Afternoon baseball here on the show today we've got a good matchup in store between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees. It's baseball on the show and it's coming up next. Jordan Montgomery a hurler from South Carolina will be the starting pitcher in this one. Dan any thoughts? I really like this guy who reminds me a lot of Andy Pettit left-hander from the University of South Carolina. Not an overpowering fastball kind of like Andy Pettit low to mid 90s fastball good curveball his secondary pitches. He needs to improve on a little bit but this guy has a bright future quality arm from the left side. Stepping into the box. He will leave this one off today and that's in there for strike one. He's a little quick on that swing and he finds himself behind 0 and 2. Nothing in two count and the pitch takes this the other way to right. He dives. Did he catch that? He did. What a play there for the first out taking another look at it. The ball has some pop spin on it but he's on the full run and dives to make the catch. Nice defensive play right there. In for the Jays. Kevin Vigio as he'll get his first opportunity in this one infield in the over shift here. Now the pitch ball a ball and no strikes. Game time temperature this afternoon stuck in an even 50 degrees as we begin play. He won a home. There is our officiating crew in this one calling balls and strikes. Mr. Freddie Ferguson. Hey Dero you better be ready to swing particularly at that low pitch. Freddie Ferguson low ball umpire. Yeah makes it tough on the offense. I was a guy who liked the low ball but that usually means those guys are susceptible to that slider in the dirt. You have to see the ball up and this guy doesn't give you a chance. Can't connect there. It's two and two and a fastball blew it right by him and there are two down. Any time a pitcher locates a fastball on the inside corner it's going to be a tough pitch to hit. That one was spot on and he had no answer for it at the plate. And she'll look at a breaking ball that misses for ball one. First chance for him here in the top of the first with nobody on. Two and oh to the Jays left fielder. I wouldn't be surprised if he had the green light here. Matter of fact I know he's got the green light here. He's looking for something set or cut and he's looking to do damage. Hard hit ball to second. LeMay Hughes got it. Throw the first in plenty of time and the side is retired. Nothing doing here in the opening half inning. Blue Jays nothing Yankees come into bat major league baseball on the show. The right hander from Illinois will be the starter here. What do you have for us on him Danny. Hey Tana Roark a lot of times gets lost in the shuffle. Really good sinking fastball former reliever that worked his way into the starting rotation. Ninety three to ninety five miles an hour would sink power slider. Good change up. I'd like to see him use the change up a little bit more. Quality three pitch mix a pitcher and not a throw. Here comes Brett Gardner now as he'll lead things off in the home first heading out towards shallow right. Fishers under it looks it into his glove and there's one gone. And that'll bring up Glaver Torres his career line against Roark up until this point. Pretty good success. He's four for five. He's taken him deep once and this misses outside in a bit high one ball no strikes. Torres is a prolific power hitter and you probably didn't need me to tell you that. Doesn't matter what kind of pitching he faces. There's a lot of pop in that bad. Yeah this guy absolutely does not discriminate and you could close your eyes during batting practice and know exactly who's hitting the baseball in the cage. Late swing on the hitters count still a good count for him now however at two and one lifted down the line in left and this is going to wind up a foul ball bases are empty one man and that's low so a good eye there as he works the count back full to the left. I'm a little bit more afraid of the guy on deck to the guy that's up right now. If I'm on the mound I want this guy up right now. He's the guy that's got to beat me and a fastball swung on and missed as he just reared back there two away. Nice to seeing fastball there. You don't usually see a lot of swings and misses with that pitch unless it's really moving. So that one must have had some real good late life and that'll bring up Aaron as he comes up empty on a pitch right down the middle for strike one looking to get on base and keep this first inning alive crowds him a bit with a fastball there and it's to one and one. That's a great pitch for a spot like that. It looks like a strike and it just comes in out of the zone. You can command that with movement. It's a very effective pitch to pitching hitters inside. Grounded back up the middle fielded cleanly throw in the dirt but a good save saves an error as the side is retired. So the Yanks go one two three still no score second inning set to go. And now the Toronto number four hitter Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Number 27. Here's the first pitch to him and a curveball in for a strike. Yeah he made up his mind early to take the first pitch because that thing was right down the middle just a bit late and he's falling behind 0 and 2. Count and the pitch. This is skied into short left center. Stanton comes on and makes the catch in shallow left throughout number one standing in Brandon Drury. He'll get to take his first cuts here. Here's the pitch ball one still looking for our first hit in the ball game. And this is a fastball that's right on the black but ruled a ball. It's 2 and 0 now holds this one in the air out to left. Now is Stanton to make the catch and there are two away now. So bases are empty here with two gone and the big right handed bat of Randall Gritchick saunters into the batter's box next. He's ready. Here's the first offering sends that one out of play for strike one. Had to be sitting something hard right there because he gave up on that pitch but it was right down the chute. The wind up and the 01 off speed pitch here but it dips below the knees evening us at one and one. No score here as we play any number two one and two. Now is that one's fouled off off the curveball that's in the dirt that was in the middle of the time and it's back to even now at two and two. Pretty good breaking ball to lay off of right there if I'm pitching I might think this guy might be sitting on something off speed. The two two hit high and deep out to left center field Gardner going back to the track. And old Gritchick leaves the yard with a solo shot as the Jays get the game's first tally it's one to nothing. How do you beat the shift you hit it over the shift of course the guy's up in the sky so he lifts this one up and out of here to Oscar Hernandez digging in now as the fastball is swung on and missed good location down at the knees for strike one one pitch on its way. I couldn't catch up with the gas that time down 0 2 to a guy with this much weaponry five pitches he can go to not looking good can't quite get the low outside corner there it's one and two. They tried to tie him up on that last pitch so I like that they went away with this one the execution didn't work but I like the idea behind it. The one two is looked after ball number two looks like this guy's afraid to throw the ball in the strike zone gave up that homerun earlier in the inning needs to get back to being aggressive strike three called as he says you got to be kidding me with the side retired Jays off to a good start thanks to the solo shot we'll go to the bottom of the second it's now one nothing Toronto leading off the inning Giancarlo Stanton as they look to get something going here and even this game up ready to deliver here's the first pitch lifted into the air out towards center field center fielder giving chase and he tracks it down nice play for the first down so the bases are empty with one man gone and that'll bring in DJ LaMahieu here comes the first pitch and that's inside for a ball one and oh one out nobody on a ball in a strike look like he was going to wait him out see if he was going to come over the heart of the play well news flash he is and this hitter is going to adjust his batting gloves and he better be ready in the box from the wind up the 1 1 pitch no offer on that one two balls in a strike big sweeping breaking ball right there a good pitch but if he wants to get him to swing at it he'll have to bring it in a little bit closer to the strike zone and the 2 1 and here's a ball hit in the air right fielder is on the run but this will land untouched chopped a third but this is going to be a foul ball as that keeps things at 2 and 2 yeah you could tell he was ready for another fastball but the pitcher went to breaking ball and the hitter just fouls that one off down the left field line and deep and that will end up a foul ball seventh pitch of the at bat coming up oh a big rip at the curveball but he didn't get it and he becomes the second casualty of the inning batting striding into the box Mike Ford first pitch of the at bat and that's high for a ball one and oh and he won't bite at that one either it's two and oh two out nobody on the count now at two and one three ball count right now this looks like the best chance of getting a base order on so far and this will be nowhere close as his control deserts him here it's a five pitch walk the hitter was dug in looking for something to hit but he would have needed a telephone to hit that thing way out of the zone here's Miguel and a hard now first pitch coming here it is and a fastball in the dirt that's taken for a ball this is where you got to take stock in the situation adjust your batting gloves and realize you need a gapper to score this guy from first if nothing less pass the baton to the guy behind you and keep the line moving and he lays off a fastball here that looked pretty good but it's two and oh I wonder if that called not going his way right there has anything to do with walking the last guy we all know umpires don't give you much on the corners if you're not throwing strikes consistently Ford is off a first with two away and he'll lay the fastball in here to get the count back to two and one has a look now the pitch ball three or three your shell would be next hitters count all the way here it comes slap hard the opposite way and as it turns out the two out walk doesn't come around to haunt him as that ends the inning one left for the Yankees it remains one nothing next to bat for Toronto Derek Fisher as we are all set to begin the third inning in this one picture in field shifted well to the right here's the first pitch count one and oh the one oh home is offered at a missed for the first strike a good action on the two seamer there and it's one and two take a step back right here after three fastballs in a row there is no chance he throws you a fourth the one to not surprisingly here this is on the ground to the right side throw to first in time and the leadoff man is gone to start the third Striding in Danny Jansen first pitch of the at bat curveball and that misses in the dirt for ball one bases are empty one man out fouled away not surprised he's laid on a heater right there just saw an off speed pitch one to stay back a little bit too long one and two count to the Blue Jays signal caller might have been taking all the way right there that pitch couldn't have split the strike zone any better and you can bet he wants that one back at the plate into the corner and slicing foul try to get him fishing there but he won't offer in the dirt and it's back to even a two and two he might have to look for a different way to put this guy away on to two he's already seen the curveball a couple of times so he might be looking for it base head line drive into the corner throw into second and he's able to hustle his way up the second as he'll reach here with a two base hit and he just blast this thing down the left field line I thought it might then foul but it lands just inside the chalk and he's able to leg it out for a double good looking swing the box hold the shit this he'll take a breaking ball too low and it's one and all hit it hard but lined out in his first at bat and this misses as well so it goes to two and oh no on the J shortstop from the belt the pitch and this is sliced foul into the stands in right out of play the two one misses above the zone for a ball Kevin Vigio waits on deck runner at second here with one man out and there's ball four as this one gets away a bit the batter so digging in now Kevin Vigio over one for him here in this one first delivery to him on the way and a strike called at the knees nothing in one awesome execution right there great pitchers pitch and an excellent job to get ahead in a tough spot he's ready here's the 0 1 swing and a miss and he's in control 0 and 2 nothing in two count and the pitch swing and a miss at the curve ball and there's your second out of the inning that digging in now notice trying to hang a zero here's the pitch a fly ball out to straight away center Gardner is there and that ends the inning Blue Jays leave a pair but they're on top one to nothing feeding off the inning Giorg Shella and they'll need him to get something going here first offering on its way for Shella a Colombian born ball player he's in his fourth season as a major league player into the wind up here comes the 0 2 pitch swung on and miss really fooled him that time for the first out classic slider down and away for the strikeout there not a whole lot to say about that it hasn't been said a million times already that's just a real tough pitch for a hitter to pick up out of a pitcher's hand so they end up chasing when they're in protect mode into the box now Kyle Higashiyoka as he'll go after the first pitch and bounce it into foul territory for one pitch everything this guy throws moves that two seamer has a mind of its own now the 1 and 1 pitch waves and misses for strike number two Yankees still on the lookout for hit number one here and he's able to fight this one off foul to the right and the count will hold at one and two that misses and we're even at two and two lifted in the air out towards left center under this one is gritchick and there are two away now here's Brett Gartner now first pitch of the at bat on its way and this one's nowhere close is at bounces to the plate for ball one 2 and 0 bases are empty here with two men out two balls in a strike now to the Yankees lead off man he pulls this one high and deep to right center field and he's going to make the catch and he paid a big price for it too as he crashes headlong into the wall one more look at the final out teeth rattler if ever there was one don't touch that dial or the remote for that matter more on the show right after this welcome back to the Bronx as we check in with Heidi thanks Matt in between innings I was able to catch up with the manager of the Blue Jays to discuss his thoughts on his teams lineup so far and overall he's really happy with the at bats they're putting together yes they've only scored one run but he said they've done a great job of forcing the pitch count up and he thinks that's going to lead to more offense for them as this game goes on OK thank you Heidi settling in now Vladimir Guerrero junior he'll leave things off here in this one run contest first pitch of the at bat on its way and he found this one off the wind up and the 0 1 and here's a curve ball in the dirt that time for a ball one and one and he lays off for a ball two and one count is two and one and he popped him up back into foul territory behind first but this will land untouched the 2 2 hit hard on the ground to the right dive and he knocks it down and there is some stick to it of this is they still managed to get the out at first what a play Brandon Drury will bat next fly down in his first at bat so make him 0 4 1 so far now pitch on the way hey this isn't exactly the way you'd like to draw it up not throwing a lot of first pitch strikes but the bottom line is he's getting outs check swing but he held up in time ball one one ball and two strikes to count here's a bouncing ball headed to La Mayhew at second and there's out number two Randall Gritchick Randall Gritchick at the plate now he got a hold of one and went yard in his first appearance in this one and that's been the entire offense so far in this one they've been shut down other than that first pitch fastball off the plate there and it's ball one one run two hits and no errors in the game for Toronto that evens it up one and one I believe they'll say he broke the plane as yes he did its rule to strike tough curveball that time but he's able to make a little contact to keep this at bat going tough pitch to lay off there but he did and it's even up at two and two hey there's not a lot you can do with a slider breaking down it in unless you catch it way out front I like the idea of taking it and making the pitcher bring you something a little more hittable hit back up the middle loved by LeMayhew they'll whip this one the first in time and that ends the inning one two three go to Blue Jays but they lead it one to nothing ready now Torrance he was a strikeout victim in his first try and kind of shocked he got blown away with a fastball you could tell he was laid on that one and we'll see if he tries to cheat to something this a big high in the air and drifting out to shallow center and comes to center fielder he's there and records the first down here's big Aaron judge he's over one thus far here's the first pitch to him no hits and no errors for the Yankees so far outside two and one hit in the air down the right field line but this is just going to wind up being a foul ball here now the two two it's a high fly ball headed for the left field corner if it stays fair it's gone and that nearly would have gotten him on the board instead it's a long foul ball two two one more time three two counts are usually a time to challenge the hitter but I think he'll be careful here shoot for the corner and if you miss and you walk him so what that's better than him putting one in the seats now the payoff pitch home fouled off for foul balls in this a b pitcher cannot find anywhere to go to put this guy away on you can tell he wanted to hold off but he swings through the inside pitch anyway and he becomes out number two oh I love watching a pitcher that can run a good hard fastball in on a guy's hands and completely lock him up that's such a tough pitch to do anything with if you can locate your fastball there consistently you're going to have a lot of success as a pitcher Giancarlo Stanton now and that misses ball one two and oh to the Yankees left fielder talk about certain guys in a lineup that you want to be really careful with this guy right here is one of those and you can tell he's pitching awfully cautiously now the two oh he's taken strike one you could bet he wants that one back at the plate right now that's a pitch you normally see a guy drive if he has the right approach going the two one bouncer to the left side throw in time and the side is retired one two three go the bombers they're down one nothing stradding forward now is the DH till Oscar Hernandez comes into this at bat 0 for one in the ball game first pitch on its way that's a tough pitch right there curve ball kind of front hit your first move is to bail a little bit and kind of not want to get hit by that pitch I can totally understand him taking that first strike and now a curve ball that bounces up to the plate it's one and one can't keep the weight back and he falls behind one and two looking to punch him out again the pitch fastball swung on and missed and for the second time today he's gone on strikes boy that's really disappointing for a guy that has wheels right all he wants to do is get on base and take advantage of the strength of his game which is his speed but with the strikeout right there you can't get on first base if you strike out Derek Fisher the next to bat as the first pitch to him is off the plate for a ball one and oh he's over one after grounding out in his only trip to the plate so far the 1 0 here's a little chopper up the middle for his picks it up throw gets him to down now that number nine so bases are empty here with two gone and that'll bring in Danny Jansen he's ready here's the first offering for this guy's got it going on right now he's executing everything you should feel pretty good he's retired seven in a row and it's fouled away two out nobody on a swing and a miss as he chased with two strikes and that will retire the side fair to say oh my goodness these folks are not headed for a career on Broadway the three of us are back after this message and a word from our local stations welcome back for the bottom of the fifth here's Heidi Watney thanks Matt I talked with the Yankees manager Aaron Boone during the break about the team's offensive performance so far and he was pretty blunt in saying they're just not having very good at bats they've only managed one base runner in this game so it's easy to see why he said they haven't shown much fight today he's hoping to see someone step up and find a way to get something going though this game isn't out of hand so it remains to be seen if they can snap out of this funk and climb back into this one okay thank you Heidi here's the second baseman DJ LeMay here he leads off in the bottom of the fifth as they look to break through on the score board for the first time in this one yeah baseball is a game of adjustments and it's time they start making some they don't need to change their entire approach necessarily but now is maybe when they start thinking about ways to get the guy in the mound out of his rhythm a bit and the pitch no balls in a strike to count man the batter's eyes lit up right there a hanger just a little bit out in front couldn't keep it there the wind up and the oh one this is high a ball in a strike nine towards center field Richard is there and he has it for the first down he got that one pretty good it just didn't have the right launch angle to carry over the outfielders head small difference where the ball hit the bat could have made all the difference ready for another chance Mike Ford he drew a walk his first time up now the pitch too high one and oh change up low two and oh they obviously circled him before the game that they were not going to let him beat them walked him his first time up and now they're nibbling again two balls in a strike to the Yankees first baseman you get yourself into count leverage 2 0 right there you're looking to come on glued on something and be very aggressive that ball had to nip the corner for him not to pull a trigger on it it's down for extra bases and the Yankees have their first hit of the game and he's in there easily at second with the one out double this team has been shut down offensively up until this point then right here teams first hit at a game in the fifth inning let's see if it sparks them offensively you know this will be interesting D row to see if they can crack this guy's code a lot of times once you get that first hit several begin to fall after that one so it'll be interesting to see if this guy can put the screws on this one and tighten things up and not allow any more bases hit it hard been lined out in his first half back fastball just misses that's ball one it swung on and hit in the air for the line in right Fisher is over near the line now as he makes the catch for the second out of the inning so stepping in your shell as he'll look to bring home that tying run from second with a base hit into the outfield and to hold the lead here's the delivery and that misses for ball one and two and oh as this one's taken low with two outs in a base open I don't think he's going to see anything to hit miss at that not much reason for it here's the two oh liner towards second that's in their base hit comes around to score from second it's one to one or they're a big RBI's and big base hits zero but none more than with two outs a big two out knock right there not only ties things up but keeps the inning going as well yeah just a great approach right there by the batter you never know when your numbers going to be called you always wanted to pass the baton to the next guy behind you take the donut off your bat and trust in the teammate behind you that is a huge knock and keeps the line moving Kyle Higashiyoka stands in as he looks at ball one here both teams with just two hits apiece thus far and here's a fastball that's nowhere near the zone it's two and oh now three and oh now well he really needs to make this guy swing the bat right here he's not the type of hitter you want to dance around with here it is the 3 0 is ripped out for the first strike you maybe get two pitches a game where all the guesswork goes out the window this is certainly that situation runner aboard at first here with two gone in a 1 1 ball game Adam fooled as this is popped up back behind short and Bischette's got it the side is retired the sights and sounds of a day at the ballpark oh my goodness Mark Dan and I are back with more after this now back to the lead off spot the blue jays lineup stepping in Bo Bischette it was a walk in his last trip now here it comes and this pitch just about saws him off as he can't get extended at all at strike one well that's a jam shot right there that's as good as it gets in my opinion up and in and he gets him to swing through that one he's in control oh and two double barreled action in the Yankee bullpen now a lefty and a right-hander start to get loose wind up and the O2 pitch hey the fish ain't biting there on that O2 breaking ball but you got to be careful because this pitcher might throw him another one drive to center field Gartner is right there one down good contact to start out getting thought he might be on base with some sort of a hit but it hung up there too long just unlucky that time now at the plate Kevin Vigio he was sat down on strikes in his last at bat yeah he's got to put that one behind them especially with runners in scoring position those punch outs will stick with you a little longer good swing just got to try and straighten that one out into the wind up here comes the O and one one out nobody on ball that's inside and low it's a ball in two strikes as a hitter you got to be staunching your game plan you know he has a nasty change up and you got to fight to make sure it's in his own that's a great take right there and that's high for a ball it's two and two well he kind of got caught chasing the first two pitches out of the strike zone but I think he's caught on to their game a little bit right now two tough pitches that he took with two strikes and now the count is two and two and he chased it in the dirt and he makes the throw to first Spigio is retired two down now the bat stepping up to the plate Morta Scurriel he's offered to thus far in this one first delivery to him on the way curveball that misses in the dirt for ball one good spot to be in right now as a hitter count your favor one and oh good time to get a fastball and turn it loose sky down the left field line and this will wind up a foul ball the one one fouled off again and now he's in a one and two hole is put in play to the right side of the infield pro on the first gets him and the side is retired blue Jays go down in order score remains deadlocked at one digging in now for the Yankees garden 0 for two he's flown out twice here's the first pitch to him in there 0 and 1 really feels like he's just on cruise control out there on the mound right now boy this is a tight one you kind of get the feeling like the next team that scores is going to win this one fastball runs off the outside it's one and one that's not a bad pitch right there that two seamer moving away from a left handed hitter didn't get the strike but I'd like the idea behind the pitch the 1 1 home this went to right field and deep off the bat a gardener see you later over the wall a home run a shot here to straight away right field and the Yankees take the lead it's two to one there's still some game left to be played but that one swing could end up being a deciding factor in this one ball too low for one no hits to this point at misses 2 and 0 and that's into the corner of foul ball and right bases empty here with nobody out good breaking ball there laid off for the second strike hey I don't blame him for giving up on that curveball that was a rainbow coming out of the sky stole a strike full count three and two the payoff pitch there's ball for man that's just painful for a pitcher right there three to offering that was right on the corner but he couldn't get him to chase and he doesn't get the call can't beat yourself up about that with too much so a runner at first now with nobody out and that'll bring up the former American League rookie of the year big Aaron judge from the belt kicks and deals that's a tough curveball right there to stay into as a lefty hitter that ball looks like it's almost going to hit you and it breaks over the inside half of the plate and he just misses inside with the fastball there a runner at first with no outs here and that misses two and one you know he was really pounding the strike zone early on but he's kind of gotten away from that here a bit he might just need a little reminder to attack hitters and trust his stuff he's falling behind now three and one good job to work the count and put himself back in the driver's seat started off with one strike and now he's got to count his favorite three and one three one count full three balls and two strikes pitch home and he lays off their ball for so back to back walks have him in business here with nobody out well it's obvious that earlier home run he gave up is still on his mind he had him three and two but he didn't want to give him anything over the heart of the plate did so we'll see if that walk comes back to hurt him it comes a Toronto skipper out toward the pitchers mound and we're going to have a pitching change is that's going to be all for his starter this afternoon they'll wind up lasting just five innings here didn't pitch all that poorly yet he's gone nonetheless number five takes over on the mound here with nobody out in the sixth inning number John Crello Stanton will be his first test out of the bullpen and it'll be a tough test indeed as he'll face him with two on and nobody out here curveball taken outside to begin the at bat ball one we all should be two and nobody goes way out of the zone to go after that one and it's even one and one none out runners at first and second fouled away working for the punch out and the offering and he fouls this one off the sliders in the dirt as he lays off it for a ball all bounces and that gets by to the backstop now two men in scoring position well you live by the sword you die by it to he went with an off speed pitch down in the zone and that's the risk you take there the catcher can't come up with it and two runners advanced now they're both in the scoring position out of the stretch the three two pitch home full count still lucky he got a piece right there he was definitely late on that pitch after seeing a previous off speed pitch another payoff pitch now a swing and a fly ball but this will land untouched and that's the first down and that sends DJ LeMayhew into the box he lined out in his last trip so looking for better fortunes here yeah he hit it hard that's all you can ask you can't control the results sometimes Maddie just unlucky with the placement they'll try and entice him with a high fast ball but he wouldn't commit it's ball one runners are at second and third with one down can't get around quick enough and that'll move the count to one and one kicks and deals ball two is the slider dips below the zone some action out in the bullpen couple of right handers starting to loosen up early and now it's even at two and two from the stretch three and two now Mike Ford will be next and he looks at one that misses ball four so that'll load him up but at least the double play is in order here with one away and what first base open the last thing he wanted to do was give him something to hit in the heart of the zone so no harm done force out anywhere now standing in Mike Ford he'll try to follow up the double in his last at bat with another big hit right here yeah he did a great job to go down and get that one his last at bat but I got to think they're going to pitch him up maybe elevate something in the zone meanwhile this ball is going to get through and that's a base hit and that will score the runner from third as they'll open up a three to one lead well that's a tough one right there if you're a pitcher Dero you think you make a decent pitch ball into the hole right through there you're hoping it can get knocked down instead base hit run batted in yeah and as the batter right there you're taking off your batting gloves giving dabs to the first base coach glad that that found the hole right there rip by steak chalk one up in the dirt and block behind the plate no movement on base it's ball one bases are loaded with only one out of strike at the knees evens to count it one and one on the belt the pitch and a half swing here but he pretty clearly went around and it's one and two now now the pitch all the second this could be two the second for one relay the first in time and just like that this side is retired so it's two runs here on two hits with one of them being the home run we're through six full the Yankees lead at three to one Adam Ottovino is on the pitch from the bullpen now to start ending number seven number zero seventh inning ready to roll next will be the cleanup hitter Vladimir Guerrero junior his hit listen is to add bats so far even though we're moving into the back end of this game they're only down by a couple of runs you know that old slogan a bloop and a blast they could certainly use that right now ready to deliver here's the first pitch set with the 0 and 1 you've got a guy that throws a good two-scene fastball you have to be ready for him to try to run it inside and jam you a good job to lay off that one but I wouldn't be surprised if we see it again now the two one pitch here's a bouncing ball headed to the Mayhew at second and the throw to first is in time so the leadoff man has gone here to start ending number seven in now Brandon Grury offered to here to start the afternoon here's the first pitch to him now a slider and he gets ahead of him here 0 and 1 someone on this offense needs to take it upon themselves to have a quality a B and start the line moving again and a pitch in the dirt as he lays off it's one and one ball and two strikes now that's three straight sliders in a row I'd be shocked I would be shocked if he went to that well a fourth time I'd be looking here the one to misses for the second ball not sure if that was a purpose pitch or not but I liked it as a pitcher sometimes you've got to be willing to back the guy off a plate by running something hard inside you can't just let guys be comfortable running in the batter's box against it and a swing and a miss here so it's a quick two outs to start the seventh yeah as they say there's a hole in his swing in that location so a good job there of exploiting that that can be real hard for some guys to overcome when teams start figuring out what locations you just can't handle here's Randall Gritchick and she'll take a look at ball one a hit in two at bats for him at this point in the ball game on our home is laid off but in there for strike one we're in the seventh inning with a good finish brewing three to one our score one and two count with one and two now the pitch and a good fastball swung on and missed for strike three and the inning is over one two three go the Blue Jays and it remains a three one ball game Justin Miller gets the ball from the pen to take over on the mound and now with the plate Geo or Shella he's one for two in this one the third baseman Geo first pitch of the at bat on its way got him to go up the ladder there for strike one ball one you know he wants that on the mound especially if it would have made the count 0 and 2 didn't get it though so now you have to make another quality pitch on one and one no offer on that one two balls in a strike the two one hit weekly back to the mound and a look what I found out there on the mound and he'll flip on to first to record the out one gone here in the Yankee seventh and up to bat next it'll be the catcher Kyle Higashioka from the stretch faces are empty one man out and he fires in a strike this time to make it one ball and one strike hit on the ground out to short the chef picks it up cleanly and that's the second out. Brett Gardner will stand in yet again as we flash you back to the middle innings. This was a turning point here a sold all home run that was really one of the key at bats of the ball game to this point first pitch on its way and a fastball misses here to start the at bat. It's one and all and he lays off a fastball here that looked pretty good but it's 2 1 0 side 3 and 0 now bases are empty here with two men out 3 and 1 now to Brett Gardner hitters count all the way here it comes brewery fields it cleanly and he'll step on the bag himself and the inning is over so they breeze through this half of the inning eighth inning coming up the Yankees lead at 3 to 1 Chad Green has been summoned from the bullpen as he'll do so to start the eighth number 57 all set for the start of the inning so that'll bring in to Oscar Hernandez. He's 0 for 2 in the ballgame so far comes the first pitch there's a breaking ball but he doesn't find his own. There's not too many umpires in the game that are going to ring that first strike right there that was borderline up even though it was in the zone all in a strike green has proven to be a guy that throws strikes coming out of the pen and doesn't walk a lot of batters boyd every manager and pitching coach Matty V they'd love to bring a guy in that they know one thing he's going to throw strikes and not beat himself and this guy is certainly not the strike zone fouled off ready to deliver the one and two well above the letters with the fastball that time and it's a full count three and two to the Blue Jays DH. Yeah well down to you better believe they gladly take a lead off walk right here anything to get a base runner on and get that tie run to the plate ground ball sent back up the middle and in the center field of base hit so early trouble you know D-roll there's been some great pitching in this one so far after that not what that's only the third hit of the game and we're getting late into this one. Yeah they always say you got to tip your hat to the opposition sometimes where I think this offense is tired of tipping it's they got to start to swing the bats a little bit better that's their third knock at the game I know it's late but maybe they can get better now better. Number nine so a runner at first now with one away and that'll bring in Danny Jansen you thank your lucky stars when you get a chance to hit behind a guy with as much speed as he has on first base the entire defense is on guard and you know probably there's a fastball coming a thinning of this low scoring affair three to one our score play the fastball in here to get the ball a little too much bite on the breaking ball that time as it's well off the outside not a bad time right here to put that runner in motion three to count you send the runner and if it's a bad pitch it's ball four holds this one in the air out to left now is Stanton to make the catch and there are two away now now better number 11 so it's a runner at first with two men out and into bad next pitch kicks and deals runner on first with two away can't sit back long enough in the count evens up at one and one it's now the pitch can't waste getting a lead off runner on in this situation someone's got a bear down and get a big knock now the two two is laid off and the count runs pull three to two out runner on first lots of possible outcomes on this pitch off pitch home gets him looking for ease for the strikeout Lou Jays held in check score holds it's three to one Billy McKinney is into the game as a defensive replacement now as he takes over in right now playing right next for New York Torres he'll see what he can do leading off the homemade first offering on its way bottom part of the zone and the slider is called strike tries to shave the corner with that pitch but it's one and one late swing but he's still able to get a lot of this one out to a deep right field McKinney it's on the warning track as he hauls it in for a loud outnumber one plate Aaron judge it was a walk in his last trip is ready here's the first offering swing and a miss on the slider nothing in one now the 01 good exception on the slider there as he's way out in front so back to back sliders for strikes does he come back with yet another not normally a good plan to throw three consecutive sliders in a row this guy's slider is so good I think he might throw it again on its way the 0 2 pitch down in the way it's a ball and two strikes it's a great job to lay off on that nasty slider right there it's the toughest pitch it was my toughest pitch to lay off of I was always the middle away and when that slider came out boy did it look like a heater for a long time a ball and two strikes here's the pitch and it looked like the fastball got away from him there and that misses so it's a full count three and two that was kind of a gift to the hitter he's up there probably thinking of protecting on two and two but when you launch a ball that high out of the strike zone it's obviously easy to take that one on the left is swung on and misty got him well we've seen some really good pitching from these guys on this one the bullpen has looked sharp and it backed up a nice effort turned in by the start these days pitching has become a full staff effort and I've been impressed with the job these guys have done so far and digging into the batter's box next will be Giancarlo Stanton one ball no strikes to count 1 0 pitches a slider swung on and missed one and one he's going to step out of the box adjust his batten gloves and pray he gets the exact same pitch as that one because if it comes again we like to refer to that one in the biz as a cement mixer and there's ball two now you got two balls one strike high in the air out to left field Gouriel is under this one and he will put it away to retire the side so the yanks go 1 2 3 but they hang on to a 3 to 1 lead the oldest Chapman comes on from the pen hoping to finish this one off here in the top of the ninth stepping up now Kevin Vigio he'll be the one to greet Chapman who looks to put an end to this one looking for base runners here as they're down to playing on the road not an easy thing to do trying to score runs or bunch hits together off of a closer that's a pitch he'd like to have back you're not going to see very many pitches like that from a pitcher of this quality I'm sure he'd like to have that one back to take a swing at it strike 0 and 2 and it's fouled away the next 0 2 is a wave and a miss he struck him out well we'll see a lot of these power arms coming out of the bullpen in these days but it doesn't make it any less impressive to me I love watching guys come in and blow smoke right by guys so now to the plate as the first pitch misses to image ball one you could really use a knock here 0 for three in the game so far gas triple digits on the radar gun here's the 1 1 a good action on the two seamer there and it's 1 and 2 1 half nobody on that one almost got away from him 2 and 2 now and that misses there so he runs the count full now that's a good job right there very rarely see double up where they go a pitch inside normally they'll go back outside but he followed that up with another pitch on the inside part of the plate the three two pitch fouled away this will be the seventh pitch coming up this is lying to left and that finds some outfield grass it's a base hit in this situation looking for a bloop in a blast he didn't want to bloop it and he hit a missile bring the tying run to the plate let's see if they can capitalize Vladimir Guerrero junior and on the first pitch he hits it in the air to right judge is there to put it away in the runner will be forced to retreat back the first to the box now Brandon Grury becomes to the plate as the last chance for his side two out here in the ninth the liver here's the first pitch two out with the first and even one in one count to Brandon Grury the one in one pitch proud of over thirty nine thousand on their feet to two balls and two strikes now final strike for the Blue Jays and he strikes him out to end it here as they were able to get the possible time run to the plate but could not cash him man a hitter must feel hopeless against that kind of guess that final pitch was a 100 mile an hour fastball and this thing is over three to one the final score this afternoon New York earned the victory despite only collecting four total hits Jordan Montgomery earns the victory on the mound so that just about does it for Mark DeRosa Dan please act Heidi Watney and our entire crew I'm Matt Vaskers and you've been watching MLB the show for more make your way over to the


All right so we're joined by Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzmoos here with Old Spice and with it being March Madness I wanted to ask you what your experience was like when you made the second round at the NCAA tournament your sophomore year? You know it was exciting. You know March Madness is always a great time of the year especially for college kids you know something kind of you know look up to and look forward to you know as you wind down at conference playing, conference championships and you know for me I was lucky enough to go to two tournaments freshman year playing the sweet 16 and then sophomore year round 32 so you know great experiences. Do you have any things to say out there to all the kids that are participating in the March Madness right now? Yeah I mean the biggest thing if you're one of the you know lucky prospects are you know lucky enough to potentially play the NBA just to you know do what you do don't try to you know show people what they want to see but you know do what you do great and you know for just everybody in general just embrace it you know this is one of the best times of your life you know you're playing playing for free playing for fun playing for the love of the game and not too much business involved so you know it's a great time. Not definitely please tell me you just watched John Moran put on that show though. Yeah I did I watched just a little bit you know over here doing some content but I saw a stat line it was nuts. Yeah he's gonna be good and he's gonna be good in the league now moving on to the NBA. I was in Vegas and I was at all your summer league games the year you got drafted the ones where you went absolutely off and you won the summer league MVP people were showing up and talking about Lonzo Ball and Jason Tatum but you end up stealing the show and end up being the Calcuse Michelle honestly. What was it like stealing the show that summer? You know it was great you know summer league was a great experience for me my first time in the NBA environment and you know what better to do in the Vegas summer league that's you know the best summer league out there. I think it's the only one now too what you know it was super fun you know it was my first time you know getting in front of a lot of you know people that haven't really seen me play before because I went to school in Utah and you know I was able to really go out and compete and you know show what I could do so. Yeah no definitely now speaking of Lonzo it's well documented that you guys like to have fun and you like to have fun with the ball family on social media what's something that's misunderstood about Lonzo that you know?  Yeah yeah no doubt now has Almeo tried to test you one-on-one yet? No no I haven't played him I've been in a gym with him at all but you know I've seen him play before. Okay now I know the season hasn't gone as planned for you guys but if you could find one silver lining in it what would it be? The silver lining you know just just my development just how you know for me just continuing to grow in this league and find my way you know it's you know easy to you know pop up on the scene where you have no expectations and I kind of went into my year two with some expectations from people and you know I think I did a good job handling those and playing up to my ability so.   Yeah yeah I got you so with you being close to LeBron what role is he about to give you in Space Jam 2? I hope to have one no we have never talked about it but you know I could see myself having an acting career after his basketball thing is over you know it would definitely be pretty cool to be in that movie so. No I hear you. You talk with Kobe before the season what were some of the words of advice that Kobe gave you before the season started? I mean you know just the same things he kind of always says you know what he's known for he's he's known for you know hard work you know living in a gym um out working the competition and you know just having a different type of you know mindset going into you know uh new territory new year and um you know just trying to show myself so. Yeah and so I know you're a pretty fashionable guy what do you think who do you think is the top five most stylish players in the NBA right now? Uh top five um man I don't know about top five. Got top three?  Yeah I feel that Liz I was about to say you always have to mention Brody when you're talking about fashion so I'm glad you at least threw him in the mix now stay in fashion are you a sneakerhead and if so can you give me a couple fairs of your favorite shoes? Uh yeah I am um I would say my favorite shoe um is definitely the Jordan one um you know it's a classic silhouette um you know you could wear that you can dress it down dress it up uh wear it with dress pants wear it with jeans shorts whatever and um you know for me that's you know the original shoe that you think of for sneakerheads so yeah yeah any other shoes that stick out to you um I mean there's a lot um I like all Kobe Bryant shoes there's some many shoes I play in um you know Air Force ones are timeless um and all the new Nike running shoes that reacts um you know all shoes are all great so no I got you I got you so being a been being a Midwest boy what is your favorite part about Los Angeles? Uh I would have to say my favorite part about Los Angeles is just the vibe it's always sunny out you always catch catch the breeze and you know it's for the most part easy living out here especially for you know the portion of the town I live in um not to be worries and um you know it's chill out here so I can understand it so you're partnering with Old Spice you want to take a minute to tell the people about some of their new amazing products uh yeah you know Old Spice is um you know has developed a collection called fresher they have two types of things that are kind of new one is moisturizer with a shea butter and the other one is relax with lavender um you know so many times you go into the bathroom and whether you're a kid or you have a girlfriend or a wife and you always see you know women's products for body wash and you know all the types of different things that women have but uh Old Spice is doing a really neat thing that you know they're they're brought in here to you know men so men have different type of body washes and scents and um you know things that you can find um all over place so uh well kyle I really appreciate your time today man and I know soon enough you all be back in the playoffs again good luck the rest of the season and uh yeah man thanks for your time yeah appreciate it


Live from Bellevue Washington, it's theCUBE. Covering Smartsheet Engage ATG, brought to you by Smartsheet. Welcome back to theCUBE. We are live at Smartsheet Engage 2018. I'm Lisa Martin with Jeff Frick. We are in Bellevue, Washington, and pleased to welcome one of the many customers of Smartsheet to the program. We have the office of the CAIO, Jeff Cowley from PayPal. Welcome, Jeff. I've got a sandwich of Jeff's here, a Jeff sandwich. So Jeff, tell us a little bit. Everybody knows PayPal. I was doing some studying over the weekend. 244 million active users, I'm sure that grows by the minute. 200 markets globally served, and you're doing transactions in over a hundred currencies. Everybody has been using this for a while now. It's a household term. Even my mom knows PayPal, and she can use it. So tell us about the office of the CAIO at PayPal and your role. Sure, so my role specifically, I'm a program manager within that office, and my primary responsibility is to make sure that our environment is secure, that it's safe, that it's stable. That way is the other parts of the company product can focus on being more strategic. But that really involves things like hardening our infrastructure, hardening the network, making sure that we can identify all of our assets accurately. So a number of things there, just to keep the environment, like I said, stable and secure. And the office of the CAIO, I imagine, responsible for communicating regularly with the executive management team, needing to provide visibility. Exactly, I mean, our leadership, Brad Shrock is the CIO. We work, you know, hand in hand with the other leaders of the company, I think. But in addition to some of the things I just called out, I mean, you know, the CIO, that office is actually responsible for a lot of the enterprise applications. So it's basically the software that drives the company. That's customer, that's our employee-facing applications. So you're obviously a smart sheet user, which is why you're here, and we're grateful for that. Tell us about the pre-smart sheet era. How are you managing programs and projects? I think I've heard this story quite a bit here. So between spreadsheets, Microsoft Project, Trello, number of other tools, and we're still in a distributed model. But the good thing is that within the CIO, we're able at this point in this particular area to come in with a single tool to serve as a single system of record, to really facilitate bringing the entire portfolio together. So yeah, I'd say before, very distributed. Now, it's really consolidated into smart sheet being our single system, which has really worked well. So they showed a video of your case study during the keynote, and you had a real specific use case, it sounds like, for your initial smart sheet deployment, which sounds like something that many of us struggle with each and every week, which is to roll up the data to report upstairs. So I wonder if you can give a little bit of color on what did you have to roll up, what was the scale, that effort, and why you decided this just isn't really working very well anymore. Sure, absolutely. So we set off, around three years ago, we had a three-year program ahead of us, and I'd say at the end of year one, we realized just to, due to the magnitude, the number of people involved, the data involved in the overall portfolio, we needed a tool to come in and really help us be able to effectively and quickly roll up that information so that we could present and take that information to our C-suite each week. Yeah, just for effective decision-making, making sure that they're in tune, they have a line of sight to what's critical, what's not, we're working on the right things, doing the right thing. So we considered a number of tools, again, Microsoft Project, we ended up landing with Smartsheet, and it was really just word of mouth within the company. So we took a look at a handful of tools and really just tried to figure out what fit the bill for what we needed. And with a couple of Smartsheet videos on YouTube, we kind of quickly came to the decision, hey, this is certainly a flexible tool, it's easy to ramp. If you know spreadsheets, you pretty much know this, if you're a project manager, you know how to build a plan, quite easy. So the ramp time was very minimal. So made the decision, watched a bunch of YouTube videos, probably spent a month doing that, myself and the team, with the tool being intuitive in those videos, built a solution basically from the ground up. So this is without even having an engagement, this is PayPal, without even having an engagement with an account executive, you were able to find this, like you said word of mouth, implement this on your own and really enable quite a bit of transformation within the executive team and what they need to see. Absolutely, I think we look back at the end of year one, we made that decision, we realized, hey, we've got some high-priced consultants in, and we're probably using half of their time at that point, just in collating that data. So you're talking about some heavy dollars that are being spent there, just an administrative type work, if we can cut that layer out and then go straight to the source, we're saving ourselves a ton, we can redirect those funds to other areas where we actually get some work done. So Jeff, how big was the initial deploy in terms of the team size? Because you said you didn't engage Smartsheet directly, you're watching some YouTube videos, and you did see enough there that you wanted to go jump in. Did you jump all in from the beginning? Did you do kind of a POC? How did you get started? It was kind of the scope. Yeah, I kind of took a couple of demos, straw man that we just put together on the fly, shared with some of our key stakeholders, say, you know, does this look right? Does it feel right? You get to see in the information that you think we need, and just the fact that we were able to come up with that so quickly just sold itself. And so yeah, we vetted it, socialized it a little bit, but it was a pretty easy sell from that point. It was just building it out. And I'd say right from the get-go, we had already had about 14 programs as part of this portfolio in place at that point in time. So each program having between, I'd say between five, 15 projects within that. So, you know, the number of players was quite large, probably about 150 direct players in the program, you know, probably a couple of hundred more indirect that want line of sight to what we're doing. So line of sight, accountability, how was that embraced by those teams? And we talk a lot about digital transformation right off at every event, and how cultural transformation is a necessity for that. How have you been able to leverage this tool to kind of evolve that culture within the office of the CIO? Yeah, that's a great question.  If we can get away from that, because a number of things happen there, but predominantly you can fat finger a PowerPoint slide, and all of a sudden, you know, a hundred turns to 200 or a thousand, something like that. So, hey, if we can just go straight to our system of record. I mean, each project within this portfolio should have a project plan, they should have a risk and issues tracker. So we really decided, here's the baseline for what we need to have in terms of our data model. We can have that, then we can produce the dashboards that just read directly from those systems of record from an accountability perspective, right? That means, you know, there's no tweak in a PowerPoint slide, right?  But, you know, it's reality, and that's what we need to deal with, and we ultimately stuff in front of the C-suite, right?  I mean, that's another thing is that timeliness. I mean, this is real-time data that we're talking. So, you know, something changes 10 minutes before. It's there on the dashboard, we're ready to talk to it. Yeah, I don't think there's enough talk about the timeliness because it is connected directly to the database. It's not something that somebody's reporting on, and so often, right? You get these multiple layers of people extracting data, you know, transcribing it, putting it into whatever reporting tool they want, and just, it just gets further and further from the truth with each passing minute and each passing iteration. Absolutely, absolutely. And we've talked about speed so much here, and you know, so that's obviously a critical factor in decision-making, especially. So, we want to make sure we have the latest and greatest there. So, just curious your experience from a project manager point of view. You're a professional project manager. I'm sure you know all the big, heavy lifting tools. When you see something like this, which is more of a no-code, you know, kind of low-code, kind of cross-platform integration. You know, what type of skills does that open up within the teams, within the data sources, within the ability to do something a lot less, I want to say more nimble, you know, less heavy than kind of a traditional project management tool. I think nimble's a great word to describe it there because it really, it really is a tool that just is, that you can build from, you know, it's more like a grassroots effort as opposed to a enterprise kind of top-down. I'm sure it works well in that use case as well, but, you know, for us, it was something that was able to kind of fill needs that were distributed across the portfolio. Once you start building it up, filling those gaps, and you realize, hey, we've got a kind of an end-to-end tool here that really works well. And I'm just curious, Interest, as other people have engaged with your output in your organization in terms of, hey, Jeff, can you give us, can you share the PowerPoint links with us? Sure. Or not the PowerPoint links, but the YouTube links. Yeah, I joke because it feels like at this point I'm doing, you know, about one demo a week to somebody else in the company. You know, which is a great thing. I mean, leveraging best practices and sharing that information. So there's certainly a growing user base within PayPal of Smartsheet. So, you know, I try to keep up with the other teams that are using it so that we are, you know, taking our best practices from one another that we're sharing. So, and then I think, you know, Engage is really helping me connect to those other PayPal users, believe it or not. It's like, yeah, probably bent more here than I have back home, so this is great. One of the things that was funny that popped up during the keynote this morning, Jeff, was a couple of customer quotes. These were anonymous. But this, what you were saying, kind of Jeff, it sounds like, and you probably wouldn't say this about yourself, so I'll say it for you, is that this one woman who's a user of Smartsheet in her organization said that Smartsheet made her queen of the world. Sounds like there's some status elevation, but I'm curious, so you started, you found this organically, yourself, this technology, as Jeff was saying, you know, this is built for business users. You didn't have to have, even though you're in the office of the CIA, you didn't have to have ITs involvement here. But here you are, one of the evangelists now for Smartsheet at their event. Tell us about that engagement, pun intended, that you got with Smartsheet to be able to start, maybe, hey, I found this organically, do you have a sales account exact now? If so, are you having conversations with them? Are you helping to influence new features and things? Sure, I think our admin for Smartsheet at PayPal got tired of me giving them calls. So he said, hey, you do know Taryn Feinstras are your rep, right? So I reached out to Taryn. At this point, we've, you know, we've conversed quite a bit and she's brought a number of other kind of ideas and forward thinking to the tables that we're considering, you know, for next steps, what we can do. But, you know, the engagement has been great. You know, they've been very responsive, helped us out when we kind of hit a, hit a, you know, rock in the road and we needed some help. So, yeah, it's been a great relationship. Any way to quantify the benefits, one of the things I was reading on the Smartsheet website the other day was some pretty big stats on how they're helping companies save time, which in different ways translates to saving dollars. I think I read the average user of Smartsheet will save about 300 hours per year. That's a lot of time. And the average organization will save over 60,000 hours a year. How, what's the impact been on the weekly rollups that you're able to do? Any way to sort of quantify how much that speed has improved? Yeah, I mean, you know, if I go back to kind of the original business case, say we're spending, you know, probably half the time of two very high-priced consultants doing this. You know, I'd say it's, you know, it's way up there. And we were able to save, I'm sure a couple hundred thousand dollars at least at a minimum. So, you know, that in itself was a big win. But if we look today, kind of where we are in the time that we're able to save using the tool. You know, given the fact that there is that, that middle layer is just really not there. We don't spend a lot of time on producing content at all. Instead, we can take that time and we can focus it on, okay, where are our troubled areas? You know, where do we need to double down? Where do we need to help? And making sure that we're actually getting material work done in the areas that we should be, rather than just, you know, administrative content task. Big productivity gains. Well, Jeff, thank you so much for joining Jeff Frick and I on theCUBE and sharing what you guys are doing with Smartsheet in the office of the CAO at PayPal. I'm glad to be here. Appreciate it. Thank you so much. All right, we want to thank you for watching theCUBE. For Jeff and Jeff, I'm Lisa Martin. You're watching theCUBE live from Smartsheet Engage 2018. Stick around, this Jeff and I will be right back with our next guest.