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Talking like back, David Vasse. What a night at Corsefield, a Corsefield
Classic for the Dodgers as they score seven runs in the ninth inning to come
from behind and beat the Rockies eleven to nine. Welcome the Dodger Talk,
David Vasse with you until the top of the hour tonight. We will head
back to Corsefield to hear from manager Dave Roberts, and we also will check
in with Jose Mota. But by the way, my phone was blowing up
after that Teoscar Hernandez go ahead, three run home run. It feels like
the whole city of Los Angeles, if you did not turn this game off,
was treated to a very exciting finish. And if you were as excited
as our very own Tim Neverett eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy
is the phone number. What a night by the Dodgers, who you know,
many people feel like the Dodgers are going to fall apart without Mookie Bets.
Quite the contrary, They have a lot of good players, and this
may be in the long run somewhat of a blessing in disguise, because last
year the Dodgers faced almost zero adversity as far as injuries of this significance goes.
Obviously, Kershaw was battling through that shoulder injury that required surgery, but
the Dodgers did not lose a position player like this all season long last year.
And for them to continue to keep this train moving in the right direction,
they're going to have to come together as a unit to be able to
overcome this adversity and really use it as a chip on their shoulder, as
it seems that they are doing in the first two games without Mookie Bets,
and tonight was a great example of that. I thought last night was a
great night start to finish. Will Smith ended it last night with a twelve
pitch at bat with a sacrifice fly that kind of sent a message to the
rest of the team, no matter how far we're down or how far we're
up, we're not going to give away at bats, and certainly tonight the
Dodgers did not give away any at bats. They continued to pass the baton
in that ninth inning to set up Jason Hayward's grand slam, the first career
pinch hit grand slam by Jason Hayward. It was the fourth career grand slam
by the Dodgers veteran right fielder. And look, Jason Hayward means a lot
to this team. He makes a lot of really good plays, smart plays
that don't show up in the box score. But on a night like tonight
where he's called to come off the bench at Corsfield for Chris Taylor, he
delivered by inches right, It hit the foul pole in right field, and
then Teoscar Hernandez hits the go ahead, three run home run despite many at
Corsefield thinking he struck out to end the game, but Lance Barksdale at first
base, said, uh huh, he checked his swing. And look,
I know there's a lot of different opinions on what a check swing is or
isn't, And in fact, if you look in the Major League Baseball rule
book, it's a gray area as well, and it kind of outlines the
fact that it's the first or third base umpire or homeplate umpires discretion on what
they believe was an attempt to swing. I know many of us were brought
up to believe that it's whether or not the bat crosses the plane of home
plate. That's not the way it's presented in Major League Baseball's rule book.
So it's whether or not the umpire or umpires believe that they hit her attempted
to swing. So I did not believe ta Oscar Hernandez attempted to swing,
and so did the first base umpire. But Bud Black had a differing opinion,
obviously wanting to beat the Dodgers. The Rockies have not had many wins
over the Dodgers since twenty eighteen's Game one sixty three, and really have not
had many wins at all this season, so they wanted it badly. They
did not get it, and Bud Black was not around to see the go
ahead three run home run by Taoscar Hernandez. Eight six six nine eight seven
two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Rockies eleven to nine,
scoring seven runs in that ninth inning. Let's go out to the phones.
Glenn in Hemmett, you're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. Glenn,
thanks for taking my call. David. I I was watching the postgame
show and no more Garcia Park explain the he chucked swing and he said he
did not break his wrist. Well, see that, I mean, that's
not in the rule book. It doesn't matter if you break your wrist or
not. It's whether or not the umpire believes you attempted to swing. And
I guess breaking the wrist I've heard that too, but that's not in the
rule book. That's why it's all subjective. Okay, okay, yeah,
great gain tonight. I enjoyed it. I'll go Dodgers, all right,
Glenn, thanks a lot for the phone call. Yeah, breaking the wrist
usually means there's a good shot that you attempted to swing the bat, but
that's not something in the rule book that says if the hit or breaks his
wrist he swung. No, it's whether or not he attempted to swing,
and it's at the umpire's discretion. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five
seventy is the phone number. We do have a one hundred dollars gift card
to Superior Grocers to give away tonight. If you were listening to the game
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You will win one hundred dollars gift card, and we certainly have that to
give away tonight. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
phone number. Let's go out to OZ and Valencia. You're on Dodger Talk
with David vasse Hi Oz. Hey, David, how are you doing.
I'm doing great. You seem very subdued considering the way the rest of the
Dodger faithful are feeling tonight. No, No, I'm very happy. What
a comeback win by the guys. My question to you is just I was
a little worried about Walker Buehler considering Yamamoto's injury and viewers struggling. Do you
think we need to get out to get more starting pitching. Yeah, definitely.
I feel like the Dodgers are going to be in the market for starting
pitching, whether it's Heesus Lozardo or anybody else. Garrett Crochet, the Dodgers
are going to need more starting pitching if they can find a starter that they
believe camp in the two or three spot in their playoff rotation. And Oz,
it's a case of where Walker Buehller is just searching. He really hasn't
found his footing since coming back, and he is going to be a phriege.
And at the end of the year, the Dodgers have young pitchers like
Bobby Miller and Gavin Stone that can fill out a playoff rotation. I'm wondering,
is Walker Bueller untouchable at the trade deadline. I'm wondering whether or not
he is or not as we get closer to July thirtieth. I'm not saying
the Dodgers will trade him, but is he really untouchable? Yeah, you're
right, Thank you so much, David. All Right, thank you for
the phone call, Oz. And nobody wants to see Walker Bueller go anywhere.
But if he continues to be searching and the facts are he is a
freeg and at the end of the year and the Dodger rotation looks to be
full next year and moving forward, is there a future for Walker Bueller after
this season in a Dodger uniform. And if it's not, and he's pitching
this way, you have to wonder whether or not the Dodgers are thinking,
well, if we need to include him, is he untouchable? I would
say at this point in time, he's not untouchable. Let's go out to
James and Guardina. You're on Dodger Talk. Hi James, Oh, Hi
David. I just want to say I thought today was a magical win,
and I'm starting to feel now that the Dodgers are a team of destiny.
You do, huh over one game in Colorado? You feel like they're a
team of destiny? Well, they say that, yeah, like over the
course of the season, like like like like maybe one game can can can
give you can give you and maybe give the team that feeling that you know
that they can go all the way. And I'm starting to feel that way
about this team. Well, I felt that way before this game. I
felt that way even more before Mookie Betts broke his left hand. But I
feel like adversity is good, especially when you are getting a player like Mookie
Bets back instead of losing him for the entire season. So I'm not going
just like I wouldn't overreact over one lost James, I'm not going to say
one win guarantees you a Cinderella story either, especially when it's against the Rockies.
If this was against the Phillies, I might be a little bit more
emotional, Okay, But yeah, but like the last time the Dodgers had
to win, like Elvis Presley was starting out, Yeah, nineteen fifty seven.
Yeah, that's the last time they had a win like this. You're
right, all right, all right, thanks David, Hey, thanks for
the phone call. James appreciate it. Eight six six nine eighty seven two
five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers scores seven runs in the ninth inning,
a grand slam by Jason Hayward, a pinch hit grand slam by Jason
Hayward. Will Smith being called out on strikes and when he was asking for
time, set up Tioscar Hernandez to come to the plate after Freddie Freeman was
walked intentionally, and Taoscar Hernandez said, all right, you want to walk
him, all right, I'll take care of this, and he certainly did.
He leads the Dodgers now with eighteen home runs, and also he leads
the team with fifty four RBIs. He gets more opportunities than any other Dodger
in this lineup, with runners on base and runners in scoring position. When
he delivers, there's a good chance the Dodgers are going to win. Because
when Taoskar Hernandez drives in a run, the Dodgers are twenty and six.
When he does not drive in a run, they're basically a five hundred team.
Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Let's go out to Alta. Dina Rich, You're on Dodger Talk. Hi
Rich, Yeah, Hi, Hi David Bush. You sir, I uh,
one of the most exciting games I've never heard. You've got to archive
Tim Neverritt's call is on those two homers. They're epic And I don't care
that it's that it's the Rockies. This, this win can help cement team
unity and you know, in the face of the loss of Mookie, you
know, and yam momotos So what an exciting game. This was good for
the city, David. I mean, we need things like this, and
I'm just excited about it. And thank you for your great commentary. Hey,
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Thank you so much. All right, rich you enjoyed and blessings to
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right now to hear from manager Dave Roberts top to bottom honestly, is you
know you get the closer in there? Actually, you know you get back
to Beaks coming into the game and having him try to go one plus and
getting him out of the game and making him work, to then get the
closer in the game and not concede even in a safe situation, and then
to tack on and to get another arm in there. It was just quality
of it back up and down the line. If I think it started with
Pages taking a walk and then midguro at the base it and then they just
kept going on from there. So Jason was ready when called upon, had
a big pinchhip Grand Slam, and then Showhay just continued to be on fire,
and then obviously tail with that Homer. You know, it's just he
keeps coming up with big hits. So I just couldn't be more excited for
our guys on the offensive side. And you know, you got to also
go back and Michael Peterson. You know, he makes his debut against the
team that drafted him. He's got his family here. He pitches two innings
for us, gets a win, his major league win on his debut.
He gets a couple of punch outs, and you know what the guys did.
The guys in the pen were fantastic. Alex was great as always,
and obviously Evan finishing it up. But you know, for us to weather
a Walker Buller start that was, you know, not spectacular in any sense,
and to come away with win was huge. With Walker's outing, just
what were your takeaways from it? It seems like his last two he's really
obviously he's altered his pitch mikes quite a bit there. Do you feel like
it's something to look for feel or just obviously there's game planning. But I
guess we're your takeaways from these lasts. You know, I think that he's
certainly searching. He is not confident, not comfortable. I don't think in
any of his uh you know, in his delivery, in his pitches and
with the sequencing, and he just didn't have complete command tonight, and so
they made him pay. And so, you know, it seemed like everything
they hit, whether it was a grounder or ball in the air, it
fell in and there were some walks in there, so you know, it's
baseball. I know, he took one a line shot in the hip,
and so that's something of some concern that you know, was really sore and
hurting, and so our docs are going to look at him, but I
don't know, you know, you know, actually he was sort of okay
after that, but you know, it was still really sore after that.
So we'll see. But you know, we just got to keep going.
All right. There's manager Dave Roberts on Sports talking about the comeback in the
ninth inning and goodbye him to point out Michael Peterson out of Riverside to City
College, making his major league debut, pitching two innings in what at the
time was low leverage relief, and it turns out to be his first major
league win in his first major league game against the Rockies, the team that
drafted him. So congratulations to Michael Peterson. An exciting night for him,
an exciting game to be part of, as the Dodgers come from behind by
scoring seven runs in the ninth inning to beat the Rockies eleven to nine.
When we continue on Dodger Talk, Jose Mota will check in from Denver.
Also more of your phone calls at eight sixty six nine, eight seven two
five seventy, and we will celebrate the tenth anniversary of Clayton Kershaw's one and
only career no hitter. We put together what says no hitter on a tenth
anniversary other than a montage, We got a montage for you. And as
we go to break here here was Tim Neverritt's call of Jason Hayward's first career
pinchhit grand slam. I'm the right handers to two. Offer to Jason Hayward,
swing on and hammer the right field. This ball is back, this
ball is gone off. The foul ball A grand slam for Jay hay a
fourth career Grand Slam for Hayward, and the Dodgers are within a run.
That's nine to eight. Oh can you believe it? On air at AM
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two swung on heaving the air right center fielding deep, this ball heading back,
This ball's gone. That's gone. Hitch On a three run home run.
Tyascar head on us and the Dodgers have come all the way back to
take the lead. Oh my goodness, absolutely incredible. It's eleven to nine.
As the Dodgers down to their last strike, strike big time as Tausker
hits his eighteenth home run of the year. Tim Neverett on the call,
as excited as anybody in the city of Los Angeles after ti Oscar Hernandez hit
the go ahead three run home run as the Dodgers were down to their last
strike and they come from behind, scoring seven runs in that ninth inning to
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we will get to the celebration of Clayton Kershaw's one and only career no
hitter. It's the tenth anniversary today of Kershawn no hitting the Rockies. So
I guess June eighteenth, when the Dodgers play the Rockies, it's not going
to be a good night for the Rockies, but it's going to be a
historic night for the Dodgers, because tonight was only the fifth time in Dodger
or sixth time in Dodger franchise history, they have come back by five runs
or have come back from a five run or more deficit in the ninth inning
to win the game. And the only thing I could think of that comes
close in recent history to this type of comeback for the Dodgers at Corsefield was
the Andrew Toles game back in twenty six Remember that game, Andrew Toles hit
a grand Slam in the ninth inning. The Dodgers scored three in the eighth
and five in the ninth, four off the bat of Tolls's bat, a
grand slam. The Dodgers were down six runs going into the eighth inning,
and they came from behind, And that will forever be known as the Andrew
Tolls Game, the grand slam in the ninth inning to put the exclamation mark
on that Dodger come from behind victory. But in recent history, that's the
only wacky corse Field come from behind victory for the Dodgers other than this one
tonight. It will be remembered as the Taascar Hernandez and Jason Hayward check swing
called strike three. While I'm calling for time, game at cors Field.
All right, let's set out to Jose Mota. It's time to go around
the horn with Jose Mota. All right, Jose Mota live in Denver.
What a ninth inning for the Dodgers. What a roller coaster of a ninth
inning? Usually a game as a roller coaster, but that inning was a
roller coaster. I mean, man, that you saw Walker walk onto the
mountain, gave up those early runs, four runs right away, You're like,
oh, you know what, Thankfully there's a lot of game left.
I just didn't know that the game left I was talking about was going to
come in that one inning with the Dodgers just never gave up. Dave Roberts
pulling all the punches again. You know, the approach from yesterday carry into
carry into today to some degree because the guy continued to pursue some good masses
at the end. I mean, Vargas and Pies had key, I mean
very key walks in a park that attracts you do out there and swing the
bat. They stayed right with it, and they're a big, big part
of the w This combat happened when you look at that ninth inning, Jose
number one. Let's start with what's set up Jason Hayward's grand Slam. It
was past I've seen the baton and it feels like in the last two games
so far, the Dodgers are taking on that identity and making a concerted effort
to not to try to be the hero, but to trust the guy behind
you. It is what needs to happen, David. I know that perhaps
some people are saying, yeah, this is against the Rockies, but you
know there's a Rockies team that also I'm glad we're not talking about the Dodgers
cannot beat the Rockies, and then we all be talking about Bookie be As
being out right. So no, you take whatever the game's giving you today,
you use it, and passing the baton becomes a very important part of
what you want to prolong in your stay in the big leagues as a hitter
and as a team. Saying we could do this when those times go a
little bit dry, you know that the walk has to be part of this
team. We know that, and we talked about it a lot extensively about
Max Montly not being in it and prolonging innings and giving guys behind them a
chance to, you know, see more pitches. All those things go along
with the guy getting worn down and the bullpen that perhaps has not been very
good at all, and Buddy black wanders stay with from that open. But
most the younger guys understand this then, and then you see a team have
success. If you talk about keep the line moving means exactly what happened today.
You guys are a big part of this. Players know this, learn
this and know that against premiere pitching is going to be a win, which
you're going to be able to be one, two and three guys. All
right, let's get to two of the controversial moments in the ninth inning.
First, Will Smith called out on strikes for the second out of the ninth
inning. It seemed like on the replay he verbally was asking for time,
but was he too quiet about it? What did you see or what do
you believe happened in that at bat when he was calling for time. What
needs to happen is if the umpires considers that you're calling a little bit too
late, even though you're entitled to call time now once per plate appearance,
the umpires still had the last call. And what Will I was the catcher
forgot about was that you cannot be the umpire in other words, until you
hear time or you see the umpires in front of me get their hands up,
you can now get out of the battlest box. So in that case,
yeah, some guys are granted time, so umpires are quicker with a
trigger and giving it to you. But also at the same time, you
have to stand in the box until somebody says time. And that's one that
will I'm sure will not happen again. Were you looking at the pitch clock,
Jose, was it ticking down? Did he feel like the pitch clock
was Was he trying to play games with the pitch clock? How did that
play into it? I think perhaps well little just thaw, the pitchcuck was
just a little bit too far down from the call, the time out of
that situation and the pisture getting ready and getting ready set up to deliver to
the play, so he does not have to give it to you if he
considers it it's a little bit too late. But I did not pay attention
to see where the clock was. But I don't know. He's winding down
and not more than anything. People tell you all the time, don't play
on pire. You stand the battlest box until you hear something. Dodgers come
from behind, scoring seven runs in the ninth inning, beating the Rockies eleven
to nine. All right on the flip side, the Dodgers got what appeared
to be a break when yes Oscar Hernandez was called to check his swing.
It was not strike three? What did you see on the check swing?
And did Bud Black have an argument? He did have an argument if this
set happened against the Dodgers and they lose a game like the Rockets at tonight,
it will be a big issue right now. So yes, it does
have a point. But at the same time, who you are to Osco
or Nanda saying, well, I just got a little break here. What
do I do? Now? You clear your head and you put together the
best at that possible and think about the other way and think about the middle
of the field. But there's no doubt, Dave. If this had been
against the Dodgers, we'll be talking about what a back pall that was true
or not, No doubt about it. But I will say this, I'm
being very impartial. I did not believe ta Oscar Hernandez attempted to swing,
but he crossed the bat. He did cross the plane. That's it.
But that's a judgment call in the Major League Baseball rule book, Jose.
There's no plane that they talk about. It's about whether or not the umpire
believes he attempted to swing the bat. Well, Dave, I'm gonna leave
it that way. If this happened against the Dodgers, we'll be talking about
that being a swing. Now. I'm gonna stay right. Whether it be
impartial about her, know that they got a break. You get breaks here
and there, but the main thing was I said to Oscar, took advantage
of it and bade them pay. It's interesting after that you heard Teoscar Hernandez
and Jason Hayward say the same thing as they were facing vic Vodnik. They
talked about not seeing him before seeing two of his best pitches and then attacking.
Was there something more as far as the scouting report being brought back to
the dugout. Was it a scouting report maybe from the runner at second base?
They almost said the identical same thing when it came to vic Vodnik,
the verbal man. And then the adjustments they both made. For one,
you know, Jason, heyw he's so far from the plate and guys will
use Guys with a little sweep will use that pitch almost as a change up
against him, because left he's like anything that's coming in on him and low
and take something off of it. He got full on that once and then
he figured, well the book on me is this. They want to get
me away on change up. So what I do is I changed my mind
into off speed thinking, stay back, be late on the fastbold is not
going to beach because you were far from the plate. Remember this, and
that fast was supposed to be end. It's going to be the middle.
But when you make a mistake with something off speed as he did there,
you paid that price right there. Different for Oscra because ti Oscar and actually
I just talked to him after the game and it told me this yesterday.
I need to get back to using my hands. And the report was somebody
like bot Mak that you haven't seen. The more you wait on him,
forcing him to throw something over the plate and find out immediately what is his
best pitch? What is it? Outpitching, You look all these things that
are presented the players get ahead, get even, and also put away what
is that pitch? They look for it and they did not miss. They
put some good swings, control swings, copying what they did yesterday. An
exciting night of course field as the Dodgers come from behind with seven runs in
the ninth inning to beat the Rockies tonight eleven to nine. Unfortunately, during
the game, Jose, we got the news that Willy Mays passed away at
the age of ninety three. No matter the age, obviously, it's hard
to lose an icon like Willie Mays, and I saw what Alex Korra said
when he was asked by the Boston media about losing Willy Mays and whether or
not he had met him. He said that he met him a lot of
different times when he was playing with the Dodgers, and Orlando Supaida would actually
introduce him to Willie Mays when he was playing for the Dodgers. But he
also mentioned your dad many Mota telling him stories about Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays.
How much did your dad play against Willy Mays? How well did he
know Willy Mays? Well, Willie Mays called him Chico. They both called
each other Chico. And when my dad got called up by the Giants in
nineteen sixty two for the first time, their patrolling center field is thirty one
year old Willie Mays, and my dad tells the story. And by the
way, my dad was pretty inpacted by this as we gave the news over
the air, and he sent a message also for the radio listeners about how
much it meant to him. Willie May has received them as a big leaguer.
Toad McField Wilson's pulled his ear a couple of times, but also you
know that'said. The thing that people forget about with May is is how he
revolutionized how you play center field. You think about this, there's no pettit
walls, there's no diving play in style, right, I mean it was
a shoestring that was like the best play ever guy coming in right. And
in other words, you didn't see Willie Mays go crash against walls, but
you saw Willie Mays play center field beautifully. I mean it's like an artist
out there. And then he's impact with the glove, he's throwing on the
bat. The power of the combination is a five to two player. I
mean, born in La Alabama and playing for the Barons of Alabama in the
Negro leagues, which is just marvel to be in your career. But I
remember one time that Willie Mays, as a youngster, told me, Hose,
I didn't know that, you know, thirty third is going to be
a big deal. Forty forty I would have done more times. He goes,
I don't know that was going to be a big deal. I would
have done it more times. Knowing that people are making a big deal out
of this, and he's obviously very close to Barry Bonds. He's a godfather,
but he also is a player that when Afro American players came into the
league in the early sixties late fifties would take him and say, listen,
here's a lesson to be learned. Jackie set it up for us. Make
sure that we are good citizens off the field. But also don't take don't
take for granted the fact that you are fighting for something as a black man
or Latino guy with dark skin, and make sure that you go out there
and put the best effort putting in. And a quick story for our fends
from Willie Mays. My dad is a spring training as a rookie in nineteen
sixty two and he's taking fly balls in center field early rounds and he feels
a tap on his shoulder and he says, hey, you know, young
motive, you can levels anywhere you want in this outfield, but not here
in centerfield. This is mine. I love that. Thanks Jose, thanks
for sharing those stories and memories. And we'll catch up with you after tomorrow
night's game as well. All Right, they're good job there, he goes,
Good job by you, Jose Mota. The Dodgers come from behind and
beat the Rockies tonight eleven to nine. We are going to take one final
time out here on Dodger Talk. When we come back, I see you
guys online. Stay where you are. We will get to your phone calls,
and also we will get to the celebration of Clayton Kershaw's ten year anniversary
of his one and only career no hitter against the Rockies June the eighteenth,
Rockies Dodgers usually ends up in history for LA, and tonight they did it
again, coming from behind seven runs in the ninth inning to beat the Rockies
tonight eleven to nine on the Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network. Dodger Talk is
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app. Back to more Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Basset falls no strikes
to Otani Gomberdio. This fall a swung on a hammer deep center field,
way back and down. That's unto the forest. Show, Hey Otny home
run number twenty, Oh majestic, last hit the dead center field. Then
O'tani makes us seven to three. Oh yeah, that happened? Show,
Hey Otani with the longest home run hit this season in Major League Baseball.
Four hundred and seventy six feet was the estimated distance straightaway center field into the
forest at Corse Field in the sixth inning, and the Dodgers mounted the comeback
in the ninth inning with an eleven to nine victory over the Rockies. Thanks
for hanging with us. We're with you until ten thirty tonight. A lot
going on and exciting come from behind victory for the Dodgers tonight. Eight six
six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Don't forget.
By the way, the Dodgers had a chance to come from behind in
the seventh inning with two on and two out, but Brenton Doyle, the
center fielder for the Rockies, had an amazing game. He had four hits
tonight and robbed O'tani of extra bases and two RBIs in the top of the
seventh inning. And if Doyle does not come up with that catch, I
mean he is gambling, laying it all out on the line. If that
ball gets behind him and goes to right center field and the wall bag there,
Otani can run and he probably hits an inside the park home run.
So at the moment, Brenton Doyle in the seventh inning saved the game for
the Rockies, but it was not meant to be for the hapless Rockies in
the ninth inning, as they allowed seven runs in the ninth inning for the
Dodgers to come from behind and beat them tonight at Corpsfield. The Rockies now
twenty five and forty eight, twenty games behind the Dodgers in the NL West,
the Dodgers now forty six and twenty nine, nine games get ahead of
now the second place Diamondbacks in the NL West, and the Dodgers still the
only team consistently that has been above five hundred all season long in their division.
Let's go back out to the phones, Brad in mission Viejo. Thanks
for being patient, Brad, you're on Dodger Talk. Yeah, Hi,
thanks for taking my call. Yeah. But nineteen fifty seven was their last
year in Brooklyn too, which is really interesting, you know, with that
last comeback. Yeah, yeah, good point. And also I heard Jim
Hill mention that it's the first time in Major League history that a team down
on the ninth had a three run home running a grand slam in the same
inning. I would believe that, Brad. That's amazing, isn't it.
Well, Jason Hayward's grand Slam. It may get lost in the highlights in
the shuffle, but to me that was just as critical to ta Oscar Hernandez's
go ahead three run home run, because if Hayward does not come off the
bench for that pinch hit grand slam, the Dodgers lose this game. Inning
over. Thanks for the phone call. Eight six six seven two five seventy
is the phone number, by the way, that pinch hit grand slam by
Jason Hayward, only his second career pinch hit home run and obviously the first
ever pinch hit grand slam in Jason Hayward's career. Let's go out to Trey
in West LA. You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi Trey. Oh
yeah, man, oh man, oh man, thank you. David just
wanted the chance to come on and celebrate what a heck of a win by
the team tonight. It's why I never leave a turn off a game early.
As the immortal Yogi Berra said, it ain't over till it's over,
And what a circle of the wagons morale boosty when that was tonight, just
fantastic shout out to Tim for two epic on the precipice of losing his mind
and jumping out of the press box and enjoy type of call. Fantastic and
just shout out to Doctor's Nation and everybody was just a hell of a game
and came at the right time and appreciate taking my call. Just a great
win for everybody. Shout out to everybody out there. Thanks awesome, Trey.
Yeah, Tim never did a great job on the call alongside Rick Monday.
And how could you not get excited over that home run. I feel
like those two calls, the grand Slam call and the go ahead three run
home run call by Tim Neverett reflected how all of you were feeling listening to
the game back in Los Angeles. So definitely those calls reflected the moment and
everybody was certainly excited. And look, I'm not trying to drop names here,
but a very loyal listener to Dodger Talk, Brad Paisley. We had
lunch together today and he was trying to convince me that Mookie Bets getting hurt
could be in the long run, a very good thing for this team because
they will come together and they will rally amongst each other. And when Mookie
Bets returns, he is going to find a very hardened, battle tested team.
So I'm starting to buy into what old Brad had to say earlier today
and love Brad, great guy, big Dodger fan, and was offered tickets
to see Clayton Kershaw pitch tomorrow Rancho Kuckamunga, but he couldn't make it,
So we'll just give you and Brad the updates. Tomorrow night, Kershaw will
be at Rancho Kuckamonga in case you live out that way or want to make
the drive out there to Loan Mark Field, Kershaw is expected to throw three
innings. And speaking of our very own Clayton Kershaw, today is the ten
year anniversary of his one and only career no hitter at Dodgers Stadium against these
Rockies, and I feel like you're short changing the fact that it was a
no hitter. Yes, it was nearly a perfect game if not for Hanley
Ramirez's horrible throw rushing the throw at that point in time. But even with
that error in the game, it's still considered one of the greatest games,
if not the greatest game ever pitched in Major League Baseball. History in the
regular season. From what I understand from ESPN stats and info, there is
a way where they score pitchers games similar to a QB rating in a game,
and only Carrie Woods twenty strikeout game in nineteen eighty nineteen ninety eight was
scored higher than Kershaw's nearly perfect game on this day ten years ago, and
still to this date, Kershaw's no hitter the only one with fifteen strikeouts and
no walks. Just a remarkable night at Dodgers Stadium. He had that curveball
work in perfectly twelve to six. He was dominating these Rockies hitters. And
it wasn't these Rockies. It was a team that had some good, pretty
good hitters. And at dj Lemayhew Troy to Lewitski, Corey Dickerson, there
were guys in this lineup or in that lineup ten years ago, and we
thought the best way to celebrate the Kershaw no hitter was by putting together a
montage. Our guy, Colin Ye and Tim Kats put it together and we
wanted to share it with you. So here is our tribute to the great
Kershaw and his no hitter ten years ago. Clayton Kershaw with a regular of
six and two one to zero against the Rockies this year, eleven and five
lifetime. He is six and one over his last nine starts against Colorado,
and he's working on a three game winning speed and his earned run average over
that period of three wins one point eight. The one to two pitch on
the way slow curveball see you later. Oh, that's not fair when you're
thrown in the middle nineties and then you come up with that thing, a
big slow rainbow curve. It was seventy three miles an hour, and it's
just dropped perfectly into a j Ellis meth. Here's the two to two and
there's a fast bread. He swung out and miss Strike three. Well,
he strikes out the side. Kershaw has fan ten. He's been perfect through
six and the folks inside Dodger Stadium are giving him a standing ovation, sensing
something special is going on tonight. Crom All back headed to third, some
play by Rojas, rows to first and dugout by Adrian Gonzalez, a terrific
play turned in by Miguel Rojas to keep the no hitter in tack Hing two,
kershawn or rubbedge, swung on and miss strike three, strikeout number fourteen,
a new career high for Clayton Kershaw. Now ball's two strikes, two
outs, fourteen strikeouts for Kershaw. Corey Dickerson is the batter. Here comes
the two slung on and miss, strike three and a no hitter. On
the fifteenth strikeout of the game, Clayton Kershaw about to be mobbed by his
teammates. The Dodgers win ate nothing. The greatness of Clayton Kershaw shown off
yet again, another sparkling chapter in the career of Clayton Edward Kershaw. Talk
about great final calls. That was a great one by Charlie Steiner. And
you heard the legendary Vin Scully at the beginning of the game. If you
recall, Vin Scully would broadcast a simulcast for the first two innings that night
and that season, and certainly great to hear Vin's voice on such a historic
night Clayton Kershaw's. Even though it wasn't a perfect game technically, it was
the perfect game I have ever seen pitched by a Dodger with my own living
eyes, and I know Coofax had the perfect game against the Cubs. I
did not see that. I'm saying the one game that I have ever seen
that was as perfect of a game pitched. It was that night June eighteenth,
twenty fourteen, at Dodger Stadium, and it was pitched by Clayton Kershaw.
And thanks to our guy Brad Paisley for allowing us to have his song
so many summers underneath those calls during that montage. I thought it was fitting
because man baseball players, they only have so many summers, and there are
only so many summers where you see a game pitched like that, and certainly
a special night at Dodger Stadium. And I don't want to sound like Kershaw's
career is over, because let's face it, two years ago he had a
great chance for a perfect game two separate times, no hitters, two separate
times Minnesota when he was taken out in his first start of that season.
I firmly believe then and I firmly believe now he should not have come out
of that game. It's not like it prevented him from any more significant injury.
And then in Anaheim they let him stay in the game and it was
broken up, I believe in the eighth inning of that night too in Anaheim,
so he had two other really good chances, and look, he's a
great pitcher, and I don't doubt that he's going to find a way to
compete this year and be a big part of the Dodgers second half. Eight
six sixne eight seven two five seventy is the phone number if you were at
that game, I'd love to hear from you. If you remember that game,
find Lee would love to hear from you. Eight six six nine eight
seven two five seventy. As we mentioned earlier, we got the news during
the game tonight that we lost one of the greatest players in baseball history,
Willie Man. And if you ask Vin Scully who the greatest player he ever
saw play, he would automatically say, without hesitation, Willie Mays. And
here was Vin during a broadcast when it was Willy's eighty fifth birthday, And
here was Vin describing the greatest play he ever saw, Willie Mays. Make
HI, this is Vin Scully. I've been around a long time. In
all the years I've been broadcasting, people have always asked me, who's the
greatest player you ever saw? Well, I didn't see many American League games,
but I certainly saw a lot of National League games. And without a
doubt, the number one, the greatest player I ever saw was Willie Mays.
I was also privileged to see Willie make the greatest catch of his career,
and he agrees with me that it was no not the catch in the
World Series against Vic Wurtz and Cleveland. I'm talking a Dodger Giant game.
In the field, Dodgers trailing by a run, bases loaded and two out.
We had a young third baseman out of Oklahoma by the name of Bobby
Morgan, and Morgan had a line drive in the left center As soon as
the ball left the bat, you knew it was an extra base hit.
Everybody knew that except Willie. And Willie, running as hard as he can,
left his feet parallel like an arrow going through the air, and caught
the ball. But that was only part of it. In those days,
certainly at Ebbets Field, we had a gravel warning track. So Willie,
going head first, hit that gravel and then bounced and headfirst into the concrete
wall. And he was not wearing a helmet. They didn't wear helmets in
those days. He hit the concrete wall, rolled over on his back.
The left fielder was a fellow named Henry Thompson for the Giants. Henry came
over, bent down, there was Willie unconscious, holding the ball on his
chest. Henry reached down, took the ball and held it up to the
umpires out for Bobby Morgan. That was the greatest single play I've ever seen.
So I've been fortunate to watch you play all those years, Willie.
Yeah, there was Vin Scully on Willie May's eighty fifth birthday. We lose
the great Mays tonight at ninety three years old. What a life, what
a great player. And anybody that saw Willie Mays play, they swear by
him. And what a special time right when the Dodgers were in Brooklyn,
the Giants were in New York, and the Yankees in the Bronx. Actually
the Polo grounds were across the river in Harlem, so it was right there
Giants and Yankees. But it was the Dodgers and Giants that had that unbelievable
rivalry. And what a time in the fifties to have the three greatest center
fielders at that time playing in the same vicinity of each other. Key Mantle
for the Yankees, Willie Mays for the Giants, and Duke Snyder for the
Dodgers in Brooklyn. Just an unbelievable time, and that's why so many people
call that the Golden Era, the Golden Age of baseball. But I kind
of feel like there's a renaissance in baseball and its popularity in the last ten
years. I know ESPN does not give baseball it's due because of business reasons
and the contracts they have signed with other leagues, but they're ignoring the fact
that baseball is more popular now than it ever has been in the last twenty
years. So I feel like baseball is in a great spot and there's a
lot of great young players. But going back to Willie Mays in that time,
just unbelievable to think that those three guys were playing center field for the
three New York teams. Just an unbelievable time in baseball history. And Rick
Mundy, we take him for granted in how much baseball he has seen from
his days growing up in Santa Monica to being the first player ever drafted in
the amateur draft by Major League Baseball in nineteen sixty five. He has seen
a lot of great players, and he played against a lot of great players,
even though they were at the tail end of their careers, and one
of them was Willie Mays. And here was Rick during tonight's broadcast talking about
the great Willie Mays. So he had his first career home run off the
future Hall of Famer Warren Spawn nineteen fifty one. His final base hit came
in Game two of the nineteen seventy three World Series, off of another future
Hall of Famer, Rolly Fingers, two down and Hunter Goodman, finals went
back. But I think his presence tim when you were around him, who
was absolutely off the charts. What do you remember about the first time you
were around him and in his presence, at least before he maybe even met
him. Well, yeah, I saw him play against the Dodgers all the
time on television and would watch him when he come into Dodgers Stadium. I
was amazed at what he could do, the fielding, the running, the
throwing, the hitting. He just he put a different emphasis on the game,
on how he played it. His instincts were spot on. His timing
was impeccable. Pitch now to Goodman, He'll take inside. It's three and
one a Hunter Goodman anything, I'm willing. He was never full of himself
talk to Willie Mays, and he talked to you like he was just another
person. For he one goodman takes Paul four outside to out walk, and
he was far from just another person. But as you watched them when you
were growing up watching the Dodgers, Rick Monday a kid from Santa Monica.
You know, then you got to play in the same game with him for
the first time. Wait, what do you remember, Ay, There's a
bouncing ball to second base off the bat of Jay Cave. Taylor grabs it
and throws on to first. It's difficult to play the game and want to
take pictures at the same time. But you wanted to, didn't you.
There's Rick Monday and Tim Nevertt on the call tonight, as we found out
we lost the great Willie Mays at ninety three years old. So a big
day in baseball and Dodger baseball world. Tonight the ten year anniversary of Clayton
Kershaw's no hitter. The Dodgers making history at Corus Field by coming back down
seven runs in the ninth inning, a grand slam by Jason Hayward and a
go ahead three run home run by ta Oscar Hernandez with the Dodgers down to
their last strike brought them back to beat the Rockies tonight, eleven to nine.
The Dodgers have won the first two games of this four game series in
Denver, and Bobby Miller will be back on the mount for the Dodgers Tomorrow
night, making his first start since April tenth. Before he went on the
IL, Bobby was one and one with an ERA of five forty. He
has told me repeatedly how anxious he has been to get back and pitching in
Major League Baseball. He'll get his chance tomorrow night at cors Field, going
up against Ryan Feltner, who has not had a good year for the Rockies.
He's one in six with an ERA of five seventy one. Morongo Casino
Dodgers on Deck begins at four thirty tomorrow, with first pitch at five thirty.
Then I'll do it for us tonight on Dodger Talk. Thanks to Dwayne
McDonald at Corsfield, Thanks to Colin Ye at our Burbank Studios, and thanks
to you for listening. In case you missed any of the show, you
can find it on the iHeartRadio app. Once again, the final score tonight,
the Dodgers score seven runs in the ninth inning to come from behind and
beat the Rockies eleven to nine. Coming up next Fox Sports Radio, Ben
Maller at eleven o'clock. Have a great rest of your night. See you