WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:04.879 Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio network. 2 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:10.320 Guardians Weekly is brought to you by Progressive helping Guardians 3 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:50.399 fans save hundreds on car insurance. Hi, everyone, welcome to 4 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:54.719 Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosen House along with you from Citizens 5 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:57.719 Bank Park in Philadelphia. This weekend, the Guardian's taking on 6 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:01.439 the Phillies in Philadelphia for the first time since the 7 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:04.879 twenty sixteen season. It has been a while and it 8 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:07.799 gets started on an upbeat note on Friday night. More 9 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:10.159 on that in a moment, but just to let you know. 10 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:13.079 Coming up on our show this week, Rob Serfolio will 11 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:15.799 join us. He's the director of player development for the Guardians. 12 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:20.400 We'll talk about Travis Bozana's professional debut. It came on 13 00:01:20.439 --> 00:01:24.519 Friday night as The Guardian's Farm Club Lake County was 14 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:28.280 in Michigan and Bazana got his pro career started. And 15 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:32.079 robill Phillis in on the run up to that as 16 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:36.000 highly anticipated the first overall pick in the draft, getting 17 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:39.239 it going. Kate Smith will stop by as well. Outstanding 18 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:42.840 reliever for the Guardians, Kai Correa, who is the field 19 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:45.879 coordinator for the Guardians, part of that major league coaching staff. 20 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:49.079 He is a defensive specialist who has really helped the 21 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:52.000 Guardians step up their game defensively. He'll talk defense with 22 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:55.200 us and he always fun. Austin Hedges will swing by 23 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:58.719 as well. We'll talk to him about a squeeze bunt 24 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:01.040 that he put down in a gamer this week against 25 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:04.159 the Tigers. But first our weekend review. The Tigers were 26 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:06.599 in town starting on Monday night and it was an 27 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:10.199 eight to two lost to Detroit. The Guardians had dropped 28 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:12.159 three out of four coming out of the All Star Break, 29 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:14.520 looking to turn things around on Tuesday night, and they 30 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:17.639 got the scoring started in the third inning with Stephen 31 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:20.719 Kwan leading things off the pitch a swing in a 32 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:25.439 drive high and deep to right back toward the wall. Perez, 33 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:32.800 It is gone and Steven Kwan has put Cleveland on 34 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:38.759 top one nothing. He got into a hitters count at 35 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:42.240 three and one and he got a fastball middle in. 36 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:47.240 And that's the new approach, and it's been that way 37 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:50.280 from the get go this season. Get in a hitters count, 38 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:53.280 look to get a pitch and try to do damage. 39 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:57.800 And Stephen Kwan, who had six home runs last year, 40 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:01.319 hits his tenth Detroit respawnded in the top half of 41 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:03.199 the fourth with a two run home run that gave 42 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:05.319 them a two to one lead, but in the bottom 43 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:08.319 of the inning, John Kenzie Noel tied things up. The 44 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:12.919 right hander delivers in Noel Sky's one high and deep 45 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:16.719 to left. If it's fair, it's way on out of here, 46 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:21.759 and it is indeed a fair ball mammoth home run 47 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:28.680 off the bat of John Kenzie Noel. Oh my, that 48 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:32.879 ball was hit a ton As he crosses home plate 49 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:36.840 and the game is tied to two? Is there ever 50 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:40.639 a doubt when John Kenzie Noel hits one? My goodness? 51 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:45.240 And in the fifth, the home run barrage continued with 52 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:49.120 Jose Ramirez. Here comes the one two pitch swung on 53 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:53.479 and that's lifted high and deep left field. How Rod 54 00:03:53.840 --> 00:04:00.159 Jose Ramirez two. The Guardians are in front, three to two. 55 00:04:02.199 --> 00:04:06.479 Jose Ramirez with home run number twenty four on the season, 56 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:10.759 and he snaps the two all tie here in the fifth. 57 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:15.319 The Guardians made it forty two in the sixth inning 58 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:18.439 on a sack fly from on Hew Martinez, and then 59 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:22.279 Jose Ramirez continued to add to his team leading RBI 60 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:25.160 total on the two to one swing on line drive 61 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:28.879 Pase hitting all right, feeling by Perez, throw to the 62 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:33.000 plate steaming is sliding in safely thrown a second pit, 63 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:38.319 first slide safest Ramiez. Guardians lead it five to two. 64 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:46.160 Tigers pitched to Jose. Tigers get burned again and the 65 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:50.639 Guardians get a huge two out Army I single by 66 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:56.480 Jose Ramirez. He's knocked in a pair tonight, eighty two 67 00:04:56.639 --> 00:05:00.480 on the year. But Detroit would not go quiet. They 68 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:03.720 scored two in the seventh that made it a one 69 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:06.519 run game, five to four. Scott Barlow shut down the 70 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:09.480 Tigers in the eighth, and then Emmanuel Classe was on 71 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:12.800 to try and save it. In the ninth. The sent 72 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:17.759 the pitch swinging a high fly ball fairly deep bright 73 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:21.759 no well in front of the track. Makes the Cats 74 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:26.879 Bowl game and the Guardians get a much needed win 75 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:32.319 five to four over the Detroit Tigers. As he manual 76 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:35.920 Class A for the third year in a row has 77 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:40.839 at least thirty saves, and the Guardians no at a 78 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:43.959 minimum they'll have a four game lead when they wake 79 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:50.120 up tomorrow morning. Five to four. Cleveland subdues Detroit here tonight, 80 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:53.160 how the Guardians were back on the winning track, looking 81 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:56.120 to make it too straight on Wednesday night against Detroit. 82 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:58.959 Good pitching matchup in this one, and it lived up 83 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:02.879 to the advanced bill John Flaherty for the Tigers. For 84 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:06.319 the Guardians, it was Tanner Biby and Detroit jumped on 85 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:08.279 top with a solo home run in the first inning 86 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:11.480 by Matt Erling, but Bibby brushed that off and he 87 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:14.759 was locked in after that. The kick and delivery and 88 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:17.199 he sends one toward the gamp in Life Center on 89 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:20.879 the line. Kuan reaches up and snags the line drive. 90 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:23.959 Kwan made the play on every ball hit in the 91 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:27.920 air well. Tanner Biby had an eight pitch second inning, 92 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:32.519 a nine pitch third inning, thirty one pitches for Tanner 93 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:36.279 Biby in the first three innings tonight. It stayed one 94 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:39.360 nothing Detroit until the fifth. That's when the Guardians got 95 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:41.800 it going with a two out base hit from bow Naylor. 96 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:44.319 He moved up to second on a pass ball, and 97 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:47.560 then Stephen Kwan delivered to tie the game. Here's the 98 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:51.439 two to one swung on line drive base It left field, 99 00:06:52.040 --> 00:06:55.800 rounding third, heading for home is Nailer. He will score 100 00:06:57.560 --> 00:07:00.279 and the ball that gets past the catcher cut comes 101 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:03.279 up big as the Guardians are able to tie the 102 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:07.680 game on the base it from Stephen Kuan Naylor moved 103 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:11.879 up on what was called a wild pitch and he 104 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:16.160 was in scoring position for Kwan, who's been up well 105 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:19.439 over three hundred with men in scoring position all season long, 106 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:22.879 and he comes through again to tie the game. Meanwhile, 107 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:25.680 Biby was cruising, giving up just the one run through 108 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:28.160 five innings, but he had to leave prior to the 109 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:31.160 start of the sixth. He had some cramping in his legs, 110 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:33.920 so that was it. But the Guardians were able to 111 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:38.120 turn it over to baseball's best bullpen. Scott Barlow and 112 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:40.879 Tim Herron combined to shut down the Tigers in the 113 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:43.639 sixth and seventh, and then it was Hunter Gaddis in 114 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:46.439 the eighth. The two to two get him swinging in 115 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:53.360 a hundred. Gaddis continues this dominant bullpen's performance, strangs out 116 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:55.600 the side. We go to the bottom of the eighth, 117 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:58.639 We've got a one one game, and in the bottom 118 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:00.839 of the eighth inning, bo Naylor worked to lead off 119 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:04.319 walk stole second, moved up to third on a ground 120 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:07.160 out by on Hell Martinez, and then with two outs 121 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:10.240 his brother Josh was trying to put the Guardians in 122 00:08:10.279 --> 00:08:14.199 front one one in the eighth Guardians at the corners, 123 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:17.759 two down the three to zero pitch to Nailor, a 124 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:20.279 swing and a chopper up the middle to his right cheeth, 125 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:23.040 can't get it, balls off his club, ticks in the 126 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:27.279 right center in the scores. Nailer on his way to third, 127 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:32.879 Ramirez and the Guardians half the lead two to one. 128 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:36.639 He bounced one back up the middle that Colt Keith, 129 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:41.000 the second maseman, moved toward the bag, tried the backhand 130 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:45.080 and Keith had to go off the tip of his 131 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:50.679 glove and it's an Army I single for Nailor. Once again, 132 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:53.519 it was a Manuel Classe in the ninth innning, looking 133 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:56.399 to add to his league leading save total. The pitch 134 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:01.200 swung out, chopper to short Rochio, backhands, thrust, second bulging 135 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:07.639 and the Guardians win a tough one. Again tonight against Detroit, Boy, 136 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:12.480 what a season series this has been between these two 137 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:17.039 ball clubs. The final the night Cleveland two Detroit one 138 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:23.440 has been unbelievable. And more on his week in a moment. Thursday, though, 139 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:26.919 an afternoon game against the Tigers had progressive field big crowd, 140 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:30.120 but the Guardians couldn't get anything going and the Tigers 141 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:32.639 won it by a three to nothing final. So it 142 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:35.159 was on to Philadelphia to start a challenging road trip 143 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:37.799 against the team with the best record in all of baseball. 144 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:41.279 The Philadelphia Phillies and the Guardians got things started in 145 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:45.840 the first inning, taking advantage of a Phillies defensive miscue 146 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:49.840 that put on hell Martinez in scoring position for David Fry. 147 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:52.720 Now the set they'll look back at second. The bitch 148 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:55.960 swung on lined up the middle basin in the center, 149 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:59.679 that is going to score Martinez, and the Guardians tank 150 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:03.360 the on the David Fry two out RBI single to center, 151 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:07.720 and this inning that should have been a one two 152 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:11.919 three inning if you count the pickoff that wasn't handled, 153 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:15.919 now ends up being one nothing. Cleveland on the mound. 154 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:20.000 Ben Lively was sharp early. Ben Lively from the set. 155 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:25.559 Here it comes swung on and another little lazy pop 156 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:29.919 up shallow center and the shortstop Parochio puts it away. 157 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:33.159 Boy Lively has really done a great job keeping people 158 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:37.320 off balance and hitting off that front foot. Then in 159 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:40.840 the fourth, more sloppy defense from Philadelphia set the Guardians 160 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:43.480 up with one out and runners on the corners for 161 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:46.759 Bow Naylor. Naylor shows bunt and he bunts it out 162 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:49.799 to the first base side. Here comes h Menez, head 163 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:51.679 first slide and he's in there. 164 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:53.519 Uh. 165 00:10:53.679 --> 00:10:56.440 Bow Naylor got the bunt down on the squeeze and 166 00:10:56.480 --> 00:11:00.519 the Guardians lead it to nothing. I've seen that a 167 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:04.279 couple of times recently, and Naylor did great work to 168 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:07.759 get it down. How about that Later in the inning, 169 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:10.960 two men out, on hell Martinez delivered a clutch base hit. 170 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:14.159 Here's the one one and Martinez rips it to left 171 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:17.480 that gets down for a base hit, rounding third, heading 172 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:21.960 for home and scoring. Standing up is Rochio. It's an 173 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:26.559 RBI single for on Hell Martinez and the Guardians take 174 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:30.039 a three nothing lead, and that young man is now 175 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:35.000 two for two and continues to impress on hell Martinez. 176 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:38.480 The Phillies got on the board on a solo home run, 177 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:39.960 and that was in the fifth inning to make it 178 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:43.559 three to one. But Lively's impressive out and continued after that. 179 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:47.399 The pitch swinging a chopper in the whole right side, 180 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:50.720 snagging it in shallow right. Jumana spins throws in the 181 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:54.720 second basement with another nifty play to get Brandon Marsh. 182 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:58.919 Philly has to be flustered. They just can't get a 183 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:03.399 ball by andrac Is at second base. And Cleveland through six, 184 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:06.559 not only do they have a three to one lead 185 00:12:06.600 --> 00:12:09.600 over Philly, they got six innings out of Ben Lively 186 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:13.799 against this juggernaut of a lineup. And in the ninth, 187 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:16.480 Class A came on once again to try and seal 188 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:20.200 another win. Class A brings the hands up, chin high, 189 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:24.720 lets it fly swing in a miss ball game, and 190 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:28.759 the Guardians start off a five game road trip before 191 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:32.320 the trade deadline with an impressive three to one win 192 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:35.559 here in Philadelphia. So it turns out to be a 193 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:38.279 pretty good week for the Guardians heading into Saturday nights 194 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:41.559 game in Philadelphia a six zero five first pitch, and 195 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:45.320 Sunday the series in Philly concludes with a one thirty 196 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:47.720 five start. Stay with us when we come back, we'll 197 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:51.360 hear from veteran catcher Austin Hedges. That's next as we 198 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:54.960 continue on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. 199 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:01.360 Progressive. 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Jim rosen House along with you. 217 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:05.399 We're in Philadelphia this weekend as the Guardians take on 218 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:08.480 the Phillies, the team with the best record in all 219 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:11.519 of baseball, but coming out of the All Star Break, 220 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:14.440 Guardians looking for a spark. They've struggled a little bit 221 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:17.840 as they dropped the series against the Padres, and then Monday, 222 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:20.440 an eight to two series opening loss to the Tigers 223 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:23.159 made it a rare three game losing streak for a 224 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:26.639 Cleveland They rebounded though, winning the next two against the Tigers, 225 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:29.480 and they wound up splitting that four game series. So, 226 00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:31.879 along with the Phillies, the Guardians are the only team 227 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:35.039 in baseball now to still have not lost four games 228 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:38.159 in a row this season. Austin Hedges has provided that 229 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:41.960 much needed veteran leadership in that backup catcher's role, and 230 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:44.759 we caught up with him following Monday's loss to the 231 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:47.279 Tigers and he talked about how the team has been 232 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:50.799 able to stay positive even during some of the tough times. 233 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:55.200 Yeah, I mean it's obviously it's a long season, and 234 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:59.320 it's really easy to make more out of something that 235 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:01.879 when it when it really isn't you know, the adjustments 236 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:04.480 in this game are not big adjustments. There's not some 237 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:08.879 big complicated way to you know, win more games or not. 238 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:11.279 And when you think about it too, like it's not 239 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:13.440 really a it's not a team sport. When it's all 240 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:16.000 said and done, there's a team. There's team aspects to it, 241 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:18.440 and there's a group that comes together, but it's up 242 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:21.720 to each individual person in each moment to you know, 243 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:23.320 no one's helping you in the batter's box, no one's 244 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:25.080 helping you throw strikes on the mount, no one's helping 245 00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:29.200 you catch a ball on defense. But it's the special 246 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:32.240 groups that are all being challenged at the same time 247 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:35.440 that figure out a way to respond and then take 248 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:41.200 ownership of it individually and make that adjustment themselves. And 249 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:44.200 that adjustment isn't necessarily a physical adjustment. It's a mental 250 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:48.519 adjustment of accepting this is what happens in this game. 251 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:52.159 It's a game of so many uncontrollable things, and I'm 252 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:54.399 just going to focus on what I can control. And 253 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:56.360 if I do that, and then my teammate does that, 254 00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:59.080 and my other teammates do that, we're going to be 255 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:01.279 in our best position to win. And you know what, 256 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:03.679 if you don't win, you still up tomorrow. There's a 257 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:06.679 reason we play one sixty two. But also like it's 258 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:09.080 one sixty two with the intention of making the playoffs. 259 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:11.480 Doesn't matter how you get to the playoffs. It might 260 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:14.200 be when a division, maybe a wild card, none of 261 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:16.639 that matters. He's got to get there, and it's really 262 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:19.159 all about who gets hot at the right time, and 263 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:22.240 it just doesn't matter if you're hot or cold in July. 264 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:26.120 So on the field last night, you had an opportunity 265 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:29.440 and you came through a bunt base hit with two 266 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:32.480 outs in the bases loaded. You never see that in 267 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:35.360 Major League baseball. But does that kind of get back 268 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:38.480 to your point of doing what you can do to 269 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:40.320 help to help the team win, even if it might 270 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.320 seem odd at the time. 271 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:43.840 Yeah, I mean, we just needed to push a run 272 00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:46.279 across in that situation. And I mean most of the 273 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:49.000 time when the when the third basem's playing pretty far back, 274 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:52.519 especially if I'm facing a good arm like obviously Scooble 275 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:54.039 is one of the best arms in the league, and 276 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:55.679 I just need to find a way to get on 277 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:58.039 base and turn the lineup over back to Kwan. 278 00:16:58.679 --> 00:17:01.960 So as this team looks ahead now and not a 279 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:04.920 game tonight, you mentioned that the games keep coming regardless 280 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:07.599 of how it goes tonight. What allows you to look 281 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:09.000 at this team and say, hey, they're going to be 282 00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:10.480 just fine because they'll figure it out. 283 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:13.359 Because we're talking about it every day. This is you know, 284 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:15.440 it's not like we talked about something yesterday or the 285 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:18.319 day before. That's different. Every game that we lose, every 286 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:20.160 game that doesn't go our way, we talk about it, 287 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:23.400 you know, make ourselves aware of how we could have 288 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:26.400 done better, and then really awareness is all you can 289 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:29.559 have so that when that moment presents itself again, you 290 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:31.880 can go, oh, I've been here before. This is the 291 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:33.839 response I need to have. This is how I can 292 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:36.920 continue to go and not react in some crazy way 293 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:39.960 that's gonna throw me off and then make me try 294 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:42.200 and either do too much or too little instead of 295 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:45.240 just doing what's asked of me. And we're just going 296 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:47.680 to continue to have those conversations, you know, before and 297 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:50.720 after games and you know, you win, that's what you're 298 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:52.839 trying to do, and if you lose, it's like, okay, 299 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:56.920 another opportunity to learn from it, so that when October 300 00:17:56.960 --> 00:18:00.359 comes around, you know we're prepared to and win the 301 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:01.079 ultimate test. 302 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:03.759 Always good to have you on. Great perspective, Thank you, 303 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:07.039 thank you always. Great to have that good veteran perspective 304 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:10.079 from Austin Hedges and great to have him on our 305 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:12.519 show once again this week. Stay with us when we 306 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:15.640 come back, we'll hear from reliever Cade Smith and coach 307 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:19.400 Kayi Carrea. That's next on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. 308 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:43.279 Welcome back to Guardians Weekly, Jim Rosenhouse, So long we 309 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:46.920 do from Philadelphia this weekend where the Guardians are taking 310 00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:49.480 on the Phillies, and one of the keys to the 311 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:52.319 series figures to be and it certainly was on Friday night. 312 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:55.880 The work of the Guardian's bullpen the best in baseball 313 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:59.240 ERA wise, and they've been getting it done with several 314 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:02.519 key rookies, including Kate Smith, who is five and one 315 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:05.480 on the year and after more shut out baseball on 316 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:09.359 Friday Night, is era approaching two runs a game. He's 317 00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:11.279 been lights out all year. We caught up with him 318 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:14.200 earlier in the week and he says his rookie season 319 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:17.640 has gone about it as well as he could have expected. 320 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:20.799 No, I think you can't speak enough to what the 321 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:22.720 team's done. It's incredible to be a part of this 322 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:24.720 team and be in the position we are and to 323 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:28.240 be playing the caliber baseball that we have been, and 324 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:31.240 especially to see you know, guys kind of buckle down, 325 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:33.480 continue to grind and working away through a bit of 326 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:35.799 a tough stretch, but have confidence that what we do 327 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:37.839 day in and day out is going to keep us 328 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:40.799 posision we are and you know, continue to bode well 329 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:41.160 for us. 330 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:43.920 You don't really have a frame of reference on what 331 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:46.960 the other side of it would be. But how has 332 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:49.119 it helped you to be a part of a team 333 00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:51.680 that is playing winning baseball and doing all those things? 334 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.039 You said? 335 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:54.119 Yeah, absolutely, I'm trying to soak in every minute of 336 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:56.119 it and learn from the guys who've been here before 337 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:58.960 and you know, enjoy what's special about the culture in 338 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:02.039 the clubhouse here and really just soak it in, like 339 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:03.880 there's you know, we don't want to take it for 340 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:07.480 granted in any regard, but just you know, really have 341 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.440 fun being a part of it. 342 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:11.359 You battle through spring training to make this club and 343 00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:13.279 you found out on the very last day that you 344 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:17.240 could that you had made it. Has it been different 345 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:20.759 than maybe you expected after having such a you know, 346 00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:22.799 up and down spring to try and get here and 347 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:24.759 all that kind of stuff to finally get here, And 348 00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:26.960 has it been different at all? 349 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:29.720 I think you know, it goes for taking nothing for granted, right, 350 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:32.079 Like I didn't expect to make the team out of camp, 351 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:34.920 but just wanting to take things one day at a time. 352 00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:37.079 That's continued to be my mindset here is to take 353 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:38.759 things one day at a time. What can we do 354 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:41.440 today to win the game? How can I contribute to that? 355 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:43.920 If my name is called, make sure I'm ready to 356 00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:47.160 go and do what I can whatever's asked of me. 357 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:51.640 Pitch quality. Have things improved over the course of the 358 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:55.279 season noticeable to you and especially maybe compared to this 359 00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:56.400 time a year ago. 360 00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:58.839 Well, it's certainly been a learning process a couple of 361 00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:02.720 years long since getting to the organization and learning to 362 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:06.039 develop my slider, my splitter, and to get familiar with 363 00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:08.240 them and use them and always be you know, tinkering 364 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:10.960 with them. So as part of a you know, a 365 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:13.200 year long journey, and I'm hoping that that journey is 366 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:14.599 going to continue. 367 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:17.519 What are some of the keys now in the second 368 00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:21.079 half is as I think everybody hitters, pictures alike, start 369 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:23.119 to get a little more tired and the season wears 370 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:23.799 on them a little bit. 371 00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:26.359 Yeah, well, I think that, you know, seeing the importance 372 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:30.279 of consistency just day in and day out, like showing 373 00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:32.799 up the field, get my work done, doing quality work, 374 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:37.000 and knowing that what I do is, you know, what 375 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:39.599 I can rely on in times of need, and then 376 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:42.519 when I go out and compete, it's just operating at 377 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:44.960 a subconscious level of you know what I've trained myself 378 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:47.240 to do, that's what I can tap into. 379 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:51.400 And when you look at at the situations you're used 380 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:55.039 in a lot of times, especially recently, it seems you've 381 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:57.200 been coming on mid inning with men on base and 382 00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:59.759 doing some great work. There is there a key to 383 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:03.880 that coming in and in key spots, not necessarily starting 384 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:04.519 a clean inning. 385 00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:07.400 No, I think it just goes as like what I 386 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:09.759 said before, of being ready whenever my name is called, 387 00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:12.880 like doing whatever I can and make sure I'm ready 388 00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:16.680 at any situation, and when my name is called, to 389 00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:18.519 be ready to compete. That's what it comes out to 390 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:20.519 like just to go out there compete, not worry about 391 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:22.640 the situation, not worry about anything else, but just know 392 00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:25.200 that this is an opportunity. And you know I'm not 393 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:27.119 gonna take for granted that I was giving this opportunity. 394 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:29.920 How can I compete and helps team. 395 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:33.119 With teammates in the pen. Obviously it's a young ball club, 396 00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:35.440 but you have a Scott Barlow, you have an a 397 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:37.799 manual class say, even though he's young, he's been around 398 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:40.720 the block a little bit. Can you tap into them 399 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:42.640 and are they helpful for you? For sure? 400 00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:44.759 Each guy brings a unique personality to the bullpen and 401 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:47.640