Loco Beach Coconuts @ Texas Tailgaters

0:00 Two home runs for Kmart in the open. And

0:02 then Sunshine provided us the play of

0:04 the year.

0:05 >> Mason Maxwell hard hit. Sunny times out.

0:08 Trick play. Oh, it's a double trick

0:10 play. Is that the play of the year?

0:13 Jonathan Sunshine Loers lays out between

0:17 the legs bucket. Throws it to first.

0:19 Taylor Justice between the legs bucket.

0:22 >> That was psychotic.

0:24 >> This is bananable.

0:27 And from arguably the play of the year

0:30 to the play that helped win the

0:32 tailgator the equalizer point and win

0:34 the ball game on Friday night.

0:36 >> McDow over to J5 between the legs and

0:40 it's the equalizer point for the

0:41 tailgator. Double trick play.

0:44 >> Book it. Book it. And just like that,

0:46 the Texas Tailgator off the backs of the

0:50 Texas kid AND TAYLOR JUSTICE WIN THE

0:52 equalizer point is vitally important.

0:56 With a win on Friday night against the

0:58 firefighters, the Tailgators faced off

0:59 in game one of the Banana Ball Open

1:01 Championship against those Savannah

1:03 Bananas. And how about a start to it

1:05 from Jordan Hussein. A little booket

1:08 there on a 6463

1:11 double play. You've never seen anything

1:13 like that in your entire life. And then

1:15 we hadn't seen this yet this year

1:16 either. Jordan Bart hits his first home

1:19 run in his banana ball career in route

1:22 to putting the tailgator up two points

1:24 to none there in the third inning.

1:27 Feeling really good about those boys in

1:29 blue and orange. Now let's feel a little

1:30 bit better. Eighth inning, [music] need

1:32 three trick plays to win the equalizer

1:34 point. Book it. That is now 13 to 12 in

1:37 the trick play category. Bouncer Taylor

1:39 Justice tough play. Joe Baron loses a

1:41 cowboy hat. Book it yet again. 13 trick

1:44 plays a piece to get the final out of

1:46 the inning. [music] Taylor Justice

1:47 bounces it off the turf like LaMelo. And

1:50 that's how the Tailgators win the

1:51 equalizer point. And then here's how

1:54 they won the ball game.

1:56 >> With the game on the line,

1:59 HIGHF FLY BALL DEEP OUT TO RIGHT CENTER

2:02 FIELD. [cheering] WATSON ON HIS HORSE.

2:04 HE DOESN'T GET THERE AS IT BANGS OFF THE

2:06 WALL. TY JACKSON WILL score easily. Over

2:09 looking for THREE [cheering] BASES. HE'S

2:11 OUT. PERFECT RELAY BY JORDAN HUSSEIN.

2:15 FANTASTIC DEEP BY JORDAN BAR. AND THE

2:18 TAILGATOR HANG ON 3-2 WINNERS.

2:20 >> WHAT DO you know about that Jordan

2:22 Jordan connection and THE TEXAS

2:25 TAILGATOR COME IN HERE AND upset the

2:27 namesake of the sport to win game one of

2:31 the first ever banana ball [screaming]

2:33 open

2:34 >> from a game one victory to winning the

2:36 whole thing the very next day.

2:38 >> Gainers put this in the hands of their

2:40 allar from a season ago in Nick Lopez.

2:44 The O2

2:46 THAT'S HIT WELL DEEP OUT TO LEFT. ALEXI

2:49 IS ON HIS HORSE.

2:51 It settles ON THE WARNING TRACK. LOPEZ

2:53 AROUND SECOND. [cheering]

2:55 Reese gets to the ball. Lopez around

2:58 third.

3:00 No relay. Nick Lopez clinches a playoff

3:03 spot for the Texas Tailgator.

3:06 And the boys in blue and orange are

3:09 going to get a playoff spot six points

3:12 early.

3:14 Nick Lopez, the man who won all the

3:17 showouts last year for the Down Gator,

3:20 comes up in the biggest spot of his

3:22 career. We'll see you in October.

3:25 >> We just never gave up, man. Even in the

3:27 locker room, we're talking. We're going

3:29 to beat these guys. They got us last

3:31 year and the first couple games this

3:33 year, and we never gave up. That's the

3:35 difference. And from one historic moment

3:37 to another, the first ever popup game in

3:39 Banana Ball history at Navasota High

3:41 School in front of a thousand people.

3:42 [music] The Texas Tailgator Savannah

3:44 Bananas and Kyle Markin welcomes you to

3:47 the auction as he hits a two-run blast

3:49 in the first inning that walks it off

3:51 for the Texas Tailgator, putting them up

3:53 one to nothing. What about Jonathan

3:55 [music]

3:56 Sunshine Lutters, the inventor of the

3:58 foot volley? 1 2 3 4 5 6 seven times

4:04 Sunny goes off the legs and the feet to

4:07 give you a trick play that you've never

4:08 seen before. Hopefully you'll see it

4:10 again, but you will never ever ever

4:13 forget it. Sunny does that and then his

4:16 counterpart up the middle does this.

4:18 Jordan Hussein, the captain of the Texas

4:21 [music] Tailgator, a behind the back

4:24 book it as the 10th trick play of the

4:26 night. And while on the microphone too,

4:29 Jordan Hussein pulls out a special one

4:31 to end the ball game. The team who's

4:33 just so trickery, the tailgator gets

4:34 their 15th and final trick play to

4:37 defeat the Savannah Bananas 5 to nothing

4:39 at Navasota High School in Banana Ball's

4:41 first ever pop-up game. From history to

4:43 history Saturday, the biggest banana

4:45 ball game ever. 102,000 people. Chris

4:48 Clark strikes out Dude Perfect. Tyler

4:50 Tony at Kyle Field on the campus of

4:53 Texas A&M in the top of the second

4:55 inning to conclude matters. What a

4:57 special moment that was for CC and those

5:00 boys in blue and orange.

5:03 And then Jordan Hussein

5:06 ball for sprint. Typical ball for

5:08 sprint. You'd think no. Throw cells in

5:10 the outfield. Fiverrs made it to second.

5:13 He's getting to third. Aaron throw comes

5:15 back in the infield. WHERE'S JORDAN

5:16 HUSSEIN GOING? HE'S GOING HOME and home

5:19 now. Fiverr

5:23 >> to the tailgator winning the banana ball

5:25 opening clutch in a playoff spot six

5:26 months early.

5:28 >> Highf fly ball straight away. Jose

5:31 Gonzalez Jr. the Texas kid puts it away

5:35 AND THE TAILGATOR WIN THE BIGGEST BANANA

5:37 BALL GAME OF ALL TIME. THEY HOLD ON FOR

5:40 THREE WINNERS.

5:41 >> If you're going to come to Texas and

5:44 you're going to come at the KING OF

5:45 TEXAS, YOU BETTER not miss. For the

5:48 first time ever, the Texas Tailgator

5:51 HAVE SWEPT THE SAVANNAH BANANAS here in

5:54 the Lone Star State, winning the

5:56 smallest banana ball game of all time

5:58 and the biggest banana ball game of all

6:00 time in the same weekend here in East

6:03 >> from one piece of history to the next.

6:05 Take it away, Sunshine.

6:07 >> Sunshine Lers breaks the banana ball

6:10 single game trick play record with his

6:13 ninth trick play here in El Paso.

6:16 Sunshine tip drill. Book it. Tip drill.

6:21 Book it.

6:23 Sunshine. Oh, what a play. Between the

6:25 legs. Tip drill to himself. Book it. Tip

6:28 drill. Book [music] it. Book it.

6:33 Jordan bar between the legs for between

6:35 the legs. Sunny. Bucket. Bucket. But

6:38 it's sunshine. Tip drill. Bucket.

6:42 Bucket. Trickoration overload here in

6:45 Texas. Out to Sunshine between the legs.

6:49 Book it to first. Out of time. Hit the

6:52 sunshine between the legs. Book [music]

6:55 it. Jonathan Sunshineers.

6:58 Sunshine between the [music] legs.

7:01 Justice.

7:04 Tailgator four to one. And they just

7:07 broke the single gameplay record with 22

7:11 of them. Jonathan Sunshine Looters nine

7:13 trick plays looking for the record.

7:16 >> A week after the Tailgator and Jonathan

7:18 Sunshine Looters broke single game trick

7:20 play records, the Tailgator [music]

7:22 added to their historic 2026 again in

7:25 Knoxville, Tennessee.

7:29 Welcome back to the

7:32 go for the first time in 2026.

7:37 >> Yep. Full count yet again.

7:41 No, he didn't.

7:44 his second y of the night and he's

7:47 volunteering himself for the call to

7:50 kneeling

7:53 the one two

7:56 in the sky on the sunshine

8:02 and the game

8:06 in the history of

8:22 And that sends in the nine hole hitter

8:24 at Indiana Stanley.

8:25 >> Indiana Stanley.

8:29 He rules our fame. They're born right

8:33 here at Corpus Christie.

8:36 We're all tied at three.

8:39 This is banana ball.

8:42 >> A heck of a game. This is bananas. No,

8:45 it's not bananas. THIS IS TAILGATOR.

8:47 >> ZACK WAS AT 180 FT FROM the tailgator

8:50 14th win of 2026.

8:53 Ly deep left field. Noah Bridges going

8:57 back.

8:59 It's gone. It's gone.

9:02 >> [cheering]

9:04 >> Tailgators walk it off in Corpus

9:07 Christie 5 to three. Where else would

9:10 you rather be than Banana?

9:14 >> Is that THE BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD?

9:16 >> THAT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. I mean, we just

9:17 battled the whole ninth inning. And

9:19 Indy's been struggling. Homer body sets

9:22 the tone. I've been struggling a little

9:24 bit. Sat with my swing. Won the game

9:26 just like that. And we're just a bunch

9:27 of junkyard dogs. And I love these guys.

9:31 Mason Sunshine.

9:34 THERE IT IS. Double bucket. JONATHAN

9:37 SUNSHINE LUNERS IS THE QUICKEST PLAYER

9:40 EVER IN BANANA BALL HISTORY TO 100 TRICK

9:42 PLAYS IN A SINGLE SEASON.

9:44 >> You have been the face of trick plays.

9:46 No one does it better than you. What

9:48 does it mean to get to 100 trick plays

9:50 tonight?

9:51 >> It means a lot. It's not just an

9:53 individual thing. It takes a lot of

9:54 amazing teammates to do double trick

9:56 plays to be be bought in to do that.

9:58 Captain Jordan Hussein set an awesome

10:00 tone for us right from the beginning. He

10:01 said we are going to do tricks even in

10:03 the ninth inning and we just follow his

10:05 lead.

10:05 >> He'll have to face Kyle Martin.

10:09 >> NO HE DIDN'T. NO HE DIDN'T. Welcome to

10:13 history. [screaming] Kyle Martin is the

10:17 new single season home run king in the

10:20 history of BANANA BALL. 16 HOME RUNS,

10:25 SURPASSING JAKE goal against the party

10:28 animals.

10:29 >> He does it in the ninth inning to pull

10:31 the tailgator.

10:32 >> The Loco Beach Coconuts, the Texas

10:35 Tailgator. A game two battle looms here

10:38 in Military City, USA.

10:42 Last night, the comeback coconuts stole

10:44 one here in Texas, scoring their final

10:46 two points of the final two innings,

10:48 notching their 19th win by a final of

10:50 three-2. Now trying to in a seasonl long

10:54 fourgame losing streak, the Texas

10:56 Tailgator will show some gratitude by

10:59 saying thank you, thank you, thank you

11:02 and sending Brett Sanchez out to the

11:03 bump as the Coconuts will ride the

11:05 hottest arm in the [music] sport, Will

11:08 Ethridge. Come on in and stay a while.

11:12 This is Banana Ball from San Antonio.

11:15 He's AJ Swatech, the voice of the beach.

11:17 I'm Brett Loftess, voice of the Texas

11:19 Tailgator, and a happy Saturday evening

11:22 to you, America, and everyone in virtual

11:24 Texas Tailgator land. Last night, game

11:27 one, AJ. Not a whole lot of offense, but

11:29 it was the arms from both sides that

11:32 were the stars of the game. And then

11:33 Coconuts end up prevailing 3 to2. We've

11:36 kind of grown to expect that at this

11:37 ballpark specifically with the wind

11:39 blowing in last night. It was just that

11:40 extra factor that made it so hard for

11:42 any ball to leave the yard. You really

11:44 had to find gaps and pitching defense

11:46 was the story. The Coconut stayed

11:47 gritty. They capitalized on mistakes

11:49 that led to a game one win.

11:52 >> Speaking of game one, we keep talking

11:54 about game one. Why don't we just look

11:57 at game one, like we said, 3 to2 ball

12:00 game. No yay last night, but a lot of

12:02 good pitching, a lot of trick plays. AJ

12:04 Swag,

12:05 >> lots of good pitching, lots of trick

12:06 plays. Why not do it twice? [music]

12:08 Double trick play from the Texas

12:09 Tailgator on the first ball in play.

12:11 That set the tone. The equalizer [music]

12:13 point was mightily denied by the

12:15 league's leader in tricks, but the

12:16 Coconut struck first. It was a one-

12:18 nothing ball game. They've just got an

12:20 act for a comeback. You already know the

12:22 story. The Tailgator take over on

12:24 offense. Taj Porter walked off the

12:26 second inning. So, through two innings,

12:27 we've seen two runs and two points, but

12:29 [music] then there was a big lull in the

12:31 middle of the game where it was zero

12:33 after zero after zero scoreless inning.

12:36 Scoreless inning. You get a scoreless

12:38 inning. Drake [music] Vondo felt like

12:39 Oprah the way that he was just dishing

12:41 out strikeout after strikeout. It was

12:43 the best outing of the Coconut

12:45 Cannonballer's career. He had defense

12:46 turning double plays like that one

12:48 behind him. How about six innings of

12:50 one-run banana ball for Drake Fontnau

12:52 last night himself and Chris Clark

12:54 dominated and when the bullpens opened

12:56 up, so did the contest.

12:58 >> Yeah, this was the final out that Drake

13:00 Fontno had last night. You mentioned the

13:01 bullpen. The first guy out of the

13:02 bullpen gave him the second and final

13:04 point of the night. Blake Benson to the

13:06 Texas Tailgator via a walk-off ball for

13:09 a spread. Ben Parker. This was a big

13:11 play in this ball game. Trick play

13:13 missed in the eighth inning that then

13:15 led to this Tanner Allen. An RBI doubled

13:19 that just merily missed being a home run

13:21 out there in right field. And then

13:23 another run [music] scores here in the

13:25 top of the eighth. Two-2 ball game now

13:27 heading to the ninth. We're all kned up.

13:29 the Coconuts. Well, before we can even

13:32 make it to the ninth, I should say here

13:33 in the eighth. Great big move by Joe

13:35 Filamino [music] to secure that second

13:37 point. And then the Coconuts pulled off

13:40 yet another comeback. JD Erso worked a

13:42 six pitch ball four sprint [music] that

13:44 scored Gideon Antel and it was time for

13:46 a rematch of history. The last time a

13:48 Kyle Martin golden bat took place

13:49 against CJ Williams and ended with a

13:51 game-winning home run. Not this time.

13:53 The villain moved to 11 for 13 in save

13:55 opportunities. He came in and slammed

13:57 the door shut like it was never open in

13:59 the first place. And the Coconuts just

14:01 like that are within striking distance

14:03 at the top of the Banana Ball

14:04 Championship League.

14:05 >> Yeah. And for the first time in a while,

14:07 Tailgator's not in first place. Now,

14:08 albeit they have one more win and one

14:11 more loss than those Savannah Bananas

14:13 who are playing two game series in

14:14 Oregon this weekend. But they have what

14:18 is that 5 1,000 of a point less than the

14:20 winning percentage. Therefore, they are

14:22 in second place. You mentioned it.

14:24 Coconuts one 1,000th of a point away

14:28 from those part animals when it comes to

14:29 winning percentage one through four

14:31 right now. AJ, so so close.

14:33 >> It is. And there's two things that I

14:34 really want you to keep in mind when

14:35 we're looking at these standings. First

14:37 and foremost, the tiebreakers in full

14:39 effect. If the Coconuts and Party

14:41 Animals or Coconuts and Firefighters

14:43 finish with the same record, the

14:44 Coconuts have secured the tiebreaker

14:46 against both teams by winning the season

14:48 series. Then you look at today's game

14:50 and how much it means. A win for Loco

14:52 Beach pulls them within a half game of

14:54 first place ahead of a three-game stint

14:56 against the Clowns. On the other side of

14:58 the equation, the Tailgator after being

14:59 swept last weekend and dropping last

15:01 night's game, getting back in the lefth

15:03 hand column with a bananas loss can move

15:04 them back [music] to the top of the

15:06 standings ahead of their final series

15:08 before the July break. You know, these

15:12 coconuts and these tailgators have been

15:14 powered for much of the year by their

15:15 [music] offenses. And earlier today, our

15:18 very own Rex Castillo got to talk to the

15:21 stars that man the hot corner for each

15:22 [music] of these offenses, Dane Toofflin

15:24 and Jordan Bar.

15:29 >> Hey guys, when you talk about dangerous

15:31 batting orders in our sport, you got to

15:34 talk about what the Texas Tailgators are

15:36 doing and what the local beach coconuts

15:37 are doing. And in fact, we're joined by

15:39 two I'm talking about two of the most

15:41 dangerous bats in this sport. Jordan Bar

15:44 with the Texas Tailgator. Dane Toofflin

15:46 with the Loco Beach Coconuts. Here's a

15:47 crazy stat, boys. The top eight batters

15:50 in our sport, six of them, they wear

15:51 these uniforms. We'll start with Dane

15:53 first. Dane, obviously, a lot of

15:55 attention has gone to what TA is doing.

15:57 A great run so far, but it's not just

15:59 get past one guy. You got to worry about

16:00 the rest of the nine guys in his batting

16:02 order. What's it like to be part of that

16:04 group?

16:04 >> Yeah, I mean, it's it's a blessing. We

16:06 got we have a very very deep lineup. We

16:08 got a lot of guys that can hit the ball.

16:10 Um, obviously when we got pumps, TA and

16:12 myself at the [music] top, we're usually

16:14 looking for a scary first inning and a

16:16 scary start. So, I mean, it's uh it's a

16:18 lot of fun to be a part of. It's fun.

16:19 It's fun to hit behind them because

16:20 they're usually on base every time.

16:22 >> Means a lot of ribbies for that guy. But

16:24 talk about dangerous top of the order.

16:26 Jordan Bar hitting clean up behind Kmart

16:28 who's obviously having a historic run.

16:30 But Kmart, if he's not hitting it out of

16:32 the park, he's usually on base. How much

16:33 fun is it to hit behind that guy and get

16:35 some rubies yourself as well? Yeah, I

16:37 mean, usually he's always on base or uh

16:38 I I get to lead off the second inning

16:40 when he hits a walk-off in the first

16:41 inning. So, uh it's it's been a lot of

16:44 fun and you know, one through 10 we've

16:46 we've been swinging it and yeah, like we

16:48 got a deep lineup. Guys are always on

16:49 base and it's a lot of fun to be a part

16:51 of. The ball will fly out of the park

16:53 here. One final question for you guys.

16:55 When it comes to hitting being

16:56 contagious, Jordan, we'll start with

16:58 you. Does it become contagious? One guy,

16:59 two guys get hit and like, all right,

17:01 everyone's going to be part of this

17:02 party now.

17:03 >> Absolutely. I mean, hitting's super

17:05 contagious, especially when the wind's

17:06 blowing in and we gota, you know, pound

17:08 some singles through some holes and, you

17:10 know, it just seems like they keep

17:11 filing piling up if if it happens. And

17:14 yeah, it's been a lot of fun.

17:16 >> Does that hitting contagious disease

17:17 that also hit at the beach as well,

17:18 Dane?

17:19 >> Oh, yeah. It's at the beach more more

17:20 days than it's not.

17:22 >> Hey guys, we'll see what these two will

17:23 do. Not only these bats, but a lot of

17:25 bats throughout the batting order will

17:26 do some damage in the series finale here

17:28 in San Antonio. Let's send it back to

17:29 you.

17:32 We are most definitely playing the hits

17:34 this weekend. We'll take a look at those

17:36 who lead Banana Ball in hits. Coconut

17:39 tailgator. Tailgator. Coconut. Coconut.

17:42 Five of the top 10 or I should say five

17:45 of the top eight rather playing in this

17:47 ball game tonight.

17:48 >> I'll take it a step further, Brad. How

17:49 about eight of the top 11. The three

17:52 that just missed this [music] graphic

17:53 are Jordan Brewer with 42 hits, Gideon

17:55 Antel with 41, and Ashby Vining with 41.

17:57 is Coconut's offense has a knack for

18:00 putting the ball in play and making the

18:01 defense earn it. It was the difference

18:03 maker last night

18:07 and we were playing our sport of banana

18:09 ball hits they're kind of like baseball

18:13 BUT THERE'S 11 RULES THAT DISTINGUISH US

18:15 HERE in banana ball from that sport of

18:17 baseball. Let's hear them Jesse [music]

18:18 Cole.

18:22 Banana Ball is the fastest and most

18:24 entertaining show in sports. And the 11

18:26 rules guarantee the most fans first

18:28 experience every second.

18:30 >> Unbelievable.

18:32 >> WELCOME TO THE BANANA BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP

18:34 LEAD.

18:34 >> Rule number one, win the inning, win the

18:37 point. The team that scores the most

18:39 runs in an inning wins the point.

18:41 >> IT'S A WALK-OFF WINNER TO THE DEEPEST

18:43 [cheering] BOWL.

18:45 >> OH MY GOODNESS. With the equalizer

18:47 point, trick plays provide the away team

18:49 an opportunity to earn a point going

18:51 into the final inning. And in the final

18:53 inning, every run counts as a point.

18:56 Rule number two, Banana Ball has a 2hour

18:59 time limit, guaranteeing that every game

19:02 is fast-paced and action-packed. Rule

19:05 number three, no stepping out of the

19:07 batter's box. If you do, it will result

19:09 in a strike.

19:10 >> Back stepped out of the box and because

19:12 he stepped out of the box, that's it.

19:13 Rule number four, no bunting, cuz

19:16 bunting sucks. If you bunt, you'll be

19:19 thrown out of the game. Rule number

19:21 five, batters can steal first base.

19:23 >> Ball three. CAN YOU TAKE IT OFF FOR

19:25 FIRST THROW FROM LEROY IN TIME?

19:27 >> Rule number six, there's no walks. Walks

19:31 are ball force sprints. The batter can

19:33 advance as far as they want until every

19:36 position player touches the ball.

19:38 >> No defenders have touched the banana

19:40 ball. It is a FOUR BASE SPREAD TO OPEN

19:43 UP THE BALL GAME.

19:44 >> Rule number seven,

19:45 >> no mound visits.

19:47 >> Nope.

19:48 >> Rule number eight, foul balls caught by

19:51 a fan count as an out.

19:53 >> Oh, they missed. They did. They can't.

19:57 We're going to show

19:59 >> rule number nine, the showdowns. In

20:02 showdowns, the best of the best face off

20:04 in the biggest moment. One hitter verse

20:06 one pitcher with one fielder behind

20:09 them. And the hitter has to score.

20:11 >> To right center. See you later.

20:15 >> Rule number 10. The banana ball

20:17 challenge rule gives the coaches and

20:19 you, the fans, a chance to impact a call

20:22 on the field. [cheering] Rule number 11,

20:24 the golden batter. Once a game, each

20:27 team can give any player in at bat,

20:29 regardless of the lineup. This offers

20:31 the biggest matchups on the biggest

20:33 stage.

20:34 >> Big on big.

20:36 It's gone. Let's go. Let's go.

20:39 [screaming]

20:40 >> Get out of here, ball. THAT THING HAD A

20:43 FAMILY.

20:45 >> And those are the rules of Banana Ball.

20:51 Those are the rules that we're playing

20:52 by here in the sport of Banana Ball here

20:54 tonight in San Antonio, Texas. The

20:57 ballpark that the Tailgator have been

20:58 before, as well as AJ Sweack here at the

21:02 Wolf, as it's affectionately known.

21:04 Nelson W. Wolf, Municipal State. Yeah.

21:06 And last night was a great display of

21:08 what you can expect from this ballpark.

21:10 The wind today continuing to gust in. So

21:13 don't let the 310 to left fool you. Even

21:15 the best pullsided hitters are going to

21:17 have to get every bit of the banana ball

21:18 to get it to leave the yard here

21:20 tonight. It's going to be about Will

21:21 Ethridge and Brett Sanchez.

21:23 Unfortunately for us, those are two of

21:24 the premier arms in this sport that we

21:26 get to watch go toe-to-toe.

21:30 You mentioned Will Ethridge starting

21:32 tonight. It's another guy who's been

21:34 quicker than quick this year for the

21:36 Loco Beach Coconuts. His name is Kyle

21:38 Perry. Earlier today, he quickly caught

21:41 up with Rex Castillo.

21:46 >> Hey guys, this is going to be quick.

21:47 This is Kyle Perry. He works really

21:49 fast. Only needs over a minute and 7

21:51 seconds to get three outs. We're going

21:52 to try and interview him in the same

21:54 time. Hey KP, you ready?

21:55 >> I'm ready, baby.

21:56 >> All right. Three, two, one. KP, what is

21:58 the craziest thing you've seen Mark

21:59 Crocco do? Oh, took a his birthday cake

22:02 to the head in Orlando.

22:04 >> What? Who is the funniest teammate?

22:08 >> Uh, Joe Filamino. [music]

22:09 >> Who has the messiest lock?

22:11 >> CJ Williams.

22:12 >> CJ, sorry about that. What is the best

22:13 part about being a coconut?

22:14 >> Uh, getting to be on the beach team,

22:16 chilling out every day. It's awesome.

22:17 >> Vibes are always high. Who has the best

22:19 hair on the team?

22:20 >> Ash Viny.

22:21 >> Easy right there. What is your favorite

22:23 thing to do to strike out a batter?

22:25 >> Uh, a heater. A heater at the letters.

22:28 >> Heater at the letters. Nice and easy.

22:29 What is it about Loco Beach when people

22:31 come to this game that they need to know

22:33 is the best part best show that at the

22:34 ballpark?

22:35 >> Oh man, that you just you bring a great

22:37 attitude and and great vibes and and uh

22:39 and Loco Beach is a place for you. So

22:41 that's what I look forward to most for

22:43 our fans.

22:44 >> Comeback Coconuts has been your thing.

22:46 What is it about you guys that are never

22:47 out of the fight?

22:48 >> Oh man, give us the ninth inning, man. I

22:50 I'll take our lineup against anybody's

22:51 and uh and you you give our bats a

22:53 chance and I like our chances.

22:55 >> Best DJ in the locker room.

22:56 >> Terrell.

22:58 >> Yeah. Easy. Easy with Terrell. Got to

23:00 give him the aux. Finally. What is gonna

23:02 happen today? Last question.

23:03 >> Uh, Coconut's Debbie in a sweep.

23:05 >> MINUTE AND SEVEN SECONDS on the dot.

23:08 This dude is a pro. I'm out of breath.

23:11 Like the jersey says, one and one, guys.

23:14 Back to you.

23:18 >> Well, that was quick, man. From KP. I

23:21 tell you what,

23:22 >> it's hot. Uh, I not a better way to say

23:25 that. I'm I'm sweating through my pearl

23:28 snap. 17 and 12 times. We haven't even

23:30 thrown first pitch yet, AJ.

23:32 >> Yeah. The good news is the sweat is

23:33 working magic on my hair right now. I'm

23:36 trying to look at the positives here at

23:37 Loco Beach. I'll tell you what, in my

23:39 heart it's always 110° and sunny. Now

23:41 that I'm feeling 100° and sunny, my

23:44 heart may be a little bit too on fire,

23:45 but salt water, it does good things for

23:47 your hair. I've heard that sweat is

23:49 salty. I've tasted it. So, I guess those

23:52 are two of the senses that I've had

23:53 going my way. Regardless, it is hot at

23:56 Loco Beach. And there is a hot arm that

23:59 we are going to watch take them on. The

24:00 hottest arm in the Banana Ball

24:02 Championship League. No one's been more

24:03 on than Will Ethric.

24:09 >> Hey guys, thank you so much. I'm now

24:10 joined by pitcher Will Ethric who shared

24:12 a really special and really powerful

24:15 message with a lot of our fans in Banana

24:17 Land last month. Will, talking about

24:19 your mental health journey, how honest

24:21 you were, how vulnerable you were was

24:23 really courageous. But what was it like

24:25 ever since you put out that message in

24:26 that talk in the booth with AJ? What's

24:27 the response been like from Banana Land

24:29 and our fans all around?

24:30 >> I mean, I've had a large amount of

24:33 support from everyone, you know, from

24:34 opening up to the locker room and

24:36 everyone wearing green eye black. Um, it

24:38 really felt like I was at home with with

24:40 some people and uh it felt great to have

24:42 that kind of support and connectivity

24:44 with my teammates and even, you know,

24:46 playing with the firefighters, they were

24:47 more than willing and happy to do it.

24:49 Um, and then ever since then, I've had,

24:52 you know, countless number of fans each

24:53 day come up to me with their support and

24:56 say, "Hey, it really means a lot because

24:57 they're going through the same thing."

24:59 And, you know, having someone speak out

25:00 again about it is just like a very, very

25:03 touching for them. And it it means a lot

25:05 to them and means a lot to me. And we've

25:07 we've had those conversations and, you

25:09 know, we we've built such a good strong

25:12 support system with our fans and and we

25:14 really love love it. So,

25:15 >> you mentioned that a lot of people are

25:17 are supporting you. A lot of people also

25:18 choose to uh, you know, go through this

25:20 mental health journey by themselves,

25:22 which can be a really daunting task ever

25:24 since you've allowed people to uh to see

25:26 what you're going through and be honest

25:28 with it. What's it been like to just

25:30 kind of let that burden out there in the

25:32 world and see all the support come back

25:33 your way?

25:34 >> Oh, it's been incredible. I mean, going

25:36 from, you know, feeling like you're on

25:37 an island to all of a sudden everyone's

25:38 on that island with you. I mean, it's

25:40 it's such a powerful feeling that you're

25:43 just freed up and, you know, can be

25:45 yourself essentially. It's It's allowed

25:46 me to do so much more in life and not

25:49 have to worry about, you know, being

25:50 anxious about certain things and, you

25:52 know, hoping that I just don't have to

25:54 live in a shadow or behind a closed

25:56 door. It's just like everyone's been so

25:58 welcoming and just like hugs and

26:00 everything. I mean, it it means a lot to

26:02 us.

26:02 >> Has it turned into a game changer as

26:04 well? Because speaking about your game,

26:05 it's absolutely you're flying on the

26:07 mound now. Sub two erra, double digit

26:09 strikeouts, one ball four sprint. Has

26:11 that have has the mental health exposure

26:14 that you're you're going through with

26:15 your journey has that led to the

26:16 performance on the field?

26:18 >> Like I said, it it just allows us to

26:20 play freely, you know, talking about it

26:22 and I know there are some other players

26:23 that have came up and spoken up about it

26:25 themselves and you can tell that that

26:27 when you have that weight off your

26:28 shoulder, it it feels so freeing. And

26:30 that's how I felt since I've kind of put

26:32 that message out there. And um just

26:34 having that support, like I said, it

26:36 doesn't matter who it has to be, family,

26:38 friends, teachers, co-workers, you know,

26:41 having someone in your corner, it means

26:42 a lot. And every single one of my

26:44 teammates have my have my back.

26:46 >> And it's amazing to see what you're

26:47 going through. You're an inspiration out

26:49 here, my friend. Thank you so much for

26:50 your honesty, your vulnerability with

26:51 your mental health journey. Guys,

26:53 oneonone. Let's send it back to you.

26:55 >> One thing's for certain, I am always in

26:57 Will Ethridge's corner. I appreciate him

26:59 taking the time again to open up and

27:02 openly speak about his mental health

27:04 journey. And let's take a look at the

27:05 numbers. I mean, since the Banana Ball

27:08 Championship League Open, Ethridge has

27:10 been dominant. But in the month of June,

27:12 there has been no pitcher better than

27:14 Will Ethridge. He's made nine starts

27:17 since the open. Let me put that in

27:18 perspective. He didn't start a game

27:20 before the open. So in his nine starts

27:22 this season, Will Aric has gone 35

27:25 innings of work where he's issued just

27:27 10 ball for sprints and has a sub3 RA.

27:29 He's taken his plate to a whole other

27:32 level. The [music] F factor here in the

27:33 month of June has gone 16 innings of

27:36 work with a 16-9 ERA and a 14-1

27:41 strikeout to ball force sprint ratio. I

27:44 cannot emphasize enough how unreal that

27:46 is. KO CD say uh pitcher of the month I

27:51 think so for Will Aric. He's been

27:53 absolutely incredible in the month of

27:56 June and again we very much so

27:58 appreciate him opening up with our very

28:00 own Rex Castillo about his mental health

28:03 journey.

28:05 Now let's take a look at the man that

28:07 he'll be facing tonight along as the

28:09 full season stats for Mr. Will Ethridge.

28:11 It's our starting pitching matchup here

28:13 tonight.

28:15 Baby Boon versus Thank You, thank you.

28:18 Thank You. The two best strikeout sies

28:20 in my humble opinion in our sport.

28:21 >> Yeah. And something you don't see with

28:23 Brett Sanchez is his domination against

28:25 right-handed hitters. Look at this. He's

28:27 gone over 54 innings this season.

28:28 Righties are hitting a mere 171. Their

28:31 batting average against Sanchez is 171.

28:35 Lefties on the other hand getting a

28:36 little more success. 286 the average

28:38 against Sanchez. So, with a lineup

28:41 that's littered with right-handed bats,

28:42 the Coconuts are going to have to find a

28:44 way to eat against a change of pace guy

28:46 like Thank you. Thank you. Thank you,

28:48 Brett Sanchez. He's a guy who throws

28:50 from a side arm slot and will throw you

28:52 off. It's had righties offguard [music]

28:54 all season long.

28:56 >> Yeah, I I think this is the same matchup

29:00 we've seen earlier this year. Both of

29:01 these guys pitched in Amarillo, not

29:02 against each other. Will Ethridge a

29:04 shorter start in that one, only going

29:06 three and a third. Brad Sanchez went

29:08 [music] six innings that weekend and to

29:10 that point it had been the longest

29:11 outing of any Texas tailgator this year.

29:14 Now let's look at the teams tonight and

29:15 the key to success for both the Coconuts

29:17 and the Tailgator. First, your boys from

29:20 the beach. What they got to do, man,

29:21 it's about play discipline. These

29:23 numbers speak for themselves. Loco Beach

29:24 last night was able to win drawing just

29:26 three ball four sprints. But how about

29:28 games where their offense has four or

29:29 more? Loco Beach is 19 and 17 on the

29:32 year. 12 and three in games where they

29:34 have had four or more ball four sprints.

29:36 That has been the key to success all

29:38 season long. And when you're playing a

29:39 team as talented as the Tailgator,

29:41 you've got to do your best to beat them

29:42 at their own game. Loco Beach is one of

29:44 just two teams this season to win the

29:46 equalizer against these boys in blue and

29:49 orange. Last night, the Tailgator owned

29:50 the trick play contest. The extra point

29:53 would have come in very, very, very well

29:56 for some insurance in the ninth. So,

29:58 Loco Beach looks to out trick the

29:59 Tailgator and remain patient at the

30:01 plate.

30:02 >> Book it.

30:04 It's that simple. 23 straight games have

30:08 these boys in blue and orange or red,

30:10 white, and blue tonight have recorded 10

30:12 or more trick plays. That is an

30:14 incredible streak [music] that I don't

30:16 think we'll see touched anytime soon.

30:18 And home sweet home man with the boys in

30:21 red, white, and blue are playing as the

30:23 home team, especially here in Texas.

30:25 They are 12 and seven as the home team.

30:28 Now, of those home games, 16 of the 19

30:31 have fallen in Texas.

30:32 >> [music]

30:32 >> Three of those played in Tulsa, Oklahoma

30:34 where they went two and one against the

30:36 Clowns. So if you remove that Oklahoma

30:38 series, 10 and six in the Lonear State

30:40 this year, AJ, the Texas Tailgator are

30:43 very good in the state of Texas.

30:44 >> Well, Brett, that really interests me to

30:46 be honest with you because it feels

30:47 counterintuitive. That means the

30:48 Tailgator are eight and eight as the

30:50 road team as the league's leader in

30:52 trick play. So you'd think that

30:53 equalizer point of guarantee for them,

30:54 but clearly this team elevates their

30:56 play when they're playing in front of

30:57 their faithful fans right here in Texas.

30:59 >> Yeah. And and you know, when you talk

31:01 about that equalizer point, I think it's

31:03 so interesting. You look that the the

31:05 Coconuts are the only team to earn the

31:06 equalizer point against the Tailgators

31:08 this year. Party animals have done it

31:09 once as well. Only two times in those 19

31:12 games have they conceded the equalizer

31:15 point.

31:17 >> Those are keys to success tonight as

31:19 down on the field, Megan, one of our

31:22 great Texas Twppers, ready to get the

31:24 fans warmed up here at the Wolf. get up

31:27 on OUR FEET AND PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME

31:30 to the field our fan warm-up leader,

31:33 7-year-old Miss Ara.

31:37 [cheering]

31:39 >> All right, Miss Arya. Now, whatever you

31:42 do, all 9,200

31:45 people are going to do with you. Are you

31:48 ready?

31:49 >> Yeehaw!

31:50 >> Let's do this, y'all.

31:55 We clap our hands way up in the sky.

31:58 That's perfect.

32:01 What's next, Arya? Maybe we do a little

32:04 disco. A lady from the eras. What's

32:08 next?

32:10 Oh, touch your toes.

32:15 >> All right, Arya, we're going to get our

32:18 punches in today.

32:20 A little scuba for the coconuts.

32:24 And we all brought our lassos. We're in

32:27 Texas.

32:29 Uh-oh. Did you guys get your cardio in

32:31 today? Jumping jacks.

32:34 [music]

32:36 And clap those hands, y'all. Make some

32:39 noise one more time for our fan warm-up

32:42 leader, Miss Ara. [screaming]

33:06 Ladies,

33:08 gentlemen, boys and girls, and parking

33:11 lot party people from around

33:17 the world. [groaning]

33:20 Tonight, you and thousands of your

33:22 friends here live, millions more

33:24 watching at home have gathered to

33:26 witness something that frat boys across

33:28 the country could only ever dream of.

33:31 From parking lots to 80 foot yachts,

33:35 from backyard grills to a stadium that

33:37 thrills, the pregamers come from every

33:40 corner of the globe to witness this.

33:43 But this is not baseball. No, this is

33:46 the arena where these Texas twost step

33:49 in. Tradition upsetting big hitggetk

33:52 getting ball players await the opening

33:54 of the gate to deliver a Texassiz

33:57 beatdown to whoever lines up across from

34:00 them. And tonight, ladies and gentlemen,

34:03 well, it looks like the Loco Beach

34:05 Coconuts are about to find out why you

34:09 don't mess with Texas.

34:13 [cheering]

34:15 But this is not your granddad's pastime.

34:18 This is not just another night at the

34:19 ballpark. No, this game is baseball by

34:22 birth, but it's fruit by name and an

34:25 absolute worldwide phenomenon by THE

34:28 GRACE OF GOD. SO NOW is the time for all

34:33 of you here in San Antonio, TEXAS TO GET

34:37 UP ON YOUR feet and give me your voices

34:45 [cheering]

34:47 because this is the greatest pregame in

34:49 sports and it never ends. LADIES AND

34:52 GENTLEMEN, THIS IS BANANA BALL.

34:57 [cheering]

34:58 THE STARTING LINEUP FOR YOUR TEXAS

35:01 tailgator

35:02 in left field. NUMBER TWO, ZACK WATSON.

35:15 The designated hitter number nine, Nick

35:20 Hul.

35:21 [screaming]

35:31 In right field, number 27,

35:35 KYLE [screaming]

35:37 MARTIN.

35:41 [cheering]

35:46 At third base, number six, JORDAN

35:51 MAR. [screaming]

36:00 At first base, number 85, TAYLOR

36:05 JUSTICE,

36:14 >> the extra hitter number 28, BROTHER

36:17 [groaning]

36:18 [screaming]

36:19 Second

36:21 solid

36:24 [cheering]

36:28 in center field number seven

36:32 in Indiana Stanley. [screaming]

36:37 [cheering]

36:44 behind the plate and catcher number 26,

36:48 TAJ THE [screaming] QUADFATHER

36:52 PORTER.

37:05 Mac dad [screaming]

37:15 at shortstop. NUMBER FIVE, THE TEXAS KID

37:20 JORDAN. [screaming]

37:29 The starting pitcher, number 17, BRETT

37:33 [screaming]

37:35 SANCHEZ.

37:42 And the coaches leading the party, HEAD

37:46 COACH JOE MIKOLIK, COACH PENNY, AND

37:51 COACH ANDREW, father of the tailgate,

37:57 man. [screaming]

38:09 Ladies and gentlemen, at this time we

38:12 ask that you please rise if able, remove

38:14 your caps, and join us in honoring

38:16 America with the singing of tonight's

38:18 national anthem. Please welcome to the

38:21 field Laura Shelton.

38:25 Oh, say can you see

38:30 by the dawn early light [singing]

38:36 what so proudly

38:39 we held

38:42 at the twilight [singing]

38:45 last gleaming

38:47 and who brought stripes and [singing]

38:50 bright stars

38:53 through the

38:55 Rous

38:59 or the red

39:01 parts we

39:04 [singing]

39:05 were so gallently

39:09 streams

39:14 [singing]

39:18 bursting

39:20 in

39:21 [singing]

39:24 proof.

39:25 through the night [singing]

39:28 that our flag was still there.

39:35 Oh, take [singing] us as stars faithful

39:43 [singing]

39:45 [crying] way

39:50 for the land

39:53 of the

40:01 [singing]

40:02 bound. [screaming]

40:10 >> [cheering]

40:11 >> Give it up for Laura Shelton.

40:29 [music]

40:37 How blessed are we to witness the Texas

40:41 Tailgator and the Loco Beach Coconuts

40:44 meet for game two here in San Antonio,

40:47 Texas.

40:55 He's AJ Swec, the voice of the beach.

40:58 I'm Brett Lawus and hello to all of you

41:00 watching on Valley Sports Live and the

41:03 Stadium app. AJ, last night, three to

41:06 two pitchers though tonight. I expect

41:09 the offense to come to play. Okay. Hey,

41:12 we don't agree, but that'll be fun.

41:14 These are two of the league's premier

41:16 offenses. Yes. But we're also watching

41:18 two elite arms in a pitcher friendly

41:20 park. So, not a betting man, but if I

41:22 was pushing my chips anywhere near the

41:24 center of the table, I'm expecting a

41:25 great outing from Willidge. And I'm

41:27 expecting a lot of thank you, thank you,

41:29 thank yous from Brett Sanchez.

41:30 >> Well, speaking of those guys, let's take

41:32 a look at the defense tonight for the

41:34 boys representing the state of Texas,

41:36 those [music] Texas tailgators. It's the

41:39 best trick play duo up the middle and

41:41 Jordan Hussein and Jonathan Sunshine

41:43 Looters and a guy that we've come to

41:45 know and love out in left field, Zack

41:47 Watson, Indiana, Stanley Cal, Martin

41:49 Taylor Justice, and Jordan Bar on

41:51 [music] the corners. And then the man

41:52 that AJ, you're really impressed by what

41:55 he's been doing. Taj Porter. 30 straight

41:57 games behind the dish for him.

41:58 >> Yeah, that speaks for itself. I I mean,

42:00 the period ends the sentence, but it

42:01 probably should be a [music] couple

42:02 exclamation points. How about 30 games

42:05 in a row catching for Taj Porter? The

42:07 Tailgator have played 35 games this

42:09 year. So, that means really dating back

42:11 to March, you haven't seen anyone behind

42:13 the plate other than the quad father.

42:15 It's for good reason. He's got one of

42:16 the best arms behind the plate in the

42:18 year, really rivaling Bill Loy. And he's

42:20 the battery mate of Brett Sanchez.

42:23 Speaking of Mr. Stank [music] stank.

42:25 Let's take a look at the man in the

42:26 middle. Brett Sanchez, the pride of

42:29 slide, Louisiana. Third in the Banana

42:32 Bowl Championship League with 51

42:33 [cheering]

42:34 pches this season. A 348 RA that also

42:38 ranks in the top five and has induced 98

42:40 trick [cheering] plays, only second to

42:42 his teammate Christian Davis. But we

42:45 mentioned that lineup of the Loco Beach

42:48 Coconuts. He's going to have to face a

42:50 whole lot of guys who are hitting a

42:52 whole lot over 300 this year.

42:54 >> Yeah, the top six in the Loco Beach

42:55 Coconuts lineup is all hitting over 300,

42:58 as is the eight-hole JD Erso. The

43:00 problem when facing against Brett

43:02 Sanchez is you've got to find a way to

43:04 hit it to the gaps. There is no pitcher

43:06 on the Tailgator staff who has more air

43:08 out. 79 outs behind Sanchez have come on

43:10 pop flies and line drives that sets up

43:13 this Tailgator team to do their double

43:14 tip, double trick play that they do

43:17 better than anybody. So the message

43:19 today from coach Croco to this lethal

43:21 lineup that leads the league in batting

43:22 average is keep the ball low and find

43:25 the gaps.

43:27 >> Pops looks to be ready, the nickname

43:29 affectionately for Ben Parker. Brett

43:31 Sanchez looks ready. There's only one

43:34 more man that needs to be ready for us

43:35 to begin this ball game. He's the father

43:38 of the tailgate and his name is Andrew

43:42 Bartman who in a moment is going to get

43:44 ready get us ready to play some animal.

43:46 There's Chris Clark and Jonathan Hughes

43:48 playing around with that big soccer

43:50 ball. I'm getting word Grub is also

43:53 ready, but as is Coach Bart down there

43:56 by the grill.

44:00 >> All right, San Antonio, we're getting

44:01 ready to start this party. And in Banana

44:04 Ball, we like to say start the clock,

44:06 but in tailgator country and the great

44:08 state of Texas, we're going to say light

44:10 the grill. So help me out on the count

44:12 of the three and say light the grill.

44:15 Ready? One, two, three.

44:19 [cheering]

44:21 >> Showtime.

44:23 >> Showtime

44:24 indeed.

44:26 >> The 19 and 17 Loco Beach Coconuts. It's

44:29 the 20 and 15 Texas Tailgator.

44:33 The two best offenses this sport has to

44:35 offer. Two of the best pitching

44:36 rotations the sport has to offer. And

44:39 first pitch here in San Antonio for game

44:40 two is at 7:04 Central time.

44:46 pops for the first time in a long time.

44:48 Did not get on base last night. Did via

44:50 trick play miss, but not via way in

44:53 which he got on base. His first strike

44:54 in life for Brett Sanchez.

44:57 Was 0 for four last night.

45:00 First time in a long time. How about the

45:02 first time since he played at William

45:03 and Mary where he had a 32 game on base

45:05 streak there. This guy just has a knack

45:07 for getting on the bases. He's worked

45:09 more ball force sprints than any

45:10 coconut. And now it's a proven pitch to

45:13 get things going.

45:14 First payoff pitch of the ball game.

45:18 >> Floated to right.

45:20 >> Kyle Martin

45:22 >> says, "I have it for out number one here

45:24 in the top of the first. It's a little

45:26 bit of a tailing fly ball. You expect to

45:29 see a trick play attempt, but I like

45:30 Kyle Martin just bringing it in and

45:32 starting Brett Sanchez's day off on the

45:34 right track.

45:34 >> It's awfully windy here in San Antonio.

45:36 We told you guys in the pre-show they

45:38 were watching on YouTube about how hot

45:40 it is. I mean, 91 with a heat index of

45:42 100. This one's hit up the middle.

45:44 Tanner Allen continuing to do what he

45:46 does. Four hits now in this series. The

45:48 wind gusts are 13 to 20 miles an hour.

45:52 >> They're blowing all over the place.

45:54 >> How hot it is. How hot is Tanner Allen?

45:57 59 hits on the year. Leads the entire

45:59 Banana Ball Championship League. He's

46:00 now one shy of the 60 mark.

46:04 >> And now four for five in the series.

46:07 Taj Porter. When you catch 30 straight

46:10 games, you take a beating back there.

46:12 Look at this foul tip off of him. Right

46:15 off the mask, man. Taj is tough as they

46:17 come.

46:19 Taj too tough, if you will. As if that

46:22 man didn't need another nickname. The

46:24 quad father, the biggest, the largest.

46:26 Start calling him Taj. Too tough, man.

46:32 Big Timber sends one high in the sky and

46:34 out of play down the first base side.

46:46 Tanner Allen. He's not getting too far

46:48 off of first over there. Dang

46:52 out to center. Indiana Stanley, what say

46:55 you, my friend? Tip Grill. Book it.

46:58 Bucket. First two trick plays of the

47:01 ball game for the boys from Texas.

47:04 >> Brett, that's case in point right there.

47:05 That's the 81st flyyou against Brett

47:07 Sanchez this year. He does it better

47:10 than anybody. And with a defense behind

47:11 him that has that exact double trick

47:14 play perfected better than anyone else

47:15 in the league, it creates a really

47:17 lethal duo.

47:18 >> Jordan Brewer, when he was in the Astros

47:21 organization playing for the Corpus,

47:23 Christy Hooks played in this ballpark

47:25 against the San Antonio Missions three

47:27 straight years.

47:29 He is very familiar with that 310 porch

47:32 down the left field line.

47:35 Now Brew wearing the tail in orange here

47:37 in Banana Ball. One, two, misses up

47:41 >> facing his teammate from a year ago with

47:43 the visitors. Banana Ball's development

47:45 team.

47:48 Jordan Hussein between the legs.

47:51 BUCKETS.

47:52 SUNSHINE CAUGHT IT in his hat. I believe

47:55 that's only one trick play, but

47:57 nonetheless, three trick plays there in

47:59 the top of the first for the team that

48:01 does it better than anybody in all of

48:03 Banana Land and a zero. Nonetheless,

48:06 most important part there for Brett

48:08 Sanchez. Now AJ, let's take a look at

48:10 how your boys are lining up defensively.

48:12 >> Very efficient start for Brett Sanchez.

48:14 Will Ethridge and company going to hope

48:16 for very similar results in their half

48:18 of the first inning. It's Ashby Vining

48:20 behind the plate today. JD Erso playing

48:22 the hot corner for both games in this

48:24 series. How about the birthday boy?

48:25 Grady Morgan turning 26 today out in

48:28 left field. So happy birthday to Gmorgg

48:30 and this entire defense looking to help

48:32 support him and Will Ethridge's cause

48:35 against the second [music] placed Texas

48:37 tailgator. Let's take a look at Will

48:38 Ethridge and what he has done. Ethridge

48:41 in the month of June, we talked about

48:42 it. Nails in the coffin. 16 innings of

48:45 work, 169 RA, 14 strikeouts to just the

48:48 one ball four sprint. But how about in

48:50 his last eight starts? Electrifying

48:53 stuff. sub3 RA comfortably 2 and 0

48:56 record and again 14 points earned just

48:59 the 10 ball for sprints. This is a guy

49:01 who fills up the zone but does have a

49:04 tall task specifically with the middle

49:06 of this tailgator lineup.

49:08 >> Yeah, man. I had a great conversation

49:09 today with Eric Osper talking about

49:11 banana ball and how lineups are

49:13 constructed and the way Joe Mik the

49:15 skipper of the Texas tailgator

49:16 constructs his lineup is as good as

49:18 anybody. You see one, two, and three

49:19 your MVP front runner Kyle Martin

49:21 hitting there in the three hole. Then

49:22 you go four, five, six, bar, Justice

49:24 Gonzalez. Bart and Justice currently in

49:26 the top seven in batting average. And

49:28 then after that, Stanley Porter,

49:29 Danford, Hussein. I mean, how you

49:31 construct your lineup in this league is

49:33 absolutely incredible. And the Texas

49:35 tailgator love to do it in threes. And

49:37 that's what you've seen here. You got a

49:38 big bopper somewhere mixed there in each

49:40 of the third of every lineup of the

49:42 entire lineup I should say. Zack Watson

49:45 balling a strike on him. Wadi 0 for

49:47 three last night.

49:51 moves out of the way of that one. He had

49:52 a great diving catch out in center field

49:54 during Jason Arts live and left

50:00 >> too early fans

50:02 an opportunity on the burn but they

50:04 don't catch it because

50:06 >> you got to bring a glove.

50:07 >> Thank you.

50:08 >> Thank you. Thank you if you will.

50:11 >> Wadi deep lefty

50:14 Morgan going back at the track and we'll

50:16 have it for out number one. And that, my

50:19 friends, is the land.

50:21 >> Cake and Candles.

50:23 It's his birthday and he's getting his

50:25 two. Grady Morgan. One ball in play.

50:27 Immediately able to bring it in. That's

50:29 good to settle in as an outfielder early

50:30 in the contest. And it brings up Lope.

50:33 >> What you got on what Lope's got going on

50:35 today? Blue mustache is back here in San

50:38 Antonio.

50:40 He has the bedazzled eye black today.

50:44 Some blue on top of the actual eye

50:46 black.

50:47 I'll tell you what, I saw him postgame

50:49 yesterday and the mustache wasn't blue

50:50 and it threw me for the biggest loop.

50:52 [laughter]

50:52 I was like, whoa, whoa. Who is this?

50:55 >> So, safe to say I love it. I'm glad the

50:57 blue stash is back in here to stay. The

51:00 pump up back behind Lafy there with his

51:02 blue mustache. Randy Ball is calling

51:03 balls and strikes tonight cuz that's a

51:06 called strike. Two and two. Lopey

51:08 clearly not a fan of that last one.

51:15 It'

51:15 >> be great if we could see it.

51:19 >> There we go.

51:23 >> Payoff pitch ball for spread.

51:27 >> Good transfer there from the boys from

51:29 the beach and Lopei will be the first

51:32 base runner of the night. Represents the

51:33 inning winning run here in the first.

51:35 >> One thing I really admire about Will Aid

51:37 is he's the same pitcher whether there's

51:39 one guy on behind him, the bases are

51:41 loaded or they're empty. He keeps his

51:42 same confidence. So, don't expect

51:44 anything to change except for the fact

51:45 that now he'll be working from a quick

51:47 stretch.

51:50 >> Now, it's the MVP front runner of Banana

51:53 Ball, Kyle Martin.

51:55 16 home runs, the single season record.

51:59 49 RBI, also leads Banana Ball. That OPS

52:03 also leads Banana Ball.

52:08 >> Backside way out of play and foul.

52:12 >> Kmart

52:13 0 for three last night. I hadn't seen

52:15 too many of from him this year. Did

52:17 reach via a two bag ball force Brent.

52:25 >> Good pitch there from Will, but not in

52:28 the top of the zone right now. And if

52:30 you got a keyhole this guy, it's going

52:31 to go a long ways.

52:34 2-1. Ashby being a trooper back there

52:36 takes a foul tip. Oh, that was off of

52:38 Randy Voss who pounds his chest.

52:42 Grub, of course, [cheering]

52:45 coaching first base.

52:48 The 2-2.

52:52 Another pale pitch coming from Willie F.

52:56 Man, hadn't seen too many of these in

52:58 these last eight outings where he's been

52:59 so strong. He's been rather efficient

53:01 today. Pitch number 17 and just three

53:04 ABS this far.

53:05 >> I mean, entering this outing, we'd seen

53:07 just one ballpour sprint issued this

53:09 month. He's now in danger of doing it

53:11 twice in his first inning of work here

53:12 against the Gator.

53:16 >> Kmart sprays it OUT TO LEFT. DEEP LEFT

53:20 AND IT'S GONE. [cheering]

53:23 Back to our regular scheduled

53:25 programming. TURN THAT TV ON, HONEY. The

53:29 auction is on. HOME RUN NUMBER 17 IN A

53:32 ONE TO NOTHING LEAD FOR THE BOYS IN THE

53:34 RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.

53:38 >> [cheering]

53:47 >> Who said you couldn't hit home runs here

53:49 in San Antonio? I don't believe you. AJ

53:52 Swate Tech. That's Kyle Martin playing

53:55 duck. Oh, goose.

53:58 The goose.

54:00 The goose is mart.

54:03 It's the whole point. Mind you, that's a

54:06 celebration. those guys came up with on

54:08 their own. That is not from the

54:09 entertainment team and that somehow

54:11 makes it so much better.

54:13 Oh man, the auction goes backside and

54:16 the boys from Texas lead it here in

54:19 Texas one to nothing.

54:45 What y'all got on the auction, man?

54:48 >> Hey YouTube, by the way.

54:56 >> You told me nobody's going to get home

54:57 run this week. You lied to me.

54:59 >> I'll tell you what, if there was one

55:01 person to do it, it would definitely be

55:02 Kyle Martin. That guy, I'm convinced

55:04 he's a Martian. 17 home runs, just

55:06 adding to his own league [music] record.

55:08 We're not even 60% way through the

55:10 season, at least for the tailgator.

55:12 Sometimes I go to bed at night and I

55:14 think to myself, man, what can't

55:20 [singing]

55:24 >> I do like my smile in case you're

55:26 wondering?

55:29 By the way, we had a prediction in the

55:31 YouTube chat tag for a two homer game

55:33 from Kmart. Halfway there, by the way,

55:35 that was from Dazzer

55:37 3889.

55:40 >> Jason playing live in left

55:42 >> field.

55:45 >> I mean, after he was hitless last night,

55:46 you had a feeling Kyle Martin was still

55:48 >> I did. Yeah. I talked to him earlier

55:50 today. I said, "How you doing today,

55:51 Papa?" He said, "I'm okay." That's code

55:54 for I'm going to hit a bomb tonight.

55:55 [laughter]

55:56 That's what that is.

55:57 >> He was right. We love you, YouTube.

56:01 Thanks for spending your Saturday here

56:02 with us.

56:10 There's a man with a glove and a

56:12 microphone performing in left field. His

56:16 name is Jason Art. It's called Live in

56:18 Left Field. Jason is the active left

56:21 fielder in this banana ball game while

56:23 also singing a bunch of country hits and

56:24 even some of his own original music. As

56:26 we begin the top of the second, Brett

56:29 Sanchez throws one middle. Middle to get

56:30 to Antel. 10 count.

56:35 High in the sky.

56:37 Sunny. What say you? Temp 10 drill.

56:40 Bucket. Bucket.

56:43 Sunny. JB. Five to nothing in the trick

56:46 play category.

56:48 >> Beautifully done by that Texas Tailgator

56:51 defense. It goes from Sunshine to Bar

56:54 for yet another double trick play. Now 5

56:57 nothing for the tailgator in that

56:59 category.

57:01 >> Ashby.

57:04 >> Wow. Been a lot of coconuts and

57:06 tailgator thus far. Not been pleased

57:08 with the strike zone.

57:10 >> There's only one out in the top of the

57:11 second.

57:13 >> Trick [ __ ]

57:16 JB

57:20 >> buckets.

57:22 >> Rack him up.

57:25 >> Brett, to revisit the point you just

57:26 made, I think some of that frustration

57:28 from Ashby Binding comes from the fact

57:29 he was just behind the plate in the

57:31 bottom of the first inning and he

57:33 [music] must not have been too happy

57:34 with some of the calls then came to the

57:36 plate. Felt like it wasn't going the

57:37 other direction. Really interesting a

57:39 catcher's perspective of the zone

57:40 because they see [music] it from both

57:41 angles.

57:45 Grady Morgan, the birthday boy finish.

57:49 >> He's got a ball in a strike on him.

57:51 >> Wow.

57:53 >> SUNSHINE

57:54 THE FOOT VOLLEY BETWEEN THE LEGS.

57:57 BUCKET. Book it.

58:00 Dear good lord above. Three up, three

58:03 down. The tailgator lead THE TRICK PLAY

58:05 BATTLE EIGHT TO NOTHING. WE PLAYED TWO

58:08 INNINGS,

58:11 MAN.

58:12 Goodness gracious life. If I went a

58:14 Texas tailgate, I don't know what I'd be

58:16 doing. Let's go down to the field for

58:17 bumper to bumper.

58:20 >> Fans, there's truly no bad part of a

58:22 tailgate. But if I had to pick a least

58:24 favorite, it would probably be the

58:26 traffic on the ride home. And if you've

58:28 driven around 1604 here in San Antonio

58:30 lately, you know exactly what I'm

58:32 talking about. So, to simulate traffic

58:34 on the ride home, we've got two pairs of

58:36 tailgate dads here who are going to race

58:38 from here to home with a helmet between

58:40 their butts. The first one to make it

58:43 there will win a race week to bumper to

58:46 bumper. All right, gentlemen, line

58:48 yourselves up. We're racing that way

58:50 towards home. Get those helmets between

58:53 your butts. We're going to beat the

58:56 traffic in three, two, one, go.

59:00 We've already got a couple fumbles,

59:02 couple flat tires. Get it between your

59:04 butt, Bojo. Get those hands up. I see

59:06 you trying to cheat. There we go. A lot

59:10 of stop and go traffic here over by

59:12 first base. Looks about right. We've got

59:15 some steady driving here from Lance and

59:17 Ben. Rich and Bojo falling behind. Whoa,

59:21 an illegal merge. SOMEBODY'S GOT TO PULL

59:24 IT OVER. A COLLISION. OH MY GOSH. A

59:27 PILEUP HAS OCCURRED RIGHT BEHIND HOME.

59:30 And your winners,

59:32 a bumper TO BUMPER, IT'S BEN AND LANCE.

59:49 That was crazy. Second note here, use AJ

59:53 Sw.

59:54 It is nine to nothing in the trick play.

59:56 If I remind you that play that happened

59:58 at the end of the first double trick

1:00:00 play, Jordan Hussein, Jonathan Sunshine,

1:00:03 looters up the middle and one to nothing

1:00:05 ball game. Nine to nothing trick play

1:00:06 battle. [music] AJ, that equalizer point

1:00:08 is waning by the moment for the

1:00:10 Coconuts. Jordan Bar

1:00:12 leadoff single.

1:00:15 You know that guy almost caught his shot

1:00:17 in the pre-show we interviewed him. He

1:00:19 said, "You know, usually hitting behind

1:00:21 Kmart, I come up with a guy or two on

1:00:23 base, or I just lead off the second

1:00:25 after Kmart hits a walk-off. Kmart hits

1:00:28 a walk-off two-run homer in the first

1:00:29 and off the second with a single."

1:00:32 >> That'll work.

1:00:33 >> Yeah, that'll play. Now, it's time for

1:00:35 the man who leads the Texas Tailgator in

1:00:38 batting average and second in all the

1:00:40 Banana Ball Championship League. Taylor

1:00:42 Justice

1:00:46 JD

1:00:48 to second to first

1:00:53 officially five to four fielders choice.

1:00:58 The little fumble from Erso is one he's

1:01:00 going to kick himself over. It's a play

1:01:02 we're used to seeing him make on the hot

1:01:03 corner. Gave just the extra half second

1:01:06 for the runner to be safe at first. Get

1:01:08 another look at it. Yeah, just beat it

1:01:10 out with his legs.

1:01:14 >> Brother behind 0 and one. Jose Gonzalez

1:01:17 Jr. Houston Texas kid can played at

1:01:21 Texas State.

1:01:24 Also a former Texas leager with the

1:01:27 Corpus Christi Hooks last year in 2025.

1:01:33 No two from Willie E.

1:01:36 Foul.

1:01:40 I'm really itching for a baby blue.

1:01:45 >> If you don't want to know what that is,

1:01:46 you may in just a moment. The O2.

1:01:51 >> It is one of the best strikeout symbols

1:01:53 in the entire land.

1:01:54 >> The amount of fans pregame who have him

1:01:56 do tick tocks with him. Doing that is

1:01:58 now his signature move. He's made the

1:01:59 baby boo his own.

1:02:05 >> Where did that come from?

1:02:07 He just liked the dance.

1:02:11 >> Sometimes that's all it takes.

1:02:13 >> Sometimes you just get on social media

1:02:14 enough and you find something, I guess.

1:02:17 >> And she going to call him baby boo.

1:02:20 There it is. Right on Q. The F factor

1:02:23 gets his first strike out of the

1:02:24 evening. All smiles for Will Ethridge,

1:02:26 who's an out away from posting a

1:02:28 scoreless second after a strike out and

1:02:30 a baby boo to boot.

1:02:34 By the way, Sheilo Call Me Baby Boo is

1:02:35 an NBA Young Boy song for all those who

1:02:38 are into that world of music. She don't

1:02:41 call me Baby Boo.

1:02:43 [laughter]

1:02:43 >> That's how the song goes.

1:02:44 >> That was kind of accurate.

1:02:45 >> That's how the song goes.

1:02:50 >> Indiana Stanley fans an opportunity.

1:02:54 Woo! A young man had his glove but just

1:02:57 out of the reach.

1:02:58 >> Beat me to the punch, man. That's

1:02:59 exactly why you bring it. That was

1:03:00 almost a nifty play. Once puberty comes,

1:03:03 that ball's caught.

1:03:06 >> What about now?

1:03:09 >> Bare hand by a father. Not able to catch

1:03:12 it

1:03:13 >> now. Maybe a puberty never hit him. That

1:03:16 one's brought in.

1:03:18 >> I don't think you guys can hear it, but

1:03:20 Jonathan Sunshine Looters screaming in

1:03:22 my ears about the block on that last

1:03:24 one. This one fouled back to the stop.

1:03:27 Something tells me we're going to be

1:03:28 hearing from Sunny soon. Very soon. The

1:03:31 man who leads Manata ball in trick

1:03:33 plays. He's got those things in his ear.

1:03:36 He usually tells me that he's going to

1:03:38 be miked up.

1:03:41 Did he go? Oh, it's a cold strike

1:03:44 anyway.

1:03:46 And she going to call him baby boo. The

1:03:49 factor gets the train right back on the

1:03:51 track. It's a scoreless second for Will

1:03:53 Ethridge and the Coconuts. The tailgator

1:03:55 head to the third with a one- nothing

1:03:57 lead. Coconut's offense looking for

1:03:59 answers next on Valley Sports Live.

1:04:16 >> Oh, what is going on?

1:04:20 >> Rob and Peter, man, they really love

1:04:22 each other today.

1:04:23 >> They calling each other baby boo.

1:04:27 Oh man, Brett, you were making me cry

1:04:30 laughing today with the baby boom.

1:04:32 >> We can't give context to what that is.

1:04:37 >> But yes, baby boom indeed, man.

1:04:41 Sunshine, how are you done?

1:04:44 >> No, not yet. I just want to ask you how

1:04:46 you're done.

1:04:50 >> Don't worry, sunshine. I can't hear you

1:04:51 anymore.

1:04:53 >> Now I can hear you.

1:04:55 You were not live. Only we could hear

1:04:57 you there. It's just funny.

1:05:02 >> Yeah.

1:05:04 >> Well, it's funny because AJ and I could

1:05:06 hear you, but I know America couldn't.

1:05:10 And so that's what made that funny.

1:05:13 [cheering]

1:05:15 Yeah. You're you're teasing the people

1:05:16 at home. I love it because we haven't

1:05:19 shown who's on the mound yet. This is

1:05:22 good, Sunny. This is called television.

1:05:24 See, you do the trick plays and all

1:05:25 that, huh?

1:05:26 >> Now you're learning to do the TV.

1:05:30 >> That was good for me, Sunshine.

1:05:32 >> That should be So, Mike, how much time

1:05:35 we got? We got a few moments here. A few

1:05:36 seconds. If I could tell you guys a

1:05:38 story. I I have enough time. I tell

1:05:41 Sunshine before every game, I want to

1:05:43 see something nobody's ever seen before.

1:05:45 And that last trick play was it. By the

1:05:46 way, Sunny, you did get a trick play for

1:05:48 that one in the first. You caught it in

1:05:50 your hat.

1:05:51 >> Yeah.

1:05:56 All right, we must wait a moment, honey.

1:06:01 [cheering]

1:06:09 >> How about this trick play back in the

1:06:10 first? Jonathan Sunshine Lutters caught

1:06:13 it in his hat and then he did his

1:06:14 patented tip drill. SHOW ME THE ONE.

1:06:16 SHOW ME THE SPECIAL ONE THAT HE DID. The

1:06:18 really, really special one that he did

1:06:20 with the feet. It was crazy. AND NOW WE

1:06:23 HAVE HIM on the broadcast. Sunny, how

1:06:25 you doing, my friend?

1:06:26 >> Brett Loftess, as I always say, it is so

1:06:28 good to hear your voice, man. AJ, great

1:06:31 to see you as well,

1:06:32 >> Sunshine. I'm going to give you one more

1:06:33 chance. We've talked about this. How are

1:06:35 you doing today,

1:06:35 >> AJ? I'm doing very approvescent today.

1:06:37 You already know.

1:06:38 >> Yes. Before we must shut it down, we

1:06:40 have something cool happening.

1:06:41 >> Okay,

1:06:43 >> this makes me [cheering] approvescent.

1:06:45 Look who's on the mound. So, it's Kaden

1:06:48 Bowler who played in Jason Art's band,

1:06:50 who traveled with us last year,

1:06:51 Sunshine. And Jason Art, my July on the

1:06:54 bump, who until he had some arm issues

1:06:57 late in his high school career, was a

1:06:59 full-time pitcher.

1:07:00 >> This is what the people want right here.

1:07:02 This is band member versus band member

1:07:04 or former band member. Remember,

1:07:06 rivalry. I love it. Oh yeah, strike one.

1:07:08 Oh wow. I don't know where that missed.

1:07:10 By the way, Brett Sanchez is playing

1:07:12 left field.

1:07:13 >> Oh my gosh. We got to get him a trick.

1:07:15 I'm I'm going to bat it all the way to

1:07:16 him if we get it.

1:07:17 >> Taylor Justice just threw his hat down

1:07:19 for a yard card.

1:07:20 >> Hey TJ

1:07:22 >> Sunshine, I want you to commentate this.

1:07:24 >> Okay. Oh, I've got the two Jason Art.

1:07:26 Here comes the set. SPLITTERS.

1:07:28 >> OH, AND IT THRILLS HIM. [laughter] OH,

1:07:30 it smokes him. HE'S GOING TO OH,

1:07:32 [screaming] BRAWL. OH, WE'RE GOING.

1:07:34 WE'RE GOING. [laughter]

1:07:36 >> And two friends who were foes are now

1:07:40 friends again.

1:07:41 >> You're coming for our jobs, man. That

1:07:43 was great. And look at Todd Porter here.

1:07:46 He is surfing on Kaden B. This is a

1:07:48 liability. I want trainers out on site,

1:07:51 right? Yeah. Good job, Todd. How how's

1:07:53 it feel there with uh popping off?

1:07:56 >> All right, so now we got

1:07:57 >> Now we have our starting position.

1:07:59 >> Now we got our starters back on the

1:08:00 mound. Hey, Brett. Brett. Brett. He

1:08:03 probably can't hear me. I got him. All

1:08:04 right, whatever. Here we go.

1:08:06 >> Sunny, we played here last year in San

1:08:08 Antonio.

1:08:09 >> Yeah.

1:08:09 >> Great time, great crowd. How cool is it

1:08:12 to see the the maturation and the growth

1:08:14 of our brand being back here and seeing

1:08:16 how bought in these people are in San

1:08:17 Antonio?

1:08:17 >> It is so cool. I mean, for us to be able

1:08:20 to for us to be able to be back here and

1:08:22 see the growth of tailor nation and all

1:08:26 over the state of Texas really, not just

1:08:27 in San Antonio is super cool. We

1:08:29 absolutely love that. Super super

1:08:31 special. And I know for words to

1:08:34 continue to grow tailgate wise and

1:08:36 banana ball and it it's just so so cool.

1:08:38 So, let's try to get someone up.

1:08:41 I don't think Hayden Bowler's going to

1:08:43 run.

1:08:44 >> Sunny, go get that. Here we go. All

1:08:45 right.

1:08:48 Oh,

1:08:48 >> boy.

1:08:49 >> We'll take that tip drill from the

1:08:51 auction and the 10th trick play of the

1:08:54 ball game. Sunshine. That makes it 24

1:08:56 straight. You've always

1:08:59 >> That's 24 straight games the tailgator

1:09:01 have recorded 10 or more trick plays.

1:09:03 >> Wow, that's pretty impressive. We're

1:09:04 already at 10. I didn't even know that.

1:09:06 >> Oh, guys. Yeah, Jay's yelling right now.

1:09:09 I got to listen. Yeah, you got the goal.

1:09:11 All right.

1:09:12 >> This guy loves to pull the ball.

1:09:13 >> Oh, yeah. So, we're over here. I'll be

1:09:15 in the hole. Backing it up here.

1:09:17 >> He's playing with a partially torn

1:09:19 bicep.

1:09:19 >> Whoa.

1:09:21 >> Sunshine. Didn't even know. You just

1:09:23 broke loose to Sunshine.

1:09:24 >> Osberg on a swing last weekend. Hit a

1:09:26 double and partially tore his bicep. So,

1:09:28 he's playing through injury right now.

1:09:30 >> Wow. That

1:09:31 >> guy must be pretty strong and tear a

1:09:33 bicep on a swing.

1:09:34 >> You know, they say they just make him

1:09:35 different in Massachusetts. I don't know

1:09:36 about that, Sunshine. Is that real?

1:09:38 Hey, I'm obviously biased. I think

1:09:41 that's the case.

1:09:42 >> Breath, that was the perfect segue cuz

1:09:43 I've been dying to ask Sunshine as

1:09:45 someone not from the state of Texas.

1:09:47 What's it been like embracing the state,

1:09:49 now a member of a team that claims it?

1:09:50 >> That's a great question and I think I'm

1:09:52 the most northern Texas tailgator, but I

1:09:54 absolutely love it. The hospitality, the

1:09:57 the Texas mindset of like being from the

1:10:00 state of Texas. And someone said a quote

1:10:02 the other day like, "If you're not born

1:10:03 in Texas, you're coming there as fast as

1:10:04 you can or going there as fast as you

1:10:05 can." And I uh I definitely hear that.

1:10:08 Oh, there you go. And uh it's so

1:10:10 welcoming. The the people in Texas, the

1:10:13 all the cities, they they welcome us

1:10:15 open arms. They're super special. Oh,

1:10:17 there we go. Ah,

1:10:17 >> here you go, Sunny.

1:10:21 >> Eric Osberg playing through injury,

1:10:24 works a ball force sprint in his first

1:10:26 plate appearance back.

1:10:27 >> Sunny, I I must tell you,

1:10:29 >> yeah,

1:10:30 >> you talk about being from the north.

1:10:31 >> Yep.

1:10:32 >> Meant a lot to me. I've told you this a

1:10:33 couple times. My mom and dad called you

1:10:35 the most southern gentleman they ever

1:10:36 met from the northeast in their lives.

1:10:38 >> That is a huge compliment. Tell them

1:10:40 thank you.

1:10:40 >> Well, they're watching. You can tell

1:10:41 them thank you right now.

1:10:42 >> Oh, tell them thank you.

1:10:43 >> Yeah. All right. HERE YOU GO, SUNNY. OH,

1:10:46 >> SANI [screaming]

1:10:49 from Brent Sanchez.

1:10:52 [cheering]

1:10:53 >> And he's DOING THE WORK, SUNNY.

1:10:54 >> HEY, READY. HEY, YOU'RE MIKED UP right

1:10:56 now. Hey, ready? You're miked up. What

1:10:58 do you got on that?

1:10:59 >> I was in left field. PICTURES ARE

1:11:00 ATHLETES. [laughter]

1:11:02 PITCHERS ARE ATHLETES, TOO. WOW. And

1:11:06 from me to Brad Sanchez, I must say,

1:11:08 thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

1:11:10 >> I mean, are you kidding me? This defense

1:11:12 is unbelievable. And this is banana

1:11:14 ball. We're going to get even more

1:11:15 action in this inning because there's a

1:11:16 signature walk up being set up for

1:11:18 Tanner Allen on the left side.

1:11:19 >> Talk us through it.

1:11:20 >> All right. Here we go. Here we go. All

1:11:21 right. Water guns getting Tanner Allen.

1:11:24 Yep. Tanner Allen at the beach. Yep.

1:11:26 That is that is very straightforward.

1:11:28 Yep. Breaking that red solo cup. Love

1:11:30 it. Very beach like. Yep. Oh, knocks the

1:11:32 phone out of the hand. That was uncalled

1:11:34 for. My goodness. We got Ashley Bing,

1:11:36 one of the face of Coconut showing off

1:11:37 the hair. Love it. Spike ball. My

1:11:39 personal favorite beach game. Terra

1:11:40 Allen gets the point. Yes. Well done.

1:11:42 All right. We got the grill. Whoa. We

1:11:43 got the grill. That's our thing. What

1:11:44 are we doing here? And then we got Oh, I

1:11:46 I'm not commenting on that, bro. That

1:11:47 was [laughter]

1:11:49 >> I'm going to back away now. But that was

1:11:51 good. Hey, because his number is 10,

1:11:55 right?

1:11:56 >> I'm going to give it a 10 out of 10.

1:11:57 Besides minus one for that whatever that

1:12:00 was at the end there. I don't I don't

1:12:01 know about that.

1:12:02 >> So you would have had an 11 out of 10

1:12:04 but instead

1:12:04 >> of 10 goes down one for 10 out of 10.

1:12:06 Here's a banana ball.

1:12:07 >> I love your positivity man. I'm so glad

1:12:09 there's someone out there that can match

1:12:10 my energy on that.

1:12:12 >> Well, you know only we we could have

1:12:13 many African people and that's the case

1:12:16 right now.

1:12:16 >> Did you read the thesaurus this morning

1:12:18 or what?

1:12:19 >> AJ taught me a few things or two.

1:12:22 >> I don't think you should be listening to

1:12:23 AJ if he's teaching you.

1:12:24 >> Is that right? Well, hey Brett, you have

1:12:26 a you have quite awesome vocabulary as

1:12:28 well with all the country stuff and you

1:12:30 are so quick on your on your feet. All

1:12:31 right,

1:12:32 >> Sunny, go get it.

1:12:36 >> Oh, no trick though. Sorry guys.

1:12:37 >> Hey, that's not a bucket, but it's still

1:12:39 a heck of a play from the quickest hands

1:12:40 in the sport.

1:12:41 >> Hurry up. Hurry up. Hurry up.

1:12:42 >> Sunshine,

1:12:44 >> if I loved you anymore, it'd be a hate

1:12:46 crime. That's how much I love you.

1:12:51 >> Let's send it out of the field for

1:12:52 Bananas Foster.

1:12:54 children and teens in foster care

1:12:56 without a permanent home. To raise

1:12:58 awareness and support this community, we

1:13:01 created Bananas Foster, the official

1:13:03 nonprofit of Banana Ball. Our

1:13:06 organization is dedicated to celebrating

1:13:08 those in the foster care community while

1:13:11 educating and inspiring others to get

1:13:13 involved. And tonight, we are

1:13:16 celebrating the Matthysse Mendes family.

1:13:20 Monica and Rudy became licensed five

1:13:23 years ago with a focus on reunification,

1:13:26 which is the ultimate goal of foster

1:13:29 care. They also provide care for

1:13:31 children with high level medical needs.

1:13:34 In total, they have welcomed 14 children

1:13:38 into their home.

1:13:41 They have adopted three and are in the

1:13:44 process of adopting their fourth

1:13:49 fans. Please help us celebrate this

1:13:51 family for their impact in the foster

1:13:54 care community. [cheering]

1:14:20 Man, this is so cool. 14 kids from the

1:14:22 Matthysse Mendes family right here in

1:14:24 San Antonio. And it it doesn't GET MUCH

1:14:27 MORE SPECIAL FOR THIS FAMILY tonight as

1:14:30 our Bananas Foster family of the night.

1:14:34 We got more banana ball as we honor the

1:14:36 Bananas Foster family tonight here from

1:14:38 San Antonio.

1:14:54 strong

1:14:55 support5.

1:15:25 We are family.

1:15:49 AJ Swine Techch. How cool was this?

1:15:53 >> Really cool. Really, really, really

1:15:55 cool. We've got Coconuts and Tailgator.

1:15:58 A finale here in San Antonio, Texas. The

1:16:01 Coconuts up in the series 1- nothing.

1:16:03 The Tailgator lead this game one to nil.

1:16:06 And we get the pleasure of watching a

1:16:08 matchup between Baby Boo and the

1:16:11 Quadfather. That sentence [music] makes

1:16:12 no sense anywhere but Banana Land.

1:16:16 >> The biggest

1:16:19 the largest. Of course,

1:16:22 >> he sprays one to left field. JD Erso

1:16:25 trying to find in foul territory.

1:16:27 >> Instead, it'll find the netting.

1:16:30 >> JD talking the fan with the popcorn

1:16:33 through how to catch a foul ball.

1:16:35 >> Hey, he got some popcorn out of it, too.

1:16:38 >> That's uh what Joey Botto Prince

1:16:40 filleresque

1:16:42 back in the day.

1:16:43 >> That video of Prince taking the nacho is

1:16:45 the best. That's the best. I ain't going

1:16:48 to lie to you, man. If I was playing

1:16:49 first base in this heat today and I can

1:16:51 find something to give me a little salt.

1:16:53 Yeah, I'm going to eat it.

1:16:57 >> Look where Phatany is playing right now,

1:16:59 Brad.

1:16:59 >> Yeah, look. Yeah, he's out in shallow

1:17:01 right field. Like all the way out right

1:17:03 field.

1:17:05 >> This one in the air. Can we get a shot

1:17:07 of that right here? That's a great look

1:17:08 at it. Right up the middle. Salacobo.

1:17:11 Payton Shatany's out in shallow right

1:17:13 field.

1:17:13 >> I can comfortably say I've watched every

1:17:15 pitch in Coconut's history. We have

1:17:16 never seen this before. AGGRESSIVE

1:17:18 ADJUSTMENT AGAINST TAJ PORTER, BUT IT

1:17:20 doesn't matter. The ball's never PUT IN

1:17:22 PLAY. SHOTIER comes back in from the

1:17:24 outfield cuz the F factor has his third

1:17:27 K of the day. It comes on a swing and

1:17:29 miss. Spinner low with his own.

1:17:36 Now Shotty

1:17:37 moves back in

1:17:40 for Magnet

1:17:42 hitting in the nine hole.

1:17:46 >> [cheering]

1:17:49 >> WHAT DO WE GOT HERE, WILLIE?

1:17:52 >> I say let it grow.

1:18:08 >> Little inside there for Mr. Aidge. Ball

1:18:11 and a strike.

1:18:17 M is due for a big time hit, man.

1:18:22 One swing of the mat could walk this

1:18:23 inning off. A trick pitch from Will. Got

1:18:26 him.

1:18:28 FOUR STRIKEOUTS, FOUR BABY BOOS. HIS

1:18:32 DEFENSE DIDN'T HAVE A TRICK PLAY BEHIND

1:18:34 HIM. SO WILL ETHRIC SAID, "WE'LL get our

1:18:36 first on my OWN ACCORD." BEHIND THE

1:18:38 BACK, UNDER THE LEGS, and through the

1:18:40 barrel. Matt Danford grabs a chair. Four

1:18:43 strikeouts for Ethridge.

1:18:51 What? What is that noise? OH MY GOSH.

1:18:54 THERE'S AN ENGINE on the bottom of a

1:18:56 buggy.

1:18:58 And that's my captain in an HB shopping

1:19:01 cart.

1:19:10 Oh, that thing's got some speed to it.

1:19:13 >> Well,

1:19:14 you know what they say about buggies.

1:19:17 >> You got to wind them up so they can get

1:19:18 the buggy in.

1:19:20 >> Never heard that one.

1:19:21 >> Yeah. You're also from Chicago.

1:19:25 >> No, I'm from Loco Beach. Let's not start

1:19:27 spreading misinformation now.

1:19:31 >> Oh, man.

1:19:33 You know, while y'all at it,

1:19:35 >> just keep the audio turned up. This be a

1:19:38 great time for you to go grab a drink.

1:19:40 Maybe I'll go pop something in the

1:19:42 microwave. Oh, never mind. Now it's

1:19:44 picking up some speed. Oh, dear God.

1:19:47 Please help them. I'm going go pray for

1:19:49 them. They don't have seat belts on.

1:19:51 That buggy is flying. It is slowed down.

1:19:56 Who is Oh, there's a driver. Okay. You

1:19:59 know, we did this earlier in rehearsals.

1:20:01 I I didn't I didn't think it was

1:20:05 I I thought it was remote control. I

1:20:06 really did.

1:20:08 This is unreal.

1:20:11 How's Jordan going to get out of the

1:20:13 bottom of this?

1:20:13 >> The real question is, do you think the

1:20:15 Doerty Dozen could fit their whole

1:20:17 grocery haul in that cart?

1:20:21 >> That's the funniest thing you've ever

1:20:22 seen.

1:20:23 >> The snackerty boards, man. Big Red. I I

1:20:25 don't know.

1:20:26 >> Taj looks like he's in the paparazzi

1:20:29 here. Look at him just videoing his best

1:20:32 friend, man.

1:20:36 Well, Jordan has his helmet

1:20:39 and his and his bat about 220 ft from

1:20:42 home play.

1:20:43 >> We have gained 300 watchers during this

1:20:45 second. The HB cart is doing numbers.

1:20:50 >> By the way, I don't know what y'all call

1:20:51 it. I call it a buggy.

1:20:53 >> There comes five.

1:20:56 Bill has been taking a nap on the bound

1:20:58 this whole time.

1:21:01 You know what I hope doesn't happen in

1:21:03 AJ Bernett situation? Remember when he

1:21:06 popped out that window in Miami that

1:21:08 time? Well, the shopping cart is going

1:21:11 to drive

1:21:13 behind

1:21:18 those. The shopping cart. Well, now it's

1:21:21 just parked.

1:21:24 Yeah, man.

1:21:26 Well,

1:21:31 high in the sky.

1:21:33 Four guys converge on it. Who wants it?

1:21:35 Gideon tip drill. Book it. Book it with

1:21:38 Payton shot. Tanya.

1:21:41 >> It's a double trick play for the Nuts to

1:21:43 close out back-to-back scoreless innings

1:21:45 for Ethridge in the defense. They get

1:21:46 their first three trick plays in the

1:21:48 third as well. Still a one- nothing lead

1:21:50 for the Tailgator. The big shopping cart

1:21:52 goes around the warning track and the

1:21:54 tailgator have taken over Texas again.

1:22:12 So down here on the field with me, I

1:22:14 have six brothers, all with flags in

1:22:16 their hat. In just a moment, they are

1:22:18 going to run at each other and try and

1:22:20 pull the flags from the other brothers

1:22:22 until only one remains. He will be the

1:22:24 winner of a game we like to call Six

1:22:27 Flags. Gentlemen, get ready in three 2 1

1:22:31 go.

1:22:33 Lots of chaos early. We've got some

1:22:35 flags pulled. A couple brothers down.

1:22:38 We've got four left, three left. Who

1:22:41 wants to ride the roller coaster? Who's

1:22:43 gonna get the front seat in the car?

1:22:45 Who's mom's favorite? It's time to FIND

1:22:47 OUT. AND YOUR WINNER, he lost his last.

1:22:50 Your winner, it's Gavin.

1:23:19 We all

1:23:39 When I

1:23:43 t-shirt

1:23:54 in the room,

1:24:08 Right outside of downtown San Antonio,

1:24:10 Texas, we sit here at the Wolf, the

1:24:13 Nelson W. Wolf Municipal Stadium where

1:24:15 the Texas Tailgator lead the Loco Beach

1:24:18 Coconuts one to nothing in game two of

1:24:22 this two game set

1:24:25 here in Military City USA.

1:24:28 Brett Sanchez has been awfully upset

1:24:31 with some ball and strike calls tonight

1:24:33 as he's facing big timber Dane Toofflin

1:24:35 for his second time.

1:24:37 >> He's dealt with the adversity well to

1:24:39 let off a run. really he's been in the

1:24:41 command of the majority of these plate

1:24:43 appearances against these nuts.

1:24:47 >> 10 to three, by the way, in the trick

1:24:49 play now. Sanche now joins Christian

1:24:52 Davis as the only two pitchers in banana

1:24:55 ball this year to have induced a 100 or

1:24:57 more trick plays behind him.

1:25:01 Hey, Big Timber just swung it. What was

1:25:04 ball four there?

1:25:05 >> Broke his bat, too.

1:25:06 >> Yeah. hit it right over there to Joe

1:25:08 Mik's brother who's sitting down in the

1:25:11 dugout. I got to meet him earlier. I

1:25:13 tell you what, if I didn't know what

1:25:16 Mick, like if I if I met him with my

1:25:18 eyes closed, I would swear up and down

1:25:20 that I was talking to Mick.

1:25:22 >> Like they are the exact same person.

1:25:24 >> And we're not talking about Jose brother

1:25:25 Gonzalez.

1:25:26 >> No, Joe Mik. Joe Mik's brother. His

1:25:30 actual brother,

1:25:33 >> our head coach of the Texas Tailgator.

1:25:35 3-2 yet again.

1:25:38 The fans an opportunity

1:25:40 perhaps not.

1:25:41 >> I think spiritually Jose Gonzalez is all

1:25:44 of our brothers.

1:25:45 >> There's Mick.

1:25:47 Mick, I will say more jacked than his

1:25:49 brother. Ball four sprint for Dane.

1:25:55 He got his first career twoag ball for

1:25:58 sprint last night. This time the only

1:26:00 banana baller who was born north of the

1:26:03 border chooses to stay at first and Armi

1:26:05 Henderson will come on a run for him.

1:26:07 >> Dave Toughwood now getting on base over

1:26:09 49% of the time again. He just has such

1:26:11 a patient plate approach. It's admirable

1:26:13 the way he attacks his looks here in

1:26:15 Banana Ball. Jordan Brewer same way.

1:26:17 Sprayed into left field. THAT ONE'S DOWN

1:26:19 IN FRONT OF THE warning track. Armani

1:26:21 Henderson the designated runner is being

1:26:23 signaled in to score. JORDAN HUSSEIN'S

1:26:25 RELAY AT THE PLATE IS BOBBLED [cheering]

1:26:27 BY TAJ PORTER. JORDAN BREWER DRIVES IN

1:26:30 THE COCONUTS FIRST RUN OF THE DAY. THE

1:26:32 LONGTIME TEXAS LEAGER HAS A STAND UP RBI

1:26:35 DOUBLE.

1:26:41 MAN, that's a heck of a relay home.

1:26:44 Let's see it here. Jordan Hussein. I

1:26:46 mean, Taj clearly dropped the ball. If

1:26:48 he holds on to the ball, that's a bang

1:26:50 bang play right there. But Jordan

1:26:52 Brewer, man, gosh, when he connects with

1:26:54 a banana ball, he's going to send it a

1:26:56 long way. He's cutting into the teeth of

1:26:58 that 20 mph wind here. First run of the

1:27:01 ball game. First run obviously that

1:27:02 Brett Sanchez has conceded as Gideon

1:27:05 Antel quickly behind 0 and2.

1:27:08 >> First earned run the Tailgator have

1:27:10 allowed since the first inning of

1:27:11 yesterday's game.

1:27:18 left side. Hussein bar

1:27:22 J5 would just catch it regularly for out

1:27:26 number two. That was an odd one over

1:27:29 there. Excuse me. Out number one. Pardon

1:27:31 me. That was an odd one over there. It

1:27:33 was like swirling in the wind thinking

1:27:35 tip drill but obviously just making the

1:27:38 safe play in foul territory. Facing the

1:27:40 beach asbying at the dish.

1:27:46 Justin Schwab, one of our great video

1:27:48 coordinators here in Banana Ball, does a

1:27:50 great job of fielding that one over in

1:27:52 front of the Coconuts.

1:27:55 Talked to Ashby Vining before the game

1:27:57 today. He said he's made an ever so

1:27:58 slight adjustment. He's widened his

1:28:00 stance by maybe a half inch. It's

1:28:02 helping him stay back on lower velocity

1:28:04 pitches. Really big against a guy like

1:28:06 Brett Sanchez who tries to beat you with

1:28:08 the off speed stuff.

1:28:14 Now let's see what

1:28:16 again another guys who are a couple

1:28:18 teammates last year on the visitors.

1:28:20 Sachi goes two here on two balls and two

1:28:22 strikes.

1:28:26 I want to leave the ballpark the wrong

1:28:28 way if you will behind us.

1:28:38 >> Trying to get him to chase. Ashby won't

1:28:39 go fishing.

1:28:41 Big time payoff pitch

1:28:45 >> fouled off.

1:28:47 >> I love this fight being forged by

1:28:48 Vining. He's got the least ball four

1:28:50 sprints per at that in the Coconuts

1:28:53 lineup and he's making Sanchez earn it.

1:28:57 >> Fans perhaps.

1:28:59 No, that one just buried into the roof

1:29:02 of that 1997 F-150 that just been

1:29:05 following the tailgators around this

1:29:07 year. Ball for Sprint

1:29:10 and Ashby Ving plates the second run of

1:29:13 the inning here for the Loco Beach

1:29:15 Coconuts. And what do we have here?

1:29:22 I'll tell you [music] what, looks like

1:29:24 it's a great time down there being

1:29:26 drunken outside, but I'm having the time

1:29:27 of my life being sober and inside in

1:29:29 this booth right now. The heat is no

1:29:31 joke and the Coconuts have a multi-run

1:29:33 inning. How about an RBI for the face of

1:29:35 the beach on a well fought ball for

1:29:36 sprint that keeps the line moving for

1:29:38 the birthday boy.

1:29:40 >> You know that's an interesting play.

1:29:42 Ashby doesn't want that ball to hit him.

1:29:43 He does a great job moving out of the

1:29:45 way. Hit by pitch right there. Makes it

1:29:46 first and second. Ball force sprint does

1:29:48 a great job moving out of the way

1:29:51 to first for one. TAYLOR JUSTICE BETWEEN

1:29:54 LEGS. Ashby good base running hit the

1:29:58 deck. Jordan Hussein will tag him out

1:30:00 and that'll be a one or excuse me a 36

1:30:03 double play with a trick play in it as

1:30:05 well to conclude matters here in the top

1:30:07 of the fourth. I think Ashby Bing tried

1:30:09 to play rock paper scissors in the

1:30:10 middle of this run down. He's like,

1:30:11 "Hey, throw paper. I'll throw scissors.

1:30:14 I'll be safe." But uh the coconuts

1:30:15 scored two runs. They've got a chance to

1:30:17 tie it next.

1:30:31 Hey, baby.

1:30:47 >> [applause]

1:30:53 >> Oh no,

1:30:57 my girl.

1:31:07 I would never

1:31:11 be my girl.

1:31:16 When I saw you walking down,

1:31:36 I want to know Oh,

1:31:59 hey baby. A tradition unlike [music] any

1:32:00 other here in our great sport of banana

1:32:03 ball here in the middle of the fourth.

1:32:05 And another great pitching match up here

1:32:07 tonight as Will Eridge back out on the

1:32:10 bump for the Loco Beach Coconuts trying

1:32:12 to secure the first point of the night

1:32:14 for the boys from the beach. AJ,

1:32:16 >> he's got a nice cushion as well. Two

1:32:18 runs to play with. Eridge is going to

1:32:20 [music] be that much more confident on

1:32:21 the mound. He's already worked four

1:32:22 strikeouts today. And other than the

1:32:24 blip on the radar against the league's

1:32:26 likely MVP and Kyle Martin, the home run

1:32:28 to left, Ethridge has been all that in a

1:32:30 bag of chips. What we've grown to expect

1:32:32 from him as a starter.

1:32:35 Longtime Colorado Rockies farm hand Will

1:32:37 Ethridge going to deal with the top of

1:32:39 the order. It's 1, two, and three. So,

1:32:41 he will see Kyle Martin no matter what

1:32:43 again this inning

1:32:46 >> trying to get the last laugh. But it

1:32:47 starts with Zack Watson.

1:32:52 Wadi Lopez and Martin here.

1:32:56 >> By the way, not a trick play on that

1:33:00 last play to

1:33:02 conclude matters in the top of the

1:33:04 fourth. So still just 10 to three.

1:33:06 Tailgators lead a trick play back.

1:33:08 Bill down the first. Seth Markham says

1:33:11 that he went

1:33:19 >> chopper foul.

1:33:21 Texas two- steppers coaching first.

1:33:26 I'm going to say something and I don't

1:33:28 want to jinx it, but I I'm going to say

1:33:31 it. Can I say it, AJ?

1:33:32 >> Every time the Texas Two Steppers have

1:33:34 coached first this year, the Texas

1:33:36 Tailgators have walked anyway.

1:33:38 >> [cheering]

1:33:40 >> That's an unofficial stat, of course,

1:33:44 but

1:33:46 I was told that by our director of

1:33:47 entertainment, Jordan Watson, earlier

1:33:49 today.

1:33:53 [cheering]

1:33:57 >> Will about three leg kicks and then

1:33:59 delivered home. I think it's controller

1:34:01 tied.

1:34:03 >> Lagging up there.

1:34:11 in the sky out to right. Three

1:34:14 converging on it. Who wants it? The

1:34:16 fans.

1:34:18 The win. Took that one and placed it in

1:34:21 the grand stand down the first baseline.

1:34:23 >> Yeah, it's an extra life for Zack

1:34:24 Watson. We'll have to see what he can do

1:34:25 with the oneup. That's a ball that would

1:34:27 certainly st typically stay in the field

1:34:29 of play, but the wind just ripped that

1:34:30 one into the third row. It was ticketed

1:34:32 for the seats.

1:34:46 Got him. Make it five strikeouts for

1:34:49 Will Ethridge. Just 50 pitches into his

1:34:52 day. He's already done five baby boos.

1:34:56 How much more can I take? Well, Will

1:34:58 Ethridge is going to be the determining

1:34:59 factor of that. He has settled in nicely

1:35:02 after backto-back scoreless innings. He

1:35:04 starts the fourth with a punching.

1:35:06 One and0 to Nicol Lopez.

1:35:17 >> There are some horses down the first

1:35:18 baseline as Nick Lopez sends that one

1:35:21 down the left field line.

1:35:23 A one out single as that one gets away

1:35:26 from Sha

1:35:28 into the bullpin.

1:35:31 And after an E7 throw again, Nick Lopez

1:35:34 will advance up another 90 ft. I

1:35:36 >> think everyone had their eyes on the

1:35:37 horses. Uh in all actuality though, that

1:35:40 90 ft not too important with the two-run

1:35:43 cushion. That run is just one of two

1:35:45 that has to score. So for Average, it

1:35:47 doesn't change much. Still just got to

1:35:48 find a way to get through Kmart by any

1:35:50 means necessary.

1:35:52 >> A two-run walk-off home run his first

1:35:54 time up.

1:35:59 Swaned down the right field line and

1:36:01 foul. That's a broken piece of lumber

1:36:05 >> for Mr. Martin.

1:36:11 Talked about Kmart being in right field

1:36:13 and settling back into things, [music]

1:36:16 not just being the the eh or the DH

1:36:18 every night. Being able to settle into

1:36:20 his his role as a ball player helps him

1:36:23 out so much.

1:36:24 >> Big time shift on him from the Coconuts.

1:36:31 Right now, what the Coconuts are daring

1:36:32 Kyle Martin to do is go pullside middle

1:36:35 because Payton Shantany is not only

1:36:37 shaded towards first, but he's in the

1:36:38 outfield again.

1:36:43 >> The home run Kmart hit back in the first

1:36:46 was to left field, which is opposite

1:36:49 [music] side.

1:36:56 Kmart

1:36:58 deep left CENTER FIELD. SOME CHASE TO IT

1:37:01 AND IT'S [screaming] GONE. [cheering]

1:37:04 HONEY, don't turn the TV off. Kyle

1:37:08 Martin's at the plate and he just hit

1:37:10 another two-run home run.

1:37:13 [cheering]

1:37:19 HIS 18TH OF THE YEAR.

1:37:23 This is silly business. And now he has

1:37:26 the soccer ball.

1:37:30 What's he going to do?

1:37:34 He just bowled the soccer ball and the

1:37:37 pins that are the Texas Tailgator fall

1:37:39 down. Kyle Martin. He's not real. He's

1:37:44 not real. Two opposite field home runs

1:37:47 tonight. Number

1:37:50 six,

1:37:54 >> the scariest part of that for me is it's

1:37:56 opposite field. It's at least 390 ft and

1:38:00 it didn't even look like he got all of

1:38:01 it.

1:38:03 >> Jordan Bar sends it over towards the

1:38:05 Tailgator dugout. Ashbying

1:38:08 watches a fan drop it at the net.

1:38:14 All four tailgator runs today have come

1:38:16 on Kyle Martin RBI

1:38:19 >> and home runs of course. Dawazer 3889 by

1:38:23 the way called it pregame that Kyle

1:38:25 Martin was going to hit two home runs

1:38:26 tonight.

1:38:31 Incredible prediction from our YouTube

1:38:33 channel.

1:38:41 Kmart, excuse me, Jordan Bar

1:38:44 puts it in THE GAP. GIDEON ANTEL A GREAT

1:38:47 ARM. JORDAN BAR ON HIS HORSE. Did he

1:38:50 miss the tag? No, he didn't.

1:38:52 >> When are you going to stop testing the

1:38:53 Ant-Man's arm? Another week, another

1:38:56 outfield assist with a water cannon

1:38:59 attached to it. Gideon Antel with a

1:39:02 major league arm. Just beat him by five

1:39:04 steps to the bag. Got to learn your

1:39:06 lesson cuz Gideon's teaching.

1:39:09 Jordan Bar got a good piece of that

1:39:11 banana ball.

1:39:13 Great popup slide there from JB, but a

1:39:16 better tag there from Saljacoba.

1:39:21 Taylor Justice

1:39:23 quickly behind 0 and two.

1:39:32 Will Aish

1:39:35 is just looking above saying if Cal

1:39:38 Martin didn't exist I'd have a scoreless

1:39:40 outing right now.

1:39:46 >> He's not the first pitcher to have that

1:39:48 thought. Won't be the last.

1:39:50 >> Far from it.

1:39:51 >> Got him.

1:39:53 >> Literally outside of Kyle Martin. Will

1:39:55 Ethridge has dominated. Six strikeouts

1:39:57 and a baby boo on the way off the field.

1:40:00 But the Coconuts surrender two runs. So

1:40:02 both sides score deuces in the fourth.

1:40:05 It keeps it a one- nothing Texas

1:40:06 Tailgator lead as we go to the top of

1:40:08 the fifth on Valley Sports Live.

1:40:26 Amen.

1:40:36 [cheering]

1:40:37 USA

1:40:42 [cheering]

1:40:48 [cheering]

1:40:51 [music]

1:40:57 girls

1:40:59 up on my own

1:41:02 say a horse [cheering] right down the

1:41:05 road everybody

1:41:11 ladies and gentlemen,

1:41:33 [cheering]

1:41:35 you know.

1:41:52 He is and forever will be the auction.

1:41:54 Kyle Martin continues

1:41:57 to set a new record every time he hits a

1:41:58 home run with his 16th last weekend in

1:42:01 Nashville. Set a single season home run

1:42:03 record in the history of banana ball.

1:42:04 He's hit 17 and 18 tonight. A couple of

1:42:07 two-run shots in the first and fourth

1:42:09 innings from that man. He's 33 years

1:42:11 old. He's from Greenville, South

1:42:12 Carolina. And he's currently the MVP

1:42:14 front runner by quite a lot in our sport

1:42:16 of bananal. In the words of Big Al, he

1:42:19 hits dingers.

1:42:21 >> He does hit dingers. And now he's going

1:42:22 to have a chance to field a single from

1:42:24 JD Erso. Did he get him in first? No, he

1:42:26 didn't.

1:42:27 >> Wow. The hustle there from Kyle Martin.

1:42:30 But the hustle and the hard 90 from JD

1:42:32 to get that lead off single. Man, I love

1:42:34 watching JD Erso play banana ball.

1:42:36 Wasn't a staple in this lineup for the

1:42:38 first third of the season. Then a series

1:42:40 in Savannah.

1:42:44 What do we got here? Bounce pass.

1:42:46 Sunshine lost the glove. Book it.

1:42:50 Nonetheless,

1:42:51 as reaching it first via field's choice

1:42:53 will be Payton.

1:42:55 That will be the 11th trick play of the

1:42:57 ball game for the tailgator. Let's

1:42:59 >> quickly wrap that thought on Erso. Made

1:43:01 the most of his opportunity. Now a

1:43:02 mainstay 10th round pick making the most

1:43:04 of every opportunity and for Sunshine

1:43:06 the quick hands maybe too quick there.

1:43:11 >> Oh okay.

1:43:13 >> What is there a challenge?

1:43:14 >> Croc does not think that was on the

1:43:16 transfer. I think he thinks he lost the

1:43:18 glove before he was on the bat.

1:43:22 >> He clearly has it and

1:43:24 >> he's going to be sorely mistaken.

1:43:31 And now we get to watch this slide a few

1:43:33 more times, too.

1:43:35 >> He just laid down, man.

1:43:36 >> JD and I are going to have a good laugh

1:43:37 about that tonight.

1:43:39 >> Yeah, Sunshine catches it. Fully has it

1:43:42 in the glove. There goes the transfer

1:43:43 and the glove just fell off his hand.

1:43:45 >> Yeah, he's out.

1:43:46 >> That's That's that

1:43:51 JDK back out to second having a

1:43:52 conversation with our second base umpire

1:43:55 Hector Gonzalez. Here comes our home

1:43:56 plate umpire tonight and our crew chief

1:43:57 Randy Boss. on the field stands. Runners

1:44:01 out. [screaming]

1:44:02 [cheering]

1:44:05 >> So, no more challenge for the rest of

1:44:07 the evening for the Coconuts. It looks

1:44:08 like Meatball was a big perpetrator of

1:44:10 wanting that challenge. Him and Crocco

1:44:12 are making that conversation together. I

1:44:14 understand why from the field. You feel

1:44:16 like that's the time to use the

1:44:17 challenge. It's a big difference having

1:44:19 runners on first and second with nobody

1:44:20 away, but there's no cigar.

1:44:24 >> I understand your point there, AJ. And

1:44:26 this isn't to to be disrespectful or

1:44:27 anything. I just don't know if in a one

1:44:29 to nothing game I want to burn my

1:44:30 challenge in the top of the fifth right

1:44:31 there.

1:44:32 >> For sure. And I think that there's so

1:44:33 many mental gymnastics that go into

1:44:35 coaching banana ball.

1:44:39 >> This one blooped out in foul territory.

1:44:41 Jordan Bar tried to bare-handed for the

1:44:44 trick play.

1:44:45 Not able to get it. Will be a trick play

1:44:47 missed if Eric Gossberg reaches.

1:44:49 >> Quickly though to button that up when

1:44:52 coaching banana ball, right? Obviously,

1:44:54 you don't want to burn the challenge,

1:44:56 but it's almost worse to not use it and

1:44:58 go home with it in your pocket. So, it's

1:45:00 easy to have buyer's remorse right now,

1:45:01 but I like seeing Crocco be aggressive

1:45:03 with that challenge. We've seen it in

1:45:04 his pocket a number of times this year.

1:45:08 >> Osberg again to left. Zack Watson

1:45:13 behind the back. No.

1:45:17 >> Ah, so that that's two trick plays

1:45:20 missed. It'll be a trick play missed via

1:45:22 Jordan Bar in foul territory and then a

1:45:25 trick play missed on Zack Watson.

1:45:27 >> A rarity in this sport. Two trick plays

1:45:29 missed on the same plate appearance. The

1:45:31 designated runner Armani Henderson takes

1:45:33 over on the basis for Osber.

1:45:37 >> Yeah, that's a great point, AJ. Like

1:45:39 you're saying about

1:45:42 as this one's hit, first base sack will

1:45:45 be called. [music]

1:45:46 You'd rather use your challenge than go

1:45:48 home 100%. And right there from the

1:45:51 field, it's very what we get to see at

1:45:54 home and in the booth is a lot different

1:45:55 from what they get to see down on the

1:45:57 field, which is a great play.

1:45:59 >> Quickly 0 and two here against Ben

1:46:00 Parker.

1:46:04 >> Did that hit Ben or hit his back?

1:46:12 Randy Vos is saying that hit him on the

1:46:13 hand. Taj is beside himself. Can we see

1:46:17 that one more time? slow it down real

1:46:19 real slow if we could. It's a great

1:46:21 angle to see it.

1:46:24 >> Can't really tell right there. I mean,

1:46:26 it looks like it hits his hand right

1:46:27 there.

1:46:30 >> Yeah, this is going to be it.

1:46:35 >> You know what?

1:46:36 >> I think he may need to get a job in LA.

1:46:38 >> Give that man an Oscar. Great job by

1:46:41 Pubs. Base is loaded. One out. Tanner

1:46:44 Allen, last night's showman.

1:46:50 fans. Can we get some help?

1:46:53 >> We cannot.

1:46:57 >> Great second. Look at that. Aurora

1:46:59 Huddle running replay for us today in

1:47:01 the truck. She does a great job for us.

1:47:04 Keegan Woods, our director, Mohawk Mic,

1:47:06 our producer.

1:47:10 >> Two bowls in the strike now.

1:47:12 >> Shout out the chat mods, too.

1:47:14 >> Yep. Upset.

1:47:15 >> Underappreciated. We love you guys. And

1:47:17 there's still no action in the Tailgator

1:47:19 bullpen

1:47:20 >> and there won't be. Brett Sanchez can go

1:47:22 for a while. That ball four sprint is

1:47:24 going to bite him though. At least two

1:47:26 will come home to score as Tanner Allen

1:47:29 continues to have himself a weekend. A

1:47:31 two-run ball four sprint here in the top

1:47:33 of the fifth.

1:47:34 >> Last night's showman of the game brings

1:47:36 in a few more. That gives the Coconuts a

1:47:38 reason to celebrate at the plate. The

1:47:39 damage is held to just a two and there's

1:47:41 a couple of ducks on the corners of the

1:47:42 pond.

1:47:49 Never heard that version of that song.

1:47:51 >> Shout out Playboy Cardi, man. Huh?

1:47:53 >> We've gotten a Playboy Cardi and an NBA

1:47:56 Young Boy shout out from Brett Loftess.

1:47:58 And we're only five innings in. This is

1:47:59 going to be a special night. I can feel

1:48:00 it. It already is.

1:48:01 >> I love music. No matter if it's G,

1:48:05 Keith, Whitley, or who.

1:48:08 We got first and third here for the

1:48:09 Coconuts. and Dane Toughlin

1:48:13 who's got a ball and a strike against

1:48:14 him

1:48:18 in the sky left side. Jordan Hussein

1:48:21 cowboy hat off. Sunshine temp drill.

1:48:25 Book it.

1:48:28 One trick play there for the Texas

1:48:29 Tailgator. Now it's 12 to three in that

1:48:32 category. Two outs here in the top of

1:48:33 the fifth.

1:48:34 >> A little bit of a game within the game.

1:48:36 Ben Parker was off to the races because

1:48:38 if Jordan Hussein caught that one in the

1:48:40 half, Parker would have scored. You can

1:48:41 start tagging up the second a tip drill

1:48:43 starts. So, really good feel from the

1:48:45 shortstop to go barehand and hold the

1:48:46 runner at third.

1:48:47 >> Guy who put one in the gap his last time

1:48:49 up, Jordan Brewer.

1:49:00 >> The one two from Brett Sanchez.

1:49:04 Sunshine. OH, WHAT A PLAY. HE KNOCKS IT

1:49:06 DOWN AND GETS THE EASY OUT AT SECOND.

1:49:09 MAN, I love Sunshine. HOW MANY TIMES CAN

1:49:13 I TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE SUNSHINE?

1:49:16 He's amazing.

1:49:19 >> Brett, easy is one way to put that. I'm

1:49:21 flabbergasted. I know you've gotten used

1:49:23 to watching this guy play second base.

1:49:24 It feels routine, but he's a walking web

1:49:26 gem.

1:49:30 >> Two runs there in the top of the fifth.

1:49:32 We'll send it down to the field for

1:49:33 Riverwalk. two couples here today that

1:49:35 are vying for the last open table here

1:49:37 at my lovely restaurant. All the way out

1:49:40 in right field by the foul pole, we have

1:49:42 Jonathan and Mari.

1:49:45 And then all the way out in left field

1:49:46 by the foul pole, we have Colby and

1:49:49 Allison. And when I say go, these two

1:49:51 couples are going to have to navigate

1:49:53 through the crowd to get here to this

1:49:55 table. The first complete couple here to

1:49:57 the table will win seats and dinner

1:50:00 courtesy of me. The losers, well,

1:50:03 they're going to get a bucket of river

1:50:04 water dumped on their heads, also

1:50:07 courtesy of me. Welcome to a game we

1:50:09 like to call the river walk-off. Colby

1:50:12 and Allison, Jonathan, and Mari, we're

1:50:15 going to get started in three, two, one,

1:50:18 go.

1:50:22 I'll be honest with you guys, this might

1:50:24 take a while. You can stay in their way,

1:50:28 you can move out of their way. The

1:50:31 choice is really yours.

1:50:34 >> Number 28, brother Jose.

1:50:39 [cheering]

1:50:51 has left in the dust.

1:50:56 Corby is by himself.

1:51:17 >> Well, we're playing banana ball.

1:51:20 There's a tip ground, A LITTLE BUCKET,

1:51:22 BUCKET. BRADY MORGAN AND SALACOBOA,

1:51:26 [cheering]

1:51:26 AND WE HAVE BEN PARKER on the

1:51:28 microphone. Pumps, how are you, my

1:51:30 friend? A

1:51:31 >> little tired that that was a rush to get

1:51:33 out here. And then, of course, they hit

1:51:34 it right to me.

1:51:35 >> Ben, I want to ask you a secret between

1:51:37 me, you, and America. Were you actually

1:51:38 hit by that pitch?

1:51:41 >> That's right. Um,

1:51:42 >> be honest,

1:51:44 >> cuz we know the real answer. Just be

1:51:46 honest.

1:51:46 >> I hit my pinky and the knob. And you

1:51:49 know, with two strikes, I'm taking I'm

1:51:50 taking first base.

1:51:51 >> I think you should move back to LA and

1:51:54 you should not be in physical training,

1:51:56 but you should be in uh acting, if you

1:51:58 will.

1:51:59 >> No, that that home plate don't like me

1:52:00 too much. It's the [laughter] It's the

1:52:02 big guy connection.

1:52:03 >> Yeah. Here you go.

1:52:04 >> Oh, here we go.

1:52:07 >> What do we got here?

1:52:08 >> Oh, get out of

1:52:10 >> opens up the hips. Go talk to him, pups.

1:52:16 >> [laughter]

1:52:16 >> Ben, we've got you running cardio out

1:52:18 there in center field. You've got the

1:52:19 best body in banana ball. What would

1:52:21 your advice be to young kids who want to

1:52:22 get big like you?

1:52:24 >> Hey, just consistency. This is kind of I

1:52:27 think eight years in the making now of

1:52:29 consistent diet training and sleeping

1:52:31 well. Dude, I am out of breath.

1:52:34 >> What's a typical day in the food life of

1:52:36 Ben Parker look like? What's your diet

1:52:38 like?

1:52:38 >> Dude, right now I'm just trying not to

1:52:39 eat too much. I'm a big boy at heart and

1:52:42 I like to eat. But uh yeah, I think I'm

1:52:46 trying to wait hold off my first meal

1:52:48 till around noon and then it's pretty

1:52:50 much just pure protein. A little bit of

1:52:52 carbs around the lips in the games. Um

1:52:55 >> try to keep it clean.

1:52:56 >> I do that. That might have been the

1:52:58 grossest thing I put in my mouth. I'm

1:53:00 not a picky eater.

1:53:01 >> Oh, Will Awards a trick pitch. Misses

1:53:03 out.

1:53:04 >> Pops. How much cardio you do during the

1:53:06 week?

1:53:07 >> This is it. But this this

1:53:10 This puts me, this gets me in shape. I

1:53:12 mean, I I say it all the time. This is

1:53:13 the best shape I've been in, I think,

1:53:15 aerobically since high school football.

1:53:17 Van ball in the outfield is a different

1:53:19 game.

1:53:19 >> What position did you play in in high

1:53:21 school football?

1:53:21 >> I did linebacker, flash, strong safety,

1:53:24 running back, uh, punt returner, kick

1:53:26 returner, placeholder, punter,

1:53:28 everything but kickoff.

1:53:30 >> Imagine seeing that guy in the BC gap.

1:53:32 Mighty fast inning. We got robbed him

1:53:33 more time with pumps. Ben, thank you so

1:53:36 much for joining us. You want to leave

1:53:37 the fans with a message? Yeah. Thanks,

1:53:39 guys. Hey, beast to you. We got to

1:53:41 figure out how to get this thing done.

1:53:42 We're going to do it. You've seen us

1:53:44 play. We can do it.

1:53:45 >> I'm going to start calling him running

1:53:47 man. I think that's what we should say.

1:53:49 >> Stop running.

1:53:50 >> No more pump by Parker. Just cardio man.

1:53:53 ONE-1 BALL GAME AFTER the Coconuts win

1:53:55 their first point of the night.

1:53:59 [laughter]

1:54:14 to our firefighters,

1:54:18 to our nurses,

1:54:21 to our EMS workers,

1:54:24 [cheering] to our dispatchers,

1:54:28 and to [screaming]

1:54:29 our school teachers,

1:54:32 [cheering]

1:54:32 the Texas Tailgators, AND THE LONGO EACH

1:54:36 COCONUTS. THANK YOU.

1:54:51 MOTHER,

1:55:03 [cheering]

1:55:12 HUGHES.

1:55:38 I don't want to say anything to ruin

1:55:40 that shot. That's awesome. Grub in

1:55:43 America. Hill in Military City, [music]

1:55:46 USA.

1:55:47 New pitcher on the month for the Texas

1:55:49 Tailgators, Jonathan Hughes.

1:55:52 >> Biggest thing for Jonathan when he's in

1:55:53 the zone, he's awesome. Only the few

1:55:55 times he straight out those 13 ball four

1:55:57 sprints have ran that RA up just so

1:55:59 slightly above league average, which is

1:56:01 633. His sitting at 701.

1:56:05 They'll have to face five, six, and

1:56:06 seven here in this coconut.

1:56:10 Gideon tail ball and a strike on him.

1:56:17 One-1 ball game. Each team has scored

1:56:21 four runs tonight.

1:56:26 Kyle Martin has been the entire offense

1:56:28 for the Texas Tailgator. Hitting a

1:56:30 couple two-run homers in the first and

1:56:31 the fourth. Coconuts have scored two

1:56:34 each in the fourth and fifth. Jonathan

1:56:35 Hugh says, "Look what I found." BETWEEN

1:56:38 LEGS TWICE BEHIND THE BACK FROM TAYLOR.

1:56:40 BOOK IT. BOOK IT. Another

1:56:44 double trick play

1:56:46 >> from these boys from Texas.

1:56:49 >> And again, it feels like the equalizer

1:56:50 point may be at bay here. The Texas

1:56:52 Tailgator continuing to dominate the

1:56:54 category they do best.

1:56:59 >> Aspie Bing one and

1:57:09 what do we got here? Foul territory.

1:57:11 Taylor Justice.

1:57:14 Oh,

1:57:16 open glove says h too aggressive to go

1:57:19 for a trick play there. Smart call to

1:57:21 make it for out number two.

1:57:23 >> Open glove over the top of two closed

1:57:25 coolers. They're in play and Justice

1:57:27 does a good job to reel it in and help

1:57:29 Hughes to his second out on only seven

1:57:30 pitches. We're

1:57:31 >> going to have a quick inning here. Hello

1:57:33 Coco. Happy belated National Coconut Day

1:57:36 to Coco. [music]

1:57:38 >> Happy birthday by the way to Granny

1:57:39 Morgan. I read your mind. You're really

1:57:42 good at that.

1:57:45 >> Twin flame,

1:57:48 >> baby. [music] Boom. Brett Loftess.

1:57:50 >> They call you twin pooky bear.

1:57:52 >> I'll take that.

1:57:53 >> Yeah, they being me. One-1. A looper of

1:57:57 a curveball. My gosh. Look like a Brett

1:58:00 Sanchez curveball there from Jonathan

1:58:02 Hughes.

1:58:04 The one two throws it again. He was

1:58:07 halfway to the nega.

1:58:10 Good golly miss, Molly. That one felt

1:58:13 like it was in the zone. I'll be honest

1:58:14 with you. That was a great pitch from

1:58:15 Hughes. Morgan gets another chance.

1:58:20 [cheering]

1:58:21 >> You know, these Coconuts and these

1:58:24 tailgators, they have been very

1:58:26 displeased with the balls and strikes

1:58:29 this weekend. They've let them know a

1:58:31 little bit. What we got here? Left side

1:58:32 infield. Jordan and Jordan tap drill.

1:58:35 Bug it. Bug it.

1:58:38 16-5 in trick plays. [cheering]

1:58:41 Wow. Four more in that inning as well.

1:58:48 Three up and three down for the boys in

1:58:50 red, white, and blue. Try and earn point

1:58:52 number [music] two here on the other

1:58:54 side.

1:58:59 [laughter]

1:59:12 Gatorade

1:59:14 recover like a reptile.

1:59:18 >> Gatorade recover like a reptile. What

1:59:20 you got on that, AJ?

1:59:20 >> I mean, perfect. You literally can't

1:59:23 draw it up any better than having a

1:59:24 gator coming to aid Jonathan Hughes.

1:59:28 That's great work, per usual.

1:59:30 >> Gatorade, by the way, spelled G A T E R

1:59:34 A I D. Brett, I know that we've only got

1:59:36 so long in break. I'll keep this quick,

1:59:37 but I want to know as someone who

1:59:39 obviously has seen this Tailgator brand

1:59:41 grow. What's it been like seeing Grub

1:59:42 added to the group? I feel like it's had

1:59:44 to be monumental.

1:59:45 >> Um, yeah, I, you know, behind the

1:59:47 scenes, I'm very passionate about

1:59:49 mascots. Always have been my entire

1:59:51 life. Um, to get to play a part of that

1:59:55 was one of my great passion projects

1:59:57 since being at this company. Um, I love

2:00:00 Grub. I call him my son. That is both

2:00:02 semi a bit but also like a real thing.

2:00:04 >> Who's your favorite mascot? Not named

2:00:06 Grub.

2:00:07 >> Can I be honest with you?

2:00:08 >> Of course. Farty.

2:00:10 >> Okay. Non banana ball.

2:00:12 >> Oh, I spent a lot of time with Fardy

2:00:13 last year. Uh Sir Per. I'm a Carolina

2:00:15 Panthers fan. I love Sir Per. What about

2:00:17 yours?

2:00:17 >> I'm very very partial to the Philly

2:00:19 fanatic. For whatever reason, that green

2:00:21 guy speaks to me.

2:00:22 >> That's good.

2:00:23 >> He's got great merch, too.

2:00:24 >> Green mascots, man.

2:00:33 One point a piece

2:00:37 here from Alamo City.

2:00:40 Coconuts tailgator in San Antonio,

2:00:43 Texas. And it's Willie E. Will Ethridge

2:00:46 going to begin his sixth inning of work

2:00:48 facing 91 and two 910 and one I should

2:00:51 say, pardon me, of the tailgator lineup.

2:00:54 >> The Coconuts extend the leash on the big

2:00:56 dog for another inning.

2:00:59 Brett, outside of the two Kyle Martin

2:01:01 home runs, it has been a near flawless

2:01:03 day from the at factor.

2:01:08 >> Max throws that one off the roof.

2:01:12 >> Yeah, I mean, he's given up three hits

2:01:14 outside those two homers. Two of those

2:01:16 coming from Jordan Bar. Both singles and

2:01:17 then a single from Nick Lopez.

2:01:22 >> Wow, great two strike take there. See

2:01:26 the smile from Will

2:01:31 Mack got high first base side.

2:01:37 >> I see him hands with Yeah. No glove. No

2:01:39 glove. AJ,

2:01:41 >> I love leather.

2:01:47 >> Right side of the infield.

2:01:50 >> BREWER. OH, WHAT A PLAY BY JORDAN

2:01:53 BREWER. WATCH THE BAIT. GOOD YOUNG MAN.

2:01:57 BOOK IT.

2:01:59 >> That's a manscape if I've ever seen one.

2:02:01 Jordan Brewer between the legs, real

2:02:03 close for comfort, but he stuck with it

2:02:04 for the out. On the topic of leather, I

2:02:07 mean, a real core memory of mine. I'll

2:02:09 never forget coming home to the day my

2:02:11 dad bought the leather recliner.

2:02:12 >> Right.

2:02:13 >> At 10 years old, that's the closest I

2:02:15 felt to heaven on earth.

2:02:18 But like when you get 15 and dad has

2:02:21 formed that recliner.

2:02:23 Jordan Hussein

2:02:26 out to center. Ben Parker

2:02:31 knocks over S Jacobo with the air. Round

2:02:34 number two. Love a broken in glove. A

2:02:36 broken in couch only works for whoever's

2:02:38 been sitting in it the longest. And

2:02:40 unfortunately that spot with the

2:02:41 recliner was always reserved for dad.

2:02:44 >> All right. I don't do this too often. I

2:02:46 got a yard card here.

2:02:48 Well, never mind. Katie Erso

2:02:52 number three.

2:02:53 >> Three quick up, three quick down. Will

2:02:55 Ethridge a quality start and a big one.

2:02:58 Six innings of work. We're all nodded at

2:03:00 a tally as we head to the top of the

2:03:02 seventh.

2:03:06 Will Aric another three up, three down

2:03:08 inning, man. Almost flawless here

2:03:11 tonight in San Antonio.

2:03:22 >> [music]

2:03:24 >> They're not going to hold in their

2:03:25 hands. No, they're going to have them in

2:03:29 their mouths.

2:03:31 This is what we like to call mission in

2:03:33 popsicle. And it starts in three, two,

2:03:37 one, go.

2:03:40 They're off. Two popsicles in the wind.

2:03:42 We've lost a couple shoes. our first

2:03:44 transition. It couldn't be any grosser.

2:03:46 And oh my goodness, team no hats jumps

2:03:50 out to an early lead.

2:03:52 We have guys moving. Team no hats. It's

2:03:55 going to come down to this all the way

2:03:57 to the end. We have our winners.

2:04:01 [cheering]

2:04:02 And oh man, come here. We have our

2:04:05 losers. And sir, your prize. You get to

2:04:07 finish the winning team's popsicle.

2:04:11 Go ahead and get it, brother. In three,

2:04:13 two, one. Oh man. Ladies and gentlemen,

2:04:18 ONE MORE TIME FOR MISSION IMPOPSICLE.

2:04:56 1-1 ball game here from San Antonio and

2:04:58 it's been much of the same what we had

2:05:00 last night. Lot of tailgator trick

2:05:02 plays, not a lot of offense and great

2:05:04 pitching from both sides as Jonathan

2:05:07 Hughes back out on the bump. They get in

2:05:09 the top of the seventh. He's AJ Sweet.

2:05:12 I'm Brett Loft. This JD Erso in the box

2:05:14 for the Coconuts. Sprays it to right.

2:05:16 Kyle Martin on his horse. Foul.

2:05:22 Wow. If that ball was a foot to the

2:05:24 left, we may have just seen a JD Erso

2:05:25 inside the park home run. And by may

2:05:27 have, I mean we would have. It's a game

2:05:29 of inches. Banana ball. Kmart dove. Just

2:05:33 couldn't tighten rope block the line,

2:05:34 but he knew right away it was foul.

2:05:54 JD again down the right field line into

2:05:56 the netting and foul.

2:05:59 I'm

2:05:59 >> going to go out on a limb and say he's

2:06:01 seeing that pitch pretty well.

2:06:04 >> Well, [laughter] down the first base and

2:06:07 out of play. D had that long a in the

2:06:10 eighth last night. just kind of started

2:06:13 the rally for the Coconuts. Yet again,

2:06:15 Kyle will give it a courtesy chase as it

2:06:19 lands into a sea of cowboy hats.

2:06:29 Jonathan Hughes throws him something

2:06:32 that spins a little bit. Now we got two

2:06:33 balls and two strikes.

2:06:42 It's a really good fight regardless of

2:06:44 the outcome from Erso because Hugh's

2:06:45 first inning was so quick. The Coconuts

2:06:47 lineup didn't really get a good look at

2:06:48 what he has to offer tonight.

2:06:56 Ooh, I don't like that swing there from

2:06:59 JD.

2:07:00 Hope he's okay, man.

2:07:04 Big time grimace.

2:07:07 He's a gritty dude, man.

2:07:12 Oh,

2:07:14 stays in there to run it full

2:07:22 payoff pitch from Jonathan Hughes.

2:07:25 Ball for sprint.

2:07:27 >> JD's on his horse, but Mr. Erso would

2:07:30 choose to stop it first. That's how you

2:07:33 know the tailgator have elite ball four

2:07:35 sprint defense because Erso has a nose

2:07:37 for second base. It's really rare that

2:07:39 he's got the kind of respect for the

2:07:40 defense behind him that he'll hold up at

2:07:42 first and not even make them make the

2:07:43 play. It's the right decision to lead

2:07:44 off the seventh inning.

2:07:48 >> Payton Sha hitting here in the nine

2:07:50 hole.

2:07:56 >> Quite the game last night for Shatany. 0

2:07:58 for two tonight. However,

2:08:06 tailgators, by the way,

2:08:10 16 trick plays as a strike out there.

2:08:15 Pick back to first down in time.

2:08:16 Jonathan Hughes, his first strike out of

2:08:18 this alley.

2:08:22 Equalizer point has obviously been out

2:08:24 of the cards for the the coach that is.

2:08:27 But the single game trick play record,

2:08:28 which the Tailgator's own twice now.

2:08:30 They've gotten 22 trick plays in a game

2:08:32 twice. That is something to monitor here

2:08:35 in these back three innings.

2:08:39 Eric Osber

2:08:41 tip drill. Off the foot. Off the other

2:08:43 foot. Off the foot. OFF THE FOOT. ONE 2

2:08:46 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TIMES. TATAGE WHO

2:08:53 THROWS IT TO SECOND. GOT HIM. Sunny

2:08:57 baited him with the biggest bucket of

2:09:00 all [screaming] time.

2:09:02 That's a banana ball double play if I've

2:09:04 ever seen it.

2:09:06 UNOFFICIALLY 19 TIMES OFF THE FEET TO

2:09:10 TAJ who gets JD Erso at second. Wow.

2:09:17 Erso's flabbergasted.

2:09:21 He got the go sign there. Don't mind the

2:09:23 read, but you never really want to test

2:09:25 sunshine or the arm of Taj Porter. And

2:09:27 that's why

2:09:30 >> and that's because you can you can go at

2:09:32 any point in time.

2:09:33 >> Also, let me make it very known, the top

2:09:35 of the seventh is over. That double play

2:09:37 ended the half inning. So, the Tailgator

2:09:39 have a chance to take the lead against a

2:09:40 new man on the mound, Kyle Barry.

2:09:42 >> Tell us about your good friend KP.

2:09:44 >> Oh my goodness. I've got to take a deep

2:09:46 breath

2:09:48 [cheering] because this gets me excited.

2:09:52 Kyle Perry is the fastest pitcher on

2:09:55 planet Earth. And I'm not talking about

2:09:57 his 40 time. He could lay off the

2:09:58 bruise, but I'm talking about the

2:10:00 minutes per inning [cheering] because

2:10:02 there is no pitcher on the planet

2:10:04 quicker than Kyle Perry. 3 minutes and

2:10:07 25 seconds. He's averaging three outs in

2:10:10 under three and 1/2 minutes. He's doing

2:10:12 it with the third best earn run average

2:10:14 on the Coconut staff at 360. He fills up

2:10:17 the zone and says he throws two pitches.

2:10:19 Brett, you want to waiver what they're

2:10:20 called?

2:10:22 the fast ball and the slow ball.

2:10:25 >> The slow ball has been his specialty.

2:10:27 Not a big swing and miss guy, but it

2:10:29 induces a lot of grounding contact.

2:10:31 That's been the story for KP, who is

2:10:33 another Coconut's arm that has been

2:10:35 red-hot since the open. This is a staff

2:10:37 that entered the Banana Ball Open with

2:10:38 the fifth best earned run average in the

2:10:40 league. They now lead it as we get a

2:10:42 chance to watch a walk up field side.

2:10:57 Let me

2:11:06 know

2:11:09 I'm like

2:11:16 you will lose now.

2:11:20 I can make it up like a patrol dance

2:11:25 [music]

2:11:30 [music]

2:11:47 on the floor.

2:12:02 man.

2:12:04 >> Nick Lopez walked up so good he almost

2:12:07 forgot which way to put his helmet on.

2:12:11 Oh man, that was cool. That was good

2:12:13 stuff. This one Lopey had been pitching

2:12:16 us for a while as Hector Gonzalez, the

2:12:20 second base umpire must be get to his

2:12:22 spot because of where that walk up

2:12:23 started. Lopey also as a switcher hit

2:12:26 from the right side for the first time

2:12:28 tonight. Lopey

2:12:30 to left. Mr. Morgan

2:12:34 tip drill.

2:12:36 Oh, trick play missed. And that's

2:12:39 crucial in an inning where the Coconuts

2:12:41 did not score in the top half. Nick

2:12:43 Lopez now represents the inning winning

2:12:45 run at set.

2:12:47 >> You're now essentially asking Kyle Perry

2:12:48 to get four outs. This was a routine fly

2:12:51 ball. Sal Jakova did a good job to come

2:12:53 out and help his guy, but ultimately it

2:12:55 finds the ground. And a timely trick

2:12:57 play miss when the equalizer points

2:12:59 already lost getting deja vu from what

2:13:01 lost the tailgator the game last night.

2:13:03 >> And now a man who already has two home

2:13:05 runs and two at bats tonight. It's Cal

2:13:07 Martin. He has been the tailgator

2:13:10 offense this evening. A two-run walk-off

2:13:13 in the first, a two-run shot in the

2:13:15 fourth that washed the inning. Coconuts

2:13:18 and Tailgators both scored two in that

2:13:20 inning.

2:13:21 >> Now here we stand in the seventh.

2:13:29 >> Cal Martin did not like that call.

2:13:31 Quickly behind 0 and2

2:13:39 down to third. Reggie Ligan says he did

2:13:41 not go.

2:13:45 >> Love Reggie Lian's by line. Great

2:13:47 conversation

2:13:49 anytime you get to talk to him. Cal

2:13:50 Martin sprays IT TO CENTER. LOPE'S

2:13:52 GETTING AWAY. POPS HAS GOT A GOOD ARM.

2:13:55 THE THROW HOME. [screaming]

2:13:56 NOT IN TIME.

2:13:59 The uncction has done it again.

2:14:02 A WALK-OFF RBI DOUBLE HERE IN THE

2:14:04 SEVENTH. HE HAS DRIVEN IN ALL FIVE runs

2:14:09 and PRODUCED BOTH POINTS FOR THE

2:14:11 TAILGATOR TONIGHT. Tell me ABOUT THEM

2:14:13 BABY BAG RIBS.

2:14:17 >> I want my baby back. Baby, baby, baby,

2:14:20 baby, baby, baby. I want my baby chili

2:14:24 baby back. I want my chili baby [music]

2:14:27 back.

2:14:29 >> I want my baby

2:14:32 back.

2:14:35 >> [music]

2:14:35 >> baby back.

2:14:45 [cheering]

2:14:47 >> What y'all know about Chile's baby back

2:14:49 ribs?

2:14:51 What y'all know about the auction, man?

2:14:53 Nick Lopez slide home. Ashby, a great

2:14:56 effort, by the way, to keep that ball in

2:14:58 front of him.

2:15:00 >> Unfortunately, not able to do so. The

2:15:02 tailgator have taken their first lead

2:15:05 [cheering]

2:15:06 since the fifth when they lost it to the

2:15:08 Coconuts. Now a two to1 ball game. Trick

2:15:12 plays. Well, they've led that one from

2:15:13 the jump. AJ Swag take the first 10

2:15:15 trick plays tonight came from tailgator

2:15:18 and they haven't let up since leading it

2:15:19 17-6. Let's take a look at some of them.

2:15:22 >> I think it's safe to say [music] Kyle

2:15:23 Martin's the cool uncle and the

2:15:24 tailgator have reinvented what defense

2:15:26 looks like in this sport in 2026.

2:15:29 17 trick plays already tonight for the

2:15:32 Tailgator to the Coconuts. Six. They

2:15:34 picked up six across [music] their first

2:15:36 two innings defensively. Will Ethridge

2:15:39 got the first for the Nuts on a trick

2:15:40 pitch, but it's been back-to-back

2:15:41 [music] nights where the equalizer point

2:15:43 battle has been dominated by the fourth

2:15:46 franchise in the sports history.

2:15:52 >> Man, it's just this form of an animal

2:15:55 they play, [cheering] how they've

2:15:56 revolutionized the way the game is

2:15:58 played. These Texas tailgators have been

2:16:00 added about. It's incredible.

2:16:03 Jonathan Hughes still out there on the

2:16:04 bounce.

2:16:06 There's a trio of arms throwing for the

2:16:08 Tailgator right now in their bullpen.

2:16:10 [cheering]

2:16:12 Zack Blankenship. Reese Miller's down

2:16:15 there.

2:16:17 Joe Sper looks like he's going to start

2:16:19 running down there.

2:16:22 And again, the reason the trick plays

2:16:24 are up on your screen. Obviously, the

2:16:25 equalizer point not going to happen

2:16:27 tonight for the Loco Beach Coconuts, but

2:16:29 the single game trick play record stands

2:16:30 at 22. Tailgator very much so in the

2:16:33 reach of that. And we know despite

2:16:35 whatever the trick play battle says it

2:16:37 is, the boys in blue and orange will

2:16:39 continue to go for

2:16:45 spread.

2:16:47 Second free pass that Pups has earned

2:16:49 tonight. He'll stay at first. May I

2:16:52 remind you, an evening ago, the

2:16:54 Tailgator had a 2-1 lead in the eighth.

2:16:56 The Coconuts stole a point in the eighth

2:16:59 inning, scored one in the ninth, and the

2:17:02 dazzling rookie closer CJ Williams

2:17:04 closed out a win. There's a long way to

2:17:05 go to get back there, but you're not

2:17:07 called the comeback [music] coconuts for

2:17:08 nothing.

2:17:12 >> Tanner takes it high.

2:17:16 A double play would do wonders here.

2:17:19 A Terrell ball in the gap would also do

2:17:21 wonders here in a massively different

2:17:23 direction.

2:17:30 >> We had all six teams start at the exact

2:17:32 same time tonight.

2:17:33 >> Yep.

2:17:34 >> Game in Eugene. Ty Jackson just yelled

2:17:36 beach to you into the microphone.

2:17:38 >> That's cool, man.

2:17:40 >> This sport, man, what a family.

2:17:51 Two balls and two strikes.

2:17:57 >> Great pick there from Taj. So throw back

2:18:00 to first. Pumps back in time.

2:18:02 Nice dirt ball read from Parker as well

2:18:04 to get back to the bag because Taj has a

2:18:06 cannon.

2:18:14 Got him. FOUL TIP IT TO THE MID AND A

2:18:17 BIG TIME poche from Jonathan Hughes.

2:18:22 >> Massive pitch from Hughes. Elevated the

2:18:25 curve ball. Got Allen to go around and

2:18:28 in a weekend that's been dominated by

2:18:29 the 2021 National Player of the Year.

2:18:32 Hughes gets the biggest out of them all

2:18:33 to this point in the top of the eighth.

2:18:37 >> Now it's Dane Tomlin. Can't mess around

2:18:39 with this guy either.

2:18:41 >> He's 0 for two tonight with a sprint.

2:18:46 Telling you, man. Jonathan Hughes is

2:18:48 throwing some great pitches right now.

2:19:02 >> The 2-1.

2:19:04 That one missed pretty wide.

2:19:07 >> Another ball for Sprint with the guy you

2:19:09 got on first could score. Ben Parker has

2:19:10 plus plus speed here. You do love to

2:19:12 read my mind.

2:19:18 >> 3-1.

2:19:20 >> Pumps doubtful to score on this one.

2:19:23 Broke back to the bag.

2:19:26 And a great transfer from all seven

2:19:28 defenders behind Jonathan Hughes. And

2:19:30 now runners on the corners here for the

2:19:32 Coconuts.

2:19:33 And now I I don't say that as bashing

2:19:36 Ben Parker's base running abilities at

2:19:37 all. That's the correct read to break

2:19:39 back there and then to go on 3-1 with

2:19:41 one out. Now that's a full count with

2:19:43 two outs. Ben Parker scored easily.

2:19:46 Now it's Jordan Brewer, a former Texas

2:19:48 leager.

2:19:50 Already has an RBI double here tonight

2:19:53 that came back in the fourth.

2:20:02 >> Ball in a strike against him.

2:20:12 ARMANI HENDERSON TOOK OFF FOR SECOND.

2:20:14 BALL GETS AWAY. POPS WILL SCORE. WOW.

2:20:18 ARMANI HENDERSON WITH HEADS UP BASE

2:20:20 RUNNING AND THE DESIGNATED RUNNER JUST

2:20:23 CHANGED THE COMPLEXION OF THE EIGHTH

2:20:24 inning entirely. IT'S FLIPPED ON ITS

2:20:27 HEAD. 180 ft of advance. Henderson to

2:20:31 scoring position. But most importantly

2:20:33 of all, Ben Parker in to score.

2:20:40 >> Deja Vu all over again. As the great

2:20:42 Yogi Bara said, Coconuts played one here

2:20:45 in the top of the eighth. They played at

2:20:47 two in the top of the eighth last night.

2:21:02 Jonathan Hughes steps off as Armani

2:21:05 Henderson dancing around back out there

2:21:06 at second.

2:21:11 There seems to be some miscommunication

2:21:13 here. Oh, it's a ball for sprint

2:21:15 defense. That's what they were

2:21:17 communicating about as there's another

2:21:20 sprint and another run here for the

2:21:21 Coconuts. Two now home for the boys from

2:21:24 the beach here in the eighth.

2:21:28 >> What an unsung hero. Armani Henderson

2:21:30 just was on the basis. That's the exact

2:21:33 use of the designated runner. Steals

2:21:36 second base,

2:21:38 forced Ben Parker in to score, and that

2:21:39 extra base also led to an extra run

2:21:42 because of the ball force sprint.

2:21:46 Now, Zack Blankenships in the ball game.

2:21:49 He gets two warm-up pitches. Correct.

2:21:51 That's what he's asking about. Bam Bam

2:21:53 has been used as a specialist against

2:21:55 lefties out of the bullpen. Right here,

2:21:57 he's coming up in the spot in the

2:21:58 Coconuts order. Righty, righty. and then

2:21:59 a lefty with Antel, Vining, and Morgan.

2:22:04 Bam's been good this year. Second year

2:22:06 Texas tailgator. First year he's played

2:22:08 for the Tailgator. Last year missing the

2:22:10 entire year due to injury. Fourth year

2:22:12 banana ballers. He was a party animal in

2:22:13 23 and 24. And he's been good in only

2:22:16 eight innings this year.

2:22:29 The one from bound.

2:22:31 >> Chopper gets to the left side.

2:22:35 >> Wow.

2:22:37 What did Luke Col say one time

2:22:39 >> that this is what those comeback

2:22:40 coconuts do?

2:22:42 >> No.

2:22:44 >> Sunday morning woke up fighting mad.

2:22:48 >> Man, it's what Gideon Antel does, too.

2:22:50 He's a guy who elevates his play as the

2:22:52 game goes on. him and Ashby vinding two

2:22:54 of the clutcher bats on this team and a

2:22:56 wild pitch moves both runners up a

2:22:58 station. The force is no longer in play

2:23:00 anywhere but first and the Coconuts are

2:23:02 in the driver's seat to tying this game.

2:23:08 >> Already two home now two in score

2:23:10 position here for Loco Beach.

2:23:14 >> When it rains it pours. AJ Swech the 10

2:23:18 turns into two and0 here against

2:23:19 Ashford. finding no stranger to the rain

2:23:22 maker. He's got some timely homers this

2:23:24 year.

2:23:36 >> in infilled in

2:23:39 >> back to even two balls and two strikes.

2:23:44 >> The Valdasta State product on the bot

2:23:46 there. Zack Blankenship.

2:23:50 Ashby in the sky. Shallow right.

2:23:55 Sunshine.

2:23:57 Wow. Basket catch in the front. That's a

2:24:01 crazy move right there just to make out

2:24:02 number two.

2:24:03 >> That's that wind continuing to play a

2:24:06 factor in this game. Sunshine had a

2:24:07 great read on that ball but had to drift

2:24:09 at the very last moment because the wind

2:24:11 just rifted to the right.

2:24:16 >> Now this is why you bring Zack Blake and

2:24:17 Chip in the ball game. Lefty lefty match

2:24:19 up against Grady Morgan. Starts it out 0

2:24:22 and one

2:24:31 fans. You got a

2:24:33 foul ball and you know

2:24:38 quickly 0 and two here

2:24:39 >> trying to stop the damage in the top of

2:24:41 the eighth.

2:24:43 >> Hey, look at third base. D Bonitez is in

2:24:46 the pinch run.

2:24:48 >> She's got good wheels, man. Only got to

2:24:50 go 90 ft here with two outs.

2:24:55 >> Bow up and out of the ballpark.

2:25:00 It's in place of Jordan Brewer, by the

2:25:02 way, over there at third. Gideon Antel

2:25:05 at second.

2:25:07 Got him.

2:25:10 Big time strike out from Zack

2:25:12 Blankenship.

2:25:14 And the damage will stop with just two

2:25:16 coming home for the Loco Beach Coconuts.

2:25:18 But two do come home. They have an

2:25:20 opportunity to tie this ball game up in

2:25:22 the home have the a two points a piece

2:25:32 [music]

2:25:38 and singing as loud as you can. A little

2:25:40 friends in low places.

2:25:56 I show up.

2:26:03 The last one, you know, the last one to

2:26:06 show the last one you thought you'd see.

2:26:12 And I saw the surprise and appear inside

2:26:18 of

2:26:26 you.

2:26:29 >> Let me hear you.

2:26:36 How

2:26:38 tast.

2:26:39 Motherf

2:27:05 San Antonio.

2:27:08 [cheering]

2:27:31 Hey. Hey.

2:27:40 Happy Zack Smith Day to all that

2:27:44 celebrate. It's a high leverage spot for

2:27:47 the righty out of the bullpen. His

2:27:48 coconut [music] scored two runs in the

2:27:50 top of the eighth inning. If Smith can

2:27:52 hold the Gator to one or none, we've got

2:27:54 a tie ball game going to the ninth. But

2:27:55 boy oh boy is that easier said than

2:27:57 done. He's going to try to catch them

2:27:59 all on his way through the order. Zack

2:28:00 Smith 531 minute per inning. His last

2:28:03 two appearances have been starts and

2:28:05 they've been sharp ones at that. No

2:28:07 earned for Smith who now comes in in the

2:28:09 eighth entrusted by coach Croco to shut

2:28:11 things down.

2:28:13 >> That's called teamwork right there. It's

2:28:16 teamwork. I our great engineer Nick

2:28:18 Kelly gave me a piece of pizza there. I

2:28:20 was eating during friends in those

2:28:21 places. Friends in low places, pardon

2:28:24 me. Needed the time there. Thank you AJ

2:28:26 Swag. Two balls, no strikes. the Ebene

2:28:29 Christian product on the mat.

2:28:33 >> Hit right past his outstretched glove

2:28:35 and Jordan Bar is now three for three

2:28:37 with three singles tonight.

2:28:39 >> Yeah, that'll play. And that's a big

2:28:41 start against Zack Smith because that's

2:28:43 the contact he was looking for. It was

2:28:45 just hit to a spot where the defense was

2:28:46 and Barn's a bite of a dog and makes

2:28:49 this all the more tense now in the

2:28:51 bottom of the eighth as every run to the

2:28:53 plate will be the tying one with a

2:28:55 runner at first.

2:29:01 Taylor Justice,

2:29:03 >> man. He's He's had the knack for the

2:29:06 clutchness this year. That two-run home

2:29:09 run he hit last weekend. Hits this one

2:29:11 left side. S deep in the hole. Tries to

2:29:14 go to second. Not in time. Backto back

2:29:16 singles to begin the bottom of the

2:29:18 eighth here for the boys in red, white,

2:29:20 and blue. And now it's time for a man

2:29:22 who's beyond doom. Hey, brother.

2:29:27 Jose

2:29:28 last home run he hit two months ago

2:29:31 today in Amarillo, Texas against these

2:29:34 Coconuts to the back stop. Ashby had

2:29:37 some trouble finding it. [music]

2:29:39 We'll finally get to it, but not before

2:29:42 both Bar and Justice advance up 90 ft.

2:29:44 Now both tailgators in scoring position.

2:29:46 Jacob Pepper Stick now in the run at

2:29:49 second.

2:29:51 >> Getting the heeie-jeebies. Ball four

2:29:53 sprint ties the inning just like that.

2:29:55 Couple of up shots

2:29:56 >> and Reese Miller is getting warmed down

2:29:57 there in the bullpen.

2:30:02 >> I mean, we got three different outcomes

2:30:03 right now. This could be still a two to1

2:30:05 ball game of the night, the three to1

2:30:07 ball game or tied up at two apiece.

2:30:11 Brother 20 green light swinging out of

2:30:13 his shoe.

2:30:22 Uh-oh, we got three in one here.

2:30:24 Important

2:30:28 play appearance for Jose Gonzalez Jr.

2:30:35 >> Ashby. He's about as tough as they come,

2:30:38 too. That one caught a piece of it. He's

2:30:41 back up on his feet.

2:30:46 We got the biggest pitch of the ball

2:30:48 game incoming.

2:30:52 [cheering]

2:30:54 Zack Smith with mom, grandma, girlfriend

2:30:56 in attendance

2:31:00 [cheering] looking for his signature

2:31:01 moment. Texas on Texas. SMITH GONZALEZ

2:31:05 MISSES HIGH. HERE COMES BART. HERE COMES

2:31:08 JUSTICE. AND JUST LIKE THAT, THE TEXAS

2:31:12 TAILGATOR HAVE TIED THE INNING WITH A

2:31:15 TWO-RUN BALL FOR A spread

2:31:18 >> from Jose Gonzalez Jr.

2:31:21 >> Second time this game. Now the Coconuts

2:31:23 scored two in the top and won't come

2:31:25 away with a point. Now the best Zach

2:31:27 Smith can do is keep this a two-1 game

2:31:29 going into the ninth after a pair of

2:31:31 squib singles. A ballpour sprint does

2:31:33 the trick.

2:31:36 Now brother at first represents the

2:31:37 inning winning run. As you mentioned

2:31:40 there AJ at best now for the Coconuts it

2:31:42 can be two to one. JD will try to play

2:31:45 that. Brandon Pennington. Wow, what a

2:31:48 play by the tailgator pitching coach

2:31:50 down there in the third base coaching

2:31:51 box.

2:32:00 >> [cheering]

2:32:02 >> 02 floated out to right. That'll get

2:32:05 down.

2:32:07 [cheering]

2:32:08 Now, three singles in a ball force

2:32:10 sprint in the mix here in the inning for

2:32:12 the Texas Tailgator. Now it's time

2:32:16 >> to see

2:32:19 >> the biggest, the largest Taj Porter.

2:32:24 >> Couple strikeouts tonight, but I know TP

2:32:27 man. He's as clutch as they come.

2:32:30 One and0 up.

2:32:47 TP had a walk-off double last night. The

2:32:50 clue matters in the second inning.

2:32:53 All right, chopper Jordan Brewer. What a

2:32:55 play,

2:32:57 taps the bag at first, and the Tailgator

2:33:00 will trade it out to advance up 90 ft

2:33:03 for both of those runners.

2:33:05 >> It's a trade the Tailgator will take

2:33:06 every time. I'd love another look at

2:33:08 that one live. I thought that was a foul

2:33:10 ball.

2:33:12 Here is that look.

2:33:14 Yep, definitely a foul ball. No, I'm

2:33:17 kidding. You can't see anything from

2:33:18 that angle.

2:33:18 >> Oh. Oh. Oh, and a golden bat. I bet I

2:33:22 know who it is.

2:33:23 >> The Texas Tailgator are invoking the

2:33:25 golden batter rule. Now batting in place

2:33:29 of M. Danford is the tailgator golden

2:33:32 batter. Please welcome Kyle K. Mark

2:33:36 Marte. [screaming] Obviously,

2:33:39 THE MAN WHO HAS 21 GOLDEN BATTER

2:33:41 APPEARANCES, the most in banana ball.

2:33:45 HE'S HIT HOME RUNS, 17 AND 18 here

2:33:47 tonight.

2:33:50 Now, we'll swing it with one out and two

2:33:52 in scoring position. And here comes the

2:33:54 villain. CJ Williams will come on to the

2:33:59 bump to replace Zack Smith.

2:34:02 And with a two to one lead now, AJ,

2:34:06 at best for these Coconuts going to the

2:34:08 night, at worst, it's going to be three

2:34:10 to one. They'll be trailing the

2:34:12 tailgator. You're going to either use

2:34:14 him or lose him

2:34:15 >> potentially.

2:34:16 >> Love the decision. I mean, after CJ

2:34:18 Williams got Kyle Martin out last night

2:34:20 with a runner on third, you can't have

2:34:22 any deep contact against the league's

2:34:24 best power hitter. You can't have

2:34:26 anything hit to your outfielders because

2:34:27 it will walk off the inning. You bring

2:34:29 in your best strikeout pitcher, the

2:34:31 villain CJ Williams. And here he comes

2:34:33 amidst a special rookie campaign. 11 for

2:34:36 13 on save opportunities. This is league

2:34:38 leading 29th appearance. No one's been

2:34:40 turned to when the lights are brighter

2:34:41 more this year than the villain number

2:34:44 zero CJ Williams. Infield in

2:34:49 three of them on one side. Jacobo, Sha,

2:34:52 and Brewer all on one side. The right

2:34:54 side of the second base back. JD Erso

2:34:56 the lone coconut on the left side. of

2:34:59 the second base back

2:35:04 Kmart. [cheering] Deep right Bill, did

2:35:07 he do it again?

2:35:10 That's three of them.

2:35:15 The auction has reached full capacity.

2:35:18 [cheering]

2:35:18 Kyle Martin

2:35:21 is the fourth player in Banana Ball

2:35:23 history to hit three home runs IN A

2:35:26 SINGLE GAME.

2:35:31 >> [cheering]

2:35:35 >> A 31 WALKOFF SHOT HERE IN THE BOTTOM OF

2:35:39 THE EIGHTH GIVES THE TAILGATOR A THREE

2:35:41 TO ONE LEAD.

2:35:45 >> Are you kidding me? Three homers and an

2:35:48 RBI double for Kyle Martin.

2:35:50 [cheering]

2:35:51 R, by my count, he's got eight RBI

2:35:53 tonight,

2:35:54 >> which

2:35:56 is only second to his single game record

2:35:58 of nine in a game. Rex, I got a I got a

2:36:01 feeling you're going to be talking to

2:36:02 this guy a lot tonight.

2:36:02 >> Hey, Mike, I've heard it's impossible to

2:36:04 hit home runs here. You just hit three,

2:36:05 but what's it like to be this strong and

2:36:07 do this?

2:36:08 >> I don't know, man. I wish I got a hot

2:36:10 dog going on right now. Oh, boy.

2:36:13 It's tough.

2:36:15 >> Hey, he's got a victory gizzy to deal

2:36:17 with. Kmart, three homers.

2:36:22 Got to get it down. We got to talk to

2:36:24 Bart's a little hard right now.

2:36:26 >> We'll talk to Bart about that. Kmart has

2:36:28 three OF THEM ON THE NIGHT. GUYS, BACK

2:36:29 TO YOU. HEY, this is usually just

2:36:31 reserved for our our private

2:36:32 communications. Wall Hawk Mike, our

2:36:34 producer, Mike, you're looking at me

2:36:35 here. I think who we know our showman's

2:36:37 going to be tonight if the tailgator

2:36:39 hang on. Three home runs, eight RBI.

2:36:42 Kyle Martin, dear

2:36:45 to the heavens above. I mean, this dude

2:36:48 just became the first ever non-p partyy

2:36:50 animal to hit three home runs in a

2:36:51 banana ball game. That's incredible.

2:36:54 That's incredible.

2:36:59 >> And the craziest part for me, Brett, is

2:37:02 that I'm not one bit surprised. It's

2:37:03 just what Kyle Martin does. Three homers

2:37:07 in one game for Kmart. It walks off an

2:37:10 eighth inning where the Coconuts had

2:37:12 already had a comeback bid, but now it's

2:37:14 up to this team that has a flare for the

2:37:16 theatric that loves to come from behind.

2:37:19 They live for the ninth inning to get it

2:37:21 going against a guy who was absent

2:37:23 yesterday but present today. 11 saves to

2:37:26 Reese Miller's name.

2:37:27 >> Yeah, 11 saves for Reese Miller tied at

2:37:30 top the Banana Ball Championship League

2:37:31 with the guy who just gave up the Kmart

2:37:33 home run in CJ Williams.

2:37:36 Reese Miller obviously not here

2:37:39 yesterday. due to a wedding, but is here

2:37:41 today trying to get save number 12. And

2:37:44 in this four-game losing streak the

2:37:46 Texas Tailgator have been on.

2:37:50 Who's he got to face, AJ?

2:37:53 It looks like there's a pinch hitter

2:37:55 potentially here. Look at you've got

2:37:56 Eric Osberg and Brett Carson warming up

2:37:59 to face Reese Miller. Carson would be

2:38:01 the pinch hitter.

2:38:05 By the way, Kyle Martin joins again

2:38:09 first ever non-p party amble to do it.

2:38:11 Jake Skull, Ree Hampton, and Andy Kai

2:38:12 Osgrow

2:38:14 as the fourth player did three home runs

2:38:17 in a single banana ball game.

2:38:19 >> Special company man, reigning MVP,

2:38:21 rookie of the year, and what Reese

2:38:23 Hampton does.

2:38:24 >> By the way, those four guys now all tied

2:38:27 with three home runs in a single banana

2:38:28 ball game. Those are all the most in a

2:38:30 single banana ball game. Reese Miller,

2:38:32 Brett Carson, the 2025 Texas Tailgator,

2:38:43 slices it foul. Coach Croco told me

2:38:45 today this was his secret weapon. He was

2:38:47 keeping Brett Carson in his back pocket

2:38:48 for the high leverage spot. He loves his

2:38:50 stick when it matters most.

2:38:57 Foul.

2:39:00 BC was clutch man a few weeks ago.

2:39:02 Walk-off home run against

2:39:06 >> the party animals.

2:39:07 >> Party animals of course

2:39:10 in Jersey Shore.

2:39:14 BC trying to start a big time night

2:39:17 here. [cheering] He's spoiling off

2:39:19 everything Reese Miller has to throw at

2:39:21 him.

2:39:22 >> Let me paint this picture a little bit,

2:39:23 Brett. yesterday in the pregame. An

2:39:26 errant throw hit Brett Carson square in

2:39:28 the face. He has lacerations under his

2:39:32 glasses right now.

2:39:34 And he's out there putting it all on the

2:39:35 line for his team. That's dual threat

2:39:37 Brett. That's a third threat.

2:39:41 Great play by Taj Porter to keep it in

2:39:43 front of him. Some call him dual threat

2:39:45 Brett. I call him be everywhere Brad

2:39:47 Carson.

2:39:49 >> Right now the Coconuts just need to call

2:39:50 him a base runner. the one two.

2:39:54 Got [screaming] him.

2:39:57 THROW HIM A CHAIR BECAUSE IT'S MILLER

2:39:59 TIME.

2:40:05 >> And now the Coconuts are huddling around

2:40:07 their dugout.

2:40:09 >> I see a golden batter.

2:40:11 >> GOLDEN BATTER RULE HITTING IN THE PLACE

2:40:14 OF PAYTON SHATANY, YOUR GOLDEN

2:40:16 [cheering] BATTER, TANNER [screaming]

2:40:19 ALLEN.

2:40:21 >> WOW. WOW. I'm so surprised. Just

2:40:23 shocked. Tanner Allen, 11th Golden at

2:40:26 bat of the year. Saw it last night. He's

2:40:30 asked to do more. It'll be Osberg on

2:40:31 deck, Parker in the hole, and then

2:40:33 Tanner Allen right back up there with

2:40:34 him. And it's his job to get the line

2:40:36 moving. He was drafted three different

2:40:38 times in the MLB entry draft. National

2:40:40 player of the year. Dawn in the golden

2:40:42 helmet.

2:40:46 Terrell gets ahead one and up.

2:40:50 here in Taj having a nice laugh. Even in

2:40:53 the highest of most competitive

2:40:54 environments here in Banana Bowl, we can

2:40:57 still smile. They want to chopper.

2:40:59 Jordan Hussein between the legs.

2:41:02 [screaming] High throw, BUT GOT HIM AT

2:41:03 FIRST. BOOK it because the Texas

2:41:06 tailgator do trick plays in the night.

2:41:11 >> All eyes converge on Eric Osber playing

2:41:14 with a partially torn bicep.

2:41:18 A coconuts team that's been battered

2:41:22 >> relies on Osber to give the top of the

2:41:25 order a chance.

2:41:30 0 and one. [cheering]

2:41:33 Reese Miller from 40 minutes outside of

2:41:35 Houston, Texas, back here in his home

2:41:37 state

2:41:39 has got the Loco Beach Coconuts down to

2:41:42 their final strike. The Texas Tailgator

2:41:45 trying to end a seasonl long four-game

2:41:48 losing streak,

2:41:51 trying to get win number 21,

2:41:54 staying near the top of the Banana Ball

2:41:56 Championship League standings.

2:41:59 Reese Miller,

2:42:01 the O2

2:42:07 Tai's able to smother it.

2:42:10 Big on big right here. Reese Miller

2:42:13 trying to get his league leading 12th

2:42:15 save of the year.

2:42:20 The fans have an opportunity to end it

2:42:22 and [screaming] they do.

2:42:26 The folks here in Texas love Texas.

2:42:30 [cheering]

2:42:31 And the tailgator.

2:42:33 No,

2:42:37 they said no catch. Are you serious?

2:42:41 Can we see a replay of that?

2:42:53 >> Oh, you got to be kidding.

2:42:54 >> WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? A BOBBLE. HE

2:42:56 CAUGHT IT OUT OF THE AIR.

2:42:59 >> THAT CAN BE CHALLENGED AND IT HAS BEEN

2:43:02 CHALLENGED.

2:43:04 The fan challenge representative has

2:43:07 initiated [cheering]

2:43:10 >> a fan challenge of a fan caught foul

2:43:13 ball. I mean that is fans first by

2:43:15 definition. Can we go as Yes. It it this

2:43:18 slow

2:43:20 his hand it it never comes OFF THE BALL.

2:43:23 OH, WE DIDN'T show it all the way the

2:43:25 first time. There it is.

2:43:28 We did not show it the entire way the

2:43:30 first time. Well, he indeed bobbled it.

2:43:33 Yep. That's that. [music]

2:43:40 >> Now, the folks here in Texas are upset.

2:43:43 But

2:43:45 unfortunately, that is not a clean

2:43:47 catch. We've seen the [music] replay

2:43:48 roll through the second time around.

2:43:51 Boy, do I love how much these folks here

2:43:53 in Texas love Texas, though.

2:43:55 >> Good news is we got a ball IN TWO

2:43:56 STRIKES, TWO OUTS. REESE MILLER, Eric

2:43:58 Osper, TAILGATOR TRYING TO END THAT FOUR

2:44:01 game losing streak.

2:44:03 Why don't we just do it on a strikeout?

2:44:05 Huh? Reys.

2:44:14 >> Two and two.

2:44:25 >> Big time pitch here against a man who

2:44:27 played nine years of professional

2:44:30 baseball before coming to Mano. on Eric

2:44:32 Osber. The payoff

2:44:36 up the middle and there you go.

2:44:39 Indiana Stanley's trying to get the out

2:44:40 at first.

2:44:45 >> Wow.

2:44:49 >> That's why you bring a glove to the

2:44:50 ballpark. What looked like a tailgator

2:44:53 win in the first caught foul ball of the

2:44:54 series. Instead, it was bobbled and

2:44:57 pumps is the tying run at the plate.

2:45:00 0 and one. Eric Osberg is going to run

2:45:03 it first.

2:45:11 Wow.

2:45:14 This sport, this game, these two teams.

2:45:18 Where else would you rather be on a

2:45:19 Saturday night?

2:45:23 >> Pops in the driver's seat.

2:45:26 >> Hit by pitching a ball for sprint

2:45:28 tonight for Mr. Parker.

2:45:34 Pops shallow right over the head of

2:45:37 Sunny. Cal Martin Hard charging it. Eric

2:45:40 Osberg plays station to station. And now

2:45:44 the tying run stands at first for the

2:45:48 man who was just retired as the golden

2:45:50 batter. Tanner Allen.

2:45:53 >> What a blender of emotions it must be

2:45:55 for Reese Miller. He thought this game

2:45:56 was over.

2:46:00 >> [cheering]

2:46:02 >> Osberg at second as now Armani Henderson

2:46:06 will come out to run for him.

2:46:10 Ben Parker at first. Tanner Allen ahead

2:46:13 one and0 at the dish. [cheering]

2:46:20 Amarillo Texas game one. The Loco Beach

2:46:23 Coconuts enter the ninth inning trailing

2:46:25 by point. Tanner Allen hits a three-run

2:46:27 home run off of Reese Miller. [cheering]

2:46:30 Will we see that again

2:46:33 is yet again here tonight. Reese Miller

2:46:36 has the Loco Beach Coconuts down to

2:46:38 their final strike. The one two.

2:46:47 Two balls, two strikes, two outs, two

2:46:50 runners on. The news cannot be more

2:46:52 wild. Number 22 ON THE BUFF FOR the

2:46:54 Texas Tailgator.

2:46:56 Jordan Hussein [screaming]

2:46:58 throws it to Sunny and the [cheering]

2:47:00 boys in red, white, and blue win three

2:47:03 to one.

2:47:06 The Texas [cheering] Tailgator in their

2:47:08 four game losing streak.

2:47:11 And Reese Miller gets his league leading

2:47:13 save, 12th save of the year in history

2:47:17 yet again from the man we call the

2:47:18 auction, Kyle Martin. three home runs.

2:47:24 The fourth player in Banana Ball history

2:47:26 to do it. And now he's joining our very

2:47:28 own Rex Castillo.

2:47:30 >> Guys, we saw it. I still don't know if I

2:47:32 can comprehend it. Kyle Martin hit three

2:47:34 home runs in a ballpark where the wind

2:47:35 blows in. It's supposed to be impossible

2:47:37 here. Just what were you how were you

2:47:39 seeing the ball tonight, K Martin?

2:47:40 >> Uh well, let's start off with yesterday.

2:47:42 I felt awful yesterday, but this game's

2:47:44 a it's a game of adjustment. So, uh,

2:47:46 worked a little bit today in the cage,

2:47:48 made some adjustments, and then came out

2:47:49 here. Honestly, just trying to go

2:47:51 opposite field the entire time, look for

2:47:52 something out over the plate, and sure

2:47:54 enough, got him.

2:47:55 >> He got all of that at that point. Kmart,

2:47:57 also, you guys were on a little bit of a

2:47:59 skid. Tough series in Nashville, lose

2:48:00 the first one here. How good does it

2:48:02 feel to get back in the win column and

2:48:03 get the good times rolling [cheering]

2:48:04 for the Tailgator?

2:48:04 >> It feels great. We We have an amazing

2:48:06 spot. We just made a few mistakes here

2:48:08 and there, but that's fine. Uh, it's

2:48:10 baseball. Things happen. Uh, it doesn't

2:48:11 always roll your

2:48:16 >> [cheering]

2:48:17 >> All right. [laughter] Well, things don't

2:48:19 always go your way, right? Um, but we

2:48:22 just needed one to get back on track.

2:48:23 We'll be fine.

2:48:24 >> And also at the same time, you like to

2:48:25 keep things loose here. A lot of could

2:48:27 be in a situation where there's a lot of

2:48:28 pressure. I'm sorry, but you guys

2:48:30 [laughter] obviously there's a lot of

2:48:31 love in this dugout. So, what's it like

2:48:33 to do with this where this team and the

2:48:34 way you guys are heading into Midland

2:48:35 now?

2:48:36 >> I mean, we just have a good squad. We

2:48:37 have a great cadence. We have a

2:48:38 incredible uh staff, too, in in the

2:48:42 locker room, on the field. Everything's

2:48:43 great. We love it. Um, so bringing that

2:48:46 injury out here just makes it a lot more

2:48:47 easy, a lot easier.

2:48:49 >> Victory pie in the face. Tailgators are

2:48:52 packing the wing column. Guys, let's

2:48:53 send it back to you.

2:48:54 >> Man, it's a good day. The good Lord

2:48:56 shined down on all of us because we got

2:48:57 to watch Kyle Martin play banana ball.

2:49:00 Three home runs, eight RBI. He was the

2:49:03 product of all three points tonight for

2:49:05 the Texas Tailgator. a walk-off home run

2:49:07 in the first, a walk-off double and what

2:49:09 was it, the seventh and then had the

2:49:12 walk-off three-run blast in the eighth.

2:49:15 I mean, he's absolutely incredible. It's

2:49:18 quite literally unreal that we have him

2:49:19 in this sport. And I don't usually bring

2:49:21 this guy up on our broadcast. Barry

2:49:24 Aldrich, the director of recruiting for

2:49:26 Bananaball, thank you. Thank you for

2:49:28 blessing us. Seriously, thank you for

2:49:29 blessing us. Thank you to Brandon

2:49:31 Pennington for going and getting this

2:49:33 guy in the fourth round, mind you, of

2:49:36 the banana ball player draft. That is

2:49:38 incredible to think. And then, you know,

2:49:40 obviously the going batter three-run

2:49:41 shot goes pullside about 400 ft. Welcome

2:49:44 you back into the broadcast, [music]

2:49:45 Bruce. Oh, not yet. We will first look

2:49:48 at the game log tonight. 3 to one, trick

2:49:51 plays, all that good stuff. Eight RBI

2:49:53 might be the most mind-blowing thing

2:49:55 here. That's the second most RBI he's

2:49:57 had in a single game this year because

2:49:58 he's he's had nine in a single game,

2:50:00 which is the single game record he had

2:50:02 in Charlotte. Now, we will welcome you

2:50:04 back into [music] the broadcast booth.

2:50:06 He's AJ Sweet. I'm Brett Loftess. AJ

2:50:10 tonight, simply put, it was it was the

2:50:13 tailgator pitching staff. It was the

2:50:16 Coconuts pitching staff and then you

2:50:18 needed a differentiator there and it

2:50:20 well, it was Kar. You know how you had a

2:50:22 special night

2:50:23 >> when you show your line at the end of

2:50:25 the game and the double you hit isn't

2:50:27 even included. That's how good Kyle

2:50:29 Martin is. I mean guys, whether you're

2:50:30 rooting for Loco Beach, whether you're

2:50:32 rooting for the Tailgator or any of the

2:50:33 other four teams in this sport, I hope

2:50:35 that you take a moment and realize what

2:50:37 we're witnessing because this is not

2:50:39 your standard baseball player. This is

2:50:41 far from your standard banana ball

2:50:42 player. Kyle Martin's on the way to set

2:50:44 unbreakable records this season and I

2:50:47 couldn't feel more fortunate to play

2:50:48 witness to it.

2:50:49 >> I'm not going to say set unbreakable

2:50:50 records. We all said nobody would would

2:50:52 ever break Jake Skull's record last

2:50:54 year. Now it's absolutely been shattered

2:50:56 by Cal Martin this year. Uh before we

2:50:58 wrap, let's look at tomorrow in Banana

2:51:00 Ball. Uh we still got a a big time game

2:51:03 tomorrow in Portland or excuse me,

2:51:06 Eugene, Oregon. The Bananas and the

2:51:08 Party Animals. Um you know, special

2:51:11 weekend going on up there in Eugene. Uh

2:51:15 it's it's really a special weekend.

2:51:16 Special night tonight even. All three

2:51:18 games starting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. As

2:51:21 the upcoming broadcast, again, you see

2:51:23 it tomorrow, that will be at

2:51:27 400 p.m. Eastern time.

2:51:30 400 p.m. Eastern [music] time on ABC.

2:51:33 First Banana Bowl broadcast on ABC

2:51:36 tomorrow. That's really cool. Clowns

2:51:37 Coconuts, you'll be in Jacksonville

2:51:38 [music] next week, beginning on

2:51:40 Thursday, game one, 7 Eastern. I'll be

2:51:42 back with Mr. toll in the longar state

2:51:45 as the tailgator play the party animals

2:51:46 beginning Thursday game one in Midland,

2:51:49 Texas. Uh AJ, great twoame series, man.

2:51:53 I mean last night it was the difference

2:51:55 of a few mistakes but a lot of really

2:51:57 good pitching from both sides. Tonight

2:51:59 the difference was Kyle Martin and I

2:52:01 think just like we came to conclusion of

2:52:03 last weekend with the party animals and

2:52:04 the tailgator, the tailgator and the

2:52:06 coconuts are going to be there at the

2:52:07 end in October. Another conclusion I've

2:52:10 drawn from this weekend is these two

2:52:11 teams just play each other so well. It's

2:52:13 so fun to get to watch them go

2:52:15 headto-head. The Coconuts now four and

2:52:16 three on the year against the Tailgator.

2:52:18 This is a season series that likely

2:52:20 won't be decided until the very last

2:52:22 game. These two teams match up

2:52:24 particularly well because it's the

2:52:25 Tailgator defense. It's Kyle Martin.

2:52:27 It's both sides pitching staffs and it's

2:52:29 the Coconuts offense that last night

2:52:30 showed you, you know, you can never

2:52:32 count them out. And even tonight down to

2:52:33 the last out, the tying runs on first to

2:52:35 go ahead run was Tanner Allen at the

2:52:36 plate. So, these games are coming down

2:52:38 to the last pitches. It's what makes

2:52:39 Banana Ball great, but what makes it

2:52:41 truly special is my opportunity to tell

2:52:43 you to please make someone smile between

2:52:45 now and the next time I see you. I love

2:52:46 everyone who's listening to the end of

2:52:48 the night. Spread love and spread joy.

2:52:49 I'll leave it to Loftess.

2:52:51 >> Tegan Woods, our great director tonight

2:52:53 in the truck. Mohawk Mike, our wonderful

2:52:55 producer, Nick Kelly for playing my

2:52:58 mother today [music] and taking care of

2:52:59 me with all the meds that I needed. Lord

2:53:01 knows I needed them and I needed you

2:53:03 tonight. Thank you guys for joining us

2:53:04 no matter where you are. And I must tell

2:53:06 you, hug somebody that you love. Tell

2:53:09 somebody [music] you love them. As AJ

2:53:10 says, spread happiness. And as always,

2:53:12 I'm going to need y'all. Until we see

2:53:14 y'all next weekend, stay safe, STAY

2:53:15 HAPPY, AND GATOR UP,

2:53:21 HONEY. ON