[SPEAKER_05]: The Boston Red Sox win a playoff game against the New York Yankees in tremendous fashion.

[SPEAKER_05]: Three to one is the final score, but it fell at many times that the final result would be different.

[SPEAKER_05]: I'm Nick the Voice, joined tonight by Pretty Full House, Chris Felico, Jeremy Schilling, Doug Hs and Terry Cochman, Jr.

[SPEAKER_05]: and Jason Kelly.

[SPEAKER_05]: We are the bastards of Boston.

[SPEAKER_05]: Thanks so much for joining us.

[SPEAKER_05]: Let's lead off with the ace himself.

[SPEAKER_05]: Garrett Crochet with just about as flawless of a game as you could have asked for, save for the single home run he gave up.

[SPEAKER_05]: 11K is four hits, seven point two outs.

[SPEAKER_05]: And personally I was biting my nails when he came out for the eighth inning.

[SPEAKER_05]: I thought it was going to be a mistake.

[SPEAKER_05]: He was already in a hundred pitches and he got two outs and honestly going to Chapman right after that it was one of those things that I thought was going to backfire on us.

[SPEAKER_05]: I was ready to scream, Korra, but I can't fall to the night because the players succeeded.

[SPEAKER_05]: What did you guys think about Garrett crochet, let's start with Chris.

[SPEAKER_08]: Well, this miserable bastard, no pun intended is giddy.

[SPEAKER_08]: I mean, it was a great start from crochet.

[SPEAKER_08]: And yeah, so it was near flawless.

[SPEAKER_08]: You know what to be fair to?

[SPEAKER_08]: Freed was flawless.

[SPEAKER_08]: The biggest difference in this game was after that home run, which rear to totally head and you start thinking, oh, God, is this gonna become a thing?

[SPEAKER_08]: And he settled down.

[SPEAKER_08]: I think he retired next 15 batters.

[SPEAKER_08]: And the socks, even though they weren't able to break through against freedom, [SPEAKER_08]: they worked the counts, they had him in trouble a couple times, he was able to get out of it to his credit, but ended up proving costly because he didn't get to go as far into this game as Garra Crochet, and that was a difference.

[SPEAKER_08]: And the socks were able to rally against the Yankees, bullpen, which was absolutely horrible.

[SPEAKER_08]: And then Chapman gave us three heart attacks, and we take game one, hats off.

[SPEAKER_06]: Jeremy.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I mean, this is why you went and got him, right?

[SPEAKER_01]: This is why you went and got him from the white socks, [SPEAKER_01]: And I'm watching the on and off at work, the Tigers Guardians game today and scoobles just completely shoves absolute monster and I'm just wondering all day if that's the player we got we're going to get and we got him.

[SPEAKER_01]: He was awesome.

[SPEAKER_01]: He was nails.

[SPEAKER_01]: You know, I guess he does have some left in the tank because we're into the post season and this is the same guy he's been all year.

[SPEAKER_01]: Um, and if we can find a way to win tomorrow, I mean, the expectation is maybe he's not going to be this good, but he's going to pitch in the sixth, seventh inning, give you a chance to win, you know, as a worry, gave up the home run, but with no traffic on base.

[SPEAKER_01]: So it doesn't kill you.

[SPEAKER_01]: So low home runs don't sink you unless you give up three or four of them.

[SPEAKER_01]: So, you know, uh, the balls by core in my opinion to bring him out in the eighth, [SPEAKER_01]: Um, you know, already at 100 pitches and it works out, you know, Kora and I'm sure we'll get into it.

[SPEAKER_01]: But Kora pulled a lot of the right moves tonight and kind of got us where we needed to be and, you know, it starts with crochet.

[SPEAKER_01]: It starts with your ace.

[SPEAKER_01]: You set him up to pitch game one and he did everything you would expect to true big-time ace to do Doug.

[SPEAKER_00]: He was sensational, 117 pitches pump in 99.

[SPEAKER_00]: No, just blowing it by guys still in the eighth, you know, with a high pitch count, people think, oh, he's tired.

[SPEAKER_00]: Is this?

[SPEAKER_00]: He threw 115 plus pumping 99, pumping 100 at guys.

[SPEAKER_00]: The best pinch of performance we've seen in a Red Talks uniform in a long time.

[SPEAKER_00]: A lot may be since that evolved the game in the world series.

[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, it just, this is what you need.

[SPEAKER_00]: This is what wins play off series.

[SPEAKER_00]: We've been saying it the whole time.

[SPEAKER_00]: You know, this is why I keep saying, I said all year, I feel good about a three game series when you have crochet.

[SPEAKER_00]: And this is how this is it.

[SPEAKER_00]: You know, now the numbers are in our favor now.

[SPEAKER_00]: The numbers are in the favor of the guy who wins the first game.

[SPEAKER_00]: We took care of business.

[SPEAKER_00]: It's just a great, great performance.

[SPEAKER_06]: Terry.

[SPEAKER_02]: struggling with the format here on the original, but we'll just try it this way for now, but I feel insane for this, but you know, I said in the chat after the sixth ending, I'm like, well, he'll come out for the seventh.

[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, just the way he ended it, he looks okay.

[SPEAKER_02]: He's still amped up.

[SPEAKER_02]: You could tell as he was leaving the mound.

[SPEAKER_02]: And then in my head, like I said, I feel insane, [SPEAKER_02]: he comes out for the seventh and then the eighth and I'm thinking we're probably way better off with Whitlock, you know, then the chancing it again and giving these guys another look at crochet and the dude just shoved.

[SPEAKER_02]: So I was absolutely incorrect with that thought.

[SPEAKER_02]: Additionally, this kind of checks off the final box for Garrett crochet, you know, the big question coming in was, you know, can he replicate what he did last year with adding, you know, another 20, 30, 40 innings to that and he checked that box off.

[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, maybe there was a little bit of fatigue, but, you know, there was no evidence of it the last couple times out, including tonight.

[SPEAKER_02]: And, you know, he doesn't have David Price syndrome.

[SPEAKER_02]: He can win a game in October.

[SPEAKER_02]: And I just thought it was a brilliant performance.

[SPEAKER_02]: And I liked Cora going to Chapman.

[SPEAKER_02]: I got a little dicey in the ninth inning.

[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, base is loaded.

[SPEAKER_02]: You're like, oh, at least one's gonna score, right?

[SPEAKER_02]: And it didn't, he ended up kind of clamping back down, got the strike out from Stanton.

[SPEAKER_02]: And the next two outs, you would early use the best two pictures you had, and that's all you needed tonight.

[SPEAKER_02]: So it was a good pitching performance.

[SPEAKER_04]: Jason.

[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, Gary Prochet doesn't have to prove anything to anyone anymore because I feel like this guy has been, you know, doubted by especially Boston media and we know how tough Boston media can be.

[SPEAKER_03]: But they've been doubting them all year.

[SPEAKER_03]: First it was, well, do you really want to give up that money prospects for a picture?

[SPEAKER_03]: Then it was, do you really want to give this guy an extension when he hasn't pitched a full season yet?

[SPEAKER_03]: then he still is pitching his balls off all season he has like one shaky start after y'all start break and all it takes a guy like Mazgo up well see he's got a vicious many innings so are we starting to see you know the the second half downfall he finishes the year strong [SPEAKER_03]: We make the playoffs, and then I heard it today was, well, has he ever really pitched a big game like this before?

[SPEAKER_03]: Do we know that we can trust him?

[SPEAKER_03]: And they're going through his stats in 2020 during that bogus season when he was a reliever with the white socks pitching an employee off game.

[SPEAKER_03]: Like, oh, I don't know, he looked a little shaky there, like Yankee Stadium, playoff game, can he really get it done?

[SPEAKER_03]: he got it done.

[SPEAKER_03]: He did exactly what Scooball did for the Tigers.

[SPEAKER_03]: Same thing.

[SPEAKER_03]: He went out there like an ace and he shoved.

[SPEAKER_03]: He made the one mistake and to Jeremy's point, there was nobody on base.

[SPEAKER_03]: Solo home run to Volpi and that stupid short porch.

[SPEAKER_03]: Like how many times does that happen to a pitcher?

[SPEAKER_03]: But that's it.

[SPEAKER_03]: Let's see when the mistake he made.

[SPEAKER_03]: Apart from that, he cruised after that.

[SPEAKER_03]: He was having efficient innings.

[SPEAKER_03]: He was, you know, low pitch count innings.

[SPEAKER_03]: Like that helped him go deep.

[SPEAKER_03]: So, credit to him, like, you know, he didn't have to prove anything to his teammates or to, I think, us, like, you know, realistic fans who, you know, don't always have to find something to complain about, but he proves everyone, I mean, there's no one who can, who can bitch about anything, Gary Crochet has done this season because he just won you that first playoff game, which was absolutely huge.

[SPEAKER_05]: Absolutely.

[SPEAKER_05]: And I have word that a seventh bastard has joined the building Charlie on the streets.

[SPEAKER_05]: What did you think of Garrett Crochet?

[SPEAKER_07]: That was the epitome of what a masterclass performance from a starting pitcher and a closer that absolutely knows the definition of nutting up when you have loaded up the bases in the ninth inning.

[SPEAKER_07]: My two favorite pitches of that inning, jazz chism chirping after 101 on the corner, and then Gresham looking at 86 across the dish, thinking he was going to see 100 again.

[SPEAKER_07]: It was absolutely incredible.

[SPEAKER_07]: To reach school, and Garrett Crochet did what's [SPEAKER_07]: They make very, very minimum mistakes.

[SPEAKER_07]: And I'm talking about one mistake in this game, one mistake of Volpi short, you know, short portal and run as Jason mentioned.

[SPEAKER_07]: Every single picture I think has given up at least one there.

[SPEAKER_07]: But the difference between the two, you got one who struck out 13, I think.

[SPEAKER_07]: We've lingardians in a low pressure situation, and you have Gary crochet pitching in the Bronx as a member of the Boston Red Sox, one of the mech is a baseball and absolutely shoved.

[SPEAKER_07]: So you asked yourself, which performance was better?

[SPEAKER_07]: It's fair to say that both were great.

[SPEAKER_07]: The Sox showed up when they needed to, but that masa two runs single.

[SPEAKER_07]: That is going to be probably the best hit of his career.

[SPEAKER_05]: God, yes.

[SPEAKER_05]: I mean, the Masataki Yoshida RBI parade, we needed it, you know, and that guy needed it.

[SPEAKER_05]: This was dude who I had written off the playoff for us for a month ago.

[SPEAKER_05]: And then over the course of the last month, he firmly proved me wrong.

[SPEAKER_05]: And I love that.

[SPEAKER_05]: You know, Kura really did pull out all the stops tonight.

[SPEAKER_05]: He had three guys pinch hit.

[SPEAKER_05]: It was Yoshida, low and a braille.

[SPEAKER_05]: Out of the three of them, a braille and low combined.

[SPEAKER_05]: Oh, in three, but Yoshida got himself a big hit at the right moment.

[SPEAKER_05]: Funnily enough, it was kind of the same hit he's been getting all season, just an infield hit right up the middle, but no one was there.

[SPEAKER_05]: And ultimately, that gave us the lead.

[SPEAKER_05]: two to one, ultimately we'd win the game three to one, but it all started with Yoshi.

[SPEAKER_05]: What did you guys think of Yoshi da?

[SPEAKER_05]: Cor as decision making and the offense as a whole, and believe me when we get around the horn, I've got a lot of other guys I'd like to shout out because there were a lot of guys deserving of praise, but for right now, let's start it off with Chris.

[SPEAKER_08]: I mean, I think Core of, I mean, he pulled out all the stops.

[SPEAKER_08]: He pulled out all the right moves, it really isn't much to question.

[SPEAKER_08]: I was with Terry, I was getting a little bit concerned when he left crocheting for as long as he did because I just thought that he was wrong in the die since like how many times can you go near the fire without getting burned, but it worked out.

[SPEAKER_08]: But as far as Yoshida, I mean, it's fun.

[SPEAKER_08]: Like I was saying in the war room, I think it was after the second or third derand it that, I was like, my God, what I would give, and I couldn't believe I was saying it, like what I would give to have Yoshida up in that spot.

[SPEAKER_08]: And then sure as hell, he ends up coming up in a big spot, he ends up getting the hit that wins the game.

[SPEAKER_08]: But I mean, it was a group from Snowden, even low, like the next at that that he had and that same inning, I thought he was making that game five to one at that point.

[SPEAKER_08]: The way it came off the bat, [SPEAKER_08]: But you know, other than that, he really didn't do much.

[SPEAKER_08]: But I'll tell you what, so I don't want to give a ton of credit to Nick Sogard.

[SPEAKER_08]: I mean, other than Crochet, he's kind of like my MVP for this game.

[SPEAKER_08]: I mean, a quiet, unsung hero.

[SPEAKER_08]: The abats he put together.

[SPEAKER_08]: And I mean, having the presence of mine to go take two in that situation.

[SPEAKER_08]: Um, when you didn't necessarily need to, but it's just outstanding performance by him.

[SPEAKER_08]: Jeremy.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I mean, I'll touch on the so-guar thing.

[SPEAKER_01]: This guy's been in Worcester all year, you know, and he comes and you want to talk about the environment.

[SPEAKER_01]: It's the same environment for crochets.

[SPEAKER_01]: It was for so-guar Yankee Stadium.

[SPEAKER_01]: No experience in that, you know, atmosphere with that much on the line.

[SPEAKER_01]: And his instincts were to go get to second base and he had a great slide and got there.

[SPEAKER_01]: And as a result, I believe it was one out.

[SPEAKER_01]: So they were away from the double play possibility.

[SPEAKER_01]: And it was a huge play in the game.

[SPEAKER_01]: You're shaded to me, obviously he's a lightning rod because of the contract.

[SPEAKER_01]: But like he gets up, first pitch was the base hit, right?

[SPEAKER_01]: So he gets in the batter's box with a plan.

[SPEAKER_01]: which is probably I would think to hit the best pitch he can hit.

[SPEAKER_01]: And if it's the first pitch, I'm gonna hit it.

[SPEAKER_01]: And so he's not, it wasn't even the hit.

[SPEAKER_01]: It was he didn't shy away from the moment.

[SPEAKER_01]: It wasn't like, let me take one and see what's going on here.

[SPEAKER_01]: He goes in with a plan.

[SPEAKER_01]: He executes the plan.

[SPEAKER_01]: He puts a good swing in the ball.

[SPEAKER_01]: And he has the base hit to win the game.

[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I don't think that should be anything lightly.

[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, to be ready for the moment again, he wasn't in the game.

[SPEAKER_01]: That was a pinch hit first pitch base hit to take the lead.

[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, that's a player that's prepared, that's ready to go and not, you know, crumble in that atmosphere in that moment, you know, and you can't help, but start to grip the bat a little bit harder.

[SPEAKER_01]: Because again, as I believe Chris said, they had their their chances, you know, and they just they can't get that big hit with runners and scoring position.

[SPEAKER_01]: uh...

bregman is just bitten by it at this point although he had the big double in the in the ninth it to give the extra run there which felt like it was going to be really important with the base is loaded in one out but you know i mean the little things are what's going to win these games i can't believe i'm saying that about this team because in june all those things went the wrong way but hopefully they they loosen up tomorrow because i think they're going to need to score more than three tomorrow dug yeah i don't know about you guys i felt good with mass at the point [SPEAKER_00]: Like, I felt like, you know, like, I knew we were going to pinch at him right when they threw that right when they started the inning with a radio, okay, we're going to pinch it.

[SPEAKER_00]: Well, you know, we can pinch it.

[SPEAKER_00]: Masa, I wanted to see him at the plate.

[SPEAKER_00]: and he pulled through.

[SPEAKER_00]: And it was just a great piece of hitting, right in the gap.

[SPEAKER_00]: And yeah, so God, I mean, we've talked about it before that you need a couple rookies, a couple young guys and the playoffs that have no pressure on them and they just go up and they just feel free and they go up and they play baseball and they get big hits and play off series happens every year, you see it.

[SPEAKER_00]: And this was no different.

[SPEAKER_00]: It's just great tonight and so was Eaton.

[SPEAKER_00]: Eaton was good, you know, and then, you know, you have Trevor and Braining getting two hits each at the top.

[SPEAKER_00]: It's just, it was just that we were getting them on.

[SPEAKER_00]: You know, there was a point where we had more hits than even like the fourth inning.

[SPEAKER_00]: You know, we were still getting to free kind of, we were getting guys on, we were getting hits.

[SPEAKER_00]: Our problem was still driving them in.

[SPEAKER_00]: But, you know, once we did, this team is hard to beat without, without bullpen.

[SPEAKER_00]: Well, if we can really get a lead in the later ratings, I always like how chances.

[SPEAKER_06]: Terry.

[SPEAKER_02]: You know, I guess Masa was the hero for driving in the two runs and theoretically.

[SPEAKER_02]: That's all you needed because the Yankee's only scored one.

[SPEAKER_02]: But.

[SPEAKER_02]: The guy that really ramped up the pressure on New York quite a bit tonight was Narvaya's by the, with those excellent plate appearances drawing three walks.

[SPEAKER_02]: He didn't have a hit on the night, but just max freed in the four fifth and sixth inning, seemed to get the first two outs easily and then just struggled mightily to get the final out [SPEAKER_02]: He came out of the game with nobody on, you know, he, you know, he was up for the win if if the Yankees bullpen could have held it.

[SPEAKER_02]: But weaver who I feel like struggles against us, it seemed like I know we shall them at least once this year and I thought that was a questionable move on Boons part.

[SPEAKER_02]: Um, but yeah, I just, I really liked Narvaya's, um, you know, at Bats tonight and, you know, story had a big hit, uh, Breggman as well.

[SPEAKER_02]: So, um, not a stellar night, it wouldn't have been ugly if you lost one to nothing.

[SPEAKER_02]: And, you know, I mean, this lineup shouldn't be, this shouldn't be a deep October lineup, [SPEAKER_02]: you know, fairy tales happen.

[SPEAKER_02]: And, you know, we'll see what they do.

[SPEAKER_02]: But I do agree tomorrow will be a higher scoring game.

[SPEAKER_02]: I don't think BAYO is going to be as dominant as Crochet was.

[SPEAKER_02]: And, you know, we'll see what they do.

[SPEAKER_02]: But I do agree tomorrow will be a higher scoring game.

[SPEAKER_02]: I don't think BAYO is going to be as dominant as, uh, Crochet was.

[SPEAKER_02]: And, [SPEAKER_02]: Is it Rodon that we're up against that would assume yeah, we've definitely gotten to him not so much the last two or three times But I know earlier in the season we hit him pretty good.

[SPEAKER_02]: So just depends on what he has left in the tank, you know after I don't know if this is the most innings of his career But it's probably one of the most innings, you know, for a guy that's typically injury prune Jason [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I'm glad you brought Nerviahs.

[SPEAKER_03]: Those three walks were really clutch.

[SPEAKER_03]: And especially because they were all on close calls.

[SPEAKER_03]: And you know, whether it was intentional gamesmanship or not, but him just kind of throwing the bat down right away once the ball was in the glove and kind of turning to the umpire like you really going to call that a strike.

[SPEAKER_03]: You haven't called it a strike all night.

[SPEAKER_03]: Like I don't know if that affected it at all, but if it did smart move by Nerviahs, like especially as you pose and catch or like if you call [SPEAKER_03]: then we're expanding our strike zone next inning.

[SPEAKER_03]: So it was a smart move by him.

[SPEAKER_03]: Those walks are really clutch.

[SPEAKER_03]: And I think just kind of shows you the difference between these two teams where the Red Sox got contributions from other guys, right?

[SPEAKER_03]: You know, Nate eating with that sort of jam shot, blue pit.

[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, that really was an excuse me, kind of double.

[SPEAKER_03]: And there's anyone button our bias on firstly, probably scores.

[SPEAKER_03]: But you got, you got him going Nick Sox [SPEAKER_03]: He's the answer to not having David Hamilton in the lineup so much, because we know how much Alex Coral loves David Hamilton, but I think going up against a lefty and you know, lefty again tomorrow kind of forces his hand, because he knows Nick Sogar can hit lefties.

[SPEAKER_03]: He's always been able to, he had some done in Worcester, the few times he placed up here, he had slept these.

[SPEAKER_03]: So, and you know, is he as fast as David Hamilton?

[SPEAKER_03]: No, but I trust him more defensively.

[SPEAKER_03]: I trust him to give you a better at bat, too.

[SPEAKER_03]: And he showed up some wheels tonight.

[SPEAKER_03]: You know, he doesn't have the sprint speed to Hamilton has, but I feel like David Hamilton runs himself into outs, more often than not.

[SPEAKER_03]: So, give me Nick so guard over David Hamilton any day.

[SPEAKER_03]: Um, so that's kind of was the difference that like the red socks or contributions from kind of up and down the line up in different ways whereas I look at that Yankees team and I feel like the rest of the line up just sits round and waits for Aaron judge to do something like jazz chism is is not like he's not going to move the chains kind of off and supply or goes up there swinging for the fences every time same with Christian same with Austin Wells like they just want to launch.

[SPEAKER_03]: They just they're in their small ballpark and they just want to launch.

[SPEAKER_03]: And there's only a few guys like gold Schmidt.

[SPEAKER_03]: I think gets it.

[SPEAKER_03]: He's a veteran.

[SPEAKER_03]: He knows he's got to move the chains a little bit.

[SPEAKER_03]: But otherwise, like they all just sit around wait for judge to get him a big three on Homer and you know get the crowd into it.

[SPEAKER_03]: Okay.

[SPEAKER_03]: Now we can win.

[SPEAKER_03]: if he doesn't do that then, you know, again, like no one else really steps up on that team.

[SPEAKER_03]: So I thought it was a good difference of look at Terry's probably right.

[SPEAKER_03]: This is not a roster that you look at and say, yeah, they can go on a deep play out front.

[SPEAKER_03]: Like, you're not going to win the world series because of Nick so card most likely.

[SPEAKER_03]: But also, we probably thought that about Steve Pierce at a certain point in time when we traded for him.

[SPEAKER_03]: You know, guys like that can make a difference.

[SPEAKER_03]: So it's not all about just sitting here waiting for Breggman or Durian to do something the way the the Yankees wait for Judge to do something.

[SPEAKER_03]: We can get contributions from guys off the bench guys who have spent mostly year and Worcester like that's a difference and that was a big difference tonight as well.

[SPEAKER_06]: Charlie.

[SPEAKER_07]: I don't think, you know, Terri, I feel like we have to show you out right now.

[SPEAKER_07]: What was the expression that you had for the Boston Red Sox?

[SPEAKER_07]: What are these?

[SPEAKER_07]: This is Alex Corres.

[SPEAKER_07]: What?

[SPEAKER_07]: Not replacements.

[SPEAKER_07]: Latune squad.

[SPEAKER_07]: Latune.

[SPEAKER_02]: It's a platoon dynasty.

[SPEAKER_02]: That's what it is.

[SPEAKER_07]: Your platoon dynasty just got to win against the Yankees again in the Bronx.

[SPEAKER_07]: I mean, this is the, I mean, who has the stones to say, yep, let's put your sheet in this situation?

[SPEAKER_07]: I mean, what a clutch inning.

[SPEAKER_07]: Absolut, like everything that happened.

[SPEAKER_07]: First off, you can't discount what Max Freed did as well.

[SPEAKER_07]: He pitched a heck of a first game.

[SPEAKER_07]: Both pictures that started today deserve the win.

[SPEAKER_07]: Unfortunately, that's not how baseball works.

[SPEAKER_07]: And if you want to talk about the, uh, the at bats, I mean, that strike zone wasn't the most friendly.

[SPEAKER_07]: If we have to be honest, there were a lot of questionable calls and not one person from our team churped.

[SPEAKER_07]: And that's the type of thing that you want to see from the players who are supposed to be leaders.

[SPEAKER_07]: Um, the Yankees were were chirping after, you know, ball counts that or, you know, strikes their balls, balls that were strikes and, you know, you're starting to see one team unravel and you're starting to see the other one, just play it cool because I think one team expects to be here year in year out.

[SPEAKER_07]: The Boston Red Sox, I don't think had the same idea as soon as Rafael Devers was gone.

[SPEAKER_07]: We had these streaks of being really good, and then really bad, and then really good again, but you had to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

[SPEAKER_07]: You were consistently in consistent.

[SPEAKER_07]: That was the story of the 2025 Boston Red Sox, led by Gary Crochet at the helm and a [SPEAKER_07]: I don't know, another closer that could do what we just saw Chapman do.

[SPEAKER_07]: The at bats, I don't know if Rodon is going to be able to match the performance that we saw today for Max Freed either.

[SPEAKER_07]: So there's a chance that you'll see better offensive output in game 2.

[SPEAKER_07]: If that doesn't happen, I'm not worried.

[SPEAKER_07]: Before the wild card series started, the wild card team that one game has won each series every time, 12 for 12.

[SPEAKER_07]: So there's a chance that the Boston Red Sox now, you know, I love that stat too.

[SPEAKER_07]: I think it's adorable.

[SPEAKER_07]: Thank you, Jeremy.

[SPEAKER_07]: You just have to split the rest of the series now.

[SPEAKER_07]: That's all you have to do.

[SPEAKER_07]: Just split.

[SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, it's just been phenomenal, you know, I agree.

[SPEAKER_05]: Max Fried deserves a lot of credit for tonight.

[SPEAKER_05]: Honestly, watching him pitch, I thought to myself very early on, that is the picture that I remember wanting last year, you know, and we didn't get it.

[SPEAKER_05]: And our replacement really, our consolation prize of sorts, was Garrett Crochet, right?

[SPEAKER_05]: We scrambled to make the trade to get nice of our own because we couldn't afford one and bam.

[SPEAKER_05]: are ace won the duel tonight.

[SPEAKER_05]: It was just a great great pitcher's duel, and one thing that I think really separated our offense from the Yankees was walks, funnily enough.

[SPEAKER_05]: The Red Sox had eight hits to the Yankees seven, but the Yankees did not walk a single time.

[SPEAKER_05]: You compare that to ref Snyder work to walk.

[SPEAKER_05]: You had Breggman work a walk, you had Darvaya's [SPEAKER_05]: But one of the most pivotal walks was Sedan Ralfayela's 11-pitch at bat, fouling off ball after ball, after going down in the count mind you owe into.

[SPEAKER_05]: That was absolutely tremendous, and ultimately it would be followed by so-guards double and Yoshida's pinch hit single, giving us the lead.

[SPEAKER_05]: showing that level of patience.

[SPEAKER_05]: That's something that I think the team as a whole has struggled with throughout the year.

[SPEAKER_05]: We've seen it in flashes, but not necessarily consistently to see those six walks tonight was very, very encouraging.

[SPEAKER_05]: Another thing I want to say is Chapman, you know, four outs was a big ask.

[SPEAKER_05]: It's very seldom that we went to him this year.

[SPEAKER_05]: What was it?

[SPEAKER_05]: Maybe one, [SPEAKER_05]: And I'll tell you, when he loaded the bases, I thought for sure, not necessarily we're going to lose here, but this is probably going to extras and the fact that he was able to knuckle down get the outs and even the fact that I didn't think to myself, we lose the game immediately right off the bat that really does go to show exactly the type of picture he's been so it was just fantastic to see.

[SPEAKER_05]: One other thing I'll say before I go around the horn here and we can all sort of chip in on the various things that are on our mind is the fact that the red socks in this pivotal game one.

[SPEAKER_05]: only used two pitchers.

[SPEAKER_05]: It was crochet and Chapman.

[SPEAKER_05]: Everyone else is rested and available.

[SPEAKER_05]: Despite Max Freed's 6.1 scoreless index, they ended up using five relief pitchers.

[SPEAKER_05]: Weaver, crews, Williams, bedner, and hell.

[SPEAKER_05]: Now, I'm sure quite a few of them are probably going to be available for tomorrow.

[SPEAKER_05]: It's a go home game, but that is just an incredibly encouraging look.

[SPEAKER_08]: Yeah, it's pivotal.

[SPEAKER_08]: I mean, even the broadcasts at it, the socks now have basically seen every reliever that the Yankees have.

[SPEAKER_08]: And to be honest, they had a little bit of success against all of them, including Bednar, who's kind of owned us this year for being honest, the few times that we have seen them.

[SPEAKER_08]: I think that walks is a great point, because honestly, before that moment, we were able to fight off that many pictures throughout that walk, when it had been pivotal in coming in to be the winning run.

[SPEAKER_08]: Um, it seemed like every count was the same thing that we've seen all season, right?

[SPEAKER_08]: It was one nothing, we had plenty of opportunities to score, couldn't drive men, and then after that it seemed like every moment was owed to.

[SPEAKER_08]: And in these guys were striking out, hitting the soft ground balls up, and not even running them out.

[SPEAKER_08]: And I'm like, wow, we're gonna really lose this game one nothing went free.

[SPEAKER_08]: Like I said, he was flawless.

[SPEAKER_08]: I mean, before being honest, he was flawless.

[SPEAKER_08]: The difference was.

[SPEAKER_08]: Charlie may have said it, someone did, but there were moments where he would get the quick two out and then somehow we would kind of make him sweat it out a bit.

[SPEAKER_08]: We'd have runners in the scoring position and we drew them out and he did not, he did not [SPEAKER_08]: You didn't stay in the game long enough to keep us team in it for being honest, but it was, I mean, listen, I'm ecstatic that we won.

[SPEAKER_08]: And there's a lot to be said, I'm glad that I was wrong on this far saying that we were going to be out of this until we have to win this series tomorrow.

[SPEAKER_08]: That much I will say, because this was a must win first.

[SPEAKER_08]: And that's the difference between us and the Yankees.

[SPEAKER_08]: This was a must win for us.

[SPEAKER_08]: There was no way we were losing this in winning this series.

[SPEAKER_08]: And if we don't win tomorrow, it's still a toss-up.

[SPEAKER_08]: I mean, and I think about with his well-as-free pissed, imagine we did sign him.

[SPEAKER_08]: Imagine going into this series with Max Freeters are two and Bale as our third.

[SPEAKER_08]: Yeah, absolutely.

[SPEAKER_05]: Jeremy.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, he stole my thunder there at the end.

[SPEAKER_01]: The key here is to mark for me and I know you guys talked about it last night was to G.

Alito, injury.

[SPEAKER_01]: And you know, at least as of now, or when I checked yesterday was a TVD, I think it's going to be Connelly early.

[SPEAKER_01]: That's a lot of pressure on that player.

[SPEAKER_01]: And I understand the expectation may be to get through the lineup once, maybe twice.

[SPEAKER_01]: And I understand we had, you know, basically guys that were in AAA all year contribute today, but that can't be the expectation in these series to continue to win.

[SPEAKER_01]: So for me, tomorrow's a must win.

[SPEAKER_01]: Bale's been your clear number two.

[SPEAKER_01]: His stuff is good enough.

[SPEAKER_01]: It's whether he's going to be right mentally in my opinion and if the moment's going to be too big from I think we're going to find out right away.

[SPEAKER_01]: If he comes out in the first and he's sharp and he's pitching with pace.

[SPEAKER_01]: You know, I think we'll know what we have and that's hopefully a guy that can give you five or six and turn it over to the bullpen.

[SPEAKER_01]: But.

[SPEAKER_01]: We have been absolutely snake-bitten in the starting rotation.

[SPEAKER_01]: The timing of the Geoledo injury is truly hard to believe, and it's just another setback in that spot in this roster.

[SPEAKER_01]: When they had been in credit, they went into the season deep.

[SPEAKER_01]: We found out they were even deeper as our depth got tested.

[SPEAKER_01]: And now, our depth is tested to the point where we're going to go through what kid who's got four major league starts that was never on the radar [SPEAKER_01]: pitch in the big leagues in 2025, maybe not even in 2026 and here we are potentially putting him in a a true elimination game.

[SPEAKER_01]: Bayo has got to go do his job tomorrow.

[SPEAKER_01]: There's a lot of pressure on him, I get it, but he's the guy with the contract, he's the guy that you're clear number two, go prove, or I hope that he goes and proves that he [SPEAKER_01]: That spot is his and I know we're going to try to hopefully go get another elite starting pitchy next year Joe Ryan is someone we've talked about heavily on this podcast but go show that that's your spot you know this is he's been good against the Yankees and with that said I have no idea what he's going to do Doug he's going to win Jeremy you're going to be a brother I'm telling you I [SPEAKER_00]: Well, um, first thing I'm going to bring up last week, the last hot takes that you guys did.

[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if you remember, but you picked out mine, which was the red sauce will be the Yankees in the wildcard round.

[SPEAKER_00]: You guys all, you know, disagreed with me, but I'll take my optimism and, you know, I'm sitting pretty right now.

[SPEAKER_00]: I feel great.

[SPEAKER_00]: I feel great about Bayo starts tomorrow.

[SPEAKER_00]: playing this Yankee lineup.

[SPEAKER_00]: I feel great about silencing all the Yankee fans.

[SPEAKER_00]: I really do.

[SPEAKER_00]: I think Bayo is going to come out tomorrow night and he's going to show that he is that spot, that he deserves that spot.

[SPEAKER_00]: And he proved it all year.

[SPEAKER_00]: He had a rocky September.

[SPEAKER_00]: But you can't, I don't think that can take away from everything he did all year.

[SPEAKER_00]: He was great.

[SPEAKER_00]: He was a real number two all year.

[SPEAKER_00]: And he shoved against the Yankee's all season.

[SPEAKER_00]: I have total faith in Bryan Bay or tomorrow.

[SPEAKER_00]: And I can't say I have faith in pretty much any Yankee.

[SPEAKER_00]: Aaron Judge can't hit in the playoffs.

[SPEAKER_00]: So, you know, I feel good about tonight.

[SPEAKER_06]: Terry.

[SPEAKER_02]: I really think the Yankees will win game two.

[SPEAKER_02]: You know, and I'm willing to say that game three can go either way.

[SPEAKER_02]: But, and Doug, I don't know if you guys mentioned it prior, while I was trying to fiddle with the format here, but since 2022, this is Tyler Milliken, I'd probably have to give him credit.

[SPEAKER_02]: even though, nevermind, um, no team has ever lost the first game of the wild card series.

[SPEAKER_02]: And then ended up winning it.

[SPEAKER_02]: So whoever wins game one wins the wild card series every time since 2022.

[SPEAKER_02]: So if history holds up, the Red Sox would win.

[SPEAKER_02]: But as far as tomorrow, Alex Korra is pretty [SPEAKER_02]: I don't think he's going to put you sheet in there against the lefty.

[SPEAKER_02]: I don't think a brave who's not really hitting all that well since he's come back.

[SPEAKER_02]: I don't think he's going to be hitting against the lefty.

[SPEAKER_02]: So he can shuffle the line up a little in a different order, but these are the guys.

[SPEAKER_02]: Aaron Boone's going to be able to do whatever he wants with his lineup because he's they're facing a righty in Bale.

[SPEAKER_02]: So [SPEAKER_02]: You know, if the Yankees blow it tomorrow, then they choked in my opinion, they just simply choked.

[SPEAKER_02]: And I said last night on the predictions episode, this is the worst offense they have faced in the playoff's [SPEAKER_02]: I don't know when did we play was it all the way to 2018 that must have been obviously we that was the hundred and eight winces and that offense was a wagon uh...

twenty twenty one was only a one-game wild card but that was a respectable offense you know you still had zander jade um...

i was brain fart you had shorber you had a bunch of guys that could you can had like a career that year [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, he's he's been a good October player regardless even as recently as last October, but but yeah, so this this lineup that the Red Sox are trading out is not like the rest.

[SPEAKER_02]: So if the Yankees can't beat this lineup I don't know what to [SPEAKER_02]: I don't know what to tell them and they're at home, you know, so we'll say so I got Yankees tomorrow who knows a month ago.

[SPEAKER_02]: I'd never heard of Connelly early if I'm being completely honest.

[SPEAKER_02]: So he wasn't talked about it the trade deadline.

[SPEAKER_02]: I didn't see him in one mock trade package.

[SPEAKER_02]: Maybe there was an obscure Twitter account that had it, but but totally was the big name throughout July, not early.

[SPEAKER_02]: So [SPEAKER_02]: It's crazy that that guy is going to start game three and an extremely important game if it gets there.

[SPEAKER_04]: Jason.

[SPEAKER_03]: So before I get to tomorrow there's one thing I wanted to bring up about Aaron Boone.

[SPEAKER_03]: Just because it's stuck in my mind that ninth inning he pinched hits Ahmad Resario with the basis loaded for jazz chism.

[SPEAKER_03]: Ahmad Resario is a career 298 hit against lefties.

[SPEAKER_03]: Jazz Chism is a career 229 hitter against lefties, and as we know, likes to swing wildly and just swing for the fences every time.

[SPEAKER_03]: So if that was another one I went, he's doing us a favor here.

[SPEAKER_03]: I'd rather face Jazz Chism in this situation, one out base is loaded.

[SPEAKER_03]: then that guy like Resario, who, you know, he's not like the best offensive player at this point in his career, but I feel like he might have put a ball and play that could have let the trouble.

[SPEAKER_03]: So once again, Aaron Boone, I think, getting in his own way and getting in his teams way there, as far as tomorrow, [SPEAKER_03]: It's hard because Bale's been so good against the Yankees this year and I mean his one start in Yankees stating the pitch seven showed out innings five k's only three hits.

[SPEAKER_03]: He was dominant.

[SPEAKER_03]: His number is going to see the Yankees this year he's going to yell right under two.

[SPEAKER_03]: So he pitches really well against his club.

[SPEAKER_03]: but man it's it's a different animal when it's October and that crowd is just on top of you and I mentioned it on our prediction show last night that I that Toronto start before the end of the season was really concerning to me because it was Bayo kind of resorting to his old habits of you know call doesn't go his way and then he starts to get frustrated but it's more guys on base and then it just implodes.

[SPEAKER_03]: And I could see that happening.

[SPEAKER_03]: The Yankees, you know, look, that line up is still a bit flawed, but that doesn't mean that you can't still lose because he serves up a meatball to John Carlston and it goes 500 feet.

[SPEAKER_03]: Like, that could still happen.

[SPEAKER_03]: Now, that being said, Terry, you mentioned the different lineups.

[SPEAKER_03]: I agree, I want Cored to kind of run the same line up out there.

[SPEAKER_03]: Like, I think that's your best shot.

[SPEAKER_03]: Boone is going to change it up because he's got the righty on the mound.

[SPEAKER_03]: So jazz is going to get back in.

[SPEAKER_03]: Ryan McMahon's going to go back to third.

[SPEAKER_03]: The benefit of that is that you got jazz playing second base.

[SPEAKER_03]: So Red Sox runners anytime there's a double play ball run like hell because that guy is at least he's good for one a game throwing it to Venus on a double play exchange like he's a trotius defender.

[SPEAKER_03]: So that will at least help the Red Sox a little bit, but I don't feel great about it.

[SPEAKER_03]: I think it is going to be high scoring.

[SPEAKER_03]: I think it's going to be a little bit more.

[SPEAKER_03]: back and forth and I just don't know that line up that you know again I want court to run it out there but admittedly it's a small ball, small scoring lineup.

[SPEAKER_03]: If Bayo goes out there and gives up three or four early it's it might be it might be tough.

[SPEAKER_03]: So I don't feel great about it.

[SPEAKER_03]: I do think the Yankees somehow win tomorrow.

[SPEAKER_03]: I think it's going to be an ugly game.

[SPEAKER_03]: And then Thursday is a toss-up.

[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, we've got a young kid going, but sort of the Yankees, at least according to ESPN, it's going to be that Cam Schlittler, who's 24 years old, he's a rookie, looks pretty impressive, but it's going to be his first time pitching in a big game in that stadium too.

[SPEAKER_03]: So Thursday could be a complete toss-up.

[SPEAKER_03]: I hope the Red Sox take care of business tomorrow.

[SPEAKER_03]: Jump on Rodon early, get bail some run support.

[SPEAKER_03]: but man, it's hard.

[SPEAKER_03]: I just, I don't see it happening, but I hope I'm wrong.

[SPEAKER_07]: Charlie.

[SPEAKER_07]: So you never ask a woman or age.

[SPEAKER_07]: You never ask a man.

[SPEAKER_07]: How much money he makes.

[SPEAKER_07]: And you never ask the New York Yankees what happened in the fifth inning of Game 5 of the 2024 World Series.

[SPEAKER_07]: This is the second straight game that the New York Yankees have gone deep into a game and choked it away.

[SPEAKER_07]: Luke Weaver was an elite reliever last year, elite.

[SPEAKER_07]: And then Compos season burned out, was not the same guy anymore.

[SPEAKER_07]: Same thing that applied here was not the same picture this year.

[SPEAKER_07]: You already mentioned it in a 11-pitch at-bath to someone who does not have patience at the dish.

[SPEAKER_07]: You through 11 pitches to sit on Rafael who you started [SPEAKER_07]: That is the luck of the Boston Red Sauce with the New York Yankees.

[SPEAKER_07]: Jason, you already mentioned it, and thank you so much because it's right into my next segue.

[SPEAKER_07]: Jazz Chism is the 2025 version of Chuck Noblock.

[SPEAKER_07]: For those of you who don't know who that is, that is the former second basement that had wheels for days, but the yips, and eventually was sent packing.

[SPEAKER_07]: I think to Minnesota or Kansas City, I can't even remember his career was irrelevant after he left New York.

[SPEAKER_07]: run like hell kids.

[SPEAKER_07]: This is your time.

[SPEAKER_07]: You want to channel your inner Trevor story or Ricky Henderson, God bless them.

[SPEAKER_07]: That's your day.

[SPEAKER_07]: Tomorrow could be your day.

[SPEAKER_07]: Rookie, rookie game three.

[SPEAKER_07]: Three of us said the red socks were going to go and win two of three.

[SPEAKER_07]: That's Jason Kelly.

[SPEAKER_07]: That's nick the voice and that's myself.

[SPEAKER_07]: I think it's going to go through [SPEAKER_07]: If Bayo ends up doing okay, great, if he doesn't do okay, that spine, you still have the benefits of Garrett Whitlock who's going to be able to get you in any or two.

[SPEAKER_07]: You have a pretty much rested full pen and I'm just not worried.

[SPEAKER_07]: you win game one.

[SPEAKER_07]: You just have to split the next series.

[SPEAKER_07]: If you lose game two for whatever reason, we'll say good night to you, you know, goodbye New York in game three.

[SPEAKER_07]: You know, the red socks have had the Yankees number all year long.

[SPEAKER_07]: This is no secret.

[SPEAKER_07]: You know, this has been the year.

[SPEAKER_07]: The Yankees choke in the playoffs and Chris, you mentioned it.

[SPEAKER_07]: This could be the year that Aaron [SPEAKER_07]: Or this could be Aaron Judge being Aaron Judge.

[SPEAKER_07]: As sad as it is, as it is, you know, he is one of the best regular season players that we have seen in the last, I don't know how many decades, four, 50 home run campaigns.

[SPEAKER_07]: That's nuts.

[SPEAKER_07]: We should be lucky that we saw that happen.

[SPEAKER_07]: Very few times in the future we're gonna see somebody like that do that again.

[SPEAKER_07]: but he just hasn't proven to us that he's a postseason player.

[SPEAKER_07]: And he's with the New York Yankees.

[SPEAKER_07]: The level of pressure that he has to feel is absolutely astronomical.

[SPEAKER_07]: The best Yankees hitter right now is Aaron Judge.

[SPEAKER_07]: You take Aaron Judge out in New York, they're nothing.

[SPEAKER_07]: you take Trevor's story out of Boston and we're still, you know, the same team will just find somebody else to supplant that player.

[SPEAKER_07]: It's tough to replace Trevor's story after losing devours, but we're able to get here without devours.

[SPEAKER_07]: If they lost Aaron Judge, you're not even nothing, the playoffs.

[SPEAKER_07]: You forget it.

[SPEAKER_07]: You forget it.

[SPEAKER_07]: You forget it.

[SPEAKER_07]: The scratch and sniff is [SPEAKER_07]: This is going to be the best next 48 hours for Red Sox baseball because Yankees Twitter right now is absolutely losing their baby mind.

[SPEAKER_07]: It's just glorious.

[SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, calling this a choke is absolutely appropriate.

[SPEAKER_05]: I mean, weaver and bedner being the guys to give up the runs.

[SPEAKER_05]: The Yankees super pen.

[SPEAKER_05]: I mean, has just been such a meme really all year long ever since they built it.

[SPEAKER_05]: You know, this game was a tremendous tone setter, I think, because if we lost in this game one, then I probably would have felt like, oh, we're getting bounce, we're getting swept, you know?

[SPEAKER_05]: But instead, the fact that we've won this [SPEAKER_05]: And so cleanly, you know, funnily enough, I was looking at the box score again just to refresh myself while you guys were talking and something that stands out to me is it's funny sort of how many things were similar for the Yankees and the Red Sox tonight tonight.

[SPEAKER_05]: So like each team had a two out RBI, each team had a ground into a double play, each team had seven opportunities.

[SPEAKER_05]: with runners in scoring position.

[SPEAKER_05]: The Yankees were one for seven, the red socks were two for seven.

[SPEAKER_05]: Ultimately, that was enough.

[SPEAKER_05]: Now, before we take it home, just one quick thing that I think would be fun is I wanna go around the horn and without too much elaboration, throw out a player that you think is gonna have a big game tomorrow.

[SPEAKER_05]: It could be from either team.

[SPEAKER_05]: I'm gonna start with a very boring answer, Alex Bragman, and leave it there.

[SPEAKER_05]: How about you Chris?

[SPEAKER_08]: I think it's going to be nerve I was I think even though again he had pivotal walks didn't necessarily get a hit I think he's going to build on that I think he created a lot of frustration for the Yankees because they were chirping I think a lot of it had to do with the calls that he was getting and they weren't and I think he's going to put together some good at bats I even would bend your day I see maybe in a home run Jeremy who's your pick [SPEAKER_01]: If we win, it's going to be bail, if bail doesn't pitch well and we still win, I think it's going to be somebody random like Raphaella.

[SPEAKER_01]: Big dumb run.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I was going to say say down.

[SPEAKER_00]: I could say, I liked his at that as a approach tonight.

[SPEAKER_00]: I thought he looked good.

[SPEAKER_00]: I could definitely, I think I see him having a big home run tomorrow.

[SPEAKER_06]: Terry.

[SPEAKER_02]: y'all stole my thunder um i mean he is at bat tonight just working that walk and the sparked everything and he did hit the walk off to seal the you know the playoff birth but i guess just to be different i'll say roaming on solace Jason so obviously assuming that he starts tomorrow i assume that he will i'll do you one better i'll give you an official prediction here [SPEAKER_03]: love it.

[SPEAKER_03]: Very nice and Charlie.

[SPEAKER_07]: That's tough.

[SPEAKER_07]: Jason, I mean, here's the thing.

[SPEAKER_07]: I think before we go, can we just comment on the fact that, actually, we don't have to comment.

[SPEAKER_07]: I'm just going to leave it on this one.

[SPEAKER_07]: I'm going to echo Jeremy and say it's going to be sat on and bail.

[SPEAKER_07]: But how about the fact that the Yankees lost to the former Yankees?

[SPEAKER_07]: How special is that?

[SPEAKER_07]: You guys lost it against your closer who you thought just wasn't it anymore.

[SPEAKER_07]: Sorry kids, he is him.

[SPEAKER_07]: But I will go on the record and say, say it on after that patient at that or beo just absolutely care herring on for the socks game too.

[SPEAKER_05]: absolutely love it.

[SPEAKER_05]: With that, I think we've said everything there is to say so far three of the four games are in the books as of recording this the LA Dodgers are just absolutely beating up on the Cincinnati Reds.

[SPEAKER_05]: No one should be surprised.

[SPEAKER_05]: Thank you everyone for joining for listening, for watching and commenting we do appreciate it.

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[SPEAKER_05]: For more, we will see you tomorrow after the game and we will see how it goes.

[SPEAKER_05]: Take care, everyone.

[SPEAKER_05]: Goodbye.