1回表(山本由伸/Yoshinobu Yamamoto) Cubs were the Dodgers in the first game of this series 10 to four last night we're all set for game two Ian haap climbs in Yamamoto threw his wind and off we go with a fast ball at 97 crisley to the outside corner strike one over the last month without a loss there's the curve and it his minor league starts the fast ball is ball for strike one curveball for strike two and then the splitter downstairs one and two on half fires the one two to half boy looking good one batter in breaks off a curve oh how we've missed you this was dirty Joe we saw it for a strike for strike too but now watch the Ben starts in the strike zone this thing bounced in front of the plate and got a swing and Miss for me and hap that's how good and remember his curveball gets 13 more into of depth than the average curveball he showcased it there they went for eight against it with fourks that's how he STS Danby Swanson the rest of the season on the road the way that they've hit one nine of their last 10 Road can tell they are a much better offensive team on the road splitter checked pitcher ever the onew backto back C splitter Dives under the swing now we've seen all three of the Prime pitches and I love that he's starting out with the fast ball finishing off here with the splitter that pan match up right here Yamamoto to se Suzuki a curve is a little bit career one ball one strike that shows you how late it's moving Moto slowly threw that wind up and a fast ball 98 here's his 2-2 it's going to be interesting back home with another 2-2 good take on that curve here's the payoff Yamoto strikes out the side in his first inning in three months curveball for the first strike out of the game and went to the splitter and it was a beauty out fast ball painted on the outside the corner striking out the side welcome back yoshinobu Yamamoto it's brought to you by Budweiser this buds for you show to imaga you see his 299 a third in the NL 26 starts just 25 walks the walk to strikeout ratio has been fabulous 6 to1 Chase rate above the Major League average fast ball split little slider curveball sweeper whatever you want you 1回裏(今永昇太/Shota Imanaga) want to call it Otani first pitch swinging pops it up Swanson wandering out as Herer gives way and Dansby makes the catch one pitch bats who homered last night he's been swinging a red hot bat since play last night High Fly ball in the air left center field Pete Cole Armstrong and with two down we'll take a look at the Cubs defense the defensive [Music] setup and Freeman lifts that in the air and on four pitches imag able to get him one two three well that was easy enough those guys aren't so scary velocity up on all three as 2回表(山本由伸/Yoshinobu Yamamoto) well it's Bellinger to start this second inning started the scoring yesterday with a home run against Walker on this two- pitch Bellinger swings and misses at the fast ball up two and one the runners in scoring position two and two from the top of the zone to the bottom and back with a 2-2 he has struck out the first four a devilish splitter well the biggest thing Joe is the pitch prior we just showed the fast ball got called just below the zone and that just sets perfectly up the splitter same window same tunnel you have no chance that pitch is getting called and then you throw this one 13 miles an hour slower you miss on the next one isach paradus fast ball pinpoint strike one is until the last moment away Mercy [Applause] Mercy 02 that would be the worst of his seven years there that 235 let's go of a onew pitch Cubs are five games out of a another one two on the knuckles Cubs fan parus with the first Bas hit of the game this increasingly hot hitting continues with a one out single no no no same with Cody two ex Dodgers I mean they were their offense quickly nothing in two five strikeouts [Music] [Applause] already he just did such a great job with the tunneling of his pitches when he throws the fast ball away and then the splitter off of that curveball is the same location but here the splitter he can manipulate that pitch so well we've seen it move down and there it just stays away late break another swing and Miss to uh bat to ball right here niik hoer greets the first pitch he sees bruising that thing lining it into [Applause] Center this is where you got to jump and sit fast ball early he's been pretty consistent getting it chases as often as any player in B one to the plate grounded to first off ready Freeman Ricochet is into foul ground and paradus will come in to score costle air on Freddy Freeman Cubs one Dodgers nothing cly and rare err for Freddy Freeman and this bounces off just so weird to get all the way over to the wall which allows runner at second base isak pereta to come all the way around and score [Applause] Shaya two [Applause] and0 fly the other way Muki bets is back on it he'll make the grab Cubs get the first run of the game one nothing middle two seemed like foreign territory 2回裏(今永昇太/Shota Imanaga) yeah we've seen him get a chance to do it just about everywhere Edmond jumps him down the line and that one is gone Tommy Edmond hitting clean up and hits his first Homer of the year and it's [Applause] 1-1 well they have power but that's an unexpected source yeah Edmond just jumping on a first pitch listen sha gives up home runs he's not afraid to fill up the strike zone with fast balls he challenges hitters it's his 24th home run given up Homer [Music] ahz tell you that pitch was middle he'd like it a little higher yeah one Edmund ironically is from the right side a little bit more of a high ball hitter so that pitch being up in the zone just tends to around 155 Innings 24 home runs he gives up home is how he usually goes so he doesn't give up a lot of multi you know run home runs there a lot of solo home runs and that just Roos weights here it comes showed [Applause] it the 2-1 up the middle and Nico horer handle the chance as Yamamoto and imanaga square off here tonight imaga doing the limbo herself today shop nissanusa.com just I mean for argument sake I mean so basically when you look at the main part of the reason with the hamstring and then who's going to fill that void and sha just slid in there nicely and has just gone out there and continued to that he had over three earned runs so I mean this is a guy that's been reliable he's posting every fifth day every sixth day Brewers otherwise has got an at 210 check swing did he go yes he did Muny not real pleased with Todd tishner twice the Cubs are just 54 and 64 when imaga does not start 1 our score gam both lead in their series 3回表(山本由伸/Yoshinobu Yamamoto) opener strike one on here he is just 40 pitches in now land strikes out half for the second time number seven jby Swanson I think the beautiful thing is is [Applause] man oh man that curveball which he did not feel good about in his two starts in the miners wow kentay pitch strikes out oh big you pardon strike two on Swanson it here in this stadium and now he's doing the same thing pinpoint that was just a pitch ahead [Applause] Jumbo Jacks for free in the third inning folks seven k for Yamamoto confused he's pitching backwards now he's starting off with the off speed finishing here with the fast ball Dansby Swanson clearly prepared for something else Suzuki with two away top four in the Cubs lineup combined this is the third time this year today two to Suzuki is a knee buckling curve he wanted to pull the trigger but couldn't just the hitters reactions are the best part of this wow and then the fast ball just speeds by him 2-2 Thea Suzuki got him that thing nose Dives splitter gets a swing and a miss he's got eight K through three the splitter the fast ball away a little split piece again yoshinobu Yamamoto thanks to the Google machine here's a look at where these fourstar players hail from specifically in Japan Naga from outside of Fukuoka benen is where Yamamoto was born and then fora Suzuki and shoh Otani a little closer to Tokyo Otani born in OSU and with imanaga on the mound to a 3回裏(今永昇太/Shota Imanaga) game two vict iory and that one Paints the outside sha the other day was wearing stadium that the band Oasis played their first Stadium show over in England and Oasis has buried the hatchet swing and a miss and so I asked Edwin stanbury to ask spring something like that he thought it was a cool logo so he bought it that's how cool people do their I'm down with that and he doesn't even know they're like a really cool hot B base hit the other way for Kik Hernandez and Bellinger does well to close on it so the leadoff man is aboard One On and nobody out c number 15 two strike hitting Kik and a swing and a miss frames a low pitch well athletic hey you're going to start catching some bullpens and so his catching career began and he's one of the elite catchers the onew line drive and a base hit might have broken his back and so the first two have reached and now the Dodgers put together a threat two aboard nobody out and the big boys coming up with o Johny bets and Freeman yeah super loud and a good pitch right there is think that moves from right at his hip all the way to the off to played away two on nobody out the 01 went back the one1 and that one inside John shami Ryan Dempster on the ground bus grabs it goes to Second for one return to first two wow oh what a double play that was gorgeous and among all the things that we've talked about with show to imaga a fabulous job all the way around well executed in that situation thinking you're going to turn a double pitch that comfortable with that level of footwork no offense no yeah I was definitely not a guy's voice to tell me what pitch to throw B swings and misses I asked Bill Murray's going to do it the two on to third paradus grabs it and how do you like that the first two reach and and they do not score imanaga and the Cubs tied up one and one sequenced all of 4回表(山本由伸/Yoshinobu Yamamoto) them heart of the C he get four and Dave said if he gets into the fourth it's great and it's been great fast ball is and what he's built Untouchable he's got the good stuff tonight Joe all three of them have been perfect Bellinger goes down to get that one serves it on a hop to short and a close play with his speed but Roos gets him had written down E3 and Crow Armstrong's ball to first but it's been ruled a hit and so those three hits in the [Applause] second yeah I have a changed it back you're giv in that's into Centerfield in a base head second one of the game for parus went into Sunday's game over for his last 14 hits the last and games now he's had a really short Michael bus runner at first one away the term Minnesota nice was invented to describe grounds his bot a first Freeman will go to Second for one back to first to B prer and Yoshi Noble Yamamoto with four solid Innings so probably an understatement with the AK Z RX upt 4回裏(今永昇太/Shota Imanaga) tonight pitch in for a strike free with long sleeves under his jersey and he does so in part to honor so he kind of honors her memory in that way his career in Atlanta a onew bounced out to his former teammate Dansby Swanson one up and one down no versatility iaga that one drilled in the air out towards left center field Pete Crow Armstrong back he jumps and he can't make the catch it's gone wow Tommy Edmond [Music] [Applause] again and it's 2-1 so almost in the same spot this one a little bit more in but Edmond jumping all over it a great effort multihomer game for Tommy edman the one oh and pz hits it in the air to right field Bellinger is there we talked about the first home run that Edmond hit and taking a look I'm going to go ahead and challenge him again and as a hitter he's going he's not thinking I'm swinging right here here [Applause] Edmond that one laced and pulled [Applause] foul a onew and that's stairs and outside again going two fast balls here's a two two and now it's Phil one starts at Short Stop roas is next one fouled away tonight is his 5 32 outside corner got him roas is gone but the Damage Done felt like he was living a dream and then Otani would say that he had not had a ton of success in the mid summer classic previously so nice to put a good ball in play the two of them spent time to together and has 5回表(今永昇太/Shota Imanaga) been as engaging as it gets I think mascot and Hiroshima for the carp yeah which is se's old [Applause] team that's drilled right field M it's a no doubter deep and gone and it's 3-1 Dodgers [Applause] Muny definitely did not miss the barrel of the bat yeah in total Homer's hit they lead the national league in Homer's hit 20 to Kik tonight on five days r that one in there for a strike again 59 that was last year he's going to go past that has he been on regular MLB four days rest a swing and a miss and a strikeout that's a change up right there lawence Pops that one foul sorry couldn't help it here's your one [Applause] o two and that one missing downstairs the onew is a little bit High Crown the 2- two now the 3-2 we in their 30s who give off a little bit of a vibe but get off my lawn as it relates they don't like the wave to the wave know if that's a thing yeah 32 popped up Herer going out waving his arms and makes the catch on the Green Green Grass here's Otani and an awkward swing and strike one he's 0 for two and nobody on that is crushed out towards right center field Bellinger back near the wall and he hauls it in bely able to make the catch as the park holds it and it stays 6回表(今永昇太/Shota Imanaga) 3-1 some young kid named Kyle Hendricks center field Pete Crow Armstrong has it and BTS retired and that [Applause] one Scoops that one out of the even Naga misses upstairs [Applause] one swing in a miss struck him out that's number four for [Applause] shoda part about imanaga this season has been what you don't see in between pitches just like we just saw there with the dancing or the way he'll nod we get forgetful of what we're doing we're playing a game we're competing yes but we're also having fun and as good a time as anybody out on that field so he was coming off the field the other day really react and so as he got closer I said to Edwin as translator yeah so I only do that if I think I can't get a hit off the guy but I know I can get a hit off of you okay Edmund retired always playful always fun he's done good work tonight but right now on the short end saying today he has stacked three good days on 7回表(今永昇太/Shota Imanaga) top of each other and now the hope is that he'll throw a bullpen in the coming days but they really need to focus on the symptoms make sure he's completely symptom free before they take that next step and for to have a setback that one under the glove of Swanson they went E6 there evaluate that close play P has back in wasn't that far off but a good throw and the tag of letting this ball travel deep where he he's kind of T they call in the fielders overturned the runners out Chicago will retain the challenge there you go deep they're not going to get it and then coming back and I you see that a lot at first too where guys were able to do that that one out into center field and it's a base hit for Roos so now how big is that overturn h Gore roas at first and that breaking ball is he wanted that and coming up into the Zone his glove goes down in the air to center [Music] field and there is out number two as Muny retired Cubs will have a opportunity that one drilled out towards right center field Pete Crow Armstrong racing and he made the catch what a play PCA on the move and he steals extra bases from Kik Hernandez and a run from the Dodgers running down everything Pete Crow Armstrong