as mike matheny described to us before the game, comes right over the top and has a good downward plane fastball. tough to hit. as the reds found out the final game of the season in a game that didn't matter, shelby miller held them without a hit through five. strike 2. >> tim: hitters industry a pitcher like that as the guy who is throwing downhill, and miller does it very, very well. the ball is on top of you. even though you are looking for the fastball, it's on top of you before you are ready for it. great extension. >> joe: popped up behind the plate. molina will watch it head into the seats. still 1-2 on belt, who has had a nice night. 2 for 3. here's the motion of of shelby miller. >> tim: that's a four-seam fastball. 96 miles an hour. how about 312 strikeouts in three seasons in the minor leagues. his stuff in the lower minor leagues was just too good for the hitters he was facing. 2-2, the count on him. >> tim: dwight gooden, in 1984, he came up to the big leagues after striking out 300 in 190 innings. in one season. >> joe: unbelievable. how about shelby miller strikes out two

cardinals and mike matheny asked for a two-inning save from motte, who leads by two.itch is high for ball one. motte had a two-inning save opportunity on june 17 against kansas city. and blew that save. he saved 42 in the regular season. he saved game one of the nlcs and he deals with gregor blanco leading it off in the eighth. in to center. jay is there. one out. it goes without saying if you're mike matheny and/or tetedlilliquist, the pitching coach, not only do you want a scoreless eighth inning you want a quick eighth inning against the bm part of the line township not wear out the closer for the next frame. >> tim: 15 pitches or less would be just fine with the cardinals. >> joe: kontos the left-hander ge getting loose. motte will deal with brandon crawford who has been on base three times. takes a strike. on deck is aubrey huff. top of the order will bat again for the giants before the end of the night. they will need one base er. to guarantee that buster posey gets to the plate. strike two. crawford walked in the second. singled in the fourth. singled again in

they are a wonderful organization, mike matheny, bill dewitt, et cetera. i have to say there's a reason we were able to prevail in six elimination games. the players played with heart. they played for each other and they laid for the best fans in the world! [cheers and applause] >> brian sabean, you affectionately called this team cockroaches because they would never die. what impressed you the most about this group? >> well, it might be cliche, but these people are better people than baseball players and i'll give you the idea what kind of baseball players they are. how about the old say are good things happen to good people and great things happen to great people. >> and a good guy in bruce bochy who was able to manage them through all that adversity, what can you say about him? >> he's the best in my mind. he's the best in any sport. >> bruce bochy get up here. going to your second world series with this organization in three years. what separates those players from any team you have ever managed before? >> i'll say this, they played with more heart, mo

as mike matheny described to us before the game, comes right over the top and has a good downward planeugh to hit. as the reds found out the final game of the season in a game that didn't matter, shelby miller held them without a hit through five. strike 2. >> tim: hitters industry a pitcher like that as the guy who is throwing downhill, and miller does it very, very well. the ball is on top of you. even though you are looking for the fastball, it's on top of you before you are ready for it. great extension. >> joe: popped up behind the plate. molina will watch it head into the seats. still 1-2 on belt, who has had a nice night. 2 for 3. here's the motion of of shelby miller. >> tim: that's a four-seam fastball. 96 miles an hour. how about 312 strikeouts in three seasons in the minor leagues. his stuff in the lower minor leagues was just too good for the hitters he was facing. 2-2, the count on him. >> tim: dwight gooden, in 1984, he came up to the big leagues after striking out 300 in 190 innings. in one season. >> joe: unbelievable. how about shelby miller strikes out two in his nlcs

cardinals and mike matheny asked for a two-inning save from motte, who leads by two. pitch is high for ball one. motte had a two-inning save opportunity on june 17 against kansas city. and blew that save. he saved 42 in the regular season. he saved game one of the nlcs and he deals with gregor blanco leading it off in the eighth. in to center. jay is there. one out. it goes without saying if you're mike matheny and/or tetedlilliquist, the pitching coach, not only do you want a scoreless eighth inning you want a quick eighth inning against the bottom part of the line township not wear out the closer for the next frame. >> tim: 15 pitches or less would be just fine with the cardinals. >> joe: kontos the left-hander ge getting loose. motte will deal with brandon crawford who has been on base three times. takes a strike. on deck is aubrey huff. top of the order will bat again for the giants before the end of the night. they will need one base runner. to guarantee that buster posey gets to the plate. strike two. crawford walked in the second. singled in the fourth. singled

for mike matheny, the rookie cardinal manager. >> joe: here is the 1-2. runner takes second.that ends it! cardinals win game one, 6-4. allen craig corraled it at first and fed jason motte. it was anything but routine to end the night here in san francisco. >> tim: fantastic bullpen work by both clubs. this ball bobbled by allen craig. he was toward the line. i wouldn't say he was guarding the line, but toward it. no doubles. defense. finally makes the play. was not pretty. but effective. >> joe: mujica the winner, bumgarner, the loser. motte gets the save. three hour, 21-minute game. the cardinals take game one. final of 6-4. all the scoring done before the end of the fourth. the bullpens took over. and mike matheny in his first year as a major league manager, a manager anywhere professionally is three wins away from a trip to the world series. let's go down to the field and erin andrews. >> erin: joe, thanks so much. carlos, you said heading in to this series you weren't going to have any bitterness, but what were your emotions coming out here and playing in front of the san

rosenthal, according to mike matheny, the cardinal manager, still figures into the long-term plans as a starter in this organization. he has been shut down out of the bullpen. he's in one of his first jams of the postseason. the count goes to 1-2 on pence. reports on rosenthal, he maintains that good velocity deep into games. and a multiple pitch pitcher, even though we've seen pretty much fastball, curveball out of the bullpen. and that fastball, 97, strikes out pence. >> tim: the fastball is easy to understand, that young strength, only 22 years old. but he taught him self the knuckle-curveball. he is certainly the future of the st. louis cardinals, along with a lot of other right-handed arms that they have down in that bullpen. >> joe: three of them they are giving great experience to this postseason. shelby miller, joe kelly, who has worked in this game, and trevor rosenthal. strike 1 on the inside corner to brandon belt. the guy warming up in the bullpen, lance lynn, an 18-game winner. he's only 25. here's the 0-1. jammed him, right side. descalso has to wait and craig got back t

. >> reporter: it's interesting you talk about mike matheny there, derek, this is a cool, calm, collected veteran laden group just last year against the philadelphia phillies here in this very situation game five on the road against philadelphia. they came through and won the game on their way to the world series. so this group, the cardinals, they know how to get it done in these game five situations. it's a pressure packed night and so as we say, the nats have not been here before. the cards have. will that make a difference? we'll just have to wait and see. what we do know is this. they won't be an easy out, but elimination game a different animal. every mistake is magnified. game 167 will be something never experienced before by these nats. are they ready? they say yes. >> we know nothing is going to be easy, whether we win today, lose today. tomorrow is a new day. now we have a high of, a heartbeat, come out tomorrow -- a life, a heartbeat, come out tomorrow and anything can happen in that game. >> it's right where we want to be, being at home, coming back from a deficit 2-1 against

now mike matheny has a different makeup to the bullpen.oser that la russa ended with, though he never did name motte the closer. mott no note was that. certainly in world series. two-inning save last night, did not allow a base runner. saved 42 games in the regular season to tie for the league lead. here comes a 2-1 to arias. fly ball in to right. allen craig drifts back in front of the track. two out. sunday, foxtoberfest continues. fox n.f.l. sunday. big game redskins in the meadowlands to take on the giants. cowboys bat the panthers. packers-rams. down the street in st. louis. cardinals-vikes. saints-bucs. starts with a pre-game show at noon eastern, 9:00 of course pacific. griffin coming off a big win over the vikings and eli manning. got a chance to see him on sunday out in bay area at candlestick. he and the giants took apart the 49ers. most impressive game of the season for the defending world champs. here is pagan with two out, nobody on. >> tim: good segue. talking about the defending world champs. what a world series it was last

rosenthal, according to mike matheny, the cardinal manager, still figures into the long-term plans as a starter in this organization. he has been shut down out of the bullpen. he's in one of his first jams of the postseason. the count goes to 1-2 on pence. reports on rosenthal, he maintains that good velocity deep into games. and a multiple pitch pitcher, even though we've seen pretty much fastball, curveball out of the bullpen. and that fastball, 97, strikes out pence. >> tim: the fastball is easy to understand, that young strength, only 22 years old. but he taught him self the knuckle-curveball. he is certainly the future of the st. louis cardinals, along with a lot of other right-handed arms that they have down in that bullpen. >> joe: three of them they are giving great experience to this postseason. shelby miller, joe kelly, who has worked in this game, and trevor rosenthal. strike 1 on the inside corner to brandon belt. the guy warming up in the bullpen, lance lynn, an 18-game winner. he's only 25. here's the 0-1. jammed him, right side. descalso has to wait and craig got back t

now mike matheny has a different makeup to the bullpen.ever did name motte the closer. mott no note was that. certainly in world series. two-inning save last night, did not allow a base runner. saved 42 games in the regular season to tie for the league lead. here comes a 2-1 to arias. fly ball in to right. allen craig drifts back in front of the track. two out. sunday, foxtoberfest continues. fox n.f.l. sunday. big game redskins in the meadowlands to take on the giants. cowboys bat the panthers. packers-rams. down the street in st. louis. cardinals-vikes. saints-bucs. starts with a pre-game show at noon eastern, 9:00 of course pacific. griffin coming off a big win over the vikings and eli manning. got a chance to see him on sunday out in bay area at candlestick. he and the giants took apart the 49ers. most impressive game of the season for the defending world champs. here is pagan with two out, nobody on. >> tim: good segue. talking about the defending world champs. what a world series it was last year. >> joe: no doubt about that. >> tim:

manager mike matheny is impressed with what he sees in vogelsong. >> he's got good stuff, he's having a strong season and he's been able to make adjustments. that's why he's had the kind of season he's had. our guys are going to have to be a little more disciplined in their zone and not miss the mistakes. but he did make a whole lot last time. we will see what kind of adjustments our guys can make between the last start and tomorrow. >>> 4:37 first pitch and, of course, the raiders hosting jacksonville. we will have the highlights tonight at five. i'm mike shumann, have a great day. >> coming up next, one day away. mixed messages for the candidates on the campaign trail with preparations in full swing for tomorrow's last presidential debate. >>> and a new report finds a big discrepancy between how much wages grew for state workers when compared to the average californian. >> this is abc7 news live from the kgo broadcast center. >> welcome back. >> the white house is denying one-on-one nuclear talks with iran one day before the debate. a national security council spokesperson said the

manager mike matheny is impressed with what he sees in vogelsong. >> he's got good stuff, he's having he's been able to make adjustments. that's why he's had the kind ofsen he's had. our guys are going to have to be a little more disciplined in their zone and not miss the mistakes. but he did make a whole lot last time. we will see what kind of adjustments our guys can make between the last start and tomorrow. >>> 4:37 first pitch and, of course, the raiders hosting jacksonville. we will have the highlights tonight at five. i'm mike shumann, have a great day. >> coming up next, one day away. mixed messages for the candidates on the campaign trail with preparations in full swing for tomorrow's last presidential debate. >>> and a new report finds a big disyepcy between hutch wages grew for state workers when compared to the average californian. we've got the details ahead. >> the white house is denying one-on-one nuclear talks with iran one day before the debate. they said it's not true and the u.s. will continue to work with the u.n. to resolve the issues. in the meantime president oba