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enjoying your Wednesday evening. The Los Angeles Dodgers enjoying a really good homestand thirty
three and eighteen on the season, first place, a top of NL West
after taking three to four from the Reds to start this homestand the Dodgers wrap
things up tonight in their final game against the Diamondbacks, a chance to win
this series. Tyler Glass now on the mound. First pitching Dodger Stadium is
coming up at seven to ten. Between then and now, we got a
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your ol Tawi rewind, We'll get you an injury update. We'll check in
with Rick Monday and Steven Nelson out the Galpin Motors broadcast booth. Coming up
in just a couple of minutes. Kirsten Watson will stop by, and about
forty five minutes, David Bass goes one on one with no Ma No mar
Garcia Paro well. Last night at the stadium, the Dodgers had themselves say
well, tough time against Brandon Fott, who win six innings, allowed three
runs on four hits while striking out seven. Gavin Stone meanwhile, win six
innings, he gave up four runs on eight hits and struck out five.
The Dodgers were playing catch up after the Arizona Diamondbacks scored two runs in the
second inning, they jumped out to a two to zing lead. The Dodgers
cut that lead in half in the bottom half of the fourth inning, show
hey Otani scoring on a throwing air by the catcher Moreno that made it a
two to one Arizona lead. The Arizona diaback Zone got that run back in
the top half of the fifth inning as they are up three to one on
the Catel Marte RBI ground out. In the top of the six Christian Walker
added to that lead with a solo home run four hundred and fourteen feet as
the Arizona Diamonbacks took the lead even more, they were of four to one
the bottom of the six zough, the Dodgers answered back Oh Hey, Otani
and RBI single to right, scoring Miguel Vargas. That made it a forty
two game. Then Will Smith added to it. Let's see what he gives.
Smith a one to two With Otani on second, Smith a base hit
right center field that splits the gap. It'll get all the way to the
warning track. Oh Tani comes around on the RBI double for Will Smith and
the Dodgers have made it a four to three games. Will Smith with the
RBI double to center. That's the top tier play the game's marts of by
Arco quality, top tier gas for less. Dodgers down four to three.
They could get no closer, though. In the top half of the seventh
inning, a former Dodger had his revenge. Dodgers just scored two to get
within one. Looking for a shutdown frame with some stress behind him, Peterson
puts one in the air deep right field. He tosses the bat toward his
own dugout as he's gone over the right field wall for a three run homer.
October in Jock Peterson with the three run a home run four hundred and
nine feet to the bleachers in Rye Field, his sixth of the year as
the Arizona Dimebacks go on and win it last night by a final of seven
to three. Brandon Fodd gets the win, his second of this season.
Gavin long get Stone gets the loss, his second of this season. As
the Dodgers have their winning streak come to win in and now tonight they fights
the rubber game of this three game series. Look to close out the homestand
with the win. Tyler Glass now on the mound first pitch at seven to
ten and with more Let's head out to the Galvin Motors broadcast booth on this
Wednesday night as we say hello to our friends Rick Monday and Steven Nelson.
Guys, thank you. Tim Kates riding Shotgun with Rick Monday and Mow.
The Dodgers wrap up a stretch of thirteen straight games an off day of travel
day on Thursday before the road trip to Cincinnati and New York. I know
this might be a cop out ish question, but do you believe after last
night watching the Dodgers, because the game felt sluggish and some of the guys
looked a little sluggish, do you sense that it's the end of a thirteen
in a row stretch. I don't think it's that much. I think it
was just a dud. They happened. And for this Dodger ball club has
scored so many runs day in and day out, and the pitching has been
absolutely phenomenal. Every once in a while, you're going to dial up something
that just doesn't really add up, and the Dodgers couldn't add it up last
night. They didn't do a real good job really in most of the aspects
of the game. I remember when you start to look at it overall,
and I think you need to look at the bigger picture more than anything else.
Okay, there's six and four in the last ten games. They're twenty
one and nine in the last thirty games that they have played, and they
start tonight with an eight game lead over San Diego nine in front of Arizona,
who they will wrap up the series with tonight. But I think this
is ball club coming off of the dud last night. I don't know if
I'd want to pitch against this team with the ideas that, hey, look,
this offense could explode again, and I fully expected to do that,
and Tyler glast now certainly hope so. I mean, the first two thirds
of his Dodgers' career. So far, he got plenty of run support,
but the last couple of turns has been a different story. And the offense
as a hole has been really spotty of late, right, I mean,
what is it five of the last twenty something offensive innings, they've only been
able to muster runs, but get run support for a guy who doesn't need
a lot. Knock on wood, I should be the thing that could help
tip the scales in this series. You know, it was really outstanding last
night is watching show? Hey o'toni? He had the double in the fourth
inning, he steals third an errant throw and the Dodgers get a run as
a result of a him hitting the ball, be stealing a base and forcing
mistakes. He also had an RBI single that came in the sixth inning and
the second stolen base of the night. And people continue to ask me,
I know they ask you as well, what is it that o'tani brings to
this Dodger bunk club that we've not seen before? And you have to be
very honest to say just about everything, including at the turns. People want
to see, they want to be able to get close and witness and we
see all different dimensions who would have thought he had two stolen bases in a
ballgame and force issue. You expect the hits, yes, expect the power,
yes, but the speed in the other dimensions is what really kind of
catches your eye. Yeah, he really made everything happen last night for the
Dodgers, was responsible really for all three of the team's runs. Twenty second
multi hit game what without pitching. This year, he has found a way
to elevate his offensive game, and despite being a primary designated hitter, he
is in one of the two front seats for the National League MVP race,
along with his teammate Mookie Betts. We're gonna step aside real quick, TC
send it back down to you when we come back, we'll dive into this
series finale a little bit more. All right, Thanks a lot, Nelly,
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next you're Otani Rewind and Kirsten Watson stopped by from sports and at LA.
That's all coming up to lead you to Dodgers and Diamondbacks final game with the
homestand final game of thirteen games in thirteen days. Finally a day off tomorrow,
but a big one tonight and first pitch of seven ten. Thanks for
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Brandon Hughes, the left hander, will be the opener for the Snakes.
First pitch at seven ten. This is the Otani Rewind, the right handed
starter for Arizona, gave up you off, walked to Mookie Betts to start
the game and a stolen base, but nothing since until this rocket extra base
hit for show. Hey O Tani into the left field corner on the first
pitch of the fourth inning, he produces a leadoff double. Here's the only
one pitch. Otani, taking off her third to throw down from a reno,
goes into the outfield and show Hey will score easily. The Dodgers are
within one on two to oh Otani swings base hit on the right field on
the RBI hit for show. Hey Otani plates Miguel Vargas and pulls the Dodgers
within two. Show Hey Otani goes two for four last night with the RBI,
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and Diamondbacks and Kirston, we've finally made it thirteen games, thirteen days.
They say baseball is a marathon, not a sprint, but man, this
year felt like a sprint. It felt like a sprint. It has been
a long thirteen days, that's for sure. But look, if you go
back and just kind of look at what these last series have looked like.
So start in San Diego. San Diego took two of three, but since
then they've won every series and today they have the chance to get the win
for this series against the Diamondbacks. And so when Dave was talking about kind
of what he's been seeing from this team over these last twelve games, he's
talked about, you know, there have been some really quality at bats.
He's seen some guys get on track. The pitching has been really good.
You know, if you look at just here and there, there have been
a few little I don't think hiccups are the right word, but just kind
of a moment where, you know, and Tyler's last outing wasn't his best
stuff, so he's kind of looking to get back on track. Feels like
a stretch when it comes to him because he's been playing so well as of
late, but just get back to where he's been this season. Last night,
Gavin Stone he felt like he felt like he had good pitches, but
there were just kind of what a few that the Diamondbacks were able to get
to to get the results that they had. So ultimately, they've always they've
all felt there's been a lot of positives right now, but also everyone's ready
to get to that off day. You know, it's thirteen and thirteen is
a lot and so the off day is coming at a very very good time
injury wise. The Dodgers, Evan Phillips and Bobby Miller, if you're in
the ie, that would be hanging out in Rancho Kougamunga this weekend. Oh
yeah, so yeah, tomorrow, the plan is for Evan Phillips to go
out there and you're taking his first rehab outing, taking down an inning,
and then on Sunday, Bobby Miller's going to have the Star and Evan Phillips
is also going to be online for on Sunday as well. So Sunday's a
big day. Need to go out there, get your Bobby Miller jerseys on
Evan Phillips. That would be a fun one to see. And then the
plan for just Bobby going back to him. The plan for him is he's
gonna need likely like three outings. Dave was saying, the first world will
probably be three innings, and then four innings and then five, and then
he'll be making his way back to the rotation. And then for Evan,
he doesn't necessarily need like a back to back outing type thing, but Dave
said, they're gonna let him see him take down two outings in three days,
so at that point they'll know he's ready to come back. But everyone's
been saying in a week, seven to ten days, and so hopefully that's
what maybe end of the next road trip or when the team gets back home.
It'd be nice to get some arms back to help out this Dodgers team.
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Do you think questions for Dave? Dave? Can you just describe Dave?
Can you talk about the pressure in the dugouts with Dave Roberts excip it
with all the great things that are happening to your club this year, can
you single off one point one thing that your club is doing better than maybe
even you expected. I guess probably the roles in the bullpen. You know,
having four of the five guys, your top leverage guys essentially down for
a good bit of time and not having that continuity, just being able to
have those guys step up and pitch whenever and wherever I asked him to do
and still be productive. So I think that's probably been the biggest cog of
you know, the first part of the season, Big Mookie was talking about,
you know, how hard it is to move into the infield, and
you guys were asking Miguel Margas to do that last year. How much does
that put into perspective, you know, what he was trying to do.
And then what does it say for him that he's kind of come out the
other side, and he's still hitting. He's still a productive player. I
think it says a lot about obviously the person the player, and you know,
even to his credit as good as as as much improved as he's gotten
defensively at shortstop, he still doesn't feel like he's on the other side.
That's a credit to Mooki in the sense that he's always staying hungry to keep
getting better on the margins, you know, and still to not you know,
give up anything on the offense. It is quite remarkable, you know,
Fargus Varghi. It's hard and so certain with his struggles last year and
trying to play some third base and move around outfield, play some second base
and third base. It's a lot to take on, certainly for a young
player. Kind of nice to see him get a swing back though the way
he has. I mean, he was pretty mechanical towards the end of his
stay here, and that he looks free again, he does, he looks
much more free and easy. It was good to see him, you know,
get the head to a fastball last night. So yeah, I'll keep
him alive and be ready off the bench and we'll see if we can get
him a start here in the next coming days. But he certainly his kind
of overall demeanor is much better than it was last year. All right,
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is Dodger insider David Basse. All right, DV. Last night, the
Dodgers lose, but showy O'tani really stood out. He really did tim and
him on his own. In the fourth inning, scored the first Dodger run,
let off with a double, and then stole third base, forced a
bad throw from Gabriel Moreno, and scored. I mean, that is the
part of Otani's game that you don't appreciate unless you get to see him play
every day, Just how hard he plays, how operistic he is on the
basis. We've talked about Freddie Freeman, and the most underappreciated part of his
game is how he values ninety feet, meaning he values good base running.
Otani feels the same way, and you could see by the way he plays.
Even when he hits a ground ball to the second basement, a lot
of guys would just jog up the first base line. Not him. He's
running like it's the last out of Game seven of the World Series. So
that's the biggest appreciation I have for the way Otani plays. David is driven
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know. I have interests in players gloves. You know, Clayton Kershat retired
his glove after the twenty twenty World Series, and you know Keith a Hernandez
has stepped into third base with the injury to Max Munsey and has played great
defense there. I mean, here's a guy that could play all over,
and I feel like we take it for granted. And I asked Kei k
whether or not he uses the same glove that he would use at any other
infield spot outside of first base, like shortstop or second and he said no,
Actually, my glove is a little bigger than the one I use when
I play up the middle, and a little smaller than an outfielder's glove.
And I asked Miguel Rojas, since they were standing right next to each other,
I asked Rojas, who obviously is known for his great defense. I
wanted to know how long he had been using the glove that he currently uses,
and he said since twenty twenty one, and the reason why he switched
from his old glove was because he used to use a lot of pine tar
to get grips on the baseball, and he said he had so much pine
tar on his glove that it weighed down, so he had to switch it
out. And currently during batting practice he's using a brand new glove to break
in. So when this twenty twenty one to twenty twenty four glove breaks down,
he has a new one ready to go. David, where are the
Dodgers you think at right now? After this thirteen games in thirteen days.
Obviously they got a big lead in the division, But I guess mentally,
physically, where are they at right now? It feels like mentally they're more
fatigued than they are physically. This game takes a lot out of you mentally,
emotionally, and they're playing at a high level. So it feels like
just some of the buzz in the clubhouse, a lot of guys are aware
this is the end of thirteen in a row and they're looking forward to tomorrow's
no game, despite a flight to Cincinnati and then to City Field. All
right, Dave, let's pick the Ponies for this weekend at Santa Anita with
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and Rick Monday the Dodgers wrapping up thirteen games in a row. Yeah,
it's good, you know, you start to look at it. One of
the things that Dave Roberts does, I think exceptionally well, is that,
having played the game, he understands really the heartbeat of all the individual players.
And by that, David, I'm talking about which guys are starting to
have the gas tank, maybe get a little bit not on empty, but
maybe need to park it for at least the beginning of the game, or
maybe they get a day off. A couple of days ago Mookie Betts had
scheduled off, and they do that from time to time because Dave understands,
Look, you can't go day in, day out, day out. However,
trying to explain that to Freddie Freeman at first, because it'll take a
very large tractor to pull him out of the lineup. But occasionally Dave Roberts
will be able to do it especially, I think take them out of the
game in the seventh inning or maybe even the eighth inning. It doesn't sound
like a whole lot, but from a player's standpoint, when you get that
last couple of innings off, if you've got a very big lead, or
maybe it's one of those dud games, and you say, look, does
kind of give the big horses that pull the wagon a little bit of a
breather. That is a big breather to just get out of the game for
a couple of innings early. And as you know, Rick, this game
can drain you mentally more than physically wears you down. And it's constant.
It's a constant banging of the drum and you hear it in both ears,
and it wears you down mentally. It wears you down physically. And these
guys from time to time have to realize, look, maybe I need to
not go on the field for an additional thirty minutes so taking extra ground balls.
Maybe we cut it down to five minutes today. Maybe we don't do
it at all today. I just get loose and play the game. You
have to understand, and these guys understand full well what their body is telling
them. You know, they're not going to cry uncle and go and and
say hey, look, you know you've got to get me out of the
lineup or anything else. They're not going to do on that end of it.
But you understand full well when you kind of need to rein it back
a little bit more. Thirteen in a row. Yeah, it's a pretty
good stretch. Everybody talks about a day off tomorrow, but everybody that's out
there that travels, you know, we travel rather nicely in the charter plane,
but it's still travel to where you're out of your element and you're in
a different city. Rick, are we taking for granted? Keith a Hernandez
just seamlessly moving to third base. I think we have a tendency to take
everybody for granted, David, especially with ball clubs. You know, if
you look at the Dodgers over the years, and this is not an advertisement,
this is this is reality. The Dodgers year in and year out and
put a wonderful product on the field, that being the players, the surroundings
from which they present the game here at the stadium is superb. You know,
you have a hard time believing this is the third oldest ball park in
baseball because the product is good, The place is very convenient to have.
It's a wonderful place to present this game of baseball. But I think we
get spoiled because of the product that's been presented a year in and year out.
It's not easy to repeat a competitive team all the time. People look
at all the salary. The salary has nothing to do with getting the right
players. And it's not always the guy that has the highest average or this
or that. You say, hey, look, the bottom line is does
he fit with our organization? Does he fit with what we are trying to
do and go forward? It's not always check off the box and check off
the box. The Dodgers understand the players that they need to acquire, and
one of those guys was show Heyo Tani. Yes he has a lot of
talent rick but watching him player, does he play harder on every single play
than you imagined? Who would have thought a couple of nights ago that he
would have laid down a bunch? Yeah, and that shocked everybody who would
have thought. Last night he steals a third base and it led to an
air in a run, and then he stole another base later on on the
ball game. The other thing. I've mentioned this to you, and I've
said on the air a couple of times. You can tell the importance and
really the attraction of Show hey Otani because when he's in the on deck circle
is when people say, hey, I'm not going to the concession stand.
I'm going to end this conversation because all eyes are on Show hey Otani,
including any of the vendors. Vendors don't even move around. Everybody wants to
look at it. And we see it on the road. Also, it's
not just here. It reminds me a little bit. You go back to
nineteen eighty one. After four or five starts, this young left hander by
the name of Fernando Venezuela. People didn't leave their seats when he was on
the mound. It was like the fiesta here at home, and then we
saw it build up on the road. It's the same way. This is
like a traveling circus when the I just go on the road because people want
to see not only the Dodgers, who lead, by the way, the
Western Division of the National League, but they want to see Show Hey Otani
because they're hearing about him. But now they get a chance to see him,
and again you don't blink and you don't leave your seat when he comes
up. Well, the traveling circus least for Cincinnati tomorrow, Rick, hope
you're there. You'll be in the clown car. We'll be looking for you.
Okay, Thanks Rick, we'll send it back to you in the studio.
Tip. All right, thanks a lot, DV. Thanks Mo.
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having those high expectations great because that's what makes you to continue to work and
try to get better rather than then just be complacent. And we know one
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things that he may have some miscues, but that's just due to experience,
but it has nothing to do with the talent or nor the ability to play
at that position. It's when you watch him as a former shortstop, I
can't say, you know what He's not a short stop just trying to play
the position. No, he has he has all the movement, the mannerisms.
You and I have talked before. You've asked me about other shortstops in
the past, and I said, no, he you know, they have
that look of a short stop. I've told you that, and I've told
you some guys that potentially like there's short stopped now. But I can see
those guys moving later or kind of you know, kind of either grown out
of the position or just don't have the movement to last there very long.
Yeah, but MOOKI has the movements, the mannerisms and everything of a shortstop.
He's not one that's that. I say, Well, he's just feeling
in right now and doing a fine job. I think with due time and
experience he'll learn some of the nuances that go along with it. That's maybe
some of those things where he maybe look a little bit off, or he
might have a miscue here and there, that comes with more experience rather than
ability. When you look at the way he's been able to adapt so quickly,
it's been only two months, and for him to get the praise or
validation from you, what does that say about his athletic ability. Well,
we knew that. We know he's a ridiculous athlete, right And like I
said, the more and more you play with experience, you're no longer an
athlete playing shortstop, he become a shortstop and that doesn't happen overnight, you
know, And I think that's where the expectation is from. So he wants
to just be a shortstop. He thinks it takes you know, it takes
years, not necessarily just months in order to do that. You know.
I know when I moved over to first base, I knew I was a
short stop playing first base. I was in a first baseman and it took
me a while. I don't know if I mean it, maybe toward the
end of the year, Rife kind of felt like, yeah, I'm a
first baseman, Like, you know, it took me that long. And
it goes back to being able to where things work instinctively, where I'm not
overthinking it too much, where I just let the game just kind of come
and it just took time. It wasn't anything. It wasn't for the lack
of effort. It wasn't that I you know what it could have happened sooner.
If I had taken a thousand more ground balls than what I did to
try to get some, it wasn't that. And hearing Mookie Betts talk about
that the other day, it sounds like you can take all the ground balls.
But it's just the game. The game. It's hard to duplicate.
It's hard to find these little situations. It all has to be in sync.
Because you are at shortstop as you're fielding, you're already preparing yourself for
the throw. That's the one position in the infield where, more than anywhere
else, you were already preparing yourself to throw before you even have the ball.
So it's that type of movement, that first step that all matters,
all right, No, mar thanks a lot for the time when you played.
Everybody always asked you about your family, So I gotta give a shout
out to your mom and dad. How's mom and dad doing out there?
And Whittier, you're the best, Dave. I appreciate that they are doing
well. I talk to them every day. I talked to them earlier today,
so it's always good to catch up with them, and you know what
they are doing great, you know, running around watching their grandkids. You
know do all the different activities that they're doing. So they're having a blast,
love it. Waiting for that invite to Christmas Nomar. It might be
a while. Dave, thanks a lot for the time. It is truly
special to hear you talk about the position, So thank you. You got
it, Dave. Anytime there he is untapped resource right here. No mar
Garciapara, We'll send it back to you in the studio. Tim, thanks
a lot. Dv one of the best, one of the truly great guys
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big leagues, first with the Diamondbacks, called up tonight from Triple A to
make the start, making his fourth appearance, second start as the quote unquote
opener. Dodgers have actually seen him twice in his three appearances of this season,
one shoutout inning in Arizona last month and a they need in a third
shutout innings behind that at Chase Field the next day. After Hughes Tonight,
Ryan Nelson scheduled to get the bulk of the innings. Tyler Glass now on
the mound six and two to two ninety era thirty year old right hander in
his ninth season in the Big Leagues, his first with the Dodgers. Currently
leads the major leagues with eighty one strikeouts. He's got four double digit strikeout
games already this season. Making his tenth start last time out, five innings,
four runs, six hits, eight strikeouts in a loss to the Reds.
We'll face the Diamondbacks for the third time in his career. Well,
he's zing two with a sixteen to sixty two ERA last Faceman twenty eighteen as
a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Two innings, allowed oneer and run and
one hit, with two strikeouts and two walks in a loss. So it's
Tyler Glass now on the mount for the Dodgers. Brandon Hughes is the opener
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out to the two guys calling the game tonight, Rick Monday and Steven Nelson.
Guys, thank you, Tim. We're approaching first pitch in the final
game of the series, final game of this homestand for the Dodgers, and
final game of a stretch of thirteen games in a row before they hit the
road, and Tyler glassnow will start tonight and try to get the pitching staff
back on track. Last night was an aberration, Rick Monday, in the
middle or at the tail end of what has been a terrific stretch for this
team. They gave up what more runs last night than their three previous games
combined, and now they hand the ball over to someone who has quickly become
the ace of the staff. Yeah, and I think if you look at
Glass now too, I read something earlier today that he was very concerned with
kind of rebounding from his last outing, really the last two outings to start
to look at it. So I did a little deep diving on Glass.
Now, who's looking for a seventh victory of the season. I mean,
he has really been the leader as far as the pitching goes. And in
the first couple of times through a lineup he has been absolutely sensational. Just
a one twenty nine average against him the first time through an opposing lineup,
just a one ninety three through the second time to that lineup. Maybe a
little different story the third time through the lineup, because while the average is
not that high, the ERA has gone up to just over five. But
this starting pitching also we continue to talk about the fact how many times they
have gone six innings or more. That has really been a boost of this
bullpen not having to be overworked. He is six and two on the year,
leading major League Baseball in strikeouts with eighty one. If you stretch that
out of over a thirty two start pace and do the math, that would
be a two hundred and fifty nine strikeout campaign for Tyler Glass. Now,
I remember opening day, you and I sat in here and we talked about
him. He just brings a different element to this starting staff that we have
not seen in quite some time. And so he's also doing a lot of
work. I mean, career high innings last year one hundred and twenty and
he's already halfway home to that. When he talked to opposing hitters or even
his own teammates and make their living hitting the ball, he asked him and
said, well, what's it like to face Tyler Glassnow, they use one
word a lot of them, nasty, And that's a huge compliment because his
stuff when he gets runners on scoring position. You know, his strike at
rate is the highest in Major League Baseball is starting pitching, and it's below
a one ninety batting average against. When he has runners on base that can
do some damage. There's so oftentimes an expletive before that word nasty too,
Tyler class. Now we'll stay with very correct. Correct. We would like
to keep our jobs, which will begin in a few moments. Tim Kates
when Tyler Glass now throws out the first pitch to Corby and Carrol, the
Dodgers trying to take the series from the Arizona Diamondbacks. All Right, thanks
a lot nell. You don't forget after the game, I'll be back with
all the postgame festivities. Dodger talking as well, after the manager gets you
all the highlights, hopefully another Dodgers win and extending their lead in the division,
and finish off his homestand on a winning note. Dodgers and Diamondbacks.
Tyler Glass now on the mountain when we return. I'm Tim Kates has been
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