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Speaker 1: Carlos Rodin on the mound, trying to get the Yankees

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Speaker 1: This is and Why Why recaps Neil Yawn call me back.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back, everybody, Welcome back. Summer day in the Bronx,

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Speaker 1: which means the ball was traveling. Today was the day

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Speaker 1: of the two run home run. Yankees get home runs

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Speaker 1: I feel like he should still be getting deeper into

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Speaker 1: Anthony Vopi another multi hit game. Yankees have even the

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Speaker 1: series at one game apiece, and the winner of tomorrow

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Speaker 1: will not only decide this series. But the season series,

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Speaker 1: we got the first hit from Jazz Chisholm in Yankee pinstripes,

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Speaker 1: sole possession of first place by a half game. Let's

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Speaker 1: they lead the Orioles by a half game. Yankee sixty

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Speaker 1: And you can see the Yankees have scored more runs

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Speaker 1: little bit about Carlos Rodan today, because he's had a

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Speaker 1: in terms of sheer stuff. The fastball topped out at

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