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Speaker 2: We are live at the Oakland Coliseum as the Saturday
Speaker 2: night fireworks show at the Oakland Coliseum continues. After the
Speaker 2: Dodgers shut out the Oakland Athletics ten to nothing by
Speaker 2: scoring six runs in the ninth inning tonight, Welcome the
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk David Vase with you until ten thirty tonight,
Speaker 2: live from Oakland. My final Dodger Talk show or the
Speaker 2: final Dodger Talk show from the Oakland Coliseum. This goes
Speaker 2: back to Ross Porter Rick Monday did weekend Dodger Talk
Speaker 2: shows from the Oakland Coliseum. So this is the final
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk ever from the Oakland Coliseum. A lot of
Speaker 2: history here between the Dodgers and Oakland Athletics. We obviously
Speaker 2: know about the eighty eight Dodgers beating Oakland in five games,
Speaker 2: orl Herscheizer struck out Tony Phillips for the final out
Speaker 2: of that World Series here in Oakland, and that's very historic.
Speaker 2: I wish orl was here in Oakland. I don't know
Speaker 2: where Orl Herscheiser is. I wish he was put on
Speaker 2: the schedule. On no disrespect to Jessica Mendoza, but Orl
Speaker 2: Herscheizer needed to be here for the final game ever
Speaker 2: played between the Dodgers and A's. But nonetheless, it was
Speaker 2: more important for Orl to be pitching Game five of
Speaker 2: the World Series than it is for him to be
Speaker 2: in the booth with Steven Nelson. But even going back further,
Speaker 2: in nineteen seventy four, the upstart young Dodgers of Ronsea
Speaker 2: and Steve Garvey and Steve Jeger, Bill Russell, Davey Lopes,
Speaker 2: they played in the seventy four World Series against these
Speaker 2: Oakland Athletics. The Athletics swept the Dodgers in that World Series,
Speaker 2: but honestly, the eighty eight Dodgers the most magical championship
Speaker 2: team in their franchise history, at least on the West Coast.
Speaker 2: The fifty five Dodgers will forever be Brooklyn's team, but
Speaker 2: Los Angeles' team is the eighty eight Dodgers. That was
Speaker 2: a special year, and it culminated in oral Herscheizer being
Speaker 2: hoisted up by Rick Dempsey in the final game, Game
Speaker 2: five here at the Oakland Coliseum, and also more history
Speaker 2: was made tonight. Sho heo Tani becomes just the third
Speaker 2: Dodger in their franchise history to be a thirty to
Speaker 2: thirty player, the first Dodgers since Matt Kemp in twenty eleven,
Speaker 2: the third player like I mentioned, Rauel Mondesi did it
Speaker 2: twice and Kemp did it in twenty eleven, and sho
Speaker 2: Heyotani makes history in the second to last Dodger game
Speaker 2: ever played here at the Oakland Coliseum in front of
Speaker 2: thirty five thousand, two hundred and seven. We had a
Speaker 2: chance to catch up with sho he Otani just a
Speaker 2: few minutes after the final out. He was as excited
Speaker 2: as Otani can get about these things. Sho hey Otani.
Speaker 3: Steals three bases for his first time in his career
Speaker 3: thirty stolen bases, the first Dodger to be a thirty
Speaker 3: to thirty player.
Speaker 2: Since Matt camp Show.
Speaker 3: Hey, what's your thoughts on stealing thirty for the first
Speaker 3: time this year?
Speaker 4: Mamanto ca, Yeah, I didn't have a really good start,
Speaker 4: but I'm just glad I was safe on that one
Speaker 4: and the stolen base afterwards was really, I think was
Speaker 4: pretty crucial to the game, so I was. I'm happy
Speaker 4: that I was able to contribute.
Speaker 2: You've had a lot of milestones in this stadium. Here's
Speaker 2: another one for you. How aware were you that you
Speaker 2: were just two stolen bases away from thirty?
Speaker 4: You know, you're in the mall, you know the hi.
Speaker 5: I don't know.
Speaker 4: I was vaguely aware and not exactly aware, but you know,
Speaker 4: I'm glad that I was able to get those two
Speaker 4: stolen bases and felt good.
Speaker 2: Was it even more special that I was here.
Speaker 4: The spish out of the Pnja Mascato soulism study at the.
Speaker 1: Shop Winness.
Speaker 4: I'm just, you know, really focused on just just putting
Speaker 4: up the numbers and doing my job, and I'm happy
Speaker 4: that I was able to do that tonight.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Wheels Otani, Thank you, Thanks Bill. Yeah that
Speaker 2: we had some fun after the game show Aotani making history,
Speaker 2: the first DH ever, by the way, to be a
Speaker 2: thirty to thirty player on a big night here at
Speaker 2: the Oakland Coliseum as the Dodgers defeat the A's ten
Speaker 2: to nothing. Also, history was made in a milestone in
Speaker 2: some ways. Jack Flaherty out of the San Fernando Valley,
Speaker 2: Harvard Westlake makes his Dodger debut tonight in the second
Speaker 2: to last game ever played by the Dodgers here at
Speaker 2: the Oakland Coliseum and pitches six shutout innings, has seven
Speaker 2: strikeouts to win his first game as a Dodger. He
Speaker 2: could tell his grandkids that as well. He'll tell him
Speaker 2: one day. You know what, I made my Dodger debut
Speaker 2: at the Oakland Coliseum. It's not there anymore. The A's moved,
Speaker 2: but that's where I made my Dodger debut. I pitched
Speaker 2: six scoreless sinnings, had seven strikeouts, and I picked up
Speaker 2: my first win, and my mom was there to witness
Speaker 2: it all. Jack Flaherty can say that he certainly was
Speaker 2: spectacular tonight. I love Jack Flaherty's toughness on the Mounta tonight.
Speaker 2: I loved how he was unflappable on the Mounta tonight,
Speaker 2: especially in the sixth inning when things did not go
Speaker 2: his way. To start out with a ground ball, why
Speaker 2: the first base and Cavin Bigio had to throw it
Speaker 2: more than just a toss, A little bit of a
Speaker 2: throw from where a second baseman would be playing in
Speaker 2: the shallow area of the infield as you hear the
Speaker 2: grand finale of the fireworks show that are being shot
Speaker 2: off behind Mount Davis here at the Oakland Coliseum. But
Speaker 2: Jack flerting that sixth thinning got into a basis load jam.
Speaker 2: Nobody out had started with a bad throw from Cavin Bigio,
Speaker 2: then a walk and then or excuse me, a Flai
Speaker 2: to left field, then a walk, bases loaded nobody out.
Speaker 2: Jack Flaherty did not let that rattle him. He got
Speaker 2: out of that sixth inning without giving up a run.
Speaker 2: That was huge and exactly what the Dodgers needed. And
Speaker 2: this is the reason why the Dodgers wanted Jack Flaherty.
Speaker 2: They needed a Jack flarerty in the rotation to be
Speaker 2: behind Tyler Glass. Now hopefully Yoshi Yamamoto can be behind
Speaker 2: them and Clayton Kershaw can round into form and knock
Speaker 2: off the rust Jack flarerity. It doesn't get any better
Speaker 2: than this. A Dodger debut, six scoreless innings and you
Speaker 2: win the game. Let's head downstairs right now to the
Speaker 2: Dodger Clubhouse to hear from another great one, a pitcher,
Speaker 2: Jack Flaherty on sports net LA.
Speaker 6: Anytime you get a chance, helll the team win and
Speaker 6: that's that's kind of all that matters, the the important
Speaker 6: part of it. I'll I'll take the time tonight and
Speaker 6: kind of try to soak it all in and just
Speaker 6: you know, I'm just excited to be here and and
Speaker 6: have a chance to help this team.
Speaker 7: Big shout out endings, what was the focus for you?
Speaker 7: And just working with Will Smith to navigate through their lineup.
Speaker 8: I think it was just slowly getting into a rhythm.
Speaker 6: I think as the game went on, we got a
Speaker 6: new better rhythm, better rhythm and got better in sync.
Speaker 8: That's just kind of the nature.
Speaker 6: Of the game and the way that it goes and
Speaker 6: and Will did a really good job of making adjustments
Speaker 6: and just calling the game and navigating through some tough
Speaker 6: navigating through some tough spots.
Speaker 8: So you know, approached to him.
Speaker 6: How little do these ten days between it starts felt free,
Speaker 6: especially with everything that's changed in between, so they felt
Speaker 6: so long.
Speaker 8: It was nice to get back out there.
Speaker 6: I've been itching for I didn't know when it was
Speaker 6: going to be or who it was going to be with,
Speaker 6: so you know, it took a felt like it's been
Speaker 6: a while since I've been on the mountain, but it
Speaker 6: was nice to get out there and then get a win.
Speaker 8: Heavy Was that just matchup to penmanentt or is feeling
Speaker 8: really good with it early on?
Speaker 6: Or I think it just felt good with it and
Speaker 6: just just one of those things.
Speaker 8: I think you'll say things kind of.
Speaker 6: Even out a little bit more as we get into
Speaker 6: a little bit more of a rhythm and you know,
Speaker 6: kind of get on a normal routine and rotation here.
Speaker 6: But every game is different, so you just you never know.
Speaker 9: Kind of going through your mind in that sixth inning
Speaker 9: when the bases or loaded, and just how you approach
Speaker 9: a situation like that.
Speaker 8: Just one pitch of the time. Nothing changes.
Speaker 6: It's always just one pitch at a time, and uh,
Speaker 6: you know, we got the two outs there, and then
Speaker 6: you know, take a step off and you know, refocus
Speaker 6: and not let your mind wander because you know, you
Speaker 6: get two outs right there, and then you let the
Speaker 6: mind wander a little bit and you're like, okay, I'm
Speaker 6: almost out of it, but you know, you just stay
Speaker 6: focused and it's the same as everything else.
Speaker 8: It's just one pitch of a time.
Speaker 7: We've seen how these last few gays have gone just
Speaker 7: for this team, how much is being the stopper just
Speaker 7: kind of top of mind for you.
Speaker 6: I think it happens to a lot of teams. I
Speaker 6: don't think it's happened here a lot, especially in the
Speaker 6: last couple of years.
Speaker 8: But you know, it's just just good to go out
Speaker 8: and get get a win.
Speaker 6: And uh, you know, and it was. It felt really good.
Speaker 6: You know, God given me they trust there in the
Speaker 6: sixth inning and final way to get out of it. Well,
Speaker 6: I navigating through it. You know, Nick made a big
Speaker 6: play there, so just throwing through just just good overall.
Speaker 8: Really okay after the comeback.
Speaker 6: I'm sure it'll be stiff tomorrow, but for the rest
Speaker 6: of the game, like, yeah, it was good.
Speaker 5: A couple of days of the team obviously, does is
Speaker 5: there anything different you've been working on since if they're looking.
Speaker 8: Over all, I just getting acclimated.
Speaker 6: I'm sure we'll work on some things as we get
Speaker 6: some more time here and get some more time around
Speaker 6: the guys and this staff. But it was just getting
Speaker 6: acclimated and was just trying to get a rhythm and
Speaker 6: get to know everybody and just that's about it.
Speaker 2: Well, certainly it worked tonight. Whatever Jack Flerty was doing
Speaker 2: pitching on ten days rest because the Tigers scratched him
Speaker 2: last Saturday just to protect him in the UH in
Speaker 2: the likelihood of Flirty being traded, which he was on
Speaker 2: Tuesday afternoon to the Dodgers. His Dodger debut of success
Speaker 2: six scoreless sinnings with seven strikeouts really a good night
Speaker 2: for Jack Flarerity. And if you're in the San Fernando
Speaker 2: Valley you grew up with Jack Flaherty, would love to
Speaker 2: hear from you. Eight six six nine eighty seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy. Also, if you're listening to us on the
Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app here in Oakland, if you were one of
Speaker 2: the thirty five thousand, two hundred and seven in attendance tonight,
Speaker 2: would love to hear from you as well. Eight six
Speaker 2: six nine eight seven two five seventy. You know, I
Speaker 2: just wanted to take a walk around the concourse one
Speaker 2: last time in the middle of this game, and there
Speaker 2: was a lot more energy on the concourse than what
Speaker 2: you may expect at an Oakland A's game with them
Speaker 2: on their way out. A large part of the reason
Speaker 2: was because there were a lot of Dodger fans here.
Speaker 2: I mean, I've seen Oakland A's games this season where
Speaker 2: you're looking at three thousand, five thousand fans, and here
Speaker 2: tonight thirty five thousand, two hundred and seven, you had
Speaker 2: Dodger fans in the third deck behind home plate. They
Speaker 2: really filled up this place today and it was really
Speaker 2: cool to see so many Dodger fans really taking the
Speaker 2: opportunity to come witness history, and they got more than
Speaker 2: they bargained for because they saw show Heyotani steal three
Speaker 2: bases tonight to make it thirty one. On the year,
Speaker 2: he has thirty three home runs thirty one stolen bases,
Speaker 2: becomes the first Dodger since Matt Kemp in twenty eleven
Speaker 2: to be a thirty thirty player and just the third
Speaker 2: Dodger in franchise history to be a thirty thirty player,
Speaker 2: and he joins Matt Kemp and Raoul Mondesi in that category.
Speaker 2: But he's not done there because right now, with thirty
Speaker 2: three home runs and thirty one stolen bases, sho he
Speaker 2: Otani is on pace for forty nine home runs and
Speaker 2: forty one stolen bases, So he's not stopping here. Eight
Speaker 2: six six seven, two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk
Speaker 2: when we come back. We have two lines open at
Speaker 2: eight six, six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy. Also
Speaker 2: we'll hear from kei Y Hernandez, who had a big
Speaker 2: night as well. After the Dodgers get Jack Flaherdia win
Speaker 2: in his Dodger debut ten to nothing over the Athletics
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Speaker 10: With David Bassa, Tony Weeds at first, pull one count
Speaker 10: to to Oscar Hernandez. There goes Otani. He's swinging a
Speaker 10: miss throw down.
Speaker 2: I'm not there. It's on the center field.
Speaker 10: Stolen base number thirty and show hey, O'tani is a
Speaker 10: thirty thirty man, thirty three home runs, thirty stolen bases.
Speaker 2: There it is history made at the Oakland Coliseum by
Speaker 2: sho Heotani thirty three home runs, thirty one stolen bases.
Speaker 2: After Otani steals three bases tonight two in the ninth
Speaker 2: inning during the Dodgers six run explosion to blow out
Speaker 2: the Athletics. Tonight by a final score of ten to nothing.
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Speaker 2: The final Dodger Talk from the Oakland Coliseum. The Oakland
Speaker 2: A's are moving. This is it for them. They are
Speaker 2: headed to Seve Zameno, if you can believe that.
Speaker 4: But this is.
Speaker 2: History in the making here. The Dodgers will play their
Speaker 2: final game at the Oakland Coliseum tomorrow afternoon. River Ryan
Speaker 2: will go down in the history books as the last
Speaker 2: Dodger starter ever to make a start here at the
Speaker 2: Oakland Coliseum against the Oakland Athletics Tonight, Jack Flaherty made
Speaker 2: history of his own Dodger debut, winning the game and
Speaker 2: certainly a happy Flarity family and a lot of people
Speaker 2: happy in the eight one to eight. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to North Hollywood. James, You're on Dodger Talk with David
Speaker 2: vasse Hi.
Speaker 11: James, Hey, David, what a refreshing turn of events to
Speaker 11: see a trade deadline pickup Fitch so well, to see
Speaker 11: our lineup from top to bottom.
Speaker 12: Take the kind of the bats where they move the
Speaker 12: ball forward as Doc says, you know, and it led
Speaker 12: to that just run explosion. Speaking of trade deadline, I
Speaker 12: wanted to ask you before it becomes too far in
Speaker 12: the ancient past, what you think about the Ryan Yarborough
Speaker 12: for Kevin Kiermeyer move. In my mind, you got pie
Speaker 12: Hasten outman that you can platoon out there. You know,
Speaker 12: the offense isn't quite there by, you know, by them,
Speaker 12: and I think that outman, especially at outman with glove,
Speaker 12: I think they were fine to hold down that position.
Speaker 13: What do you think about that move by the Dodgers?
Speaker 2: Well, they were not fine, James, because if you look
Speaker 2: at the advanced metrics out there, Andy pie has was
Speaker 2: second to last of all center fielders in baseball with
Speaker 2: defensive runs saved. The Dodgers needed an upgrade in center field.
Speaker 2: So Ryan Yarborough was going to be an odd man
Speaker 2: out with a lot of these relievers coming back, and
Speaker 2: really he wasn't doing his role he was coming in
Speaker 2: and giving up runs and Dave Roberts was forced to
Speaker 2: go to other relievers, where last year Yarborough was able
Speaker 2: to eat innings and keep the score where it was,
Speaker 2: So he was not a functioning part of the roster
Speaker 2: moving forward. So I like getting Kevin Kiermeyer a defensive
Speaker 2: center fielder, and Tommy Edmund is going to play elite
Speaker 2: center field defense. I was talking to Andrew Friedman today
Speaker 2: before the game, and I said, why do you love
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund so much? Why have you been wanting him
Speaker 2: for so many years? And he said, well, he plays
Speaker 2: elite defense at shortstop, elite defense at second base, and
Speaker 2: elite defense in center field. So the Dodgers needed an
Speaker 2: upgrade in center field and up the middle. And yeah,
Speaker 2: those guys just piz has run out of gas, which
Speaker 2: happens to rookies sometimes.
Speaker 12: Edmund makes a lot of sense to me because of
Speaker 12: Freeman ball, with the versatility and the elite defense. As
Speaker 12: you said, but you know, you got Kierman and Outman
Speaker 12: both hitting around one ninety, and Autvin's defensive metrics I
Speaker 12: think are a lot better than than Pae. Hayes agreed
Speaker 12: that Yarborough wasn't as sharp as he was last year,
Speaker 12: but his ERA was still well under four. And even
Speaker 12: with guys coming back, we've seen that you can't rely
Speaker 12: on guys staying healthy all the way through the postseason.
Speaker 2: That's fair, But I can't get the image of James
Speaker 2: Outman boxing a fly ball by Kutel Marte in Game
Speaker 2: one of last year's NLDS. So I would still say,
Speaker 2: if everything's equal, Kevin Kiermeyer is a way better defensive
Speaker 2: center fielder.
Speaker 11: Very fair, especially in the postseason when it matters most.
Speaker 12: Last questions for you, Dave. Last question for you, speaking
Speaker 12: of the outfield, what odds do you give Mookie Bets
Speaker 12: playing the majority of his time when he's back in
Speaker 12: right field.
Speaker 2: Well, I would say, right now, it's fifty to fifty, James,
Speaker 2: and thanks for the phone call. Right now, the Dodger
Speaker 2: roster is a little unsettled. Shortstop is a little unsettled.
Speaker 2: What I can tell you is I believe that when
Speaker 2: the postseason starts, the chances of Mookie Bets playing shortstop
Speaker 2: exclusively down significantly. If Miguel Rojas is healthy, and my
Speaker 2: understanding is he is getting closer to being ready to
Speaker 2: return to the roster, and if Gavin Lux continues to
Speaker 2: hit the way Gavin Lux is hitting right now, the
Speaker 2: best spot for Mookie Betts to help the Dodgers win
Speaker 2: is back in right field. So I feel like right
Speaker 2: now shortstop is still a real possibility. But in the postseason,
Speaker 2: I could see Mookie playing some right field, and maybe,
Speaker 2: if the matchups dictate it, play some second base. But
Speaker 2: the way Gavin Lux is swinging the bat again tonight,
Speaker 2: coming up big with the with runners in scoring position
Speaker 2: and two outs in the third inning tonight, he gives
Speaker 2: the Dodgers an early two to nothing lead, and Lux
Speaker 2: is on a hot streak since the All Star Breaks.
Speaker 2: So right now, Gavin Lux is not going anywhere, and
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts, by the way, is expected to return to
Speaker 2: the Dodgers the first or second game of their next
Speaker 2: road trip, which will be in of all places, my
Speaker 2: second home, Miller Park. Yeah, that's where Mookie Betts is
Speaker 2: expected to come back. The Dodgers have a tough road trip,
Speaker 2: four in Milwaukee and then three in Saint Louis, so
Speaker 2: that's when MOOKI is expected to return. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to Rex and Temecula. You're on Dodger Talk with David
Speaker 2: basse Hi Rex.
Speaker 14: Hearry, David, that's a great news about MOOKI uh show
Speaker 14: hio Tani. I mean, what else does this guy have to.
Speaker 15: Do to prove he's the show his contract? I mean,
Speaker 15: start stealing bases while like juggling, running chainsaws, like over
Speaker 15: live shark tanks. I mean, every night this guy amazes
Speaker 15: us in different ways. And like I hear, Elon Musk
Speaker 15: is mad at him because he keeps taking out the
Speaker 15: Starlink satellites with the home runs. This guy is like, kay,
Speaker 15: when you.
Speaker 2: Get Rex, you're doing all this while you're driving. That's impressive.
Speaker 14: Well, my car is driving myself. You know the way
Speaker 14: it goes. Now, you don't keep him away from the
Speaker 14: Lakers facility because we don't want to have him pull
Speaker 14: like a te On Sanders on us and start playing
Speaker 14: basketball and baseball. I told your screener, I want to
Speaker 14: know what you thought of the return of Fax Monsey.
Speaker 14: Where are we on that? And thanks again for your
Speaker 14: great show.
Speaker 2: Always all right, Rix, drive safely whoever's driving your car.
Speaker 2: We had to get through all those puns to get
Speaker 2: to your question about Max Munsey. Max Munsey is going
Speaker 2: to participate. I believe in a simulated game next Thursday
Speaker 2: with Mookie Betts, Miguel Rojas, and Tommy Edmund. I have
Speaker 2: said this going back two weeks. My Bowl prediction is
Speaker 2: that Mookie Bets will return to the Dodger lineup before
Speaker 2: Mac Mony, and all indications I'm getting from the Dodgers
Speaker 2: is that I will be true in that prediction. I
Speaker 2: will be made true in that prediction that Mookie Bets
Speaker 2: will be back before Max Monsey. Tommy Edmund is about
Speaker 2: ten days away as well, so the Dodgers are starting
Speaker 2: to get their cavalry back. Freddie Freeman. Also, you know
Speaker 2: I mentioned last night if I could dedicate a show,
Speaker 2: I would dedicate it to Max Freeman. So I dedicated
Speaker 2: last night to Max. I'm dedicating tonight to Max. And
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman is expected back when the Dodgers come home
Speaker 2: for that Philly series. Whether or not it's the first
Speaker 2: game still remains to be seen. But it will be
Speaker 2: great to see Freddie Freeman. And I know his teammates
Speaker 2: just want to give him a hug and let them
Speaker 2: know that they're here for him, and so's the entire
Speaker 2: Dodger organization. And I know Dodger fans all over LA
Speaker 2: have been sending prayers and thoughts to him and Little
Speaker 2: Max and his one Chelsea, So looking forward to seeing Freddie. Also,
Speaker 2: I got a laundry list list of guys. Michael Grove
Speaker 2: and Bruce star graderol pitch tonight for Oklahoma City. Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts said their return is imminent, so I could see
Speaker 2: them coming back during this upcoming home stand next week.
Speaker 2: And Yoshi Yama Moto through a much anticipated bullpen session
Speaker 2: twenty pitches today and it went well according to the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: and he will do it again on Tuesday. So fingers
Speaker 2: crossed that Yoshi Yamamoto can come back to this rotation
Speaker 2: because all of a sudden, Now, if you start a
Speaker 2: postseason series, you got Tyler Glass, now you got Jack Flarity,
Speaker 2: you got Clayton Kershaw, and you have Yoshi Yamamoto. Not
Speaker 2: a bad starting four eight, six, six, nine, eight, seven, two,
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers shut out the
Speaker 2: Oakland Athletics tonight ten to nothing and Jack Flerity's Dodger debut.
Speaker 2: Jack went scoreless innings with seven strikeouts to pick up
Speaker 2: the win. Let's go back out to the phones. Fred
Speaker 2: in Riverside, you're on Dodger Talk with David masse Hi.
Speaker 13: Fred, Hi, Dave, thanks for taking my call.
Speaker 16: That's a great update there that you just thank you
Speaker 16: for giving that update.
Speaker 13: Because the Avengers are assembling. Okay, we've got.
Speaker 16: That Philly series coming up, and you know, the Dodgers
Speaker 16: face the Yankees.
Speaker 13: It took, if I'm not mistaken, two out of three.
Speaker 13: But these teams that are supposedly.
Speaker 16: World Series' favorites have yet to see a fully healthy
Speaker 16: Dodger squad.
Speaker 13: Okay, and we've got our guy.
Speaker 16: Gavin Lux, who's completely turning his season around, batting three
Speaker 16: to eighteen over the last month or.
Speaker 13: So, riding in eight game hitting streak.
Speaker 16: Shout out to Gavin Lux coming back from a horrific injury.
Speaker 16: He was an untouchable prospect and he's representing the Blue crowd.
Speaker 16: So thank you Gavin Lux for grinding it out. You know,
Speaker 16: it's been uncertain in terms of his defense. There's been
Speaker 16: a lot of criticism, but this guy has been really,
Speaker 16: really on fire.
Speaker 2: He really has. And look, everybody wants results right away,
Speaker 2: but they don't take into account that these guys are
Speaker 2: human beings. They're not the video games players you see
Speaker 2: on MLB the Show. They're not fantasy baseball players. These
Speaker 2: are real people. And when you come back from a
Speaker 2: devastating knee achilles injury that Gavin Lux came back from,
Speaker 2: there is not going to be a smooth ride back.
Speaker 2: And we saw that in spring training. He obviously could
Speaker 2: not handle shortstop. They moved him to second base. He's
Speaker 2: played solid defense, but all of a sudden, now the
Speaker 2: right leg is feeling stronger. He's trusting it to let
Speaker 2: it go. And also going to his hometown in Wisconsin
Speaker 2: during the All Star break to work with his uncle.
Speaker 2: Uncle Schmidt really helped him out as well mentally, physically
Speaker 2: and mechanically with his swings. So Gavin Lux, he's a
Speaker 2: good kid, a good hearted kid, and we're all rooting
Speaker 2: for him for sure, and right now he doesn't need
Speaker 2: any cheering section. He's doing a great job on his own.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. With the win tonight, the Dodgers remained
Speaker 2: four and a half games ahead of the San Diego Padres,
Speaker 2: who came from behind tonight late to beat the Rockies
Speaker 2: three to two at Petco Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates tonight
Speaker 2: beat the Arizona Diamondbacks four to two, David Bednar with
Speaker 2: his twentieth save of the season. Brian Reynolds hit a
Speaker 2: two run home run in that game for Pittsburgh. So
Speaker 2: Arizona loses a game on the Dodgers. They are back
Speaker 2: in third place, five games back of the Dodgers. And
Speaker 2: look the Dodgers. If they can keep a three to
Speaker 2: five five game lead until all their players come back,
Speaker 2: you know what, the reality might set in for San
Speaker 2: Diego and Arizona that the wildcard is their best chance
Speaker 2: to get into the postseason. Because if the Dodgers can
Speaker 2: keep a three to five game lead over those two
Speaker 2: teams until Mookie Betts comes back, Tommy Edmond plays his
Speaker 2: first game as a Dodger, and they can keep these
Speaker 2: guys healthy, all of a sudden, the season's looking a
Speaker 2: little bit different and the season is starting to come
Speaker 2: to an end. By the time these guys come back,
Speaker 2: we're already in August. Let's not forget that. So time
Speaker 2: is running out on these two teams to catch the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Dodgers get a big win tonight, tend to nothing in Oakland,
Speaker 2: only their second win in this three city road trip.
Speaker 2: They were swept in San Diego and they only won
Speaker 2: one of three games in Houston. Let's go out to Lapama. Gustavo,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi.
Speaker 9: Gustavo, how you guys doing tonight? I got a question
Speaker 9: for your DV Okay, Yeah, how do we feel about
Speaker 9: Yoo Yamamoto coming back off the injured list? How is
Speaker 9: it gonna look healthy? What's what's the deal with that?
Speaker 15: Yeah?
Speaker 2: I was a little skeptical, Gustavo that he would come back,
Speaker 2: and look, today was a baby step in the possibility
Speaker 2: of him coming back. He threw a twenty pitch bullpen
Speaker 2: session today. That that, I guess is positive news that
Speaker 2: the Dodgers feel like he came out of it, okay,
Speaker 2: But I'm sure they're going to ramp it up a
Speaker 2: little bit more each time. And the next time we'll
Speaker 2: be on Tuesday. So I don't see Yamamoto coming back
Speaker 2: until the end of August, maybe the beginning of September
Speaker 2: at the earliest, Okay, And that would give him a
Speaker 2: month to get ready for the postseason. I think that's
Speaker 2: what the Dodgers are hoping for that Yamamoto can come
Speaker 2: back and be who we saw Yankee State, and that
Speaker 2: would make the Dodgers a very formidable opposition with those
Speaker 2: three pitchers Flarity Glass, now, Yamamoto, and Clayton Kershaw.
Speaker 13: Yeah, that would be beautiful all right.
Speaker 2: And also the Dodgers need some reinforcements in their bullpen.
Speaker 2: Bruce dark graderol has not thrown a pitch for the
Speaker 2: Dodgers all season long. He was a breakout star last
Speaker 2: year out of their bullpen. Him and Evan Phillips were
Speaker 2: two headed monster back there. Evan Phillips obviously has not
Speaker 2: had as great of a year as he had last year.
Speaker 2: The Dodger bullpen has thrown just about as many innings
Speaker 2: as their starters had coming into the game tonight. If
Speaker 2: you look at it as far as innings pitched. Coming
Speaker 2: into tonight's game, the Dodgers starters had thrown one hundred
Speaker 2: and fifteen and a third innings while they were lievers.
Speaker 2: Since the beginning of July had thrown one hundred and
Speaker 2: four and a third innings. So Jack Flaherty going six
Speaker 2: scoreless innings tonight was huge for the Dodgers. And it
Speaker 2: was great to see Jack wearing that number zero. He
Speaker 2: told us in the pregame show in San Diego. He's
Speaker 2: wearing number zero for one of his buddies, Russell Westbrook,
Speaker 2: who played for a short time with the Lakers and
Speaker 2: Clippers and UCLA of course out of a losing your
Speaker 2: high school. So a big, big fan of Russell Westbrook
Speaker 2: going back to his UCLA days. And I'm sure that's
Speaker 2: how Jack Flarerity met him as well. Two local kids
Speaker 2: getting a chance to play for their local teams. Russ
Speaker 2: obviously has moved on since, but Jack Flaherty getting a
Speaker 2: chance to pitch for the Dodgers, and who knows after
Speaker 2: this season. If Jack Flaherty pitches well enough, would you
Speaker 2: rule out Jack Flarerity coming back next year. I wouldn't.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers had interest in him before this season started,
Speaker 2: and he's pitched really well for the Tigers, and tonight
Speaker 2: off to a great start for the Dodgers in his debut,
Speaker 2: six scoreless in seven strikeouts to win his first game
Speaker 2: as a Dodger, and I'm sure he's certainly excited about that.
Speaker 2: Tonight also was history because Shohei Otani became just the
Speaker 2: third Dodger to have a thirty thirty season. Obviously a
Speaker 2: lot more to go. Thirty three home runs, thirty one
Speaker 2: stolen bases, He's on pace to become the first Dodger
Speaker 2: to be a forty forty player. But how about this
Speaker 2: more history surrounding Otani becoming a thirty thirty player for
Speaker 2: the first time in his career. This was his one
Speaker 2: hundred and eleventh game. That is the quickest a Major
Speaker 2: leaguer has reached thirty thirty since Alex Rodriguez did it
Speaker 2: in one hundred and seven games as a Seattle Mariner
Speaker 2: in nineteen ninety eight. The quickest you asked to reach
Speaker 2: thirty thirty in a season, Well, that's my guy. Eric
Speaker 2: Davis out of Fremont High School for the Cincinnati Reds
Speaker 2: and nineteen eighty seven. He became a thirty thirty player
Speaker 2: in ninety six games back in the summer of nineteen
Speaker 2: eighty seven, And if I'm not mistaken, Eric Davis would
Speaker 2: have become the first forty forty and possibly fifty to
Speaker 2: fifty player in baseball history if not for him doing
Speaker 2: what Eric Davis did, reckless abandon in center field, crashing
Speaker 2: into the brick wall at Wrigley Field, and that cut
Speaker 2: short his season. Did not play the rest of the year,
Speaker 2: or he would have been a fifty to fifty player
Speaker 2: in nineteen eighty seven, do your homework kids on Eric Davis.
Speaker 2: He was being compared to Willie Mays back then. Eight
Speaker 2: six six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. Key Hernandez also had a big game for
Speaker 2: the Dodgers tonight three hits, made a great play at
Speaker 2: third base when Jack Flaherty was trying to get out
Speaker 2: of his bases loaded jam in the sixth inning, and
Speaker 2: also drove in two runs and in the ninth inning.
Speaker 2: With the game out of reach, Dave Roberts asked KEYK
Speaker 2: to pitch again, second time this season, third time in
Speaker 2: his major league career, all with the Dodgers, and after
Speaker 2: Tonight's game, Kirsten Watson caught up with Key K on
Speaker 2: Sports and at LA.
Speaker 7: All right, getting close out this game, So tell me,
Speaker 7: how did you navigate through the A's lineup to have
Speaker 7: quite the outing to close this one out.
Speaker 5: I had a great game of the play, so I
Speaker 5: was feeling overly confident on the mound. I knew that
Speaker 5: my stuff was gonna play, especially with the defense behind me.
Speaker 5: Ahmad made a great play at third base, and you
Speaker 5: know after that, Bias kind of was slowed to that
Speaker 5: ball and I gave up an extra base hit. But uh,
Speaker 5: you know, after that, I fell behind on the count
Speaker 5: and I used my sinker, got the ground ball and
Speaker 5: game over.
Speaker 7: You're gonna talk to Andy about that one.
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, it's probably a rookie mistake, but it
Speaker 5: is what it is.
Speaker 7: You know, we're in all seriousness when you look at
Speaker 7: this game. How important was this win to get this
Speaker 7: team back into the wincoln huge?
Speaker 8: Of course.
Speaker 5: You know, it's been a tough, tough road trip so far,
Speaker 5: a lot of games that we could have won and
Speaker 5: we ended up on the lost column. But you know,
Speaker 5: we came here when a mission to win, a to
Speaker 5: win a ball game, win today, and we did that.
Speaker 5: So you know, we get to go to go home,
Speaker 5: sleep and hopefully win a serious tomorrow.
Speaker 7: You guys often talk about passing the baton with this offense,
Speaker 7: everyone got involved when you see that. Just how important
Speaker 7: was that and how important was it to get those
Speaker 7: extra insurance runs.
Speaker 15: Late in the game.
Speaker 5: It was huge? Of course, you know, we we we
Speaker 5: didn't really have anything going on. Early in the game,
Speaker 5: LuxI with a huge two run hit, and Jack had
Speaker 5: a great.
Speaker 8: Debut with us.
Speaker 5: He was outstanding. He was lights out, throwing every prisoner strike,
Speaker 5: keeping them off balance, keeping us in the game, giving
Speaker 5: us a chance to score some more runs, insurance runs.
Speaker 1: And we did just that.
Speaker 5: We scored two more in the seventh, I believe, and
Speaker 5: then obviously all hell broke losing the ninth inning, and
Speaker 5: I came in, I did my thing, and I closed
Speaker 5: the game out.
Speaker 7: Talking about Jack stodger debut, how special is that for
Speaker 7: a player like him from southern California, but also to
Speaker 7: put up six shutout innings, It was huge.
Speaker 5: Of course, when I mean I've gotten traded three times
Speaker 5: and I know how important the first game is and
Speaker 5: for INDO to have that game and you know, get
Speaker 5: on the right track with us, and not only that,
Speaker 5: but give us, give us innings, give us length. And
Speaker 5: he did just that, and you know, it was It
Speaker 5: was great to see and I'm looking forward to a
Speaker 5: lot more of these.
Speaker 7: A Rankey Gang offense, defense, pitching, you're basically shoo TONI watch.
Speaker 5: Out show who.
Speaker 2: Okay? Thanks KEI K. Yeah, he did everything tonight as
Speaker 2: Key k Hernandez show, Heo Tani Jack Flert, he lead
Speaker 2: the way for the Dodgers to shut out the Oakland
Speaker 2: Athletics tend to nothing. Tomorrow. It will be the final
Speaker 2: time the Dodgers and Athletics play here at the Oakland Coliseum,
Speaker 2: and River Ryan will be the last Dodgers starter ever
Speaker 2: to make us start here in the Oakland Coliseum. River
Speaker 2: Ryan will be making his third major league start tomorrow.
Speaker 2: He's one to know with an ERA of zero eighty two.
Speaker 2: This kid a lot. I could see him being a
Speaker 2: player for the Dodgers coming out of the bullpen in
Speaker 2: the postseason. He's going up against Oswaldo Beido, who is
Speaker 2: two and two with an ERA of five Morongo Casino.
Speaker 2: Dodgers on Deck begins at noon tomorrow with first pitch
Speaker 2: from the Oakland Coliseum at one oh seven with Tim
Speaker 2: Neverett and Rick Monday. Rick Monday, by the way, the
Speaker 2: first ever Athletic to homer in this stadium when they
Speaker 2: move from Kansas City. So uh, hopefully Rick Monday makes
Speaker 2: it down to home plate just to visualize his home
Speaker 2: run that he said he hit to left field. So
Speaker 2: more history surrounding our very own Rick Monday, the first
Speaker 2: ever Oakland athletic to Homer in this stadium. As at
Speaker 2: the end of this year, that will be it for
Speaker 2: the A's unfortunately in Oakland. Maybe something will change between
Speaker 2: now and then, but it doesn't seem likely. Thanks to
Speaker 2: Colin Ee back at our Burbank studios, Thanks Dwayne McDonald
Speaker 2: out here at the Oakland Coliseum, and thanks to you
Speaker 2: for listening. In case you missed any of the show,
Speaker 2: you can find it on the iHeartRadio app and that's
Speaker 2: where we had our pregame conversation with former Oakland Athletic
Speaker 2: reliever Blake Trine, who pitched a scoreless eighth inning tonight
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers. Once again, the final score tonight from Oakland.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers shut out the A's ten to nothing. Have
Speaker 2: a great rest of your night see them
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