WEBVTT - 8-23 Postgame Wrap: Red Sox 5, Giants 4

0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.280
<v Speaker 1>All right back here at Fenway Park, it's time for

0:00:02.320 --> 0:00:06.840
<v Speaker 1>the postgame rap. It's a two man postgame rap this afternoon,

0:00:06.840 --> 0:00:10.399
<v Speaker 1>and Hobby, what can you say? You know, the Giants

0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:13.640
<v Speaker 1>are playing short, they're banged up, a couple more guys

0:00:13.680 --> 0:00:16.280
<v Speaker 1>hurt today, and then you come in here against a terrific,

0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:20.600
<v Speaker 1>terrific Red Sox team who are hot. And you know,

0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:24.000
<v Speaker 1>you play inspired baseball, you grind, you know, you lose

0:00:24.040 --> 0:00:27.440
<v Speaker 1>a couple one run games, but right now, it's just

0:00:27.520 --> 0:00:30.960
<v Speaker 1>really hard for the Giants to go up against a

0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:34.279
<v Speaker 1>team the caliber of the Red Sox in this ballpark.

0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:37.240
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they're limited, And I think when you look at

0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:40.600
<v Speaker 2>what's going on right now, you look at the opportunity

0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:42.480
<v Speaker 2>that a lot of these young guys are going to have,

0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:45.320
<v Speaker 2>and I think, you know, if you go big picture

0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:47.879
<v Speaker 2>in a sense, you could see what the Giants did

0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:50.680
<v Speaker 2>last year bringing up Ryce Eldridge and getting him some

0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:55.560
<v Speaker 2>opportunities in September and what that turned into for this year.

0:00:55.600 --> 0:01:00.240
<v Speaker 2>So you hope some of this will bear fruit going

0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:03.080
<v Speaker 2>into twenty twenty seven and maybe even towards the end

0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:05.559
<v Speaker 2>of next month, where some of these guys are starting

0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:07.320
<v Speaker 2>to get some footing up here and getting into some

0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:11.080
<v Speaker 2>experiences that they haven't had before because so much of

0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:13.080
<v Speaker 2>the minor leagues is so scripted. So now that you

0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:15.559
<v Speaker 2>get up here, you're able to kind of just play

0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:17.600
<v Speaker 2>the game and try to figure it out. And I think,

0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:20.360
<v Speaker 2>you know, again, they fought, they showed resilience last night.

0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:22.880
<v Speaker 2>They snatched it, you know, de feet from the jaws

0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:24.560
<v Speaker 2>of victory, and you thought maybe they would land a

0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:27.400
<v Speaker 2>little flat this afternoon. But I thought there was an

0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:31.959
<v Speaker 2>inspired effort and they played really well and everyone contributed. Again. Unfortunately,

0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:34.199
<v Speaker 2>you lose a Damis and you're losing some other guys.

0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:37.080
<v Speaker 2>Barakoto another one that you hope the injuries aren't as

0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:38.200
<v Speaker 2>serious as they might have looked.

0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:42.120
<v Speaker 1>And two, I mean, so many strange things have happened

0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:44.080
<v Speaker 1>with the Giants this year. They've lost a lot of

0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:47.480
<v Speaker 1>games in strange different ways. But even today, Hobby, you

0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:49.880
<v Speaker 1>think about the play that was overturned in the ball

0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:52.880
<v Speaker 1>and left field where Bear could have leaped up, look

0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:56.760
<v Speaker 1>like he caught it, but then they challenged it and

0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.200
<v Speaker 1>it just skimmed the wall, it looked like, so they

0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:01.680
<v Speaker 1>changed the car. They overturn the call it turns out

0:02:01.720 --> 0:02:04.040
<v Speaker 1>to be instead of the third out, it's an RBI

0:02:04.200 --> 0:02:08.200
<v Speaker 1>double and then that extends the inning and the Red

0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:10.760
<v Speaker 1>Sox score two more times. It turns out to be

0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:15.240
<v Speaker 1>a three run inning. So you're talking a couple inches

0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:17.760
<v Speaker 1>right in the difference between three runs in the game.

0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:20.919
<v Speaker 1>It's little things like that that just have not gone

0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:21.919
<v Speaker 1>the Giants way this year.

0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:24.079
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think that's well said when you look at

0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:27.640
<v Speaker 2>what some of the things have transpired, even in this

0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:29.760
<v Speaker 2>road trip. Again, there's a couple moments here and there,

0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:32.320
<v Speaker 2>or there might be a couple of ground balls that

0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:34.440
<v Speaker 2>aren't turned for double plays, or you only get one

0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:37.080
<v Speaker 2>of the two and that ends up spiraling a little

0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:39.560
<v Speaker 2>bit and add on runs. And it's the big leagues

0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:42.520
<v Speaker 2>and there's no excuses to be made here, but cleaner

0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:45.079
<v Speaker 2>baseball needs to be played, better, pitching needs to happen,

0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:48.640
<v Speaker 2>more timely hits. And I think again, as you go

0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:50.440
<v Speaker 2>through this and the more experience that some of these

0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:52.799
<v Speaker 2>young guys get, they're going to understand what's asked to

0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:55.120
<v Speaker 2>them and try to execute. And that doesn't make it

0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:57.639
<v Speaker 2>easy because it is the big leagues. But I think

0:02:57.720 --> 0:02:59.480
<v Speaker 2>when you look back at this, you face the best

0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:01.760
<v Speaker 2>bullpen the league, and you put up a little bit

0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:04.520
<v Speaker 2>of a fight and you're facing the quality pitching staff,

0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.880
<v Speaker 2>and the way the Giants stayed in the game was

0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:11.040
<v Speaker 2>to not give free opportunities. They had one walk. I mean,

0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:13.880
<v Speaker 2>they made the Red Sox earn their way. But again,

0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:15.960
<v Speaker 2>that's what happens when you're facing a team that has

0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:17.880
<v Speaker 2>an awful lot of confidence, is playing for something.

0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:19.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and you mentioned that bullpen, and you know, two

0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:22.880
<v Speaker 1>more innings today for the Red Sox Guerrero and Chapman.

0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:25.160
<v Speaker 1>My guys throw one hundred miles an hour coming in

0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:27.959
<v Speaker 1>and it turns out eight innings pitched in this series

0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:31.120
<v Speaker 1>by that bullpen and no runs, no runs a lot,

0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:33.560
<v Speaker 1>which really doesn't surprise us. I mean, that's maybe the

0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:37.120
<v Speaker 1>backbone of their team, right, and think about the postseason.

0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:39.880
<v Speaker 1>That's a big deal, right, If your bullpen is really good,

0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:41.720
<v Speaker 1>that can carry you a long ways.

0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:42.160
<v Speaker 2>In the postseason.

0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:45.320
<v Speaker 1>They got a nice mix for a team.

0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:48.200
<v Speaker 2>We've seen it. We've seen it be very successful as

0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:50.440
<v Speaker 2>of late in the postseasons. You can when you can

0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.600
<v Speaker 2>shrink a ball game and take the pressure off these

0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:55.920
<v Speaker 2>starters to maybe go you know, honestly, you've seen it

0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:57.840
<v Speaker 2>where you can script it where Hey, you're out there

0:03:57.880 --> 0:03:59.680
<v Speaker 2>for fourteen outs and then we're going to bring in

0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.640
<v Speaker 2>and the bullpen will eat up the rest. You've stretched

0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:04.920
<v Speaker 2>it out. Now you've got four lefties that they can chat,

0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:07.040
<v Speaker 2>Tracy can choose from down there. I mean, you don't

0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:08.560
<v Speaker 2>see that very often, and then you back it up

0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:12.280
<v Speaker 2>with four righties. Everyone has a different look, but the

0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:16.120
<v Speaker 2>main overarching theme is it's just velocity and power down

0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.839
<v Speaker 2>there that the giants are missing with what we have

0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:20.200
<v Speaker 2>right now in the bullpen.

0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:22.080
<v Speaker 1>All right, let's take a break. When we come back,

0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.479
<v Speaker 1>we'll have our Player of the Game picks, Hobby and

0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:27.039
<v Speaker 1>I so stick around. All right, Hobby, it's time for

0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:31.880
<v Speaker 1>our player Picks of the game. You want to go first,

0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:32.520
<v Speaker 1>you want me to go?

0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.360
<v Speaker 2>I think you should go first. You can have a

0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:35.920
<v Speaker 2>couple of picks.

0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:38.760
<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know, I'm gonna go with Bryce Eldridge

0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:41.719
<v Speaker 1>two for four today, a couple of hits, a couple

0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:44.839
<v Speaker 1>of hard hits, hard hit balls against a left hander,

0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:47.800
<v Speaker 1>which he doesn't seem overwhelmed by left handed pitching, which

0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:50.240
<v Speaker 1>is a big deal for a twenty one year old kid.

0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:53.000
<v Speaker 1>Picked up another RBI. I thought he had a really

0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:55.360
<v Speaker 1>good series. Maybe the swing is starting to come back

0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:58.080
<v Speaker 1>a little bit, but such a great kid, easy to

0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:00.520
<v Speaker 1>pull forward, but a couple of hits today. I like

0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:02.679
<v Speaker 1>the approach a little bit, So he's my pick.

0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:04.719
<v Speaker 2>I think that's a great pick. And you could even

0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:06.440
<v Speaker 2>stretch that into last night where he's up with the

0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:08.839
<v Speaker 2>bases loaded and he hits a line drive his second base.

0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:12.080
<v Speaker 2>You're he's coming up in big spots, and you're right,

0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:14.160
<v Speaker 2>the moment isn't too big for him, and I think

0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:16.279
<v Speaker 2>again for a twenty one year old, that would be

0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:19.520
<v Speaker 2>he's younger now than the guys that were drafting. It's

0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:23.040
<v Speaker 2>it's pretty exciting when you can look at that, and again,

0:05:23.040 --> 0:05:26.040
<v Speaker 2>it's just more reps for him, more opportunities to have,

0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:28.400
<v Speaker 2>and I think it was a great choice. Left on left,

0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:31.520
<v Speaker 2>he's showing that he's not just a platoon guy won't

0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:33.840
<v Speaker 2>and that's really what you want from a big power hitter.

0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:35.680
<v Speaker 1>All right, who's your guy?

0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:40.240
<v Speaker 2>I'm great choice and I'm gonna pick Jonah Cox just

0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:42.119
<v Speaker 2>because he needs to get a smile on his face.

0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:44.960
<v Speaker 2>He's a more talented, more dynamic player than what he's showing.

0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:47.400
<v Speaker 2>And I know it's been a rough go for him.

0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.280
<v Speaker 2>He's been striking out and awful lot, almost fifty five

0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:52.000
<v Speaker 2>percent of his at bats, if not more. At this point,

0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:54.000
<v Speaker 2>he's striking out a lot, but to be able to

0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:56.320
<v Speaker 2>get a home run and he didn't even know that's

0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:58.760
<v Speaker 2>how much it got to him. But he got that

0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:02.719
<v Speaker 2>home run with the base hit up the middle. It's

0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:04.640
<v Speaker 2>a guy that I would like to see more of,

0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:07.760
<v Speaker 2>just to see what you have in I think the

0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:10.479
<v Speaker 2>defense we all know is fantastic, and he hits so

0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:12.479
<v Speaker 2>well in minor leagues. You can't just assume that he

0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:15.160
<v Speaker 2>totally forgot how to hit. But teams are attacking him

0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:16.880
<v Speaker 2>with velocity and it's time for him to just kind

0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:18.840
<v Speaker 2>of make the adjustments. And I thought today he took

0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:20.640
<v Speaker 2>a step forward in that way. All right.

0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:24.839
<v Speaker 1>Differenspeaker the game sponsored by Gernick Academy Trading Tomorrow's healthcare Heroes.

0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:27.800
<v Speaker 1>For more information, visit Gurnick dot edu. That's g U.

0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:32.160
<v Speaker 1>R Nick dot edu. And I thought Jake Bennett was

0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.599
<v Speaker 1>the difference in this game. Giants had him early on

0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:38.040
<v Speaker 1>the ropes. They got a couple of runs off him,

0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:40.080
<v Speaker 1>and then Cox hits a home run. He's down three nothing,

0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.640
<v Speaker 1>but he settled in He kind of figured, hey, my

0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.200
<v Speaker 1>offense is going to get going at some point. And

0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.559
<v Speaker 1>when it was all said and done, after throwing twenty

0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:50.000
<v Speaker 1>three pitches in the first inning, he goes seven innings,

0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:54.400
<v Speaker 1>gives up three earned runs, strikes out six, and really

0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:58.039
<v Speaker 1>only eighty four pitches. So he just settled in after

0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:00.200
<v Speaker 1>that long first inning, and I thought he will the

0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:00.960
<v Speaker 1>difference in the game.

0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:03.520
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was a fantastic outing for him. The Giants

0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:05.240
<v Speaker 2>pushed him early in that first thing. You thought you

0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:07.080
<v Speaker 2>were going to be able to kind of get him

0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:08.800
<v Speaker 2>to wobble a little bit. He didn't come off a

0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:11.120
<v Speaker 2>great start in Pittsburgh, so it wasn't like he was

0:07:11.160 --> 0:07:13.560
<v Speaker 2>riding with a lot of confidence. But the quick inning

0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:15.560
<v Speaker 2>after quick inning after quick inning, you get your guys

0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:17.680
<v Speaker 2>back in the dugout, and that offense just kept the

0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:20.800
<v Speaker 2>Giants on defense. It was there pushing them. They kept

0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:24.040
<v Speaker 2>leaning on and getting the leadoff runner on that. Ultimately,

0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:27.000
<v Speaker 2>he just fell into a nice groove. And you know,

0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:29.240
<v Speaker 2>for all that being said, he pitched around the little

0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:32.600
<v Speaker 2>league home run, got a big strikeout of Raffie Devers,

0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:35.720
<v Speaker 2>and you know, kudos to him. And again it goes

0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:37.680
<v Speaker 2>back to that bullpen. Yet again able to just kind

0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:38.600
<v Speaker 2>of shut it down, all.

0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:41.840
<v Speaker 1>Right, Typer. What's on deck? Sponsored by your California four dealers.

0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:45.200
<v Speaker 1>The Cincinnati Reds come to town, a team that made

0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:49.320
<v Speaker 1>the postseason last year. Disappointing season this year. Still a

0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:52.200
<v Speaker 1>lot of young talent. And for the Giants, we're going

0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:54.600
<v Speaker 1>to see Adrian Hauser back in the rotation on Tuesday.

0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:58.000
<v Speaker 1>So wizen Hunt Monday, Howser Tuesday, roup Wednesday. So another

0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:02.000
<v Speaker 1>opportunity for a young guy and and howserback in there

0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:02.560
<v Speaker 1>on Tuesday.

0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.280
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Well, Howser's earned it, right, He's gone fifteen scoreless

0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.440
<v Speaker 2>and he's been throwing the ball extremely well out of

0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:09.600
<v Speaker 2>the bullpen and being the bulk guy. And I know

0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:13.040
<v Speaker 2>he wants to be this, be the guy in the rotation.

0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.040
<v Speaker 2>That's why he signed that two year deal because he

0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:18.000
<v Speaker 2>wants to be a starter. But ultimately, for wizen Hunt,

0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:20.560
<v Speaker 2>gotta start building, gotta start. How am I going to

0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:23.080
<v Speaker 2>protect my change up? How am I gonna steal strikes

0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:25.239
<v Speaker 2>with something else? Because my change up is so elite

0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:28.000
<v Speaker 2>and I'm interested to see the next progression for him.

0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:30.640
<v Speaker 1>All right, That's what's on next? Sponsored by your California

0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:34.400
<v Speaker 1>four dealers and the legendary Ford F one fifty truck.

0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:38.520
<v Speaker 1>Visit by four now dot com today to find yours

0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.520
<v Speaker 1>once again. Final score five to four, Red Sox over

0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:45.080
<v Speaker 1>the Giants. Will have the game highlights when we come

0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:45.800
<v Speaker 1>back to Fenway.