WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.480 --> 00:00:06.480 One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles 2 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:06.919 that they have. 3 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:10.199 This team is really becoming a family. Let's not play 4 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:11.720 one on Tom. Let's wind it. 5 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:14.119 I love writing me these guys after the show, just 6 00:00:14.119 --> 00:00:14.439 thank you. 7 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:17.440 Give me are your attention, your fire and not a pisson. 8 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:22.239 This is world champion, Dodgers, world championing for a small 9 00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:22.879 soft time. 10 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:24.320 They get a people what they want to die to 11 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:25.960 arow two is special. 12 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:27.359 I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache. 13 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:29.399 One of a con. 14 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:34.320 This ball's gone. You ready to go? Hell time to. 15 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:36.719 The sound grab your phone to get in on the 16 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:40.880 show called eight six six nine eighty seven two five seven. 17 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:41.399 And go to the show. 18 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:45.359 And now your host of Dodger Talk, David Bassey. 19 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:51.479 What a game, what a homestand this has been really exciting. 20 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:54.759 The Dodgers get the win tonight, six to five in 21 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:59.679 ten innings over the Mets, thanks to Freddie Freeman's walk off, 22 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:05.120 and some thanks to Brandon Nimo because he really misplayed 23 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:07.760 that ball and it could have been a lot different 24 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:09.640 story if he was able to play it. 25 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:11.760 The way he normally would. 26 00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:14.719 But nonetheless, the Dodgers will take it as they beat 27 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:18.480 the Mets six to five in ten innings. Tanner Scott 28 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:22.000 with the win. He was big. He got through the 29 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:25.719 teeth of the Mets lineup, including Soto and Alonso, in 30 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:29.239 the top of the tenth inning to give Freddie Freeman 31 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.079 and the Dodger offense that chance to win it in 32 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:34.840 the bottom of the tenth inning. A very different story 33 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:38.159 than just twenty four hours ago, as Tanner Scott gave 34 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:40.799 up the go ahead runs in the tenth inning and 35 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:44.599 the Dodgers lost to the Mets last night in extra innings. 36 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:48.239 But the Dodgers fought back. And I have said this 37 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:52.200 all season long, and it's becoming very apparent, and you know, 38 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:56.120 not really breaking news here, but this is the best 39 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:57.400 offense in baseball. 40 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:00.120 And when they're at home and you get. 41 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:03.000 Give them an opportunity to come back with the last 42 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:05.680 at bad of the game, there's a very good chance 43 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:08.719 they're going to deliver. And if they don't, I'll say 44 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:12.199 I've said it before, I'll say it again. You survive 45 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:15.280 the Dodgers more than you beat the Dodgers. But the 46 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:17.800 Mets are a very good team. I would say the 47 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:21.360 Mets and Phillies are the two best teams the Dodgers 48 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:24.919 have played so far this season. I said this last night, 49 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:27.319 and I think we can all agree on this. Yeah, 50 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:30.680 the Yankees have the best record in the American League, 51 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:33.759 but the American League is not very good. And that 52 00:02:33.879 --> 00:02:36.400 was apparent because the Mets are a much better team 53 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:39.960 than what the Yankees are, and the Dodgers have really 54 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:42.719 had to fight in the first two games of this 55 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:46.199 series to even have a chance to win the games. 56 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:51.199 And so far the Dodgers have been able to hang 57 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:54.000 in there with one of the best pitching staffs in 58 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:57.520 all a Major League Baseball. They scored five runs off 59 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:00.680 of Tyler McGill out a long beach, but then after 60 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:03.960 they scored those four runs in the first inning. 61 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:05.039 Tyler McGill. 62 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:08.960 Was able to settle in and mix in his off 63 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:13.159 speed pitches rather than just going heavy fastball, and retired 64 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:17.080 sixteen of the last seventeen batters that he faced. And 65 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:21.439 it reminded me of Tony Gonsolin last Friday night against 66 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:24.759 the Yankees. Gives up four home runs in the first 67 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:28.039 three innings, but hung in there and retired the last 68 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:30.639 nine in a row that he faced to give the 69 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:34.960 Dodgers that opportunity to come back against Max Freed, and 70 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:37.680 that's kind of what Tyler McGill did for the Mets tonight, 71 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:39.960 as they were able to take the lead in the 72 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:44.280 fifth inning thanks to a ground ball that Max Monsey 73 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:47.639 will tell you he should field and the Dodgers would 74 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:50.560 have been out of that inning Instead, it opened the 75 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:53.879 door for the Mets to take the lead four to three. 76 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:58.000 It was Munthsey's ninth era of the season, and certainly 77 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:03.360 nobody felt better and more relief than Max Munsey when 78 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:05.879 he hit his second home run of the game to 79 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:09.719 tie the score in the ninth inning off of Huascar Brazuban, 80 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:13.360 who is trying to close the game because Edwin Diaz 81 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:17.279 had been used in three the last four so the 82 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:20.560 Mets could not go to him again tonight to close 83 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:23.519 the game. Ryan Stanek was not available either. He had 84 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:26.480 been used quite a bit as well, so the Mets 85 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:31.439 bullpen was a little thin, and certainly the Dodgers were 86 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:34.759 in a great position the longer this game went, especially 87 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:38.600 after Munsey tied the game off of Brazabon in the 88 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:42.160 bottom of the ninth inning. Eight six, six, nine seven 89 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:44.279 two five seventy is the phone number. 90 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:45.560 Let's head downstairs. 91 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:48.279 Right now to the Dodger club House to hear from 92 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:52.240 the World Series MVP and tonight's hero Freddie Freeman. 93 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:53.000 Yeah. 94 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:56.040 I mean, honestly, everyone was a big win, but after 95 00:04:56.040 --> 00:04:57.680 the last couple of games, it's it's nice to get 96 00:04:57.680 --> 00:04:58.680 back on the winning of the quiz. 97 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:00.839 The credit to Ben. 98 00:05:01.279 --> 00:05:03.600 That was a huge outing coming in for Kursh and 99 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:06.240 then obviously Max, we wouldn't be in this situation with that. 100 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:08.959 What were you seeing there from Botel in the game. 101 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:10.879 I was just trying to get something up and hopefully 102 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:14.079 hit the ball in the air. Just the main thing 103 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:15.759 was just not ground to a double play, just in 104 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:17.560 case so we can give Taylor a chance if I 105 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:19.120 flew out or something like that. So I'm just trying 106 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:20.839 to get something up and get in the air. You 107 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:23.639 just kind of start reading demo, kind of struggling to 108 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:28.839 find it as you're round on the basest, to be honest, 109 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:31.240 but I was just kind of running and hoping it 110 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:33.319 went out because I knew I hit it high and 111 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:35.399 over there. But I think once you know that, I 112 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:37.000 think we all know what the dudes on the mats 113 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:38.319 of the dugouts. You know it's gonna be hard to 114 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:40.959 hit one out. But I'm just glad to I was 115 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:41.720 able to fall. 116 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:44.519 For you guys line up with you have Max kind 117 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:46.199 of finding the power, that kind of highest. 118 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:48.319 Yeah, I mean, I think Max has been doing this 119 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:50.759 for about a month now, right, He's he's been looking 120 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:54.480 like Max again. So to have him and Andy down 121 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:57.360 there too, and I mean our lineup is pretty deep already, 122 00:05:57.360 --> 00:05:59.800 and you have the guys down there and hay Sung 123 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:02.199 down at the bottom and create havoc down there too. 124 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:04.439 So I think it's just a lot of good things 125 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:07.439 that can happen in the game. We started putting it 126 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:08.160 together lest year. 127 00:06:09.480 --> 00:06:11.160 That's what Freddy Freeman wants to do. 128 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:14.160 He actually told me before the game today, I want 129 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:17.240 to start hitting fly balls again to the opposite field, 130 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:18.000 to left field. 131 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:21.319 Well he did it, and that was a big hit. 132 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:23.959 And look, when Freddy Freeman came to the plate in 133 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:28.160 that situation against who Jose Budo, you felt pretty confident 134 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:31.160 he could get a base hit to score Tommy Edmond 135 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:34.800 from second base. But that ball that Freddie Freeman hit, 136 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:37.360 you know, he just said it. There's been some do 137 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:40.040 and it's been a lot of marine layer laid in 138 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:42.319 the game here at night the last two nights here 139 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:45.399 at Dodgers Stadium, so the ball's not flying the way 140 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:48.560 it would or the way it was even just on 141 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:51.959 the last homestand so last night a lot of balls 142 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:55.959 died late in the game. Sho Hao Tani had to 143 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:58.399 hit a ball one hundred and thirteen miles an hour 144 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:02.040 to get it out, And that's part of what happened 145 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:05.000 there in the tenth inning where Freddie Freeman thought he 146 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:06.879 hit it out, but it turned out to be a 147 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:09.920 walkoff double hitting the warning track at the base of 148 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:12.879 the left field wall. I would say, if you watch 149 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:17.000 that replay, nine out of ten left fielders, nine out 150 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:20.920 of ten times Brandon Nimo probably catches that fly ball. 151 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:24.879 And it's a much different game because Tommy Edmond tags 152 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:27.519 he's at third base with two outs. 153 00:07:28.040 --> 00:07:29.639 Who knows what happens from there. 154 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:33.879 But that was a ball that brandon Nimo got turned 155 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:38.120 around and he just did not know which way to turn, 156 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:42.000 and it was very unusual to see in that situation. 157 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:46.439 And brandon Nimo was outside of the Mets clubhouse just 158 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:49.439 moments ago on SNY and spoke to the media about 159 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:52.240 just what was happening there on that Freddie Freeman walk 160 00:07:52.279 --> 00:07:52.839 off double? 161 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:53.439 Brandon? 162 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:55.240 What happened on that fly ball? 163 00:07:56.560 --> 00:07:59.759 We were played in to try and be able to 164 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:02.759 throw out? Say, you got a base hit, and as 165 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:04.279 soon as you hit it on you, I said, well, 166 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:07.439 put my head down to get back towards the fence. 167 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:09.800 When I put it went over the left shoulder. When 168 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:13.079 I looked looked up, it was still over the left shoulder, 169 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:15.959 And uh, I guess now, am I right? When I 170 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:19.040 was looking over and then I checked the wall real 171 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:20.720 quick and put my eyes back up, and then and 172 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:24.000 moved to the other shoulder. So by that time there's 173 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:29.000 not enough time to recover. So I acted a little 174 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:32.360 bit differently than than what I'm used to. But sometimes 175 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:36.200 that happens in the game. So it was unfortunate. I 176 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:39.279 would have loved and made that play. I have two 177 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:41.440 outs and you know, a chance to get out of 178 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:44.759 there and and go and try again. But you know, 179 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:48.759 unfortunately sometimes that happened. Sometimes the ball doesn't doesn't go 180 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:52.240 the way you think you're not used to, even just 181 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:55.120 the way it was taking it when I looked. When 182 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:58.480 I looked back, it was still over this shoulder. And 183 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:00.879 in the time that I went and I and I 184 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:03.600 took a small glance at the fence to kind of 185 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:06.080 just check where I was, and back it had already 186 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:08.840 gone quite like quite a bit over that way, So 187 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:12.720 that means it had some pretty good side spin, which 188 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:16.240 I know Freddy's balls do that, but I was not 189 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:20.480 obviously prepared for how much that one went at the end. 190 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:25.000 Normally it's it's a more gradual kind of slice for 191 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:30.600 a lefty. That one happened pretty pretty sharply, pretty quickly. So, 192 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:33.240 like I said, by the time I saw it again, 193 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:35.159 it wasn't wasn't there, and it was over the other shoulder, 194 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:36.600 and it was quite a bit away from me. I 195 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:38.879 was probably fifteen feet on the other side of me, 196 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:42.240 so I didn't have enough time to put the foot 197 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:44.919 in the ground and make up the play. 198 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:49.000 All right, there's Brandon Nimo on s n Y explaining 199 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:51.440 just what happened there and how he got so turned 200 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:55.600 around and upside down on that walk off double by 201 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:59.360 Freddie Freeman, who obviously puts a lot of English on 202 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:01.440 the ball and he hits it the other way, and 203 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:04.440 certainly that's just part of it, right, And that's what 204 00:10:04.559 --> 00:10:08.080 makes Freddy so great, and that's why obviously that's his 205 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:11.759 game plan to hit it that way, and certainly that's 206 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:15.720 textbook Freddie Freeman, and he delivers a six to five 207 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:19.159 win for the Dodgers in ten innings. Eight six, six, nine, 208 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:22.240 seven two five. Seventy is the phone number. We're having 209 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:26.159 some trouble with our phone lines right now, so keep trying. 210 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:28.480 We'll get you in. But we got to get to 211 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:33.240 Tanner Scott right. Tanner Scott has struggled recently in his 212 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:36.720 last seven appearances coming into the game tonight, He's given 213 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:39.480 up as many earn runs already as he did all 214 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:42.000 of last season. But he came up big for the 215 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:45.159 Dodgers tonight in the tenth inning, and I loved that 216 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:48.759 Dave Roberts brought him back out there because he really 217 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:52.399 didn't have any other options after using Vesia and Banda 218 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:55.639 and Casparius, he had to bring in Tanner Scott with 219 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:59.000 the place runner at second base. Tanner Scott was able 220 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:02.000 to strike out Juan Soto, He was able to strike 221 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:05.279 out Pete Alonzo and then got Brandon Nimo to ground 222 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:07.799 out to in the inning. Let's head downstairs to hear 223 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:11.320 from Tanner Scott Tonight's winning picture on sports Net la. 224 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:13.080 What's the difference tonight? 225 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:16.039 Just kind of using better location on the fastball to 226 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:16.799 set up the slider. 227 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:21.960 Oh yeah, I mean me, Connor, Bardo and Mark did 228 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.720 a deep dive and definitely had to clean some things 229 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:28.559 up and it was a process and still I mean 230 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:30.360 tomorrow's new day and go back. 231 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:30.639 Right to it. 232 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:31.799 We see this week. 233 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:33.799 If you guys like what that uh? 234 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:37.320 I was flying open lower half leading to upper half 235 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:40.440 and everything was popping out a little early and not 236 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:43.960 staying through a pitch and it was leading to locations 237 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:44.679 being terrible. 238 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:46.639 Is that the stuff that you like you working through 239 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:47.279 and catch relate? 240 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:47.600 Yeah? 241 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:50.759 For sure, like it like you kind of to keep 242 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:51.039 working for. 243 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:54.799 I mean it's something that you keep working through. I mean, 244 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:59.360 tomorrow's a new game of catch and just go right 245 00:11:59.360 --> 00:11:59.919 back to keep. 246 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:02.759 They say as a pitcher or reliever, when you have 247 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:04.159 a bad out and you want to come right back 248 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:05.639 the next night, Is that how you felt. 249 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:07.639 Dred percent? I mean, I mean I always want to 250 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:10.360 be there and do well. I mean our team's pretty 251 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:12.039 good and I always want to be out there and 252 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:15.679 it's my job to get out and I'm gonna keep trying. 253 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:17.559 To Probably been doing this a long time. 254 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:19.639 But like does the night like tonight just do a 255 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:20.399 lot of confidence. 256 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:22.039 Why it is just able to bounce back to me, 257 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:22.840 it's kinds some stuff. 258 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:24.600 Oh yeah, but tomorrow's a new today and I'm looking 259 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:25.360 forward to tomorrow. 260 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:27.320 All right. 261 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:30.679 There's Tanner Scott on sports Net LA coming up big 262 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:33.080 for the Dodgers and the tenth inning going through the 263 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:37.320 teeth of the Mets lineup. I still felt like there 264 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:39.840 was the pitch that he struck out Soto on where 265 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:42.759 he uh, Sodo just missed it. It was an eighty 266 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:45.759 eight slider in the big part of the plate and 267 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:48.720 he just missed it. I mean, flat out swung and 268 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:51.240 missed it. That's a pitch that Sodo should have hit. 269 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:54.799 So for me, it got better for Tanner Scott tonight. 270 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:58.399 But he is still leaving pitches in the big part 271 00:12:58.440 --> 00:13:01.879 of the plate and hopefully that changes. But certainly it 272 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:04.679 was big for him to get Wan Soto and Alonso 273 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:06.960 striking them out and then being able to get Brandon 274 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:10.720 Nimo to ground out as well. Eight six, six, seven, 275 00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:14.559 two five seventy is the phone number the Dodgers beat 276 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:17.840 them at six to five tonight in ten innings. Coming 277 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:19.720 up in the bottom of the hour, we'll hear from 278 00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:23.440 Jose Mota. Plus we'll hear from Clayton Kershaw coming up 279 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:25.600 here in the show. And I had a chance to 280 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:28.440 catch up with Tyler glass Now before the game. Yes, 281 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:33.360 Tyler glass Now, who also is very encouraged about where 282 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:36.159 he's at. I know yesterday Dave Roberts talked about him 283 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:40.840 having a setback. Glass Now completely shut down that notion 284 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:43.720 and said, I just had a little soreness in my 285 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:46.559 back and I'm back to getting close to throwing off 286 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:49.279 the mound. So you'll hear from glass Now in a moment. 287 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:52.360 But as far as tonight's game goes, and really the 288 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:55.120 first two games of this series, you can't ask for 289 00:13:55.200 --> 00:14:00.679 anything more. This was playoff like baseball, and it's been 290 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:04.799 playoff like baseball all homestand long. With the two teams 291 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:08.200 the Dodgers faced in the postseason last year, beating the 292 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:11.120 Yankees in the World Series, seeing them beating them two 293 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:14.799 out of three, and then welcoming in the much improved Mets, 294 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:18.120 who they beat in six games in the NLCS. And 295 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:20.840 tonight was a big crowd sellout crowd of fifty three, 296 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:25.919 four hundred and twenty four. This was playoff like atmosphere, 297 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:30.120 and it was playoff like baseball. Both these teams certainly 298 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:32.799 brought their a games and it's a good measuring stick. 299 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:35.440 And let's not forget the Dodgers lost two out of 300 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:39.840 three in New York and they already have lost despite 301 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:44.960 sweeping the Cubs in Tokyo, the Dodgers lost the season 302 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:48.320 series to the Cubs. Now, I'm not buying that the 303 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:50.679 Dodgers are going to have a worse record than the 304 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:53.600 Cubs or even be tied with the Cubs, but the 305 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:57.120 reality is the Dodgers aren't a much better division than 306 00:14:57.159 --> 00:15:01.440 the Cubs, so that equals itself out. So when you're 307 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:06.360 talking about October in June, if you care about October 308 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:08.840 that much, you should care about tie breakers for home 309 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:12.240 field advantage, and the Dodgers don't have it against the Cubs, 310 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:14.879 and they need to win the next two games to 311 00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:17.639 have it over the Mets. So tonight was a big 312 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:19.720 game in that respect, and I would say there's a 313 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:23.399 greater chance at the Dodgers and Mets end up with 314 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:25.879 the same record, and you would love to have the 315 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:29.519 tiebreaker in that type of situation. And we saw last 316 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:32.559 year how big home field advantage was for the Dodgers, 317 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:36.240 and you don't just want to discard that, especially with 318 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:37.159 this offense. 319 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:38.200 You give this. 320 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:40.919 Offense the last at bat of the game in a 321 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:45.360 one or two run type of deficit situation, that's a 322 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:50.320 huge difference in swing than being the visiting team. So 323 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:54.320 that's why home field advantage is so important for the Dodgers. 324 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:57.559 Eight six six ninety seven two five seventy is the 325 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:00.919 phone number. Dodgers beat the Mets tonight six to five 326 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:04.960 in ten innings. As far as Kershaw goes tonight, look, 327 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:09.039 he's you know, he had him pitched in almost a year. 328 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:14.120 He's diminished from what he was even two years ago, 329 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:19.559 and he just battles. He just competes. That's what's getting 330 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:22.639 him through this. And his smarts and his intelligence and 331 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:26.320 understanding and being able to read swings now smarting the 332 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:31.600 opposing hitters. That's how he's getting through this. Tonight was 333 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:35.720 one of those extremes where he didn't have his curveball, 334 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:39.480 which is really tough when he doesn't have his curveball 335 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:42.159 and he's throwing eighty eight eighty nine, and compound that 336 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:46.440 with the feel for the slider was in and out tonight. 337 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:49.360 So I don't even know how he got through four 338 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:51.440 and two thirds innings and hung in there for as 339 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:54.200 long as he did. I know Dave Roberts was talking 340 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:58.000 about counting outs and trying to manage the bullpen. I 341 00:16:58.080 --> 00:17:01.679 completely understand that. But I was a little surprised with 342 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:05.480 Casparius up in the bullpen that after Kershaw was able 343 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:09.039 to escape getting Sodo in the fifth inning with a 344 00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:11.880 four to three lead, that he didn't go to Casparius 345 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:15.640 right there against Alonso. But he obviously understands the big 346 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:18.960 picture of not only tonight, but the rest of this week, 347 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:21.839 the rest of this stretch for the Dodgers. But Casparius 348 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:25.079 was up anyway, and he was in there and was very, 349 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:29.799 very economical. And Casparius now, in his last five appearances 350 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:33.359 eight and two thirds innings, he has not allowed to run. 351 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:36.839 He has thirteen strikeouts, two walks, and has allowed just 352 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:40.799 one hit. Where would the Dodgers be without Jack Dryer 353 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:45.359 and Ben Casparius this year? They absolutely have been the 354 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:49.480 MVPs of this Dodger bullpen so far. Eight six six nine, 355 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:52.279 eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's 356 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:55.160 head downstairs, right now to the Dodger Clubhouse to hear 357 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:58.039 from Clayton Kershaw on Sportsnet LA. 358 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:00.960 Yeah, I just didn't make enough good pitches. You know, 359 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:02.480 I got ahead of some guys, gave us some two 360 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:06.079 strike hits, walk guys, gave some hard hit balls. So 361 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:08.119 you know, overall, not a not a great day. But 362 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:10.279 you know, the team team played great, bailed me out. 363 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:13.599 Got a big win there, you know, Freddie with the 364 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:15.920 big knock months with two homers, so that was that 365 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:18.519 was great to see. You know, we've been lost a 366 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:19.880 couple in a row, so it's nice to get that 367 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:24.599 win today. But yeah, just just need to pitch better. 368 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:26.359 You kind of play a lot start. 369 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:29.480 You're getting a bitterer idea of how you're gonna get 370 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:31.039 to like where you want to get to. 371 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:36.799 Yeah, I think so. I mean I it's kind of 372 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:37.440 in and out for me. 373 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:37.599 You know. 374 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:39.839 I think like I'll go on a stretch of making 375 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:41.960 like ten or eleven good pitches in a row and 376 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:44.720 then just you know, make enough bad ones to make 377 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:46.680 you know, get some damage done with this spa. So 378 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:48.960 I just need to put it together for a whole game. 379 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:52.240 Figure out how to do that wish. I think I 380 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:55.000 can do and we'll do just better be soon. 381 00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:57.799 You know, at this point, are you kind of able 382 00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:59.920 to differentiate people? 383 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:01.319 I mean, you know kind of the right. 384 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:02.920 I mean, you have pitched in a while, you are 385 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:04.599 coming on you know, surgery and stuff. 386 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:07.920 You know, it's kind of the rustiness so to speak, 387 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:10.119 and just kind of where you are at, like thirty 388 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:14.160 seven years old. Yeah, I mean physically I feel great. 389 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:18.200 I don't feel old, you know, I feel my arm 390 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:21.319 feels good. So I don't think that there's no there's 391 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:24.759 not really any excuses, you know, it's just just pitch better, 392 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:27.240 pitch like you're capable of. I think the stuff's there. 393 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:28.880 I think the stuf's there to get people out. It's 394 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:32.759 just need to be more consistent for sure. 395 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:36.400 Those like tug strike at bats that you can finish off, 396 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.880 like where the execution. 397 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:39.119 Of the pitch is kind of where you're looking for, 398 00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:40.640 Like how do you kind. 399 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:42.559 Of I think if it was, it would have ended 400 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:47.000 the bat, you know, so I haven't looked at it again. 401 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:50.119