Boog sciambi, and that dancing fool, halloffamer chipper jones. As garcia takes over on the mound. And harrison is in Center Center and sierra moves to left. The marlins six outs away. Garcia, who pitched in game one, and fired a shutout inning, including a couple of punchouts, he was great this year. 14 appearances, better than a strikeout an inning. Rizzo hits it in the air. And rojas, no, thats anderson. I beg your pardon. So sierra, harrison, brinson, left to right. Anderson, rojas, berti, and cooper. And yimi garcia on the mound. The marlins five outs away, leading it, 20. The cubs have been held to one run on one swing in this series. A happ solo homer in the fifth on wednesday. Thats been it. Chipper been an impressive performance by alcantara, sanchez, and this marlins bullpen. Theyve absolutely been in control from pitch one of game one. Jon contreras, plunked. Is the umpire calling him back . Will little is saying he put his elbow into it. And im guessing david ross may get thrown out here. Chipper i dont really know that he needed to stick his elbow out. It made it look blatant, but i think that ball was chasing him anyway. Maybe not. Thats a very Crucial Point in this game to make that call. You hardly ever see that actually called by a home plate umpire. I dont know that i would have called it, to be honest with you. But when you stick that flap up like that, calling attention to yourself. Jon yeah. Squares to bunt. Theres a strike. And contreras and little, i think, having a chat here. So it goes as a ball, as he gets called back. They have the shift on the infield. That time, it hit him. Okay. Contreras doing a little bit of barking. The crew chief coming in. Will little is out to talk to yimi garcia. Heres number one, just a slider that backed up. Chipper that one had a little more fuzz, a little more intent on it. I think the pitch before contreras and garcia were chirping at each other, that promoted little to come out and get in between them. But you certainly dont want to bring the tying run to the plate, do that on purpose. Jon the cubs are 3 for 22 with men on in this series. Schwarber here, 0 for 2. And garcia missing outside. Now, 20. Chipper this is go time for schwarber. Unbutton that top button. Maybe even the second one. Jon and mel coming out, who knows. You saw garcia and contreras barking at each other. Maybe garcia is still kind of stuck in that. And agitated. But as contreras chats with craig driver over there, no one is up in the marlins pen. And mel is just trying to settle him down a little bit. We showed you garcias numbers. Small sample size. But he was really good. Schwarber pops it up. That will get off, out of play. Chipper kyles done this to a ton of fastballs in this series. Hes gotten pitches to hit out over the plate. Were used to seeing him drive those balls out of the ballpark. Hes up under them, shanking them to the third base dugout and left field. Well see if he throws a little top hand into one. Jon center field, harrison glides across and makes the grab. Contreras, back to first. And there are two outs. One of the things we talked about in the open, the cubs, since winning the world series in 2016, theyve lost 8 of their last 12 postseason games. And since winning the world series, that trio,. 136. Including today. 51 strikeouts, out of 140 atbats. 0 for 10 today. I mean, it falls on your big boys, right . Chipper it certainly does. Jon and the other thing, as well, that is interesting to contemplate, chipper, bryant, baez, rizzo, and schwa schwa sca all scheduled to be free agents at the end of 2021. You wonder if this might not be the final ride for that quartet. One of them may be moving for financials, who knows. Trying to clear a little bit of payroll. But the bottom line is, since winning it all, they havent hit. Chipper thus the job of the gm in a big market. Theo epstein has to make some very tough, important decisions here pretty soon. Jon yeah. Chipper i dont envy that spot. But when you look to go back to the numbers that you were talking about, even in this series, you know, 1 for 22 out of your big boys will not get it done. Jon epstein, the president of baseball operations. The gm, jed hoyer. Bryant lifts it to center, it falls in the glove of harrison. The marlins, three outs away. This presentation of Major League Baseball will continue after this message and a word from our abc stations. In business you have to be then do it all over again. Comcast business gives you fast, reliable internet on the nations largest gigspeed network. And now for a limited time, you can also get fast shipping with amazon business prime essentials. So no matter what comes next, youll always be ready to bounce forward. Get started with powerful internet and voice for 64. 90 a month, and ask how you can get one free year of amazon busines prime essentials on us. Call or go online today. Comcast business. Whenever youre dressing up to stay in. Getting some brownie points. Or witnessing a miracle sorry, jess. Go big with delicious nachos topped with all your favorites. Nachos party pack. Only at taco bell. [sfx bong] jon the winner of this series will take on the braves. The first postseason series win over the reds since 2001. 28inning postseason shutout streak, goes back a ways, for the pitching. Duvall and and jeffress takes over here. 22 appearances. Game one, they gave up the homer to aguilar. Chipper jones, what about the braves and what about a matchup with the marlins . Chipper yeah, i cant imagine that too many people thought a series between the braves and the reds would be as well pitched as it was. You know, with the two potent offenses. So, yeah, the braves come in, obviously pitching really, really well. Theyre going to have to. This is a good marlins team. A team that gave them trouble throughout the year. So, you know, excuse me, if the marlins do advance, it will be a very intriguing matchup. I look forward to it. The braves have gotten some good starting pitching out of anderson and wright of late. So well see if they can keep it going. Jon jeffress gets the chase. And now, 22. Cooper with the big swing in this one. 22. A little roller. Third base side. Jeffress picks it up and throws him out at first. Nice play. Don mattingly trying to lead the marlins into the division series. You see that number 8 on his gaiter. In his playing career, he wore number 23. He chose number 8 specifically for a reason, thats for yogi berra. He said he wanted 23 to be a yankee thing. And when hes managed and coached, hes worn number 8. He said yogi berra, the best person ive been around. Very cool. Chipper and having met yogi, i know exactly what he means. Its truly an honor to be in his presence. Jon ball one to brinson. I mentioned he grew up in south florida as a marlins fan. He came over as a key piece in the yelich trade. But, yeah, grew up a marlins fan. That makes some of us feel old. A great juan pierre fan, he has gotten a chance to work with j. P. One of the hardest workers ive ever seen in my life. That guy, a really good player, and the work ethic, second to none. Helping to mentor brinson a bit. Jeffress, 20. In for a strike. The marlins, up, 20. Jon sciambi and chipper jones. Were in the ninth from an empty wrigley field. Im in bristol, chipper is in atlanta. Fans or no fans, you know the marlins are going to celebrate if they eliminate the cubs. Fouled that off his foot. Chipper what a thrill it must be to grow up a fan of a team, and then to don that major league uniform. That must just be the coolest thing. And going back to juan pierre, one of the best dudes youre ever going to run across in Major League Baseball. Without a doubt the best bunter that i ever faced. I literally had to play 75 feet from home plate just i dared him to hit the by me, you know . Because i was so, Third Basemen dont like to be bunted on. So when you have a really good bunter, you want to take that out of their arsenal. Jon and he was one of those guys, just because you were ready and aware for a bunt, there were times he would try and succeed, still bunting. He would still try you. Chipper how about this. He would suck me in bunting it, and pop it over my head. He got a double like that one time. Jon wow. Out to short. Baez, bad hop, slings to first. And two down. Weve never done october like this before. That means anything can happen. Mlb has you covered on facebook, instagram, twitter and youtube. Follow mlb. From wrigley field, the marlins, 2, and the cubs, 0. If youre just joining us, the marlins with two in the seventh. A homer by cooper. And then magneuris sierra with an rbi single to score brinson. Yu darvish was good, but gave up the two. And for the cubs in the ninth, it is scheduled to be heyward, baez, and bote. Hit hard. Nice play at third. Gets up, throws him out. And rizzo with the stretch. A heck of a play. Stole extra bases from rojas. We go to the ninth. Our coverage of marlins cubs will continue on espn. Lets take you to new york for a special report. Now, heres george stephanopoul stephanopoulos. This is an abc news special report. Were coming on the air with a major update on President Trumps health. He reported this morning that he tested positive for covid19. An escalation, of the symptoms, hes been treated and is expected to be going to Walter Reed Medical Center for more tests. Lets go to jon karl. Were told he has fever, chills, nasal congestion and a could have. The white house has not confirmed the trip to walter reed, but theyve released a statement from the doctor saying the president remains fatigued, but in good spirits. Taking regeneron and a series of vitamins and aspirin. They say the first lady has a mild cough and headache. Were awaiting word on the trip to walter reed. Lets get more from dr. Jen ashton. What we know now is that fever, as jon said, the classic symptoms. Also the single eightgram dose of regeneron. What does that say to you . Well, i think the first thing to understand, george, is that the president s physician and team of consultants will be making an assessment on things like how the blood oxygen level. Vital signs, fever, chills. Whether or not they may need special care. When you talk about this experimental cocktail of antibodies, its a treatment for patients who may be thought to be at an increased risk of not being able to mount their immune response. Its been shown to shorten the duration of symptoms and reduce the amount of virus circulating in the body. It does tell you they made a calculated risk assessment, and the benefits outweighed the risk of giving the drug. And the benefits of moving the president to walter reed outweighed the benefits of staying at the white house. And doctor, please tell us about the significance of the eightgram dose, and what youve seen so far in your results. First, i should correct one thing. Its a cocktail of antibodies the white house called it poly i think it was an error in transcription. I think it was described well. She said the consultants looked at all the data, and just because of the suggestion of antiviral activity, they deemed based on the risk benefit, it would be worth trying it. We tested two doses in our trial. They went with the high dose. And i guess once again, they assessed there were no increased safety, very few reasons to be concerned about safety. They decided more is better, and went with the high dose, the eightgram dose. Have you seen any side effects . Right now, in our studies, we have a very benign safety and tolerability. And we all have to remember, its very different than vaccines. Vaccines are inducing an immune response. Sometimes they can overinduce. Were giving the antibodies, substituting for your own antibodies, and you dont tend to get the same concerns about overinducing the immune response. Doctor, thank you for your time. Back to dr. Jen ashton. The white house said he tested negative for coronavirus on thursday, and did the events. Mild symptoms reported this morning, now serious enough for the president to go to walter reed. What does that tell you . Its interesting, because from other viruses, we know that a shorter incubation period from when a person is exposed to when they start to manifest symptoms can generally mean that the person has a higher viral load. More copies, more volume of that virus inside. We dont know if thats the case with covid. But as youve heard, weve talked about it many times. According to data on all the published reports, about 80 of persons can be managed out of the hospital setting. To bring a patient to the hospital, this is not just any patient. They will err on the side of caution because of who the patient is. But in general, when someones symptoms progress rapidly, and they feel they need more observation, they will err on the side of caution and admit someone. Its especially surprising, as you point out, its the president of the United States. He has an entire battery of medical equipment at the white house as well. So theyre taking this very seriously at this point. In part, as weve talked about, the president , a 74yearold man. Weighs 245 pounds. Exactly. When you look at the risk factors, aingge, being a man, having a bmi of 30 and above increases the risk of complications. And when you talk about who this patient is, and the potential benefits of having other services at his disposal in a hospitalized setting, just in case, in medicine, we always prepare for the worst. Hope for the best, and take all the steps we need to. So that if the worst Case Scenario happens, the medical team is ready to respond and respond quickly. I want to bring in terry moran. Hearing the president may be going to the hospital, this brings up the discussion of the 25th amendment, and perhaps turning over some powers to the Vice President. That is available to him. Its by the 25th amendment was written. Guardrails for the president to choose, if at some point, if his condition worsens and he feels hes not up to discharging, in the words of the constitution, the powers and duties of the office, he writes a letter to the house and Senate Declaring that, and mike pence becomes the acting president. Its a temporary measure, he doesnt take the title or the office. But when President Trump recovers, he writes a letter and becomes president again. The hard part is if he falls ill quickly and isnt able to get the letter off, then Vice President pence under the constitution would assemble the cabinet. If a majority of them vote that the president is not able to discharge the duties and powers of the office, mike pence would become the acting president. T. Its only been invoked for routine operations. When president reagan was shot, they did not invoke the 25th amendment. They did not. And president reagans physician said that was a mistake because he had been shot and was having surgery. And what the chiefs of staff have said, the question is, is the president capable of making a decision . Thats the threshold. As soon as he emerges out of anesthesia, that letter reclaiming his powers went out. And i want to bring in martha raddatz. The president is headed to walter reed, a facility you know well. Yes. And it is a massive medical facility. He will get the best care possible. Not only from military doctors, but they will have any doctors to help out that they need. The white house said he will have a president ial office there. I think what they mean is a vip room, which is set up at walter reed. But that is set up for any vip that is there. He can work out of there. And he can also get treatment out of there. But it is a very, very professional hospital, of course. Weve seen through the years dozens and dozens and hundreds of soldiers treated there for wounds. The president will be treated for covid, they have protocols there, and they will certainly make way for the president. And i want to bring in Chris Christie, you were helping the president with debate prep through last weekend, up until tuesday around noon, tuesday afternoon. You were in close contact with the president. I was, george. We worked saturday, sunday, monday, and tuesday, a few hours each day. Mostly in the map room of the white house. And then we also worked in the oval office a little bit. We were all pretty well spread out in both places. I was probably, you know, three to four feet from the president , sitting across from him, across a rather large table. But we were all together for a number of hours for four days. Did you notice anything, any symptoms at all . No. Believe me, he and i had, you know, some good back and forths preparing for the debate. He seemed energetic, ready to go. And i didnt notice anything with him or with hope hicks, who was in the room as well, during those times. They both didnt display any symptoms that i noticed. And since you were in such close contact with the president , walk us through the process of how and if the white house contacted you to get tested yourself . I have not been contacted by the white house. I found out about hopes diagnosis through media reports. But obviously when i heard that hope, who i had been in that same room with as well, had tested positive and was symptomatic, i knew i had to be tested. I found that out, i guess, around 9 00 p. M. Last night, and i went this morning to a center in new jersey and got a test. And im supposed to receive the results first thing tomorrow morning. Chris, thank you have much. There you see marine one on the white house lawn, preparing to take the president to walter reed. I want to bring in cecilia vega. Its surprising to hear chris say he wasnt contacted by the white house. The white house also facing questions because the president went forward with that trip to b bedminster, new jersey after hicks tested positive. I had a physical reaction after hearing that Chris Christie had not been contact. That just raises serious, absolutely serious questions about the Contact Tracing methods that the white house has been using. And you mentioned it, that big trip to bedminster that the president took, even though he had been exposed, potentially 100someodd people. And theyve been told to take precautions. But this is coming at a time when the polls show the majority of americans dont trust the president s handling of the coronavirus. Hes frankly misspoken, mistruth after mistruth about how serious the virus is. He told bob woodward, he admitted to downplaying the severity of the virus, saying he didnt want to worry them. Even though he knew exactly how dangerous this was at the time. There are serious questions right now about how, i think, forthcoming the white house has been. And were waiting to find out exactly when he was first tested. The white house is not saying that. There are also questions about the president s health. We dont have a complete report of how healthy or not healthy he has been leading up to this. Just like he didnt release his tax returns. He has not bee