Speaker 1: One thing about this geen is the invisible and tangibles
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Speaker 2: This team is really becoming a family.
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Speaker 7: Dodger Talk, David Basse. Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Basse,
Speaker 7: with you until eleven thirty Tonight at eight six six
Speaker 7: nine eighty seven two five seventy. The Dodgers defeat the
Speaker 7: Nationals tonight by a final score of six to five.
Speaker 7: Tonight was game one of a three game weekend series
Speaker 7: here at Dodgers Stadium between Washington and the Dodgers. Washington
Speaker 7: really scuffling coming to town this weekend. They just snapped
Speaker 7: an eleven game losing streak yesterday thanks to a walk
Speaker 7: off home run by James Wood and Washington after the
Speaker 7: lost tonight is thirty one and forty five. The Dodgers
Speaker 7: improved their record of forty seven and thirty with the
Speaker 7: win tonight, and after seventy seven games they have the
Speaker 7: exact same record they had a year ago at this time,
Speaker 7: and they increased their lead in the division by a
Speaker 7: game because San Francisco lost to alex Cora and the
Speaker 7: Boston Red Sox tonight up there at Oracle Parks seven
Speaker 7: to five, and in San Diego, Fernando Tattis Junior was
Speaker 7: back in the starting lineup, but the Royals beat the
Speaker 7: Padres tonight six to five. The Dodgers now are four
Speaker 7: games ahead of San Francisco, six games ahead of the
Speaker 7: Padres in the NL West. Eight six six eight seven
Speaker 7: two five seventy is the phone number. Clayton kershot tonight
Speaker 7: with four strikeouts. He's eight away from three thousand in
Speaker 7: his career, likely making his next start in the finale
Speaker 7: of that series at Corsfield and then coming back home
Speaker 7: against the White Sox. If everything basically stays on schedule,
Speaker 7: So there is a real possibility that Kershaw reaches the
Speaker 7: three thousand strikeout milestone here at Dodger Stadium in two
Speaker 7: starts from now, but we'll see where it goes. Because
Speaker 7: the Rockies have struck out more than any other team
Speaker 7: in baseball, so it is conceivable Kershaw could get eight
Speaker 7: punchouts at Corse Field this upcoming week. Eight six six
Speaker 7: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. A
Speaker 7: couple of other things I want to point out about
Speaker 7: tonight's game. Kershaw maybe not his best stuff all night long.
Speaker 7: Certainly he wasn't as effective as we had seen him
Speaker 7: in his previous two starts going back to Saint Louis
Speaker 7: and on this homestand against the Giants, but he found
Speaker 7: a way, found a way to only give up two runs,
Speaker 7: even with in his own words, not having the consistency
Speaker 7: he would like, and he kept the Dodgers in the
Speaker 7: game and went seventy eight pitches in five innings, four strikeouts.
Speaker 7: And you got to give a lot of props tonight
Speaker 7: to the eight to nine hitters Keiky Hernandez and Miguel Rojas,
Speaker 7: who were combined four for six tonight with two doubles,
Speaker 7: a two run home run, two RBIs, and four run scored.
Speaker 7: Those guys really made the offense go tonight. Andy Pajez
Speaker 7: continues to swing a hot bat. He's two for four
Speaker 7: with an RBI. Otani and Mooki also drove in a
Speaker 7: run tonight, so they got contributions from the eight to
Speaker 7: nine guys that turned the lineup over for Otani, Betts
Speaker 7: and the rest. Will Smith on base twice tonight with
Speaker 7: two walks, so this offense seems to be really coming together.
Speaker 7: The only glaring weak spot is Michael Conforto, who got
Speaker 7: the starting left field again tonight and was zero for
Speaker 7: four with the strikeout. But Conforto made a nice catch
Speaker 7: tonight in the game, diving to in the inning, so
Speaker 7: he did a nice job. And I would say, you know,
Speaker 7: Confordo's been better than expected defensively tonight. Confordo's catch to
Speaker 7: end the seventh inning was nice on Brandon Low, so
Speaker 7: that that was probably the highlight for Comfortera tonight. And
Speaker 7: I don't know where the Dodgers go with this. The
Speaker 7: reason why he got the start is for some reason,
Speaker 7: he's better against lefties than he is against righty's, so
Speaker 7: that's why he was in there against Mackenzie Gore. You
Speaker 7: had Kei k at first, giving Freddie a day off.
Speaker 7: Rojas was at third, giving Muncie a day off against
Speaker 7: the lefty. But uh, Dave Roberts made it sound like
Speaker 7: he was going to bench Conforto, but he did say
Speaker 7: he was going to get some starts here and there,
Speaker 7: so we'll see what it looks like tomorrow. But you know,
Speaker 7: he's sitting one sixty five. He has no ps of
Speaker 7: five seventy two. I still don't believe he's this bad
Speaker 7: of a player. His his resume certainly says he isn't.
Speaker 7: But for whatever reason, it hasn't come together. But nonetheless,
Speaker 7: with all that being said, and maybe the reason why
Speaker 7: the Dodgers are giving Conforto a little bit longer of
Speaker 7: a leash is because they're forty seven to thirty and
Speaker 7: the offense is still rolling. Even with all that being said,
Speaker 7: eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 7: the phone number. Dodgers beat the Nationals tonight six to five.
Speaker 7: There was some fallout from last night's drama. In the
Speaker 7: ninth inning, In case you didn't notice, Dave Roberts was
Speaker 7: not in the Dodger dugout tonight because he and Padres
Speaker 7: manager Mike Shilt were suspended for one game. Shilt not
Speaker 7: in the dugout for the Padres tonight at Petco. The Dodgers.
Speaker 7: Dave Roberts not here at Dodgers Stadium after being suspended
Speaker 7: and fined, and also Robert Suarez was suspended and fined.
Speaker 7: The fine undisclosed. The suspension was for three games. I
Speaker 7: guess that's everybody agrees that was what needed to be done,
Speaker 7: no doubt about it. But how about the Padres bench coach.
Speaker 7: Shouldn't he have been suspended for a game being the
Speaker 7: acting manager after warnings were issued and Suarez was thrown
Speaker 7: out of the game. You know you could ask that
Speaker 7: question as well. And like I said, the prayers were answered.
Speaker 7: Manny Machado said, the Dodgers better pray that Fernando Tattis
Speaker 7: Junior CT scan came back negative, and it did. Those
Speaker 7: prayers by the Dodgers really worked. Tatis was back in
Speaker 7: the starting lineup tonight for the Padres and he was
Speaker 7: a big oh F zero for three with a walk,
Speaker 7: huge difference maker, huge difference maker, and as it always happens,
Speaker 7: win or lose the series. The Padres get so emotionally
Speaker 7: drained playing the Dodgers, they let down against the team
Speaker 7: like the royals in their own house. And how about this,
Speaker 7: The Dodgers are trend setters and the bar setters in
Speaker 7: Major League Baseball. They get into a little benches clearing
Speaker 7: issue with the Padres. And he got the Angels zag
Speaker 7: Netto going after Hunter Brown at Anaheim tonight. And then
Speaker 7: you had eroldish Chapman chirping and going after Wilmer Flores
Speaker 7: on the final out of the game in San Francisco.
Speaker 7: So I guess you know everybody around baseball was watching
Speaker 7: the game last night. They're like, hey, I want to
Speaker 7: be part of that kind of stuff too. And there
Speaker 7: were two separate games tonight that had some back and
Speaker 7: forth between pitchers and hitters. In Anaheim, it was Hunter
Speaker 7: Brown hitting zag Netta, who said that was two blanking times.
Speaker 7: And Hunter Brown, who's got an arm tattoo, don't want
Speaker 7: to mess with the picture with an arm tattoo. Uh
Speaker 7: took exception to it. Eight sixty six seven two five
Speaker 7: seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Porterville, Howard,
Speaker 7: you're on Dodger talk with David messe Hi Howard.
Speaker 4: Hey, thanks for taking a call. Hope you guys are
Speaker 4: having a good night there. I had a couple of
Speaker 4: questions for you. Do you think that the Padres seeing
Speaker 4: you know, Shohei Yamamoto, Sasaki II Son Kim bypass them
Speaker 4: if I'm correcting that? For the Dodgers? Do you think
Speaker 4: there was a little resentment there last night which was
Speaker 4: the real reason show he got hit? And also, how
Speaker 4: does this work Dave? With Dave Roberts as the National League,
Speaker 4: as the All Star manager, how does he work? Does
Speaker 4: this impact his relationship with Tattoos and Machado? Can you
Speaker 4: maybe speak to that a little bit for that game?
Speaker 7: Well, Dave has maintained that he has a good relationship
Speaker 7: with Machado. I'm not sure how much of a relationship
Speaker 7: he has with Tattis Junior. We still have to wait
Speaker 7: and see if Fernando Tattists Junior is there because he's
Speaker 7: been in a slump. But I don't think in that
Speaker 7: setting it's that big of a deal. Maybe they'll have
Speaker 7: a matter of fact conversation. But going back to the frustrations, yes,
Speaker 7: absolutely the Padres were frustrated that the Dodgers beat them
Speaker 7: in the NLDS last year after being up two games
Speaker 7: to one. They were frustrated. The Dodgers came back this
Speaker 7: year and beat them two out of three in their
Speaker 7: home ballpark last week, and they were frustrated. The Dodgers
Speaker 7: won the first three games of the series here at
Speaker 7: Dodgers Stadium, so their emotions again got the best of them.
Speaker 7: And their manager is supposed to be the adult in
Speaker 7: that dugout, and he was the juvenile. He was very
Speaker 7: sophomoric last night night at Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 4: I agree. Do you think what's his name the picture?
Speaker 4: Do you think he should have gotten a longer suspension?
Speaker 7: From what I gathered in the dugout and around the
Speaker 7: field today, everybody felt like that was appropriate. Three games
Speaker 7: for a relief picture was appropriate. Thanks for the phone call, Howard,
Speaker 7: appreciate it. Eight sixty six nine to eighty seven two
Speaker 7: five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the National
Speaker 7: six to five tonight behind five innings of Clayton Kershaw,
Speaker 7: who now is undefeated. If you could believe that, everybody
Speaker 7: always wants to pull the plug on his career prematurely,
Speaker 7: but here he is three and zero with an era
Speaker 7: hovering around three and going strong and finding a way.
Speaker 7: And that's an example for every other picture on this staff.
Speaker 7: Find a way, compete out there and get through it,
Speaker 7: no matter what's bothering you, whether or not you're feeling perfect,
Speaker 7: find a way. And that's what Kershaw has done in
Speaker 7: eighteen years at the major league level. Let's go out
Speaker 7: to Laguna, Neguel, Ralph, you're on Dodger Talk with David
Speaker 7: vasse Hi.
Speaker 3: Ralph, thank you, Thank you David for taking my call.
Speaker 3: I really appreciate I've been at Dodger fans with nineteen
Speaker 3: fifty five. I know you've been praising Mookie Bets for
Speaker 3: his dedicated work at to play shortstop this second year,
Speaker 3: and he puts in a lot of time and effort
Speaker 3: into this. In my opinion, just please let me get
Speaker 3: this out. Mookie Bets, Dave Ray Robinson, Ben's conforto. Mookie
Speaker 3: Bets should be permanently put back in the right field,
Speaker 3: tiaskar in the left and be done with it because
Speaker 3: he's burning himself out. He needs the rest back there
Speaker 3: just to concentrate it more naturally. He's the perfect right
Speaker 3: fielder since they signed Kim and Edmonds, and they can
Speaker 3: rotate them through second and short throughout the lineup in
Speaker 3: different different you know, different days, but they have a
Speaker 3: perfect perfect So that what I think should happen. As
Speaker 3: far as the batting order is concerned, Mookie Bets, you'd
Speaker 3: bat first, Freeman, second, third, Joska Can had his fourth, Schmid, Sift, Muncy, Edmunds,
Speaker 3: Kim and and Pies is the best ninth place hitter
Speaker 3: in baseball. That's right, because he can he can put
Speaker 3: the ball in play, and the.
Speaker 7: Lineup a little bit more. I would not go that far,
Speaker 7: but let's go back to your original point about Mooki
Speaker 7: going back to right field. That's not outrageous, Ralph, and
Speaker 7: I'll be candid with you. Other fans have asked me
Speaker 7: that as well. But you have to concede that last year,
Speaker 7: before Mooki was hit on the hand, he was hitting
Speaker 7: really well playing shortstop, and he wasn't even that great
Speaker 7: of a shortstop. Last year. He certainly is at least
Speaker 7: five times better than he was a year ago, and
Speaker 7: he was on his way to winning an MVP before
Speaker 7: he got hit in the hand by a pitch and
Speaker 7: missed six weeks. So For those that say that, uh,
Speaker 7: the position has taking away his offense, well it didn't
Speaker 7: last year, and he's making really good plays at shortstop now.
Speaker 7: If the Dodgers really need to move them back to
Speaker 7: right field, which I doubt will happen, he would probably
Speaker 7: concede and like he did last year, understand where the
Speaker 7: Dodgers needed him the most. But I refute that offense
Speaker 7: is being taken away from Mookie because he's playing shortstop,
Speaker 7: because he hit really well last year playing.
Speaker 3: Shortstop, well, well, they have Edmunds now for a whole
Speaker 3: year they didn't have last year. Yeah, graded at elite
Speaker 3: as a second baseman, a shortstop and center field us
Speaker 3: you want to gold glove at second base, and so
Speaker 3: Mookie Bets they don't need him at shortstop. They could
Speaker 3: put Contort on the bench. Put he's the best right
Speaker 3: fielder in baseball, and they have adequate replacements for short
Speaker 3: and second and just rotate them throughout, you know, throughout
Speaker 3: the week or what have you stop him every game
Speaker 3: that I want.
Speaker 7: Mooky beck in the You want Mookie back in right
Speaker 7: field because Confordo is not that great. And look, Ralph,
Speaker 7: the reality is MOOKI Betts is the best right fielder
Speaker 7: maybe ever in baseball history. I mean, I've asked some
Speaker 7: guys that seen all the best Clemente, Willie Mays. They
Speaker 7: all said that Mooki Betts is the best outfielder they
Speaker 7: have seen since Willie Mays. But you know, the Dodgers
Speaker 7: have moved in the shortstop, and I think we should
Speaker 7: appreciate the fact that no player in baseball history is
Speaker 7: doing or has done, what Mooki Betts is doing right
Speaker 7: now at his age over thirty, moving in from right
Speaker 7: field to play shortstop at a high level. Can you
Speaker 7: tell me one player that's ever done that?
Speaker 3: Ralph, Yes, well, that's great that they he can do that,
Speaker 3: but should he? I mean, they got out of stops.
Speaker 7: Now now they have forty seven wins. Right now, they
Speaker 7: have forty seven wins and they're in first place carrying
Speaker 7: you know, Michael Conforto, that's only hitting a buck sixty five.
Speaker 7: So right now, I say, if it's not broke, don't
Speaker 7: fix it.
Speaker 5: That's right.
Speaker 3: And as far as the batting would, I know, Otani's
Speaker 3: leading Major League Baseball in run scored, but he goes
Speaker 3: dark a lot of games. He stripes out a lot
Speaker 3: at the top of the order. They should be he's
Speaker 3: usually batting cleared permanently for the rest of the year,
Speaker 3: and they would have a tremendous lineup. They would demush teams.
Speaker 3: And so that's right, I think.
Speaker 7: Okay, all right, Ralph, thank you for the phone call.
Speaker 7: And look, I've mentioned this on the show before. Those
Speaker 7: that believe that Otani gets more at bats, significantly more
Speaker 7: at bats leading off, well it's really not the case
Speaker 7: because last year the average and Major League Baseball of
Speaker 7: all the teams, the leadoff hitter only had thirty three
Speaker 7: more played appearances on average than the number three hitter.
Speaker 7: And yeah, early on in this season, the majority of
Speaker 7: this season, Otani's been leading off a lot of innings
Speaker 7: outside of the first inning. And I'll be curious to
Speaker 7: see what happens on Sunday. Will he be leading off
Speaker 7: or will he be hitting second or third in the lineup,
Speaker 7: And we'll see whether or not Dave Roberts who talked
Speaker 7: about it that he was considering maybe having him moved
Speaker 7: down in the lineup a little bit on days that
Speaker 7: he pitches. We'll see what happens on Sunday. Let's go
Speaker 7: out to Malibu, Bob you're on Dodger Talk Live from
Speaker 7: Dodgers Stadium. Hi, Bob Dave.
Speaker 10: Always good to be on with you, man, Thanks for
Speaker 10: taking the call.
Speaker 7: Yeah, my pleasure. What do you have tonight?
Speaker 10: I'm here to be in Confordo's corner, Dave. I mean,
Speaker 10: I can't disagree with you. The numbers don't lie. It's
Speaker 10: obviously true he's struggling. But I'm putting my neck on
Speaker 10: the line. I've said it before on Dodger Talk and
Speaker 10: I'll say it again. We are all gonna be grateful
Speaker 10: Michael Confordo is in our lineup in the second half
Speaker 10: and postseason of this year.
Speaker 5: I feel like he's gonna come around.
Speaker 10: I feel like, like you said earlier, I know he's
Speaker 10: not this bad of a player. He's got a history
Speaker 10: to prove he's better than this. He's obviously struggling, but
Speaker 10: I just feel like something's going to click with this kid.
Speaker 5: We also said it about.
Speaker 10: And came around. We all said about Paez, he came around.
Speaker 2: I'm saying it about Conforto too.
Speaker 10: He may not get all the starts in the world
Speaker 10: right now, and maybe that's deserved from his plate appearances,
Speaker 10: but in the second half of postseason days.
Speaker 2: I'm calling it with you right now, Buddy.
Speaker 10: I think Michael Confordo is going to be a guy
Speaker 10: we're all cheering along for the Dodgers in this season.
Speaker 7: Well, he's a great guy and I hope that's true.
Speaker 7: Thank you for the phone call, Bob, appreciate it. Eight
Speaker 7: sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 7: phone number. We're going to take a time out here
Speaker 7: on Dodger Talk when we continue more of your phone calls,
Speaker 7: and Jose Mota will check in as well. After the
Speaker 7: Dodgers beat the National six to five on a five
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Speaker 7: This is Dodger Tom with David Basson. Here's a two
Speaker 7: m swung on hammer dape till that field baseball way back.
Speaker 8: In down Bigel Rojas with a two out, two run homer.
Speaker 7: Now the Dodgers lead at six to two. Oh, the
Speaker 7: Miguel just absolutely clabber that baseball. What a shot for.
Speaker 9: Rojas, three hundred and ninety six feet into the pavilion.
Speaker 7: It was the Rojas and Key k Hernandez show tonight,
Speaker 7: as those two got the starts at the corners, Rojas
Speaker 7: at third, Key k Hernandez at first base, and they
Speaker 7: delivered tonight a combined big night. Four hits between those
Speaker 7: two guys, including that two run home run by Miguel
Speaker 7: Rojas and those eight to nine hitters, Key k and
Speaker 7: Rowe combined to score four runs as the Dodgers beat
Speaker 7: the National six to five and Clayton Kershaw gets the win.
Speaker 7: He's undefeated this season, three and zero. And I know
Speaker 7: those of you out there say wins don't mean that much,
Speaker 7: Well yeah they do. It does mean something. That's the
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Speaker 7: up with Key k Hernandez after tonight's game. Oh yeah,
Speaker 7: it was great.
Speaker 6: Feels good to a contribute for once in this month.
Speaker 6: Miguel had a great game, man, Miguel and back to
Speaker 6: the game in a big way. And I just, uh, slowly,
Speaker 6: it's trying to feel better. But yeah, I mean, Kirsch
Speaker 6: did a great job tonight both be and kept us
Speaker 6: in the game.
Speaker 7: Because he gorey really til Pitcher.
Speaker 6: We were able to score six runns off him.
Speaker 7: So good night overall, Kyk. People don't fully appreciate the
Speaker 7: job you and Miguel Rojas have where you're not playing
Speaker 7: every night. How do you get ready for a game
Speaker 7: like tonight after only having three starts all month?
Speaker 6: I mean the same way that you get ready if
Speaker 6: you we're getting a lot of starts, you know, and
Speaker 6: nothing changes.
Speaker 7: It comes with a role.
Speaker 2: So as part of you.
Speaker 6: Know, we're we're pretty uh, we're pretty salty guys. And
Speaker 6: because of you know, we we've been there, done that,
Speaker 6: so we we have an idea of what to do,
Speaker 6: how to stay ready, and you know tonight we were ready.
Speaker 7: And we showed up morning raised in La. Thanks for stopping.
Speaker 7: I'm angry. Key k Hernandez a fan favorite for good reason.
Speaker 7: He stands up for what's right and certainly the Dodgers
Speaker 7: are very happy to have him. As the Dodgers beat
Speaker 7: the national six to five. And look, it's not that easy.
Speaker 7: People think you can just show up and be a
Speaker 7: pinch hitter here and there and then get a start
Speaker 7: after not starting for the majority of the month and
Speaker 7: have a huge impact on the game. It's not that simple.
Speaker 7: And for Rojas and Kik to be able to do
Speaker 7: that tonight it certainly was big for the Dodgers and
Speaker 7: a continuation of what took place during that four game
Speaker 7: series against the Padres. That was the big difference in
Speaker 7: the first three games that series, and even in the
Speaker 7: ninth inning of last night's game. How the Dodgers seven eight,
Speaker 7: nine hitters were so productive in getting on base and
Speaker 7: scoring runs and driving in runs. That was the difference
Speaker 7: between winning and losing those first three games against the Padres. Also,
Speaker 7: I want to point this out that the Dodgers did
Speaker 7: announce today in partnership with the City of La the
Speaker 7: Dodgers have committed a million dollars towards direct financial assistance
Speaker 7: for families of immigrants impacted by recent events in the region.
Speaker 7: Additional community efforts to be announced in the coming days.
Speaker 7: That's on the Dodgers Twitter account, and Keik obviously had
Speaker 7: something to say on his Instagram. Let's go out to
Speaker 7: South Central. Dan, You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi.
Speaker 8: Dan Hi, Dave, quick question, is there any way that
Speaker 8: the team can manipulate Kursh's next start to make sure
Speaker 8: he gets his three thousand strikeout at home? Or is
Speaker 8: that going to be done on the road.
Speaker 7: They cannot move his starts. He needs to pitch every
Speaker 7: five or six days. That's just the way it is.
Speaker 7: And look, he's eight strikeouts away, and the Rocky strikeout
Speaker 7: more than any other team in baseball. So I wouldn't
Speaker 7: say that it's an absolute that it's going to happen
Speaker 7: at Dodgers Stadium. There's a very good chance that it
Speaker 7: could happen in his next start in Denver. But you know,
Speaker 7: right now, he's getting about five strikeouts a game, so
Speaker 7: there's a very good chance that he'll do it at
Speaker 7: home as well.
Speaker 5: Sounds good, Dave, Love your work all right.
Speaker 7: Dan, Thank you for the phone call. Appreciate that. And look,
Speaker 7: is he gonna strike out eight in Denver? I wouldn't
Speaker 7: bet against it, but there's a chance a mile high.
Speaker 7: You never know where it goes. But the Rockies are
Speaker 7: not a very good team, and they obviously chase a
Speaker 7: lot because they lead Major League Baseball and strikeouts. I
Speaker 7: personally believe Krushaw probably comes up two strikeouts short in
Speaker 7: Denver and comes back to Dodger Stadium and records his
Speaker 7: three thousand strikeout, probably during that White Sox series on
Speaker 7: the next Homestand but we got ice Cube Bobblehead night
Speaker 7: tomorrow night before we even get there. Let's go out
Speaker 7: to Saclamente. Kurt, you're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi.
Speaker 5: Kurt continuing, Dave, you've already mentioned it briefly that the
Speaker 5: skipper manager Roberts, on Otani's start on Sunday, He's scheduled
Speaker 5: to start Sunday.
Speaker 7: That's correct, to is starting on Sunday.
Speaker 1: What do you think about only because of when he's
Speaker 1: finished throwing in the first inning, that judge, I mean judge,
Speaker 1: manager Roberts flips him and Mookie from lead off to
Speaker 1: batting second so that he doesn't have to put out
Speaker 1: all of his equipment and rush to get up to
Speaker 1: the plate to lead off the inning.
Speaker 7: Yeah. Well, he didn't have any issues on the first
Speaker 7: night that he pitched. And I was talking to Brian Gorman,
Speaker 7: who's an umpire supervisor after umpiring for thirty years, and
Speaker 7: he told me Otani when he's pitching, if he's leading
Speaker 7: off the next half inning, we'll get the same amount
Speaker 7: of leeway time that a catcher would when he's putting
Speaker 7: on his gear. If he were to be leading off
Speaker 7: the inning, the pitch clock is not going to start
Speaker 7: right away. They're going to give him some time like
Speaker 7: they did the other night. But I think it'll be
Speaker 7: interesting to see whether or not the Dodgers do have
Speaker 7: Otani lead off and maybe not go bat second. But
Speaker 7: I would say bat third and have Mookie lead off
Speaker 7: and Freddie hit second and O'tani hit third. If that's
Speaker 7: not If he's not going to lead off, I would
Speaker 7: want him hitting third to give him more of a
Speaker 7: chance to have guys on base to do some damage.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that that would be a good idea because that
Speaker 1: would give him enough rest so that you know Mookie
Speaker 1: and Freddie, could you know take a few pitches and
Speaker 1: this way he'll he'll get enough rest so they can
Speaker 1: go up to the plate fresh.
Speaker 7: We'll find out on Sunday morning. Kurt as O'tani is
Speaker 7: getting set for his second start as a pitcher with
Speaker 7: the Dodgers, and this time it should be two to
Speaker 7: three innings. And you know, since Dave Roberts said after
Speaker 7: his first start that he wasn't going to allow him
Speaker 7: to throw more and thirty pitches in that first inning,
Speaker 7: I could see somewhere between forty and fifty at the most.
Speaker 7: And I'm sure doctor Neil Elatrosh will be watching closely
Speaker 7: like he was the first night. Doctor Elatrosh performed both
Speaker 7: elbow surgeries on Otani and has been a big part
Speaker 7: of his rehab. Let's take another call Sacramento, Deacon. You're
Speaker 7: on Dodger Talk live from Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 9: Hi, Deacon, Hey Dave, thanks for taking my call.
Speaker 7: What's going on in Sacramento these days?
Speaker 9: Oh? Just a road trip?
Speaker 7: What's that? What's happening on a Friday night in Sacramento.
Speaker 9: We're on a road trip, So that's why we're in Sacramento.
Speaker 7: Oh, passing through I hope passing through.
Speaker 9: It, don't worry, but we don't want to be with
Speaker 9: the queen.
Speaker 7: Yeah that's right, that's right.
Speaker 9: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 9: So's here's my thought. My question is that we've got
Speaker 9: Hessong who's batting almost four hundred. He's not playing because
Speaker 9: Conforto's playing. And if I was just thinking about him,
Speaker 9: if if like Rushing was batting close to four hundreds,
Speaker 9: we would be talking about him taking spots over Will Smith.
Speaker 9: I mean, Dalton's batting around two hundred, which is fine,
Speaker 9: like he's, you know, just coming out from the minor leagues,
Speaker 9: but hasn't's been batting four hundred. He's got a good
Speaker 9: number of plate appearances, and he's still sitting and no
Speaker 9: one's just saying anything. It's just like, oh, you know what,
Speaker 9: he's just gonna he's still warming up, he's still doing okay,
Speaker 9: like we'll just see how it goes. But Conforto's taking
Speaker 9: his spot, and so I would just say that, you know,
Speaker 9: Kim needs.
Speaker 7: To rushing spot in left field.
Speaker 9: No, no, no, I'm talking about Conforto's taking kim spot.
Speaker 9: And so.
Speaker 7: See, everybody wants Kim to play every day. I'm not
Speaker 7: on that boat. I think you have to take your
Speaker 7: spots with Kim or he could get over exposed. I
Speaker 7: like what the Dodgers are doing. They're matching him up
Speaker 7: against pictures that he can do well against. So I'm
Speaker 7: not an everyday Kim guy.
Speaker 9: If Rushing was batting close to four hundred, we would
Speaker 9: be saying Rushing needs to play more, more more than.
Speaker 7: He played well, play more than Will Smith. Will Smith
Speaker 7: is the best hitter in baseball. He's overtaken Freddie Freeman
Speaker 7: with the best betting average in the National League. I
Speaker 7: would not be saying that, And that's not happening either.
Speaker 9: If Dalton was hitting close to four hundred.
Speaker 7: It's not happening.
Speaker 9: I know, I know I'm making that case about Kim
Speaker 9: batting close to four.
Speaker 7: Hundred, okay, but I feel like the Dodgers are putting
Speaker 7: him in good spots. I I just don't feel like anyway.
Speaker 7: Deacon Dave Roberts did concede the other day, Kim is
Speaker 7: going to get more starts in Comfordo is going to
Speaker 7: see less of them. So they're going to be doing
Speaker 7: what you're doing, what you're asking for. But like I said,
Speaker 7: I'm not all in on Kim.
Speaker 9: Every day, all day, all right, thanks Dave.
Speaker 7: Okay, okay, Deacon, thanks for the phone call. Be safe
Speaker 7: going through Sacramento. Eight six six nine eight seven two
Speaker 7: five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Nationals
Speaker 7: tonight six to five. Let's check in with our guy,
Speaker 7: Jose Moda. It's time to go around the horn with
Speaker 7: Jose Mota. All right, let's go around the horn with
Speaker 7: Jose Moda. Jose Clayton kerse shot tonight five innings and
Speaker 7: records four strikeouts. What did you see from Kurse shot tonight?
Speaker 2: I thought, curse coming out of the bullpen, and I'm
Speaker 2: watching them between warm up to see, you know, what
Speaker 2: part of the plate he is working on and how
Speaker 2: the bull's coming out of his hand, and he could
Speaker 2: tell the in terms of break or tilt. He was
Speaker 2: not all that I'm effective with that, but he knew
Speaker 2: where to start it with that slaughter I'm talking about
Speaker 2: and where to end it to at least get some
Speaker 2: looks and then able to spend the break and ball
Speaker 2: and get fastballs by guys. But he's just a guy
Speaker 2: that knows how to pitch it. And what I saw
Speaker 2: today was a guy that battled through five without having
Speaker 2: that sharpness. We saw the last two starts by the
Speaker 2: understands the responsibility of knowing that with the team like Nationals,
Speaker 2: who do not strike out a lot, you have to
Speaker 2: ease up on front strek out. People just make better pitches,
Speaker 2: and the ones that came tonight is because he knows
Speaker 2: how to finish off hitters.
Speaker 7: All right, why don't you give your prediction, Jose, Do
Speaker 7: you believe he's gonna get eight strikeouts in Colorado and
Speaker 7: his next start?
Speaker 2: I'm gonna say no, Yeah, I want to say no.
Speaker 2: I want to see it here at all.
Speaker 7: It's gonna come close.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we want to see you, you know, do well in Colorado.
Speaker 2: No doubt he's got some membera on ones good and
Speaker 2: bad in Colorado. But it's one of those moments where
Speaker 2: I know you're not gonna like reshuff for your rotation
Speaker 2: for that, but I hope it's a moment that the
Speaker 2: LA fans get to enjoy.
Speaker 7: No doubt. I agree. How about tonight again, the eight
Speaker 7: to nine hitters for the Dodgers coming up big. The
Speaker 7: two veterans that haven't been playing a lot, haven't been
Speaker 7: getting a lot of bad bats, and Rojas and key
Speaker 7: k Hernandez.
Speaker 2: Here's something very important, Dave, that I know. At times
Speaker 2: it looks like why are these guys being taken out
Speaker 2: of games? And sometimes you figure like, wow, that's spot
Speaker 2: was Freddy as that spot was Molkiser show is great, great, okay,
Speaker 2: But that's how you have to manage guys like Rojas
Speaker 2: and Hernandez. You can't bury these guys and play them
Speaker 2: every four or five days or once a week and
Speaker 2: expect them to come out there and be on time.
Speaker 2: That's why those at bats that they get later in
Speaker 2: games on one side of games are so crucial for them,
Speaker 2: and in timing in your eyes, and you get under
Speaker 2: the lights and you get under you know, in a day,
Speaker 2: I mean you get home played, to see a pitch
Speaker 2: or two, to track a baseball. You can do all
Speaker 2: the work you want in the cage, but to have
Speaker 2: it at bat later in a game and then be
Speaker 2: involved offensively makes a big difference. Talking to us some
Speaker 2: of the guys that through the years have done very
Speaker 2: well off the bench, is like, you know, the manager
Speaker 2: knew how to manage me. He knew exactly what I
Speaker 2: needed and win and was able to at least kind
Speaker 2: of get a read on what I needed to do
Speaker 2: to stay sharp and those I'll tell you those late
Speaker 2: game at bats when then Sumpson's lopsided, are so valuable
Speaker 2: these guys that I'm glad they came through again.
Speaker 7: No doubt. But I didn't feel like last night was lopsided.
Speaker 9: No, I agree with you.
Speaker 2: I think five runs will of Dodger team. It's you're
Speaker 2: what you know, one runner and then a couple swings
Speaker 2: away to be in it.
Speaker 7: No doubt. But it was great to see those guys
Speaker 7: come out and get the matchup that is advantageous to them.
Speaker 7: And Andy Pie has, I mean quietly again goes under
Speaker 7: the radar because if keythk and Rojas and kershot. But
Speaker 7: he had two hits again tonight and he drove in
Speaker 7: a big run.
Speaker 2: He smokes a baseball. Pie has shown every one of
Speaker 2: us that there's times when the game didn't start very
Speaker 2: well and he was able to correct himself. He's becomes
Speaker 2: like his own best coach under Tosper and the hitting coaches.
Speaker 2: But he understands that dipping of the shoulders has disappeared.
Speaker 2: When he does it, he's able to correct it very
Speaker 2: quickly and consider something too. David he's hitting velocity, and
Speaker 2: he's hitting velocity hard by shortening up and coming through
Speaker 2: in big situations. A lot of hits with two strikes
Speaker 2: and a lot of hits up the middle of the field.
Speaker 2: Just a sign of a guy that just understands and
Speaker 2: is taking care of learning the league a little bit
Speaker 2: more and getting pitch selection. I'm basy can handled. It
Speaker 2: doesn't matter what the situation, expecial early he's had high average,
Speaker 2: and in the clubch he's got a high average, and
Speaker 2: certainly he's a presence in that bottom line. But he
Speaker 2: fits in any line up in the big leagues, even
Speaker 2: you know, hitting in the middle somewhere.
Speaker 7: Do you feel like he's on his way to Atlanta
Speaker 7: and being part of the All Star team as a reserve,
Speaker 7: because obviously he probably won't win the popularity vote.
Speaker 2: I feel like he is. You cannot ignore where he
Speaker 2: is with the RBIs, with a home runs close to
Speaker 2: three hundred, again, playing outstanding defense, all those things would
Speaker 2: be taking it the consideration, you know, and remember that
Speaker 2: the roster s I was at thirty before you know,
Speaker 2: there's like forty five guys in that roster. Somehow he's
Speaker 2: going to find a way in that roster because he
Speaker 2: has earned it, and he's come for being a guy
Speaker 2: that was close to not getting the motive but not
Speaker 2: playing a lot to a guy that perhaps is a
Speaker 2: key factor and contributor to this bulk up. So yeah,
Speaker 2: Andy Pine is the All Star. I truly hope that's
Speaker 2: not the way.
Speaker 7: All right, Jose, Before I let you go, how relieved
Speaker 7: are you that Fernando Tatist Junior was in the starting
Speaker 7: lineup tonight? I put out a big warning.
Speaker 2: Yeah, many you know, had a kind of you know,
Speaker 2: swallow up some some things he said. But there's no
Speaker 2: doubt in my mind. I was glad to see it.
Speaker 2: They went on the field and play. They got beat again. Unfortunately.
Speaker 2: Uh you know, it doesn't matter what the Dodgers do,
Speaker 2: it don't do it. Just powers need to take care
Speaker 2: of their own business. And Tatoos goes back. So let's
Speaker 2: breathe a little bit better tonight.
Speaker 7: Oh yeah, we'll all sleep so much better now now
Speaker 7: that we know the threat is out of out of
Speaker 7: reach now, all right? Tomorrow, Yes, oh yes, that's right.
Speaker 7: I am delivering the tacos. I owe Pepe and Ingez
Speaker 7: tomorrow night before the game, and uh, I'll have enough
Speaker 7: for you and Kochito, Rus and Ephron over there, so
Speaker 7: you'd be ready.
Speaker 2: I'm glad we sait it in.
Speaker 7: Thanks Dave, Okay, thanks Ose, And look, you know I'll
Speaker 7: deliver with a smile because I guaranteed a Dodger sweep
Speaker 7: over the Giants. They did not sweep the Giants, and
Speaker 7: they won two out of three, so it's a lot
Speaker 7: easier to deliver on that bet that I lost to
Speaker 7: Pepe with the Dodgers winning the series and taking three
Speaker 7: out of four from the padres and Tomorrow night Ice
Speaker 7: Cube Bobblehead Night at Dodgers Stadium with Dustin May on
Speaker 7: the mound going up against Jake Irvin Morongo Casino. Dodgers
Speaker 7: on Deck begins at six o'clock tomorrow, with first pitch
Speaker 7: at seven to ten. Thanks to Colinie back at our
Speaker 7: Burbank Studios, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here at Dodgers Stadium,
Speaker 7: and thanks to you for listening. Hey, case you missed
Speaker 7: any of the show, you can find it on the
Speaker 7: iHeartRadio app. And we also had a chance to catch
Speaker 7: up with tonight's acting manager, Danny Lehman, the Dodger bench coach,
Speaker 7: who helped the Dodgers get the win tonight as they
Speaker 7: defeat the National six to five. Fox Sports Radio is next.
Speaker 7: We'll talk to you tomorrow night. I'm pumped up for
Speaker 7: ice Cube Bobblehead night. He won't be here, but the
Speaker 7: Bobblehead will be. That's all that matters. Love you Cube,
Speaker 7: Thanks for listening. We'll talk to you tomorrow once again.
Speaker 7: The final score Dodgers beat the Net six to five.
Speaker 7: See ya
Speaker 6: Just done.