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Speaker 2: We are live at Dodgers Stadium after the Dodgers defeat
Speaker 2: the race by a final score of three to one
Speaker 2: and take two out of three from Tampa Bay as
Speaker 2: they continue this All American League homestand welcome the Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: David Vase say with you at eight six six, nine
Speaker 2: eighty seven, two five seventy. We will hear from Gavin Stone,
Speaker 2: we will hear from Key k Hernandez.
Speaker 3: We will hear from Hunter Faducca.
Speaker 2: But first I want to keep you updated on what's
Speaker 2: going on in the standings. The Dodgers continue to fight
Speaker 2: off the Diamondbacks and padres the Pie. The Diamondbacks today
Speaker 2: swept the Boston Red Sox, were down four to nothing
Speaker 2: early and they came back to win the game. So
Speaker 2: the Diamondbacks remained three games back of the Dodgers and
Speaker 2: just now in San Diego.
Speaker 3: This took place two to oh.
Speaker 4: Pitch from Diaz Jackson swings hats it in the air,
Speaker 4: deep the right field.
Speaker 3: He has done it again. Unbelievable.
Speaker 4: Jackson Merrill with his second walk off home run of
Speaker 4: the year, and the Padres come all the way back
Speaker 4: and beat the Mets three to two.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that just took place about three minutes ago. On
Speaker 2: the Padres Radio network, Jesse Agler and the great Tony
Speaker 2: Gwyn Junior on the call. Jackson Merrill, who has a
Speaker 2: very strong case to be the National League Rookie of
Speaker 2: the Year, walks it off for San Diego against j. D.
Speaker 3: Martinez and the Mets.
Speaker 2: So San Diego is fourn and a half games back
Speaker 2: of the Dodgers in the NL West. The Diamondbacks three
Speaker 2: games back, winning six in a row now, and the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are winning at a very high clip themselves. But
Speaker 2: these two teams are just not going away. And it
Speaker 2: just seems like next week's four game series between the
Speaker 2: Dodgers and Diamondbacks is certainly going to set the tone
Speaker 2: down the stretch of the season. Eight six, six, nine,
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. All right,
Speaker 2: Let's get to Gavin Stone. Where would the Dodgers be
Speaker 2: without Gavin Stone?
Speaker 3: This season?
Speaker 2: Yoshi Yamamoto has had an injury plague season. He hasn't
Speaker 2: pitched in a few months. Tyler Glass now has been
Speaker 2: on and off the IL a couple of different times.
Speaker 2: When he's out there, he's fantastic, but he's on the
Speaker 2: IL and he's not going to pitch against the Diamondbacks
Speaker 2: next weekend.
Speaker 3: Neither is Yamamoto.
Speaker 2: But Gavin Stone think of about his season coming into
Speaker 2: spring training, Nobody was talking about Gavin Stone, and then
Speaker 2: all of a sudden there was some buzz on the
Speaker 2: backfields that you know what, he may be in competition
Speaker 2: with Emi Sheen to win the fifth spot in the rotation.
Speaker 2: But trust me, if Emmi Sheen was healthy, Gavin Stone
Speaker 2: would not have been on the opening day roster. Instead,
Speaker 2: she and got hurt in the middle of spring training
Speaker 2: eventually would have to have Tommy John surgery. Gavin Stone
Speaker 2: makes the Dodgers opening day roster and he hasn't looked back.
Speaker 2: Twenty four starts, including today, one hundred and thirty five
Speaker 2: and a third innings including today, a record of eleven
Speaker 2: and five with an ERA of three point thirty three.
Speaker 2: After going seven innings and allowing just a solo home
Speaker 2: run to his former teammate, Johnny de Luca. Gavin Stone
Speaker 2: has been the anchor of this staff only because not
Speaker 2: only has he been out there every fifth or sixth day,
Speaker 2: but he also has been really good. And I know,
Speaker 2: you know, he had a two or three start stretch
Speaker 2: there where he wasn't as good as he's been all
Speaker 2: season long. But people act like he's a five or
Speaker 2: six year veteran that he's expected to be great every
Speaker 2: single time out there. And I know he has that expectation,
Speaker 2: but the reality is he's pitching more innings than he
Speaker 2: ever has in his professional career and here he is
Speaker 2: bouncing back. Not to mention, he has a complete game
Speaker 2: shutout this season. So I think we all need to
Speaker 2: take some inventory and some perspective on what Gavin Stone
Speaker 2: is doing for the Dodgers. I mean, without him, how
Speaker 2: many guys have been healthy from start to finish?
Speaker 3: Not much?
Speaker 2: Eight six, six, nine, eight, seven, two, five seventy. Let's
Speaker 2: go downstairs to the Dodger Clubhouse to hear the from
Speaker 2: the anchor of the staff. Rookie right hander Gavin Stone.
Speaker 5: Just mixing aus three fastball, find the right times for
Speaker 5: certain pitches, and Fetti did a good job calling the
Speaker 5: game gotten to throw out to him a lot, you know,
Speaker 5: in the minors, and so for him to get it,
Speaker 5: come up here and share that moment with him was awesome.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 7: Well, I mean just when you think about the time
Speaker 7: you guys have spend, whether it's with Oka, see time
Speaker 7: during spring training, how special is it to be able
Speaker 7: to share this and also to have a really impressive
Speaker 7: performance of each other.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's awesome. He's one of my best friends in
Speaker 5: this organization, has been for a while, so you know,
Speaker 5: just to just to be a part of his special
Speaker 5: days is pretty cool.
Speaker 8: Two questions, what's your maturity been like when you give
Speaker 8: up a big hit like you gave up to the
Speaker 8: home run to de Luca to resettle in and refocus
Speaker 8: and also obviously you know DeLuca pretty well.
Speaker 3: Only one question your thoughts on him getting you on
Speaker 3: that at bat.
Speaker 5: Yeah, he put a good swing on it. I just
Speaker 5: throw it over the plate and he put a good
Speaker 5: swing on it. That's it. But yeah, just after you
Speaker 5: give up a home run like that, you just got
Speaker 5: to refocus and get back on.
Speaker 3: His own.
Speaker 6: Heel. You probably it was a second win a little
Speaker 6: bit this season, just sort of relying I know you
Speaker 6: sort of talk about anger mechanics back in line with
Speaker 6: the last three have obviously been.
Speaker 3: A lot better than the month before that.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I think that's just credit to Mark
Speaker 5: and the guys that we have around the clubhouse. They
Speaker 5: do a great job with video and stuff and seeing
Speaker 5: certain things and so you know, trusting them and my
Speaker 5: delivery and fine tuning just things throughout the season. It's
Speaker 5: been a big help.
Speaker 2: There is Gavin Stone on sports Net LA, and uh,
Speaker 2: obviously a guy that is still humble and hungry, as
Speaker 2: the great Jim Harbaugh would say down there in El
Speaker 2: Segundo with the Chargers. So Gavin Stone, despite not getting
Speaker 2: the win pitch well enough to allow the Dodgers to
Speaker 2: win this game today, they did it with two home runs,
Speaker 2: a solo shot by keik A Hernandez in the fifth
Speaker 2: inning and a go ahead two run home run by
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts after show. Hao Tani was hit on the
Speaker 2: left left wrist forearm area X race came back negative.
Speaker 2: By the way, Otani should be okay. Eight six six
Speaker 2: nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Like I said, I think we all should understand how
Speaker 2: much Gavin Stone has meant to this team, and what
Speaker 2: an unexpected revelation he has been this year. As far
Speaker 2: as getting this opportunity, obviously he would have got it
Speaker 2: at some point in time in the season with all
Speaker 2: the injuries to their rotation, but from start to finish,
Speaker 2: Gavin Stone has been the most reliable Dodger starter this
Speaker 2: year with an eleven and five record, has the most
Speaker 2: starts of any Dodger starter twenty four, and he is
Speaker 2: right behind or now has passed Tyler Glass Now for
Speaker 2: the most innings pitched this season with one hundred and
Speaker 2: thirty five eight six, six eighty seven two five seventy
Speaker 2: is the phone number.
Speaker 3: Let's go out to Mark in Monrovia. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 9: How you doing, Mark, I'm fantastic, Happy Sunday, Happy Dodger win.
Speaker 3: Felis Domingo. Mark, thank you so much.
Speaker 9: You're awesome. I was wondering why Jason Hayward got df
Speaker 9: baide and I was talking to a friend of mine,
Speaker 9: big Dodger fan, and he was like, they'll be right
Speaker 9: back once they spend the roster for the playoffs, They'll
Speaker 9: be right back. Pa has They're coming right back.
Speaker 2: Right Hayward is not coming back. Mark, whenever a team
Speaker 2: tweets out an official thank you to that player. Once
Speaker 2: you're let go, I feel like the door is closed
Speaker 2: on him coming back. And just talking to Andrew Freeman
Speaker 2: and Brandon Gomes and just understanding the roster. They they
Speaker 2: made this decision because they did not have a spot
Speaker 2: for him.
Speaker 3: He's not coming back.
Speaker 9: Let me talk to you about tagging up from first base.
Speaker 3: I was, how does that relate today? Does that relate
Speaker 3: to today?
Speaker 9: Watching the game today? And I forget who was on second,
Speaker 9: but the cat I think it was Mookie to tag
Speaker 9: up the third and there was somebody on perst and
Speaker 9: I was, I didn't like I said, I didn't see
Speaker 9: the angle of where the ball was hitting everything. But
Speaker 9: it's not illegal to tag up from first.
Speaker 3: Right, it's not.
Speaker 2: And it was Freddy Freeman that was at first base,
Speaker 2: so he obviously just didn't feel it was a strong
Speaker 2: throw and he probably wasn't going to make it, so
Speaker 2: he and Freddy's one of the best base runners instincts wise,
Speaker 2: there is on the team. So yeah, that was not
Speaker 2: a spot for him to go from first to second,
Speaker 2: but from a fly ball to right field a lot
Speaker 2: harder of a throw to get a runner like Mookie
Speaker 2: Betts going second to third.
Speaker 9: I appreciate your time, David, have a great afternoon.
Speaker 2: Hey, Mark, thank you so much. I'm smart. I can
Speaker 2: answer baseball questions like that. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. A side
Speaker 2: note as it selfishly relates to me and Gavin Stone.
Speaker 2: I got Gavin Stone in in a fantasy football league
Speaker 2: that was started by Adrian Gonzalez and Justin Turner six
Speaker 2: or seven years ago. It's turned into a bigger league,
Speaker 2: and we had somebody dropped out because they don't have
Speaker 2: the heart to be in the same fantasy league as
Speaker 2: I am, so there was an extra spot. I got
Speaker 2: Gavin Stone in the league, who fancies himself as a
Speaker 2: very good fantasy football player, so his confidence is going
Speaker 2: to be riding high at eight o'clock tonight when we
Speaker 2: draft our fantasy football team. So I better watch out
Speaker 2: for Gavin Stone, who's feeling good after a start like today.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Dodgers beat the Rays three to one.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Claremont. Daniel, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 10: Hi, Daniel, Hey Dave, thanks for getting me on. You know, boy,
Speaker 10: you're sure all right about Gavin Stone. You know where
Speaker 10: would this team be without him? All those inningencies put
Speaker 10: up this year, and he's coming back around looking like
Speaker 10: he was early in the season. And yeah, I hope
Speaker 10: he makes it really tough for them to keep him
Speaker 10: off the playoff roster or keep him out the starting
Speaker 10: in rotation off the playoff roster.
Speaker 3: Are you kidding me?
Speaker 2: This guy might be one of the first two starters
Speaker 2: in the playoffs playoffs.
Speaker 11: He just might be.
Speaker 10: If he's pitching like this, he just might be. You
Speaker 10: wouldn't be too surprised if you saw him there. And
Speaker 10: I also wanted to say, hey, don't forget about Mookie Betts.
Speaker 9: You know, as deep as.
Speaker 10: This team is, you know, it's almost crazy to think
Speaker 10: that he could be forgotten.
Speaker 9: But this guy does it all.
Speaker 10: He plays all over the field, he's good on the
Speaker 10: bass pass, he's a leader, and he comes up with
Speaker 10: big hits man and he's going to be the difference.
Speaker 10: When Luky Betts plays well, this team wins. And it's
Speaker 10: really great to see how well he've been playing in
Speaker 10: the last few weeks. I just hope they keep it up.
Speaker 10: I am a little concerned about the finger. You know,
Speaker 10: what's going on with Freddy there? Do we have any insight?
Speaker 10: But I don't know if he's got a hit since
Speaker 10: the whole finger incident happened.
Speaker 9: Other than that he.
Speaker 2: Hasn't had a hit since Jason Hayward was designated for assignment.
Speaker 2: But that's a different story, all right. Thank you for
Speaker 2: the phone call, Daniel. Eight six six seven seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. I don't know what's going on with Freddy,
Speaker 2: but he did not look like himself during this three
Speaker 2: game series at the plate against the Rays. But it
Speaker 2: happens sometimes even the great ones go through a mini slump.
Speaker 2: What makes them great is that they don't extend it
Speaker 2: thirty at bats. They minimize those slumps. And Freddie's definitely
Speaker 2: a feel hitter, like most guys are. And if you
Speaker 2: don't have the feel in the batter's box, as Eric
Speaker 2: Carross once explained to me on a bus right from
Speaker 2: the stadium to the airport, it's a lonely feeling because
Speaker 2: you never know when you're going to step in that
Speaker 2: batter's box and get that feel again. Eight six six
Speaker 2: nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number,
Speaker 2: and nobody has forgotten about Mookie Batts. He has been
Speaker 2: hitting at a three point fifty clip with runners in
Speaker 2: scoring position, and Otani was not in scoring position, but
Speaker 2: he came up with the biggest hit of the game,
Speaker 2: go ahead, two run home run in the eighth inning
Speaker 2: to give the Dodgers a three to one win. To
Speaker 2: be set up for all that, key K a Hernandez
Speaker 2: helped him out as well. He tied or gave the
Speaker 2: Dodgers an early one nothing lead in the fifth inning
Speaker 2: with a home run to lead it off, and also
Speaker 2: in the top of the fifth inning, he made a
Speaker 2: big time catch in center field. Only his Keyk a
Speaker 2: Hernandez got his first start in center field for the
Speaker 2: first time since Jackie Robinson Day April fifteenth, was the
Speaker 2: last time key K a Hernandez got a start in
Speaker 2: center field. It's only his sixth start of the year
Speaker 2: out there in center after playing the majority of the
Speaker 2: year and especially the last three or four months at
Speaker 2: third base. So for him to make a run saving
Speaker 2: catch off of Ben Jorvitt that was a huge play.
Speaker 2: The fifth inning belonged to key a Hernandez and he's
Speaker 2: on sports and at LA.
Speaker 12: So going into the game, obviously those are late pitching
Speaker 12: change for them because Shane Vass got sick, so you
Speaker 12: know that not a lot of information. And on on Lopez,
Speaker 12: he threw the ball really well. Uh, he's got a
Speaker 12: really funky throw. So the first of bat it was,
Speaker 12: you know, trying to get as much informations as I could,
Speaker 12: and luckily for me, he threw me every pitch, so
Speaker 12: I kind of had an idea of where pitches needed
Speaker 12: to start and things like that. So second of bat,
Speaker 12: I kind of leading off that inning, coming off Sony
Speaker 12: short inning, I was trying to come out aggressive. He
Speaker 12: gave me a good pitch of first pitch, fall it
Speaker 12: off and then either me ball and you know, he
Speaker 12: kind of gave me the same pitch but a little
Speaker 12: little bit higher, so a little better to hit. And
Speaker 12: you know I was on time and I was able to,
Speaker 12: you know, put the barrel to the ball.
Speaker 7: My birthday was yesterday. It just so happened also to
Speaker 7: be Kobe Bryant's birthday. We know why you were number
Speaker 7: eight in this uniform. Now it was Kobe bryant Jersey day.
Speaker 7: His family was here. How special was it just to
Speaker 7: have a performance like today and have that moment in
Speaker 7: front of them.
Speaker 12: I mean it was great. Of course, hit a homer
Speaker 12: two days ago on his birthday and didn't get in
Speaker 12: the game last night at MoMA Day, but you know,
Speaker 12: to do it in front of the Brian family here
Speaker 12: today pretty special. And you know, when these days are
Speaker 12: happening and I'm were a number eight, I feel like
Speaker 12: not a lot of bad things can not A lot
Speaker 12: of things can go wrong, so uh, you know I
Speaker 12: I was able to You know, I'll just enjoy the
Speaker 12: moment and put a good swin number.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 2: There is Keiky Hernandez number eight for the Dodgers, coming
Speaker 2: up big in the fifth inning with a great catch
Speaker 2: in center field and also a solo home run to
Speaker 2: give the Dodgers an early one nothing lead in the
Speaker 2: bottom half of that inning. Eight six, six, nine, seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. We have two
Speaker 2: lines open. Like I say, Dodger win day. If you
Speaker 2: have not been able to get in before. Win days
Speaker 2: are usually the best days. Because last night the sky
Speaker 2: was swallowing, the ceiling was coming in, and that was
Speaker 2: the most horrible loss the Dodgers have had all season long,
Speaker 2: but then today they come back and get a great
Speaker 2: starting pitching performance from Gavin Stone seven innings, seven strikeouts,
Speaker 2: a solo home run allowed to Johnny DeLuca, and the
Speaker 2: Dodgers get the win and maintain their lead in the
Speaker 2: NLST over the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres, who
Speaker 2: both won coming from behind, the Padres coming from behind
Speaker 2: being down to nothing late, the Diamondbacks coming back from
Speaker 2: a four to nothing early deficit at Fenway Park to
Speaker 2: beat the Red Sox and sweep that series out there
Speaker 2: in Boston. So for the Dodgers, those two teams are
Speaker 2: not going anywhere. It feels like they're going to be
Speaker 2: there until the final week of the season. And I
Speaker 2: cannot understate, I can't overstate the importance of that game,
Speaker 2: those those four games in Arizona coming up next week,
Speaker 2: that's going to be a big four game series in
Speaker 2: the Desert between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks. And with Arizona,
Speaker 2: Arizona only down three games, I don't see them going
Speaker 2: back down further by the time the Dodgers get there.
Speaker 2: It's going to be a huge four games swings series
Speaker 2: between the Dodgers and d Backs, and it feels like
Speaker 2: a lot of times when the Dodgers are at Chase Field,
Speaker 2: it becomes a Dodger home game. So they would welcome
Speaker 2: the support from all the Dodger fans on Labor Day weekend. Now,
Speaker 2: I mentioned last night we had a full border calls
Speaker 2: where it was the worst loss of the season, one
Speaker 2: of the worst losses of the year. I'm not gonna
Speaker 2: say it was a good loss. No loss is good,
Speaker 2: but some are more digestible than others, and that was
Speaker 2: a disappointing loss last night. But we had calls about
Speaker 2: why Kopek and the eighth, Why Phillips in the ninth,
Speaker 2: Why was Joe Kelly in there in the tenth? Well,
Speaker 2: let's start from the tenth inning back number one. It's
Speaker 2: pretty evident Dave Roberts is trying to give Daniel Hudson
Speaker 2: a few extra days here to regroup because the strikeout
Speaker 2: rate is down to about seven percent. He hasn't been
Speaker 2: as sharp as we have seen him all year long.
Speaker 2: He's thirty six years old. The Dodgers need him to
Speaker 2: be fresh for the stretch run. So if there was
Speaker 2: any time that Dave Roberts was going to use Daniel Hudson.
Speaker 2: It wasn't last night in the tenth inning, it was
Speaker 2: going to be today in the ninth inning, in.
Speaker 3: A safe situation.
Speaker 2: Instead, he stayed away from him, and he wanted to
Speaker 2: stay away from him last night. But with Kelly in
Speaker 2: a little bit of trouble, he had to get somebody up,
Speaker 2: and unfortunately that was Daniel Hudson. Now, as far as
Speaker 2: why Dave Roberts chose Kopek in the eighth and Evan
Speaker 2: Phillips in the ninth, the groupings of hitters in the eighth, yes,
Speaker 2: bottom of the order, but Kopek has been much better
Speaker 2: with facing left handers, and Dave Roberts was expecting Kevin
Speaker 2: Cash to pinch hit for one of his writings with
Speaker 2: a left handed hitter. They did not, So it worked out,
Speaker 2: I guess in Kopek's favor. Even though he still was
Speaker 2: not as sharp on back to back days loading the bases,
Speaker 2: he got out of it by only giving up one run. Now,
Speaker 2: my argument last night was all of you that wanted
Speaker 2: Copek in the ninth, well he couldn't even get out
Speaker 2: of the eighth and facing the bottom of the order clean,
Speaker 2: So why would you argue that he would have done
Speaker 2: better in the ninth against the heart of the order
Speaker 2: pitching on back to back days. And that's the reason
Speaker 2: why Evan Phillips was out there in the ninth facing
Speaker 2: all right handed hitters because he has not been as
Speaker 2: effective against lefties recently. So there you have it from
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts and me giving my editorial to the information
Speaker 2: he gave me. Eight six six nine eight seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Rays
Speaker 2: three to one. Let's go out to Marco in Ocean Side.
Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi.
Speaker 11: Marco, Hey, Daves, take of the take of my call.
Speaker 11: She's wanted to give it to say again, big shout
Speaker 11: out to Gavin on his wonderful performance tonight. Great to
Speaker 11: see first time seem in person. I love to see it,
Speaker 11: and also want to give a big shout out to
Speaker 11: the rookie catcher. I think it was a Fadua.
Speaker 2: You better know that name. Put some respect on that name,
Speaker 2: Hunter Fiducia.
Speaker 11: Absolutely, we'll do. Wonderful performance. You know, for being a
Speaker 11: rookie would know the difference. Great performance tonight. The last thing, Dave,
Speaker 11: I love what the Dodgers do here with the the
Speaker 11: Bryant family, wonderful moment, what to do and to show
Speaker 11: the respect there with everyone. I saw plenty of wet,
Speaker 11: wet eyes today. You know, lots of lots of tears today.
Speaker 11: Kobe's dear to everyone's heard. So I love what very
Speaker 11: class back, what the Dodgers do, and it's always.
Speaker 2: Good to celebrate Kobe. Marco, for sure, I know how
Speaker 2: much he means to the city. The Dodgers understand how
Speaker 2: much he means to the city, and honestly, Marco Uh.
Speaker 2: The image I will have of Kobe Bryant at Dodgers
Speaker 2: Stadium was when Yasiel Puig hit that Grand Slam in
Speaker 2: the seventh thing of Game three or Game four of
Speaker 2: the twenty eighteen World Series, and Kobe sitting behind home
Speaker 2: plate with Vanessa and the kids raising his hands and
Speaker 2: victory and Puig looking back at him. Because Puigue loved
Speaker 2: Kobe as much as all of you guys, and he
Speaker 2: wanted his validation and approval as badly as anybody else.
Speaker 2: And to me, that's the lasting image of Kobe at
Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 11: Absolutely, Dave, I appreciate you sharing that great game today.
Speaker 3: All right, Marco, thanks for the phone call. Appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Dodgers beat the Rays three to one,
Speaker 2: and he mentioned Hunter Fiducca, who made us major first
Speaker 2: ever Major league start, catching Gavin Stone today. He did
Speaker 2: a great job. And Gavin Stone's saying there, they are
Speaker 2: really tight. One of the closest friends he has in
Speaker 2: the organization is catcher Hunter Fiducca. And we had a
Speaker 2: chance to catch up with the rookie catcher after his
Speaker 2: first major league start, and it was Gavin Stone Hunter
Speaker 2: Fiducca day and Gavin Stone through a great game seven
Speaker 2: innings and his old buddy Hunter Fiducca making his first
Speaker 2: major league start.
Speaker 3: Today caught him.
Speaker 2: What was it like today to experience just how great
Speaker 2: Gavin Stone has been, not only today.
Speaker 3: But all year.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it was awesome. He threw a hell of a game.
Speaker 6: It was fun working with him. Atmosphere was unbelievable. You know,
Speaker 6: it's it's crazy to put in words, but it was.
Speaker 6: It was a great day, dream come true and it
Speaker 6: was awesome.
Speaker 2: Yeah, how did you control all those emotions behind the
Speaker 2: plate to be able to be a steady guy.
Speaker 6: Me and Gav did a lot of you know, work
Speaker 6: on these guys, watch their swing, did a lot of
Speaker 6: scouting and stuff.
Speaker 13: You know.
Speaker 6: Coming into it felt comfortable. You know. I called him before,
Speaker 6: so I knew what works for him, like what gets
Speaker 6: him gone.
Speaker 3: And he threw a hell of a game.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 2: I loved how he established the inside part of the
Speaker 2: plate at the beginning of this, in the very first inning.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he did a great job.
Speaker 6: He was locating five pitch as well, had a game
Speaker 6: plan going into it. He attacked the zone and it
Speaker 6: worked out.
Speaker 2: How about your first major league hit? It came in
Speaker 2: the bottom of the seventh inning. Not a cheapie, that
Speaker 2: was a solid hit, Fiducca.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'll take it. Good to get the first one
Speaker 6: out of the way. You know, it's it's a crazy
Speaker 6: moment for sure.
Speaker 2: Yeah, any more of these to come. Thanks a lot
Speaker 2: for stopping.
Speaker 6: Thank you.
Speaker 2: There he is Hunter Fiducca who caught today's game and
Speaker 2: had a great pitcher catcher relationship with Gavin Stone. They
Speaker 2: were in sync from the very first pitch, and I
Speaker 2: love how Gavin Stone established the inner part of the
Speaker 2: plate right away and making one of the hottest race hitters,
Speaker 2: a little uncomfortable by moving his feet Junior Caminero. Rick
Speaker 2: Monday mentioned that during the broadcast as well, and Hunter
Speaker 2: Fiducca and Gavin Stone had a great day, with Stone
Speaker 2: going seven innings with seven strikeouts and Fiducca collecting his
Speaker 2: first major league hit in the seventh inning. Unfortunately, he
Speaker 2: was doubled off on a fly ball to right field.
Speaker 2: Agura's Johnny de Luca caught it, but he dropped it
Speaker 2: on the transfer. The umpires on the field called it
Speaker 2: a catch, and Fiducca was looking at De Luca instead
Speaker 2: of what the umpires called it a rookie mistake on
Speaker 2: the basis, but obviously he will learn from it. And
Speaker 2: that's the reason why the Dodgers continued to win and
Speaker 2: continue to develop young players. They don't throw them all
Speaker 2: out there at the same time, because if you did,
Speaker 2: you would have too many rookie mistakes in the same game.
Speaker 2: And that's why some of these teams that have too
Speaker 2: many rookies playing at the same time obviously go through
Speaker 2: more growing pains than a veteran team like the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: All Right, we're going to.
Speaker 2: Take a time out here on Dodger Talk live from
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 3: When we come back, more of your phone.
Speaker 2: Calls, plus you will hear from Tony Gonsolin, remember him.
Speaker 2: He was at Dodgers Stadium today and he was pitching.
Speaker 2: We will let you hear from the Catman when we continue.
Speaker 2: After the Dodgers beat the Rays three to one on
Speaker 2: a five to seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 14: Dodger Talk is available on AM five seventy LA sports
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Speaker 14: Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Basse.
Speaker 1: Bookie Betts herst pitch swinging, high flight ball.
Speaker 3: What field did you Booky?
Speaker 4: Pooky Betts makes it hurt a two run home run
Speaker 4: to break the tie and the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: Leaded three to one.
Speaker 2: Booky made it hurt so good in the bottom of
Speaker 2: the eighth inning, eighty eight, right in his wheel house
Speaker 2: and he did not miss it.
Speaker 3: The one two punch of show.
Speaker 13: Hey.
Speaker 2: O Tani and Mookie Bets deliver in the eighth inning.
Speaker 2: O'tani gets on base, Mookie Betts hits the go ahead
Speaker 2: two run home run to give the Dodgers the three
Speaker 2: to one win. David Vasse live at Dodgers Stadium. We
Speaker 2: have phone lines open at eight sixty six nine eight
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Speaker 2: Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Like I mentioned, Mooki Betts with runners
Speaker 2: in scoring position this season has been outstanding, one of
Speaker 2: the best as far as in those situations when he
Speaker 2: was leading off before he got injured, and he continues
Speaker 2: to be that guy hitting behind O'tani and getting a
Speaker 2: lot of opportunities.
Speaker 3: Mooki this year.
Speaker 2: With runners in scoring position has an ops of over
Speaker 2: one thousand and his batting average is three fifty four.
Speaker 2: And this Otani Mookie Betts won two new batting order
Speaker 2: seems to be working out pretty well because if Otani
Speaker 2: doesn't deliver, then all of a sudden, the opposing pitcher
Speaker 2: has to deal with Mookie Betts. Like Rich love Lady did,
Speaker 2: and I will say this, just to be fair, when
Speaker 2: the Dodgers and Phillies hooked up and the Dodgers kind
Speaker 2: of back down to Nick Casteanos and Matt Strom, I
Speaker 2: will say this. I love that Max Munsey screamed back
Speaker 2: at rich love Lady after he was the second batter
Speaker 2: to get hit by a pitch in that eighth inning. Otani,
Speaker 2: of course was the first one, but Munsey also got
Speaker 2: hit and he took exception with it. And it's not
Speaker 2: like love Lady was trying to hit Otani or Munsey.
Speaker 2: But what players have issues with is when pittures like
Speaker 2: rich Lovelady, who have only thrown twenty one innings this year,
Speaker 2: cannot command the end inside pitch and they throw inside
Speaker 2: and really don't care if they're going to hit you
Speaker 2: or not. That's what Max Munsey was upset about. If
Speaker 2: you can't command the inside pitch, don't throw it there.
Speaker 2: And that's why Munsey was screaming at him. And somebody
Speaker 2: has to. You can't allow your best hitter to get
Speaker 2: hit by a pitch after Mookie Bets just missed six weeks,
Speaker 2: and you can't allow Max Munsey to get hit without
Speaker 2: saying something after he just came back after missing three months.
Speaker 3: I love that Monsey bark.
Speaker 2: Back at love Lady, because that shows the Dodgers are
Speaker 2: not going to accept that, at least certain players are
Speaker 2: not going to accept that.
Speaker 3: Let's go out to Pico Rivera. Lorraine. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 3: Hi Lorraine.
Speaker 4: Hi David.
Speaker 13: You talked about Freddy a little bit ago. And I
Speaker 13: don't think that he's not hitting because they defade his
Speaker 13: best friend. He's way too much of a pro. My
Speaker 13: concern is that fractured finger. The Dodger's gonna give him
Speaker 13: any time off before that big weekend series with Arizona.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know what.
Speaker 2: And I did not say that's the reason why he's
Speaker 2: not hitting, but he has not looked good in this series.
Speaker 2: I said that he just doesn't seem to have the
Speaker 2: feel in the batter's box. And I was trying to
Speaker 2: see whether or not Freddy puts some extra gaze or
Speaker 2: tape on his bat to try to rest that right
Speaker 2: middle finger on it. So maybe it doesn't put as
Speaker 2: much pressure on that middle finger, but from what I
Speaker 2: could tell from here, he has not. But hopefully he
Speaker 2: gets that feel back in the batter's box by the
Speaker 2: time the Dodgers go to Arizona. And you're right, Lorraine,
Speaker 2: he's too much of a pro to just sulk for
Speaker 2: three or four or five or six games. It's just
Speaker 2: a bad timing that all of this is happening at
Speaker 2: the same time. And let's not forget you know, the
Speaker 2: Freeman's are still helping little Max get through his physical therapy.
Speaker 3: So Freddie's had.
Speaker 2: A lot going on the last week and certainly the
Speaker 2: last month of his life.
Speaker 3: All right, thanks, yeah, I think we.
Speaker 2: I feel like we all just take for granted that
Speaker 2: all of a sudden, little Max Freeman is back to normal.
Speaker 2: He's on his way, he's taking physical therapy, but there's
Speaker 2: still a lot of attention and care that needs to
Speaker 2: be given to little Max. Not to mention, Freddie and
Speaker 2: Chelsea have two other kids they have to give attention
Speaker 2: to and take care of.
Speaker 14: Uh.
Speaker 2: And I'm sure Freddie was not, you know, feeling great,
Speaker 2: and he said as much, which we heard last night
Speaker 2: about Hayward being designated for assignment. But look, he has
Speaker 2: a lot going on, and he's human, he's not a robot.
Speaker 2: And a lot of times we all just expect these
Speaker 2: guys to go out there, shut up and play, shut
Speaker 2: up and hit the baseball. Who cares what's going on
Speaker 2: in your personal life. Who cares if you have a
Speaker 2: microfracture in your right middle finger. That's not how it works,
Speaker 2: even for the great ones. But Freddy. Freddy is one
Speaker 2: of the best hitters of his generation and the reason
Speaker 2: why he's one of the best hitters of his generation.
Speaker 2: Even if he doesn't go good for three or four
Speaker 2: or even six game stretch, he minimizes it. He finds
Speaker 2: different ways to help the team win with his defense,
Speaker 2: with his base running, and he certainly will be there
Speaker 2: when it matters the most. Let's go out to Alex,
Speaker 2: who is at Dodger Stadium. Hi, Alex, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 9: Hey Misa, how are you?
Speaker 3: Ah, you can't say that, just call me David.
Speaker 6: Yes, sir?
Speaker 3: All right, Alex, what do you got?
Speaker 11: I just wanted to see how sure hay Pen was doing.
Speaker 11: I actually got hit by that pitch.
Speaker 3: He looked to be fine.
Speaker 2: He was stealing the dugout looking at the iPad, and
Speaker 2: that's when the trainer said, Hey, we want to take
Speaker 2: a look at the X rays and Dave Roberts said
Speaker 2: after the game. It was nega, so he did not
Speaker 2: seem to be in any extended period of pain like
Speaker 2: Mookie Bets, who obviously was down on the ground for
Speaker 2: a long time and we all knew that he broke
Speaker 2: something there. So luckily, Otani has the padding on the
Speaker 2: top of his batting gloves and he has a lot
Speaker 2: of armor on that front elbow, so he's well protected.
Speaker 3: But it seemed like he got him where he had
Speaker 3: no padding.
Speaker 11: But he's okay, yeah, yeah, thanks.
Speaker 7: One more question, why do you think the Dodgers sat
Speaker 7: Gavin Lux today?
Speaker 2: Well, it's a day game after a night game, and
Speaker 2: Chris Taylor has been activated off the injured list. It
Speaker 2: was a good chance against the lefty. The Dodgers have
Speaker 2: not seen to give Lux a day off. All right, Okay, Alex,
Speaker 2: thanks for the phone call. Appreciate you listening. Eight six
Speaker 2: six seven two five seventy is the phone number. And
Speaker 2: by giving Gavin Lux to day off, they've given him
Speaker 2: two days off essentially because he did not come in
Speaker 2: as a pinch hitter. And tomorrow the Dodgers have the
Speaker 2: day off before they take on the Orioles in a
Speaker 2: three game series. To close out this nine game homestand
Speaker 2: which is all American League teams. The Dodgers swept the
Speaker 2: Seattle Mariners and now I've taken two out of three
Speaker 2: from Tampa Bay. The Dodgers are twenty five and thirteen
Speaker 2: against the American League this season as they welcome in
Speaker 2: the Orioles to close out this homestand beginning on Tuesday night,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are seventy eight and fifty three. They have
Speaker 2: the best record in baseball, but they have two teams
Speaker 2: right on their heels, the Diamondbacks, who are just three
Speaker 2: games back, and the Padres are four and a half
Speaker 2: games back. And if you look at the Orioles, they're
Speaker 2: coming to Dodger Stadium for the first time since July
Speaker 2: of twenty sixteen. Eight six six, nine eighty seven, two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. When we got to
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium this morning, we saw Tony Gonsolin and he
Speaker 2: was playing catch on flat ground. We saw Gonsoln in
Speaker 2: the Dodger dugout last night during the game, and Gonsoln
Speaker 2: has been at camel Back Ranch recovering from Tommy John surgery.
Speaker 2: Tomorrow will mark a year since the surgery, which was
Speaker 2: performed by the great doctor Neil Elatrosh, so you know,
Speaker 2: it was pristine and doctor Elatrosh was even out here
Speaker 2: watching Gonsolin throw, and we had a chance to catch
Speaker 2: up with Tony Gonsolin after he threw off the mound
Speaker 2: here at Dodger Stadium for the first time since undergoing
Speaker 2: Tommy John surgery.
Speaker 15: Definitely getting closer fron three lives now they've been, they've
Speaker 15: gone pretty good. Command isn't quite where I want it
Speaker 15: to be yet, although today it was pretty good. Maybe
Speaker 15: it's something about being back on that mound, but yeah, overall,
Speaker 15: just just working with the progress, you know, trying to
Speaker 15: take things as they come and manage everything, manage workload,
Speaker 15: manage you know, straining on the arm and being cognizant
Speaker 15: about all of that and just taking my time with it.
Speaker 2: If you want to hear our full conversation with Tony
Speaker 2: gonsoln you can find it on the iHeartRadio app When
Speaker 2: Isconsolin coming back, well, if he's throwing a three live
Speaker 2: batting practices, he's here at Dodgers Stadium. The Dodgers wanted
Speaker 2: to get all their technology on Gonsolin to see exactly
Speaker 2: where his stuff was. It was doctor Ela Trosh, Mark
Speaker 2: Pryor Connor McGinnis. And how about this Ron Porterfield, one
Speaker 2: of the great directors of player health in baseball, was
Speaker 2: even in La to watch Gonsolin throw. And Ron is
Speaker 2: based out there in Arizona. He helps to get these
Speaker 2: guys back on track. He's the best in baseball. And
Speaker 2: it was awesome to see Ron Porterfield here at Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 2: Gonsolyn did mention in our conversation that he is nearing
Speaker 2: possible rehab games, which means he could be an option
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers come October if all goes well. So
Speaker 2: very interesting to see Tony Gonsolyn out here at Dodgers
Speaker 2: Stadium and throwing off the mound and also mentioning that
Speaker 2: he may be headed out on a rehab assignment shortly.
Speaker 2: Here all right, that'll do it for us on Dodger
Speaker 2: Talk today. Coming up tomorrow, we have off day Dodger
Speaker 2: Talk for you at seven o'clock. The Dodgers are off
Speaker 2: no game until Tuesday, but we do have a great
Speaker 2: show for you tomorrow night from seven to eight pm.
Speaker 2: Joe Kelly will join us and also Mike Soosha, The
Speaker 2: all time leading catcher in Dodger history will join us
Speaker 2: as well. Nobody has caught more games in Dodger history
Speaker 2: than Mike's Soosha and he will join us Tomorrow night
Speaker 2: from seven to eight pm on a five to seventy
Speaker 2: LA Sports and you can listen live on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2: When the Dodgers get back in action on Tuesday Night
Speaker 2: against the Orioles, Jack Flaherty will be on the mound
Speaker 2: facing his former team. Remember last year Flerity was traded
Speaker 2: from the Cardinals to the Orioles, so will be facing
Speaker 2: Baltimore for the first time since leaving them last year.
Speaker 2: Morono Casino Dodgers on Deck begins at six o'clock with
Speaker 2: first pitch from Dodgers Stadium between the Dodgers and Baltimore
Speaker 2: Orioles at seven to ten. Thanks to Colin Yee back
Speaker 2: at our Burbank Studios, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here
Speaker 2: at Dodgers Stadium, and thanks to you for listening.
Speaker 3: In case you missed any of the show, you can
Speaker 3: find it on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2: Coming up at eight o'clock a big Fantasy football draft
Speaker 2: which includes Gavin Stone, who pitched great today seven innings,
Speaker 2: seven strikeouts, and allowed just a solo home run to Agura.
Speaker 2: Zone Johnny de Luca, I'm coming for you, Stone, I'm
Speaker 2: gonna give you more of a fight than the race
Speaker 2: did today during our fantasy draft. Be ready, same with you, Gonzo,
Speaker 2: be Ready, and everybody else once again. The final score
Speaker 2: today from Dodgers Stadium. The Dodgers defeat the Race three
Speaker 2: to one. Have a great rest of your Sunday.
Speaker 3: See you play