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Speaker 2: Your Los Angeles Dodgers twenty games over five hundred sixty
Speaker 2: two and forty two on this season, first place and
Speaker 2: all alone atop the NL West, a seven and a
Speaker 2: half game lead over San Diego going into play tonight
Speaker 2: after a six to one homestand that included taking three
Speaker 2: or four from the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers immediately
Speaker 2: hit the road for an eight game roadie, first stop
Speaker 2: Houston in a three game weekend series against the Houston Astros.
Speaker 2: First pitcher, Minute made Park is coming up at five
Speaker 2: to ten with Gavin Stone on the.
Speaker 3: Mound coming up.
Speaker 2: Over the next hour, we'll have a lot to get
Speaker 2: to here on Marongo Casino Dodgers on Deck. We'll hear
Speaker 2: from the manager, Dave Roberts, will dive deeper into this
Speaker 2: pitching matchup, David Vasago's one on one with Dick on
Speaker 2: med who had a big home run yesterday. Shortly, of course,
Speaker 2: we'll hear from Rick Monday and Tim nevert out at
Speaker 2: the Gallpin Motors Broadcast booth. Well Yesterday at Dodger Stadium,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers wrapped up a series against San Francisco with
Speaker 2: Clayton Kershaw making his twenty twenty four debut two hundred
Speaker 2: ninety three days since his last start offseason shoulder surgery.
Speaker 2: Clayton Kershaw gets the start four innings, two runs, six hits,
Speaker 2: six strikeouts, two walks. He threw seventy two pitches. He
Speaker 2: got an early lead thanks to Key k Hernandez with
Speaker 2: an RBI single in the second. In the third inning,
Speaker 2: it was a rough one. The first four batters got
Speaker 2: on base, including a Tyler Fitzgerald RBI triple, then Ramo's
Speaker 2: RBI single as the Giants took a two to one lead,
Speaker 2: but Kershaw on the ropes, got back to back to
Speaker 2: back strikeouts to end the third and in the threat
Speaker 2: the Dodgers would take the lead. In the fourth, Key
Speaker 2: k Hernandez an RBI double tied it, and then Austin
Speaker 2: Barnes game the lead.
Speaker 4: Barnes on the ground, he goes off the glove of
Speaker 4: the third basement. Chapman it Ricochet's off the wall kick
Speaker 4: comes around second to score. The Dodgers take the lead.
Speaker 4: It's three to two on Austin Barnes's second hit of
Speaker 4: the day.
Speaker 2: Austin barn is delivering with the RBI single. He extends
Speaker 2: his hitting his cheek to eleven straight games. Dodgers of
Speaker 2: three to two. They tack on one more in the
Speaker 2: fourth on Jason Hayward grounded into a double play, but
Speaker 2: Andy Pott has scored from third.
Speaker 3: That gave the Dodgers a four to two lead.
Speaker 2: The eighth inning, though Alex Vessi and Blake trying and
Speaker 2: gave up the lead as the Giants scored a pair
Speaker 2: of runs. Jegesilaire a bloop single to center tied it
Speaker 2: at four.
Speaker 3: The bottom of.
Speaker 2: The eighth, though the Giants with the momentum until the
Speaker 2: Dodgers snatched it back. Nick I med the former Giant
Speaker 2: now Dodger.
Speaker 3: Got it done.
Speaker 4: Now the two to two pitch, i'm ed left center
Speaker 4: field fly ball carrying back toward the wall.
Speaker 5: It hits the good thick comment, did you.
Speaker 3: His second home run of the year?
Speaker 4: His first is a Dodger, so get back against his
Speaker 4: old club. The Dodgers lead at five to four.
Speaker 2: Released by the Giants two and a half weeks ago,
Speaker 2: signed by the Dodgers three days ago. His second start,
Speaker 2: hits a home run in the eighth inning.
Speaker 6: They give the.
Speaker 2: Dodgers a five to four lead. Before the Dodger fans
Speaker 2: could even sit down, show he Otani the first pitch
Speaker 2: he saw a home run to write his thirty first
Speaker 2: of the season. Back to back home runs, Dodgers take
Speaker 2: a six to four lead. Brent Honeywell, Yes, he got
Speaker 2: the save in the ninth inning. He becomes the ninth
Speaker 2: Dodger to pick up his save this season. Dodgers get
Speaker 2: the win six for the final, the win goes to
Speaker 2: Blake Trident after blowing the save.
Speaker 3: Honeywell gets the save.
Speaker 2: As the Dodgers improved to sixty two and forty two,
Speaker 2: they take three or four from San Francisco. They take
Speaker 2: nine to thirteen from the Giants in the season series.
Speaker 2: They go six to one on the homestand they've now
Speaker 2: got a seven and a half game lead in the division.
Speaker 2: And today they hit the road for an eight game
Speaker 2: road trip. First top Houston Gavin Stone on the on
Speaker 2: the series opener against the Astros and with Morelands head
Speaker 2: out to the Gallpin Motors Broadcast booth as we say
Speaker 2: hello and welcome back to Rick Monday and Tim never guys.
Speaker 7: Thanks Tim very much, and here we are and Houston.
Speaker 7: The roof is closed at Minute Made Park, Dodgers in
Speaker 7: this building for the first time since the twenty twenty
Speaker 7: one season, as the Dodgers get set for Game one
Speaker 7: of a three game set with the Houston Astros. The
Speaker 7: Astros now lead the American League Western Division by one
Speaker 7: game over Seattle fifty three and forty nine, while the
Speaker 7: Dodgers are seven and a half up on the Padres.
Speaker 7: To start action today sixty two and forty two. The
Speaker 7: pitching matchup Gavin Stone, the right hander at nine to three.
Speaker 7: He'll apose left handed veteran from Ber Valdez, who authored
Speaker 7: a no hitter last August, almost a year ago to
Speaker 7: the day, with Valdez eight and five and a three
Speaker 7: to six y three earned run average. Dodgers coming off
Speaker 7: a very good homestand where they went six one in
Speaker 7: the seven games, sweeping Boston and taking three of four
Speaker 7: from the San Francisco Giants. Great Monday is back with
Speaker 7: us from his time off and glad to see them all,
Speaker 7: and glad to see him back here at Houston.
Speaker 8: And glad to see the ball club playing very well,
Speaker 8: especially with the dramatics of late innings and coming up
Speaker 8: extra innings on top of it too. One thing the
Speaker 8: Dodgers need to do, obviously, is it come off. The
Speaker 8: last road trip was not a good and by any
Speaker 8: stretched imagination, they dropped seven of the last nine on
Speaker 8: the road. But I think there's also a little bit
Speaker 8: extra fire because yes it's the Astros, and yes there's
Speaker 8: only two remaining players in the Astros lineup, that being
Speaker 8: out Tuvey and Brugman. They were part of that team
Speaker 8: back in twenty seventeen in the World Series and everything
Speaker 8: that went along with the trash can. But there's still
Speaker 8: a lot of pullaballooth you will, the Dodgers and the Astros,
Speaker 8: and no reason to think differently here.
Speaker 7: Well, this is a tale of two different teams when
Speaker 7: it comes to play at home and on the road.
Speaker 7: For example, the Astros have won ten of their last
Speaker 7: twelve home games, while the Dodgers have dropped seven of
Speaker 7: their last nine games on the road.
Speaker 8: And we start to look at the Astros, I mean,
Speaker 8: you go back to the eighteenth of June, they were
Speaker 8: thirty three and forty, so they were seven games below
Speaker 8: the five hundred mark. They were ten games out of
Speaker 8: first place. Talk about turning things around, well, since the
Speaker 8: eighteenth of June, they've gone twenty and nine. As you mentioned,
Speaker 8: they have a slim margin as far as the lead
Speaker 8: one game against the Seattle Mariners, but if you look
Speaker 8: at the Astros, that's quite a turnaround. I mean ten
Speaker 8: games out on the eighteenth of June.
Speaker 7: One of the matchups to watching this ball game tonight
Speaker 7: will be from ber Valdez against shoe Hey Otani, and
Speaker 7: not for the reasons that you think, because Otani seems
Speaker 7: to hit everybody everywhere all the time. He has really
Speaker 7: struggled against Valdez in his career, only four for thirty four,
Speaker 7: hitting one to eighteen against the Astros.
Speaker 8: Had a good time to turn things around, I think
Speaker 8: really coming into his ballpart two, there's going to be
Speaker 8: a lot of I think eyes focused on Miguil Vargas
Speaker 8: in left field. Why, well, it's only three point fifteen
Speaker 8: down the left field line. You've got a very high
Speaker 8: auxiliary scoreboard right behind you. If you're playing left field,
Speaker 8: then you've got high walls in left center field. On
Speaker 8: top of it, the angle of the ball coming off
Speaker 8: of the wall might mean something a little bit differently.
Speaker 8: The other part two is you've got a shorter through
Speaker 8: from left field being so shallows, so we may see
Speaker 8: some plays on the bases, but for left fielders it
Speaker 8: could be a nightmare.
Speaker 7: It can be tough, and left field it can be tough.
Speaker 7: In left center field, where the garage doors are in
Speaker 7: front of one of the bullpens. It is a ballpark
Speaker 7: you got to spend some time in in order to
Speaker 7: master the outfield wall on the left side of this building.
Speaker 7: Astros and Dodgers Game one of a three game set
Speaker 7: coming up.
Speaker 3: Tim All right, thank.
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Speaker 2: this pitching matchup, but I'm next your Otani rewind So
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Speaker 1: This is the rewind.
Speaker 4: It's from Lux Hernandez and Barnes. In this fourth inning,
Speaker 4: Dodgers leading three to two. The one o to Otani
Speaker 4: spray through the left side. An opposite field base hit
Speaker 4: gets into the gap. Barnes cuts the bag at second,
Speaker 4: heads to third. Otan racing for a second, he slides.
Speaker 4: He's saved, just avoided the tag. Now show Hey Otani.
Speaker 4: First pitch, swinging high in the ear right field, hip
Speaker 4: deep toward the corner.
Speaker 3: Carry ball.
Speaker 8: Get out that.
Speaker 4: Whow Back to back home runs for Ahmed and Otani.
Speaker 4: Number thirty one for Show Hey, and just like that,
Speaker 4: it's now sixty four.
Speaker 2: Show Heyotani with a home run is thirty first of
Speaker 2: the year. He drives in the run. He's now got
Speaker 2: seventy four RBI on this season. Otani yesterday two for four,
Speaker 2: on base three times with a walk, now hitting three twelve,
Speaker 2: a three ninety nine on base percentage and slugging at
Speaker 2: a six thirty five percentage.
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Speaker 2: showy ol Tani delivered, but so did the Dodgers bottom
Speaker 2: half of the lineup. Batter's five through nine yesterday and
Speaker 2: there's six to four winner with the Giant I can
Speaker 2: buy nine for nineteen with four. Ribby's Austin Barnes was
Speaker 2: doing the catching yesterday for Clayton Kershaw. Batting eighth, he
Speaker 2: goes two for four with an RBI single. He's now
Speaker 2: hitting two eighty on this season. And afterwards Barnes he
Speaker 2: caught up with Kirsten Austin.
Speaker 1: It was Kershaw day today. How special was it to see.
Speaker 9: Him get back out on that on that mount and
Speaker 9: have success today?
Speaker 10: Yeah, it's special. He's one of the best pitchers ever.
Speaker 10: You know, you woke up today, he's kind of excited.
Speaker 10: You get to catch see Kershaw pitch and uh, just going.
Speaker 3: Out there with him.
Speaker 10: I thought he threw the ball really well.
Speaker 3: We got us in trouble in a third.
Speaker 10: Eighty, but came back with three bunchies. You know, I
Speaker 10: thought it was really encouraging, and I'm excited.
Speaker 3: To see what happens in the future.
Speaker 9: And you and your teammates were able to give them
Speaker 9: some running support or early. What's been the focus for
Speaker 9: you at the plate as of late.
Speaker 10: Just getting me in good positions it hit and just
Speaker 10: trying to pick at swings on the ball. You know,
Speaker 10: I feel pretty good up there right now and just
Speaker 10: got to keep going.
Speaker 9: We saw Nick Ammed have a home run with this team.
Speaker 9: We've heard about the injuries to Miguel row Has as
Speaker 9: well as Chris Taylor.
Speaker 3: How is someone like him?
Speaker 9: How has he stepped in and helped get.
Speaker 6: This team gone?
Speaker 3: That's just awesome.
Speaker 10: It's a you know, the coming on team, a new
Speaker 10: team in the first two days and hit a game
Speaker 10: winning home run.
Speaker 3: That's awesome. You know, he came over and picked us up.
Speaker 10: We gave up two runs in the eighth inning, which
Speaker 10: you know we can't happen, and he came in and
Speaker 10: gave us that lift we needed.
Speaker 1: All Right, you guys now have won this series. You
Speaker 1: swept the Red Sox.
Speaker 9: How big was it to get the second half of
Speaker 9: this season going with how you guys started this one?
Speaker 1: Good?
Speaker 3: We know what kind of team we are.
Speaker 10: You know, obviously we had some run strat patches, but
Speaker 10: we're still one of the best teams in baseball, so
Speaker 10: we feel good about ourselves.
Speaker 1: All right, But Austin, congratulations on this one today.
Speaker 3: Actually, all right, there's Austin bars Man.
Speaker 2: He is starting to heat up offensively already, a really
Speaker 2: good defensive catcher working behind the plates. And the Dodgers
Speaker 2: get the win yesterday six to four, to take three
Speaker 2: or four from San Francisco. And of course, don't forget
Speaker 2: the home stands started with the sweep over the weekend
Speaker 2: of the Boston Red Sox. As the Dodgers keep winning,
Speaker 2: so did the San Diego Padres. They won yesterday their
Speaker 2: fifth in a row. It doesn't matter if the Dodger
Speaker 2: you still keep on winning. They still we'll keep their
Speaker 2: seven and a half game lead in the Division. Dodgers
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Speaker 2: a lot to get to before first bitch, we're gonna
Speaker 2: dive deeper into this pitching matchup with Gavin Stone on
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Speaker 3: He's been great.
Speaker 2: David Vase goes one on one with Nick Onmed. What
Speaker 2: a storybook moment he had yesterday, forty eight hours after
Speaker 2: signing with the Dodgers. Who's at home in Arizona, comes
Speaker 2: in inserting the lineup two days ago yesterday hits a
Speaker 2: home run to give the Dodgers lead against his former
Speaker 2: team that dfad him two and a half weeks ago.
Speaker 2: What a wild story it's been for him, but a
Speaker 2: positive one for the Dodgers after picking him up.
Speaker 3: We'll hear from Nick Onmed.
Speaker 2: Coming up, we'll get you in injury reports, latest on
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman, who is headed home, and we'll hear from
Speaker 2: the manager Dave Roberts as well, it's all coming up
Speaker 2: as we lead you up to Dodgers and Ashtros. First
Speaker 2: pitch im Houston A five to ten. I'm Tim Kates's
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Speaker 3: Dodgers in Houston to take on the Astros, the.
Speaker 2: Start of a three game series, the start of an
Speaker 2: eight game road trip that includes two days off next
Speaker 2: week Monday and Thursday off days for the Dodgers, and
Speaker 2: they head to San Diego and then Oakland for the
Speaker 2: final time ever at the Memorial Coliseum. That's the next weekend.
Speaker 2: This weekend, they're in Houston. First pitch tonight, coming up
Speaker 2: at five ten.
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Speaker 2: Chris Taylor on the IL with the left groinstring, Miguel
Speaker 2: Rojas on the IL with the right forearm tightness, Mookie
Speaker 2: Bets on the eye out the fraction left hand. Yesterday
Speaker 2: before the Dodgers finale against the Giants, Mooki was on
Speaker 2: the field taking ground balls, so he is slowly progressing
Speaker 2: as that hand is healing. Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the iel
Speaker 2: at the strained rotator craft. He talked to the media
Speaker 2: earlier on the last homestand about his hopes of returning
Speaker 2: Walker Bueller on the ielt the sore hip. Walker Bueller
Speaker 2: is actually about to take the mound right now in
Speaker 2: Triple A, Oklahoma City on a minor league rehab assignment,
Speaker 2: and if he does well here one more after that,
Speaker 2: we could see Walker Bueller back in this Dodger's rotation.
Speaker 2: Michael Grove on the il with the last soreness. He's
Speaker 2: working his way back as well, Max Munsey, Bruce Dark
Speaker 2: Graderol Gradol is in Triple A Oklahoma City getting some
Speaker 2: minor league work in, as is Ryan Brazier, who flew
Speaker 2: to join the Oklahoma City Dodgers, and he will pitch
Speaker 2: at some point in tonight's Triple A game for the
Speaker 2: Dodgers affiliate. Dustin May, Kyle Hurt and She and Tony
Speaker 2: Gonslon of course all done for this season, so you're
Speaker 2: up to date.
Speaker 3: On all the injuries.
Speaker 2: Let's head back out to Houston and get the pregame
Speaker 2: thoughts on the Dodgers skipper.
Speaker 5: Any.
Speaker 6: Questions for Dave.
Speaker 1: Can you just describe Dave?
Speaker 3: Can you talk about the pressure.
Speaker 1: In the dugouts with Dave Roberts.
Speaker 11: There's gonna be a lineup change. Freddie's gonna head home
Speaker 11: because something's going on with this son. So so Gavin
Speaker 11: will be in there. We'll move Visio to first base,
Speaker 11: and then Gavin will be at second base. So that's
Speaker 11: what the whole dog was.
Speaker 3: I want you to take part of being away.
Speaker 11: You know. I mean I don't I don't know the answer,
Speaker 11: but I would. I don't know the answer.
Speaker 6: I've been dealing with this for a couple of days.
Speaker 11: Yeah, yeah, Chelsea posted something and then so he's gonna
Speaker 11: get back, and obviously the last few days he's hasn't
Speaker 11: been here, you know, emotionally, it's been certainly hard for
Speaker 11: him and he needs to be with this family.
Speaker 12: I mean, it's is it Is it something where he's
Speaker 12: gonna be gone for the rest of the road trip?
Speaker 11: You think that, I honestly, I don't know. I think
Speaker 11: this is just something that we just learned and he
Speaker 11: needs to be at home and so he's going to
Speaker 11: take care of that and then we'll figure figure that out.
Speaker 12: You know, he came out to do his usual pregame
Speaker 12: routine with Dino. Did he decide that before or after?
Speaker 5: As far as afterward, you know, something changed or just kind.
Speaker 11: Of I think they're just I don't. I just know that,
Speaker 11: you know, something spurred it where he feels like he's
Speaker 11: got to go home.
Speaker 13: He is he gonna go on I got one of
Speaker 13: those lists or I'm not gonna know which list he
Speaker 13: can go on to kind of.
Speaker 6: Clear a roster spot, or you guys.
Speaker 11: Gonna Honestly, it is like I think the priority was
Speaker 11: to get him home and then you know the front
Speaker 11: office will figure out sort of the administrative part of that.
Speaker 3: Oh have you seen him handle the last few days?
Speaker 5: Obviously understanding like, oh everything that's where It's.
Speaker 11: Come with it as best he can. You know, he's
Speaker 11: trying to be here for the team and also be
Speaker 11: there for his family. But when your child is going
Speaker 11: through things, it's just hard to be present and rightfully so,
Speaker 11: he's certainly had a heavy heart the last few days,
Speaker 11: and I just pray that you know, Max is kind
Speaker 11: of recover well and get you know, have a full recovery.
Speaker 3: All right. There's Dave Roberts.
Speaker 2: Certainly our thoughts and prayers with Freddie Freeman and his
Speaker 2: family and his young son who is in the hospital
Speaker 2: as he is making his way back to southern California.
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman leaving the team in Houston. That's Dave Roberts
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Speaker 5: I accept everybody for who they are.
Speaker 1: This is Dodger inside there. David Basse.
Speaker 2: All right, David, we just heard you talking with Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts just a few minutes ago when he talked to
Speaker 2: the media and yourself. What do we know about Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman as far as the timeline, any update on that,
Speaker 2: as far as what he.
Speaker 5: Might return, Yeah, no word on when he's going to return.
Speaker 12: His wife Chelsea posted something on her Instagram story, just
Speaker 12: updating everybody in her network, which is pretty public as
Speaker 12: far as what the one of their sons, Max is
Speaker 12: going through. And obviously Freddie was affected by it. When
Speaker 12: I saw him out here earlier today at Mine Made Park,
Speaker 12: he came out and did his usual pregame routine with
Speaker 12: Dino Ebol. And when I asked him whether or not
Speaker 12: he wanted to speak publicly about what he and Chelsea
Speaker 12: and the rest of the Freeman family are going through
Speaker 12: and our prayers up to Max Freeman, obviously he declined
Speaker 12: and he just wasn't himself obviously a heavy heart as
Speaker 12: you heard Dave Roberts mentioned. So for the time being,
Speaker 12: Freddie Freeman is not with the Dodgers. He's on his
Speaker 12: way back to LA and no word on when he's
Speaker 12: going to return, whether that's San Diego, Oakland or LA.
Speaker 12: The Dodgers want Freddy Freeman to be with family.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no doubt about that. He's back when he's back.
Speaker 2: As far as back on the field, David, the lineup
Speaker 2: gets changed around and Calvin Biegio will get the started
Speaker 2: first base tonight, assuming he's gone a few days, Freddy Freeman.
Speaker 2: Could that be the plan having Bizho play first base
Speaker 2: every day or there's somebody else slide in there.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 12: Key k Hernandez can play first base as well, so
Speaker 12: it will be a combination of Bigio and Key k
Speaker 12: Hernandez holding down first base until Freddie returns to the
Speaker 12: team and key K can play anywhere. I mean, it's
Speaker 12: amazing to have a player like that. But yeah, it'll
Speaker 12: be key K and Cavin Bigio.
Speaker 3: David has triven by Ford.
Speaker 2: If there's one thing we like, his choice is fine
Speaker 2: yours with the four and a half one to fifty
Speaker 2: gas Hybrid or the all electric tough This march, yeah,
Speaker 2: can only be called f one fifty. You're back at
Speaker 2: Menad Park, Dave, twenty seventeen. We all know the Houston
Speaker 2: Ashros cheated their way to a World Series championship. Going
Speaker 2: back there, any bad feelings?
Speaker 12: Yeah, this is this is my first time back since
Speaker 12: Game five of the twenty seventeen World Series. Some of
Speaker 12: those members of the twenty seventeen Dodgers have been back
Speaker 12: since back in twenty twenty with no fans twenty twenty
Speaker 12: one fans were allowed in here. But still talking to
Speaker 12: some of those players and coaching staff that are that
Speaker 12: we're part of the twenty seventeen Dodgers. Still a weird
Speaker 12: feeling coming back here, and some said they don't like
Speaker 12: coming back here. But obviously, you know, everybody wants to
Speaker 12: move on. The Dodgers certainly have moved on, but that's
Speaker 12: a historical fact what took place.
Speaker 5: Here, and that's not something that's going to change.
Speaker 1: No doubt.
Speaker 2: All Right, David, the trade deadline is on Tuesday, three
Speaker 2: pm Pacific. We're starting to see some deals being made.
Speaker 2: What do you hear about the Dodgers.
Speaker 12: Well, with Randio rose Arena going to the Mariners and
Speaker 12: Austin Hayes going from Baltimore to Philadelphia, the White Sox
Speaker 12: still have two outfielders that are of interest to a
Speaker 12: lot of teams, Tommy fam who's a free agent at
Speaker 12: the end of the year, and also Luis Robert. Also,
Speaker 12: as we've talked about before, Tim, the Cubs have a
Speaker 12: lot of scouts scouring the Dodgers farm system. Nico Horner
Speaker 12: seems to be a name that keeps coming up that
Speaker 12: may be traded by July thirtieth.
Speaker 5: And also Tanner Scott of the Marlins.
Speaker 12: The Marlins already moved one of their very coveted relievers,
Speaker 12: Aj Puck, and now Tanner Scott is the next pitcher
Speaker 12: that maybe moved from the Marlins. But I was told
Speaker 12: the Marlins are asking King's Ransom for Tanner Scott, and
Speaker 12: that's part of the reason why the Diamondbacks went with Puck,
Speaker 12: So we'll see whether or not if the Marlins asking
Speaker 12: price comes down. But certainly Tanner Scott, talking to players
Speaker 12: that have faced him, he is not a pitcher that
Speaker 12: is a comfortable at bat, and nobody looks forward to
Speaker 12: seeing a guy like that. But certainly, if the Dodgers
Speaker 12: were able to land a pitcher like Tanner Scott, that
Speaker 12: would be a devastating back end of your bullpen.
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Speaker 1: and World Series Champion Dodger Rick Monday.
Speaker 12: We are reunited and it feels so good with Rick Monday.
Speaker 5: Great to have you back. Rick.
Speaker 8: Oh, you'll get over it.
Speaker 5: It's starting to wear off.
Speaker 10: You know what.
Speaker 8: It's really nice to be back because even though you're
Speaker 8: taking some days off, which I did and I went
Speaker 8: home to Florida, I had a chance to actually have
Speaker 8: kind of a normal life and not say, hey, wait
Speaker 8: a minute, what are we doing? What do you have
Speaker 8: to be at the ballpark. However, our minds get trained
Speaker 8: to look at the clock, and by that I'm talking about,
Speaker 8: Hey it's two o'clock. Whiche's I should be heading the stadium. Yes,
Speaker 8: seven o'clock game. Hey it's three o'clock. Hey it's four o'clock.
Speaker 8: We'd be doing this. We'd be doing that. We get
Speaker 8: conditioned to it, and then when you get removed, even
Speaker 8: for a brief period of time, it's like, okay, fine,
Speaker 8: I check my watch and look at the scores, get
Speaker 8: on my phone, look at the scores, get on the
Speaker 8: my iPad and be able to check things out. But
Speaker 8: this is a fun time. In fact, right now is
Speaker 8: a fun time to be at the ballpark. I say
Speaker 8: that because starting pitchers are beginning to walk out to
Speaker 8: the bullpens. We can see that take place. People are
Speaker 8: filing in. There's always the electricity that's in the air.
Speaker 8: And I think more so obviously with the Dodgers and
Speaker 8: the Astros, they go back, Okay, fine, the history is there,
Speaker 8: but now you have to move on. And for the Dodgers,
Speaker 8: they have moved on and coming off a successful homestand
Speaker 8: and now they've got to turn things around because they
Speaker 8: had a dismal road trip. You know, if you look
Speaker 8: recently the last road trip you're looking at, Dodgers have
Speaker 8: dropped seven of their nine. Well, that's got to change,
Speaker 8: and the figures it is going to change. But this
Speaker 8: is kind of interesting time in baseball too, because with
Speaker 8: the new trade deadline, now is beating even louder and
Speaker 8: louder and getting closer and closer, and the prices are
Speaker 8: going up and up and up because of so many
Speaker 8: teams that are still in the race theoretically for a
Speaker 8: wild card spot.
Speaker 5: No doubt, Rick, and I was going to bring that up.
Speaker 12: The last time you were broadcasting games, the Dodgers were
Speaker 12: not playing that well. But on this last homestand six
Speaker 12: and one, they have turned the ship around.
Speaker 8: And I think the way that they were winning those
Speaker 8: games very interesting late innings, extra innings, being able to
Speaker 8: come from behind, being able to hold on to a lead.
Speaker 8: It was exciting baseball. And then you mix in a
Speaker 8: is that how they were able to accomplish that and
Speaker 8: now beginning to get some players back Glass now has
Speaker 8: been Kershaw came back, so you get you know, finally
Speaker 8: some guys healthy. There's still a few more, hopefully you're
Speaker 8: going to be rejoining this ball club very very soon.
Speaker 8: But you start to look around baseball, David. In fact,
Speaker 8: right now I'm looking at a list and you've got
Speaker 8: it right in front of you too. The wildcard standings
Speaker 8: in Major League Baseball. Right now, there are fourteen teams.
Speaker 8: Fourteen teams. We're not talking about division leaders, but fourteen
Speaker 8: teams are within five games of a leadoff spot or
Speaker 8: at least a wild card spot. So yeah, if your
Speaker 8: team trying to make the deal, you may get snicker shock.
Speaker 12: Yeah, well, already some trades already being made. It feels
Speaker 12: like if there's a need, you better jump on it
Speaker 12: now or you might be holding an empty basket by
Speaker 12: the time July thirtieth comes around.
Speaker 8: And when it comes to that trading deadline with fifteen
Speaker 8: minutes left to go, because the prices go up, they
Speaker 8: get a discount price. What's the give and take? And
Speaker 8: then what happens with injuries. You know, the Dodgers want
Speaker 8: they're getting some guys back, They've also you know, lost
Speaker 8: some guys. You look at Chris Taylor, you look at
Speaker 8: Miguil Rojas also all of a sudden, booth they're not available.
Speaker 8: They're on the injured list. So this is an exciting time.
Speaker 8: We're just about that area that the season becomes a sprint.
Speaker 12: All right, Well, the Dodgers got a veteran back in
Speaker 12: the broadcast booth, our very own Rick Monday, refreshed and
Speaker 12: ready for the stretch run. We'll check back in with
Speaker 12: you and Tim Neverett a little bit later. Great to
Speaker 12: have you back, Ray.
Speaker 8: Good to see you.
Speaker 12: David there he is, still has the Florida glow on
Speaker 12: his face.
Speaker 5: We'll send it back to you in the studio.
Speaker 3: Tim, all right, thanks a lot.
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Speaker 2: looking for his tenth win of this season. Rick will
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Speaker 2: med joined the Dodgers two days ago in a home
Speaker 2: run yesterday helped the Dodgers beat the Giants.
Speaker 3: We'll hear from him next.
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Speaker 12: The Dodgers are starting their road trip in Houston, and
Speaker 12: I'm joined by Yesterdaysio, one of the newest Dodgers, Nick Ahmed. Nick,
Speaker 12: thanks a lot for the time, straight out of the cold, tough.
Speaker 6: For this, Yeah, just fitting it in and talk with you.
Speaker 13: It feels good to be part of this organization and uh,
Speaker 13: take a take an end of this road trip.
Speaker 6: You know, we got a great team here. Excited to
Speaker 6: be part of it.
Speaker 5: Nick.
Speaker 12: There's always new dynamics when you join a team, but
Speaker 12: to do it the way you did it, it's got
Speaker 12: to feel good and make things a little easier when
Speaker 12: you delivered the way you did yesterday.
Speaker 6: Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 13: You know, anytime you jump to a new team, you
Speaker 13: want to contribute and help. Spend a long time on
Speaker 13: one spot, but two teams this year and hopefully take
Speaker 13: this team into the playof some we do some damage
Speaker 13: in October.
Speaker 12: What's it like being teammates with some of the players
Speaker 12: that you played against for so many years.
Speaker 13: There's some familiarity for sure, just playing against this group
Speaker 13: and you know, seeing and competing against them from across
Speaker 13: the field, which makes it a little bit more comfortable
Speaker 13: for me.
Speaker 6: And just a great group of guys here.
Speaker 13: Everybody's been welcoming and gray so far and extremely helpful
Speaker 13: to help me get settled in. So excited to be
Speaker 13: a part of a great team and some great individual players,
Speaker 13: but I think an even better team.
Speaker 12: Usually you don't need dat a home run to be
Speaker 12: welcome by a team, but to hit a home run
Speaker 12: in that spot yesterday, I'm sure it broke the ice.
Speaker 5: In a big way.
Speaker 13: Yeah, I think so, especially against the Giants, a division rival,
Speaker 13: and helping us to take the series from them.
Speaker 6: It was a lot of funny yesterday.
Speaker 12: Can you describe the feeling you had yesterday at Dodger
Speaker 12: Stadium rounding the bases after you hit that home run?
Speaker 6: Yeah?
Speaker 13: I mean the last two and a half weeks has
Speaker 13: been crazy for me, getting let go by the Giants
Speaker 13: and then you know, really not getting any phone calls
Speaker 13: for a long time and just being like, hey, is
Speaker 13: this gonna happen at some point? And then the Dodgers
Speaker 13: called late Tuesday night and we got it done and
Speaker 13: flew out Wednesday morning.
Speaker 6: It's just been a crazy few days.
Speaker 13: And to be able to play the Giants and face
Speaker 13: a team that just released you and hit a game
Speaker 13: winning homer, only God can read.
Speaker 6: A script like that.
Speaker 12: Nick Imed is our guest in front of first pitch
Speaker 12: in Houston. Everybody keeps asking me, how did you stay
Speaker 12: ready for those two weeks?
Speaker 5: How did you stay ready? You know?
Speaker 13: The first few days, it would just take care of
Speaker 13: my body, you know, get in the gym, get with
Speaker 13: my physical therapist and make sure my body was healthy,
Speaker 13: knowing that the opportunity would come, and just wanted to
Speaker 13: make advantage take advantage of that physically, and then it
Speaker 13: was just getting in the cage working. I made some
Speaker 13: good adjustments actually right before I got released by the Giants,
Speaker 13: so I feel like my swing was in a good
Speaker 13: spot and didn't have to go make any swing changes
Speaker 13: or overhaul. Is just continue to work on what I
Speaker 13: was doing and then just kind of simulated, you know,
Speaker 13: at bats as best I could with the guy throwing
Speaker 13: to me, Danny Lutz down in Arizona, big help for me.
Speaker 6: He was just throwing fastball, breaking.
Speaker 13: Ball, and simulated at bats and we were just doing
Speaker 13: situational stuff too, so it's his best I could without
Speaker 13: facing the picture I was.
Speaker 6: I was staying locked in.
Speaker 12: Well, whatever you were doing a worked, continued success. Great
Speaker 12: to have you on the Dodgers, and we look forward
Speaker 12: to this road trip with you.
Speaker 6: Awesome. Thanks for having me there.
Speaker 12: He is Nick Ahmed looking like Maverick and top Gun
Speaker 12: right now doing this interview.
Speaker 5: We'll send it back to you in the studio.
Speaker 3: Tim, all right, thanks a lot.
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Speaker 2: and five with a three sixty three ERA. The thirty
Speaker 2: year old left tender out of the Dominican Republic of
Speaker 2: his seventh season. Now in the big leagues, he's been
Speaker 2: one of the top starters in the American League since
Speaker 2: really getting into the rotation in twenty twenty. He rings
Speaker 2: second in the American League during the last four years
Speaker 2: in wins fifty three, second in innings in the American
Speaker 2: League in third overall in ERA during these last four
Speaker 2: years at three twenty five. Making this eighteen start this season,
Speaker 2: he is two and zero with a sub three ERA
Speaker 2: in the month of July. Last time out five and
Speaker 2: two third innings, two runs, three hits, six strikeouts, and
Speaker 2: a no decision against the Mariners, making his third career
Speaker 2: start against the Dodgers. In his previous two starts in
Speaker 2: twenty twenty, he recorded a seven seventy one RA with
Speaker 2: nine strikeouts. Gavin Stone on the mound for the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: he's been great nine and three with a three to
Speaker 2: nineteen ERA. Twenty five year old right inter. Making his
Speaker 2: nineteenth start this season. He's been efficient. He's tossed six
Speaker 2: or more innings at nine of his eighteen starts. Last
Speaker 2: time out five innings, one run, six hits, three strikeouts
Speaker 2: and a no decision against the Red Sox last weekend.
Speaker 2: Tonight his first time facing the cheating Houston Astros. Gavin
Speaker 2: Stone from Bervaldez. It's the Dodgers and Astros for a minute,
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Speaker 2: Rick and Tim have the keys to the game. Next,
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Speaker 7: I'm roof closed here at Houston. Been raining outside since
Speaker 7: the Dodgers arrived last night and been raining lightly this
Speaker 7: afternoon all throughout the Greater Houston area, but dry indoors
Speaker 7: on natural grass. As the Dodgers get set to take
Speaker 7: on the Astros Game one of three, Gavin Stone will
Speaker 7: make his first ever appearance against the Astros. Nine and
Speaker 7: three for Stone, and in his last three starts mode
Speaker 7: he hasn't thrown more than eighty pitches seventy seven, seventy
Speaker 7: seven and eighty, so he really hasn't had to go
Speaker 7: over eighty pitches to get his work done. But he
Speaker 7: also hasn't gone very deep in ballgames.
Speaker 8: Yeah, a couple things going to be watching, and certainly
Speaker 8: the last three outings where that era is just under
Speaker 8: six and a half runs and nine innings that he's
Speaker 8: worked and only twelve and two thirds innings in that
Speaker 8: period of time, but leading off innings, so he's faced
Speaker 8: the leadoff hitters they're hitting at three twenty. That's one
Speaker 8: ara that needs to take place a little bit better
Speaker 8: as far as for Gavin Stone, not allowing that leadoff
Speaker 8: hitter to get on base with the frequency of the
Speaker 8: hamp to this particular point. The other part two is
Speaker 8: you're looking at two guys Tonight Stone for the Dodgers,
Speaker 8: Valdez for the Astros. It can throw some ground balls
Speaker 8: and get double plays. Nine ground ball double plays by Stone,
Speaker 8: but if you're looking at Valdez, I mean this is
Speaker 8: off the charts. Twenty three grounded into double plays already
Speaker 8: this season. He keeps the ball down Dodgers. Do not
Speaker 8: chase the pitch downstairs. It'll get you into trouble.
Speaker 7: I got to get the ball in the air against Valdez.
Speaker 7: Houston has won his last five starts, and in that
Speaker 7: time Valdez three and zero with an ERA under three.
Speaker 8: Yeah, but he's had trouble in the first inning of
Speaker 8: ball games this year, in fact, over a three hundred
Speaker 8: batting average, but with two strikes. One thing to look
Speaker 8: for for Valdez he throws a lot of bows, speed pitches,
Speaker 8: and he throws a lot of pitches inside. With two strikes.
Speaker 8: Dodgers know exactly what they have to do now. The
Speaker 8: question is can they lay off those borderline pitches early
Speaker 8: in the count.
Speaker 7: Valdez against Stone, the Dodgers against the Astros. Game one lineups,
Speaker 7: first pitch just around the corner.
Speaker 2: Jam All right, Thank you guys. Dodgers and he Houston
Speaker 2: started the three game set. They start the night with
Speaker 2: a seven and a half game lead in the division
Speaker 2: over the Padres.
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