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Los Angeles Dodgers thirty three and twenty one on the season, first place atop
the NL West spot. After dropping the first two games of this series in
Cincinnati, the Dodgers now in need of a win to avoid being swept by
the Reds. Give the ball to the Yoshinobu Yamamoto as the Dodgers wrap up
this series from Great American Ballpark. First pitch coming up at nine to ten.
Coming up over the next hour here on Marongo Casino Dodgers on Deck,
we'll hear from the Dodger manager Dave Roberts gets his thoughts on this Dodgers team
right now that is reeling a little bit. They've lost four in a row.
We'll preview this pitching matchup. David Vats will go one on one with
Dodger catcher Will Smith. Shortly, we will hear from Rick Monday and Tim
Neverett out at the Gallpin Motors Broadcast a booth. Well last night in Cincinnati,
Bueller was good, but the Dodgers offense was not so good. Walker
Buehler got the start, he'd go five and two thirty innings. He gave
him three runs on six hits while striking out four along the way. He
got into some trouble early in the first or two outs. He got tagged
by Spencer Steer for a solo home run as the Reds took an early one
nothing leading the second. Though the Dodgers offense got that run back, they
had something going back to back hits the lead off the inning, followed by
Gavin lux walk that loaded the base. Is nobody out for Jason Hayward.
Full count to Jason Hayward. The pitch he swings, hits a ground ball
toward the middle, Let's get a run in India grabs it, throws to
day La Cruz at short for one on the first double play, and the
Dodgers are forced to trade two outs for a run and tie the game.
Will Smith scores on the Jason Hayward double play ball that tied the game at
one. The Dodgers still had an opportunity to take the lead with the runner
at third, Keky Hernandezo would come up and in the inding with the ground
ball out and in the threat it remained tight at one, but not for
long, as the Reds quickly answered back. In the bottom of the second
after two quick outs, Walker Buehler fell behind two to zero and that could
end up to be bad, and it did because Will Benson took him deep,
but he said difficulty making contact seventy two strikeouts, two zero picks swung
on a well hit left center field. This ball back in, This ball
gone a home run for Benson, his seventh of the season, and the
Reds laid a two to one solo home run for Benson, and the Reds
are up to two to one on the Dodgers, who would threatening the six
when Showyo Tani cracked a one out triple to the right field corner, but
he was stranded there as Hunter Green got Freddie Freeman and Will Smith on flyouts.
The Reds would tack on an insurance run at the bottom of the inning
on ledl Cruise RBI single. Reds took a three to one lead and they
go on to win by that final score. Hundred Green six innings for the
win. Walker Bueller of the loss, he falls to one in two the
Dodgers offense continues to be in a run five hits last night, they were
zero for seven with runners in scoring position. With the loss, they fall
to thirty three and twenty one on the season. They've now lost a season
high four in a row. In this morning, they're right back at it,
try to turn things around before the weather comes in and they have to
head to New York. Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound. First pitch from Great
American Ballpark in Cincinnati's coming up in nine ten with morel tend out to the
Galvin Motors broadcast booth as we say good morning to Rick Monday and Tim Never
Guys. Thanks Tim. On this Sunday and Memorial Day weekend in Cincinnati,
the Dodgers and Reds wrap up this three game series. Dodgers looking to salvage
a game here. They've dropped the first two. It's been a while since
they've been swept by the Reds, but the Reds going for a three game
sweep. They are eight and a half back of the division leaders, the
Milwaukee Brewers in the Central twenty two and seventy Reds in last place in the
Central. Dodgers first place by five and a half games over San Francisco thirty
three and twenty one, and the lineup today moul When you look at it,
keyk Hernandez back at third base, Austin Binn's doing the catching, but
the top of the order remains pretty much the same without Will Smith in there.
Yeah, without Will Smith. One of the things we did learn.
David Vasse pointed out to us early this morning the show. Hey, O'toni,
we recognize that in last night's ball game when O'tani got the triple in
the sixth inning, we were wondering about the way that he was running.
Well, he is nursing a left hamstring as kind of iffy, and as
Dave Roberts said, he has a governor on the speed. The question is
is it jeopardizing Otani being in the lineup and maybe having a blowout if you
take a chance, because sometimes instinct takes over. He says, he's fine,
he's in there batting the number two spot. But the Dodgers on this
two game series so far, Tim, they need to kick it into gear
from an offensive standpoint, I mean, you look at the fact they're only
three for twenty one with runners in scoring position. Here in Cincinnati. They're
hitting one forty three. The Reds in the two games are hitting double net
with runners in scoring position. A good time for the Dodgers to start getting
things well back to normal in the hitting aspect. And the Reds came into
the series with the worst team batting average in Major League Baseball at two fifteen.
Yeah, but they have passed the baton. The Dodgers have not done
that when they had been winning. They being the Dodgers, we talked very
very frequently about the fact, from a hitter standpoint, you pass the baton
to the next guy, and the next guy and the next guy. There
hasn't been anyone to take the baton, And hopefully it happens here this afternoon,
and this may be a very long day because they moved up the game
time ninety minutes because of the weather and the threat, and it's a realistic
weather threat. They're saying that somewhere between one and two o'clock local time,
there's going to be a brief shower or two. But then there's a pause,
and hopefully the Dodgers are out of town before that second segment comes in,
because that could be well, that could be a nightmare. Right now,
just prior to the game overcast sky, the wind is blowing, is
blowing out the left. First two games of this series, the wind was
not a factor at all, but it has picked up considerably, meaning that
storm is hitting this way. Reds and Dodgers. Try to get this whole
game in this afternoon. It'll start on time. The opener Brent Soonter left
handed for Cincinnati, and Yoshinobu Yamamota will make his eleven start for the Dodgers.
Tim all right, as we cut you down the first pitch. Dodger
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from Dodger ketcher Will Smith. But up next we'll get your Otani rewind to
leads up to first pitch on this Sunday morning Dodgers and Reds. First pitch
coming up in nine Thanks for being with us. Happy Memorial Day weekend,
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We'll send out Yoshinobu. Ya'm a moto to the mound. First pitch
at nine ten. This is the Otani ree wide. I gotta find some
good contact here. Hunter Green wines kicks deliveries a ground ball hit fair up
the first baseline. That's gonna roll slowly into the corner around first and in
the second is Otani. He's not stopping. He's on his way to third.
Otani chugging for the bag. He slides, He sayd and Otani he's
got his second triple of the season. Show Hey, O'tani, I get
out of triple sore hamstring in all but he would be not able to come
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lost their fourth in row last night. Walker Buehler pitched good five and two
third innings, three runs, six hits, four strikeouts and a walk.
He would get tagged with the loss last night and ate three to one Reds
win, and afterwards spoke to the media that last run in the sixth is
I think, you know, just a little bit of a lapse for me
just in terms of pitch selection and get back to back kind of scrambling a
little bit more than I should be. And and so that's kind of the
next time is making sure I have all that lockdown. How much of difficulty
is it facing the same team two in a row, like dot I think
it's probably more mentally challenging than than it is physically. Like I think the
last one I probably could count on a couple of hands with the balls that
I didn't like that I threw. And so when you face a team like
that, it feels like you kind of have nowhere to go because you've kind
of done everything already or everything you wanted to. But you know, they
had a good approach and put a couple of good swings on it early and
then during the sixth. But you know, it kind of is what it
is, you know. I think if you have to pitch out to where
it was for me at least this kind of rehab or physical side of it,
I forget about it. I feel like I made some pitches there for
a few innings in a row, and yeah, I don't like giv enough
homers for swingings, but little encouraging to kind of write it out for a
few innings. But wish I could have finish it a little bit better.
The not getting as much swing and miss as you have in the past,
Like, is there something you attribute that to right now? And has that
been a surprise coming back that there hasn't been more of that so far?
I don't think I've necessarily ever been like you got it Fruen's swinging miss all
the time, Like I think I've punched guys out in the past with pretty
low swinging miss numbers. You know, I think my swinging miss is either
either two shrike growl, and but I also just kept like I try and
I'm not trying to strike guys out looking that seems to happen in newcent amount
for me. I don't know. I'm not super concerned about it. I
feel like the pitches that I make that are good as long as they're out
or strike out, ground it whatever, I'm kind of good with. That's
kind of how I've always pitched, is trying to do contact and if they
missed their miss, starts to take it and it's strike great. But yeah,
I think my last started punch out seven on five sharing that, so
I think Nina five or six something like that, like kind of is what
it is. That's just kind of how I pitched it, all right.
There's Walker Buehler after the game last night got tagged with the loss. He's
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matchup today. The Red's going with an opener again. David Vasego's one on
one with Will Smith. But up next your injury report and we'll hear from
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nine ten. He's the LA Dodgers Injury report presented my UCLA Healthy official medical
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Joe Kelly on the IEL to shoulder strain, Ryan Brazier on the IL
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Gonsolon estimate all out recovering from arm surgeries. From it, she and he's
actually done having Tommy John surgery last week. Let's go back out to Cincinnati
and check in with the Dodgers Skipper. Anything else for Dad? Easy questions
for Dave? Dave? Can you just describe Dave? Can you talk about
the pressure in the dugouts with Dave Roberts? Dave, after last night's game,
you mentioned that show has been running with the governor dealing with the left
hamstring issue. How concerned are you that this can turn into something bigger?
If he doesn't come out of the lineup at this point, not at all.
I think that, as I mentioned yesterday, yesterday was better than two
days ago. He felt it's kind of right around ninety percent, and so
feeling that, you know, just assuming that it'll keep getting better. I
feel confident that he can kind of play smart and not push it, you
know, as a player and a base runner, if there's a close play,
maybe you put it into that extra gear. Any concern about that,
not really. I think that I've talked to him about, you know,
not trying to steal a base and being smart and the value of him being
in the lineup is everything, and so so yeah, obviously things can happen,
but I think right now, my trust in him that he can manage
it is pretty high. What'd you think about him with all that that he
was able to get to third base on a triple down the right field corner.
It was very impressive because I was hoping he would just stop at second
base, but he didn't. Kind of he didn't intensify the pace and he
just kind of kept that, like I said, the governor on and he
cruised in the third base, so pretty pretty easily at all. You know,
I don't know. You know, he didn't do it on a swing.
It was it was getting hit by a ball, so you know that.
I don't know. I don't think so, but you certainly the last
couple of days he's missed some pitches, chased a little bit more. But
it's two days of at bats, so I don't know if that specifically is
the reason for that feels most is just yeah, Dave, last year there
was so much made of the fact that you had trouble throwing out runners.
It hasn't really been talked about the fact that Will Smith it's throwing out forty
one percent of the runners this year. Was there a concerted effort in spring
to get pictures to deliver the ball to home plate quicker? Yeah, there
was, and Will's always nothing has changed with Will. It's the pictures that
have gotten better at holding runners, and so to their credit, they've made
the adjustment and giving Will a better chance to thought a runner and it's proved
to save us pitches and get some big outs for us. All Right,
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All right, DV show. Hey Otani, he's got a bad hamstring.
What's going on? Yeah, that was revealed after the game last night by
Dave Roberts that Shoje Otani has been dealing with a left hamstring issue. And
it kind of raised eyebrows last night as his only hit was a triple and
it didn't seem like he was running like it was going to be a triple.
He was taking it at a very easy pace. He made it there
safely, sliding into third base. But we are all wondering what was going
on with Otani because he runs the bases extremely hard, and we found out
after the game last night that there is an issue. And Dave Roberts said
that he is running with a governor. What does that mean? I guess
it means don't put it into the highest gear like his Porsche. You got
to keep it in fourth or third gear. So we'll see how the Dodgers
and Otani manage that moving forward, but certainly concerning considering if a player's trying
to go into that extra gear out of instincts, it could turn into a
worse injury. Yeah, some to definitely keep an eye on Freddie Freeman tossing
to pictures at first base. What's going on? Oh yeah, yeah.
I asked to Freddy about that. I don't know if you've noticed this,
tim but nine out of ten times a groundball to Freddie Freeman at first base,
he seems to toss it to the picture. And he said, the
reason why he does that is because he feels like, if he's going to
the bag and the picture is covering the bag and he got the runner,
there's a lot of traffic right there, so he feels like it's a lot
cleaner to toss it to the covering picture. Sometimes, though, some pictures
have fallen asleep, and he knows who those guys are, so he's a
little bit more aware. But that's the reason why he does that. Just
something that a baseball geek picks up watching one hundred and sixty two. Love
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dave in the dugout on the road. What's going on the seeds? Yeah,
I guess it's out of respect for the opposing team in their home ballpark.
But at Dodgers Stadium, when a player hits a home run, one
of the players will be on the very top step and as the player that
hit the home run returns, they throw the sunflower seeds in his face.
But I noticed on Friday night, since there was not much offense last night,
on Friday night, the sunflower seeds were thrown in their faces Taoscar Hernandez
and Will Smith when they returned to the dugout. So I guess they're being
respectful, and I guess good sportsmanship not rubbing it in the home team's eyes
and on their own fields. So I'm going to try to find out more
about that. Reasoning, But that seems to be the explanation a couple of
stolen bases during this series, Dave will Smith, Dodger ketcher, his cot
stealing pon. What's up of that? You know? Rick Monday brought this
to my attention on the last homestand and Sports Net LA shined a light on
it on Friday night. Will Smith is throwing out runners at a forty one
percent clip. That's twenty percent higher than a year ago. And we're going
to talk to Will a little bit later on the show and we'll find out
is that the pitcher's helping him out or is there something else that is going
on that you would have that significant of a jump, And certainly going up
against the Reds, it's a timely topic considering how much they like to run.
Led by Ellie de la Cruz David, this game was moved up ninety
minutes because of the weather. How's the weather looking right now? And do
we expect this game to maybe go a little faster than usual? Well,
yeah, I guess he would be wanting to swing on the first pitch as
often as possible if it works. But look, the Dodgers are trying to
avoid being swept and losing their fifth in a row. So other or not,
they've got to put together better at bats tim and if they had one
one of the first two, maybe they could take that luxury going into this
game. But yeah, the weather is significant, so significant. As you
know, they moved the start time an hour and a half ahead of where
it was originally started, and they're supposed to be around five o'clock. Severe
weather for the next fourteen hours. So it's one thing to get the game
in, but the Dodgers need to get the game in and get on a
plane to New York City, and they should try to do that before five
o'clock, where it might be a bumpy ride to the Big Apple. Definitely
don't want that, but we definitely want to win. DV. We appreciate.
We'll check back you with you in just a little bit. Coming up
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it's sunny in Cincinnati, but obviously the weather reports that made them change the
start time for a reason. Yeah, first of all, kudos because you
know, we looked at the weather a couple of days ago and it was
problematic, and as it turns out, they moved the game up in ninety
minutes and play fast fellows, because there's two different systems are going to come
in the first one maybe around two o'clock, maybe a little bit earlier,
depending on how fast it's going to be traveling. And then there's going to
be a window, and that window maybe three or four hours. But when
that one hits, hopefully the Dodgers are well out of town, because if
not, it could be a Charlie Huff knuckleball flight out of here. Yeah,
they have a game tomorrow in New York, and this rain is supposed
to follow them to New York as well, so the road trips are not
always easy or smooth, Bavid. It's a lot like your traveling party,
your fans. They will move from Cincinnati to New York. Just a chance
to see you because you were splendidly attired today with with a suit and tie.
You were cleaner than a supermarket chicken. Right now, Hey, thank
you, Rick, I appreciate it. You did not tie this tie for
me like you did last year. No, no, but we can work
on it. Right after we get through this section. The Dodgors needed to
obviously get it into gear. I think there's a no question the offense has
been struggling for a ball club like the Reds that have not hit home runs
at all. They've hit five in the first two games of this series,
and the Dodgers from an offensive standpoint, David just three for twenty one with
runners in scoring position. That's just not going to get it done. And
they've going to turn the ship around and break up now a four game losing
streak, and that's the first time this year they've lost four in a RUW
and that comes as quite a bit of a shock considering how quickly and how
well this ball club don't have to start and how talented they are. Rick
to have this offense stall out in the last ten games is surprising. Yeah,
my question is going to be the bench support with Mounsie is down and
you can see the Dave Robert this is kind of, you know, trying
to manipulate the lineup, and today's going to be Austin Barnes doing the catching,
KK Hernandez will be again at third base, so trying to do different
things moving around, and there's some guys that are having some difficulty. Andy
Payes right now is going to realize, look, the strength zone has been
established for a pretty good reason. Anything in the strength zone is hittable.
The stuff that's outside the strength zone let it go, and that's been problematic.
And it's not just Andy Payees. So there is growing pains this young
player coming on and trying to find out about the pitchers on the opposing team
and how pitching staffs on those teams is going to how they're going to pitch
to you Rick. In years past, we have heard the Dodgers' identity offensively
is passing that baton? Are you seeing that? And is that a big
reason they're not passing the baton right now? There for a while, it
was only the top four in the lineup. You look at bets Otani,
Freeman and then a Smith. They were passing the baton, but there was
no one that was reaching out in grabbing it on a consistent basis. And
now with Munsey also down and we don't know for how long he's going to
be out with the oblique issue, there are some other guys that do need
to come up and not necessarily swing for the fences. There's some guys that
need to start putting the ball into play, thinking up the middle, a
little bit more, because what I'm seeing now is a Dodger club, then,
in my viewpoint, have become too pull conscious and trying to pull the
ball and hit the ball hard in order to make up for the other guys
right now that may be struggling, and it's going to happen. Clubs are
going to go into slumps. Players are going to go into slumps. That
just happens, and you just hope that they find a way to kind of
gang up on the other team, and you know, ping a ball here,
ping a ball there. You don't have to go kaboom all the time.
Yeah, no doubt. Rick Taoscar Hernandez he seems to be a kaboom
or bus type of hitter, but he does lead the team in RBIs how
key is he to get this offense to score some runs. No, I'm
glad you brought that up because Jose and Mooda and I were having a conversation
about to Oscar who on the bus and ti Oscar was on the bus at
the same time this morning coming in. He's gotten I think a little more
definitive of his strength zone, more so than maybe the first few weeks of
the season, and that's a very positive and I think he's gonna be fine.
There's some swings and missus in there. That's nothing new because he's a
power guy and you kind of associate that from time to time with some swings
and missus. All right, Rick, you did not swing and miss in
this segment. Look forward to spending a great Sunday with you. We're gonna
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without the Dodgers All star catcher Will Smith? Thanks a lot for the time,
appreciate it. Yeah, good morning, good morning. I know you
and the yes, quick turn. Weather is an issue. That's the reason
why we're here that early. What have you guys heard as far as trying
to play this game quickly? Nothing? I don't know. Apparently just moved
it up an hour and a half. So yeah, I hope we get
an end get out of here before the weather. It's I asked you earlier
about this ballpark and being so close to Louisville. How much did you come
here as a kid to watch baseball a few times growing up? This is
definitely the closest, you know, big Lea ballpark to where I grew up.
Come here as a kid maybe once every year, every two years or
so. Yeah, and when you're growing up in Louisville, obviously the bat
factory Louisville Slugger is there. Did you ever go through there? I mean,
Louisville seems to be a hotbed of baseball during your period of time being
in college. Yeah, yes, had some really good college you know,
teammates, good teams, won a lot of games there. Yeah, I
got the little Slugger Museum. So you know, baseball was always kind of
around and you know all that. But uh yeah, do you remember when
you fell in love with the game and specifically, uh this position that is
so demanding? Uh yeah, I always, you know, love baseball as
a kid. I love playing throwing in the backyard my dad or whatever.
Uh yeah, I really transition to college to being a catcher. You know,
I enjoyed it just being able to get on the field, and you
know, I probably just grown on me Uh, you know, being in
control every single pitch basically. So you know, I enjoy catching, enjoy
throwing the game, helping the pictures out, just being part of the action.
When you talk about controlling the game, it's not just about calling pitches.
It's more about the tempo and seeing where your picture's at as well.
Right, we've seen you more times the last couple of years really taking control
by giving the picture a breather, by going out for a mountain visit.
How important is that to keep the tempo and when you see your picture kind
of rushing going out there and recognizing it for sure. Uh, Connor McGinnis
over there, Yeah, he's bugging us. Why does he have a surfer
accent? By the way, he's from Virginia Beach. Yeah, I don't
know, I've never noticed that. You're probably right on that one. Uh
yeah, no, you're just you're just reading the picture. You got to
figure out what, you know, what they need, what they need to
be successful and you know, help us win. So whatever it may be.
You know, I'm kind of their service and just kind of going about
it that way. Well, this year you're throwing out runners twenty percent more
times than you were a year ago. Is that the pictures adapting to these
new rules or what's been the dynamic there for why you've been able to throw
them at such a high rate. Yeah, I think that's definitely more.
The picture is getting quicker at home plate, mixing times, really sticking ownership
in it and caring about it. I think the last couple of years wasn't
an emphasis, and you know, we kind of put an emphasis on it
to you know, help us win ball games. So just giving me a
chance to throw guys out as important. And the guys with the middle are
picking balls, getting good tags on them, so yeah, that's why we're
controlling it. Is that was that a point of emphasis in spring training?
Because last year it seemed like at times pitchers were not able to get you
the baseball or delivered the baseball to you in time. Yeah, for sure.
I think you know, really just last year it kind of you know,
punches in the face, how many steals are giving up, how many
extra runs were given up? Because of that? You started working on last
year and then yeah, spring training and just continue to try to get better
at it before I let you go. Obviously, every offense goes through periods
of time that the Dodgers are in. But your offensive identity as a group
has been passing the baton. Do you guys have to get back to that?
Uh? Yeah, I think just right now, it's just better at
Baskett Men's corn position, making sure you drive them in and stuff. But
yeah, I mean that's baseball. There's gonna be ups and downs. You
can get hot. It's just timely hitting. And right now, let's just
continue to put up good debats, continue to fight and push runs cross.
All right, Well, thanks a lot for the time. Did you get
as much of a high being with me as you did Cedric the entertainer at
your charity event a couple of weeks ago. No, not the same.
Huh no, Sorry, all right, well I'll take it. We'll leave
it right there. Happy Memorial Day, and thanks to Will Smith for his
time. All right, thanks a lot of DV, thanks a lot of
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at Great American Ballpark, Rick Monday, Tim never guess, Tim, Thanks
very much. We count you down to the first pitch here today at Great
American Ballpark in Cincinnati. Dodgers dropping the first two. They've lost four straight.
That is a season long losing streak for them. Trying to snap it
today against the Cincinnati Reds team that will roll out an opener brent Souter.
They did this on Thursday, two thursdays ago back at Dodger Stadium when Suitor
was the opener. Tyler Glasnow was the starter in that particular ballgame for the
Dodgers, and that was a game the Reds won. Yeah, at they
won and for Suitor, this is just the second start quote unquote that he's
getting here this afternoon. We saw him the first game of this series Friday
out of the bullpen, and the first battery face was Tasker Hernandez, who
greeted him with a home run. Hopefully we'll see more of that in the
brief time, Suitor, just one of those. He's a carryover to the
next guy, and the next guy and the next guy. We'll see with
the Reds. And for Yashinobu Yamamoto, he has pitched much better actually on
the road, where he's three and oh in an era under one point six
when he's been away from Dodger Stadium so far. And he comes off a
winning performance on Monday at Dodger Stadium against Arizona. He allowed seven hits,
which ties a season high in hits allowed. Buddy allowed only two urn runs,
he struck out eight, get into the seventh inning again six and a
third, and Dodgers will hope that he can go deep again this after go
deep. And I think the other part too, is the Dodgers need to
cut down on the walks that they had been issuing, certainly from the opening
game of the series. Eight walks and two hit batters that cut it down.
In yesterday's ballgame, just two walks free passes were issued, but not
a not one of the stellar performances by Walker Buel, although he pitched well
enough in the five and two thirds to maybe be considered for even a victory,
but there was no support behind him offensively. Dodgers are fourteen and ten
on the road and looking for win number fifteen on the road, thirty fourth
win overall today as they start five and a half games in front of the
San Francisco Giants in the National League Western Division standings. Dodgers and Reds wrapping
it up from Cincinnati. Tim all right, we'll keep an eye on that
weather. It's supposed to get gnarley later on today. That's why the start
time moved up ninety minutes. First pitch coming up in just a few minutes
from Cincinnati. Don't forget after the game, I'll be back with all the
postgame festivities, including reaction from the clubhouse. Welcome to the highlights, and
of course we'll get to Dodger talk as well. But let's get this game
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