May 1, 2024 • 10 mins
Stan Norfleet and Chris Gordy of Next Up react to the Houston Astros defeating the Cleveland Guardians 10-9 ending with a two-run walk off home run from Victor Caratini in the 10th inning. The Astros win the first of a three-game home series against the Guardians and earn their first three-game win streak of the season. Hunter Brown started on the mound, striking out seven but allowing six runs on five hits and two walks in just over five innings of work. The Astros battled on the plate, with Joey Loperfido recording a two-run single in his MLB debut, and Alex Bregman and Jon Singleton both hitting three-run home runs for their first homers of the season.
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(00:02):
Next up and back up now downdoor Fleets and Chris Cordy on next Up
on Sports Talk seven ninety, Reglanawaits the first pitch. Listen to left
field, hooking toward the Crawford boxes. Ben, it's god Bragman. A
(00:28):
three run shot for Bragman, it'sfree to pray and his first of the
season. Couldn't have felt better.And when you see Snello, was this
how you saw me? You say, Robert Ford of Steve Sparks, the
duo on the Astros Radio Network.Here at seven ninety homer Astros Baseball.
Alex Bragman, congratulations, four hundredand ten feet over left center, scoring
(00:52):
Singleton and al two Vay to knockthings up in the bottom of the third,
first home run. As Sparks justsaid on the season from Alex Brigman,
We'll get to another gentleman that justhad his first home run of the
season, and it was couldn't havecome at a better moment. We'll come
to that here just a little biton Bregman. Let me see what unless
(01:15):
you have it up, go towhat is Bregman benden right now? Sixteen
It still sucks. It was onlythe only way to go is up.
But you know, yeah, acouple hits in that in that Colorado series.
But then again, everybody will everybodyelse was yeah he had all he
did. Yes, he was hitthe home ern that was it. It
still is. It's not consistent enough. I mean again, here, here's
(01:37):
the hope that he got the monkeyoffice back. He got the home run.
He thought he had one earlier inthe game. It went just foul,
but got the Monkey office back.But yeah, he has got to
start hitting it. Just too manypopouts and he still comes up metal base
and it's a pop out. It'slike, dude, come on, fix
it. Whatever problem is, getthis fixed. Yeah, I don't know
(02:00):
how to explain it. And somepeople somebody hit me on social I was
like, brother, I don't know. I don't understand the nuances of baseball
mechanics at a level that I canarticulate fairly and precisely enough to be able
to inform the listening public on whatBregman needs to do. But I just
look at it. Quite frankly,he's not alone. Jordon Alvarez, who
(02:21):
had been all over Carrasco I waswatching the broadcast and they brought up Jordon's
recent history and his career with carrascoof the Guardians. Jordons yesterday, I
didn't even know he was out there, and I'm like, Jordan's at two
sixty three and he went over,so you go ahead. Here's the thing
(02:43):
on Bregman is he's a career He'sa guy who's a career two seventy three
hitter, and yet each of thelast few seasons he said below that,
you know, he was two fiftynine in twenty twenty two, he was
sixty two last year, and thisyear he's beat in two sixteen and this
is by far his lowest. Nowagain, guy who's been known as a
slow starter. But how much ofthe factor of being in a contract year,
(03:05):
knowing he's trying to get that bigfat pay day and all that is
playing in the back of his mind. I just know, I know he's
working on it. You know,people have talked to you said, I
mean he's at the ballpark constantly,you know, over in the cages watching
film with the hitting coaches and allthis Troy Sticker working with him. But
it's just, you know, thehope is here. We are in May.
The calendar flips It's funny how baseballwork stance. Something happens all the
(03:30):
time when we turn the calendar toa new month. Guys, somebody just
gets red hot. Somebody in thisAsters team's about to have a red hot
May. I don't know why.It just happens with the calendar. And
so now that the calendar is turnedto May, maybe Bregman gets hot this
month, because again, know oneas a slow starter here and maybe he
gets Going to your point, lastyear, the Astros come out the gate
(03:51):
late March and throughout the month ofApril. They were fourteen and twelve.
In April the winning percentage of fiftythree point eight percent. In May it
went up to sixty three percent.So they kicked in the gear. Now
it was a tough June, weknow that. And then we know how
they finished down the stretch. Soyou could be right in May, we
(04:12):
could see something some people and we'regonna get the local Fiedo now. Happy
for him. His family was interviewedby Julian Morales, and they did a
great job, you know, tryingto again articulate and to express how happy
they are in the road to themajors. I thought about that last night
too, Like I'm thinking about JoeyLopafito. I'm like this thing in the
(04:33):
miners trying to get to the bigs. You're absolutely raking a triple A and
they're mentioning your name as a replacementAir quotes for a former MVP in Jose
and Bray. You one of thegreatest ever played the game. That certainly
in recent memory, is what I'msaying. So I'm thinking about him.
Then he gets to the plate thefirst time local Fito gets around there,
(04:57):
jumped on the first picture. Let'slet's get this basis a load loper fedo
no, no, Well, Iwas talking about his first his first at
bat. He he came up andjumped on the first pitch. It was
a flyout to center. But stillthey were even saying, they're like,
look, you know, no hesitation. He's he calls Grasco a big league
pitcher. He was not afraid,said I'm gonna swing, and he swung
in the first pitch and it wasn'tout. But still I liked the fearless
(05:19):
approach there of I'm swinging. Icame up here to play, let's go.
And then bottom of the fourth hissecond time around, this thing.
Bases are loaded, Loperffedo, let'sget some work done on my boy.
Two and zero to low Perfeto thepitch swing and a shot to center field.
Will I get down a well RBIfor Loperpedo racing it Paya. That's
(05:42):
two RBIs Astro's lead five to threeon the heels of Loperfedo's first head as
a major leaguer. And these twoare tied together again. Robert Ford Steves
Bok's Astros radio network. So thatwas in bottom four. Not too long
after that, here's John Singleton.He's at first base because of Jose Bray
(06:06):
You. We got to talk abouta bred you in here, because all
three of these guys are connected,Low Pafito, Jose Brad You, and
John Singleton. John Singleton says,I know we don't have a first home
run, excuse me from first baseoff season, but I'm about to do
something about this. John Singleton,take care of your work, sir.
Five to three lead for the Astros. Here's the pitch driven right fields Singleton,
(06:27):
get it done. Coperduckerlu three Ronhover for John Singleton, his first
hover of the year. John Singletonblast to write four hundred and thirty one
feet, scoring yannire Diaz as wellas Joey Lopafito. Eight three should have
been ball game. We know itwasn't. We'll talk about how the Guardians
(06:50):
made their way back and then who, ultimately who hasn't been named yet,
the guy that was the hero today. Let's spend some time right here with
low Pafito. So, as youmentioned, he does the what it's the
flyout on the first go round,the two RBI single the second go round,
and then lower Fito bottom of thefive, bottom of the fifth,
(07:12):
bases loaded again, and we knewthe strikeouts were going to be a part
of his bag. He strikes outthere in the bottom of the fifth.
Yeah, that was at Smith,the reliever for Cleveland. I mean he
just came right at him. Ohyeah, he was just throwing gas.
Strike one, strike strike one,swinging, it was in the zone.
But then strike two right down themiddle, looking, Strike three a little
bit, you know, still stillright there to the zone, Strike three
(07:35):
looking. So yeah, that was, you know, if anything, that
was a little bit of the Okay, this is the big leagues. Welcome
to the big leagues. But againhe had already had the big clutch hit,
you know, and again it's ina perfect world, an eight to
three lead heading into the sixth shouldbe enough for your bullpen to protect.
But Lowpafito flies out in the third. We mentioned the two RBIs in the
(07:55):
fourth, strikes out in the fifth, flew out in the seventh, and
and strikes out swinging in the tenthwith some runer his own as well.
So this is the feast of faminethat we're talking about. Yeah, but
it's still is. People were sofed up with what a brave he was,
giving you an absolute nothing burger thatyou'll live with this, you know.
That's what I heard from most fansthat are like, dude, bring
(08:16):
up Low Braffito and people, oh, what if he struggles, what if
he strikes out? Okay, we'lltake that. If he's still getting an
occasional hit and driving an occasional run, hitting an occasional home run, like,
you'll live with that. No one'sexpecting him to be Babe Ruth or
be the savior of this lineup,but just be a contributor. And that's
what Low Perfito was last night.He was a contributor. That's all you're
asking let's hear from the young manrepresenting the acc he played his collegiate ball
(08:39):
that do. Low Pafito was askedon Space City Home Network about his debut
yesterday. He had this to say, Uh, I mean, it didn't
really hit me too bad. Andthen you know, walking up for that
first bat and heard by walk upsidejust kind of you know, trying to
be locked in. But were obviouslya special moment. So after that first
(09:00):
a bat though, kind of stuffof them felt comfortable after that first slap
on left and there's kind of afterthat, all right, low Biffeto,
what's the best part about getting calledup other than you chick changing, I
think hugging my family and everybody outthere just now. And just a lot
of work went into that that moment. A lot of things had to go
right. So just to get toenjoy the moment with them and have everybody
(09:22):
hitting the type was really special.I said this. Do you think the
strugg Space City Home Network, thecrip. Do you think the Josea bre
you struggling was just bringing a downeraround every you know, like it was
just infectious, infectious that this guy'sbatting whatever was he was down to a
point seventy nine at one point andthen point ninety nine that like or point
(09:43):
oh nine to nine that people likeit was just like a guy like that's
struggling, like is it infectious?Does this? Is it spread around with
everybody? Let's talk Jose Bray youcause you mentioned something interesting there and I
want to answer the question and giveit the appropriate amount of time to chime
in. Let's again open up thephone lines for the people you want to
get in and talk Astros three gamewin streak. We finally have it.
(10:05):
Joey little Poffido called up. Wefinally have Josh Hayter looking like Josh Hayter,
and then John Singleton and some productionfrom first base. Thank god,
has the tide shifted? And allit took was the Astros having to get
out of the country and do alittle bit of reset. Oh and then
it was their thing about sending aformer MVP to Wes Palm. Let's talk
(10:30):
some more about this, Jose AirBrad you deal set one three two on
two, five seven ninety You're HomerAstros Baseball, the legendary a KBM
Next up and back up now downdoor Fleets and Chris Cordy on next Up
on Sports Talk seven ninety, Reglanawaits the first pitch. Listen to left
field, hooking toward the Crawford boxes. Ben, it's god Bragman. A
(00:28):
three run shot for Bragman, it'sfree to pray and his first of the
season. Couldn't have felt better.And when you see Snello, was this
how you saw me? You say, Robert Ford of Steve Sparks, the
duo on the Astros Radio Network.Here at seven ninety homer Astros Baseball.
Alex Bragman, congratulations, four hundredand ten feet over left center, scoring
(00:52):
Singleton and al two Vay to knockthings up in the bottom of the third,
first home run. As Sparks justsaid on the season from Alex Brigman,
We'll get to another gentleman that justhad his first home run of the
season, and it was couldn't havecome at a better moment. We'll come
to that here just a little biton Bregman. Let me see what unless
(01:15):
you have it up, go towhat is Bregman benden right now? Sixteen
It still sucks. It was onlythe only way to go is up.
But you know, yeah, acouple hits in that in that Colorado series.
But then again, everybody will everybodyelse was yeah he had all he
did. Yes, he was hitthe home ern that was it. It
still is. It's not consistent enough. I mean again, here, here's
(01:37):
the hope that he got the monkeyoffice back. He got the home run.
He thought he had one earlier inthe game. It went just foul,
but got the Monkey office back.But yeah, he has got to
start hitting it. Just too manypopouts and he still comes up metal base
and it's a pop out. It'slike, dude, come on, fix
it. Whatever problem is, getthis fixed. Yeah, I don't know
(02:00):
how to explain it. And somepeople somebody hit me on social I was
like, brother, I don't know. I don't understand the nuances of baseball
mechanics at a level that I canarticulate fairly and precisely enough to be able
to inform the listening public on whatBregman needs to do. But I just
look at it. Quite frankly,he's not alone. Jordon Alvarez, who
(02:21):
had been all over Carrasco I waswatching the broadcast and they brought up Jordon's
recent history and his career with carrascoof the Guardians. Jordons yesterday, I
didn't even know he was out there, and I'm like, Jordan's at two
sixty three and he went over,so you go ahead. Here's the thing
(02:43):
on Bregman is he's a career He'sa guy who's a career two seventy three
hitter, and yet each of thelast few seasons he said below that,
you know, he was two fiftynine in twenty twenty two, he was
sixty two last year, and thisyear he's beat in two sixteen and this
is by far his lowest. Nowagain, guy who's been known as a
slow starter. But how much ofthe factor of being in a contract year,
(03:05):
knowing he's trying to get that bigfat pay day and all that is
playing in the back of his mind. I just know, I know he's
working on it. You know,people have talked to you said, I
mean he's at the ballpark constantly,you know, over in the cages watching
film with the hitting coaches and allthis Troy Sticker working with him. But
it's just, you know, thehope is here. We are in May.
The calendar flips It's funny how baseballwork stance. Something happens all the
(03:30):
time when we turn the calendar toa new month. Guys, somebody just
gets red hot. Somebody in thisAsters team's about to have a red hot
May. I don't know why.It just happens with the calendar. And
so now that the calendar is turnedto May, maybe Bregman gets hot this
month, because again, know oneas a slow starter here and maybe he
gets Going to your point, lastyear, the Astros come out the gate
(03:51):
late March and throughout the month ofApril. They were fourteen and twelve.
In April the winning percentage of fiftythree point eight percent. In May it
went up to sixty three percent.So they kicked in the gear. Now
it was a tough June, weknow that. And then we know how
they finished down the stretch. Soyou could be right in May, we
(04:12):
could see something some people and we'regonna get the local Fiedo now. Happy
for him. His family was interviewedby Julian Morales, and they did a
great job, you know, tryingto again articulate and to express how happy
they are in the road to themajors. I thought about that last night
too, Like I'm thinking about JoeyLopafito. I'm like this thing in the
(04:33):
miners trying to get to the bigs. You're absolutely raking a triple A and
they're mentioning your name as a replacementAir quotes for a former MVP in Jose
and Bray. You one of thegreatest ever played the game. That certainly
in recent memory, is what I'msaying. So I'm thinking about him.
Then he gets to the plate thefirst time local Fito gets around there,
(04:57):
jumped on the first picture. Let'slet's get this basis a load loper fedo
no, no, Well, Iwas talking about his first his first at
bat. He he came up andjumped on the first pitch. It was
a flyout to center. But stillthey were even saying, they're like,
look, you know, no hesitation. He's he calls Grasco a big league
pitcher. He was not afraid,said I'm gonna swing, and he swung
in the first pitch and it wasn'tout. But still I liked the fearless
(05:19):
approach there of I'm swinging. Icame up here to play, let's go.
And then bottom of the fourth hissecond time around, this thing.
Bases are loaded, Loperffedo, let'sget some work done on my boy.
Two and zero to low Perfeto thepitch swing and a shot to center field.
Will I get down a well RBIfor Loperpedo racing it Paya. That's
(05:42):
two RBIs Astro's lead five to threeon the heels of Loperfedo's first head as
a major leaguer. And these twoare tied together again. Robert Ford Steves
Bok's Astros radio network. So thatwas in bottom four. Not too long
after that, here's John Singleton.He's at first base because of Jose Bray
(06:06):
You. We got to talk abouta bred you in here, because all
three of these guys are connected,Low Pafito, Jose Brad You, and
John Singleton. John Singleton says,I know we don't have a first home
run, excuse me from first baseoff season, but I'm about to do
something about this. John Singleton,take care of your work, sir.
Five to three lead for the Astros. Here's the pitch driven right fields Singleton,
(06:27):
get it done. Coperduckerlu three Ronhover for John Singleton, his first
hover of the year. John Singletonblast to write four hundred and thirty one
feet, scoring yannire Diaz as wellas Joey Lopafito. Eight three should have
been ball game. We know itwasn't. We'll talk about how the Guardians
(06:50):
made their way back and then who, ultimately who hasn't been named yet,
the guy that was the hero today. Let's spend some time right here with
low Pafito. So, as youmentioned, he does the what it's the
flyout on the first go round,the two RBI single the second go round,
and then lower Fito bottom of thefive, bottom of the fifth,
(07:12):
bases loaded again, and we knewthe strikeouts were going to be a part
of his bag. He strikes outthere in the bottom of the fifth.
Yeah, that was at Smith,the reliever for Cleveland. I mean he
just came right at him. Ohyeah, he was just throwing gas.
Strike one, strike strike one,swinging, it was in the zone.
But then strike two right down themiddle, looking, Strike three a little
bit, you know, still stillright there to the zone, Strike three
(07:35):
looking. So yeah, that was, you know, if anything, that
was a little bit of the Okay, this is the big leagues. Welcome
to the big leagues. But againhe had already had the big clutch hit,
you know, and again it's ina perfect world, an eight to
three lead heading into the sixth shouldbe enough for your bullpen to protect.
But Lowpafito flies out in the third. We mentioned the two RBIs in the
(07:55):
fourth, strikes out in the fifth, flew out in the seventh, and
and strikes out swinging in the tenthwith some runer his own as well.
So this is the feast of faminethat we're talking about. Yeah, but
it's still is. People were sofed up with what a brave he was,
giving you an absolute nothing burger thatyou'll live with this, you know.
That's what I heard from most fansthat are like, dude, bring
(08:16):
up Low Braffito and people, oh, what if he struggles, what if
he strikes out? Okay, we'lltake that. If he's still getting an
occasional hit and driving an occasional run, hitting an occasional home run, like,
you'll live with that. No one'sexpecting him to be Babe Ruth or
be the savior of this lineup,but just be a contributor. And that's
what Low Perfito was last night.He was a contributor. That's all you're
asking let's hear from the young manrepresenting the acc he played his collegiate ball
(08:39):
that do. Low Pafito was askedon Space City Home Network about his debut
yesterday. He had this to say, Uh, I mean, it didn't
really hit me too bad. Andthen you know, walking up for that
first bat and heard by walk upsidejust kind of you know, trying to
be locked in. But were obviouslya special moment. So after that first
(09:00):
a bat though, kind of stuffof them felt comfortable after that first slap
on left and there's kind of afterthat, all right, low Biffeto,
what's the best part about getting calledup other than you chick changing, I
think hugging my family and everybody outthere just now. And just a lot
of work went into that that moment. A lot of things had to go
right. So just to get toenjoy the moment with them and have everybody
(09:22):
hitting the type was really special.I said this. Do you think the
strugg Space City Home Network, thecrip. Do you think the Josea bre
you struggling was just bringing a downeraround every you know, like it was
just infectious, infectious that this guy'sbatting whatever was he was down to a
point seventy nine at one point andthen point ninety nine that like or point
(09:43):
oh nine to nine that people likeit was just like a guy like that's
struggling, like is it infectious?Does this? Is it spread around with
everybody? Let's talk Jose Bray youcause you mentioned something interesting there and I
want to answer the question and giveit the appropriate amount of time to chime
in. Let's again open up thephone lines for the people you want to
get in and talk Astros three gamewin streak. We finally have it.
(10:05):
Joey little Poffido called up. Wefinally have Josh Hayter looking like Josh Hayter,
and then John Singleton and some productionfrom first base. Thank god,
has the tide shifted? And allit took was the Astros having to get
out of the country and do alittle bit of reset. Oh and then
it was their thing about sending aformer MVP to Wes Palm. Let's talk
(10:30):
some more about this, Jose AirBrad you deal set one three two on
two, five seven ninety You're HomerAstros Baseball, the legendary a KBM
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