Speaker 1: Now your host for playoff Dodger Toss sound Off Angelinos
Speaker 1: David Vasse.
Speaker 2: We are live at Peco Park in San Diego after
Speaker 2: the Dodgers force a Game five in the NLDS with
Speaker 2: an eight nothing shutout victory over the San Diego Padres.
Speaker 2: David Vase live in San Diego, taking your phone calls
Speaker 2: until eleven o'clock and we do have phone lines open
Speaker 2: at eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy.
Speaker 2: And I'm not a guy that likes to say I
Speaker 2: told you so, but I did tell you so at
Speaker 2: the beginning of this series. This was going to be
Speaker 2: a five game battle between the Dodgers and Padres, the
Speaker 2: hottest team since the All Star Break against the team
Speaker 2: that has a lot of talent and had the best
Speaker 2: record in all of Major League Baseball for the full
Speaker 2: regular season. And I did tell you that this team
Speaker 2: had more fight and resolve than any of the last
Speaker 2: two Dodger teams. And they proved it tonight. And I
Speaker 2: love Gavin Lux letting us in on the Dodgers having
Speaker 2: a text thread where they were encouraging each other last
Speaker 2: night to not show up to the ballpark and lay down.
Speaker 2: They did not lay down tonight, and I love that
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts has made a statement to all the critics
Speaker 2: coming up with another big home run in the first
Speaker 2: inning that was huge for the Dodgers, and even bigger
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers was that they tacked on runs in
Speaker 2: the second and third innings. Will Smith, who came into
Speaker 2: the game tonight without a hit in the NLDS, hit
Speaker 2: a big two run home run in the third inning.
Speaker 2: So the Dodgers had a five to nothing lead after
Speaker 2: three innings tonight. It's a lot easier to navigate the
Speaker 2: script of a bullpen game when you're playing with a
Speaker 2: five run lead that early in the game. It could
Speaker 2: not have gone better to script for the Dodgers than
Speaker 2: to have a five nothing lead after three innings for
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts to deploy his eight relievers. And he was
Speaker 2: deploying his high leverage relievers as he promised early in
Speaker 2: the game. From Ryan Brazier, who not only opened the
Speaker 2: game but came back out for the second inning to
Speaker 2: get an out, to Anthony Bonda, to Michael Kopek, to
Speaker 2: Alex Vesia, who almost pitched two innings tonight. Evan Phillips
Speaker 2: came in Daniel Hudson, Blake Trinin, and Landon Nack. So
Speaker 2: the Dodgers were able to navigate a bullpen game with
Speaker 2: a five to nothing early lead, and they go on
Speaker 2: to beat the Padres in Game four of the NLDS
Speaker 2: by a final score of eight to nothing. And I
Speaker 2: know on Twitter everybody was freaking out that I was
Speaker 2: jinxing the Dodgers after the second inning and having that
Speaker 2: type of leader after that third inning and having that lead,
Speaker 2: you had a five to nothing lead, you saw the
Speaker 2: Dodgers the way they came out to play. I was
Speaker 2: very confident, and that's the reason why I said and
Speaker 2: offered advice to any Padre fans that hey, if you
Speaker 2: want to come back to La, the surf liner is
Speaker 2: a very convenient way to do so. The only inning
Speaker 2: that I thought was maybe going to change the momentum
Speaker 2: of this game was in the fifth inning when Alex
Speaker 2: Vesia came back out for a second inning of work
Speaker 2: and couldn't get the two lefties to start that inning.
Speaker 2: Evan Phillips came in. He had to get Fernando Tattis
Speaker 2: Junior out with two men on and two out, and
Speaker 2: he was able to do so. Vessia also, to his credit,
Speaker 2: was able to get Luisa Rise to fly out to
Speaker 2: left field, so that helped out as well. After that
Speaker 2: fifth inning, I'd never felt the Padres had another threat
Speaker 2: the rest of the game, and all of a sudden
Speaker 2: now since the second inning of last night, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: now have shut down this Padres offense for the last
Speaker 2: fifteen innings. Eight six, six, nine, eight seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. Let's head downstairs right now
Speaker 2: to hear from manager Dave Roberts.
Speaker 3: Hey, Dave, do you have a game five starter yet?
Speaker 4: No, we don't, you know. Fortunately, tonight we were very
Speaker 4: efficient as far as our pen, which was great, So
Speaker 4: we've got some options. I think that, you know, we
Speaker 4: could run the same playbook back and run a bullpen game.
Speaker 4: We can start Jack, we could start Yoshinobu. So I
Speaker 4: think that tomorrow we've got to work out from four
Speaker 4: to six and it'll give us a chance to kind
Speaker 4: of talk to the reliever and see everybody's feeling. But
Speaker 4: right now, no game five starter.
Speaker 3: I mean, given how well the bullpen pitched today and
Speaker 3: given how much they've hit your starters, is the bullpen game?
Speaker 3: You think kind of the favorite.
Speaker 4: Well it's a good thought, I mean obviously clearly, but
Speaker 4: you know, just kind of knowing their efficient, but also
Speaker 4: just checking in on those guys to see how they
Speaker 4: feel tomorrow. It was kind of the thing we want
Speaker 4: to make sure before I make a decision.
Speaker 3: And the efficiency obviously not just in terms of helping
Speaker 3: you out for game five, but the way it kind
Speaker 3: of helped you run these innings right, I mean, Bessie,
Speaker 3: I got through the fourth really quick, and guessing that
Speaker 3: helped them get out for right the next inning, I
Speaker 3: think like Phillips Hudson through nine ten pitches. How did
Speaker 3: that kind of help?
Speaker 4: Yeah, it helped. I mean I think that overall the
Speaker 4: guys were efficient understanding that you know they're gonna have
Speaker 4: to do updowns go a little bit longer potentially, So
Speaker 4: the efficiency efficiency the strike throne was huge, and again
Speaker 4: it just gives us options for game five.
Speaker 3: Did you have any thoughts of staying away from trying
Speaker 3: and after the game kind of opened up this.
Speaker 4: No, No, I didn't. He hadn't pitched three days. It
Speaker 4: was the top of the order, and you know, when
Speaker 4: you're in an elimination game, you know I wanted to
Speaker 4: shorten the game. And it was good to see Land
Speaker 4: and Takedown in inning, which was very helpful.
Speaker 3: You know, I know, before Ohtany got here, right, you
Speaker 3: used to like to say a lot you know, his
Speaker 3: Mookie goes to Dodger goods go how big has he been?
Speaker 3: You know, the last two days here.
Speaker 4: Because Mookie, Mookie has been big. Obviously, we got a
Speaker 4: lot of good players, but it's not on one player, clearly,
Speaker 4: and today Mookie shine. Last night Mookie shined, and today
Speaker 4: Will had a big hit. So that's a great thing
Speaker 4: about having good players, and you know, they don't need
Speaker 4: to do anything more than they're capable of and just
Speaker 4: kind of do what their potential, their their abilities allow for.
Speaker 4: And that's what they did tonight.
Speaker 2: All Right, there's manager Dave Roberts after the Dodgers force
Speaker 2: a game five using eight different pitchers in a bullpen game.
Speaker 2: And do you hear that? Yeah, those are the critics
Speaker 2: that are quiet tonight after the way Mookie Bets played
Speaker 2: last night and tonight. Mookie Bets deserves as much credit
Speaker 2: as he got criticism for the first two games of
Speaker 2: the series. With the way he has played in the
Speaker 2: last two games of this series, and I'm glad. Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts said he had not made a decision for a
Speaker 2: Game five starting pitcher Yoshi Yamamoto. He's a great young pitcher,
Speaker 2: only twenty five years old. He has pitched in big
Speaker 2: games on the international stage. But for me, I would
Speaker 2: love to have a veteran Major League starter pitching for
Speaker 2: the Dodgers in Game five. Also, the Padres have seen
Speaker 2: Yamamoto a lot this year, and they haven't missed in
Speaker 2: two regular season games plus Game one of the NLDS
Speaker 2: where Yamamoto was knocked out after three innings. The Padres
Speaker 2: and nine innings of work from Yamamoto, have scored thirteen
Speaker 2: runs against him. They have thirteen hits and three home runs.
Speaker 2: Yamamoto only has nine strikeouts and four walks. I'll say
Speaker 2: that again, Yamamoto against the Padres nine innings of work
Speaker 2: in three games started, he has given up thirteen earned runs.
Speaker 2: I would love to see the Dodgers hold Yamamoto back
Speaker 2: for a Game one of the NLCS and throw Jack
Speaker 2: Flaherty against the Padres in Game five for those reasons.
Speaker 2: For whatever reason, the Padres see Yamamoto really well, and
Speaker 2: he's twenty five years old. He hasn't been on this stage,
Speaker 2: and maybe it is a better matchup for him to
Speaker 2: start Game one of the NLCS against the Mets. And
Speaker 2: you might say, well, who knows if there is a
Speaker 2: Game one of the NLCS. Well, quite honestly, I don't
Speaker 2: want to see Yamamoto face the Padres again. I don't
Speaker 2: feel like he gives you the best chance to win
Speaker 2: in a Game five winner take all to advance to
Speaker 2: play the New York Mets, who eliminated the Phillies tonight
Speaker 2: in the NLDS of their Dream season. Eight six six
Speaker 2: nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's start out in downtown with Manny. You're on Dodger Talk. Hi, Manny, Hey.
Speaker 5: David, what's going on? What a difference one awesome game
Speaker 5: makes and changes the way everyone's feeling now? And here
Speaker 5: we go, We're going into Game five on Friday. Something
Speaker 5: I wanted to bring up on it aga a shout
Speaker 5: out to the entire bullpen. They stuck together and they
Speaker 5: really really pretty much broke down the Padres hitters. They
Speaker 5: look lifeless out there, no energy. It just seems like
Speaker 5: the momentum has completely shifted.
Speaker 6: We got the guys.
Speaker 5: I feel like the Dodgers took this one a little
Speaker 5: bit personal. With everything that's been going on, with the
Speaker 5: fans getting involved, I felt like they had to take
Speaker 5: over the whole situation of what's been happening and what
Speaker 5: I feel like Padres have been trying to, you know,
Speaker 5: control the whole story.
Speaker 2: But here we go with guys, Manny. They don't want
Speaker 2: to lose. To these guys. That's the statement they made,
Speaker 2: not to you, not to me, but to themselves and
Speaker 2: to that other dugout. That's what it comes down to.
Speaker 2: Neither one of these teams at this point like each other,
Speaker 2: and neither one really wants to go home because of
Speaker 2: the other team. And that's especially the Dodgers. That's happened
Speaker 2: once already. They don't want it to happen again. Thanks
Speaker 2: for the phone call, Manny, and their superstars don't want
Speaker 2: it to happen. You saw the fire in Ota when
Speaker 2: he drove in a run in the second inning. You
Speaker 2: saw the fire of Mookie Beds after his home run.
Speaker 2: This entire team was accountable to each other, and they
Speaker 2: planted their feet and stood firm tonight in a hostile
Speaker 2: environment and forced a game five, and it was great
Speaker 2: to see keyk Hernandez in the starting lineup. There's an
Speaker 2: air of confidence with him in the starting lineup, and
Speaker 2: I could tell you before the game, staff and coaches
Speaker 2: were really excited that he was in the starting lineup tonight.
Speaker 2: And here's Key k Hernandez on sports at La Muki.
Speaker 7: I think we talked about earlier how important it was
Speaker 7: for us to go to lead early. Moki did just that.
Speaker 7: Brasier's first inning one two three was huge. I felt
Speaker 7: like the moment was sustain on our side. Second inning,
Speaker 7: you know, being able to rally against against season, getting
Speaker 7: him out of the game early was incredibly huge. Being
Speaker 7: able to add on two more runs in the second
Speaker 7: inning and get a three run lead pretty much what
Speaker 7: they did both games at our place, uh, was was huge.
Speaker 7: In the bullpen again, another shut down inning in the
Speaker 7: second inning, and then the third inning we were able
Speaker 7: to add two more and then another shut down inning,
Speaker 7: and from there on it kind of felt like the
Speaker 7: bullpen took took over, and uh you know, we were
Speaker 7: able to keep adding adding on some runs, especially late
Speaker 7: in the game, and uh you know, we had a
Speaker 7: we had a very complete game.
Speaker 3: As an offense.
Speaker 7: Uh, anywhere from you know, rallying, going station in the station, walking,
Speaker 7: slugging and even you know, even bunning bunting a run in.
Speaker 7: Uh that was that was huge. But uh, all the
Speaker 7: credit tonight, all the credits should go to our bullpen
Speaker 7: because they changed the game.
Speaker 6: We would say about you guys that are just sort
Speaker 6: of have that sort of about an elimination game, especially
Speaker 6: with Freddy Spacecrafts in the line up late just be able.
Speaker 8: To pull this off. H.
Speaker 7: I mean, I don't know what it says. Honestly, did we?
Speaker 7: I mean we were very injured all year. Somehow we
Speaker 7: had the best recommended league and you know, we we
Speaker 7: I feel like tonight was just like an example of
Speaker 7: what this team is capable of doing.
Speaker 9: Uh.
Speaker 7: The fact that we did it without Freddy and me
Speaker 7: was just a bonus. But I feel like we have
Speaker 7: a very deep team overall, and tonight showed all.
Speaker 2: Right. There is Key k Hernandez on sports and at LA.
Speaker 2: Like I said, there was no statement made to you,
Speaker 2: to me, to the media. The statement was made to
Speaker 2: each other, and the Dodgers held each other accountable and
Speaker 2: came out and delivered. You could talk all you want,
Speaker 2: but if you don't perform on the field, you were
Speaker 2: going home. And that was a big statement to each
Speaker 2: other and a statement that the Dodgers are different than
Speaker 2: what they were the last two seasons, because, you know,
Speaker 2: being down in a series or being down in a
Speaker 2: game like they were last night, it wasn't the same vibe.
Speaker 2: It felt like they kind of just gave up. But
Speaker 2: that's not the sense I got from this team going
Speaker 2: into the postseason, and it certainly wasn't the sense I
Speaker 2: got from them when I saw them fight back after
Speaker 2: being down six to one last night. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to Rancho Kuckamonga. Mike, you're on Dodger Talk with David
Speaker 2: vasse Hi.
Speaker 10: Mike, Hey, Davey, I just want to say I appreciate
Speaker 10: you taking my call, and I appreciate all the hard
Speaker 10: work that you do allowing us to express ourselves and
Speaker 10: and you know, the long hours that you put in
Speaker 10: to glide of his Dodger inside. I definitely appreciate that.
Speaker 10: For my points, got to give Dave Roberts's flowers. I'm
Speaker 10: a big Dave Roberts critic, so you know, today he
Speaker 10: made the right he made the right calls, He put
Speaker 10: the people the pictures in the right positions to be successful.
Speaker 10: But of course he's not on the field, so you
Speaker 10: got to give you know, you got to give kudos
Speaker 10: to the one through nine, to our bullpen. I mean,
Speaker 10: what a game, like you said, you know, way to
Speaker 10: show the fight. I'm very excited to see what happens
Speaker 10: on Friday. And I just wanted to Yeah, I just
Speaker 10: wanted to appreciate my give my gratitude to you. Uh
Speaker 10: and and let's go Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Thank you for the phone call. No gratitude needed, but
Speaker 2: I appreciate the word for sure. And I love doing this.
Speaker 2: Beats doing a job for a living, but it's really fun.
Speaker 2: And obviously being at the ballpark for as many hours
Speaker 2: as we are every day, and we just obviously you
Speaker 2: have to have a passion for this, and we certainly
Speaker 2: have a passion for the Dodgers, and they repaid us
Speaker 2: all tonight with their effort tonight. For a team, by
Speaker 2: the way, like the Padres that don't strike out a lot,
Speaker 2: I love that the Dodger relievers, all eight of them,
Speaker 2: went after them and forced them to make contact. And
Speaker 2: all in all, the Dodgers eight relievers struck out eight Padres. Tonight,
Speaker 2: the Padres struck out ten Dodgers. So eight strikeouts is
Speaker 2: a lot for the Padres. They don't strike out a lot,
Speaker 2: so that was big that there was that much swing
Speaker 2: a miss many. Machado struck out twice tonight. He and Higgs.
Speaker 2: I can't pronounce at the catcher's name for Hi Goatshioka
Speaker 2: for the Padres struck out twice as well, Geez calling,
Speaker 2: You don't have to shout it in my ear. We
Speaker 2: got you, Colin I and Dwayne McDonald, they put in
Speaker 2: a lot of hours as well. Yes, in case you
Speaker 2: missed the news as well. Freddy Freeman was a late
Speaker 2: scratch and that's why Max Munsey went to first base,
Speaker 2: and Keith a Hernandez started the game at third base,
Speaker 2: and Chris Taylor started the game in center field. But
Speaker 2: we saw them switch a couple of different times, which
Speaker 2: nobody gave me an answer for. And I'm not sure
Speaker 2: if Dave Roberts was asked that in his postgame press conference.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Alex in all Hambra. You're on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk.
Speaker 11: Hi, Alex, Hey, Hey, thanks for taking on my call.
Speaker 2: I'm doing great. How are you good?
Speaker 12: How are you.
Speaker 2: I feel like we're all doing pretty good, Alex. We've
Speaker 2: established that. What do you got for us tonight?
Speaker 11: Man, it just it took me back to Game one.
Speaker 11: You know, the bullpen really came out clutched tonight, and
Speaker 11: you know, they just they did a really good job.
Speaker 11: Nothing to worry about at the end of the day.
Speaker 11: But you know the thing is, you know, moving forward
Speaker 11: house friding and going to come out with his injury.
Speaker 2: Now, you know, hey, I don't know, there's a day
Speaker 2: off tomorrow. He gets he did not play today, got treatment,
Speaker 2: won't play tomorrow because of the day off between Games
Speaker 2: four and Games five. But look, Alex, if Freddy Freeman
Speaker 2: cannot help the Dodgers, he's got to be honest with
Speaker 2: himself as he was today to say, you know what,
Speaker 2: let Munsey, let Keith k let Pahez or Taylor play.
Speaker 2: And after the way things went tonight, it feels like
Speaker 2: maybe that's the way they're leaning. Freddy wants to be
Speaker 2: in there. It says a lot for him to say,
Speaker 2: you know what, I can't go tonight. So even if
Speaker 2: he's not in there, Alex, it's not about the individuals.
Speaker 2: It's the greater sum of the parts, and that's what
Speaker 2: we saw tonight.
Speaker 11: Most definitely, because even when he tried to make that
Speaker 11: catch and how he landed with his angle, he even
Speaker 11: hurt me, and you know you could tell that that's yeah,
Speaker 11: I think that that's what did him in last night
Speaker 11: for sure.
Speaker 2: Thanks for the phone call, Alex, appreciate it. Eight six
Speaker 2: six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Dodgers shut out the Padres eight to nothing in Game
Speaker 2: four of the NLDS to force a Game five. When
Speaker 2: we continue from Peco Park, we will take more of
Speaker 2: your phone calls. Plus we will hear from Freddie Freeman
Speaker 2: and Manny Machado as the Dodgers and Padres are headed
Speaker 2: to the inevitable a Game five in the NLDS to
Speaker 2: decide who will face the Mets in the NLCS. We'll
Speaker 2: have it all for you right here on AM five
Speaker 2: seventy LA Sports. We'll continue with Dodger Talk next live
Speaker 2: from Pego Park in San Diego after the Dodgers shut
Speaker 2: out the Padres eight to nothing.
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Speaker 2: Dodger tough with David Bessing. So here's the payoff. Bets
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Speaker 13: High drive left center field and deep merril at the wall.
Speaker 13: It's gone no Cookie bets at it again. The first
Speaker 13: inning home run. He pumps his fist halfway between second
Speaker 13: and third Hollo high five for Dino Ebol, his second
Speaker 13: home run in as many days. It's won nothing, Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Mookie was locked in. He delivered for the Dodgers a
Speaker 2: home run in the first inning, and for good measure,
Speaker 2: drives in another run in the second inning to lead
Speaker 2: the way for a Dodger's eight nothing shut out win
Speaker 2: over the Padres in Game four of the NLDS to
Speaker 2: force a Game five, which will be Friday night at
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Speaker 2: I loved how versatile the Dodger offense was tonight. They
Speaker 2: hit three home runs tonight, but they also were able
Speaker 2: to string together two or three consecutive hits in a
Speaker 2: couple of different innings. And that's the approach they need
Speaker 2: to have going into Game five against you, Darvish. I'll
Speaker 2: say it again, You Darvish throws a lot of different pitches.
Speaker 2: You want to try to get to him early before
Speaker 2: he settles in on the three or four that he
Speaker 2: has a feel for in that game. And I said
Speaker 2: this earlier as well. Dave Roberts wouldn't commit to a
Speaker 2: starting pitcher for Game five, and I love hearing that
Speaker 2: because the Dodgers should have real pause about starting Yoshi Yamamoto,
Speaker 2: who has a heart of a champion, who would not
Speaker 2: be scared away in that moment, but for whatever reason,
Speaker 2: the Padres have had his number this season. In three starts,
Speaker 2: Yamamoto has only pitched nine innings and has given up
Speaker 2: thirteen earned runs. That includes Game one of the NLDS,
Speaker 2: and it also includes Opening Day in South Korea. Sometimes
Speaker 2: hitters just see something and I don't want to say
Speaker 2: the Padres have some sort of tipping tip to be
Speaker 2: able to hit off Yamamoto. But there's something going on
Speaker 2: that would give the Dodgers pause about not just announcing
Speaker 2: Yamamoto as their Game five starter. I would be all
Speaker 2: in with Jack Flaherty to start Game five of the
Speaker 2: NLDS and hold Yamamoto back for Game one of the
Speaker 2: NLCS if the Dodgers are fortunate enough to win this
Speaker 2: Game five. By the way, this will be the sixth
Speaker 2: time the Dodgers we'll play a Game five of the
Speaker 2: NLDS in their franchise history. They are three and two
Speaker 2: in their previous game fives. The latest was twenty twenty
Speaker 2: one in San Francisco against the Giants. They won that
Speaker 2: game two to one. Remember they used an opener, then
Speaker 2: brought in Julio Ourrias and Max Schurzer closed out that game.
Speaker 2: Who knows, the Dodgers may go to an opener and
Speaker 2: have Flarerity come in after that opener, But either way
Speaker 2: you slice it. I feel like Flarity's going to be
Speaker 2: a big part of Game five. Eight six, six, nine, eight, seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to see me Valley Nathan, You're on Dodger Talk Live
Speaker 2: from San Diego.
Speaker 8: Hey, David, thank you for taking my call, my pleasure.
Speaker 2: What do you have.
Speaker 8: I just want to talk about let's's performance tonight and
Speaker 8: a couple of years ago, I was down the shield
Speaker 8: of Dodger Stadium playing catches in that winter camp. And
Speaker 8: now he's pretty big home runs. Yeah, now he's your favorite.
Speaker 2: Play, your favorite player delivered tonight.
Speaker 8: But now he's sitting big home runs in the NLDS
Speaker 8: And just how he said when Mookie goes, we go
Speaker 8: and I wore Mookie Bets jersey to school today and
Speaker 8: just have it back to back nights of him home
Speaker 8: right in the first inning to really get the Dodges going.
Speaker 2: Well, you better wear that jersey again on Friday before
Speaker 2: Game five. Nathan. It was a good luck charm. Thanks
Speaker 2: for the phone call. Appreciate it. Let's go out to
Speaker 2: Chewy in Burdbank. You're on Dodger Talk Live from Peco Park.
Speaker 9: Ha, Chewey, how are you doing baby?
Speaker 2: I think everybody's doing great in LA. Where did you
Speaker 2: watch the game tonight?
Speaker 9: Absolutely? I watched the game at the house at the
Speaker 9: crib and we were screaming on the couch.
Speaker 2: I love it. Wake up those neighbors.
Speaker 9: Wake up everybody. Bro, So check us out. If everything
Speaker 9: goes our way on Friday, how well do we match
Speaker 9: up against these Mets? Do we have an edge anywhere
Speaker 9: when it comes to them?
Speaker 2: Throw it all out the window, Chewy. The Dodgers kind
Speaker 2: of turned their season around in New York in the
Speaker 2: middle of the summer when they swept a doubleheader against
Speaker 2: the Mets. That was kind of rock bottom for the Mets,
Speaker 2: and somehow, some way they came back to life and
Speaker 2: are on this magical carpet ride to the NLCS. Throw
Speaker 2: it all out the window. The Mets are writing some
Speaker 2: sort of magic and maybe the Dodgers talent can stop it.
Speaker 2: But yeah, I would forget about anything that happened in
Speaker 2: the regular season. It's such a different Mets team right now.
Speaker 9: Yeah, it really is.
Speaker 2: And I'm the the door hit any grand slam.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I'm gonna put this out there real quick, David.
Speaker 9: If they need a first basement Freddie's out, I'm putting
Speaker 9: it out there. I'm I'm I'm ready, I'm ready to go.
Speaker 2: All right, Chewey. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for
Speaker 2: the phone call. Eight sixty six nine, eight seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Hey, By the way,
Speaker 2: I guess Ken Rosenthal didn't need to go into the
Speaker 2: Padres dugout tonight because the Dodgers beat them. And now
Speaker 2: I have shut out the Padres for fifteen consecutive innings
Speaker 2: after San Diego scored six runs off of Walker Bueller
Speaker 2: in the second inning last night. Eight six six seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy. Let's go out to our man Kevin
Speaker 2: in Culver City. You're on Dodger Talk, Hi, Kevin, God.
Speaker 14: Is good mass. First of all, I want to give
Speaker 14: some exhaust Oh man, it was an exhausting game. I
Speaker 14: want to get some prayers to uh, Fernando Valenzuela. I
Speaker 14: was praying for Fernando. Hope he gets well and he's
Speaker 14: in my thoughts. You know, all the victors of hurricane
Speaker 14: in our South region. Thinking about them too and pray
Speaker 14: for them. Uh to the game. This is all about you,
Speaker 14: David Asse. You're the guy who said the bats were
Speaker 14: gonna be there tonight. You're the guy who said there
Speaker 14: was gonna be a bullpen game, and we're gonna be
Speaker 14: a We're gonna put the runs on the board. And
Speaker 14: get to win. And I want to get some props
Speaker 14: to my boy, Mookie best Mookie bleeping bets. This guy
Speaker 14: has taken so much. She's from the LA media MLB media,
Speaker 14: and he stepped up and got home runs in back
Speaker 14: to back games. I say three games he got, you know,
Speaker 14: cause the Dodgers said didn't.
Speaker 15: Do his job.
Speaker 14: But Mookie has stuck up like stuck up instead of
Speaker 14: and put this team on his back and has carried
Speaker 14: us and it's played like an MVP. I want to
Speaker 14: shout out will Smith muld finally get in a big
Speaker 14: home run for us? And look, three hundred million reasons
Speaker 14: why yo yo mo model might play Friday and pitch
Speaker 14: because he's got the skill to do it. This is
Speaker 14: we picked him.
Speaker 2: Up right, well paid in baseball history. But you know, Kevin,
Speaker 2: that was more of a long term investment. He's twenty
Speaker 2: five years old. The Padres see him really well. I
Speaker 2: don't care how much he makes. I just want the
Speaker 2: best matchup and I don't believe it's Yamamoto against the Padres.
Speaker 2: I gotta run. Thank you for the love, appreciate it. Look,
Speaker 2: I just didn't believe Dylan Cees was going to be
Speaker 2: able to see more than two or three innings max
Speaker 2: against the Dodgers. The Dodger players told me after Game
Speaker 2: one they are not chasing his slider. They have seen
Speaker 2: it way too much to be tempted to chase it.
Speaker 2: I was shocked. The Padres went to Dylan Cees tonight
Speaker 2: and it completely backfired in the Dodgers favor. Speaking of
Speaker 2: the Padres Manny Machado, he's been at the center of
Speaker 2: this NLDS. He is headed to a Game five at
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium. Let's head downstairs right now to hear from
Speaker 2: the Padres third baseman just didn't execute.
Speaker 16: You know, we had a couple opportunities there to you no,
Speaker 16: tack on some runs and we just didn't, you know,
Speaker 16: get some runs across.
Speaker 4: How do you think you guys will regrouping fit go
Speaker 4: into Game five, nomination.
Speaker 16: Game, just like we do every time, you know, put
Speaker 16: this aside and go out there and get ready for
Speaker 16: a Game five and compete, you know, you know, like
Speaker 16: we've been doing all year.
Speaker 15: Revenue on the mound for that game.
Speaker 2: How much confience does they get to guess?
Speaker 16: Yeah, I mean, you know, we got the right guy
Speaker 16: on the mount and you know, we definitely have all
Speaker 16: the confidences.
Speaker 8: In the world.
Speaker 17: And then I know he's done in the past.
Speaker 16: And he's done in the future, we're going to continue
Speaker 16: to do for us. So yeah, we're we're definitely ready
Speaker 16: for get about you.
Speaker 7: Found in a much bigger challenge having to faxed so
Speaker 7: many arms in a game, upposed.
Speaker 4: To maybe a natural starter.
Speaker 15: Yeah, I it doesn't doesn't matter.
Speaker 16: We got to hit the ball, right, You gotta score runs.
Speaker 16: That's the name of the game. So we just didn't
Speaker 16: do that play.
Speaker 8: Yeah, they got a good and they're a.
Speaker 16: Good team all there, right, and they've been doing it
Speaker 16: all year and we just didn't, Uh, we didn't execute
Speaker 16: them when we had a cup opportunities as an offense.
Speaker 17: You guys have typically been able to score more ones
Speaker 17: against the starters than the believers.
Speaker 2: Any theory why there?
Speaker 16: I mean, it's it's hit a mess. We've we've we've
Speaker 16: walked off best best closers in the games, right, I mean,
Speaker 16: it's just it's irrelevant, honestly, it's it really isn't. We
Speaker 16: just we didn't we didn't hit we didn't get runs
Speaker 16: across the board, and that's what that's really whatever really was.
Speaker 13: Friday and the environment and the level of play and intensity.
Speaker 16: Hey, man, we gotta we gotta win. It's win winter
Speaker 16: for home. So go out there and leave it on
Speaker 16: the field. Who was next message?
Speaker 5: You guys.
Speaker 16: Us the message that he's been doing all ye out
Speaker 16: and compete, you know, put this one aside and you know,
Speaker 16: get ready for uh, you know, Game five?
Speaker 2: All right, there's Manny Machado inside the Padres clubhouse and
Speaker 2: he was asked about the success the Padres have had
Speaker 2: against the Dodgers starters versus their relievers. We all saw
Speaker 2: the graphic posted and Rick Monday actually shared this with
Speaker 2: me coming into the game tonight. The Padres off of
Speaker 2: three Dodgers starters have scored fifteen runs in thirteen and
Speaker 2: a third innings. And maybe this stem the tide. But
Speaker 2: you can't continue to go with a bullpen game in
Speaker 2: every single game in the postseason. At some point in time,
Speaker 2: you're going to have to get quality starts from one
Speaker 2: of your starting pitchers. It would be I deal if
Speaker 2: you can get at least two guys on track. And
Speaker 2: I feel like the Dodgers are going to look towards
Speaker 2: Jack Flaherty on Friday night at Dodgers Stadium to step
Speaker 2: up big. The Dodgers have not made any announcement on
Speaker 2: who is starting Game five, but if it was up
Speaker 2: to me because of matchups. This is about matchups. You're
Speaker 2: facing the same team again for the fifth time. That's
Speaker 2: what it is in the postseason. And this is nothing
Speaker 2: against Yamamoto. I'm very confident in him starting a Game
Speaker 2: one at home against the Mets in the NLCS. But
Speaker 2: this year it just hasn't been a good matchup for
Speaker 2: him against the Padres, and feelings have to be put
Speaker 2: aside right now. This is about giving yourself the best
Speaker 2: chance to advance, and unfortunately this matchup is not a
Speaker 2: great one for Yamamoto. So get ready for Game one
Speaker 2: of the NLCS and hand the ball to Jack Flaherty
Speaker 2: who certainly has a the cohonas and the edge to
Speaker 2: be able to not shy away from this type of stage.
Speaker 2: And Yamamoto does too. I know there's a language barrier,
Speaker 2: but from everything being around him, he has a heart
Speaker 2: of a lion. It's just not a great matchup for him.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Boyle Heights. James, you're on Dodger
Speaker 2: Talk with David Vassey. Hi James.
Speaker 15: What's going on? Dv oh Man. I just want to say,
Speaker 15: what a spectacular showing from the bullpen. It was just
Speaker 15: a great showing they had. Mookie Betts came back yesterday
Speaker 15: and today he was just doing really well. I just
Speaker 15: feel like we're on the trajectory to where we've been
Speaker 15: playing this whole season, and I think we're just going
Speaker 15: to continue doing that. We had a little time off
Speaker 15: to where we needed some people to heal, but I
Speaker 15: feel like we're on the way to being the best
Speaker 15: team in MLB.
Speaker 2: As we were all right, well that'll be decided on
Speaker 2: Friday night at Dodger Stadium. And you heard from Manny Machado.
Speaker 2: I'm expecting many Machado to get a very pleasant reception
Speaker 2: at Dodger Stadium, if you know what I mean. It
Speaker 2: was loud, it was electric, it was uh rockus here
Speaker 2: at Peco Park, I would imagine it to be the
Speaker 2: same way at Dodger Stadium. But just to remind you,
Speaker 2: let's just let the players decide it between the lines.
Speaker 2: We don't need any extra curricular activities from the fans
Speaker 2: in the stands. Let the Dodgers handle the padres. You
Speaker 2: just sit back and enjoy and make it loud at
Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium on Friday night. Let's go out to Long Beach. Joe,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse. How you doing, Joe?
Speaker 9: Hey Dave, what are you doing?
Speaker 12: Thank you for taking a goal.
Speaker 2: I'm glad you're a responsible driver signaling your lane change
Speaker 2: right there.
Speaker 12: Yeah, I'm Joe the live driver, so oh boy.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah. I'm sure there were a lot of fans
Speaker 2: being responsible out there watching the game.
Speaker 10: Yep, yep.
Speaker 12: Hey listen, I'm just excited to see Key K have
Speaker 12: some success. I don't know why we don't play him
Speaker 12: a lot more.
Speaker 2: But K should be in the starting line for every
Speaker 2: playoff game, Joe. I'm with you from here on out.
Speaker 2: T K Hernandez needs to be in the lineup somewhere.
Speaker 12: Some way, yes, sir. And last thing, Dave, is there
Speaker 12: any way we can keep San Diego fans from worry
Speaker 12: their jerseys in the stadium, like when they come up
Speaker 12: and make them take their jerseys off.
Speaker 2: No, Dodge Dodgers Stadium doesn't do that. It's a big city,
Speaker 2: they're not small town. They'll allow any fans to come in.
Speaker 2: But like I said, I hope the fans just allow
Speaker 2: the Dodgers and Padres to decide the NLDS and we
Speaker 2: don't need any extracurricular activities. And look, if there's a
Speaker 2: fan in a Padre Jersey, let them cheer or let
Speaker 2: them be sad. It might be sad. Diego on Friday night.
Speaker 12: Joe sounds good.
Speaker 2: Thanks all right, Joe, be safe out there doing the
Speaker 2: lift driving eight six six seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. There will be a game five, that
Speaker 2: is Friday night at Dodgers Stadium. It will be you
Speaker 2: Darvish on the mound for the Padres. We'll see who
Speaker 2: the Dodgers throw out there first pitch right here on
Speaker 2: AM five to seventy. LA Sports will be at five
Speaker 2: oh eight. Our coverage begins at four o'clock. All right,
Speaker 2: let's head back downstairs to the Dodger Clubhouse to hear
Speaker 2: from Freddie Freeman, who is a late scratch tonight.
Speaker 7: Are you pretty confident about Friday or you gotta compleat
Speaker 7: today every day?
Speaker 6: Like I said, day to day. So happy we got
Speaker 6: a game five and get a chance at a full
Speaker 6: day's rest today. Didn't even try to run on it,
Speaker 6: so tomorrow, we'll, you know'll get to the filthy treatment
Speaker 6: and see how we go.
Speaker 3: Let's see yours disabilities.
Speaker 6: We stave off eliminations for being the sore spot again,
Speaker 6: going to get the guys came out, you know, Mookie
Speaker 6: being Mookie bets it was huge, and then I just
Speaker 6: up and down the lineup great at bats, attacking on runs.
Speaker 6: You know, it's bullpen is absolutely incredible. So looking forward
Speaker 6: to Friday, we get a different version of Mooki. Ever,
Speaker 6: especially after you actually getting the home runs, we're getting
Speaker 6: that breaking that's right, hits stretch. I think we all
Speaker 6: knew Muki was gonna be Mooki. I mean, I know
Speaker 6: everyone wants to harp on certain things, but it's Mookie
Speaker 6: best for a reason.
Speaker 12: It's pretty coming down the bat on the double play.
Speaker 6: Yesterday's aggravated year ankle, aggravated before the game. Every day
Speaker 6: is the same. We'll try again on Friday.
Speaker 2: All right. There's Freddy Freeman on sports and at LA,
Speaker 2: and look, I appreciate Freddy Freeman being honest with himself
Speaker 2: and being honest with Dave Roberts to say I'm not
Speaker 2: good enough to help the team win and force the
Speaker 2: game five. That's really hard to do for any player,
Speaker 2: let alone when you're a player the caliber of Freddie Freeman,
Speaker 2: because you feel like you're Superman, you can do anything
Speaker 2: you need to be out there. There's not a lot
Speaker 2: of players his caliber that would say, you know what,
Speaker 2: I can't help tonight, and he did the right thing,
Speaker 2: and that is uh. You know, Freddy continues to impress
Speaker 2: me in a lot of different ways, and tonight certainly
Speaker 2: did as well. Eight six, six, nine eighty seven, two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Glendale. Aaron,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing Aeron?
Speaker 18: I'm doing well. Glendale in the house, David. Tonight was
Speaker 18: an amazing game to watch as a fan, wondering who
Speaker 18: in the bullpen was going to go next. It's kind
Speaker 18: of like an inside out game for the bolt and
Speaker 18: then the quote unquote starter closing it out when we
Speaker 18: had stomped on him was amazing. Do you think because
Speaker 18: they scored a lot of runs that enabled Dave to
Speaker 18: kind of go backwards front with the bullpen.
Speaker 2: Without a doubt. It made his job easier to execute
Speaker 2: the pregame script with that type of lead, because I
Speaker 2: go back to what Joe Madden had to say when
Speaker 2: he was managing the Cubs against the Dodgers in twenty seventeen,
Speaker 2: and he said that obviously he's been on that side
Speaker 2: before with Andrew Friedman, and you have to get ahead
Speaker 2: of the Dodgers or be tied in the fifth or
Speaker 2: sixth innings to really disrupt their script, their pitching script.
Speaker 2: And with the Dodgers getting ahead five to nothing after
Speaker 2: three innings, that was huge for them to allow that
Speaker 2: script to come to fruition tonight.
Speaker 18: Definitely huge. The other thing that I loved was how
Speaker 18: they pitched to Toddtise. They didn't go at him, they
Speaker 18: d him a lot of breaking balls, and I loved
Speaker 18: the chin music that Kopek gave him and kind of
Speaker 18: back them off to play the low bit and got
Speaker 18: his butt dirty.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you got to move his feet. And I thought
Speaker 2: Jose Motor brought up a good point. He did double
Speaker 2: in that at bat where Kopek knocked him down, but
Speaker 2: maybe it pushed him off the plate just that much
Speaker 2: and instead of a home run, it was a double.
Speaker 2: I thought that was a great point by Jose. But
Speaker 2: Fernando Tatist Junior has had his way in this series,
Speaker 2: and tonight was the first night the Dodgers slowed him
Speaker 2: down and that was a big key to them winning
Speaker 2: this game.
Speaker 18: Tonight, manager was and then just the last thing. I
Speaker 18: want to see what you think. But we need to
Speaker 18: get revenge on you Darvish for beating his Sunday.
Speaker 9: And maybe a little payback for the.
Speaker 18: Twenty seventeen World Series Game seven. What's it going to
Speaker 18: take to beat him? And things should take him?
Speaker 2: My call, Yeah, no problem. I really do believe that.
Speaker 2: And it's funny he brought up twenty seventeen in game
Speaker 2: seven because I was thinking that as well. Look, the
Speaker 2: last time you Darvish was in this type of game,
Speaker 2: he did not fare very well. George Springer hit a
Speaker 2: big home run in the first inning, and we all
Speaker 2: know that you Darvish was not made for that Game
Speaker 2: seven of the World Series. So hopefully the Dodgers can
Speaker 2: duplicate that type of performance. And like I said earlier,
Speaker 2: it's going to be a situation where the Dodgers have
Speaker 2: to get to Darvish early. Once he settles in on
Speaker 2: three or four pitches, he's really hard to beat. Let's
Speaker 2: go out to Granada Hills, Ed, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: How you doing ed?
Speaker 8: Hey, I'm doing good, Dave.
Speaker 14: Thank you much, appreciate it. Thank you for telling my call.
Speaker 17: I just want to say it was good to see
Speaker 17: the Dodgers play small ball butt by Edmund. If you
Speaker 17: look back at it, he was safe.
Speaker 14: But move the ball around.
Speaker 17: You know, Otani goes up there. He didn't need to
Speaker 17: hit a home run, gets a single, scores a run.
Speaker 17: And I think this changed in the game yesterday when
Speaker 17: Dave Roberts went out to the mound and left Buehler
Speaker 17: in there to be able to face that next batter.
Speaker 17: Changed the whole dynamic. Even though the Dodgers lost, I
Speaker 17: think they won the series right there.
Speaker 2: All right. Thanks for the phone call, Ed, appreciate it.
Speaker 2: It was a game where the Dodgers had that two
Speaker 2: strike approach that we were talking about last night. The
Speaker 2: Dodgers cannot try to swing for the fences because that
Speaker 2: doesn't work. I thought they're at bats were measured and
Speaker 2: it was great to see the guys that I talked
Speaker 2: about last night contributing last night, Monsey Smith, Edmund, and
Speaker 2: Lux were combined zero for fifteen tonight. All of those
Speaker 2: guys got big hits. Max Munsey with the leadoff double
Speaker 2: right before Will Smith hit the two run home run
Speaker 2: in the third inning, Tommy Edmund with a great safety
Speaker 2: squeeze bunt. Gavin Lucks he was huge in the second
Speaker 2: inning with a base hit by Keiky Hernandez. Gavin Lux
Speaker 2: took the padres off guard and went first to third
Speaker 2: when they were not really expecting that, and then hit
Speaker 2: a big two run home run in the seventh inning.
Speaker 2: So those guys are so vital to the Dodgers' success.
Speaker 2: And Keyk a Hernandez being in the starting lineup tonight,
Speaker 2: hitting eighth, he had two hits, he scored a run.
Speaker 2: I'm telling you, key K a Hernandez needs to be
Speaker 2: in this starting lineup if Freddie Freeman's back in there, somehow,
Speaker 2: some way, Key a Hernandez needs to be either at
Speaker 2: shortstop or starting in center field on Friday Night in
Speaker 2: Game five. That's why key a Hernandez was brought back
Speaker 2: for games like tonight, games like Friday Night. Now I've
Speaker 2: referenced Joe Madden. I remember this press conference. I remember
Speaker 2: it vividly. We were at Wrigley Field as the Dodgers
Speaker 2: were about to take real control of that NLCS. And
Speaker 2: here's Joe Madden explaining the philosophy of the Dodgers and
Speaker 2: just in particular a night like tonight where they're going
Speaker 2: with a bullpen game preparation.
Speaker 1: They're prepared. I mean, you know, I've been through the method.
Speaker 1: I understand what they're coming from. Their prep is really good.
Speaker 1: They're ying and they're yang you know, whether it's right
Speaker 1: or left handed hitters, it's pitchers that matchup reverse flip
Speaker 1: guys all vate as fastball guys. They have pretty much
Speaker 1: scripted before the game pretty well. And so for us
Speaker 1: to really like we did last year, were able to
Speaker 1: do more offensively against him, that's what you got to
Speaker 1: do to beat them, because otherwise, once you get behind
Speaker 1: and they're able to fulfill the script, and it's really
Speaker 1: difficult because they do match up well. So from my
Speaker 1: side to David's side, as a young manager, he's really
Speaker 1: well prepared. The whole group is what they do. It's
Speaker 1: it's again, it's a familiar scheme to me, and the
Speaker 1: only way to beat it is that you got to
Speaker 1: get on it early because if you try to beat
Speaker 1: it late, it's very difficult.
Speaker 2: And there was Joe Madden during the twenty seventeen NLCS,
Speaker 2: and that's exactly what the Padres were not able to
Speaker 2: do tonight to get ahead early. The Dodgers were the
Speaker 2: team that got ahead five to nothing after three innings tonight,
Speaker 2: and we're able to fulfill their script of an eight
Speaker 2: pitcher bullpen game tonight. It started with Ryan Brazier, it
Speaker 2: ended with Landon Nack and Evan Phillips gets the win
Speaker 2: and Dylan Ceese takes the loss. Now on Game five,
Speaker 2: it'll be at Dodgers Stadium Friday night. You Darvish on
Speaker 2: the mound for the Padres. I am looking towards Jack
Speaker 2: Flaherty being the Game five starter for the Dodgers that
Speaker 2: has not been announced yet. Dave Roberts was not ready
Speaker 2: to commit to Yamamoto or Jack Flaherty for Friday Night's
Speaker 2: Game five. Our coverage begins at four o'clock with Morongo
Speaker 2: Casino Dodgers on deck. First pitch from Dodgers Stadium at
Speaker 2: five to eight. Talk about guys putting in long hours
Speaker 2: thanks to our crew. Dwayne McDonald out here at Petco Park.
Speaker 2: Thanks to calling ee back at our Burbank Studios in
Speaker 2: case you missed any of the show, you can find
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Speaker 2: you could talk more Dodgers with Steve Sachs and Tim
Speaker 2: Kats as they are in for the postseason in place
Speaker 2: of Dan Patrick, starting at six a m. Dodgers showed
Speaker 2: you a lot tonight, showed each other a lot tonight.
Speaker 2: They planted their feet firm and forced a Game five
Speaker 2: in the NLDS with an eight nothing shut out win.
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