WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:05.000 Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio network. 2 00:00:05.960 --> 00:00:10.439 Guardians Weekly is brought to you by Progressive helping Guardians 3 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:51.560 fans say hundreds on car Insurance. Hi everyone, Welcome to 4 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:55.119 Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosen House along with you from Progressive 5 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:58.399 Field in downtown Cleveland, where the Guardians are taking on 6 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:01.960 the Tampa Bay Rays this weekend long homestand for the 7 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:05.560 Guardians as we get closer to the final games of 8 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:08.200 the season with Cleveland trying to nail down an American 9 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:12.560 League's Central Division crown and also the postseason birth that 10 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:16.120 would go with it. They have these two games coming 11 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:19.359 up with Tampa Bay Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Then 12 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:21.920 the Twins are in town for a four game set 13 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:25.200 starting on Monday night. Coming up a little bit later on. 14 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:27.879 In our show this week, we'll visit with starting pitcher 15 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:31.760 Joey Cantillo, who threw an absolute gem on Monday night 16 00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:35.840 in Chicago. Also new reliever Andrew Walters, he's just up 17 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:39.400 from TRIPAA making his major league debut on Thursday night. 18 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:42.560 We'll also check in with third base coach Rugulus o'dore 19 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:47.599 and former Cleveland star and All Star Grady Sizemore, who's 20 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:50.920 now the manager for the Chicago White Sox. We'll hear 21 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:54.239 from outfielder Lane Thomas as well, but first I'll look 22 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:57.000 back at the week that was, including the three game 23 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:00.359 series sweep in Chicago against the White Sox, and that 24 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:03.680 began on Monday night. Guardian's got the scoring started in 25 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:06.439 the first inning as Stephen Kuan let off the game 26 00:02:06.439 --> 00:02:10.319 with a single. He stole second, and Josh Naylor drove 27 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:13.479 in the game's first run. Naylor sends a bloop job 28 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:15.680 into left field. This is going to get down and 29 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:20.120 it'll be an RBI single. Klawon scores from second, and 30 00:02:20.199 --> 00:02:23.360 there's rb I number one oh one for Josh Naylor, 31 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:28.240 a two out RBI bloop single to left and so 32 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:32.599 the stolen base comes into play. And guess what Stephen 33 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:36.520 Kwan truly is the igniter. The next man up was 34 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:40.159 red hot Lane Thomas. Thomas has started to swing the 35 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:43.439 bat the way Cleveland envision when they made the trade 36 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:47.560 with Washington. Thomas over the last fifteen games hitting three 37 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:51.319 point thirty three. Now the pitch and he rips it 38 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:54.080 to left base, it down the line, it'll get into 39 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:57.199 the corner. Can Naylor score from first. He's on his 40 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:59.919 way to third, stumbling and left has been in ten 41 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:04.280 relay throat of the plate in scoring is Nailer into 42 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:07.479 third and making a big turn in the holding is 43 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:12.879 Lane Thomas too nothing, Cleveland. The Guardians extended the lead 44 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:15.120 in the third inning thanks to a big blast from 45 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:19.439 David Fry. The bitch swung on, pounded deep center field 46 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:26.319 Robert Beck track walk, go three nothing Cleveland. David Fry 47 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:31.599 a dead center number fourteen and the Guardians have a 48 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:33.479 three nothing third inning lead. 49 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:35.800 And boy, they haven't had. 50 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:39.240 This kind of an advantage early in a game very 51 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:42.400 often over the last couple of months. And in the 52 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:44.919 fourth it was bow Naylor going deep. The two to 53 00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:48.240 two swung on and that's blasted high and deep to 54 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:51.960 center back on it is Robert This one's gone home 55 00:03:52.039 --> 00:03:53.479 run Bow Naylor. 56 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:59.599 To dead center. Naylor with his twelfth. 57 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:02.000 Home run on the season, and the Guardians take up 58 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:06.240 four nothing lead. The Guardians added one more in the 59 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:09.039 fifth on a basis loaded walk to make it five nothing. 60 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:12.080 But the big story in this one was happening on 61 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:16.759 the mound as the youngster Joey Cantillo was outstanding from 62 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:20.000 the start, two down, eight up, eight down for Cantillo. 63 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:24.399 The two pitch to Amaya and it's strike three cold. 64 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:29.720 He is perfect through three innings with five strikeouts on 65 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:33.079 a count of two and two on Sosa. Here's the 66 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:38.279 pitch swing and I missed strike three. Cantillo strikes out 67 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:43.040 another another three up, three down inning, and Joey Cantillo 68 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:46.639 is perfect through five. We head to the sixth, five 69 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:51.639 nothing Cleveland over the White Sox. Now the scent. Now 70 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:56.560 the delivery swung and ripped to third, caught by Ramirez. 71 00:04:57.319 --> 00:05:00.959 It almost went through the webbing of the glob hardest 72 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:04.040 hit ball of the night by the White Sox. Bottom line, 73 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:10.079 Joey Cantillo perfect through six. You look at Cantillo tonight. 74 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:17.600 He has thrown forty one fastballs, twenty six changeups, half 75 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:21.040 dozen curveballs, and three sliders. 76 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:22.000 The pitch got. 77 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:26.480 Them swinging, came right back at him and Vargas's strikeout 78 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:30.959 victim number nine. And the perfect game continues with two 79 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:35.279 down and the sixth the two to two delivery and 80 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:40.240 Corey jolks Swington's and missus high fastball. He chased it. 81 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:46.120 That's ten strikeouts for Cantillo. Now the one Oer swung 82 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:49.040 on a little bloop job shallow right. Noel coming On 83 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:53.759 takes the running catch. Two down. Now the two zero 84 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:57.600 pitch swing in a ground ball right side base it. 85 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:02.279 He snuck it between four Hurston second. Not hard hit, 86 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:06.399 but Andrew ben and Tendi breaks up the perfect game 87 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:13.439 after Joey Cantillo had retired twenty in a row, and 88 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:18.399 there are fans standing and cheering Joey Cantillo. That's a 89 00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:23.879 pretty classy move by these White Sox fans. Can Tillo's 90 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:27.959 payoff pitch to Corey Lee swings and pulls it on 91 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:31.600 the ground to third, backhanded by Ramirez, throws across the diamond. 92 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:35.360 What a job by the kid. Joey Cantillo gave up 93 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:39.199 a basit with two down in the seventh White Sox score, 94 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:42.879 but lots of high fives in that first base dugout 95 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:47.360 for Joey Cantillo. Brilliant tonight, Cleveland up five to one 96 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:50.639 going to the eighth. What a performance for Cantillo, and 97 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:52.680 again we'll hear from him coming up later on in 98 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:55.720 our show today. He got through the seventh giving up 99 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:58.639 just one run, and then Chicago stored two in the 100 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:01.360 eighth inning. To make it a five three game, and 101 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:04.040 that meant it was up to Emmanuel Classe in the 102 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:09.399 ninth to close things out. Emmanuel Clause as ready. Here 103 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:15.759 it comes swaying an MS Bowl game and the Guardians 104 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:19.279 win Game one in the Windy City, knocking off the 105 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:22.839 Socks five to three. So a nice way to start 106 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:25.800 the series for the Guardians. They kept it going Tuesday 107 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:29.079 night as they jumped in front early second inning with 108 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:33.040 a runner in scoring position. Kyle Manzardo stepped in, don't 109 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:35.920 score second inning, Manzardo with a line shot to the 110 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:38.560 gamp and right center. It'll get down for a base 111 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:43.600 hit and score lane. Thomas won nothing Cleveland and Kyle Mansardo, 112 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:48.240 a different hitter this second time in Cleveland, has an 113 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:54.120 RBI single and it's one nothing Cleveland. Manzarto ten RBIs 114 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:58.519 and another guy that is just so much more comfortable. 115 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:02.600 Once you've gone through everything that you have to learn 116 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:06.600 as a rookie and get comfortable knowing you can play 117 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:09.920 at this level, man Zardo now is starting to thrive. 118 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:13.279 Guardian started Ben Lively looked sharp early on, but he 119 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:15.279 had to leave the game in the second inning after 120 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:18.160 being hitting the leg by a comebacker, so it would 121 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:21.000 be a long day for the bullpen. First man up 122 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:24.000 out of the pen was Pedro aviy La as he 123 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:26.079 had some nice work to get through the fourth, picking 124 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:28.800 up Ben Lively. Here's the old one to Lee. He 125 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:31.920 swings and chops it to the shortstop corral by Rochio. 126 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:35.200 It throws to first in time for the out, and 127 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:38.519 avi La breezes through the fourth, setting the side out. 128 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:42.200 In order we played for in Chicago, it's the Guardians 129 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:45.679 one and the White Sox nothing. Still a one nothing game. 130 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:48.639 In the sixth inning, the Guardians would put two more 131 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:51.519 men on base and the hot heading Lane Thomas stepped in. 132 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:55.000 Now the set and the pitch to Thomas, who's won 133 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:57.480 for two of the double ender run scored the game's 134 00:08:57.480 --> 00:08:58.080 only run. 135 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:01.600 Thomas wither draw into deep lutfield. 136 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:07.879 This ball dom a line drive, three run homer to 137 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:13.120 the left by Lane Thomas and the Guardians now have 138 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:17.120 that big blow and now lead it four to nothing. 139 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:22.919 Lane Thomas with a laser and that home run is 140 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:29.360 his eleventh and his third with Cleveland. Eli Morgan followed 141 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:31.519 Abby Lah out of the pen, and he pitched an 142 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:34.399 inning in two thirds of scoreless baseball before turning it 143 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:37.799 over to Kate Smith. The pitch swung on, grounded sharply 144 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:40.600 to the sun a basement sliding to his left. The 145 00:09:40.639 --> 00:09:44.840 sure handed one, Andre Simenez fields throws out sheets and 146 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:51.240 the beat goes on. This Cleveland bullpen absolutely spectacular. Tim 147 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:53.399 Herron got the job done in the seventh, and then 148 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:56.519 Hunter Gaddis was on for the eighth. Now the wind, 149 00:09:56.759 --> 00:10:00.919 now the one two swung on line the s lane. 150 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:04.879 Thomas coming in snags a shoulder high and another good 151 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:08.840 inning four Hunter Gandis eight. In the book's Cleveland four 152 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:12.279 Chicago nothing. Andre Semenez droven a run in the top 153 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:13.919 half of the ninth inning to make it five to 154 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:17.840 nothing Cleveland, and that was plenty to give Emmanuel class 155 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:21.320 a day off to rest, so Eric Sabrowski got the 156 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:23.879 call to finish things up in the bottom of the ninth. 157 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:27.480 Now the two to two, swinging. 158 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:31.200 A shot to third caught by Ramirez, drops and lays 159 00:10:31.279 --> 00:10:36.399 flat on his back ballgame. The Guardians get the shutout, 160 00:10:36.440 --> 00:10:39.759 their eleventh. The White Sox have been shut out a 161 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:45.200 major league high seventeen times, and Cleveland with a five 162 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:48.519 nothing win over Chicago, we'll keep a three and a 163 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:52.799 half game lead on the Kansas City Royals, so a 164 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:56.559 shutout win set the stage for a potential series sweep 165 00:10:56.879 --> 00:11:00.279 for the Guardians. On Wednesday afternoon, and they out on 166 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:02.399 the board in the first inning, trying to anyway with 167 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:05.440 runners at second and third, but two men were out. 168 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:08.440 With Lane Thomas stepping in the pitch, swung On a 169 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:12.159 slow roller to third, charged by Vargas. Clubs throws to first, 170 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:16.639 not in time, and two runs will score. Kwan scored, 171 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:20.559 Ramirez never stopped, and Vaughan just held on to the 172 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:24.360 ball at first after stretching to take the throw from 173 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:28.360 Vargas at third. It'll go as an infield single and 174 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:32.000 two runs scored. The Guardians added on in the third 175 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:35.080 inning as Austin Hedges let off the inning with a boom. 176 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:35.960 The pitch. 177 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:40.799 Swung On hit high, hit deep to left, away back, 178 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:47.080 gone for Hedges his second home run, and it's three 179 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:51.879 nothing Cleveland here in the third in Chicago. Later on 180 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:54.200 in the third again they had runners at second and third, 181 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:57.320 and once again it was Lane Thomas batting with two outs. 182 00:11:57.480 --> 00:12:01.000 The next offering, swung On bounced on the right side, 183 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:04.320 diving into right Sosa Hanson seat of the Pants. 184 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:07.039 Throw the first down in time, two more run score. 185 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:12.600 Kwan scored, he met us, followed the lead from second 186 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:16.399 and beat the throw home by first baseman Andrew Vaughn. 187 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:19.240 Five nothing, Cleveland. 188 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:22.039 What a wild day for Thomas and we'll talk to 189 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:25.120 him about that coming up shortly. The White Sox bounced 190 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:27.120 back in the bottom of the third. They scored four 191 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:29.320 times off of Matthew Boyd to make it a one 192 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:32.559 run game, five to four Cleveland, and it would be 193 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:35.799 up again the baseball's best bullpen to hold that lead. 194 00:12:36.080 --> 00:12:39.320 And then in the ninth, Emanuel Classe was on looking 195 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:43.080 for save number forty four. Socks down to their last strike. 196 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:48.039 Classe as ready, here's the two pitch a swang in 197 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:51.960 a miss ball game. He got him on a wicked slider. 198 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:58.120 Any manual Classe with his forty fourth say Cleveland pitching 199 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:03.440 strikes out eighty White Socks today and they get the sweep, 200 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:07.799 six to four. So the Guardians completed the three game 201 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:10.240 series sweep of the White Sox their road trip. They 202 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:14.159 went six and three on the nine game ten day trip, 203 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:16.559 and it was on home to take on Tampa Bay. 204 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:18.639 But it's been a tough start to the series against 205 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:22.039 the Rays. Thursday a five to two Tampa Bay win. 206 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:25.519 Friday a three to one victory for Tampa Bay over 207 00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:29.159 the Guardians, setting up Saturday's Game three with a six 208 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:32.440 to ten first pitch and Sunday a one forty start time. 209 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:34.879 Stay with us when we come back. We'll hear from 210 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:38.720 outfielder Lane Thomas. 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It's another 220 00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:11.720 injurer is not available in all states. 221 00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:24.399 Jim Rosenow's back with you. It's Guardians Weekly. We're in 222 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:27.919 downtown Cleveland at Progressive Field where the Guardians are taking 223 00:14:27.919 --> 00:14:31.039 on the Tampa Bay Rays this weekend Earlier in the week, 224 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:35.000 Lane Thomas continued a tremendous stretch of the plate for Cleveland, 225 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:39.399 and he had quite the day on Wednesday afternoon in Chicago, 226 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:43.879 an unusual four RBI game. They came on a pair 227 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:48.919 of two run infield singles and that was record breaking. 228 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:52.360 That's never been done before. In the same game, a 229 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:55.279 pair of two run singles that never left the infield, 230 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:57.600 And we talked to him about it the following day 231 00:14:57.799 --> 00:15:00.279 and asked him, have you ever saw anything quite like 232 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:00.799 it before? 233 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:03.320 No, I mean, it's a it's a cool play. I 234 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:05.480 didn't realize that was something we did that often as 235 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:08.000 an organization. It's I mean, I think a lot more teams. 236 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:08.159 Should do that. 237 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:10.120 It's a tough play for the first baseman to kind of, 238 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:13.120 you know, try and stick that out, make sure you 239 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:15.919 get it, and then also worry about that second runner scoring. 240 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:17.879 So I thought, I thought it was pretty cool. You've 241 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:19.879 been with a couple of teams, and what does it 242 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:23.600 say about this one that that happens on a regular basis, 243 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:27.240 almost where it's in play when there's an infield groundball 244 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:28.799 that someone could score from second. 245 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:29.840 Yeah, one hundred percent. 246 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:32.279 I think you know, the first part is you just 247 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:33.919 want to beat that ground ball out and try to 248 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:35.440 get one run in. And you know, I think it 249 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:37.120 shows a lot about the team that you know, you 250 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:39.360 have guys that hustle and run hard and can make 251 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:40.879 that play a you know, a reality. 252 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:43.120 I mean, if you're starting to get it rolling at 253 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:46.360 the plate, a real nice stretch here, and obviously that's 254 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:49.240 your game. I think more of what you're accustomed to, 255 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:50.840 How did you get back to that? 256 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:55.600 You know, it's I've gone through stretches before that were 257 00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:57.919 you know, exactly like that or maybe worse. So it's 258 00:15:57.960 --> 00:16:00.480 just you know, being accustomed to to work. You know, 259 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:01.759 I think you have to work your way out of 260 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:04.639 those situations and kind of build that confidence back in 261 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:05.879 the work and then it, you know, it ends up 262 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:06.320 showing up. 263 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:06.600 In the game. 264 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:08.759 You mentioned to work, and I remember when we were 265 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:10.440 in Kansas City, I think the first day and you 266 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:14.080 went outside and took BP just you and the hitting guys. 267 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:15.320 What does that do for you? 268 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:18.519 It just gives you a chance to see the ball 269 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:21.360 fly outside. You know, you can take an extended amount 270 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:24.679 of swings and you know, kind of get in detail 271 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:26.519 and just just go out and hit it. Was a 272 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:28.919 nice day and you know, kind of a chilly morning. 273 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:30.519 I think we had a four o'clock or three o'clock 274 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:32.480 game that day. It was nice just get outside, drink 275 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:34.720 a coffee, and you know, watch the ball fly a 276 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:35.120 little bit. 277 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:36.799 Is that kind of you know, we talked so much 278 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:38.200 about well you got to be in a cage and 279 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:40.159 do this, and then is it nice just to get 280 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:42.960 outside sometimes and bring it back to maybe a different 281 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:45.000 time when you were playing baseball younger? 282 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:45.600 Yeah. 283 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:48.159 I mean, if you can't enjoy a morning, a sunny morning, 284 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:51.000 you know, hitting a big league ballpark by yourself, you know, 285 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:53.159 on a morning, Like I said, it's you know, it's 286 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:55.320 probably not the right game for you. So I love 287 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:58.159 hitting outside and just just especially in all these cool 288 00:16:58.200 --> 00:16:59.159 parks we get to play in. 289 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:02.440 You've had an opportunity to work with this hitting group 290 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:04.920 now for a little while and they they've helped you 291 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:06.759 get to a good place. What did they do that 292 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:09.400 that was helpful to get you back to a good place. 293 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:12.759 Just just kind of you know, give you information on 294 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:14.880 stuff where you've been successful in the past. I think 295 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:17.160 is a big thing is getting you in the right 296 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:20.000 mindset to you know, you can you can get back 297 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:21.759 to this. It's just you know, going through the work 298 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:23.720 and you know, I don't think there's a resource here 299 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:26.680 that they don't have, which is nice. So I could 300 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:28.640 kind of take bits and pieces that I liked and 301 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:30.319 you know, do it how I want to do it. 302 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:32.119 So it's been awesome. They have a really good. 303 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:35.720 Group teams playing well enough where some special days could 304 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:39.359 be coming. Is it hard not to look ahead to 305 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:42.440 to some fun things happening around the corner team wise? 306 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:44.400 Or do you really have to focus on that day 307 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:45.599 to day and just let it happen. 308 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:47.680 Yeah, I mean, I think it's just day to day. 309 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:49.799 It's this is it's too long of a season to 310 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:51.240 kind of look down through the road, you know. 311 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:54.319 You know, hopefully we have a long, long season left. 312 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:56.640 You know at this point, so you know, it's just 313 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:58.039 you know, worry about where your feet are at. I 314 00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:59.039 think good things will happen. 315 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:01.200 Thanks a lot for a time. I appreciate it. 316 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:02.200 Yeah, absolutely, thank you. 317 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:05.880 That's Lane Thomas who has fought through a tough stretch 318 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:08.480 when he was first acquired by Cleveland to become one 319 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:11.119 of their hottest hitters. As they head down the stretch, 320 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:14.000 stay with us We'll be back with more of Guardians 321 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:17.079 Weekly after this short break on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians 322 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:42.599 Radio Network. Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Cheerros in house 323 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:45.839 along with you from Progressive fal downtown Cleveland where the 324 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:48.880 Guardians are taking on the Rays this weekend, and then 325 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:52.160 Minnesota comes in for a big four game series starting 326 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:54.640 on Monday Night. So a lot of good baseball here 327 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:57.799 in downtown Cleveland and a lot of good baseball Monday 328 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:02.240 night in Chicago. Joey can Killow was terrific. As we 329 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:04.880 heard in last segment's highlights. He had a perfect game 330 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:08.000 into the seventh inning against the White Sox on Monday Night, 331 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:11.480 ended up getting the win in the series opener in Chicago. 332 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:13.039 On We had a chance to visit with him the 333 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:15.880 next day and he talked about how he was able 334 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:19.160 to keep his emotions in check as he got deeper 335 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:21.559 into what turned out to be a memorable game. 336 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:23.799 Yeah, I think there's a lot of lots of a 337 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:27.720 lot of positive thoughts. I think, just like I said yesterday, 338 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:31.519 getting getting a chance to to to do your job, 339 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:33.480 you know as my job as a starting pitchers to 340 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:36.200 go deep into the game and give, give, give the 341 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:38.640 team length and give the team. When you're in the 342 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:40.400 seventh or eighth inning, the team's in a position to 343 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:42.759 win because of what you were, you know, able to 344 00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:46.000 contribute early on in the game. So for me, obviously 345 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:48.200 that the first few starts I've had up here haven't 346 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:51.359 gone my way necessarily. I haven't necessarily, you know, done 347 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:53.200 some of the things I want to do as consistently 348 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:56.079 as I know that I can. So yesterday was a 349 00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:58.279 good day to kind of do some of those things 350 00:19:58.279 --> 00:20:00.519 and take another step forward, and like we said, learn 351 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:02.640 from from some of the bad and learn from some 352 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:05.000 of the good and continue to move forward with that. 353 00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:07.359 Did you feel it right away that it could be 354 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:09.119 a special night or did you have to kind of 355 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:10.160 ease in a lit a little bit. 356 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.599 No, I didn't. 357 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:13.400 I think just from the beginning it was like, hey, 358 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:15.880 let's just let's just execute every single pitch. Let's just 359 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:18.000 stay pitched by pitch, let's execute, and you know, let's 360 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:19.599 get through inning by inning. And you know, I got 361 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:22.160 through that first inning, good, Okay, get through that second inning. 362 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:23.839 And then as as the innings went on, it was 363 00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:27.039 really like, okay, each and every hitter and I tried 364 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:31.079 to kind of tell myself, like, you know, just let 365 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:33.160 like just get this hitter. You're not worried about it, 366 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:35.279 Like it doesn't really matter, you know, how many pitches 367 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:36.880 you're out or any of that. Just get this batter, 368 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:39.200 because you know, you know how like this game is 369 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:41.279 so humbling and so tough, so it's like, you know, 370 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:44.759 anything can happen at any moment, so you know, and 371 00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:47.359 then obviously at the end there fell behind a little 372 00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:49.200 bit to those last couple of guys, and you know, 373 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:51.480 they made me pay, you know, with the hit and 374 00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:53.319 then the other hit in the run. So just one 375 00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:55.519 of those things where you got to kind of narrow 376 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:57.160 it in a little bit more towards the end. But 377 00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:59.200 you know, it was still good, good overall to have 378 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:00.920 an outing like that where you can come away with, 379 00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:03.000 you know, some positive thoughts. 380 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:06.839 And anytime someone carries one deep perfect game or no 381 00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:08.799 hit or they're asked, when did you know you had 382 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:10.519 a good one going? And Alex Cobb was saying the 383 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:13.440 other day he said he thinks about it from pitch one. 384 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:15.880 He's trying to throw a perfect game every time out. Yeah, 385 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:17.680 but how about you last night? 386 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:18.480 That's interesting. 387 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:20.240 I mean, I think he probably holds himself to a 388 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:22.880 really high standard. You know, I hope myself through a 389 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:25.960 high standard too. I think I think, you know the 390 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:28.079 nature of this game is like you're it's really hard 391 00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:30.359 to be perfect, right, You're never like, you know, you 392 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:32.400 don't want to chase perfection all the time, even though 393 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:34.720 we do, we all do. I think I think some 394 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:37.440 of the elite athletes that you talk to and come 395 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:40.039 across like they're all chasing perfection to an extent. But 396 00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:42.119 I think for me, someone like me, it's kind of 397 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:44.559 understanding that balance, like, hey, you're not going to be perfect, 398 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:46.519 but you know you want to. You want to come 399 00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:48.359 as close to that perfection. 400 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.559 As you can. 401 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:51.000