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1-1. tom: again, i don t see commitment, right there. you know, this is not about fooling anybody at this point. i announced to the world you are bunting. we know your bunting. commit to it. i know this is a problem with the mets, and terry collins has probably seen it too many times this year. how to win a game without a home run. they have done that only five times this year. and they are in a position now where he is trying to manufacture a run and this is not with the mets do well. kenny: the mets have scored 53% of their runs via the home run. the top percentage in all of baseball. tom: that was better, squared around earlier. kenny: looking down for the signs from third base coach tim teufel. 5-19 without a home run. with johnson, who is not really a strikeout guy and around the plate, you could start a runner here. a run and hit. kenny: de aza takes ball three. now 3-1. travis d arnaud waiting on deck. nobody out, top of the tenth inning in atlanta, wit ....
gone. cozart to the ground at third on in between bouts, true throws them out. sponsored by falcon tires, a couple of great defensive plays tonight. under watch in the outfield, contributing in a big way. talk to some of the struggles this year, he does have that triple, but the leadoff spot has not been everything exactly the washington nationals have wanted. but he gets done with the glove and that doesn t always show up in the box score but he s a huge part of this game. a bouncer to espinoza, couple of ground ball outs to begin this ninth inning. we talk about sinkers, a lot of times you hear hitters and pitchers refer to them, feeling like a bowling ball. that is exactly what he has, i have a simple earth. another one he is seen tonight that comes in velocity. unbelievable movement as well. speak up in that lineup card out to eric cooper. and pointing down out of the bullpen, looks like and other pitching change. that means a double switch it is good to the u ....
joe: runners have been busy. they have been on the move the last few pitches. they will go again. that is outside to load them up. whether it s the rookie corey seager or the rookie aledmys diaz, one of the most unlikely stories in the first half of the season, it ll be a rookie at the plate for the national league, and it will not be andrew miller on the mound for the american league. will harris of the astros is getting loose, and here he comes. diaz will be the hitter. but a moment for this young man from cuba coming up. cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good and it feels so good oh yeah and it feels so good one swing can be the ultimate game changer. and at t-mobile, we know how to change the game for good. we ve doubled our lte coverage and our extended range lte is four times stronger in buildings than before. but we didn t stop there. with t-mobile you can stream baseball free without using your data on mlb tv. t-mobile that s maj ....
this is the man terry collins wants on the mound to try to get it to familia, the closer, who has been perfect, and leads lee national league in saves. had a white-knuckler here on thursday, but got it done. strike one. contreras tonight has struck out twice and grounded out. he s a guy who s been exposed to the rule five draft, and he really didn t become a major prospect until he went behind the plate as a catcher in 2012, and now he s one of the top young guys in baseball, although 26, so it s not like he s a baby. john: know, and he s not afraid, either. that speaks to his confidence. he is confident at a couple different positions. he certainly can swing the bat, that is why he is appear. joe: and he just spoiled that pitch. he s reached base safely in all 13 major-league games coming into tonight. that is strike three, and outnumber one here in the eighth. and contreras is leading the home plate umpire hear it. john: this is absolute paint where the glove is ....
that s a walk. two on. up to david wright. two for his last two. granderson is locked in right now. david right back to back hits. starting to swing the bats. got a couple of fastballs. able to turn the bat. looked like he started swinging. little bit too. i think between the two. you want to take on david wright. that last pitch on 3 and 1. ball four. and it s two on for david right. playing in his first world series game. and the mets are looking for the go-ahead rbi from their captains. ryan madison a ton. madison s time in philadelphia. 8 out of 26. three home runs david wright. ball one. wright s first full year in the big leagues, 2005. 306. 311. playoff team in 06. one win short of the world series. here he is. nine years later. ball one. ball two. 2-0. that looks good. looks good at the plate. looks comfortable. franklin morales. getting loose. the left-handed hitting. second baseman on deck. takes the strike. and think about david wright. tom: long histo ....