WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.520 --> 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 --> 00:00:09.400 This team is really becoming a family. 4 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:10.800 Let's not play one on Tom. 5 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:11.720 Let's wind it. 6 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:13.720 I love writing me these guys after the show. 7 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:16.519 So just thank you, give me are your attention, your fire, 8 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:17.440 not a pisson. 9 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:21.920 This is world champion, Dodger world championing for a. 10 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:23.879 Small soft time. They get up people what they want 11 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:26.600 to die too in a row two is special. I'm like, yeah, 12 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:30.280 it's not a headache as one of a con. This 13 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:34.000 ball's gone. You ready to go? Sure, old time go 14 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:36.119 to the sud grab your phone to. 15 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:38.799 Get in on the show called eight six six nine 16 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:41.359 eighty seven two five seven and go to the show. 17 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:45.079 And now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse. 18 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:50.159 We are live at Bush Stadium in Saint Louis, where 19 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:52.960 the Dodgers come up a run short today by a 20 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:56.520 final score of two to one. We have phone lines 21 00:00:56.560 --> 00:00:59.880 open at eight sixty six, nine, eight seven, two five seventy. 22 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:03.880 Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Vase with you until three 23 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:06.959 point thirty this afternoon. And if you hear some baseball 24 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:10.359 in the background, there's some high school teams playing here 25 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:13.879 at Bush Stadium with aluminum bats. They play with aluminum 26 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:17.000 bats here at high school in Saint Louis. I think 27 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:20.079 they do that in LA too, But nonetheless, that's the 28 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:22.840 crowd that is still here as we have Dodger Talk 29 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:26.000 for you until three thirty. Phone lines are open at 30 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:29.040 eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. 31 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:32.840 And there is so much to unpack in this game today. 32 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:37.359 Let's start with the fact the Dodgers again had so 33 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:41.519 many opportunities with runners in scoring position and could not 34 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:45.159 cash any of them in. They were oh for twelve 35 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:48.359 today with runners in scoring position. In the first two 36 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:52.480 games of this series, they were combined one for twenty five, 37 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:56.640 one for thirteen yesterday, oh for twelve today. As I 38 00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:00.599 mentioned to Jose Moda, I thought Dave Robert pushed the 39 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:03.920 right buttons at the right time today. In the sixth inning, 40 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:08.560 after a leadoff walk by Will Smith, Max Munsey singled 41 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:11.479 into second base, so you had runners at first and 42 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:14.960 second with nobody out. Andy Pie has came up a 43 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:18.520 lot today with runners on base and runners in scoring 44 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:21.560 position and didn't do much. He's had a great year, 45 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:25.319 but today was not his day. He struck out twice 46 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:29.400 today with runners in scoring position, including in the sixth inning. 47 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:34.240 Then the Cardinals went to Stephen Mattz, the former met 48 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:37.879 and Michael Conforto's spot was due up, and Dave Roberts 49 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:43.240 automatically going to keyk Hernandez. Keyk's numbers against Steven Mattz 50 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:46.639 coming into the game today were off the charts. Keik 51 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:49.719 was hitting three twenty three, ten for thirty one with 52 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:53.560 a home run against Stephen Mattz. Michael Conforto zero for 53 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:57.280 eight in his career against his former teammates, so that 54 00:02:57.439 --> 00:03:02.039 was an automatic and Keyk that was not a great 55 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:02.479 at back. 56 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:03.080 He gave. 57 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:08.960 Strikes out on three pitches for the second out of 58 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.319 the game, and then Tommy Edman, I don't know if 59 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:13.439 he's trying to do too much, but he's swinging at 60 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:15.520 a lot of pitches outside of the strike zone. 61 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:18.240 He flies out to center field. Inning over. 62 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:20.919 I thought the sixth inning was a key inning for 63 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:23.560 the Dodgers, maybe to get the first couple of runs 64 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:26.400 on the board, and they were not able to do it. 65 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:30.240 So a very disappointing day in that department, and really 66 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:34.159 that's where it starts and ends. The Dodger offense just 67 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:37.960 has been way too big with their swings. It seems 68 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:41.400 outside of Mookie Betts, that everybody's trying to swing for 69 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:43.719 the fences so far in the first two games of 70 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:46.919 this series and not realizing how many outs, what the 71 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:48.879 score is, what the situation is. 72 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:51.960 Sonny Gray carved the Dodgers up yesterday. 73 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:55.159 He was able to use sixty three percent of his 74 00:03:55.319 --> 00:03:59.319 pitches for three different variations of his fastballs, and then 75 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:02.599 with runners scoring position, throw his sweeper. 76 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:03.280 Throw his change up. 77 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:08.439 And today the Dodgers were just over zealous in those situations. 78 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:12.360 So let's just make that clear. That was the reason 79 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:15.919 why the Dodgers lost today. And I know that Stephen 80 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:19.000 Nelson and Oral Hersheizer pointed this out on the Sports 81 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:23.439 and at LA broadcast, but it bears repeating. Yama Moto 82 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:28.680 was terrific today, six scoreless innings, nine strikeouts, sixty one 83 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:31.800 of his ninety four pitches were strikes. He had his 84 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:37.160 split fingered fastball working on fifteen swings on his splitter. 85 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:41.680 Today he got eight whiffs on that split fingered fastball, 86 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:42.639 so it was back. 87 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:44.079 But here's the catch. 88 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:48.800 Yamamoto has been that guy that doesn't get run support. 89 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:51.560 Even though his ZRA is two and a half, his 90 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:54.639 record certainly doesn't reflect it because of the lack of 91 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:59.079 run support. In eight of Yamamoto's last thirteen starts. While 92 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:02.519 he's been out there, the Dodgers have not scored or 93 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:04.199 barely scored a run for him. 94 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:07.839 That just won't get it done. As the great Sto 95 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:09.639 Lance would say, eight. 96 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:12.920 Six six seven, two five seventy is the phone number 97 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:15.720 Dodgers fall to the Cardinals today, two to one. 98 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:19.199 Let's head downstairs right now to hear from manager Dave Roberts. 99 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:23.639 It just makes it, you know, the way things are 100 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:26.800 going right now, It just our margin is small, and 101 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:29.000 we've got to find a way to capitalize on whatever 102 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:33.800 opportunities we do get, and uh, you know, recently we haven't. 103 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:37.360 And yeah, when when Yoshi pitches the way he did, 104 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:40.480 go six scoreless, uh you know, you'd like to think 105 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:42.519 you're gonna come away with the wind right there, but 106 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:46.279 to their credit, they prevented runs and got outs when 107 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:49.560 they needed to, and unfortunately, uh, you know, we're in 108 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:51.720 a position to try to salvage a series tomorrow. 109 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:55.000 Have you explained one for twenty six with runners in 110 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:55.920 scoring position? 111 00:05:56.480 --> 00:06:01.000 To the News here. Yeah, I didn't know that stat. 112 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:07.639 Iolog Yeah, I mean, obviously those they're they're they're making 113 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:10.439 pitches when they need to. There's some strikeouts, there's some 114 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:13.879 soft contact, and honestly, I don't think there's you know, 115 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:16.639 hard hit balls that were being robbed in those situations. 116 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:21.439 They're just making pitches when they need to. So I 117 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:23.480 know we talked about it yesterday, but I do think that, 118 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:25.839 you know, from what my eyes tell me that they 119 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:29.040 are going soft, you know, and we're just not putting 120 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:30.439 good swings on some of these pitches. 121 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:33.319 But you do have nineteen hits right in two games, 122 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:34.759 and you only run comes in a lot of pitch. 123 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:35.879 That's gotta be a little concerning. 124 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:38.480 Yeah, you know, it's it's a ball that hits the 125 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:41.279 bag and you get a runner and scorn a walk pitch. 126 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:42.879 So that's baseball. 127 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:45.959 And we gave ourselves a chance, but obviously, you know, 128 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:46.519 not enough. 129 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:49.000 When the risk numbers do break this way like they 130 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:50.839 have over the last week, what do you guys have 131 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:52.639 to do to make sure your group stays. 132 00:06:52.399 --> 00:06:53.759 Focused with they need to be and stays with the 133 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:54.879 approach that you want them to have. 134 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:58.240 I think that's what you got to do is right now, 135 00:06:58.360 --> 00:07:01.240 it kind of goes in waves and you can't kind 136 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:03.439 of ride the emotional waves, and knowing that each guy 137 00:07:03.600 --> 00:07:06.879 is putting in the work and prepared and they're gonna 138 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:12.759 it's gonna turn. So there's certainly no kind of angst panic, frustration, 139 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:16.319 certainly because you don't like losing and not driving in 140 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:17.759 runs when you have opportunities. 141 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:19.519 And we are getting hits, so. 142 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:21.279 We are getting guys on base, but we're just not 143 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:21.839 cashing in. 144 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:24.000 Can you talk a little bit about what went into 145 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:24.920 decision or a tunnel? 146 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:30.920 Yeah, he just had some elbow discomfort, and obviously with 147 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:34.360 the picture when there's elbow discomfort, it just we didn't 148 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:37.360 see him making his start, his next start, and so 149 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:40.000 it just seemed like the logical thing, you know, given 150 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:42.920 where the pitching is at a guy that's not going 151 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:46.600 to make his next start, to get him offline, give 152 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:50.240 him a handful of days to not play catch, hopefully 153 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:54.279 that that paying discomfort subsides and get them throwing again 154 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:55.319 and see where it takes us. 155 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:56.800 All right. 156 00:07:56.920 --> 00:07:59.680 That was Dave Roberts answering the question about the move 157 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:03.040 that they made before the game. Tony Gonsolin going on 158 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:07.439 the injured list with right elbow discomfort after you know, 159 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:11.519 just over a year ago coming back from Tommy John surgery, 160 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:14.759 where he just came back after having Tommy John surgery 161 00:08:14.800 --> 00:08:15.360 a year ago. 162 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:17.800 But you know, we'll talk about that later. 163 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:21.040 My biggest thing is how does nobody in that office 164 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:26.199 ask Dave Roberts what the thought process was for not 165 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:29.480 trying to challenge the play at first base in the 166 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:35.200 ninth inning, after Norman Nolan Gorman doubles the catcher for 167 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:40.279 the Cardinals, Pedro Pas lays down a bunt that Ben 168 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:42.279 Casparius did not feel cleanly. 169 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:45.399 It's a close play play at first base. 170 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:48.679 Tommy Edmund climbs the ladder, but if you look at 171 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:52.360 the replay, his foot comes down on the bag before 172 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:53.480 Pi Haz does. 173 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:54.600 He was out. 174 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:59.039 From me to you, I took a screenshot. I've posted 175 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:06.159 the milliseconds before Edmund actually hits the base. Paz was out. 176 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:10.320 That changes the complexion of what Dave Roberts does in 177 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:16.240 that situation. Instead of nobody out, runners at the corners 178 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:20.720 and Nolan Arenado coming up to pinch it, it's one 179 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:22.759 out with the runner at third. I'll give it to 180 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:27.080 you ninety feet away the winning run. But that changes things, 181 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:29.840 I would imagine a little bit. I mean, it's one 182 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:33.080 out instead of nobody out. But you know, I'm not 183 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:36.039 saying that's the reason why the Dodgers lost. But how 184 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:38.440 do you not ask him about that? Because we're all 185 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:41.919 wondering why the Dodgers did not challenge that play at 186 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:46.519 first base? So uh, in Bank, Casparius, you know that 187 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:49.039 play in the eighth inning. It's easy for you and 188 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:51.360 me to say, Ah, he shouldn't have thrown it, or 189 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:53.039 he should have made a better throw. 190 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:54.759 He's a rookie. 191 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:57.799 There's been a lot thrown at him, and he has 192 00:09:57.879 --> 00:09:59.679 answered the bell time and time again. 193 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:02.480 But that's a hot shot. It kind of rattles you. 194 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:06.200 And experienced pitchers usually are the ones that are able 195 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:09.759 to compose themselves and make an accurate throw or make 196 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:12.679 the decision and have the awareness to say, you know what, 197 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:15.320 I'm just gonna put this in my back pocket. But 198 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:18.120 he's a rookie and he made a mistake, a poor 199 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:20.879 decision to try to throw it, and when he did 200 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:23.440 throw it, it pulled Freddy Freeman off the bag. And 201 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:26.919 you got to give Mason win heads up credit right 202 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:29.559 there for a randing third and coming home in a 203 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:31.679 scoreless tie to give the Cardinals the lead. 204 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:34.080 So I know it's easy for all of us up 205 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:35.879 here and at home to say, oh, you. 206 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:38.200 Know, he should have put it in his back pocket, 207 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:39.879 or he shouldn't have thrown it. 208 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:44.120 Well, we're not on the field. It's easy for Twain 209 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:46.000 McDonald to second guess. Right here. 210 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:49.240 Eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy is 211 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:52.440 the phone number. I do not second guests. I first 212 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:56.159 guess if you saw that Apple documentary. You saw that 213 00:10:56.279 --> 00:10:59.360 in the press press box. Let's go out to Mission Viejo. 214 00:10:59.440 --> 00:10:59.600 Bill. 215 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:02.480 By the way, I do not endorse that documentary. Hi, Bell, 216 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:03.480 you're on Dodger Talk. 217 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:06.600 Hi, thanks for taking my call. What's been going on 218 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:09.960 with the taoscar with a lot of the strikeouts lately? 219 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:12.039 Is he kind of going through a little bit of 220 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:12.799 a slump. 221 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:17.039 Yeah, going back to the last homestand he has gone down. 222 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:19.440 He isn't a slump and it happens to the best 223 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:21.799 of them. So it was a good day for him 224 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:25.360 to get a day off today, certainly because he has 225 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:27.559 been grinding through a little bit of a slump. 226 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:29.960 Thanks for the phone call, Bill, and I'm just kidding. 227 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:32.200 It was a great documentary on the Dodgers in the 228 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:35.799 World Championship run. I love the fact that Apple actually 229 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:40.480 had a lot of access to Freddie Freeman, not knowing 230 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:42.799 that he was going to be the World Series MVP 231 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:45.799 and the hero. So that worked out really well. So 232 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:47.919 if you haven't seen it, it's a pretty good watch. 233 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:51.000 Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 234 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:54.200 the phone number speaking of Freddie Freeman and his Grand Slam. 235 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:56.960 Let's go out to Mark in Virginia. You're on Dodger 236 00:11:57.039 --> 00:11:58.360 Talk Live from Saint Louis. 237 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:02.879 Hi, Mark, David, how you doing good? 238 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:04.759 I heard you want to share with me where you 239 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:06.399 were when Freddy hit his slam? 240 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:08.240 I do. 241 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:11.600 I It had always been on my bucket list to 242 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:17.240 go to Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, and that day 243 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:20.519 my wife and I had spent the day at Omaha 244 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:25.320 Beach and at the American Cemetery there and came back 245 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:28.120 to our hotel to listen to the game. Of course, 246 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:30.360 it was the middle of the night in France, so 247 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:33.080 when he hit his Grand Slam, it was four thirty 248 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:35.480 in the morning. I'm listening to the game on my phone. 249 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:38.240 My wife sot asleep next to me, and it was 250 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:40.679 just everything I could do not to jump up and 251 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:43.600 down and scare the heck out of her because it 252 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:45.000 was just an awesome moment. 253 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:50.240 Hey, thank you for calling in and telling us that story. 254 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:53.240 You know it's ironic about that, Mark, is that D 255 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:56.200 Day was just a couple of days ago. In fact, 256 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:58.840 it was just yesterday, I believe right yesterday. 257 00:12:58.960 --> 00:12:59.879 Yeah, it was yesterday. 258 00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:02.480 I would have called you, yes, Vibe, I was asleep 259 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:04.399 by the time that game ended. But I have another 260 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:09.279 one for you real quick, all right. October nineteen sixty, 261 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:13.159 nineteen sixty three, I was eight years old. I watched 262 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:16.240 Sandy Kofax break out fifteen New York Yankees in the 263 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:18.200 first team of the sixty three World Series. 264 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:19.759 And that's the game. 265 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:22.159 I was an Upstate New York at the time. That's 266 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:24.600 the game that made me a lifelong Dodger fan. 267 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:28.320 I love it, Mark, I love those memories. 268 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:30.799 That's a great story of where you were when Freddie 269 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:32.799 Freeman hit his walk off Grand Slam. 270 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:35.679 Thanks a lot for sharing, and thanks a lot for listening. Mark. 271 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:39.240 You bet take care, take care. 272 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:40.600 Wow, that's a pretty good one. 273 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:43.200 That's one of the best stories I've heard of where 274 00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:47.399 a fan was when Freddie Freeman hit his walk off 275 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:49.879 Grand Slam. And you know, the reason why I know 276 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:53.440 yesterday was D Day was because Vince Scully always reminded 277 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:56.480 us he would always have great stories and make sure 278 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:01.919 we really realized what June sixth was all about in 279 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:06.360 American history. So that's thank you, Vin for making me 280 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:09.159 aware every year of June sixth, the D Day, and 281 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:13.159 prayers to all those that lost their lives in defense 282 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:16.799 of freedom, uh for for us and for the world 283 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:19.840 on D Day. Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven, two 284 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:22.200 five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to 285 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:26.080 Bob and Malibu. You're on Dodger Talk Live from Saint Louis, Hi. 286 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:29.360 Bob Dave in the city of Saint Louis, Man, how 287 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:30.120 you doing out there? 288 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:33.879 Well, I gotta be honest with you, Bob. 289 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:36.360 I don't look forward to coming here for a number 290 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:39.440 of reasons, and it always feels like it's a it's 291 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:41.919 a tough win here in Saint Louis whenever you get one. 292 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:45.559 If you're a Dodger, well, I mean I have the 293 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:47.919 same memory you do of the eighty five you know 294 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:50.559 games and that that always just brings back that memory 295 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:52.600 to which I don't like. But if you're looking for 296 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:55.440 good food day, salt and smoke, that's a great spot 297 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:56.519 by the stadium right there. 298 00:14:57.919 --> 00:14:59.919 Okay, thank you for the wreck. What else you got? 299 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:01.799 Well, I'm with you. 300 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:04.000 I'm wondering why we didn't challenge that call in the 301 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:06.480 ninth I mean, you know, that was a wide open 302 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:08.879 opportunity right there for us to change the dynamic of 303 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:11.120 that ninth inning right there and put a little more 304 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:14.799 pressure on I just surprises me being that Dave even 305 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:16.480 came out on that ball that hit Freddy in the 306 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:19.080 leg the inning before to talk to the umpires, but 307 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:21.759 there was no challenge there. Any thoughts on why that 308 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:25.039 would be or who missed that call inside the dugout there? 309 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:29.799 Yeah, well I don't know. I mean, that's the manager's call. 310 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:33.240 He's got two bench coaches basically next to him. One 311 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:36.039 of them, I think Danny Lehman gets on the phone 312 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:39.200 my vantage point from the press box. I'm not sure 313 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:43.080 what happened or why they didn't try to challenge it, 314 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:45.679 but yeah, I thought it should have been challenged Dan. 315 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:47.679 Look, Dave and his staff do a great job. 316 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:50.360 Just I'll have to ask him tomorrow what was going 317 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:53.399 on in the dugout and why they didn't decide to 318 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:56.320 challenge it. But honestly, Bob, this game to me was 319 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:59.159 lost in the first seven innings. The Dodgers had so 320 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:02.480 many chances is to break this game open, and it 321 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:05.159 seemed like they were playing home run derby a lot 322 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:05.679 of times. 323 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:08.200 I couldn't agree with you more. 324 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:10.600 I think we wasted a lot of opportunities. Obviously did. 325 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:14.759 On that note, are we seeing more breaking pitching in 326 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:17.120 these last two games than we've seen in a while. 327 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:18.639 No, no, we're not. 328 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:22.879 We're seeing him in key spots Like yesterday Sonny Gray, 329 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:26.679 sixty three percent of his pitches were fastballs, whether it 330 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:29.279 was a cutter, whether it was a four seamer or 331 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:32.720 a sinker. When he did throw his sweeper and his 332 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:36.519 change up was when there were runners in scoring positions, 333 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:39.200 so he used it, picked up picked his spots, but 334 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:40.960 set him up with the fastballs. 335 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:44.039 So no is the answer. 336 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:46.559 Fetti was throwing a lot of fastballs today and they 337 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:50.080 just they didn't hit him. He was spotting them really well, 338 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:53.200 and honestly, like I said, in the sixth inning, they 339 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:57.200 let Steven Matts off the hook. Thanks for the phone call, Bob. 340 00:16:57.559 --> 00:17:00.840 Eight six six nine seven two five is the phone number. 341 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:03.159 We're going to take a time out here on Dodger 342 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:04.759 Talk live from Bush Stadium. 343 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:07.599 When we continue, you'll hear from Ben Caspirius. 344 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:09.839 We'll give you an update on some of the roster 345 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:13.160 moves the Dodgers made before the game, and also we'll 346 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:15.599 get back to the phone calls. Eight sixty six nine 347 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:20.440 eight seven two five seventy. Nolan Aernado walks it off 348 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:23.599 in the ninth inning. A five man infield left a 349 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:27.720 lot of grass in left field. Nolan Aernado, out of 350 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:32.119 El Toro High School, longtime nemesis of the Dodgers, is 351 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:35.799 one hundredth career RBI. A walk off base hit in 352 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:38.720 the ninth inning, and the Cardinals beat the Dodgers two 353 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:41.920 to one on a five to seventy LA Sports. 354 00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:48.759 On air at AM five to seventy, online at AM 355 00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:53.119 five seventy LA sports dot com, and available my podcast 356 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:54.680 on the iHeartRadio app. 357 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:59.680 This is Dodger Talk with David Basse said one one pitch, 358 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:02.880 one on and hit in the air to the left. 359 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:03.839 Here, She's gotta do it. 360 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:06.960 That's just gonna drop in safely. 361 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:07.279 For a hit. 362 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:10.519 Morrero Stores and the Cardinals have walked. 363 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:15.000 Off two to one, a walkoff pinch hit for Nolan Arenado. 364 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:20.079 It's the third time this year the Cardinals have walked off, 365 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:22.079 and the second time this week. 366 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:28.079 The pride of El Toro High School in southern California. 367 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:33.640 Nolan Arenado with his one hundredth career RBI against the Dodgers, 368 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:36.880 a walkoff winner as the Cardinals beat the Dodgers two 369 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:40.920 to one. 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It was kind 377 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:07.279 of a wild eighth and ninth inning for both teams. 378 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:11.079 Ben Casparius did not feel his position well in the 379 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:12.279 eighth and ninth innings. 380 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:14.000 Like I said, in the eighth inning. 381 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:17.119 That's tough to hold anything against a pitcher that takes 382 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:22.039 a hard shot comebacker. But he was able to regroup, 383 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:25.640 be able to grab the baseball, but throw wide, and 384 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:28.319 Mason Wins scored the goal ahead run in the eighth inning. 385 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:31.440 And then in the ninth he kind of compounded matters 386 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:36.839 by bobbling a bunt by the Cardinals catcher who was 387 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:41.839 Pedro Pajez, and threw it high. Tommy Edmund had to 388 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:45.720 climb the ladder. Nonetheless, he was out and the Dodgers 389 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:49.279 did not challenge it for whatever reason, so the call 390 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:52.160 on the field stood, you had first and third, nobody out. 391 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:56.400 The Dodgers brought in five man infield, and Nolan Arenado 392 00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:59.559 found grass in left field. And that's how the Cardinals 393 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:02.319 beat the Dodgers today in the eighth and ninth innings. 394 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:05.920 But like I said, the Dodgers had so many opportunities 395 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:09.200 again today, to nit pick anything that happened in the 396 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:13.079 eighth and ninth inning is just completely unfair. Let's head 397 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:16.279 downstairs right now to hear from Ben Casparius on sports 398 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:17.440 and at LA just. 399 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:20.480 Think I wasn't sharp in general. Obviously those are us 400 00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:22.319 the first base are crucial. It can't really happen, but 401 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:26.400