Dining Room: Brewers-Dodgers NLCS Game 2 Recap, Guardians-Rays ALCS Game 1 Recap
Baseball Tonight with Buster OlneyShow Notes
Tim Kurkjian and Buster Olney chat after the Milwaukee Brewers’ 7-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers to take a 2-0 series lead in the NLCS. They discuss the Brewers’ bullpen dominating, knocking Yoshinobu Yamamoto out of the game early, William Contreras coming up big, and if they would bench Shohei Ohtani. Then, Buster and Jesse Rogers are in The Trop press box following the Cleveland Guardians’ surprising 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays to take a 1-0 series lead in the ALCS. They get into José Ramírez’s continuing tear, the Guardians finding a home run ball, Cleveland’s trade deadline acquisitions making an impact, and whether ALCS Game 2 is a must-win for the Rays.
0:00 Welcome
0:24 Recap: Brewers beat Dodgers
4:30 Recap: Guardians beat Rays
5:54 Tim Kurkjian joins
6:20 Brewers take 2-0 NLCS lead
7:10 Milwaukee bullpen is nails
10:32 Jake Bauers’ 12 pitch AB vs Yoshinobu Yamamoto
15:03 William Contreras comes up big
15:44 Kurkjian thinks it can still go 7 games
17:35 Would you bench Shohei Ohtani?
20:36 Jesse Rogers & Buster at The Trop
21:02 Guardians surprise Rays, take 1-0 ALCS lead
22:48 José Ramírez continues tear
23:49 Cleveland’s bullpen, diversifying offense
26:00 ALCS Game 2 preview: Parker Messick vs. Freddy Peralta
27:25 Guardians’ trade deadline additions
28:22 Junior Caminero OK after collision
29:46 Must win for the Rays?
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