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Shortly, we'll hear from Kirsten Watson. In just a few minutes, we'll
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Well, for the Dodgers, Philadelphia was anything but the city of brotherly
love. Yesterday in Philly, Anthony Bonda got the start as the opener,
and it was more of the same from the Dodger pitching. In the first
Trey Turner, a solo home run off Bonda of the Phillies took a one
to nothing lead. Then in a second Land and Knack on the mount is
the bulk innings guy. He too got hit around Brandon Marsha's solo home run
the Phillies rub two to nothing. The Dodgers managed to finally finally get on
the scoreboard in the fifth inning thanks to Gavin Lucks one oh and Lux hits
the ball a long way down the left field side. Jason gets to the
corner and that ball is off the pole and gone a home run. That
ball sliced and it hit the three twenty nine marker the screen just to the
right of the foul pole, down toward the bottom of it, and Gavin
Lux has a home run, his third of the year. It's a two
to one ball game. Gavin locks with the big bopper there, his third
of the season. Dodgers cut the deficit in half, down two to one,
and the sixth, though landing neck still in when he got into trouble
again, Brandon Marsh ripped a triple down the line, scoring Nick Castanos that
put the Phillies ahead three to nothing. The very next batter, Yawn Rojas
and RBI single that brought in Marsh and the Phillies extended to lead to four
to one, and that was it for Knack, but not for the Phillies.
And the eighth Ryan Yarborough on and relief facing Kyle Schwarber. The top
active managers in winning percentage are squaring off here in Philadelphia. This ball's hammered.
Schwarber's got another home run, upper deck shot in right field. Five
to one, Philadelphia. There was a curve ball. He went out and
got it and pulled it into the upper deck. The Schwarber home run number
nineteen. Shorber the home run. Phillies up five to the one. They
go on a win by that same final score. Aaron Nola gets to win
his eleventh of this season. Anthony Bonda gets tagged with the loss. Dodgers
lose all three games in Philadelphia. They've now been swept for the Phillies by
the first time since twenty eleven. With the loss, they fall to fifty
five and thirty nine. They've dropped four in a row eight of their last
twelve. James Paxon though on the mound as the Dodgers are now in Detroit
for the start of a three game series against the Tigers. First pitch from
co America Park is at three forty and with more, let's head out to
the Gallpin Motors broadcast booth and say good afternoon to Rick Monday and Tim never
guess Tim, thank you very much. Change a venue for the Dodgers here
tonight, beginning a weekend interleague series with the Detroit Tigers, or at k
America Parking downtown Detroit. Gorgeous evening for baseball too, eighty one degrees,
lose skies and plenty of sunshine. Right now as we get ready to get
this one underway, the Dodgers will send James Paxton to the mile, the
left hander seven and two in a four to four ERA trek Scoobel, who
has been one of the best pitchers in the American League ten and three in
a two to three SEVENTYRA. He is one of the front runners currently for
the Cy Young Award and possibly the American League starting pitcher in the All Star
Game. So a tough customer tonight that the Dodgers will face on the hill
for the Tigers. Tigers are forty five and forty nine. They've won six
of seven this week. The Dodgers have lost four straight and are currently fifty
five and thirty nine, seven games up on the Padres in the National League
Western Division. Moh change of scenery might be just what the Dodgers need after
getting swept in Philadelphia. Well, they need to change the scenery that they
have. They also need to change in results. The fact that they've lost
eight of twelve thirteen at last twenty seven and on this road trip. Propped
all three in Philadelphia, and it was not dropping three with a whole lot
of contention on the Dodgers side. Runners in scoring position in those three games,
Dodgers hit one thirty eight. What about the Phillies three sixte out the
last six games. The Dodgers have had difficulty putting runs up on the board
when opportunities present. In those six games, hitting had just won seventy seven
in that same spot runners in scoring position. They'd like to see some guys
hit the ball out of the yard and show hey, ho Tani has a
good history of doing that in this ballpark. He has eleven home runs an
eighty one career at bats against the Tigers. That's a home run every seven
point four at bats and almost a year ago to the day, July twenty
seventh, last year, in a doubleheader, he pitched a one hit shutout
in Game one. In a Game two, he hit two monster home runs
in an Angel sweep over the Tigers last year, and the Tigers certainly remember,
show hey Otani the Dodgers hoping that he can come through and be productive
with his at bats. Well, I think in on the board early.
Here's a number ran across earlier. Today the Dodgers win, they score first
in the ballgame. They won forty one of forty seven. Is that good?
Well, it's the best winning percentage in Major League Baseball eighty seven percent.
End of the time they score first, they walk home with a victory.
They did not score first in any of the games in Philadelphia. They
had difficulty scoring in that opportunity and again with runners in scoring positions. So
Dave Roberts going with the left handed lineup that being left handed is on the
mound, so he goes to more right handed batters, only two lefties that
being Otani and Freeman. In that lineup, Hernanis will be at third base,
Miguel Vargas and left Chris Taylor starts at second base. In Pajes again
is in the center field position. Rodgers don't see the Tigers very much now.
They'll see them every other year at home and then once on the road.
But one name to really watch for offensively and defensively for the Tigers is
Riley Green Green, the center fielder. He has made the American League All
Star Team, hitting three eighty two in his last nine games with seven runs
batted in, so he is a name to watch certainly. Also Andy Ebanyas,
who'll be leading off and playing second base, having a very good year
for the Tigers. James Packs In pitching for the Dodgers, Trek Scooble for
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Detroit of all places. Yeah, Dodgers in the Motors City for a three
game weekend set again the Tigers and Keirrison. This Dodgers team. They need
to get back on track now, Yeah, they do. And even last
night Freddy Freeman, he was talking in the clubhouse to the media saying that,
look, the Philly series, they just did not play their best baseball.
So it's time to get things going. And you know what, more
importantly, they want to end the first half of the season on a very
high note. You know, a good place to do that is here in
Detroit against the Tigers. That's the last chance for them to do it,
to end on a high note, to be honest. But also the Tigers
have been playing pretty well as of late. In their last seven games,
they're six and one, and they've got their ace on the mound today in
Schooble. So the hope is Dave was saying today, The hope is to
take advantage of his mistakes, find different ways to get to him. He
is leading the Alci Young conversations for a reason. So you know, I've
heard the Dodgers before yell in the dugout let's be some ra busters. And
maybe they should do just that today to get things going and find a way
not only to take the series, but hopefully sweep the series so that they
can at least finish this road tra at five hundred and field a really good
mood heading to whether it's the All Star Game, heading home to rest and
recover wherever their All Star adventures take them. Guy and I guess the best
guy they can have on the mound right now in a city that they don't
go to very often is James Paxton, who is pitching this ballpark a lot.
Yeah, he has. He Actually quite a few of us were on
the same bus together and he was the only one who knew where we were
going when we got off the bus, Like everyone was like, huh,
so which way did we go? So it was nice. He's like,
yeah, I've been here quite a few times have I'm playing in the American
League. So he definitely it's best case scenario. But also he's a veteran
in the rotation right now. We've talked the last couple of days with there's
a lot of injuries at the moment, and so he is a very steady
presence. He's been having a numbers wise, pretty good year. I think
results were seeing kind of up and down. But the hope is for him
not only just to be a workhorse today, try to go deep into the
game, but have be a steady veteran presence and also just end the first
half of the season on a very high note. So Dave is looking to
see, you know, some good stuff from him today and hopefully he can
do just that. Kirsten. Let's hope the Dodgers can get back on track
and we can talk to you post game. We appreciate it still to come
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David Vassa goes one on one with Kurt Gibson, Dodger hero, Tigers
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in with the Dodgers, get Bird, anything else? Dave? Do you
think questions for Dave? Dave? Can you just describe Dave? Can you
talk about the pressure in the dugouts with day Robberts? Dave, just when
you look at this matchup, you guys are going against AlSi leader in school
ball. What are you hoping? Just what are you hoping to do to
find ways to get to him today? It's gonna be tough. You know,
I haven't seen him pitch, you know, in person, seeing some
obviously some highlights and video. It's it's a really it's just got command of
all of his pitches. It's all plus stuff. You know, I think,
like anything, we've got to be better at getting on the fastball.
He's gonna come after us so and hope, hope he makes mistakes and create
some havoc. But it's going to be tough. And you know the other
part is that we just need James to out there and pitch weall is pitch
weall and keeps in the ball game. How important I guess does this start
for James? Just considering, you know, being that stopper but also really
being that veteran of this group, considering where the rotation's at. It's it's
a big start, and you you sort of want to finish off the first
half, you know, on a high note. And for James in particular,
it's been up and down a lot. There's been some really good ones
and there's been some not so good ones, and I think that, you
know, to have something to build off of in the second half is important.
And yeah, and just kind of get us off this night as well.
I mean, after all the different kinds of diversity you guys have had
the last few weeks, Like how much could you use like a good weekend
here going into the break? That would be a great remedy. You know.
The starting pitching. We just haven't got off to a good start the
last you know, a couple of weeks, and it's shown itself. But
to get a good one out of James, to keep us in this ballgame
against a guy that's really it's gonna be hard to get runs. I mean
that's just kind of the way it is, you know, when you get
really really talented pitching. But I feel good that we're about to break out
offensively and you know what better time than the present. I do you think
James been sewing consistent this year? I think it's a strike throwing. I
think the strike throwing the high walk percentage is the biggest part of it.
And when you're getting into bad counts and then you're trying to be fine,
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All right, David James Paxton. The Dodgers really need him to give them
something today. And well, next thing, you know, you look at
the rotation from the starting of the season and Dave he's the last guy standing.
Yeah. I mean, who would have thought that in spring training,
Tim, that James Paxton would make every single start for the Dodgers. Basically,
he's missed maybe one start where the Dodgers managed his first half, but
the thirty five year old left hander obviously has not been spectacular. But I
feel like the best way to describe him is solid, and he's been there
and here he is today in Detroit for the Dodgers, his final start before
the All Star break. And I had a chance to catch up with James
on the pregame show a couple of days ago, and here's what he said
about his career evolving with the Dodgers. Yeah, you know, I really
have. I've gotten a lot of help with some pitches. You know,
I came in and I needed help my change up, and I really got
to help a lot of help there. And you know, I'm kind of
evolving in the way that I pitch. I don't have quite the same stuff
that used to have, and they're they're helping me make that, make that
change and learning how to pitch with different stuff, and it's been it's been
great. Is that the first step to understand that you are evolving, that
James Paxton at this stage of your career is not the James Paxton from even
five years ago. Yeah, you know, I think you see it happen
to all pitchers, most pitchers. You know, you get a little older,
and you lose some velocity, maybe lose certain sharpness on certain certain pitches,
and you have to learn how to pitch a little bit differently. And
you know that can be tough, and it has been, you know,
frustrating and hard. But I've had a lot of help here to help me
learn how to make that work best, and it's been good experience. I've
heard Connor McGinnis, one of the Dodger pitching coaches, talked to James Paxton
about developing a change up, and every time he throws a bullpen session in
between starts tim it seems like that is the pitch they're working on to develop.
And if you pay attention to his starts with the Dodgers, more and
more, you're starting to see that pitch be more of his pitch mix.
And I don't know how much this means, but the last time James Paxton
faced the Tigers all the way back in twenty eighteen, he tossed a complete
game against them. Hopefully he can do that again this afternoon, David.
On Sunday, the MLB Draft will start with the first round. What do
you think what are the Dodgers' plans in this year's draft? Well, number
one, the Dodgers have the twenty third overall pick in this year's amateur draft,
and I feel like this always sneaks up on us because this is something
new that Major League Baseball has decided to bring more attention to the draft,
and they have it during the All Star break, so I've looked at a
couple of different sides here, and for the first time in a long time,
the Dodgers are projected to not take another pitcher. They are looking at
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at very frustrating at bat for him trying to do too much where he definitely
expanded his strike zone over in that at bat with the bases loaded in the
second inning. And for Otani now since the beginning of the last homestand he
is hitting in the two fifties, but the strikeouts are what's alarming. The
strikeouts are three to one four to one ratio over the course of his last
eight games. And we saw when he cooled off during that twenty to twenty
five game stretch before he got hot again on Father's Day. That's what he
was doing. He was expanding the strike zone and striking out way more than
he was walking. So he's got to get back to being able to swing
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more games to go before the All Star break, but the Dodgers would like
to finish it strong after what we saw in Philadelphia. Hey, David,
I'll tell you what. You're back in the friendly confines of Los Angeles.
You did not make this road trip. We miss you. By the way.
You need to send some very good vibes. In particular when there's runners
on base. If they can get runners on base, I mean they've gone
to snap the four game losing strength. They've lost to eight of the last
twelve, and they've not done it in very good fashion. In particular,
when they finally get runners in scoring positions, you start to look at the
last six games in particular the team's hitting below one point eighty with runners in
scoring position. I would expect that to be able to turn it around.
But you know one thing that we lose sight of. Yeah, you look
at the record. Yes they're fifty five and thirty nine. Yes they have
a seven game lead over San Diego. It's actually very much of an accomplishment.
But when you start to look at the injury list that this club has
at the present time, not just starting players in the lineup, but if
you look at a decimated starting rotation, I mean, the Dodgers have three
rookies in their rotation right now. Plus then you're looking at a day off
or an opener, if you will. So this is not the ideal situation,
but the Dodgors have to slug their way through this and hopefully turn it
around. You know what I found remarkable, even in somewhat coming up short
Rick, was that Freddie Freeman did not come up with a hit in that
three game series against the Phillies the first time ever in his Dodger career.
Doesn't that just speak to how great Freddy Freeman is. Yeah, and the
numbers when we saw those over the last number of days. Those numbers are
unbelievable. I mean, how do you go through a series for as long
as he has and come up empty without a base hit in that series.
I mean you start to look at it and say, no, that's not
possible that you could be that's steady. So for so many games, you
know, day in and day out, and get base hits at least in
series. You know what I loved about it too, Rick, After the
game, Freddie Freeman was one of the few Dodgers that stood in front of
his locker and fielded questions after the way things went for him and for the
team in Philly. Yeah, well, you and I both know Freddy and
he has the reputation to do that. He's not there just when the lights
are brightest and he's had the best game. He's also available to answer questions.
I don't think he's in a team atologizer mode, but he's standing in
front of his locker even when he individually may have, by his standards,
a crummy game or the club's not playing particularly. I think that says a
lot about the character of Freddie Freeman on how he handles professionally, what his
job is. Rick the Dodgers are at Comerica Park, a new ballpark relatively
speaking, in Detroit. Did you were you celebrating when Old Tiger Stadium was
blown up? How did Rick Monday enjoy Old Tiger Stadium? Well, I
don't think it took a full stick of dynamite to blow it up. I
think maybe a strong win and remove a few bolts. It served its purpose.
But this is obviously just a tremendous venue in compared to terms to what
Tiger Stadium was. Kind of an odd stadium to begin with because in right
field the upper deck actually juted out. The upper deck was closer to home
plate than the lower deck in right field. That's a very interesting, very
unusual. It was also four it was either four forty or four forty four
to straightaway center field, and at one time actually had a bolt that someone
had removed from the stands somewhere up in center field and thrown down and it
actually hit me. Fortunately it hit me on the outside the sole of the
shoe. But there were a few thuds that also took place where they misfired,
didn't hit me. And an incident where we call time of the umpires
had ushers put up in the upper deck in center field to make sure it
didn't happen again. Now, only beach balls hit you, Rick, Well,
the beach balls those don't hurt. The bolts that were removed from the
stands, they do hurt. And in your honor, a drum corps is
just serenading the Dodgers dugout. There's two, four, six, eight,
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Rick. You found a way to use them to your advantage today. Well,
if that's the cue, I want to bring him with me to LA.
Thanks. Rick. We'll check back in with you and Tim Nevertt a
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orl Herscheizer came out of the boltpen that night after throwing the previous night seven
innings. Everybody was selfless. They just everybody in that team was so selfless.
They just did what it take to make sure we all were on track
to win a world championship, and then we followed it through. You certainly
did. Don't tell my wife eighty eight was the best summer of my life.
Well that's you deal with that. You know, my wife was not
even at the game. I told her to go home. I don't know
if you've heard that, but because I didn't think there was any way I
was going to play. You know, I had pretty severe injuries, some
injections, but you just never say never. And you know, the impossible
did happen? Gibby? Did you really run across your living room before that
game? When I got up in the morning, I started walking as I
slept with my knee, elevated some pillows around it just to kind of keep
a little light pressure, trying to get the information out of it. And
I got up to say, yeah, not too bad. Then I ran
across the living room. I got to about a half half speed jog,
and he grabbed me pretty good, and I just said, oh boy,
we got a problem here. And you know, I got some injections before
the game and stayed in the training room and iceed my leg, and the
situation called for me to give it a try. I did, and I
just can't explain it. Gibby. Last time I saw you, it was
a few years back in Detroit. You were clean shaven, no mustache.
But I'm looking at you right now. You look like Kurt Gibson from nineteen
eighty eight with some of the five o'clock shadow beard, and you got the
beautiful stash coming down exactly the way it was that year. I mean,
this is your back. That look is back. Well, I don't feel
like I did back when I had this stash, but I got no complaints.
You know, life's good, my family's growing, it's great, my
kids are healthy. We've got good friends, and we contribute and help to
give people opportunities as they go through and hopefully we can help them in whatever
their causes may be. You know, my motto has always been kind of
go to your blow and I go hard every day. I get full days
in and you know it doesn't hurt to get me out in the woods,
which is coming up and right now in the fall Michigan, the leaves are
going to start to turn, and it's my favorite time of the year.
So I'm looking forward to the rest of the twenty twenty three season and into
twenty twenty four. And we could support Kirk Gibson by going to your website,
the Kirk Gibson Foundation. How are things going as far as the foundation
and raising awareness for Parkinson's. Yeah, it's Kirk Gibson Foundation dot org.
The foundation is going great and the participation has been outstanding. We've raised awareness.
We help people with alternate therapies to try and fix their pasture and some
of their symptoms cover them up. And most of all, movement is better.
It's just and there's no way you can dispute it. But sometimes you
need to be kicked in the ass and I'm still pretty good at that.
Yeah you are. I see the fire in your eyes. Thanks a lot
for the time. Kirk Gibson Foundation dot org is where you can support Kirk
Gibson and everything he's doing to fight Parkinson's and bring awareness to it. He
has done so much for all of us, and we'll do so much for
us forever as we look back on that great nineteen eighty eight season. So
that's the least we could do is support his foundation. Thanks a lot for
the time, Thanks very much. And it's a great organization Kirk Gibson Foundation
dot org. And we aimed at please and to help and preserve quality of
life for all. What a great team, what a Niickell team there.
He is Tim, one of the heroes of the magical nineteen eighty eight world
champion Dodgers, the one and only Kirk Gibson. We'll send it back to
you in the studio. Thanks a lot, DV Dodgers Baseball. Great to
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the mound for Detroit ten and three at a two thirty seven ERA twenty seven
year old, hard throwing left hander. Four season the Big leagues. He
was named an All Star this year for the year he's having, making his
nineteen start last time out seven innings, one run, three hits, thirteen
strikeouts in a win over the Reds. It's the American League in Whip.
He is second with the two thirty seven ERA. He's thirty American League with
ten wins, one hundred and thirty two strikeouts and a one ninety seven opponents
battling and the average. This is the first time he's ever faced the Dodgers.
James Packson on the mound for the Blue the Big Maple, as he's
called. Thirty five year old leftenders seven to two at the four to two
four ERA, making his twelveth or a seventeen start this year, his twelve
season in the Big league's first with the Dodgers. Last time out, five
innings, two runs, four hits, three punchouts and a no decision against
the Brewers last weekend. He's facing the Tigers for the eighth time in his
career. He's three and one with a three thirteen ERRA. He last faced
the Detroit Tigers in May of twenty eighteen, when he tossed a complete game.
He allowed his two runs on three hits while striking out eight in a
win. So it's the Dodgers and Tigers at the start of a three game
interleague series before the All Star Break. Dodgers loses a four in a run
or four in a row, then he get back on track tonight at co
America Park, fifteen minutes away from first bit keys to the game are next.
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It's the Dodgers and the Tigers from Detroit. James Paxton, Trek Scooble
the pitching matchup. Dodgers losers of four straight, looking to get back on
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pitch, his head back out to the booth Rick Monday, Tim never guys,
all right, Tim, thanks again, good night for baseball. Here
at America Park in downtown Detroit. James Paxton looking for his eighth win and
certainly the Dodgers need to find a way to get in the win column tonight.
They hope to do so behind the south paw his last time out,
got a no decision on Sam against Milwaukee, but he allowed two runs in
five innings pitch. The Dodgers eventually would come back and win that game.
That's the last game the Dodgers have won. They've lost four straight, their
season high losing streak at five. They hope not to match that tonight.
Pitchers on opposite end of the spectrum. And if you look at Packson,
he pitches the contact. If you look at Schooble, he's a guy that
tries to throw the ball by you. Coming off a dominant performance against Cincinnati
on Sunday, he just overwhelmed the Reds when seven innings, ninety three pitches
was all and he also joined Mickey Lowlish the fame lefty with the Detroit Tigers
number of years ago, the only pitchers in franchise history without any of thirteen
strikeouts, no walks in a maximum of just one run allowed. And he's
going to challenge with that good fastball. He'll elevate that fastball and it gets
a lot of swing and misses at the changeup. Scooble provides a lot of
power, a lot of velocity from the port side. He has a pitch
this year that registered one hundred and one point seven miles per hour. He
is also at home in eight home starts Dodgers this year on interleague play thirteen
and seven, and the Tigers are fifteen and sixteen in interleague play. Dodgers
and Tigers game one of a three game weekend set coming up from downtown Detroit.
Tim all Right, Dodgers first place, the top the NL West,
a seven game lead over the Padres. Dodgers have dropped for in a row.
The Padres have also lost four in a row. They are seven games
back of the Dodgers. The Diamondbacks they've won two straight, six to ten.
They start the night the game back of the Padres, eight games back
of the Dodgers in the NL West. The Giants, they start the night
ten games back in the division. So we'll keep an eye on the Padres
and the Braves down at Petco Park. Dodgers, though, need to take
care of business in Detroit as they take on the Tigers. First pitch is
next. I'm Tim Kates. This has been Wrongo Casino Dodgers on deck on
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