WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:07.919 And now your host for Morongo Casino Dodgers on Te Tam Chase, Hi, 2 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:14.439 everybody, and good morning. Welcome in to Morongo Casino Dodgers on DEK You 3 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:19.399 Los Angeles Dodgers thirty three and twenty one on the season, first place atop 4 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:24.320 the NL West spot. After dropping the first two games of this series in 5 00:00:24.399 --> 00:00:29.039 Cincinnati, the Dodgers now in need of a win to avoid being swept by 6 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:33.399 the Reds. Give the ball to the Yoshinobu Yamamoto as the Dodgers wrap up 7 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:37.640 this series from Great American Ballpark. First pitch coming up at nine to ten. 8 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:41.159 Coming up over the next hour here on Marongo Casino Dodgers on Deck, 9 00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:45.159 we'll hear from the Dodger manager Dave Roberts gets his thoughts on this Dodgers team 10 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:48.439 right now that is reeling a little bit. They've lost four in a row. 11 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:52.679 We'll preview this pitching matchup. David Vats will go one on one with 12 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:57.799 Dodger catcher Will Smith. Shortly, we will hear from Rick Monday and Tim 13 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:02.039 Neverett out at the Gallpin Motors Broadcast a booth. Well last night in Cincinnati, 14 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:06.280 Bueller was good, but the Dodgers offense was not so good. Walker 15 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:08.439 Buehler got the start, he'd go five and two thirty innings. He gave 16 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:12.200 him three runs on six hits while striking out four along the way. He 17 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:15.480 got into some trouble early in the first or two outs. He got tagged 18 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:19.560 by Spencer Steer for a solo home run as the Reds took an early one 19 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:23.959 nothing leading the second. Though the Dodgers offense got that run back, they 20 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:27.000 had something going back to back hits the lead off the inning, followed by 21 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:32.640 Gavin lux walk that loaded the base. Is nobody out for Jason Hayward. 22 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:38.200 Full count to Jason Hayward. The pitch he swings, hits a ground ball 23 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:41.359 toward the middle, Let's get a run in India grabs it, throws to 24 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:45.840 day La Cruz at short for one on the first double play, and the 25 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:49.319 Dodgers are forced to trade two outs for a run and tie the game. 26 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.439 Will Smith scores on the Jason Hayward double play ball that tied the game at 27 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:57.560 one. The Dodgers still had an opportunity to take the lead with the runner 28 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:00.920 at third, Keky Hernandezo would come up and in the inding with the ground 29 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:05.680 ball out and in the threat it remained tight at one, but not for 30 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:07.879 long, as the Reds quickly answered back. In the bottom of the second 31 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:13.280 after two quick outs, Walker Buehler fell behind two to zero and that could 32 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:15.680 end up to be bad, and it did because Will Benson took him deep, 33 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:22.039 but he said difficulty making contact seventy two strikeouts, two zero picks swung 34 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:25.520 on a well hit left center field. This ball back in, This ball 35 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:31.080 gone a home run for Benson, his seventh of the season, and the 36 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:36.400 Reds laid a two to one solo home run for Benson, and the Reds 37 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:38.680 are up to two to one on the Dodgers, who would threatening the six 38 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:43.400 when Showyo Tani cracked a one out triple to the right field corner, but 39 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:47.400 he was stranded there as Hunter Green got Freddie Freeman and Will Smith on flyouts. 40 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:51.599 The Reds would tack on an insurance run at the bottom of the inning 41 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:54.479 on ledl Cruise RBI single. Reds took a three to one lead and they 42 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:59.319 go on to win by that final score. Hundred Green six innings for the 43 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:01.599 win. Walker Bueller of the loss, he falls to one in two the 44 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:06.560 Dodgers offense continues to be in a run five hits last night, they were 45 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:09.319 zero for seven with runners in scoring position. With the loss, they fall 46 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:13.840 to thirty three and twenty one on the season. They've now lost a season 47 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:16.159 high four in a row. In this morning, they're right back at it, 48 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:20.240 try to turn things around before the weather comes in and they have to 49 00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:23.000 head to New York. Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound. First pitch from Great 50 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:27.840 American Ballpark in Cincinnati's coming up in nine ten with morel tend out to the 51 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:31.400 Galvin Motors broadcast booth as we say good morning to Rick Monday and Tim Never 52 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:36.919 Guys. Thanks Tim. On this Sunday and Memorial Day weekend in Cincinnati, 53 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:39.960 the Dodgers and Reds wrap up this three game series. Dodgers looking to salvage 54 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:44.240 a game here. They've dropped the first two. It's been a while since 55 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:46.919 they've been swept by the Reds, but the Reds going for a three game 56 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:51.000 sweep. They are eight and a half back of the division leaders, the 57 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:54.560 Milwaukee Brewers in the Central twenty two and seventy Reds in last place in the 58 00:03:54.599 --> 00:04:00.360 Central. Dodgers first place by five and a half games over San Francisco thirty 59 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:04.080 three and twenty one, and the lineup today moul When you look at it, 60 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:08.520 keyk Hernandez back at third base, Austin Binn's doing the catching, but 61 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:12.039 the top of the order remains pretty much the same without Will Smith in there. 62 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:14.639 Yeah, without Will Smith. One of the things we did learn. 63 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:17.279 David Vasse pointed out to us early this morning the show. Hey, O'toni, 64 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:21.279 we recognize that in last night's ball game when O'tani got the triple in 65 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:25.920 the sixth inning, we were wondering about the way that he was running. 66 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:29.680 Well, he is nursing a left hamstring as kind of iffy, and as 67 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:32.439 Dave Roberts said, he has a governor on the speed. The question is 68 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:38.839 is it jeopardizing Otani being in the lineup and maybe having a blowout if you 69 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:42.480 take a chance, because sometimes instinct takes over. He says, he's fine, 70 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:45.920 he's in there batting the number two spot. But the Dodgers on this 71 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:48.639 two game series so far, Tim, they need to kick it into gear 72 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:53.759 from an offensive standpoint, I mean, you look at the fact they're only 73 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:58.199 three for twenty one with runners in scoring position. Here in Cincinnati. They're 74 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:01.240 hitting one forty three. The Reds in the two games are hitting double net 75 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:04.680 with runners in scoring position. A good time for the Dodgers to start getting 76 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:09.879 things well back to normal in the hitting aspect. And the Reds came into 77 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:14.160 the series with the worst team batting average in Major League Baseball at two fifteen. 78 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:16.439 Yeah, but they have passed the baton. The Dodgers have not done 79 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:21.240 that when they had been winning. They being the Dodgers, we talked very 80 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:26.360 very frequently about the fact, from a hitter standpoint, you pass the baton 81 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:29.079 to the next guy, and the next guy and the next guy. There 82 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:32.040 hasn't been anyone to take the baton, And hopefully it happens here this afternoon, 83 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:36.279 and this may be a very long day because they moved up the game 84 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:42.439 time ninety minutes because of the weather and the threat, and it's a realistic 85 00:05:42.480 --> 00:05:46.199 weather threat. They're saying that somewhere between one and two o'clock local time, 86 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:50.040 there's going to be a brief shower or two. But then there's a pause, 87 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:54.600 and hopefully the Dodgers are out of town before that second segment comes in, 88 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:58.079 because that could be well, that could be a nightmare. Right now, 89 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:00.360 just prior to the game overcast sky, the wind is blowing, is 90 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:03.600 blowing out the left. First two games of this series, the wind was 91 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:06.720 not a factor at all, but it has picked up considerably, meaning that 92 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:13.160 storm is hitting this way. Reds and Dodgers. Try to get this whole 93 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:17.000 game in this afternoon. It'll start on time. The opener Brent Soonter left 94 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:21.839 handed for Cincinnati, and Yoshinobu Yamamota will make his eleven start for the Dodgers. 95 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:25.279 Tim all right, as we cut you down the first pitch. Dodger 96 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:29.800 fans, get your game day meal on at Shaky's Pizza Parlor or to your 97 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:33.879 Shaky's Pizza, Chicken and mojos right now at Shakys dot com. Coming up 98 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:38.920 here on Dodgers on Deck, you will hear from Dodger manager Dave Roberts Ken 99 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:42.600 manage. He's too happy with the way his offense been playing the last four 100 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:45.680 games. Check in with David vass Say. Of course, throughout the pregame 101 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:49.000 show, we'll dive deeper to this pitching Matchup your magical moment, we'll hear 102 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:54.920 from Dodger ketcher Will Smith. But up next we'll get your Otani rewind to 103 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:59.240 leads up to first pitch on this Sunday morning Dodgers and Reds. First pitch 104 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:01.439 coming up in nine Thanks for being with us. Happy Memorial Day weekend, 105 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:10.759 everybody. I'm Tim Kateson's Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network. This is Lorongo Casino, 106 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:15.040 Dodgers on, Dodgers on deck. Y'all on the official home of La 107 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:21.680 Dodgers Baseball. Dodgers in red from Cincinnati. Dodgers trying to look trying to 108 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:28.920 avoid getting swept a great American ballpark. They've lost four straight overall as Dodgers. 109 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:30.959 We'll send out Yoshinobu. Ya'm a moto to the mound. First pitch 110 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:39.759 at nine ten. This is the Otani ree wide. I gotta find some 111 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:44.279 good contact here. Hunter Green wines kicks deliveries a ground ball hit fair up 112 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:47.560 the first baseline. That's gonna roll slowly into the corner around first and in 113 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:51.199 the second is Otani. He's not stopping. He's on his way to third. 114 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:56.480 Otani chugging for the bag. He slides, He sayd and Otani he's 115 00:07:56.519 --> 00:08:00.279 got his second triple of the season. Show Hey, O'tani, I get 116 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:05.720 out of triple sore hamstring in all but he would be not able to come 117 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:09.560 in the Dodgers Strando mid third. He goes last night one for four with 118 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:13.720 three strikeouts. This so tany rewind brought to by Eto ns Oocha, Japan's 119 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:16.079 number one Green to You, available at local disos stores, Amazon and eto 120 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:22.120 win dot com. That's I t O e n dot Com. The Dodgers 121 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:24.839 lost their fourth in row last night. Walker Buehler pitched good five and two 122 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:28.920 third innings, three runs, six hits, four strikeouts and a walk. 123 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:31.799 He would get tagged with the loss last night and ate three to one Reds 124 00:08:31.840 --> 00:08:35.480 win, and afterwards spoke to the media that last run in the sixth is 125 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:41.720 I think, you know, just a little bit of a lapse for me 126 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:48.519 just in terms of pitch selection and get back to back kind of scrambling a 127 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:50.399 little bit more than I should be. And and so that's kind of the 128 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:54.480 next time is making sure I have all that lockdown. How much of difficulty 129 00:08:54.639 --> 00:09:00.279 is it facing the same team two in a row, like dot I think 130 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:05.440 it's probably more mentally challenging than than it is physically. Like I think the 131 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:07.399 last one I probably could count on a couple of hands with the balls that 132 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:11.639 I didn't like that I threw. And so when you face a team like 133 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:13.799 that, it feels like you kind of have nowhere to go because you've kind 134 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:16.320 of done everything already or everything you wanted to. But you know, they 135 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:20.399 had a good approach and put a couple of good swings on it early and 136 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:24.360 then during the sixth. But you know, it kind of is what it 137 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:28.279 is, you know. I think if you have to pitch out to where 138 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:31.600 it was for me at least this kind of rehab or physical side of it, 139 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:35.519 I forget about it. I feel like I made some pitches there for 140 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:39.440 a few innings in a row, and yeah, I don't like giv enough 141 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:43.279 homers for swingings, but little encouraging to kind of write it out for a 142 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:46.960 few innings. But wish I could have finish it a little bit better. 143 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:50.360 The not getting as much swing and miss as you have in the past, 144 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:52.759 Like, is there something you attribute that to right now? And has that 145 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:54.840 been a surprise coming back that there hasn't been more of that so far? 146 00:09:56.840 --> 00:10:01.279 I don't think I've necessarily ever been like you got it Fruen's swinging miss all 147 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:03.720 the time, Like I think I've punched guys out in the past with pretty 148 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:09.200 low swinging miss numbers. You know, I think my swinging miss is either 149 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:13.039 either two shrike growl, and but I also just kept like I try and 150 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:16.279 I'm not trying to strike guys out looking that seems to happen in newcent amount 151 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:22.840 for me. I don't know. I'm not super concerned about it. I 152 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:26.559 feel like the pitches that I make that are good as long as they're out 153 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:28.720 or strike out, ground it whatever, I'm kind of good with. That's 154 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:33.159 kind of how I've always pitched, is trying to do contact and if they 155 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:37.840 missed their miss, starts to take it and it's strike great. But yeah, 156 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:41.960 I think my last started punch out seven on five sharing that, so 157 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:46.519 I think Nina five or six something like that, like kind of is what 158 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:50.840 it is. That's just kind of how I pitched it, all right. 159 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:54.399 There's Walker Buehler after the game last night got tagged with the loss. He's 160 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:58.399 now one and two. Dodgers now have lost four in a row. Brought 161 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:00.519 to you by Cars for Kids, the easiest way to get rid of your 162 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:03.279 old car. Donate it today. Your car can be picked up tomorrow. 163 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:07.039 It's that easy. Donate now Cars for Kids dot Org. That's cars with 164 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:09.639 a K coming up here on Dodgers on Deck will dive deeper into this pitching 165 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:13.240 matchup today. The Red's going with an opener again. David Vasego's one on 166 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:18.279 one with Will Smith. But up next your injury report and we'll hear from 167 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:22.759 the manager Dave Roberts get his thoughts before this serious fronale in Cincinnatians. The 168 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:26.480 Dodgers and Reds. First pitch at ninety ten. I'm Sim Kates's Los Angeles 169 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:35.519 Dodgers audio nowhere. This is Morongo Casino Dodgers Hunting game on your home for 170 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:43.960 LA Dodgers Baseball. Marongo Casino Dodgers on Deck continues on this Sunday morning, 171 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:48.200 Marongo Casino Resort and Spy Grand Slam for good times. First pitch moved up 172 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:54.480 because of a storm headed into the Ohio area there around Cincinnati, So the 173 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:58.080 first pitch moved up ninety minutes. Dodgers and Reds will get it going at 174 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:05.759 nine ten. He's the LA Dodgers Injury report presented my UCLA Healthy official medical 175 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:09.320 partner of your Los Angeles Dodgers. Max Munsey on the IL with the oblique 176 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:13.000 injury. He's gonna slow play it, not return as quickly as first thought. 177 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:16.039 Joe Kelly on the IEL to shoulder strain, Ryan Brazier on the IL 178 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:20.960 the right capstrain. Bobby Miller right shoulder inflammation. But if you're in the 179 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:24.960 ie later today. Rancho Cucamonga Quakes have a game this afternoon and Bobby Miller 180 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:28.679 is expected to pitch a couple of innings in a rehab star Connor Brogden on 181 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:33.960 the IL, Clayton Kershaw, Bruce Dark Gratterol Kyle hurt Image, and Tony 182 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:37.240 Gonsolon estimate all out recovering from arm surgeries. From it, she and he's 183 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:41.399 actually done having Tommy John surgery last week. Let's go back out to Cincinnati 184 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:46.159 and check in with the Dodgers Skipper. Anything else for Dad? Easy questions 185 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:48.600 for Dave? Dave? Can you just describe Dave? Can you talk about 186 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:56.519 the pressure in the dugouts with Dave Roberts? Dave, after last night's game, 187 00:12:56.799 --> 00:13:00.279 you mentioned that show has been running with the governor dealing with the left 188 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:03.720 hamstring issue. How concerned are you that this can turn into something bigger? 189 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:07.600 If he doesn't come out of the lineup at this point, not at all. 190 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:13.519 I think that, as I mentioned yesterday, yesterday was better than two 191 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:18.559 days ago. He felt it's kind of right around ninety percent, and so 192 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:24.679 feeling that, you know, just assuming that it'll keep getting better. I 193 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:28.480 feel confident that he can kind of play smart and not push it, you 194 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:31.440 know, as a player and a base runner, if there's a close play, 195 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:35.480 maybe you put it into that extra gear. Any concern about that, 196 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:41.480 not really. I think that I've talked to him about, you know, 197 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:46.159 not trying to steal a base and being smart and the value of him being 198 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:52.440 in the lineup is everything, and so so yeah, obviously things can happen, 199 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:54.279 but I think right now, my trust in him that he can manage 200 00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:58.679 it is pretty high. What'd you think about him with all that that he 201 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:03.240 was able to get to third base on a triple down the right field corner. 202 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:05.840 It was very impressive because I was hoping he would just stop at second 203 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:11.799 base, but he didn't. Kind of he didn't intensify the pace and he 204 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:15.879 just kind of kept that, like I said, the governor on and he 205 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:20.320 cruised in the third base, so pretty pretty easily at all. You know, 206 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:24.279 I don't know. You know, he didn't do it on a swing. 207 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:30.919 It was it was getting hit by a ball, so you know that. 208 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:35.320 I don't know. I don't think so, but you certainly the last 209 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:39.759 couple of days he's missed some pitches, chased a little bit more. But 210 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:46.159 it's two days of at bats, so I don't know if that specifically is 211 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:54.240 the reason for that feels most is just yeah, Dave, last year there 212 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:56.559 was so much made of the fact that you had trouble throwing out runners. 213 00:14:56.840 --> 00:15:01.759 It hasn't really been talked about the fact that Will Smith it's throwing out forty 214 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:05.840 one percent of the runners this year. Was there a concerted effort in spring 215 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:09.960 to get pictures to deliver the ball to home plate quicker? Yeah, there 216 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:16.279 was, and Will's always nothing has changed with Will. It's the pictures that 217 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:22.600 have gotten better at holding runners, and so to their credit, they've made 218 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:26.919 the adjustment and giving Will a better chance to thought a runner and it's proved 219 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:30.720 to save us pitches and get some big outs for us. All Right, 220 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:33.080 there's Dave Roberts. With the game changing with more speed and stolen bases, 221 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:37.200 pitchers having to adapt to that, and that's certainly the something the Dodgers had 222 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:39.639 to do coming in here to twenty twenty four to help out their catchers Will 223 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:43.000 Smith and Austin Barnes. 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Coming up, will dive deep into 233 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:30.679 this pitchy mad jump. We'll also hear from Will Smith, Dodger fans and 234 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:36.279 hands. You're listening experience by downloading the iHeartRadio app and listening to Dodger Baseball 235 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:38.879 in HD. It's all powered by la Care Health Plan serving all angel you 236 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:45.639 know, it's la Care dot org joining Tim kits on Dodgers on Deck. 237 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:49.799 I accept everybody for who they are. This is Dodger insider David Basse. 238 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:55.200 All right, DV show. Hey Otani, he's got a bad hamstring. 239 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:59.480 What's going on? Yeah, that was revealed after the game last night by 240 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:04.319 Dave Roberts that Shoje Otani has been dealing with a left hamstring issue. And 241 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:10.400 it kind of raised eyebrows last night as his only hit was a triple and 242 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:12.839 it didn't seem like he was running like it was going to be a triple. 243 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:17.839 He was taking it at a very easy pace. He made it there 244 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:22.279 safely, sliding into third base. But we are all wondering what was going 245 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:26.920 on with Otani because he runs the bases extremely hard, and we found out 246 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:30.960 after the game last night that there is an issue. And Dave Roberts said 247 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:34.599 that he is running with a governor. What does that mean? I guess 248 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:38.480 it means don't put it into the highest gear like his Porsche. You got 249 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:42.119 to keep it in fourth or third gear. So we'll see how the Dodgers 250 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:48.799 and Otani manage that moving forward, but certainly concerning considering if a player's trying 251 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:52.319 to go into that extra gear out of instincts, it could turn into a 252 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:57.160 worse injury. Yeah, some to definitely keep an eye on Freddie Freeman tossing 253 00:17:57.240 --> 00:18:02.200 to pictures at first base. What's going on? Oh yeah, yeah. 254 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:04.079 I asked to Freddy about that. I don't know if you've noticed this, 255 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:10.279 tim but nine out of ten times a groundball to Freddie Freeman at first base, 256 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:12.559 he seems to toss it to the picture. And he said, the 257 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:18.240 reason why he does that is because he feels like, if he's going to 258 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:21.319 the bag and the picture is covering the bag and he got the runner, 259 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:23.240 there's a lot of traffic right there, so he feels like it's a lot 260 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:29.720 cleaner to toss it to the covering picture. Sometimes, though, some pictures 261 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:34.039 have fallen asleep, and he knows who those guys are, so he's a 262 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:37.160 little bit more aware. But that's the reason why he does that. Just 263 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:42.079 something that a baseball geek picks up watching one hundred and sixty two. Love 264 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:45.400 It David is driven by Ford, America's best selling truck for forty seven years 265 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:49.119 and counting Heady or Southern California Ford Dealers for great offers on a Ford F 266 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:53.680 Series truck or any Ford model during Ford's Memorial Day. Celithon going on right 267 00:18:53.759 --> 00:19:00.319 now. Built for tough. We are a sunflower seed pregame show, no 268 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:03.440 doubt about it. We love the sunflower seeds here. What about the Dodgers 269 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:07.759 dave in the dugout on the road. What's going on the seeds? Yeah, 270 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:12.400 I guess it's out of respect for the opposing team in their home ballpark. 271 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:17.839 But at Dodgers Stadium, when a player hits a home run, one 272 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:21.519 of the players will be on the very top step and as the player that 273 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:25.799 hit the home run returns, they throw the sunflower seeds in his face. 274 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:30.720 But I noticed on Friday night, since there was not much offense last night, 275 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:36.720 on Friday night, the sunflower seeds were thrown in their faces Taoscar Hernandez 276 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:41.559 and Will Smith when they returned to the dugout. So I guess they're being 277 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:47.559 respectful, and I guess good sportsmanship not rubbing it in the home team's eyes 278 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:51.079 and on their own fields. So I'm going to try to find out more 279 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:53.720 about that. Reasoning, But that seems to be the explanation a couple of 280 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:59.279 stolen bases during this series, Dave will Smith, Dodger ketcher, his cot 281 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:03.480 stealing pon. What's up of that? You know? Rick Monday brought this 282 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:07.960 to my attention on the last homestand and Sports Net LA shined a light on 283 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:12.160 it on Friday night. Will Smith is throwing out runners at a forty one 284 00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:18.279 percent clip. That's twenty percent higher than a year ago. And we're going 285 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:21.400 to talk to Will a little bit later on the show and we'll find out 286 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:26.119 is that the pitcher's helping him out or is there something else that is going 287 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:30.519 on that you would have that significant of a jump, And certainly going up 288 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:36.640 against the Reds, it's a timely topic considering how much they like to run. 289 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:40.759 Led by Ellie de la Cruz David, this game was moved up ninety 290 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:44.400 minutes because of the weather. How's the weather looking right now? And do 291 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:48.119 we expect this game to maybe go a little faster than usual? Well, 292 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:52.480 yeah, I guess he would be wanting to swing on the first pitch as 293 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:55.920 often as possible if it works. But look, the Dodgers are trying to 294 00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:00.559 avoid being swept and losing their fifth in a row. So other or not, 295 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:03.319 they've got to put together better at bats tim and if they had one 296 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:08.319 one of the first two, maybe they could take that luxury going into this 297 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:11.920 game. But yeah, the weather is significant, so significant. As you 298 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:15.759 know, they moved the start time an hour and a half ahead of where 299 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:21.799 it was originally started, and they're supposed to be around five o'clock. Severe 300 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:25.440 weather for the next fourteen hours. So it's one thing to get the game 301 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:27.400 in, but the Dodgers need to get the game in and get on a 302 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:33.000 plane to New York City, and they should try to do that before five 303 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:36.640 o'clock, where it might be a bumpy ride to the Big Apple. Definitely 304 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:38.160 don't want that, but we definitely want to win. DV. We appreciate. 305 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:41.000 We'll check back you with you in just a little bit. Coming up 306 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:42.759 here, I'm wrong, Goo Casino. Dodgers on deck, we'll hear from 307 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:47.359 Will Smith. As Dave alluded to, we'll dive deeper into this pitching matchup. 308 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:51.599 But up next your Dodgers' magical moment on this Sunday morning. Dodgers and 309 00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:56.119 Reds from Cincinnati. First pitch at nine ten I'm Tim Katson. This is 310 00:21:56.119 --> 00:22:02.400 the Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network. As we were saying, yes, it 311 00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:07.160 is Marongo Casino, Dodgers on jack On, the official home of La Dodgers 312 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:14.839 Baseball, Dodgers and Reds on this Sunday morning, Yoshinova, Yamamoto and Prince 313 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:18.359 Suiter. The pitching matchup. First pitch from Great American Ballpark coming up at 314 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:27.640 nine ten. Who wants hot It's time for the Hawfey Magical Moment. Pitch 315 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:33.039 Magical Magic presented by Hawpy Hot Dogs. Well, yesterday it was the ten 316 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:37.519 year anniversary of Josh Beckett throwing a no hitter in Philadelphia. The Dodgers won 317 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:44.240 four to three. It was on this date in twenty fourteen, the Dodgers 318 00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:47.920 taking on the Reds. Young Jenru on the mound. Could he make it 319 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:51.720 back to back no nos for the Dodgers? One two, The pitch from 320 00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:56.279 Rio Gotti fastball came up and in Well Henjin Rio and space six batters. 321 00:22:56.920 --> 00:23:02.359 He is struck out too and he is allowed a base hit. The terror 322 00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:06.920 sitting outside. Here's the pitch on the way. Gas up audios, Ship 323 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:11.960 Benjin Rios started to night's ballgame He's struck out Billy Hamilton in the first inning. 324 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:18.000 They just struck out Johnny Quato in the sixth, and the Reds have 325 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:22.559 yet to have a runner reached first base. Red still looking for the first 326 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:26.079 base hit. Rio delivers, and there's a line drive base hit down the 327 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:30.240 left field line. It'll go for extra bases. Fraser digs in and he 328 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:36.039 will make it very easily. And after retiring twenty one consecutive batters, the 329 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:40.240 Reds get a base hit, a double by Fraser. In the crowd acknowledging 330 00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:44.720 the effort by Henjenreo. Re you takes a perfect game into the eighth inning. 331 00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:47.359 As you heard Todd, Fraser breaks it up with a double. The 332 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:49.920 Dodgers go on and win that game four to three. This hafe magical moment 333 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:53.519 brought to by Hoffey hot Dogs, a Sokal treasurer for over one hundred years. 334 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:57.160 Visit a hofeybrand dot com to find out where you can purchase Crave Malicious 335 00:23:57.559 --> 00:24:02.000 Haffey hot Dogs. We'll we come back here on Dodgers on Deck. We'll 336 00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:04.200 hear more from Rick Monday. Just hurt him on the call. We'll get 337 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:07.960 Rick's thoughts on this Dodgers team having lost four in a row. How do 338 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:10.759 they get out of this funk? Turn things around? Before heading to New 339 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:14.440 York, we'll hear from Next Dodgers Red's first pitch of ninety ten. I'm 340 00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:22.200 Tim Kakson's Los Angeles Dodgers Audio network is Morongo Casino, Dodgers on, Dodgers 341 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:27.799 On, Deck y'all on the official home of LA Dodgers Baseball, Dodgers and 342 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:33.119 Red from Cincinnatio Chernobo Yamamoto on the Man. Dodger fans. Start your future 343 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:37.359 at a California community college. Financial laid is available to help you with tuition, 344 00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:40.960 books, and sometimes even the rent. It's time to take that next 345 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:44.119 big step. Classes can fill up quickly, so enrolled today and I can 346 00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:49.319 go to college dot com and now joined by David Bassey. Here's LA Dodgers 347 00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:56.279 broadcast there and World Series champion Dodger Rick Monday. Rick. Right now, 348 00:24:56.480 --> 00:25:02.160 it's sunny in Cincinnati, but obviously the weather reports that made them change the 349 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:06.319 start time for a reason. Yeah, first of all, kudos because you 350 00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:10.000 know, we looked at the weather a couple of days ago and it was 351 00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:14.519 problematic, and as it turns out, they moved the game up in ninety 352 00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:18.319 minutes and play fast fellows, because there's two different systems are going to come 353 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:22.720 in the first one maybe around two o'clock, maybe a little bit earlier, 354 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:25.799 depending on how fast it's going to be traveling. And then there's going to 355 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:27.880 be a window, and that window maybe three or four hours. But when 356 00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:33.079 that one hits, hopefully the Dodgers are well out of town, because if 357 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:37.079 not, it could be a Charlie Huff knuckleball flight out of here. Yeah, 358 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:40.440 they have a game tomorrow in New York, and this rain is supposed 359 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:42.839 to follow them to New York as well, so the road trips are not 360 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:47.599 always easy or smooth, Bavid. It's a lot like your traveling party, 361 00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:51.119 your fans. They will move from Cincinnati to New York. Just a chance 362 00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:56.400 to see you because you were splendidly attired today with with a suit and tie. 363 00:25:57.720 --> 00:26:02.240 You were cleaner than a supermarket chicken. Right now, Hey, thank 364 00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:04.400 you, Rick, I appreciate it. You did not tie this tie for 365 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:07.440 me like you did last year. No, no, but we can work 366 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:11.200 on it. Right after we get through this section. The Dodgors needed to 367 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:15.000 obviously get it into gear. I think there's a no question the offense has 368 00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:19.960 been struggling for a ball club like the Reds that have not hit home runs 369 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:23.799 at all. They've hit five in the first two games of this series, 370 00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:29.400 and the Dodgers from an offensive standpoint, David just three for twenty one with 371 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:33.079 runners in scoring position. That's just not going to get it done. And 372 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:37.240 they've going to turn the ship around and break up now a four game losing 373 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:40.279 streak, and that's the first time this year they've lost four in a RUW 374 00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:45.160 and that comes as quite a bit of a shock considering how quickly and how 375 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:48.720 well this ball club don't have to start and how talented they are. Rick 376 00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:52.079 to have this offense stall out in the last ten games is surprising. Yeah, 377 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:57.799 my question is going to be the bench support with Mounsie is down and 378 00:26:57.960 --> 00:27:00.079 you can see the Dave Robert this is kind of, you know, trying 379 00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:04.079 to manipulate the lineup, and today's going to be Austin Barnes doing the catching, 380 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:08.880 KK Hernandez will be again at third base, so trying to do different 381 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:14.079 things moving around, and there's some guys that are having some difficulty. Andy 382 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:15.839 Payes right now is going to realize, look, the strength zone has been 383 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:19.640 established for a pretty good reason. Anything in the strength zone is hittable. 384 00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:25.799 The stuff that's outside the strength zone let it go, and that's been problematic. 385 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:27.680 And it's not just Andy Payees. So there is growing pains this young 386 00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:33.440 player coming on and trying to find out about the pitchers on the opposing team 387 00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:37.160 and how pitching staffs on those teams is going to how they're going to pitch 388 00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:41.559 to you Rick. In years past, we have heard the Dodgers' identity offensively 389 00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:45.319 is passing that baton? Are you seeing that? And is that a big 390 00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:49.920 reason they're not passing the baton right now? There for a while, it 391 00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:53.599 was only the top four in the lineup. You look at bets Otani, 392 00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:57.720 Freeman and then a Smith. They were passing the baton, but there was 393 00:27:57.759 --> 00:28:00.880 no one that was reaching out in grabbing it on a consistent basis. And 394 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:06.200 now with Munsey also down and we don't know for how long he's going to 395 00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:08.319 be out with the oblique issue, there are some other guys that do need 396 00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:12.759 to come up and not necessarily swing for the fences. There's some guys that 397 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:15.559 need to start putting the ball into play, thinking up the middle, a 398 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:19.039 little bit more, because what I'm seeing now is a Dodger club, then, 399 00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:25.240 in my viewpoint, have become too pull conscious and trying to pull the 400 00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:27.279 ball and hit the ball hard in order to make up for the other guys 401 00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:30.960 right now that may be struggling, and it's going to happen. Clubs are 402 00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:34.279 going to go into slumps. Players are going to go into slumps. That 403 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:37.519 just happens, and you just hope that they find a way to kind of 404 00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:41.039 gang up on the other team, and you know, ping a ball here, 405 00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:44.480 ping a ball there. You don't have to go kaboom all the time. 406 00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:48.519 Yeah, no doubt. Rick Taoscar Hernandez he seems to be a kaboom 407 00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:52.920 or bus type of hitter, but he does lead the team in RBIs how 408 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:56.039 key is he to get this offense to score some runs. No, I'm 409 00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:59.279 glad you brought that up because Jose and Mooda and I were having a conversation 410 00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:02.640 about to Oscar who on the bus and ti Oscar was on the bus at 411 00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:06.640 the same time this morning coming in. He's gotten I think a little more 412 00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:11.279 definitive of his strength zone, more so than maybe the first few weeks of 413 00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:15.880 the season, and that's a very positive and I think he's gonna be fine. 414 00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:19.359 There's some swings and missus in there. That's nothing new because he's a 415 00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:23.000 power guy and you kind of associate that from time to time with some swings 416 00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:26.799 and missus. All right, Rick, you did not swing and miss in 417 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:30.119 this segment. Look forward to spending a great Sunday with you. We're gonna 418 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:33.599 spend about fifteen to twenty seconds of work on that tosk. Stop staring at 419 00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.960 my tie, Tim, We'll send it back to you in the studio. 420 00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:38.720 Fix that tie. DV Dodgers Baseball is brought to by Speedy Cash, official 421 00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:42.799 sponsor of every LA Weekend. Find out more at Speedy Cash dot com or 422 00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:48.000 stopping at LA Speedy Cash Store. Still to come here On Dodgers on Deck, 423 00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:51.480 we'll get your preview of this pitching matchup. Rick will be back with 424 00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:55.200 Tim Neverett before first pitch with the keys to the game. But off next 425 00:29:55.720 --> 00:30:00.799 we go high and tight with Dodger catcher Will Smith. There's rents on this 426 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:04.519 Sunday morning from Cincinnati. I'm Tim Kays's Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network BO. 427 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:14.759 Well, this is Morongo Casino Dodgers Hunt's game on your home for LA Dodgers 428 00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:19.519 Baseball, Dodgers and Reds, Yoshinova, Yamamono and Prince Suitor. The pitching 429 00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:25.559 matchup Suitor another opener for Cincinnati first pitch coming up at nine ten. Dodgers 430 00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:29.240 Baseball is presented by Children's Hospital LA. When you need the very best care 431 00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:33.759 for your child, go to Children's Hospital Los Angeles rank number one in California 432 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:38.519 for pediatric care. Find the right doctor at CCHLA dot org. And now 433 00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:44.680 what will likely be vast fielding insults from a Dodger player. It's an engagement 434 00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:48.920 of endearment. This is high and tight. What would Memorial Day weekend be 435 00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:53.440 without the Dodgers All star catcher Will Smith? Thanks a lot for the time, 436 00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:57.319 appreciate it. Yeah, good morning, good morning. I know you 437 00:30:57.480 --> 00:31:02.319 and the yes, quick turn. Weather is an issue. That's the reason 438 00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:04.720 why we're here that early. What have you guys heard as far as trying 439 00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:10.640 to play this game quickly? Nothing? I don't know. Apparently just moved 440 00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.599 it up an hour and a half. So yeah, I hope we get 441 00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:15.480 an end get out of here before the weather. It's I asked you earlier 442 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:19.599 about this ballpark and being so close to Louisville. How much did you come 443 00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:25.000 here as a kid to watch baseball a few times growing up? This is 444 00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:26.839 definitely the closest, you know, big Lea ballpark to where I grew up. 445 00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:30.480 Come here as a kid maybe once every year, every two years or 446 00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:36.599 so. Yeah, and when you're growing up in Louisville, obviously the bat 447 00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:41.720 factory Louisville Slugger is there. Did you ever go through there? I mean, 448 00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:45.200 Louisville seems to be a hotbed of baseball during your period of time being 449 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:49.640 in college. Yeah, yes, had some really good college you know, 450 00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:53.319 teammates, good teams, won a lot of games there. Yeah, I 451 00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:57.079 got the little Slugger Museum. So you know, baseball was always kind of 452 00:31:57.559 --> 00:32:02.119 around and you know all that. But uh yeah, do you remember when 453 00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:07.559 you fell in love with the game and specifically, uh this position that is 454 00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:10.559 so demanding? Uh yeah, I always, you know, love baseball as 455 00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:15.599 a kid. I love playing throwing in the backyard my dad or whatever. 456 00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:21.680 Uh yeah, I really transition to college to being a catcher. You know, 457 00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:23.160 I enjoyed it just being able to get on the field, and you 458 00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:27.400 know, I probably just grown on me Uh, you know, being in 459 00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:30.880 control every single pitch basically. So you know, I enjoy catching, enjoy 460 00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:35.880 throwing the game, helping the pictures out, just being part of the action. 461 00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:38.759 When you talk about controlling the game, it's not just about calling pitches. 462 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:44.240 It's more about the tempo and seeing where your picture's at as well. 463 00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:47.279 Right, we've seen you more times the last couple of years really taking control 464 00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:51.559 by giving the picture a breather, by going out for a mountain visit. 465 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:54.680 How important is that to keep the tempo and when you see your picture kind 466 00:32:54.720 --> 00:33:01.720 of rushing going out there and recognizing it for sure. Uh, Connor McGinnis 467 00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:05.720 over there, Yeah, he's bugging us. Why does he have a surfer 468 00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:07.240 accent? By the way, he's from Virginia Beach. Yeah, I don't 469 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:10.720 know, I've never noticed that. You're probably right on that one. Uh 470 00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:15.440 yeah, no, you're just you're just reading the picture. You got to 471 00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.960 figure out what, you know, what they need, what they need to 472 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:21.880 be successful and you know, help us win. So whatever it may be. 473 00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:23.279 You know, I'm kind of their service and just kind of going about 474 00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:28.759 it that way. Well, this year you're throwing out runners twenty percent more 475 00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:32.839 times than you were a year ago. Is that the pictures adapting to these 476 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:37.920 new rules or what's been the dynamic there for why you've been able to throw 477 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:40.839 them at such a high rate. Yeah, I think that's definitely more. 478 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:45.799 The picture is getting quicker at home plate, mixing times, really sticking ownership 479 00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:51.640 in it and caring about it. I think the last couple of years wasn't 480 00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.799 an emphasis, and you know, we kind of put an emphasis on it 481 00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:57.039 to you know, help us win ball games. So just giving me a 482 00:33:57.119 --> 00:34:00.880 chance to throw guys out as important. And the guys with the middle are 483 00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:04.039 picking balls, getting good tags on them, so yeah, that's why we're 484 00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:07.640 controlling it. Is that was that a point of emphasis in spring training? 485 00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:12.320 Because last year it seemed like at times pitchers were not able to get you 486 00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:15.159 the baseball or delivered the baseball to you in time. Yeah, for sure. 487 00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:20.320 I think you know, really just last year it kind of you know, 488 00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:22.280 punches in the face, how many steals are giving up, how many 489 00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:28.119 extra runs were given up? Because of that? You started working on last 490 00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:31.119 year and then yeah, spring training and just continue to try to get better 491 00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:36.320 at it before I let you go. Obviously, every offense goes through periods 492 00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:39.519 of time that the Dodgers are in. But your offensive identity as a group 493 00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:44.039 has been passing the baton. Do you guys have to get back to that? 494 00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:49.199 Uh? Yeah, I think just right now, it's just better at 495 00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:53.559 Baskett Men's corn position, making sure you drive them in and stuff. But 496 00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:57.559 yeah, I mean that's baseball. There's gonna be ups and downs. You 497 00:34:57.639 --> 00:35:00.320 can get hot. It's just timely hitting. And right now, let's just 498 00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:04.840 continue to put up good debats, continue to fight and push runs cross. 499 00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:07.360 All right, Well, thanks a lot for the time. Did you get 500 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:10.000 as much of a high being with me as you did Cedric the entertainer at 501 00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:13.960 your charity event a couple of weeks ago. No, not the same. 502 00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:15.679 Huh no, Sorry, all right, well I'll take it. We'll leave 503 00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:19.920 it right there. Happy Memorial Day, and thanks to Will Smith for his 504 00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:22.599 time. All right, thanks a lot of DV, thanks a lot of 505 00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:24.679 Will. 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He did the last time against the Dodgers 522 00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:50.760 last Friday or last Thursday in the series opener at Dodger Stadium. He's making 523 00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:54.639 his forty third career start with a career era as a starter at four nineteen 524 00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:59.719 his season right now, no wins, no losses in a four to thirteen 525 00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:02.840 E R Ray. Yoshinobu Yama Moto on the mound five and one with the 526 00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:07.719 three seventeen E R Ray. The twenty five year old right hand in his 527 00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:10.400 first season with the Dodgers making his eleven star and he's gotten better and better 528 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:14.840 every time out. Last time six and a third innings, struck out eight 529 00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:19.639 in a win over the Diamondbacks. 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It's all powered by Lacare Health Plan serving all Angelinos 539 00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:16.800 lacare dot org. Before first pitch, we head back out to the booth 540 00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:21.519 at Great American Ballpark, Rick Monday, Tim never guess, Tim, Thanks 541 00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:23.280 very much. We count you down to the first pitch here today at Great 542 00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:29.719 American Ballpark in Cincinnati. Dodgers dropping the first two. They've lost four straight. 543 00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:31.880 That is a season long losing streak for them. Trying to snap it 544 00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:37.320 today against the Cincinnati Reds team that will roll out an opener brent Souter. 545 00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:43.559 They did this on Thursday, two thursdays ago back at Dodger Stadium when Suitor 546 00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:47.039 was the opener. Tyler Glasnow was the starter in that particular ballgame for the 547 00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:51.320 Dodgers, and that was a game the Reds won. Yeah, at they 548 00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:54.440 won and for Suitor, this is just the second start quote unquote that he's 549 00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:59.840 getting here this afternoon. We saw him the first game of this series Friday 550 00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:04.599 out of the bullpen, and the first battery face was Tasker Hernandez, who 551 00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:07.920 greeted him with a home run. Hopefully we'll see more of that in the 552 00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:10.480 brief time, Suitor, just one of those. He's a carryover to the 553 00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:13.719 next guy, and the next guy and the next guy. We'll see with 554 00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:19.599 the Reds. And for Yashinobu Yamamoto, he has pitched much better actually on 555 00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:22.440 the road, where he's three and oh in an era under one point six 556 00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:25.519 when he's been away from Dodger Stadium so far. And he comes off a 557 00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:31.440 winning performance on Monday at Dodger Stadium against Arizona. He allowed seven hits, 558 00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:37.079 which ties a season high in hits allowed. Buddy allowed only two urn runs, 559 00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:39.000 he struck out eight, get into the seventh inning again six and a 560 00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:43.000 third, and Dodgers will hope that he can go deep again this after go 561 00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:45.880 deep. And I think the other part too, is the Dodgers need to 562 00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:49.320 cut down on the walks that they had been issuing, certainly from the opening 563 00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:52.920 game of the series. Eight walks and two hit batters that cut it down. 564 00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:58.840 In yesterday's ballgame, just two walks free passes were issued, but not 565 00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:01.800 a not one of the stellar performances by Walker Buel, although he pitched well 566 00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:06.679 enough in the five and two thirds to maybe be considered for even a victory, 567 00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:09.960 but there was no support behind him offensively. Dodgers are fourteen and ten 568 00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:15.480 on the road and looking for win number fifteen on the road, thirty fourth 569 00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:19.320 win overall today as they start five and a half games in front of the 570 00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:24.159 San Francisco Giants in the National League Western Division standings. Dodgers and Reds wrapping 571 00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:27.840 it up from Cincinnati. Tim all right, we'll keep an eye on that 572 00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:30.800 weather. It's supposed to get gnarley later on today. That's why the start 573 00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:35.760 time moved up ninety minutes. First pitch coming up in just a few minutes 574 00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:37.440 from Cincinnati. Don't forget after the game, I'll be back with all the 575 00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:43.960 postgame festivities, including reaction from the clubhouse. Welcome to the highlights, and 576 00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:46.039 of course we'll get to Dodger talk as well. But let's get this game 577 00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:50.280 in for the Dodgers getting head off to New York for a three game series 578 00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:53.400 beginning tomorrow. First things first, Dodgers Reds from Cincinnati. Next, I'm 579 00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:58.480 Tim Kase. Has been Roco Casino, Dodgers on deck a Los Angeles Dodgers audio nowhere