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 --> 00:00:50.799 fans save hundreds on car insurance. HI. This is Jim 4 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:55.439 Rosenhouse and welcome to Guardians Weekly. This week we join 5 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:58.799 you from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland where the Guardians 6 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:02.039 are taking on the Baltimore Orioles. They have a seven 7 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:06.480 to fifteen start on Saturday night and then Sunday afternoon 8 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:09.959 a one forty first pitch before they welcome Arizona to 9 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:14.480 complete the homestand Monday through Wednesday coming up a little 10 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:18.040 bit later on. 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Some bundle year rinders encour insurance with 26 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:12.319 Progressive and put the savings toward a new coach. Please, 27 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:15.479 it's time cogresso keshl Future. It's company coverage provided service 28 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:17.639 by affiliates and their parti in vers not avaiable lital States. 29 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:29.960 Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse back with you 30 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:33.520 from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland. Well, it's been a 31 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:36.280 good week for the Guardians. They open it up in Detroit, 32 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:39.400 the second leg of their five game road trip just 33 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:42.960 completed on Monday night. In Detroit, the offense was rolling 34 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:46.560 early with a first inning double for on Hell Martinez 35 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:50.800 that brought Jose Ramirez to the plate posey manning left handed, 36 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:54.439 no score. Ramirez grounds it by the diving Madris at 37 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:57.759 first down the right field line, kicks off the sidewall. 38 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:03.719 Martinez scores Ramirez in standing with an RBI double. Following Ramirez, 39 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:07.360 it was Josh Naylor down the two to two swung 40 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:10.159 On banged up the middle. There's a base hit that'll 41 00:03:10.199 --> 00:03:14.400 score Ramirez and it's two nothing Cleveland. So Josh Naylor 42 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:17.479 gets that weekend off and responds with a base hit 43 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:21.879 to center. He's knocked in seventy three and boyd Is 44 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:26.319 hitting coach Chris Valaika liked this approach. Two nothing Cleveland 45 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:29.879 on three straight hits. Later on in that first inning, 46 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:33.280 Andre Semenez singled that put runners on the corners for 47 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:37.319 John Kenzie Noel. The pitch a swinging a shot in 48 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:40.719 the whole in the left base hit that'll score Naylor. 49 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:44.719 He might have stops it second. John Kenzie Noel makes 50 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:48.800 it three nothing Cleveland, as they have scored three times 51 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:54.879 on five hits. Noel with his twelfth RBI and that's it. 52 00:03:55.479 --> 00:04:00.800 Bowl Brisky cannot get Detroit through one inning. Guardians added 53 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:04.199 to the lead in the third inning with Jose Ramirez 54 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:07.360 leading it off the pit. Swung On hit a ton 55 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:13.599 deep left center. Forget about it. Jose Ramirez with a 56 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:18.639 Manet blast into the seats beyond the bullpen in left 57 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:24.480 center and the Guardians have a four nothing lead. Meanwhile, 58 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:27.720 on the mound, Tanner Biby was shutting down the Tiger 59 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:31.319 lineup two down, runner second, four nothing Cleveland. Third inning, 60 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:34.680 the pitch to Colt Keith and he got jam hits 61 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:37.680 a weak roller to the second basement. Imenez throws him out. 62 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:41.560 Man Tanner Baby's locked in Folks four nothing, Cleveland three 63 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:43.920 in the books. We went ahead to the sixth inning, 64 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:47.519 Guardians again threatening two men on and bo Naylor at 65 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:50.680 the plate. Now the one too breaking ball hit a 66 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:53.560 ton deep right field down the line. It goes. This 67 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:58.759 ball is gone, a three run homer down the right 68 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:02.720 field line as bow Nailor went out and hooked a 69 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:08.639 breaking ball and gives Cleveland the blowout home run, seven 70 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:13.040 nothing Cleveland. Nayler with a seventh omer, giving him twenty 71 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:17.600 eight rbies and once again the long ball is back 72 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:21.439 in the Cleveland arsenal. And what a difference it makes 73 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:24.639 when you can hit some home runs with people on. 74 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:29.199 Then Jose Ramirez struck again with an exclamation point in 75 00:05:29.319 --> 00:05:32.600 the seventh. The next pitch swung on hit high hit 76 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:38.160 deep to left. Canni's back track wall gone again again. 77 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:42.759 He clears the bullpen again. It's a bomb for Ramirez. 78 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:48.279 He has a two homer night and the Guardians have 79 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:55.519 an eight nothing lead and Jose Ramirez' pat has come 80 00:05:55.560 --> 00:06:00.319 to life in a big way. Tonight. Jose Ramirez with 81 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:05.879 two home runs a double. That's his second game this 82 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:09.040 year with two home runs. He had one against the 83 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:13.720 Angels back and Anaheim in May. The Tigers scratched out 84 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:15.720 a pair of runs in the seventh inning, two more 85 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:18.480 in the ninth that made it eight to four and 86 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:20.839 that would be enough as Hunter Gattis was on to 87 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:24.639 finish things up. Gadis with a payoff, a swing and 88 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:29.360 a skyball shallow right center going out. Jimenez makes the 89 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:33.560 catch ball game and the Guardians keep rolling three and 90 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:36.279 one on this road trip. They get a couple of 91 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:40.519 bombs from Jose Ramirez and beat up the Tigers Tonight. 92 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:43.319 Eight to four s a good win in the series 93 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:45.959 opener for the Guardians Monday night, and they would look 94 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:49.800 for the series sweep on Tuesday afternoon. We begin on 95 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:53.319 the mound Gavin Williams. He was looking to build off 96 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:56.319 his previous outing and he looked good early in this one. 97 00:06:56.519 --> 00:07:00.240 The pits swinging a miss good brinking ball. William Banks 98 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:02.879 out Rodgers and Gavin Williams is picked up where he 99 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:06.399 left off against Detroit and his last outing. He has 100 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:09.680 now struck out four today. Then in the fourth inning, 101 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:12.879 the Guardians got the scoring started with one big swing 102 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:16.639 from Josh Naylor. Here comes the payoff pitch swung on 103 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:20.240 and that's skied high in the air to right. This 104 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:23.600 one is deep and it's a fair ball home run. 105 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:29.800 Josh Naylor puts the Guardians in front with a towering 106 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:34.000 blast down the right field line, home run number twenty 107 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:38.279 three for Naylor. In the fifth, Tyler Freeman was hit 108 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:41.199 by a pitch to start the inning. Then Daniel Schneman 109 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:43.600 stepped to the plate. Here's the pitch and it's swung 110 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.439 on in line down the right field line. Fair ball 111 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:49.959 into the corner. It goes headed for third and slogging 112 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:52.920 around third is Freeman. They'll try and score him, and 113 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:56.480 he will score without a throw as Steman's into second 114 00:07:56.519 --> 00:08:00.120 base with a stand up RBI double and the the 115 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:03.959 Guardians are now in front to nothing. The score remained 116 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:07.759 to nothing Cleveland until the eighth. That's when the newest Guardian, 117 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:12.079 Lane Thomas, collected his first hit in Cleveland. Here's the 118 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:15.839 pitch swinging a liner to center field. Base hit number 119 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:19.079 one as a Cleveland Guardian for Lane Thomas. And you 120 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:22.759 know that feels good. You catch your red eye from Phoenix, 121 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:25.879 you get a few hours of sleep. You play in 122 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:29.399 your first game with the Cleveland Guardians. And it took 123 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:32.120 fod bats, but Lane Thomas gets a basin. And let's 124 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:34.720 not forget one thing. He got that basin off a 125 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:39.000 right hander. And the next batter was Jose Ramirez. Now 126 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:42.120 the one two runner goes pitch swinging and rip deep 127 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:48.240 bright field. He's done it again. Jose Ramirez with a 128 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:52.840 laser two run homer to write four nothing Cleveland in 129 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:57.200 the eighth and Jose Ramirez with his third homer in 130 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:01.440 this two game series. The night the Guardians added one 131 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:04.159 more run thanks to Brian Rocchio. Down the two to 132 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:09.559 one pitch, swingon and hammered deep bluff center field. It 133 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:16.960 is done, Brian Rochio. He has his fourth home run, 134 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:22.519 his second this year. Batting right handed man did that 135 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:25.440 jump out of here to the left center Brian Rocchio 136 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:29.240 makes it five nothing. Cleveland. Here in the ninth, third 137 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:33.799 Cleveland home run, and then Emmanuel Classe was on in 138 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:37.200 the ninth in a non safe situation. The pitch swung 139 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:39.440 on the bouncer, a second charged by him and his 140 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:43.759 gloves flips the first bulgie. The Guardians get a sweep, 141 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:47.919 they get a shutout, and they keep on rolling. Five 142 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:52.360 nothing over Detroit Today off day Wednesday for the Guardians. 143 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:55.279 They open up a new home stand Thursday night Baltimore 144 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:57.879 in town a battle of the top two teams in 145 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:01.799 the American League, and jumped in front with a run 146 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:03.679 in the top half of the first inning. But in 147 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:06.879 the bottom of the inning, the Guardians answered. Stephen Kuan 148 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:09.960 let it off with a single. Then Lane Thomas stepped in, 149 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:15.000 making his Progressive field debut. One nothing, Birds runner first, 150 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:19.440 Cleveland batting, first inning, nobody out the pitch, a swing 151 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:21.960 and a liner to the left down the line, fairball 152 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:27.080 into the corner, stooting deferdest Kwan. He's being stopped in 153 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:30.399 in with a double? Is Lane Thomas not a bad 154 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:34.120 way to debut in a Cleveland uniform at Progressive field. 155 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:40.440 Lane Thomas, who tortures left handed pitching. That's why Cleveland 156 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:43.840 went out and got him and right off the band, 157 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:48.080 He's got a double. Jose Ramirez followed with a sackfly 158 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:50.639 to tie the game at one, and then Josh Naylor 159 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:53.759 put the Guardians in front. The pitch swung on line 160 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:57.600 drive base at center field. Cleveland takes the lane two 161 00:10:57.679 --> 00:11:02.600 to one. Josh Naylor the seventy fifth RBI and that 162 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:06.840 one two combo is back at it. Ramirez and Naylor 163 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:11.240 driving in runs and Cleveland trying to make this a 164 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:15.600 forgettable night in Trevor Rodgers' debut with his new club. 165 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:18.519 In the third, it was two men on, two men out, 166 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:22.360 David fry looking to do damage. Here's the payoff, a 167 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:25.559 swing and a drive deepluf center field. 168 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:27.759 This ball goal. 169 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:38.120 David Frye had gone eighteen games without an extra base hit. 170 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:44.440 Hey just hit a huge, two out, three run home 171 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:48.799 run to the bleachers and left center and the Guardians 172 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:54.759 have a five to one lead, and for Trevor Rodgers, 173 00:11:56.399 --> 00:12:02.559 a nightmarish Baltimore Orioles David the Orioles got one back 174 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:04.240 with a run in the fourth to make it five 175 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:07.960 to two, but mister consistency on the mound, Ben Lively 176 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:11.639 continued his quest for win number ten. The two to 177 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:15.720 one swung engulfed it high in the air to shallow 178 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:20.039 left center backpedaling is Rochio the shortstop one hands it 179 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:25.600 and there he is once again Ben Lively, six superb innings. 180 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:30.279 In all likelihood, his night is done, but another gallant 181 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:34.799 effort for the veteran right hander who's pitched more and 182 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:38.480 one more here in twenty twenty four than at any 183 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:42.279 other point in his career. In the seventh, another double 184 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:45.320 from Lane Thomas got it started, and then once again 185 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:49.080 it was Jose Ramirez, sending the home crowd into a frenzy, 186 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:51.799 the pitch swinging and ripped deep bright. 187 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:53.799 There she goes. 188 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:06.159 Another two for Jose Ramirez. Not even Jack Nicholas could 189 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:10.399 hit it two iron like that, and the Guardians have 190 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:15.840 a seven to two lead, and Ramirez has four home 191 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:24.080 runs in his last three games. Jose Ramirez with three 192 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:29.759 more Army eyes tonight, twenty eight homers, ninety arby eyes 193 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:37.240 and yes, Virginia, he very much is an American League MVP. Kennedy. 194 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:40.519 They were not done yet in the seventh inning, as 195 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:43.919 they'd get two more men on and then another blast 196 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:46.960 from bow Naylor. Now the three one to Naylor, a 197 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:56.960 swing and a drive deep brightfield, Hallai back a three 198 00:13:57.279 --> 00:14:02.840 run majestic bond are right by bou Nayler and the 199 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:08.279 Guardians with five in the seventh and they now leaded 200 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:12.879 ten to two. Baltimore got the run in the eighth 201 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:15.120 inning to make it ten to three, which was more 202 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:17.960 than enough for Nick Sandland to finish things up in 203 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:22.320 the ninth. Here's the set the next delivery, A swing 204 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:26.000 and a mess ball game and the Guardians win their 205 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:30.600 fourth in a row and they play home run derby 206 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:35.120 tonight a page out of the Orioles book, as Cleveland's 207 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:39.600 three home runs I counted for eight runs and Ben 208 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:47.000 Lively was superb again. Final tonight Cleveland ten and Baltimore three. 209 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:50.399 So another good win for the Guardians in the series opener, 210 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:53.879 and that led to Friday Night's game against Baltimore, game 211 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:56.360 two of the series, and again the Orioles took the lead, 212 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:59.240 this time in the second inning, but in the bottom 213 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:01.600 of the inning, the guard came right back to tie 214 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:04.679 the game with a basis loaded walk to Brian Rochio. 215 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:08.120 Then Austin Hedges followed with a clutch at bat to 216 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:12.240 give Cleveland the lead. The pitch. Swing in a fly 217 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:16.200 ball the right fairly deep toward the line, Suntandre to 218 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:19.559 grab it. He'll make the Cats fried tagging. Here's the 219 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:23.600 throat of the plate, the slide safe, strong throw, but 220 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:28.879 back dooring him on the slide was David Fry slid 221 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:32.200 beyond the plate and slapped it with his left hand. 222 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:36.120 And it's two to one Cleveland. And another quality at 223 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:39.919 bed by the bottom of the order. Then in the fifth, 224 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:43.279 the Guardians added to the lead Stephen Kwan with a single, 225 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:47.159 Jose Ramirez with a walk, and that brought Josh Naylor 226 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:49.559 to the plate. Here's his two to two to Naylor, 227 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:52.879 swung on, popped him up third base side now and 228 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:55.600 down in the shallow left, long run for any one, 229 00:15:55.639 --> 00:16:00.720 and that ball drops and it's a fair ball. Two 230 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:07.000 runs will score Quan, followed by Ramirez and Nailor makes 231 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:10.639 it into second base with a bloop double down the 232 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:17.519 left field line. Four to one Cleveland. The Guardians kept 233 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:20.960 at it in the sixth, loading the bases for Austin Hedges. 234 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:25.360 Now the payoff pitch, Swinging a ground ball towards short 235 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:30.080 diving Ivy Henderson base hit left field. That'll score a run. 236 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:34.200 Hem and his scores and hedges with a drawn in 237 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:38.879 infield shot it by the diving Henderson at short and 238 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:42.440 it's five no one Cleveland. Stephen Kuan followed to the 239 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:45.000 bases loaded walk to make it six to one. The 240 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:49.519 bases were still loaded two batters later for Jose Ramirez. 241 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:55.080 The pitch swing in a fly ball medium deep center, 242 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:59.000 Mullins coming in to grab it. Rokios tagging Mullins with 243 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:02.600 the throat of the play, cutoff run scores. Now run 244 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:06.680 down between first and second. Now coming home, and here's 245 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:12.599 the throat of the plate, slide safe pitches scores. He's 246 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:19.200 done it all. You can't stop pure speed. It'll be 247 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:25.000 a sac fly scoring Rokio. What a wild play that was. 248 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:27.440 The Orioles got back in and they scored three in 249 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:29.640 the seventh to make it eight to four. But that's 250 00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:32.400 as close as they got as Hunter Gaddis got the 251 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:36.319 job done in the eighth, and Emmanuel Classe did the 252 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:41.640 usual in the ninth. Now the two pitch swinging in 253 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:46.000 the ness ball game. Classe finishes it with a strikeout 254 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:51.279 five straight for Cleveland, and they matched their season best 255 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:56.079 twenty five games over five hundred and regardless of what 256 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:00.599 happens the rest of this weekend. They've won another season series, 257 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:04.160 this one from the Orioles with an eight to four 258 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:07.960 win tonight. So good week going for the Guardians, winners 259 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:11.440 of five straight heading into play on Saturday. Stay with 260 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:13.920 us when we go back. We'll hear from John Kenzie 261 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:18.240 Noel after this timeout on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. 262 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:39.319 Welcome back to Guardians Weekly, Jim rosen House along with 263 00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:43.480 you from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland. That's been a 264 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:45.839 good week for the Guardians. They won five in a row. 265 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:50.799 Everybody on the roster contributing, including rookie John Kenzie Nowell. 266 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:54.160 He's shown big power of late, as his three run 267 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:57.240 home run against the Phillies last Sunday proved to be 268 00:18:57.440 --> 00:19:00.559 a difference maker in a four to three Guards win. 269 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:04.079 We caught up with Big Christmas earlier this week and 270 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:06.720 he talked about his approach to that at bat in 271 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:10.240 Philadelphia that led to a game tying home run. 272 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:13.319 I mean when I hit that homer, uh, I was 273 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:15.960 talking with a heating coach, so he told me seeing 274 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:19.279 the fastball, you know, and he drove me breaking off 275 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:22.920 a pitch like seventy one col riting. So but my 276 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:26.240 pro was, U say, you know, with the fastball, so 277 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:29.359 I secure that plan name and I got that restor 278 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:29.960 I want. 279 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:32.960 And you mentioned that, and it seems like pictures are 280 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:35.440 throwing more breaking balls to you. How do you make 281 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:37.960 that adjustment when they do try and get you out 282 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:39.119 more with the breaking pitch? 283 00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:41.720 I mean the same I say, with my plan. You know, 284 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:45.480 I'm not going with their plan. I just got my plan. 285 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:47.759 I need in steak with my plan, you know. And 286 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:51.759 if I got a do a little adjudgment and I 287 00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:55.720 buy that due, but yeah, I just stayed with my plan. 288 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:58.440 If he did throw me something hungry, I want to 289 00:19:58.480 --> 00:20:01.119 you know, hear the line drive Russia something like that. 290 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:05.960 How much have have you improved in that area since 291 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:08.400 maybe even a year ago at the minor league level. 292 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:11.559 How much of your game has improved along those lines? 293 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:14.720 I mean, uh, you know, I work a lot, uh 294 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:18.480 in the off season with the team you know in Arizona, 295 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:22.759 and uh, they had me allot the last off season. 296 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:26.480 So for that reason, I got kind of resort. I 297 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:29.839 have it right now, you know, and uh they work me. 298 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:33.160 You know. It's a lot of process and I stayed 299 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:35.960 with it, you know, and they have me allowed with it, 300 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:38.880 and yeah, now I do it, you know, and I 301 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:42.000 got my resort, So tell them, you know, for hav 302 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:44.720 me a lot, you know, and you know we h 303 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:47.160 for me. That is the best team here, you know, 304 00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:50.000 And I feel better it comes out with the team, 305 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:52.920 you know, and I reappreciate it because they have me 306 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:54.839 a lot in my whole career. 307 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:58.720 So yeah, and the team just won two out of 308 00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:01.319 three in philadelphe the team at the best record in 309 00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:04.079 baseball going into that series. How enjoyable was that series 310 00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:05.720 for you and your teammates, you think. 311 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:08.640 I mean, what's great? You know, Like we say, we 312 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:11.759 have a team for some reason, you know, and there's 313 00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:16.200 no matter who throwing or who we face with the best, 314 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:19.119 you know, and we're gonna do the for be them too. 315 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.440 You know. 316 00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:23.440 It's a nigger meaning, so we never get up, you know. 317 00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:27.039 John Kenzie, great day yesterday, Thank you for coming by. 318 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:27.880 Thank you, thank you. 319 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:30.359 One of the most personable young men you'll ever meet, 320 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:33.440 John Kenzie. No weel and that rookie is having a 321 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:36.559 fine season as part of a very young ball club 322 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:41.079 and staying along those lines. Rookie pitcher Joey Cantillo made 323 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:44.480 his major league debut last Sunday in Philadelphia. It was 324 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:46.480 a no decision for him in a game that the 325 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:49.200 Guardians won four to three. And we caught up with 326 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:52.000 Cantillo a couple of days after the start and he 327 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:55.119 talked about that first time and what it was like 328 00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:58.759 to face major league hitters and a really good opponent 329 00:21:58.799 --> 00:22:02.240 in the Phillies, who at the time held baseball's best record. 330 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:02.880 Yeah. 331 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.799 No, it's a lot of fun. 332 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.160 Uh. 333 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:06.039 I think there was obviously a lot going on in 334 00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:08.079 the in the twenty four hours building up to it, 335 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:10.880 and then I think once I got out there and 336 00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:12.559 once it was you know, I think being in the 337 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:15.160 clubhouse and stuff before, you know, playing with a lot 338 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:16.799 of the guys that are already in there, and just 339 00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:18.759 the vibes that they had, that was a lot of fun. 340 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:20.160 But once I got there, I got out there on 341 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:21.640 the field, I think it was just go out there 342 00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:24.640 and exclude on execute on my plan, and execute on 343 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:27.400 what we wanted to do. And you know, everyone here 344 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:30.000 has a good plan in place, so it was a 345 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:31.480 lot of fun. It was a lot of fun, and 346 00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:33.880 like I said, I'm just happy we won that game 347 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:36.160 at the end, and that was just a great It 348 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:37.759 was honestly a fun day. 349 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:40.480 Obviously, you'd love to blow through the top or the 350 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:42.599 bottom half of the first inning. In that case, you 351 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:44.279 give up a home runner the first bat or so, 352 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:47.519 mindset wise, how did you calm it down so quickly 353 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:49.200 and really get deeper into the game. 354 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:52.279 I think I had to. I think obviously there was 355 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:54.799 really no other option. So that's not how you want 356 00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:57.720 to start. And unfortunately it happened, but it happened, so 357 00:22:57.759 --> 00:23:00.920 you you you process why it happened, and you move 358 00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:03.400 on from it, and you you you attack with and 359 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:07.039 you execute on your plan. And you know, we were 360 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:08.640 able to get out of that first inning, which was 361 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:10.160 which was good to get that out of the way. 362 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:14.079 Had a better second inning, and the third inning obviously 363 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:16.440 ran into some trouble again with shorebr and and and 364 00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:19.440 giving up that lead off hit the stubbs, But just 365 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:21.119 things I got to learn from and and and and 366 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:24.079 make some adjustments and execute on those adjustments, and I 367 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:26.400 think from there on out, I'm just you know, we're excited. 368 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.839 I'm excited to get back out there. 369 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:30.400 I'm sure there's a million things that go through your 370 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:32.799 head when you make your major league debut, and in 371 00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:35.160 terms of memories, you had a lot of people there, 372 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:37.440 family and friends who were able to show up tell 373 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:39.119 us who was there and what that meant to you 374 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:40.319 that have them there, you know. 375 00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.799 That was awesome. 376 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:42.880 Yeah, So my parents came out from Hoyi which was great, 377 00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:44.960 and my sisters in Seattle, so she flew out. My 378 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:47.880 high school coach, like I said, was in Vegas with 379 00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:49.880 with his son, so it just it just so happened 380 00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:51.480 to work out. When I called him, he was already 381 00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:54.400 a little closer than than being home, so he was 382 00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:56.440 able to fly out another high school coach game and 383 00:23:56.440 --> 00:24:00.240 flew out. And then my basically my second family, uh, 384 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:02.920 my second family flew out as well from Hooi, which 385 00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:05.160 is really great to have them out there. So I 386 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:07.279 had I had a little contingency, which was really nice. 387 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:09.920 And Hoi was represented, so that was a lot of 388 00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.960 fun enjoy. 389 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:14.319 I think everybody has an idea of when they'd like 390 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:16.079 to get here, how they'd like to get here, all 391 00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:18.039 that kind of good stuff. What clicked in for you 392 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:19.839 this year that you think put you over the top 393 00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:21.440 and and got you to the major leagues. 394 00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:24.000 Now, yeah, I think a lot of things. I think 395 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:27.279 it had been a it had been a longer journey 396 00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:29.839 than maybe I would have expected years ago, and thought 397 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:31.559 about you know, everyone has a plan in your head, 398 00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:34.559 and I think for me, think ups and downs of 399 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:36.759 my minor league journey and things that went my way, 400 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:38.680 things that didn't go my way, years that went my way, 401 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:41.359