WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.639 And now your host for Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck, Tam kays Hi, 2 00:00:07.639 --> 00:00:12.640 everybody, and welcome in to Orongo Casino Dodgers on Deck. I hope you're 3 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:17.679 enjoying your Thursday afternoon. Your Los Angeles Dodgers thirty eight and twenty five on 4 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:22.960 this season, first place to top the NL West after winning five of six. 5 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:26.239 They hit the road to start a road trip in Pittsburgh, but have 6 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:29.760 dropped the first two games to the Pirates. This afternoon, they like to 7 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:32.799 get back on track before they hitded to New York to face the Yankees this 8 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:36.840 weekend. Walker Buehler on the mound. First pitch from P and C Park 9 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:39.719 is set for three forty between then and now. We got a lot to 10 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:43.240 get to here. On Marongo Casino Dodgers on Deck, David vas segoes one 11 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:46.759 on one with Jason Heyward, who had a big game yesterday. We'll preview 12 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:50.640 this pitching matchup. You will hear from Dodger manager Dave Roberts. Shortly, 13 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:53.840 we'll check in with Kirsten Watson. We'll get your O Tawni rewind. We'll 14 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:56.560 get you an injury report in just a few minutes. We'll check in with 15 00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:00.520 Rick Monday and Tim nevert Out at the gallupin Motors Broadcast booth. Last night 16 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:04.959 in Pittsburgh, the Pirates absolutely pounded Paxton. James Paxson was five and oh 17 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:08.840 coming into the start yesterday. He'd got some help on defense in his previous 18 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:12.000 start, had walked the tightrope for many of those starts, going in with 19 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:15.879 an undefeated record. But yesterday the wheels fell off. In this second inning, 20 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:21.400 after a scoreless first, the Pirates would send everybody to the plate and 21 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:25.640 more in the bottom half of the second inning. They scored seven runs in 22 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:29.840 the inning off James Paxton, who left with two outs in the second inning 23 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:33.680 and the Pirates up seven to nothing. The Dodgers had themselves a hole they 24 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:36.280 had to dig out of, and they started getting out of that hole in 25 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:38.760 the third inning. Thanks the show. Hey, Rookie's gonna take off with 26 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:42.120 this pitch, Connor Joe, the first basement backs off. There goes Mookie. 27 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:46.840 This Paul swung on hammer to centerfield in deep Sowinsky back to the track. 28 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:49.760 He's to the wall. It's gone a home run show. Hell. 29 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:56.000 Tenny hits it out and the Dodgers on the board. At seven to two 30 00:01:56.239 --> 00:02:00.159 for show Hey home run number fifteen as he got a ball at one hundred 31 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:06.319 plus right down the middle and he absolutely crushed it. Two run home run 32 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:08.960 for show Hey o Tani off of Paul Skens, who was the one hundred 33 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:14.080 mile an hour flame thrower for the Pirates yesterday. The Dodgers able to get 34 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:15.879 to him the second time around, as they were down seven to two in 35 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:19.759 the fifth, they able to get to him yet again. This time Andy 36 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:24.080 piees he is a bright young pitcher. Boy, He's got some right arm. 37 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:28.039 Oh one pitch and pie has hits the ball deep to left and is 38 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:30.759 carrying near the track to the wall. It has gone a home run, 39 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:36.680 Andy Piez with his sixth home run of the season, and it's now a 40 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:40.560 seven to three ball game. As Piez leads off the fifth with a home 41 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:45.400 run to the left, Andy pie haz with a home run. Dodgers down 42 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:47.759 seven to three. Unfortunately, Pittsburgh would get that run right back in the 43 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:51.159 bottom half of the fifth inning, Dodgers down eight to three. In the 44 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:54.439 six, Hayward scored Will Smith and RBI single Dodgers only down three eight to 45 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:59.240 five, but they would give the runs back in the bottom half of the 46 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:04.000 seventh inn as the Pirates would tack on a run and then two more in 47 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:07.479 the seventh as they took a ten to five lead. The Dodgers would get 48 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:10.159 one more in the top half of the eighth inning Gavin Lux and RBI singles 49 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:15.000 scoring Jason Hayward. Pirates win it ten to six. Yesterday, Paul Skeens 50 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:16.960 gets the win. He's now three to oh. James Packs in his first 51 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:22.240 loss of the season. He falls to five and one after giving up seven 52 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:25.479 runs on six hits, walking too in an inning in two thirds yesterday, 53 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:29.759 a couple of bright spots showy Otani a couple of hits. The two run 54 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:34.240 home run Freddy Frieman got a base hit for three for four goes Jason Hayward 55 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:37.479 as he's now hitting two sixty nine on the season. Also, Andy Pajz 56 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:39.960 in the eighth spot goes two for fourth the home run he's now hitting two 57 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:44.319 sixty three. So the bottom of the lineup coming through yesterday with six of 58 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:46.520 the eleven Dodgers hits. But the Dodgers just couldn't get out of that hole 59 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:51.360 yesterday that James Paxson put him in the second inning as the Pirates take Game 60 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:53.240 two of this three game series. They're now in twenty nine to thirty two 61 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:57.599 on the season. The Dodgers fall to thirty eight and twenty five on this 62 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:00.319 season. Tonight it's the game in which the Dodgers need to get a win 63 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:04.000 in order to avoid being swept out of Pittsburgh. Walker Buehler on the mountain 64 00:04:04.039 --> 00:04:08.439 with more, Let's head out to the Gallpin Moters broadcast both at PNC Park 65 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:12.120 as we say hello to Rick Monday and Tim Neverck. Guys, Tim, 66 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:15.079 thank you very much. The Dodgers and the Pirates getting set for Game three 67 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:18.759 of this three game series. Dodgers looking to salvage a game now as they've 68 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:24.480 dropped the first two, losing last night by a ten to six score DISASTERUS 69 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:28.959 second inning which they allowed seven runs. That was the big issue and the 70 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:31.199 Dodgers just could not recover. So zero and two here in Pittsburgh, looking 71 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:35.480 for a win here heading into New York, and they want to avoid being 72 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:42.560 swept. They have not been swept in Pittsburgh since the twenty fifteen season August 73 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:45.680 seventh, eighth, and ninth, and trying not to repeat that feat. 74 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:48.160 Bailey Falter, a left hander, will go for Pittsburgh tonight. He is 75 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:51.639 three and two with a three to two two ERA. Walker Buehler going for 76 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:55.879 the Dodgers. Bueller will make his sixth start of the season. He's one 77 00:04:55.920 --> 00:05:00.319 in three and a four to thirty two ERA. And as far where's the 78 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:01.360 Dodgers are concerned, Well, you know, you look at this team and 79 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:03.040 you go, oh, you know, they lose two in a row. 80 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:06.160 Here, they were swept recently by Cincinnati. They had a five game losing 81 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:11.160 streak. Well, let's lick look at the last twenty four games. Their 82 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:14.920 record in the last twenty four games twelve and twelve. He said, that's 83 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.360 not great. But in that time they've gained a game and a half in 84 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:19.839 the standard. Yeah, it's really kind of crazy. You've extended the last 85 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:24.920 twenty seven games, they're fifteen and twelve. But here's the difference. The 86 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:30.319 run support overall for the season is just a fraction over four point eight runs 87 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:32.319 per game. That's seventh best in Major League Baseball. That's a very good 88 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:36.439 number. However, over the last twenty seven games, it's under four runs 89 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:40.240 per game. That's one of the big differences, and it can be attributed 90 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:44.680 to the lack of hitting, in particular with runners in scoring position the last 91 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:47.519 eleven games. We talked about it last night, but the last eleven games, 92 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:51.720 opportunities to knock in a run the Doctors are two for one hundred and 93 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:56.639 two, make that twenty for one hundred and two. That comes out to 94 00:05:56.720 --> 00:06:00.279 just a one ninety six batting average. So they're getting guys on, but 95 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:03.560 they're not able to knock them in as consistently as they were maybe about three 96 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:06.839 weeks ago. And we've seen this a number of times before with Mookie Betz. 97 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:11.120 If he goes hitless for a few games, somebody pays the price down 98 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:14.480 the stretch where he has three four hits in a game. Now, he 99 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:17.519 has been struggling over his last twenty fourth match. His last six games he 100 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:21.519 has won for twenty four. That one was a home run back on Sunday 101 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:26.920 against the Rockies at Dodger Stadium. But still he has not been productive on 102 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:29.480 this road trip at all. Yeah, five games without a base hit, 103 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:32.199 and he looked at show Hey Otani. The last ten games, he's hitting 104 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:35.120 just under the Mendoza line. If you look at ti Oscar her name. 105 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:40.120 This is going to be batting in the number four position tonight. Last seven 106 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:43.879 games, he's three for twenty nine, So we'll see some different faces in 107 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:47.360 there tonight, including Austin Barnes will do the catching a breather for Will Smith. 108 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:50.240 He'll be back in there tomorrow night, opening game of that series in 109 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:55.319 New York against the Yankees. Vargas in left, Ky k Hernaniz starting at 110 00:06:55.360 --> 00:07:00.319 third base, and Miguel Rojas will be at second base tonight against the left 111 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:03.439 hander. Faltered thought maybe, just maybe Will Smith would be in the lineup 112 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:06.920 against the left because he's been crushing them lately, but he does have the 113 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:11.160 night off, and then he'll be back in there against the Yankees in New 114 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:14.759 York tomorrow. Pirates are twenty nine and thirty two. They are six and 115 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:17.959 a half back of the division leading Milwaukee Brewers. They're in fourth place currently 116 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:21.959 in the Central Division. The Dodgers, meantime, are seven games up and 117 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:27.240 in first place over the Padres in the National League West at thirty eight and 118 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:31.439 twenty five thirteen above five hundred Walker Bueller against Bailey Falter. That's the pitching 119 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:34.800 matchup tonight. First pitch not that far away, Tim all right? Thank 120 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:38.839 you guys as we call you down to first pitch. Dodger fans, get 121 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:43.079 your GameDay meal on and Shaky's Pizza Parlor. What are your Shaky's Pizza, 122 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:46.519 Chicken and Mojo's right now at Shakys dot com. Coming up here on Dodgers 123 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:49.399 on Deck, you'll hear from the Dodger manager Dave Roberts. We'll check in 124 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:53.959 with David Vassa. Of course throughout the show at Penac Marco go one on 125 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:56.959 one with Jason Heyward. We'll break down this pitch. He match up yet 126 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:01.560 another Southern California arm on the mound for them, the Pirates three straight games 127 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:05.839 the Dodgers have faced that of next So your otani rewind and we'll visit with 128 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:09.360 Kirsten Watson. So he leaves up to first pitch in Pittsburg. Dodgers and 129 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:13.120 Pirates they trivening with us on this Thursday. I'm Tim Kayson's Los Angeles Dodgers 130 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:20.639 audio note it's Lorongo Casino Dodgers on Dodgers on Deck. Y'all on the official 131 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:26.439 home of La Dodgers Baseball, Dodgers and Pirates on this Thursday afternoon, final 132 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:31.240 game of this three game series from Pittsburgh Walker Bueler Bailey Falter. The pitching 133 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:39.200 matchup. First pitch coming up at three forty. This is the Otani three. 134 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:41.840 Why KIE's gonna take off with this pitch? Connor Joe the first basement 135 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:46.600 backs off. There goes rookie. This Paul swung on hammer to centerfield in 136 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:50.559 deep so Winsky back to the track. He's to the Wall's got a home 137 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:56.240 run. Show hell Tney pitch it out and the Dodgers on the board at 138 00:08:56.320 --> 00:09:01.039 seven to two for show Hey, home run number fifteen as he got a 139 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:07.480 fastball at one hundred plus right down the middle and he absolutely crushed it. 140 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:13.080 Here's a one one and o'tania reps it in the right field of base hiit. 141 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:16.440 Taylor's gonna have to stop at second base. The ball was hit so 142 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:20.759 hard. Typically, if a ball's hit in that area on the ground, 143 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:24.559 you're gonna go first to third. But that ball was just smashed by Otani. 144 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:28.639 Showey Otani yesterday base hit, two run home run. He goes two 145 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:31.519 for five now, hitting three twenty two on this season. By the way, 146 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:35.360 his fifteenth home run of the year that Otani rewin brought to by Eto 147 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:39.519 in Oyo, Japan's number one green to you available at your local Diso stores, 148 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:45.679 Amazon and eto in dot dot com. That's it O e N dot 149 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:50.879 com. This is Kirston's Corner with Kirston Watson. Hey Kirson now joins us 150 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:54.600 from PNC Park. Heirson, this is the Dodgers team that won five of 151 00:09:54.759 --> 00:10:00.440 six going into Pittsburgh. But here we are a game away from being swept 152 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:03.440 out of PNC Park. The Dodgers need a win tonight. Yeah, they 153 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:07.159 do. And even Dave Roberts when he was talking to the media this afternoon, 154 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:11.480 he said, like, look, as much as this is going to 155 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:15.200 be a good matchup, Walker Buler is going to take the mound. Hopefully 156 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:18.039 he can get things going early and set the tone. We did see the 157 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:22.480 offense. As much as the Pirates outscored them, the Dodgers did out hit 158 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:26.240 them last night. So you know, the offense was showing really good signs 159 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:28.679 of life last night, so hopefully they can keep that going. But ultimately 160 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:33.480 today is a must win. And even with I just actually was talking to 161 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:37.840 Anthony Vonda just a couple of minutes ago about kind of his transition to the 162 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:41.080 team, but also just what he's been seeing from the group as of late, 163 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:43.399 and he said that, you know, I asked about the vibe in 164 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:46.919 the clubhouse right now, having already lost the series but still being in a 165 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:50.440 position in which you're avoiding the sweep, and he said, you know, 166 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:54.080 this clubhouse they understand it. You know, there's not any panic or anything 167 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:58.519 like that, but they understand they need to get the job done today and 168 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:01.440 everyone a happy flight to New York. So it's going to be a late 169 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:05.679 one tonight, but hopefully, you know, they can get things going early 170 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:11.000 offensively and put up some really clean innings from the pitching standpoint and get into 171 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:15.440 New York City in a series against the Yankees on a good note. Let's 172 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:16.799 hope. So. Brought to you by Cars for Kids Kirsten Now, Joine, 173 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:20.240 is the easiest way to get rid of your old car. Donate today 174 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:24.080 and your car could be picked up tomorrow. Donate now at Carsfurkids dot org. 175 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:28.919 That's Cars with a K Walker. Bueller, he's back, but he's 176 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:33.720 still trying to get back on track. Yeah, he's someone who he was 177 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:37.080 really honest with us. After every outing with his media, he's been very 178 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:39.639 transparent, but really after the last game. He was saying, you know, 179 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:43.559 his body is in a good spot physically. There are times where he 180 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:46.000 is executing his pitches, he's getting the results that he wants, but there's 181 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:50.000 just a little bit of inconsistency with that, and so that's what's led to 182 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:54.480 some of his frustration, is he's not getting the results that he wants to 183 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:58.480 be seeing and the results that he's used to seeing pre surgery. So I 184 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:03.039 think for him it's just kind of navigating through that side. Dave robertson the 185 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:07.559 organization has talked about, you know, he is coming off of not playing 186 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:11.000 for a while, a major surgery, a second Tommy John, all of 187 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:15.080 that. So there is a level of patience that he that the team of 188 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:18.759 course is having with him. But when it comes to today, Dave said, 189 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:20.720 he's gonna have to be that stopper. He's gonna have to go out 190 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:24.639 there and execute his pitches. Dave has felt like he has really seen signs 191 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:28.720 in which the stuff is there. It's just it's going in and it's coming 192 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:31.559 out. So it's a matter of being more consistent with it. So, 193 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:35.200 yes, it's gonna take time, and they understand that and they do believe 194 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:39.720 he's really close to kind of being where he wants to be. But today, 195 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:41.000 you know, Dave said, look, you got to read the room 196 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:45.240 sometimes, and this is a game in which he's going to have to be 197 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:48.360 that stopper. Like I said, He's gonna have to execute his pitches and 198 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:50.360 hopefully he can get some run support to help kind of, you know, 199 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:54.480 lessen the burden, if that makes sense. But then it's also Walker Bueler, 200 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:56.000 and so he's a competitor. He knows what he needs to do. 201 00:12:56.799 --> 00:13:01.120 So hopefully go out there and be electric with staph today. Let's hope then 202 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:03.480 get a little momentum heading into New York this weekend. Kierson, we appreciate 203 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:07.440 it still to come here. I'm Wrongo Causino Dodgers on deck, will dive 204 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:11.320 deeper into this pitching matchup. Another Southern California kid facing the Dodgers in this 205 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:16.360 series in Pittsburgh. David vassegoes one on one with Jason Hayward of Next we'll 206 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:18.960 get you an injury report and we'll hear from the manager Dave Roberts. It's 207 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:22.600 the Dodgers and Pirates from Pittsburgh on this Thursday. First pitch of three forty. 208 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:31.000 I'm sim KATESUS Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network. This is Morongo Cassino Dodgers 209 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:39.039 Hunting game on your home for LA Dodgers Baseball, Dodgers and Pirates. Final 210 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:41.519 game of the three game series from Pittsburgh. Then it's off to New York 211 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:46.480 with a three game weekend said against the Yankees. Walker viewer Bailey Falter the 212 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:50.559 pitching matchup, first pitch coming up at three forty. Dodgers fans enhance your 213 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:54.799 listening experience by downloading the iHeartRadio app and listening in HD. It's all powered 214 00:13:54.960 --> 00:14:01.120 by LA Care Health Plans serving all Angelinos Lacare. It's the final game of 215 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:05.399 this three game set as the Dodgers hope to avoid getting swept by the Pittsburgh 216 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:09.639 Pirates for the first time since twenty fifteen. But first, let's get you 217 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:15.799 an injury report. He's the LA Dodgers Injury Report. Where's it about? 218 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:20.120 UCLA Health official medical partner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Max Munsey on the 219 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:22.879 ILT, the oblique injury, Joe Kelly, Ryan Brazier, Bobby Miller all 220 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:26.639 on the IL. Bobby Miller will be pitching this weekend. Tomorrow night. 221 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:30.519 In fact, at Oklahoma City, Clayton Kershaw, Bruce Dark gratterol Tony Gonsolin 222 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:33.679 does to may All in the sixty dail Kyle Hurt as well, but he 223 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:37.159 too is pitching tomorrow in Okay. See, let's head back to Pittsburgh and 224 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:43.039 check out with the Dodger Skipper. Any questions for Dave Dave? Can you 225 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:48.440 just describe Dave? Can you talk about the pressure in the dugouts with Dave 226 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:58.240 Roberts. I think that each outing there's been things to pull from a couple. 227 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:00.519 You know, you've put it all, he's put it on together. 228 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:07.360 I think that you know, the foundation of the arm strength, that the 229 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:11.840 durability, the ability to kind of sustain a game, you know, get 230 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:16.000 through six or seven in's, I think is there. The execution has been 231 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:20.879 in and out. I think today lines up really good for him. You 232 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:26.639 know, certainly reading the room, we need him to be a stopper tonight 233 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:33.559 and with that obviously comes the offensive performance. But as far as on the 234 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:37.039 run prevention side, you know, Walker's got to be good tonight. We've 235 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:41.519 got a rested pen and that we should do a good job of preventing runs 236 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:43.799 and then now we just got to go score more runs than those guys. 237 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:48.200 Yeah, with him expressing just like some frustration and kind of his performance, 238 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:52.360 and do you have to kind of remind him just be patients that you guys 239 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:56.639 have with him, or just is there a conversation that you guys gonna have 240 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:58.919 to have a a player like him right now. I've talked to him about 241 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:03.919 it, and I think that this is still a process. But I still 242 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:08.960 stand by the fact that, you know, appreciating where we're at to try 243 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:15.879 to avoid getting swept, you know, appreciating that it's still a process. 244 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:19.679 The expectation is still to be very good tonight and help us want a ball 245 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:22.600 game. So yeah, there's gonna be some things that he's going to continue 246 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:26.960 to get better at, and he will as time goes on, but for 247 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:30.279 tonight, you know, we've got to put it all together and be good 248 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:33.240 tonight. All right, there's Dave Roberts. Yeah, any Walker Bueler to 249 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:37.759 be the stopper tonight. Dave Roberts down the dugout brought to you by Surface 250 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:40.440 Titan. He is a Titan in his own right, and he's got a 251 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:44.720 plan before his team hits the field. 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This is Dodger insider David Basse. All 261 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:34.880 right, DV Mookie Betts. It's no secret he's in a slump. But 262 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:40.960 why yeah, one hit in his last twenty four at bats. That was 263 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:44.839 a home run back at Dodgers Stadium. In the last one hundred and fifty 264 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:48.920 at bats, Tim, he is slugging in the mid three hundreds, and 265 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:52.920 that is a great departure from what we saw last year as Mookie hit thirty 266 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:57.480 nine home runs while this year he's only on pace for twenty two home runs. 267 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:03.160 When Dave Roberts asked about the reason, he believes it's a lazy quote 268 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:07.960 take for you to just point at him playing shortstop, because at some point 269 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:11.839 in time he was going to go through a slump in the season, and 270 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:17.039 he believes that and was prepared for the fact when he did go into a 271 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:22.279 slump that people would point to Mookie Betts being worn down by playing shortstop. 272 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:26.599 But he's not ruling it out, but he's also not conceding that's the issue. 273 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:30.839 And I asked him whether or not there's a tell sign to all that, 274 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:33.039 and he didn't seem to really have an answer. But he's going to 275 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:40.240 wait for a bigger sample size to make any sort of proclamation for the reason 276 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:45.039 why Mooki has gone into a little bit of a power outage here. But 277 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:48.880 the fact is Muki had a great start to the year, and even with 278 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:53.200 this slump in the last twenty something games, his ops is over nine hundred. 279 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:56.279 So we saw that last year, we saw it the year before. 280 00:18:57.079 --> 00:19:03.279 Mooki is an inconcit distant hitter. He has high highs and sometimes the valleys 281 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:07.880 are low, and honestly, in the month of May his low was not 282 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:11.920 as low as it was at times the previous two years. David is driven 283 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:15.559 by the Ford F Series, America's best selling truck for forty seven years in 284 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:19.599 counting. Ford gives you freedom of choice gas hybrid electric. Head to your 285 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:25.440 Southern California Ford dealers and find yours Ford F Series built tough show. Hey 286 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:30.359 Otani did something last night DV He's never done before. Right there, there's 287 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:36.440 even a baseball card tops just produced in the last hour or so of Paul 288 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:41.480 Skeens versus Show, Hey O'tani? Well the home run Otani hit off of 289 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:47.480 Skiens last night. His second at bat was clocked at one hundred miles point 290 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:51.839 one miles an hour, So one hundred point one miles an hour from Skiings 291 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:57.039 and that was the first time in Otani's major league career he has ever hit 292 00:19:57.079 --> 00:20:02.920 a fastball for all home home run coming at one hundred plus miles an hour. 293 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:06.279 Hard to believe, but last night was the first time. Love those 294 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:11.359 tops now baseball cards that to recreate the action Fret blog. Yeah, absolutely, 295 00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:15.880 Uh Dodgers and the Pirates DV. What is it about the Bucos? 296 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:19.640 They just keep beating the Dodgers. You know, it's funny. I got 297 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:23.839 a text from a former Dodger, and not too former of a Dodger that 298 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:30.880 lived through some of those Dodgers struggles against the Pirates and coming into the game 299 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:36.759 tonight. Since twenty twenty one, the Dodgers are just five and ten against 300 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:41.559 the Pirates, and here at P and C Park are just two and six 301 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:45.240 against the Pirates. I don't know what to say. And that's the record 302 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:49.359 since twenty twenty two, five and ten against Pittsburgh, two and six here 303 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:55.640 at P and C Park, And yeah, I guess even former Dodgers are 304 00:20:55.720 --> 00:21:00.200 still traumatized by the lowly Pirates, who could be the second team in the 305 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:06.240 last two weeks that are sub five hundred to sweep a three game series from 306 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:10.680 the Dodgers. The last one was another in now Central team, the Cincinnati 307 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:14.119 Reds on the last road trip. All right, he's what the Dodgers before 308 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:17.000 they headed to New York. That's right. Hopefully that does not happen to 309 00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:18.799 night time now to pick the ponies for the Dodge of Derby DV. We're 310 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:23.680 looking at tomorrow's sixth race at San Ania sixth rate six and a half furlongs. 311 00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:26.240 Currently it's an eight horse race. Who do you like, DV. 312 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:32.240 I'm going with the number three horse, Peaceful Waters, Peaceful Waters. I'll 313 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:37.000 go with Top Gun Tommy, the number eight horse, Top Gun Tommy. 314 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:38.160 Good luck to you, DV. We'll check back with you in just a 315 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:42.720 couple of minutes. As Santa Anita is open for business Friday, Saturday, 316 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:48.440 and Sunday. Free admission on Friday's weekend admission parking in a program all for 317 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:52.400 just ten dollars with millions of payouts every race day. Explore new track side 318 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:56.359 experiences every weekend at a great race place. Santa Anita dot com. Slash 319 00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:59.119 events coming up here on Dodgers on Deck, we'll hear from Jason heyword but 320 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:03.200 up NeXT's magical moment Dodgers Pirates first pitch at three forty. I'm Tim Kass, 321 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:11.200 Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network. As we were saying, this is Marongo 322 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:18.759 Casino. Dodgers on Jack on the official home of La Dodgers Baseball. Dodgers 323 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:22.400 and Pirates wrap up this three game series from Pittsburgh Dodgers need a way to 324 00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:26.400 avoid being swept. Walker Bueler needs to be the stopper. Bailey Falter, 325 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:34.640 We'll go for the buckos first pitch at three forty. Who wants hot? 326 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:42.119 It's time for the Hawfey Magical Moment. Pitch Magical presented by Hawpy Hot Times. 327 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:48.720 June sixth, nineteen ninety four, thirty years ago. Today, the 328 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:56.359 Dodgers taking on the Marlins down in Miami and Mike Piazza at a first I 329 00:22:56.920 --> 00:23:02.200 drive into Jeep Center and I'm I mean where. It's four thirty four and 330 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:10.160 it's gone a Grand Slam home run to the deepest part of the ballpark and 331 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:15.799 the Dodgers take a four to two leads. I'll tell you what to you, 332 00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:18.920 the pitching coach, you gotta say, the gardener, you deserve it. 333 00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:26.200 When you walk both Butler and Eddie Pie, especially Pie, and you 334 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:30.400 wind up pitching the Piazza, you gotta expect to get hurt. But wow, 335 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:34.039 did he hit it. 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I'm Tim Kays's Los Angeles Dodgers Audio network is Lourento Casino, Dodgers 345 00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:25.839 on Dodgers on Deck. Y'all on the official home of LA Dodgers Baseball, 346 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:30.599 Dodgers and Pirates from Pittsburgh Dodgers fans. Start your future. The California Community 347 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:34.079 College Financial Aid is available to help you with tuition, books, and sometimes 348 00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:37.079 even the rent. It's time to take that next big step. Classes can 349 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:41.799 fill up quickly, so enrolled today that I can go to college dot com 350 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:48.880 and now joined by David Basseying, Here's LA Dodgers broadcaster there and World Series 351 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:53.880 champion Dodger Rick Monday. Rick, as we overlooked the Clemente Bridge here at 352 00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:59.480 PNC Park. I haven't asked you in the previous two pregame shows if you 353 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:03.599 ever cross paths with the great Roberto Clemente. Actually I did. My first 354 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:07.759 year coming to the National League from the American League was in Chicago with the 355 00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:14.000 Cobs nineteen seventy two. That happened to be Roberto Clemente's final season, and 356 00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:18.680 we played them late in the years my recollection and then Dwayne McDonald, producer 357 00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:22.400 engineer. He's like the mister fix It of baseball. If you have a 358 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:26.119 question, he can find the answer to it. And it was in the 359 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:32.759 middle of September that the Pirates came into Chicago and one thing I remember David 360 00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:37.680 is that he hit one line drive to center field and I broke back on 361 00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:40.799 the ball. And we're playing at Wrigley Field day game. Obviously there were 362 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:42.480 no lights at that particular time, and I thought that ball was going to 363 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:45.680 be near the wall and I broke back on the ball. I turned around 364 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:49.519 to where I thought the ball was going to be a hit to to catch 365 00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:53.599 it and the ball was hit so hard with top spin, it landed. 366 00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:57.799 It was like a pitcher thrown a sinker. It landed just about where I 367 00:25:57.839 --> 00:26:03.640 had exited the area he was hit so hard. But I remember how he 368 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:10.599 played the game with such elegance and how everyone respected the man, and you 369 00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:14.480 know that was and then we lost, and we lost a terrific person. 370 00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:17.559 Had to be an outstanding player. But I lost a terrific person as he 371 00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:19.880 was trying to help others, no doubt, Rick. And as far as 372 00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:25.200 the Dodger connection goes, I guess you could put that under the one that 373 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:29.000 got away because he was in the Dodgers minor league system. Tim Nebert and 374 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:33.039 I talked about last night. I brought up the fact that he was he 375 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:37.359 was with the Dodgers and under contract with the Dodgers, but he got through 376 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:41.480 with a rule five ye a draft. So it's one of those things. 377 00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:44.240 Since you dropped the name on me, I'm gonna drop a name on you. 378 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:48.039 I doubt if you recognize the name. But after I mentioned the name 379 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:51.759 and explain, there'd be a lot of us that may have smiles on our 380 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:56.480 face. The name is Carl Stole's st L z does it ring a bell 381 00:26:56.519 --> 00:27:00.640 at all? It does not. It should. Here's the reason why. 382 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:06.119 It was on this date that Carl Stoles had a dream that he fulfilled, 383 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:11.319 and it was starting little League on this date. And he started with Lundy 384 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:18.480 Lumbert defeated ly like Hombing Derry in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The score was twenty 385 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:22.039 three to eight. That means nothing to anyone except it was on this date 386 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:29.920 that Carl Stoles started the Little League program, and his idea was teamwork, 387 00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:36.240 to form concepts of sportsmanship, fair play and teamwork. And for those of 388 00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:40.440 us that happened to play and reaped the benefits of Little League, it was 389 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:44.640 Carl Stoles on this date, nineteen thirty nine. Maybe some of these over 390 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:48.000 zealous parents I see at little League field should be reminded, you know, 391 00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:51.839 one of those difficult things of a youth program not the kids, it's the 392 00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:56.480 parents, and the parents need to realize, along with some of the coaches, 393 00:27:56.240 --> 00:28:00.480 that the program designed for the kids, not for them. Okay, 394 00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:03.960 here's something for you, Rick. With this year round travel ball that's gone 395 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:07.960 around and grown into a monster of its own, what advice would you give 396 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:12.119 to a parent that has a young boy or girl that plays Little league. 397 00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:18.519 Now, I don't know all the intricacies of travel ball, but I'm not 398 00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:26.440 a gigantic fan of it overall. When it's just constant this, I truly 399 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:30.119 believe in retrospect. I truly believe that playing a lot of different sports if 400 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:33.319 you're interested, not being forced, but if you're interested, I think help 401 00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:37.519 you overall develop your motor skills and give you a better insight and maybe even 402 00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:41.599 a better appreciation for one sport versus the other. I say that because I 403 00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:45.480 grew up with some guys. It was before travel ball. But I know 404 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:48.119 how some of the guys played on different teams and different teams and different teams, 405 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:51.839 and that's all well and good. But I know a couple of guys 406 00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:55.920 that were maybe the best players that I played against in Little league and in 407 00:28:56.000 --> 00:29:00.559 Pony League and in American legue in baseball, that they burned out very very 408 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:03.559 quickly, and they had nothing to do with baseball, and they could have 409 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:06.920 gone on. In my estimation, I saw a lot of guys that could 410 00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:11.319 have gone to very good universities, maybe on scholarships, to play the game. 411 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:14.279 Well, you're a great example of that. At Santa Monica High School. 412 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:17.799 You weren't just a baseball player. You were a basketball player too. 413 00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:21.279 Yeah, if I'm not mistaken, I played football and occasionally would run a 414 00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:26.920 track an event here in an event there also participated something was called at the 415 00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:30.759 time, and it was held at the La Coliseum, the Junior Olympics, 416 00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:37.240 and I ran the four forty relay in the Junior Olympics at the coliseum along 417 00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:41.039 with then it was the broad jump now it's the long jump and finished in 418 00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:42.880 the top three in that category. And when you were done, you went 419 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:48.119 surfing in the Santa Monica Bay. Yeah. Our biggest decision, our biggest 420 00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:51.480 decision in Santa Monica High School is when we had the two a day practices 421 00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:55.720 for football. In that break, that two or three hour break, if 422 00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:59.960 we would stop at this one root beer place on the way to the beach 423 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:03.240 or on the way back from the beach, that was our biggest decision at 424 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:07.359 the time, toughest high school decision right there. Yeah, it'll be a 425 00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:08.599 tough decision on the plane too. Do I hear you? Do? I 426 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:12.680 sit next to you? Do? I sent a long way away from you? 427 00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:15.559 Love it, Rick, We'll all come bother you either way. Oh, 428 00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:18.160 I'd look forward to it. Thanks, I'll send it back to you 429 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:21.680 in the studio. Tim all right, Thanks lot guys. Dodgers Baseball is 430 00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:23.839 brought to you by Speedy Catch, official sponsor of every LA Weekend. Find 431 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:29.000 out more Speedy Cash dot Com or stop in in LA Area Speedy Cash Store. 432 00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:30.319 Still to come here on Dodgers on Deck, we'll get you a preview 433 00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:33.519 this pitching matchup we'rick. We'll be back with Tim Neverert right before first pitch 434 00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:37.319 and gets you those keys in the game. But up next we go high 435 00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:41.119 in time with Jason Hayward Dodgers Pirates. First pitch coming up at three forty. 436 00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:48.559 I'm Tim Kas's Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network. This is Wrongo Cassino Dodgers 437 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:56.279 Hunts on your home for LA Dodgers Baseball. Dodgers Empirates wrap up this three 438 00:30:56.279 --> 00:31:00.799 game series from PNC Park Walker Buehler, Bailey Falter. The pitching match Stotler's 439 00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:03.960 Baseball is presented by Children's Hospital Los Angeles. 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And last night, Jason Hayward did that. 446 00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:34.519 Man, you were an inspiration last night, the way you just kept 447 00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:41.279 playing and the team almost came back to complete the comeback, no no doubt. 448 00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:45.200 One one at bat at a time, one pitch at a time, 449 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:49.160 one player at a time. It's uh, you know, it's fun to 450 00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:52.240 compete. You know, they played a really good game. They got off 451 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:56.799 to a nice start, and we kept having abs and our bullpen did a 452 00:31:56.880 --> 00:32:02.680 very nice job coming in. Sounds like you're quoting Creed the movie Creed, 453 00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:07.519 because that's what Rocky would tell Adonis. One step at a time, one 454 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:12.799 punch at a time, one round at a time. I've seen it, 455 00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:15.240 but I did not even think anything about that. But you know, I 456 00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:20.359 think like that's you know a big part of games like that one when you 457 00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:22.839 go down early, it's like you know, one thing at a time, 458 00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:25.559 control what you can. You know, no different from any other game, 459 00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:29.880 but still, like literally you have to lock in and buy in, you 460 00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:31.680 know, to that. I thought we did a pretty good job against their 461 00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:36.279 starter. He made pitches, but we had a B's you know, good 462 00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:39.359 AB's team. AB's put us from runs and like I said, Bullpen came 463 00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:44.319 into a nice job. They out slowed this last night. Jason, do 464 00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:46.799 you feel like you're starting to get into the rhythm of the season. Obviously 465 00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:51.079 it was stopped because of the back injury, but do you feel like you're 466 00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:53.440 starting to get back into the rhythm. Yeah, definitely, I would say 467 00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:57.039 so. And you know, in my mind, the rhythm is all about 468 00:32:57.039 --> 00:33:00.720 adjusting, you know, one day at a time, take what you got, 469 00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:02.799 focus on what you do have, not what you don't. Go compete. 470 00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:06.240 So yeah, it's nice to be back in the floor of that, 471 00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:09.079 you know, knowing my role right now is kind of be ready for whatever 472 00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:13.119 it's always been that, you know with this group. But you know, 473 00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:16.119 still it's just nice to be focused on the day to day and you take 474 00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:19.799 care of what I can take care of and you know, compete with our 475 00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:22.200 guys. How would you take inventory of where you guys are at as a 476 00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:27.279 team. Right now. We are playing the schedule. We're playing the schedule 477 00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:32.440 and you know, competing every day. What I do love is that you 478 00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:36.119 know, our thoughts and vibes are like, you know, we do this 479 00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:37.920 together. You know, ups, downs, all that kind of stuff, 480 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:42.200 and you know it's all a part of it. You know. I'm I'm 481 00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:46.039 happy to be honest to see us like needing to figure things out right, 482 00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:52.240 need to make adjustments, be aware of the details that we you know, 483 00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:54.680 have to adjust to, whether it's on the fly or on one day at 484 00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:59.200 a time. And then you know, over the one sixty two. I 485 00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:01.240 like what that, you know, the opportunity that gives us as a group 486 00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:07.200 because obviously you know again like the cares, they're the work ethics there. 487 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:09.800 But it's also nice to know, like waging it to end network and uh, 488 00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:13.239 that's that's why I really like about right now. No matter how the 489 00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:16.679 stretches, is it fair to say that offensively or as a group, you 490 00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:22.079 guys are experiencing more adversity than you did at any point in time during the 491 00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:28.280 regular season last year. I have no idea. I mean, I think 492 00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:32.199 when I say that meaning like schedules or schedules like sometimes you line up you 493 00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:37.039 get everybody's best. Sometimes you catch one of their best and and get another. 494 00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:39.760 You know, we'll see how you know, the rest of us have 495 00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:44.760 finishes out. We'll see how the second have goats like. But at the 496 00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:47.599 same time, I think that's that's great with competition, is getting everyone's best 497 00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:52.000 and teams going forward, so they want to do their best to line things 498 00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:55.519 up that way. But all in all, you know, missing months is 499 00:34:55.639 --> 00:35:00.079 very tough, you know, me not being here for you know, that 500 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:04.519 amount of games was tough for our balance and whatnot. So if anything, 501 00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:07.280 I just think like the reality is like, yeah, it's fair to say 502 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:12.280 you're trying to cover you know, more things at once than what we had 503 00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:15.880 to go through at any point last year health wise. But that's that's the 504 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:17.920 name of the game, you know. It's how you handle injuries, how 505 00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:22.639 you handle depth and make up slack for things like that. But no, 506 00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:28.440 all in all, you have to you know, understand like sometimes the offense 507 00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:30.119 is going to be there, the pitching's going to have a tough game sometime, 508 00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:32.320 the pitching's going to be amazing, and the offense is not going to 509 00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:37.119 be there, but you keep pushing and you fight like hell to have that 510 00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:38.800 all line up. Jay, thanks a lot for the time. I love 511 00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:43.440 the respect your teammates have for you. You've earned that respect and they certainly 512 00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:45.000 show that. So thank you for the time. And we'll see on the 513 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:47.760 plane tonight. I appreciate you, Bro. We'll have a good flight there. 514 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:51.239 He is the man, Jason Hayward. We'll send it back to you 515 00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:52.320 in the studio. Tim, all right, thanks a lot. DV Dodgers 516 00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:55.519 Baseball is brought to you by Shakey's Pizza. It's the official pizza partner of 517 00:35:55.599 --> 00:36:00.039 the Dodgers Audio broadcast. When it's game day, it's group day, he 518 00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.559 said. Dot Com, we're leading you up to first pitch, Dodgers and 519 00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:05.760 Pirates from Pittsburgh up next. We'll dive deeper this pitching matchup. Don't go 520 00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:12.119 anywhere. I'm Tim Kates's Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network. This is Marongo Casino, 521 00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:19.360 Dodgers on dead on your home for the Blue all season long. Dodgers 522 00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:23.480 and Pirates from Pittsburgh. First pitch coming up at three forty and now before 523 00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:28.239 the Dodgers hit the dining. We look at the pitching matchup. How's it 524 00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:32.360 about your Southern California Toyota Dealers turn your trail dominating off roading dreams into a 525 00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:36.840 reality at an all new twenty twenty four Tacoma. See your Toyota dealer today. 526 00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:39.280 They make it easy. Bailey Falter on the mound three and two three, 527 00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:43.559 twenty two era. Third day in a row, the Dodgers are facing 528 00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:45.880 a Southern California kid. Twenty two year old left channer at a Chino Hills 529 00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:50.239 fifth round pick of the Phillies in twenty fifteen, made his major league debut 530 00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:52.159 in twenty one with the Phillies, traded to the Pirates at the deadline last 531 00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:55.840 year. Making his twelve start this season last time out six shutout innings, 532 00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:59.920 two hit, five strikeouts and a no decision against the Blue Jays. He's 533 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:02.079 making his second career appearance and first start against the Dodgers. His only other 534 00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:07.039 appearance came against the Dodgers in twenty one at Dodgers Stadium, when he was 535 00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:10.840 his second career appearance in the big leagues. He went three innings in relief 536 00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:14.440 in a Phillies three to one loss. He is two and O by the 537 00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:17.639 way at PNC Park this year two fifty six ERA seventeen strikeouts and holding new 538 00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:22.920 opponents to a one eighty four batting average. Walker Buehler on the mound for 539 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:25.199 the Dodgers one in three four to thirty two ERA, twenty nine year old 540 00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:30.119 right hitder, making his six starts since returning from Tommy John surgery last time 541 00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:31.760 out, six innings, four runs, six hits, seven strikeouts, four 542 00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:36.840 walks in a loss to the Colorado Rockies. Three career starts against the Pirates, 543 00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:39.840 he's two and zero with a two thirty seven ERA fifteen strikeouts in nineteen 544 00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:44.199 innings. Both of his wins came at PNC Park, where he's got a 545 00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:50.280 sub one ERA flowing one run over thirteen innings. Walker Buehler Bailey Falter out 546 00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:54.199 at Chino Hills. Dodgers Pirates were fifteen minutes away for first pitch keys to 547 00:37:54.239 --> 00:38:01.159 the game. Our next of Tim Kason's Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Howork as we 548 00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:08.119 were saying yes is Marongo Casino Dodgers on jack on the official home of La 549 00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:16.559 Dodgers Baseball. Dodgers Empirates, Walker Bueller, Bailey Falter the pitching matchup Dodgers 550 00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:22.239 fans and hansher listening experience by downloading the iHeartRadio app and listening in HD powered 551 00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:27.239 by la Care Health Plan serving all Angelino's lacare dot org. Before first pitch, 552 00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:30.159 we head back out to the booth Rick Monday, Tim never guys, 553 00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:31.800 Ahi, Tim, thank you very much. We count you down to the 554 00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:35.880 first pitch of the third and final game here in Pittsburgh. This year, 555 00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:39.039 the Dodgers zero and two in this series. They were shut out, won 556 00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:44.480 nothing in Game one, losing ten to six last night. But tonight different 557 00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:47.039 night, and Walker Bueller, coming off back to back starts in which he 558 00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:52.960 is not won through a season high ninety two pitches against Colorado last Friday, 559 00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:55.559 came away with a loss. So Bueller is due to have a good outing 560 00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:59.400 and he hopes that he can put one together here tonight. I think just 561 00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:01.880 trying to put things together, including the delivery iron things out. He's not 562 00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:06.079 been happy with it. In the first inning has been problematic for Walker Buehler, 563 00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:09.880 with the batting average of over four hundred in the first inning that he 564 00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:14.480 has faced the opposing hitters. So one thing about it, he gets the 565 00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:16.320 ball over the plate, he's got a high percentage to strike outs. Hopefully 566 00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:21.199 that's the case tonight. And for the Dodger hitters, they have to figure 567 00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:23.840 out Bailey Falter a couple of notes very very quickly. First of all, 568 00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:28.679 Falter, in particular right handed batters, he's trying to run the ball in 569 00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:32.039 on their hands and hitters have not really been able to get on top of 570 00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:36.360 that elevated fastball. So the Dodgers have some work to do and figure him 571 00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:39.320 out early. A couple of pitching injury notes for the Dodgers. Tomorrow. 572 00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:44.719 It'll be another rehab start for Bobby Miller, should be his last rehab start 573 00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:47.400 before he joins the rotation in a little less than a week. And also 574 00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:52.639 a Kyle Hurt will pitch in a rehab game tomorrow. Tomorrow. Also, 575 00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:58.239 Clayton Kershaw will have a two inning SIM game in Rancho Cucamonga. Again, 576 00:39:58.280 --> 00:40:00.840 it's not in the minor league game. It's going to be early in the 577 00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:04.599 afternoon aside from everything, just to clarify that, but he's going out to 578 00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:07.960 Rancho to pitch against some of those guys from the Quakes tomorrow. So we 579 00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:12.400 should have a report over the weekend on the progress of Clayton Kershawn when he 580 00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:15.960 may be ready to make that next step and get out and face more hitters. 581 00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:21.840 Meantime, we get you set Pirates Dodgers Game three coming up from Pittsburgh. 582 00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:23.639 Tim, all right, don't forget when this game is over, I'll 583 00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:28.119 be back with all the postgame festivities. That's right, getaway day for the 584 00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:31.280 Dodgers as they head to New York to take on the Yankees. I'll have 585 00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:37.840 Dodger talk as well. First pitch from Pittsburgh is next. Walker Buehler on 586 00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:40.599 the mound for the Dodgers. Bailey Falt out at Chino Hills. We'll go 587 00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:44.559 for the Pirates. First pitch is next. 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