that streak 56 consecutive games, i agree with you, matt, not happening. >> matt: we have paid attention to hit speed today with the home run speeds. the base hit, that single game off david freese bat at 101 miles an hour. >> eric: the scare kri thing is, it was probably coming in at 99. i think it might have been coming in at 103.ye kri thing is, it was probably coming in at 99. i think it might have been coming in at 103.t was probabz;. i think it might have been coming in at 103.was probably c. i think it might have been coming in at 103. these guys in the royals bull pen. >> matt: after the first pitch moved to the second base spot. flyball to the infield. regardless, it's still 4-4. kidkids are fed. homework is done. baths are taken. i'm impressed. looks like you got everything under control.

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>> matt: danny valencia lead things off in the top of the and after a strange looking visual in the bottom half of the çi involving his moving on an 0-1 count and show it to you in a moment. a 4-4 ball game. valencia, escobar and ciriaco. joe smith stays out.e2y valencia grounds to the shortstop for aybar.da:>ñ let's take you back to the end of the previous half-inning. >> 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, we're 0-1 or 1-0, we are going to shift appropriately. i think that was just a, hey, okay. oh, forgot.áñbfi7kñ >> 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 ñ look at the pace the league is on as a whole. on a pace for ót7ñ13,000 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 doingú).v it and mor teams do it because they don't want to feel left out or not up-to-date 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?qñ 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 it's really taken off from

there. you've got rookie pitchers in many cases, there was a game two weeks ago, aáñ mets/yankees gam two right-handed 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 isn't new. the williams shift, something the defense has tried to do to neutralize who was the game's 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 today's hitters, eric, refused to yield to it as well. >> eric: you'll 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 don't want teams playing a shift against you that is what you're going to eventually have to do. >> matt: a big swingirí miss by pedro ciriaco to fall behind 1-2. 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 wasn't against trying to bunt to beat

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create yours at squarespace. ♪ >> michael: almost identical line scores. four runs on ten hits for both sides. the angels guilty of a couple of early defensive miscues. last of the eighth. aybar, calhoun, and conger for los angeles. erick aybar's two-run home run in the fourth started the scoring for the halos. they got two in the fourth and two in the fifth. overshift last half-inning. 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?ñú 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 left-handed 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 left-handed 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 don't have a good grip on it. pitching change. we will be right back. ♪ t-mobile introduces 4g lte data for just 40 bucks a month. ♪ unlimited talk and text. and no overages. switch to t-mobile and we'll even pay your early termination fees. ♪ get it now at t-mobile.

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>> 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. left-handers are hitting .171 against him and right-handers .111 and not faring much better. 20 innings pitched. ten hits. and let me tell you about the strikeouts, matt. >> matt: i'd 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 maddon's tampa bay rays. it will be kole calhounxa'8 aga the right-handed 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 he'll be able to tag up on that ball. the go-ahead run 90 feet away. >> eric: again, not to beleaguer the point here, but ubr. remember that little abbreviated thing we were talking about, ultimate basez8uñ reasonin1bb(!. that is the angels tagging going from second to third. not that was anything other teams wouldn't do, but it's 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. go-ahead run at third and one away. hankñu< 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 2-0. >> eric: as a hitter right now in this situation, you're looking for something up in the zone. you're not trying to get greedy. sometimes with a man on third, in, you're thinking, oh, that's a sure thing, i'm going to get a base hit. you stay disciplined. you think opposite field, let the ball travel. get it up. >> matt: the 2-0. 97-mile-an-hour fastball for a strike.

davis can only afford to be so careful with the switch hitter hank conger. have you a right-handed 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. 3-1 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 i'm 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 wasn't deep enough to get the run in. mlb.tv premium. celebrating 12 years. ngñthe. >> mel: of subscribers and watch every out of market game live on over 400r@(í devices.tl/"ñ

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 aybar's home run.wsziñ

1-1 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 ain't trying to trick anybody out there tonight. he is throwing hard and nothing but fastballs.jb 1-2. 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 1-2. 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.

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>> matt: game summary. a fun one watch. at one point the royals had a 3-0 lead and but that quickly went away with two home runs in the fourth and fifth inning. we are in the ninthúñxt tied at 4. next saturday another mlb double-header with the braves taking on the marlins on fox bgosfox or the pirates take on dodgers. our double-header coverage begins saturday at 3:30 eastern on fox sports 1 and continuing at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on fox. reliever this afternoon for the angels. >> eric: you see those aren't glaring numbers. 0-3 -- 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: 0-2 the count to nori aoki. it's 1-2. speaking of9l3ú marlins and th sox and next week's mlb on fox double-header coverage, the red sox lost to the+w"ç rays today extra innings 15-inning loss. th loss. the most consecutive losses by a defending champ since the ?vz9ñ 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, it's 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. it's(zo9 just going to flip-fl like that, i think, much of the season. big swing and a miss at a fastball at 95-mile-an-hour here hooet heater and it's 0-2. neither the royals nor the angels have had a lot of success in one-run games. the royals, in particular.

they are just 4-11 in the close ones. frieri tries to getswjv hosmer chase and it's 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 i'm up at the plate doing that. then it's a definite check. >> michael: even ned is smirk baggage that one. hosmer catches a break. 2-2 pitch. 3-2. >> eric: back tour point. the royals have to get three

hits to score a run. if you're talking about doing it against these guys, 96, 97, the nasty breaking ball. you'd like to be able to send a guy up there and let him run into one.ob >> matt: you have to feel like if you're 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. 4-4 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 95-mile-an-hour slider in there. >> eric: are you going to tell me hitting is not the toughest thing to do in÷n0ç all of sport? >> matt: 0-1 to butler. another good breaking ball that time. it's