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>> WELCOME TO THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK PREGAME SHOW, PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE SHORTS. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. CHECK THAT OUT. LOOK AT THAT BREWERY, BILL RIPKEN. BRAIN BELT -- GREENBELT BEER. HAVE YOU EVER HAD THAT? BILL: I DON'T KNOW.

I USUALLY STICK WITH BUDWEISER. >> LOOK AT THAT SHOT. BILL: I'VE BEEN TO THAT MALL, AND IT IS JUMBO. >> I'VE HEARD YOU NEED A BIKE OR A CYCLE TO GET THROUGH IT. A GORGEOUS SHOT.

LOOK AT THAT. TARGET FIELD WITH THE TWINS AND THE WHITE SOX, WHO WILL FACE OFF TODAY. YOU HAVE THE TOP OF THE DIVISION, THE WHITE SOX, THE TWINS. YOU ARE WATCHING THE PREGAME SHOW RIGHT HERE. BILL RIPKEN -- I MEAN, YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WHITE SOX TEAM, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE TODAY.

WE ARE GOING TO INTERVIEW LIAM HENDRIKS LATER ON ABOUT SOME OF THE SIZE OF THE GUYS ON THAT TEAM FULL TIME EVERY GUY -- IT IS LIKE THOSE OLD DOLLS WHERE YOU FIT WHEN INSIDE THE NEXT. BILL: THE NESTING DOLLS. BILL CO. WHATEVER THEY CALL THEM? -- MATT: WHATEVER THEY CALL THEM. ILL: THAT IS WHAT THEY CALL THEM.

THEY HAVE SOME BIG DUDES. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION THEY ARE A BIG TEAM. I LIKE THE STARTING STAFF. YOU LIKE THE OFFENSE, THE BULLPEN. SO WHERE IS -- I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE ONE, BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW THEY ARE PROBABLY THE FAVORITES TO MAYBE GO AHEAD AND REPRESENT THE AMERICAN LEAGUE AS THEY STAND RIGHT NOW.

AM I GOING TOO FAR OUT THERE? MATT: I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. THEY ARE CLEARLY GOING TO THE POSTSEASON. BILL: WHO DO YOU HAVE FAVORITE? MATT: I WOULD SAY TAMPA BAY OR HOUSTON. BILL: I'M NOT NECESSARILY MAD AT YOU, WHAT I HAVE TO DISAGREE PEW. I THINK THEY ARE COMPLETE.

MATT: YOU CAN. OTHER THAN PLAYING THE LAST-PLACE TEAMS IN EACH DIVISION OF THE AL, THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX ARE BASICALLY A 500 TEAM. THEY ARE 23-FIVE AGAINST THE O'S, RANGERS, AND TWINS. FUNNY 3-5 AGAINST EVERYBODY ELSE -- AGAINST EVERYBODY ELSE, THEY ARE ONE OR TWO GAMES OVER. I DO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

BILL: AS LONG AS YOU'RE OVER AND YOU PLAY A FIVE-GAME SET AND YOU WIN THREE AND THE OTHER TEAM WINS TWO, YOU MOVE ON. MATT: HOW ABOUT HIGHLIGHTS OF LAST NIGHT'S GAME? >> ABREU HITS ONE DEEP, LEFT CENTER. DON! -- GONE! INTO THE BULLPEN. THEY GO BACK TO BACK. TO THE PLATE WITH A MAN ABOARD.

DOWN THE LINE, PUTS THE TWINS IN FRONT. HOME RUN NUMBER SIX. >> FLIPPED IT RIGHT IN THE SEATS. WHAT I NICE SWING AND A NICE BY TORTUGA. MATT: MAN OH MAN.

OUR FRIEND HERE, THE FORMER GM, WHEN HE SEES A PLAYER WHO HE LOVES, HE SAYS THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, BUT HE CAN HIT. BILL: HE WOULD ALSO SAY HE'S A BIT OF A GUY. IT IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE BUT CAN THEY PLAY. MATT: HOW ABOUT JIMENEZ? BILL: THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.

MATT: TALK ABOUT EASY POWERFUL TIME IN SAYING TO ME. BILL: BIG JIM THOME SAYS HE HIT STUFF HARD. BIG JIM HAS 612 OF THOSE BIG BALLS FLYING AROUND THE BASEBALL YARD, GOING INTO THE SEATS. HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. HOW TO PAD YOUR STATS.

I KNOW IT'S NOT THAT EASY, BUT THIS GUY MAKES IT LOOK THAT EASY, AND I THINK HE HAS REALIZED IN HIS YOUNG CAREER, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO TRY TO DO TOO MUCH. THAT BALL IS ABSOLUTELY HAMMERED RIGHT CENTER FIELD. THIS BALL IS DOWN AND IN. AND HOW TO PAD YOUR STATS HERE. HE HAD TWO HOMERS IN TWO GAMES, NOBODY IS GOING TO GO HE HAD 4-10 IN TWO DAYS.

SO PAD YOUR STATS. WHEN YOU ARE HOT, PUT UP NUMBERS LIKE THIS GUY. NOT ANYBODY CAN JUST GO OUT THERE AND THROW FOUR HOMERS UP IN A TWO-DAY PERIOD. THAT BALL IS ABSOLUTELY SQUASHED ON AN UP AND AWAY SLIDER. ALL THE POWER PROVIDING.85 MILES PER HOUR, YOU WATCH THIS THING SPINNING UP TO HOME PLATE SAYING HIT ME, HIT ME. WHAT DID HE DO? HE HIT HIM, BEAT HIM TO THE SPOT, WHICH IS THE GLOVE.

IT WAS POINT A TO POINT B ON THE SWING.92 MILE PER HOUR, HITS IT IN THE SEATS. HOW TO PAD YOUR STATS -- IT'S NOT THAT EASY. I'M HAVING A LITTLE FUN WITH IT, BUT THIS DUDE, GOING BACK TO WHAT JIM SAYS, HE HIT STUFF HARD. MATT: WHAT YOU JUST DID, IT IS RIGHT, CENTER, LEFT. I MEAN, TO ME THAT IS ALBERT IN A WAY.

THE EASY POWER, HE CAN GO TO ALL FIELDS. BILL: I THINK YOU WILL FIND IN THIS LEAGUE THE BETTER HITTERS ARE THE ONES YOU CANNOT OVERSHIFT ON BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HONOR THIS LINE TO THAT LINE, AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN. THAT IS WHY THEY ARE THE BEST HITTERS BECAUSE THEY WILL HIT IT WHERE IT IS PITCHED. KIND OF WHAT HE DOES. TEXTBOOK, UP AND AWAY SLIDER.

THE MIDDLE PART OF THE PLATE, OUTER THIRD, JUMPED TO DEAD CENTER FIELD. HE IS NOT PULLING OFF OF THAT. HE'S NOT POPPING IT UP OVER THERE BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO HIT IT NINE MILES THAT WAY. HE TOOK A NICE EASY PASS AT A BALL THAT IS ALREADY ELEVATED. HE HAD A LONG WAY TO DEAD CENTER FIELD MINNESOTA.

MATT: HE'S BATTING CLEANUP TODAY, AND JOSE ABREU IS BATTING THIRD TODAY. MLB GAME OF THE WEEK PAUL PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE SHORTS. WHO WILL WIN TODAY'S GAME, WHITE SOX OR TWINS? REYNALDO LOPEZ IS NOW ON THE MOUND TODAY, SO NO LANCE LYNN. CARLOS RODON WAS PUT ON THE I. L.

, SO THEY MOVE THINGS AROUND A LITTLE BIT. GOING TO START THE GAME IN IOWA TOMORROW, BUT RODIN ON THE IL -- RODON WITH THE SHOULDER FATIGUE. THAT'S NOT A GREAT SIGN. MY GUESS THEY ARE BEING VERY CAREFUL, KNOWING THEY HAVE A VERY LARGE LEAD IN THAT DIVISION. SO THOUGHTS BEFORE WE GET A BREAK HERE.

YOU HAVE FIVE SECONDS. BILL: LOVE THOSE GUYS ON THE GROUND CREW, MAKING THE FIELD PRETTY FOR THOSE GUYS TO PLAY ON. MATT: WE'LL BE BACK. >> TO MOST TRY TO THROW HIM OUT AND HE DOES! -- TIM WILL TRY TO THROW HIM OUT, AND HE DOES! WHAT A GLOVE. LONG THROW, AND HE GOT IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THAT. IT IS A 4-3 GROUND OUT, BUT COME ON. >> THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IN RIGHT FIELD. THAT WAS A FINE PLAY. >> HE'S GOT IT.

A NICE CATCH TO END THE INNING. TIM TO THE GLOVE SIDE. >> SPARKLING DEFENSE. THE FOOTWORK ON THE SPIN MOVE. >> GOLD GLOVE OF STUFF.

FLY BALL WELL HIT, GONE. >> WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT POWER? THAT IS AN ENORMOUS INSURANCE HOME RUN. CESAR HERNANDEZ, HIS FIRST WHITE SOX HOME RUN. THE CUBS AGAINST THE CROSSTOWN RIVALS. MATT: WELCOME BACK TO THE PREGAME SHOW CUMBER PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE SHORTS.

WE WILL IN LIAM HENDRIKS OF THE WHITE SOX, THE CLOSER FOR THAT FIRST-PLACE TEAM IN THE AL CENTRAL. WE ARE GOING TO GET RIGHT TO THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. LET'S MAKE THIS CLEAR, I'M NOT CALLING CRAIG KIMBREL AN ELEPHANT. HOWEVER, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU -- I SAW THE QUOTES THAT YOU HAD AFTER THE ACQUISITION, ABOUT JUST WANTING TO WIN. YOU DON'T CARE, YOU JUST WANT TO WIN.

DID IT TAKE YOU A LITTLE TIME TO GET TO THAT POINT WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT THE ACQUISITION? LIAM: NOT REALLY, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IN 2019 ONE OF MY BETTER YEARS, I STARTED AS THE LONG GUY. I DIDN'T CARE WHAT ROLE I HAD FULL TO I JUST WANTED TO PITCH. WHEN I GET A LITTLE BIT EGOTISTICAL, KIND OF HOTHEADED, THAT IS WHEN I START STRUGGLING. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS I NEVER WANT TO FEEL LIKE I'M GIVEN SOMETHING. I HAVE TO EARN IT EVERY SINGLE DAY AND KEEP PUSHING US BOTH BECAUSE I THINK NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE STRIKEOUT RECORD JUST TO ATTACK EACH OTHER AND SEE WHO WINS.

BILL: I WILL GO WITH THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, TOO. WE ARE WORKING ON COFFEE NUMBER TWO, SO WHETHER IT IS THE SEVENTH OR EIGHTH OR NINTH, YOU HAVE THAT GAME GOING ON TODAY. YOU MAINTAIN THIS COFFEE FLEW ALL THE WAY THROUGH, OR DO YOU TAKE A BREAK SOMEWHERE? LIAM: ONCE I FINISH THIS ONE, I'M GOING TO HAVE A DOUGHNUT AND ANOTHER COFFEE. I WILL TAKE IT OUT ON THE FIELD WITH ME. I WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF NIGHT CAPS AFTER THAT WITH COFFEE BECAUSE I DON'T DRINK IT ALL THAT I DON'T DRINK AT ALL.

I AVERAGE SEVEN OR EIGHT CUPS AT THE END OF THE DAY. MATT: THAT'S HEALTHY, BY THE WAY. MY WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. THE DOUGHNUT ON TOP OF IT MAKES IT BETTER. BILL: I LIKE THAT MORE.

MATT: THE THREE OF US WOULD GET ALONG GREAT IF WE HUNG OUT TOGETHER. LIAM: I JUST HAD MY CARDIGAN DONUTS FROM OUT HERE. THEY HAVE A MIAMI HEAT, WHICH IS MANGO WITH CHILLI PEPPERS MIXED IN THERE AS WELL. MATT: WOW. LOOK, YOUR G.

I. SYSTEM IS GOING TO HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME WITH THIS. LET ME GO TO THIS. WHEN YOU ARE ON THE MOUND, WE APPRECIATE THE FIRE, THE INTENSITY. I TALK TO YOU OFF-CAMERA A COUPLE YEARS AGO IN OAKLAND.

YOU WERE NOT THE GUY WE SEE ON THE MOUND DURING A GAME. HOW DO YOU KIND OF TURN IT ON, TURN IT OFF? YOU ARE A PITBULL, MAN. LIAM: IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET TO THAT POINT. BUT I LIKE TO JOKE AROUND COME HAVE SOME FUN ON THE MOUND FULL-TIME I'M ALL BUSINESS AND GET A LITTLE ANGRY. TALKING TO CORY PROVUS, THE RADIO BROADCASTER WITH THE TWINS, AND I SAID EVERYTHING A LITTLE HITTER DOES ANNOYS ME.

WHETHER THEY SWING TOO HARD, LOOK THE WRONG DIRECTION, WHETHER DIDN'T -- WHETHER THEY DIDN'T SAY HELLO AND AS I WALKED INTO THE BULLPEN, EVERY LITTLE BIT IS ANGST AND ANGER I CAN USE AGAINST THEM. YOU CAN TELL WHEN I'M REALLY MAD BECAUSE MY SKIN GOES RED. BILL: WE SIT HERE FROM A DISTANCE NBC KIND OF A COMPLETE TEAM. -- WE SIT HERE FROM A DISTANCE AND WE SEE KIND OF A COMPLETE TEAM. DO YOU GUYS FEEL THE SAME WAY WHEN YOU'RE WALKING INTO THE CLUBHOUSE, THAT WHATEVER DAY IT MIGHT BE, ONE PART OF THIS TEAM -- WHETHER IT IS THE OFFENSE, DEFENSE, STARTING PITCHERS, THE BULLPEN -- THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO PICK UP THE SLACK.

IT'S A PRETTY COMPLETE SQUAD YOU HAVE. LIAM: IT'S AMAZING FULL TOP THE ONLY DOWNFALL ABOUT THIS IS THAT BATTING PRACTICE IS NO FUN FOR ME BECAUSE -- IT IS AMAZING FOR ME. THE ONLY DOWNPOUR IS THAT BATTING PRACTICE IS NO FUN FOR ME BECAUSE NONE OF THE BALLS COME BACK. IT IS FUN. IT'S A GOOD TEAM.

THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT THIS TEAM IS THAT -- THAT IS PIVOTAL TO SUCCESS IS THAT WE READ EACH OTHER AT ALL THAT WE RAG ON EACH OTHER AT ALL TIMES. WE DON'T LET ANYBODY GET BEHEADED, ANYBODY GET EGOTISTICAL. BILL: YOU TALK ABOUT GETTING YOUR LINEUP BACK. IN A LITTLE BIT, SOME OF THE YOUNG GUYS, THAT WHEN YOUR BIG PIECES WERE OUT OF THE LINEUP, SOME OF THE YOUNG BOYS COMING UP, THEY HAD THEIR HAND IN QUITE A FEW WINS AS WELL. TALK ABOUT THE GUYS WHO STEPPED UP WHEN SOME OF THE GUYS WERE OUT OF THE LINEUP.

LOOK AT ANDREW VAUGHN. -- LIAM: LOOK AT ANDREW VAUGHN. THEY TOLD HIM WITH TWO DAYS OR THREE DAYS LEFT TO GO, LET'S TRY OUT LEFT FIELD, RAN OUT THERE AND WAS ABLE TO NAIL IT DOWN. THEN YOU MIX IN GUYS LIKE OUR UP AND DOWN WITH -- AS ZACK COLLINS HAS SHOWN, CAN WORK ON THINGS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. IT JUST SHOWS THE WORK ETHIC HE IS PUTTING IN.

IT IS UNBELIEVABLE, THE NEXT GUY UP MENTALITY, THE GUYS THAT HAVE COME UP HERE. I THINK THAT PLAYS INTO THE WHOLE MENTALITY. WE MAKE FRONT OF EVERYBODY. WE DON'T CARE IF IT IS 10 OR 15 YEARS IN THE BIG LEAGUES OR IF IT IS YOUR FIRST DAY. WE ARE STILL GOING TO MAKE FUN OF YOU FULL-TIME IT IS A FAMILY HERE.

IT HAS WORKED SO FAR AND HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE YEAR. MATT: BUT IF YOU ARE MAKING FUN OF PEOPLE TWICE YOUR SIZE, THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ON TELEVISION A BASEBALL TEAM WITH BIGGER PEOPLE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. EVERY GUY IS BIGGER THAN THE NEXT GUY FULL-TIME YOU WALK IN THAT CLUBHOUSE, YOU ARE NOT SMALL. DO YOU WALK IN THERE AND SAY WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON AROUND HERE? LIAM: I JUST MAKE SURE TO STAND NEXT TO BILLY HAMILTON.

HE MAKES ME FEEL BIG. THIS TEAM IS THE MONSTERS FROM SPACE JAM. IT IS NOT FAIR, IT IS NOT RIGHT. BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE GO OUT THERE AND REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE -- ELOY IS JUST A BIG BABY, AS EVERYONE CALLS HIM. NOW I GET A CHANCE TO SEE THAT FULL-TIME.

THE GUY DOESN'T STOP SMILING. IT'S JUST THAT ATTITUDE THAT WE LOVE. MATT: IOWA COMING UP. YOU HAVE THAT GAME TOMORROW IN IOWA. I SAW A GREAT QUOTE FROM YOU.

DO YOU KNOW THE ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT, REGARDING A HOME RUN? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? LIAM: I DON'T WANT TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO GIVE UP A BIG-LEAGUE HOMER IN IOWA. THERE IS STILL TIME. THE GOOD THING IS I'M NEVER GOING TO BE THE FIRST, GOING TO BE GIVING UP A WALKOFF HOMER, SO THERE IS THAT. MATT: THAT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF FUN. REALLY IMPORTANT -- STAY HEALTHY, HAVE FUN, AND I HOPE YOU GET TO THAT WORLD SERIES, MAN, BECAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING IN YOUR TIME AND YOU HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POSTSEASON.

MAYBE THIS IS THE YEAR. LIAM HENDRIKS, THANK YOU. LIAM: THANKS, GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. BILL: THANKS, LIAM.

MATT: TIME NOW FOR OUR CREATOR SPOTLIGHT, AND WE WELCOME IN ANDY LEON, ALSO KNOWN AS ANDY DY RULLO. HIS FAVORITE TEAM, THE MARINERS. HIS FAVORITE MOMENT FOR HIM, THE 2012 PERFECT GAME THROWN BY FELIX HERNANDEZ, THE ONLY GUY TO DO THAT AND MARINERS HISTORY. WELCOME INTO THE SHOW. GREAT TO HAVE YOU.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GAME FOLKS ARE GOING TO SEE TODAY. THE WHITE SOX AND THE TWINS, AND YOUR FAVORITE PLAYERS ON EACH TEAM. WHO ARE THEY? ANDY: FOR THE TWINS I WOULD SAY BYRON BUXTON, LOVE A GOOD CENTER FIELDER. I KNOW HE'S NOT ON THE FIELD RIGHT NOW, BUT WHEN HE GETS HEALTHY AND IS OUT THERE, HE IS DOING HIS THING. FOR THE WHITE SOX, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY TIM ANDERSON.

JUST BECAUSE HE IS UNABASHEDLY HIMSELF ON THE FIELD THERE. HE BRINGS SWAG, THAT NEW STYLE OF BASEBALL THAT THE KIDS HOPEFULLY LOVE. I LOVE IT, YEAH, I LOVE ANDERSON. MATT: THE KIDS DO LOVE IT, BUT HE IS CERTAINLY EXCITING TO WATCH. SOME PEOPLE SAY, NO, NO, THAT IS NOT OLD-SCHOOL.

HE'S ACTUALLY NOT IN THE LINEUP TODAY. THEY GAVE HIM A DAY OFF. GIVE ME YOUR TAKE ON YOUR M'S, YOUR MARINERS. THIS SEASON, HOPING THAT -- DO THEY REALLY HAVE A SHOT TO GET IN, IS WHAT I'M ASKING? ANDY: WE WERE RIGHT THERE A GAME AND A HALF BEHIND THE LETTER A'S FOR THAT WILD-CARD A WEEK AGO, AND WE DROPPED DOWN A LITTLE BIT. ALL THE PIECES ARE THERE, ALL THE YOUNG PIECES.

I'M A BIG KYLE SEAGER GUY, SO YOU HAVE THAT VETERAN LEADERSHIP. HOPEFULLY WE PICK UP THE CLUB OPTION FOR HIM NEXT YEAR AND KEEP THINGS ROLLING. WE BUILD OFF THIS YEAR. IT COULD BE A FLUKE. MARINERS ARE GOING TO BE THE MARINERS.

I NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. THAT 20-YEAR PLAYOFF DROUGHT, 19 YEARS, TOO LONG. WE WILL SAY. MATT: THEY ARE 5.5 GAMES OUT OF THE WILD-CARD. I AM WITH YOU ON SEAGER, BY THE WAY.

NOT NEARLY ENOUGH INTENTION -- ATTENTION. I'M A BIG FAN AS WELL. BACK IN 2012, FELIX, THROUGH HIS -- FELIX THREW HIS PERFECT GAME. I KNOW THAT'S BIG FOR YOU AS A FAN. WHERE WERE YOU, AND YOUR MEMBERS OF THAT? ANDY: I WAS HOME.

I HAD JUST WOKEN UP. IT WAS A DAY GAME. I WAS BROWSING FACEBOOK, AND ONE OF MY FRIENDS SAID FELIX IS DOING SOMETHING, TURN ON THE TV. IT WAS LIKE THE SEVENTH, EIGHTH INNING. I WAS LIKE, OK, THIS IS GOING ON.

YOU DON'T SAY PERFECT GAME. I AM SUPER SUPERSTITIOUS. I'M COUNTING OUTS, AND PROBABLY TWO OR THREE OUTS TO GO, I REMEMBER MY LITTLE BROTHER WAS MOWING THE LAWN IN THE BACKYARD OUTSIDE. I DON'T WANT HIM TO MISS THIS BECAUSE MY OLDER BROTHER WAS THE REASON I MISSED RANDY JOHNSON'S PERFECT GAME. I WAS IN THE OTHER ROOM AND HE IS SUPERSTITIOUS.

HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE LIKE, CHECK THIS OUT, SOMETHING'S HAPPENING. THEN I HEARD HIM CELEBRATING. JOHNSON HAD A PERFECT GAME. SO I MISSED THAT. I DIDN'T WANT MY LITTLE BROTHER TO MISS FELIX DOING THIS.

I YELLED AT HIM, GOT HIS ATTENTION. HE COMES IN, HE'S LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON, IS IT A PERFECT GAME? I'M LIKE SHUT UP, SHUT UP. HE OBVIOUSLY GOT THE PERFECT GAME. WE WERE HOOTING AND HOLLERING AND STUFF. MY MOM WAS THERE.

MATT: THAT'S ALL MOST A WHOLE DECADE AGO FULL-TIME INSANE. YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL, WITH VIDEO OF THE SOFTBALL GAMES -- TELL US MORE ABOUT IT AND YOUR FAVORITE MOMENTS. ANDY: SO I LIKE TO WEAR THIS HELMET. I GOT IT RIGHT HERE. I GO TO THIS LITTLE JOHN OLERUD HELMET.

MARINERS LEGEND. MATT: LOVE HIM. ANDY: I'M JUST OUT THERE GOOFING OFF, SAYING WHATEVER. YOU'RE OUT THERE PLAYING WITH YOUR FRIENDS, SAYING CRAZY STUFF, DUMB STUFF, FUNNY STUFF, JUST GOOFING OFF, AND OK COME HERE YOU GO, YOU'RE SHOWING A VIDEO OF IT. WENT OVER THE FENCE, BROUGHT THAT ONE BACK.

IT IS STUFF LIKE THAT. NO YOU GO. GETTING PROPS FROM COWBOY JEFF RIGHT THERE. HE'S BEEN ON THIS BEFORE. HITTING DINGERS, DOING MY THING.

MATT: VERY COOL. ANDY: WITH MY SOFTBALL BUDS. MATT: WITH THE VIDEO, YOU CANNOT DOG IT. YOU GOT TO HUSTLE BECAUSE THEY WILL BE -- THERE WILL BE VIDEO PROOF YOU'RE NOT GIVING IT YOUR ALL. I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

ANDY: TRUE, I'M ALWAYS HUSTLING. I PLAY IN A PAIR OF SANDALS. EVERYBODY GIVES ME GRIEF FOR IT. BUT I PLAY IN LEGITIMATELY A PAIR OF TEBOW LIKE -- OF TEV A LIKE SANDALS. THAT CATCH RIGHT THERE WAS IN SANDALS.

MATT: ARE WE TALKING FLIP-FLOPS, OR SANDALS WITH A STRAP? ANDY: THEY STRAP ON. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THEM RIGHT THERE FOR A SPLIT SECOND. LITTLE STRAP. THEY ARE ATTACHED TO MY FEET. MATT: THAT MIGHT BE A NEW THING AT SOME POINT.

I DON'T KNOW, THE GAME IS CHANGING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS CHANGING THAT MUCH. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOOD LUCK AND KEEP MOVING ON WITH THAT GOPRO. THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF FUN.

ANDY: THANKS, MAN, APPRECIATE IT. MATT: COMING UP, THE GAME HERE ON REYNALDO LOPEZ ON THE HILL TODAY , A LATE CHANGE IN THE ROTATION. YOU WILL SEE LOPEZ, NUMBER 40, ON THE HILL. >> A HIGH FLY TO LEFT FIELD OFF THE BAT OF GARVER. HE HAS TOUCHED OFF FOR THREE RUN HOME RUN.

WITH TWO OUT. HE PUTS THE TWINS IN FRONT. >> A SWING AND A DRIVE TO RIGHT FIELD, AND DEEP DOWN THE LINE. THAT BALL IS GOING TO BE FAIR AND A HOME RUN. A THREE-RUN NINTH INNING SHOT DOWN THE RIGHT-FIELD LINE.

>> IN LEFT FIELD, THE LONG RUN AND HE MAKES THE CATCH. RUCKER WITH THE DIVING CATCH NEAR THE FOUL LINE. A HIGH FLY TO RIGHT FIELD, WAY BACK AND GONE. AND THE TWINS BREAK IT OPEN. HOME RUNS 19 AND 20 TODAY FOR POLANCO.

BAREHANDED, THREW HIM OUT! WHAT A PLAY BY MIGUEL SANO TO END THE GAME. >> CAME CHARGING IN, GRABS IT WITH THAT BIG RIGHT HAND, AND THROWS IT ON MONEY TO GARVER AT FIRST BASE. WHAT A TERRIFIC PLAY. MATT: WELCOME BACK TO THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK PREGAME SHOW, PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE SHORTS. IT IS TIME NOW FOR PICKS TO CLICK, PRESENTED BY BETMGM.

ARE YOU READY? BILL: I'M READY. I'M ALL OVER THIS. I THINK I'M 144 OUT OF 148 THAT I'VE DONE THIS YEAR. MATT: THAT'S A VERY GOOD PERCENTAGE. THE AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT, AND THE WHITE SOX ARE FIRST UP.

PLUS 275. DO THEY WIN THE AL CROWN? BILL: I TOLD YOU THAT AT THE BEGINNING. I THINK THEY ARE THE FAVORITE, SO I'M GOING TO BE SAYING YES TO THE WHITE SOX. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN WHEN IT COMES TO POSTSEASON PLAY. I LIKE THIS SQUAD AND I'M GOING TO GO WITH IT.

MATT: I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE INSANE FOR YOU TO SAY THAT. A. L. CY YOUNG AWARD. WE HAVE LYNN, RODON, AND GIOLITO.

WILL ANY OF THEM WHEN, AND WHO WILL WIN IF NOT ANY OF THEM? BILL: TAKING MY CHANCES WITH THREE OF THEM IN THE MIX -- I'M GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WILL SAY YES. ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO WIN IT. MATT: DO YOU WANT TO TELL US WHICH ONE? BILL: NO, I SAID ONE OF THEM. THAT IS THE WAY THAT THE QUESTION WAS POSED. A.

L. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, ANDREW VAUGHN IS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. PLUS 800 FOR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. BILL: PROBABLY NOT AS GOOD, THE ODDS WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY NO ON THAT.

THERE ARE TOO IN THAT FIELD RIGHT NOW. THAT COULD CHANGE IN TWO MONTHS, I GET THAT. BUT I'M GOING TO SAY NO. MATT: WE ARE ACTING LIKE THE SEASON IS ENDING. NO, IT'S NOT.

IT'S LIKE SEVEN WEEKS. TODAY'S GAME, TOTAL BASES, 1.5. WALKS ARE NOT INCLUDED. BILL: THEY ARE NOT. MATT: IS HE OVER OR UNDER TOTAL OF 1.5 TOTAL BASES? BILL: HE CAN JAM ONE DOWN THE RIGHT-FIELD LINE CREATE TWO HAYFORD BAG -- WITH A TWO-BAG HIT. MATT: THE FINAL ONE IS THE OVER-UNDER IN RUNS SCORED IN THE GAME TOTAL.

BOTH TEAMS COMBINED 9.5. ARE YOU GOING OVER OR UNDER 9.5? YOU HAVE TO LAY 1.10 TWO WHEN ONE. BILL: I'M GOING TO SAY OVER. THE WHITE SOX LOST YESTERDAY. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

I'M GOING TO SAY OVER. MATT: EVEN A DAY GAME, WHERE THEY WON -- BILL: 6-4 IS THE 10TH SPOT. MATT: NOW WE ROLL ALONG HERE, AS YOU SEE THE FANS INTERACTING WITH PLAYERS. MLB GAME OF THE WEEK POLL RESULTS -- WHO IS GOING TO WIN THE GAME? OVERWHELMINGLY, THE WHITE SOX, 81%. I'M GOING TO GO FIRST YEAR.

BILL: ARE YOU JUMPING IN WITH THE 81? MATT: I AGREE. WHERE ARE YOU? BILL: I'M GOING TO GO WITH SOLA MENTE ON THIS. THE WHITE SOX ARE NOT GOING TO LOSE TWO IN A ROW. MATT: TALK TO ME ABOUT THE M. V.

P.. BILL: HE'S AWESOME. HE'S A GOOD INFLUENCE FOR EVERYBODY ON THAT SQUAD. THE MAN PLAYS EVERY DAY POSTOP. GUESS HOW MANY GAMES WERE IN THE SEASON LAST YEAR -- 60.

GUESS WHAT ELSE HE DID THAT I REALLY LIKE. HE DROVE IN 60 RUNS. HE KNOWS HOW TO DO THINGS. HE HAS 84 STAKES NOW. IN A YEAR WHERE HE IS NOT PLAYING THAT WELL WHEN IT COMES TO THE 249 AVERAGE -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMEBODY WHO IS AT 84 STAKES, WHEN GUYS ARE OUT THERE, HE IS WILLING TO HIT THE SAC FLY, PUT THE BALL IN PLACE TO MAYBE THE SECOND BASEMENT TO GET A RUN ACROSS HOME PLATE.

RUNS MATTER. YOU SCORE THESE THINGS, YOU ARE AHEAD. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE. A CROSS HOME PLATE. IF YOU ARE NOT SCORING ONE, DRIVE-IN ONE.

I THINK ABREGO DOES BOTH VERY WELL. MATT: THE OTHER THING I LIKE ABOUT HIM -- I'M GOING BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS -- WHEN HE DECIDED TO STAY IN CHICAGO, HE SAID I WANTED TO WIN HERE. HE SAW WHAT WAS COMING. THERE IS SOMETHING TO DO THAT. A GUY WHO DOESN'T JUMP AT MONEY WHO DOESN'T SAY I'M GOING TO CHECK OUT THE CITY -- HE SAID, NO NO, I'M GOOD.

I LOVE IT. I WANT TO WIN HERE. MATT: HE IS STILL -- BILL: HE IS STILL WELL OFF. I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE WHITE SOX LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID THIS IS A GUY WE CAN BUILD AROUND. THE FACT THAT HE PLAYS EVERY DAY -- HE HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE.

HIS.162-GAME AVERAGE -- LAST YEAR WAS NOT A FLUKE WHEN HE WON THE M. V. P.. THIS IS WHAT THE MAN DOES. HE STANDS AT HOME PLATE AND SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, I COULD BE THE GUY.

WHEN THEY GET INTO THE POSTSEASON, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF FIREPOWER, WEAPONS ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE TO DO SOME THINGS. THAT DUDE STANDING IN THE BATTER'S BOX IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING BIG COME POSTSEASON. MATT: HE IS A WINNING PLAYER, IN MY OPINION. HE MAY NOT BE THE FASTEST COME HE MAY NOT BE THE BEST DEFENDER, HE MAY NOT BE THIS. HE IS A WINNING BASEBALL PLAYER.

BILL: AS FAR AS THE FIRST BIG BAG THAT'S THE FIRST BASE BAG, -- AS FAR AS THE FIRST BASE BAG, YOU SEE THAT THE WHITE SOX TEAM CAN COUNT ON HIM EVERY DAY. MATT: THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK, PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE SHORTS. SCOTT BRAUN, LATROY HAWKINS, AND LAUREN GARDNER ON THE S SCENE IN ROMINNESA FOR BUILT -- FOR BILL RIPKEN, I MATT YALLOF. -- FOR BILL RIPKEN, I MAENJOY! >> TEMPERATURES LED BY THE DIVISION -- TWO FRANCHISES WITH -- PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE SHORTS, IT IS THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX AGAINST THE MINNESOTA TWINS. THE A.

L. CENTRAL -- THE BALLPARK, SCOTT ALONG WITH MY GOOD FRIEND LATROY HAWKINS. IT FEELS GOOD. YOU CAN FEEL THE LIFE ACTION. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FROM STUDIOS FOR A LONG TIME.

LATROY: IT IS GREAT TO BE IN THE BALLPARK. SCOTTO THAT IS REALLY TARGET FIELD. -- SCOTT: THAT IS REALLY TARGET FIELD. THE CENTRAL LEAGUE BATTLE, THAT WE JUST SHOWED YOU, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MOST OF THE SEASON. BACK IN THE LINEUP, CONGRESSIONAL THE BASEBALL.

NOT LIKE THEY NEEDED IT. IN THE LINEUP -- FASTER THAN ANY OTHER PLAYER IN THE FRANCHISE, 180 GATE SEVEN -- 187 GAMES. FOR THE MINNESOTA TWINS, ONE CONSISTENT FORCE IN THE LINEUP, HAS BEEN ON FIRE SINCE JULY. LATROY: HE'S BEEN GREAT IN THE LINEUP AND ON THE FIELD. STARTED AT SHORTSTOP.

NOT TO THE POINT WHERE HIS PRODUCTION -- PUTTING THE BALL OUT OF THE BALLPARK. HIT HIS NUMBERS. LEADING BY EXAMPLE, THE BREAKDOWN -- 50 R. B. I.. IT IS SHOWING RIGHT NOW.

LAUREN: THE WHITE SOX HAVE -- ONE OF THE LONGEST ACTS IN BASEBALL. THE REPLAY, WHEN THEY BEAT THE TWINS 1-0. IT WAS A SOLO SHOT. BECAUSE AT FIRST HE WOULD HAVE TO RESPECT THE GAME. WE PROBABLY WON'T GO THAT DEEP INTO THE POSTSEASON.

THERE'S A LOT TO FOCUS ON, A LOT TO WORK ON. YOU LOOK AT THIS ROTATION, YOU LOOK AT THE BULLPEN, THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE MOST COMPLETE TEAMS IN BASEBALL. OF COURSE, THERE SKIPPER SAID -- WE LOVE A CLICHÉ -- THE BASEBALL GUYS ARE ALWAYS WATCHING. WHEN WE COME BACK, WE HAVE STARTING LINEUPS, AND FIRST PITCH FROM TARGET FIELD. AND MINNESOTA.

BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MINNEAPOLIS. FANS GETTING READY FOR AN EARLY FIRST PITCH. >> THAT IS TO RIGHT, IT'S DEEP, AND IT'S GONE. TWO-RUN HOMER. TIM ANDERSON.

IT IS 3-0. TO CENTER, IT'S GOING TO GET DOWN. IT IS AN R. B. I.

HIT FOR TIM. HIS THIRD OF THE NIGHT. >> WHEN TIM STARTS TO GET HOT, THE BALLCLUB STARTS TO GET HOT. BECAUSE HE IS SO GOOD WITH A GLOVE. >> TRIES TO THROW HIM OUT AND GOT HIM! TIM WITH A BASE HIT.

>> THERE IS THE SALVAGE.8-4. >> FIRST PITCH SWING, A DRIVE TO RIGHT. IT IS GOING TO GO. ONE PITCH, ONE RUN. RED SOX LEAD 1-0.

-- WHITE SOX LEAD FOR THIS -- 1-0.2-1. DEEP RIGHT CENTER, THE BALL IS GOING TO GET TO THE WALL. SITS ON THE TRACK. A THREE-HIT NIGHT. SCOTT: THIS IS THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE, PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE SHORTS.

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LET'S GO TOE TO TOE, HEAD TO HEAD, TAIL OF THE TAPE. IT HAS BEEN LOPSIDED, LATROY. NOT ONLY HAS CHICAGO TAKEN 13 OF 18 MATCHUPS, BUT THE 123 RUNS ARE THE MOST SCORED BY A TEAM AGAINST THE SINGLE OPPONENT THIS SEASON. A. K.

A. THEY ARE HAVING FUN WITH TWINS PITCHING. LATROY: THEY HAVE A VERY EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE. YOU DON'T PITCH THEM SIMILAR TO THE WAY GRIFFIN JAX PITCHED HIM LAST NIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE UP YOUR SHARE OF HOME RUNS.

I THINK IT MAKES THEM THAT MUCH BETTER THIS YEAR, WHEN THE TEAMS HAS SHIFTED THEM, THEY ARE BIG BOPPERS LIKE ANDERSON, A BRAILLE, HITTING THE BALL THE OTHER WAY. THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THE TEAM, WHAT THE TEAM GIVES THEM. SCOTT: ONE OF THE MOST SENIOR MANAGERS WE HAVE EVER SEEN IN THE GAME, TONY LA RUSSA, 76 YEARS OLD, THIRD OLDEST TO EVER MANAGE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, ALSO THE THIRD IN WINS. WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION WITH TONY FOR 45 MYTHS THIS MORNING. HE ALSO MANAGED THIS WHITE SOX CLUB IN 1979 THROUGH 1986.

FAST-FORWARD TO 2021, HIS BACK. LATROY: OUR INTERVIEW WITH HIM WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING. WAS DELIGHTFUL. I'VE NEVER SAT DOWN AND HAD A REAL CONVERSATION WITH HIM, AND IT WAS ENLIGHTENING TO LISTEN TO HOW HE THINGS ABOUT THE GAME, USING HIS MIND COME HIS EYES, AND TRUSTING HIS GUT, THINGS LIKE THAT. I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED WHEN HE WENT OVER TO MANAGE HIS YOUNG, TALENTED TEAM.

AND AFTER SEEING WHAT THEY ARE DOING THIS YEAR, I DON'T HAVE ANY WORRIES AT ALL. HE'S LETTING THOSE GUYS GO OUT THERE AND PLAY THE GAME. DIDN'T TRY TO CHANGE ANYBODY. JUST SIT BACK, WATCH, ADD A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE. SCOTT: HE'S RELAXED, AND WHY NOT? YOUTUBE SHORTS, STARTING NINE FROM TONY'S SQUAD.

FEATURING CESAR HERNANDEZ, SOMEWHAT OF A NEW AD DISH AND. JIMENEZ HAS BEEN THE BIG BAT.9-22 IN HIS LAST SIX. GOODWIN HAS DONE A NICE JOB IN RIGHT FIELD. JAKE LAMB GETS THE START AT THIRD. LEURY GARCIA GETS THE START AT SHORT.

THAT COLLINS CATCHES TODAY. WE HAVE THE OLDEST ACTING MANAGER AND THEN ROCCO BALDELLI. I KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE NELSON CRUZ ANYMORE, AND WHEN HE IS THERE, HE IS YOUNGER THAN NELSON CRUZ. THE THIRD-YEAR MANAGER OF MINNESOTA, 186 UP, 150 DOWN. ACTIVEX -- BACK-TO-BACK DIVISION TITLES THIS YEAR.

WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE AROUND THE ORGANIZATION AND FM WHAT HAS KEPT THE CLUB TOGETHER THIS YEAR, THE ANSWER IS ROCCO BALDELLI. LATROY: HE DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THE CREDIT FOR IT. IT ALL STARTS AT THE TOP, AND HE IS THE LEADER OF THAT TEAM, THE MANAGER. HIS WORDS AND HIS ABILITY TO REACH THE YOUNG PLAYERS AND SELL THEM ON, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WANTED AN OLDER TEAM, NOW WE WANT A YOUNGER TEAM. NOW WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE FUNDAMENTALS -- I WANT YOU GUYS TO GET USED TO PUTTING IN THAT TYPE OF WORK, AND NEXT YEAR WE WILL SEE WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO BE.

SCOTT: THE ROOKIE MAKING HIS 13TH CAREER START. HE'S BEEN BETTER SINCE JULY.4.99 ON THE SEASON. HE IS TALL, 6'9", LISTED AT 6'9", TALLEST EVER TO START THE GAME. THIS GUY IS DIFFERENT. LATROY: THE HEIGHT, HIS ABILITY TO USE HIS LENGTH TO HIS ADVANTAGE, HE IS NOT THROWING 95, 90 6, 97 MILES PER HOUR.

HE IS REACHING OUT THERE, AND BY THE TIME HE RELEASES THE BALL, HE IS HALFWAY DOWN THE MOUND AND IT LOOKS HARDER THAN WHAT IT REALLY IS. SCOTT: THERE IT IS.93 MIGHT FEEL LIKE 96, 97, 98 EVEN? CESAR HERNANDEZ COMING OFF A SEASON WHEN HE LED THE AMERICAN LEAGUE IN DOUBLES THIS YEAR, A CAREER-HIGH IN HOMERS. LIVE ON YOUTUBE BUT WATCHING GLOBALLY, ALL THREE, RIGHT HERE. SCOTT BRAUN, LATROY HAWKINS, AND LAUREN GARDNER WITH YOU TODAY. HERNANDEZ, A GOOD ON-BASE PERCENTAGE GUY, GOLD LAST YEAR, WON THE AWARD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER LAST YEAR.

YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THE DIFFERENCES WITH THE WHITE SOX IN THE PAST WEEK OR SO. WITH HERNANDEZ BACK, ALONG WITH LUIS ROBERT MANNING CENTER THESE DAYS. SUDDENLY, A DEFENSIVE BOOST FOR A TEAM THAT IS ALREADY LEADING THE DIVISION. LATROY: HE IS A GAME CHANGER IN CENTER FIELD. VERY IMPRESSIVE.

HIS SIZE, SPEED, STRENGTH, ABILITY TO THROW. FILLING IN WHILE HE WAS ON THE DL, I. L. , EARLY PART OF THE SEASON, DID A GREAT JOB. THEY ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM BACK IN THE LINEUP, AND I'M EXCITED TO WATCH AND PLAY.

SCOTT: TWO PLAYERS WHO WON GOLDEN GLOVES LAST YEAR, BACK INTO THE FULL.94 PRETTY MUCH DOWN THE PIPE, BUT IT HAS A BIT OF A DIFFERENT FEEL. SOME EXTRA LIFE TO IT. LATROY: THAT FULL SEASON FASTBALL HAS A LOT OF CARRY ON IT. A LOT OF GUYS SWING STRAIGHT THROUGH THAT. HE IS ONE OF THESE GUYS WHO CAN PITCH WITH HIS FASTBALL AGAINST CERTAIN TEAMS AND BE FINE, BUT HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO MIX IN HIS BREAKING BALL AND USE HIS CHANGEUP.

SCOTT: ARE PITCHER BREAKDOWN PRESENTED BY -- OUR PITCHER BREAKDOWN PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE SHORTS. LATROY: KEEP IT IN THE YARD. THIS TEAM WILL HIT IT OUT OF THE BALLPARK IF THEY THROW COOKIES UP THERE. HE HAS TOMATOES IN-GAME ADJUSTMENTS. MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT RIGHT THERE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE 2-0 AGAINST THIS TEAM. SCOTT: GOING UP AGAINST ANDREW VAUGHN. LATROY: VON IS ANOTHER EXCITING PLAYER WITH THE WHITE SOX, PLAYS WITH HIS HAIR ON FIRE, RINGS A LOT OF ENERGY TO HIS BALL TEAM. SCOTT: A BIG CUT AND A MISS ON THAT 94, THE OVERUSE TO STRIKE OUT HERNANDEZ. VAUGHN A FORMER OVERALL PICK FOR 2019.

WON THE GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD IN 2018. TO SHORT, SIMMONS PUTS HIM AWAY. CHECK OUT THE TOTAL RUNS. COURTESY OF BETMGM.9.5 IS THE NUMBER. THAT WAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.

LANCE LYNN, CY YOUNG FRONT RUNNER IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, GOING TO BE USED TOMORROW IN THE FIELD OF DREAMS GAME FOR THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX. THAT MEANS IT IS OVER AGAINST REYNALDO LOPEZ. WHAT DO YOU THINK? ARE WE GOING TO GET 10 RUNS TODAY? LATROY: I HOPE NOT. IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY LONG GAME TOMORROW. I WANTED TO BE 2-1, 2-0, A LOT OF STRIKEOUTS.

WE HAVE SEEN OUR SHARE OF STRIKEOUTS SO FAR IN THE SEASON, BUT I'M LOOKING FOR A PITCHERS DUEL. SCOTT: I THINK YOU'VE GOT A SHOT. DESPITE THE FACT THAT THESE TWO TEAMS CAN SWING A BAT, BOTH PITCHERS ON THE MOUND HAVE SOMETHING TO PROVE. LATROY: 6'9" COME AS YOU MENTION. HE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF STAYING IN HIS DELIVERY, CONTROLLING THAT LONG BODY, WHICH IS TOUGH TO DO.

YOU SEE A SHORTER GUY, THEY CONTROL THEIR BODY A LOT BETTER. IT IS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT FOR GUYS WHO ARE TALL AND LANKY LIKE HE IS, AND HE'S ABLE TO REPEAT HIS DELIVERY QUITE FREQUENTLY. SCOTT: JOSE ABREU HAS HAD SOME FUN FOR WITH HIM.3-7, A DOUBLE, TRIPLE, HOMER. LAST YEAR'S M. V.

P..2-2. THAT IS A GOOD POINT ABOUT OVER, THE FACT THAT IT TAKES TALLER PITCHERS MORE TIME TO REFINE THEIR MECHANICS. IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM FOR THE 24-YEAR-OLD ON THE MOUND. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD STUFF. A ONE-TO-THREE FIRST.

FREEZES THE FORMER M. V. P. , AND WE WILL HEAD TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING IN TARGET FIELD. LIVE ON YOUTUBE.

>> A SWING AND A DRIVE INTO RIGHT FIELD, DEEP DOWN THE LINE. THAT BALL IS GOING TO BE FAIR AND A HOME RUN. POLANCO, A THREE-RUN NINTH INNING SHOT DOWN THE RIGHT-FIELD LINE. A SWING AND A BLAST INTO RIGHT FIELD. HEADED TOWARD THE SEATS AND GONE.

POLANCO DOES IT AGAIN.1-0, TWINS. >> 3-0, AND NOW POLANCO. GARCIA SAFE AT FIRST. POLANCO BEAT OUT THE HIT AND DROVE IN ANOTHER RUN. JANIK SCORES FROM THIRD BASE.

STROKE TO THE RIGHT-FIELD CORNER, DOWN FOR A HIT. POLANCO ROUNDING FIRST, WILL DIG FOR SECOND. TUCKER HAS A GOOD ARM BUT POLANCO IS IN WITH THE FIRST PITCH, DOUBLE IN THE SIXTH INNING. POLANCO LIFTS IT TO LEFT FIELD. ALVAREZ IS BACK, LOOKING UP, AND IT'S GONE TO LEFT FIELD.

HOMER NUMBER 19 FOR POLANCO. IT IS A 4-2 BALLGAME. A HIGH FLY TO RIGHT FIELD, WAY BACK AND GONE. NUMBER 20 FOR POLANCO. SCOTT: AN IMPRESSIVE TOP OF THE FIRST, AND NOW HIS OFFENSE WILL TAKE OVER IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING, LED BY MAX KEPLER.

POLANCO, A CONSISTENT FORCE.12-24 DURING AN EIGHT-GAME PITCH STREAK. HE CAN REALLY SWING THE BAT AND MAKE CONTACT. JAKE CAVE, RYAN JEFFRESS, TREVOR LARNACH, ANDRELTON SIMMONS. THAT LINEUP BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUTUBE SHORTS. THIS IS REYNALDO LOPEZ, WHO FINDS OUT HE IS GOING TO BE THE MAN ON THE MOUND INSTEAD OF LANCE LYNN TODAY.

THERE WAS A TRANSACTIONAL MOVE AS WELL. CARLOS RODON HITS THE INJURED LIST WITH SHOULDER FATIGUE, TONY LA RUSSA TOLD US JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SORENESS. HE WILL BE BACK SOON. THE FIELD OF DREAMS GAME A SPECIAL GEM ON THE CALENDAR IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, BUT LOPEZ HAS A 1.59 E. R.

A. SO FAR THIS SEASON. NINE APPEARANCES, ONE OF THEM STARTING AGAINST MINNESOTA. A LITTLE EXCUSE ME SWING FROM MAX KEPLER, AND THEY WILL PUT HIM AWAY. A LITTLE PITCHER RICK DOWN PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE SHORTS.

WHAT IS REYNALDO LOPEZ ALL ABOUT? HE HAS HAD AN UP-AND-DOWN CAREER SO FAR. LATROY: HE HAS. HIS DELIVERY, NOT GETTING TOO WILD WITH HIS BODY CONTROL. HIS FASTBALL LOCATION TENDS TO MISS OVER THE MIDDLE. IF HE CAN PLAY WITH THE CORNERS, HE WILL HAVE SUCCESS TODAY.

GO FOR BROKE. HE'S AUDITIONING TO BE IN THIS ROTATION. IS THERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE INJURED LIST. LET'S SEE WHAT HE CAN DO. A LOT OF FASTBALLS OVER THE PLATE, WILL USE HIS SLIDER.

LIKE YOU SAW RIGHT THERE, USE THAT SLIDER FOR A STRIKEOUT, MOSTLY OUT OF THE ZONE. SCOTT: BRENT ROOKER IS TRYING TO FIND HIMSELF. ONE FOR HIS LAST 20, IN A 0-2 HOLE. HE HAD SURGERY ON BOTH CORNEAS IN EARLY MAY. IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP THE PITCHER, IF YOU ASKED ME.

I THINK FOR ANY PROFESSION THAT WILL HELP THE CAUSE IF YOU HAVE VISION ISSUES. WE HAVE SOME PLAYERS THAT HAVE LASIX SURGERY. IF THIS CASE FOR LOPEZ, IT HELPS HIM. THAT SENSE PAINFUL, TOO. LATROY: HE HAD TO HAVE BOTH EYES OPERATED ON, AND THAT IS PRETTY TOUGH.

HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THE BULLPEN. HE DROPPED ONE OF HIS PITCHES, A FASTBALL SLIDER GUY COMING OUT OF THE BULLPEN. ON THE MOUND AS A STARTER. IT INCLUDES THE CURVEBALL, WHICH LOOKS LIKE THE SLIDER, JUST A SLOWER VERSION OF IT. AND HIS CHANGEUP SOMETIMES.

SCOTT: HE CAN DIAL IT UP. HE WAS A PRETTY BIG PROSPECT. THAT DEAL, LOOKS TO BE LUCAS GIOLITO. CHECK SWING. LATROY: FASTBALL IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 92 AND 98 WITH SLIGHT CARRY.

TICKED UP HIGHER THAN THAT, COMING OUT OF THE BULLPEN FOR A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME. CURVEBALL. SCOTT: ANOTHER CHECK SWING COME AND HE DID NOT GO. A PRETTY WIDE VARIANCE ON THE FASTBALL VELOCITY. YOU WILL HEAR LIKE 92 TO 94, 95.

THE FACT THAT HE CAN REALLY SWITCH IT UP IN TERMS OF WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE WITH THE HEATER. THERE IS 94 UP. LOFTED, SHALLOW RIGHT, BACKING UP HERNANDEZ. AND HE HAS GOT IT. THAT WILL RETIRE THE WHITE SOX.1, 2, 3. IN MINNEAPOLIS.

>> >> THEY ARE HARD TO CATCH. PARTICULAR WITH TIM ANDERSON, HE GETS IT DONE. FROM THE 24-YEAR-OLD FROM TEXAS, IT IS ANDERSON, PULLS IT TO LEFT, AND WHAT A WAY TO START. JUST LIKE YESTERDAY AT WRIGLEY FOR TIM ANDERSON. >> THE YOUNG MAN STARTED TO GET HIS RHYTHM.

>> THIS ONE WELL TO CENTER, LOOKS UP, AND JIMENEZ DOES IT AGAIN. HOW IS THIS FOR A FIRST INNING? IT IS 3-0 WHITE SOX IN MINNESOTA. HE TAGS THIS ONE TO LEFT, DOWN THE LINE INTO THE CORNER, AND THAT BALL IS GONE. A THREE-RUN SHOT FOR HIM. HE HAS GOT DEEP TWICE IN THE FIRST INNING.

>> GOOD TO SEE GIOLITO GOING LIKE THIS. >> IT HAS BEEN A GOOD NIGHT SO FAR. SLIDER HAS BEEN VERY GOOD. OTHER UP AND DOWN, IN OR OUT, THE FERTILE -- THE FULL ARSENAL ON DISPLAY FOR LUCAS GIOLITO. TAGS THIS WENT TO CENTER WITH CAVE BACK, AND THERE IS SOME HARD CONTACT.

STRAIGHTAWAY CENTER FOR YOAN MONCADA. SCOTT: NO SCORE TOP TWO AT TARGET FIELD. WE ARE ALWAYS INNOVATING HERE AT YOUTUBE WITH OUR GAMES, SO FANS WATCHING THE GAME OF THE WEEK HAVE THE CHOICE OF LISTENING TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FEEDS. YOU CLICK THE GEAR ICON AND YOUR PLAYER. YOU CAN SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN, AND THEN YOU CAN CHOOSE AUDIO TRACK.

YOU CAN SELECT PRIMARY AND HANG OUT WITH US, SCOTT BRAUN, LATROY HAWKINS, LAUREN GARDNER. AND RADIO CALLS. ALL AUDIO IS SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATED ON YOUR DEVICES SO YOU DON'T MISS A MINUTE OF THE ACTION. THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. TRUST ME.

LATROY: SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT IT IS VERY SIMPLE. SCOTT: EVERYTHING IS SUPER SIMPLE. WHEN I TALK TO FRIENDS, FAMILY, WHEN YOU WANT TO WATCH THE GAME, GO TO YOUTUBE. READY TO WORK IN INNING NUMBER TWO. FIRST PITCH, SWING ON THE HANDS, THAT IS GOING TO DROP.

FIND SOME SPACE IN CENTER FIELD. JIMENEZ, USUALLY WHEN HE MAKES CONTACT, GOES 100 PLUS OFF THE BAT, AND HE GOES A LONG WAY. LOOK AT HIM JUMPING UP AND DOWN. LOOK WHAT I FOUND. LATROY: THE OUTFIELDER, JK, IS OUT THERE.

HE WILL HIT THE BALL OUT OF THE BALLPARK. JUST DROP THAT RIGHT OVER POLANCO HEAD -- POLANCO SET AHEAD FOR A LEADOFF SINGLE. THE LITTLE JAM SHOT. YOU CAN SEE HIM LOOKING AT HIS THUMB LIKE, OK, I'LL TAKE THE HIT, BUT MY THUMB DOESN'T FEEL WELL RIGHT NOW. SCOTT: IN TIGHT TO BRIAN GOODMAN.

JIMENEZ ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY PUT TOGETHER TWO HOME RUN, HIGH PERFORMANCES. LATROY: VERY IMPRESSED WITH BRIAN GOODMAN, ABLE TO WATCH HIM PLAY, COME IN, TAKE THE SPOT IN CENTER FIELD AND HOLD IT DOWN. HE DIDN'T JUST GO OUT THERE AND WAS THROWING IN EVERYTHING BECAUSE THEY NEEDED SOMEBODY FOR SOME HE TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF HIS OPPORTUNITY. HE'S A PRETTY GOOD PLAYER, MAN. STILL A COUPLE OF BASES, HE CAN REALLY PLAY THE OUTFIELD.

THAT WAS THE PLUS THAT HE REALLY BROUGHT TO THIS TEAM. HIS ABILITY TO KNOW CENTER FIELD. HE HAS SEEN OVER FOUR TIMES, HOMERED AGAINST THEM. SIX TOTAL PLATE APPEARANCES. HE'S WALKED A COUPLE OF TIMES AS WELL.

AGAIN WANTS THAT ONE BACK. LIKES TO WORK VERTICALLY COME AND YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF HIGH, FASTBALLS A TICK ABOVE THE ZONE. IT IS TEMPTING. LATROY: GOOD FOUR-SEAM FASTBALL THAT HE USES. A LOT OF SPIN RATE.

SCOTT: A LOT OF EXTENSION, TOO. THAT JUST MISSED. LATROY: THE BALL VERY CLOSE COME AS YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE BOX, THEY ARE NON-STRIKES. YOU WANT THOSE PITCHES. THE UMPIRE WANTS TO GIVE THEM TO YOU.

NOT FULL BY JEFFRESS' ABILITY TO FRAME IT AND LOOK LIKE A STRIKE. SCOTT: POPPED UP. AND THAT IS CALLED BY JK IN CENTER FOR THE SECOND OUT. MAKE THAT THE FIRST OUT. NOW ANOTHER OUTFIELDER WHO HAS PERFORMED REALLY WELL THIS SEASON, IN LIMITED TIME.

HE DID MISS ABOUT THREE MONTHS, A COUPLE OF IL STINTS WITH THE RIGHT HAMSTRING STRAIN. BUT WHEN ADAM ENGEL HAS BEEN PLAYING, HE'S BEEN DANGEROUS.5-13, 17 HOME RUNS ON THE SEASON. HE HASN'T PLAYED A TON, BUT HIS POWER HAS TICKED UP SIGNIFICANTLY THIS YEAR. LATROY: AND THE CHANCE TO SEE HIM PLAY AGAINST MANY OTHER TEAMS BESIDES THE TWINS, HE'S IS ALWAYS DOING SOME DAMAGE. SCOTT: RIGHT BACK TO OBER.

THEY TURN TO AN RETIRE THE SIDE. PERFECTLY EXECUTED BY THE BIG MAN ON THE MOUND. LATROY: A GOOD PITCH. HIT THE BALL OFF THE END OF THE BAT, GOOD TURN. SECOND INTO FIRST.

>> IT IS UP TO ADAM ENGEL. BASE HIT, STILL AT FIRST WITH TWO GONE. >> REFS NEITHER BACK, AND IT IS GONE. THIS GAME IS TIED ON ONE SWING FROM ADAM ENGEL.1-1, ABREU HITS ONE DEEP. LEFT CENTER.

ON! -- GONE! INTO THE BULLPEN. THEY GO BACK TO BACK. ANDY WHITE SOX LEAD 3-2. -- AND >> A COUPLE OF GROUNDOUTS. HE PUTS THEM UPFRONT.

HOME ON NUMBER SIX. >> GOT A CUT A. IT DID NOT LET IT GET INSIDE. -- GOT A CUTTER. DID NOT LET IT GET INSIDE.

WHAT A NICE SWING. >> ALEXANDER WITH A GOOD CLOSER FOR THE WHITE SOX. THEY DECIDED NOT TO RESIGN HIM. END TIME. THE BULLPEN, NEARLY PERFECT.

>> BOTTOM TWO. LATROY MAY NOT LIKE THIS, BUT I AM ALL ABOUT IT. IT IS AN ART FORM THESE DAYS. YOU ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS. I KNOW YOU DO NOT LIKE THESE, LATROY, BUT I KNOW YOU ARE A FAN OF THE YOUTUBE POLL QUESTIONS.

YOU WILL HAVE TO PICK SOMEBODY. NOT IN THE LINEUP TODAY, BUT YOU KNOW HE IS ENERGIZING THE DUGOUT. HE IS PART OF OUR LIST, THE MOST ENTERTAINING BAT FLIP ARE IN BASEBALL. -- FLIPPER IN BASEBALL. NO-BRAINER? LATROY: NO-BRAINER.

HE STARTED IT BACK IN 2018, WHEN IT WAS STILL KIND OF FROWNED UPON. HE DID NOT CARE. I AM GOING TO CELEBRATE EVERY VICTORY ON THE BASEBALL FIELD. I AM NOT ONE OF THOSE OLDER GUYS WHO SAY, I DO NOT LIKE IT. THIS GAME IS HARD ENOUGH.

MY CAN'T YOU CELEBRATE YOUR SMALL VICTORIES? SCOTT: FANS LOVE IT. LET'S BE REAL. LATROY: GUYS GET TO SHOW THAT CHARACTERS AND THEY GET TO BE THEM. WHATEVER YOU WANT, YOU GET THE BAT FLIP AND EASIER TO DO ALL YOUR LITTLE DANCES OR WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING. HE COULD TO DO ALL OF THAT, AND IT IS GOOD FOR THE GAME.

IF IT IS GOOD FOR THE GAME, I LOVE IT. SCOTT: WE HAVE OUR LIVE GAME COMMENTARY SECTION WITH YOUTUBE CREATORS. LET'S HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON SOME OF THE BEST THAT FLIPPERS -- BAT FLIPPERS. FOULS THAT ONE OFF. SHE HAS LOOKED FILTHY OUT OF THE PEN IN HIS SHORT TIME THERE, THIS SEASON.

ANTICIPATING A SOLID START. SO FAR, SO GOOD. LATROY: HE HAS BEEN THROWING THE BALL WELL. A COMMENT ABOUT HIM GOING BACK TO TRIPLE-A AND WORKING ON HIS DELIVERY TO SMOOTH THINGS OUT. SCOTT: ANGLE GOING BACK AND -- ENGAL GOING BACK AND CHASING IT.

TWO OUT IN THE SECOND INNING. LATROY: HE GOT HIM A BREAKING BALL. HE HAD TO GO DOWN AND GET THAT BALL OFF THE GROUND. IN RIGHT CENTER FIELD. HE WAS PLAYING TO THE OPPOSITE FIELD.

WE TALK ABOUT -- IT IS HIS ABILITY TO HIT. HE FINDS A WAY TO GET HIS HITS. I DO NOT CARE IF IT IS A LEFTY OR A RIGHTY. SCOTT: THEY MOVED HIM DOWN AT THE IN THE LINEUP, A CLEANUP HITTER TODAY BECAUSE THEY KNOW WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION, IT WILL GET A GOOD AT THAT. THEY MET MAX UP THERE LATELY TO HELP HIM TRY TO FIND THINGS.

THERE IS MIGUEL. LATROY: HE HAS BEEN HOVERING AROUND THAT POINT TO 10 MARK. HE WAS BELOW THE MENDOZA LINE FOR A WHILE. THIS TEAM NEEDED HIM TO DO THAT AFTER THE NELSON CRUZ TRADE. SCOTT: CRUZ IS A BIG MENTOR FOR HIM.

DOES NOT BUY ON THE 95. A STRIKE. GETTING SOME ANSWERS FROM OUR YOUTUBE CREATORS. ALWAYS IN THERE EVERY WEEK. HE STARTED THE WAY THAT -- BAT FLIPS ARE NOW.

BIG CUT AND A MISS ON 96 DOWN THE MIDDLE. LATROY: TALK ABOUT THAT SPREAD BETWEEN HIS FASTBALL, 92 TO 98. WHEN YOU SEE THAT, SCOTT, IT IS MORE SO GUYS VAMPING IT UP. THEY ARE VAMPING IT UP, ESPECIALLY SCORING POSITION. SCOTT: HE IS NOT STRETCHED OUT YET.

IT IS A SLOW ROLLER, ON THE RIGHT SIDE. ONLY PLAYS TO FIRST. HERNANDEZ MAKES IT. LET'S BRING IN LAUREN GARDNER. WE ARE GOING OVER THE BAT FLIPS.

I WANT YOUR ANSWER AND ALSO, A LITTLE MORE, PLEASE. LAUREN: I AM WITH LATROY. HE INVENTED THE MODERN DAY BAT FLIP. FOR THE NEXT IN RATION, YOU HAD TO GO WITH TATIS JR.. HE PLAYS THE GAME WITH SO MUCH JOY.

YOU KNOW WHO DOES LOVE A BAT FLIP? TONY LA RUSSA. HOW IN THE OLD SCHOOL APPROACH COMBINED WITH THE NEW SCHOOL? SHE EVEN ADMITTED THAT HE WAS NOT FULLY ON BOARD WITH IT THIS OFF-SEASON, BUT THEY MET UP IN SPRING TRAINING AND HAD AMAZING CONVERSATIONS. THEY BOTH REALLY RESPECT ONE ANOTHER. THE COMMON BOND IS WINNING. ALMOST A COMPETITIVE EDGE.

HE JUST WANTS TO SIT AROUND AND TALK ABOUT IT. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS ODD COUPLE IS THE PERFECT COMBINATION. SCOTT: THE COMMON BOND IS THE ESSENCE OF WINNING AND THE MENTAL ASPECT OF IT. THAT WAS A GOOD 10 MINUTES OF OUR CONVERSATION THIS MORNING WITH TONY. LATROY: I ENJOYED THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION VERY MUCH.

HE COMPARED HIM TO MICHAEL JORDAN WITH HIS BURNING DESIRE TO WIN. TONY BEING A LOT OLDER THAN MOST OF THE MANAGERS AND TAKING ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GETTING THIS YOUNG TEAM TO THE NEXT LEVEL, I'M SURE I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO DID NOT KNOW HOW IT WAS GOING TO GO. YOU CAN UNDERSTAND. HE EVEN SAID, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE SEES, HE DOES NOT LIKE. YOU CANNOT CONTROL EVERYTHING.

YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BE FREE AND ENJOY THEMSELVES. SCOTT: LOOK, HE IS THE THIRD OLDEST TO EVER MANAGE A GAME IN MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY. HE TAKES THE CAKE.97 YEARS OLD AND HE WAS -- 87 YEARS OLD AND HE WAS STILL MANAGING BASEBALL. DUSTY IS 72 YEARS OLD. A SWING AND HE DID NOT GO.

LATROY: A GOOD, HARD SLIDER FROM LOPEZ. YOU CAN SEE THAT BALL, BREAKING DOWN. ALMOST GOT IT. YOU SEE THE SLIDER AND IT IS NOT GOING HORIZONTAL. IT IS GOING STRAIGHT DOWN.

SCOTT: HE HELD UP AGAIN. LATROY: YOU SEE HOW HIGH -- TEMPTING THAT HIGH FASTBALL IS. HARD FOR THEM TO PLAYOFFS OF IT. GOOD NUMBERS AGAINST LOPEZ. TWO HOME RUNS.

HAD SOME VERY GOOD AT-BATS AGAINST LOPEZ. FACED HIM A LOT AS AN INDIVIDUAL RIVAL. SCOTT: OFF THAT ONE. IT IS 3-2. LATROY: LA PAZ HAS HAD A COUPLE OF 3-2 COUNTS ALREADY.

HIS JOTT -- JAKE CAVE'S JOB IS TO GET THAT GUY AND FROM THIRD BASE. -- A FROM THIRD BASE -- IN FROM THIRD BASE. GETTING A REAL FEEL, AN EYE TEST. SCOTT: IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL NOT LEAVE THE INFIELD. GARCIA MAKES THE CATCH.

THAT WILL NOT GET THE JOB DONE. LATROY: YOU SEE JAKE CAVE IS NOT HAPPY WITH HIMSELF. YOU HAVE TO GET THAT RUN IN. AN EASIER OPPORTUNITY FOR A BASE HIT. YOU HAVE A SLIDER HOVERING OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE PLATE.

HE UNDERSTANDS THAT HE SHOULD HAVE PUT A BETTER SWING ON THE BALL. SCOTT: NOW IT IS RYAN JEFFERS TURN. I FELT THAT HE WAS ALREADY AT THE PLATE. HE WAS CLOSE, I'M TELLING YOU. LATROY: HE IS PROBABLY THE GUY ON THE TEAM THAT DID NOT HAVE TOO MANY AT-BATS.

A YOUNGER GUY, NOT TOO MANY AT-BATS. SCOTT: THE CATCHER TAKES 95. IT IS LOPEZ TODAY AND LANCE LYNN TOMORROW. IN IOWA FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT WILL BE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING TO WATCH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT.

LA PAZ TRYING TO CRACK THE ROTATION TEMPORARILY. THIS IS A TOUGH ROTATION TO BE A PART OF BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN STANDOUT PERFORMANCES, CONSISTENCY AND DURABILITY. LANCE LYNN IS IN THERE COME EVERY FIVE DAYS. HE WAS PITCHING LIKE A CY YOUNG CANDIDATE AS WELL. SWING AND MISS STUFF.

WE WILL TALK TO LUCAS VERY SOON, AFTER THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD. LATROY: WHEN YOU HAVE A STRONG ROTATION LIKE THAT AND A VERY GOOD BULLPEN -- YOU HAVE KIMBREL. KOPECH HAS BEEN THROWING THE BALL. SCOTT: LOVE HAS LOOKS RHYME -- REVITALIZED. WE HAVE NO SCORE IN THE SECOND AT TARGET FIELD.

>> SO GOOD WITH THE GLOVE. HE GOT HIM. WHAT AN ARM. HERNANDEZ WILL GLOVE IT. A LONG THROW.

WHAT A PLAY. IT IS A 4-3 GROUND OUT. COME ON. >> MIGHT AS WELL BE 9-3. >> HE HAS GOT IT.

ENDING THE INNING AS HE PLAYED A LOT OF RIGHT WITH A NICE CATCH TO END THE INNING. TO THE GLOVE SIDE. >> PLAYING SOME SPARKLING DEFENSE. >> THAT IS GOLD GLOVE KIND OF STUFF. WHAT A PLAY BY 10 -- TIM.

>> GONE! THAT IS AN ENORMOUS INSURANCE HOME RUN. HIS FIRST WHITE SOX HOME RUN. >> THAT IS A TERRIFIC ADDITION TO THIS PUBLIC -- THIS BALLCLUB. >> LIVE ON YOUTUBE PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE SHORTS. WATCH AND CREATE VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE.

MANY YOUTUBE CREATORS JOINING US, ALONG WITH THE MLB CHANNEL, THE WHITE SOX AND THE TWINS, ALL ADDING TO THE UNIQUE VIEWING EXPERIENCE. YOU CAN VIEW THE LIVE COMMENTARY ON YOUR COMPUTER AND MOBILE DEVICE. WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE DISCUSSION. WE WILL CHAT WITH THEM AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOW CALLED OUT QUESTIONS FOR LUCAS GIOLITO, WHO WILL JOIN US ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES FROM NOW. I WILL ASK THE QUESTIONS FROM OUR YOUTUBE CREATORS TO LUCAS.

LATROY: DID YOU SAY 10 TO 15 MINUTES FROM NOW? SCOTT: WHATEVER YOU WANT. LATROY: HOW ABOUT SIX MINUTES FROM NOW? SCOTT: A SIX MINUTE INNING WOULD BE IMPRESSIVE. OTHER TREATS THAT WE HAD TO THE YOUTUBE EXPERIENCE, MIKE DEPPE -- MIC'ED UP PLAYERS. THAT IS THE BEST PART OF THE WEEK. YOU DO NOT WANT TO HEAR YOURSELF, YOU WANT TO HEAR THE PLAYERS.

LATROY: I LIKE THAT. THEY GET TO BE UNFILTERED. SCOTT: I CALLED THE FUTURES GAME AT THE ALL-STAR'S GAME. YOU WERE BRINGING IT. YOU COULD FIND THAT ON YOUTUBE, I'M SURE.

SOME EXCELLENT SOUNDBITES FROM LATROY HAWKINS. LATROY: MY DAUGHTER TEXTED ME DURING THE GAME SAYING, YOU NEED TO WATCH YOUR MOUTH, YOUNG MAN. SCOTT: THAT IS THE GOOD STUFF. ORGANIC CONVERSATIONS. HE HAS BEEN GOOD SO FAR.

TOUGH TO SQUARE UP THE HEATER. PICKING UP VELOCITY. A 12 ROUND SELECTION. NOT HIGHLY TOUTED. SHE IMMEDIATELY STARTED DEALING.

IT WAS ACROSS THREE LEVELS OF THE MINOR LEAGUE WITH DAYTIME NUMBERS. I LIKE HIS PEACE. THAT IS WHY I SAID 10 TO 15 MINUTES. LATROY: HE WILL GET THE BALL AND GET GOING. SCOTT: ANOTHER SLOW ROLLER.

IT IS CLEANED UP EASILY. HERE IS THAT GOODNESS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. HE HAS THE MIC. >> WHAT IS THE PLAN OVER THERE? YOU TRYING TO THE -- DRAG THE BALL RIGHT FIELD OR LEFT FIELD? OK. THAT IS WHAT I AM GOING TO TRY TO DO, NEXT AT-BAT.

LATROY: YOU HEARD HIM. HARD CONTACT FASTBALL DOWN THE MIDDLE. SCOTT: THAT IS THE GOOD STUFF THERE. IT IS AUGUST AND THEY ARE HAVING A TOUGH YEAR. JORGE HAS BEEN THEIR BEST HITTER WITHOUT NELSON CRUZ IN THE FOLD.

HE LIKES IT. OPPOSITE FIELD, BASE HIT. HOW COOL WAS THAT CONVERSATION? LATROY: MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THE GUYS ARE TALKING ON THE BENCH, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS PARTICULAR TO THE GAME. TALKING TO ONE OF THE HOTTEST HITTER IS IN THE LEAGUE. HE TOLD HIM.

HE PUT THE BALL DOWN THE MIDDLE. HE SAID, THAT IS WHAT I AM GOING TO LOOK FOR AS WELL. DID NOT PITCH TONIGHT ALL LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. WE MISSED A COMPLETE SEASON. IN 2019, HE DID NOT GET DOUBLE-A.

SCOTT: HE IS AUDITIONING FOR A ROTATION SPOT. LATROY: THIS PUNT OF THE SEASON WHEN YOU ARE IN A POSITION THAT THE TWINS ARE, THEY ARE GOING OUT THERE TO AUDITION, TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY. SCOTT: ZACK COLLINS TRYING TO WIPE AWAY A SKID. THERE HE IS, GETTING READY FOR HIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU, ME AND ALL THE YOUTUBE CREATORS, WITH THEIR QUESTIONS. LATROY: JUST WATCHING HIM AND HOW HE WAS ABLE TO CHANGE HIS ARM ANGLE, BACK TO WHERE IT WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I THINK HE WENT TO THE TUTELAGE OF HIS HIGH SCHOOL COACH. HE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE, SINCE THE REVAMP OF HIS ARM ANGLES. HIS ABILITY TO THROW THOSE PITCHES -- HIS CHANGEUP IS THE BIGGEST SEPARATOR. SCOTT: AND COLIN STRIKES OUT. LATROY: ANOTHER FASTBALL.

SLIGHTLY ELEVATED. TALKED ABOUT HIM BEING ABLE TO USE THE FOUR SEAM FASTBALL. HE THOUGHT THE BALL WAS GOING TO BE -- WITH HIM HAVING A HIGH SPIN RATE, THE BALL NEVER SEEMS TO TAKE THAT DIP. IT STAYS TRUE. SCOTT: BACK TO THE TOP OF THE ORDER WITH CESAR HERNANDEZ.

ONE OF THE SITES CHEMICAL -- CAME AGAINST -- I WATCHED HIM LAST START ON FRIDAY AGAINST HOUSTON. SHE WAS PRODUCING SOME SWING AND MISS WITH THE FASTBALL. FIRST TO THIRD. IN THERE IS GARCIA. LATROY: THAT WAS A CHANGEUP.

NOT A BAD PITCH. STAYING BACK ON THE BALL AND FALLING BACK TO THE BARREL. ENOUGH OF IT TO PUNCH THAT BALL INTO CENTER FIELD. SCOTT: THAT IS THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROGRESSION. HE TOLD US, JUST LEARNING HOW TO SPIN THE BASEBALL A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

TIGHTENING THEM UP BECAUSE THE FASTBALL HAS PLAYED SO WELL. LATROY: THEY LASTED TWO OUTS. THEY FIND A WAY TO GET THAT RUNNER FROM THIRD BASE, A. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE CHANGEUP NOT BEING ONE OF HIS BETTER PITCHES. HIS LAST START, HE HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH IT, LEAVING IT ELEVATED.

IF HE COULD FIND A WAY TO GET THAT DOWN, IT COULD BE A USABLE PITCH FOR HIM. SCOTT: 94, UP AND IN. TWO FOR 38. THAT IS SURPRISING. I THINK THAT NUMBER WILL START TO TURN AROUND.

LATROY: HE IS ALWAYS A THREAT.13 HOME RUNS SOFI. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TWINS GAME PLAN, HE HAS TO TIE THOSE HANDS UP. TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE PLATE. GET THE BALL AS CLOSE TO THEM AS POSSIBLE. SCOTT: GOT HIM.

FISHING FOR SOME HIGH CHEESE. LUCAS GIOLITO WILL JOIN US IN JUST A MOMENT. >> A HIGH FLY LEFT FIELD OFF THE BAT. HE TOUCHED OFF A THREE RUN HOME RUN WITH TWO OUT. GARVER PUTS THE TWINS OUT FRONT.

>> DEEP DOWN THE LINE. THAT BALL WILL BE FAIR AND A HOME RUN. A THREE RUN NINTH INNING SHOT DOWN THE RIGHT-FIELD LINE. >> IN THE FIELD, A LONG RUN. HE MAKES THE CATCH.

A DIVING CATCH. A HIGH FLY TO RIGHT FIELD. WAY BACK AND GONE. THE TWINS BREAK IT OPEN.19 AND 20 TODAY. NUMBER 20 IS A BIG ONE.

BAREHANDED. THROWN OUT. WHAT A PLAY. >> IT WAS DO OR DIE. HE CAME IN CHARGING WITH A BIG RIGHT HAND AND HE THREW A BULLET RIGHT ON THE MONEY.

WHAT A TERRIFIC PLAY. SCOTT: LAST OF THE THIRD, WHITE SOX AND TWINS. NO SCORE YET. NICE PITCHING FROM LOPEZ. WE ENTERED OUR FIRST POLL QUESTION TODAY, THE MOST ENTERTAINING BAT FLIPPER IN BASEBALL.

LOOK AT FERNANDO TATIS JR. THIS THING. THE FANS WEIGHED IN HEAVILY. ANDERSON PICKS UP 44 -- 34%. THOSE TWO RECEIVING THE MOST DOES.

LET'S GET THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION FROM OUR FRIEND, LUCAS GIOLITO, WHO JOINS US FOR THIS INNING. LUCAS, HOW ARE YOU DOING? HELP US OUT HERE. >> I AM GOOD. JUST CHILLING TODAY. SCOTT: GOOD MORNING.

HOW MUCH COFFEE? >> I HAD A COUPLE COFFEE BEVERAGES THIS MORNING. LATROY: I PREFER COLD COFFEE. >> I PREFER COLD COFFEE. SCOTT: HOPEFULLY A HOT WAFFLE. >> YES.

REYNALDO LOPEZ GETTING THE SPOT TODAY. BEFORE WE GET INTO EVERYTHING ELSE, WE NEED YOUR ANSWER TO THE QUESTION WE ASKED EARLIER. THE MOST ENTERTAINING BAT FLIPP ER. TELL BILLY HAMILTON HELLO. >> WE GOT THE CLOWN CORNER OVER HERE.

THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT. I DO NOT USUALLY HANG OUT ON THE SIDE TOO MUCH. BUT YOU HAD ME OVER HERE FOR THE INTERVIEW, SO THEY MIGHT BE DOING STUFF. I DO NOT KNOW IF THE CAMERA CAN PICK HIM UP. I DO NOT CARE WHAT THE POLLS SAYS.

HE HAS DONE IT ALL. LATROY: THAT IS WHAT I SAID. HE ORIGINALLY STARTED IT AND MADE IT COOL AGAIN. >> NO DISRESPECT TO TATIS JR.. SUPER EXCITING PLAYER, BUT I THINK TIMMY IS THE KING OF THE BAT FLIP.

I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU SAW THE LAST WALKOFF HOME RUN. HE TOSSED IT 25 FEET IN THE AIR. LATROY: IF YOU GET A WALKOFF, YOU DO WHATEVER YOUR BODY TELLS YOU TO DO. SCOTT: IF IT IS GOING THAT HIGH, IT IS COMING DOWN. LUCAS GIOLITO IS WITH US.

NOW A CHECK OVER TO FIRST. HOW DO YOU THINK LOPEZ LOOKS TODAY. HE HAS PUT TOGETHER A GOOD SEASON SINCE HE HAS BEEN UP HERE. >> WE CAME UP TOGETHER IN THE NATIONALS ORGANIZATION. THESE GUYS.

WE ARE GOOD. WE CAME UP TOGETHER, SAME LEVEL, ALL THE WAY FROM ROOKIE BALL, DOUBLE-A, AND HE WAS ALWAYS BETTER THAN ME, LIKE SUPER NASTY STUFF, UP TO 100. HE HAD A GOOD CURVEBALL AND CHANGEUP. A COUPLE HARDSHIPS, STUFF THAT WE ALL GO THROUGH AS BASEBALL PLAYERS. THIS YEAR, HE MADE A COUPLE MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENTS AT THE BEGINNING AROUND SPRING TRAINING TIME.

A LITTLE BIT OF AN ADJUSTMENT PERIOD WITH THOSE. HE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC, SINCE GETTING CALLED UP. I SEE HIM AS A MAN ON A MISSION, PROVING HOW GOOD OF A PLAYER HE IS. HE IS COMMANDING THE BALL. A GOOD ONE SOPHIA.

SCOTT: HE HAS GIVEN UP -- A GOOD ONE SO FAR. SCOTT: HE HAS GIVEN UP JUST ONE HIT SO FAR. LUCAS COME HOW STRANGE WAS IT TO THROW A NO-HITTER WITH NO CROWD BEHIND YOU? WHEN DID YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU WERE DOING? HOW DID YOU KEEP YOURSELF LOCKED-IN? >> IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE -- THERE WE GO. SCOTT: ONE AWAY. >> IT WAS ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL NIGHTS, AS AN ATHLETE, THAT COMES EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, WHERE IT WAS LIKE I HAD THAT PEAK PERFORMANCE FROM THE GET GO.

I DID EVERYTHING THAT I DID TO NOT LET GO OF THAT. I WAS ABLE TO HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. IT IS NOT EVER 100% THAT THE PITCHER DID THIS THING. IT WAS A SPECIAL NIGHT. I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE WHITE SOX HOME KYLE DAVIES THAT IS THE ONE THING ABOUT IT THAT GETS ME.

WE DID DO IT IN FRONT OF AN EMPTY STADIUM. I FELT A LOT OF LOVE FROM OUR FANS AFTERWARDS. LATROY: HE SAID IT DID NOT MATTER BECAUSE YOU WERE LOCKED-IN. >> 2020 WAS A LITTLE WEIRD AT THE BEGINNING FOR ALL OF US. JUST FINDING OTHER WAYS TO GET THAT ADRENALINE, EVERYBODY IS DIFFERENT.

FOR ME, I APPRECIATE A NICE, PACKED STADIUM. BY THAT POINT, WE WERE ALL PRETTY USED TO IT. SCOTT: THIS IS MAX KEPLER. LOPEZ DEALS AND THAT IS A BIT DOWN. NEXT QUESTION, LUCAS, WHEN ON THE ROAD, WHERE IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO PITCH? LATROY: MINNESOTA? >> I DO LIKE PITCHING HERE.

IT IS A NICE BALLPARK. I LIKE TO PITCH INSIDE. THE DOME STADIUMS -- ONE FOR SURE IS HOUSTON. I LIKE THE VIBE. I LIKE THE AIR CONDITIONING AND TAMPA AS WELL.

NOT SO MUCH FOR THE STADIUM BUT HAVING THAT CLOSE SPACE. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE WIND OR THE SUN. SCOTT: HITTERS OFTEN DO NOT LIKE TO HIT AROUND THERE. KAPLER THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND IT IS A STRIKE. LATROY: A VERY GOOD PITCH FROM LOPEZ.

A GOOD SLIDER. I GOT IT ON THE LINE. GONZALEZ DID A GOOD JOB ON THAT PITCH. CALLING A STRIKE A STRIKE. COMING FROM A PITCHER, LUCAS.

WE COULD PROBABLY FIND SOME MORE HEADSETS. >> THEY ARE WONDERING IF YOU WANT TO GET ON HERE. HE KEEPS LOOKING AT ME. LATROY: HE LOOKS BORING. SCOTT: FIRST A CHECK.

THAT IS THE BEST. SCOTT: -- >> THAT IS THE BEST. SCOTT: HOW GOOD DOES IT FEEL? GOT HIM EASY. THAT IS THE BEST MOTIVATION. >> WE LOVE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

LATROY: THE UMPIRES JUST REFUSE TO CALL THE BOW. MANY HAVE THAT KNEE-JERK REACTION. I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT YOU ARE PICKING GUYS OFF. >> I FOUND A CERTAIN THING THAT I CAN DO THAT HELPS. LATROY: I UNDERSTAND.

SCOTT: TELL US AFTER YOUR PLAYING DAYS. WE UNDERSTAND. HE WAS SO FAR. NOT EVEN CLOSE AT FIRST BASE. I REMEMBER THE LIKES OF KEN KAISER AND MERIWETHER.

SCOTT: I LOVE A GOOD PICKOFFS. WHO DOES IT? 0-1, SOPHIA TODAY. MLB'S CHANNEL IS ASKING A QUESTION. ARE YOU GOING TO THE CORN TOMORROW? >> I AM PUMPED TO NOT BE PITCHING IN IT BECAUSE I WILL BE THERE AS A FAN. I LIKE THE MOVIE, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN IT IN A WHILE.

I DO NOT KNOW IF KEVIN COSTNER IS GOING TO BE THERE. IF HE IS, IT WOULD BE COOL TO MEET HIM. I SAW FISHERS OF THE CORN MAZE. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME GUYS TRYING TO DO THE CORN MAZE. SCOTT: I THINK IT IS SHAPED LIKE THE MLB LOGO.

IF THAT HELPS YOU AT ALL, DURING HERE EXCURSION. I WANT YOU TO WIN. LATROY: DO NOT RUN AGAINST BILLY HAMILTON. HE MIGHT LOSE. >> JUST MISSED TO RECORD.

-- SCOTT: JUST MISSED. THE WORLD IS WATCHING ON YOUTUBE. THAT BALLPARK LOOKS INSANE. I HEARD THAT THE DIMENSIONS ARE PRETTY TIGHT. MAYBE NOT THE WORST THING.

YOU ARE GREAT WITH HOME RUN PREVENTION, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING. >> I AM NOT GREAT WITH HOME RUN PREVENTION. HOPEFULLY WE GET A WIN, BUT I HAVE ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE. I HAVE BEEN JEALOUS OF THE OTHER TEAMS. THEY GO OUT TO DO WORLD SERIES GAMES, SO THIS SHOULD BE FUN.

SCOTT: WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING AND HE RIGHT OUT OF THE DANGER ZONE. GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. LUCAS GIOLITO HANGING OUT WITH US. LOPEZ AVOIDED ANY DAMAGE. >> MAKE FUN OF ME AND FRONT OF MY BALLCLUB? >> HEART IS PALPITATING.

>> FERNANDO CLEARED EVERYBODY OUT OF THE WAY. I WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS, AND HE DID. >> EVERYBODY SCATTERS APART. >> LAUNCHES ONE TO DEEP CENTER FIELD. ON THE BOARD WITH HIS FIRST BIG-LEAGUE HOMER.

>> CHECK IT OUT. HE IS READING. LET'S SEE HOW LONG THEY STICK WITH IT. THIS IS A LONG SILENT TREATMENT. USUALLY THEY ARE CELEBRATING BY NOW.

>> ICE I'M TRYING TO GET CLOSE. I REALIZED I WAS GOING OVER. ♪ SCOTT: WE CLIMB INTO THE FOURTH INNING IN MINNEAPOLIS. HAVE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE NOTABLE TRADE DEADLINE ACQUISITIONS. IT WAS WILD.

NELSON CRUZ LEAVES THE TWINS TO GO TO THE RAYS. ANTHONY RIZZO GOING TO THE YANKEES. CRAIG KIMBREL SHOWS UP ACROSS TOWN. REVIEW SHOCKED AT THAT ONE MORE THAN THE REST? LATROY: IT KIND OF SHOCKED ME THAT THEY PULLED THAT OFF. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO WITH CRAIG KIMBREL.

SCOTT: FOR THE BIGGEST IMPACT? LATROY: YES. SCOTT: JAKE CAVE RUNNING IT DOWN FOR THE FIRST OUT. DO YOU THINK THAT WILL BE THE DEAL COME PLAYOFF TIME? LATROY: YES. HE JUST SOLIDIFIES A SPOT IN THAT BULLPEN, WHERE THEY PROBABLY HAD A LITTLE ISSUE. TO ADD ANOTHER CLOSER.

TWO ALL-STAR CLOSERS IN THE BULLPEN. THEY HAVE HENDRICKS AND KIMBREL. THEIR STARTERS ARE GOING SIX INNINGS APIECE, SOMETIMES MORE. THEY HAVE TO COVER FOR MAYBE THREE OUTS? WE DON'T KNOW THAT THE TEAM GOES WHERE THE PITCHING GOES. SCOTT: THEY ARE BUILT FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL.

BY THE WAY, THAT PULL QUESTION IS LIVE -- POLL QUESTION IS LIVE. LATROY: KOPECH. KOPECH IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS WHO WAS A STARTER. HE HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD, COMING OUT OF THE BULLPEN AT 90 MIGHT -- AT 98 MILE-PER-HOUR SINKER THAT HE THROWS. SCOTT: PRETTY GOOD FROM THE LEFT SIDE.

IT BRINGS SOME BIG STUFF. HE MENEZ UP THE MIDDLE. A SOLID SNACK. A BASE HIT, HIS SECOND OF THE DAY. YOU MENTIONED KOPECH.

A NEW MONIKER FOR THIS TRIO AT THE BACK END OF THE BULLPEN, THE PONYTAILED GANG. IT IS EASY TO SEE WHY THEY ARE CALLED THAT. YOU CAN SEE THE PONYTAIL ACTION ON THE BACKEND FOR THEM.97, 97 -- THEY ARE STRIKEOUT MACHINES. ADD IT ALL UP AND YOU ARE IN TROUBLE IF YOU FACE THE WHITE SOX IN OCTOBER. LATROY: THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER, THE THREE HEADED GANG COMING AT YOU.

SCOTT: THE PONYTAIL DOES NOT HOLD BACK THE VELOCITY. CONFIRMED. ONE OUT IN THE FOURTH. A STRIKE. THAT IS WHERE HE LIKES TO WORK.

LATROY: TWO OF THOSE HITS BY JIMENEZ. SCOTT: HE HAS BEEN HANGING OUT IN THE 60 RANGE. I THINK THEY WILL LET HIM GO UP TO THE 80 RANGE, IF THEY ARE STRESS-FREE, BUT WE WILL SEE. THERE IS NO HARD LIMIT. THEY WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS WITH HIM BECAUSE HE HAS NOT PITCHED MUCH LAST FEW SEASONS.

LAST YEAR -- HE IS NOT A BIG LEAGUER AND WAS NOT AT THE ALTERNATE SITE, SAID HE WAS NOT PITCHING IN COMPETITIVE ACTION. LATROY: HE LOST SOME VALUABLE TIME. BEING ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE BIG LEAGUES -- HE HAS NEVER THROWN MORE THAN 80 INNINGS IN A SEASON. SCOTT: A NICE CATCH AND PIROUETTE. GOODWIN BEATS OUT THE THROW.

LATROY: LOOK AT THE TWINS, SHIFTED RIGHT THERE. KIND OF THREW THAT BALL TO THE GLOVE SIDE. HE HAD TO GATHER HIMSELF. WHEN YOU PLAN A SHIFT, GUYS HAVE TAKEN BALLS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES AND HAVE A LOT MORE GROUND TO COVER. IT'S THE DEFENSE OUT A LITTLE BIT.

SCOTT: THAT IS A DOUBLE PLAY ON ABOUT HALF THE BATTERIES IN THE LEAGUE. ADAM ENGEL ON THE GROUND. THERE IT IS. HE MAKES THE PLAY AND THE INNING IS OVER. BARELY -- BOTH PITCHERS MAKING A NAME FOR THEMSELVES SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON.

IN THE FOURTH, STILL NOTHING. >> AS LONG AS LUCAS GIOLITO CAN REMEMBER. >> I HAVE ALWAYS HAD ANIMALS IN THE HOUSE. >> I HAD FISH, A BEARDED DRAGON, AT ONE POINT -- >> HIS WIFE WILL SOON BE FINISHING UP THAT SCHOOL. -- VET SCHOOL.

>> IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE. >> A STUDENT RUN NONPROFIT HAS BEEN RESCUING KITTENS SINCE 1980. >> HERE HE IS. THIS IS LIONEL. >> LIONEL IS ONE OF THEIR FOSTERS.

THEY ALSO HAVE A DOG WHO HAS BECOME A PRETTY GOOD TRAVELER. GIOLITO IS SELLING SHIRTS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE ORPHAN KITTEN PROJECT. >> I HAVE A PROGRAM THAT IS GROWING NOW. MY GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS OR AM I GOING TO PLAY BASEBALL, GET A BUNCH OF MONEY AND DISAPPEAR? THAT IS NOT REALLY WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN. SCOTT: WE ARE IN THE FOURTH WITH NO SCORE IN MINNEAPOLIS.

TIME FOR OUR CREATOR SPOTLIGHT. WILL FOCUS ON A YOUTUBE CONTENT CREATOR IN OUR LIVE COMMENTARY SECTION. TODAY WE FOCUS ON ANDY RULLO. OVER 40,000 SUBSCRIBERS AND OVER 2 MILLION VIEWS. HIS YOUTUBE CAREER COME, BEGINNING VIDEOS.

HE LOVES THE MARINERS AND HE IS HANGING OUT WITH US IN THE LIVE CHAT. SAY HELLO TO US AT SOME POINT AND WE WILL INCLUDE A COMMENT OR QUESTION DURING THE BROADCAST. LOPEZ WAS EXCELLENT DURING HIS TIME ON THE MOUND.22 YEARS OLD, E. R. A.

, SOUTH OF THREE ON THE SEASON. HE CAN DIAL IT UP. REMEMBER HIS DEBUT LAST YEAR. WHAT A 1.5 ON THE RADAR GUN. LATROY: THAT FASTBALL COULD BE -- HE THROWS A SLIDER, 81 TO 91 MILES PER HOUR.

BIG, SWEEPING SLIDER, THROWING IT HARDER LATELY THAN HE FIRST DID WHEN HE CAME INTO THE LEAGUE LAST YEAR. A GOOD MIX. SCOTT: HE HAS MISSED ON HIS FIRST THREE. LATROY: TENNESSEE IS IN WHAT CONFERENCE? SEC? HE WENT FROM SEC TO THE BIG LEAGUES. THE BIG LEAGUES OF COLLEGE SPORTS AND PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL.

I LOVE IT. SCOTT: CIRCLING AROUND AND FINDING IT. ONE AWAY. AFTER POLANCO IS RETIRED, -- THIS MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED OR RETRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM. IT MAY NOT BE DISSEMINATED WITHOUT EXPRESS, WRITTEN CONSENT.

A DOUBLE BACK IN THE SECOND.95 DOWN BROADWAY SCOTT: THE CHANGEUP -- DOWN BROADWAY. IT IS ABSURD. LATROY: LEFT-HANDED HITTERS LOVE TO USE THE SLIDER MAKES. HE IS GOING TO GO FOR THE PUNCH OUT MOST TIMES WITH THE SLIDER. SCOTT: AS MUCH AS I WAS BUMMED THAT WE WERE NOT GETTING THE OTHER START, THIS BULLPEN CAN BRING IT.

I'M SURE YOU APPRECIATE THAT. LATROY: THE GOOD THING IS WE ARE GOING TO SEE THEIR BULLPEN OUT THERE TODAY. YOU WILL GET A CHANCE TO SEE AT LEAST FOUR OF THEIR BULLPEN ARMS. SCOTT: LAST FOUR GAMES HAVE GONE WELL. THERE IS ANOTHER.

THAT BRINGS US TO MIGUEL, HE IS MIC'ED UP TODAY. >> YOU NEVER WATCH MY MOVES? -- MY MOVIE? MY DOCUMENTARY. WES YOU GOT A MOVIE? -- >> YOU GOT A MOVIE? >> THEY CALL IT MR. WILSON. SCOTT: FIRST BASE CONVERSATIONS ARE EPIC, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT GUY.

HE HAS THE LINES. THAT IS TRUE BY THE WAY. THERE IS A DOCUMENTARY. WHEN HE WAS 16. I THINK THEY ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A SEQUEL TO THAT.

I THINK SO. LATROY: I WILL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT. SCOTT: A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE HE WAS 16. HE IS GOOD IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA. AN OUTCOME PLAYER.

LATROY: HE HAS TAKEN A LOT MORE WALKS THIS PAST YEAR, BUT HE LOVES TO SWING AT THAT HIGH FASTBALL. SCOTT: NO GO. IT IS 1-2. THIS IS SINCE THE 1900S. THE OUTCOME PERCENTAGE.

THE CHANCES ARE ONE OF THOSE IS HAPPENING. LATROY: RUSSELL BRANYAN. HE COULD HIT THE BALL. A BIG, STRONG GUY. CHRIS CARTER.

SCOTT: I'M SURE YOU'VE FACED THE NUMBER TWO ON THAT LIST AS WELL. LATROY: MIGHT HAVE FACED A GUY AT THE HEAD OF THAT LIST AS WELL. SCOTT: HE WANTED THAT ONE. LATROY: THE CHANGEUP GOING UP THEY. IT IS LIKE SOME GUYS FASTBALL.

NOT A BAD PITCH, JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO GET A SWING FROM MIGUEL. SCOTT: STATCAST LIKED IT. HE PULLS IT UP ON HIS NEXT PITCH. TO TO BE OUTS. THE WHITE SOX BULLPEN TAKING OVER IN THE FOURTH.

STILL SCORELESS. >> HE JUST SMOKES IT. >> FORGET ABOUT IT. >> THAT ONE IS GOING TO GO. >> THIS ONE IS GOING TO DO IT.

>> STRENGTH THREE. THAT WAS A GREAT PLAY. >> THAT WAS -- STRENGTH THREE. THAT WAS A GREAT PLAY. -- STRIKE THREE.

THAT WAS A GREAT PLAY. >> THAT WAS REMARKABLE. ♪ >> SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS WHAT THEY CAME FOR. SCOTT: NEW THIS SEASON IN THE GAME OF THE WEEK, LIVE ON YOUTUBE SERIES. IT IS THE YOUTUBE PLAYER OF THE GAME.

MOBILE DEVICE, COMPUTER -- WHO WILL RECEIVE THE TROPHY? IT HELPS US DECIDE WHO WE ARE TALKING TO, POSTGAME. PULLING OPTIONS LATER IN THE SHOW. THE TRADE DEADLINE ACQUISITION. THE BIGGEST IMPACT THIS SEASON. ANTHONY RIZZO IN SECOND PLACE WITH 30% OF THE VOTE.

WE -- LATROY: WE SAW A FIST BUMP. SCOTT: HE HELPED TO INFLUENCE THE CROWD. GOOD JOB. PICKING UP TWO QUICK STRIKES. LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO LAUREN.

LAUREN: OF COURSE LATROY IS A INFLUENCER. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. HE FOUND OUT HE WAS PART OF IT WHEN HE WAS EATING BREAKFAST OVER THERE IN JAPAN. HE HAS HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HE HAS DONE IN THE PAST, HE COULD BE A PART OF THIS TWINS REBUILD.

HIS LAST FULL SEASON, HE WAS 9-4. IF THIS TELLS YOU ANYTHING, HIS NICKNAME IS ACE. SCOTT: IT DOES NOT GET BETTER THAN ACE. YOU ARE OUT THERE IN JAPAN TRYING TO WIN A MEDAL. HOLD UP.

LET ME PICK UP A MEDAL FIRST. THE TWINS ARE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM. HOLDING BACK ON THE BUNT IS GARCIA. NOT AN ERROR. LATROY: A PICKUP FOR NELSON CRUZ.

I WAS HERE WHEN NELSON WAS TRADED. HAVING JOANNE, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND LOOKING AT HIS PITCH USAGE, REALLY GOOD. HE IS A SECOND BASEMAN. SCOTT: ONE HUNDRED MATT -- 105 MILES PER HOUR OFF THE BAT. LATROY: WHAT THEY LIGHT THE MOST WAS HIS FASTBALL.

THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW QUICKLY THE BALL GETS ON YOU. IT LOOKS EVEN MORE LIVELY THAN THAT. SCOTT: SIMMONS HAS IT. FIRING IT BACK INTO THE INFIELD. LATROY: A PERFECT THROW.

SECOND BASE. HE IS SUCH AN INSTINCTUAL PRAYER. HIS DEFENSE GETS OVER. HE WAS BEHIND SECOND BASE. HE CAME AROUND TO MAKE THE PLAY.

HE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DID NOT TAGGED FIRST BASE. BASEBALL I. Q. IS OFF THE CHARTS. HE HAD A PLAY AT SECOND BASE.

OHTANI WAS AT SECOND BASE. OHTANI LEAPT OFF OF SECOND BASE AND HE THREW THE BALL TO GET SHOHEI BACK. SHE WAS RUNNING FROM HIS POSITION TO THE BAG. IT WAS COMING FROM POLANCO. HE COMPLETELY MISSED IT.

SCOTT: SOMETIMES YOU ARE TOO FANCY. PERFECT BEHIND THE BACK, BUT YOU ARE NOT READY FOR IT. HE IS LEVEL. HE CAME UP WITH THE BASEBALL. STEPPING AWAY FROM IT JUST-IN-TIME.

THEY ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT. THAT IS WHAT IMPRESSED ME AS WELL. YOU MAKE THE CATCH AND AVOID THE COLLISION, FOR THE MOST PART. IN HIS BRAIN, HE IS LIKE, I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I GET IT TO FIRST BASE. LATROY: WHEN I THINK OF SOME OF THE GREATEST SHORTSTOPS OF MY TIME -- HE ALWAYS GOT THE BAR -- HE ALWAYS GOT THE BALL THERE.

HIS INTERNAL CLOCK WAS ALWAYS RIGHT. SCOTT: HE'S LIKE, MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. I HAVE TO THROW IT TO SECOND.2-1 ON COLLINS. NOW 3-1. LATROY: HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF NOT WALKING GUYS.

GETTING TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE LINEUP. THE GUYS ON BASE. REALLY STARTING TO COME UP. SCOTT: WE SHOWED YOU OUTS ABOVE AVERAGE. STATCAST HELPS US OUT.

HELPING TO DEFINE YOUR OFFENSIVE DEFICIENCY. SIMMONS IS TOP FIVE ON THE LIST. OFFENSIVE RUNS SAVED IS A POPULAR STAT. HE IS COMPETITIVE WITH THAT STAT. IT REALLY HELPS TO SUM UP THE SEASON.

THE BALL FOUR. OK. STATCAST POWERED BY GOOGLE CLOUD. TAKE US BACK TO WHAT SIMMONS JUST DID. LOOK AT HIM GO.

LATROY: SEE WHERE HE STARTED AT. A MUCH EASIER PLAY FOR THE SHORTSTOP. HE STARTED RIGHT BEHIND SECOND BASE AND CALLED THAT BALL BEHIND THIRD BASE, IN FOUL TERRITORY. THIS IS THE FUNNIEST THING, TO SEE WES JOHNSON, WHO IS VERTICALLY CHALLENGED GUY, STANO BAILEY OBER ON THE MOUND. BAILEY TOLD ME, WHEN WES COMES OUT TO TALK TO HIM, HE TRIES TO WALK TO THE BACK OF THE MOUND SO HE CAN SEE HIM EYE TO EYE.

THAT IS WHAT HE IS DOING, STANDING ON THE BACK NOW. SCOTT: THAT IS RESPECT. THAT IS REALLY COOL. GOOGLE IS HELPING TO POWER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WITH STATCAST TO TAKE YOU DEEPER INTO THE GAME THAN EVER BEFORE. THE OFFICIAL CLOUD TECHNOLOGY OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING US OUT WITH THAT LAST PLAY. THANK YOU, BAILEY OBER, FOR SHOWING RESPECT TO YOUR COACH AS A ROOKIE. I'M SURE HE APPRECIATES THAT. LATROY: THIRD TIME AROUND THE LINEUP FOR BAILEY OBER. SEE IF HE CAN GET A FEW MORE OUTS.

SCOTT: IT IS A GOOD TEST FOR HIM. CESAR HERNANDEZ SINGLE THE LAST TIME UP, STRUCK OUT THE FIRST TIME UP. I MENTIONED OBER LOOK PRETTY GOOD EYE-TEST WISE AGAINST THE ASTROS. HE GAVE UP TWO HOME RUNS BUT I CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE BOTH WERE MINUTE MAID PARK SHOTS, JUST OVER THE WALL. THEY WOULD NOT HAVE LEFT THE YARD HERE.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH LOUD CONTACT FROM A TEAM THAT DOES PLENTY OF IT. LATROY: WHAT WAS THE PROBABILITY OF THOSE BALLS BEING OUT IN OTHER BALLPARKS? SCOTT: VERY LOW. LATROY: I LOVE THAT STATCAST, BY THE WAY. SCOTT: YOU CAN DO AN OVERLAY OF THE BALLPARKS TO SEE IF IT WOULD HAVE LEFT THE YARD AND OTHER LOCATIONS. THAT IS WHAT I DID.

HE WAS OK. WHERE WAS THAT? LATROY: THAT WAS NOT A STRIKE, A LITTLE ELEVATED. OTHER ONES WERE CLOSER. YOU CAN SEE THE WHITE SOX DUGOUT CHIRPING A LITTLE BIT TOO MANY GONZALES. SCOTT: DO YOU GO RIGHT BACK OUT THERE? LATROY: I WOULD.

HE IS GIVING THAT PITCH. YOU MAY AS WELL GO WHERE HE IS GETTING THE STRIKES. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BETTER CHANGEUPS OBER HAS THROWN , AT THE KNEES, NOT ELEVATED LIKE THE PREVIOUS AT THAT -- AT BAT WITH CAESAR HERNANDEZ. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THAT BALL TO CENTER FIELD. NOTHING HE COULD DO WITHOUT BALL BUT ROLL OVER AND FOUL IT OFF.

SCOTT: COLLINS ON FIRST, LAMB ON SECOND. BALL AND TWO STRIKES ON LEADOFF MAN CAESAR HERNANDEZ. GOT HIM. FIFTH STRIKEOUT THIS AFTERNOON FOR BAILEY OBER. LATROY: A COUPLE OF FASTBALLS, ELEVATED FOR THE STRIKEOUT.

SCOTT: LG, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS GENTLEMAN ON THE MOUND TODAY? LAUREN: HE CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE WEATHER IS LIKE OUT THERE. HE WAS KNOWN AS A SOFT TOSS OR BEFORE HE WORKED ON HIS MECHANICS IN THE OFF-SEASON. HE ADDED A FEW TICKS TO HIS VELO. WE TALKED TO ROCCO BALDELLI ABOUT IT, DID YOU DO ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY TO INCREASE HIS VELO? HE SAID JUST THE ADRENALINE PITCHING IN THE BIG LEAGUES COULD ABSOLUTELY DO IT. WE TALKED ABOUT THE PITCH COUNT.

OUR RESEARCHER GAVE ME THIS NUGGET. HE REACHED A HIGH OF 95 AGAINST THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX JULY 5, BUT EVERY OTHER OUTING, 85 OR BELOW. SCOTT: NOTHING AND TWO. CLEARLY HE IS PLAYING UP TO THE COMPETITION. LATROY: UNDERSTANDING HIS OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR, MAKING STARTS, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.

I LOVE THE FACT, I LIKE TO SEE YOUNG PITCHERS, WHEN THE CATCHERS ARE GOING IN, THEY ARE MISSING IN, NOT OVER THE PLATE. HE HAS PITCHED VAUGHN VERY TOUGH. ALL THE FASTBALLS HAVE BEEN UP AND IN. THAT ONE WAS CLOSER TO HIS BODY BUT GETTING A LOT OF SWINGS FROM A BOND BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE HE CAN HIT THE BALL, THE CLOSER IT IS TO HIS BODY. SCOTT: BIG CHASE UPSTAIRS.

BAILEY OBER PICKING UP ANOTHER PUNCH OUT. SIX ON THE DAY. HE STRANDS TWO RUNNERS ON THE FIFTH. STILL LOOKING FOR OFFENSE IN THE TWIN CITIES. ♪ >> 21-YEAR-OLD JUST CALLED UP FROM BIRMINGHAM.

WILSON ALVAREZ ON THE HILL. >> WILSON ALVAREZ PUNCHES OUT THE SIDE HERE IN THE FIRST. >> MELVIN SWINGS AND MISSES, AND DOWN HE GOES. THE ORIOLES LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST BASE HIT. >> 1-0 OFFERING.

>> 0-2 PITCH. THAT WILL DO IT. THAT IS HEADING INTO RIGHT FIELD. YES. THAT WILL RETIRE THE SIDE.

THERE IS A LOOPER. WHAT A PLAY BY LANCE JOHNSON! 21-YEAR-OLD SOUTHPAW WILSON ALVAREZ, IN HIS SECOND MAJOR LEAGUE APPEARANCE, HAS JUST THROWN A NO-HITTER. SCOTT: MINNEAPOLIS TODAY, IOWA TOMORROW FOR THE WHITE SOX. THESE ARE THE CLASSIC UNIS THEY WILL BE SUPPORTIVE FOR THE FIELDS OF DREAMS GAME AGAINST THE NEW YORK YANKEES. THAT IS A FITTING LOOK FOR WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE IN TOMORROW'S CONTEST.

LATROY: I AM ALL FOR THE OLD SCHOOL UNIFORMS, DIFFERENT COLOR UNIFORMS. I REALLY LIKE THE ALL-BLACK UNIFORMS THEY HAVE. THOSE ARE SICK. SCOTT: NO LOGO ON THE CAT, NICE AND CLEAN. GET READY FOR THE FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME IN IOWA WHERE THE YANKEES AND WHITE SOX WILL CLASH FOR THE MLB AT FIELD OF DREAMS PRESENTED BY GEICO.

TOMORROW, AUGUST 13, 6:00 EASTERN TIME ON FOX. EVERYONE IS BARRED UP FOR THAT ON THE WHITE SOX SIDE. WE HAVE BEEN CHATTING ABOUT IT LEADING UP TO GAME TIME. TRY TO NOT LOOK TOO FAR AHEAD AS THEY FINISH UP THE SEASON SERIES AGAINST THE TWINS THIS AFTERNOON. JAKE CAVE WITH A BUNT IN THE AIR.

EASY GLOVED BY ANDREW VAUGHN. ONE GONE. LATROY, YOU AND I ARE GOING OUR SEPARATE WAYS TO CONTINUE TO WORK, BUT LAUREN GARDNER WILL FOLLOW THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX OVER TO IOWA. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ONE, AREN'T YOU? LAUREN: I DON'T KNOW HOW I DREW THE LONG STRAW IN THIS ONE BUT SOMEHOW I AM HOPPING IN A CAR AFTER THIS GAME AND DRIVING DIRECTLY TO IOWA. IT WAS REALLY FUN LISTENING TO LIAM HENDRIKS ON MONDAY AND THE PRESSER.

HE SAID HE WAS PART OF THE JAPAN SERIES WITH THE A'S, AND INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. HE SAW THE MOVIE AS A KID IN AUSTRALIA. ANYTHING WITH KEVIN COSTNER WAS GOING TO BE ON THEIR TELEVISION SETS. BUT HE DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT, SO HE JUST SAW A BUNCH OF GHOSTS RUNNING AROUND. HE IS EXCITED TO PLAY IN THE FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME IN THE STATE OF IOWA.

HE JUST HOPE THAT HE DOESN'T STINK AND GIVE UP THE FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE HOMER IN THAT STATE. HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THE CORN MAZE, LIKE LUCAS GIOLITO SAID. HE IS SO PUMPED TO BE A PART OF HISTORY. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM. I DID NOT BRING MY GLOVE, SO I WILL HAVE TO BORROW SOMEONE'S LEFTY CLUB TO HAVE A CATCH.

SCOTT: YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CATCH, GET INTO THE CORN MAZE. LAUREN: I MAY GET LOST. I MAY HAVE TO DROP A PIN AND HAVE SOMEONE COME IN AND FIND ME. SCOTT: WILL THAT WORK OUT THERE? I AM IN FROM AFAR. WE WILL BE WATCHING, FOR SURE.

LATROY: I'M EXCITED. I HAD NOT SEEN THE MOVIE IN DECADES, BUT MAJOR TAKING THE GAME THERE IS AWESOME. SCOTT: GREAT IDEA. IT WILL LOOK REALLY GOOD ON TV. RYAN JEFFERS DOWN ON STRIKES.

LATROY: GOOD, HARD FASTBALL. ELEVATED. HITTERS CANNOT LAY OFF OF THOSE HIGH FASTBALLS. SCOTT: TREVOR LARNACH. OFF-SPEED, STRIKE ONE.

GARRETT CROCHET IS NOT FUN TO BASE. -- FACE. LATROY: HE IS TOUGH ON LEFTIES, TOUGH ON RIGHTIES, BUT I'M SURE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR LEFT-HANDED HITTERS. SCOTT: USUALLY DOES NOT GO MORE THAN AN INNING. HE HAS HAD 25 PITCHES.

THE WHITE SOX HOPING FOR ONE MORE BATTER. WE MAY SEE THE GOBLET TODAY. KOPECH, KIMBREL, HENDRIX. LATROY: FASTBALL UP AND IN ON TREVOR LARNACH. TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.

SCOTT: HE DID, HE AVOIDED. MANNY GONZALES TOOK A HIT. OTHER WAY, AND THAT IS GOING TO DROP. IN MENEZ KEEPS IT IN FRONT OF HIM. IT IS A TWO OUT SINGLE FOR TREVOR LARNACH.

LATROY: LARNACH WAS DRAFTED AS A PROVEN HITTER, HIT WELL IN THE MINOR LEAGUES. WHEN HE GOT TO THE BIG LEAGUES, HE WAS PULLING THE BALL A LOT. TO SEE HIM TAKE THAT TO LEFT EVEN OFF OF A HARD THROWING LEFT HANDED PITCHER, THAT IS A GOOD SIGN. HE DIDN'T HAVE PROBLEMS SPRING THE BALL ALL OVER THE FIELD BUT ONCE HE GOT TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES, DEAD PULL. HE WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT, SO A GOOD SITE TO SEE HIM HITTING OPPOSITE FIELDS.

SCOTT: HE HAS A GOOD SWING. PRETTY FROM THE LEFT SIDE.24 YEARS OLD. LATROY: OPPORTUNITY TO BE A VERY GOOD HITTER IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES. HE AND ALEX KIRILLOFF, TWO PROSPECTS WITH THE TWINS. SCOTT: KIRILLOFF HAD SEASON-ENDING WRIST SURGERY LAST MONTH.

SIMMONS WAS A STRIKEOUT VICTIM IN THE THIRD. THAT IS IN THERE. LATROY: HIGH FASTBALL ABLE TO CLIP THE TOP OF THE ZONE. HOME PLATE, MANNY GONZALES, FREELY CALLING THE HIGHER PITCH, AS OPPOSED TO BALLS EAST AND WEST. SCOTT: JOSÉ RUIZ WARMING UP.

THAT MISSED. BASE ON BALLS FOR SIMMONS. LATROY: SOME CLOSE PITCHES. SIMMONS DIDN'T BITE, EVEN THE STRIKE AT THE TOP OF THE ZONE. ABLE TO WORK HIMSELF A ONE-OUT WALK -- TWO-OUT WALK.

SCOTT: MAKES SENSE, THOUGH, TO STRETCH OUT CROCHET TO BE A TWO-INNING GUY. HE IS CAPABLE OF DOING IT, HAS BEEN A STARTER BEFORE. HE PITCHES WITH NASTY STUFF THAT WE HAVE SEEN ON DISPLAY TODAY, AND ALL SEASON. TRYING TO GET A LITTLE MORE OUT OF HIM. LATROY: WHITE SOX PITCHING COACH ETHAN CATCH GIVING HIM A BREATHER.

TWO OUTS, LET'S FOCUS ON THE HITTER, MAX KEPLER. GET US BACK IN THE DUGOUT SO WE CAN SCORE SOME RUNS. I LIKE CROCHET'S DELIVERY, HIS LEG KICK, THE DECEPTION HE CREATES WITH THE HESITATION AFTER HE KICKS HIS LEG, LIKE HE STALLS OUT A LITTLE BIT AND THEN EXPLODES TO THE PLATE. A LOT OF DECEPTION WITH A LOT OF QUESO COMING BY. SCOTT: HE HAS THE STUD, POWERFUL COMBINATION.

KAPLER DOESN'T GO AFTER THE FIRST PITCH. I FEEL BAD FOR LEFTY HITTERS, PUT IT THAT WAY. THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET KAPLER GOING IN THE LEADOFF SPOT. LATROY: TALK ABOUT CROCHET'S LEG KICK, NOT AS BIG AS THE NORMAL ONE. THAT IS A SLIDE STEP, USE THAT MORE WHEN YOU HAVE GUYS ON BASE.

A LOT OF TIMES WHEN NOBODY IS ON BASE, TO DISRUPT HITTERS TIMING BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKED FOR THAT BIG LEG KICK. SCOTT: LARNACH AND SIMMONS ON BOARD.3-0. RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION NOT DOING A TON..156, NO LONG BALLS, EIGHT R. B. I.

'S. LATROY: YOU KNOW WHAT THEY CALL THAT? DOMINATION. SCOTT: LOCKING THINGS DOWN WHEN YOU NEED TO. LATROY: NOT JUST AGAINST THIS TEAM. THE ENTIRE WORLD OF BASEBALL.

SCOTT: HE FINDS THE ZONE. LATROY: MANNY GONZALES CALLING FOR THE HIGH PITCH. CROCHET WAS ABLE TO CLIP IT, HIGH, INSIDE FASTBALL. TRY TO SOMEWHAT GET BACK IN THE COUNT. GOOD HITTER'S COUNT HERE FOR KEPLER.

GET SOMETHING OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE PLATE, HIT SOMETHING HARD, DO SOME DAMAGE. SCOTT: MOST OF THAT DAMAGE COMES AGAINST PITCHERS WHO USE THEIR RIGHT HAND, NOT THEIR LEFT. KEPLER HAD A BREAKOUT 2019. CHECK BACK TO SECOND, IT SALES AWAY. BOTH RUNNERS WILL MOVE UP.

LATROY: PLAY ON TO PICK LARNACH OFF AT SECOND BASE, ALREADY TRIED AT FIRST BASE. I DON'T THINK THAT IS A BALL THAT GARCIA COULD NOT HANDLE. HE JUST MISJUDGED IT. BOTH RUNNERS MOVE UP, SECOND AND THIRD, 3-1 COUNT. BASE HIT SCORES TWO.

SCOTT: NOW A FULL COUNT. THIS WOULD BE THE DEFINITION OF LOCKING DOWN WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE TWO OF THEM. STILL LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BREAK THE ICE SO FAR TODAY. LATROY: SLIDER.

SCOTT: IT WORKED. GARRETT CROCHET PICKS UP TWO STRIKEOUTS IN THE FOURTH, TWO MORE IN THE FIFTH WITH A LITTLE PRESSURE. TWO SCORELESS INNINGS. WE HAVE PLAYED FIVE. >> 30 YEARS AGO, I FELL IN LOVE IN OCTOBER.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO RE-CREATE THAT FEELING EVER SINCE. SO LET'S TAKE IT BACK, TO GAME SIX, THE METRODOME.11 INNINGS DEEP. I WAS SITTING JUST ROAD BEHIND WHERE KIRBY'S HOME RUN LANDED. THEN THERE WAS GAME SEVEN, AND THE GREATEST WORLD SERIES OF ALL TIME. COINCIDENTALLY THROWN BY A FELLOW KID FROM ST.

PAUL. IT WAS ONLY RIGHT THAT WE WENT 10 INNINGS, AND ENDED AT 1-0 WITH A WALKOFF. THE 91 COLLECTION HONORS THAT LEGACY AND PAYS TRIBUTE TO OUR HOMETOWN, OUR EARLY YEARS, AND OUR GREATEST MOMENT. THERE IS NO MEMORY I CHERISH MORE, AND I COULD NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL DEAD TO BRING YOU THE OFFICIAL 30TH ANNIVERSARY DROP HONORING THE 1991 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS, YOUR MINNESOTA TWINS. LATROY: WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN WORKING FOR BAILEY OBER SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON.

WE TALKED EARLIER IN THE BROADCAST ABOUT HIS FASTBALL, ELEVATED UP IN THE STRIKE ZONE. ABLE TO GET STRIKEOUTS BY SWINGING, ONE LOOKING. ALL FASTBALLS ELEVATED, 93, 94 MILES PER HOUR. ABLE TO THROW IT WHERE HE NEEDS TO THROW IT. TWO PUNCH-OUTS AGAINST VAUGHN, IN AND ELEVATED AGAINST HIM.

SCOTT: HE HAS USED THAT FOUR-SEAMER 50 OUT OF 74 PITCHES. SLIDER, CHANGEUP, CURVEBALL. BAILEY OBER, START NUMBER 13 IN HIS CAREER. HE STARTS A BREAK YOU WITH A HIGH FASTBALL --ABREU WITH A HIGH FASTBALL. LATROY: VERY RARELY DO YOU SEE GUYS PITCH WITH THEIR FASTBALL, AND YOU HAVE TWO OF THEM IN THIS BALLPARK.

LANCE LYNN AND OBER. THEY CAN USE THEIR FASTBALL OVER 50% OF THE TIME AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE ANYMORE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. USUALLY A 50/50 SPLIT OR LESS THAN THAT. SCOTT: LOOK AT WHERE HE RELEASES THE BALL, TOO. LATROY: EXTENSION IS ABOUT SIX FEET.

SCOTT: MORE. I THINK IT IS 7'3", WHICH IS THE SAME MARK AS TYLER GLASNOW, WHO WENT HEALTHY IS THE BEST IN THE BIZ, AND VERY TALL. LATROY: THAT FASTBALL WAS RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. BEING ABLE TO SHOW ABREU, VAUGHN SOME OF THESE BIG HITTERS IN THE WHITE SOX LINEUP FASTBALLS IN. A LITTLE HESITANT TO JUMP OUT THERE AND GET OUT TO THOSE OTHER FASTBALLS.

THAT IS WHY YOU SEE THOSE PICTURES GETTING -- PITCHES GETTING FOULED BACK. SCOTT: POLANCO CANNOT HANDLE THAT. NOT MUCH HARD CONTACTED A OPPO BAILEY OBER BUT JOSE ABREU PICKS UP A BASE HIT, HIS FIRST OF THE AFTERNOON. LATROY: I MENTIONED THE A'S VESTMENT THESE WHITE SOX HITTERS HAVE HAD TO MAKE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. TAKING WITH THE DEFENSE IS GIVING THEM.

ABREU IS A HOME RUN HITTER BUT HE CAN ALSO HIT FOR AVERAGE. HE WAS NOT AFRAID TO TAKE WHAT OBER GAVE HIM. HE SAW THE BIG OPEN SPOT IN THE INFIELD FOR THE TWINS, HOW THEY WERE PLAYING HIM TO PULL. HE TOOK WHAT THEY GAVE HIM. SCOTT: HERE IS EXAMPLE A.

ELOY JIMENEZ, TWO BASE HITS TODAY. MOST OF WHAT HAS BEEN LEADING HIS BAT LATELY HAS GONE A LONG WAY -- LEAVING HIS BAT LATELY HAS GONE A LONG WAY. LATROY: COUPLE OF HOMERUNS SINCE ACTIVATED OFF OF THE I. L. BROKEN BACK SINGLE TO JUST IN FRONT OF JAKE CAVE, GROUND BALL UP THE MIDDLE.

EVEN THOUGH HE IS 2-2 AGAINST BAILEY OBER, RIGHT NOW, BAILEY OBER IS WINNING, KEEPING THE BALL IN THE BALLPARK. THAT IS ONE THING I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, HE HAS TO KEEP THE BALL IN THE BALLPARK. THEY ARE LIKE THE TWINS, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO PITCH THEM TOUGH. YOU ARE NOT PLAYING SMALL BALL, IT'S ABOUT BIG BALL WITH THESE TEAMS. SCOTT: THAT ONE IS TO LEFT.

GLIDING BACK IS LARNACH FOR THE CATCH. THE FIRST OUT IN THE SIXTH. OUR THIRD POLL QUESTION OF THE DAY ON YOUTUBE, EASY TO PLAY ALONG. GRAB YOUR MOBILE DEVICE, OR IF YOU ARE WATCHING ON YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN, IT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. FIRST COMING THE AL POSTSEASON PICTURE.

RAYS LEAD THE DIVISION. WHITE SOX IN THE CENTRAL. ASTROS BY TWO GAMES. WILD-CARD TEAMS AT THE MOMENT ARE OAKLAND AND BOSTON. NICE OVATION FOR BAILEY OBER AS WELL.

LATROY: GREAT JOB BY BAILEY OBER. GIVING HIS CHANCE A GOOD -- HIS TEAM A GOOD CHANCE TO WIN THE GAME. SCOTT: NEW PITCHER COMING IN. HOLD THAT THOUGHT, POLL QUESTION COMING IN IN JUST A MOMENT. >> WELCOME TO A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW.

>> YOU ARE NOW WATCHING SOX TV. ♪ >> I TRUST EVERYTHING I THROW. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ON THROWING. WHATEVER I THROW, I AM BETTER THAN THE HITTER. >> STRUCK HIM OUT, LIAM HENDRIKS.

>> HE IS GUIDING PITCHES WITH A LOT OF EMOTION. HE IS IN ATTACK MODE. >> HE BUSTED HIM WITH MORE HEAT. >> IF YOU DON'T THINK I CANNOT SUCCEED, I WILL PROVE YOU WRONG. WATCH ME.

SCOTT: WATCH ALL OUT OF MARKET REGULAR SEASON GAMES LIVE OR ON-DEMAND ON MLB BIG INNING. EXCLUSIVELY ON MLB. TV. BLACKOUTS AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS APPLY. OR JUST STAY IN MINNEAPOLIS.

SUN SHINING. TEMPERATURES IN THE HIGH 80'S, LOW 90'S. I SHOWED YOU THE DIVISION STANDINGS TWO MINUTES AGO. NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH AL TEAM HAS THE BEST CHANCE TO REACH THE WORLD SERIES? ONE OF THE CURRENT DIVISION LEADERS OR OTHER? LATROY, STAY HOT. LATROY: I WILL GO WITH THE ASTROS.

SCOTT: YOU LIKE WHAT THEY ARE BRINGING TO THE TABLE? LATROY: THEIR ABILITY TO SCORE RUNS, LEADING THE AMERICAN LEAGUE IN SCORES, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD BULLPEN, CLOSER IN RYAN PRESSLY. ALTUVE HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING THIS YEAR.26 HOME RUNS SO FAR? SCOTT: THEY LEAD THE LEAGUE IN RUNS SCORED, YOU ARE CORRECT. THEY DON'T STRIKEOUT MUCH. THIS GUY CAN PICK UP SOME SWING AND MISS.

CALEB THIELBAR, 34 YEARS OLD, MINNESOTA NATIVE. HE TAKES OVER FOR BAILEY OBER, WHO HAD HIMSELF A DAY. LATROY: LAST PITCHED ON SATURDAY AGAINST THE ASTROS, GAVE UP TWO RUNS. FASTBALL, 87 TO 94. CURVEBALL, REALLY GOOD PITCH.

A LOT OF 12 TO 6 ACTION, RETAINS THE SPEED ON IT. WHAT IS UNUSUAL ABOUT HIM, HE CAN SLOW -- THERE WERE A SLIDER FROM THAT ARM SLIDE. A LOT OF GUYS YOU DON'T SEE WITH THAT ARM HIGHER UP AND ABLE TO THROW A SLIDER. USUALLY A FOUR-SEAM AND CURVEBALL, BUT HE HAS ADDED THE SLIDER TO HIS REPERTOIRE. SCOTT: DOWN ON STRIKES IS BRIAN GOODWIN.

THIELBAR ENTERS AND PICKS UP A STRIKEOUT. TWO DOWN IN THE SIXTH. LATROY: SHOWED HIM A SLIDER AND CAME BACK WITH A FASTBALL. THAT FOUR-SEAM JUST AS TRUE AS CAN BE, BACKSWING. SCOTT: I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU ABOUT THE COURTESY OF MGM, WHEN YOU SAID I WILL TAKE A 2-0 GAME.

LATROY: PITCHER'S DUEL SO FAR. SCOTT: A LOT OF GAME LEFT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT. REYNALDO LOPEZ HAS BEEN GOOD WHEN HE HAS APPEARED FOR THE WHITE SOX THE SEASON, GAVE THEM THREE SOLID INNINGS. IF YOU WATCHED BAILEY OBER STARTS THIS SEASON, YOU SEE A YOUNG PITCHER DEVELOPING INTO A BIG LEAGUER.

HE LOOKS LIKE HE BELONGS. LATROY: YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ON THE JOB. THIS IS PROBABLY HIS FIFTH TIME FACING THE WHITE SOX. HE HAS FACED THIS TEAM A LOT THE SEASON. HE HAS GOTTEN BETTER EACH TIME HE HAS FACED THEM.

HIS STUFF HAS GOTTEN BETTER. REMEMBER WHAT THESE GUYS HAVE DONE TO THEM, WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SCOTT: HE KEEPS PICKING UP STEAM. SANO CATCHES THE POP UP IN FOUL GROUND. JOSÉ ABREU IS STRANDED.

MID SIX IN MINNESOTA. >> THAT BALL IS HIT DEEP. STRETCH. MAKES THE CATCH. YOU GOT TO BE BLEEPIN ME.

>> IT IS THE BEST COMPLEMENT YOU CAN PAY ME, WHEN THAT GUY FROM WALL STREET JOURNAL CALL ME LAST YEAR AND SAID WE DID A SURVEY, AND YOU ARE NUMBER ONE. I SAID YOU JUST MADE MY DAY. HIGH AND DEEP, WAY BACK. NOT QUITE OUT OF HERE. DAG GUMMIT.

WHEN WE LOSE, THERE IS NOT ONE PERSON IN THE CLUBHOUSE WHO IS MORE UPSET THAN I AM. POPPED HIM UP. GILLESPIE, AND NOW BECKHAM. AND WE FIND YET ANOTHER WAY -- THAT IS HARD TO BELIEVE. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE GETTING ME.

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! SCOTT: PLAY BALL IS BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL'S INITIATIVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE THOUGHT AND EXCESS BUT WAYS TO PLAY THE GAME FOR ALL. GO TO PLAY BALL. ORG AND FOLLOW ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK, AND INSTAGRAM. MLB ORIGINALS SEASON TWO IS LIVE EVERY WEEK. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GAME YOU LOVE ON YOUTUBE.

COM/MLB. SCOTT BRAUN, LATROY HAWKINS, LAUREN GARDNER BRING YOU THE ACTION. WE ARE ON THE ROAD FOR OUR MLB GAME OF THE WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON. JOSÉ RUIZ, E. R.

A. IN THE 3.5 RANGE NEXT OUT OF THE BULLPEN AFTER LOPEZ AND CROCHET. LATROY: THE WHITE SOX KEEP RUNNING GUYS OUT THERE THAT THROW 95 PLUS MILES PER HOUR. THAT GOOD QUESO. FASTBALL, CHANGEUP.

SOME GOOD CARRY. CURVEBALL, 83 TO 90. SCOTT: HE STARTED OUT AS A CATCHER IN THE PADRES SYSTEM, DECIDED TO PITCH IN 2016. IT IS WORKING OUT. LATROY: FIRST PITCH FOR A STRIKE.

SCOTT: TWO STRIKEOUTS TODAY FOR WORKER -- ROOKER. TWO STRIKES AGAINST HIM. THEY ARE GOING RIGHT AFTER HIM. LATROY: STEADY DIET OF SLIDERS, FASTBALLS IN. HAS NOT MADE MUCH CONTACT TODAY BUT I HAVE BEEN -- SEEN HIM HIT THE BALL IN THE THIRD DECK HERE IN LEFT FIELD ON A HANGING SLIDER.

IT WAS LOUD AND FAR. SCOTT: PAINT ON THE CORNER FROM RUIZ. THIS IS AN OUTFIELD FULL OF FORMER FIRST ROUNDERS. YOU TALK ABOUT KIRILLOFF, ROOKER , LARNACH. WHAT ABOUT BYRON BUXTON? THIS IS A SPECIAL TALENT, AND THAT PROBLEM HAS BEEN KEEPING HIM ON THE FIELD.

THE LATEST INJURY FOR HIM WAS ON A HIT BY PITCH. LATROY: TWO DAYS AFTER COMING BACK FROM HIS HIP INJURY. WHEN HE IS OUT THERE, HE BRINGS SO MUCH TO THIS TEAM. SCOTT: FIRST PITCH SWINGING, POLANCO, IT IS GOING A LONG WAY. ENGEL GIVES IT A LOOK BUT FORGET ABOUT IT! JORGE POLANCO MUSCLES UP, AND THE TWINS ARE ON THE BOARD FIRST.

NUMBER 21 ON THE SEASON. HE IS THE ROCK OF THE OFFENSE. LATROY: POLANCO HAS BEEN SWINGING THE BAT WELL FOR THE LAST 50 GAMES. FASTBALL OVER THE OPEN PLATE. DID NOT NEED TO TURN AND BURN ON THAT BECAUSE THE BALL WAS A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM HIM.

HE DROVE THAT BALL RIGHT INTO THE WHITE SOX BULLPEN FOR A SOLO SHOT. SCOTT: FIRST PITCH, KNOCKS OFF THE GLOVE. IT IS CLEANED UP BY RUIZ. OUT NUMBER TWO. THAT IS NICE POP FROM YOUR SECOND BASEMAN.

LATROY: OPPO TACO. HE HAS BEEN PULLING THE BALL A LOT. THAT SHOWS YOU HE HAS THE ABILITY TO HIT THE BALL OUT OF THE BALLPARK WITHOUT HAVING TO PULL IT. SCOTT: 416 FEET. THAT IS A GOOD HOME RUN RATE IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.

SEVEN IN 13 GAMES. LATROY: HE HAD AN INCREDIBLE 10-GAME ROAD TRIP THE TWINS JUST GOT OFF OF ON SUNDAY, TAKING THREE OUT OF FOUR IN HOUSTON. SCOTT: WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT ON SUNDAY, HE PUT TWO OVER THE WALL. THIS MAN IS CAPABLE OF DOING DAMAGE, TOO. LATROY: DESPITE THE TWINS RECORD, THEY HAVE PLAYED BETTER RECENTLY.

SCOTT: IT WAS THE SURPRISINGLY SLOW START FOR THE BACK-TO-BACK DIVISION CHAMPS. THEY HAVE BEEN.500ISH SINCE THE NIGHTMARE. LATROY: WHEN DID THE NIGHTMARE START, MARCH 31? SCOTT: PRETTY MUCH. FOR ABOUT A MONTH, YOU CAN LOSE YOUR WAY OUT OF A DIVISION RAYS PRETTY QUICKLY. LATROY: EVERYBODY IN THIS DIVISION NEW THAT IT -- THERE WAS A GOOD CHANCE IT WOULD BE A DOGFIGHT WITH TWO TEAMS, THE WHITE SOX AND THE TWINS.

THE WHITE SOX HAVE DEFINITELY TAKEN CONTROL OF THE DIVISION, YOUNG, EXCITING, VERY GOOD BULLPEN. THEY HAVE ALL THE PIECES THEY NEED TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. NOT JUST THE CENTRAL DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP, TALKING ABOUT A WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP. SCOTT: AND IMPACT POSITION PLAYERS COMING BACK IT FEELS LIKE ONCE A WEEK NOW. JIMENEZ, ROBERT, GRANDAL SOON.

JUST STARTED A REHAB ASSIGNMENT, ANNOUNCED TODAY. LATROY: I REMEMBER BEING IN SPRING TRAINING, HE ELOY JIMENEZ GOT HURT. JUST THINKING, THAT IS A HUGE BLOW TO THEM, HOW WILL THEY MAKE UP FOR THAT PRODUCTION IN THEIR LINEUP? LEFT FIELD, NOT AN ABOVE AVERAGE DEFENDER, OK? BUT WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE PLATE IS FAR MORE VALUABLE TO THE TEAM. THEY WERE ABLE TO DO IT. ALL THE DECISIONS THEY MADE, THE GUYS THEY BROUGHT UP TO FILL THAT VOID ALL PLAYED EXTREMELY WELL.

SCOTT: IT HAS BEEN A REVOLVING DOOR IN THE OUTFIELD. CREDIT THE WHITE SOX FRONT OFFICE FOR FINDING REPLACEMENTS THAT PLATE AT AN ABOVE AVERAGE RATE. LATROY: GIVE CREDIT TO GUYS LIKE JOE MCEWING, FRANK, JERRY NEHRING, MIGUEL GONZALEZ, GUYS WHO ARE THERE, SHELLEY DUNCAN, MIGUEL CAIRO, GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND THE GAME A LONG TIME, UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET A PLAYER PREPARED TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE. LARISSA GIVING THEM THE ABILITY TO GO OUT AND DO THEIR WORK. SCOTT: TONY KNOWS HOW TO BUILD A COACHING STAFF.

LATROY: I REALLY ENJOYED THE CONVERSATION TODAY. THAT WAS MONEY. SCOTT: BALL FOUR. SANO IS A TWO-OUT BASE RUNNER. LATROY: LISTENING TO LA RUSSA GIVE OTHER MANAGERS A LOT OF CREDIT.

HE SPOKE ABOUT HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH TOM KELLY, THE MUTUAL RESPECT THEY HAVE FOR ONE ANOTHER JUST FOR COMPUTING WITH ONE ANOTHER OVER THE YEARS. NOT JUST RESPECT BETWEEN THE MANAGERS BUT THE RESPECT FOR EACH TEAM HAD FOR EACH OTHER. JERRY NARRON ON THE SCREEN. SCOTT: THIS IS JAKE CAVE. STRIKE ONE FROM RUIZ.

TONY WEARS THAT WING AROUND -- RING AROUND. HE HAS A FEW. WHEN YOU ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE AND YOU LOOK DOWN AND YOU SEE, HE HAS ONE OF THOSE WORLD SERIES RINGS ON GOING AFTER, HOPEFULLY A LITTLE MORE JUICE. LATROY: HE HAS A RESUME, THAT IS FOR SURE. HE HAS A BASEBALL CARD, RESUME AS A MANAGER, GETTING THE MOST OUT OF HIS PLAYERS.

A LOT OF MANAGERS ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MAGIC. I LIKE TO CALL IT MAGIC BECAUSE EVERY GUY DOES NOT HAVE IT. I LIKE TO SAY ROCCO HAS THAT MAGIC, GETTING THE BEST OUT OF HIS PLAYERS, PUTTING THEM IN POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL. SCOTT: HE IS EXTREMELY WELL-LIKED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. IT IS VERY EASY TO SEE WHY.

LATROY: JUST TALKING TO LA RUSSA, THE RESPECT HE HAS FOR ROCCO BALDELLI. THAT IS COMING FROM A GUY WHO HAS BEEN IN THE GAME OF BASEBALL LONGER THAN HE'S BEEN LIVING. SCOTT: OLDEST MANAGER VERSUS YOUNGER MANAGER. ADVANTAGE DAY TO THE YOUNGEST MANAGER THANKS TO HIS MOST CONSISTENT BAT THIS SEASON, JORGE POLANCO. THE TWINS ARE TRYING TO GRAB THIS SERIES.

>> HANG ONTO THE ROOF. >> THIS ONE IS OUT OF HERE. >> 3-2. TO THIRD. MONCADA.

CARLOS RODON HAS THROWN A NO-HITTER. AFTER EVERYTHING HE HAS BEEN THROUGH, THE ELBOW AND THE SHOULDER, SUPREME ON APRIL 14, 2021. HERE IS A PITCH. LAST TWO RIGHT. IT IS GONE! WHITE SOX WIN IT.

WHAT A SHOT BY GAVIN SHEETS! >> GAVIN SHEETS ON A 3-1 FASTBALL, HE LET IT GO. >> HE ONLY NEEDS ONE AT-BAT. >> THE ELOY JIMENEZ, DO NOT WALK ANYONE IN FRONT OF HIM. WOW. WELCOME BACK.

SEE YOU LATER.5-3. SCOTT: WE ARE INTO THE SEVENTH, 1-0, TWINS. THE HOME TEAM HAD BEEN MISSING THEIR SUPERSTAR FOR MOST OF THE SEASON, ONLY PLAYED IN 36% OF THEIR GAMES SINCE.2018 IT IS A LONG INJURY LIST WE SAW HIM THIS MORNING, BYRON BUXTON. IN A MONTH'S WORK THIS YEAR HE HAS LOOKED LIKE AN M. V.

P.. HE IS THAT SPECIAL. ALSO DEVELOPED HIS LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE CLUBHOUSE. IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS ON THE WAY BACK SOON. THE PROBLEM LATELY IS THE LEFT-HAND FRACTURE ON A HIT BY PITCH.

SOME MISFORTUNE AND SOME BREAKDOWNS IN TERMS OF THE BODY, BUT HE IS STILL YOUNG, AND USING WITH POTENTIAL. LATROY: WE SAW PROBABLY THE BEST 36 GAMES OF HIS CAREER. M. V. P.

-ESQUE. I HOPING HE GETS ALL OF HIS INJURIES BEHIND HIM AND HE CAN FINISH HIS CAREER WITH NO MORE HICCUPS. HE IS A GENERATIONAL TYPE OF PLAYER. HIS ATHLETICISM, POWER, HIS ARM, ABILITY TO RUN. BUT WE HAVE TO GET HIM ON THE FIELD.

WHEN HE IS ON THE FIELD, WE KNOW HE IS THE BEST PLAYER ON THE FIELD. SCOTT: THIS IS THE LATEST, JUNE 21. TYLER MAHLE THROWS WITH HEAT. FRACTURES THE LEFT-HAND. LATROY: JUST CAME BACK IN TEXAS, FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND.

TWO DAYS AND TOOK A FASTBALL OFF THE HAND. I REMEMBER I WAS AT HOME WATCHING IT IN THE THEATER, AND I JUST STARTED SCREAMING. MY WIFE IS LIKE WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? HE JUST GOT BACK. BYRON CANNOT BUY A BREAK. BUT THROUGH ALL THE INJURIES, ATTITUDE HAS BEEN GREAT, ENERGY HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE.

WORKING HIS BEHIND OFF, TRYING TO GET BACK IN. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE AN ELITE ATHLETE LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE TO PROTECT THEM FROM THEMSELVES SOMETIMES. THEY THINK THEY ARE READY. EVEN THOUGH HE IS STILL BETTER THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE AT 90%, WE NEED HIM AT 100% WHEN HE GOES BACK ON THE FIELD. SCOTT: ESPECIALLY FOR A TEAM THAT IS THINKING ABOUT 2022, GIVING LOOKS TO YOUNGER PLAYERS.

LATROY: SOME GUYS HAVE BENEFITED FROM HIM BEING ON THE I. L. SCOTT: LAMB PULLS IT TO WRITE. KEPLER IS THERE. YOUNG OUTFIELDERS GALORE.

KIRILLOFF, LARNACH, ROOKER, ALL FORMER FIRST-ROUND PICKS. ALL YOUNG COME PICKING UP PLAYING TIME. KIRILLOFF, UNFORTUNATELY DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON WITH A WRIST INJURY. THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THE TWINS TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE GOT PUT SOME OF THE YOUNGER SERVICE. IT DIDN'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT, AND ROCCO BALDELLI SAID WE HAVE HAD A VETERAN CLUB THE LAST FEW SEASONS.

WON THE A. L. CENTRAL LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE. THAT IS WHERE THE BOMBA SQUAD NICKNAME CAME UP. THE PROBLEM IS, IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED, PLAYOFF RECORD, NOT MUCH WINNING IN THE POSTSEASON.

LATROY: TWO OTHER GUYS ON THAT BOARD THAT YOU JUST SHOWED WITH THE OUTFIELDERS. NICK GORDON PLAY CENTER FIELD, NEVER PLAYED IN THE OUTFIELD BEFORE. FIRST TIME WAS IN A MAJOR LEAGUE GAME IN CENTER FIELD. ROB REFSNYDER, HE HAD A MONTH PLAYING IN THE OUTFIELD WHERE HE WAS VERY GOOD. BROUGHT IN THE PRODUCTION OFFENSIVELY THAT THE TEAM NEEDED, EXTRA SHOT IN THE ARM.

HE PLAYED A VERY GOOD CENTER FIELDER. I DON'T THINK HE HAD PLAYED OFTEN THAT MUCH AS WELL. SCOTT: IT IS A NEW POSITION FOR ROB, AND A BIT OF A NEW SWING FOR HIM HAS GIVEN HIM RESULTS. DON'T FORGET ABOUT AUSTIN MARTIN WHO CAME OVER IN THE JOSE BERRIOS TRADE. HE CAN PLAY EVERYWHERE AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE IN THE POTENTIAL TO BE AN OUTFIELD FOR THEM AS WELL.

FORMER FIFTH OVERALL PICK BY THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS. LATROY: AUSTEN IN THE PLAYING SHORTSTOP. I THINK HE GOT A COUPLE OF AT-BATS, BUT WATCHING HIS ABILITY CONTROL THE AT-BAT. HE HAD AN 11-PITCH AT-BAT DURING THAT GAME. SCOTT: GARCIA IS THE FIRST BASE RUNNER IN THE INNING.

EARMUFFS, TWINS FANS. SORRY. IT IS A GLOBAL BROADCAST, I HAVE TO DO IT. SOME ARE NOT AWARE OF THE LONGEST EVER POSTSEASON LOSING STREAK THAT IS UP AND RUNNING RIGHT NOW SINCE 2004.18 CONSECUTIVE LOSSES. LAST TIME THEY PICKED UP A W IN OCTOBER WAS THE 2004 ALDS GAME ONE AGAINST THE YANKEES.

THIS IS INCLUDING ALL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PRO SPORTS. LATROY: LAST TIME THEY WON A PLAYOFF SERIES? SCOTT: YES. IT IS NOT LIKE IT IS A FRANCHISE THAT HAS BEEN FULL OF LOSING. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DIVISION TITLES SINCE THEN. LOOK BEHIND ZACK COLLINS.

LATROY: YOU CAN SEE THE SIGN THAT TC HAS. HI, TC. GOOD TO SEE YOU. SCOTT: COLLINS SPITZ 12 LEFT, FADING TOWARD THE LINE. LARNACH IS THEREFORE THE CATCH.

MOVING UP TO SECOND, IN THERE SAFELY IS LEURY GARCIA. FLASHBACK TO 2004. LAST W FOR THE MINNESOTA TWINS ORGANIZATION IN THE PLAYOFFS, YANKEE STADIUM, ALDS GAME ONE. LATROY: JOE NATHAN VERSUS RUBEN SIERRA. SCOTT: WERE YOU STILL THERE? LATROY: 2004, NO.

I LEFT AFTER THE 2003 SEASON. SCOTT: YOU HAD SOME GOODW'S.2002, 2003 DIVISION TITLES. YOU ARE LOOKING UP TO TC. YES, WE SEE YOU. LATROY AND THE TWINS MASCOT GOING BACK AND FORTH RIGHT NOW WHILE THERE IS A PITCHING CHANGE.

TWO OUTS IN THE SECOND. THAT IS ALL FOR CALEB THIELBAR. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. >> HANG ONTO THE ROOF. >> THIS ONE IS OUT OF HERE.

>> SEE IF HE CAN GET HIMSELF A HANGING BREAKING BALL. >> HIGH FLY, LEFT CENTER FIELD. MIGUEL SANO SAYS THAT IS ENOUGH. HE GOT A HANGING BREAKING BALL AND HE ENDED IT. WALK-OFF, TWO-RUN HOME RUN.

AND THE TWINS IN 12 PREVAIL. >> FLY BALL INTO RIGHT FIELD, DEEP. DEEP IT GOES, TIE GAME! UNBELIEVABLE. A NO DOUBTER.9-9 IN THE NINTH INNING. >> SCOTT: 1-0 TWINS OFF UP POLANCO'S SOLO SHOT.

ANOTHER YOU TO PULL IN THE BOOKS. THE TEAM THAT HAS THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN THE AL, THE WHITE SOX TAKING 53% OF THE POLE. PLENTY OF WHITE SOX FANS TUNING IN RIGHT NOW. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION. THE TWINS WON THIS DIVISION THE PRIOR TWO YEARS.

NOW THEY ARE LOADING UP FOR THE FUTURE, LIKE A MINI RELOAD. IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT? LATROY: THEY ARE BUILDING. WE WILL NOT SAY REBUILD. SCOTT: THESE ARE TWO BIG PARTS OF THE FUTURE FOR THE TWINS ORGANIZATION. THEY PICKED THEM UP IN THE JOSE BERRIOS TRADE.

AUSTIN MARTIN AND SIMEON WOODS RICHARDSON. WE HAVE A GREAT BAT BACK AND PLAY IN A NUMBER OF SPOTS, AND A BIG ARM COMING TO MINNESOTA FOR A PLAYER THAT MAY IMPACT THE POSTSEASON RACE QUITE A BIT. JOSE BERRIOS HAD A NICE SEASON WITH THE MINNESOTA TWINS, NOW WILL SPEND AT LEAST THE NEXT ONE AND HALF SEASONS WITH THE BLUE JAYS. JUAN MINAYA TAKING OUT HERE IN THE SEVENTH. A RUNNER IN SCORING POSITION BEHIND HIM WHO CAN MOVE.

LEURY GARCIA WORKED A ONE OUT WALK. CESAR HERNANDEZ NOW. BIG-TIME POWER YEAR. CAREER-HIGH 20 HOMERS. LATROY: THAT IS BIG FOR HIM.

THE AVERAGE IS.237 ON-BASE PERCENTAGE. THOSE POWER NUMBERS FROM YOUR SECOND BASEMAN, THAT IS REMINISCENT OF A BRIAN DOZIER. SCOTT: IT IS LEGIT. CAREER-BEST EXIT VELOCITY, BARREL PERCENTAGE, THE LAUNCH ANGLE IS SIGNIFICANTLY UP. HE IS CRUSHING FASTBALLS.

THREE HOMERS LAST YEAR IN 60 GAMES. HE DID THAT IN A FEW GAMES TO START THE SEASON. HE HAS NOT SLOWED DOWN. LATROY: GETTING SOME GOOD PITCHES TO HIT, TRYING TO PUT THEM IN PLAY. TRY TO DO SOME DAMAGE.

SCOTT: JUAN MINAYA PICKING UP THE PUNCH OUT. HERNANDO'S IT WAS LOW. A LITTLE BACK-AND-FORTH BUT THAT WILL DO IT FOR THE INNING. GARCIA STRANDED AT SECOND. I KNOW LATROY IS CALLING IT A STRIKE.

LATROY: NO, THAT BALL WAS DOWN BUT YOU HAVE NOT SEEN MANY GOOD DOLLARS -- MANNY GONZALES NOT GIVE THAT AS A STRIKE. >> ONE AWAY TO JOIN THE 3000-HIT CLUB. DEREK JETER HAS DONE IT. >> THIS BALL IS GONE. THE WHITE SOX WIN IT 7-6.

>> FROM THE CORNFIELDS OF IOWA, THE FIELD OF DREAMS PLAYS HOST TO THE YANKEES AND THE WHITE SOX. ♪ >> IN THE GAME OF BASEBALL, THERE IS A SPECIAL PLACE. THEY HAVE BUILT IT, AND NOW WE HAVE COME. IT IS NOT HEAVEN, BUT IT IS PRETTY DARN CLOSE. SCOTT: IN THAT FIELD OF DREAMS GAME IS GOING TO BE SPECIAL.

THE NEW YORK YANKEES WAS THE CLASSIC UNIS. DJ LEMAHIEU WILL BE THERE FOR A YANKEE'S TEAM PLAYING PRETTY GOOD BASEBALL. GLEYBER TORRES ON THE INJURED LIST RIGHT NOW. AARON JUDGE, I WANT TO SEE WHAT HE DOES WITH A BASEBALL AND THE CORNFIELDS TO WORK WITH. UNFORTUNATELY, TONY LA RUSSA WILL NOT BE MAKING THE TRIP.

THERE WAS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. HE WILL MAKE A QUICK TRIP OUT TO PAY A VISIT AND THEN COME BACK TO THE WHITE SOX ON SATURDAY FOR THEIR NEXT GAME AGAINST THE YANKEES. THAT WILL BE IN CHICAGO. HE IS STILL THERE, STAYED IN THE GAME. JUST WANTED TO GET A LITTLE WORD ON THE VERTICAL ASPECT OF THE STRIKE ZONE FROM THE LAST HALF INNING.

JUAN MINAYA PICKING UP THE STRIKEOUT TO ESCAPE. NOW, MATT FOSTER INTO THE GAME AND JUST CALLED UP TODAY WITH CARLOS RODON HITTING THE SHELF. LATROY: FOSTER 28 GAME OF THE SEASON FOR THE WHITE SOX, JUST GOT CALLED UP FROM AAA CHARLOTTE. SCOTT: E. R.

A. ABOUT HALF THAT NUMBER IN AAA. FOSTER WAS GOOD DOWN THERE. COMING BACK UP AS AN EXTRA ARM. WHITE SOX FANS ARE WORRIED ABOUT CARLOS RODON, AT LEAST FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH ORGANIZATION, IT SOUNDS LIKE JUST SOME SORENESS.

ALSO KEEPING IN MIND, HE HAS NOT PITCHED A TON. THIS IS A LENGTHY SEASON FOR HIM. NOT THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD FOR A TEAM WITH A DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD IN THE DIVISION. LATROY: GIVING HIM A 10-DAY REST, BREAK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON SO HE CAN RECHARGE HIS BATTERY AND GET READY FOR SOME OCTOBER PITCHING. WIN FOR THE WHITE SOX ORGANIZATION.

SCOTT: JEFFERSON STRIKES OUT. LATROY: YOU MENTIONED FOSTER.2.2 E. R. A. LAST YEAR, ELEVATED THIS YEAR.

GOOD FASTBALL, 90 TO 95. HE HAS A PLUS CHANGEUP. CHANGEUP IS PREDOMINATELY HIS BEST PITCH. SCOTT: STUFF-WISE, THIS BULLPEN IS RIDICULOUS. THIS GUY WOULD BE A BIG PART OF MANY OTHER BULLPENS.

LATROY: I AM SURE THE ACQUISITION OF CRAIG KIMBREL DIDN'T HELP HIM THAT MUCH. SCOTT: KOPECH, CRIM BALL, -- KIMBREL, CROCHET THE BIG OFF-SEASON SIGNING. LATROY: LARNACH SQUARED AROUND THE BUNT, NOT SURE IF HE WAS STICKING ABOUT LAYING IT DOWN. DEFINITELY DREW THE ATTENTION OF JAKE LAMB AT THIRD BASE. SCOTT: WHEN YOU SEE BUNT, DO YOU THINK DIFFERENTLY FOR THE NEXT PITCH? NOWADAYS YOU ARE NOT EXPECTING HIM TO DOUBLE UP, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER.

LATROY: NOWADAYS YOU ARE NOT EXPECTING HIM TO BUNT. EVER. IF YOU SQUARE AROUND A PITCH, I LIKE TO THROW ONE RIGHT AT YOUR FACE. NOT AS COMFORTABLE. SCOTT: LARNACH TO LEFT.

JIMENEZ GOT IT. TWO AWAY IN THE SEVENTH. GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT FROM YOUR FAVORITE TEAM, THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX. YOUTUBE. COM/WHITESOX, AND HIT THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON TODAY.

LATROY: WHEN THE FIELD OF DREAMS WAS PREMIERED IN 1989 -- YOU ARE A LOT YOUNGER. DID YOU THINK THAT MOVIE WAS GOING TO STAND THE TEST OF TIME? IT WAS A GOOD MOVIE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW, 32 YEARS LATER -- THAT IS PRETTY COOL. SCOTT: IT IS THE AESTHETICS FOR ME, THAT IS WHAT STOOD OUT. THE CINEMATOGRAPHY, HOW COOL THAT FIELD LOOKED. I RECENTLY DID A SIT-DOWN INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN COSTNER, HE SAID AFTER THE SHOOT, I WOULD KEEP THIS FIELD.

WE HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL HERE. I AM GLAD THEY KIND OF PRESERVED THAT WHOLE AREA SO THAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE ARE DOING TOMORROW IN IOWA. THAT IS WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME. WHAT ABOUT YOU? LATROY: I HAVE NOT WATCHED IT IN DECADES. I TOLD YOU EARLIER.

I AM NOT REALLY INTO BASEBALL MOVIES, JUST DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT BASEBALL. NOT MOVIES, DOCUMENTARIES. LAUREN: I HAVE TO INTERJECT HERE. I AM LOVING THIS CONVERSATION, BUT LATROY, WHEN YOU ASKED HIS THOUGHT PROCESS, IF IT WOULD STAND THE TEST OF TIME WHEN IT CAME OUT IN 1989. CAN WE PUT UP A POLL? HOW OLD ARE YOU? SCOTT: I DON'T GIVE THAT AWAY.

LAUREN: I WILL BE 25 FOREVER. LATROY: EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW OLD YOU ARE, EXCEPT FOR ME. LAUREN: LATROY, YOU WERE ONLY 12? LATROY: I WAS A SOPHOMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL, SORRY. LAUREN: I WAS TRYING TO GIVE YOU LEEWAY. LATROY: I AM 49.

I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THAT. I WAS GETTING READY TO BE DRAFTED. LAUREN: THAT IS EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM. LATROY: MY GRANDFATHER TOLD ME A WHILE AGO, NEVER RESENT GROWING OLD. MANY WERE DENIED THE PRIVILEGE.

SCOTT: I LIKE THAT. LATROY: YOU TALK ABOUT THE CINEMATOGRAPHY, AESTHETICS, 2017 IT WAS SELECTED FOR PRESERVATION FOR THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS FOR CULTURALLY, HISTORICALLY, OR AESTHETICALLY SIGNIFICANT. SCOTT: SIMMONS TO WRITE. GOODWIN RUNS IT DOWN. HIGH-FIVES FOR PEOPLE EVERYONE -- OR EVERYONE RUNNING TO THE DUGOUT.

WE MOVE ON TO THE EIGHTH. PITCHER'S DUEL TODAY. THE BULLPEN IS TAKING OVER AND LOOKING NICE. SCOTT: 1-0 TWINS OFF OF A JORGE POLANCO HOME RUN. CHECK OUT SOME FORMER COMES WEARING WHITE SOX UNIS.

IF THE WHITE SOX WIN A WORLD SERIES THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR, THE COUPLE PLAY A BIG PART OF IT. NOW SOME BULLPEN HELP WITH TO PAIR AND KIMBREL FOR THE STRETCH RUN. JUAN MINAYA BACK TO WORK IN THE EIGHT. LATROY: WE CALL THAT BEING A FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR. SCOTT: I LIKE THAT.

LATROY: THEY DID NOT TRADE THEM IN DIVISION COME OUT OF THE DIVISION, OUT OF THE LEAGUE, WHICH IS FINE. THREE PITCHES. QUICK STRIKEOUT FOR JUAN MANAEA. THIRD K OF THE DAY FOR ANDREW VAUGHN. HE IS 0-4.

JOSE ABREU IS UP, MIGUEL SANO AT FIRST BASE. THEY HAD A CONVERSATION AND WE ARE LUCKY BECAUSE MEGILL IS MIC'D UP. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M HERE AT FIRST BASE WITH ONE OF THE BEST HITTERS IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, AND THE D. JOSE ABREU. SCOTT: HE IS HOSTING A SHOW.

THEY ARE GOING TO LOVE HIM ON PLAY LOUD, THE YOUTUBE SHOW THAT COLLECTS ALL OF THAT MONEY CONTENT, PUT IT TOGETHER ON YOUTUBE EACH WEEK. THE MIGUEL SANO MIC'D UP TODAY. LATROY: THAT WAS A ONE-MINUTE INTERVIEW. SCOTT: JOSE MAY NOT KNOW THAT HE IS MIC'D UP. LATROY: WHY ISN'T HE SPEAKING SPANISH? COME ON, NOW, MIGUEL.

ABREU WITH A BASE LAST TIME UP. SCOTT: 1-3 TODAY, 84 RBIS. LOOK AT JUAN MANAEA GO. LATROY: ABREU IS A MACHINE, WHEN GUYS ARE OUT THERE ON BASE PATHS, A GOOD CHANCE HE WILL BRING THEM AROUND TO SCORE. REALLY GOOD CHANGEUP FROM MANAEA.

ABREU FOUL TIPPED THAT BALL INTO JEFFERS GLOVE. HE DOESN'T LIKE TO STRIKEOUT. SCOTT: GOING UP AGAINST THE HEAVY HITTERS IN THE EIGHTH INNING. MANAEA STRUCK OUT VAUGHN AND ABREU. NOW IT IS JIMENEZ.

PLAYING LEFT FIELD TODAY. I WAS CURIOUS TO ASK TONY LA RUSSA ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HITMEN IS AS AN OUTFIELDER VERSUS BEING A DH. THE CONVERSATION GOES YOU ARE THE SAME GUY BECAUSE HE LIKES TO PLAY IN THE FIELD, SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE HE IS BETTER AT THE PLATE WHEN HE GETS TIME IN THE OUTFIELD. THERE ARE OTHER EXCELLENT OUTFIELDERS THAT ARE PART OF THE MIX. HIM AND IS COMING OFF OF AN INJURY.

LATROY: WHEN YOU ARE HITTING, JUST HIT. IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF YOU ARE DH OR LEFT FIELD. JUST HIT. THAT IS ALL WE WANT YOU TO DO. SCOTT: WHAT ARE THE WISE WORDS YOU GIVE HIM TO TELL HIM THAT? EXACTLY WHAT YOU MENTION, THAT IS THE LINE.

KEPLER BACK AT THE WALL. GOT IT. IT IS A QUICK EIGHTH FOR JUAN MANAEA. STRIKEOUT, STRIKEOUT. AND THEN JIMENEZ WITH NOT ENOUGH MUSTARD ON THE BALL.

STILL 1-0, MID EIGHTH. >> EVER A TIME WHERE YOU ARE LIKE I WANT TO QUIT, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE? >> A MATTER FACT IT WAS, AFTER I GOT DRAFTED. STARTED MY CAREER OFF 0-26. CALLED MY DAD, I AM COMING HOME. I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE.

NO YOU ARE NOT, YOU GOT IT. THE NEXT DAY, I SEE HIM PULLING UP. HE LITERALLY DROVE THROUGH THE NIGHT TO COME WATCH THE GAME. FIRST GAME I HIT MY FIRST HOME RUN IN PRO BALL. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE WHERE I WAS A LITTLE HOMESICK MAYBE.

NEVER WENT AWAY FROM MY PARENTS UNTIL I GOT TO PRO BALL. ONE OF THOSE WHERE SOMETHING HAPPENED. I PRAYED THAT NIGHT, ALLOW ME TO GET A HIT, EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. SEEING MY FAMILY, MY MOM, MY DAD. THAT PUT A SENSE OF HAPPINESS IN ME.

LIKE I SAID, GOT MY FIRST HIT, FIRST HOME RUN AS A HITTER. SCOTT: THIS IS THE GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE. SCOTT BRAUN, LATROY HAWKINS, LAUREN GARDNER. YOU CAN GO BEHIND THE SCENES AND LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE PLAYERS. WE ARE IN THE BALLPARK.

FEELS GOOD TO BE HERE. LATROY: YES, INDEED. SCOTT: I MISSED THE SMELLS, THE CROWD. BACK ON THE ROAD FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON. WE GET TO WATCH CRAIG KIMBREL IN PERSON.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIS LINE ON THE SEASON.6.00 E. R. A. IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IN 2021, HE IS BACK.

IT TOOK A BIG HAUL TO GET HIM. YOU CAN TECHNICALLY HAVE HIM AFTER THE SEASON, YOU CAN PICK UP THE OPTION. IT COULD JUST BE A FEW MONTHS FOR ONE OF THE BEST RELIEVERS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. FIRST PITCH SWINGING IS MAX KEPLER. LATROY: CRAIG KIMBREL IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES.

JUST WATCHING HIM. HIS FOCUS, HIS ABILITY TO ATTACK HITTERS IN THE ZONE. THAT YEAR IN 2019, HE DID UP SIGNING LATE. PICTURES -- PITCHERS WHO SIGNED LATE, THAT USUALLY DOESN'T HAPPEN DURING THE SEASON. THEY DON'T HAVE GOOD YEARS.

IT TAKES SOME TIME TO GET BACK INTO THAT MODE THEY WERE IN BEFORE. SCOTT: REMEMBER WHEN LANCE LYNN SIGNED WITH MINNESOTA. HE COULD NOT FIND THE ZONE. LATROY: THAT WAS A GUY WHO ALWAYS THROUGH STRIKES. IT TOOK HIM SOME TIME.

SCOTT: AND THEN HE LOOKED LIKE HIMSELF AFTER THE. THIS IS NICE. KIMBREL HAD HIS STRUGGLES THAT COUPLE OF SEASONS, BUT HE IS BACK IN A BIG WAY. HAVING A CAREER YEAR. LATROY: MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIS FASTBALL.

HIS BREAKING BALL IS DEVASTATING. THESE HITTERS ARE GOING UP THERE CHALLENGING. SCOTT: MY BACK HURTS WHEN I WATCH HIM SET UP. NO ONE DOES IT LIKE THAT. LATROY: VERY INTIMIDATING.

SCOTT: RECORD -- ROOKER STAYS ALIVE. I HOSTED A CRAIG KIMBREL STARE DOWN CONTEST. IT IS ON YOUTUBE. LATROY: I LIKED IT. SCOTT: HE WON MOST OF THOSE BATTLES.

LATROY: THEY WERE HOVERING AROUND MIDDLE IN. A LOT OF REPORTS THAT HE HAS BEEN SPOTTING UP HIS FASTBALL. HE HAS HAD SOME SUCCESS. SCOTT: HE HAS TIGHTENED THAT UP THIS YEAR. GOOD AT BAT FROM BRENT ROOKER.

HE DOESN'T MIND. YOU ROLLER COASTER FINISHES. BUT USUALLY WINS THE MATCHUP IN THE END. THERE IS ANOTHER ONE. LATROY: KIMBREL SAYS, I AM DONE MESSING AROUND WITH THE BREAKING BALL.

SEE IF I CAN GET A FASTBALL OVER THE TOP OF YOUR HANDS. SCOTT: HIGH HEAT. NEVER EXPECTED A 1-0 GAME TODAY. LATROY: WE HAD A FEELING IT WOULD BE A PITCHER'S DUEL. SCOTT: DAY GAME AFTER A NIGHT GAME, WHITE SOX FORWARD TO TOMORROW IN IOWA AGAINST THE YANKEES.

A COUPLE OF UNDERRATED PICTURES STARTED THIS GAME -- PITCHERS STARTED THIS GAME. ALEX COLOME GETTING SET THE PITCH THE NINTH. POLANCO IS SWINGING AT THE FIRST PITCH MORE THAN EVER IN HIS CAREER LATROY: HE IS TAKING HIS THOUGHTS -- SPOTS. SCOTT: IT IS GONE. NO, OFF THE WALL.

COULD NOT CLEAR THE WALL. POLANCO WILL END UP RACING TO THIRD WITH A TRIPLE. LATROY: HE THOUGHT ABOUT RACING HOME. SLIGHTLY ELEVATED. WASN'T ABLE TO GET OVER THAT HIGH WALL IN RIGHT FIELD.

NONETHELESS, A TRIPLE. FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THIS RUN HOME. SCOTT: IT HUNG UP FOR A WHILE. I THINK HE THOUGHT HE HAD IT. I THOUGHT HE HAD IT FOULING OFF THE FIRST PITCH.

LATROY: NOT AN EASY PLAY. ONCE HE SAW IT OFF THE BRICK WALL OUT THERE, HE FIGURED HE HAD A GOOD SHOT OF GETTING TO THIRD BASE. WHEN YOU HAVE GUYS ON BASE, WHO DO YOU WANT HITTING? BASE, WHO DO YOU WANT HITTING? BASE, WHO DO YOU WANT HITTING? SOMEONE ON YOUR TEAM WILL HAVE TO SCORE. I DON'T WHAT YOU TO THINK THAT I AM AGAINST PITCHERS. I AM TRYING TO SEE IT FROM BOTH PERSPECTIVES.

SCOTT: POLANCO IS THE ONLY OPENING DAY POSITION PLAYER WHO HAS AVOIDED THE INJURED LIST. SOMETIMES HE HAS BATTLED THROUGH INJURIES. IT WILL HANG UP LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE THE CATCH. NO EXTRA INSURANCE FOR THE TWINS. ALMOST A HOME RUN FROM POLANCO.

INSTEAD, IT IS A TRIPLE. WE HAVE PLAYED EIGHT. >> LET'S GO. >> THEY DID HAVE AN EDGE. AN INSPIRATIONAL MAN OF SPIRIT.

>> COULD YOU UNDERSTAND HIM? MOST PEOPLE CANNOT UNDERSTAND HIM. >> YOU HAVE TO TALK TO BE A LEADER. THAT IS WHY LEADERS ALWAYS HAVE BIG MOUTHS. >> HE IS THE BEST MANAGER I HAD A CHANCE TO PLAY FOR. SKIES LOSE.

BRINGS A LOT OF ENERGY. >> HE IS REALLY GOOD AT KNOWING HIS CLUBHOUSE DAY IN AND DAY OUT. >> THOSE GUYS WILL GO ANYWHERE WITH ME. >> PLAYING FUNDAMENTAL BASEBALL, THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYED. >> THAT SCORES THE TYING RUN.

THE WHITE SOX HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD. >> THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE THING THEY HAVE GOING HERE IN CHICAGO. SCOTT: THE DIFFERENCE TODAY, JORGE POLANCO CONTINUING TO IMPRESS. OPPOSITE FIELD WITH THAT SHOT. LATROY: HE IS SO LOCKED IN RIGHT NOW.

HE HAS BEEN PULLING THE BALL WITH A LOT OF AUTHORITY. SCOTT: ALEX COLOME TO TRY TO SHUT THE DOOR FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE DAY. PICKED UP BY THE TWINS FOR THIS SEASON. VERY ROCKY BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. THE WHITE SOX HAVE DOMINATED THE SEASON SERIES.

BUT THE TWINS ARE PLAYING THEM TODAY WELL THIS WEEK. LATROY: THEY HAVE PLAYED BETTER AGAINST ALL THEIR OPPONENTS IN THE LAST 14 DAYS. HE HAS BEEN THE ULTIMATE PROFESSIONAL. THAT HAS NOT BEEN HIM THIS YEAR. HE IS NOT WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE AT.

SCOTT: HERE WE GO AGAIN HE WILL USE THAT CUTTER ABOUT 66% OF THE TIME. LATROY: IS CUTTER TO GET UP TO 93. SOME OF THAT SAME MOVEMENT. SCOTT: INTO THE SHIFT. GOODWIN IS THE FIRST OUT.

MIGUEL SANO MAKES THE CATCH FROM JORGE POLANCO. >> GET OUT. YOU ARE THE BEST. WHAT A HITTER. OPPOSITE FIELD.

HE IS SHOWING THE POWER. SCOTT: I THINK WE HAVE A FUTURE BROADCASTER. LATROY: IT IS SO COOL TO SEE HOW FAR HE HAS COME. HOW COMFORTABLE HE IS SPEAKING ENGLISH. THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO HIM AND HIS HARD WORK THEY WORK HARD AT IT.

SCOTT: ADAM ENGEL. A BOLOGNESE STRIKE. REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME. HE WAS QUIZZING BLANCO ABOUT HIS APPROACH. HE SAID HE JUST HAS TO GO UP THE MIDDLE AND HIT THE BALL HARD EVERY TIME.

AND HE DOES. HE GOES DEEP UP THE MIDDLE. TWO OUTS IN THE NINTH. LATROY: ADAM ENGEL HAD A FASTBALL YESTERDAY TO STRAIGHTAWAY CENTER FIELD FOR A HOME RUN RID THAT PITCH RIGHT THERE WAS A CUTTER. IT KIND OF BACKED UP A LITTLE BIT.

REALLY GOOD PITCH. TWO OUTS IN THE NINTH INNING. SCOTT: LAST CHANCE, JAKE LAMB. HE SINGLED IN THE FIFTH. JUST A DAY OFF FOR YOAN MONCADA.

HE WILL BE BACK IN THERE TOMORROW. LAMB IS A FORMER ALL-STAR. LOOK AT THAT BENCH. THAT IS A STACKED BENCH. LATROY: A DAY GAME AFTER A NIGHT GAME.

GIVING SOME OF HIS STAR PLAYERS THE AFTERNOON OFF. SCOTT: NICE CROWD TODAY IN MINNEAPOLIS. BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR BASEBALL. LATROY: PEOPLE ARE JUST HAPPY TO BE OUT. SCOTT: OVER 22,000 FILLING UP TARGET FIELD TODAY.

YOU ARE APPEARING IN THE NINTH. LATROY: A CUTTER DOWN. SEE IF HE CAN GET JAKE LAMB TO SWING OVER TOP OF THAT. HE TRIED. THAT WAS WAY OUT.

SCOTT: LET'S SEE IF COLUMN A CONFINED THE ZONE. THAT IS A FOUL BALL. THIS IS THE 19TH AND FINAL MEETING OF THE SEASON BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS. THE WHITE SOX HAVE TAKEN 13 OF THEM. LATROY: I'M SURE THE WHITE SOX ARE UPSET THEY DO NOT GET TO FACE THEM ANYMORE.

SCOTT: OK. NOW A FULL COUNT TO JAKE LAMB. LEURY GARCIA IS LOOMING. LATROY: SO FAR ALEX COLOME HAS BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PITCH HIM AWAY. SO FAR NOTHING OVER THE HEART OF THE PLATE.

SCOTT: IF HE CAN HIT IT A LONG WAY. LATROY: THAT IS THE REASON THE TWINS ARE STAYING AWAY FROM HIM. SCOTT: THEY CONTINUE TO DO SO. PICKING AROUND THE EDGES AND WALKING JAKE LAMB. LATROY: NOT A STRIKE.

HE DID WALK THAT GUY. EARLY IN THE YEAR, HE PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE WALKED HIM RID HE PROBABLY WOULD'VE MISSED WITH SOMETHING OVER THE PLATE AND GOT HURT BY. HE IS A BABEL -- HE IS ABLE TO STAY AWAY FROM THE HITTER IN A SPOT LIKE THAT. SCOTT: HERE IS GARCIA. FIRST PITCH, CHOPPER.

POLANCO MAKES THE PLAY, GAME OVER. THE TWINS TAKE IT 1-0.50TH WIN OF THE YEAR FOR MINNESOTA. HERE COMES THE YOUTUBE PLAYER OF THE GAME QUESTION. LATROY: I WILL GIVE IT TO JORGE POLANCO. HE HIT THE HOME RUN.

WITHOUT IT, WE ARE SITTING HERE GETTING READY TO SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH. SCOTT: WE WILL SEE IF THEY LISTEN TO YOU. LET'S HIT THE POSTGAME SHOW. IT IS PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE. LAUREN GARDNER WILL BE JOINING US SOON AS THE TWINS WILL OFF A W AND A SERIOUS VICTORY.

CHICAGO WILL MOVE ON TO IOWA. FIRST EVER MAJOR LEAGUE GAME PLAYED IN IOWA. THE FIELD OF DREAMS GAME TOMORROW. THEY WERE MISSING SOME PRETTY BIG BATS FROM THE LINEUP TODAY. LATROY: THEY WERE.

GIVE THE TWINS CREDIT. THEY WENT OUT THERE AND PITCHED. NOT MUCH OFFENSE FROM EITHER TEAM. ONE RUN HAPPENS TO BE ENOUGH TO WIN THE GAME. THIS WAS A WELL PITCHED GAME.

A LOT OF FUN. A FUN GAME TO CALL. I ENJOYED IT. SCOTT: I LIKE WATCHING THE PITCHING AND LISTENING TO YOU GO OVER WHAT THE STARTERS WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER, BOTH OF THEM WERE EXCELLENT. BAILEY OVER WAS SPECIAL.

THE BULLPENS FROM BOTH SIDES REALLY SHOWED A BIG. LATROY: THE WHITE SOX HAVE AN INCREDIBLE BULLPEN, AND INCREDIBLE ROTATION. ONE BAD PITCH, BLANCO HIT THE BALL OUT OF THE BALLPARK, THEY CAN LIVE WITH THAT. THEY DID NOT GIVE UP A CROOKED NUMBER. THEY PUT THE BALL OVER THE PLATE.

THE TWINS HAVE PLAYED A LOT BETTER THE LAST 10 DAYS. A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY HAVE THROWN THE BALL OVER THE WAY. THAT INCLUDES STARTERS AND RELIEVERS. SCOTT: JOINING US RIGHT NOW IS JORGE POLANCO. WITH THE HOME RUN AND LATER THE TRIPLE.

CONGRATS. WE CAUGHT SOME SOUND AS MIGUEL SANO WAS MIKE DEPP TODAY. HE SAID THE PLAN WAS UP THE MIDDLE, THAT THE BALL HARD. >> WE WERE TALKING. LET'S GO UP THE MIDDLE.

LATROY: WE TALK ABOUT HOW YOUR HEALTH BEGAN. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? I AM FEELING GREAT. IT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT MOMENT FOR ME. BUT NOW I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE. I CAN GIVE 100%.

SCOTT: WE ARE SHOWING THE HOME RUN.416 FEET. WOULD YOU SAY THAT IS THE BIGGEST REASON YOU HAVE TURNED IT UP IN THE MONTH OF JULY? DO YOU FEEL BETTER THAN YOU HAVE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF SEASONS? >> I JUST FEEL BETTER. OR HEALTHY. IT FEELS GOOD TO BE HEALTHY. SCOTT: WHAT ABOUT THE TRIPLE UNIT JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO? I THOUGHT IT WAS LEAVING THE YARD.

WE ALL WATCHED IT TOGETHER. WE ALL WISH THAT WALL WAS SHORTER. >> I WISH. I THOUGHT IT WAS A HOMER. AS SOON AS I REALIZED I WASN'T, I BEGAN TO WORRY.

SCOTT: THERE IT IS. THAT WOULD HAVE LEFT THE YARD IN SEVEN OTHER BALLPARKS. YOU END UP WITH A TRIPLE. YOU WILL TAKE IT. NOW YOU PICK UP THE TROPHY.

YOUTUBE PLAYER OF THE GAME. >> I WATCH A LOT OF YOUTUBE. SCOTT: IT WILL HAVE YOUR NAME ENGRAVED ON IT. I LOVE IT. CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING THAT AWARD.

WHAT HAS IT MEANT TO YOU SUSIE REALLY THE ROCK OF THE OFFENSE THIS YEAR? I KNOW NELSON CRUZ HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THE ORGANIZATION. BUT HE MOVED ONTO TO THE TAMPA BAY RAYS. YOU ARE THE GUY PEOPLE ARE TURNING TO AS A VETERAN PRESENT. >> I TRY TO GET EVERYONE TOGETHER. HAVE GOOD CHEMISTRY.

WE ARE JUST TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD. LATROY: YOU HAVE MADE HUGE STRIDES AT SECOND BASE AFTER PLAYING SHORTSTOP FOR A FEW YEARS. AS I TRANSITION THEM? >> IT HAS BEEN GOOD. AS SOON AS I WAS TOLD I WOULD MOVE TO SECOND, I STARTED WORKING ON IT. I DID MY BEST TO GET COMFORTABLE.

I FEEL REALLY GOOD PLAYING SECOND. LATROY: I WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU AND THAT TROPHY. SCOTT: HE IS AN ALL-STAR, HE HAS THE TROPHY. IT WAS YOU UP AGAINST OBER. I THINK IT IS ONLY FAIR TO GIVE SOME CREDIT TO THE PITCHING TODAY.

THE BIG ROOKIE ON THE MOUND. HE USES HIS SIZE. WHAT HAS HE LOOKED LIKE? >> HE LOOKS REALLY GOOD. TODAY WAS SPECIAL FOR HIM. HE THREW A REALLY GOOD GAME.

HE COMMANDED HIS PITCHES. THIS WAS ONE OF HIS BEST OUTINGS. HE PICKS UP THE PACE. WE A PATIENT -- WE APPRECIATE IT. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. SCOTT: JORGE POLANCO, REALLY WINNING BY A LANDSLIDE. NOT CLOSE.

OBER IS A ROOKIE. HE IS BUILDING UP HIS REPUTATION. LATROY: HE DID A GREAT JOB. AS MANY ZEROS AS HE PUT UP TODAY, HE STILL DOESN'T GET ANYWHERE WITHOUT THE HOME RUN. THAT WAS A HUGE HOME RUN.

THE ONLY RUN OF THE DAY. THE ONLY RUN THAT THE TWINS NEEDED. SCOTT: YOU HAD LANCE LYNN SCRATCHED FROM THIS GAME FOR CHICAGO. THE VATS DID NOT GET GOING WITH THE WHITE SOX. THE NUMBERS FROM CHICAGO CAN BE DECEIVING.

SAME THING WITH THE HOME RUNS. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SAMPLE SIZE LATELY. MAYBE JUST FOCUS ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON. SUDDENLY THE ELOY JIMENEZ IS BACK, LUIS ROBERT CAME BACK, YASMANI GRANDAL HAS BEEN MISSING FOR A WHILE. WHEN YOU PACK IT ALL AND THE STARS ARE IN PLACE FOR CHICAGO, THERE ARE NOT MANY WE IS IS.

THE IDENTITY OF THIS TEAM IS RUN PREVENTION. THE STARTING ROTATION IS AS GOOD AS ANY BASEBALL. THIS IS A FORCE. LATROY: THIS TEAM HAS BEEN WELL CONSTRUCTED OVER THE YEARS. IT HAS ALL COME TO THIS POINT.

THEY WERE REALLY GOOD LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR, EVERYTHING CAME TOGETHER. WHEN THEY PUT THIS TEAM TOGETHER, THEY HAVE POWER, SPEED , I'M SURE THE ROTATION IS PROBABLY BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. AND BULLPEN. YOU ARE TAKING A CHANCE ON THAT.

THEY PROBABLY KNEW HE HAD THE TOOLS AND THE PITCHES TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE SEEN THAT BEFORE. EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE FROM THEIR FRONT OFFICE PERSPECTIVE HAS WORKED OUT OR THIS. THEY DEFINITELY HAVE A REAL GOOD CHANCE OF MAKING A DEEP RUN IN THE PLAYOFFS. SCOTT: ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY PICK UP CESAR HERNANDEZ.

LUIS ROBERT IS BACK. THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR THE WHITE SOX. ON THE TWINS SIDE, ASIDE FROM THE SOUR TASTE IN THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR, THEY HAVE BEEN ABOUT.500 ON THE SEASON. IT IS TIME FOR THE YOUNG GUYS TO STEP UP. OBER REALLY SHOWED UP IN A BIG WAY.

LET'S GO THROUGH HIS START. HE WAS COMING OFF AN IMPRESSIVE OUTING AGAINST HOUSTON. AGAINST A DYNAMIC OFFENSE. GOING UP AGAINST SOME PRETTY BIG TALENTS. THAT FASTBALL UP IN THE ZONE, IT IS GOOD.

SCOTT: MY KEYS WHEN THE GAME STARTED WERE HIS FASTBALL AND GETTING STRIKEOUTS WITH HIS FASTBALL. ELEVATING IT IN THE ZONE. HE HAD TO SPIN THE BALL. HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB USING HIS SLIDER. IT WAS A LOT BETTER.

THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE PITCHING COACH AND THE BULLPEN COACH GETTING OUT THERE AND WORKING WITH THEM AND CONVEYING TO HIM THAT YOUR FASTBALL IS GOOD BUT YOU WILL NEED A SECONDARY PITCH THAT YOU WILL NEED TO WORK ON. HIS SLIDER WAS VERY GOOD TODAY. THAT COMPLEMENTS HIS FASTBALL. IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER PITCH, IT MAKES THAT OTHER PITCH SO MUCH BETTER. SCOTT: THAT IS A REALLY HEALTHY MARK GOING UP AGAINST THE WHITE SOX.

WITH HEAR WHAT HE SAID POSTGAME. HE WAS VERY CONFIDENT. HE WAS NOT WENDED OR TIRED. I AM EXHAUSTED FROM THE. -- THE HEAT.

SIX STRIKEOUTS. THAT IS ONLY NEEDED. YOU GUYS KICK OFF SEASON-LONG HOME STAND WITH A SERIES VICTORY OVER THE WHITE SOX. HOW GOOD IS IT TO BE HOME IT FEELS GREAT. WE HAVE A LONG ROAD TRIP.

HOPEFULLY THE NEXT COUPLE SERIES WILL DO THE SAME. LAUREN: LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCE TODAY. YOU WERE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND SHUT DOWN ONE OF THE BEST LINEUPS IN BASEBALL AREA >> WE JUST WANTED TO ATTACK THESE GUYS. SEE IF THEY COULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. TRY TO MAKE THESE GUYS HIT OUR BEST STUFF.

I RELIEVERS CAME IN AND PLAYED GREAT. LAUREN: GOOD EFFORT ALL AROUND. WE THOUGHT IT WAS A HOMER BUT IT WAS A TRIPLE. WHAT DOES HIS PRESENCE MEAN TO THIS CLUB? >> IT IS GREAT. THAT IS JUST TOO HE IS.

THAT IS WHO HE WILL BE EVERY SINGLE DAY. A GUY WHO WILL GIVE US HIS ALL EVERY SINGLE AT BAT. YOU KNOW HE CAN DO SOMETHING SPECIAL LIKE THAT EVERY TIME HE GOES UP THERE. LAUREN: IT WILL BE NELSON CRUZ BACK IN MINNESOTA. WHAT TYPE OF HOMECOMING WILL HE RECEIVE? >> HE WILL GET A STANDING OVATION FOR SURE.

WE MISS HIM HERE. I KNOW THESE GUYS WILL TRY TO MIX IN SOME STUFF. JUST BECAUSE THEY KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT. IT IS ALWAYS COOL WHEN YOU SEE OLD TEAMMATES COME TO PLAY. LAUREN: THE WHITE SOX ARE FIRMLY IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT IN YOUR DIVISION.

WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE DOWN THE STRETCH? >> I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH SEASON. BUT WE WILL TRY TO GET BETTER EVERY SINGLE DAY. LAUREN: CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK HE ECHOED WHAT ROCCO BALDELLI WAS TELLING US, THEY ARE NOT JUST GOING TO LAY DOWN AND GIVE UP. THEY WILL FOCUS ON THE YOUTH.

THEY RESTRUCTURED SOME OF THE DAYS HERE AT THE BALLPARK TO FOCUS ON FUNDAMENTALS. OF COURSE I HAD TO ASK HIM IF HE PLAYED BASKETBALL. HE SAID HE WAS VERY GOOD BUT PITCHING WAS HIS THING. SCOTT: OF COURSE. YOU HAVE TO ASK WHEN SOMEONE IS THAT TALL.

THANK YOU. LATROY: HE MAKES ME FEEL SMALL. SCOTT: HE DOES. RUN PREVENTION WHEN IT WORKS. YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE SPLITS.

PITCHING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR MINNESOTA. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE BETTER. THE TWINS ARE PLAYING INSPIRING BASEBALL DOWN THE STRETCH. MUCH MORE A MOMENT. ♪ >> HE JUST SMOKES IT.

>> FORGET ABOUT IT. >> THAT WHAT IS GOING TO GO. >> THAT BALL WAS CROUCHED. >> THIS IS GOING TO DO IT. >> THAT IS A GREAT PLAY.

>> THAT WAS REMARKABLE. ♪ >> SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS WHAT THEY CAME FOR. >> DEREK JETER HAS DONE IT. >> DEEP RIGHT CENTER FIELD. THIS BALL IS GONE.

>> FROM THE CORNFIELDS OF IOWA, THE FIELD OF DREAMS PLAYS HOST TO THE YANKEES AND THE WHITE SOX AREA >> IN THE GAME OF BASEBALL, THERE IS A SPECIAL PLACE. A PLACE FOUND DEEP INSIDE ANYONE WHO HAS PUT THAT BALL. A PLACE BILLED BY TRADITION AND LIT BY THE WARM GLOW OF MEMORIES. A PLACE WHERE THE BOYS OF SUMMER DREAM ABOUT FALL. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT JERSEY THEY WEAR.

THIS IS WHERE THEY PLAY THEIR BEST. A PROVING GROUND WHERE LEGENDS ARE CULTIVATED. A FIELD OF DREAMERS,. THEY COME TO FULFILL A PROMISE ABOUT THEMSELVES. NUMBERS FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS.

THIS IS ABOUT THE GAME. EVERY GENERATION HAS THEIR CHANCE TO REWRITE MYTHOLOGY. TWO AT THE PRESENT TO OUR PASTIME. HISTORY IN THE MAKING. THEY STILL LONG TO COME BACK.

THEY HAVE BUILT IT, AND WE HAVE COME. IT IS IN HEAVEN, BUT IT IS PRETTY DARN CLOSE. SCOTT: IT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE HEAVEN. IT IS GOING TO BE AWESOME.1989 IS WHEN THAT FILM CAME OUT. IT IS STILL BEING TALKED ABOUT.

THE STRUCTURE OF THE BALLPARK. THE DIMENSIONS ARE PRETTY TIGHT. HE COULD PRODUCE SOME LONG BALLS. SOME BASEBALLS THAT DISAPPEAR INTO THE FIELDS. LATROY: I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

I WILL DEFINITELY TUNE IN. IT WILL BE A GREAT DAY. IT WILL BE HUGE. SCOTT: A THOUSAND HANDS WILL BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO WATCH THAT ONE. IT IS A HOT TICKET.

IT IS SOLD OUT. IT IS TOUGH TO FIND. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. LATROY: WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE? SCOTT: I'M SURE IT WILL BE HOT. IT IS A NIGHT GAME.

UNDER THE LIGHTS. MAYBE IT WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER. LET'S CHECK OUT THE POSTSEASON PICTURE. CHICAGO IS LEADING THE DIVISION. YOU HAVE A YANKEE TEAM THAT IS HUNGRY RIGHT NOW.

THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR A DIVISION. THEY ARE SEVEN GAMES BACK WITH COMPETITIVE TEAMS IN FRONT OF THEM. THEY ARE A COUPLE OF GAMES AWAY FROM A WILD-CARD SEED. THEY MEET UP WITH THE RED SOX EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE YANKEES MATCHUP AGAINST CHICAGO TOMORROW AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE AN OFF DAY.

THE YANKEES WILL PLAY THE ANGELS ON MONDAY AND THEN THE RED SOX IN A SERIES NEXT WEEK. YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF BIG TEAMS. YOU LOOK AT HOW BIG THE ELOY JIMENEZ AND JOSE ABREU ARE. THE YANKEES WITH JUDGE AND STANTON. JOEY GALLO JOINTS THAT TEAM AS WELL.

IT WILL BE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING. YOU ARE LOOKING AT BIG DUDES SHOWING UP TO THE BALLPARK. BIGGER DUDES THAN THE ONES WE SAW IN THE MOVIE. LATROY: THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME STAR POWER. GUYS LIKE STANTON AND JUDGE.

SCOTT: LANCE LYNN WILL BE STARTING. HE IS A BIG BOY ON THE MOUND. THE CY YOUNG FRONT RUNNER AT THIS POINT. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TODAY. THEY DECIDED TO PUSH HIM TO TOMORROW.

THERE WERE A FEW REASONS GIVEN TO US. THE BULLPEN IS RESTED. LET'S MOVE HIM TO WHERE HE WILL HAVE MORE WORK. THIS IS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME GAME. YOU HAVE YOUR VETERAN CY YOUNG FRONT RUNNER ON THE MOUND.

YOU ARE IN A DIVISION THAT YOU HAVE A MUCH IN HAND AT THE MOMENT. IT MAKES SENSE THAT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE HIM GOING, YOU GO TO ONE OF YOUR OTHER TOP GUNS. LATROY: WHY WASTE HIM ON MINNESOTA WHEN YOU CAN A SHAM BACK A DAY AND HAVE HIM START AGAINST A TEAM THAT IS POSSIBLY IN THE PLAYOFF HUNT? WHEN YOU START BEING THOSE TYPE OF TEAMS. I THINK EVERYONE IN THE CENTRAL DIVISION IS BELOW 500 YOU START BEATING SOME OF THOSE TEAMS ATOP OTHER DIVISIONS IN THE PLAYOFF RACE, THAT IS WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR TEAM IS UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. SCOTT: THAT IS A GREAT CALL.

IT IS NOT NECESSARILY YOUR FAULT. YOU ARE TAKING ON TEAMS IN A WEAKER DIVISION. THEY ARE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH A GAUNTLET SET STARTS WITH THE YANKEES. GAMES AGAINST THE RED SOX IN THE BLUE JAYS. THE TIME MATCHUPS COMING UP.

THE WHITE SOX HAVE A TRUE TEST COMING UP. LANCE LYNN WILL START THAT OFF TOMORROW NINE. THEY LOSE THIS SERIES. TWINS TAKE TWO OUT OF THREE. >> WE HAD SOME TIME WHERE HE WAS REALLY SWINGING THE BAT WELL.

HE HURT IT. IT JUST CAME OUT. THE BIG HEARD -- HURT. FROM THERE ON, THAT WAS IT. IT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE GREAT NICKNAMES IN BASEBALL.

YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW BIG HE IS UNTIL YOU STAND NEXT TO HIM. THIS GUY IS A MONSTER. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. ONE DAY HE CAME OUT TO BATTING PRACTICE AT OUR PLACE AND HE HAD AN ALUMINUM BAT. IT WAS A JOKE.

HE WAS HITTING BALLS OVER THE CONCOURSE.600 FEET. >> HERE COMES THE BIG HURT. YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD, YES! >> LET'S GO. I AM HERE AT FIRST BASE WITH ONE OF THE BEST HITTERS IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, M. V.

P. LAST YEAR, JOSE ABREU. >> WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? TRYING TO DRIVE THE BALL TO LEFT FIELD, RIGHT FIELD, MIDDLE? OK. THAT IS WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO NEXT HAVE BEEN. >> YOU NEVER WATCHED MY MOVIE? >> YOU HAVE A MOVIE? >> THAT IS ME.

>> GET OUT. THE BEST HITTER. YOU ARE THE BEST. WHAT A HITTER. OPPOSITE FIELD? OPPOSITE WAY? WOW.

JORGE POLANCO.1-0 AGAINST THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. YOU ARE UNBELIEVABLE. SCOTT: YOU ARE THE MAN, THE MIGUEL SANO. THE GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE.

MIGUEL SANO IS A FUTURE PLAY-BY-PLAY GUY. CAN CALL THE GAME. HE KNOWS THE STATS, HE IS MAKING THE CALLS. HE IS TELLING YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE KONTOS -- CONTEST. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME WITH THE MICROPHONE TODAY.

LATROY: IT WAS GREAT CONTENT. I LOVE TO HEAR AND SEE THE STRIDES HE HAS MADE WITH HIS ENGLISH. NOT VERY MUCH SPANISH. HE WAS SO COMFORTABLE. HE GAVE US WHAT WE NEEDED.

SCOTT: PURE GOLD. YOU CAN HEAR MORE OF THE MIKED UP CONTENT. AND NOW WE WILL GIVE YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS ONE. THE ROOKIE MAKING HIS 13TH CAREER START. HE HAS BEEN BETTER IN THE MONTH OF JULY.

SWING AND A MISS. IT HAS A BIT OF A DIFFERENT FEEL. SOME EXTRA LIFE TO IT. THAT IS PRETTY GOOD STUFF.1-2-3 FIRST. LOPEZ FINDS OUT HE WILL BE THE MAN ON THE MOUND TODAY.

THERE IS A STRIKE OUT THREE PITCHES. THERE IS 94 UP. BACKING UP. HE HAS IT. LATROY: HIS CHANGEUP IS THE BIGGEST SEPARATOR.

SCOTT: THIRD K OF THE DAY FOR OBER. FISHING. THAT SHOULD BE PLAYABLE. ANDRELTON SIMMONS HAS IT. THE HEADS UP TO FIRE IT BACK INTO THE INFIELD.

THEY CHASE UPSTAIRS. THAT WILL DROP. THAT MISSED. IT WORKED. A COUPLE OF MORE STRIKEOUTS.

A LITTLE MORE PRESSURE. JORGE POLANCO MUSCLES UP. THE ELOY JIMENEZ HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL HITTERS. JUAN MINAYA IS EXCITED ABOUT IT. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER.

BLANCO ALMOST MADE IT A TWO HOME RUN PERFORMANCE ON THE DAY. NINTH INNING ACTION. ALEX COLOME LOOKING TO PICK UP SAVES. YOU HEARD ALL THE POMP AND CIRCUMVENT FROM MY MIGUEL SANO. A VICTORY FOR MINNESOTA BEFORE THE WHITE SOX HEAD TO IOWA.

THE WHITE SOX ARE 19 GAMES ABOVE.500. THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER A STRONG SEASON. GETTING STRONGER AS A BALLCLUB. THERE ARE A FEW NOTES. WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH A COMFORTABLE DIVISION LEAD, HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN YOUR COMPETITIVENESS.

YOU WANT THEM TO PLAY. YOU WANT THEM TO STAY HEALTHY. TO BE FULLY INTACT FOR OCTOBER BASEBALL. LATROY: A LOT OF THINGS TO GO WRONG WHEN IT'S TIME FOR THE PLAYOFFS. THEY REST THEIR GHYZEL LITTLE BIT EARLY.

SOME GUYS GET STALE. THEY TAKE TIME OFF. THEY TAKE TOO MANY DAYS OFF. TONY LA RUSSA HAS A REAL GOOD PULSE ON THIS TEAM. A COUPLE OF OTHER GUYS DID NOT PLAY.

THAT WAS JUST THIS GAME. IT WON'T HAPPEN LIKE THAT MANY OTHER TIMES. ONE DAY OFF FOR TIM ANDERSON OUT OF THE WEEK. YOU HAVE TO STAY FRESH. THIS TEAM IS BUILT TO MAKE A RUN IN THE PLAYOFFS.

IT IS NOT BUILT TO BE KNOCKED OUT IN THE FIRST ROUND. THEY ARE GOING FOR IT. THEY ARE TRYING TO HIT A GRAND SLAM. THIS IS THE YEAR. WE COULD TALK ABOUT NEXT YEAR BUT, THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

MAKING A DEEP RUN. THEY WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING. THEIR BULLPEN WILL HAVE TO STAY SOLID. THEY WILL HAVE TO HIT FOR POWER. MOST OF THEM ARE GENERATED OFF THE HOME RUN.

THEY CAN SCORE RUNS WITHOUT HAVING TO HIT THE BALL OUT OF THE BALLPARK. THERE HITTERS HAVE MADE ADJUSTMENTS OVER THE YEARS. THE HITTER WILL TAKE THE SINGLE. THEY WILL HIT THE BALL WHERE IT IS PITCHED. THAT IS PAYING DIVIDENDS FOR THEM.

TIM ANDERSON DID NOT COME UP AND SWING THE BALL THAT WELL. NOT THAT GOOD OF A HITTER. TAKE WITH THE TEAM IS GIVING YOU. WITH THE HOME RUNS HAPPEN ORGANICALLY. SCOTT: HE IS A CONSISTENT HITTER.

THIS IS A BIG RUN FOR US. IN PERSON. I LOVE IT. I APPRECIATE IT. WE COME BACK TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, BLUE JAYS AND NATIONALS.

COVERAGE BEGINS WITH OUR PREGAME SHOW. IT IS A NIGHT GAME. WE WILL SEE YOU THEN. OUR ENTIRE CREW HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON YOUTUBE.

Source : MLB