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<v Speaker 1>Sway, you get a miss wag, a bit strikes out

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<v Speaker 1>on the splitter and that is the ball game. Astros

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<v Speaker 1>into three game skin take a Game one in Miami,

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<v Speaker 1>winning eight to two.

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<v Speaker 2>Robert Ford, not Robert Hord, Robert Ford with the very.

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<v Speaker 3>Happy final, big shot, Bob, Robert or last night he

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<v Speaker 3>did not.

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<v Speaker 4>It was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was our normal crew of Robert Ford and Steve Sparks.

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<v Speaker 2>But you just heard Robert Ford give you the very

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<v Speaker 2>happy final last night from there in South Florida as

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<v Speaker 2>the Astros getting back on the winning track. And with

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<v Speaker 2>that we say away we go in good morning here

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<v Speaker 2>on the Sean Salisbury Show. And Sean I threw it

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<v Speaker 2>out on Twitter last night and it's as simple as

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<v Speaker 2>can be. You put the ball in play, well, good

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<v Speaker 2>things can happen. And the Astros in that fourth inning

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<v Speaker 2>last night, for the five runs that they erupted for, well,

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<v Speaker 2>when a novel concept they put the ball in play.

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<v Speaker 3>They did, and that was big and it was never

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<v Speaker 3>in question after that, and that was a looked a

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<v Speaker 3>similar to the day before the other way.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's just a shoe was on the other foot.

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<v Speaker 3>Exactly right, big inning, and sometimes those are hard to overcome,

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<v Speaker 3>and usually they are, especially when they're that big. And

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<v Speaker 3>then you know, they got help from a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>people last night to play. Even though ball wasn't flying

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<v Speaker 3>out of the park, they were getting a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>extra bates hit clutch hits at the right time, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>from Correa Kartini got into the act, Christian Walker got

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<v Speaker 3>into the act, Jeremy Paine a couple times in the act.

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<v Speaker 3>They the Diaz that's exactly right, loaded up and did

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<v Speaker 3>a great job. And I'm gonna tell you phenomenal performance

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<v Speaker 3>of scoreless for what's six. I thought the pitching performance

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<v Speaker 3>last night, considering think about the pressure they're and knowing

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<v Speaker 3>people are coming back wondering is this my gig or

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<v Speaker 3>isn't it?

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<v Speaker 4>Where am I going to be in this rotation.

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<v Speaker 3>And coming off And they needed it off a three

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<v Speaker 3>game losing streak in Boston. They needed to have that

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<v Speaker 3>performance in a beginning like that allows you to settle in.

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<v Speaker 3>But they got everything downe and they needed to get

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<v Speaker 3>done last night, including the win, and uh, I thought,

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<v Speaker 3>I thought they did a hell of a job. I know,

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<v Speaker 3>the back to back home runs for pinchhit home runs

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<v Speaker 3>off King, but that's at the point when you have

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<v Speaker 3>the lead, that validates, even though you never like to

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<v Speaker 3>see it, That validates what we're talking about. Give yourself

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<v Speaker 3>some latitude and leeway. Can't be always being two to one,

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<v Speaker 3>three to one, three two games where one swing of

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<v Speaker 3>the bat one way or the other caused a problem.

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<v Speaker 3>Two solo home runs meant what last night nothing exactly right.

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<v Speaker 3>Could have been might as well have been two singles. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>ego and pitching. If you're the pitcher, you don't like

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<v Speaker 3>it as good as he's been this year King has,

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<v Speaker 3>but they it didn't. It wasn't like a two to

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<v Speaker 3>one game where that's where you had the leeways. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>they get away with a couple of them, a couple

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<v Speaker 3>you know, pinchhit home runs, no harm, no foul, all good,

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<v Speaker 3>take care of your business. But it all starts with

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<v Speaker 3>scoring quickly and jumping on them and then forcing them

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<v Speaker 3>to chase, and then giving yourself the latitude that if

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<v Speaker 3>you miss a pitcher two and they you still win

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<v Speaker 3>this game.

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<v Speaker 4>So there you have it. It looked it looked nice, Like.

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<v Speaker 3>I said, it was just I don't want to say

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<v Speaker 3>mirror image, but it looks early similar to what the

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<v Speaker 3>what the Astros had to go through with Fromber and

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<v Speaker 3>they couldn't get out of that. They couldn't overcome their

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<v Speaker 3>poor inning defensively and you know as a pitcher, and

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<v Speaker 3>they never could catch back up and never got anything done.

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<v Speaker 4>Same thing happened last night.

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<v Speaker 2>Get back into the offense in a second. But I

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<v Speaker 2>mean you touched on him a little bit, Jason Alexander.

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<v Speaker 2>Where I think last night we would have been fine

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<v Speaker 2>with get to the fifth inning and then you let

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<v Speaker 2>the bullpen go to work from there. But when you

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<v Speaker 2>find out what today's game is a bullpen game, his

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<v Speaker 2>six innings is even more crucial for you to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to get.

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<v Speaker 4>Last night and he delivered.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and I don't And you're right that the attitude

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<v Speaker 3>of of get me to five. But I'd like to

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<v Speaker 3>switch my thought process and I think he'd I screw

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<v Speaker 3>get into five there, you get to six, not on

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<v Speaker 3>those damn weighted balls. Yeah, get to six innings. Has

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<v Speaker 3>our guy Rob Dibble would say, get get to six innings?

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<v Speaker 3>Make it even less pressure. And today, with with this,

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<v Speaker 3>like I said, yesterday kind of figured out what they

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<v Speaker 3>didn't have. They had to announced a starter for today.

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<v Speaker 3>You've kind of got an idea what they were going

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<v Speaker 3>to do. But that's how you approach this thing where

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<v Speaker 3>you don't as a pitcher, don't say like, yeah, I

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<v Speaker 3>got to five and a third so that's enough. I

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<v Speaker 3>mean it start and it you know, we sit here

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<v Speaker 3>and say, okay, baseball's gotten to the point it feels

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<v Speaker 3>like that if you get to five and two thirds innings,

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<v Speaker 3>we're starting to put you on our shoulders and hero worship. Right,

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<v Speaker 3>But you go in there and you take care of that.

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<v Speaker 3>You go six scoreless and you take care of your business.

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<v Speaker 3>Not only are you saving a bullpen, you're also creating

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<v Speaker 3>confidence among the guys.

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<v Speaker 4>And don't think that doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just telling those guys behind you, they want to

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<v Speaker 3>know what's going on with you?

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<v Speaker 4>Would would how good are you? Under pressure?

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<v Speaker 3>How good are you? In quite frankly, everybody passed past

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<v Speaker 3>Hunter Brown and fromber on the mound in truth? Are

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<v Speaker 3>they not trying to?

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<v Speaker 4>Uh? Aren't they battling for their starting pitching job right now?

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<v Speaker 3>Easily knowing Yeah, you're bad. No matter who you are.

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<v Speaker 3>It doesn't matter who it is Jason Alexander. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>matter if it's Gordon and if everybody was healthy and

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<v Speaker 3>ready to go. Those the front two, yes, the other

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<v Speaker 3>three and when the colors is out there all battling

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<v Speaker 3>for a shot to be three, four and five. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>and he posted his score. But also what that does.

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<v Speaker 3>It tells the guys behind you that he's that the

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<v Speaker 3>guy's throwing good pitches. Get people out, working fast and

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<v Speaker 3>getting things done, man, and it does matter. And then

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<v Speaker 3>a bullpen said, they're saying, oh, they just saved us

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<v Speaker 3>twenty five pitches or whatever it could be, right, getting

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<v Speaker 3>an extra ining. So the thought process of you know what, no, no,

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<v Speaker 3>no five is not enough. Let me get you guys

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<v Speaker 3>to six and it'll all be scorreless. And so the

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<v Speaker 3>guys behind you, and that that confidence starts to build

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<v Speaker 3>to where if you have a six man rotation, or

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<v Speaker 3>if you have a guy that has to spot start

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<v Speaker 3>for you, you're not sitting there saying Jason Alexanderson over

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<v Speaker 3>his head, he shouldn't look and I know who it is,

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<v Speaker 3>but they've been playing pretty good baseball. He sure as

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<v Speaker 3>hell wasn't in over his head last night and was

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<v Speaker 3>a hell of a performance. And everybody, like when we

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<v Speaker 3>mentioned Sanchez got himself he what was a double. He

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<v Speaker 3>had hit his double two. They took care of it.

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<v Speaker 3>Dubon took care of his. I mean it was an

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<v Speaker 3>impressive performance up and down the lineup and uh and

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<v Speaker 3>chasing Alexander Rodoby. When I say proud, stand up and

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<v Speaker 3>give a thumbs up. That was important last night.

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<v Speaker 4>No, it absolutely was. And he's able to give you that.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you touched on King giving up those couple

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<v Speaker 2>of home runs and then also a double on that inning,

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<v Speaker 2>but even after the home runs came back struck out

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<v Speaker 2>the next two guys like almost kind of like all

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<v Speaker 2>right enough, like what's it Hans Kruber and die hard

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<v Speaker 2>enough jokes?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, that was.

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<v Speaker 2>That was Brian King in that inning of just being like,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, hey, you got a three times.

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<v Speaker 3>It ain't gonna happen anymore, right, And you know what

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<v Speaker 3>if that means that was your performance. It doesn't happen

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<v Speaker 3>to you very often this year and it hasn't once again.

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<v Speaker 3>Six runs gives you the latitude you go up there,

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<v Speaker 3>you have two solo home runs when it's six to nothing.

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<v Speaker 3>You can live with that, and I don't have to

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<v Speaker 3>rush to the bullpen to think, oh my gosh and

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<v Speaker 3>then you get it done and then you fight back.

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<v Speaker 3>Kind of shows his resilience, which has been typical of

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<v Speaker 3>that bullpen what they've been about this year. But make

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<v Speaker 3>no mistake given them that big inning allows Jason Alexander

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<v Speaker 3>to pitch a little freer, even though he was pitching

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<v Speaker 3>really well anyway. But that just gives you a little

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<v Speaker 3>attitude and I don't think we can overestimate how important

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<v Speaker 4>And it was. It was a really good especially coming

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<v Speaker 4>when they needed.

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<v Speaker 3>It, because you don't know what's going to happen in

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<v Speaker 3>a bullpen game like this today, You don't, you have

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<v Speaker 3>no idea. And it was because if I'm not mistaken

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<v Speaker 3>that I mean, I don't think the Mariners played last night, but.

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<v Speaker 4>Rangers took care of Yes, they did.

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<v Speaker 3>And in the American League, you know, you know that

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<v Speaker 3>it's that there's five six teams that can win it

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<v Speaker 3>and you're trying to post your score and win this division.

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<v Speaker 3>Last night was huge, so they what they stayed. The

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<v Speaker 3>Rangers stayed the course and now your three game games

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<v Speaker 3>up on Seattle with a half game last night