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Speaker 6: We are lying at Wrigley Field until nine thirty on
Speaker 6: Dodger Talk after the Dodgers fall to the Cubs tonight
Speaker 6: by a final score of eleven to ten in ten innings.
Speaker 6: We have lines opening nine to eight seven two five seventy.
Speaker 6: We will get to your phone calls. Also, I'll give
Speaker 6: you a Clayton Kershaw update and also a Blake Snell update.
Speaker 6: We're hoping to hear from Tanner Scott, because that's kind
Speaker 6: of the unwritten rule. When you're the closer and you're
Speaker 6: you're the guy. You know, after you blow a safe,
Speaker 6: you usually are expected to stand in front of your
Speaker 6: locker and answer questions. Kenley Jansen did it. He had
Speaker 6: to learn. There were times where he did not do it,
Speaker 6: and his teammates got on him, and he learned, Tanner Scott,
Speaker 6: this is not Miami, it's not the Padres. You got
Speaker 6: to stand in front of your locker and answer the
Speaker 6: questions after tough games like this. And we'll get to
Speaker 6: Tanner Scott in a second. But this was a wild game.
Speaker 6: I mean eight runs were scored in the very first
Speaker 6: inning tonight, thanks to Tommy Edmunds three run home run
Speaker 6: in the first inning. Then the Cubs came back with
Speaker 6: five of their own against Dustin May, who hung in
Speaker 6: there for five innings. After those five runs in the
Speaker 6: first inning, the Cubs only got two more, and that
Speaker 6: was a big two run home run by Pete Crow
Speaker 6: Armstrong in the fifth inning. So all in all, Dustin
Speaker 6: May's worst start of the year five innings, ten hits,
Speaker 6: seven earned runs, five strikeouts, and three walks. He just
Speaker 6: didn't have his sweeper tonight against left handed hitters. It
Speaker 6: was lingering, hanging out over the plate. It wasn't coming
Speaker 6: inside on lefties, and that was problematic for him. Shota Imanaga,
Speaker 6: he was pretty good, and the Dodgers still were having
Speaker 6: fits against his splitter. But the Dodgers were benefited by
Speaker 6: some poor defense behind him, including Gage Workman, the third baseman,
Speaker 6: who made a big error in the first inning that
Speaker 6: led to Tommy edmonds three run home run. The Dodgers
Speaker 6: got three homers tonight, Edmunds three run shot, Pat Hez
Speaker 6: and Smith hit solo home runs. But this was such
Speaker 6: a seesaw game. I mean, you know, you hear about
Speaker 6: these type of games at Corsefield, but I kind of
Speaker 6: felt like, with the conditions warming up before first pitch tonight,
Speaker 6: it felt like this was going to be a high
Speaker 6: scoring game. And I'm not a gambling guy, but if
Speaker 6: you were sitting next to me at Wrigley Field and
Speaker 6: the over under being at seven and a half, I
Speaker 6: would have said go over tonight. With the conditions, how
Speaker 6: warm they were and how the wind was blowing out.
Speaker 6: You saw that in the very first inning. Eight runs
Speaker 6: scored in the first inning, But you know, I thought
Speaker 6: there were five or six different momentum changes, including the
Speaker 6: Cubs scoring five in the first inning, and then when
Speaker 6: the Dodgers got within one run, Pete Crow Armstrong's two
Speaker 6: run homer off at Dustin May gave the momentum back
Speaker 6: to the Cubs. I thought, after there was some poor
Speaker 6: outfield defense by the Dodgers. Will Smith throwing out Nico
Speaker 6: Horner was a big play. And then pa Has obviously
Speaker 6: thrown out Hap to end the sixth inning after his
Speaker 6: error allowed Happ to get to third base, and then
Speaker 6: obviously the air by workmen in the seventh inning again
Speaker 6: on ta Oscar Hernandez ground ball was a big one
Speaker 6: as well. So just a lot of different plays, plays
Speaker 6: that were not made, pitches that were not made, really
Speaker 6: affected this game. And Tucker hitting the two run home
Speaker 6: run off of Vessia obviously was not ideal. It became
Speaker 6: a one run game after it being a three run game,
Speaker 6: and Tanner Scott, like I said, giving up a home
Speaker 6: run to Miguel Amaya on a fastball. And the one
Speaker 6: thing if you look at the Skinner report on Miguel Amaya,
Speaker 6: he's a fastball hitter. He doesn't hit a lot of
Speaker 6: pitches with spin, and you would think that, you know,
Speaker 6: Will Smith and Tanner Scott would decide to go to
Speaker 6: a slider or even get him to chase a fastball
Speaker 6: up in the strike zone. Maybe that's what they were
Speaker 6: trying to do, but it certainly didn't work out. And
Speaker 6: Miguel Amaya hits only his second home run of the year,
Speaker 6: a game tying huge home run in the ninth inning
Speaker 6: as the Cubs were down to their final out, and
Speaker 6: they come back to beat the Dodgers tonight eleven to
Speaker 6: ten in ten innings. And it was on the second
Speaker 6: pitch that Amaya hit that homer, Tanner Scott left a
Speaker 6: slider up. It was a strike, called strike, and then
Speaker 6: he threw a ninety seven fastball right down Broadway for
Speaker 6: a fastball hitter. And this goes back if you were
Speaker 6: listening or if you podcasted the shows in Texas, I
Speaker 6: told you after Friday Night's game standing next to the
Speaker 6: Dodger on deck circle with Elvis Andrews, who's going into
Speaker 6: the Rangers Hall of Fame and is an analyst for
Speaker 6: the Rangers. He actually faced Tanner Scott in his career
Speaker 6: when Tanner Scott was trying to come into his own
Speaker 6: and he said he used to love to hit lefties,
Speaker 6: but when he saw Tanner Scott with his fastball and
Speaker 6: his slider, he could do nothing with it. But he
Speaker 6: saw Tanner Scott in that very high wire act of
Speaker 6: a ninth inning in Texas, and he told me that
Speaker 6: fastball doesn't look like the tan Scott that we know.
Speaker 6: That slider does not look like it has the bite
Speaker 6: that we know. And look, there's been some people that
Speaker 6: have seen Tanner Scott tell me that he's a slow
Speaker 6: starter traditionally. Well, okay, I guess, I guess that's a
Speaker 6: I mean, pitchers go through dead arms. But you have
Speaker 6: to ask the question that Jose Mota brought up, are
Speaker 6: the lights a little too bright now for Tanner Scott
Speaker 6: as the closer for the Dodgers. I mean, that's a
Speaker 6: fair question to ask he closed for the Marlins. I mean,
Speaker 6: the Dodgers get more fans that Dodger finfest than the
Speaker 6: Marlins do for a game. And then in San Diego,
Speaker 6: obviously it was high pressure situations and you know, show
Speaker 6: hey o Tani could attest to you how tough Tanner
Speaker 6: Scott was on him. But that We're not seeing that
Speaker 6: Tanner Scott. We have not seen that Tanner Scott. And
Speaker 6: you just wonder if he's a trying too hard or
Speaker 6: b sometimes the moments get to him. But I agree
Speaker 6: with the Dodgers need to consider until Tanner Scott can
Speaker 6: get back on track to have Evan Phillips, who's now
Speaker 6: back close out games. They were using Blake Trenting to
Speaker 6: do it, so why not Evan Phillips, who is, by
Speaker 6: the way, Tanner Scott's best friend. Eight six six nine
Speaker 6: seven two five seventy is the phone number. Has Tanner
Speaker 6: Scott spoken to sports net LA yet, Colin? He has not. Okay,
Speaker 6: we hope he does. Let's go out to mission vi Ah, Bill,
Speaker 6: you're on Dodger Talk. Lead us off tonight.
Speaker 2: Thanks for taking my call. Yeah, there's a little concern there.
Speaker 2: I mean Garsier, you know, was he the right guy
Speaker 2: to bring Insia?
Speaker 6: It's not hockey. It's not Mark hold On, it's not
Speaker 6: Mark Messier, it's Alex Vessia hell Tesse.
Speaker 2: Yeah, was it smart to bring him in the eighth
Speaker 2: and you think.
Speaker 6: Yeah it was? It was because Dave Roberts has used,
Speaker 6: has been forced to use a lot of his relievers,
Speaker 6: and he had to go to Luis Garcia. Garcia uh
Speaker 6: put up a zero and then from there you got
Speaker 6: a bridge it to Tanner Scott and Vesia is one
Speaker 6: of their best relievers.
Speaker 2: That's that's good new. I just I just kind of wish,
Speaker 2: you know, like it's been like two times now in
Speaker 2: three games with blown saves. You know, hopefully they can.
Speaker 6: Share that out. Yeah, the bullpen's a little volatile there,
Speaker 6: but yeah, if you've been following the Dodgers even the
Speaker 6: last couple of years, you would know that Alex Vessi
Speaker 6: is one of their best relievers. Let's go out to
Speaker 6: Laguna Neguel, Ralph, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Ralph?
Speaker 3: Yeah, thank thank you, Dave. I've been a Dodger saying
Speaker 3: my whole lot. What happened to Dryer in this game?
Speaker 3: The way Bessie is pitching. I know he's you know,
Speaker 3: he's got a good reputation last year, but Drya should
Speaker 3: jump in the in the depth shot. Definitely, not yet,
Speaker 3: not yet.
Speaker 6: And by the way, keep in mind, Dryers a rookie.
Speaker 6: They've been using him a lot, and tomorrow the Dodgers
Speaker 6: have a bullpen game. So I'm sure Jack Dryer is
Speaker 6: going to be counted on for at least multiple innings tomorrow.
Speaker 6: So you have to think about not just night, but
Speaker 6: the fact that Dave Roberts is going with a bullpen
Speaker 6: game tomorrow. You can't use all these guys.
Speaker 3: I know, I know the Dodgers needed to get some
Speaker 3: retribution against the Cubs, and now is now. Today is today,
Speaker 3: and you worry about tomorrow. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 6: How about this retribution in the postseason, That's what it's about.
Speaker 6: The regular season. I don't know what you're talking about
Speaker 6: as far as retribution goes. I guess for the Cubs
Speaker 6: winning two out of three in LA. But you know,
Speaker 6: in the grand scheme of things, Ralph, if the Dodgers
Speaker 6: win the West again, are you really going to be
Speaker 6: thinking about this game.
Speaker 3: I know it's a long season. I know you always
Speaker 3: say that it is.
Speaker 6: It's a long season. And also you got to consider
Speaker 6: what they have planned for tomorrow too. They're going with
Speaker 6: a bullpen game, right or wrong, agree or disagree, that's
Speaker 6: their plan. And you'll see Jack Dryer tomorrow. Thanks to
Speaker 6: the phone call, Ralph appreciated eight six six nine to
Speaker 6: eighty seven two five seventy is the phone num where
Speaker 6: Dodgers fall to the Cubs tonight in ten innings, eleven
Speaker 6: to ten. You know, one thing that we also brought
Speaker 6: up with Jose Moda is the fact that the Big
Speaker 6: Three really haven't gotten on track yet. And Freddie Freeman
Speaker 6: was the first to tell us that in Texas when
Speaker 6: he drove in the only run the Dodgers scored in
Speaker 6: there one nothing victory in Texas on Sunday, it was
Speaker 6: a sacrifice fly to left field, and Freddie told me
Speaker 6: his swing is nowhere near where he wants it to be.
Speaker 6: The double that he hit to give the Dodgers the
Speaker 6: lead in the seventh inning was only his second opposite
Speaker 6: field hit. And if you follow Freddie Freeman's career, you
Speaker 6: know that's where he lives. In fact, when he hits
Speaker 6: during the off season and he has a high school
Speaker 6: kid shagging for him, he doesn't put anybody in right
Speaker 6: field because he doesn't want to hit fly balls or
Speaker 6: line drives to right field. He wants to go up
Speaker 6: the middle and the other way. And today was only
Speaker 6: the second time he has done that. Show. Hey, Otani,
Speaker 6: I mean, let's not forget you know, the walk off
Speaker 6: hit that he had at home, obviously, but outside of that,
Speaker 6: you know, he's not seeing the ball really well, and
Speaker 6: he's very He's looked very human so far to start
Speaker 6: this year, hitting two sixty four with an ops of
Speaker 6: eight seventy two. Yes, that's great, but we're talking about
Speaker 6: a guy that was fifty to fifty and was superhuman
Speaker 6: last year. He's been very ordinary. Does that have something
Speaker 6: to do with the fact that he's hitting more this
Speaker 6: season with the bases empty and not runners on base.
Speaker 6: I could tell you last year teams were telling me
Speaker 6: they would get extremely nervous. Their biggest key was to
Speaker 6: keep those eight to nine hitters off the bases for
Speaker 6: Otani because he's a lot easier to pitch to when
Speaker 6: nobody's on base. And I've seen Otani kind of question
Speaker 6: calls from umpires. Uh, they've called strikes where he thought
Speaker 6: they were balls. We don't see that a lot, and
Speaker 6: usually when a hitter is doing that, hitter like Otani,
Speaker 6: who has great awareness of the strike zone, that means
Speaker 6: that he's not seeing the ball really well. And Mookie
Speaker 6: Betts right now is in a slump. He's won for
Speaker 6: his last twenty one or twenty two. Freddie is just
Speaker 6: starting to get his feet underneath him. So all of
Speaker 6: this offense the Dodgers have had and haven't had is
Speaker 6: with those big three really not hitting on all cylinders.
Speaker 6: And also the fact that those big three have only
Speaker 6: been in the starting lineup eight times nine times now
Speaker 6: out of their first twenty four games. You have to
Speaker 6: keep that in mind as well. The Dodgers, with all
Speaker 6: that being said, are sixteen and eight in the best
Speaker 6: division in baseball. Eight six six eight seven two five
Speaker 6: seventy is the phone number. When we continue from Wrigley Field,
Speaker 6: we will hear from Tanner Scott and we'll take more
Speaker 6: of your phone calls at eight six six nine eighty
Speaker 6: seven two five seventy plus. We have an update on
Speaker 6: Clayton Kershaw. He made his second rehab start tonight for
Speaker 6: the Tulsa Drillers. He offered to take me to Arkansas
Speaker 6: with him, but I said, oh no, oh, no, I'm
Speaker 6: not going to Arkansas. Dodgers swalter the Cubs tonight eleven
Speaker 6: to ten in ten innings right here on M five
Speaker 6: seventy LA.
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Speaker 1: Bitch and Smith sends a fly ball to left field. Indeed,
Speaker 1: this ball's gone, Will Smith with the third Dodger home
Speaker 1: run off shutta Umanaga and it's Will's third of the season.
Speaker 6: Where would the Dodgers be without Will Smith and Tommy Edmund.
Speaker 6: Those two guys have come up with some big hits.
Speaker 6: Will Smith has been the best Dodger hitter since the
Speaker 6: beginning of the season, going all the way back to Tokyo,
Speaker 6: and if you go back to the very first day
Speaker 6: of the Cactus League, Will Smith has been on fire.
Speaker 6: He's taking his walks, he's hitting for power, he's sitting
Speaker 6: for average. He's hitting three point fifty now with an
Speaker 6: ops of over a thousand. So you know, it makes
Speaker 6: you wonder. I know, the Dodgers have to construct a
Speaker 6: lineup and they're trying to get production, not just from
Speaker 6: the first four guys, but when you have Tommy Edmond
Speaker 6: and Will Smith swinging the bat the way they are,
Speaker 6: you would love to see them a little bit higher
Speaker 6: in the lineup. But tonight, you know, the Dodgers had
Speaker 6: a pretty good lineup with those two guys sitting behind Otawni, Betts,
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Speaker 6: the dream all right. So I got my hands on
Speaker 6: Tanner Scott audio from the Dodger Clubhouse. Apparently he only
Speaker 6: spoke to Fabian our daya of the Athletic. I don't
Speaker 6: know the dynamics why. I'm sure he would have been
Speaker 6: willing to talk to everybody, but Fabian was the guy
Speaker 6: that got him and he was kind enough to share
Speaker 6: it with us. So Fabian our Dya from the Athletic
Speaker 6: brings us Tanner Scott, what did you kind of see
Speaker 6: on that last at that missed the location?
Speaker 5: Tall?
Speaker 6: I missed the location. I thought it was the right pitch.
Speaker 6: I just missed the location. Middle.
Speaker 3: Middle is not very good in the Big League. Thank
Speaker 3: you for the asy.
Speaker 8: Overall, a good spot for the smug moviekly, I say
Speaker 8: they bit kind of that.
Speaker 1: I mean I've been throwing strikes and I mean people
Speaker 1: meet it out and I just missed a spot.
Speaker 6: Right there is that one like when you're watching it,
Speaker 6: O you kind of think it stays in Is that
Speaker 6: one that gets caught up in the little bit or
Speaker 6: I mean you really don't know. I mean I thought
Speaker 6: he got a good piece of it, and then they
Speaker 6: went in the basket something do it. I made him
Speaker 6: make a better pitch for it. All right. There's Tanner Scott,
Speaker 6: obviously not in the best of moods, but answering the questions.
Speaker 6: And I gave him a lot of credit for standing
Speaker 6: in front of his locker and answering those questions from
Speaker 6: Jack Harris of the La Times and Fabian ar Daya
Speaker 6: of The Athletic. So kudos like Chris mad Dog Russo
Speaker 6: would say, good on him, good on him, good bye you,
Speaker 6: goodbye you for standing in front of your locker. Eight
Speaker 6: six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 6: phone number. Let's go out to Uppland. Alfred. You're on
Speaker 6: Dodger Talk Live from Wrigley Field.
Speaker 8: Hi, Alfred, Hey Dave, how you doing a lock tonight.
Speaker 6: You know, I always get I don't know, like I
Speaker 6: hate hearing that song God Go, Cubs Go after they
Speaker 6: beat the Dodgers. It's so annoying too much. In twenty sixteen, I.
Speaker 2: Had a couple of questions.
Speaker 4: The first one was, I thought Tommy Edmond should have
Speaker 4: caught that ball and in the first inning, it looks
Speaker 4: like I don't know what happened there, but it looks
Speaker 4: like you should have caught that.
Speaker 6: What do you think No, I think he played it right.
Speaker 6: I thought he played it right. You know he's playing it.
Speaker 6: You know he's trying to go back and make the catch.
Speaker 6: It's a do or die play, you know. I felt
Speaker 6: like Andy Pajez did a pretty good job of backing
Speaker 6: them up, because if you're if you see your center
Speaker 6: fielder doing a do or die type of play, one
Speaker 6: of your corner outfielders has to rush over to get
Speaker 6: the rebound in case it does go off the wall
Speaker 6: and you don't make the catch. So I got no
Speaker 6: issues with Tommy had been trying to make that catch.
Speaker 6: Alfred okay.
Speaker 4: And then the other question I had was, I know
Speaker 4: we signed Confordo during the off season, but man, I
Speaker 4: wish we would have got to ask eighteen.
Speaker 2: I know, and then I think they're payning Tucker sixteen
Speaker 2: point sixteen point five.
Speaker 6: Right, Well, he was under contract and they made a
Speaker 6: trade for him. Oh he's at the end of the season.
Speaker 2: Oh man, I would love to have You'll be.
Speaker 6: Making a lot more than that. Trust me, he'll be
Speaker 6: making a lot more than that because he's a better
Speaker 6: I'm not going to say he's a better hitter than
Speaker 6: Juan Soto, but he's a better all around player than
Speaker 6: one Soto, that's for sure. He plays defense and great
Speaker 6: defense and right field. Thanks for the phone call, Alfred,
Speaker 6: appreciate it. Eight six six two five seventy. Let's go
Speaker 6: out to Van Eyes.
Speaker 8: Roy.
Speaker 6: You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Roy? Oh good,
Speaker 6: Dave good?
Speaker 5: Yeah, what a game tonight?
Speaker 6: And I got three quick kies for you. Number one
Speaker 6: is Will Smith the best catch in baseball.
Speaker 7: Number two is Chris You are the best.
Speaker 8: Defensive center fielder.
Speaker 5: For the Dodgers.
Speaker 6: And three, when we ever see James Amans bad.
Speaker 7: Again in the Dodger lineup?
Speaker 3: Thank you?
Speaker 6: Okay?
Speaker 3: Roy?
Speaker 6: Uh? Number one, No, Chris Taylor is not the best
Speaker 6: defensive center fielder on the Dodgers. I would say Tommy
Speaker 6: Y Edmond and Key Y Hernandez are better than him,
Speaker 6: and I would venture to say, if they had to,
Speaker 6: Mookie Betts probably better in centerfield than Chris Taylor, although
Speaker 6: Chris is a really good defensive player, and we all
Speaker 6: remember how good of a center fielder he was back
Speaker 6: in twenty seventeen, So he is a good outfielder and
Speaker 6: he made himself a good outfielder. Is Will Smith the
Speaker 6: best catcher in baseball right now? It's hard to argue
Speaker 6: that he's not, because of the way he's hitting and
Speaker 6: also how strong his arm is, especially with a pitching
Speaker 6: staff that doesn't hold runners on that well. He he
Speaker 6: was trying to control the running game of the Cubs
Speaker 6: by himself, especially in that seventh inning where there was
Speaker 6: some mistakes made behind Luis Garcia. So I would say
Speaker 6: if you told me Will Smith was the best catcher
Speaker 6: in baseball, I would not argue with you. Eight six
Speaker 6: six nine eight seven two five seventy is the home
Speaker 6: phone number? Phone number, sorry, sorry phone home et phone home,
Speaker 6: Javier in the Hall of Ambra. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 6: How you doing, Javier?
Speaker 8: H Pretty good, but better I'll rattled.
Speaker 6: Tonight, Ivier. You could tell that song rattled me. It
Speaker 6: rattles me every time it plays.
Speaker 8: I hear it in voice just so quick. Fay. I'm
Speaker 8: glad that Tennor Scott spoke to somebody, right, because it
Speaker 8: would have been a shame if he didn't. And it
Speaker 8: kind of seems like, obviously we started off hot and
Speaker 8: then it seems like there's a little bit of championship
Speaker 8: fatigue with amongst our big three, and it's just good
Speaker 8: to see that Will Smith and Tommy Edmund are trying
Speaker 8: to carry the team while everyone's trying to find themselves
Speaker 8: this season so far.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I wouldn't say it's championship fatigue. Just think about this.
Speaker 6: Mookie Betts started the season on the wrong foot with
Speaker 6: the stomach bug, right, he didn't play in Tokyo, who
Speaker 6: had to fly back lost you know, ten to fifteen pounds,
Speaker 6: so that was an ideal. Freddy's was dealing with the
Speaker 6: right ankle surgery that he had, so I wouldn't say
Speaker 6: it's a World Series hangover. It's just that they've been
Speaker 6: dealing with stuff and show. Hey, obviously, I'm sure you know,
Speaker 6: even before the actual birth of his first child that
Speaker 6: had to be weighing on his mind, and him trying
Speaker 6: to help his wife through the final few weeks of
Speaker 6: the birth of their child and the pregnancy. So I
Speaker 6: just think all three of them been going through individual
Speaker 6: stuff that has worked against them getting into any sort
Speaker 6: of rhythm.
Speaker 8: Yeah, okay, yeah, I gouts see that. And I have
Speaker 8: one last thing, which if any of the current Dodgers,
Speaker 8: do you think you could beat in the foot race?
Speaker 8: Happened to come upon your video from here with eight Gonzales,
Speaker 8: So I just want to ask out before I go.
Speaker 6: Hey, can you believe that was ten years ago? Javier?
Speaker 6: The anniversaries just in a couple of days. It was
Speaker 6: ten years ago, Adrian and I raised and you know,
Speaker 6: I at the risk of having Freddy turn his ankle
Speaker 6: again because he did fall in the shower. I would
Speaker 6: love to take my chances with Freddie Freeman these.
Speaker 8: Days, all right, we want to see it happen. When
Speaker 8: he gets better, maybe we can see it happens.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm not risking that, Hoavier, thanks for the phone call. Yeah,
Speaker 6: can you believe that the anniversary of that race is
Speaker 6: just a few days away? Ten years ago? And on
Speaker 6: Friday it's the forty ninth anniversary of our very own
Speaker 6: Rick Monday saving the American flag while playing for the
Speaker 6: Cubs at Dodger Stadium. That was almost fifty years ago.
Speaker 6: Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 6: the phone number. Dodgers fell to the Cubs tonight, eleven
Speaker 6: to ten in ten innings at Wrigley Field. While the
Speaker 6: Dodgers were playing here in Chicago, Clayton Kershaw went from Arlington, Texas,
Speaker 6: to Arkansas to pitch for the Double A Tulsa Drillers
Speaker 6: in his second rehab start. He pitched three innings tonight,
Speaker 6: allowed four hits. He only gave up one and run
Speaker 6: on a wild pitch, but that was on his catcher.
Speaker 6: I was watching that game. He wasn't getting much help
Speaker 6: from those Double A Drillers Tonight four strikeouts and one walk.
Speaker 6: So a good night for Kershaw. And you know, watching
Speaker 6: that game, you could watch these games now online. I
Speaker 6: think we all take for granted just the conditions even
Speaker 6: in Double A. These days are Triple A with these stadiums,
Speaker 6: these minor league stadiums. You know, this guy's coming back
Speaker 6: from a bad left toe surgery and it was caused
Speaker 6: by some of these hard mounts, and in particular, it
Speaker 6: got aggravated in Milwaukee last year, and I was watching
Speaker 6: him today, It's like he had to field his own position.
Speaker 6: He's not gonna, you know, run to first base to
Speaker 6: cover first base in a rehab game, just in his
Speaker 6: second rehab so I understand that. And I saw him
Speaker 6: kind of like messing with the mounds. So you know,
Speaker 6: you gotta be careful of the conditions you're sending him
Speaker 6: out to, because you know, you've got to have an
Speaker 6: advanced scanner report on the mounds that he's pitching on,
Speaker 6: because that would be a shame that he's coming back
Speaker 6: from left knee and left foot surgery and you're sending
Speaker 6: him out in Arkansas on a mound that's really not
Speaker 6: major league quality. And could you imagine if he re
Speaker 6: injured or you know, reaggravated that on a crappy minor
Speaker 6: league mound. So I'm sure the Dodgers are crossing their teas,
Speaker 6: dotting their eyes, but you've got to be aware of
Speaker 6: where you're sending him. Eight six six, nine eighty seven,
Speaker 6: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
Speaker 6: to Malibu, Bob, You're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse,
Speaker 6: Hi Bob.
Speaker 4: David Vasse and the Windy City. How you doing, Man, Oh.
Speaker 6: Live in the light, living the life out here in Chicago.
Speaker 2: I'm surprised.
Speaker 4: I thought you'd be a geenie georgiettie by now man
Speaker 4: having a nice steak dinner day. But after that, I
Speaker 4: can understand. I know everybody's having a tough night after
Speaker 4: a loss like that, But in my opinion, man, I'm
Speaker 4: really happy to see that the work Paw has is
Speaker 4: putting in it seems to be somewhat paying off. Would
Speaker 4: you agree with that?
Speaker 6: Well, he had a big error today in left field,
Speaker 6: but it is getting better. I mean, he's a corner outfielder,
Speaker 6: he's not a center fielder, and he's doing his best
Speaker 6: to get better there. But Andy pa has has got
Speaker 6: to pick it up defensively and offensively. Tonight he was
Speaker 6: two for four with an RBI, maybe one of his
Speaker 6: better offensive games, a big home run. So you know
Speaker 6: he's got to pick it up. Because his job is
Speaker 6: not guaranteed. He has options. The Dodgers can send him
Speaker 6: to the miners. So if the defense doesn't pick up
Speaker 6: and if he doesn't keep getting on base and making
Speaker 6: a difference at the bottom of the order. The Dodgers
Speaker 6: are going to find somebody.
Speaker 4: Else understandable, Well, I'm never going to waste an opportunity
Speaker 4: to not seeing Tommy Edmonds. Praise is when I have
Speaker 4: you on the phone.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 4: That guy continues to be a producer for the Dodgers,
Speaker 4: and I can't say enough good things about that guy.
Speaker 4: We're lucky to have him as a Dodger.
Speaker 6: Very lucky. That may go down as one of the
Speaker 6: best trades Andrew Friedman has made, getting Michael Kopek and
Speaker 6: Tommy Edmond basically for Miguel Vargas in a three way
Speaker 6: trade with the White Sox and Cardinals. And speaking of
Speaker 6: trades with the Cardinals, now that Blake Trening is out
Speaker 6: for an unknown amount of time, and it's not weeks,
Speaker 6: it's going to be months because in case you missed it,
Speaker 6: over the weekend, he felt some tightness in his right forearm,
Speaker 6: had an MRI and there was it's a little bit
Speaker 6: of a strain in that forum. From what I understand,
Speaker 6: nothing structurally damaged, but the Dodgers are going to take
Speaker 6: it careful with him. So you know, as I look
Speaker 6: out at this bullpen. I'm looking at Ryan Helsley of
Speaker 6: the Cardinals again, He's a free agent at the end
Speaker 6: of the season. He's going to be a rental. I'm
Speaker 6: not sure if the Cardinals want to trade with the Dodgers,
Speaker 6: but I mean, Nolan Aernado is still a Cardinal and
Speaker 6: Ryan Helsley is probably their best trade ship at this
Speaker 6: point in time. So I'm all in on Ryan Helsley
Speaker 6: at the trade deadline. Right now. Let's go out to Portland, Sean,
Speaker 6: You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Sean, Hey, They're
Speaker 6: really good.
Speaker 8: Great game tonight. I mean this is like a like
Speaker 8: a like a wonderful game.
Speaker 4: What happened at the end with Noah Davis? Why Noah?
Speaker 6: Because the Dodgers see, this was the worst case scenario
Speaker 6: for the Dodgers to go extra innings because they have
Speaker 6: a bullpen game scheduled for tomorrow. So Noah Davis was
Speaker 6: going to be out there until this game came to
Speaker 6: an end. The Dodgers were obviously holding him in case
Speaker 6: they needed him in Texas if Sazaki did not go
Speaker 6: deep in that game. He went six innings, so that
Speaker 6: was able to buy the Dodgers sometime to use Noah
Speaker 6: Davis possibly tomorrow in a bullpen game, but since it
Speaker 6: went extra innings, they had to use him tonight. So
Speaker 6: that's what they're winning their options now. And that's why
Speaker 6: I haven't really focused on it, because that's a tough
Speaker 6: spot for Noah Davis, a guy already at second base
Speaker 6: that placed runner rule, and you know, that's really tough
Speaker 6: in a hostile environment to make your Dodger debut. He
Speaker 6: gave up a base hit to a really good left
Speaker 6: handed hitter and Ian Happ. The game was lost with
Speaker 6: the two run home run to Tucker and the game
Speaker 6: tying home run to Amaya by guys that are supposed
Speaker 6: to get outs.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I understand, Well we'll knock out tomorrow, so no problem.
Speaker 6: All right, sounds good. I like that optimism, and I
Speaker 6: have no doubts that the Dodger offense, if the conditions
Speaker 6: are like what they were tonight, we'll be able to
Speaker 6: put up more runs. And the tarp is on the
Speaker 6: field right now. They're expecting rain overnight and possibly tomorrow
Speaker 6: before first pitch, and you never know here in Chicago,
Speaker 6: right the weather changes so quickly. Tomorrow. The Dodgers, like
Speaker 6: I said, are going to have a bullpen game. No
Speaker 6: word on who's going to start that bullpen game, but
Speaker 6: one thing we know. The Cubs are throwing left handed
Speaker 6: starter Matthew Boyd at the Dodgers. They saw him at
Speaker 6: Dodgers Stadium a couple of weeks ago. Boyd is two
Speaker 6: and two with an ERA of two seventy two Morongo Casino.
Speaker 6: Dodgers on Deck begins at three o'clock tomorrow with first
Speaker 6: pitch from Wrigley Field at four o'clock with Rick Monday
Speaker 6: and Steven Nelson. That'll do it for us tonight on
Speaker 6: Dodger Talk. Oh, here's your Blake Sneill update. He played
Speaker 6: catch today, but he will not throw a bullpen session
Speaker 6: tomorrow tomorrow. The Dodgers don't feel the need to have
Speaker 6: to rush him. He has not had a setback. They're
Speaker 6: just playing it very careful with him, all right. Like
Speaker 6: I said, pregame tomorrow at three o'clock, first pitch at
Speaker 6: four o'clock with Rick Monday and Stephen Nelson. In case
Speaker 6: you missed any of this show or our pregame conversation
Speaker 6: with Michael Bush, you can find it on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 6: Once again, the final score tonight from Wrigley Field. The
Speaker 6: Dodgers fall to the Cubs eleven to ten in ten innings.
Speaker 6: Have a great rest of your night, see you just