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Speaker 2: eight sixty six nine eight seven, two, five seventy after
Speaker 2: the Dodgers get their first playoff win since twenty twenty two.
Speaker 2: That also was Game one of the NLDS and it
Speaker 2: was also against those San Diego Padres. A big win
Speaker 2: tonight as the Dodgers take Game one of this best
Speaker 2: of five series by a final score of seven to five,
Speaker 2: and the Dodger bullpen, like they have done all season long,
Speaker 2: coming up big and covering more innings and outs than
Speaker 2: they normally would have to. But yosh D Yamamoto ineffective tonight,
Speaker 2: only out there for three innings, meaning the Dodgers' bullpen
Speaker 2: had to cover eighteen outs, which they did. Ryan Brasier,
Speaker 2: the winning pitcher Blake Trinen, with a five out save
Speaker 2: tonight eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy
Speaker 2: is the phone number.
Speaker 3: We will hear from Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 2: In a moment, we will hear from Dave Roberts, and
Speaker 2: coming up later in the show, we will hear from
Speaker 2: Clayton Kershaw and Jack Flaherty. Jose Moto will join us
Speaker 2: at the bottom of the hour to give his thoughts
Speaker 2: on what took place tonight as the Dodgers got a
Speaker 2: very big win. I said this before the game, and
Speaker 2: it wasn't just because the Dodgers ended up winning, but
Speaker 2: I thought whoever won this game was going to win
Speaker 2: the series.
Speaker 3: The Dodgers have to hold serve here in La.
Speaker 2: They could not afford to go down O one to
Speaker 2: the Padres, who are writing not only moment from winning
Speaker 2: the Wildcard Series in two games over the Braves, but
Speaker 2: riding a wave of a momentum that started after the
Speaker 2: All Star Break where they had the best record in baseball.
Speaker 2: So the Dodgers cool off the red hot Padres and
Speaker 2: maybe put some doubt in their mind. Not only do
Speaker 2: the Padres lose this game, but they also lost one
Speaker 2: of their prime starters in Joe Musgrove, during the fourth
Speaker 2: inning of their Wildcard clinching win over the Braves. So
Speaker 2: the Padres now all of a sudden don't have everything
Speaker 2: going their way and Show Heotani certainly silenced all the critics.
Speaker 2: What other questions are there now of show Haotani. First
Speaker 2: it was he couldn't come up with runners in scoring position.
Speaker 2: Well he's doing that now at a higher clip than
Speaker 2: we've ever seen any other player in recent memory deliver
Speaker 2: in those situations. He hit a walk off grand Slam
Speaker 2: to go forty forty at Dodgers Stadium. He came back
Speaker 2: after going fifty to fifty and hit a big home run.
Speaker 2: He has come up with a walkoff basit during the
Speaker 2: regular season. Tonight, with two outs comes up with a huge,
Speaker 2: game tying three run home run in the second inning
Speaker 2: to bring Dodger Stadium to life and really changed the
Speaker 2: mindset of the Dodgers who were down early again three
Speaker 2: to nothing. So he changed everything with that home run.
Speaker 3: In the second inning.
Speaker 2: He has changed everything for this Dodger team the last
Speaker 2: two weeks because just being around that clubhouse, I get
Speaker 2: a very heightened sense they are looking for Shoe Aotani
Speaker 2: to lead them on the field and lead them emotionally.
Speaker 3: And he has done that.
Speaker 2: Going back to last week when he came up with
Speaker 2: two huge hits to help the Dodgers clinch the NLST
Speaker 2: against the Padres. And to me, tonight we saw more
Speaker 2: fight from the Dodgers than what we have seen from
Speaker 2: them in each of the last two postseasons. And it
Speaker 2: goes back to their preparation during this week for this series.
Speaker 3: They were together.
Speaker 2: They didn't exhale, they ate, they slept, they talked baseball.
Speaker 2: They were here at Dodgers Stadium together eliminating distractions. And
Speaker 2: I know that may had not meant anything by the
Speaker 2: time the final out was recorded tonight if it went
Speaker 2: against them. But the one thing you could say is
Speaker 2: the Dodgers mentally were more locked in coming into this
Speaker 2: game than they were in each of their last two postseasons.
Speaker 2: And how about Freddie Freeman. You want to talk about
Speaker 2: the epitome of fight and wanting this a guy that
Speaker 2: has a severely sprained right ankle, coming down to basically
Speaker 2: an hour before first pitch, finding a way to you know,
Speaker 2: get himself in that lineup, telling Dave Roberts, convincing him
Speaker 2: I am good to go, and then delivers with two
Speaker 2: hits and to boot steals a base. I mean, come on,
Speaker 2: nobody can question Freddie Freeman's heart or desire to help
Speaker 2: win a world series here in La.
Speaker 3: Here was Freddy after the game with Ken Rosenthal. Freddy,
Speaker 3: we all know you have a severely screened ankle. How
Speaker 3: were you able to get on the field tonight.
Speaker 4: I can't thank the training staff enough. A lot of
Speaker 4: hard work. I got here about eleven am start the
Speaker 4: process of trying to get ready, and every day is
Speaker 4: gonna be day to day, but we'll up with some soreness.
Speaker 4: That's why I was a little touchy at there before
Speaker 4: the game.
Speaker 5: But a lot of work.
Speaker 3: Brian Dian's mentally, it's a lot.
Speaker 4: You know, I'm just trying to get myself ready to
Speaker 4: play the game, but you know when it's supposed to
Speaker 4: just try and do anything you can to be out there.
Speaker 3: To stolen base. What were you thinking?
Speaker 4: Well, I understand, I know that I was praying ankle,
Speaker 4: but I want to play the game the right way.
Speaker 4: He was at one six five at home play ninety
Speaker 4: feet in the postseason.
Speaker 3: You never know.
Speaker 4: I felt good enough and if I can't play the
Speaker 4: game the right way, I shouldn't be out there. And
Speaker 4: I needed to go in that situation if they're going
Speaker 4: to try and give me ninety feet, So I think
Speaker 4: I got lucky.
Speaker 3: How do you expect it's going to be tonight and tomorrow.
Speaker 3: What's it feeling like now?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I got a lot of drilling going
Speaker 4: right now, so I'm sure in about fifteen minutes it
Speaker 4: might all set in. But I think before I get
Speaker 4: a call from Doc in the morning and see I
Speaker 4: am and I'll come in here early and start the
Speaker 4: prep again to try and get ready. But I was
Speaker 4: able to play nine days after it, so I'm pretty
Speaker 4: pretty happy about it. And I think we've got a
Speaker 4: good process of leading up and all the treatment I
Speaker 4: got to do before the game that I hopefully I
Speaker 4: can be out there again. Freddy, thank you, appreciate it.
Speaker 3: Thank you.
Speaker 2: There he is Freddy Freeman on Fox Sports after the
Speaker 2: game with the great Ken Rosenthal, and look, Freddy is
Speaker 2: the epitome of the fight this Dodger team seems to
Speaker 2: have that they did not have each of the last
Speaker 2: two years. Taoscar Hernandez, who has not been part of
Speaker 2: the Dodgers until this season, obviously showed what he can
Speaker 2: do in a big spot coming up with the bases
Speaker 2: loaded and delivering the go ahead runs to give the
Speaker 2: Dodgers the lead. I go back to the bottom of
Speaker 2: the fourth inning. That's where this game got into. Got
Speaker 2: out a hand for Mike Shilt and the Padres, and
Speaker 2: it gave all the momentum to the Dodgers. Lost in
Speaker 2: the electric come from behind. Three runs for the Dodgers
Speaker 2: in that fourth inning and lost in the game tying
Speaker 2: electric three run home run by shohe Otani was the
Speaker 2: at bat by Tommy Edmund with one out in the
Speaker 2: fourth inning to start that three run rally. Tommy Edmund
Speaker 2: this season hitting two hundred from the left side as
Speaker 2: a switch hitter. Manny Machada was basically in the sixth hole,
Speaker 2: giving Tommy Edmond all of that grass between third base
Speaker 2: and the pitcher's mound. Tommy Edmund, the one thing that
Speaker 2: he is described as is a ballplayer. He showed it.
Speaker 2: He understood who he is. He understood he hasn't been
Speaker 2: swinging the bat that great from the left side, So
Speaker 2: knowing the Dodgers needed base runners, what did he do
Speaker 2: with one strike? He laid down a perfect bunt that
Speaker 2: Dylan Sees couldn't handle, and Minny Machado is nowhere close
Speaker 2: to getting to that started the rally for the Dodgers
Speaker 2: in the fourth inning.
Speaker 3: Don't sleep on that.
Speaker 2: And also, you know we talk about some of the
Speaker 2: managerial moves that can change a game. What was Mike
Speaker 2: Shilt doing walking Mookie Betts in a two to two
Speaker 2: count that set up of Freddie Freeman and also ta
Speaker 2: Oscar Hernandez. I know they got the four s out
Speaker 2: at home plate, but it was very clear to Miguel
Speaker 2: Rojas being safe and then Teoscar Hernandez coming to the
Speaker 2: plate with a big hit with the bases loaded and
Speaker 2: two outs. I thought walking Mookie Betts, who had not
Speaker 2: had a good swing all night long, was a pivotal
Speaker 2: decision in that fourth inning going the Dodgers way. Here's
Speaker 2: the Padres manager on why he decided to make that
Speaker 2: very Tony Larusa like move.
Speaker 6: Yeah, that whole inning was already you know, kind of
Speaker 6: thought about the different variables. You know, we went out
Speaker 6: dying an issue. We're thinking Dylan may take take him
Speaker 6: through bets. But as soon as you know, Tommy gets
Speaker 6: the bunt down, Robotsi's the base hit. Now we're sitting
Speaker 6: there going all right, we like Mariy hoone on on
Speaker 6: a Tawny comes in and makes a beautiful pitch, you know,
Speaker 6: blows him up. Now we got Mookie on Maury Hone
Speaker 6: went he threw the like the knuckle curve of the
Speaker 6: split whatever we want to call it, that got by him.
Speaker 6: Now we got second and third, we got a base open.
Speaker 6: Mookie's not a big against lefties. He's not gonna hit
Speaker 6: ground balls, he's not gonna strike out pretty much, and
Speaker 6: he's gonna walk. So now you can sit there and say,
Speaker 6: let's tap dance around him. No, let's go to Freddy
Speaker 6: with Maury Hone, who throws you know, fifty ground ball
Speaker 6: rate against lefties. And I would say Freddy wouldn't move
Speaker 6: in good, but he stills a bag and plays possum
Speaker 6: on us. All right, so we go to we go
Speaker 6: to Freddy to get the ground ball, and we got it,
Speaker 6: you know, and Sana makes it. You know, no one
Speaker 6: we got Estrata on Hernandez after that. So the whole
Speaker 6: inning was was not right where we wanted it, but
Speaker 6: unplayed the way we basically wanted it in that sense,
Speaker 6: you know, we just Tony flared one in ground ball
Speaker 6: wouldn't add anybody from Freddy. But Saana makes a great play,
Speaker 6: gets the force at home. Higgy makes a great play too.
Speaker 6: By the way, guys are just nice. And now we're
Speaker 6: sitting there and we got estrada.
Speaker 3: All right, we got it. Mike Shelt.
Speaker 2: You had your reasons. I did not agree with them,
Speaker 2: and thank you very much because that helped the Dodgers
Speaker 2: get that momentum in the fourth inning, and that's where
Speaker 2: it got away from the Padres and all the momentum
Speaker 2: went the Dodgers way and they did not give up
Speaker 2: the lead. They go on to beat the Padres seven
Speaker 2: to five in Game one of a very important NLDS
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers as they are looking to take a
Speaker 2: stranglehold on this series. Tomorrow night to go up to
Speaker 2: oh eight six six nine, seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Let's go out to Ryan. Who is
Speaker 2: that Dodgers stadium tonight? Hi Ryan, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 7: Hey Tim Actually David Ryan, thanks a lot for listening.
Speaker 7: Hey man, I'm still just relaxing in the Dodger parking
Speaker 7: and I want to give out four thank yous tonight.
Speaker 7: If I could number one, thank you Tim for doing
Speaker 7: an outstanding job all year covering the Dodgers. Appreciate you.
Speaker 7: Number two, I want to thank show hey O Tani,
Speaker 7: who we all know is the best player on the planet,
Speaker 7: for giving the Padres a big gut punch tonight and
Speaker 7: his epic bat flip that is going to charge up
Speaker 7: this Dodgers for the rest of the playoffs. Number three,
Speaker 7: I want to give it thanks out to mister no
Speaker 7: hustle Manny Machado for his week back bat flip and
Speaker 7: his throwing there in the fifth and even striking out
Speaker 7: to end the game. I thought that was pretty cool.
Speaker 7: And Fourthly, I want to give a big thank you
Speaker 7: to Freddie Freeman for his gutty and gritty performance tonight
Speaker 7: at the stadium, and I want to also give him
Speaker 7: a shout out. Two weeks ago, I was fortunate to
Speaker 7: sit in the Dodger Club Dodger Dugout club seats and
Speaker 7: after the game watch Freddie walk his Max, who's still
Speaker 7: in therapy from his illness, walk him around the bases
Speaker 7: and carry him around the bases.
Speaker 3: And yeah, I saw that too.
Speaker 2: That was great and Max is walking now and things
Speaker 2: are going in the right direction. Thanks for the phone call,
Speaker 2: Ryan appreciated. I should give thanks to the Dodger fans
Speaker 2: because you guys brought it tonight. You made this a
Speaker 2: hostile environment like we saw in that two game series
Speaker 2: with the Padres and Braves, the Padres fans making it
Speaker 2: a very hostile environment, and it will be that way
Speaker 2: when the Dodgers go down there for Game three. So
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium, the fans that sold out this place, you
Speaker 2: made this a hostile environment, and show Aotani gave you
Speaker 2: something to cheer for, and from that point on this
Speaker 2: place was rocking. Let's go out to Victor, who is
Speaker 2: a Dodgers stadium tonight. Hi, Victor, you're on with David Vasse.
Speaker 3: How you doing.
Speaker 8: Excusing mister baste.
Speaker 9: On.
Speaker 3: No, no stop, Hey, hey, we're.
Speaker 8: All we all deserve some Monica respect every now and then,
Speaker 8: especially after a win like this. I have galls in
Speaker 8: my mouth like I'm on the Godfather. Let me tell
Speaker 8: you about this Dodger thing of ours. Matter of fact,
Speaker 8: this luks andless thing of ours. We don't waste atomic rosters.
Speaker 8: We wasn't a championship with Mookie, didn't we We have
Speaker 8: show Hay added to that, the guys showed up well.
Speaker 8: First of all, we showed up in electric fashion. And
Speaker 8: what happened in the most important way, the best defeated
Speaker 8: the pitching and all the ailments of our own pitching.
Speaker 8: And that's why I want to see it. Do no't
Speaker 8: matter what we can't do. Let me show you that
Speaker 8: you can't stop us, and baseball for the hard sports
Speaker 8: to do that in. And you know, I'm ecstatic. I've
Speaker 8: been calling since nine five. That's how aesthetic I am.
Speaker 8: I still got my talent in my hand. I cannot
Speaker 8: tell you how perfectly we won tonight because I want
Speaker 8: to see if we can defeat our own limitsis which
Speaker 8: is our pitches.
Speaker 10: Hey yeah, well the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: You know, I talked to a few different players that
Speaker 2: played against both the Padres and Dodgers, and they believed
Speaker 2: if the Dodgers were going to win this game tonight,
Speaker 2: and if they're going to win games in the postseason,
Speaker 2: they're going to have to score at least five runs
Speaker 2: a game with the way their pitching is set up
Speaker 2: right now.
Speaker 3: And tonight they did.
Speaker 2: They scored seven runs, and they only scored six combined
Speaker 2: in three NLDS games last season. Thanks for the phone
Speaker 2: call appreciated, Victor. Let's go out to Ricardo, who also
Speaker 2: was at Dodgers Stadium tonight.
Speaker 3: Hi, Ricardo, you're on Dodger.
Speaker 11: Talk, David.
Speaker 12: How you doing.
Speaker 3: Hey, I'm feeling good.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers made me look good and they played with confidence.
Speaker 2: I felt like too many people were giving the Padres
Speaker 2: too much credit and not recognizing the Dodgers have the
Speaker 2: best player on the planet and they've got some pretty
Speaker 2: good players one through nine on their team too.
Speaker 12: Yes, they do. Look. I was at the game, you know,
Speaker 12: and and the Padres sit the lead were early three
Speaker 12: to zarrow. The stadium was flat, but one show hal
Speaker 12: Tony went up to the plate and hit that laser
Speaker 12: out to right field. It was like the stadium just
Speaker 12: came back from the dead. It was electric. Now, I
Speaker 12: wanted to mention some team moments, and you mentioned it
Speaker 12: as well. I mean, it almost will sound kind of cliche,
Speaker 12: but the Dodgers were able to play small ball, you know,
Speaker 12: put runners on base, put the bunt down, capitalize on
Speaker 12: the errors of the Padres because you know, those mental errors,
Speaker 12: you know, really made a difference in the game. One
Speaker 12: more thing, David, you know, I want to talk about
Speaker 12: the ninth inning, the top of the ninth that diving
Speaker 12: catch by Davin Lux. I mean that that was beautiful.
Speaker 12: I mean, I really think he saved the run with
Speaker 12: that catch right there. And man, that was the bottom
Speaker 12: bottom of the game tonight.
Speaker 3: Lux played a good game tonight.
Speaker 2: And how about the catch Miguel Rojas made in the
Speaker 2: eighth inning on boguards that had trouble written all over it.
Speaker 12: Oh yeah, he got that ball like a wide receiver.
Speaker 13: I mean.
Speaker 8: That was awesome.
Speaker 2: That's not an easy play. He made it look easy.
Speaker 2: Thanks for the phone call, Ricardo, appreciate it. Eight six
Speaker 2: six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Dodgers take Game one of the NLDS seven to five,
Speaker 2: the final score over the Padres. Let's head downstairs to
Speaker 2: hear from the manager, Dave Roberts.
Speaker 9: The first inning certainly was an ideal as far as
Speaker 9: striking first, but it was good to see us show
Speaker 9: some resilience and take a blow and respond the way
Speaker 9: we did, and even to tie the ball game up
Speaker 9: and then you know, give up two more and then
Speaker 9: to continue to fight back just really speaks to, you know,
Speaker 9: the character of this group. And I've talked about this
Speaker 9: for a few weeks and we need we need to fight,
Speaker 9: and you know, and that's what we did tonight and
Speaker 9: didn't get an ideal start, but guys in the pen
Speaker 9: picked us up, and the offense was relentless with their
Speaker 9: at bats.
Speaker 8: What did Show's home run due just maybe open things
Speaker 8: up for you guys offense?
Speaker 9: Forre it just kind of obviously it got us back
Speaker 9: in the game. It's just got the momentum back for
Speaker 9: us and just gave us life. And I think from
Speaker 9: pitch one the fans were just engaged, were in it.
Speaker 9: It was just I felt that energy and I think
Speaker 9: show Hey feeds off that. But that was just a
Speaker 9: huge hit.
Speaker 14: I think he's like fourteen for his last seventeen of
Speaker 14: the Russian scoring position. I know you kind of go
Speaker 14: up there expecting him to get hit every time, and
Speaker 14: that's spot. But does it get a little ridiculous at
Speaker 14: that point, Like how frequently he's been doing that lately?
Speaker 9: It's been insane, you know how good he's been with
Speaker 9: runners in scoring position, and so you know, the key
Speaker 9: is just getting opportunities, because yeah, when he does get
Speaker 9: those opportunities, you feel like he's going to catch him
Speaker 9: in put.
Speaker 14: It on the second round, the middle.
Speaker 1: Day resiliency sta in his team's identity.
Speaker 15: You just talked about how betsy Freddie was out there,
Speaker 15: and also did you expect the stolen base?
Speaker 9: He was very gutsy. He just willed himself into the lineup.
Speaker 9: You know, he was certainly medicated. You know, he's he's
Speaker 9: doing whatever he can to get on the field, man,
Speaker 9: and and I just really have so much respect for him,
Speaker 9: you know, finding a way to play and be there
Speaker 9: for his teammates. And I did he swung the bat
Speaker 9: really well tonight, obviously with some hits, and I didn't
Speaker 9: expect the stolen base. And it's one of those things
Speaker 9: you get these guys that are in compete mode and
Speaker 9: they just don't know anything else. So I was just
Speaker 9: grateful he survived that that. I don't know if it
Speaker 9: was a slide or it was a collision with the bag,
Speaker 9: I don't know what it was.
Speaker 2: I'm sure that made Dave Roberts very nervous, as it
Speaker 2: made fifty thousand plus very nervous. Freddie Freeman stealing second
Speaker 2: base and sliding, I mean, come on, you don't want that,
Speaker 2: right ankle going underneath your leg and then all of a.
Speaker 3: Sudden, it's a Donzo for the rest of the series.
Speaker 2: But luckily Freddy survived it and everybody was watching him
Speaker 2: as he went back to the dugout when that inning
Speaker 2: was over. Speaking of show Hey Otani and runners in
Speaker 2: scoring position, it bears repeating because Otani in his last
Speaker 2: eleven games with runners in scoring position is fourteen for
Speaker 2: seventeen with six home runs and twenty two RBIs. I mean,
Speaker 2: he is on another level right now, and that's why
Speaker 2: I felt like coming into this series he was not
Speaker 2: getting enough credit. The Dodgers were not getting enough credit.
Speaker 2: And I know the Padres are a really good team,
Speaker 2: no doubt about it, but the Dodgers are a very
Speaker 2: good team as well. In fact, with the Padres having
Speaker 2: the best record since the All Star Break, they still
Speaker 2: were not able to catch the Dodgers, who finished with
Speaker 2: the best record in baseball. And going back to kind
Speaker 2: of the cat and mouse game between the Padres and Otani, specifically,
Speaker 2: you go back to hearing Sandy Kofax being asked questions
Speaker 2: about how did you get Willie Mays out, how did
Speaker 2: you get Hank Aaron out? Sandy Kofax, who was here tonight,
Speaker 2: would say, I couldn't get those guys out.
Speaker 3: They were really good hitters.
Speaker 2: The way I navigated those hitters was by keeping the
Speaker 2: hitters in front of them off the bases.
Speaker 3: And that is the biggest fear.
Speaker 2: For Mike Shilt and the Padres. When shoe Hey Otani
Speaker 2: comes to the plate, they don't want anybody on bass.
Speaker 2: They know Otani's on a different level. They know Otani
Speaker 2: is one of, if not the best hitter in baseball
Speaker 2: right now. Going back to last week, what really hurt
Speaker 2: the Padres was the bottom of the Dodgers order getting
Speaker 2: on base, flipping the lineup and having men on base,
Speaker 2: whether it's one or two or three guys on base.
Speaker 2: When Otani came to the plate, That's what did Dylan
Speaker 2: season in the second inning. That's what did him in
Speaker 2: to come out of the game in the fourth inning,
Speaker 2: because if you look at what took place in that
Speaker 2: second inning, Will Smith lead off walk, Gavin Lux base hit,
Speaker 2: then he gets Tommy Edmonds striking him out, Miguel Rojas
Speaker 2: grounds out to second base. Then you still have two
Speaker 2: men on with Otani at the plate, runners at first
Speaker 2: and second with two out. That's not what is ideal
Speaker 2: for the Padres. And in the fourth inning, same thing
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund.
Speaker 3: I can't say it enough.
Speaker 2: What a brilliant baseball play for him from the left
Speaker 2: side of the plate where he's hitting two hundred to
Speaker 2: lay down a bunt for a base hit, one out
Speaker 2: Edmund at first, Rojas base it over the shortstop. So
Speaker 2: all of a sudden, now you got runners on base.
Speaker 2: There's pressure on and show he Otani's coming to the
Speaker 2: plate with one out.
Speaker 3: That is not ideal for the Padres. And that's something
Speaker 3: to keep.
Speaker 2: An eye on as this series moves forward and the
Speaker 2: Dodgers roll on through October. Can the bottom of the
Speaker 2: order get on base to put on a lot of
Speaker 2: pressure on the opponent? Tonight, the seven eight nine hitters
Speaker 2: are combined five for twelve, eight, six, six, nine, seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to father, Gary and Burbank. You're on Dodger Talk live
Speaker 2: from Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 3: Hi, Father, Hey Dave.
Speaker 11: You gotta know something, man, You're really good at what
Speaker 11: you do. You know that You've you said everything I.
Speaker 16: Wanted to say, So I don't know what else there's
Speaker 16: to say.
Speaker 7: You've got fans that say it.
Speaker 3: I don't have God on my side like you have.
Speaker 3: Come on, if you say.
Speaker 8: It's a little.
Speaker 11: Tommy Lissorta said that God was a Dodger fan. So
Speaker 11: we're set.
Speaker 5: But Dave, I want to tell you that I noticed
Speaker 5: what you said.
Speaker 17: The Dodgers are.
Speaker 11: Playing small ball. I was watching baseball tonight. I was
Speaker 11: watching guys do things because they love the game, not
Speaker 11: because like they felt obligated, but they were like they
Speaker 11: were doing things to win, and it was amazing to see.
Speaker 11: And I think that the fans picked up on that,
Speaker 11: and I think that we're good. I just have one
Speaker 11: question for you, Dave. One question.
Speaker 3: Geez.
Speaker 11: You said that the last time the Dodgers won a
Speaker 11: home game in the postseason was in twenty twenty two.
Speaker 11: We know the outcome of what happened in twenty twenty two, right,
Speaker 11: So give me some hope. I give people hope every day.
Speaker 11: Give us some hope that the Dodgers are going to
Speaker 11: finish the series off and move on.
Speaker 3: All right. Well, Number one, it's not just the first
Speaker 3: home victory. It's the first.
Speaker 2: Playoff victory period since Game one of the twenty twenty
Speaker 2: two NLDS. Here's your hope, Father Gary. His name sho
Speaker 2: hey Otani. If you saw what he did tonight, he
Speaker 2: ready and up to the task to carry the Dodgers
Speaker 2: past the padres.
Speaker 11: Trust me, I can't wait, Dave.
Speaker 3: This is a love offers on his back. That's what
Speaker 3: you saw.
Speaker 10: Let's carry Let's go.
Speaker 11: Let's let him carry us. Let's get across that finish
Speaker 11: lineal let's do it. We were at the Greek Fest tonight.
Speaker 7: We were watching it.
Speaker 11: We were going bananas. It was an awesome, awesome atmosphere.
Speaker 11: I can't imagine what Dodger Stadium was like. But man,
Speaker 11: keep up the good work, Dave. Let's bring this one home.
Speaker 11: Twenty twenty fourth time for the Dodgers to win the
Speaker 11: World Series.
Speaker 18: Let's go.
Speaker 11: God bless it.
Speaker 2: Good night, all right, thank you so much. Appreciate the
Speaker 2: phone call. Let's go out to Bakersfield. Rob, You're on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk.
Speaker 17: How you doing, Rob, Machi bad DV?
Speaker 13: How are you tonight?
Speaker 18: That's what I want to know, because I was actually
Speaker 18: I was telling the screen and then I do play
Speaker 18: by play for bakers from college football, and I'm doing
Speaker 18: play by play as I'm playing at El Camino down
Speaker 18: in Torrens and watching the game on the.
Speaker 13: Phone, and a couple of things were happening. We had
Speaker 13: high drama all throughout Southern California. Is twenty seven to
Speaker 13: twenty six was the final score. But Bakerson College is
Speaker 13: down right around the same time the Dodgers are down.
Speaker 19: But the stars came out, and the stars came out
Speaker 19: on the football field. But the stars came out. And
Speaker 19: that's what you were saying. You took the words right
Speaker 19: out of my mouth, just like Father Gary was saying.
Speaker 19: You're so good at it, and you're already foretelling what
Speaker 19: was happening out there. And that was the fact that
Speaker 19: we got these guys in place to shine. Yes, I
Speaker 19: love the twenty seventeen team. I love the twenty eighteen.
Speaker 13: Team, the twenty twenty team in the Bubble fantastic teams,
Speaker 13: but this team does something a little bit different. Joe Otani,
Speaker 13: Kayoscar Hernandez, fantastic ballplayers, wonderful superstars with that bullpen, the defense,
Speaker 13: guys like Miggy Rowe, Tommy Edmond that are doing the
Speaker 13: little things to be able to make a difference. I
Speaker 13: think that that's what really is the difference between those
Speaker 13: teams have passed and what we're seeing right now.
Speaker 2: Well, I don't know about all that. All I know
Speaker 2: is about the last two years. And I just hadn't
Speaker 2: seen the fight or the care to come back from.
Speaker 3: You know, being down in the game or being down
Speaker 3: in the series.
Speaker 2: And we saw that tonight and it spoke volumes and
Speaker 2: like I said, and thank you for the phone call,
Speaker 2: Shohei Otani wants to put the Dodgers on his back.
Speaker 8: He did it.
Speaker 2: He's done it for the last two weeks. He did
Speaker 2: it again tonight. Freddie Freeman. Most guys would not even
Speaker 2: be playing, but this guy wanted to be in the
Speaker 2: starting lineup.
Speaker 3: He wanted to be out there.
Speaker 2: I had players tell me during the last road trip
Speaker 2: of the regular season his right ankle would have to
Speaker 2: be sawed off for him to not play tonight. And
Speaker 2: he played even better than I thought he did. I mean,
Speaker 2: he moved around a better than I.
Speaker 3: Thought he would. There was a ground ball white a
Speaker 3: first in.
Speaker 2: The first inning that I thought that if he was
Speaker 2: one hundred percent he would have been able to make
Speaker 2: a play on. But outside of that, I mean, he
Speaker 2: was outstanding and when you have a guy like Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman going out there to play on a bad ankle,
Speaker 2: finding a way to gut it out to get out there,
Speaker 2: sends a message to the rest of the team. Eight
Speaker 2: six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. Dodgers beat the Padres seven to five in
Speaker 2: Game one of the NLDS.
Speaker 3: Jeff and Sierra Madre, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Jeff?
Speaker 10: Hey, dB, love you man, Thank you for the call. Hey,
Speaker 10: I just want to talk rivalries. You know, historically it's
Speaker 10: been the Giants right there, They're the nemesis from the North.
Speaker 10: But these Podres really hate us. What do you think
Speaker 10: about the rivalry? We're like, who's well? I used the
Speaker 10: biggest thought.
Speaker 2: I used this comparison yesterday on The Petros and Money Show.
Speaker 2: Remember when the said Sacramento Kings were a thorn in
Speaker 2: the Lakers side for about four years.
Speaker 3: They would always, you know.
Speaker 2: Feel like they were on the Lakers level from two
Speaker 2: thousand to two thousand and four. The Shaq Kobe Lakers
Speaker 2: and I played it yesterday and I felt like the
Speaker 2: Dodgers needed to have that Shaquille O'Neal attitude that he
Speaker 2: had towards the Sacramento Queens. That's the way the Dodgers
Speaker 2: needed to approach this series, and we saw it tonight.
Speaker 2: The padres our arrival during this period of time for
Speaker 2: about four years, are they going to be the Giants
Speaker 2: of the Cardinals?
Speaker 3: I don't think so.
Speaker 2: That's the best comparison I could make Lakers Sacramento Kings
Speaker 2: for about a four year period. That's the way the
Speaker 2: Padres are trying to bow up to the Dodgers. And
Speaker 2: they've done something the Sacramento Kings could not do, and
Speaker 2: that's beat the Dodgers in a playoff series. So I
Speaker 2: think the Dodgers remember that and they don't want that
Speaker 2: to happen again. From the guys that were still.
Speaker 3: On that team.
Speaker 8: Awesome.
Speaker 10: Well that's great news, great analogy, and and thank you.
Speaker 10: Although Buster Posey, what do you think about the bust
Speaker 10: and Pope Posey higher for the Giants?
Speaker 3: I'm nuts. I think I care about Buster Posey.
Speaker 2: He doesn't have any experience, all right, I'm not not
Speaker 2: even on my radar, Jeff, I'm not concerned about that
Speaker 2: at all.
Speaker 3: All Right, We're.
Speaker 2: Gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk. When
Speaker 2: we continue, Jose Moto, we'll check in. We'll take more
Speaker 2: of your phone calls. At eight six, six, nine eighty
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy you'll hear from Clayton Kershaw and
Speaker 2: Jack Flaherty, who is going to start Game two tomorrow
Speaker 2: night here at Dodger Stadium with the Dodgers up one
Speaker 2: game to nothing over the Padres after a seven to
Speaker 2: five win on AM five to seventy LA Sports.
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Speaker 1: your talk with Dodger insider David vasse Cease into his
Speaker 1: wind up and Old Tani.
Speaker 3: Lights it up right back up. Welcome to the postseason show,
Speaker 3: Hell Old Tony the Games.
Speaker 4: Quite a star running for the game's biggest stage.
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Speaker 2: Hey Otani brought Dodgers Stadium to its feet with a
Speaker 2: game time three run home run with two outs in
Speaker 2: the second inning off a Dylan cease that propelled the
Speaker 2: Dodgers to beat the Padres seven to five in Game
Speaker 2: one of the NLDS. Otani joined superstars like Aaron Judge,
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Speaker 2: to get to all of your calls, and we'll also
Speaker 2: hear from tomorrow's starter, Jack Flaherty.
Speaker 1: But first it's time to go around the Horn with
Speaker 1: Jose Mota.
Speaker 3: Jose Mota.
Speaker 2: Yesterday on Petros and Money, Andrew Friedman was urging Dodger
Speaker 2: fans to make this a hostile environment. It felt like
Speaker 2: with Otani's three run home run, he brought this stadium
Speaker 2: to life, and the padres certainly were rattled after that.
Speaker 5: Oh Dave, there's no doubt that when you look at
Speaker 5: a way in which when you go into a hostile
Speaker 5: environment on the road to quiet the fans, you do
Speaker 5: it with one swing, with one impact, and you do
Speaker 5: it with on same thing at home to get another
Speaker 5: team out of their game a little bit more and
Speaker 5: getting up the rails a little bit more. Well, Thus
Speaker 5: what we have to do with who better than Shohale
Speaker 5: Touney first time after what eight hundred and seventy five
Speaker 5: games in his career have not played a playoff game.
Speaker 5: And I was really hoping Dave that that opportunities he
Speaker 5: is going to get today at least the Powers are
Speaker 5: going to challenge him, and they're gonna be big chances
Speaker 5: for the Duties to make an impact. And because I
Speaker 5: want to see I want to see him get tested
Speaker 5: right away and see what kind of sway he brings,
Speaker 5: which club he brings out of that bag. And I
Speaker 5: think he answered that bill quite quickly here today.
Speaker 2: I thought the big play in the fourth inning was
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmond laying down that bunt because they were giving
Speaker 2: it to him on the third base line. Did you
Speaker 2: feel like that was as important as anything else that
Speaker 2: took place in that fourth inning.
Speaker 5: There's a lot of things that that's one of them,
Speaker 5: for sure. How many times have we seen teams practice
Speaker 5: this and say, hey, we've got to go out there
Speaker 5: if they're giving it to you and you're struggling to
Speaker 5: get guys on base.
Speaker 12: It's a free base it why not use it?
Speaker 5: But it takes as you were talking about Tommy Edmon,
Speaker 5: somebody with a lot of confidence number one, well, the
Speaker 5: high base like Q, they can really slow the game
Speaker 5: down and said, this game or the impact of this game,
Speaker 5: and you know, this platform is not going to slow
Speaker 5: me down from doing what I need to do, which
Speaker 5: is get on base to really pull a lot of pressure.
Speaker 5: A guy like Dylan Cecil was rattled himself because he
Speaker 5: saw at one point where the entire infield was going
Speaker 5: out there going, wait a minute, we got to go
Speaker 5: and talk to this guy because he's losing it right now.
Speaker 5: But Tommy Edman has shown the fact that he's a
Speaker 5: he's a sinking ball player that can make an impact
Speaker 5: for you, make a difference so many ways. Now, Dave,
Speaker 5: if here's another bat, how about Tommy Edman the switch
Speaker 5: hitter batting from the right side against a Arty And
Speaker 5: people didn't pay attention to that. But I'm going it
Speaker 5: takes a lot of gus for you to go, you
Speaker 5: know what, I don't feel comfortable with this guy on
Speaker 5: the mound throwing all the splitters, my swing is not
Speaker 5: where it needs to be from the left side. Even
Speaker 5: though he does not get the RBI, he put the
Speaker 5: ball and play. And what better to do when you're
Speaker 5: pressing a team than putting the ball and play. In
Speaker 5: all this, the dollar scored on an aerbiom a child.
Speaker 5: You talk about the bunds, So there's a lot of
Speaker 5: things in which they showed the ability to play baseball
Speaker 5: and to have a lot of traffic on the basis,
Speaker 5: which is what makes it easier for the guys to
Speaker 5: come up to hit, to know that it's not just
Speaker 5: going to be about one big swing, but about a
Speaker 5: lot of good swings and consistent a bounce. Did throughout
Speaker 5: the night?
Speaker 2: Did Freddie Freeman exceed your expectations on what he could
Speaker 2: do playing.
Speaker 3: With that bad right ankle?
Speaker 8: Man?
Speaker 5: The first thing I said is my dad was sitting
Speaker 5: next to me and I tipped my hat. This guy
Speaker 5: was in such bad shape. Is a big frame. I mean,
Speaker 5: there's a lot of weight on that right ankle his
Speaker 5: landing leg, which to me was an advantage because he
Speaker 5: doesn't have to push off for that leg. But it's
Speaker 5: a soft landing sometimes for a hitter, is the best
Speaker 5: thing you can do. And sometimes you teach soft landings
Speaker 5: to guys to say, hey, don't jump at the baseball.
Speaker 5: Maybe for Freddy it's a good thing, but then to
Speaker 5: hear him talk about the stolen base, Dave and say,
Speaker 5: this guy's a one six five. How have you heard
Speaker 5: somebody who was barely playing say I need to steal
Speaker 5: that base because the information I got is that we
Speaker 5: need to have that base and I'm gonna beat it. No,
Speaker 5: it takes a thinking player, somebody that really wants to
Speaker 5: maximize opportunities and get that potential out of his team
Speaker 5: to do that, and a true leader, by the way,
Speaker 5: who says, it's not about the pain right now, I
Speaker 5: need to be a second base. Guys a one six
Speaker 5: ove at on play, there's no reason for me to
Speaker 5: stay at first base. And he got there to that
Speaker 5: stolen base.
Speaker 3: Jose Mode is joining us.
Speaker 2: After the Dodgers get a big win in the NLDS,
Speaker 2: the first game goes their way seven to five victors
Speaker 2: over the Padres. All right, Yoshiyamamoto only goes three innings.
Speaker 2: That means Dave Roberts had to navigate basically a bullpen
Speaker 2: game to get the last eighteen outs. Everybody is always
Speaker 2: so quick to criticize Dave, but man, what a managing
Speaker 2: job he did tonight. Jose to be able to navigate
Speaker 2: his bullpen through eighteen outs, including Blake Trining getting out
Speaker 2: there for a five out save with Henley Jansen in
Speaker 2: the house, the king of doing that for many years
Speaker 2: as the old time saves leader with the Dodgers.
Speaker 5: Yeah, ask Kelly Jensen about how quickly playoff games turned
Speaker 5: into bullpen games. That's exactly what we saw today, Yamamoto.
Speaker 5: My quick comm is gonna be he needs to be better.
Speaker 5: He needs to be better and get off the better
Speaker 5: starts because he's not giving the Dodgers right now what
Speaker 5: they need. Hopefully he got this one out of the
Speaker 5: way and better things are coming by. Dave Roberts knew
Speaker 5: that there's some guys that you think about, Okay, how
Speaker 5: much can I how long can I go with him?
Speaker 5: And you know one thing in the regular season game,
Speaker 5: some of those guys when I have been pitching his
Speaker 5: second inning or started second inning. But you have no
Speaker 5: choice right now but to say, who gives my best
Speaker 5: option to get people out? Which part of the lineups
Speaker 5: are coming up? And then well, Blake trunning. It's not
Speaker 5: about thinking who's going to get to save, is about
Speaker 5: saying who can he match up better with and thinking
Speaker 5: at the end he is my best option. I do
Speaker 5: not need to play matchup lefty Lefty here, but the
Speaker 5: guy with the best experience. And that's why he did
Speaker 5: a fine job managing today, including one time later in
Speaker 5: the game when Dave Roberts almost stopped the game to
Speaker 5: position guys and guess what happened then line drive to
Speaker 5: the less of Gavin Lux So you know what, there's
Speaker 5: a lot of things that went right in which the
Speaker 5: mander hell lot to.
Speaker 8: Do with too.
Speaker 2: All right, Jose Modo, we'll check in with you again
Speaker 2: tomorrow night after Game two of the NLDS. The Dodgers
Speaker 2: take Game one with a seven to five win. Thanks Jose, alrighty,
Speaker 2: good night. There he goes Jose Mota, part of the
Speaker 2: Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast with Pepe and Ningez and Fernando
Speaker 2: Vealezuela and thinking about Fernando. Hope you're doing well and
Speaker 2: we're all thinking about you. Fernando eight six six nine
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number, Like
Speaker 2: I mentioned, Kenley Jansen was in the house tonight, Yes
Speaker 2: he was, and it was great to see him before
Speaker 2: the game. Sandy Kofax was here, Irvin Magic Johnson was
Speaker 2: in the house. So uh, it felt like Hollywood, and
Speaker 2: it felt like everybody under understood that those players between
Speaker 2: the lines needed a lot of energy and support. And
Speaker 2: Dodger fans and a sellout crowd setting really brought more
Speaker 2: energy tonight fifty three, twenty eight than I have seen
Speaker 2: for a home playoff game in quite some time. And
Speaker 2: you know, I know the Dodgers have put out great teams,
Speaker 2: one hundred win teams, but you cannot take this for granted.
Speaker 2: And it felt like the players had the urgency and
Speaker 2: the fans that came to the game tonight felt that
Speaker 2: same sense of urgency. So kudos to the sellout crowd
Speaker 2: for making this home field advantage for the Dodgers. Let's
Speaker 2: take a couple of more calls before we hear from
Speaker 2: Jack Flaherty. Steve in Tucson, Arizona. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 5: Hi, Steve, Hey d that's a going great.
Speaker 3: What do you got for us?
Speaker 16: I just want to give a shout out to Dave Roberts.
Speaker 16: I know you mentioned over the way, the way he
Speaker 16: helded the and I was a big you know, I
Speaker 16: criticized the line of the pass, but I gotta give
Speaker 16: him a shot out tonight. And hey, you do bek
Speaker 16: heding that bullpen?
Speaker 3: Yeah, you do. Good for you, Steve. Thank you for
Speaker 3: the phone call.
Speaker 2: Everybody would have been very quick to call and say
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts did this wrong. He brought in the wrong reliever.
Speaker 2: There was nothing that Dave Roberts did tonight, even if
Speaker 2: it would have gone the opposite way, that was on
Speaker 2: his hands. He did everything he could as a manager
Speaker 2: to make the right moves to give the Dodgers a
Speaker 2: good chance to win. Let's go out to Richard, who
Speaker 2: is at Dodger Stadium tonight. Hi, Richard, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 16: What's going on, David?
Speaker 17: I you know, I love Otani of course, and I
Speaker 17: love Freeman of course. But man, Tommy Edmund has been
Speaker 17: such a job for the Dodgers. It's been a real
Speaker 17: shot in the arm. Ever since the deadline, you know,
Speaker 17: when he was acquired, he's just been just coming through.
Speaker 17: Ever since the Arizona series. I've just been really, really
Speaker 17: appreciative of what he's done and how he's come through
Speaker 17: for us. And you know, I'm not here to talk
Speaker 17: about Buster Posey, you know, like I'm here to and
Speaker 17: what they're doing. You know, I'm here to talk about
Speaker 17: you know, Dave Roberts, Headman Otani. It was just it
Speaker 17: was real great energy. Like you said, the fans really
Speaker 17: brought it. You know, I was there. You know, everyone
Speaker 17: was just having a great time. Everyone was real friendly.
Speaker 17: It was just a real great vibe and everyone knows
Speaker 17: that it was a good win tonight. But you know,
Speaker 17: we still got a lot more to do. We still
Speaker 17: got some more wins on the schedule that we're hoping
Speaker 17: to pull through. And that's what we're gonna be here for,
Speaker 17: and that's what we're gonna keep rooting for. Thanks a
Speaker 17: lot for taking my call, no.
Speaker 2: Problem, Richard, Thank you for the phone call. Eight six
Speaker 2: six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: One win doesn't win a series, that's true. But the
Speaker 2: way the Dodgers came back to win this game is
Speaker 2: huge for their psyche and their confidence and also put
Speaker 2: some doubt in that Padres clubhouse because everything has gone
Speaker 2: right for them and I know they beat the Dodgers
Speaker 2: eight out of thirteen times during the regular season, but
Speaker 2: when it's counted the last two weeks, all of a sudden,
Speaker 2: now the Dodgers have won three of the last four
Speaker 2: against the San Diego Padres. The Dodgers did this tonight
Speaker 2: with Clayton Kershaw and Joe Kelly off their NLDS roster.
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts said before the game today that not only
Speaker 2: is Kershaw not going to be on the NLDS roster,
Speaker 2: but his season is over because his left foot has
Speaker 2: not gotten better. In fact, it's gone backwards. So unfortunately
Speaker 2: for Kershaw, his season is over. But he was top
Speaker 2: step the entire game, rooting on his team. And here's
Speaker 2: what Clayton had to say before the game about the
Speaker 2: way unfortunately things have ended for him this season.
Speaker 20: It was just getting It was getting pretty mentally exhausting
Speaker 20: to continue to pitch, try to pitch, and it just
Speaker 20: kept hurting. So I got another MRI and I made
Speaker 20: it worse. So there's there's no point at this point
Speaker 20: to keep going. And it's unfortunate. I mean, obviously super frustrated, but.
Speaker 16: Yeah, that's really it.
Speaker 20: It's not getting better, so I can't.
Speaker 3: Pitch maybe you need some surgery.
Speaker 20: It's definitely in the conversation. I haven't solidified anything yet,
Speaker 20: but there's a chance that it might need to fix it.
Speaker 15: Yeah, when will you reflect on what your future is
Speaker 15: as far as wanting to try to come back again
Speaker 15: after another surgery.
Speaker 20: Yeah, we'll talk about it after the season. You know,
Speaker 20: I think right now focus should be trying to beat
Speaker 20: the Padres and that's what you know. I'm gonna try
Speaker 20: and be a good cheerleader as best I can and
Speaker 20: that's that's it. But yeah, we'll think about it an offseason.
Speaker 20: He'll come quick and yeah, just decide.
Speaker 9: Then.
Speaker 2: All right, there's Clayton Kershaw, who tried to do everything
Speaker 2: in his power to try to get over this unfortunate injury.
Speaker 2: His left foot is push off foot that just hasn't cooperated.
Speaker 2: And his season is over and I really do hope
Speaker 2: he comes back next year for the because he means
Speaker 2: a lot. He means a lot just in the whole
Speaker 2: vibe of that clubhouse and a guy that everybody respects
Speaker 2: when he speaks, and just his work ethic is incredible
Speaker 2: as well, even at this stage of his career. Also,
Speaker 2: Joe Kelly was left off the NLDS roster because during
Speaker 2: the Dodgers week off, he was throwing in a simulated
Speaker 2: game and injured his shoulder. Dave Roberts said, it's a
Speaker 2: similar injury to what Bruce star Gratoro had which ended
Speaker 2: his season.
Speaker 3: So unfortunately for.
Speaker 2: Joe, who was looking good the last couple of weeks,
Speaker 2: another injury keeps him off the playoff rosters.
Speaker 3: So Joe Kelly also.
Speaker 2: Hanging out in that bullpen being there as a support
Speaker 2: system to all those relievers, and certainly they did a
Speaker 2: great job tonight, from Ryan Brazier to Alex Vesia, to
Speaker 2: Evan Phillips to Michael Kopek and Blake Trining with the
Speaker 2: five out save as the Dodgers beat the Padres tonight
Speaker 2: seven to five in Game one of the NLDS.
Speaker 3: Let's go out to New Hall, Marco. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 21: Hi Marco, Hey David, thanks for taking the call on
Speaker 21: a longtime listener and multiple time callers. Let's get a
Speaker 21: chat with you again, man pleasure. Hey listen, I wanted
Speaker 21: to wanted to call something out. I think all we
Speaker 21: poked about tonight the great Freddie Freeman being a warrior.
Speaker 21: I started being saw at the back of the lineup,
Speaker 21: setting the table and doing their job all too true.
Speaker 21: The one thing we haven't talked about but I thought
Speaker 21: was so special is I was at the game and
Speaker 21: when Kopek was struggling, yet a woll bitch walk right
Speaker 21: out of the gates, MIGGI Rowe goes in instead of
Speaker 21: them out fire. We're shouting. You know, we're ten rounds
Speaker 21: back from Roger dug out. Why isn't fire going out there?
Speaker 21: But Nicky Rowe with employees and veteran leadership.
Speaker 3: I saw him out there even before the ball got
Speaker 3: back to Kopek. He was in his ear. It's not
Speaker 3: necessarily Mark Pryor's job. How about the catcher.
Speaker 2: The catcher should be going out there to settle down
Speaker 2: his pitcher. But you know, Keik Hernandez has done that,
Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas has done that. So they kind of have
Speaker 2: a feel for the game and understand how to slow
Speaker 2: it down and get into that pitcher's head. So I
Speaker 2: think when Keyk's on the infield, and of course Rojas,
Speaker 2: they're really good at feeling that that kind of momentum
Speaker 2: going against their pitcher and trying to slow the game down.
Speaker 3: You're right, thanks for the phone call. Appreciate it.
Speaker 2: And Miguel Rojas, he made an incredible catch in the
Speaker 2: eighth inning that had trouble written all over it. It
Speaker 2: was one of those fly balls by Bogarts that you
Speaker 2: know usually drops. It was right in the perfect spot,
Speaker 2: but Rojas, thirty six years old going out there and
Speaker 2: making an over the shoulder basket catch that not many
Speaker 2: guys could do. So big defensive play by Rojas and
Speaker 2: the eighth big defensive play by Gavin Lux in the
Speaker 2: ninth inning.
Speaker 3: It was a total team effort.
Speaker 2: And that's what the Dodgers are going to need, not
Speaker 2: only to win this series, but to go the distance
Speaker 2: up and down this lineup, up and down the pitching staff.
Speaker 2: They all did a great job of chipping in to
Speaker 2: get this win tonight. And look, like I said, the
Speaker 2: Padres are a really good team. But the Dodgers have
Speaker 2: to remember how good they are and take that field
Speaker 2: and do what they used to do and own that
Speaker 2: field and put doubt in that other teams dugout. And
Speaker 2: they did that tonight. By the way, they came back
Speaker 2: to win this game. Now tomorrow game two of the NLDS,
Speaker 2: we'll have Jack Flaherty going up against you, Darvish. Here
Speaker 2: was Jack Flaherty earlier today when I asked him about
Speaker 2: his thoughts of getting on the mound in a postseason game,
Speaker 2: but this time wearing a Dodger uniform.
Speaker 3: A lot.
Speaker 14: You know, just have had some conversations over the last
Speaker 14: couple of days with some family and some people close
Speaker 14: to me, just kind of putting it all in a
Speaker 14: perspective and how kind of surreal and just crazy of
Speaker 14: an opportunity it is, you know, being from here and
Speaker 14: growing up here, having come to games here here and
Speaker 14: and then, but it's different, you know, be able to
Speaker 14: be a part of it and you know, have the
Speaker 14: be on this side of things. You know, if I've
Speaker 14: been here for you know, a playoff game with with
Speaker 14: Saint Louis, But but being to be on this side
Speaker 14: and and be a part of it over here is different.
Speaker 14: And it's just a lot of fun at the end
Speaker 14: of the day. You know, this is uh, you know
Speaker 14: something you know I was like looking back, you know,
Speaker 14: a little.
Speaker 3: Like young me.
Speaker 14: If I was to tell myself this, you know what
Speaker 14: would like eight year old me say and then just
Speaker 14: be be pretty cool. So I'm just I'm trying to
Speaker 14: enjoy it.
Speaker 15: Andrew was doing the press conference a couple of days
Speaker 15: ago and was asked about, you know, the fastball velocity,
Speaker 15: but he said that you're trying to kind of get
Speaker 15: your delivery all synced up. Do you feel like you've
Speaker 15: had enough time and are you happy with where it's
Speaker 15: at in preparation for tomorrow?
Speaker 14: Yeah, you know, I think the last couple of starts,
Speaker 14: we were working on a couple of things and trying
Speaker 14: to do a couple of things different. And you know,
Speaker 14: we're gonna be able to go and use my strengths
Speaker 14: as to go forward, and you know, the philosophy is
Speaker 14: going to be whatever it is. I don't know, but
Speaker 14: at that point just comes down to excuting and but
Speaker 14: you know, we just be putting the work over the
Speaker 14: week and trying to figure some things out and just
Speaker 14: try to be more consistent. More than anything. You got
Speaker 14: to locate the ball and spin the ball the way
Speaker 14: I want to.
Speaker 2: And that is tomorrow's starter at a Burbank. Jack Flaherty,
Speaker 2: the Grade one eight, will be on the mound tomorrow
Speaker 2: in his first postseason game as a Dodger, going up
Speaker 2: against former Dodger You darvish. Our coverage begins tomorrow at
Speaker 2: four o'clock. First pitch from Dodgers Stadium, Game two of
Speaker 2: the NLDS at five o'clock, and one more note before
Speaker 2: we say good night. Not only did the Dodgers win tonight,
Speaker 2: but also the Padres were trailing and Mike Shildt went
Speaker 2: to his bullpen and used three of his high leverage
Speaker 2: relievers that usually you would only see with them winning
Speaker 2: or protecting maybe a tied at home. Jason Adam, Brian Hoeing, Tanner, Scott,
Speaker 2: We're all used in the game where the Padres were trailing,
Speaker 2: and not to mention, Robert Suarez was warming up in
Speaker 2: the ninth inning for what reason.
Speaker 3: I have no idea, but the Padres.
Speaker 2: Had to use a lot of their high leverage relievers
Speaker 2: that they normally would use when they're winning, not when
Speaker 2: they're losing. Keep that in mind moving forward in this
Speaker 2: series as well. All right, Thanks to calling ee back
Speaker 2: at our Burbank Studios, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald here at
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium, and thanks to you for listening. In case
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Speaker 2: Once again the final score from Dodgers Stadium in Game
Speaker 2: one of the NLDS, the Dodgers come from behind and
Speaker 2: beat the Padres seven to five.
Speaker 3: Have a great rest of your night.
Speaker 2: We will tell talk to you tomorrow for Game two
Speaker 2: of the n l DS between the Dodgers and Padres.
Speaker 3: Sia