WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:08.679 And now your host for Marongo Casino Dodgers on Tech Ken Tam Cayshi, everybody, 2 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:14.320 and welcome in two Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck. Hope you're well on 3 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:19.239 this Tuesday afternoon. You're Los Angeles Dodgers in the Windy City to take on 4 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:24.760 the Chicago White Sox Dodgers forty nine and thirty one on this season, first 5 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.920 place and all alone atop of the NL West, an eight and a half 6 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:32.439 game lead over the San Diego Padres, ten games up on the Diamondbacks, 7 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:37.560 eleven and a half games up on the San Francisco Giants. Game two of 8 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:41.520 this three game interleague series is coming up from the South side of Chicago. 9 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:45.280 Bobby Miller on the mound, first pitch coming up at five to ten. 10 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:48.520 Between then and now, we got a lot to get to here. On 11 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:53.039 Marongo Casino Dodgers on Deck, you'll hear from the Dodger manager Dave Roberts. 12 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:55.679 We'll check out with David Veast. Of course, throughout the show, DV 13 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:59.920 goes one on one with Land and Knack will dive deeper into this pitching match 14 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:03.000 up. Shortly, we'll visit with Kirsten Watson and In just a few minutes, 15 00:01:03.040 --> 00:01:07.000 we'll head out to the Galpin Motors broadcast booth and visit with Rick Monday 16 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:12.799 and Tim never Well. Last night in Chicago, James Paxton was really good 17 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:19.519 the big Maple the left hander five shutout innings. He scattered just three hits 18 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:23.400 along the way while striking out six. Garrett Crochet, the big left hander 19 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:27.680 for the White Soxy here his name a lot in trade rumors. While Crochet 20 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:32.959 was equally as good pitching into the sixth inning, no run, five hits, 21 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:36.920 he also punched out six. I'm throwing ninety one pitches. It was 22 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:41.319 a pitcher's duel until the seventh when Key k Hernandez got the Dodgers on the 23 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:46.120 board. UH pitch to ke yn swings and hits it in the left fil 24 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:49.239 That bow's gonna drop for a hit. Rojas will score and the Dodgers lead 25 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.599 it one nothing, rounding first, heading for second and sliding in safely with 26 00:01:53.640 --> 00:02:00.439 a pop up slide is Key k Hernandez. Key k Hernandez with his fit 27 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:05.519 double of the season RBI number twelve, as the Dodgers took a one nothing 28 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:08.599 lead. He would then score on a throwing air by the White Sox the 29 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:13.800 Dodgers with two runs and the seventh up two to nothing. In the eighth 30 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:16.680 inning, Evan phillips On in relief as the Dodgers turned it over to the 31 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:21.840 bullpen. Daniel Hudson got the sixth. Jawn Ramirez got the seventh. Evan 32 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:24.159 phillips On in the eighth and he got some defensive health. One old pitch 33 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:29.479 swing Guy a lot Is lifted to deep def center field, going back after 34 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:31.759 his pie Has with the track at the wall, he makes the catch. 35 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:38.080 Uh. Terrific play by pie Has, who's been playing some really good defense 36 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:43.960 here in center field. Andy pi Has with a great play in the eighth. 37 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:47.000 He also had a great play in the seventh inning the Dodgers defense keeping 38 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:51.319 the White Sox off the board. Alex Vessi had got the ninth truck out 39 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:53.759 of better and he picked up the save. Dodgers get the three to nothing 40 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:59.280 shutout win over the White Sox. Daniel Hudson gets the winner relief of James 41 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:04.879 Paxson, who gets a no decision despite five really good shutout innings. Alex 42 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:08.439 Vesia his fourth save of the year. He continues to impress coming out of 43 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:13.120 the Dodgers' bullpen as the Dodgers win the series opener. They're now forty nine 44 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:15.919 and thirty one on this season and look to make it two straight on the 45 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:20.680 south side of the Chicago with Bobby Miller on the mound with more, Let's 46 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:23.680 head out to the Gallpin Motors broadcast booth as we welcome in Rick Monday and 47 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:28.319 Tim Neffer. Guys, Tam, thanks very much. A little overcast here 48 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:31.800 in Chicago as the Dodgers and the White Sox gets set for Game two of 49 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:37.120 this three game series. Dodgers winning the first win last night, blanking the 50 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:39.560 White Sox three to nothing. It was the eighth shutout of the season for 51 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:44.960 the Dodgers, the eleventh time the White Sox have been shut out. Bobby 52 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:47.800 Miller, the Elk Grove, Illinois native, grew up about sixty miles from 53 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:52.199 where we're sitting right now. He'll pitch tonight one and one on a six 54 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:57.240 era. Chris Flexen, the veteran, is two and six with an ERAI 55 00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:00.919 just over five. Tonight marks the half of the season. It's game number 56 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:04.919 eighty one with eighty one to play, So when you get to the halfway 57 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:09.159 mark, you pretty much know who the pretenders are and who the contenders are 58 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:14.840 around major League Baseball. Dodgers certainly contenders, and the White Sox, I 59 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:16.519 don't know if you can even call them pretenders. They've got the worst record 60 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:19.720 in Major League Baseball at twenty one and fifty nine. Well, the Dodgers 61 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:23.480 took care of business last night. It took them a while because they had 62 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:26.959 to get past the starter that they faced, that being Garrett Crochet and young 63 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:30.680 left hander. My goodness, what a five and two thirds. But it's 64 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:32.920 more pitch count right now. He's pitched more innings than he's ever pitched in 65 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:38.120 his professional career. So he was taken out. That was good news actually 66 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:41.519 for the Dodgers because they got to the bullpen, and for the White Sox 67 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:46.120 they have had difficulty about every category, including the bullpen on top of that. 68 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:48.480 So the Dodgers wind up, as you mentioned, with the shutout victory. 69 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:53.879 And maybe the key to success is Miguel Rojas because he had a couple 70 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:56.519 of days hits in last night's ball game. When he gets a hit, 71 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:00.920 the Dodgers incredibly enough twenty three wins, no losses. He's a big man 72 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:04.160 and he's moved up in the lineup tonight as well, hitting the six spot. 73 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:06.879 So if he gets a base hitting his first at batch and we just 74 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:11.839 declare it over, declared over so much, you're throwing the white towel and 75 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:15.000 we just go back to the hotel and wait for tomorrow Knight's game. It 76 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:18.879 is interesting though, because not only has he been able to contribute in getting 77 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:23.480 the base since you look at migout Rojas with the big shoes now to fill 78 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:27.800 with Mookie Betts out with the broken, the fractured hand. The last seventeen 79 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:31.279 games, Miguel Rojas is hitting three twenty eight. He is getting the job 80 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:35.839 done offensively and defensively right now sho HeLa Town. He had another run batted 81 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:41.600 into the ball game last night with a sacrifice fly late eight straight games. 82 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:46.439 That is a career best for him, and with one more run batted in 83 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:50.839 tonight, he would tie an all time franchise record. Roy Campanella during the 84 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:55.560 nineteen fifty five season drove in a run in nine straight game. Well, 85 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:59.360 he was named before the last night's ball game nationally Player of the Week for 86 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:01.319 the receding week. How do you pitch to him? I mean that that's 87 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:04.079 the big question too. You know, you can look at well, here's 88 00:06:04.079 --> 00:06:06.959 a guy who's getting the base hits it. If you were an opposing pitcher 89 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:11.439 at the ball club, how would you eight pitch to him and be what 90 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:15.240 would your defensive lineman be? Well, right now, the defensive lineman put 91 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:18.360 the outfielders in the bleachers because that's the best opportunity maybe to catch something a 92 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:21.920 flyable that he is John, he continues to get it done, for sure. 93 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:27.560 The Dodgers incidantly in terms of offense. They have scored four hundred and 94 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:30.360 one runs. And where does that sit. Well, that's second in all 95 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:34.480 of Major League Baseball, only behind the Baltimore Orioles who have four hundred and 96 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:39.000 five. So if you wonder if the Dodgers are scoring runs, yeah, 97 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:42.399 they are scoring them with the best of them. They've scored runs. In 98 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:46.600 fact, here's a couple of numbers too, stumbling across today. Dodgers score 99 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:49.839 first best record in baseball. They're thirty seven wins in five losses. When 100 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:53.920 they put it tally on the board first, what about the White Sox when 101 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:57.399 they score first, there's sixteen and twenty one. They're the only team in 102 00:06:57.439 --> 00:07:00.560 Major League Baseball with the losing record when they put a run on the board 103 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:04.720 before the other team. Dodgers are forty nine and thirty one overall. Right 104 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:08.560 here at the halfway mark, they're eight and a half up on the Padres 105 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:12.600 in the National League West. Meantime, a White Sox twenty one and fifty 106 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:18.040 nine. They are already thirty one games behind the division leading Cleveland Guardians. 107 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:23.519 Dodgers, White Sox. Bobby Miller back on the hill, nearest hometown tim 108 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:25.680 back to you. All right, thank you guys, as we count you 109 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:29.600 down to first pitch. Dodger fans, get your game day. Neal on 110 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:33.240 its Shaky's Pizza Parler, one of your Shaky's Pizza Chicken and Mojo's right now 111 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:38.600 at shakys dot Com. Coming up here on Dodgers on Deck, you'll hear 112 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:41.879 from the Dodger manager. You'll hear from landon neg David Vat say. We'll 113 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:46.519 check in throughout the show. We'll get you an injury report, We'll get 114 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:48.879 you your magical moment of the day. It's a good one. We'll also 115 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:53.360 dive deeper to this pitching matchup. But up next you're Otani rewind In. 116 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:56.959 We'll visit with Kirsten Watson from Sports in at LA. We're leading you have 117 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:01.319 to first pitch on this Tuesday, Dodgers and White So thanks for being with 118 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:07.839 us. I'm Tim Katsis Los Angeles Dodgers on your network is Lorongo Casino, 119 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:13.519 Dodgers on, Dodgers on deck y'all on the official home of LA Dodgers Baseball. 120 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:18.079 Dodgers and White Sox from Chicago. Dodgers won the series opener last night 121 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:22.000 and three nothing shutout Bobby Miller on the mound tonight. Game two, first 122 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:31.319 pitch coming up at five tens. This is the Otani three wid so Otani 123 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:35.080 with the infield in one out and Taylor on high alert for another ball in 124 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:41.320 the dirt from Copek. Here's the pitch and Showy it's a high fly ball 125 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:46.679 left center field. This will get it done. Luise Robert makes the catch, 126 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:52.000 Taylor tags and scores and for show Hey Otani. He extends his career 127 00:08:52.120 --> 00:09:00.440 best streak of eight straight games with an RBI. Show Hey o'tan with the 128 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:03.879 saffly last night and the ninth Indians attack on another Dodger run and give him 129 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:07.519 a three to nothing lead. They go on and win by that same final 130 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:11.200 score show he Otani RBI number fifty eight on this season. He was zero 131 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:15.960 for three with the sackfly and on base with also a walkout, now hitting 132 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:20.120 three eighteen on the season. The Otani rewind brought to by Eto ns oio 133 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:26.000 chat Japan's number one green tea b but local diso store, Amazon and etoin 134 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:31.080 dot com. That's it O E N dot Com. This is Kirston's corner 135 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:35.559 with Kirston Watson. Hey. Kirson now joins us from the South Side of 136 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:39.799 Chicago. Game two of this three game series against the White Sox. Tay 137 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:43.600 Oscar Hernandez is bag Kirston, but not back in the lineup. Yeah, 138 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:46.559 not in the lineup just yet. I think Dave. The hope is that 139 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:50.639 he'll be back out there tomorrow. But Dave just wanted to give him a 140 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:54.960 day today, so he and his family they flew back there with the organization 141 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:58.600 back in Chicago. But the last twenty four hours have been I imagine probably 142 00:09:58.679 --> 00:10:03.000 pretty emotionally draining. We don't know the specifics, but he did have to 143 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:07.639 go home and you know, had a family situation to deal with. So 144 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:09.759 he's back, but Dave just wanted to get him this day to recovery. 145 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:13.759 He said he hasn't really slept much, so hopefully he can get some rest 146 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:18.120 and just feel good and then hopefully kind of get back in the lineup tomorrow 147 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:22.720 and help contributing to this team and some more wins. Speaking of winning Miguel 148 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:26.600 Rojas, it's every time he gets a hit. I mean, we know 149 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:28.240 the stats. This guy's got to meet in a lineup, right, the 150 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:31.879 stats don't lie exactly when he goes, the team goes. You're right, 151 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:35.360 the stats really do not lie. And there's now been a lot of fun 152 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:39.799 with this. So even if we go back to the game in Colorado, 153 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:43.840 ninth inning, they're down five runs, Miguel Rojas gets a hit, So 154 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:48.000 at that moment, because at that point he hadn't he didn't have a hit, 155 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:50.919 and so at that point you're just like, oh my goodness, either 156 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:54.559 the stat is going to be over and he's finally gonna have a loss when 157 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:58.080 he gets a hit, or in some crazy way they're going to win this 158 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:01.440 game. And I'll know what happened. They came back and won that game 159 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:05.000 in one of the most exciting fashions ever. So after the bus Miguel Roja 160 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:07.559 is sitting in front of me, and I was like, Mickey, oh 161 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:11.279 my goodness, you almost lost the stat It was almost over. We were 162 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:13.080 all freaking out, and he was like, you know what's so funny is 163 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:16.799 as soon as I hit that ball and got to first base, I looked 164 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:20.799 at Clayton McColough, the first base coach, and he he goes, I 165 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:22.879 told him we're going to win this game, and Clayton was like what, 166 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:26.480 he goes, We're gonna win this game. Don't ask me how. I 167 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:28.039 don't know, but we're gonna win this. And of course we know they 168 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:31.480 came back to win it. So at that point Miguel told me he was 169 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:35.440 like, we can no longer talk about this number because he's officially he's officially 170 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:39.320 superstitious. So today even when I asked him, I was like, listen, 171 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:41.639 I made a promise to you. We're not talking about the numbers, 172 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:43.679 but how much fun are you having with this? And he was like what 173 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:48.279 he loves most about it is just the fans are really into it. So 174 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:50.720 he's like, as long as they can keep cheering me on, he said, 175 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:52.799 I want us to keep winning, so if I can get it hit 176 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:54.679 and that means we're gonna win. Let's keep it going. So he's definitely 177 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:58.440 loving it. 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So the hope is that you can 187 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:31.480 kind of keep the blinders up do what he needs to do. And he 188 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:35.039 told us he's feeling really good heading and not only that start in Colorado, 189 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:39.200 but also this one today, so let him have some fun. He got 190 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:41.360 to spend some time at Soldier Field yesterday. He's a big Bears fan. 191 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:46.559 So yeah, So hopefully today he can kind of put all that momentum into 192 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:48.159 a big win against the White Sox in front of his friends and family. 193 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:50.480 Well, let's hope so Kirsten appreciate it. Well, check out with you 194 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:54.440 after the game still to come. Here. 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It's the LA Dodgers Injury Report 203 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:39.879 presented by UCLA Healthy, official medical partner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Mookie 204 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:43.799 Bets on the IL. Yoshanoba Yamamoto on the IEL with the strain rotator cuff, 205 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:48.519 Walker Bueller on the IL, Michael Grove on the IL. Clayton Kershaw 206 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:52.480 has taken a break for a week. He's got that sore shoulder recovering back 207 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:56.799 from shoulder surgery. Max Munsey on the IL, Bruce Ark, Graderolt, 208 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:00.440 Joe Kelly, Tony Gonsolin, Est, Tomate All on the I L for 209 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:01.799 the Dodgers. All right, let's head back out to the South side of 210 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:07.679 Chicago and check in with the Dodger skipper. Anything else? Questions for Dave? 211 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:11.360 Dave? Can you just describe Dave? Can you talk about the pressure 212 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:16.960 in the dugouts with Dave Robberts, You know, I think we're just going 213 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:22.120 to kind of go all systems forward and hope and pray that it comes later, 214 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:26.200 which typically hope is not a good strategy. But that's all I've got. 215 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:28.480 As far as the weather, so I don't know, it's supposed to 216 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:31.879 come later and it's not going to change, you know, the pitching plan. 217 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:35.279 As far as Bobby started. With Bobby, what are you hoping to 218 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:37.879 see from him? Obviously his last one in Colorado stuff is in a good 219 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:41.679 spot. Just Colorado elements kind of played in there. But what are you 220 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:46.000 hoping to see with him today? I think Bobby's a little too emotional, 221 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:52.200 understandably, so his first start back, you know, we got him on 222 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:56.480 a track to keep the blinders on and to manage emotions. I didn't see 223 00:14:56.759 --> 00:15:01.360 that as much his last outing. I expect a different kind of way about 224 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:07.200 him demeanor tonight to go along with the pitch execution, which understandably so again, 225 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:11.480 hadn't pitched in a big league game in a while, so the juices 226 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:15.080 were going. But I expect a good one from him. He should have 227 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:18.519 a lot of family and friends here, being from Illinois, do you expect 228 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:20.600 the emotions to be running higher for him? Oh, that's a good point. 229 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:26.200 I didn't account for that, so yeah. I mean, as a 230 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:28.240 young player, you get your family, and I was that player a long 231 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:31.799 time ago, where you get excited to kind of show out in front of 232 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:35.399 your family and friends, which is totally understandable. But I do believe once 233 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:39.279 you get in the game, then you kind of, just like I said, 234 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:41.440 put the blinders on. So I think he's going to pitch well tonight. 235 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:43.639 And I'm excited for him. That's good always to come home, all 236 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:48.320 right. There's Dave Roberts talking about Bobby Miller making his trek back to Chicago 237 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:50.519 as a Dodger's take on the White Sox. Down the dugout brought to you 238 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:54.519 by Service Tian. Dave Roberts is a tighten in his own right. 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Dodgers fans enhanced your listening and experience by downloading the iHeartRadio app 248 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:42.840 and listening to the games in HD. It's all powered by Lacare Health Plans 249 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:49.840 serving all Angelinos, Lacare dot Org. Joining Tim Kates on Dodgers on deck. 250 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:55.960 I accept everybody for who they are. This is Dodger insider David Basse. 251 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:59.960 All right, David Kevin v show at the bottom of that Dodger lineup. 252 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:03.240 How important is he for this Dodgers team to get it back to the 253 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:07.240 top. Yeah, he understands that. Tim. I was talking to him 254 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:12.440 earlier today before batting practice and he said, it's my job to get on 255 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:17.640 base for those guys. And he was pointing up at the scoreboard where they 256 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:22.720 had the lineups displayed for the Dodgers in white, sox Otani, Will Smith 257 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:26.880 and Freddie Freeman. So he's very aware of that. And going back to 258 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:32.559 the Freeway series when he laid down a bunt and that sparked the Dodgers' rally 259 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:37.200 in that third inning where they scored four runs. Bigio bunted, got on 260 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:41.599 bass, had the Angels on their heels, and waam Otani hits a two 261 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:45.400 run home run to help the Dodgers win that game. And Bigio actually told 262 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:51.039 me when he steps in the batter's box, he's looking to see where the 263 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:55.920 third baseman is playing him, he said, usually third baseman play him even 264 00:17:55.960 --> 00:18:00.319 with the bag or even a couple of steps in. Well, that the 265 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:04.119 Angels third basement was playing him deep and that's why he decided to lay that 266 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:08.400 bunt down. So he's one player that embraces the bunt, he said. 267 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:12.559 His dad, Hall of Famer Craig Bigio, always has been a big advocate 268 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:17.000 for it, and he is just trying to get on base somehow, some 269 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:21.640 way. Last night you have Miguel Rojas on the postgame DV. This is 270 00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:25.440 a guy who we know the number Dodgers are undefeated when he gets a hit. 271 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:29.359 How is he embracing this? Is he accepting to it? Is he 272 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:33.119 trying to stay away from this number because it could be distracting. I guess 273 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:37.319 I was unsure because, as you know, Tim, when you talk to 274 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:41.079 players, they don't want to hear their hitting streak. They're on bass streak, 275 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:45.319 how close they are at a history. So I wasn't sure if we're 276 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:51.799 supposed to even broach the subject with Miguel Rojas. But he's a guy that 277 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:56.640 loves the game, loves being here, and he is completely embracing this. 278 00:18:56.400 --> 00:19:00.640 Being a guy that when he gets a hit. The Dodgers are undefeated this 279 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:06.279 year twenty three and oh, so it's safe to be able to talk to 280 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:10.559 him about it. And I guess it all started at Coors Field last road 281 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:15.200 trip, where he was openly talking about it. So it's fair game moving 282 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:18.319 forward. David is jermaned by the Ford F Series, America's best selling truck 283 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:22.519 for forty seven years and counting. Ford gives you freedom of choice gas hybrid 284 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:26.240 electric head of your Southern California Ford Dealers and find yours Ford F Series built 285 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:30.960 tough. David, this is Game eighty one. We are officially now at 286 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:34.079 the halfway point of one hundred and sixty two game regular season. Have the 287 00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:38.480 Dodgers met the expectations from them and from people on the outside looking in as 288 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:45.480 well? I believe they have. But the real expectations are about october In 289 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:51.000 winning the World Series, and everybody with the Dodgers understand that. But how 290 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:56.039 can you be disappointed with the team that if they win tonight will win their 291 00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:59.920 fiftieth game of the season. They have a ten game lead in the loss 292 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:03.960 call him in the NL West, and have been one of the best two 293 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:07.960 teams in the National League all season long. Otani the big signing, a 294 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:12.680 lot of expectations, a lot of hype. He is contending for the Triple 295 00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:17.720 Crown right now, not only in the National League, but Major League Baseball. 296 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:22.720 So I would say he's met expectations individually, and the Dodgers doing as 297 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:26.440 much as they can right now. Tim, you can't win the World Series 298 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:30.680 in May or June, but what you can do is make life a lot 299 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:34.960 easier for yourself in September, and they have done that again on their way 300 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:40.599 to another one hundred win season. You talked to Bobby Miller a lot DV. 301 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:45.039 He's made one start since coming back from the IL. He win six 302 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:48.519 and the third Indings gave up six hits, five in runs. But that 303 00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:52.160 was in Colorado at Course Field. What do you expect out of him today 304 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:57.039 the second start back, Well, this lineup should cooperate with him. They're 305 00:20:57.079 --> 00:21:02.480 not a very good hitting lineup. And look, he is very honest with 306 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:07.079 himself that he does allow his emotions to get the best of him at times. 307 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:11.720 Sometimes Rick Monday does as well. Just kidding, He's the complete opposite. 308 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:15.240 His emotions never get the best of him. But yeah, Bobby Miller 309 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:19.359 has said a lot of times he lets the emotions get to him. My 310 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:25.599 understanding is he is going to have thirty two family and friends in attendance tonight 311 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:30.960 here I guaranteed rate Field. He's from Illinois and a big Bears fan, 312 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:33.559 so the emotions will be running high, and he's got to find a way 313 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:37.240 to control it, no doubt about it. 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The Dodgers took care of things on 346 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:38.880 the South Side last night, despite Garrett Crochet pitching very well against them. 347 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:42.400 I tell you what, he was a delight to watch from afar. I'm 348 00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:45.720 not certain that he was a whole lot of fun at home plate. He's 349 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:48.680 got a live arm and really had an idea in what he was trying to 350 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:52.759 do. Went five and two thirds, but for the Dodgers. James Paxton 351 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:56.759 another very good outing for the Dodgers. You know, you start to look 352 00:24:56.960 --> 00:25:00.440 for Paxxton. Now, the last three starts given up just two runs. 353 00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:06.400 He's given up just seven hits, and that comes over eighteen innings that he 354 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:08.920 has pitched, and he really kind of sensed the tone this Dodger ball club. 355 00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:12.359 Took them a while from the hitting standpoint the Dodgers in order to get 356 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:17.720 to the bullpen. And as soon as they took Garrett Crochet out, not 357 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:22.119 because lack of effort or anything else, He's never pitched this many innings in 358 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:26.119 his career. They're they're protecting a very good arm out there. And Tim 359 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:29.759 Nevert and I were both commenting, is that that was a big break for 360 00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:33.839 the Dodgers, very similar to a World Series game. We might add a 361 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:36.559 number of years ago when they took out the starting pitcher and that's when the 362 00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.920 Dodgers said, Okay, that's enough of this, let's put runs on the 363 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:44.359 board. And that used to be the Dodgers offensive identity to knock out even 364 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:48.319 a good starting pitcher and get to the opposing team's Let me ask you about 365 00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:52.799 hitter's identity because I don't know how much you believe in the numbers, if 366 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:59.200 they're a coincidence or not. But mcgol Rojas, for example, when he 367 00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:03.359 gets a hit there, twenty three wins and no losses, that's a pretty 368 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:06.920 good run. I don't care how you view it. That's an incredible run. 369 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:10.920 And if we look at Miguel Rojas, you know, the last seventeen 370 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:14.279 games, he may be the hottest hitter as far as average. He's hit 371 00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:17.720 three twenty eight in the last seventeen contests. Well, I'm glad you brought 372 00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:22.359 that up because I wasn't sure how to view it. How should we view 373 00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:26.799 that number? Is it a coincidence, is it something to bring up right 374 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:30.559 here, or is it significant? I think it's more coincidence than anything else. 375 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:34.160 But I don't think it's coincidence. The last seventeen games he's hitting three 376 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:40.160 twenty eight. I think that number means more to the really the true aspect 377 00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:44.039 of what we're looking at here. He provides a great defense, no question 378 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:47.319 about that. And when he gets in the offensive mode, and if we 379 00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:52.440 look at Rojas tonight in the lineup, he's hitting in the six spot, 380 00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:56.000 so he is moving up the ladder as far as being able to do it. 381 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:59.400 But that's pretty good average three twenty eight the last seventeen games, especially 382 00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:02.880 for a player that's not known for his offense exactly. But if you look 383 00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:04.319 at he's had a couple of years when he went down to Miami, the 384 00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:08.480 kind of figured it out. And he's a big, big man right now 385 00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:11.759 in this Dodger lineup and really in the ball club with the absence of Mookie 386 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:15.440 Betts. And how long he's going to be out, we don't really know, 387 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:19.039 but we hope it's I hope it's a speedy recovery and there's no residual 388 00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:23.880 effects, because having experienced at a broken hand, every injury is different, 389 00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:30.000 but I know that there was some limitations as far as range of motion that 390 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:33.599 I had for a considerable period of time, and many, many years later, 391 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:37.519 I still feel the residual effects of a broken hand and then a broken 392 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:42.680 wrist. Same here with the wrist. Well, yeah, how many slides 393 00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:47.440 have you gone outstay by the way? Not too many? Yeah, yeah, 394 00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:49.960 and stay off the kids playground as well. Hey, on this date 395 00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:56.319 very quickly nineteen eighty four, Bill Russell part of that record setting infield of 396 00:27:56.839 --> 00:28:02.160 Russell, Lopes Say and Garving Well. On this date in nineteen eighty four, 397 00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:07.279 Bill Russell played his career nine and fifty third game in a Dodger uniform. 398 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:12.559 Well, that became the highest number of games played by anyone in the 399 00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:18.799 Dodgers' history. As it turned out, so Bill eighteen years career, he 400 00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:22.720 wound up playing twenty one hundred and eighty one games in a Dodger uniform. 401 00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:26.400 And I don't think you can ever look at that and say treat that lightly, 402 00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:30.680 because that's an amazing amount of games. Over twenty one hundred games, 403 00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:34.920 the most games ever played well wearing a Dodger uniform. The only way I 404 00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:40.480 would say that's going to be threatened is if Freddy Freeman played his entire career 405 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:44.359 with the Dodgers. But six years is the life of his contract. I 406 00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:48.279 feel like Bill Russell, he's safe from Freddy Well. It might be, 407 00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:53.000 yeah, I mean with with free agency and what goes on at the present 408 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:59.440 time, but we are seeing more and more long term contracts to the elite 409 00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:03.200 players. You look at Otani, you look at the Yamamoto. Fair to 410 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:07.279 say, Bill Russell was considered the Dean in the eighties when he was playing 411 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:10.599 all those games. Yeah, we called him a few other things. He 412 00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:14.200 was always stirring the pot, but he was every day he could count upon 413 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:17.039 him. And I think if you took a poll and you say, okay, 414 00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:19.799 who was the hitter that you most likely have at home plate when you 415 00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:23.640 had to have someone hit the ball, put the ball into play and maybe 416 00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:27.079 have a positive result. I think of the tallies, at least mine would 417 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:32.039 be Bill Russell, no doubt, Bill Russell cletch hits in the NLCS against 418 00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:34.200 the final ways. Bill. I hope you're listening to this. If not, 419 00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:38.400 might be is in the LA era. Hey, everybody's keeping score these 420 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:41.960 days. Rake. Oh yeah, we'll send it back to you and we 421 00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:45.039 keep scoring you toube Bell. Thanks, Rick, We'll send it back to 422 00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:49.319 you in the studio. Tim Gates always keeping score. 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I feel like I got you away from bad 441 00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:18.880 influencer Austin Barnes. But a great teammate, I would imagine. Oh yeah, 442 00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:22.359 absolutely, a great teammate. Just likes to mess with some guys kind 443 00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:25.440 of like get them off their game and just kind of like get some genuine 444 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.960 reactions out of them. But yeah, no, he's a character man. 445 00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:32.559 I was telling Mark Prari yesterday how much I enjoy being around yourself, Gavin 446 00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:36.799 Stone and Bobby Miller and all three of you seem to be very coachable. 447 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.880 Yeah, we try to be. Yeah, No, we all kind of 448 00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:42.359 came up together and kind of fed off of a little bit of the culture 449 00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:47.680 that they've built down in the minor league system here and really just kind of 450 00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:49.319 push it. Everybody kind of pushes each other to kind of get the best 451 00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:52.920 version out of themselves. And yeah, I mean it's been a great group 452 00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:56.079 and it feels like, like you said, the culture down there is to 453 00:31:56.119 --> 00:32:00.519 be yourself. The way you pitch is not the same way Bobby Miller. 454 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:04.960 Yeah no, obviously very different guys as far as what we do on the 455 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:07.680 mound, But yeah, no, everybody, our entire minor league system is 456 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:10.079 a lot of kind of being yourself. They're gonna give you all of the 457 00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:15.799 tools to get to that best version of yourself, but also just staying true 458 00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:19.000 to yourself because everybody's different. They know not everything works for everybody. There's 459 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:22.519 no cookie cutter way to do things, and so they really are doing a 460 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:25.400 really good job of making sure that everybody has the tools to get to where 461 00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:30.359 they need to be. But being themselves in this day and age of everybody 462 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:35.400 looking at velocity, how did you separate yourself to be recognized to be a 463 00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:38.160 pitcher? I think I was always a guy who could just pitch. That 464 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:42.400 was always kind of my calling card for a long time, and then I 465 00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:45.400 never even learned velocity until kind of later on. I was always a pitcher 466 00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:52.200 first, and so I kind of learned how to throw with lesser velo early 467 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:54.559 on in college and then kind of kept on with that and really just learning 468 00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:58.880 how to switch speeds, really play the front to back game and just keep 469 00:32:58.920 --> 00:33:02.319 people off balance. And you also have four pitches. The way I understand 470 00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:07.359 it, is there a temptation to try to use all four or how do 471 00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:10.920 you mix and match when you have that many pitches in your back pocket. 472 00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:14.839 A lot of it just kind of goes with what the what the game's calling 473 00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:16.480 for, what the batter calls for, just kind of like with the matchups, 474 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:21.119 I usually try to at least mix in a little bit of the four 475 00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:23.319 just because the more pitches that they have in the back of their mind, 476 00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:25.960 the less they can actually eliminate, and it just makes it just a little 477 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:30.599 bit tougher. Even even if it's something that they handle it well, if 478 00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:32.000 you just kind of give them one look at it, it still has that 479 00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:36.319 in the back of their mind. So we try try to kind of mix 480 00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:37.799 things up as well as we can, just to kind of keep them off. 481 00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:42.480 Landon Nak is our guest in front of first pitch between the Dodgers and 482 00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:45.839 White Sox. I mentioned Bobby Miller. He's on the mound tonight. What 483 00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:50.759 have you seen from Bobby being teammates with him since the minor leagues and just 484 00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:52.720 his growth to where he's at right now. Yeah, no, he he 485 00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:59.200 has continued to h to fine tune things this like the longer we've gone obviously, 486 00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:01.480 I got to see Bobby from the alt side all the way through, 487 00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:06.960 played with him in Great Lakes and in Tulsa, and then kind of getting 488 00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:10.840 to see him again here now has been pretty cool. The guy has Obviously 489 00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:15.320 he's worked his butt off, He's continued to develop his off speed pitches a 490 00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:20.679 lot, and he's really a much more complete pitcher than minor league Bobby. 491 00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:25.320 You just mentioned the alternate site that was at USC during the twenty twenty COVID 492 00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:31.719 season. It feels like the players that were there formed a lifelong bond. 493 00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:37.239 Absolutely, yet, I mean it was something that not many people kind of 494 00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:39.079 got to go through, and so the guys that did where we were kind 495 00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:45.760 of all kind of just away from everything. It was just hotel, field 496 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:49.079 and back, and so it was just kind of those were your only group 497 00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:51.320 of people you really got to be around during that time. And so yeah, 498 00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:54.119 of course you kind of create a bond with those guys and have that 499 00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:58.320 shared experience that you'll be able to remember for the rest of your life. 500 00:34:58.599 --> 00:35:02.440 Landon Neck is our guest and he will be introduced as a new character in 501 00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:07.840 the Dodger Giants rivalry. He pitches Friday Night in San Francisco. How much 502 00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:13.400 are you looking forward to, obviously making another start, but getting your first 503 00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:15.559 taste of pitching in San Francisco. Yeah, very exciting. Yeah, I've 504 00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:20.239 always kind of growing up. You always kind of hear about the Dodgers and 505 00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:24.559 Giants rivalry that they've always had and kind of just how far that goes back, 506 00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:28.760 and so yeah, getting to kind of get out there and pitch in 507 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:32.360 enemy territory in San Francisco and kind of getting to experience the energy from those 508 00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:35.960 fans as they get fired up to play us. Yeah, no, I 509 00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:38.679 can't wait. That's going to be an awesome experience. And you're unflappable like 510 00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:43.239 Gavin Stone as well, So I don't feel like that is any sort of 511 00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:47.119 intimidation, especially Mac. A lot of Dodger fans show up in San Francisco, 512 00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:51.239 now, yeah, absolutely, Dodger fans travel really well, of course, 513 00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:53.599 and going to play a team that your rivals with, of course they're 514 00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:57.079 gonna want to be up there to experience it as well. And so yeah, 515 00:35:57.119 --> 00:36:00.079 no, absolutely, it's it's something we all want to embrace. All 516 00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:02.079 right, Thanks a lot for the time. Great to have you around again, 517 00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:07.679 and I feel like this is only the beginning for landon Neck. Thank 518 00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:09.599 you appreciate you having me there. He is the man land and Neck. 519 00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:12.880 Tim will send it back to you in the studio. One of the young 520 00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:15.960 good Dodger pitchers out there for the Dodgers this year and beyond, no doubt 521 00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:20.719 about that. Dodgers Baseball brought to you by Shaky's Pizza Parlor, the official 522 00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:24.000 pizza partner of the Dodgers Audio Broadcast. When it's game night, it's group 523 00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:28.480 night at Shaky's dot Com. Lead you up to first pitch. Dodgers and 524 00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:30.960 White Sox up. Next, we'll dive deeper into the numbers in this pitching 525 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:35.840 matchup. Don't go anywhere. I'm Tim Kates's Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network. 526 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:46.079 This is Marongo Casino Dodgers on deck on your home for the blue all season 527 00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:52.039 log Dodgers in a White Sox from the South Side of Chicago. Game two 528 00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:55.760 of this three game set. First pitch coming up at five ten and now 529 00:36:57.119 --> 00:37:00.000 before the Dodgers hit the dinut, we look at them. Pitching matchup. 530 00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:05.960 Present about your Southern California Toyota Dealers. Turn your trail dominating off roading dreams 531 00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:08.320 into a reality in the all new twenty twenty four Tacoma See youear Toyota Dealers 532 00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:13.039 today they make it easy. Chris Flexen on the mound for the White Sox 533 00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:15.719 two and six five oh three ERA. Twenty nine year old right hander fourteenth 534 00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:19.800 round pick of the Mets back in twenty twelve out of Newark, California. 535 00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:22.159 That's in Northern California, ninth season in the Big Leagues, first with the 536 00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:24.719 White Sox, he's been with the Rockies, Mariners, and Mets. Making 537 00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:28.840 his fifteenth start this year. He's allowed three runs or less, and his 538 00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:31.440 last eleven starts going two and three with a four to fifty three ERA but 539 00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:35.559 a two to fifty four opponent's batting average during that span. It's making his 540 00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:39.400 third career start or second start, third career appearance against the Dodgers, so 541 00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:42.800 he's pitched out of the bullpen as well. He earned a win and his 542 00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:45.239 last and only start against the Dodgers back in September of last year in Colorado, 543 00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:50.920 allowing three runs on six hits while striking out three over six innings of 544 00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:53.599 work. Bobby Miller on the mound one on one sixty, twenty five year 545 00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:58.199 old right hander making his fifth start this year, his second start since coming 546 00:37:58.239 --> 00:38:00.119 off the IL last time out six and third innings, five run, six 547 00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:05.000 hits in a no decision against the Rockies. This is his first time pitching 548 00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:09.760 against the White Sox. Dodgers White Sox from Chicago. We're fifteen minutes away 549 00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:15.239 from first pitch. Keys to the game. Our next I'm Tim Katis's Los 550 00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:23.920 Angeles Dodgers Audio Network. As we were saying yes is Marongo Casino Dodgers on 551 00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:30.280 jack on the official home of LA Dodgers Baseball. Dodgers and White Sox. 552 00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:34.760 Game two of this three game Intern League series from Chicago, Bobby Miller, 553 00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:37.559 Chris Flexing the pitching matchup. First pitch is coming up at five to ten. 554 00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:43.880 Dodgers fans enhanced her listening to experience to Dodger games by downloading the iHeartRadio 555 00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:46.760 app. It's free and listen to Dodger games in HD. It's a great 556 00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:51.039 way to listen to Crystal Clear Dodger games. Take it with you on the 557 00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:53.880 go with your mobile device. It's all powered by LA Care Health Plan serving 558 00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:59.800 all Angelinos lacare dot org. Right before first pitch, we head back out 559 00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:02.400 to the booth Rick Monday Tip. Never guys, lax again, Tim, 560 00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:07.719 We count you down to the first pitch here at Guaranteed right Field in Chicago, 561 00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:10.119 Game two of this three game series, Bobby Miller hopes to have a 562 00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:14.840 much better outing than he did the last time he pitched in Chicago. Go 563 00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:17.840 back to April tenth Wrigley Field. He only lasted an inning in two thirds, 564 00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:22.280 giving up five earned runs. That was very early in the season. 565 00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:25.559 He's at a different point and hoping for a different result here tonight, Miller. 566 00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:29.039 Two things are going to look for a command of the strike, Sill. 567 00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:30.360 The other part too, is the change. It the reason to mention 568 00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:34.920 the change hip. Well, the last two years Bobby Miller when he's used 569 00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:37.119 that pitch has worked out well, just to one thirty batting average against. 570 00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:42.159 But he needs to throw strikes in order to set up that change. Chris 571 00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:45.480 Flexen going for the White Sox. The White Sox have not had a lot 572 00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:50.679 of success when he's been on the hill. They are two and fourteen in 573 00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:53.000 any game that he has appeared in this season. In fact, they've lost 574 00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:57.920 their last eight straight games in which he has started. Yeah, and for 575 00:39:58.000 --> 00:40:00.960 Flexen likes to move that fast boat inside overpowering. He, like Miller, 576 00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:05.079 does have a good change yet Miller has the fast ball to go with it. 577 00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:07.760 But for Flexing, don't give up the ship too early. You know 578 00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:12.719 he's allowed just three runs or less in seven of his last ten starts, 579 00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:15.840 so he can deal a very good outing for you, Rich. The midway 580 00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:19.960 point of the Major League season on the Dodgers will look for their fiftieth win 581 00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:23.360 of the season here in Chicago, Tim all right, first pitch is coming 582 00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:29.119 up Game two of this three game series. Dodgers start the night eight and 583 00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:31.760 a half game lead atop the Western Division of the National League over the Padres, 584 00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:35.559 ten games up on the Diamondbacks, eleven and a half games up on 585 00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:39.079 the Giants. Well, the Rockies are twenty one games back and the division. 586 00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:44.440 As we play game eighty one of the season, folks, we have 587 00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:51.320 hit the halfway point of the twenty twenty four MLB series seious season. Well, 588 00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:52.719 technically, after this game is over is when we'll play eighty one. 589 00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:58.480 But Game eighty one is coming up next. Dodgers and White Sox from Chicago. 590 00:40:58.639 --> 00:41:00.760 I'm sim Kates has been wrong, because you know, Dodgers on deck 591 00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:04.800 from a Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network M