Firefighters @ Texas Tailgaters

0:00 John and then what about this? The sixth

0:02 round pick Brett Donnie Allen with the

0:05 first tailgator trick play of a pitcher

0:08 in 2026 out there on the bump able to

0:10 throw a scoreless inning and then a

0:12 handspring off of the bump. The defense

0:15 would continue there as Princess JB

0:18 Jordan Barf Manning the hot corner still

0:20 at the dish. What do we got here? Oh

0:21 man, dive and grab behind the back

0:24 transfer book. the first trick play in

0:27 the young career of the August Stanana,

0:30 a standout in Jordan Bart. But then the

0:33 bats would inevitably come around as the

0:35 first home run of 2026 comes off the bat

0:38 of Travis Mano, the first home run in a

0:40 football stadium. And then he told us

0:41 how he felt.

0:44 >> You just hit a home run in front of

0:45 60,000 people. How do you feel?

0:48 >> Well, Brett, plain and simple, I'm the

0:50 best there ever is. I mean, I wake up in

0:52 the morning and I It's excellent. I'm

0:56 I'm a big hairy American winning

0:58 machine. If you ain't first or last,

1:04 >> bro. We went to Frisco and the Texas

1:07 Tailgator finally unveiled their

1:10 official [music]

1:10 mascot, the cowboy wearing big old green

1:14 alligator himself [music]

1:16 who's gonna steal every piece of meat

1:19 that you have at your tailgate. Grub

1:21 [music] the Gator. And that weekend in

1:23 Frisco was special because then we

1:26 played the Loco Beach Coconuts and our

1:28 captain does this Fiverr. Jordan

1:30 Hussein, the Texas kid, a diving grab as

1:34 the tailgator would be tied up all at

1:36 two apiece. And Fiverr out there making

1:39 web gyms just as he does so very, very,

1:41 very often for the boys in blue and

1:44 orange. And then golden batter, Eric

1:46 Osberg.

1:48 Magic can't happen twice, but Jordan

1:50 Hussein can. And then after the

1:53 defensive prows, trailing by one point,

1:56 going to the bottom of the ninth, who do

1:57 the tailgator call?

1:58 >> The tailgator golden batter, Kyle K.

2:03 Mart.

2:06 Who else would you want in the biggest

2:08 moment [music] to this point of the

2:09 tailgator season? Down by one point in

2:12 the bottom of the ninth. Backs against

2:14 the wall against CJ Williams.

2:17 One and0.

2:19 Big on big

2:23 Tar out to left field. TA going back at

2:27 the fence. It's gone. It's gone. It's

2:31 gone. Kyle Martin's first home run in

2:34 the sport ties [cheering] us up at three

2:36 apiece. else would you rather be

2:40 [cheering]

2:45 [cheering]

2:47 an oppo taco.

2:50 The first third run CJ Williams has ever

2:53 conceded.

2:55 This is banana ball. The moment never

3:00 too big in the ninth, but what about in

3:02 showdowns? CJ Williams, Nick Lopez.

3:06 Bottom of round number one. How would it

3:08 end?

3:11 LOPEI OVER THE HEAD OF GIDEON ANTEL.

3:13 [screaming] It's going to roll for a

3:15 while. GIDEON'S GOT GOOD WHEELS. Get on

3:18 your horse, Lope. Get on your horse.

3:21 Antel finally gets to it. Lie's on third

3:24 and 80. Great arm. Sells over the head.

3:27 Tailgators win. Tailgators win.

3:29 Tailgators win. Nick Lopez walks it off

3:33 board for a three and we are so back in

3:35 the Lone Star State.

3:39 >> After going four and four over their

3:41 final eight games heading into the

3:43 Banana Ball Open, something caught fire

3:47 within the Texas [music] Tailgator and

3:48 specifically their 33-year-old superstar

3:51 Kyle Martin in game one against the fire

3:54 >> here for the Texas Tailgator. And Kmart

3:56 sends what? Deep center field. Kmart

4:00 with another long ball. Welcome to the

4:02 action here in the Banana Ball Open.

4:06 >> First of two home runs for Kmart in the

4:08 open. And then Sunshine provided us the

4:10 play of the year.

4:11 >> Mason Maxwell hard hit Sunn. HE TYPES

4:14 OUT TRICK PLAY. OH, it's a double trick

4:17 play. Is that the play of the year?

4:20 Jonathan Sunshine Loaders lays out

4:23 between the legs bucket. Throws it to

4:25 first. Tyler Justice between the legs

4:28 bucket.

4:29 That was psychotic. This is bananable.

4:34 >> And from arguably the play of the year

4:36 to the play that helped win the

4:38 tailgator the equalizer point and win

4:41 the ball game on Friday night.

4:42 >> McDow over to J5 between the legs and

4:46 it's the equalizer point for the

4:48 tailgator. Double trick play. Book it.

4:51 Book it. And just like that, the Texas

4:54 Tailgator off the backs of the Texas kid

4:57 and Taylor Justice win the equalizer

5:00 point is vitally important. With a win

5:03 on Friday night against the

5:04 Firefighters, the Tailgator faced off in

5:06 game one of the Banana Ball Open

5:08 Championship against those Savannah

5:10 Bananas. And how about a start [music]

5:11 to it from Jordan Hussein. A little

5:14 booket there on a 6463

5:17 double play. You have never seen [music]

5:19 anything like that in your entire life.

5:21 And then we hadn't seen this yet this

5:23 year either. Jordan Bart hits his first

5:25 home run in his banana ball career in

5:28 route to putting the Tailgator up two

5:30 points to none there in the third

5:33 inning. Feeling really good about those

5:35 boys in blue and orange. Now let's feel

5:36 a little bit better. Eighth inning, need

5:38 three trick plays to win the equalizer

5:40 point. Book it. That is now 13 to 12 in

5:44 the trick play category. Bouncer Taylor

5:46 Justice. Tough play. Joe Peron loses the

5:48 cowboy hat. Book it yet again. 13 trick

5:51 plays a piece to get the final out of

5:52 the inning. Taylor Justice bounces it

5:55 off the turf like LaMelo. And that's how

5:56 the Tailgators win the equalizer point.

5:59 And then here's how they won the ball

6:01 game with the game on the line.

6:06 HIGHF FLY BALL [cheering] DEEP OUT TO

6:08 RIGHT CENTER FIELD. WATSON ON HIS HORSE.

6:10 HE DOESN'T GET THERE AS IT BANGS OFF THE

6:12 [cheering] WALL. TY JACKSON WILL SCORE

6:14 EASILY. Over looking FOR THREE BASES.

6:17 [cheering]

6:18 HE'S OUT. PERFECT RELAY BY JORDAN

6:20 HUSSEIN. FANTASTIC deep by Jordan Bar.

6:24 AND THE TAILGATOR HANG ON 3-2 WINNERS.

6:27 WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT that Jordan

6:29 Jordan connection and THE TEXAS

6:31 TAILGATOR COME IN HERE [screaming] AND

6:33 upset the namesake of the SPORT TO WIN

6:36 GAME one of the first ever banana ball

6:40 open.

6:40 >> From a game one victory to winning the

6:42 whole thing the very next day. ers

6:45 putting this in the hands of their

6:47 allstar from a season ago in Nick Lopez.

6:50 The O2

6:52 THAT'S HIT WELL DEEP OUT TO LEFT. ALEXI

6:55 IS ON HIS HORSE. [cheering]

6:58 It settles ON THE WARNING TRACK. LOPEZ

7:00 AROUND SECOND.

7:02 Reese gets to the ball. Lopez around

7:04 third.

7:06 Now relay. Nick Lopez clinches a playoff

7:10 spot for the Texas Tailgator.

7:13 And the boys in blue and orange are

7:16 going to not get a playoff spot six

7:18 points early.

7:20 Nate Lopez, the man who won all the

7:24 showdowns last year for the tailgator,

7:26 comes up in the biggest spot of his

7:29 career. We'll see you in October. We

7:32 just never gave up, man. You in the

7:34 locker room, we're talking we're going

7:35 to beat these [music] guys. They got us

7:37 last year and the first couple games

7:39 this year, but we never gave up. That's

7:41 the difference. And from one historic

7:43 moment to another, the first ever popup

7:45 game in Banana Ball history at Navasota

7:47 High School in front of a thousand

7:49 people. The Texas Tailgator Savannah

7:50 Bananas and Kyle Markin welcomes you to

7:54 the auction as he hits a two-run blast

7:56 in the first inning that walks it off

7:58 for the Texas Tailgator, putting them up

8:00 one to nothing. What about Jonathan

8:02 Sunshine Lures, the inventor of the foot

8:05 volley? 1 2 3 4 5 6 seven times Sunny

8:11 goes off the legs and the feet to give

8:13 you a trick play that you've never seen

8:15 before. Hopefully you'll see it again,

8:17 but you will never ever ever forget it.

8:21 Sunny does that and then his counterpart

8:23 up the middle does this. Jordan Hussein,

8:26 the captain of the Texas Tailgator, a

8:29 behind the back book it as the 10th

8:32 trick play of the night. And while on

8:34 the microphone too, Jordan Hussein pulls

8:36 out a special one to end the ball game.

8:38 The team who's just so trickery and the

8:40 tailgator gets their 15th and final

8:42 trick play to defeat the Savannah

8:44 Bananas 5 to nothing at Navasota High

8:46 School in Banana Ball's first ever popup

8:48 game. From history to history Saturday,

8:51 the biggest banana ball game ever.

8:53 102,000 people. Chris Clark strikes out

8:56 dude perfect Tyler Tony at Kyle Field on

8:59 the campus of Texas A&M in the top of

9:02 the second inning to conclude matters.

9:03 What a special moment that was for CC

9:06 and those boys in blue and orange.

9:10 And then Jordan Hussein

9:12 ball for a sprint. Typical ball for a

9:15 sprint you'd think. No. Throw cells in

9:17 the outfield. Fiverrs made it to second.

9:19 He's getting to third. Aaron throw comes

9:21 back in the infield. Where's Jordan

9:23 Hussein going? He's going home and home

9:26 now Fiverr. That would end up putting

9:28 the Tailgator in a spot to go up four to

9:29 nothing and then to try and win the ball

9:32 game.

9:32 >> Tailgator winning the banana ball

9:34 opening clutch in a playoff spot 6

9:35 months early.

9:37 >> Highfly ball STRAIGHT AWAY. JOSE

9:40 GONZALEZ JR. The Texas kid PUTS IT AWAY

9:44 AND THE TAILGATOR WIN THE BIGGEST BANANA

9:46 BALL GAME OF ALL TIME. THEY HOLD ON FOR

9:49 THREE WINNERS. IF YOU'RE going to come

9:51 to Texas and you're going to come at THE

9:54 KING OF TEXAS, YOU BETTER not miss. For

9:57 the first time ever, the Texas Tailgator

10:00 HAVE SWEPT THE SAVANNAH BANANAS HERE IN

10:03 THE LONE STAR STATE, WINNING the

10:05 smallest banana ball game of all time

10:07 and the biggest banana ball game of all

10:09 time IN THE SAME WEEKEND here in East

10:12 Central Texas.

10:13 >> From College Station, Texas to Tulsa,

10:17 Oklahoma. Monique Wilson, Taylor

10:20 Justice,

10:21 and it messes up.

10:24 Jacob Pepper can walk home. IT'S THE

10:27 FIRST EVER HEADLINER FOR THE TEXAS

10:29 TAILGATOR in Oklahoma.

10:32 Is a walk-off for Taylor Justice.

10:36 Eight of them in 2026.

10:39 AND THE TAILGATOR ARE BACK OVER 500 AT 9

10:42 AND EIGHT.

10:55 Back in the saddle for game two of

10:57 Banana Ball here in the boot making

10:59 capital of the world, El Paso, Texas. A

11:03 night ago, the firefighters [music] and

11:04 the Texas tailgator found themselves

11:06 right in the middle. One of the best

11:08 pitching duels we've seen in 2026 with

11:11 the boys in blow and orange winning the

11:12 standoff two to one on the backs of

11:15 rookie superstars Kyle Martin and Chris

11:17 Clark. Tonight, the firefighters throw

11:19 [music] their ace Jared Donaldson while

11:21 the Gator roll out the best southpaw on

11:23 either side of the Mississippi Christian

11:26 Dates. Come on in and stay a while.

11:32 I'm Brett Loftess. We're blessed to have

11:34 you here on your wonderful Saturday

11:36 evening wherever you're watching us here

11:38 in tailgator virtual tailgator land.

11:41 Last night two to one Zag great great

11:44 great ball game. I really think it was

11:46 the epitome of tailgator ball if you

11:48 will. Kyle Martin Yaya Chris Clark

11:50 shoves. Reese Miller shoves to get his

11:52 sixth save of the year and the

11:54 trickeration from the Texas Tailgator.

11:57 How do the firefighters come back from

11:58 that and do what they've done in every

12:00 single twoame series in winning game two

12:02 against the Texas Tailgator? Yeah,

12:03 that's right, Brett. Dispatch to El

12:05 Paso. The mission is clear. It is game

12:07 two where the firefighters have been

12:08 spotless against the Texas Tailgator.

12:10 Series finales. The firefighters really

12:12 seem to bring their agame. They're six

12:14 and two in the final games of series

12:16 here in the World Tour, but they're

12:18 going to have to figure out Christian

12:19 Davis, who they have not been able to

12:21 figure out very much in their three

12:23 starts against him.

12:23 >> Yeah, we'll go over CD stats in a little

12:25 bit. However, there was other banana

12:27 ball games I'm hearing that went on last

12:29 night in Savannah and also in

12:31 Indianapolis. Let's take a look at how

12:34 that game in Savannah at historic

12:35 Grayson Stadium ended last night between

12:37 those Coconuts and those Savannah

12:39 Bananas.

12:42 >> There's no harder team to beat in this

12:44 sport than the Savannah Bananas. Their

12:45 inaugural season, they're an hour away

12:47 from doing it. Vidings throw down to

12:49 second is not in time. Are the fans

12:53 GOING TO CHALLENGE? THEY ARE. We have a

12:56 fan challenge

12:58 in the ninth inning. If this has

13:00 overturned its game. Oh my goodness.

13:04 >> So hard to tell. I mean, you've got on

13:05 that first angle Jacoba's leg blocking

13:08 where Socal's hand comes in.

13:12 Are the fans going to win the Coconuts

13:14 this game? I mean, this is tight, Josh.

13:17 There's a real part of me that thinks

13:19 the fans are about to help the Coconuts

13:20 beat the Bananas for the first time in

13:22 their franchise's history. This is the

13:24 first time in the history of Loco Beach

13:26 that a fan challenge has been used in

13:27 their favor. It's only win the game for

13:32 the local beach. The fans have won the

13:36 game for the local beach.

13:39 His fans first by every definition of

13:42 the phrase.

13:45 >> What a crazy end of that ball game. We

13:47 had a fan challenge initiated here last

13:49 night as well. And that's rule number 10

13:51 in the lovely 11 that exists in the

13:53 banana ball rules pregame. Very simple.

13:57 You crown one of our great patrons, our

13:59 fans here at our banana ball games as

14:01 the fan challenge representative here at

14:04 our tailgator headliner series. I'm

14:06 blessed to be able to do that with the

14:07 winner of the tailgator gauntlet. What

14:09 can teams and fans challenge is pretty

14:11 simple. Fair or foul balls, force and

14:14 tag play calls, [music] missed base

14:15 calls, and catch plays in the field or

14:19 in the stands because obviously fans can

14:22 catch foul balls resulting in outs.

14:24 Teams and fans may not challenge those

14:26 three out of baseline calls, check swing

14:28 calls, and obstruction calls. Mentioned

14:32 that we could challenge

14:34 fan call foul balls.

14:38 However, last night what we seen

14:40 challenged here in El Paso was a fair,

14:43 excuse me, was a safe or out call. In

14:46 all reality, it was really an

14:48 obstruction challenge. Zach is, you'll

14:50 see this here. Jordan Bar gets it to

14:52 right field. Great throw from Darren

14:54 McDow. Eric Jones Jr. blocking the

14:56 plate. [music] Clearly gets the tag on

14:58 Nick Lopez. That's obstruction, but not

15:01 able to be challenged.

15:03 >> Correct. And the fans pop [snorts] the

15:05 cork on the fan challenge. They don't

15:07 know that in the moment that you can't

15:09 challenge it. Obviously, it's the

15:10 emotion there. So, really, you couldn't

15:12 reverse it. Even if you thought it was

15:14 obvious obstruction, it call has to

15:16 stand on what they called on the field.

15:18 And now, the lovely 11 rules of our

15:20 sport. Let's throw it to our owner and

15:22 creator of Banana Ball, Jesse Cole.

15:27 >> Banana Ball is the fastest and most

15:29 entertaining show in sports. And the 11

15:32 rules guarantee the most fans first

15:34 experience every second.

15:36 >> Unbelievable.

15:37 >> Welcome to THE BANANA BALL CHAMPIONSHIP

15:39 LEAGUE.

15:40 >> Rule number one, win the inning, win the

15:42 point. The team that [music] scores the

15:44 most runs in an inning wins the point.

15:46 IT'S A WALK OFF WINNER to the deepest

15:49 pole [cheering] field. OH MY GOODNESS.

15:51 >> With the equalizer point, trick plays

15:54 provide the away team an opportunity to

15:56 earn a point going into the final

15:57 inning. And in the final inning, every

16:00 run counts as a point. Rule number two,

16:03 banana ball has a 2hour time limit,

16:05 guaranteeing that every game is

16:08 fast-paced and action-packed. Rule

16:10 number three, no stepping out of the

16:12 batter's box. If you do, it will result

16:14 in a strike. stepped out of the box and

16:17 because he stepped out of the box,

16:18 that's it.

16:19 >> Rule number four, no bunting. [music]

16:21 Cuz bunting sucks. If you bunt, you'll

16:24 be thrown out of the game. Rule number

16:26 five, batters can steal first base.

16:28 >> Ball three, CAN YOU TAKE IT OFF FOR

16:30 FIRST THROW FROM LAROY IN TIME.

16:33 >> Rule number six, there's [music] no

16:35 walks. Walks are ball force sprints. The

16:38 batter can advance as far as they want

16:40 until every position player touches the

16:42 ball. NO DEFENDERS HAVE TOUCHED the

16:45 banana ball. IT IS A FOUR BASE SPREAD TO

16:48 open up the ball game.

16:49 >> Rule number seven,

16:51 >> no mound visits.

16:53 >> Nope. Rule number eight, foul balls

16:55 [music] caught by a fan count as an out.

16:58 >> Oh my goodness, they did. They kept

17:01 going on the clock. We're going to show

17:03 [cheering]

17:04 >> rule number nine, the showdowns. In

17:07 showdowns, the best of the best [music]

17:09 face off in the biggest moment. One

17:11 hitter verse one pitcher with one

17:13 fielder behind him and the hitter has to

17:16 score deep to right center. See you

17:19 later. Rule number 10, the banana ball

17:22 challenge rule gives the coaches and you

17:25 the fans a chance to impact a call on

17:27 the field. [cheering]

17:29 Rule number 11, the golden batter. Once

17:32 a game, each team can give any player in

17:34 a bat regardless of the lineup. This

17:36 offers the biggest matchups on the

17:38 [music] biggest stage. Big on big gamer.

17:42 Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

17:45 >> Get out of here ball. THAT THING HAD A

17:48 FAMILY.

17:50 And those are the rules of banana ball.

17:58 And last night here in El Paso, the

18:01 firefighters got a run on the board and

18:04 then a trick play from Jordan Hussein,

18:06 [music] the first of the night. And then

18:08 the auction welcomed you back to El

18:10 Paso. Kyle Martin hit his [music] ninth

18:12 home run, leading the Banana Ball

18:13 Championship League in that category,

18:16 giving the Tailgator a one to nothing

18:17 lead. Jose Brother Gonzalez, welcome

18:19 back to Texas as well. The Houston

18:21 native puts the Tailgator up two to

18:23 nothing with a walk-off RBI double there

18:25 in the second inning. Absolutely

18:29 incredible. And then Mr. Chris Clark,

18:32 the real story last night, the showman

18:34 of the game. Five strikeouts, two trick

18:37 plays. He had the first of which you're

18:38 seeing right now and induced nine of

18:41 them behind him. He was exceptional

18:44 which he has been all year. Arguably the

18:46 best starting pitcher in the entire

18:48 league. The third overall pick in the

18:49 inaigro banana ball player draft. This

18:52 the first of the night first at bat of

18:55 the night I should say for the tailgator

18:56 resulted in a fan caught foul ball.

18:59 >> Yeah, it was fun. It's the third time in

19:01 the last four games that the

19:02 firefighters have had a fan-cod foul

19:04 ball after not having one in 16 games.

19:07 And Darren McDow gets himself an RBI

19:09 ball for sprint in El Paso. And Brett

19:11 seemed like the firefighters at that

19:13 point sort of turned the [music] mojo

19:14 around as Taj Porter grounds out to

19:16 Mason Maxwell with a trick play. They

19:18 get their [music] first points. That

19:19 ended up being the only point.

19:21 >> Yeah, it was a lone point they scored

19:23 last night. Mr. Dude wipe stank stank.

19:26 Got a little thank you. Thank you. Thank

19:27 you. And then Reese Miller comes in the

19:30 ball game and shows everybody that it

19:32 was Miller time as he shut the door for

19:35 his sixth save of the year. Showing of

19:37 that ball game last night. It was the

19:39 ace. Mr. Chris Clark rolling the dice

19:42 all night long. You see it there. Had a

19:44 couple innings under two minutes. Had a

19:46 minute and 35second inning. The quickest

19:48 of any pitcher last night. Only gave up

19:50 four hits, five strikeouts, and induced

19:52 nine trick plays behind him. Two to one

19:55 here. The Tailgator game one and pass.

19:58 But a very historic night that happened

20:00 as the Indianapolis Clowns returned back

20:02 to the great city of Indianapolis.

20:04 Victory Field, the site of the party

20:07 animals and Indianapolis Clowns where so

20:10 many first happened, but not the least

20:12 of which the first time the Clowns are

20:14 the headlining home team back in their

20:16 host city. What a special night full of

20:19 emotions that we [music] saw in Indiana

20:21 returning to the home city, the home

20:23 state.

20:26 a look through history and a glimpse

20:28 into [music] the future of not just the

20:31 Indianapolis Clowns, but Banana Ball as

20:34 well. You see him running out into the

20:36 field in what was an emotional scene in

20:40 Indianapolis. And then once it got

20:41 going, well, you [music] talked about

20:42 Chris Clark shoving. How about Garrett

20:44 Deleno for the party animals? Strikeouts

20:47 galore. Nine of them to be exact. That's

20:50 a career hybrid.

20:51 >> All first six outs he recorded were all

20:53 [music] be a strikeout. Matt Wolf,

20:55 former friend of the program here with

20:57 the firefighters, gets Jake Skull to hit

20:59 one down the left field line. Brian

21:01 Dancero, hello. Good afternoon, good

21:03 evening. Great play out there in the top

21:05 of the fifth. And then how about this?

21:07 The official mascot of the Indianapolis

21:09 Clowns, Peanuts, the world's only

21:12 pitching elephant, and he gets Babis to

21:14 ground out to conclude matters in the

21:16 top of the sixth. So we've got Peanuts,

21:18 we've got Peanut, and we've got Nut for

21:20 the Loco Beach Coconuts. And we've got a

21:21 walk-off homer for Carell Prime. It's

21:24 the first walk-off homer as the home

21:26 team for the Clowns in their history.

21:28 Look at him just boot scooting on home

21:30 as the Clowns pull it back to 3-2. But

21:33 the Party Animals get three in the top

21:34 of the ninth and Joe Lidle can't keep

21:37 him in [music] this one. The Party

21:38 Animals spoil the red of the hosting

21:42 Indianapolis Clowns. Final score 6-2 as

21:44 Peter Holden takes a bow. The showman of

21:46 the night couldn't be anybody else other

21:48 than yet another pitcher in Garrett

21:49 Deleno. We told you earlier, nine

21:51 strikeouts, a careerhigh. [music]

21:53 And boy, Brett, he seems to have found

21:55 his mojo again. After a really rough

21:57 start before the banana ball open, he

21:59 got the showman of the night in Atlanta.

22:00 He gets another showman in Indianapolis

22:03 after four and a third.

22:04 >> Post open, man. Garrett Deleno that

22:06 people are going to tell their children

22:07 about this dude. He has been

22:08 exceptional. You've seen what he did

22:10 before the open. He was leading the

22:12 league in ball four sprints. after the

22:14 open. He is fourth in strikeouts behind

22:18 Christian Davis or excuse me, not

22:19 Christian Davis, behind Chris Clark,

22:21 Brett Sanchez, and Jared Donaldson. So,

22:23 he's been absolutely exceptional. Only

22:25 issued out one sprint, only one inning

22:27 that he gave up a walk-off in as well.

22:30 That leads us to now what do the

22:32 standings look like in our great sport

22:34 of banana ball. Obviously, those

22:36 Savannah Bananas still at top and still

22:39 sitting up there by themselves in first

22:41 place. deliver the Texas Tailgator

22:44 slowly creeping up. Two games behind the

22:46 yellow. The firefighters a game behind

22:48 the tailgator and the Coconuts currently

22:50 tied with the firefighters and the

22:53 Coconuts, excuse me, tied with the

22:54 firefighters, I should say, because both

22:56 teams have a 500 winning percentage

22:58 despite the Coconuts playing two more

23:00 games. Party Animals game behind just

23:03 below that cutoff line. And as you see

23:05 the X next to the Tailgators, they've

23:07 already clinched their spot in the

23:10 inaugural Banana Bowl Championship

23:12 League playoffs by winning the Banana

23:14 Bowl opening. And I will remind you of

23:15 that any opportunity I get. However, big

23:19 night for the firefighters tonight.

23:22 >> Speaking of big nights, last one, a huge

23:25 one for the auction. For more on that,

23:28 earlier today, our good friend Michael

23:29 Schwarz caught up with Kyle Martin.

23:34 Hey guys. Well, the star last night,

23:36 Kyle Martin. Kmart, [music] you played

23:38 games here. You said to me in the dugout

23:41 after that run. Does it Does it get any

23:45 better than this? A standing ovation

23:47 from this Chihuahua crowd. Does it get

23:50 any better than that?

23:51 >> Not at all. Um it's it was a special

23:54 moment. You can't write that stuff. You

23:56 can't script that. That was just

23:58 unbelievable, you know. um to have the

24:00 fans uh support in that moment was was

24:04 pretty spectacular.

24:06 >> Just get over here. Yeah. Thank you. Um

24:09 you are actually writing a letter to the

24:11 fans here uh in El Paso. What are you

24:14 going to talk about to them to to thank

24:16 them?

24:17 >> Um I'm going to thank especially thank

24:19 them for my time here. Um they welcomed

24:22 me in with open arms. Um I felt like

24:25 family here. It was easy to come into a

24:27 place I didn't know and

24:29 um feel special, feel seen, and feel

24:33 valued even more. Um so I just want to

24:36 always thank them for that and make sure

24:37 they know my appreciation for all of it.

24:39 >> It was a nice trim of your career here

24:42 in El Paso, but uh you got a lot more

24:44 ball to play. We got game two coming up.

24:46 I don't know what's going on here. CD on

24:48 the mound. I know he's been inspired by

24:49 Chris Clark. Uh but tailgators game two.

24:53 Do I have anything on my face, by the

24:54 way?

24:54 >> Uh you just got a little bit right here.

24:57 >> I'll [music] get that. You go do your

24:59 thing. Kmart, welcome back home to El

25:01 Paso and uh keep it up.

25:03 >> Of course. Thank you, man.

25:08 >> Michael Schwarz now with an uneven

25:10 handlebar mustache. Thank you, Chris

25:12 Clark. That is not going to be a key to

25:14 success. How the tailgators could win

25:16 [laughter] tonight. But these are Sweepy

25:19 Sweepy. Washiwashy Sweepy Sweepy. If

25:21 you're on the banana ball,

25:23 >> banana landed sea.

25:24 >> Banana landed sea. Everything's banana

25:26 ball. If you're on that big boat with

25:28 us, you heard washy washy enough sweepy

25:30 sweepy tonight. Tailgator could earn

25:32 their first ever sweep over the

25:34 firefighters. And my favorite CD,

25:36 Christian Davis has a career 27 erra in

25:39 10 career innings against the

25:41 firefighters. That's in the regular

25:42 season. Has earned seven points and only

25:44 lost two of them. Firefighters though,

25:46 Zack, we know that offense didn't get

25:48 really started last night, but if it

25:50 could tonight, big way that they could

25:51 get on the board early and never

25:52 relinquish it.

25:53 >> Yep. You've got to start on fire because

25:55 they have gotten behind in 10 first

25:58 innings this year. They've surrendered a

25:59 first inning point 10 times this year.

26:02 Got to clean that up. If you can get a

26:03 clean bottom half along with something

26:05 at the top, boy, that's something you

26:07 could build off of. And the firefighters

26:08 desperately need to do that after last

26:10 night where they had a one- nothing lead

26:12 in the top half of the inning and let it

26:13 go in the bottom half. And then bring it

26:15 on home to me Brett Loftess.

26:17 Firefighters are batting 414 with

26:20 runners in scoring position. And that is

26:21 far and away the best average in the BA

26:24 Banana Ball Championship League with

26:26 runners in scoring position. Get runners

26:28 at second and third and bring them on

26:30 home. Put pressure on these Texas

26:32 tailgators. We saw it last night. That

26:34 equalizer point was negated quick, fast,

26:36 and in a hurry. Do everything you can to

26:39 reput the pressure back on them with a

26:41 bunch of runs in the top half of the

26:42 frame.

26:43 >> Those are the keys to success tonight

26:47 for the firefighters and the Texas

26:49 Tailgator. this tail

26:51 >> here in the land that is the boot

26:53 capital of the world. The boot making

26:55 capital of the world, if you will. Zack

26:58 Stton did not wear his boots.

26:59 >> Sorry.

27:00 >> Very disappointed in you. You know who

27:02 did wear his boots? My good friend, the

27:05 most sparkly man, the best dressed man

27:09 in maybe the history of El Paso, Texas.

27:12 And he's here to hype you up. Let's send

27:14 it down to the field to my good pal and

27:16 my roommate, Garrett Rhinestone Lamper.

27:28 Ladies, ladies, gentlemen, boys and

27:31 girls, and parking lot party people from

27:35 around

27:39 the world.

27:42 Tonight, you and thousands of your

27:45 friends here live. Millions more

27:47 watching at home have gathered to

27:50 witness something that frat boys [music]

27:52 across the country could only ever dream

27:54 of. From parking lots to 80oot yachts,

28:00 from backyard grills to a stadium that

28:02 thrills, the pregamers come from every

28:05 corner of the globe to witness this.

28:09 But this is not baseball. No, this is

28:12 the arena where these Texas twostep in

28:16 tradition upset and big hit getting ball

28:19 players await the opening of the gate to

28:22 deliver a Texas size beatd down to

28:25 whoever lines up across from them. And

28:27 tonight, ladies and gentlemen,

28:30 well, it looks like the [music]

28:31 firefighters are about to find out why

28:35 you don't mess with Texas.

28:42 But this is not your granddad's pastime.

28:45 This is not just another night at the

28:47 ballpark. No, this game is baseball by

28:49 birth, but it's fruit by name and an

28:52 absolute worldwide phenomenon by the

28:56 grace of God. So now is the time for all

29:02 10,000 [screaming]

29:05 people here in El Paso, TEXAS TO GET UP

29:10 ON your feet and give me your voices

29:16 [cheering]

29:18 because THIS IS THE GREATEST PREGAME IN

29:21 SPORTS AND IT NEVER ENDS. LADIES AND

29:23 GENTLEMEN, THIS IS Banana Ball

29:29 [cheering]

29:33 live [cheering]

29:34 starting lineup from THE PSMR

29:38 IN LEFT FIELD. Number two, Zack Watson.

29:51 >> THE DESIGNATED HITTER number nine, Nick

29:55 [screaming] Lopez.

30:05 In right field, number 27, a former

30:09 Chihuahua, Kyle [screaming]

30:12 Martin.

30:21 >> At third base, number six, Charles.

30:27 [screaming]

30:31 >> [music]

30:35 >> At first base, number 85, Taylor

30:40 Justice. [screaming]

30:50 The extra hitter number 28, BROTHER

30:54 [screaming]

30:54 JOSE

31:00 [cheering]

31:06 >> behind the plated catcher number 26, TAJ

31:11 THE QUAD FATHER PORTER. [screaming]

31:23 At second base, number three, JASON,

31:27 [screaming]

31:35 >> THE DESIGNATED FIELDER, NUMBER ONE,

31:39 Jonathan Sunshine

31:42 Luners.

31:45 Get ready.

31:50 [music]

31:52 >> In center field, number seven, Indiana

31:56 [screaming]

31:57 Stanley.

32:08 >> That's shortstop NUMBER FIVE, JORDAN.

32:22 >> [cheering]

32:23 >> The starting pitcher NUMBER 12,

32:26 Christian

32:28 Davis [screaming]

32:39 and leading the party, the head coach,

32:43 Joe Mol.

32:45 assisted by coach Penny and coach Andrew

32:50 father

32:51 of the tailgate for me. [screaming]

33:06 >> [music]

33:13 >> Ladies and gentlemen, at this time we

33:15 ask that you please rise if able. Remove

33:18 your caps and join us in honoring

33:20 America with the singing of tonight's

33:22 national anthem. Please welcome to the

33:25 field Kate Watson.

33:29 Oh, say can you see

33:33 by the dawn early light

33:38 what so proudly

33:40 we [singing] held

33:42 at the twilight last gleaming who's

33:47 broad stripes and bright stars [singing]

33:51 through the perilous

33:53 fight

33:55 or the ramparts

33:58 We watched were so gallently [singing]

34:02 streaming.

34:04 And the rockets red glare.

34:08 The bombs bursting in air

34:14 gave proof through the night [singing]

34:18 that our flag was still there.

34:23 Oh, say [singing] does that star spangle

34:28 bender

34:30 yet

34:33 [singing]

34:36 or the land

34:38 of the three

34:43 [cheering]

34:44 and the home

34:48 of the

34:50 bra.

34:52 >> [cheering]

34:58 [screaming]

34:59 >> bring out those brooms as the Texas

35:04 tailgator look to sweep for the first

35:07 time ever. The firefighters, but it's

35:10 game two in the middle children matchup,

35:13 which means the fire and flames usually

35:17 win. Here in El Paso, Texas, how blessed

35:20 are we to be in the boot makingaking

35:22 capital of the world and play yet

35:24 another game of this lovely sport we

35:26 call banana ball. He's Zach Stton. I'm

35:30 Brett Loft. We welcome you in wherever

35:32 you're watching in virtual tailgator

35:34 land as we now look at how the boys and

35:37 the wind stripes are going to run it out

35:39 defensively tonight.

35:42 Exactly the same as last night actually

35:45 is is out what they're going to do. Uh,

35:46 it's pretty simple. Zach Watson, Indie

35:48 Stanley, Kyle Martin in the outfield,

35:51 Princess JB over at third, Taylor

35:53 Justice [music] at first. Your trick

35:55 play leaders up the middle, Jonathan

35:56 Sunshine Looters and Jordan Hussein. One

35:58 and two in the Banana Ball Championship

36:00 League as well. You see that 12 trick

36:03 plays a game. That is best in Banana

36:05 Ball by almost three trick plays a game.

36:08 I mean, it's incredible what the

36:09 Tailgator have done this year. 242 trick

36:12 plays. Nobody's even close to 200 except

36:14 for the Savannah Bananas entering

36:16 tonight had 187. I mean, it's

36:18 exceptional how well they've done that.

36:20 Taj Porter behind the plate. Why is that

36:23 so important? Because the man who's

36:24 induced the most trick [music] plays in

36:25 all of this year is going to take the

36:27 bump. The best left-handed pitcher on

36:30 either side of the Mississippi,

36:32 Christian Davis, against the

36:33 firefighters ace, Jared Donaldson.

36:35 >> Jared Donaldelson in two starts against

36:36 the Texas Tailgator, 10 strikeouts. He

36:39 was phenomenal against them in

36:41 Scottsdale with three innings of work,

36:43 five strikeouts on basically three days

36:46 of no sleep. They turn to him to get

36:48 something real special started on the

36:49 mound tonight against a guy in CD they

36:51 just cannot figure out.

36:52 >> DONNIE STATS DON'T MATTER BECAUSE WE

36:54 MUST talk about my favorite CD ever,

36:57 Christian Davis [screaming]

37:00 starting this ball game in that sweet

37:01 neon green arm sleeve. 27 career erra

37:06 against the firefighters. The last time

37:07 he threw against them was the open where

37:09 he was marvelous into seven trick plays.

37:12 Earned three points in five and a third

37:14 innings. Only gave up one run and had

37:16 five strikeouts and as you see 56 trick

37:18 plays induced leads the banana ball

37:20 championship league. However, that

37:22 offense is a good one he has to face

37:24 here tonight in the firefighters.

37:25 >> Yes, it is Brett Loftess. There are six

37:27 batters in the firefighters lineup who

37:29 are above 300 on the year. There are a

37:33 few changes to note in positioning.

37:36 namely Dalton Cornet and Eric Jones Jr.

37:39 DC3 is in the four hole for the first

37:41 time this season. Eric Jones Jr. is in

37:45 the five hole. That is the first time he

37:47 has moved out of the four spot all year.

37:49 You see Zachary Bridges, he's your

37:50 designated fielder. It will be Dalton

37:52 Cornet that is in the four hole tonight.

37:55 Listed as the catcher, but Zachary

37:56 Bridges is the designated fielder. And

37:59 South Trimble for the first time in his

38:01 firefighter career is starting at center

38:03 field. Why don't we start the grill,

38:05 light it ablaze, and let's get this

38:07 party started in El Paso. [music]

38:12 >> All right, El Paso, who's ready to start

38:14 this thing tonight? [cheering]

38:17 >> Yeah. Well, in Banana Ball, we like to

38:19 say start the clock, but in Tailgator

38:21 Country and in the great state of Texas,

38:24 we're going to say light the grill. So,

38:26 we're going to count down from three,

38:27 and on one, you're going to say light

38:29 the grill. Are you ready?

38:32 >> Are you ready?

38:35 All right, three, TWO, ONE, LIGHT THE

38:38 GRILL.

38:41 >> SHOWTIME. A LIVELY BUNCH. All 10,000 of

38:45 our friends here at Southwest University

38:47 Park.

38:48 The first pitch of all officially. It's

38:51 6:58

38:53 Mountain time. Christian Davis, Tiner

38:56 Hughes, tiny starts off the ball game

38:59 with a single just as he did last night.

39:01 OH, HE WANTS to and he'll get to.

39:07 Talking to him in the clubhouse right

39:09 before the game, he said, "Can I mix in

39:10 a double here at some point?" Well, how

39:12 about it? On the second pitch of the

39:13 game, Tiny gets into scoring position.

39:16 And I told you a key to success in the

39:18 pre-show was getting runners in scoring

39:21 position home. Firefighters, one bat in,

39:24 already one in scoring position.

39:27 >> One and0 to Peanut. sack flying hit by

39:30 pitch, but no hits for Mr. Peanut last

39:33 night. Left side, Jordan Hussein. Oh,

39:37 booed it into [music] left field. Zack

39:40 comes up throwing and it's got to be cut

39:42 off by Jordan Bar. That was a weird

39:44 weird weird hop he took there on Jordan

39:46 Hussein, but I would assume that that is

39:49 an E6.

39:50 >> I think it should be at that point

39:52 because it looks like that's what play

39:53 that Jordan Hussein usually makes. It's

39:55 one that you'd expect most short stops

39:56 to make, but either way for the

39:57 firefighters, two batters go up and two

40:00 batters are on at the corners.

40:04 >> Logan Lacy way behind that fast ball.

40:07 Uses a golden batter last night. Two for

40:09 five.

40:11 Officially is an error on Jordan

40:13 Hussein. Alpena reached over first. Fans

40:17 not an opportunity out of the ballpark.

40:19 No BG showtime. Had a little showtime

40:22 last night. had a backflip catch on the

40:25 infield.

40:32 >> Brett, since the open, Logan Lacy's

40:35 averaging 321 and a 429 OBP.

40:38 >> Got him. C D with his first punch and

40:42 him and TSH have a little bit of a

40:45 quell.

40:47 Let's see it.

40:55 MC.

41:02 I don't even know what [music]

41:10 [music] she

41:12 look.

41:17 [music]

41:22 >> Hey

41:26 yeah.

41:33 secret between me, you and God state in

41:35 the first of the night. When Jordan

41:37 Watson, your director of entertainment,

41:38 sends you a Tik Tok, you put it in the

41:40 show every time and twice on Saturday

41:43 night. What up here in the top of the

41:45 first, runners on the corners, lefty

41:48 lefty matchup, CD versus DC3,

41:52 the man who drove in the first run of

41:54 the all game for the firefighters last

41:55 night. Also in the top of the first,

41:59 [cheering]

41:59 off the roof. Brett, I'm going to keep a

42:01 tally on how many secrets between Yumi

42:03 and God you share with us tonight.

42:05 >> Four last night

42:07 >> just in case you're also keeping track

42:09 of that in the YouTube comments.

42:12 >> Oo, foul ball. That's about as unlucky

42:15 as it gets.

42:16 >> Yeah, it's one that Daltton wanted to

42:17 lay off of. Clearly was well inside and

42:19 now he faces an O2.

42:22 >> Dton told me he was real uncomfortable

42:23 last night. Even as uncomfortable as he

42:26 was, still had a hit and a still [music]

42:27 a first. Wow. D baby, play that sweet

42:31 music. Two outs, two strikeouts for the

42:34 2025 Banana Ball Allstar.

42:39 >> Could not have started much better for

42:40 the Firefighters. And since then,

42:41 back-to-back KS for CD. This is why he's

42:44 been so effective against the Fire and

42:45 Flames.

42:48 >> Eric Jones Jr.,

42:52 you know, CD only had nine [music]

42:54 strikeouts on the year entering tonight.

42:57 just got 10 10 and 11 here.

43:01 He's not a big time strikeout guy. Never

43:03 has been, never will be. Ground balls is

43:05 what makes the money

43:06 >> for Mr. [music] Davis

43:10 >> right here. One more strike away from

43:12 getting another one.

43:20 >> Out of the ballpark.

43:25 >> EJ over for four last night.

43:31 fans,

43:35 >> please bring your glove when you come to

43:36 an animal game. Man tried to catch that

43:39 bare hand. One, two again.

43:43 Good frame, but no call there. Two

43:45 balls, two strikes, two outs, two

43:47 runners on. The deuce is wild here in

43:50 the top of the first.

44:00 EJ's determined to make him pitch back

44:02 to him. He's tried to go the outside

44:03 corner a couple times.

44:06 Ball for Sprint will bring home the

44:07 first run of the night for the

44:08 Firefighters.

44:10 Peanut will go first to third. OH, EJ'S

44:12 TRYING TO GET TWO and he will.

44:17 Well, you usually don't see that kind of

44:18 speed from the guy who lines up at first

44:20 base catcher or the designated hitter

44:22 spot for the firefighters, but he gets

44:24 IT RIGHT THERE. HI, WE'RE dancing

44:33 there.

44:35 [music]

44:36 So much

44:38 be

44:41 [music]

44:44 >> the firefighters do the jerk to exit the

44:46 field.

44:48 >> I don't know how I feel about the

44:49 Macarena to Lincoln Park. But you know

44:51 what? I'll take a two baseball for

44:53 sprint for Eric Jones Jr. every day of

44:55 the week. And by the way, in the banana

44:56 ball open, the one guy to really get to

44:58 CD was EJ in the first inning. Walked

45:01 him off. He gets an RBI ball for sprint.

45:03 Now, a man who broke a record last

45:05 night. We'll tell you about that record

45:06 momentarily as it goes to dead center

45:08 field. Indie looks up and it's gone.

45:11 It's gone. Lamar Sparks home run number

45:15 five. That is his first non-wrun homer.

45:19 AND IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A THREERUN SHOT,

45:22 THE FIFTH OF THE YEAR. AND LAMAR SPARKS

45:26 BREAKS OUT THE SPARKS NOTES AGAINST THE

45:28 TEXAS TAILGATOR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

45:31 2026.

45:35 Brady was about one foot away from

45:37 sending one out of the park last night.

45:39 It was fouled down the left field line.

45:41 THIS ONE A NO DOUBTER OFF THE BATTER'S

45:44 EYE. THANK GOODNESS GRUB and Bo weren't

45:46 there.

45:50 >> Fair.

45:52 Taylor Justice [music] book it over at

45:54 first.

45:55 >> That record by the way that uh Lamar

45:58 tied last night, I shouldn't say broke,

46:00 but tied a record. Four strikeouts in a

46:02 game. I think he put that uh much so in

46:04 the blind spot already. Four runs in

46:08 [music] the top of the first there for

46:09 the firefighters. And now we shall take

46:12 a look at the defense now for your boy

46:14 Zack State.

46:15 >> Hey, Lamar Sparks is going to get the

46:16 start in left field in what has seemed

46:18 like an everchanging outfield for the

46:20 firefighters. They'll start South

46:22 Trimble in centerfield for the first

46:24 time since he joined the Fire in Flames.

46:28 He started about 40 games there at

46:29 George Mason in college, but this is the

46:32 first time we'll see the Magic Man in

46:34 center field. The two infielders, the

46:35 guy who lead the way in trick plays in

46:38 Kaden Peanut Green and Tiner Hughes. 65

46:41 trick plays between those two. 8.6 trick

46:43 play rate. It's pretty darn good for the

46:45 Fighters. It's third in the league, but

46:46 they're going to have to get that up and

46:48 try and get the equalizer point that

46:49 way. The man in the middle, Jared

46:51 Donaldelson, has been downright dominant

46:53 [music] in most of his starts this year.

46:55 Three, two appearances against the Texas

46:57 Tailgator, one in relief in Scottsdale.

46:59 He went three innings, five strikeouts,

47:01 then started against him again in the

47:03 Banana Ball Open. Five strikeouts, but

47:05 surrendered five hits in three innings

47:08 of work. Four runs, only one was earned.

47:11 He'll see if he can try to shift that

47:12 tonight here in El Paso against the

47:15 Texas Tailgator group that hit just

47:16 about everything they saw last night

47:18 through the first two innings.

47:19 Yeah. And then we're held silent. Only

47:21 one run from the third inning on. It's

47:23 going to be the same exact lineup as

47:25 last night. Wadi Lopey and Kyle Martin

47:28 beginning your one, two, three. Bar

47:30 Justice, Jose Gonzalez fall after Porter

47:34 to Jason Art, not Jonathan Lutters.

47:37 Indiana Stanley and Jordan Hussein.

47:40 Tailgator lineup.

47:43 Quite quite the lineup. I mean this is

47:46 team that leads a banana ball

47:47 championship league in home runs with 25

47:51 [screaming]

47:52 295 batting average third best

47:58 and a tall task here in the bottom of

48:00 the first to overcome four runs.

48:05 Zag Watson 0 for three last night.

48:09 He said I jinxed him this morning. I

48:11 said how so? He said, "Because you had

48:13 me out in the closet at the stage show."

48:15 I said, "Waddy, just because you have

48:17 beautiful hair and I wanted to utilize

48:19 that [music] doesn't mean I jinxed you."

48:21 Cuz he's now behind a ball and two

48:23 strikes.

48:24 >> I don't understand why that that would

48:26 [music] be a jinx either. He's got great

48:28 hair. He really does.

48:31 >> The one two from Donnie.

48:36 >> Hesitation misses wide.

48:39 >> Two balls and two strikes.

48:46 Oo, caught a piece of Wii. Second time

48:48 this year he's been got nabbed up top in

48:51 the [music] noggin, but looks like he

48:53 all good and he'll run on down the

48:54 first. Obviously Jared Donald is not

48:56 trying to do that. Good sportsmanship

48:57 from him coming off the mound.

49:03 >> Thank goodness it didn't hit him any

49:04 harder than that and he comes right back

49:05 up. But that is always a dangerous scene

49:07 when someone gets hit [music] in the

49:08 helmet for Watt. It's good to see him

49:10 immediately race over to first.

49:12 >> Nick Lopez, Mr. Leisure, looked like his

49:15 all-star self from a year [music] ago

49:17 last night. Couple of hits, double and

49:19 an RBI single.

49:24 The thing he was most excited about was

49:27 that Ella Langley run Sally though.

49:29 >> Of course,

49:30 >> that had him fired up.

49:31 >> How many LFells are on the Tailgator?

49:33 >> Lopey leads that bunch. The O2 poked in

49:35 the left. Foul.

49:50 There's a napkin that is blown into the

49:52 net here and is just capturing my

49:53 attention.

49:55 >> The one two. Oh, gets a back stop.

49:59 Pass ball or wild pitch. I would assume

50:01 a wild pitch. Jared Donison would sure

50:03 say as much as now that'll let Zack

50:06 Watson advance up another 90 ft. Two

50:07 balls, two strikes.

50:15 >> Ooh, watch your kneecaps, Joe Peron.

50:20 >> All squirmed [music] down there.

50:21 >> Matthew Stock, too, by the way. Had to

50:23 really get out of there.

50:28 >> Great block there by Zachary Bridges.

50:31 >> And Daltton Cornet in the lineup is at

50:33 the catcher spot. ZB the designated

50:36 fielder tonight and presume we'll see

50:37 him all nine innings behind home plate

50:39 [music]

50:44 >> Lie with that two- strike approach man

50:47 something he came up with at Kentucky

50:48 both the blue mustache and pounding his

50:51 chest holding up those two fingers

50:53 during a two- strike foul ball

50:56 >> another payoff ball for spread

50:59 will easily score ly big round but will

51:02 stay at First

51:06 [music]

51:08 >> ball four sprints had not been the

51:10 biggest problem for Jared Donaldson this

51:12 year, but that's his 16th delivered here

51:14 in 2026 and already two up and one

51:17 across for the Texas Tailgator as Kyle

51:20 Martin comes in.

51:24 You see the stats. Leads the Banana Ball

51:27 Championship League in home runs and OPS

51:31 in the sky right center field.

51:35 That's number 10.

51:38 We welcome you back to the auction. As

51:41 for back-to back ball games, the former

51:44 El PASO CHIHUAHUA homers here at

51:47 Southwest University Park.

51:51 I will not believe that he is real.

51:59 The power, the brute, the strength,

52:03 and the first atbat home runs here in El

52:06 Paso. Michael Schwarz, go grab him,

52:09 please.

52:11 >> Kyle, Kyle, two nights in a row, a home

52:14 run where you used to play baseball. How

52:15 did that feel?

52:16 >> Absolutely incredible in front of this

52:18 crowd.

52:18 >> All right, we got to get you off the

52:20 field. He hit a home run. He hit an

52:21 inside the park home run and one over

52:24 that fence when he played here with the

52:25 Chihuahua. Did it again for night two.

52:28 Number 10 on the year, guys.

52:30 >> Worthy to note, he did a lot more than

52:31 that when he played here for the

52:32 Chihuahua. IS JORDAN BAR RIGHT CENTER.

52:35 OH, backto back. Yayas.

52:40 They're big. They're strong. They're the

52:43 Texas Tailgators and they've scored four

52:45 runs in four at bats here in the bottom

52:49 of the first.

52:57 >> Michael, let's hear from you again.

53:01 >> TWIN. TWIN, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? TWIN,

53:03 you and Kmart again. What do you have to

53:06 say?

53:06 >> Uh, that felt really good.

53:08 >> Okay. All right. Go relax.

53:11 >> Okay. Oh, we Oh, relax. Okay.

53:15 >> 100%.

53:17 Have already pushed here in the bottom

53:19 of the first. Taylor Justice one and

53:22 wow. Two free passes, two home runs.

53:26 It's a great way to start a ball game

53:27 offensively if you're the tailgator.

53:29 Left side peanut between the legs.

53:33 Book it. Good way to get out number one

53:36 if you're the firefighters.

53:38 You wish that had come about four

53:40 batters earlier than that. Peanut gets

53:43 the first trip play for the fire in

53:44 flames. Boy though, it's going to hurt.

53:46 We talked about keeping it clean in the

53:48 [music] first inning. Score four in the

53:50 top and give it all away before an out.

53:53 >> Big difference by the way in the top

53:56 half and bottom halves of these innings,

53:58 even if it remains the same as the 01 to

54:00 Jos Gonzalez Jr. misses outside. All

54:03 four of these runs will be earned to

54:05 Jared Donaldson. None of those four runs

54:07 will be earned. They'll be all be

54:09 unearned for Christian Davis.

54:12 Mason Max as tricky as they come.

54:16 >> Book it for out number two. [music]

54:19 His 22nd trick play in 2026 making the

54:22 fulltime switch over to first base.

54:24 That's what Mason Maxwell does so well.

54:26 Cool, calm, and collected over at first.

54:28 That's [music] two down.

54:29 >> The biggest, the largest.

54:32 By the way, it is four to four. Four to

54:34 four here in the bottom of the first.

54:40 >> Taj Porter with a swing could win the

54:42 Tailgators their first point of the

54:43 night.

54:45 So he gets ahead one and0. You know

54:48 Jared Donaldson, it's funny. I recall a

54:49 conversation he and I had yesterday. He

54:51 said, "Brett, if I'm locked in the

54:53 first, I'll be locked [music] in

54:54 throughout."

54:56 >> Donnie told me, he goes, "I I'm just I'm

54:58 a guy that if you get to me, you're

55:00 going to have to get to me early." And

55:01 obviously the tailgators have done that

55:03 here tonight.

55:06 Two balls and a strike.

55:15 >> Wow. Reese Miller, please don't hurt

55:18 yourself. Her clothes are down there

55:20 trying to catch a foul ball.

55:26 >> Little hesitation. Try to go back foot

55:28 count again. Four to four in the inning.

55:31 [music]

55:32 Firefighters lead the trick play battle

55:33 early two to one. Full count coming with

55:35 two outs here to Taj and another ball

55:37 for Brent.

55:39 Taj is second of the weekend. [music]

55:42 >> He'll stay at first and designated

55:43 runner Jacob Pipper will come on the run

55:46 who is tied third in the Banana Ball

55:48 Championship League with 11 stolen

55:50 bases.

56:00 Jared Donaldson really trying to lock it

56:02 in here.

56:03 >> Jason Arc 0 and one.

56:06 >> My July looking for his fourth walkoff

56:08 of 2026.

56:11 >> Hooks it in the sky. Right field out of

56:14 the ballpark.

56:21 >> [singing]

56:25 >> Jacob Personick stays at first. Now we

56:28 work with a ball in two strikes.

56:30 [snorts]

56:34 >> Got him.

56:35 >> Big time strike out from Jared

56:37 Donaldson, but the damage is already

56:38 done. After the firefighters played four

56:41 in the top half, the [music] tailgator

56:42 plate the for first four batters who

56:45 come to the plate for them tonight. And

56:47 that means we're still tied at nothing.

56:48 Nothing. Yes, it sure does, Brett. But

56:50 there's a lot more offense than we

56:51 already saw last night. Had seven

56:54 combined runs last night. We have eight

56:55 in the first inning as Donnie finally

56:57 gets something his way with the K on

57:00 Jason Arts. But boy, if you're the

57:01 firefighters, you feel good about your

57:03 offensive bats. You have got to find a

57:05 way to get your starting pitcher locked

57:07 in after tailgator score four runs

57:09 before they even record an out.

57:13 All the tailgators

57:15 are running out to center field, right

57:17 center field. What have we just seen two

57:19 yayas be hit? You know, it can only make

57:22 me ponder what exactly could be going on

57:25 here. Well, and grub dancing, of course.

57:28 >> That's probably not what's happening.

57:29 But

57:30 >> nobody has taken the field, and I really

57:31 just seem to ponder to myself, what

57:33 could possibly be going on?

57:36 >> Shall we be so blessed to find out?

57:49 I got that real good feel good stuff up

57:53 under the seat of my big black jacked up

57:56 truck rolling on 35s.

58:00 Pretty girl by my side. You got [music]

58:02 that suntan skirt and boots. Waiting on

58:07 you to look my way in school. Your

58:10 little hot self over here. Girl, hand me

58:13 another beer. Yeah. All them other boys

58:17 want to line you up and take you down.

58:21 But you look like the likes to take it

58:24 way out.

58:28 [music]

58:32 A little catfish dinner. Going to sound

58:34 like a winner when I lay down.

58:38 Yeah, that's my kind of night.

58:46 The Texas

58:48 game.

58:54 >> My kind of night 100% is being spent

58:56 here with you. All of you wonderful

58:59 people watching on the Texas Tailgator

59:00 YouTube channel. My good friend Zach

59:02 State. I'm Brett Loft as he's Christian

59:04 Davis. And he allowed four runs in the

59:07 top of the first. None of those being

59:08 earned. The tailgator scored four runs

59:11 in the bottom of the first. All of those

59:13 being earned to Jared Donaldson. [music]

59:14 So what does that mean in our wonderful

59:16 sport of banana ball? We're still tied

59:18 at no points to no points.

59:22 >> One inning though. Three home runs.

59:24 >> Yep.

59:25 >> Offensive explosion before we even get

59:28 to the second frame.

59:31 >> Those blue light specials at Kmart, man.

59:35 >> The great thing.

59:36 >> Is that what we saw?

59:37 >> Darren McDow. What' you know about

59:40 layaway? I remember a lot about layaway,

59:42 man. Remember, I'm 31.

59:44 >> Year round layaway. Man,

59:47 >> if only Kmart doesn't go bankrupt, you

59:49 know, like we could just be living in

59:51 such a great society.

59:52 >> They could have really used a home run

59:53 on layaway.

59:55 >> Good chopper, Jordan Bar. A trick play

1:00:00 missed on JB.

1:00:03 >> You see why he's one of the most

1:00:04 decorated players in Augustana history

1:00:06 with that athleticism right there. But

1:00:08 then you try to get that trick play in

1:00:10 there.

1:00:15 >> Sometimes you just get it caught on the

1:00:17 backside. Is Noah Bridges the designated

1:00:19 runner will come on over at first.

1:00:21 Dakota McFaten DMAC.

1:00:23 >> He told me once again ready to take on

1:00:24 hell with a squirt gun.

1:00:25 >> He c he talked to me in [music] the

1:00:26 hotel lobby this morning. He goes,

1:00:28 "Yeah, we're getting that put on a

1:00:30 t-shirt." Kmart

1:00:33 has it for out number one. Noah trying

1:00:35 to test the art of Kmart AND HE WON'T BE

1:00:38 ABLE TO get in there safely. The

1:00:41 [screaming] auction is not just the

1:00:43 offensive prowess but ALSO THE BIG

1:00:45 11HEADED R. A double play.

1:00:50 >> He's way back on the track. Noah Bridges

1:00:53 trying to catch him coming up slow. Oh,

1:00:54 I mean he's the the tag is there by a

1:00:57 mile as DMAC put that one 380 ft fly out

1:01:02 but then Noah tagged out at second.

1:01:05 >> Yeah,

1:01:07 >> South Tremble

1:01:10 Ball in a strike.

1:01:16 >> South South has been in the lineup four

1:01:18 times this year. He is five for eight in

1:01:20 those appearances.

1:01:24 foul.

1:01:25 >> And he's won a showman of the night

1:01:26 twice in those four games.

1:01:28 >> Is that good?

1:01:29 >> It's pretty darn good. It's 500.

1:01:32 >> Batting average 625.

1:01:36 >> Oo.

1:01:37 Wow. CD. Not a fan.

1:01:40 >> Eric Byer. First time he's been behind

1:01:42 home plate here in Banana Ball.

1:01:46 Another

1:01:48 payoff pitch incoming from Christian

1:01:49 Davis

1:01:51 >> trying to go three up, three down.

1:01:54 [music]

1:01:59 >> Broken bat sunshine tip drill. Book it.

1:02:04 Book it. The captain and the trick play

1:02:07 leader in Manaval

1:02:09 put the tailgator back in front in the

1:02:11 trick play battle. Three to two.

1:02:14 An inning that started so promising for

1:02:16 the firefighters ends and what the

1:02:18 tailgator do better than anybody in this

1:02:20 league. Trick plays from the best in the

1:02:23 league, Sunshine.

1:02:26 Let's pop quizzible here at what I

1:02:29 didn't. Yeah.

1:02:31 >> All righty, El Paso. We know the school

1:02:33 year here is winding down and we also

1:02:35 know that teachers have been giving

1:02:37 their students a hard time all school

1:02:39 year long. And so we've got two teachers

1:02:42 and we're going to put them to the test.

1:02:44 We're going to ask them three questions.

1:02:45 And if they want to answer the question,

1:02:47 well, they're going to have to reach in,

1:02:48 grab a water balloon, and smash it on

1:02:50 their head. We call this one the pop

1:02:53 quiz. Cass, who do we have here? I have

1:02:56 sixth grade math teacher Alexis.

1:03:01 All righty. And in front of me, I have

1:03:03 fifth and sixth grade science teacher

1:03:05 Omar.

1:03:06 Oh, and not to mention Omar is the

1:03:09 father of Alexis, by the way.

1:03:11 >> That part isn't.

1:03:11 >> We've got a family rivalry here.

1:03:14 >> They'll be ready. Remember, you got to

1:03:16 grab the water balloon, smash it on your

1:03:17 head. First one to do it will answer the

1:03:18 question. Question number one. What is

1:03:21 the capital of Texas?

1:03:25 >> I think that was Alexis. Got the balloon

1:03:27 first.

1:03:28 >> Austin is the correct answer. We're

1:03:31 doing best two out of three. Cass,

1:03:32 question number two. Question number

1:03:34 two. Not really a question. You just

1:03:36 have to finish this line. The stars at

1:03:40 night are big and bright.

1:03:46 >> In Texas in Texas.

1:03:50 >> Not quite.

1:03:51 >> It was

1:03:51 >> not the full line. Omar, do you have any

1:03:54 idea?

1:03:55 >> He doesn't. We'll move on to question

1:03:57 number three. No worries. No worries.

1:03:59 True or false? El Paso is the rain boot

1:04:02 capital of the world.

1:04:04 Omar.

1:04:05 >> True.

1:04:06 >> No, that's not true.

1:04:09 >> Ladies and gentlemen, that means we got

1:04:11 a winner right here.

1:04:12 >> That is true.

1:04:12 >> MAKE SOME NOISE FOR ALEXIS.

1:04:15 >> ALL RIGHTY, OMAR.

1:04:17 >> Since you lost the pop quiz, it's time

1:04:20 for your punishment. Alexis,

1:04:24 >> pump that bucket of water on your dad in

1:04:26 three, two, one.

1:04:31 >> Ladies and gentlemen,

1:04:32 >> you want to hear a fun one, Zach Stton?

1:04:34 Yeah,

1:04:35 >> in the stage show today, there was a

1:04:37 sign that says, "Teachers who want to

1:04:39 get wet, please come up here." That's

1:04:42 how we found our contestants there for

1:04:43 pop quiz. Indiana Stanley comes up

1:04:46 empty. First pitch here in the home half

1:04:48 of the second.

1:04:49 >> It's one of them double on

1:04:52 Savu.

1:04:54 >> Save Vu.

1:04:56 >> Any fresh Prince of Bair [music] fans

1:04:57 out there in the wild tonight,

1:04:58 >> chat? You make my heart happy if you do.

1:05:02 Oh, let's go to the back stop. INDY'S

1:05:04 TRYING TO STEAL FIRST. ZACHARY Bridges

1:05:07 got him.

1:05:10 >> MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS. ZACHARY BRIDGES.

1:05:14 I'm not even sure if HE WAS ON BALANCE

1:05:16 WHEN HE MADE THAT THROW. INDIE STANLEY

1:05:19 IS NOT A SLOWPOKE. HE GOT HIM. WHAT A

1:05:23 PLAY FROM ZB BEHIND THE DISH.

1:05:27 WOW,

1:05:29 that was a great play by the designated

1:05:31 fielder in Zachary Bridges, man.

1:05:35 Fan franchise, one of three for the

1:05:37 firefighters coming into this year.

1:05:40 Welcome all of you coming in whether

1:05:42 you're coming in from Savannah or

1:05:44 Indianapolis. Little late night banana

1:05:46 ball just like last night for those on

1:05:48 the east coast.

1:05:49 We got early morning banana ball if

1:05:51 you're watching in the United Kingdom.

1:05:53 had a fan in the chat last night said it

1:05:55 was whatever it is 2:27 a.m. or whatever

1:05:57 it is right now in the UK. Jordan

1:06:00 Hussein got two balls and two strikes on

1:06:02 him.

1:06:13 >> Someone asked to explain the 20-minute

1:06:15 first inning. [music] Yes, it's very

1:06:16 simple. Three home runs, eight combined

1:06:19 runs, no points.

1:06:20 >> Yep. Yep. 100% to a T.

1:06:24 >> Four in the top half, four in the home

1:06:25 half. Jordan Hussein empty. Another

1:06:28 strike out the second night for Donnie.

1:06:31 And maybe the caught stealing first base

1:06:33 is just what the doctor needed to solve

1:06:35 a little riddle there for Jared

1:06:37 Donaldson.

1:06:39 A lovely splitter right at the knees.

1:06:42 Oh, things are happening. Brett Jose

1:06:44 Guutierrez,

1:06:46 >> where are you?

1:06:49 We going

1:06:52 to

1:06:54 get down to business

1:06:59 like a bongo. I like them [music] and

1:07:02 they like me.

1:07:16 My reputation is notorious.

1:07:19 [music]

1:07:20 >> What y'all know about Jose Gutierrez?

1:07:22 Well, I'm going to tell you a little bit

1:07:23 about him. A native of Arlington, Texas.

1:07:27 A midseason signing due to a lot of the

1:07:30 injuries that we've had. And right here,

1:07:32 he's going to hit in place of the

1:07:33 leadoff man, Zack Watson.

1:07:37 >> Tell you what stood out to me there.

1:07:38 Butt bongos.

1:07:43 Shall we tell another secret between me,

1:07:45 you, and God?

1:07:47 >> Let's do it. Do it.

1:07:48 >> Ian Shrift and I, our wonderful

1:07:50 videographer, taught the guys how to do

1:07:52 that today. Mom and dad, I am so sorry.

1:07:54 I am so sorry.

1:07:55 >> Ian had a time and a half trying to

1:07:57 figure out how to do it.

1:07:58 >> Yep. It was uh interesting during

1:08:00 rehearsals today.

1:08:02 >> Tell you what, I'll give you a secret

1:08:03 between you and me and God.

1:08:04 >> Talk to him.

1:08:05 >> Ian was the bongo.

1:08:08 Three balls on strike. [laughter]

1:08:10 Gutierrez who's two for five this year.

1:08:14 Oo, home run hack there.

1:08:20 >> Donnie trying to go three up, three down

1:08:22 just as CD did in the top half here in

1:08:24 the second.

1:08:25 >> And he does. Backto back poke JS for

1:08:28 Donnie [music] to conclude matters here

1:08:30 in the second as Michael Schwarz, he has

1:08:33 something for us.

1:08:36 >> Hey guys, so it's a special day. It's

1:08:37 the first time I'm wearing the handlebar

1:08:39 mustache. You saw this the finished

1:08:40 product from Chris Clark. But it's also

1:08:42 firefighters hitting coach Drew

1:08:43 Neiesta's birthday. How old's coach?

1:08:46 >> I'm 27. Happy 27th birthday. And to do

1:08:49 it, your best hitter actually has a

1:08:50 poem. This is called poem poems with

1:08:53 peanut.

1:08:54 >> Poems of peanut. Hello Drew. Happy

1:08:56 birthday. So I wrote this one for you.

1:08:58 So I hope it hits your heart. It doesn't

1:09:01 matter what age you might be. As long as

1:09:03 you go up the middle, those hits are

1:09:05 free. It's Drew's birthday. He still

1:09:07 looks fine. Happy birthday, COACH.

1:09:10 THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

1:09:17 >> That was uh that was something. That was

1:09:19 something. Zach

1:09:20 >> Peanut came to me a little bit earlier

1:09:22 and said, "I got to find I got to figure

1:09:23 out a poem for Drew Yiansta. It's his

1:09:26 [music] birthday. I want to tell him

1:09:27 something special." So, he and I

1:09:29 collaborated on that a little bit. I

1:09:31 think we did a pretty darn good job.

1:09:32 It's also a great way to welcome in all

1:09:34 of those watching the Savannah Banatas

1:09:36 and the Loco Beach Coconuts. [laughter]

1:09:37 >> You see a random haik coup being said in

1:09:40 front of your very slam poetry has

1:09:42 broken out here in El Paso.

1:09:43 >> Welcome to El Paso, Texas and the Texas

1:09:45 Tailgator YouTube channel. Uh how about

1:09:48 that? Driven Eston Tyler Hughes born a

1:09:51 singular day apart in the history of

1:09:52 time.

1:09:52 >> And Yep. both 27 years old.

1:09:55 >> One looks significantly different than

1:09:57 the other. I'll just say like that in

1:09:59 terms of

1:09:59 >> They both look good.

1:10:00 >> Yep. Speaking of tiny, he's at the dish.

1:10:03 We get you a little game recap thus far.

1:10:06 Firefighters tailgators both scored four

1:10:08 apiece in the first inning, pushing that

1:10:10 inning. Both scoreless in the second.

1:10:12 Here we are in the top of the third.

1:10:13 Still zeros in the points category.

1:10:15 Tailgator lead the trick play battle

1:10:16 three to2. Tiner chopper left side.

1:10:19 Jordan Bar throws the glove off bare

1:10:20 hand to first.

1:10:23 Not in time. Infield [music] single for

1:10:26 Tiner. That's been a while since I've

1:10:27 seen an infielder throw the glove on an

1:10:30 infield hit. It's a heck of a play from

1:10:32 Jordan Bar coming up just stabbing it

1:10:35 with a bare hand, but Tiner can fly down

1:10:37 that line. Hard 90 to be cool.

1:10:41 To be cool, to be honest, it's only the

1:10:44 second time we've ever seen that in

1:10:45 Banana Ball.

1:10:49 >> Jordan Bar did it the first time.

1:10:52 >> [cheering]

1:10:53 >> I just read the caption on Drake Tol's

1:10:55 most recent Instagram is why I said to

1:10:57 be cool.

1:10:57 >> There it is.

1:10:58 >> You guys should go check that one out.

1:10:59 Three laws and no strikes.

1:11:01 >> What was the caption on his?

1:11:02 >> I actually can't.

1:11:03 >> Okay, good.

1:11:04 >> I actually can't say that long.

1:11:05 >> We move forward.

1:11:06 >> I can't. [cheering]

1:11:08 It was sent to me. And anyway, three to

1:11:11 Peanut called strike. Oh, they got Ty in

1:11:14 a rund down and he gets back in time.

1:11:17 Oh, he comes OFF THE BAG. HE comes off

1:11:19 the bag and that'll be out number one.

1:11:22 Taj Porter. Another coach stealing from

1:11:26 the quadfather.

1:11:27 >> I don't think that's a steal called.

1:11:29 Clearly he's back there and then the

1:11:30 hand comes off.

1:11:32 He's trying to get a head start on the

1:11:33 ball for Sprint and he went a little way

1:11:37 too early I should say.

1:11:41 He went in the sky right side.

1:11:44 Sunshine tip drill.

1:11:48 BOOK IT.

1:11:50 BOOK IT. ANOTHER TIP DRILL. Another

1:11:53 double trick play for the boys in blue

1:11:55 and orange.

1:11:58 >> It's just what they do, man. It's just

1:11:59 what they do. But the firefighters in

1:12:01 backto-back innings have gotten a runner

1:12:02 on first and had him down before they

1:12:04 could even make an attempt to go to

1:12:06 second officially.

1:12:11 In full clarity, that will go down as a

1:12:13 cult called stealing because Tiner took

1:12:14 off. Taj screwed down. Tiner then tried

1:12:17 to revert back to first. So officially

1:12:19 is a cult called stealing. Though it is

1:12:22 one of the oddest called stealings I

1:12:23 think you'll probably ever see.

1:12:24 >> Yep.

1:12:25 >> Logan Lacy in the driver's seat here. 2

1:12:27 and0. He struck out his first time up.

1:12:29 Sunshine. Oh, WHAT A PLAY BETWEEN THE

1:12:32 LEGS. TIP drill to himself. Book it.

1:12:34 Book it.

1:12:37 Back-to- back double trick

1:12:38 [singing and music] plays for Taylor

1:12:39 Justice and the league leader in that

1:12:41 category, Jonathan Sunshine Looters. How

1:12:44 blessed are we

1:12:47 >> to be right here in El Paso, Texas, the

1:12:49 same time as Sunshine, and the same time

1:12:52 as Lexi Callahan with Banatas Foster.

1:12:54 >> The United States, there are over

1:12:57 400,000

1:12:58 children and teens in foster care

1:13:01 without a permanent home. To raise

1:13:03 awareness and support this community, we

1:13:06 created Bananas Foster, the official

1:13:09 nonprofit of Banana Ball. Our

1:13:12 organization is dedicated to celebrating

1:13:14 those in the foster care community while

1:13:17 educating and inspiring others to get

1:13:19 involved. Tonight, we are celebrating

1:13:22 the Blake family. Nine years ago, Alex

1:13:26 and Amanda along with their six children

1:13:30 discovered the need for more foster

1:13:32 families in their community and decided

1:13:34 to become a licensed foster family to

1:13:37 provide a safe and loving home for

1:13:39 children in need. They have prioritized

1:13:42 keeping siblings together and they have

1:13:45 accepted some of the most challenging

1:13:48 cases from teaching a non-verbal child

1:13:51 American sign language to opening their

1:13:54 door to emergency lastm minute

1:13:56 placements. With the help of Grandma

1:13:58 Vicki and Papa Martin, the Blakes have

1:14:01 welcomed 17 children and teens into

1:14:04 their home and have adopted a sibling

1:14:06 set of three into their family. fans,

1:14:10 please help us celebrate the Blake

1:14:12 family for making a difference right

1:14:14 here in your community.

1:14:38 The Blake family, our Bananas Foster

1:14:41 family of the night. You can text bunch

1:14:43 to 50155

1:14:46 and support Bananas Foster. Such a

1:14:48 special moment. The first time Banana

1:14:49 Ball has ever come here to Southwest

1:14:51 Texas in El Paso. so close to the Mexico

1:14:54 border and to the New Mexico state

1:14:56 border as well and getting to honor

1:14:58 these great families on back-to-back

1:15:00 nights. Also cool the history we're

1:15:02 seeing here with our first ever two

1:15:04 bananas foster families here in El Paso.

1:15:06 Also want to welcome all of you in

1:15:08 watching on the Texas Tailgator YouTube

1:15:10 channel as you guys are also part of

1:15:12 history. This is the highest concurrent

1:15:14 viewership we have ever had on the

1:15:16 Tailgator broadcast here on the

1:15:17 Tailgator YouTube channel. So come on in

1:15:19 and stay a while. He's Zach Stton. I'm

1:15:21 Brett Loftess. We are so happy to have

1:15:23 you here tonight. The firefighters, the

1:15:24 tailgator, and the tailgator trying to

1:15:28 sweep the firefighters for the first

1:15:29 time ever or continue the trend where

1:15:31 the tailgator win game one and the

1:15:32 firefighters win game two. So far here

1:15:35 tonight, four runs for each team in the

1:15:37 first, none in the second, none in the

1:15:39 top of the third for the firefighters.

1:15:40 Is Jared Donaldson beginning the home

1:15:43 half of the third against Nick Lopez,

1:15:45 Kyle Martin, and Jordan Bar.

1:15:48 It's a tale of really three different

1:15:49 innings, but for the firefighters in the

1:15:51 top half of each inning, they have

1:15:53 gotten a runner at least to first.

1:15:55 Obviously, in the first inning, they

1:15:56 bring four runs home, but they've had

1:15:58 some critical mistakes in the second and

1:16:00 third on the base pads. Noah Bridges

1:16:02 getting [music] picked off on what

1:16:03 essentially was a 385 ft fly out. And

1:16:07 then Tiner Hughes gets picked off,

1:16:09 caught stealing technically, trying to

1:16:11 get a head start on a ball for sprint.

1:16:13 He gets picked off and the firefighters

1:16:14 [music] go from one on and nobody outs

1:16:16 to having two out quickly. They've got

1:16:18 to find ways to short it up on the

1:16:19 [music] base pads as Jared Donaldson

1:16:21 comes on with the bump.

1:16:26 >> Nicl Lopez takes one in the dirt. He had

1:16:28 an RBI [music] ball for a sprint, his

1:16:30 first time around.

1:16:35 >> Wow. Couple of them that spiked.

1:16:38 Obviously don't want to run on Zack

1:16:39 Bridges right now. I caught Indiana

1:16:41 Stanley trying to steal first.

1:16:44 Gosh, and what a great crowd we've had

1:16:45 here in [music] El Paso. I mean, I'm

1:16:47 serious. We get great crowds everywhere

1:16:48 we go. So thankful for all the fans.

1:16:50 These folks have been fired [music] up

1:16:52 for the first time Banana Ball has

1:16:54 touched El Paso.

1:17:01 >> Two turns to 3 and0 against Nick Lopez.

1:17:04 >> Danger [music] territory here for the

1:17:05 firefighters defense.

1:17:11 safe harbor rule, but nonetheless, Nick

1:17:12 Lopez didn't leave the box. Three balls

1:17:14 and one strike.

1:17:15 >> Back-to-back innings. We've had an iffy

1:17:18 three-0 call. Nothing iffy about that.

1:17:20 Lopey swinging out of his shoes. Donnie

1:17:23 starting to work with some pace.

1:17:24 Something we haven't seen out of him

1:17:25 tonight. Quickly, the [music] payoff

1:17:27 pitch.

1:17:28 Foul tip. This is what you got to do

1:17:31 after getting down in a three-0 hole.

1:17:33 Really getting down four in the first

1:17:35 inning. You just got to find a way to

1:17:37 warrior your way through this

1:17:41 [music]

1:17:42 again. Chopper foul. Look at Bart. Just

1:17:46 watch it.

1:17:50 >> I tell you what, I love Coach Bartman.

1:17:52 He's one of my favorite people in this

1:17:55 organization.

1:17:58 >> I may be saying that cuz he can hear me

1:18:00 right now. FULL COUNT. LOPE [screaming]

1:18:02 DOWN THE LINE. That's going to roll for

1:18:04 a little bit. Oh, it kicks back in.

1:18:06 Lope's got to get on his horse. Darren

1:18:09 McDow throws it back in. That throw gets

1:18:11 away. Zachary Bridges backs it up. Wow.

1:18:14 So many things happening and

1:18:16 nonetheless, it's just a Leoff singles.

1:18:18 That was about as banana ball as you

1:18:20 could get. That's just about as chaotic

1:18:22 as you could get. Derry McDow, we saw it

1:18:24 last night. He's got a cannon. Very

1:18:25 nearly got it there. Just a little too

1:18:27 low for Mason Maxwell, but ZB [music]

1:18:29 right back there to help out his team.

1:18:34 Kyle Martin

1:18:37 not a home run but a high fly ball to

1:18:39 center.

1:18:42 >> South Trimble make the oldfashioned

1:18:44 catch for out number one.

1:18:46 >> It's understandable to bring that one

1:18:47 in. Tip drill any sort of trick play and

1:18:50 the runner can tag up as soon as this

1:18:51 the play is started. But you're down

1:18:54 five trick plays here in the bottom half

1:18:56 of the third. It's [music] about time

1:18:58 you got to get something going here.

1:19:02 misses up and in to Jordan Bar who also

1:19:04 had a home run his first time up. He and

1:19:06 Kyle Martin to the same exact spot right

1:19:08 center field.

1:19:11 Jordan Bar, man, special rookie season

1:19:13 and I think it's been rather quiet. He's

1:19:15 hitting just a hair below 400 now after

1:19:17 that first home run he had tonight.

1:19:21 Let's not forget the ball is flying here

1:19:23 in El Paso. Only had one home run last

1:19:24 night. Three already tonight. We're

1:19:26 nearly 4,000 ft above sea level here in

1:19:28 El Paso.

1:19:30 300 3,888 to be exact.

1:19:34 >> What you got on that, man? That's pretty

1:19:37 high above sea level. Yeah, it's hard to

1:19:39 breathe.

1:19:42 Jordan Barf to deep center field. South

1:19:45 dribble on his horse and PRINCESS JB

1:19:49 HITS ANOTHER ONE.

1:19:53 You cannot stop him. You can only hope

1:19:56 to contain him. It's the purr.

1:20:00 It's the armsley. It's the aura. And

1:20:03 right now, it's the long ball

1:20:06 >> as the first walk off of the night gives

1:20:08 the tailgator a one to nothing leaders.

1:20:18 >> Right now for the firefighters, you got

1:20:20 to be looking back at that first inning

1:20:22 and wondering absolutely what could have

1:20:23 been. It would have been a tie game

1:20:24 here. Ooh, fun. Now he gets to speak.

1:20:29 divide. I'mma get up on the flow.

1:20:33 >> [ __ ] in the m. This is not about the

1:20:35 music.

1:20:54 >> That's J Dot. Not Kott, but J dot.

1:20:58 Jordan Bar who has hit home runs three

1:21:01 and four on his rookie campaign tonight.

1:21:04 The latest putting the tailgator ahead

1:21:06 one to nothing in this ball game.

1:21:09 >> And now we must send it down to Yale

1:21:13 Paso.

1:21:20 >> Let's send it out to center field with

1:21:22 Garrett Rhinestone. Lampert, what do you

1:21:25 have in store for us? El Paso, we know

1:21:28 that banana ball fans are some of the

1:21:30 loudest in all of sports. So, we've

1:21:32 decided to turn screaming into a

1:21:34 competition. Down here in center field,

1:21:36 I've got Harley and I've got David. And

1:21:38 they're both going to compete

1:21:39 head-to-head. Running while screaming.

1:21:43 Whoever can run the furthest while

1:21:44 screaming into the microphone will be

1:21:46 the winner of a game we're calling yell

1:21:49 Paso.

1:21:52 Whoever runs the furthest while

1:21:53 screaming will be the winner. The loser

1:21:55 is gonna get a nice big pie in the face.

1:21:58 Harley, are you ready to go?

1:22:01 >> Yes, sir.

1:22:02 >> Get that microphone up. Yell pass. Round

1:22:04 one will begin in three, two, one, go.

1:22:07 [screaming]

1:22:13 [groaning]

1:22:15 [laughter]

1:22:16 >> Right there at the cut of the infield.

1:22:17 Sunshine's marked him. David, that's

1:22:20 your spot to beat. Are you ready for

1:22:22 this?

1:22:22 >> I'm ready. David's yell pass attempt

1:22:25 will begin in three 2 1 go. [screaming]

1:22:35 >> He didn't He DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH STEAM.

1:22:37 ALL THE WAY OUT HERE. YOUR WINNER, IT'S

1:22:40 HARLEY. DAVID, follow me. It's time to

1:22:43 get a pie.

1:22:45 >> Harley, hold that pie. Let's get to the

1:22:46 infield dirt right here.

1:22:50 >> Pie him in the face.

1:22:55 He tried to escape it. He's still trying

1:22:58 to escape it.

1:23:00 >> Is this legal? Is he ever going to get

1:23:01 pedi?

1:23:03 >> He's trying to escape the pie.

1:23:07 >> Yale Passo. More like Tuesday afternoon

1:23:09 for Zack Stton and myself.

1:23:12 >> Really? I

1:23:14 >> mean, we yell a lot. Let's be self-aware

1:23:16 here.

1:23:16 >> Correct. Yes, very much so.

1:23:18 >> That's what the folks are always telling

1:23:19 me. Brad, you yell all the time. I know

1:23:22 >> that's that's banana ball.

1:23:23 >> I just I just want the folks to know

1:23:24 that. I'm self-aware.

1:23:25 >> It's banana ball.

1:23:26 >> It's a secret between me, you and God. I

1:23:27 had to tell you tonight. Dalton Cornett,

1:23:29 not a secret. He just hit a lead off

1:23:30 single here to begin the top of the

1:23:32 fourth.

1:23:33 >> Nothing secretive about that. Nothing

1:23:34 secretive about DC3. Loud hits all the

1:23:37 time for the lefty out of Pimpa Passes.

1:23:39 Kentucky.

1:23:40 >> Pimpa passes.

1:23:42 >> Looked.

1:23:43 >> You ever been to Pippa passes?

1:23:44 >> I've never been, but he told me a lot

1:23:45 about it.

1:23:48 >> Joles Jr. 0 and one. Talking to me about

1:23:49 mudding, about going spear fishing. It

1:23:52 sure is.

1:23:53 >> Mutton's not a real thing. High in the

1:23:54 sky, right side. Sunny Kmart

1:23:58 tip drill.

1:24:01 BOOK IT. BOOK IT. Another double trick

1:24:05 play for the Texas Tailgator who get up

1:24:07 tonight and the first this weekend for

1:24:09 the former Chihuahua Kyle Martin.

1:24:14 Every time the Firefighters have gotten

1:24:15 a run on first, the Tailgator have some

1:24:17 way to immediately negate the momentum.

1:24:20 [music] Can they find it again here

1:24:21 against a guy in Lamar Sparks who hit

1:24:23 his fifth home run of the season on a

1:24:25 three-run blast in the first inning?

1:24:30 Tailgator have four double trick plays

1:24:34 in the last six plate appearances. Make

1:24:36 that eight trick plays there. Might have

1:24:38 another one here. Jordan Marth Sunny

1:24:42 book it second but Lamar Sparks will

1:24:44 reach via fieldielder's choice now yet

1:24:47 another game in which the tail Texas

1:24:49 tailgators have 10 trick plays

1:24:52 >> but Brett you're seeing it again with CD

1:24:54 he's got two strikeouts on the night but

1:24:56 look how many trick plays he's inducing

1:24:58 and they're already to 10 and we're just

1:24:59 touching the top of the fourth

1:25:01 >> he now has 66 trick plays induced this

1:25:03 year which is by far heads and shoulders

1:25:05 above the rest of the Banana Ball

1:25:07 Championship League [music] Over 60% of

1:25:09 his outs had been trick plays coming

1:25:11 into tonight and well over 60% of his

1:25:14 outs have been that here tonight.

1:25:17 Mason Maxwell no batting gloves. Love

1:25:19 that look. Ball in a strike on him.

1:25:22 He grounded out into a trick play. His

1:25:25 first time up. Fans have an opportunity

1:25:27 here.

1:25:30 Not called

1:25:33 as Reggie Lian hits him with the 67 down

1:25:35 the third base [laughter] line. also

1:25:38 known as the juggle here.

1:25:45 >> Got him. A poache for CD.

1:25:49 The third of the night as we'll play

1:25:52 that sweet music all night long.

1:25:54 Christian Davis has not given up a run

1:25:56 since the first.

1:25:59 How exceptional is he? How blessed are

1:26:01 we to exist in the same world where

1:26:04 Christian Davis is a Texas tailgator?

1:26:08 And now, how blessed are we to tell that

1:26:10 baby hello?

1:26:12 >> With your hands in the air, it's time to

1:26:14 clap along to a little Hey baby.

1:26:21 >> If you don't know THE DANCE, JUST FOLLOW

1:26:23 ALONG.

1:26:29 >> Wave those arms.

1:26:34 >> [music]

1:26:34 >> Baby,

1:26:37 I want to know

1:26:41 my girl. [music]

1:26:42 >> Let's do it again.

1:26:55 >> [music]

1:26:57 >> Keep those hands clapping while we

1:26:59 shuffle.

1:27:01 [music]

1:27:07 [music]

1:27:11 >> Get those hands back up. WE'RE GOING TO

1:27:12 WAVE THEM.

1:27:21 >> [music]

1:27:24 >> One more time. LET ME HEAR YOU SING IT.

1:27:35 [music]

1:27:39 >> Give it UP FOR YOURSELVES. EL PASO, you

1:27:42 [cheering and applause]

1:27:45 tell the baby hello. Now we tell one of

1:27:48 my good friends and truly mentors here

1:27:50 in this sport. I really mean that. The

1:27:52 father of the tailgate, Andrew Bartman,

1:27:54 hello. How are you doing, Coach Barton?

1:27:56 >> Mr. Loftess, it's a pleasure to be

1:27:58 joining you tonight on air.

1:28:00 >> You [music] know, we're popping up this

1:28:01 lower third for our audience at home.

1:28:03 145 hot dogs, 45 burgers last night.

1:28:05 Where does that rank among your your

1:28:07 grilling history?

1:28:08 >> I think we're that was about average.

1:28:09 You know, Thursdays and Fridays, you're

1:28:11 going to have less fans at the tailgate.

1:28:13 You know, you got kids are in school,

1:28:14 people are at work. Saturday, El Paso

1:28:16 showed up, showed out like most folks do

1:28:19 on a Saturday.

1:28:20 >> So, outside of the grilled meats, what

1:28:23 else have you been feeding the Texas

1:28:24 tailgators who have went yard three

1:28:26 times already tonight?

1:28:28 >> Well, as you know, I'm the hitting

1:28:29 coach, correct? But I am a hitting coach

1:28:31 that I'm a hitting coach that just hit

1:28:34 and give what THEY NEED. YEAH, TJ. YEAH.

1:28:36 YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH.

1:28:37 YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH.

1:28:39 >> SORRY. I had to send him to second with

1:28:40 the spatula. Had to give him a go with

1:28:42 the spatula.

1:28:43 >> I think that's a double. We're waiting

1:28:44 for the official scoring scoring.

1:28:47 >> TJ.

1:28:48 >> And now the second point of the ball

1:28:50 game stands at second for the Texas

1:28:52 Tailgator. And we're going to send Pip.

1:28:53 We're going to set Pip. We're going to

1:28:54 send Pip to run. Let's go Pip.

1:28:57 >> As you know, the designated runner can

1:28:59 run one time through the batting order.

1:29:00 We have not used him yet this time

1:29:01 through the batting order. So, we are

1:29:02 going to send him out.

1:29:03 >> Andrew Bartman also over all the umpires

1:29:05 in

1:29:08 Means. He's got to know the rules.

1:29:09 >> Come on, Gonzo.

1:29:10 >> Can we tell our Conser Miller to stop

1:29:12 going for I said it earlier. I told him

1:29:14 earlier, Brad. Yeah. He's just a kid. He

1:29:16 just likes to have fun. Let him have his

1:29:18 fun.

1:29:19 >> What are you cooking right now?

1:29:21 >> What's up? About lost a twosteper ankle

1:29:24 there. Well, we already got some

1:29:25 burgers. We got some gongs. And on the

1:29:27 grill on my short rib drum smoker, we

1:29:30 have got Can you get in here and see

1:29:31 this? Look on the custom grate. The

1:29:33 Texas tailgator grate

1:29:36 hometown

1:29:38 cut off

1:29:40 time together. HE'S SAFE, BABY. Jose

1:29:43 brother Gonzalez another walk double

1:29:47 >> a gizzy bar.

1:29:48 >> Oh, he deserves a burger. He's going to

1:29:50 get I might even give him a double,

1:29:52 baby. [cheering]

1:29:54 >> Oh man, Coach B. I wish we could have

1:29:56 went longer, but a positive way to have

1:29:57 a short mic duck.

1:29:58 >> Hey, I'm here all night, baby. I'll take

1:30:00 that over me talking longer.

1:30:06 >> All right, Bart, walk us through this

1:30:07 OTT moment.

1:30:09 >> This OTT moment? I don't know because I

1:30:12 was not at rehearsal [music] because I

1:30:13 was out at the freaking tailgate cooking

1:30:15 for 2 hours in this 94°ree heat. So, I

1:30:17 missed rehearsal. I'm seeing it for the

1:30:19 first time like you are watching the

1:30:21 door. Gonzo, very photogenic young man.

1:30:24 Glad we got him this year. He's been

1:30:25 having a great year.

1:30:26 >> What a steal.

1:30:28 >> 10th round pick.

1:30:29 >> Yes. [screaming] Yeah. Buddy of mine

1:30:30 that coached him at Corpus Christie with

1:30:32 the Astros last year sat me down at

1:30:34 lunch one day. He was like, "You have to

1:30:35 sign brother. You have to sign brother.

1:30:37 Great human, great player. You have to

1:30:38 sign him." So, I'm glad I'm glad I

1:30:40 listened to that guy.

1:30:40 >> I want you to reiterate something I've

1:30:42 said because we talked about it at

1:30:44 dinner last night. The folks here in El

1:30:45 Paso have been wonderful this weekend.

1:30:47 [laughter]

1:30:48 >> From the grounds crew to the stadium

1:30:51 workers to the concessions people to the

1:30:53 people at the hotel to the people around

1:30:55 town. The fans have been electric. This

1:30:56 has been a fantastic stop on the Banana

1:30:58 Ball tour, the tailgator tour.

1:31:00 >> Yeah, I mean it's it's [music]

1:31:02 just a fabulous place to bring to place

1:31:05 I hope we get to come back to uh next

1:31:07 weekend. Just a little preview.

1:31:09 Knoxville, another football stadium.

1:31:11 101,000 people. Darn. How many gizzies

1:31:13 and burgers are you going to serve up

1:31:15 for the wonderful people of East

1:31:16 Tennessee?

1:31:16 >> Well, that is actually up to the man in

1:31:18 the yellow tux cuz typically I only cook

1:31:21 uh when we're the headliner and we are

1:31:22 not the headliner. So, I may get a

1:31:23 weekend off of the grill. Maybe a rehab

1:31:26 need a rehab start at home with my

1:31:28 family. So, maybe I'll [music] do that.

1:31:29 I'll do a rehab grill start at home.

1:31:31 >> How many of you cook me personally?

1:31:34 >> Well, [music] I mean our overunder view

1:31:35 is usually seven and a half on the

1:31:36 weekend. So, I think we're going to

1:31:38 hammer the over, baby. Hammer it. Hammer

1:31:41 the over.

1:31:42 >> Coach, this is great. I love you, my

1:31:43 friend.

1:31:44 >> Love you, too, brother. Appreciate you.

1:31:45 >> Yes, sir. That's Andrew Bartman, man. I

1:31:47 tell you what, he's legitimately one of

1:31:50 the best humans I've ever met. You know,

1:31:53 Bart brought me to a [cheering] dinner

1:31:56 with Coach Miklick and Brandon

1:31:58 Pennington my second night in Savannah

1:32:01 ever when I moved down there and was

1:32:03 able to take this job. And ever since

1:32:05 then, Coach Bart and I have been like

1:32:06 two peas in a pod. He's a guy you can

1:32:08 literally talk to anything about.

1:32:09 Whether it be about banana ball, whether

1:32:11 it be about life, whether it be about

1:32:13 tailgating, he is a wonderful resource

1:32:15 that these players have that we have

1:32:16 from both an entertainment perspective

1:32:18 as you just seen as a hitting coach,

1:32:20 which is also being put on display

1:32:21 tonight. And just as a human being and a

1:32:23 leader in that clubhouse and among that

1:32:24 coaching staff, happy he was able to

1:32:26 join us here tonight. It's 89 and 10.

1:32:29 Dmac Dmac and South Treble. That's

1:32:31 right.

1:32:31 >> Can Bart save me a burger? I'm sure he

1:32:34 would if you asked him.

1:32:35 >> I wanted to ask him, but you guys were

1:32:36 having such a good conversation, I

1:32:37 didn't want to interrupt. Everything's

1:32:39 going wrong right now.

1:32:41 >> I thought that was good for the

1:32:42 broadcast.

1:32:42 >> Well, of course. Yes. And also, the

1:32:44 Texas Tailgator walked off the inning,

1:32:45 so you guys are just plused out of your

1:32:47 brains over there.

1:32:49 >> I just want a burger.

1:32:50 >> Darren McDow 0 and2

1:32:55 reached [music] via trick play missed in

1:32:57 his long play appearance thus far.

1:33:01 You know, talk about guys not dealing

1:33:02 with the heat well. Darien was not

1:33:05 dealing with the heat well at all at all

1:33:06 backstage earlier today.

1:33:07 >> Told me they needed an ice bath

1:33:09 immediately. [snorts]

1:33:10 >> He quite literally sat in the AC so long

1:33:12 they had to pull him out of the locker

1:33:13 room for warm-ups today.

1:33:15 >> Yep.

1:33:15 >> I was much of the same though to be

1:33:17 honest with you.

1:33:19 >> The dude is from Pensacola, Florida,

1:33:22 >> where it gets

1:33:24 twice as humid. You sweat

1:33:27 incredibly a lot. as that one goes foul.

1:33:30 Incredibly a lot is grammatically

1:33:31 incorrect. But we move

1:33:32 >> incredibly a lot.

1:33:34 >> But if you can break the records that he

1:33:36 did at West Florida, [cheering]

1:33:40 >> take however much heat you want.

1:33:41 >> Sunonny tried to get it. Instead, it'll

1:33:44 be a leadoff single. The first hit of

1:33:46 the night for Darian McDow. Second time

1:33:48 he's reached.

1:33:55 McFaten is escorting tonight's

1:33:57 firefighter of the night. The 2025 El

1:34:01 Paso firefighter of the year, Captain

1:34:04 Christopher Zapata.

1:34:07 [cheering]

1:34:08 For 23 years, Captain Zapata has proudly

1:34:11 served the El Paso community with

1:34:14 dedication, leadership, and heart. He

1:34:17 serves on squad one sea shift at a fire

1:34:20 station 5, protecting and serving the

1:34:23 surrounding area with professionalism

1:34:25 and commitment every single day. Captain

1:34:28 Sapata also serves as the regional

1:34:30 hazmat task force coordinator, leading

1:34:33 specialized emergency response efforts

1:34:36 throughout the region. Captain Zapata

1:34:38 would like to take this moment to

1:34:39 publicly thank God for the many

1:34:41 blessings and opportunities throughout

1:34:43 his [music] life and his extended

1:34:45 deepest gratitude to his family and his

1:34:47 station family for their unwavering

1:34:49 support and always having his back. El

1:34:52 Paso, Texas. Tonight's firefighter of

1:34:56 the night, Captain [cheering]

1:34:58 Christopher Zapata.

1:35:06 23 years of service here to the El Paso

1:35:09 community on a team that boasts the

1:35:12 pitcher of the year in banana ball. We

1:35:13 host the firefighter of the year here in

1:35:15 El Paso. A salute to Captain Christopher

1:35:18 Zapata and all the great firefighters

1:35:20 who serve our communities. How cool is

1:35:21 that sportsmanship we seen there as DMAC

1:35:24 singles in the lap. Noah Bridges also

1:35:26 now running, advances up to second. The

1:35:28 the the honor and the sportsmanship

1:35:32 there to break down the barrier of

1:35:33 competitiveness. Taj Porter shaking his

1:35:36 hand. Christian Davis coming out with

1:35:37 the game ball and the handing it off to

1:35:40 our fighter firefighter of the night.

1:35:42 That was really really neat. Something

1:35:44 you don't see too often. Here in the top

1:35:45 of the fifth, none out. Firefighters got

1:35:47 him on first and second and it's south

1:35:49 at the dish. Mr. Tremble,

1:35:52 >> he's at 1 and0.

1:35:57 >> Who is running it first? I know Noah

1:35:59 Bridges designated runners running at

1:36:00 second. Who's running it first?

1:36:02 >> That would be Zack Phillips.

1:36:04 >> Wow.

1:36:04 >> Yep.

1:36:06 >> Firefighters are unafraid to use

1:36:08 pitchers [music] as pinch runners or

1:36:10 designated runners, but usually it's

1:36:11 been Javon Ray.

1:36:15 >> And Javon threw last night, so he would

1:36:18 be available to run here tonight. Two

1:36:20 balls and two strikes. CD

1:36:23 got him. Backwards K for Mr. Davis for

1:36:27 out number one here in the top of the

1:36:28 fifth.

1:36:30 >> He's very quietly gotten himself up to

1:36:32 four strikeouts. [music] And it's not

1:36:33 just the induced trick plays tonight. He

1:36:35 is blowing stuff right by him.

1:36:40 >> Goes to the same spot to begin with.

1:36:42 Tyler Hughes ball.

1:36:48 Tiny having a great night double and a

1:36:50 single.

1:36:55 >> Brett, the only blip on his radar

1:36:57 tonight was getting caught stealing on a

1:37:00 three- 0 count.

1:37:03 >> No, no, no. I I

1:37:05 >> Jordan Bar between the legs for one

1:37:07 BETWEEN THE LEGS. SUNNY BUCKET. Book it.

1:37:12 543 in the LONE STAR STATE. YOU KNOW WE

1:37:14 HAD TO DO IT OVERLY.

1:37:17 That is now 12 trick plays for the Texas

1:37:20 Tailgator and it gets them out of the

1:37:21 frame too.

1:37:23 >> They just That is the fifth double trick

1:37:26 play we've seen out of the Texas

1:37:28 Tailgator tonight as we send it down the

1:37:31 field for something a little special.

1:37:35 [music]

1:37:36 [singing]

1:37:40 Down

1:37:42 [singing and music]

1:37:49 you and me together.

1:38:05 But all I know is everything's [music]

1:38:08 going

1:38:16 [music]

1:38:17 away.

1:38:21 No [music] one [singing]

1:38:27 can get in the way of what [music] I

1:38:30 feel for you.

1:38:33 All around the number one Christian

1:38:37 Dearman,

1:38:39 [music]

1:38:41 >> the master of the kear walking into

1:38:44 Alicia Keys. Christian Dearman, the

1:38:47 longtime banana baller on his third

1:38:50 world tour with the firefighters here in

1:38:53 the marvelous 2026. [music] You look at

1:38:55 his numbers. Yeah, that erra. I think

1:38:58 we'd like to get that down. But hey,

1:39:00 LOOK AT THAT NPI 40 SECONDS.

1:39:03 I think that's historic, isn't it?

1:39:07 >> Yeah, that's something. Hey, Dear hasn't

1:39:10 pitched a ton here in 2026 as an

1:39:12 entertainer player. He's had a great

1:39:14 relationship with every crowd we've been

1:39:17 at and with and in front of this year.

1:39:19 This could be a really important ABN

1:39:21 inning for the confidence of CD against

1:39:23 the biggest, the largest, the biggest,

1:39:25 the largest, the quad father. Taj Bor

1:39:29 had a sprint his first time up. He would

1:39:32 not be 0 for one. He would not have it

1:39:34 that bad. That was a [music] play

1:39:35 appearance. Technically still 0 for0

1:39:37 tonight.

1:39:41 >> Ball in a strike.

1:39:44 That NPI 10 minutes and 40 seconds by

1:39:46 the way of Christian Dear. T Schwatz to

1:39:49 right. [music] Now he's one for one with

1:39:52 a leadoff single.

1:39:58 And that appears to be it for Christian

1:40:00 Dearman as Blake Morgan is running on

1:40:02 out there. So

1:40:04 >> CD will get the walk up and then if the

1:40:07 walk-off happens from the Texas

1:40:09 Tailgator, the run will be earned by him

1:40:12 as Jason Art. My July even though it's

1:40:14 May [music]

1:40:15 comes on in. Blake Morgan get a couple

1:40:16 of warm-up pitches. Former UNC

1:40:18 Wilmington star pitcher, the lefty

1:40:20 throwing to his old college teammate.

1:40:23 Last couple of outings have been much

1:40:24 better for him after a shaky start to

1:40:26 the year, but four and two/3s

1:40:29 rather respectable numbers in your first

1:40:30 year.

1:40:33 Dodge running for himself over at first

1:40:36 because of the rule that Andrew Bartman

1:40:38 just explained to us when he was miked

1:40:39 up in the bottom of the four fourth.

1:40:43 Jason Art gets caught going around. Your

1:40:45 designated runner can only be used once

1:40:47 through the order. Jacob Peppersick has

1:40:49 already been used during this time

1:40:51 through the order. Jason Art hitting in

1:40:52 the eight hold would not be able to use

1:40:54 Pippers again until Zack Watson yet

1:40:56 again. Jason Art goes around Beimo

1:40:59 spinning him and he's gotten ahead of

1:41:01 ball in two strikes.

1:41:11 at [music] UNCC Wilmington

1:41:15 >> had a big impact on why Val Perez ended

1:41:17 up taking Beimo in the player draft.

1:41:20 Jason holds up that time. The manager on

1:41:24 those teams, none other than the

1:41:26 firefighters videographer, Matthew

1:41:28 [music] Sto. There a lot of UNC

1:41:30 Wilmington connections within that

1:41:32 firefighters clubhouse at our front

1:41:33 office. Chopper foul.

1:41:35 >> DMAC trying to make the play over there.

1:41:38 It's just a UNCC Wilmington reunion here

1:41:41 with the firefighters. And Beimo likes

1:41:42 to throw hard, goes with a lot of heat.

1:41:45 And right now he [music] needs one

1:41:46 across the plate with a full count.

1:41:52 Oh, ball for Brett. The biggest, the

1:41:55 largest is on his horse, THE QUADFATHER.

1:41:58 LOOK AT THAT man move. If that doesn't

1:42:01 make you feel something, your something

1:42:02 feeler is broken.

1:42:05 As now we have the third point of the

1:42:07 ball game. Standing 90 ft away as

1:42:10 Indiana Stanley steps up at the dish.

1:42:12 >> I'm feeling something. All right.

1:42:15 >> Pain

1:42:17 infield in for the firefighters.

1:42:22 >> You make me giggle. Zack St.

1:42:23 >> I know if I can get one of those

1:42:25 chuckles out of you, I've done something

1:42:26 good in this world.

1:42:27 >> I don't break either. None in broadcast

1:42:29 except for the seven times I already

1:42:30 have tonight. [laughter]

1:42:32 The 10. Indie floats IT DEEP RIGHT

1:42:36 FIELD.

1:42:38 AND IT GETS CAUGHT at the bottom of the

1:42:40 fence. Make it three straight innings in

1:42:43 which the Texas Tailgator have walked it

1:42:45 off. And they take a commanding three to

1:42:47 nothing lead at the end of five frames.

1:42:50 Mr. Stanley, he needed that. He wanted

1:42:53 that. He had to have it.

1:42:59 >> It's just been that kind of night here.

1:43:01 >> Let's salute the troops on National Arms

1:43:04 Forces Day.

1:43:06 On this National Military Appreciation

1:43:09 Day, fans, please join the tailgator and

1:43:12 the firefighters in honoring the brave

1:43:14 men and women who have served and

1:43:16 continue to serve this great nation as

1:43:19 we salute our hometown heroes of the

1:43:22 night. Because of your sacrifice,

1:43:25 courage, and commitment, we enjoy the

1:43:28 freedoms that we celebrate today. Thank

1:43:30 you for your service and dedication to

1:43:33 our great country.

1:43:36 to our police officers,

1:43:40 >> to our firefighters,

1:43:43 >> to our nurses,

1:43:46 to our EMS workers,

1:43:49 TO OUR DISPATCHERS,

1:43:51 AND to our school teachers,

1:43:55 [cheering] the tailgators, and the

1:43:57 firefighters. Thank you.

1:44:10 Christian Davis. You know the name, you

1:44:13 love the human and the left-handed

1:44:15 pitcher. So, he's going to begin his

1:44:17 sixth inning of work. This will be the

1:44:19 third time this year that Christian

1:44:21 Davis has pitched in the sixth inning.

1:44:24 He's only finished the sixth inning

1:44:26 once. When was that, you may ask?

1:44:28 >> Game one of the Banana Bowl Open against

1:44:30 these firefighters. He has induced 12

1:44:33 trick plays tonight. He has not

1:44:35 relinquished a point in the four runs he

1:44:37 allowed in the first all of those

1:44:39 unearned

1:44:41 >> as he will face the MVP front runner

1:44:44 Kaden Green, Logan Lacy, and Daltton

1:44:46 Cornet.

1:44:47 >> There's a strike to Peanut.

1:44:49 >> Peanut [music] yet to reach tonight on a

1:44:51 hit. Got through on an error on Jordan

1:44:53 Hussein.

1:44:56 Uncle Charlie says good afternoon and

1:44:59 gets ahead 0 and two on that curve ball

1:45:01 from CD.

1:45:03 >> Got him CD. Put the CD on and never turn

1:45:08 it off.

1:45:09 >> The fifth strike OUT OF TONIGHT FOR MR.

1:45:11 DAVIS.

1:45:13 He's turned the story right back on the

1:45:15 firefighters from what Donnie did to him

1:45:17 twice. fan the flame there

1:45:21 as Kaden Green can do nothing but walk

1:45:23 back as Logan Lacy steps in. And if the

1:45:25 firefighters are going to come back,

1:45:27 they've got to get it going now.

1:45:39 Jordan Hussein between the legs. Bookets

1:45:44 trick play number 13 tonight for the

1:45:47 boys in blue and orange.

1:45:50 >> Wow.

1:45:53 Tailgator banana ball. It doesn't get

1:45:56 much better than this. And Christian

1:45:59 Davis at the conclusion of five and

1:46:01 two/3 is going to hit the worm and go

1:46:04 off of the field at arguably the best

1:46:07 outing he's had in a regular season game

1:46:09 in his banana ball career. Zack

1:46:11 Blankenship now coming on [music] the

1:46:12 pitch. I would just love to wax

1:46:14 poetically a moment by Christian Davis

1:46:15 though. Five and two/3 CD five

1:46:19 strikeouts induced 12 trick play excuse

1:46:22 me 13 trick plays. That is arguably one

1:46:25 of the best performances we've seen

1:46:26 tonight on a night where Brett Helton

1:46:28 threw a complete game in Indianapolis

1:46:30 for the Party Animals. Two of the best

1:46:31 pitching performances we have seen in

1:46:34 2026 in Banana Bowl as Bam Bam falls

1:46:36 behind one and0 to Daltton Cornet. His

1:46:39 former teammate with the Party Animals

1:46:41 hit out to center. Indiana Stanley comes

1:46:43 in, but it's Sunshine tip drill. Bucket,

1:46:47 bucket.

1:46:49 That's seven straight games the Texas

1:46:52 Tailgator have recorded 15 trick plays.

1:46:55 TRICKORATION overload here in Texas. My

1:47:00 gosh.

1:47:03 As there's a girl on fire on the field.

1:47:08 Ladies and gentlemen, we have searched

1:47:10 far and wide for the strongest citizen

1:47:12 in all of El Paso to compete in a good

1:47:16 old-fashioned tugof-war against our very

1:47:19 own firefighter, BK.

1:47:23 He's a strong guy. So, let's hope we got

1:47:25 a strong contestant to compete against

1:47:27 BK. Ladies and gentlemen, MAKE SOME

1:47:29 NOISE FOR SEVEN-YEAR-OLD ALINA.

1:47:36 All right, Alina, do you think you are

1:47:39 strong enough to compete in tugof-war

1:47:41 against BK?

1:47:43 >> Yes.

1:47:44 >> She says she's strong enough. Pick up

1:47:47 your side of the rope. On your mark, get

1:47:50 set. Tug of war. [groaning]

1:47:55 There's There's no way you're serious

1:47:57 right now. Hey, hey, we need more

1:47:58 people. Get somebody else get on,

1:48:00 [music]

1:48:01 guys. Guys, you're making it You're

1:48:03 making us look bad. Get more. More. We

1:48:06 need more. She's really strong. Get on

1:48:08 there, guys. Pull. Pull.

1:48:18 [cheering]

1:48:23 >> Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise

1:48:25 for 7-year-old Alina.

1:48:29 [cheering]

1:48:37 I love tugof-war. Zack Stton and I in

1:48:40 our youth, both very different eras,

1:48:42 used to participate in that.

1:48:44 >> I love Zack Ston, too. And I love this

1:48:46 guy, too. Austin [music] Temple. Let's

1:48:48 wax poetically about the Notre Dame

1:48:50 grad, Zack St.

1:48:50 >> Why wouldn't we wax poetically about

1:48:52 Austin Temple? Because he is a man on a

1:48:54 mission here, trying to get the momentum

1:48:56 back for the firefighters. Hey, look,

1:48:58 this is a guy 19 strikeouts on the year.

1:49:00 The problem has been the ball four

1:49:02 sprints, but boy, [music] if he's not

1:49:04 there, if he's locked in like he was

1:49:06 last week, he truly can get the

1:49:08 firefighters readjusted [music] and get

1:49:10 him back into this thing. But they have

1:49:12 to get a clean inning here. You cannot

1:49:14 have another bad inning. And we cannot

1:49:18 have another inning without hearing from

1:49:20 the Lonear guy himself, Lamar Sparks.

1:49:24 Already a homer on the evening. Lamar,

1:49:26 how you doing?

1:49:27 >> I'm doing good, man. And it's Hey, this

1:49:28 is a

1:49:29 >> dude. It's good to hear you,

1:49:30 >> man. This is a field and a half, man.

1:49:32 This is

1:49:33 >> You hit a home run in a half a little

1:49:34 bit earlier ago. Right off the batters

1:49:36 out of dead center field, dude.

1:49:38 >> Yes, sir. Man, that was a great

1:49:39 experience.

1:49:39 >> Wasn't a great experience back here in

1:49:41 your home state for the first time in

1:49:43 your banana ball career. Austin Temple

1:49:45 loads up to high shot by Peanut with the

1:49:50 glove.

1:49:51 But hey, being back home for the first

1:49:52 time, knowing we're going back to Corpus

1:49:54 Christie in a couple weeks, how special

1:49:56 is this 3-week period for you?

1:49:58 >> This is a special experience, man. It

1:50:00 really is because,

1:50:02 you know, a lot of different things

1:50:03 about El Paso and feel like it's a grand

1:50:07 experience, man. Everybody here is nice,

1:50:09 so humble, so genuine, and um it's just

1:50:12 been a great experience being back in my

1:50:13 home state.

1:50:14 >> Truly has been a great experience

1:50:15 watching you be able to spark up a lot

1:50:18 of power here. No pun intended.

1:50:19 Actually, you know what? pun intended

1:50:21 >> on that one. How many people have asked

1:50:23 about that? Having the perfect name for

1:50:26 the fire and flames.

1:50:27 >> I get it a lot, man. Um, everywhere I

1:50:29 go, it's like, "Wait, your name is

1:50:30 actually Sparks? They put you on the

1:50:31 firefighters because Sparks?" I'm like,

1:50:34 "Um, I don't think so." But if

1:50:36 >> Fan opportunity not to be. Also, just

1:50:41 for those at home, in E6, that last play

1:50:43 was officially correct.

1:50:46 >> Back to Lamar.

1:50:47 >> Yeah.

1:50:49 Sorry, I lost my B.

1:50:51 >> That's all right. I've lost a lot of

1:50:52 thinking out here. Let's be very clear

1:50:54 here. There's there's a lot of stuff

1:50:55 going on.

1:50:56 >> That question happen again.

1:50:56 >> Your your first two months, we'll move

1:50:58 on to a new one. Your first two months

1:50:59 of banana ball. Five home runs. You've

1:51:01 moved full time into the lineup here in

1:51:03 the conversation, I think, for one of

1:51:04 the top two or three true rookies in

1:51:07 this sport. What's been the biggest

1:51:09 adjustment learning curve for you as

1:51:11 you've started your time with the

1:51:12 firefighters? Is that Watson gets played

1:51:14 again?

1:51:14 >> Second time W's got hit on the margin

1:51:17 today.

1:51:18 for the

1:51:19 >> but him and Zachary Bridges shared a

1:51:21 moment. That's good to see.

1:51:22 >> I hate that for a while. That's my boy.

1:51:24 So, [music] small story. Uh me and

1:51:27 Watson played together with the Orioles.

1:51:30 >> So, I remember I went to Houston um to

1:51:33 watch and tailgator play. Zack Phillips

1:51:36 invited me to go walked into uh Zack

1:51:39 Watson after

1:51:42 what he told me about been absolutely

1:51:45 true. It has been a special experience.

1:51:48 It's something I absolutely love.

1:51:50 Getting to meet fans, getting to

1:51:51 interact with people. That's what I

1:51:52 love. You know, um playing playing pro

1:51:55 ball, you know, you don't get to

1:51:57 interact with people as much. They kind

1:51:58 of tell you, you know, not necessarily

1:52:00 the same way, but you know,

1:52:03 it just don't interact as much. But

1:52:05 here, it's like we were interacting

1:52:06 every day. And I example yesterday, I

1:52:09 didn't do so well. And I walk out there

1:52:10 and I was greeted with smiling faces

1:52:12 telling me was and how fun it was. I'm

1:52:14 like, man, that turned a smile on my

1:52:16 face. It It's just It's electric. It's

1:52:19 awesome.

1:52:19 >> Special place we get to be a part of.

1:52:20 Special double play. Your middle infield

1:52:22 just turned there. Getting you two outs.

1:52:24 90 ft away. Still stands point number

1:52:26 four for the tailgator as Kyle [music]

1:52:28 Martin gets ahead 2 and 0. What has it

1:52:30 been like to play here in El Paso? The

1:52:32 first time you've ever played here.

1:52:34 >> It's it's electric. Um buddies that play

1:52:36 here normally and uh so I reached out to

1:52:39 them and asked them how it was. They

1:52:40 said, "Man, just wait till you see

1:52:41 [music] the environment." Hey, three.

1:52:45 >> And so, so far, like I said, so much

1:52:47 people. I mean, from the staff to the

1:52:49 workers to the fans to everybody. It's

1:52:52 just been something special. First ball

1:52:54 four spread in the month brings home yet

1:52:57 another point and run for the Texas

1:53:00 Tailgator as they take a four to nothing

1:53:02 lead. The auction continues to be the

1:53:05 best hitter arguably in the sport.

1:53:06 Lamari, thank you so much for joining

1:53:09 us. Welcome back to the Lone Star State.

1:53:10 Love you, my friend. Love you guys, too.

1:53:12 Is there any way I can stay mocked up in

1:53:13 my bat? I'm about to hit.

1:53:14 >> We'll see you in a moment. First, we

1:53:16 have to go down to the field for Boot

1:53:17 Scoot and Boogie.

1:53:19 We want to celebrate that. So, joining

1:53:21 me down on the field, we have a whole

1:53:23 bunch of kids who are just now getting

1:53:25 their boot collection started. They

1:53:27 borrowed the boots of their parents and

1:53:29 they're going to have a race. They're

1:53:31 going to start down here and they're

1:53:32 going to make their way to the finish

1:53:33 line. The first one there will be the

1:53:36 winner of a race we like to call the

1:53:38 boot, scoot, and boogie.

1:53:41 Let's go ahead and meet all of our

1:53:42 contestants. We've got Jonathan. We've

1:53:45 got Isaac. We've got Nolan. We've got

1:53:47 Liam. We've got Mia. We've got Daniel.

1:53:49 We've got Mason. We've got Sienna. And

1:53:52 we've got Aiden. One of these children

1:53:54 will win the boot scoot and boogie. The

1:53:56 question is who? Ladies and gentlemen,

1:54:01 on your mark,

1:54:03 get Liam's foot in that boot.

1:54:06 Get set.

1:54:08 Scoot. And they're going. They got to

1:54:11 KEEP BOTH BOOTS ON. WE HAVE A BALL. AND

1:54:14 THERE IT IS. THE WINNER OF THE BOOT

1:54:16 SCOOT AND BOOGIE. It's Mia.

1:54:22 >> That was cool. Little boot scoot and

1:54:24 boogie.

1:54:26 Not the kind of Brooks and Don, but

1:54:28 nonetheless, still all the same. New

1:54:30 pitcher in the ball game for the Texas

1:54:33 Tailgator. Jonathan Hughes. Good friend

1:54:36 of Lamar Sparks. Naval Flowery Branch

1:54:39 Georgia through five years at Georgia

1:54:41 Tech. Worthy to note milestone watch.

1:54:45 Jonathan Sunshine Lutters has seven

1:54:47 trick plays in this ball game. The

1:54:49 single game banana ball record is eight.

1:54:53 Hit to the right side. Cal Martin breaks

1:54:55 in and then it gets over his head. Eric

1:54:58 Jones Jr. will be on his horse and have

1:55:01 a stand up leadoff double. Some momentum

1:55:03 that firefighters need badly. [music]

1:55:05 Haven't scored since the first.

1:55:07 Nope.

1:55:08 >> And they're going to need to climb the

1:55:09 mountain as high as the one surrounding

1:55:11 this ballpark. That's a good way to

1:55:13 start it, but it's a long way back. Eric

1:55:15 Jones Jr. That'll sure help. Ooh, Noah

1:55:18 Bridges is in center field.

1:55:32 >> Brett, [music] no one bridges

1:55:36 scoot. And he's dreamy.

1:55:39 >> Sorry, I thought we were No, no, you're

1:55:41 >> I thought we were going for the same

1:55:42 thing there.

1:55:44 >> This was the first time I was ever going

1:55:45 to say something good about him before

1:55:47 that he's hot. But yeah, he's hot. Very

1:55:50 hot. And he's the designated runner. So,

1:55:52 you know what? He runs out of center

1:55:54 field to second base, hits the

1:55:56 heartbreak kid pose right there. Noah

1:55:59 Bridges dreamy.

1:56:02 >> Lamar Sparks facing his good friend

1:56:04 Jonathan Hughes.

1:56:08 one and up.

1:56:11 >> Just heard from Lamar. He's actually

1:56:12 become a level 300 chess player

1:56:14 recently.

1:56:17 >> You know who taught him that, by the

1:56:18 way?

1:56:19 >> Talk to him.

1:56:19 >> The guy who just hitting a double, Eric

1:56:21 Jones Jr. picked it up in Witchah last

1:56:24 week.

1:56:29 >> Chopper left side. Jordan Bar behind the

1:56:32 back.

1:56:34 No, he didn't. Book it.

1:56:38 That was incredible from Princess JB.

1:56:42 Wow. Already two home runs tonight. And

1:56:46 then that.

1:56:49 That's disgusting.

1:56:51 That's the athleticism that made him a

1:56:53 second round pick for the Texas

1:56:55 Tailgator. Good lord, man.

1:56:59 16 trick plays. We mentioned Sunshine's

1:57:03 individual potential trick play record

1:57:04 on watch night. Tailgators [music] are

1:57:06 five away from tying the Savannah

1:57:08 Bananas for the single game team record.

1:57:10 Mason Maxwell hits it down the line.

1:57:12 Hits the justosition down there

1:57:15 as switching places will be Mr. Bridges

1:57:18 and Mr. Maxwell as Mason has his second

1:57:20 double of the weekend. And [music] the

1:57:21 firefighters have their first run since

1:57:23 the first inning. I do appreciate you

1:57:25 saying that at the top of this inning

1:57:27 because guess what? MAYBE THE ANNOUNCERS

1:57:28 JINX does work with what Zack Watson

1:57:30 said. Who knows? But you know what?

1:57:32 Firefighters need it. They need a clean

1:57:34 half in the seventh inning on the bottom

1:57:37 side of it. This is a good way to start

1:57:39 out.

1:57:41 Clean bottom, by the way. You should

1:57:42 always strive for that.

1:57:46 I got him again.

1:57:49 Two holes in those strikes to Mr. McDow

1:57:54 who is one for two tonight. Not two for

1:57:56 two, one for two tonight.

1:58:00 currently in the driver's seat here.

1:58:01 Three balls and no strikes.

1:58:11 >> And another run here for the

1:58:13 firefighters on a ball for sprint.

1:58:15 Darien chooses to stay at first.

1:58:19 >> They'll have to run it first because

1:58:20 obviously the designated runner has

1:58:22 already been used in this half inning.

1:58:25 But hey, the firefighters now [music]

1:58:26 with two on the board. And that's big

1:58:29 time as old DMAC

1:58:31 steps into the box.

1:58:33 >> Yeah.

1:58:36 >> Hit out the sunshine between the legs.

1:58:39 BOOK IT TO FIRST.

1:58:41 NOT IN TIME. THAT TIES THE SINGLE GAME

1:58:45 BANANA ball record for the most trick

1:58:47 plays by a player

1:58:49 >> in our sports history. That was number

1:58:52 eight for Jonathan Sunshine Looters. He

1:58:54 is now one away from breaking the single

1:58:57 game banana ball record.

1:59:02 Cold strike

1:59:06 to South Treble

1:59:08 left side. Jordan Hussein can't get to

1:59:10 it.

1:59:12 A two out single for Mr. Treble. His

1:59:14 first hit of the night. We'll turn over

1:59:16 the lineup card to the top in form of

1:59:18 Tiner Hughes. Five games in the lineup

1:59:20 for Smoke and he's had a hit in each of

1:59:22 those five contests. That's why Val

1:59:25 Perez put him in center field tonight to

1:59:26 get him an AB like that and he puts

1:59:29 another one on here in the top [music]

1:59:31 of the seventh.

1:59:34 What a curveball to get Tiny [music]

1:59:36 started there. Wow. Jonathan Hughes man,

1:59:38 elite stuff.

1:59:41 >> 0 and2 on him now.

1:59:44 >> You're not taking in the second round

1:59:46 out of high school for no reason.

1:59:48 [music]

1:59:48 Legos as Jonathan Hughes was in 2015.

1:59:52 Got him. Shows it off right there. Ties

1:59:55 back picks it first just for good

1:59:57 measure. Strike out to end the inning

1:59:59 for Mr. Hughes. And Jonathan Sunshine

2:00:03 looters. Ties the single game individual

2:00:06 trick play record with eight. And

2:00:09 there's still six more outs for him to

2:00:11 break it.

2:00:13 >> For the firefighters to go to the top of

2:00:14 the seventh and get two. You need a

2:00:17 clean half here. And Ben Dum is coming

2:00:19 out to take the mound.

2:00:22 [cheering]

2:00:28 Next week in Banana Bowl, this concludes

2:00:31 matters here this weekend. [cheering]

2:00:33 Final game here tonight. You're watching

2:00:35 it. Next weekend, oh boy, we got a fun

2:00:38 one. Tailgator's bananas play in the

2:00:40 home of the Knoxville Smokies where

2:00:43 we were able to see Chris Clark throw

2:00:46 last year. Now he'll throw this year as

2:00:48 a Texas tailgator. They will be at

2:00:49 Neland Stadium on Saturday evening. Be

2:00:51 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. Coconuts

2:00:53 firefighters not at 10 p.m. Eastern. 700

2:00:56 p.m. Eastern in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

2:00:59 Again, [cheering] full disclosure,

2:01:00 please don't tune in at 10 p.m. The game

2:01:02 will already be over. That's 700 p.m.

2:01:04 Eastern. clowns and party animals that

2:01:06 switched. That game will be at 10 p.m.

2:01:09 Eastern in Tacoma, Washington.

2:01:11 >> Yeah, you can bet your bottom dollar I

2:01:12 will be watching the animals YouTube at

2:01:14 10 p.m. Eastern on Friday. I will not be

2:01:16 in this booth yelling at you. I will be

2:01:19 yelling, however, for the next 30

2:01:20 seconds or so about the reigning and

2:01:22 defending Banana Ball pitcher of the

2:01:25 year and Benjamin Dumb III. He loves ice

2:01:29 cream, sweet treats, and throwing that

2:01:32 beautiful slider as he goes up against

2:01:34 Jordan Bar with two home runs on his

2:01:36 resume tonight.

2:01:39 Can JB hit number three

2:01:47 now? Right here, high in the sky out to

2:01:50 right. It will fall.

2:01:53 Three for three for Mr. Bar.

2:01:57 And you see the power has already

2:01:58 affected the firefighters. Darren McDow

2:02:00 was playing way back. Diner Hughes

2:02:04 couldn't get up there from his second

2:02:05 [music] base spot. Daren McDow would

2:02:07 have had to have run a mile to try to

2:02:09 get that one. And it's a single. Single

2:02:12 game home run record, by the way, is

2:02:13 three. So Jordan Bar, if he could hit

2:02:16 another one, will tie another record. If

2:02:18 you're just joining us, Jonathan

2:02:19 Sunshine Lutters has tied the single

2:02:21 game individual trick play record with

2:02:23 eight here tonight.

2:02:26 Benam

2:02:28 >> between the legs bucket for out number

2:02:31 one. Just the third trick play tonight

2:02:33 for these firefighters, but it's out

2:02:36 number one here in an inning where

2:02:37 they're trying to score the first point

2:02:38 of the night. Also worthy tonight, 17 to

2:02:41 three in the trick play battle.

2:02:42 Tailgator are four away from tying the

2:02:46 single game team record in trick plays.

2:02:48 Lot of records to be on the lookout for

2:02:50 here tonight in El Paso [music] as Jose

2:02:52 Gonzalez falls behind 0 and one.

2:02:56 Make it 02.

2:02:58 >> By the way, Ben Dum's first trick play

2:02:59 of the year.

2:03:01 >> Yay.

2:03:03 >> Floated left side. Peanut

2:03:07 >> won't do it for the love of the game cuz

2:03:08 Lord knows they can't get the equalizer

2:03:10 point. We'll just make it for out number

2:03:12 two.

2:03:13 >> And I don't say that disrespectfully. I

2:03:14 just say that from a point of

2:03:16 >> 17 to three in trick plays.

2:03:17 >> You need the outs. You need the outs.

2:03:20 If it was 17 to three and trick plays in

2:03:22 the second inning, it's over.

2:03:26 >> That's mathematically impossible.

2:03:27 >> I understand. I'm just saying

2:03:29 hypothetically.

2:03:31 Speaking hypodermically.

2:03:32 >> Shout out Prince.

2:03:35 >> Foul tip. 0 and2. TP has not been

2:03:38 retired yet tonight. A ball for sprint

2:03:40 and a single. He is one for one.

2:03:45 Oh, handstand pitch that goes to the

2:03:47 back stop. Jordan Bar would advance him

2:03:50 up another 90 ft.

2:03:52 >> Well, I stood up out of my seat to see

2:03:55 Bendum throw one to Stilts and Stilts

2:03:59 wasn't there.

2:04:07 >> Someone said something about bunting in

2:04:09 the chat. We don't bunt in banana ball

2:04:12 because bunting sucks.

2:04:13 >> Thank you, Zach.

2:04:17 Got him. Ben Dum the third. A scoreless

2:04:21 frame and will earn the first point of

2:04:22 the night for the firefighters making it

2:04:24 a four to one ball game.

2:04:26 >> Ben Dun the third gets the third out OF

2:04:29 THE INNING WITH A BIG OKAY. AND THE

2:04:31 firefighters finally have some momentum.

2:04:33 They need a lot of it though as we go

2:04:36 into the eighth inning. Brett. But hey,

2:04:37 after a handstand pitch, that is a

2:04:39 beautiful moving heater up top.

2:04:41 >> The difference between being down by

2:04:43 four points and three points. big

2:04:45 between three and two astronomically

2:04:48 four to one ball game. Trick play battle

2:04:51 has not been close. 17 trick plays to

2:04:53 three tonight in favor of the Texas

2:04:55 tailgator. We've told you about all the

2:04:57 records that are on watch tonight.

2:04:58 Jonathan Luters needs one more to break

2:05:00 the single game individual record. The

2:05:02 tailgator need four more to tie the team

2:05:05 record here tonight. Nine hits for each

2:05:07 side. Four to one ball game. I mean, it

2:05:10 was a first inning, Zach, where again

2:05:12 started off on fire if you're the

2:05:14 firefighters. Four runs, including a

2:05:16 three-run jack from Lamar Sparks, but

2:05:18 then back-to-back home runs in the home

2:05:21 half for the Texas Tailgator. They

2:05:22 played four. That inning pushes and it

2:05:25 just seemed like all the momentum in the

2:05:26 world has been had by these tailgators

2:05:28 since Jonathan Hughes beginning his

2:05:30 second inning of work. There's his

2:05:32 season stats. He just lost the point in

2:05:34 the seventh by giving up those two run

2:05:36 two runs.

2:05:39 100%. Thank you, Zach. 13 strikeouts,

2:05:42 six ball, four spreads entering [music]

2:05:43 tonight.

2:05:43 >> Sorry, I thought you wanted to continue

2:05:44 to wax poetically about

2:05:46 >> You just looked at me like a lost puppy

2:05:47 dog just now.

2:05:48 >> Sorry, I was trying to look at something

2:05:49 in my scorebooks here as Kaden Peanut

2:05:50 Green comes on in. Firefighters have

2:05:52 nine hits.

2:05:53 >> Standoff pitch.

2:05:57 >> Standoff pitch. 10 paces [music]

2:06:00 on the border of Mexico.

2:06:03 We get the standoff of all standoffs.

2:06:06 Jonathan Hughes. Maybe we should call

2:06:08 him Jonathan Moonlight Hughes compared

2:06:10 to Jonathan Sunshine Looters.

2:06:14 >> Strike. Thank you for that, Zach. Thank

2:06:16 you. I usually talk over every standoff

2:06:19 pitch, but that was phenomenal. I really

2:06:20 enjoyed that.

2:06:21 >> Can I have one thing tonight?

2:06:24 >> You have that foul ball if you'd like

2:06:25 it. I'm sure Reggie Ligins would track

2:06:26 it down for you. Ow. And two.

2:06:31 >> Trick pitch from Jonathan Hughes.

2:06:34 Chopper left side Jordan Hussein.

2:06:39 Second error I presume that we have seen

2:06:42 tonight on Mr. Fiverr.

2:06:44 >> And ironically enough, it comes from the

2:06:46 firefighters short stop. Once again,

2:06:49 both errors have come off the bat of

2:06:51 Kaden Peanut Green should it stand as an

2:06:53 official E6.

2:06:58 >> Logan Lacy

2:07:00 0 for three tonight.

2:07:04 He's gone with the no batting gloves

2:07:06 look. It's really helped him since the

2:07:07 banana ball open. Won't help him there.

2:07:10 >> Yeah, Logan's been hitting up close to

2:07:12 350 since the open tonight. Hitless as

2:07:15 we just mentioned.

2:07:17 Stutterep.

2:07:18 Got him. Backwards K for the PC and the

2:07:23 second strike out of the night for Mr.

2:07:25 Hughes. Out number one here in the top

2:07:26 of the eighth.

2:07:28 >> Logan didn't like it. It does not

2:07:29 matter. You got to protect the plate

2:07:31 there as Lacy strolls back to the dugout

2:07:33 and brings up Daltton Cornet.

2:07:39 Taj [music] man, what a play. You know,

2:07:42 last night some uncharacteristic balls

2:07:44 that got away from Taj. It's because his

2:07:47 mitt was about to pop and then finally

2:07:49 did pop

2:07:50 in the ninth inning. New mid tonight.

2:07:53 Taj has bodied every single ball. Jordan

2:07:55 Bar tosses to Jordan Hussein BETWEEN THE

2:07:58 LEGS. BOOK IT.

2:08:01 HOW ABOUT THE BOYS IN BLUE AND ORANGE?

2:08:04 That's just one trick play, but 18-3.

2:08:08 And another double play. [music] They

2:08:10 don't get much better than this. 563 on

2:08:12 the double play.

2:08:14 And a scoreless frame for Jonathan

2:08:16 Hughes as we send it down to my friend

2:08:19 below Garrett Lampert for Friends in Low

2:08:21 Place.

2:08:22 >> Flashlights.

2:08:24 We are going to light up the Texas sky

2:08:26 here in El Paso all around the stadium.

2:08:31 Look at all those lights. And now, if

2:08:32 you would please join us in singing as

2:08:35 loud as you can a little Friends in low

2:08:38 places.

2:08:42 [music]

2:08:46 Blame it on my room. I showed up and

2:08:49 moves ruined your black t.

2:08:55 >> The last one to know, the last one to

2:08:58 show was the last one you thought you'd

2:09:02 see. There

2:09:03 >> you sound great. El Paso

2:09:06 and [music] the fear in [singing] his

2:09:07 eyes. When I took his glass of

2:09:11 champagne,

2:09:13 I toasted you said, "Honey, we may be

2:09:19 [music and singing]

2:09:21 one."

2:09:35 Now we don't care.

2:09:40 I'm not

2:09:44 thinking.

2:09:48 [cheering]

2:09:55 >> We love you so much, El Paso. Now, let's

2:09:59 cater on. [cheering]

2:10:09 >> [bell]

2:10:13 >> Ben Dun the third. He's my friend. He's

2:10:17 down there in low places as he'll begin

2:10:19 his second inning of work. Such a cool

2:10:22 night here in El Paso. A play, sack,

2:10:25 that has welcomed the middle children

2:10:28 matchup of banana ball, if you will.

2:10:30 Firefighters, the tailgator. None of the

2:10:33 series, the twoame series, never played

2:10:34 a three-game series until Charlotte

2:10:36 coming up in a few weekends have all

2:10:38 resulted in a split with the tailgator

2:10:40 winning game one, the firefighters

2:10:41 winning game two. We would need a big

2:10:44 time comeback

2:10:47 >> as Jonathan Sunshine Lutters

2:10:51 >> is going to come up and hit on his

2:10:52 unicycle.

2:10:54 >> Usually, ladies and gentlemen, I I'd be

2:10:57 much more excited about this. [music] I

2:10:58 would be, but because Sunshine is coming

2:11:00 in the game to hit on his unicycle, that

2:11:02 means he can no longer play defense, and

2:11:04 he was one trick play away from breaking

2:11:06 the single game record. He's already

2:11:08 tied the single game record, but he's

2:11:10 one trick play away from breaking it.

2:11:11 Nonetheless, a unicycle hit would be

2:11:14 great. It'd be wonderful.

2:11:16 >> Ben is trying to mimic the unicycle

2:11:18 motion on the mound.

2:11:20 >> Sunny [cheering]

2:11:22 trick play from Showtime. You know what?

2:11:25 Why not on a unicycle? Logan Lacy gets

2:11:29 his first trick play of the night off a

2:11:32 guy batting off one wheel. It's the one

2:11:34 thing that didn't work well for Sunshine

2:11:36 tonight. Logan Lacy. Showtime for a

2:11:39 reason.

2:11:41 >> Oh my gosh, that is way foul. And pardon

2:11:45 me, I I want to correct myself. Sunshine

2:11:49 just hit in the spot of the second

2:11:50 baseman. So Sunshine can come back out

2:11:52 and play defense in the ninth inning.

2:11:57 smothered by Peanut. Goes between the

2:11:59 legs. Dropped it first.

2:12:03 >> Trying to go for the trick play for the

2:12:04 love of the game. Throw a little low.

2:12:06 Mason, who's been really good at

2:12:08 scooping him out of the dirt this year,

2:12:09 can't find that one. And the Tailgator

2:12:12 get yet another runner on base here in

2:12:14 El Paso.

2:12:18 >> That was Indie Stanley who reached

2:12:20 there.

2:12:22 Jordan Hussein gets ahead one and0.

2:12:28 >> Five struck out and reached vir

2:12:32 officially be ruled a single for Indiana

2:12:35 Stanley. [music]

2:12:36 He's now got two of them on his ledger

2:12:38 tonight. How about we have three E6s

2:12:41 combined between the two shorts stops

2:12:42 tonight. Who are the two of the best

2:12:43 shorts stops in the game? This one right

2:12:45 here. Trick play. Book it. 643 double

2:12:49 play. [music]

2:12:50 Each of the shorts stops have hit a ball

2:12:52 to the other shorts stop every single

2:12:53 time tonight. Absolutely incredible.

2:12:55 Fifth trick play of the ball game for

2:12:57 the firefighters.

2:12:59 >> Second of the night for Kaden. And hey,

2:13:01 and now the ninth inning rules. Garrett

2:13:04 Lamper, take it away.

2:13:05 >> Well means we have made it to the ninth

2:13:07 inning. And if we cast our gaze upon the

2:13:10 scoreboard, you'll see that the Texas

2:13:12 Tailgator currently lead this game four

2:13:15 points to one. But this game is far from

2:13:18 over because here in the ninth inning,

2:13:20 every run that scores will count for a

2:13:22 point. Which means these firefighters

2:13:24 are as dangerous as ever because three

2:13:27 runs here would tie the game. But El

2:13:30 Paso, your Texas tailgator, are just

2:13:33 three outs away from winning this game.

2:13:37 The stakes HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER.

2:13:39 WELCOME TO THE FINAL INNING.

2:13:49 El Paso, Texas

2:13:52 coming into close for the Texas

2:13:54 Tailgator.

2:13:55 TEXAS BORN AND RAISED AN AGGIE AT HEART.

2:14:00 NUMBER 22,

2:14:02 Reese Miller. [screaming]

2:14:12 Reese Miller,

2:14:16 the man doning, the wind stripes, the

2:14:19 man known as the closer and the young

2:14:22 man who got the save last night, the

2:14:24 sixth of the year, tying [music] him for

2:14:27 second in the Banana Bowl Championship

2:14:29 League. We mentioned his mental reset

2:14:32 after Tulsa last [music] week.

2:14:35 >> Realize what needed to change. It's

2:14:38 nothing in that right arm. It's

2:14:39 everything in between the ears is what

2:14:40 Reese told me. We seen what happened

2:14:43 last night. Faced four firefighters.

2:14:46 Scoreless ninth inning. Able to get the

2:14:48 save in the two to1 victory here. A lot

2:14:50 more room to play with. Up four to one.

2:14:53 19 strikeouts on the air for Ree. It's

2:14:55 not about the strikeouts. It's not about

2:14:57 the save opportunity. The score is

2:14:59 important, but it's about trick plays

2:15:01 right now. Jonathan Sunshine Looters on

2:15:03 record watch. One more from him. Breaks

2:15:06 the single game record. Four in this

2:15:08 inning for the tailgator would also

2:15:10 break a team single game record. For the

2:15:13 firefighters, their final hopes, Eric

2:15:15 Jones Jr., Lamar Sparts, and Mason

2:15:17 Maxwell.

2:15:19 Each of those guys with at least one hit

2:15:21 tonight.

2:15:23 Foul from EJ.

2:15:26 The firefighters loan inning they won

2:15:28 came in the seventh. The Tailgator won

2:15:30 the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth

2:15:32 innings [music]

2:15:34 >> and yet again negated the equalizer

2:15:36 point.

2:15:40 0 and two. The Frisbee of a slider.

2:15:46 [cheering]

2:15:54 >> Hit right side. Taylor Justice between

2:15:57 the legs. Throws it to Reese. Book it.

2:16:00 That's number 19 and out number one here

2:16:03 in the top of the ninth.

2:16:07 Firefighters down to their last two

2:16:08 outs. Tailgators are hunting history on

2:16:11 the defensive side. Taylor Justice gets

2:16:13 them one trick play closer.

2:16:18 Lamar Sparks had a three-run homer in

2:16:21 the first.

2:16:24 [music]

2:16:25 Has grounded out twice since then.

2:16:31 If there's anybody that can get it

2:16:33 refired up, it's this guy. But they've

2:16:34 got to have it now. Down to their last

2:16:36 two batters [music] and two outs.

2:16:40 HIT THE SUNSHINE between the legs. Book

2:16:44 it. Jonathan Sunshine Loers breaks the

2:16:48 banana ball. Single game trick play

2:16:51 record with his ninth trick play here in

2:16:54 El Paso.

2:16:57 >> Single game. [screaming]

2:17:06 an alltime human.

2:17:09 >> He's pacing the league by 12 entering

2:17:12 tonight. And now he WILL FOREVER SIT IN

2:17:16 THE BANANA BALL record books with nine

2:17:19 trick plays in a banana ball game.

2:17:29 >> And how about this? If the Tailgators

2:17:30 got a double trick play to end this one,

2:17:32 they'd break the single game team record

2:17:34 in the same game that Sunshine just

2:17:36 broke the individual record. Sunshine

2:17:38 between the legs. Taylor Justice book it

2:17:43 book it. Tailgator went four to one and

2:17:45 they just broke the single game trick

2:17:48 play record with 22 of them.

2:17:53 Are you serious?

2:17:56 That's tailgator banana ball.

2:17:59 Jonathan Sunshine Lutters nine trick

2:18:01 plays booking for the record. Tailgator

2:18:05 22 trick plays book dead for the record.

2:18:08 But this game in the history of time and

2:18:12 dance a little bit while we're at it,

2:18:13 boys.

2:18:18 [music]

2:18:22 They're all

2:18:23 the sheriff on the floor.

2:18:27 She even

2:18:34 [music]

2:18:39 [cheering]

2:18:40 >> Texas tailgator.

2:18:43 >> Bucket overload. [cheering]

2:18:45 >> Tailgator first ever sweep of the

2:18:47 firefighters.

2:18:49 >> We're catching up to those bananas. We

2:18:51 already passed him in the trick play

2:18:52 records tonight. 22 trick plays in a

2:18:55 single game, a team record. And Jonathan

2:18:58 Sunshine looters, nine of them by

2:19:00 himself, an individual trick play

2:19:02 record.

2:19:04 A monumental moment in the history of

2:19:07 our sport

2:19:09 in a game where the tailgator

2:19:12 left the yard three times. Two of those

2:19:15 coming off the bat of Torren Bar, one

2:19:17 from Kyle Martin.

2:19:19 Michael, you have our showman tonight.

2:19:22 Who else would it be?

2:19:23 >> Who else would it be but Sunshine,

2:19:26 man? You just broke the single game

2:19:29 record as the tailgator. Brett Loft has

2:19:31 called it. He said if they do a double

2:19:32 trick play right now, they're going to

2:19:34 break the single game record as a team.

2:19:37 You did it on this bike. Did you even

2:19:39 know that going into that?

2:19:40 >> I I knew there was a few people, a few

2:19:42 coaches, few players murmuring about,

2:19:43 hey, we need a few away. And we're going

2:19:45 in and we'll do as many as we can. And

2:19:46 I'm so happy we do that. What a cool

2:19:48 thing. Let's talk about the guy behind

2:19:49 you, CD. He was telling me that he

2:19:51 actually got influence from Chris Clark,

2:19:53 last night's ace uh to throw that two

2:19:56 seamer, switching from the four seamer.

2:19:58 He was electric. Five strikeouts. What's

2:20:00 it like to have that guy on your team?

2:20:01 >> This guy is the best. I mean, he he does

2:20:03 such a great job on the mound and he's

2:20:05 so composed and he he's so mature. He

2:20:07 does a great job. I mean, for us,

2:20:09 obviously strikeouts, but he had so many

2:20:10 ground balls and pop flies to be your

2:20:12 tricks on and uh it's so cool having a

2:20:14 guy like this guy. He pitched so well

2:20:15 for us to have such a great great team

2:20:17 win. Sounds awesome.

2:20:18 >> CD, I want to elaborate on that about

2:20:20 the influence that the guy decorating

2:20:21 you with confetti and streamers has been

2:20:24 on you. You actually got in the box for

2:20:26 a pitch with him to change from four

2:20:28 seam to two seam.

2:20:29 >> I did. He was throwing a bullpen and he

2:20:31 he needed me. He was like, "Hey, can you

2:20:33 can you stand in and see this?" And now

2:20:35 I understand why they don't hit him. So,

2:20:38 no, it's it's been a great experience

2:20:39 being being with such a great pitcher

2:20:41 and I love these guys. Love them to

2:20:43 death. Sunshine, you're a dog.

2:20:45 >> It's Jordan. Hey, Jordan. Hey, Jordan.

2:20:47 Hey. Uh,

2:20:49 >> you wait. Let me let me shout out Let me

2:20:51 shout out J5. Okay, this my Hey, this is

2:20:53 my shortstop. This is Cap. Let me shout

2:20:55 out J6. This is my third baseman. He's a

2:20:58 Hey, he's a dog. LET ME SHOUT OUT MY

2:20:59 CATCHER. HEY, THIS THE BIGGEST, the

2:21:01 largest. HEY, THIS MY BEST FRIEND. This

2:21:06 >> Jordan Bond, you hit a You hit a ball

2:21:09 really, really, really fun.

2:21:11 >> I mean, yeah. I got lucky. Closed my

2:21:12 eyes. It happened.

2:21:14 >> What's it like? You guys broke the

2:21:15 single game record. The tailgator

2:21:17 looters behind you. This guy's grilling

2:21:19 on the grills. I mean, Texas for the

2:21:22 first time in the matchup series. You

2:21:24 guys won game two.

2:21:25 >> Yeah. I mean, it's really cool.

2:21:26 Obviously, we got the the best uh trick

2:21:28 trickers in in banana ball. So, I try to

2:21:31 learn my my my craft from them and it's

2:21:33 been a we have a special group and it's

2:21:35 a lot of fun winning ball games.

2:21:36 >> Do I look like Chris Clark, by the way?

2:21:37 He did my handlebars.

2:21:39 >> I do actually a lot. Yeah. And shout out

2:21:41 to my hitting coach, Andrew Bartman. He

2:21:42 just wanted me to say that. I appreciate

2:21:44 that. Hey, banana ball backstage.

2:21:46 Question of the game. You look like

2:21:48 Hollywood, man. This comes from Peyton,

2:21:50 9 years old. Pancakes or waffles and

2:21:53 why?

2:21:54 >> Uh, waffles. I think the texture is a

2:21:55 little better, crispier on the waffles.

2:21:57 So, I like that a lot. And can I just

2:21:58 add one more thing? Hey J5, this is the

2:22:00 captain from the tailgator. Uh, he is

2:22:02 such an influence in our clubhouse when

2:22:03 it comes to ripping tricks. Even the

2:22:05 ninth inning from the very beginning of

2:22:06 the year, he say, "Hey, in the ninth

2:22:07 inning, we're doing tricks." That's

2:22:08 going to be the identity of this team.

2:22:09 He establishes that for all of us. So,

2:22:11 he's set a really good tone. This is the

2:22:12 guy right here,

2:22:12 >> guys. When when if you're a kid right

2:22:14 now and you're watching this, you're

2:22:15 going to get older. You're going to tell

2:22:16 your kids that these are two of the best

2:22:18 guys in banana ball to ever step on a

2:22:20 field and do those trick plays. Guys,

2:22:22 thank you. Celebrate the Tailgator 2 and

2:22:25 0 here in El Paso.

2:22:28 >> This was one of the single most special

2:22:31 moments I've had in my young here in

2:22:33 Banana Ball. Seen every single game the

2:22:36 tailgator have ever played.

2:22:38 >> Last year, this was a team. They were

2:22:40 the only team in the history of the

2:22:42 sport since 2024 to record exactly zero

2:22:46 trick plays in a game last year. That

2:22:48 was game one in St. Paul, Minnesota.

2:22:50 Tonight, the same team that recorded

2:22:52 zero trick plays in a game last year

2:22:54 broke the single game banana ball record

2:22:57 with 22 of them tonight. And that guy on

2:22:59 your screen right there broke this

2:23:01 single game individual trick play record

2:23:05 with 10 of them in a game that was won

2:23:08 by offense. It was tailgator ball at its

2:23:11 core. Christian Davis shoved induces 12

2:23:15 trick plays behind him. Strikes out five

2:23:17 and five and two/3. Jordan Bar hits two

2:23:20 long balls. My good friend Kyle Martin

2:23:23 welcomes you to the auction yet again.

2:23:24 the first player in the sport this year

2:23:26 to get to double digit home runs with

2:23:27 10. But the story is trick plays and it

2:23:31 was exactly those guys on the field and

2:23:33 also somebody else they didn't mention

2:23:35 but it's somebody we've already heard

2:23:36 from tonight Bartman. I texted him

2:23:40 during friends in low places and said

2:23:42 Bart Sunny needs one trick play to break

2:23:45 the record and needs four to break the

2:23:48 single game record as a team. He said,

2:23:50 "Got it." And the tailgator booked it in

2:23:54 that ninth inning. I could not be

2:23:56 prouder of a group of guys that I am

2:23:58 here tonight. We talk about in this

2:24:00 organization, Zack Stton, about growing

2:24:02 all the time. How far this brand has

2:24:04 grown both when we talk about

2:24:06 entertainment, we talk about creative,

2:24:08 but we also talk about in between the

2:24:10 lines of Banana Ball. It is special what

2:24:13 this secondyear brand, the Texas

2:24:14 Tailgators are doing in 2026.

2:24:16 >> It was a special effort through this

2:24:18 brand. It's a special effort tonight in

2:24:20 the field. And you think about it, in

2:24:22 the first inning, the firefighters put

2:24:24 the pressure on the Texas Tailgator.

2:24:26 Pressure either burst pipes or it

2:24:28 creates diamonds. And it created one

2:24:30 special performance out there for the

2:24:32 firefighters. The last time they were

2:24:33 swept was against the Savannah Bananas

2:24:35 back in March. They immediately went

2:24:36 back and swept somebody else. You find

2:24:38 out what you're made of after a game

2:24:40 like this. I'll bet on the firefighters

2:24:42 any day of the week. But tonight, the

2:24:43 story is Sunshine Looters. The story is

2:24:45 this Texas Tailgator defense.

2:24:46 Firefighters fall below 500. The

2:24:48 Tailgator back over three games over

2:24:51 500. The first time in their existence

2:24:53 they've ever been three games over 500

2:24:55 at 12 and N. And those standings again

2:24:59 going closer and closer towards the top.

2:25:02 Obviously, the Tailgators have already

2:25:03 locked themselves in to a playoff spot

2:25:06 by winning the Banana Ball Open. But

2:25:08 clinching that number one seed and

2:25:10 having the opportunity to record 27 outs

2:25:12 like they did here tonight, you've seen

2:25:14 what they get to do. And with all those

2:25:15 trick play opportunities that they're

2:25:17 able to have, this is one of the most

2:25:19 special games we will ever see in our

2:25:22 young sport of banana ball. And as the

2:25:24 great Jesse Cole says, we're just

2:25:25 getting started. This has been one of

2:25:27 the most special weekends in the history

2:25:29 of our young sport. Loco Beach finally

2:25:31 overcoming Savannah Bananas. The

2:25:32 Indianapolis Clowns being able to revive

2:25:35 themselves fully and come full circle

2:25:38 going back to Indianapolis. And then

2:25:39 here tonight, Jonathan Sunshine,

2:25:41 Looters, and the Texas Tailgator. The

2:25:44 Trickery Trailblazers, 10 trick plays

2:25:46 from Sunny and 22 from The Tailgator.

2:25:49 Both single game records for everyone

2:25:51 back in Savannah being led under the

2:25:53 toutelage of our director Keegan Woods.

2:25:56 For Mr. Mohawk Mike, our producer,

2:25:58 [music] for Zack Stton and Michael

2:25:59 Schwarz down on the field, I'm Brett

2:26:01 Loft is telling you, I am so blessed to

2:26:04 have been a part of history tonight.

2:26:05 [music] I am so blessed to have spent it

2:26:06 with you and I am so blessed to be the

2:26:08 voice of the Texas Tailgators. You guys

2:26:10 don't know how happy I am to live this

2:26:12 life. Thank you [music] guys so much for

2:26:13 giving us this and until we see you

2:26:16 Thursday night in Knoxville, Tennessee.

2:26:17 Stay safe, stay happy, stay healthy, and

2:26:20 may you please gator up.

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