Dan Shulman

I think I'm incorrect.

I thought Rutschman challenged twice and was wrong twice, that they lost both of their challenges in the same at-bat.

And it's the eighth inning, and it's the bases loaded, so you don't fault Rutschman for the leverage.

I think you just credit Pignango for taking close pitches, and you credit the umpire for making the right call on both of those pitches, and then the call was upheld.

And it was really big, especially as a pinch hitter, because a lot of people will tell you as a pinch hitter, you've got to come off the bench a little bit more aggressive.

You're not up there to walk.

You're up there to hit.

Now, bases loaded eighth inning, a different situation.

But, yeah, it's big moments.

And here we are.

on a team that made it to the World Series last year, and we're talking about a 36-year-old pitcher they signed in the second week of the season, a 25-year-old, I believe, rookie catcher who didn't start the season with a big club and is only here because Alejandro Kirk got hurt, and then I think a 24-year-old, I believe, Pinyongo, who they got in a deal for Nate Pearson last

two years ago, who was not on the roster and is only up because of injuries.

These are the guys and Jimenez hit a home run and made a very good defensive play too.

But other than that, we're talking about guys.

None of us could have dreamed of two months ago as having made the contributions that they've made.

So I wanted to.

So, you know, you've seen me before games and I'm on the field for a bit.

But at some point I got to go up and get ready for the game and do the scorecard.

So I was waiting in the dugout for like 20 minutes because Simon Wells, who's handling the PR on the trip, he was going to bring him over.

And then Carlos Fabless got McAdoo out on the field.