:12:00
[Music]02:12:04
very high with fastball02:12:09
walks have been a problem for team USA's02:12:11
pitching it happened02:12:13
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I think I just think if you're Otani02:12:17
you're staying put right now on first02:12:19
Pace get that hold of Yoshida02:12:22
[Music]02:12:24
that's right there 1-1 on the count now02:12:27
but that was a fastball count 1-0 wanted02:12:31
to see it up he got it up he went at it02:12:35
That Swing was not a hit and run type of02:12:38
Swing no no it was not02:12:43
[Music]02:12:45
here's the 1-102:12:47
on back that again was a big healthy cut02:12:49
and yoshida's talking to himself yeah02:12:51
but that's why you throw those fastballs02:12:53
to avoid the rollovers to first base02:12:55
there's a big hole at first base if02:12:58
there's a rollover tany's going to third02:13:00
now you got first and third with one out02:13:01
that's troubles you got to stay hard02:13:03
with him if you throw them throw in the02:13:06
breaking balls they gotta be they got to02:13:08
be off the plate in a way02:13:11
they are overloaded on that side but02:13:13
still02:13:18
[Applause]02:13:20
different kind of Swing different pitch02:13:22
type staying alive it's one and two a02:13:25
little change up right there02:13:30
you know one thing Yoshida has been02:13:31
really good at swinging at the right02:13:33
pitches02:13:34
but in A Moment Like This stressful02:13:36
situation the bridge ending I got I like02:13:39
to call a lot of hitters understand that02:13:41
they can get aggressive02:13:45
is02:13:46
well I mean it was real close another02:13:48
pitch that was dropped by real Muto that02:13:52
just that just caught JT right there02:13:54
yeah it caught him late he was setting02:13:56
up as betner was getting ready to throw02:13:58
he was just a little late02:14:00
getting set02:14:02
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possible it costs strike three two and02:14:06
two02:14:09
just hit on the ground to our anatom02:14:10
he'll flip to Turner the throw to first02:14:12
in plenty of time double play02:14:15
so the hit for Otani but Vedder gets the02:14:18
ground ball we'll go to the eighth three02:14:20
to one Japan02:14:23
Samurai Japan six outs from the title02:14:27
standing at the plate right now Nolan02:14:29
Arenado who in his career has a 40002:14:32
batting average eight for 20 against the02:14:35
man on the mound you Darvish what a02:14:38
journey he has had he was on the mound02:14:40
when Samurai Japan last one the World02:14:43
Baseball Classic in 2009 that was still02:14:46
a couple years before he arrived and02:14:49
made his debut with the Texas Rangers02:14:50
Dave and Yonder this is one of the02:14:53
moments we've been waiting for indeed it02:14:55
is and it was only a year after that02:14:57
World Baseball Classic Championship the02:15:00
Darvish was a part of that he pitched02:15:02
out of the bullpen for the final he has02:15:03
not pitched in relief since02:15:06
pitching in Japan in 2010. it's been a02:15:09
while02:15:11
where he's up for the task I guarantee02:15:13
you that you know you talk about shoheel02:15:15
Tani being kind of that legend for team02:15:17
Japan well you Darvish is right there02:15:19
with him02:15:20
they admire him they love him02:15:23
he's one of those those guys that they02:15:25
look up to02:15:27
he is also a guy that these02:15:30
United States hitters have seen plenty02:15:32
of there is a little more familiarity02:15:35
a little more02:15:37
but there's also a lot of Big Time stuff02:15:42
back in the bullpen and climbing back on02:15:45
top of the mouth02:15:47
pitch from Darvish wasn't particularly02:15:49
close ball one02:15:50
and the knock on Darvish is just that02:15:52
likes to nibble a lot02:15:54
you see the games there and the starts02:15:58
they're both leaks in Japan and Major02:15:59
League Baseball02:16:01
never pitched in relief since coming to02:16:03
the big leagues to center field02:16:06
Duke bar is there one away02:16:11
thank you02:16:14
frustration for Nolan aronado one out02:16:17
here in the eighth inning and one thing02:16:18
we know about Darvish too is he's going02:16:20
to nibble he's just not going to give02:16:22
you what you want02:16:24
accounts that you want them he just02:16:25
won't he won't give it to you he'll go02:16:28
slider he'll go fastball he won't he02:16:30
won't just say all right let me see what02:16:32
you got here and he'll just throw you a02:16:34
heater right down the middle02:16:35
he's always going to be nibbling02:16:39
a Kyle schwarber oh for two strike one02:16:41
and a lot of backwards pitching where02:16:45
you think you have a fastball you won't02:16:46
get it where you think you're gonna get02:16:48
breaking ball you'll get the fastball02:16:51
[Music]02:16:53
he throws this is outside one of the02:16:57
moments of this game was the last time02:16:59
the Kyle schwarber was up02:17:01
[Music]02:17:05
two on two out of 3-0 count he got the02:17:07
green light02:17:10
out02:17:13
we know though he's hit he slugged up02:17:16
garbage in the past two homers off of02:17:18
him02:17:25
USA running out of bouts02:17:27
in this championship game02:17:35
and a good example there of what you're02:17:37
talking about02:17:38
enable Neville and Neville some more02:17:42
I've always felt garbage was always two02:17:44
steps ahead of setting you up he'll02:17:47
throw your first pitch to set you up for02:17:49
the third and the fourth one02:17:50
[Music] [Applause]02:17:56
now it's two and two to Kyle schwarber02:17:58
Here Comes torver blasts one foul my02:18:02
goodness02:18:09
it's either out in front02:18:12
or not swing at all02:18:15
easier said than done obviously but just02:18:18
the younger issues02:18:23
Darvish throws schwarmer pulls that one02:18:27
foul on the ground this time02:18:30
one thing I've noticed from the past my02:18:31
facing garbage is the longer you go into02:18:33
the bat the more comfortable you get02:18:35
with the spin02:18:37
[Music]02:18:41
if the idea for kuriyama is if Darvish02:18:44
is rolling just go with him all the way02:18:46
through the end of the game we'll see02:18:51
that guy is definitely lurking 2-202:18:55
schwarber hanging in there02:18:59
the foul ball02:19:01
I think when you look at this game it02:19:02
was has transpired just really good02:19:04
pitching overall really good defense02:19:12
he's got a lot of weapons02:19:14
[Applause]02:19:16
this will be the eighth pitch that Kyle02:19:18
schwarber has seen02:19:27
Darvish throws schwarberth lines it down02:19:31
the right field line but again just a02:19:32
little too quick and when you're seeing02:19:34
the swings they're getting better and02:19:35
better and better02:19:37
he's just got to simplify everything get02:19:39
a good pitch to hit up in the zone like02:19:41
he's doing right now02:19:45
you see that fastball a little sneak02:19:47
attack right there by Darvish but Jordan02:19:48
was absolutely ready for it02:19:51
he approaches up the window is up for02:19:54
schwarver02:19:55
and garvish is down02:19:57
[Applause]02:19:59
now the ninth pitch of the attack and a02:20:02
curveball that one is blasted foul02:20:05
thank you02:20:09
he's got him set up for a splitter here02:20:11
that's the pitch to go to if you're02:20:13
Darvish02:20:15
if you're schwarber though you got to02:20:16
think up continue to think up and really02:20:18
trust your eyes and hands02:20:20
last six of those nine pitches all foul02:20:23
balls02:20:26
who can execute that's it02:20:33
10th pitch of the at-bat here it comes02:20:35
schwarber tries it to deep right field02:20:40
right into the second deck02:20:43
it's a one-run game wanted it bad02:20:48
[Applause]02:20:54
Dave the longer the effect02:20:57
for Hope for Team USA02:21:00
schwarmer cuts the lead02:21:03
what a swing what a not bad02:21:06
he got the splitter he was set up for02:21:08
the splitter the splitter was up and02:21:11
schwarber did not miss it02:21:15
what a change of possibly momentum02:21:18
thank you02:21:21
10 pitch at bat02:21:24
430 plus feet02:21:26
one run game now Trey Turner02:21:29
he takes his trying02:21:33
just lit this ballpark up totally has02:21:37
changed the feel of this game02:21:39
one swing02:21:40
[Applause]02:21:43
yo one02:21:45
the dirt02:21:47
there's that split the split was all02:21:50
about executing garbage did not02:21:52
schwarber did02:21:55
what a big swing02:21:57
and the salute Team USA is alive they02:22:01
needed a swing and they got it02:22:05
now their home run leader02:22:07
Trey Turner02:22:10
thousand back to the backstop he had a02:22:12
fastball to hit there02:22:14
[Applause]02:22:21
[Music]02:22:27
I think your manager is excited you02:22:30
think Rocky's excited02:22:32
thank you02:22:34
[Music]02:22:35
Turner pokes one right center field02:22:38
that's going to be ahead02:22:39
Trey Turner's got speed he's going to02:22:41
slam on the brakes as new car got to the02:22:44
ball quickly02:22:46
well one of the fastest players in this02:22:48
game is aboard as the tying run02:22:51
[Applause]02:22:52
oh he's going to test them all right you02:22:54
can definitely run on Darvish at some02:22:56
point here he's going02:22:58
[Applause]02:23:00
you see a little slurve right there that02:23:02
Darvish likes to throw02:23:04
[Music]02:23:06
so he gets down this oh man that's02:23:10
beautiful beautiful02:23:12
no lead kick no two-step he just widens02:23:15
it up and he says it's my hands and my02:23:18
eyes against your best stuff bring it02:23:20
high indignation is better than your02:23:22
pitch02:23:24
now the big time pressure on the defense02:23:27
for Japan as Otani continues to get02:23:30
loose02:23:32
Jarvis02:23:36
I know Cedric Mullins is up next at this02:23:39
point the Roses got to be talking into02:23:41
his Dugout saying okay who am I going to02:23:43
get in a big spot02:23:45
a good chance for a guy like Pete Alonso02:23:52
we'll see Mullins at the moment in the02:23:54
on Deck Circle first things first JT02:23:57
real new toe02:23:58
Turner at first not going on this pitch02:24:01
Muto pops it up behind shortstop it's02:24:04
Kenda and he will catch it02:24:09
that's out number two02:24:11
that's a big out for Darvish in Japan02:24:16
will be Cedric Mullins Cedric Mullins02:24:22
[Music]02:24:26
but he's been able to slow everything02:24:28
down and every at-bat02:24:32
off speeds in play here for Cedric02:24:34
Mullins02:24:36
you have Kyle Tucker available but02:24:39
not a hundred percent and not available02:24:42
to play the field Turner's got to take a02:24:45
shot02:24:46
let's see if he goes02:24:48
first pitch that one is driven out to02:24:51
left center field new bar though has a02:24:52
read on it and he'll make the catch02:24:55
foreign [Applause]02:24:57
Mullins each gone on one pitch but one02:25:00
swing of the bat has made this a one run02:25:03
game what a bat from Kyle schwarber will02:25:06
go to the bottom of the eighth it's02:25:07
three to two Japan02:25:12
this is how the night began Mike Trout02:25:15
with the Stars and Stripes02:25:17
shohei Otani carrying the Japanese flag02:25:21
in our dreams we thought that a matchup02:25:24
like this could be possible ohtani on02:25:27
the mound his friend and Angel's02:25:29
teammate in the batter's box well Dave02:25:31
Fleming Mike Trout is due up third in02:25:34
the top of the ninth and sholay Otani is02:25:37
expected to be on the mound all right JP02:25:39
I I just don't want to get ahead of02:25:42
ourselves but we have a chance for02:25:46
the true moment of this tournament that02:25:49
we were hoping to see oh man02:25:50
first things first Devin Williams gotta02:25:53
keep this a one-run game02:25:56
it's not easy against this hitter02:25:58
swinging a Miss for strike one or akami02:26:01
okamoto Yamato02:26:03
those are the three02:26:07
Japan here02:26:10
the power of schwarber has made it a02:26:12
one-run game the one strike pitch swung02:26:15
on and missed that changeup is so so02:26:17
good as for okami's got the the good02:26:20
swing and the power that and Williams02:26:23
got the change up and the good turn on02:26:26
it that is just nasty he can tell you02:26:29
it's coming and you still won't hit it02:26:32
oh and two02:26:34
[Music]02:26:36
and he just absolutely abused him02:26:41
we know these Japanese pitchers have02:26:44
really good split Devin Williams got the02:26:46
best changeup in the game02:26:48
[Music]02:26:49
it is not fair because he's got 97-98 in02:26:53
the tank as well you have to respect02:26:55
them both that's the Triple Crown winner02:26:58
for02:27:00
Japan who blasted a 430 Foot home run02:27:04
earlier02:27:05
in this game02:27:08
Devin Williams made it look bad so now02:27:10
okamoto who is also homework tonight for02:27:12
Japan02:27:13
he takes ball one02:27:16
[Music]02:27:29
here's the 1-002:27:31
there's a good take there 2-0 well02:27:35
Johnny was warming up now he's just02:27:37
pacing02:27:38
[Applause]02:27:40
he hasn't pitched in relief since 2016.02:27:44
[Music]02:27:47
I I think it would just be if he's the02:27:50
Darvish is in trouble02:27:52
we'll see 2-0 he would be thrown by now02:27:58
he had been throwing but I think you're02:28:00
right it is02:28:03
we'll see02:28:05
[Music]02:28:11
the first baseman02:28:15
is that one foul it's two and two02:28:26
Japan Japan is three outs away02:28:29
from a World Baseball Classic02:28:31
Championship it would be their third02:28:33
it would be the second team to run02:28:36
undefeated through a tournament02:28:38
Dominican Republic did it back in 2013.02:28:42
2-2 it is low one thing with garbage02:28:47
though he usually likes to sit in the02:28:49
back end of the ma of of The Dugout02:28:53
he's he's top stepping right now like02:28:55
you know kind of looking at his film02:28:58
looking about uh what's going on02:29:02
[Applause]02:29:08
the 3-2 struck him out02:29:12
two down here in the bottom of the ace02:29:19
that's a good changeup right there he02:29:22
even throws it to the right he's02:29:24
they haven't seen anything like it it is02:29:27
nasty02:29:31
[Music]02:29:36
meanwhile02:29:40
[Music]02:29:51
wanna know from Williams02:29:54
[Music]02:30:09
is the 1-002:30:13
makes Williams so effective is that02:30:15
change as we know but even that fastball02:30:18
91 92 miles an hour it just looks like02:30:21
96. the hitter is respecting the change02:30:24
up so much and that change of speed just02:30:27
makes the fastball look so much faster02:30:29
[Music]02:30:36
Williams02:30:38
throws a strike that's why you see those02:30:40
tanks even Cutters counts because he can02:30:43
throw that change of whatever he wants02:30:44
more than not a regular outing I would02:30:47
tell you okay 2-1 right here a lot of02:30:49
change up counts for him02:30:51
oh well he stick with a heater02:30:57
[Applause]02:30:58
[Music]02:31:00
[Applause]02:31:01
two and two02:31:03
he's just sitting on the changing big02:31:06
mistake02:31:07
the changeup is his best pitch02:31:17
Kevin Williams with the 2-2 and Yamada02:31:21
takes Obama to change up off the inside02:31:26
[Applause]02:31:28
I would have messed around here I would02:31:30
just throw his best pitch action pitch02:31:32
needs to be a strike no fooling around02:31:35
[Applause]02:31:42
the 3-202:31:49
[Applause]02:31:52
let's go down to JP one thing to02:31:55
remember Dave with the history here had02:31:57
Hideki kurayama the manager of Team02:31:59
Japan was otani's first manager with the02:32:02
Hokkaido Nippon ham Fighters and it was02:32:04
kurayama who encouraged Otani to be a02:32:07
two-way player this would be the02:32:10
ultimate moment02:32:12
a lot of trust between those two player02:32:15
and manager02:32:17
another 3-202:32:19
here it is that is ball four imana draws02:32:23
the walk02:32:25
the eighth walk of the night for Japan02:32:29
I mean in a way Team USA has gotten away02:32:32
with that that's a lot of walks02:32:36
a lot of walks02:32:38
it just tells you the stuff that USA has02:32:42
in the bullpen right even with the02:32:45
mistakes of the walks they've been able02:32:47
to get out of it02:32:51
[Music]02:32:52
so their credit a lot of the walks have02:32:54
been to Yamada genda and nagamara02:32:59
789 hitters02:33:01
Kenda has a hit and a walk02:33:04
the great defensive shortstop02:33:08
last time Yamada was aboard he02:33:09
immediately stole a bag he runs no he02:33:12
started and stopped and agenda takes a02:33:16
strike he must have either stumbled a02:33:18
little bit or thought he didn't get a02:33:19
good enough jump because he was going02:33:23
oh that was just a fake fake push right02:33:26
there02:33:27
[Music]02:33:31
little deal here he runs bench taking02:33:33
low the throw the tap02:33:36
hey02:33:39
foreign02:33:44
Team USA checking in the video room02:33:51
I want to talk about sweet hands for02:33:53
Turner look at him pick this ball right02:33:55
here wow wow02:33:57
and that close02:34:00
to being out no review really good slide02:34:04
back side of the bag02:34:06
that's where you want to slide but it02:34:09
could have easily been a runner on third02:34:11
Turner was able to trust his hands right02:34:13
there02:34:15
great throw JT romuto's got the fastest02:34:19
exchange and release probably in the02:34:21
world he did everything possible02:34:23
especially with a Change-Up call right02:34:24
there02:34:27
oh that's how you Japan plays so clean02:34:30
they do everything right the little02:34:32
things of even sliding02:34:34
we'll make the same point we did in the02:34:36
six now you're a base hit away from an02:34:39
enormous extra run02:34:42
with Team USA down to their final three02:34:44
outs two down in the eighth02:34:51
[Applause]02:34:56
[Music]02:34:59
[Applause]02:35:00
[Music]02:35:05
[Applause]02:35:14
thank you02:35:19
dirty through another change yeah02:35:22
locked there by JT02:35:24
staying real soft with it02:35:27
one leg down02:35:29
it's just a field block right there02:35:31
[Applause]02:35:35
a lot of times you get really hard02:35:36
coming down on the Block if you02:35:41
Legions on it okay very soft with it 2-202:35:44
though action pitch right here gotta get02:35:46
a swing02:35:47
[Applause]02:35:50
runner at second with two down here is02:35:53
the 2-2 geta on the ground to third02:35:56
Arenado has it throws to First and just02:35:59
in time to get him and that was very02:36:02
close Japan I think wants to take a look02:36:05
to make sure Team USA leaving the field02:36:08
Mike Trout do up third in the ninth02:36:12
inning02:36:13
aronado did he get him yeah he got him02:36:17
[Applause] [Music]02:36:19
so here we go Japan three outs away from02:36:23
a championship and look who's coming02:36:25
into pitch we're gonna get ohtani versus02:36:28
trout in the ninth inning of this title02:36:31
game02:36:37
the dream as the two greatest players in02:36:40
the world LED their teams onto the field02:36:42
for This World Baseball Classic02:36:44
championship game was could we get the02:36:47
two big league teammates not just head02:36:49
to head in terms of their teams but02:36:51
head-to-head ohtani on the mound trout02:36:53
at the plate with a title on the line02:36:56
could we ask for that and guess what02:36:59
we're gonna get it in a one-run game02:37:01
shohei ohtani whereas pitched02:37:05
brilliantly in This World Baseball02:37:06
Classic02:37:08
he's been absolutely fantastic02:37:13
eight and two thirds five hits02:37:16
but overall it's been incredible02:37:20
so Newt bar takes over in left field for02:37:23
Yoshida moves over to left and makihara02:37:27
is now in Centerfield Japan is three02:37:31
outs away02:37:33
from winning this World Baseball Classic02:37:35
trout will bat third and it's not like02:37:39
it's only Mike Trout here in the inning02:37:41
against ohtani you got Jeff mcdeal and02:37:43
Mookie Betts before trout comes up02:37:51
and you just can't ask for anything more02:37:53
than this it has been an amazing02:37:55
Tournament of one great game after02:37:58
another02:38:00
with the greatest players in the world02:38:02
going head-to-head02:38:06
we go02:38:07
[Applause]02:38:10
Jeff McNeil who walked in his first02:38:13
plate appearance tonight02:38:15
in some ways kind of the perfect guy to02:38:17
have leading off in a one-run game02:38:19
absolutely02:38:24
I would want McNeil here taking one02:38:26
pitch02:38:27
Ani show you a strike02:38:31
Donnie doing something he hasn't done in02:38:33
a long time02:38:36
first pitch02:38:37
ripped fouled there was no taking02:38:43
and pretty good swing pretty good swing02:38:46
right there on a good slider02:38:49
[Music]02:38:58
[Applause]02:39:03
thank you02:39:06
oh one basketball at 101 miles an hour02:39:11
but a missed02:39:20
[Applause]02:39:23
it's just so unbelievable of a watch02:39:25
a guy with this magnitude all the stuff02:39:28
he can do02:39:29
and hit him all 500 feet02:39:33
can throw 100 miles an hour02:39:35
nobody like him02:39:37
McNeil takes a little bit high ball two02:39:43
[Applause]02:39:45
you see that four seamer just riding02:39:47
employees the perfect guy up to the02:39:49
plate right now they they need a they02:39:51
need a runner he's their guy02:39:56
you buy himself another fastball count I02:39:59
would think02:40:01
chokes up on the bat 2-102:40:05
misses three and one02:40:07
[Applause]02:40:18
thank you02:40:19
Pat02:40:22
[Applause]02:40:30
oh Tommy McNeil fouls it to the backstop02:40:37
he got around that fastball kind of cut02:40:40
right at the last second02:40:43
miles an hour02:40:46
just pure02:40:48
I would think if you're a McNear you're02:40:50
you've got to stay hard with him02:40:53
you don't have a chance right here to02:40:55
stay soft it's hard and adjust02:40:57
[Applause]02:41:00
countdown three and two02:41:04
[Applause]02:41:08
here's the pitch McNeil pulls in foul02:41:12
well he did adjust02:41:16
right there so go with the slider02:41:21
little back door slider02:41:23
McNeil to his credit he was sitting hard02:41:25
He adjusted well right there02:41:29
Elite we've seen some Elite hitters02:41:31
today02:41:32
[Applause]02:41:35
the pitching has been brilliant too02:41:37
three to two here in the ninth inning02:41:39
has02:41:45
another 3-2 pitch from otami McNeil02:41:49
takes all four just a little bit long02:41:55
this has been tight all night and I02:41:59
think that was the right pitch and the02:42:00
right call02:42:01
wow missed down02:42:06
so now McNeil draws the walk and you02:42:10
bring in02:42:11
the extremely fast Bobby Witt02:42:15
to pinch run at first base what an02:42:17
absolute at-bat02:42:19
and Marta Rosa talked about it tonight02:42:23
it can steal bag whatever he wants02:42:26
they need a bag here Bobby wins the guy02:42:31
put the hitters up yeah you just wonder02:42:33
are they willing to risk that02:42:36
we'll see02:42:39
Mookie Betts and then trout one run game02:42:43
ninth inning that's takes a strike02:42:46
thread on the outside corner02:42:53
[Music]02:42:55
you got the right guys you do let's go02:42:58
to work02:43:02
[Applause]02:43:05
mookie on the ground to Second we'll see02:43:08
if they can turn two that's one that's02:43:10
two it's a double play and Japan is one02:43:13
out away02:43:17
got a good pitch to hit right there but02:43:20
we said it's at the beginning of the02:43:21
start of this game Japan will do02:43:23
everything right to win a ball game and02:43:26
they're one out away02:43:28
[Applause]02:43:31
right here USA's Captain versus Japan's02:43:35
captain02:43:37
first time they've ever faced each other02:43:41
they've been teammates for five years02:43:44
the best against the best02:43:51
Otani to Trout02:43:54
ball one02:43:56
we waited a long time to say that02:43:59
[Applause]02:44:01
speechless not much to say but enjoy02:44:04
let's do it02:44:07
[Applause]02:44:13
tawny's 1-002:44:15
and 100 miles an hour02:44:18
[Applause]02:44:20
is this fun or what02:44:23
Japan hoping to celebrate02:44:29
USA02:44:32
looking for heroics02:44:33
[Applause]02:44:36
oh Tony's 1-1 trout takes02:44:40
is unbelievable it's a hundred miles an02:44:43
hour cutting now that pitch just cut02:44:47
[Applause]02:44:51
that's a ball great take to this take02:44:54
though he's giving him the heater02:44:57
[Applause]02:45:00
two and one02:45:01
[Applause]02:45:05
the pitch count swings and misses pure02:45:09
challenge02:45:13
I wouldn't want it any other way02:45:17
best stuff against your best swing02:45:21
all right02:45:26
here we go02:45:27
[Music]02:45:30
USA down to its final strike in the02:45:34
ninth inning02:45:36
Otani02:45:37
2-2 to Mike Trout here's the pitch02:45:41
and the dirt at 102.02:45:43
[Applause]02:45:47
baseball wins tonight02:45:53
wanting to see02:45:57
[Music]02:46:05
[Applause]02:46:08
three and two from Otani02:46:11
he throws Trout strikes out swinging02:46:16
all right02:46:17
[Applause]02:46:23
ohtani in Japan02:46:26
celebrate a World Baseball Classic02:46:28
championship02:46:30
[Applause]02:46:32
[Music]02:46:37
and on this night the great joyotani in02:46:41
Japan just a little bit better than Mike02:46:45
Trout and USA what an ending02:46:49
to an all-time tournament02:46:53
what a game02:46:55
we got to see what we came to see02:47:00
[Applause]02:47:02
Otani02:47:03
got it done incredible02:47:06
[Applause]02:47:12
[Music]02:47:25
emotions right there02:47:27
3-2 slider02:47:31
gets his teammate02:47:34
mission accomplished for Japan02:47:38
[Music]02:47:41
USA with nine hits they out hit Japan02:47:44
nine to five02:47:48
one more home run from Japan I don't02:47:50
know if we saw that coming just a little02:47:52
more power02:47:54
and for the USA team the greatest02:47:57
collection of players in the world02:47:59
but you can see the disappointment02:48:02
a lot to be proud of they sure have a02:48:05
lot to be proud of02:48:14
[Music]02:48:20
Team USA doesn't they don't want to go02:48:23
back in that Clubhouse they don't want02:48:24
it to be over02:48:27
we talked about what this meant to Mark02:48:30
deroza and his family it means a lot to02:48:32
the players02:48:34
for Team USA as we see that pitch right02:48:37
there that slider you know he got his02:48:39
fastballs02:48:42
we see all the reactions02:48:46
[Applause]02:48:50
just amazing what a performance by Otani02:48:56
and what a game for the third time Japan02:49:00
champions of the World Baseball Classic02:49:02
back for more right after this02:49:07
all right we're back here in Miami which02:49:09
was just a tremendous host site for This02:49:11
World Baseball Classic quarterfinals02:49:13
semis championship game some of the02:49:16
greatest baseball that you could ever02:49:18
see was on display this week02:49:21
and we finish it off with a bat that you02:49:24
and I will be thinking about for a long02:49:26
long time oh no question about it and if02:49:29
you talk about the best players in the02:49:31
game well02:49:32
player a in ohtani player a a in trial02:49:36
and we'll take you into the F back02:49:37
started him up with a slider and then he02:49:39
just wanted to go to work well Tani did02:49:41
with three straight fastballs trout just02:49:44
couldn't pull the trigger a little bit02:49:45
late a little underneath and for me it's02:49:48
a 3-2 slider just unhittable02:49:51
unbelievable performance by team Japan02:49:53
but unbelievable performance all02:49:56
tournament by Otani we got the matchup02:49:58
we wanted to dream matchup that we've02:50:01
always been talking about well Tani02:50:03
versus trout02:50:04
Tani wins the first Clash yeah and it02:50:08
just was exactly the way you'd want to02:50:11
see it play out02:50:13
for Team USA the disappointment of02:50:15
coming up just that much short Japan02:50:18
goes undefeated in This World Baseball02:50:20
Classic that had only happened one time02:50:22
before the Dominican Republic when they02:50:24
won in 2013 never lost a game02:50:28
and in this instance with the different02:50:29
format this year the pressure of02:50:31
elimination as soon as you advance out02:50:33
of pool play02:50:35
just so impressive02:50:38
what were shohei otani's words in the02:50:40
clubhouse to his team before the game02:50:42
that's not fear of them we can't we02:50:45
can't look at them like02:50:50
we always love this moment02:50:54
[Applause]02:50:55
happens after every game with our team02:50:58
Japan salute the fans salute the team02:51:00
you you faced on the other side they02:51:02
never admired Team USA at least for not02:51:05
not for tonight and those were the words02:51:06
for Otani yeah02:51:08
you have to surpass that02:51:11
today they played to win one baseball02:51:13
game02:51:15
they played beautifully02:51:19
turning all the way around Japan is to02:51:21
to acknowledge the fans across this02:51:23
ballpark02:51:29
Hideki kuriyama who had never managed02:51:31
Samurai Japan this national team before02:51:34
what an experience for him02:51:41
just the best of competition that's what02:51:44
you want02:51:51
we are going to have the medal02:51:53
presentation coming up here momentarily02:51:55
so we want to let you stick around and02:51:57
and see that02:51:59
[Music]02:52:02
Team USA will get their silver medals02:52:04
and the gold presented to02:52:07
a team from Japan02:52:09
[Music]02:52:13
I02:52:16
[Music]02:52:23
here to present the silver medals to02:52:25
runner-up Team USA and they'll be02:52:28
commissioner Rob Manfred mobpa executive02:52:31
director Tony Clark and World Baseball02:52:34
Softball Confederation president Ricardo02:52:36
fakari02:52:38
[Music]02:52:57
[Music]02:52:58
oh02:53:00
[Music]02:53:05
[Music]02:53:08
[Applause]02:53:10
[Music]02:53:14
well I it's I'm sure it's bittersweet02:53:18
for those players for Team USA Paul02:53:20
Goldschmidt or anato bats trout02:53:24
he wanted that other metal but02:53:28
what they have done for this event with02:53:31
not just their participation their02:53:33
enthusiasm02:53:35
that was worthy of the other mountains02:53:37
absolutely you see the respects for from02:53:40
Team Japan02:53:41
they're all clapping for them out of02:53:45
respect they know how tough this02:53:48
opposition was but02:53:50
a lot to be proud of if you're Team USA02:53:55
sometimes in this sport you just get02:53:58
beat02:54:01
there's a loser02:54:02
and that's why we love it02:54:04
[Music]02:54:07
what a game though the memories of the02:54:10
dominant win against Cuba in the02:54:11
semifinals how about to come from behind02:54:13
win against Venezuela an all-time game02:54:18
two of the fans here they they've come02:54:21
it's been unbelievable since day one02:54:24
from pool play to the finals02:54:28
they have been02:54:31
[Applause] [Music]02:54:34
now02:54:35
Japan can go back to admiration they02:54:38
beat the Great American team on this02:54:41
night02:54:44
[Music]02:54:45
the coaches too02:54:47
Ken Griffey Jr Dave Righetti Mark02:54:49
derosas talked so many times02:54:53
about his coaching staff and the job02:54:56
that they've done the work they've put02:54:58
in02:55:07
[Applause] [Music]02:55:09
[Applause]02:55:12
[Music]02:55:16
and now the presentation of the gold02:55:18
medals to the World Baseball Classic02:55:20
Champions Japan02:55:26
thank you02:55:31
[Music]02:55:33
now the gold medals02:55:37
[Music]02:55:41
going from top to bottom you look at02:55:43
this roster and everybody specializes in02:55:47
one two or three things for shohei Otani02:55:51
the leader he specializes in five or six02:55:54
things02:55:55
[Laughter]02:55:57
just remarkable this team and shohei02:56:00
even talked about it02:56:01
earlier today this is the best team he's02:56:04
ever been on02:56:06
and we got to see not just the02:56:09
established stars like Otani and Darvish02:56:12
we got to see the emerging Stars Roki02:56:14
Sasaki02:56:17
yoshinobu Yamamoto we may see him next02:56:20
year in Major League Baseball02:56:24
how about the kid today Takahashi on the02:56:28
stuff we saw from him02:56:31
obviously tarvish but murakami02:56:38
coming up clutch hit after hit with a02:56:41
big home run today02:56:44
just all around they play really good02:56:46
baseball solid defense really good base02:56:49
running02:56:50
and it was just remarkable to see from02:56:52
top to bottom they had to play that way02:56:54
they did they sure did02:57:00
USA side those those02:57:02
players will never forget their02:57:05
experience together02:57:06
[Music]02:57:08
they've got Ichiro's Jersey02:57:12
back up02:57:17
[Music]02:57:24
one moment right there02:57:25
[Music]02:57:27
right there appreciation for those02:57:28
coaches and a lot of these guys will be02:57:30
back02:57:31
they've already said they will02:57:41
the last player in line02:57:43
the guy who was last on the mound people02:57:45
deserved02:57:49
garvish and showhead02:57:54
both these Legends in Japan02:57:58
both of them Legends here in the states02:58:01
[Music]02:58:03
thank you02:58:05
motani02:58:06
[Music]02:58:09
three outs against two MVPs rookie Betts02:58:12
and Mike Trout to finish off this02:58:14
championship and he did it02:58:15
[Music]02:58:20
of course he's an MVP too02:58:26
[Music]02:58:30
they're waiting they want all the02:58:32
coaching staffs they wanted all the02:58:34
trainers to get their medal yeah they02:58:36
want to be the last ones and rotani and02:58:39
Darvish02:58:43
a whole team's gonna wait for them02:58:52
ohtani's graded everything he does02:58:54
except for waiting in line02:58:56
[Applause] [Music]02:58:58
[Applause]02:59:04
the last one02:59:05
[Applause]02:59:12
who has been selected after 2023 World02:59:16
Baseball Classic Most Valuable Player02:59:19
[Music] [Applause]02:59:20
[Music]02:59:26
and no shock another MVP trophy for02:59:29
shohei Otani the most valuable player of02:59:32
this World Baseball Classic02:59:33
[Music]02:59:35
foreign02:59:37
[Music]02:59:40
the world looks at that man as the02:59:43
greatest player in the world02:59:49
and that trophy is right in front of02:59:51
shohei Otani the the big trophy the team02:59:54
trophy02:59:56
there it is so maybe shohei after photo02:59:59
time is over maybe he's going to bring03:00:01
it out to the stage I would think so03:00:05
they earned it he earned it03:00:06
[Music]03:00:08
enjoy that walk young man03:00:10
with the big trophy03:00:12
yeah okay trade one trade one for the03:00:14
other yeah03:00:16
trophy on behalf of his team is03:00:25
it's not light it says it's heavy03:00:29
[Music]03:00:30
[Applause]03:00:33
[Music]03:00:43
thank you03:00:47
foreign03:00:55
[Applause]03:01:02
[Music]03:01:17
on the big stage03:01:19
[Applause]03:01:26
all right03:01:28
[Applause]03:01:33
[Music]03:01:47
everywhere in Tokyo and around the03:01:50
country of Japan03:01:54
champions of the World Baseball Classic03:01:58
he's not giving that away03:02:04
two weeks of really clean baseball two03:02:07
weeks of winning baseball03:02:10
traveling across the world started their03:02:13
tournament in Tokyo and ending it here03:02:16
in South Florida03:02:19
[Applause]03:02:23
and we have I mean that's an image03:02:25
that'll last forever but we had a lot of03:02:27
them not just in Japan but with so many03:02:30
of the teams03:02:32
we sure did03:02:34
day one03:02:35
to to tonight Venezuela The Great03:02:38
baseball they played in sweeping through03:02:40
a tremendously talented pool03:02:45
Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic03:02:47
playing for a spot in the quarterfinals03:02:49
and playing an all-time great game03:02:56
[Music]03:03:04
Joey Meneses in his two home runs for03:03:06
Mexico against Team USA03:03:09
what a great picture that is right there03:03:14
[Music]03:03:21
[Music]03:03:23
I would think ohtani will have a03:03:24
well-deserved rest I would hope so he03:03:26
has earned it he really has03:03:30
it's been everything we've hoped for it03:03:33
has and I did want to take just a moment03:03:35
here before the celebration is over to03:03:37
say thank you we've had literally over03:03:40
150 people here in Miami to help us put03:03:44
these games on over the last two weeks03:03:46
just a tremendous amount of hard work03:03:49
from Chris Pfeiffer our VP of Live03:03:52
Events who03:03:54
does such a great job with all of these03:03:56
big events with us our great producer03:03:58
Bill Boland who did a terrific job for03:04:01
us game after game are extremely03:04:03
talented director Jason lobb our03:04:06
technical director Adam plout Dan03:04:08
Cochran who's our lead audio03:04:12
our tape producer Keith Costas his crew03:04:15
John Pat Eric Pete our associate03:04:16
director Mike Cass03:04:19
our Graphics folks Ian Harmon's they're03:04:22
a man Alex more Antonio Slater James03:04:25
yevin our stack cast group Pat Armstrong03:04:28
Johnny03:04:31
for production manager Stephanie Caron03:04:33
Sam calastro Ryan Delaney Jason Amanda03:04:37
Chris Monroe our Tech managers Andrew03:04:40
batty William Joel Raul Vegas our headed03:04:42
support03:04:44
Tech Ops director Jason Hedgecock our03:04:47
researcher Kevin Dillon we couldn't have03:04:49
done it without him oh yeah oh my03:04:51
goodness03:04:54
[Music]03:04:55
all the folks in our booth Carly Mary03:04:58
Jenna John everybody here Bobby who03:05:02
helped make us comfortable for these two03:05:04
weeks03:05:07
many many more behind the scenes folks03:05:10
who made these telecasts possible03:05:13
it was a blast03:05:15
sure to you me Amigo yes me amigo03:05:18
we started it little cafesito little03:05:21
Empanada in Spanish03:05:24
incredible it's been an absolute03:05:26
pleasure pleasure Dave it really has03:05:28
been it's been more than I ever thought03:05:30
and I so I gotta thank you I gotta thank03:05:32
everybody but it has been a learning03:05:36
experience an enjoyable experience and03:05:39
wouldn't want it any other way so thank03:05:41
you my friend we we get to see some of03:05:43
the best baseball we could ever hope for03:05:46
that's all tiny right there uh if I03:05:50
could do that to you Dave I would do03:05:51
that right now it's a lot less dangerous03:05:54
when the you can't drop shohei Otani he03:05:57
made it through the tournament you gotta03:06:00
take care of him everybody may get a03:06:03
turn a new bar03:06:06
uh03:06:08
just pure joy03:06:10
and I think you know if this game had03:06:13
gone in the other direction I don't know03:06:15
if we have seen players being tossed we03:06:17
would have seen the Joy on the other03:06:19
side yes absolutely03:06:21
that was what made this so fun03:06:25
everybody was all in03:06:28
awesome just awesome03:06:45
[Music]03:06:51
we did it you know we told you about03:06:53
there was going to be history made03:06:54
tonight no matter what Japan03:06:58
that has won three World Baseball03:07:00
Classics now three out of the five03:07:04
and only the second team to run03:07:05
undefeated they prevented the United03:07:07
States from being back-to-back Champions03:07:09
by prevailing here in this championship03:07:11
game03:07:14
so they won the first two and now the03:07:16
most recent addition we had to wait the03:07:19
pandemic wiped out03:07:21
the tournament that would have happened03:07:23
after 2017. maybe makes it extra special03:07:26
for Japan a country that cares so much03:07:29
about this event not only that but the03:07:31
second ever undefeated World Baseball03:07:34
Classic run team that just absolutely03:07:36
dominated from day one03:07:39
till tonight 7-003:07:42
only other team that has done that was03:07:44
the Dominican Republic team in 20 2013.03:07:48
rather than that03:07:51
it has been an absolute pleasure to03:07:53
watch baseball clean baseball03:07:57
wow at the highest level at the highest03:08:00
level and the proof that this sport is03:08:03
played at the highest level not just in03:08:05
the United States but around the world03:08:08
part of what this World Baseball Classic03:08:10
looks to accomplish I know we have a03:08:13
winning team in Japan but but baseball I03:08:15
keep saying this baseball one in this03:08:18
tournament03:08:19
we had so many great moments that you03:08:22
know that's tonight another great moment03:08:23
but this was this has been an absolute03:08:25
pleasure well said03:08:27
well we're gonna leave you with some of03:08:29
the great images of not just this game03:08:31
which finished with an all-time classic03:08:34
Showdown but the Entire World Baseball03:08:36
Classic03:08:37
[Music]03:08:39
it has been so fun we will not soon03:08:42
forget the great baseball we saw here in03:08:45
Miami and around the world team Japan03:08:47
the champions of this 2023 World03:08:51
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