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Just a tap away on the geico app. Matt Danny Valencia lead things off in the top of the and after a strange looking visual in the bottom half of the ci involving his moving on an 01 count and show it to you in a moment. A 44 ball game. Valencia, escobar and ciriaco. Joe smith stays out. E2y valencia grounds to the shortstop for aybar. Da n lets take you back to the end of the previous halfinning. Eric you see valencia sprinting across the field and positioning himself on the right side of second base. Now, the first pitch, he was standing over there at third. My guess is that he just forgot where he was supposed to be. Where, okay, were 01 or 10, we are going to shift appropriately. I think that was just a, hey, okay. Oh, forgot. anbfi7kn matt here is Alcides Escobar now. There is more than one way to skin a cat or to shift an some time talking with ned yost growing league wide trend. On that instance, they apparently, the royals, wanted valencia to the First Base Side of second. And it was Alcides Escobar whor stayed put. Take a b n look at the pace the league is on as a whole. On a pace for ot7n13,000 plus shifts. A steadily growing total. This year on a pace to triple from the previous 6÷season. Eric almost seems a few teams are doingu . V it and mor teams do it because they dont want to feel left out or not uptodate with everything. Again, it solves some issues, but it creates a whole host of issues as well. We talked to Mike Scioscia just about cutoffs and relays and who coverssm. K bases in certain situations. A lot of times third base is left unmanned. . Oy he was talking about how they had to go over plays in spring training and . Qn still things art completely solved. Matt it w y . X one thing a f years ago to watch, say, a rays red sox game and see joe maddon who was out in front a lot of this overloading the right side of his infield for david ortiz. Okay, i get that. But its really taken off from there. Youve got rookie pitchers in many cases, there was a game two weeks ago, aan mets yankees gam two righthanded pitchers making their Major League Debuts and mets is shifting behind their rookie as though he was a seasoned veteran who knew exactly what was happening behind him and had the ability to put the ball anywhere he wanted. A little pop for calhoun. Out number two. Of course, the whole idea of overloading the infield isnt new. The williams shift, something the defense has tried to do to neutralize who was the games best hitter of his dayhp in t 1947 world series, the cardinals tried it and it worked to varying degrees of success. Of course, ted williams was jzg that way. As many of todays hitters, eric, refused to yield to it as well. Eric youll get very few that the defense will overshift and they will play what they call the triangle over on the right side of the field with second baseman playing almost like a recovery like in right field. I did watch Anthony Rizzo the solid first baseman for the cubs drop down a bunt. He beat the shift. Again, if you dont want teams playing a shift against you that is what youre going to eventually have to do. Matt a big swingiri miss by Pedro Ciriaco to fall behind 12. Wrapped out to the shortstop. Fl aybar is busy. Very athletic play. Bang, bang style. Gets ciriaco at the bag. Even the best hitter in baseball history for most of us wasnt against trying to bunt to beat the shift. Still a 44 ball game in anaheim. Summer is loaded with little adventures. So make the most of every sunfilled summer day with a refreshing leinenkugels summer shandy. Its crisp beer with the natural flavor of lemonade that says come on by without having to say a single word. Our family has been brewing beers in chippewa falls, wisconsin for six generations and this one says summer. So grab some summer shandy and join us out here. Take them on the way you always have. Live healthy and take one a day mens 50 . 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The angels guilty of a couple of early defensive miscues. Last of the eighth. Aybar, calhoun, and conger for los angeles. Erick aybars tworun home run in the fourth started the scoring for the halos. They got two in the fourth and two in the fifth. Overshift last halfinning. The players who have seen itc[e most listed on your screen david ortiz has seen it for a number of years now. But for guys like brian mccann in particular, it has really proven difficult. Erick aybar, again . nu offer the wall. D wheels wall. Into second. Eric aybar showing power the inner half of the plate. Herrera not able to get it by aybar and shoots it off the ball. Aoki makes a good, strong throw but not get the speedy aybar. Matt down and into erick aybar batting lefthanded is not a bad idea. Eric i hear you. Well, it will be interesting to see what Mike Scioscia employs here. Does he ask calhoun to bunt . Does he trust him to pull the ball and get the runner over . Matt here comes ned yost. He is going to make a move for the lefthanded hitting calhoun. Conversation on the infield my off of ted williams in louis. Misspoke and said 1947. It was 46. I was only 7 that year so i dont have a good grip on it. Pitching change. We will be right back. Tmobile introduces 4g lte data for just 40 bucks a month. Unlimited talk and text. And no overages. Switch to tmobile and well even pay your early termination fees. Get it now at tmobile. Oh. So you can doubt whats going on up there . And you can hate [ cheers and applause ] [ crowd ] welcome home, chuck, welcome home but i know welcome home, chuck. This is all for you. Wow are you serious . [ laughs ] no matter what it takes [ man ] please join me in welcoming im coming home lt. Chuck nadd home im coming home tell the world im coming home let the rain wash away. Tell the world im coming home the restless never stop. They just change boots. Thats why we made the allnew Jeep Cherokee. With an exclusive 9speed transmission and 31 miles per gallon highway. So you can keep going. Wellqualified lessees get a low mileage lease on the 2014 Jeep Cherokee sport front wheel drive for 199 a month. Eric wade davis is coming if. What do you do . You see the hitting coach dave hansen. Conger saying i need to find out a Little Something too. So much information. What is this guy like to throw and what are his pitches . What will he throw in a certain count and what does he throw with guys in scoring position . I tell you, this guy, wade davis, will come right at you. Lefthanders are hitting. 171 against him and righthanders. 111 and not faring much better. 20 innings pitched. Ten hits. And let me tell you about the strikeouts, matt. Matt id like to hear about it. Eric 20 innings pitched, he has got 38 strikeouts this year. Is that good . Is that good . What does that project to with the year . Matt a pretty good year. Working out of that bull pen in kansas city after some starter with joe maddons tampa bay rays. It will be kole calhounxa8 aga the righthanded leader. V scoring position and nobody out in the eighth. Calhoun hitless tonight. There is a drive into center. Cain drifting to his right to make the catch. Ecoei has got g hell be able to tag up on that ball. The goahead run 90 feet away. Eric again, not to beleaguer the point here, but ubr. Remember that little abbreviated thing we were talking about, ultimate basez8un reasonin1bb . That is the angels tagging going from second to third. Not that was anything other teams wouldnt do, but its what they do well. Vcis right now, with the hits and all of those sort of things, pujols going second to third earlier. A big run. Maybe this here. Aybar. Matt kansas city brings the infield now. Goahead run at third and one away. Hanknu< congers has had a good game. A pair of doubles and base on balls. E6r he has been terrific in his handful of opportunities with runners in scoring position. He is 7 for 16 this year. 0a 20. Eric as a hitter right now in this situation, youre looking for something up in the zone. Youre not trying to get greedy. Sometimes with a man on third, in, youre thinking, oh, thats a sure thing, im going to get a base hit. You stay disciplined. You think opposite field, let the ball travel. Get it up. Matt the 20. 97mileanhour fastball for a strike. Davis can only afford to be so careful with the switch hitter hank conger. Have you a righthanded hitter Collin Cowgill next and then you flip the lineup and have to deal another good fastball. One just missed. Three balls and a strike. Selective. Up out over the plate and look left center to right center. Let the ball ths where you be selective. Up out over the plate and look left center to right center. Let the ball hths where you b selective. Up out over the plate and look left center to right center. Let the ball iths where you be selective. Up out over the plate and look left center to right center. Let the ball sths where you become selective. Up out over the plate and look left center to right center. Let the ball iths where you become selective. Up out over the plate and look left center to right center. Let the ball sths where you become selective. Up out over the plate and look left center to right cent2 f id become selective. Up out over the plate and look left center to right center. Let the ball matt runner at third. One gone. 31 is fouled back. A full count now to hank conger. Eric he goes with a breaking ball in that situation. Left it up. If idavis im going with a breaking ball down in the zone. Hank conger is aggressive. Wants to be a hitter. Goes out in the zone. Matt davis full count pitch. A swing and a flyball out to shallow right. Aoki makes the catch and aybar and one could hardly blame him. That ball simply wasnt deep enough to get the run in. Mlb. Tv premium. Celebrating 12 years. Ngnthe. Mel of subscribers and watch every out of market game live on over 400r i devices. Tl n visit mlb. Com for details. H, easy for me to say. Well, royals have had their frustrations today with runners in scoring position and nobody out. Collin cowgill will try to prevent that kind of scenario from frustrating the angels here in the eighth. Late on a fastball. Erick aybar doubled to start the eighth inning and then the pitching change. Wade davis came on and got calhoun to fly out and conger to fly out. Pp w eric you see there the teams combine 3 for 20 food witoday w runners in scoring position. Matt the angels only hit there was aybars home run. Wszin 11 to Collin Cowgill. Eric remember the angels scored a run earlier today. Odt Albert Pujols coming in on a wild pitch. Matt a ball and two strikes. Wade davis aint trying to trick anybody out there tonight. He is throwing hard and nothing but fastballs. Jb 12. Cowgill is just trying to hang around. Eric he is just trying to make some contact and take his chances hoping to find a hole somewhere. The outfield is playing awfully shallow. This is with two outs. You can see how shallow they are. Cowgill is just trying to make contact. Vw matt the 12. A breaking ball got him looking that set up after so many fastballs. Wade davis doing a masterful job to strand a runner in scoring position with nobody out. Still tied at 4. Announcer1 well harper is coming up to the plate. You know i dont believe it but he signed that two Year Contract that puts him on a limited hit plan announcer two absolutely terrible he gets fined for getting too many hits. Announcer1 and hes already over his monthly hit limit. And theres a base hit up the middle. Announcer two and here come the overages. Youve reached the age where youve learned a thing or two. This is the age of knowing what youre made of. So why let erectile dysfunction get in your way . 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Eastern here on fox. Reliever this afternoon for the angels. Eric you see those arent glaring numbers. 03 i should say glowing. But he has been good as of late. In his last seven outings, he has only given up two hits. One run. Reclaimed that effectiveness. Matt 02 the count to nori aoki. Its 12. Speaking of9l3u marlins and th sox and next weeks mlb on fox doubleheader coverage, the red sox lost to the wc rays today extra innings 15inning loss. Th loss. The most consecutive losses by a defending champ since the . Vz9n marlins. Aoki bunting with two strikes foul. Th. Eric having a ton of struggles now. Th ]zjw just signed stephen dre and getting ready to reacquaint himself with his former teammates at shortstop. Everything went right for boston last year. Remember, the year before, they had struggled mightily. They were one of the worst team in the game. Matt yeah. Eric and not thinking it would carry over into this year. Matt eric hosmer, 3 for 4 tonight. As we talked about earlier, its just too early to say anybody is out in the a. L. East. Three written off the jays and they are in first place tonight. Its zo9 just going to flipfl like that, i think, much of the season. Big swing and a miss at a fastball at 95mileanhour here hooet heater and its 02. Neither the royals nor the angels have had a lot of success in onerun games. The royals, in particular. They are just 411 in the close ones. Frieri tries to getswjv hosmer chase and its a ball and two strikes. Sound like a broken record here, but back to one of your points earlier, ek. Lack of a home run threat. Wow no swing on the appeal down to andy fletcher. Eric like you said, matty. P hits in a row. Hosmer, that is a swing right there. That is swing if im up at the plate doing that. Then its a definite check. Michael even ned is smirk baggage that one. Hosmer catches a break. 22 pitch. 32. Eric back tour point. The royals have to get three hits to score a run. If youre talking about doing it against these guys, 96, 97, the nasty breaking ball. Youd like to be able to send a guy up there and let him run into one. Ob matt you have to feel like if youre ned yost going to the bottom of the ninth inning tied should they not score here. Kendrick and trout and pujols for the angels. Eric just the guys you want to face, right . You see by the foxtrax, we are going right after him. Here you go. If you can hit it, i tip my cap. Michael three balls and two strikes to eric hosmer. S empty. 44 tie in the top of the ninth. Got him swinging eric it seemed like the harder frieri was throwing the harder hosmer was swinging. He loses the bat right there. I always felt like the harder a guy was throwing, the less i tried to do. Just try to get the barrel on there. Billy butler is going to try here. Matt butler has an rbi tonight. a he drops the 95mileanhour slider in there. Eric are you going to tell me hitting is not the toughest thing to do in÷n0c all of sport . Matt 01 to butler. Another good breaking ball that time. Its