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The Dodgers walk it off six to five, and look, I'll be
honest with you, this would have been a really tough loss to talk about
because of the way the Dodgers played the first six to seven innings of the
game tonight. They had multiple chances to actually give themselves extra breathing room,
but they did not cash in when they had those opportunities. And then in
the eighth inning, Blake Trinen was not himself at the beginning of that inning.
He spiked what was going to be a sacrifice spunt by Jay McCarthy.
It gets by Gavin Lux who was covering second base. Maybe he could have
done a better job to keep it in front of him. Gabrielle Moreno scores
the tying run after Otani gave this sellout crowd fifty two nine thirty one life
hitting a go ahead two run home run halfway up the right field pavilion,
and the Dodgers gave it right back in the top of the eighth inning,
and you always hear players, managers, coaches talk about when you score in
one half of the inning, it's very important to put up a zero the
next half to keep the momentum on your side. You score one, they
score one, You score one, they score two. That's deflating to your
dugout into the guys behind you. But luckily for the Dodgers, as Jason
Hayward told me in Chicago, and this is a great time to relay this
one more time in Chicago, our friend John Hartongue Sports Net LA, the
host that is the most unselfish host out there, gave me a heads up.
They were going to ask me what my biggest takeaways of the first eighty
one games were, and I thought, you know what, it would be
more powerful to ask somebody in that clubhouse what their thoughts is on what stands
out the most from the first eighty one games. So I asked my baseball
or Dodger twenty twenty four conscience, Jason Hayward, what he thought, and
he gave me a great answer that applies tonight. That the Dodgers have freestyled
all season long, whether it's beating the expectations or blocking out the expectations and
spring training, with the money, the offseason the Dodgers had, or whether
it's the guy's going down with injuries or just individual games like this where they
have the freestyle and figure out a way to come back and be resilient.
And tonight in the ninth inning, tonight, in the seventh inning, you
saw that from the Dodgers. They could have very easily just said, you
know what, Seawald's really good tonight, We're just gonna give up this game
and we have a eight to nine game lead, and they did not do
that. Will Smith is not giving away at bats. He can't afford to
give away at bats. He hasn't been swinging the bat that great, so
for him to get a clutch, two out double to put himself in scoring
position got that inning started. And then you have the most professional hitter in
Major League Baseball, Freddie Freeman at the plate, who you know, you
see other guys get two strikes on him, you become very nervous. You
kind of feel like, Okay, this guy is striking out or it's not
going the right way. But when Freddie Freeman is down in account o two,
you don't have that sort of pessimistic attitude towards what's going to take place.
And I don't know about you, but that's the way I felt standing
next to the Dodger Dugout. I thought Freddy had to plan the entire time
and the one thing. And I told him this after the game. I
have heard him say multiple times, I'm looking for a strike, and he
was looking for a strike O two and he was able to drive it to
tie the game. And how many times have we talked about the most underappreciated
part of Freddie Freeman's game is his base running. Did you know how good
of a base runner Freddie Freeman was when he was playing in Atlanta? I
certainly did not. But he values ninety feet and with two outs, and
you have a very aggressive third base coach Dino Ebel, who does his homework
before every game, knows the strength of the outfield arms, knows the accuracy,
knows the tendencies, and he's got a base runner like Freddie Freeman at
second base. That was him sending him all the way and the throw is
offline. Freddie Freeman slides home safe. He was out of breath after the
game, and the Dodgers win, and the Dodgers needed this win. I
know you might say, and the guys in that clubhouse might say, what
are you talking about, Vassay, We have a ten game lead in the
lost column. We had a seven and a half game lead coming into the
game tonight, Padres got shut out by the Rangers seven to nothing. What
are you talking about we needed this game? Well, here it is.
You guys just lost a very disappointing series to the Giants, who are not
better than the Dodgers, and they got blown out in San Francisco. I
don't care how big you think your lead is and how much you think about
October. That was embarrassing on Sunday to get blown out at Oracle Park.
So the Dodgers needed to come back tonight and win this game and start this
series on the right foot. If they lose this game, they have a
losing record against two NLS Division foes they have lost. They have a losing
record against the Padres. They're just three and five this year against the Padres,
and coming into the game tonight, they were just five hundred against the
Diamondbacks, the team, by the way that swept you out of the playoffs
in the first round. Let's not forget that either, right, Are we
just just going to forget that part of it too? So that's why this
was a big win for me, and it would have been a very disappointing
and disheartening loss. Eight six six nine seven two five seventy is the phone
number. Let's go out to Gilberto and San Diego. You're on Dodger Talk
with David Veasse. All right, I'll put them back on hold for now.
Let's head downstairs to sports net La. Kirsten Watson caught up with one
of the heroes, ta Oscar Hernandez. Ta Oscar, what's here? You
find yourself in another RBI situation? To walk this one off? What were
you seeing from seawall there at the plate? I mean, you know today
I was trying to get ready, not to think about anything and just gonna
go fish it hit and just put it and play with a win like this.
How much fun is it to be a part of with this group?
Oh, it's been great, especially here at home. You know the facts.
I love this and I love it too, So every situation I'm gonna
be on it, I'm gonna be focused, I'm gonna try to do my
job. The All Star vote is coming to an end tomorrow. What would
it mean to you to not only be a starter in the All Star Game
representing the Dodgers, representing the National League, to get the vote from the
fans. I mean it's gonna mean a lot, you know, especially being
a far of these team and River Sennata in the All Star Game. It's
gonna be awesome for me. And it's a dream come true. With this
win, you guys are setting the tone for this home stand. How import
was it to do that? What did you see from Bobby Miller and how
he was able to fight back into this one? You know, this was
a team win. You know, everybody puts a little bit on it.
The move in, Hibbel's stay in the game, and we put some runs
and we win the boy game. Right Well, congratulations on the walkof in
this win tonight. Thank you appreciate it. There is ta Oscar Hernandez on
sports net LA and I'll say it once again, ta Oscar Hernandez leads all
National League outfielders in home runs and RBIs. He belongs on the All Star
Team and you can vote for him at MLB dot com slash Vote until tomorrow.
Morning at nine am eight six six nine seven two five seventy is the
phone number. Dodgers walk it off against the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight, six to
five. Let's go out to Gilberto san Diego. Gilberto, you're on Dodger
Talk. Oh total bien grande fiesta tonight at Dodger Stadium. Oh yes,
And I I learned something alone time ago that my dad told me you never
leave the game until it's over, And tonight was watch just one of those
games. I like what I'm seeing. I like the struggles they've been having
and how they come through. I love what they did tonight that they never
gave up. I think they listened to our conversation from last year that if
they didn't put it together, they will play spirit airlines. Remember that conversation.
Oh how can I forget it? But it was great. I mean,
I love what they're doing and I hope they keep it going. And
I'm gonna go home right now and vote for the Oscar to make sure that
he's in the All Star Game. I love it, Gilberto, thanks a
lot for the phone call. You can also vote for Mookie Bets and show
hey o Tani Ghetto TONI the most votes of any National League player. And
also, I know Mookie's not going to play, but man, what an
honor it would be if Dodger fans show Mookie the love and made him an
All Star as a shortstop. That would mean a lot. And you can
hear his thoughts on it on our IG live on the A five seventy LA
sports account. Let's go out to Danny, who is at Dodger Stadium tonight
part of a sellout crowd. Danny, I hope you stayed all the way
through. Well, you know I did, Dave. I could never leave.
I saw people hitting the exits when Otani struck out of the ninth,
and I don't know how you do that. Man. You got Will Smith
and Freddie Freeman coming up one run down. You can't leave that game,
and they showed you exactly why let him? Let it come back? And
I love what you were saying about. It's yeah, it's July one and
they got a big lead in the they lose this one. What's the big
deal. But the reason you want to win Thames is because a game like
a fourth late innings sworn runs, you want to win that game. You
know this is like, that was like a playoff type of game because of
the sosos of it. Those are the types of games you want to win.
If you're a championship team, you're gonna win those games. And great
job on Bobby Miller. I was walking up to the stadium stay talking to
myself, and I'm like, what would be a good Bobby Miller start today,
considering you know, the season's happened, and I was thinking to myself,
you know what, five innings, two runs, I'll take it.
And that's exactly what we got. Dave, great game to day, heck
of a comeback by the boys. Love it, Danny Way to stay all
the way through, Appreciate it. Eight six, six nine, eight seven,
two five seventy. You know, Bobby Miller showed me something in that
fourth inning because we have seen innings like that just completely implode. And Bobby
gave up the game tying to run home run to the Dodger killer, Christian
Walker. But after that he loaded the bases and he there was nobody out.
That game could have got away from Bobby and the Dodgers really quick,
like we have seen in other starts that he has made, but he kept
his composure, and he found a way to get out of that fourth inning
throwing thirty one pitches. I mean that the game could have got away right
there in the fourth inning with bases loaded and nobody out, but then he
was able to get Alec Thomas, then Heraldo Perdomo, and also was able
to get Corbyn Carroll, who was not the same Corbin Carroll from a year
ago, to end the inning. So he retires the side in order after
giving up a game tying to run home run and also loading the bases with
nobody out. That showed me a lot. Let's head downstairs right now,
speaking up my guy Bobby Miller. He's speaking to reporters on Sports at LA.
Definitely, I wish I could have given him more innings, but at
the end of the day, it's a step forward for me. I mean,
to get away with this stuff I had today. I feel pretty good
about it because that definitely was not my best stuff today, but I got
away with it and got through five biggest part of the game was definitely bases
loaded. Now it's really glad I got that. Got a lot really like
energetic after that, and Doc talked to me a little bit settled down a
little bit, re group, and that's what I usually do after showing a
lot of emotion out there. You know, I'll just deep brass regroup and
go back and get a shutdown inning because I knew the game was close on
a new our offense was gonna do the job and get us back in the
game. Hey, Bobby Miller was top stepping at the rest of the game.
He was where his feet were during that fourth inning and that's how he
was able to get out of that bases loaded, nobody out jam eight six
six nine seven two five seventy is the phone number, by the way,
want to add insult to injury. Do you really want Jock Peterson coming into
your own house, the team that he used to play for October in July
to beat you with two outs and running the bases and showing that emotion after
being embarrassed two out of three in San Francisco. That would not have set
well with me. And uh. Thankfully the Dodgers were able to be resilient
in that ninth inning and have the guys that they count on, Will Smith,
Freddie Freeman and Taoscar Hernandez come to the rescue. Let's go out to
Justin who is part of the sellout crowd tonight, Justin, you're on Dodger
Talk. Hey, Dave, long time listener, first time caller. Appreciate
you having me on. Yeah, it was a great atmosphere, especially that
show. Hey, home run the place exploded. Love being there for that.
I just wanted to comment on the resiliency that everybody's been talking about.
It's great to see the guys siding back when you know things aren't going great.
That fourth inning was huge, especially hard to tell from my seat,
but I seem like Bobby really only had his fastball working, you know,
the way it's supposed to. So yeah, he actually showed a good curveball
to get himself out of that basis loaded jam. In the fourth inning,
he started doubling up on the curveball. So the curveball was a weapon for
him tonight as well. Great to see it. And yeah, and hopefully
you know, works out the kings. He just said, you know,
didn't have his best stuff, and that just shows, you know, his
not best stuff gets us, you know, five innings of two run ball.
Hopefully that's a good sign for the rest of the year. Once he
does get it. Strained out, So all right, justin thanks a lot
for the phone call, appreciated. Eight six six nine eight seven two five
seventy is the phone number. Another layer to this series and why tonight was
such a big win. The Dodgers get the win tonight. Before the game
today, the Diamondbacks place Tomorrow's scheduled starter, Jordan Montgomery on the injured list
with right knee inflammation. So the Diamondbacks are scrambling for a starter tomorrow.
With Zach Gallon looming in the final game of this series. The Diamondbacks lined
up Gallen specifically to pitch on Thursday against the Dodgers here at Dodgers Stadium.
So if you lose this game and you have Zach Gallon looming on Thursday,
who is really good? You have an uphill climb to try to win this
series and that would have been problematic. Eight six six nine eighty seven two
five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers walk it off with two outs in
the nine against the Snakes six to five. Let's go out to Eric in
Hollywood. You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Eric, God Jered
day shot? Wow, what a great win. David will Smith stepping up
against Seawold. The guy had a point zero five four er. Great job
Will Smith, I mean, his bat hasn't been there, but he came
up tonight. Then Freddy bringing it home. And gotta give it up to
Bobby m I know everybody's been mentioning to him right now, but man,
base is loaded after giving up the tying up and tying the game up and
then he just he just took care of business after that. Man, Good
job, Bobby. I hope he's turning something around for him. And you're
right, man, the snake suck and it just it's great to see the
Dodgers balling. And migal Rojas had a little bit of kind of like some
balls hit to him and stuff like that. But you know what, I'm
not tripping, you know what I mean. The team stepped up, everybody
rallied around, and they won this game. And that's what and that's what
I love about this team. You know what I mean. You're gonna run
into some little missteps here and there, and you know what, Hey,
you're not gonna get to every ball, but guess what, we won the
game. We won the game, and that's the most important thing. Yo,
David feeling it. Obie here feeling it in Hollywood, bro feeling it.
Let's take the series, man, I'm loving it all right, Eric,
thanks a lot for the phone call. Appreciate it. Eight six six
nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers walk it off
against the Diamondbacks six to five. It was a two out rally against Diamondbacks
closer Paul Sewald Will Smith with a two out double and Freddie Freeman followed with
a double of his own to tie the game and ta Oscar Hernandez to win
it in the bottom of the ninth inning. We had a chance to catch
up with Freddy moments after the winning run was scored by fast Freddie Freeman.
I'm here with Wheels Freeman. Not only does he tie the score, but
he scores the winning run. Take us through being down two against Sea Wall,
who was pretty tough against lux and Otani before you. Yeah, you
know, I just we know. He's got a good heater that has a
lot of riyes, just trying to be on top of it, straight to
it. So he likes sater in certain counts and he should be out top
of the eater. I heard you in my head saying I'm looking for strikes.
Yeah, I should show you at the first one, and I would
a strike two, but I took that one. But uh no. Overall,
what a great heaving to We'll get it going, getting it through and
ending it Freddy, When Tao Oscar gets that ball through the left side of
the endfield, what are you is seeing? As far as the read from
second base, all I'm seeing is looking at Tino. I'm trying to give
everything I got, and you know I'm gonna go and until he stops me.
And he was waving his arm, so I gave everything I got.
Does it make it easier to get a secondary with two outs? You know?
I was trying to get a secondary, but the teams we've been playing
lately have been running a lot of second base back picks, so I was
kind of looking for a glove dropping that situation. So I was a little
bit shorter on my leave. I was trying to make a big secondary and
hit off. Ever since you became a Dodger, we have valued how much
you value ninety feet. That was really fun to watch you score from second
I appreciate it. Bribably, isn't looking very fast out there, but I'm
going to fast not good. I I I'll score. Hey, it counted.
I appreciate. Thank you, Dared there. He is Freddie Freeman,
one of not only the best hitters in baseball, but one of the best
base runners in baseball. He is just a complete player, and he certainly
is a pleasure to watch. Eight six six nine eighty seven, two five
seventy is the phone number. We're going to take a time out here on
Dodger Talk. We have three lines open at eight six six ninety seven,
two five seventy. We will check in with Jose Mota. We'll get you
an update on Mookie Beds and Clayton Kershaw. And we still have that one
hundred dollars gift card to give away to Superior Grocers. We're with you until
eleven thirty tonight, live from Dodgers Stadium after the Dodgers win in dramatic fashion
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Dodger Talk with David Bassan Raymond one second Sea wall out of the stretch,
hernandezquells a ball base hit on field. Freddy's gonna be waved around. The
throw in from Gurriel hits off the place tail. Thank hero again. The
Dodgers walk off the Bebacks. He's being pop between second and third, six
five the final. The Dodgers score two runs with two out of the bottom
of the ninth inning with their last breath. They take the series opener from
Arizona. Rick Monday and Stephen Nelson on the call tonight as the Dodgers defeat
the Diamondbacks six to five in Game one of this three game series. This
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to give Gavin Luck some props. In the seventh inning, he let off
the bottom of the seventh inning with a walk to set up show Hey Otani's
monster go ahead two run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Otani's home run just would have tied the game if Lux does not turn the
lineup over by getting on base with a leadoff walk. That was one of
the best at bats that I've seen Lux have in that ninth spot this year.
Eight six six nine seven two five seventy is the phone number. Show
Hey Otani tonight recorded his five hundredth and five hundred and first RBIs with that
two run home run that went and estimated four hundred and thirty three feet.
He is on fire. And I was, you know, I'm not trying
to name drop here, but Brad Paisley was in the house and we were
talking about Otani that this does not seem like a hot streak for Otani.
His cold streak of that twenty five game stretch before Father's Day that seemed to
be an outlier more than what we're seeing right now. Otani, though,
is on fire. I feel like this is another level. Since taking over
the leadoff spot because of Mookie's injury, Otani is hitting three eighty. He's
been just a monster for the Dodgers since Father's Day. And if you remember,
on Father's Day he was hitting second. That's when he broke out of
his slump when he hit two home runs. Speaking Mookie Betts, we had
a chance to catch up with MOOKI on our and five to seventy LA Sports
Instagram Live this afternoon, and he is not wearing a cast. It's more
of a metal brace that gives his fingers a little bit more breathing room.
And I found it interesting that he revealed he gets scans, whether it's an
X ray or maybe a little bit more of a detailed scan on his left
hand every week to check on the progress of the healing of his bones in
his left hand. And he said, by all accounts, it's healing nicely,
so he's encouraged. And he was throwing earlier this afternoon from about ninety
feet out there on the left field grass with Brandon McDaniel, and he had
Dino Ebels's youngest son, Trey, catching for him like a quarterback getting ready
for a game, because he obviously can't put the glove on and catch.
So that's the this on Mookie Betts and later in the show, we will
get you on that date, update on Clayton Kershaw, and we will get
more of your phone calls here. But first we want to check in with
our guy, Jose Moda. It's tough to go around the horn with Jose
Mota, all right, Jose Mota, be honest with us. Did you
feel like the game was over with two outs in that ninth inning? Freddy
Freeman up, No, never you mentioned it. Freddie Freeman understands situations.
And the game's not over, Freddie, until the last ruck is thrown.
And for Freddy to say score it up against together. That's been so tough
against everybody else. At some point you know the battle is going to shift
the other way against Sea Wold, and tonight was his night. I mean,
think about this too. If you have that base open and you're thinking
about who's hitting behind and Freddy he saw the first pitch was the slider right
on the black outside. Okay, a little back door slider. But Freddy
has to have the ability to say it doesn't matter if the visit to the
Mountain was about being careful and pitching. To me, pitchers do make mistakes,
and O two is exactly what Sewell did not want to do. Freddie
was ready to hit. There's some hitters now that they know very well in
that type of situation, they get themselves caught thinking, well, maybe he
wasn't gonna bitch to me, baby. No. No, Freddy's like pitch
to me. I expect to see something. Because he's also telling himself don't
expand his own because they're going to be careful with you. But you have
to be ready to hit strikes, and he was. And also Will Smith
was the one that started that too out rally. He did not let Seawall
get too deep in the count. He was very aggressive early on. How
important was that? That was huge because you know, Will Smith had a
very poor month of May, very poor month of June, and he's been
missing pitches where he's been getting out of the ball early in counts. He's
very good with two strikes, but I think right now the best thing is
going to benefit him is to be aggressive early and try to drive the baseball,
especially a big part of the field, which Aaron Base speaks to me
a lot about. You know, certain times against hitters, he goes,
I don't want the homer, I want a line drive up the middle.
As how as you can and let the ball travel whatever's going to do.
But certainly he wants an aggressiveness and I think for will Smith, hopefully that's
a good indication because he did a good, very tough picture today. Jose,
How big of a win is this for the Dodgers? I felt like
this would have been a tough one to swallow with the way the Dodgers played
late in this game and Jock Peterson hitting the go ahead home run off of
Phillips with two outs. How big of a win is it considering the Dodgers
just got beat pretty badly in San Francisco, and you know, they would
have had a losing record against Arizona if they lost tonight. Oh, Dave,
there's no doubt. I can say enough that you have to learn and
you have to enjoy winning games like this. It's great to blow people away.
That's great to blow out you know, but you have to learn how
to win games like this, and is by staying on the game every single
out, every single pitch, and then not having to and only on the
middle of your order. It's a great blessing when it comes up that way
and they do their jobs. But you know, with a nine to nine
record coming into today. In one run games, you figure something goes amid
sometimes in these type of situations, and it's not about looking for the long
ball. It's about having good productive bass to Oscar give him a lot of
credit. Today, Telsker put the ball in play and he ended up with
your RBIs And that's something that he has been speaking to me about. He
goes. It seems like sometimes I get myself thinking too much about driving instead
of just going. What's a situation calling for? Is it maybe a ground
out to take the RBI? But it is big. But Dave, you
know I was talking about like Whitey Herz when I was a kid, telling
me something like this about winning games like this, about the playoffs and just
getting your mind ready as he did for his teams in Saint Louis and other
Buck clubs. But understand that these games are the ones that drain you the
most, and these are the games that you enjoy winning also the most.
No doubt, mister Momentum was changing jerseys quite a bit tonight, and the
Dodgers had the last laugh six to five, coming from behind with two outs
in the bottom of the ninth inning. Jose Mota joins us after the Dodgers
beat the Diamondback six to five at Dodgers Stadium. And I don't know if
you heard what I said earlier, but you know, Shoho Tani has really
caught fire after hitting two hundred for a twenty five game stretch. You've seen
him more than I have. Is this the norm or is this higher than
the normal baseline for Otani when he's hot? Oh, this has been elevated
because of the environment and the expectations. And yeah, honestly the contract and
everything that's on showhial tiny right now and talk about leading off, and you
know he knows and expects in just in Joe's the moment. I mean,
Japanese Sarah is nine fifty two thousand plus the Dodgers get over two million today,
by the way, in forty second date, that's pretty amazing. But
to come up in that situation and hit a ball as long as he when
the whole stadium is like, I want to see shoy here at home run
as a fan, right, and there it was. He delivered once again.
It's like following the script. And I mean, I always think that
you are a product of your environment. I'll never stop saying that I believe
in that I've seen it happen wait too many times in this environment, and
his teammates are making him take it to a new level. It's pretty amazing.
All right, Jose, thanks a lot for checking in. We'll see
you tomorrow night at Dodgers Stadium, Dodgers looking to make it two in a
row over the Snakes. Buenos Nochez. All right, Buenos Nochez. Jose
Mota part of the Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast with Pepe and Ninguez, who has
one of the great voices in broadcasting, and the legendary Fernando Valenzuela. Eight
six six ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the
Diamondbacks tonight six to five in front of a sellout crowd of fifty two thousand,
nine hundred and thirty one. Let's go back out to the phones.
Roy in Van Nice, you're on Dodger Talk live from Dodger Stadium. Hi,
Roy, Hey, it's great to hear from you. Hey. You
know, speaking of Otani, he reminds me of when Mark McGuire had a
sixty home run season in Saint Louis I was in Saint Louis and it was
a similar deal. I mean, mcguild was just swatting bombs, you know,
and you had that same and the thing that you mentioned, It's like,
is this guy from another planet? You know? I mean it was
it was saying kind of a similar thing. Just amazing, you know.
I mean every home run it seemed it was a bomb, you know,
and he carried it through the whole season. Yeah, I can't. You
know. McGuire was a right handed hitter. He was a slugger. He
was a really good first baseman. But I feel like Otani being a left
handed hitter and doing what he's doing. The closest thing I could think of
as far as this dominant and the mystique that surrounds him is very Bonds and
we all know what you know took place with Bonds in San Francisco. But
he was a great hitter and a great player. You can't take that away
from him. Thanks for the phone call, Roy, Let's go out to
Trey in West LA. You're on Dodger Talk. How are you doing,
Trey David? Hello, sir, how are you my man? Well?
I'm doing better now than I was in the top of the ninth inning.
Well, I feel you there. Excellent, Yes, indeed, and you
know, cheers to Giberto and Jose Mota as we definitely know, you never
leave the game and over till it's over. Kudos to Bobby for really focusing
in that fourth. I agree with you. He definitely showed some growth there.
And you know, what a hell of a win. Jerry Harriston Junior
said it after the game. Even you know it's Tuesday, we're playing the
Diamondbacks, and you know it's early July. But this really was the heck
of a win, a real confidence boost me win. And if we might
go back to a couple earlier calls that we had for everyone that was calling
for chopping heads in you know, late April, early May with Taylor and
you know, Monday, Monday quarterbacking on Doc's decisions. You know, baitball
is like the ocean when you're surfing. You got to respect it, you
got to be patient, you ride the highs and the lows, and ultimately
you come out that tube and victory. And that's what we did tonight and
just a great win. I really appreciate it, and just everybody listening right
now God bless this team and want to wish everyone God blessed wonderful Independence Day
for the greatest country, the United States of America. Everyone have a wonderful
holiday. Are you reading from a prepared statement right now? Trey, No,
sir, No, sir. This is exceparaneous. All those that was
very eloquent. Thank you for the phone call. I appreciate that. And
we'll see you on fourth of July, hopefully here at Dodger Stadium a great
fireworks show after Thursday night's game against the Diamondbacks. Seventy is the phone number.
Let's go out to Luis in La. You're on Dodger Talk. Hi,
Luis, Hi, David like like I mean, I'm like you right
now after the Ninetheenny, I'm excited about the win. Glad they pulled it
off. This is one of the most exciting wins in the season, other
than the Game two of the Yankee Series in New York when when Oscar hit
the Grand Slam. Yeah, the Oscar to the rescue that night too.
Of course, we've got to vote him in anyway. Just concerned about about
the bullpen. Everybody besides Ramirez and Daniel Hudson, but I know who would
have thought that Blake trining And yeah, Blake, Blake's not looking like himself
lately. And Evan Phillips, you know, he's been human here lately.
He'll get it back on track. He's got pitches that you have to have
a feel for. But Blake Trinon has looked very human the last week or
so, so I'm with you. Louise. Hey, Louis, you mentioned
voting for Teoscar Hernandez mouki Otani. If I give you this one hundred dollars
gift card to Superior Grocers, will you vote the rest of the night.
Yeah, I'll vote. Done. You get that one hundred dollars gift card
to Superior Grocers. Luise, thanks for listening. All right, thanks a
lot, Dad, All right, man, Luis gets that one hundred dollars
gift card to Superior Grocers. And for another chance to win, listen Sunday
through Thursday games in the top of the sixth inning for Andre Ethier. Yes,
the real Andre Ethier's Q to call and you could win a one hundred
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iHeartRadio app. Keyword and five to seventy LA sports. All right, we
had a chance before tonight's exciting finish to catch up with Clayton Kershaw. As
you know, after his first rehab start, he felt soreness in his left
shoulder felt even more when he was trying to throw a bullpen session after that
rehab start, and the Dodgers had to throttle him back. Today was the
first day we've seen him since all that took place, and Kershaw actually walked
up to me and a couple of beat riders and offered some answers. You
know, I feel like it's been pretty the upward trajectory has been pretty steady,
you know, up to this point. And I don't really want to
call it a setback. I just think it's just like just getting your feet
underneath you a little bit. And I don't feel like it'll delay the process
by that much. And you know it today felt good and I'll throw a
bullpen here pretty soon and get right back at it. I don't know,
you know, I don't know, so just it could be part of it.
It could be just a little hiccup. I don't know, but you
know, I was able to get some shots and feel better with it and
kind of go from there. Dave said that there was the way he put
it was when you had the MRIO show no new incident, was that a
relief or yeah, definitely. I mean nothing nothing new, you know,
it's just there's some old man shoulder a little bit, you know, there's
somewhere and tire in there, but nothing new, so which kind of means
you can kind of push through stuff, you know. So that's what that's
what I'm gonna do. And you know, I think having this little,
you know, couple of day reset should help. All right, There's Clayton
Kershaw giving us an update on how his left shoulder is feeling. And look,
he sounded relieved that that MRI did not show any new damage to that
left shoulder. He's gonna throw a bullpen session tomorrow and we'll see how he
comes out of it. But after that, but I'll be very transparent with
you. He's coming off a major shoulder surgery. He hasn't had a bump
in the road up until this shoulder soreness over the course of the last seven
or ten days. The way I look at it and the way the Dodgers
are approaching the July thirtieth trade deadline. You can't count on Kershaw. That's
an extra bonus if you get Kershaw back, and he's any semblance of the
way he was two or three years ago. To me, you can't count
on Kershaw. You can't count on Yamamoto. And that's why you're reading and
hearing more buzz around the league that the Dodgers are prioritizing starting pitcher that can
start a playoff game for them, not just a guy at the back end
of the rotation to piecemeal it through the regular season. They're looking for a
higher end starter, whether that's Garrett Crochet or Kevin Gossman. They're looking for
those type of guys. Crochet obviously is the prize of the trade deadline,
But the issue is there's not a lot of supply on the market, and
the Baltimore Orioles are looking for Garrett Crochet just as much as the Dodgers are,
and so are the San Diego Padres, so there's competition for him,
and the White Sox cannot miss on this trade for Garrett Crochet. They desperately
need talent in their organization. They are going to do their due diligence and
just take the best offer. I know, I've talked to people in the
White Sox organization directly and they have said, send your best offers, and
if that turns into a bidding war for your best offer, whoever steps up
is going to get Garrett Crochet. And Garrett Crochet I know maybe you haven't
seen him pitch, but you saw him pitch against the Dodgers lineup last week
and he did not back down and a lot of people were impressed with his
stuff and his moxie on the mound. So you know he's number one.
After that, you know, you could go for Kevin Gossman. You could
bolster your bullpen as well with Tanner Scott, who knows. Also with the
way things are going right now in Major League Baseball, specially in the National
League, with so many teams currently within earshot of the last wildcard spot.
He got almost half of the National League separated by just five games of the
last wildcard spot. Some obviously more realistic than others, but there are teams
that are under five hundred, like the Diamondbacks, who are just three games
back of the final wildcard spot, which is currently held by the San Diego
Padres. My point being is, let's say the trade deadline comes and goes,
and some of these teams fall further and further back. Will some of
these teams copycat what the Angels did last year when they acquired all these players
to make a run for it, trying to entice Otani or one last run
with Otani guys like Lucas Giolito, they fall further back. I think they
lost nine to ten after the trade deadline. Arty Moreno says, you know
what, we're out of put these guys on waivers, so I'm not over
the luxury tax. It feels like other teams took notice of that. And
who knows, you may have some really good starting pitchers with multi year contracts
for a big price tag that only a handful of teams would be willing to
take on, including the Dodgers. So that's also a possibility. Eight six
six ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks
tonight, six to five. Let's go out to Portland. Aaron, thanks
a lot for being patient. Hi, thank you for of course, nice
to talk to you again. David, my pleasure. What'd you think about
the game tonight. I'm gonna say I've already voted. You did you're cannandos.
Yes, you've maxed out your votes, Hi, Aaron, Yes,
yes, well no, but I was just gonna say that I think that
this game is proving that, you know, even though like we we're coming
under a different circumstances and we're just kind of digging up and to come up
to a mountain is what it is. Hey, you gotta look at it.
You gotta look at it like the Dodgers do erin the bottles half full,
the bottles not having bottle is always full. Oh sounds like an Aaron.
Keep the party going up there, Thanks a lot for the phone call.
Hey, Tomorrow night to game over, Eric Ganye is going to be
throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. Tomorrow is the twentieth anniversary of Ganye securing
his eighty fourth consecutive safe It is still a Major League record, and he
is going to be back out here at Dodger Stadium. And last night Ganie
joined us on Dodger Talk. It means the world of me. It's really
special just to be part of that team, part of that uh, you
know, amazing history and people talk about the Drysdale, the Sandy Coo facts
and you all the stories I got from Maury Wills, and it's a very
very special organization. It's something that I was very fortunate coming from Montreal.
There's a lot of history there with Jackie Robinson playing in Montreal. So I
felt like being a Dodger it's something I know, something I love, something
I'm really proud of and really honored to be part of. And you know,
once a Dodger, are always a Dodger. Tommy said the best,
you know, I bleed Blue. I'm a Dodger from you know, through
and through. It's just that's what I do, That's what I am.
It's a it's going to be very emotional. I think it's when the music
turns on, when the fans get up, when I'm up there, it's
still feeling the you know, the energy that the fans used to give me.
Feel that before the game. It's going to be unbelievable. So I'm
I'm crazy, you know, It's it's crazy to think that I've had that
type of career coming from Montreal. But to be honor, to be honored
of down the Stadium. It's part be part of the great history of the
Dodgers. It's it's very special. Kudos to the Dodgers for recognizing that tomorrow
is the twentieth anniversary of that Major League record eighty four consecutive saves and Gannie
being asked to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, so should be fun and
no doubt that theatrics will be in place for Guns n' roses. Welcome to
the jungle, just like when Ganie would come through those bullpen gates in two
thousand and three on his way to the National League Cy Young Award. And
after all that, Gavin Stone is making a name for himself. He'll add
to that tomorrow night. He's nine to two with an ERA of two seventy
three. That's the lowest ERA by any Dodger starter this year. We're not
sure who the Diamondbacks are starting, but Jordan Montgomery was supposed to start,
and the Diamondbacks put him on the il with right knee inflammation. Morongo Casino
Dodgers on Deck begins at six o'clock tomorrow with first pitch at seven ten.
That'll do it for us Tonight from Dodgers Stadium. A very exciting night at
Dodgers Stadium as the Dodgers down to their final out, come back to score
two runs and beat the Arizona Diamondbacks six to five in front of a sellout
crowd of fifty two thousand, nine hundred and thirty one thanks to Colin Ye
back at our Burbank Studios, thanks to Dwayne McDonald, who again is all
packed up and ready to go. Dwayne can listen to the show again on
the iHeartRadio App. And that's also where you can hear our pregame conversation with
the Baseball Hall of Fame President and Chatsworth High alum Josh Rawitch. All of
it one stop shop on the iHeartRadio App. Once again. The final score
tonight from Dodgers Stadium, the Dodgers defeat the Diamondback six to five. Then
Malor is next on Fox Sports Radio. Have a great rest of your Tuesday.
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