Speaker 1: Now your host for playoff Dodger Toss sound off, Angelinos
Speaker 1: David Vasse.
Speaker 2: What a night at Dodgers Stadium as the Dodgers are
Speaker 2: advancing to the NL West for the first time since
Speaker 2: twenty twenty one, beating the Padres in five games, shutting
Speaker 2: them out two to nothing, shutting them out the last
Speaker 2: twenty six innings of this series. We are with you
Speaker 2: until ten o'clock tonight at eight six, six, nine, eight seven, two,
Speaker 2: five seventy. The Dodgers are yours and I know how
Speaker 2: electric the city is tonight celebrating this game five victory
Speaker 2: over the Sad Diego Padres tonight. What a series for
Speaker 2: the Dodgers. What a game by Yoshi Yamamoto. The last
Speaker 2: time we spoke, I had some doubts about what he
Speaker 2: can do for the Dodgers in this game tonight, But
Speaker 2: you know, he proved a lot of people wrong tonight.
Speaker 2: If anybody thought or predicted Yama Moto was going to
Speaker 2: go out there tonight and pitch five scoreless innings and
Speaker 2: only give two hits tonight to the San Diego Padres.
Speaker 3: I don't believe it.
Speaker 2: I don't believe any of you out there believed yama
Speaker 2: Moto would do what he did tonight. It felt like
Speaker 2: the Dodgers themselves were planning on going to the bullpen
Speaker 2: early in this game if he got into trouble.
Speaker 3: He did not.
Speaker 2: And to me, the biggest play, the key playing tonight's
Speaker 2: game was in the third inning. That was when Yamamoto
Speaker 2: was facing Fernando Tattis Junior after a Luis Arise two
Speaker 2: out single or one out single. Tattis Junior, we all
Speaker 2: know what he's done this series. Yamamoto has struggled against Tattoos.
Speaker 2: I wasn't even sure the Dodgers were going to allow
Speaker 2: Yamamoto to face Tattos a second time. He was going well,
Speaker 2: so they left him in there. And what did he
Speaker 2: get On a three to one pitch, Fernando Tattist Junior
Speaker 2: grounded into an inning ending double play five to four
Speaker 2: to three. To me, that was the biggest play of
Speaker 2: the game tonight. Yes, keik and Taoscar Hernandez's home runs enormous, enormous.
Speaker 3: All you needed was two runs tonight.
Speaker 2: With the way the Dodgers were shutting down this Padre offense,
Speaker 2: the Padres were in their own heads. I mean you
Speaker 2: could see it in the dugout, the peacock feathers of
Speaker 2: Fernando Tattis Junior were not furled out. Manny Machado gave
Speaker 2: a couple a big ride to right field, but did
Speaker 2: not get all of it. Twenty six innings, the last
Speaker 2: twenty six innings of this Division series, the Dodger pitching
Speaker 2: staff shut out the San Diego Padres. And you have
Speaker 2: to say it that way because it wasn't just the
Speaker 2: Padre hitters getting themselves out.
Speaker 3: It was the.
Speaker 2: Dodger hitters, our Dodger pitchers shutting them down. We have
Speaker 2: a full border calls. Eight sixty six nine eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. We will hear
Speaker 2: from Jose Moda. We will hear from Freddy Freeman again,
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts, and also Tioscar Hernandez. But I will say this,
Speaker 2: and I was preaching this all series long.
Speaker 3: This team is different than the last two years.
Speaker 2: A big reason why is they have guys like Otani
Speaker 2: Taoscar Hernandez. They have a bullpen that is at full strength.
Speaker 2: Those are the guys that pull everybody along to believe.
Speaker 2: That's the sense I got from this team. Also, another
Speaker 2: turning point in this series. I asked a few people
Speaker 2: down in that very wet Dodger clubhouse what changed the series?
Speaker 2: What gave the Dodgers kind of that edge that they
Speaker 2: were missing in the first part of this series. It
Speaker 2: was in that first game in San Diego, Game three,
Speaker 2: Walker Buehler, a six run second inning, comes into the
Speaker 2: dugout in San Diego, takes the cooler, throws it on
Speaker 2: the ground in the dugout. Lets everybody know he's not happy,
Speaker 2: and that's not acceptable, and are we going to plant our.
Speaker 3: Feet and stand firm?
Speaker 2: And that's exactly what Buehler did after that second inning,
Speaker 2: and that's exactly what happened the rest of this series.
Speaker 2: So to me, talking to some people I respect in
Speaker 2: that clubhouse, they all believe that was the turning point
Speaker 2: of the edge and the fight and the grand Slam
Speaker 2: by Taoscar Hernandez certainly was a huge message to the
Speaker 2: rest of that team, building off what Buehler did in
Speaker 2: the dugout and what he did going out there to
Speaker 2: put up zeros the third, fourth and fifth inning of
Speaker 2: Game three to allow the Dodgers to have fresh arms
Speaker 2: for a bullpen game.
Speaker 3: So that's the way I see it.
Speaker 2: La is celebrating in the streets, and don't make any
Speaker 2: mistakes about it. The Dodgers are a really good team.
Speaker 2: There should be no doubts they can take down the
Speaker 2: New York Mets in the NLCS.
Speaker 3: There should be no doubts.
Speaker 2: And this will be a rematch of the nineteen eighty
Speaker 2: eight NLCS, which went seven games, and also the last
Speaker 2: time the Dodgers and Mets faced each other in the postseason,
Speaker 2: the twenty fifteen NLDS, which also went which went the
Speaker 2: Mets way nineteen eighty eight, Oral Herscheiser and Kirk Gibson,
Speaker 2: Mickey Hatcher and Mike Soosha carry them past Dwight Gooden
Speaker 2: and the Mets. Eight six six nine eight seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Your Dodgers are going
Speaker 2: to the NLCS. Let's go out to the phones. James,
Speaker 2: who is at Dodgers Stadium tonight? You're on Dodger Talk?
Speaker 4: Hi, James, Hey, damn, how you doing. I'm driving back
Speaker 4: right now with a converted Yankees now Dodgers fan until
Speaker 4: the Dodgers Satis faced each other. Okay, I got look
Speaker 4: Brandon here in the car, but I gotta tell you.
Speaker 1: Man, Yamamoto delivered, and I got to give all the
Speaker 1: credit to Dave Roberts in the front office for saying,
Speaker 1: this guy that we've put all the money in is
Speaker 1: there to deliver. And he did, and I love that.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sure they had a game plan in
Speaker 1: case he did not, but watching it in the game,
Speaker 1: it was absolutely impressive.
Speaker 5: And as all of the other.
Speaker 1: Announcers said, you gotta put Tik in the lineup in
Speaker 1: the games that matter, and boy, he showed up. He delivered,
Speaker 1: and in my opinion moving forward into the NLCS, I
Speaker 1: like the way that we look. I like the way
Speaker 1: that Dave Roberts is managing, especially the bullpen for us
Speaker 1: to win that bullpen game, and I love us against
Speaker 1: a team that just barely squeaked in.
Speaker 2: All right, James, thanks for the phone call. Look, Key
Speaker 2: y Hernandez needed to be in this series. He wasn't
Speaker 2: for the first part of this series. He is here
Speaker 2: to play in October. I remember vividly where I was
Speaker 2: when the Dodgers made it official when they signed Key
Speaker 2: A Hernandez. The Dodgers were playing the Rockies or Diamondbacks
Speaker 2: at Salt Rivers Field in Arizona.
Speaker 3: At talking stick.
Speaker 2: Brandon Gomes came into actually the radio booth I was
Speaker 2: sitting in to hold, you know, the mini press conference,
Speaker 2: and I distinctly remember him saying, the reason why we
Speaker 2: wanted Key a Hernandez back was for October. And you
Speaker 2: can't give key k a Hernandez just two pinch hit
Speaker 2: at bats off the bench and expect him to make
Speaker 2: a difference. He should be in center field the rest
Speaker 2: of the postseason, and Tommy Edmond should be at shortstop
Speaker 2: the rest of the postseason.
Speaker 3: That's the way it is.
Speaker 2: And Miguel Rojas obviously can't contribute coming off the bench.
Speaker 2: But Keith a Hernandez lives for October. And you heard
Speaker 2: what he said before the game. He's a big visualizer.
Speaker 2: He was visualizing success tonight, visualizing hitting a Grand Slam
Speaker 2: in tonight's game. The most successful athletes do all that,
Speaker 2: and Kei k certainly changed his mentality going into the
Speaker 2: twenty seventeen NLCS and from that series on, when he
Speaker 2: hit three home runs against the Cubs at Wrigley, his
Speaker 2: reputation is an October player, and that's a great reputation
Speaker 2: to have eight sixty six nine eight seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. Let's go to our.
Speaker 3: Guy the rally towel himself, Eric in Hollywood.
Speaker 6: Dodger day, Oh really day yo, y'all have a pitch,
Speaker 6: took care of business. Dodger baseball was pitchy Timely Rudds
Speaker 6: that win, James doctor tech shade.
Speaker 5: We all love it it.
Speaker 6: We believe, Dave, we believe now.
Speaker 7: I believe.
Speaker 2: I told you to believe in Denver. I remember that
Speaker 2: phone call. I remember preaching belief. Eric, I believed in
Speaker 2: this team. I wouldn't say it if I did not
Speaker 2: believe in this team.
Speaker 6: We believe Jimbo, Quad, George, Hey, Ethan and me.
Speaker 8: We all believe.
Speaker 6: We're all this text shape.
Speaker 7: Bro.
Speaker 5: We believe.
Speaker 6: Oh my god. But today I'm not gonna lie to
Speaker 6: you both. I was nervous. I didn't think. I didn't
Speaker 6: think we had this.
Speaker 3: But you didn't believe.
Speaker 2: You didn't believe say it.
Speaker 3: You did not believe. Do you believe nothing?
Speaker 9: I believe?
Speaker 6: I did not believe, David.
Speaker 8: I did I believe?
Speaker 3: Now, Eric, do you believe in believe?
Speaker 8: Bro?
Speaker 2: I'm thanks, Eric, appreciate the phone call. Look, I'm around
Speaker 2: these guys every day. It was different even when they
Speaker 2: were down two games to one different. Was I sure
Speaker 2: they were going to come back and win this series? No,
Speaker 2: But what I was sure of was they were going
Speaker 2: to fight and not lay down and just pack it in.
Speaker 2: After I saw what Buehler did in Game three, after
Speaker 2: I saw the Grand Slam from taoscar Hernandez and everything
Speaker 2: that led up to him having that opportunity, seeing Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman play basically on one leg. And you're telling me
Speaker 2: the Dodgers don't have heart. You haven't been paying attention.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. And look, yes the Mets are on
Speaker 2: a magical ride right now, and yes they have a
Speaker 2: lot of momentum, but they've been sitting in New York
Speaker 2: for a couple of days by the time Game one
Speaker 2: comes around. And my understanding is the Mets are going
Speaker 2: to work out in New York and then fly to
Speaker 2: LA tomorrow afternoon. Get here in the eve name Game one,
Speaker 2: Sunday night, here at Dodgers Stadium, first pitch at five
Speaker 2: point fifteen. The Dodgers are the team with all the
Speaker 2: momentum going into the NLCS. Let's go out to upland Austin,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 10: Hi Austin, Hey David, thank you for taking my CAF.
Speaker 10: Just want to I mean, I am so excited. I
Speaker 10: was went to all three of the games when the
Speaker 10: Dodgers swept the Diamondbacks back in twenty sixteen, twenty seventeen,
Speaker 10: and this is just amazing to see this pitching and
Speaker 10: the response. I mean, you said it, twenty six scoreless, shutdown,
Speaker 10: shutdown innings and just giving all flowers to Dave Roberts.
Speaker 10: And he deserves everything that's coming his way in the
Speaker 10: good praises and hopefully good praises that are coming from fans,
Speaker 10: because you know they can turn on them so quick.
Speaker 10: But I mean usually you expect that when starters go
Speaker 10: seven to eight like shutdown innings, not crazy Bolton games.
Speaker 10: Bolton's coming in and doing their job. And it's just
Speaker 10: amazing what you've been able to do with the pitch
Speaker 10: and stuff.
Speaker 2: Hey, if you're going to criticize Dave Roberts, and honestly,
Speaker 2: I think he's done one of his best managing jobs
Speaker 2: this season. He Andrew Friedman, Mark Pryor, Danny Lehman, his
Speaker 2: bench coach, have really come up with a great plan,
Speaker 2: and I'm glad you called and said that Austin. Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts deserves a lot of credit the way he basically
Speaker 2: outmanaged Mike Shilt. Mike Shilt got flat out outmanaged by
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts in this series. Dave Roberts made the adjustment
Speaker 2: to take Miguel Rojas out of the starting.
Speaker 3: Lineup, albeit with an injury.
Speaker 2: Yes, but Dave Roberts brought in Kekey Hernandez to start
Speaker 2: in this series. Move Tommy Edmond into shortstop. What did
Speaker 2: Mike Shilt do to help shake up his offense that
Speaker 2: did not score a run the last twenty six innings
Speaker 2: of this series. He still had Jerkson Profar hitting third,
Speaker 2: thank you very much. Mike Shildt hitting Jackson Merrill third
Speaker 2: would have made the Dodgers life a lot harder. He
Speaker 2: still had Luisa Rise leading off, who doesn't walk? Who
Speaker 2: coming into this series tonight was hitting two twenty two.
Speaker 2: He wasn't getting on base. He only gets on bass
Speaker 2: via the hit, which is great. But if you have
Speaker 2: a guy that has back to ball skills, wouldn't you
Speaker 2: want him hitting behind Manny Machado. So so many different decisions,
Speaker 2: including tonight in the seventh inning. You have that great
Speaker 2: bullpen that Aj Peller gave you, and you're going with
Speaker 2: you Darvish in the seventh inning on four days rest,
Speaker 2: and you're leaving your best relievers out there, including Tanner Scott,
Speaker 2: not to face the left handed hitter Freddie Freeman. There
Speaker 2: is no debate about it. Dave Roberts completely outmanaged Mike Shilt,
Speaker 2: and at some point you have to start giving Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts some credit for his part in the Dodgers victory
Speaker 2: because it was obvious he completely ran circles around Mike Shilt.
Speaker 2: The game planning of the Dodgers round circles around the Padres.
Speaker 2: I mean, it wasn't even close. Eight six six nine
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers
Speaker 2: are headed to the NLCS with a two to nothing
Speaker 2: shutout win over the Padres in Game five of the NLDS.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Jason, who is at Dodgers Stadium tonight.
Speaker 2: Hi Jason, Hey.
Speaker 11: David, thanks for taking our call. We're super excited about
Speaker 11: moving on to the NLCS, and my son and I
Speaker 11: he's in the car with me. We actually live in
Speaker 11: North Carolina. We got tickets the last second yesterday afternoon.
Speaker 11: He got off the bus from school by four thirty,
Speaker 11: when we left for the airport by five thirty, so
Speaker 11: we made it just in time. It was a great game. Hey,
Speaker 11: we just had a quick question about Tony Gunsley.
Speaker 5: We saw him down on the field and we.
Speaker 11: Were thinking maybe there might be a chance for him
Speaker 11: to come back during the NLCS.
Speaker 5: Is that true?
Speaker 2: Talking to Tony before the NLDS, Jason, I don't believe
Speaker 2: he is going to pitch now. That might have changed
Speaker 2: between then and now, but Tony's coming off a serious injury, right,
Speaker 2: serious surgery.
Speaker 3: Tommy John surgery.
Speaker 2: Pitchers have told me, and Tony was even relating this
Speaker 2: to me that when he was in his rehab games,
Speaker 2: the feel for his pitches would come and go, and
Speaker 2: that's part of the reason why he wasn't on the
Speaker 2: NLDS roster. But he contributed in a way where he
Speaker 2: could help the team. In between the last regular season
Speaker 2: game and the start of the NLDS, him and Bobby
Speaker 2: Miller were throwing simulated games. Jason, so he took pride
Speaker 2: knowing that he can help the team in that way,
Speaker 2: but having him throw in a real game might be
Speaker 2: a little bit tall order there for Tony Gonsolin. But look,
Speaker 2: things may have changed between now and then. The Dodgers.
Speaker 2: So many doubters out there going into the into the
Speaker 2: postseason saying they didn't have enough pitching. Well, there's a
Speaker 2: lot of different ways to get to the finish line
Speaker 2: of a series and of a postseason, and the Dodgers
Speaker 2: proved that to be true.
Speaker 5: Yeah, we agree, all right.
Speaker 11: Well, thanks for the information and we appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Go Dodgers, drive home safe.
Speaker 3: Jason. Yeah, that's another part of all this.
Speaker 2: Everybody said the Dodgers had no chance because the Padres
Speaker 2: pitching was so much deeper, and that may have been
Speaker 2: true until Joe musk Grove blew out his elbow and
Speaker 2: today had Tommy John surgery, And that may have been true.
Speaker 2: But then Mike Shilt through Dylan Ceaes on three days
Speaker 2: rest instead of Martine Perez, who was really good for
Speaker 2: them in ten starts. So Mike Shilt again made a
Speaker 2: major miscalculation, just one of many, and that played right
Speaker 2: into the Dodgers' hands. And you're telling me going into
Speaker 2: the NLCS, this Dodger team can't hit.
Speaker 3: Sean Maniah or Jose Cantana.
Speaker 2: I hate to break it to you, the Mets have
Speaker 2: not seen a team like the Dodgers either. Let's not
Speaker 2: forget that either. Eight six, six seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: And yes, I'm calling my shot. The Dodgers are going
Speaker 2: to beat the Mets in the NLCS, and I would
Speaker 2: be shocked if it went more than five games. Let's
Speaker 2: go out to Sherman Oaks. Mark, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: Take that to the bank, Mark, print it, put it
Speaker 2: on social media.
Speaker 7: Yeah, oh right, okay, so David, I'm from Sherman Oaks,
Speaker 7: but I've got the game also and was great.
Speaker 9: And by the way, I did predict.
Speaker 11: That yam Mamato will go five innings exactly.
Speaker 7: But not that he would give up zero runs.
Speaker 9: That was a big shock.
Speaker 7: So my question to you is you have.
Speaker 3: A friend that can validate that. Maybe they're in the
Speaker 3: car with you.
Speaker 12: No, they're not, unfortunately, Okay, Donald, we'll take your word
Speaker 12: for it.
Speaker 2: Mark.
Speaker 12: Okay, then, so my question is going forward.
Speaker 9: You know, in the next series.
Speaker 7: I don't think the Dodgers in count I went into
Speaker 7: many games with two runs.
Speaker 12: And four hits.
Speaker 7: So my question is about the lineup.
Speaker 5: Show Hey seems.
Speaker 7: To that better when there are men on date.
Speaker 9: Mostly true.
Speaker 5: As we know when he when he.
Speaker 7: Used to be leadoff, he was, he was great.
Speaker 6: He still is great lately, but he's always great to
Speaker 6: lead off.
Speaker 7: Would it not be possible for Dave to shuffle the
Speaker 7: lineup a little bit? Move show Hey downs a third
Speaker 7: or fourth, have Bets lead off, which he used to
Speaker 7: do great, so that there'd be a better chance of
Speaker 7: men on base, and show Hey maybe batting a little
Speaker 7: bit better.
Speaker 2: Mark. I'll just say I'm a big believer in large
Speaker 2: sample sizes. And during the regular season, Mookie Betts was
Speaker 2: a three eighty hitter with runners in scoring position. Mookie
Speaker 2: Bets joined us from the clubhouse. His confidence was down
Speaker 2: all time low this season. The first two games of
Speaker 2: the series that contributed to the numbers you're referring to.
Speaker 2: This is the postseason. Throw all of that out the window.
Speaker 2: His confidence is back, and let's not forget the Padres
Speaker 2: had some pretty good pitchers they were throwing at the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: including you Darvish twice, who has had the Dodger number
Speaker 2: ever since going to San Diego. I hate to break
Speaker 2: it to everybody. Sean Manaiah jose Kntana, are not you? Darvish,
Speaker 2: are not Dylan Cease rested? So I feel like the
Speaker 2: lineup is in a good spot.
Speaker 12: I see you. Thinks Show Hey, we'll wake up in
Speaker 12: a couple of games.
Speaker 2: I think Show Heo Tani will wake up because the
Speaker 2: level of pitching talent is not as great as it
Speaker 2: was in this series.
Speaker 5: I see.
Speaker 12: All right, thank you so much for taking my call.
Speaker 2: All right, Mark, thank you for the phone call. Look,
Speaker 2: Show Hey, Otani maybe getting a little bit bigger with
Speaker 2: his swing, but let's not forget Game one. He played
Speaker 2: a huge part in Game one and winning that game.
Speaker 3: So this is the playoffs.
Speaker 2: It's just trying to survive doing the little things that
Speaker 2: maybe don't show up at the end of a five
Speaker 2: game series. Otani hitting leadoff has worked ever since Mookie
Speaker 2: Bets went down. The Dodgers are not changing that. Let's
Speaker 2: go out to Ray, who is a Dodgers stadium tonight. Hi, Ray,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk with David Maasse.
Speaker 12: But they got this one and then the next.
Speaker 2: Ray, Ray, you're there? Who are you talking to?
Speaker 3: Ray?
Speaker 13: You know?
Speaker 2: curR? Oh there we go, Hey, Ray, Why don't you
Speaker 2: finish that conversation. We're just on live radio at Dodgers
Speaker 2: Stadium after a big game five win.
Speaker 3: I mean, who were you talking to there?
Speaker 9: I was just talking to my mother right now. Man's
Speaker 9: gone head. Just get some food up, man.
Speaker 14: But I just want to say a big thanks to
Speaker 14: Dodgen Nation, man, just for believing, because we came in
Speaker 14: there and we electrified that place up.
Speaker 9: We lit that place up.
Speaker 14: Brother, From the time that I got there, the energy
Speaker 14: was up and going.
Speaker 5: Brother.
Speaker 9: And I tell you one thing, as soon as Ki
Speaker 9: can hit that home run, oh man, we were in it.
Speaker 5: We were in a day.
Speaker 9: We were in it.
Speaker 14: We were in it so much that to the point
Speaker 14: where we just we just couldn't get out. And I
Speaker 14: just wanted to them, just the whole stadium, just the
Speaker 14: whole just just the whole Dodgen Nations for believing.
Speaker 5: Man.
Speaker 9: I know I had my debts with Roberts. You know,
Speaker 9: I'm not going to sit here and act like I was.
Speaker 14: One of the ones that were always, you know, favorite
Speaker 14: towards Robert's decisions.
Speaker 9: But I would tell you when he kept Ueler in
Speaker 9: that game, I need you to keep my mouth shut.
Speaker 14: From that point on and I have and I'm a
Speaker 14: believer now and I know my place, and I'm.
Speaker 9: Gonna sit here and just enjoyed this run. This this
Speaker 9: you know, just as rain, we don't give it up tonight.
Speaker 2: What's mama warming up for you over there? Ray?
Speaker 3: After coming to the game. What's she warming up for?
Speaker 8: Man?
Speaker 9: We got so we got some lazagna over here. Man,
Speaker 9: I'm just trying to get my little toast and butter.
Speaker 9: Just get it buttered up before I get my lasagna going.
Speaker 9: And yeah, man's had to put my foot.
Speaker 5: In the crew.
Speaker 3: Lasagna. Tommy Lasorda would be proud.
Speaker 2: Ray, Yes, sir, all right, thanks for the phone call.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Dodgers shut out the Padres tonight two
Speaker 2: to nothing. In case you're wondering who is the winning pitcher,
Speaker 2: it was Yoshi y I'm a Moto, pitching five scoreless innings,
Speaker 2: allowing just two hits, and those were the only two
Speaker 2: hits the Padres had in the game. You darvish valliant effort,
Speaker 2: just no run support, and he made two mistakes, one
Speaker 2: two keyk Hernandez, the other two taoscar Hernandez. Key K's
Speaker 2: home run was in the second inning Taoscars. In the seventh,
Speaker 2: Blake Trining with his second save of the season. We're
Speaker 2: gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk when't
Speaker 2: we continue more of your phone calls.
Speaker 3: We'll also check in.
Speaker 2: With Jose Mota and we'll relift some of those celebration
Speaker 2: interviews as well. Dodgers are headed to the NLCS Game
Speaker 2: one Dodgers Mets at Dodgers Stadium right here on AM
Speaker 2: five to seventy LA Sports at five fifteen. You're home
Speaker 2: four the nl West champion Dodgers. Sorry, Sad diego.
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Speaker 2: This is Dodger Talk with.
Speaker 13: David Bassai, Darbage Deals, key K Swings had said high
Speaker 13: in the here.
Speaker 16: Dave left Bill take a fop for that and put
Speaker 16: the Dodgers up. Keith Gay Hernandez both season player one, nothing.
Speaker 2: An old, no doubt Keith K a Hernandez was going
Speaker 2: to have an impact on this series. All he needed
Speaker 2: was an opportunity. He got back to back starts and
Speaker 2: certainly had a huge opportunity to bring the Dodgers back
Speaker 2: from a two games to one deficit to lead them
Speaker 2: to the NLCS after a game five victory to nothing
Speaker 2: shut out win. It was both hernandez is on the
Speaker 2: Dodgers that went deep for them tonight. Off of you
Speaker 2: Darvish Keith k in the second inning and Taoscar Hernandez in.
Speaker 3: The seventh inning.
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Speaker 2: phone calls in a moment. But here was Taoscar Hernandez
Speaker 2: celebrating the Dodgers advancing to the NLCS.
Speaker 3: Oh the heart and soul of the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: He showed up strong tonight again, ta Oscar, how much
Speaker 2: does this one mean to you?
Speaker 3: Mental lot?
Speaker 17: You know, I believe you seem us special groups from
Speaker 17: the beginning from Sindranis and we know from the beginning
Speaker 17: that we're gonna live. We're doing a special.
Speaker 18: Teams this year.
Speaker 2: The Grand Slam you hit even though you lost that game,
Speaker 2: what was the message you sent to each other?
Speaker 18: We got confidence in each other. We thrust each other.
Speaker 17: We know if we can put together from the winning
Speaker 17: of the game, and then the pictures give him the
Speaker 17: time who sports.
Speaker 3: On runs something? What's gonna happen? And we'll show in
Speaker 3: the last two games, how much do you believe?
Speaker 2: And did you feel this team heeded you needed what
Speaker 2: you bring, needed your fight to be able to push
Speaker 2: through and come back in this series.
Speaker 17: It's not only me, you know, He's gonna take a
Speaker 17: little bit on everybody here. I'm just gonna be here
Speaker 17: trying to support my teammates, trying to bring everything that
Speaker 17: I got so they can be better and.
Speaker 3: So we can perform really good in the field if
Speaker 3: you take us through your emotions.
Speaker 2: And when he threw the sunflower seed to keyk Hernandez tonight.
Speaker 3: Unbelievable, unbelievable.
Speaker 17: He told me before the game that we me and
Speaker 17: him I were going to go yard this game, and
Speaker 17: we did. And the most important is that we give
Speaker 17: the Dodgers the winner.
Speaker 3: How late you're gonna party tonight? How long are you
Speaker 3: gonna party tonight.
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 17: We gotta we need the rest for Sunday, So we're
Speaker 17: gonna enjoy this moment and then we'll go home rest
Speaker 17: and then come back.
Speaker 2: Strom Hey, best smile on the team. It's even better
Speaker 2: when it has Champagne all over that beard.
Speaker 3: There you go, you got it? Am I allowed to
Speaker 3: touch the beard?
Speaker 2: I go, oh, yeah, there he is Taoscar Hernandez. Oh yeah,
Speaker 2: you got to touch the magic beard of Teoscar Hernandez.
Speaker 2: Just an awesome guy and really showed the toughness and
Speaker 2: brought the toughness and the emotion The Dodgers needed something
Speaker 2: that was missing last year.
Speaker 3: Him Otani keik have really brought that.
Speaker 2: And of course Freddy would not be playing if he
Speaker 2: did not believe this team had a chance to do
Speaker 2: something special. Can't say enough about Freddie Freeman. Just an
Speaker 2: incredible effort by him to be out there for four
Speaker 2: of these five games. Eight six, six, seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. The Dodgers are headed to
Speaker 2: the NLCS to take on the New York Mets. Game
Speaker 2: one on Sunday here at Dodgers Stadium, First pitch at
Speaker 2: five fifteen and the Dodgers and Mets have faced each
Speaker 2: other in the postseason three different times. Of course, one
Speaker 2: of my favorite Dodger teams the nineteen eighty eight Dodgers,
Speaker 2: beating the Mighty Mets in seven games in the NLCS.
Speaker 2: That year two thousand and six, the Mets swept the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: That was the year JD Drew and Jeff Kent were
Speaker 2: thrown out at home plate simultaneously, basically Joe Bimel cutting
Speaker 2: his finger in Times Square somewhere. Twenty fifteen, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: fell to the Mets three games to do in Game
Speaker 2: five of the NLDS where Daniel Murphy hit that two
Speaker 2: run home run wrap around down the right field line
Speaker 2: against Zach Grienk. So this will be the fourth time
Speaker 2: the Mets and Dodgers have faced each other in the postseason.
Speaker 2: And I will say this, the Mets they got something
Speaker 2: going on. They have something special going on. When the
Speaker 2: Dodgers all the Mets in the middle of the year,
Speaker 2: I mean, everybody in New York and Queens was saying, ah,
Speaker 2: this team is not very good. We're not going very far.
Speaker 2: But since then, since the end of May, when the
Speaker 2: Dodgers swept the Mets in that three game series.
Speaker 3: Including that doubleheader.
Speaker 2: Something has changed and they have something special. They believe
Speaker 2: in each other. They've come up with a lot of
Speaker 2: timely big hits. But I just feel like the Dodgers
Speaker 2: have too much talent. And that's that's what I felt
Speaker 2: going into the postseason with this Dodger team. They were
Speaker 2: going to out talent the teams that they were going
Speaker 2: to face to advance, and the Mets have a great team.
Speaker 2: Francisco Lindors had a great run here. But I just
Speaker 2: feel like the Dodgers have too much for the Mets,
Speaker 2: and unfortunately for those miracle Mets of twenty twenty four,
Speaker 2: I don't believe it's continuing. Eight six, six, nine, seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to Frez No. Joey, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 3: How you doing, Joey.
Speaker 8: I'm doing great.
Speaker 19: David, We're going to the NLCS, And I just want
Speaker 19: to remind you, because you forgot it yesterday or the
Speaker 19: night before that you have to go back to twenty
Speaker 19: twenty one, when Albert Pulos was repeating the Apollo Creed
Speaker 19: Dodger Talk mantra that there is.
Speaker 5: No tomorrow, and boy, there was no tomorrow, and they
Speaker 5: took care of business.
Speaker 8: And you almost have to think.
Speaker 19: David, and remember that Kik is very kobeesque. He had
Speaker 19: ice water in his veins and he carried the Dodgers
Speaker 19: in the first inning. Don't forget that they said the
Speaker 19: job wasn't done. It's still not done, but we passed
Speaker 19: the stupid Padres. David, do you believe that the way
Speaker 19: that Dave coached tonight is the way that we're gonna
Speaker 19: look at the Mets series where our starters will only
Speaker 19: go through the lineup, maybe twice, and then the pin
Speaker 19: will come in and be lights out for us.
Speaker 2: That's a brand new series, Joey, a lot different. The
Speaker 2: Mets don't know the Dodgers as well as the Padres
Speaker 2: know them, so that's something that's in their favor. But
Speaker 2: let's see what the Tonas said from the first two starters,
Speaker 2: Jack Flaherty and Walker Bueller. There is going to be
Speaker 2: a sense of urgency from Dave Roberts. As you heard
Speaker 2: in the postgame interviews, Joey, those relievers are dogs. They
Speaker 2: are one of the toughest relievers and toughest bullpen group
Speaker 2: I've been around with the Dodgers honestly, one of the
Speaker 2: best groups I've been around as far as the bullpen
Speaker 2: goes since twenty seventeen, So you know, they are ready
Speaker 2: to go. We don't know the status of Alex Vesia.
Speaker 2: He had to leave in the eighth inning, so hopefully
Speaker 2: he'll be on the NLDS or NLCS roster. That's something
Speaker 2: to look for as well. But thank you for the
Speaker 2: phone call, Joey appreciate it. Speaking of Dave Roberts, he
Speaker 2: deserves a lot of credit for the way he managed
Speaker 2: Game four and also to night in Game five.
Speaker 20: Yeah, yeah, I'm elated, I'm tired, I'm happy. So yeah,
Speaker 20: I'm just excited. I'm proud of our guys. You know,
Speaker 20: this was we talked about this series. It was going
Speaker 20: to be it was going to test us, you know,
Speaker 20: and we fought. We didn't relent, not one time. And
Speaker 20: I just couldn't be more excited for this ball club.
Speaker 2: What can you say about Yellow Motors just setting the
Speaker 2: tone the end of.
Speaker 20: He set the tone, and you know, I think that
Speaker 20: you know, Yoshi's had a lot of success in his
Speaker 20: professional career. And I said it before, I mean he's
Speaker 20: pitching big ball games, and I believed in him. I
Speaker 20: knew he was going to rise to the occasion, and
Speaker 20: he was outstanding tonight, and I knew he wasn't going
Speaker 20: to run from this spot. And you know, I'm looking
Speaker 20: forward to riding them through the World Series.
Speaker 19: Bill back right, Yeah, Dave.
Speaker 13: You finished the series with twenty four sion kative scoreless innings.
Speaker 7: How perfect does the pitching plan have to go for
Speaker 7: that to happen?
Speaker 20: Well, I think Bill, it's about the players. The players
Speaker 20: were outstanding. The guys from the twenty four to twenty
Speaker 20: six innings. You know, when you call a number, call
Speaker 20: a name, it's up to those guys to go out
Speaker 20: there and perform. And I give all of the credit
Speaker 20: to those guys. And you can have whatever plan or
Speaker 20: script people can talk about, but it comes down to
Speaker 20: the players, and those guys made plays, made pitches and
Speaker 20: made us all look good. And from Yoshi today to
Speaker 20: the bullpen, I mean, if you're talking about the series, MVP,
Speaker 20: it's our bullpen clearly, and so I'm just I'm so
Speaker 20: excited for those guys. And Josh Bart's done a fantastic
Speaker 20: job with the entire bullpen.
Speaker 16: Russell on the right time, Dave, You've managed a lot
Speaker 16: of games and played in a lot of games that
Speaker 16: had a lot of meaning.
Speaker 21: Where does the series rank, just in terms of the
Speaker 21: intensity that you've been a part of.
Speaker 20: I'll tell you this, Rivals. You know you asked me
Speaker 20: the question Russ It rivals two thousand and four when
Speaker 20: we beat the Yankees, when I was a player with
Speaker 20: the Red Sox, it rivals, beating the Braves in twenty
Speaker 20: twenty to get to the World Series, those are probably
Speaker 20: this is right there with it. I mean, you're talking
Speaker 20: about one of the best teams in baseball over there,
Speaker 20: and Mike and his staff did a great job preparing
Speaker 20: those guys, and it was a dogfight, and I got
Speaker 20: nothing but respect for those guys over there. But to
Speaker 20: kind of win this series, how we did, to kind
Speaker 20: of fall behind, and those guys coming into the postseason
Speaker 20: had a lot of momentum, speaks to the character of
Speaker 20: our guys. So this is up right up there, all.
Speaker 2: Right, there's manager Dave Roberts. I think he said it perfectly.
Speaker 2: What a game for Dave Roberts, What a series for
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts, What a series? Were those Dodger relievers twenty
Speaker 2: six innings. The last twenty six innings of this series,
Speaker 2: the Padres did not score eight six, six, nine, eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. Your Dodgers
Speaker 2: are headed to the NLCS to take on the New
Speaker 2: York Mets after shutting out the Padres in Game five.
Speaker 2: Here at Dodger Stadium. Tonight, let's head out to our man,
Speaker 2: Jose Moda. It's time to go around the horn with
Speaker 2: Jose Moda.
Speaker 3: Jose Mota. What a series? What a game?
Speaker 2: Yamamoto really showed a lot to all of us tonight.
Speaker 13: Yoshi Yamamoto wanted this challenge. I spoke with people close
Speaker 13: to him, and he wanted to take the baseball again, Dave.
Speaker 13: But he knew that, you know that, remember the switch
Speaker 13: seru that happened before the series started. He knew exactly
Speaker 13: what he was getting pried for. And there's no doubt
Speaker 13: in my mind that even though he was you know, honestly,
Speaker 13: we all have doubts about it, there's no doubt about
Speaker 13: it because the Padres are the one team that just
Speaker 13: made life impossible against them, especially early innings.
Speaker 12: But I do.
Speaker 13: Welcome a supreme athlete. That says, I don't care what's
Speaker 13: happened in the past. I want the baseball. And I'll
Speaker 13: tell you one thing. Managers, coaches, fans, everybody can read
Speaker 13: their eyes and go, he's not kidding.
Speaker 5: He wants a baseball ball.
Speaker 13: Tonight he showed what he is a premier pitcher when you.
Speaker 2: Look at Key k Hernandez OSEI we talked about it.
Speaker 2: He needed an opportunity to make a difference, and boy
Speaker 2: did he not only tonight but in Game four as well.
Speaker 2: What can you say about a player like Keith a Hernandez.
Speaker 13: First thing I can say is you have to value
Speaker 13: guys that understand what their role is. You have to
Speaker 13: value guys and be patient because if they've done it before,
Speaker 13: that means it's in them. And I think for k
Speaker 13: k Hernandez, going out and getting somebody like that is
Speaker 13: not a test anymore. It's not an evaluation. You knew
Speaker 13: exactly what is going to bring because he can like
Speaker 13: situations like this. And on top of that too is
Speaker 13: you know, Kik told me this last year in September.
Speaker 13: I remember this, I said, where do you get this?
Speaker 2: You know, the cold blood and then.
Speaker 13: The slow heartbeat for these things he goes, Puerto Rico.
Speaker 13: When I was a youngster, the things that I heard
Speaker 13: in tournaments from parents from the other side got me
Speaker 13: ready to be ready for anything pretty much on the
Speaker 13: big league level. He goes, I'm telling you that's that's
Speaker 13: my roost about that. But I think they've also we
Speaker 13: cannot overlook the amount of work these guys put in
Speaker 13: with the coaches, because remember, the guys that don't play
Speaker 13: every day have to do so much more work to
Speaker 13: stay in tune with the game. First of all, mentally,
Speaker 13: they have to have the right support from people around them,
Speaker 13: not just egging. And I'm to say, hey, how come
Speaker 13: you're not playing because you don't want to hear that.
Speaker 13: You want to hear from guys say hey, when your
Speaker 13: time comes, we're gonna support. You're gonna be ready. And
Speaker 13: then Dave Roberts is a manager of that because he
Speaker 13: played the game and he was one of those guys
Speaker 13: was sometimes on the verge of being just being a
Speaker 13: bench guy. He knows how to keep these guys in tune.
Speaker 13: There's many times when people question the lineup, say why
Speaker 13: does the guy play today? Because these guys need to
Speaker 13: be effective and ready when the time is called, and
Speaker 13: here we have a key kick coming through once again.
Speaker 2: Jose Mota is joining us. After the Dodgers defeat the
Speaker 2: Padres two to nothing in the NLCS, how do you
Speaker 2: explain the Dodgers holding the Padres scoreless after that six
Speaker 2: run second inning in Game three of the NLDS.
Speaker 13: Jose, Well, little divine touch. But overall, I mean between
Speaker 13: the white lines we do is perform and you execute,
Speaker 13: and you look at the quality of the pitches they made,
Speaker 13: and then the amount of pitches they made to get
Speaker 13: these very good hitters out. A team that does not
Speaker 13: strike out, I really understand, you know, Mark Parr and
Speaker 13: Cretorr McGinnis have the ability to not just go out
Speaker 13: there and tweak a grip and give you an ideas
Speaker 13: of how to tunnel of baseball and things like that.
Speaker 13: But I think on the mental side is if there's
Speaker 13: a team on the other side does not strike have
Speaker 13: a lot, why would you look for strikeouts when all
Speaker 13: they're gonna do is wear you out. Go back and
Speaker 13: look at the amount of pitches made by the believers,
Speaker 13: going back to the shut in San Diego to tonight,
Speaker 13: and you'll see that the number one thing that was
Speaker 13: on their minds was quality pitches, and then you feed
Speaker 13: off for that. The next guy sees that and says, hey,
Speaker 13: I know this. The swingmans might not be there. The
Speaker 13: striker is not going to be there, So let me
Speaker 13: go out there and just perform and make good pitches.
Speaker 13: So instead of I always said, instead of making your
Speaker 13: pitches better, make better pitches. And that's exactly the formula
Speaker 13: they use here, going back to a couple of games
Speaker 13: into tonight. Because guys like that, the machados and profars,
Speaker 13: they're very dangerous. They feed out for each other. Jackson
Speaker 13: Maryland Company and one of the toughest houses Stander Bollguards
Speaker 13: for some reason. But peice the quality of the pitches
Speaker 13: they made against the early incounts and later incounts, and
Speaker 13: why there was a lot of weak contact left couple
Speaker 13: of nights.
Speaker 3: All right, Jose Mota can't wait.
Speaker 2: Your dad was the first base coach for the nineteen
Speaker 2: eighty eight Dodgers that beat the Mets in a seven
Speaker 2: game NLCS. Look forward to seeing you and your dad
Speaker 2: out here on Sunday night for game one of the
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four nlcsy.
Speaker 13: It's going to be exciting and once again. I want
Speaker 13: to give it the Dogar fans once again showing up
Speaker 13: and doing the right saying supporting their team and knowing
Speaker 13: that there's going to be more.
Speaker 5: Thank you.
Speaker 2: All right there, he goes Jose Mota, part of the
Speaker 2: Dodgers radio broadcast. He is absolutely right. This place was
Speaker 2: rocking from the first pitch on. It felt like a
Speaker 2: World Series game. And quite honestly, coming to the stadium
Speaker 2: today yesterday, the anticipation, you could feel it in the city.
Speaker 2: How everybody was so excited, maybe nervous about this game.
Speaker 2: It did feel like this was a World Series Game
Speaker 2: seven vibe, even though it wasn't. It had that feeling.
Speaker 2: You know, my kids their school today had Dodger Day.
Speaker 2: They wanted all the kids to show up and Dodger
Speaker 2: shirts and hats, whatever they wanted.
Speaker 3: So you felt that in the city.
Speaker 2: And yeah, you know it was hard for me to
Speaker 2: find some Dodger shirts for my kids to wear the
Speaker 2: school today. I know everybody is happy everywhere in La Hope.
Speaker 2: You're celebrating safely because the Dodgers job is not done.
Speaker 2: They got Game one of the NLCS on Sunday. They'll
Speaker 2: enjoy this and then refocus because they know they have
Speaker 2: to slow down.
Speaker 3: A magic Mets team.
Speaker 2: Eight six six, eight seven, two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. Let's go out to Pico Union District. Edward,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 5: Hey, whate man, Thank you for having me appreciate that.
Speaker 5: So I feel that this team has something really going on.
Speaker 5: They're a bunch of grinders, you know. I should I
Speaker 5: feel they should take like playing small ball, bunting, getting
Speaker 5: bases on, just so like that you can get a
Speaker 5: little bit of rhythms and get some confidence.
Speaker 2: Okay, hold on, hold on, Edward, hold up right there
Speaker 2: with the bunting and the small ball. Seventeen of the
Speaker 2: dodgers twenty five runs in this series was via the
Speaker 2: home run, Edward.
Speaker 3: That's who they are.
Speaker 5: That's a fact.
Speaker 2: That's a fact, you know.
Speaker 5: But yet again, the Mets are not san Diego. That's
Speaker 5: by far.
Speaker 2: You're right, they're not San Diego. They are not san Diego.
Speaker 2: That's my whole point. They are not san Diego.
Speaker 5: You know, you got to give credit to the Mets.
Speaker 5: They're gonna get a game or two, you know, but
Speaker 5: the boss say, we're gonna.
Speaker 2: Come thinking they're getting one game, Edward in New York.
Speaker 2: They're not winning a game in LA. I could promise
Speaker 2: you that.
Speaker 5: Of course not, you know, the professional I'm just saying,
Speaker 5: I know you.
Speaker 2: You ca Hey, it's a great night. I want to
Speaker 2: celebrate it with you. But I'm glad I just brought
Speaker 2: it to your attention that seventeen of the dodgers twenty
Speaker 2: five runs in this series was via home run. All right,
Speaker 2: thank you for the phone call. Eight six six eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. The only
Speaker 2: two runs the Dodgers scored tonight were off solo home
Speaker 2: runs Keith A. Hernandez and Tioscar Hernandez. What you can
Speaker 2: do is string together a couple of hits, get on
Speaker 2: base with the walk, and then set the table for
Speaker 2: these guys. But make no mistake about it, you do
Speaker 2: have to have the capability to be able to hit
Speaker 2: the ball out of the ballpark. It changes everything. The
Speaker 2: Mets advanced to the NLCS because Francisco Lindor hit a
Speaker 2: Grand Slam. So I know we all love the bunt
Speaker 2: and small ball and all that, but that's a little extreme.
Speaker 2: And by the way, the Dodgers are probably the only
Speaker 2: team because I haven't watched every inning of every postseason game.
Speaker 2: I'm pretty safe in saying the Dodgers may be the
Speaker 2: only team in the postseason this year that laid down
Speaker 2: a safety squeeze bunt to score a run. I don't
Speaker 2: think the Yankees are doing that. I'm certain the Phillies
Speaker 2: did not try to do that. So let's just understand
Speaker 2: the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: Are a complete team.
Speaker 2: They are a complete lineup, and that's why they will
Speaker 2: be too much for the Mets. Let's go out to Junior,
Speaker 2: my guy, Junior, who is at Dodger Stadium tonight.
Speaker 3: Hi, Junior, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 22: Yeah, Sarta, thank you for taking my call. I'm super stoked.
Speaker 2: Like they not like us, No they not.
Speaker 22: Heck no, not even close. I want to give a
Speaker 22: big toss to Yamamoto, not just with the dealing on
Speaker 22: the pitching, but also the way he had Freddie Freeman's
Speaker 22: back covering the base room so he wouldn't have to
Speaker 22: run so much. A great overall win. I'm glad for
Speaker 22: the Hernandez boys. Uh you know, they're the like positive
Speaker 22: Sparks bug of the team. And God, we're going all
Speaker 22: the way and Karma is a brother. All that trash
Speaker 22: talking by Tatis and this and that, and actions speak
Speaker 22: louder than words. Karma. Padres quit tonight.
Speaker 2: They quit tonight. You saw quit in the Padres after
Speaker 2: all their talk, they quit.
Speaker 5: Yep.
Speaker 22: All that dancing, all that tongue stuff, that don't mean nothing.
Speaker 22: It's all about the game. You could have the season series,
Speaker 22: we'll take the playoffs.
Speaker 2: No or thank you for the phone call appreciated eight
Speaker 2: six six nine eight seven two five seventy. You know,
Speaker 2: Fox Sports panned into the Padres dugout. They look like
Speaker 2: the bully that got punched in the mouth when you
Speaker 2: stand up to a bully. They backed down and they
Speaker 2: were a lot of talk, a lot of emotion, and
Speaker 2: rightfully so they were. They are a very emotional team.
Speaker 2: But they were in their own head. They knew they
Speaker 2: hadn't scored. They knew they were underwater with their offense.
Speaker 2: They hadn't scored since the second inning of Game three.
Speaker 2: You don't believe they were asked about that. It was
Speaker 2: in their head. And then you see Fernando Tatis Junior
Speaker 2: hiding in the dugout.
Speaker 3: You know he wasn't top step in it.
Speaker 2: And it was only a one nothing game at that
Speaker 2: point in time when I saw Fox up pan to him. So,
Speaker 2: you know, I just feel like they quit. One guy
Speaker 2: that did not quit all series long and is not
Speaker 2: going to quit all October is the guy with the
Speaker 2: severe sprained right ankle, Freddie Freeman, who started four of
Speaker 2: these five games and was not just out there, he
Speaker 2: was contributing in a big way. In his presence in
Speaker 2: the lineup was huge. If you had to say one
Speaker 2: Dodger inspired the rest of the team, Freddie Freeman would
Speaker 2: be at the top of that list.
Speaker 3: Here was Freddy in the clubhouse.
Speaker 2: Oh here, he is one of the most inspirational players
Speaker 2: this season in Major League Baseball. Everything Freddie Freeman has
Speaker 2: gone through with the right middle finger, the right ankle,
Speaker 2: and of course everything that you fought and Max Freeman
Speaker 2: had fought through Freddie.
Speaker 3: How sweet is it?
Speaker 18: Yeah, that's pretty sweet. I appreciate that.
Speaker 5: Now.
Speaker 18: Obviously it's been long a few months for our.
Speaker 23: Family, but give it like I did. After the Game
Speaker 23: of Love day we had a neurology appointment. Max was
Speaker 23: just really excited about his progress.
Speaker 18: So things are going really well.
Speaker 23: And to come out here the next day and much
Speaker 23: of the series.
Speaker 18: Uh, pretty such.
Speaker 2: There wasn't much doubt you were going to find a
Speaker 2: way to play tonight, right, Yeah.
Speaker 23: I mean it was a little touch and go for
Speaker 23: a second. I had trouble covering first base and my
Speaker 23: pregame warmups.
Speaker 18: That was my last little hurdle.
Speaker 23: So after that, I actually went into the bull fen
Speaker 23: and practice trying to cover the base like in different ways,
Speaker 23: and I was able to find.
Speaker 18: A route and a placement on my foot.
Speaker 23: And after that, I walked straight to the doc's office,
Speaker 23: said I can go so about Brown, but probably three thirty.
Speaker 18: I was for sure in this movie.
Speaker 2: This was all organic. This is who you are. Could
Speaker 2: you feel like you inspired your team?
Speaker 23: I don't know, you know, I just I wanted to
Speaker 23: be out there in this situation with them.
Speaker 18: They gave me the opportunity to be able to get
Speaker 18: back at.
Speaker 23: For Game five. In game four after the heck of
Speaker 23: a game they played. You know, I really fought hard
Speaker 23: yesterday and the off day with the treatment and trying
Speaker 23: to get it to a spot where I could play.
Speaker 23: It's it's hard. It seems to not be going down
Speaker 23: to get more and more scrolling as I play on it,
Speaker 23: which is kind of to be expected, but I'm just
Speaker 23: appreciated being able to let me go out there and
Speaker 23: playing a game.
Speaker 18: Five and able to at least contribute today.
Speaker 2: Freddie, you've been part of the last two years of disappointment.
Speaker 2: How sweet is this for you and the rest of
Speaker 2: the group of guys that were able to come through.
Speaker 23: Yeah, I mean when you get into the situation, you
Speaker 23: really can't think about the last couple years. You've just
Speaker 23: got to focus on now. And I think we did
Speaker 23: a really good job of that. A lot of new
Speaker 23: guys that weren't a part of those two disappointments, so
Speaker 23: no reason for the guys that I've been around to
Speaker 23: put that on them either.
Speaker 18: So I thought we did a really good job.
Speaker 23: I mean, all this in star our bullpen and our
Speaker 23: pitching staff twenty four went straight endings, absolutely incredible, just
Speaker 23: been in a big first step for us.
Speaker 2: How big was your bullpen? And when did this series turn?
Speaker 2: Was it Walker Buehler hanging in there for five? Was
Speaker 2: it tails Grand Slam?
Speaker 12: I don't know.
Speaker 18: I think you can point pin point to a lot
Speaker 18: of things.
Speaker 23: I thought, just how we came out in Game four,
Speaker 23: I'm right off the bat, Mookie getting.
Speaker 18: Going even though we lost in Game three, seeing who
Speaker 18: could get that Homer, I think that was huge for him.
Speaker 23: Just there's so many things we could pinpoint to what
Speaker 23: potentially could have turned this series. I just thought the
Speaker 23: energy in our game we played in Game four was
Speaker 23: absolutely mad, just magnificent.
Speaker 18: So just overall leave the last two. The fights that
Speaker 18: we put up the last couple of games was awesome.
Speaker 2: There's Freddy Freeman and you'll be able to hear all
Speaker 2: of our postgame interviews on the iHeartRadio app when we
Speaker 2: sign off ta Oscar Hernandez, Mookie Bets, Freddie Freeman, Key
Speaker 2: k Hernandez oh Man. It was Max Munsey and Miguel
Speaker 2: Rojas and Brent Honeywell that got us the best while
Speaker 2: we were doing that interview. It's already gone viral, so
Speaker 2: I'm sure you've seen it. But I just can't thank
Speaker 2: those guys enough for being as inclusive with me as
Speaker 2: they are.
Speaker 3: It's really special.
Speaker 2: And look, I wouldn't have said and wouldn't have been
Speaker 2: as strong about having Key k Hernandez being in the
Speaker 2: starting lineup if I didn't believe it. And I'm just happy, David,
Speaker 2: I don't make the line they don't listen to me.
Speaker 2: It was apparent they needed key Hernandez in this lineup,
Speaker 2: and hopefully it continues the rest of the way. Eight six, six, nine,
Speaker 2: eight seven, two five seventy is the phone number. And
Speaker 2: Walker Bueler. I know he gave up six runs in
Speaker 2: that Game three, but him throwing that cooler meant a
Speaker 2: lot from what I was told as far as just
Speaker 2: setting the tone for the rest of the series for
Speaker 2: the team and really helping the Dodgers be able to
Speaker 2: set up that bullpen game in Game four. But you know,
Speaker 2: I'm sure he wants to pitch better than giving up
Speaker 2: six runs when he makes his start in the NLCS,
Speaker 2: and I have no doubts he will. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to the desert, Eric, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 3: How you doing?
Speaker 21: Eric DV Thank you for taking my call as the
Speaker 21: unofficial president of the Arizona Dodgers Fan Club. I just
Speaker 21: want to say thank you for being positive about the
Speaker 21: Dodgers' chances for game because, to be honest with you, Dave,
Speaker 21: me and my buddy right here, my childhood friend and
Speaker 21: our kids, we weren't very positive about what was happening,
Speaker 21: but it was so fresh to see them do shut
Speaker 21: them down with a pitching shut them down with a bullpen,
Speaker 21: and just take the win overall, and we're excited about
Speaker 21: what's gonna happen with the NLCS. I'm moving forward, David.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it should be electric.
Speaker 2: Eric. Can you imagine a Dodgers Yankees world series? I
Speaker 2: know that's way far ahead, but Dodgers Mets will be electric.
Speaker 2: But everybody is anticipating the Dodgers and Yankees finding a
Speaker 2: way to get through their championship series and play each other.
Speaker 21: And that's what I'm hoping for, supposed to get through
Speaker 21: the meds and to ultimately play the Yankees in a
Speaker 21: world series that is the ultimate matchup, and it.
Speaker 2: Would be epic. It would be epic. I think Andre
Speaker 2: Ethier might be the captain of the Dodgers fan club
Speaker 2: in Phoenix. But you're the chare eight six six two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. The Dodgers are headed
Speaker 2: to the NLCS. We are live at Dodgers Stadium until
Speaker 2: the top of the hour with Dodger Talk and you
Speaker 2: can podcast the show on the iHeartRadio app and listen
Speaker 2: and livestream games on the iHeartRadio app as well. Let's
Speaker 2: go out to Glaselle Park. Steven, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: How are you doing, Steven.
Speaker 8: David, Let me touch my couple of points real fast
Speaker 8: so you don't get tired of me. Okay, Idea, First
Speaker 8: of all, this victory was so sweet. I think it
Speaker 8: has driven my blood sugar up to where I'm gonna
Speaker 8: have to take another shot. But so I want to
Speaker 8: just touch on Tommy Edmonds, which because I totally agree
Speaker 8: with what you said, which is absolutely the case with
Speaker 8: the Dodgers being a big stick team. But I did
Speaker 8: take note when Tommy was signed. I think you may
Speaker 8: have interviewed him, and I noticed his excitement to come
Speaker 8: on board with the Dodgers, and I think he's has
Speaker 8: mighted three or four times since he's been with a club.
Speaker 2: For he's a smart baseball player. He understands the situation
Speaker 2: and he executes it. And thank you for the phone call, Steven. Yeah,
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund, you know what Andrew Friedman did at the
Speaker 2: trade deadline has played has paid huge dividends, not only
Speaker 2: the second half of the season, but already in the postseason.
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund being versatile enough to start in center field
Speaker 2: and move into shortstop when was needed. Also, Michael Kopek.
Speaker 2: Where would the Dodgers be without Michael Kopek. He was
Speaker 2: dominant in this series. He's been dominant ever since the
Speaker 2: Dodgers acquired him. And Jack Flarerity, Jack Flarity. Where would
Speaker 2: the Rodgers b without another starting pitcher the caliber of
Speaker 2: Jack Flaherty. So you have to give a lot of
Speaker 2: credit to Andrew Friedman for being able to acquire those
Speaker 2: guys and really help the Dodgers get past the finish
Speaker 2: line and also help them out in this situation to
Speaker 2: give them reinforcements for a postseason run. Eight six, six, nine, seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. It wouldn't be
Speaker 2: a clinching series show without the ultimate la Man. Whenever
Speaker 2: the bright lights are there, he finds a way to
Speaker 2: shine as well. Our very own Victor Brig Jacob wants
Speaker 2: to chime in from Parts unknown, Vic, what a game,
Speaker 2: what a series for the azoul.
Speaker 24: Bless you, David Vassy and Dodger fans.
Speaker 8: That's feeling you see say play day.
Speaker 24: Yes they can remember the so called experts. We'll pick
Speaker 24: in the San Diego Padres underres. The mue local fury
Speaker 24: of this Dodger club. AZUL imposed their will and dv
Speaker 24: We both nailed it. We both predicted Azul and five.
Speaker 24: You picked brothers, You.
Speaker 3: Picked the Dodgers. That's shocking.
Speaker 24: It's a different vibe on this club. The fighting Hernandez Brothers,
Speaker 24: Los hamonos Lo, Los Hermonas, Los Brothers, Kik and Taasca
Speaker 24: going deep on Darvish Yamamoto five scoreless, fueled by my
Speaker 24: beloved bride, You go Sakamoto. She believes in Yoshi. Before
Speaker 24: the game, she sent her crazy energy to Yamamoto tonight.
Speaker 24: Is he a bargain at three hundred and twenty five
Speaker 24: million dollars? Yes, he is another bargain for Andrew Friedman.
Speaker 24: Yammoto was just unbelievable tonight. Who know he would step
Speaker 24: up like this? But again with his countrymen, Hugh Darvish,
Speaker 24: he was electric. His stuff was untouchable. And the bullpen.
Speaker 24: Your MVPs of this NLDS is a bullpen. Twenty six
Speaker 24: straight scoreless innings. That's mind blowing stuff. Phillips the five outs,
Speaker 24: Vesia comes in Strike South, Meryl Copeck, the Furious eighth Blake,
Speaker 24: Trina the ultimate save. Darvish. He pitched deep, but he
Speaker 24: couldn't stop kick, and he couldn't stop the way of
Speaker 24: Tay Taoscar did this and I wanted to say, they
Speaker 24: couldn't stop you, David By say in the postgame locker
Speaker 24: room your finest work. Ever, how you came back after
Speaker 24: getting soaked and really you were reeling from the champagne,
Speaker 24: and you came back and you still got the interviews
Speaker 24: and there was unbelievable with you were with ta Oscar
Speaker 24: and you said can I touch your beard? And he
Speaker 24: said yes, and it was magical. And then with Loki
Speaker 24: you touched his beard.
Speaker 8: It was magical.
Speaker 2: Thank you min.
Speaker 24: We just told Mok it was so love had Dodge
Speaker 24: you said to Mookie, you're looking at yourself in the mirror.
Speaker 8: You were pumping up Mookie.
Speaker 24: Don't sell yourself short, David, I say, your energy permeates
Speaker 24: this ball club, Dodgers fans, Dodgers in six over the
Speaker 24: amazing mets.
Speaker 2: I feeling you, feeling you, Victor Brick.
Speaker 3: I am pumped up.
Speaker 2: I'm ready for Game one of the NLCS right now.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Victor Brick for all the love.
Speaker 2: The Corazone The Passion eight sixty six seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. Dodgers are headed to the NLCS.
Speaker 2: Victor Brick is pumped, LA is pumped LA New York.
Speaker 2: You couldn't ask for anything more. Let's go out to Corona, Jason.
Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Jason, Let's see
Speaker 2: you follow that up.
Speaker 15: Hey, Dave, I cannot follow Victor Brick, you know. To
Speaker 15: tell you the truth, I'm insulted that we didn't get
Speaker 15: a Dodgers playoff. Haikup, we didn't get that. But it's
Speaker 15: great to hear Vic. And you know, I got to
Speaker 15: tell you this is a gritty Dodger team. It's a
Speaker 15: different Dodger team than in years past. And what I
Speaker 15: wanted to tell you was how I thought the turnaround
Speaker 15: of this series was the bullpen game. We always shake
Speaker 15: our heads, oh god, a bullpen game, But you know what,
Speaker 15: the Dodgers' bullpen is so deep and so good, keeping
Speaker 15: the padres off their feet, keeping the timing off, just
Speaker 15: mowing them down one after another, generating out after out.
Speaker 15: I almost thought we should have gone into a bullpen
Speaker 15: game tonight. Of course, I'm glad it turned out the
Speaker 15: way it did, But what did you think of that?
Speaker 2: Well, no, I wasn't buying that because it's hard to
Speaker 2: duplicate what the Dodgers did in Game four. Even the
Speaker 2: Dodgers realized that you needed a solid start from Yamamoto,
Speaker 2: and also the residual effect of all that is you
Speaker 2: were able to get five innings out of your starter.
Speaker 2: So now with one day off before game one of
Speaker 2: the NLCS, that vaunted bullpen you're describing is ready to
Speaker 2: go for the NLCS. Thanks for the phone call, Jason.
Speaker 2: We did get word about Alex Vesia, who had to
Speaker 2: come out of this game as he was warming up
Speaker 2: for the seventh inning when Michael Kopek had to come
Speaker 2: in and face Jackson Merrill right there.
Speaker 3: Actually it was in the eighth inning.
Speaker 2: As Vessia was warming up to come back out for
Speaker 2: the eighth inning, boguards per Alta and Croninworth were due
Speaker 2: up and Vesia called the trainer out and Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: out had to leave the game. Alex Vessia told reporters
Speaker 2: after the game he felt cramping on his right side
Speaker 2: and that's why he called out the trainer. So that's
Speaker 2: good news that it's not more severe than cramping. Michael
Speaker 2: Kopek then had to come in, got as much time
Speaker 2: as he needed to warm up because of an injury,
Speaker 2: and was able to retire Boguard's Peralta and Croninworth in order,
Speaker 2: striking out Jay Croninworth, who was a Dodger killer.
Speaker 3: By the way, during the.
Speaker 2: Regular season, Croninworth had like a five forty five batting
Speaker 2: average against the Dodgers in the regular season. He was
Speaker 2: a non factor in this series. Eight six, six, nine,
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. We'll take
Speaker 2: a couple of more calls before we say good night.
Speaker 2: I have to take this phone call because this Dodger
Speaker 2: fan only calls when the Dodgers lose. So this is
Speaker 2: a monumental phone call from Ken in Newport Beach. How
Speaker 2: you doing, Ken, I'm glad the phone worked on a
Speaker 2: night like time.
Speaker 12: I'm doing so good. You know I'm not the cigar
Speaker 12: store with a bunch of Padre fans. I will say
Speaker 12: that the plan that the front office, Dave Roberts had
Speaker 12: was one of the best plan's, most flawless plans I've
Speaker 12: ever seen.
Speaker 25: They plan who was going to go in each inning
Speaker 25: both the last game and again. It was flawless and amazing.
Speaker 25: And I'll tell you what my dream, because I grew
Speaker 25: up in New Jersey is to have a Dodger Yankee
Speaker 25: World Series. It will be the highest rated World Series
Speaker 25: of all time. And the way this pitching staff is
Speaker 25: and when you realize that Dodgers just beat one of
Speaker 25: the best teams in the second half of the season,
Speaker 25: the Padres, and they didn't get very much out of
Speaker 25: Otammi who at two eleven with ten strikeouts.
Speaker 12: It's amazing, amazing that they won this. And I put
Speaker 12: it on the Dave Roberts, the front office and the
Speaker 12: pitching coaches.
Speaker 2: Wait a minute, hold on, let me just make sure
Speaker 2: I heard that correctly. Are you actually complimenting Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: and Andrew Friedman?
Speaker 5: I certainly am, And I wow.
Speaker 2: Now I know the Dodgers are going to the World Series.
Speaker 12: Well, like I said, it was flawless, and they put
Speaker 12: them together and they deserve this victory and we are
Speaker 12: going to beat the Bets. And it's gonna be Yankees
Speaker 12: and Dodgers. My dreams since I was six years old,
Speaker 12: that would be amazing.
Speaker 2: Ken, Thanks for calling in appreciate it. We'll talk to
Speaker 2: you during the NLCS. We're gonna close out this show
Speaker 2: with Mookie Betts. We caught up with Mookie Bets, who
Speaker 2: got a lot of criticism for going for eight to
Speaker 2: start this NLDS, and he showed up in a big
Speaker 2: way to help the Dodgers come from behind in this
Speaker 2: series and win in five home runs in the first
Speaker 2: innings in Game three and Game four. Obviously the Dodgers
Speaker 2: came up a little short in Game three, but they
Speaker 2: fought and really sent a message to each other. And
Speaker 2: then Game four really set the tone to quiet pet
Speaker 2: Goo Park in that first inning hitting that home run.
Speaker 2: Here was Mooki after tonight's win.
Speaker 3: Hey, I reminded you.
Speaker 2: It was the season of Mookie Bets and here he
Speaker 2: is going to the NLCS again.
Speaker 3: How sweet is this, Bookie?
Speaker 18: It's great.
Speaker 26: Finally I got that monkey off our back, getting past
Speaker 26: the first step, and you know we got enough that
Speaker 26: tough challenge coming ahead of us.
Speaker 3: I'm I will enjoyed tonight for sure.
Speaker 2: You silenced a lot of critics the last three games
Speaker 2: of this series. Did you have to remind yourself you
Speaker 2: were Bookie Beds.
Speaker 26: I mean I didn't do it myself, but my teammates
Speaker 26: they really reminded me, really put a lot of confidence
Speaker 26: in me.
Speaker 18: I was down, man, I was down.
Speaker 26: I really, uh you know, I just want to help
Speaker 26: the team win and I know, uh am, I gonna
Speaker 26: do a little something I can help and it's gonna
Speaker 26: take I know it's gonna take.
Speaker 5: All of us.
Speaker 26: But the boys really did a great job and putting
Speaker 26: some more confidence in me. And I mean they really,
Speaker 26: they did all the work.
Speaker 21: I was just kind of.
Speaker 2: Hear when you say they whenever you do something big,
Speaker 2: home run, extra base head, you always give the love
Speaker 2: to the bullpen.
Speaker 3: How much love are you giving the bullpen tonight?
Speaker 2: I mean all of it?
Speaker 26: You know, they pretty much shut him down for about
Speaker 26: like what twenty innings or so twenty six innings. I mean,
Speaker 26: you can't really ask for anything better than that. I mean,
Speaker 26: I'm not, by no means wasn't easy, but they didn't
Speaker 26: make it that tough for us. So you know, we
Speaker 26: know again we got another series and that'll be tough,
Speaker 26: but I'm sure those boys will be.
Speaker 18: Ready to go.
Speaker 2: Bookie, before I let you go, your big brother, the
Speaker 2: guy that you ride and die with, Freddy Freeman, how
Speaker 2: much from an inspiration has he been to the entire team.
Speaker 26: I mean, you know, I think we uh it goes unnoticed,
Speaker 26: He goes unnoticed by everyone, but but on the outside
Speaker 26: because people don't know what Freddy goes through.
Speaker 5: But on the.
Speaker 26: Inside, we know how hard he fights, we know what
Speaker 26: he's going through, and we.
Speaker 18: Know how much he wants to win.
Speaker 26: And I can't really ask for a better leader, a
Speaker 26: better teammate, a better person than than Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 3: At all, I would include Mookie Bets.
Speaker 2: You are Mookie Bets and I can't wait to see
Speaker 2: Game one of the nlc us on Sunday. Mookie, thanks
Speaker 2: a lot and.
Speaker 3: Always great to see that smile.
Speaker 18: Thank you guys there.
Speaker 2: He is Mookie Betts, great guy and for those that
Speaker 2: think he doesn't care, couldn't be more wrong. This guy
Speaker 2: did everything in his power to try to get back
Speaker 2: on track. And I love that he fueled all the
Speaker 2: critics out there to really motivate him. And I'm not
Speaker 2: saying it's a bad thing. Look, Boston, New York get
Speaker 2: on their athletes, and those guys understand what the standard
Speaker 2: is and they usually respond.
Speaker 3: Mookie's no stranger to all that.
Speaker 2: And look, I think it's great when La sports fans
Speaker 2: hold their athletes accountable, and he responded. He responded to
Speaker 2: all those critics. I don't think anybody can question Mookie Bets,
Speaker 2: his determination, his desire to win. He's been telling me
Speaker 2: since spring training about redemption, wanting redemption, wanting to win
Speaker 2: another World Series ring after the way the last couple
Speaker 2: of years have gone down. And he certainly made a
Speaker 2: statement in this series, and so did the Dodgers. They
Speaker 2: have that text chain going on similar to the way
Speaker 2: they had it in twenty twenty.
Speaker 3: That's a big deal. These days.
Speaker 2: It's a big deal to remind each other to keep
Speaker 2: the confidence high, and certainly it paid off for each
Speaker 2: for this Dodger team to hold each other accountable and
Speaker 2: not let any one of those guys just say, you
Speaker 2: know what, it's over. We're down two to one, it's over,
Speaker 2: we're down six to one, it's over. In years in
Speaker 2: the last two years they may have done that. Not
Speaker 2: this year, and even more special to get some payback
Speaker 2: on those padres that knock Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman
Speaker 2: and that team out of the postseason in twenty twenty two.
Speaker 2: So congratulations to all those guys, and certainly was a
Speaker 2: pleasure to watch them do their thing in five games,
Speaker 2: and certainly looking forward to the Dodgers taking down the
Speaker 2: Mets in the NLCS. I don't know why the Mets
Speaker 2: have been able to ride this magic carpet ride for
Speaker 2: as long as they have, but I feel like that
Speaker 2: dream is going to be ended in the NLCS by
Speaker 2: the Dodgers. But the Dodgers have got to show up
Speaker 2: and not take them lightly and not let down after
Speaker 2: an emotional series against the Padres. It kind of reminds
Speaker 2: me of the way the Dodgers were so emotional fighting
Speaker 2: the Giants going down the stretch in the twenty one
Speaker 2: regular season, playing the Giants beating them in a five
Speaker 2: game series, and they were physically and emotionally beat up.
Speaker 2: I will say the Dodgers have come out of this
Speaker 2: series a little bit cleaner than they did in that
Speaker 2: five game series against the Giants where the Braves just
Speaker 2: rolled over them. It feels different this year, and it
Speaker 2: feels like the Dodgers match up really well against the Mets.
Speaker 2: So looking forward to this series a seven game series,
Speaker 2: I'm picking Dodgers in five. Game one of the NLCS
Speaker 2: is Sunday at five point fifteen. Our coverage begins at
Speaker 2: four o'clock from Dodgers Stadium. Want to say thanks to
Speaker 2: Colin Yee back at our Burbank studios and his little
Speaker 2: cousin Willie is listening tonight, a big Dodger fan, so
Speaker 2: happy the Dodgers. Put a smile on your face, Cousin
Speaker 2: Willie and everybody else out there in La I felt it.
Speaker 2: The whole city was behind this team tonight. And look again,
Speaker 2: you have to give the Dodgers credit. They're a really
Speaker 2: good team. The Padres are a good team, yes, But
Speaker 2: for anybody to be nervous about this game, it only
Speaker 2: came down to what Yamamoto could do for the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: and he passed with flying colors, pitching five scoreless innings.
Speaker 2: So tip of the cap to Yamamoto. Also tip of
Speaker 2: the cat to Dwayne McDonald, who did an outstanding job
Speaker 2: again tonight during the celebration, during the broadcast and sticking
Speaker 2: with us through Dodger Talk. Thank you, Dwayne, and thank
Speaker 2: you for listening. Love the passion out there. If you
Speaker 2: want to relive tonight, you can do it on the
Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app. That's also where you can find all of
Speaker 2: the clubhouse celebration interviews. That'll do it for us tonight.
Speaker 2: We will talk to you Sunday when the Dodgers and
Speaker 2: Mets will square off to decide who will go to
Speaker 2: the World Series from the National League. Tonight, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: were victorious, shutting out the Padres two to nothing behind
Speaker 2: two solo home runs from Keike Hernandez, t Oscar Hernandez,
Speaker 2: the bullpen, Yamamoto, and you. We will talk to you
Speaker 2: on Sunday NLCS Game one. Dodgers Mets around the corner.
Speaker 2: Stay hot. We'll talk to you Sunday. See yas