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Well after getting swept in Cincinnati over the week, and the Dodgers now
look to get the sweep and the Big Apple against the Mets. James Paxton
on the mound in the series finale. First pitch from City Field is coming
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Who could be close to coming back to help out this Dodgers bullpen. We'll
update on you that coming up in just a little bit. We'll also check
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the Gallpin Motors broadcast booth. And here from Rick Monday and Tim never Well.
Yesterday in New York, the Dodgers ended their losing streak by beating the
Mets not once, but twice in a double header. Game one, Tyler
Glasnow, with seven innings, was in line to get the loss before the
Dodgers scored a running the eighth, the tie run the ninth, and in
the tenth Freddy Freeman at two run home run part of a three run inning
as the Dodgers came all the way back to beat the Mets yesterday five to
two in Game one. In the second game of the double hitterer Kevin Stone
pitched a gym seven shutout innings. He scattered just three hits along the way
while striking out seven and not walking a single batter. The Dodgers backs,
meanwhile, appeared to have woken up after the game one win. Will Smith
got it all started in the first with a blast of left two one pitch,
swinging in a drive to left field. Nemo going back. He's at
the track, he looks up. It's gone a home run. Will Smith
starts it off for the Dodgers tonight second batter of the game, and Smith,
with his seventh home run of the year, is one to nothing Dodgers
solo home run for a Will number seven on this season. As the Dodgers
took the early one to nothing lead in the second, Miguel Rojas it won
deep to center off the wall. Andy pot has scored all the way from
first and the Dodgers took a two to nothing lead over the Mets. Then
in the sixth, the Dodgers with a key insurance run coming off the bat
of Miguel Vargas. Marcus was doing a really nice job at Triple A and
he swings an he hammers went down the left field line and is hooking toward
the corner. It's gone a home run, a line drive home run for
Miguel Vargas and the Dodgers lead it three to nothing. His first home run
of twenty twenty four boy, and he hit a rope down the line.
Miguel Vargas with a shot down the left field line a couple rows up into
the bleachers, his firsts in the big leagues this season. Dodgers a three
to nothing lead Gavin Stone with the seven shutout innings. Alex Vessi got the
final six outs for his second save as the Dodgers finish off the Mets three
to nothing to win both games of the doubleheader. Dodgers now thirty five and
twenty two. They look to get the sweep in New York this afternoon as
they wrap up their six game East Coast road trip the Big Maple James Paxton
on the mound in the series finale and with more, let's head out to
the Galpum Motors broadcast booth as we say good afternoon to Rick Monday and Tim
Never guys, Tim, thanks again. A little bit overcast here in Queen's
over City Field, but we've got a good afternoon for baseball for sure,
as the Dodgers and the New York Mets gets set to wrap up this three
game series. Two of the three played yesterday, the Dodgers sweeping the double
header Game one, coming from behind in the ninth to tie it and winning
it in the tenth, and then the score there five to two, and
in Game two, three to nothing, a shutout. Gavin Stone was simply
incredible on the mounth seven shutout innings, his best outing as a major leaguer.
Today it's James Paxton at five and zero going against David Peter Peterson making
his season debut coming off of hip surgery in the offseason, and a little
different look in the lineup today Mo in the infield, Mookie Betts moving over
to second base and Miguel Rojas over to short. They were flip flopped yesterday.
Is kind of weird because ten twelve days ago, Dave Robers's ass,
Hey, look are the interchange book parts there, and whill you think about
moving Mookie Betts back over to a second base at Rojas's short And he said,
no, that's not really in the plans. Well, sometimes the plans
they change, and according to the Dodgers, so this is going to be
one of those days where they do change. And for Mookie Betts, I
get the feeling to him that he just really accepts the challenge of playing different
positions, different perspective. So the Dodgers kind of load up on the left
side of the infield because over third again today is going to be Kick a
Hernandez and the defense I think also had a play really over the last couple
of games, very well, no, really outstanding plays you talk about,
but very can insistent defensive plays and that plays very large. Well. The
Dodgers have had a lot of success here at City Field over the last several
years. They've won eighteen of the last twenty two games here. The Mets
are scratching their heads when the Dodgers come out, well, I scratch your
heads a lot. Yesterday, the New York Mets did not have one single
hit with the runner in scoring position in either one of the games yesterday,
and in the second game they did not have one at batt with a runner
in scoring position. In back yesterday they did not have one runner even breach
second base, So it might be a different strategy for New York. We'll
talk about the pitching a little bit later on, because they may have something
in mind against James Paxton the way he pitches. But if the Dodgers pitching
goes the same way in game today as they have the previous two against the
Mets, new York's in trouble. One more note, offensively, good to
see Freddy Freeman heating up here in this series. He's five for eight with
a home run and three runs. Banded yah Will Smith is the benefactor that
because Will Smith has more plate appearances with runners in scoring position than any other
hitter in Major League Baseball stands the reason you're following bets o'tani and Freeman and
Will Smith back in there. He'll do the catching. Ti Oscar her Nanas
is in right, Andy Pajes again is in Centerive we mentioned Kiky Hernanis will
be at third base, mcguil Rohass starts at shortstop, and Miguel Vargas is
going to be the starting left field. Dodgers are thirty five and twenty two,
thirteen games above five hundred meantime, the match twenty two and thirty two,
ten games underwater, James Paxton against David Peterson. That's the pitching matchup
as we get set for the third game of this three game series in New
York. Tim all right, thank you guys, as we cut you down
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feel for before the final game of this three game series. Kirston Dodgers win
both games with the double header yesterday. They had lost five in a row
going into the yesterday's games. Funny how winning cures everything. It really does,
between winning and I receizing maybe like even New York City. Just the
excitement of the city gives you a little boost. But you're right, yesterday
they were able to get things going, and you know, as much as
that first game they were playing from behind and late in the game, and
they were all to be able to tie in the night and then wanted extra.
When Daniel Hudson's on the mound faces loaded getting out of that, you
literally could feel the momentum shift in the stadium and just amongst the team and
the dugout. He literally silenced the audience, so you got to see that
as well. But it was just kind of a moment where the guys are
like, we're good. You know, even though some of them were laughing
in the little high five line that those were the hardest high five they have
felt in a while, Like there was kind of this pent up energy to
get this team going again. And then going into game two of the doubleheader,
they continued, I mean will Smith getting that home run early in the
game, badding second things like that. It just was a continuation of some
of that momentum and energy they were feeling from the end of Game one.
And so Daves was even saying, your Spen's laughing. You know, they
knew you know, two wins and have you sleeping better at nighttime? Things
feel different, And so the hope is now just see that offense and really,
I mean the pitching was fantastic, but seeing that now carry over into
today's games. So hopefully they can do just that. Yeah, hopefully they
can build on those two wins. Yesterday, looking at the lineup, I
had to scratch my eyes. I know I'm not tired, but does this
a second base next to Mookie Bets? Yeah, exactly. And so you
know, when Mookie, he's already talked about when he comes to the infield,
it's a little bit easier, you know, as he's around his body
things like that. So of course he had talked about earlier this season that
he wanted to be, you know, that every day short stuff, and
they said that that he was going to do just that. That is continuing
the plan. But when he moved the second essentially like an off day,
you know, it keeps him in the line of it keeps his back going,
but it gives him away to kind of just take a step back defensively,
not necessarily like performance wise, but just kind of mentally physically, because
obviously playing short is very demanding, so they're looking at it as really just
an off dag. It's Miguel Rojas that his true position, and then with
also having a leftie on the mound, the thought is that he might get
some more go River as well. So you know, we'll kind of see
how it really plays out, but it really is just a way to kind
of give Luky a little bit of rest while while being out there and still
being locked in, if that makes sense. No doubt about hoping the Dodgers
can win this game today in this road trip on a high note and head
back home for avery three game series this weekend against the Rockies. Kirsten,
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back out to New York and check in with the Dodger Skipper. Anything else
with do you think questions for Dave? Dave? Can you just describe Dave?
Can you talk about the pressure in the dugouts with Dave Robberts. I
think just continue to be aggressive in our zone. I thought yesterday certainly there
were some good things that happened offensively, and you know, Peterson coming back
from his rehab and some guys have some familiarity with them. But I think
for us, just kind of being aggressive in our zones and creating some stress
some traffic. I think that we've seen everyone in their bullpen, so to
get to their bullpen would be a good thing. Did you think that just
with Yeser's performance, it did have the ability to really unlock some things kind
up for the offense. Just kind of feeling that everyone was having the excitement,
implementum you like that can really do something just to get you guys back
going again. I think so, I think, you know, everyone,
I think in the lineup today, there was some things that we saw,
some positives, and so I think that, you know, from Vargas to
to Showhay to everyone, I think in between something to build on for today
and you know, we can kind of salvage this road trip. So it's
it's a game that for me, it's a you know, a highly highly
vo motivated to win this game. Yeah, Mooki at second base today?
Is that what you described as load management day? It is? It is
I think that you know, running him out there essentially every day to get
him on the other side of the diamond, essentially, as Mooki puts it,
almost like an off day. And so you expect a lot of work
on the left side of the diamond with James pitching, and so I feel,
you know, you can run Mooki out there and get Miggy back at
his normal position, feel good about it. It doesn't seem like he's dialed
back, like the pregame working shorts them that much. Again, Like,
is that something that you guys think of find kind of eats into this and
leaning less time being is that like he's going to handle, you know,
all those burdens, he's even going to carry so hard, you know.
I think the thing is is that that will happen. I don't know if
it's going to happen in June or July. It will happen, but I
think it's just more for for us just leaving it to him that whenever he
feels the confidence that he can kind of manage his prep work at that point
in time, he will. But I just trust him in the sense that
he knows what it takes a good ready for Again. All right, there's
Dave Roberts talking about Mookie Betts and his workload before the game even starts,
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DV, you should have a wild day for the Dodgers. Snapped that
five game losing streak. They win a game in ten innings, look like
a jump start the offense. In Game two they go on and get the
shutout win. But that game one was really cool to see trying in in
Hudson do what they did late in the game in a extra innings. Yeah,
especially Daniel Hudson who got himself into a bases loaded jam with one out
and found a way to recalibrate and get the Dodgers out of it, and
then put his fingers over his lips to hush the crowd at City Field.
And I got to tell you, Tim, the team loved it. The
team love what he said when he got back to the dugout. When he
got back there, they asked him, why were you doing that, and
he said, we had to remind people we are still the Dodgers. And
that's one part of this season so far that we really haven't seen where the
Dodgers don't really have that alpha on their team and they don't show a lot
of bravado in those type of situations. And there's a way to do it
like Daniel Hudson did yesterday. And that's why I've likened him for the pitching
staff and for the team. Similar to Chase Uttley. He has that quiet
toughness and experience and showed it yesterday. And then Blake Trenton, who picked
up the safe first of the season, yes, but his first save since
September twenty eighth, twenty twenty one, and that was at Coursefield. Excuse
me, September of twenty September twenty third of twenty twenty one at Corsefield.
And I told Blake about that, and he said, when was that save
in twenty twenty one? So I just pulled out my phone brought up the
game logs from that season. And you know what's remarkable is he remembered it
exactly. He remembered where he was, he remembered the pitchers mound in that
ninth inning was not great at Corsefield, and Corey Seeger came to the mound
and demanded the ground screw to come up and fix the mound, and he
said, I remember that I got double play ground ball. Trevor's story was
on base. So a pretty special day for two veterans who certainly have had
a long list of injuries to come back this year. That is awesome.
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let Dave Roberts know that Evan Phillips was clocked by scouts in attendance at Retro
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fastball. And I did get a text from a rival scout that said he
looks healthy. So Dave Roberts is going to double down, and he told
us that, yeah, if Evan Phillips bounced back today and tomorrow, he
will be activated Fridays. So then all of a sudden you have Evan Phillips
to Blake Trinan and Daniel Hudson and Alex Vesia. It feels like the bullpen
is that much longer. Miguel Vargas hit his first home run in the Big
League this season DV. Last year, he started a second base at the
All Star point, got sent down, never came back, started the year
in TRIAA, caught fire the last couple of weeks before being recalled. Great
to see him back and producing. It really is. And the first day
we got to City Field. We at that point in time did not know
that the game was rained out, and his locker was right next to Andy
Pajez in the back corner of the Dodgers visiting clubhouse here in New York,
and they were both wrapping their bats, and he knew he was going to
start that Friday night here at City Field, or excuse me, when the
Dodgers got here to City Field for the first game before it was rained out,
whatever day it was, Tim, he was looking forward to starting.
Once we got word that it was rained out yesterday. I asked him,
Hey, you're gonna play? He said, I don't know yet. I
don't know if I'm in there. So he wasn't in there for Game one,
but he was in there for Game two. So he was super eager
to be able to get back in there because he's only played in four games
and only has ten at bats today back out there in left field, so
hopefully he can build upon yesterday, no doubt about that. Great to see
him back in producing DV Is it, Tim? I don't know what day
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Rick, the vibes in the Dodger Clubhouse completely different as they were twenty four
hours ago after sweeping a doubleheader. You know your breakfast tastes a little bit
better today too, didn't it. The sun shining, Well, I can't
say it's any brighter than it was yesterday. But that's a good way to
solve some problems. And it's not that easy to win both games of a
doubleheader. I mean, that's just the fact if you look at things overall.
I have no idea what the percentages are, but I can tell you
as a player, and having followed this game for a month or two,
it's not that easy to win. Both games have been double hitter. They
did it in very fine fashion. It's also a little strange when you look
at the Dodgers winning Game two of the double dip yesterday. You know there
was not one base hit with a runner and scoring position in Game two by
either team. Wow, that's amazing because we're for eight and for the New
York Ments they had a big ofer, and by a big ofer, i'm
talking about they never had a runner reach as far as second base in Game
two. Well, Gavin Stone had a lot to say about this. He
did, and seven very strong and he's no runs. You know. The
thing was amazing too. I can't say he really attacked the strength zone,
but he threw strikes and in seven innings only made eighty seven pitches and sixty
three of those were in the strength zone, struck out seven, did not
walk one batter. And then Alex Vessia came in and closed out the final
two innings and struck out three than in those two innings. His workload is
a little bit higher thirty pitches over the two innings. But for the Sodger
Ball Club, David, I think we now see a little bit more action
out of the bottom third of this Dodger lineup, and that is very good
news. Indeed, I think we saw an example of that in the first
game. Rick even just getting on somehow, some way will turn the lineup
over to put runners in scoring position for Mookie Betts and company. Yeah,
and the other part too, as we look at Will Smith again, I've
said this a lot, but Will Smith the number of at bats with runners
in scoring position. He came in to that double hitter yesterday with the highest
total of advance played appearances with runners in scoring position in Major League Baseball and
stands to reason when you start to break it down, you've got Mookie Bets
leading off, sho Hey Otani batting second, and Freddie Freeman hitting in the
number three spot, and start to think about how red hot they were to
open up this season. They cooled off a little bit, of particular with
Otani, who did not play the second game of the series. That hamstring
is still a little bit problematic, he says, it doesn't bother him with
a swing. But we're not seeing the same swing that we saw ten days
or twelve days ago either. Well what are we thinking, Well, we're
seeing a swing that, first of all, is going after a lot of
pitches, not being as selective, and we're seeing really some swings that you
might say that they fall in the category of overswinging some of them, I
would say yes. And you know, he has an unorthodox approach anyway to
hitting, because if you look at him, his weight gets back on his
right heel more than most hitters. The only hitter I can think of in
modern times that I can equate it with Eat Yeah, who was on the
move a lot. Petro hit the ball it looked like he was on the
run. It was an amazing hand eye coordination and for a tom somewhat similar
in the movement with his weight going back really towards the first base dugout as
he's swinging, being a left handed down That's interesting because how does he generate
power doing that? That's what makes him totally unique of all the hitters I've
ever seen. How he generates that and how he handles the ball away.
His average on pitches away from him is very, very high, including with
the power department. If we think back the last year, I looked up
some numbers where the pitching had success against Otani. Last year didn't have that
much, but theness success that they did have pitches inside? Yeah, yeah,
that's right out it. The problem is from a hitter standpoint. I
know a pitcher is thinking they may want to come inside, maybe have trouble
in here. But your room for margin, your margin of air pitching inside
is smaller than it is away. Here's why inside I only have three or
four inches outside. I've got the outside corner to tomorrow if you will.
There's a lot more room to miss away than it is to miss inside because
you missed too far inside you hit the battery gets on base anyway, makes
sense. Thanks for opening our eyes to that. Rick, appreciate it so
you might have a future in this game. Well take it one day at
a time. Well, check in with you under playing David sounds good,
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time, appreciate it. We've found a corner in the clubhouse to get away
from Walker Bueller and Austin Barnes. Yeah, tough crowd over there, tough
crowd. It's all right. So hey, it feels like still with veterans
like that, you're still the younger brother. Yeah, no, I know,
I've been around since twenty nineteen and I still Yeah, we got an
older team, so I feel like a little kid. So what's it like
being around these group of players? I mean, like you said, you've
been here since twenty nineteen, but it feels like in a lot of ways,
it's a new team. Yeah, definitely, a lot of guys you
can learn from, a lot of you know, a couple guys that are
probably gonna be in the Hall of Fame one day. So, uh,
you know, just that's always you never stop learning. So you know,
day to day it's been great and even through you know, a little rough
patch here, you know, vibes are still good. Yeah, So it's
just it's never it's never any learning process. Really. Hey, it feels
like the vibe has completely changed from the first day you guys got to New
York to where you're at right now. After that doubleheader sweep, Yeah,
for sure. I mean you get the monkey off your back a little bit,
You get a couple of wins, played much better baseball. But it's
a long season, man. You got one hundred and sixty two of these
on top of spring and postseason, so you're going to hit a rough patch
and you just kind of got to weather the storm and keep moving. But
yeah, I mean, you get the monkey off your back, everyone's a
little looser, everyone's a little more happy. So just keep trying to ride
that wave. What's the balance of that knowing that it's may, knowing there's
a long season, but obviously not getting used to losing. Yeah, for
sure. I mean, you know, especially Dodgers and the team we have.
I think everyone expects us to win and compete, and we expect ourselves
to compete and win. So you know, when we're going through rough patches
like that, I don't think anyone's happy. You know, it's part of
baseball, and you know it's gonna happen. But at the same time,
it sucks, and we all expect ourselves to be better. So and I
think so do our fans, so does so does everybody, and you know
too well deserved obviously with the roster we have, so but yeah, it's
a long season. You just got to kind of keep chipping away and grinding
away. Gavin Lux is our guest here in the Big Apple at City Field.
I got to ask you about that first game, ninth inning, Daniel
Hudson up to his hips and crocodiles, and you were the one that made
the final loud catching the pop up from Jeff McNeil. What did that say
and how much of a lift did that give everybody? And then the shush
emoji man Yeah, he's a dog. He's got some big set of knots.
Excuse my language, but yeah, I mean he he just competes his
ass off, and you know every time he goes out there, he's gonna
throw strikes, he's gonna be in the zone. He's going to compete,
and he's got great stuff. I mean he's back throwing ninety eight after coming
off of a knee surgery and he looks as good as he ever has.
But yeah, to shush the crowd, and then you know, he came
in said sometimes you got to remind him that we're the Dodgers. And I
think that's kind of the motion energy that we needed right there, and especially
like we keep talking about us coming off like a weird stretch, we were
playing good. Him to show that kind of emotion I think has helped us
all and pump u up a little bit for sure. Yeah, I feel
like you guys need that alpha some of that swag back totally totally, and
I think you know, he did it. And then to him saying to
his credit, like, hey, sometimes you got to like tell people,
show people where the Dodgers, and and a veteran like that to come in
and do that and get out of a huge jam like that where you know,
easily we could have lost and him to to to fight out of it,
and uh, I mean, yeah, that was that was awesome.
And then in the second game, you guys hit two home runs, one
of them from Miguel Vargas. As you know, everybody's career is not linear.
How happy were you for him? Yeah, I mean I was pumped
up. Uh, he's been working hard and and he's an extremely talented hitter,
and you know, just more at bats. He's gonna he's gonna keep
figuring it out. And it's it's a tough league and and when uh,
you know, you're you're trying to fight for for at bats, and it's
it can get tough. And he's a he's a very talented player, and
you know, he's just gonna keep getting better and better, and people forget
he's still only twenty four with probably not even a full season of major league
at bats yet, So he's gonna keep figuring out and he's just too talented,
not too I feel like this is a great opportunity to remind Gavin Lux
how good you are. Are you starting to remind yourself that you are that
guy. Yeah, it's you know, there's there's always ups and downs.
Obviously the first two hundred at bats weren't great. So just continuing to try
to figure out where my body is and different cues and stuff that worked for
me that I may have forgotten about or stuff they used to work and positions
I would get into that I probably can't quite get into yet, just coming
off the surgery. So just trying to piece it together and compete. You
know, you grind away in the cage and you keep working on stuff,
and then once the game starts, you just try to compete and help the
team win. But yeah, I think as the season goes you get more
of bets. You try to figure it out and just keep trying to piece
it together. You are that guy. Gavin Lux. Thanks a lot for
the time. Really appreciate it. I'm glad Los Angeles could hear your voice
today. I love you. Oh yeah, my guy, the Pride of
Kenosha, Wisconsin, Gavin Lux, We'll send it back to you in the
studio, all right. Thanks a lot. DV. Dodgers Baseball is brought
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He's in his fifth season in the Big leagues, but making his first start
this year after having a torn laborman his left hip repaired this past offseason a
couple of minor league rehab starts. Today is his first outing in twenty twenty
four. If there was a fastball, sinker, slider, a change up,
occasionally a curveball. This is his third start ever against the Dodgers' fourth
appearance, He's one to zero with a six to seventy five Rray James Paxson
on the mound for the Dodgers five to ozho three forty nine. Erara thirty
five year old left hander in his twelfth season in the Big Leagues the Big
Maple, as they call him, in his first season with the Dodgers,
making his tenth start this year last time out, four to two third innings,
five runs, five hits, two home runs, four strikeouts, four
walks in a no decision against the Reds. Fifth time in his career.
He is facing the Mets. James Paxson is two to one with a three
ninety two ERA, including a one to fifty ERA in one career start at
James Paxton, David Peterson. It's the Dodgers and Mets, final game of
this three game series, final game of this road trip. We're fifteen minutes
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we get you ready for the first pitch of this ballgame here this afternoon
in New York. Final game here in the last meeting of the season.
Between the Dodgers and the New York match. James Paxton is five and all
with a three four to nine er. Left headed David Peterson making his twenty
twenty four debut. He had laboram surgery on his left hip in the offseason.
It took him this long to get ready, so on the twenty ninth
to May he pitches in his first game. But for Paxton, he is
looking to remain unbeaten. Last time out, he took a no decision against
Cincinnati, but he allowed five runs over four and two thirds In Yeah,
he's been very good the first two times through an opposing team's lineup very low
ra very low batting average against third time it has been a different story.
But one thing about Paksha I mentioned earlier about the Mets who have not hit
well so far in this series. Will they change their approach because Paxton first
of all first pitch fastballs this year seventy percent of the time. Will they
go hunting first pitch fastball. The other part, too, is Paxton,
right headed hitters, elevates that fastball and he's done it very effectively. So
James Paxton against David Peterson. Peterson is a guy that Freddy Freeman's taking to
school in his career. Freddie's five for fifteen against him with two home runs,
so he's looking forward to seeing him again. Miguel Rojas, they's hit
him pretty well. Also, yeah, they've hit pretty well. But this
is a new challenge. And for David Peterson, you start to look last
year twenty one starts plus six relief appearances. But for Peterson this is a
whole new issue and he's making his season debut, as you mentioned earlier,
after the hip surgery a season ago. Lineup's first pitch just around the corner.
It's the Dodgers and the New York Mets. Dodgers going for a three
game sweep, looking for win number thirty six on the season. Tim,
Dodgers start the day with a five and a half game lead in the division,
looking to tack on another game with a win today and a couple of
losses around the NL West. Don't forget after the game. I'll be back
with all the postgame festivities, including Dodger talk as well. But first pitches
next, final game of the series, final game of the road trip,
Dodgers Mets. First pitches next. I'm Tim kateson This is Los Angeles Dodgers
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