Pandemonium: Rays, White Sox Up 2-0; Yankees Defensive Implosion; Will the Dodgers Win Another Game?
Baseball Tonight with Buster OlneyShow Notes
Tim Kurkjian joins Buster Olney from Tropicana Field to discuss the Tampa Bay Rays taking advantage of a disastrous defensive performance from the New York Yankees to secure a 2-0 series lead in the ALDS. Then, the guys get into the Chicago White Sox’s fourth straight win and a 2-0 series lead against the Cleveland Guardians. Later, Jesse Rogers stops by to talk about Jackson Chourio’s walk-off hit against the San Diego Padres, the Milwaukee Brewers roughing up Mason Miller, if the Padres can get back into the NLDS, if the Los Angeles Dodgers will win another postseason game, the Atlanta Braves starting Chris Sale against Yoshinobu Yamato, and Shohei Ohtani not playing at 100%.
0:00 Welcome
0:47 White Sox-Guardians recap
1:43 Rays-Yankees recap
4:52 Tim Kurkjian joins the show
5:10 Rays beat Yankees 5-2
6:30 Yankees' defensive issues
8:54 Yankees game 3 adjustments
11:29 Max Fried to start
12:07 White Sox beat Guardians 4-3
15:45 Jesse Rogers joins the show
16:00 Brewers on the verge of NLCS
16:30 Jackson Chourio’s walk-off
18:14 Mason Miller roughed up
22:05 Can the Padres get back in the NLDS?
24:10 Braves-Dodgers Game 3
24:30 Will the Dodgers win another playoff game?
25:41White Sox winning with regular starting rotation
26:49 Shohei Ohtani not 100%
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