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Speaker 1: David Vasse.
Speaker 2: We are live at Lone Depot Park in Miami where
Speaker 2: the Marlins defeat the Dodgers by a final score of
Speaker 2: eleven to nine. David Vaz say with you until the
Speaker 2: top of the hour on Dodger Talk. After the Dodgers
Speaker 2: played very sloppy defense in the first four innings of
Speaker 2: this game to give extra outs to the Marlins and
Speaker 2: somewhat stunning that the team with one of the worst
Speaker 2: offenses in all of Major League Baseball. In fact, the
Speaker 2: Marlins are the second worst run scoring team in baseball
Speaker 2: with the second worst team ops in baseball, and they
Speaker 2: put an eleventh spot on the Dodger pitching staff tonight.
Speaker 2: In the first inning, I thought Gavin Lux made a
Speaker 2: poor play. The Dodgers could have got it out there.
Speaker 2: Max Munsey, instead of tagging the runner that was going
Speaker 2: to third, tried to turn a double play that was
Speaker 2: a misqueue. In the fourth inning to Oscar Hernandez in
Speaker 2: left field, let a ball go off his glove that
Speaker 2: he should have caught routine fly ball from Connor Norby
Speaker 2: and combined with Bobby Ice melting in Miami, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: got beat up by the Marlins eleven to nine, and
Speaker 2: the Padres now are as close as they have been
Speaker 2: to the Dodgers in the NL West in the last
Speaker 2: three weeks.
Speaker 3: The Padres are three games back.
Speaker 2: Currently, they are hosting the Houston Astros in San Diego,
Speaker 2: so we'll give you updates on that game as things
Speaker 2: go along. Right now, they are scoreless in the top
Speaker 2: of the fourth inning at Peco Park between the Dodgers
Speaker 2: and Astros. It would be a huge win for the
Speaker 2: Astros to help the Dodgers out tonight because after winning
Speaker 2: those last two games in Atlanta, you would believe the
Speaker 2: Dodgers were going to come to Miami and carry that momentum.
Speaker 2: And unfortunately they just woke up too late in this
Speaker 2: game and they got a poor pitching for performance from
Speaker 2: Bobby Miller. Look, I still believe in Bobby Miller. I
Speaker 2: believe Bobby Miller is going to have a really good
Speaker 2: major league career, but there are no ways around it.
Speaker 2: It's a lost season at this point in time. For
Speaker 2: Bobby Miller, he's battled injuries and he is trying to
Speaker 2: pitch through a left knee issue that, no matter how
Speaker 2: much he says, isn't bothering him anymore. You have to
Speaker 2: believe it's affecting everything right now because you can't go
Speaker 2: from the guy we saw last year to this version
Speaker 2: of Bob Miller if there is not a physical ailment.
Speaker 2: And now not only is it physical, it's mental. You
Speaker 2: see a guy out there that's a shell of himself mentally.
Speaker 2: His confidence is not where we saw it last year.
Speaker 2: Where is the guy that was shouting down and staring
Speaker 2: down Ronald Acunya Junior. You don't see that guy. I
Speaker 2: haven't seen that guy all year long, and that just
Speaker 2: makes me believe he doesn't have confidence or conviction in
Speaker 2: what he's throwing, which is super disappointing. Let's head downstairs
Speaker 2: right now to hear from Bobby Miller on sports and
Speaker 2: at LA.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean the main thing was just working behind
Speaker 4: hitters today. I mean, yeah, I finally cut the ball
Speaker 4: inside the ballpark, but I mean the downside, I mean
Speaker 4: two innings and a lot of pitches. I mean, the
Speaker 4: main goal today was keep the ball down and keep
Speaker 4: the ball on the ground, which I did for the
Speaker 4: most part. But you know, it was just finding gaps
Speaker 4: out there. So you know, at the end of the day,
Speaker 4: I was just falling behind accounts. That's really just the
Speaker 4: main thing. And I didn't have my best pitch working
Speaker 4: for me to change up. Yeah, I was leaning a
Speaker 4: lot more on the two seamer today. I thought that
Speaker 4: was working out pretty well, getting a lot more ground balls,
Speaker 4: But yeah, I was finding gaps and working behind the counts.
Speaker 1: No, Mark Cryer was out there kind of chatting with you.
Speaker 1: What was the conversation just amongst you guys, whether it
Speaker 1: was to find ways to settle you down or just
Speaker 1: kind of get out of some traffic.
Speaker 4: Yeah, just talking about some sequencing. There's a couple of
Speaker 4: bad sequencing on my part, a couple of bad pitches
Speaker 4: that I shook to that I shouldn't have. But yeah,
Speaker 4: I mean they hit a couple of really good pitches
Speaker 4: as well. You know, Sanchez had a really good change
Speaker 4: up that I couldn't have executed any better. It was
Speaker 4: double down the line that threw above the strikes home.
Speaker 4: But I mean, at the end of the day, they
Speaker 4: were looking for a heater and it's pretty easy hit
Speaker 4: of hitter when you're looking for it, and Amander Lager
Speaker 4: can really do that. But yeah, at the end of
Speaker 4: the day, it's just you're not gonna have much success
Speaker 4: when you're working behind in the count.
Speaker 2: There's Bobby Miller on sports Net LA and look, that's
Speaker 2: not a good outing when you're working behind in the count.
Speaker 2: That's not good when you're throwing ball one instead of
Speaker 2: strike one. And also these pitchers, these Dodger pitchers, like
Speaker 2: Bobby Miller, they're throwing way too many pitches. And instead
Speaker 2: of Dodger infielders and outfielders being on their toes, they're
Speaker 2: on their heels because they're pitchers for the most part,
Speaker 2: guys like on nights like Bobby Miller's night, he's not
Speaker 2: throwing strikes and that's not conducive to anything on the field.
Speaker 2: And he put the Dodger bullpen in a bad spot again,
Speaker 2: not only tonight, but you need a good start from
Speaker 2: Landon Nack tomorrow because the Dodgers use quite a bit
Speaker 2: of their relievers tonight, even some guys that you would
Speaker 2: use with a lead, guys like Bruce dar Graderol Alex Vesia,
Speaker 2: Ryan Brasier, Michael Grove.
Speaker 3: And Daniel Hudson came in.
Speaker 2: And speaking of Daniel Hudson, he was taking this loss
Speaker 2: pretty hard because he gave up a two run home
Speaker 2: run in the eighth inning to Jake Berger, and with
Speaker 2: the Dodgers rallying in the top of the ninth inning
Speaker 2: scoring two of their own, that was the difference between
Speaker 2: the Dodgers sending this into extra innings and losing by
Speaker 2: two runs at the end of the game. This game
Speaker 2: was to me, the Dodgers gave this game away in
Speaker 2: the first four innings with the way they play defense
Speaker 2: and Bobby Miller only going two innings. But Daniel Hudson
Speaker 2: was seen in the Dodger dugout once it emptied in solitude,
Speaker 2: just obviously thinking about the pitch that he made to
Speaker 2: Jake Berger that Berger hit to center field for a
Speaker 2: two run home run which gave the Marlins a four
Speaker 2: run lead going into the ninth inning. And Berger, by
Speaker 2: the way, has certainly been an issue for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: In only fifteen career games against the Dodgers, Berger has
Speaker 2: eight home runs eight six, six, two five. Seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number you'll hear from Clayton Kershaw and Gavin
Speaker 2: Stone in a moment.
Speaker 3: But we want to get out.
Speaker 2: To you and uh, let's not overreact too much over
Speaker 2: this loss.
Speaker 3: Let's go out to Rancho Kuckamonga. Michael, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 5: How you doing, Michael, Hey, dB doing great?
Speaker 3: Thank you for one to put pressed.
Speaker 5: He sounds impressed, No, not depressed again. You know once again,
Speaker 5: you and Mona took all my talking points but pretty
Speaker 5: much touched on everything that I was going to ask.
Speaker 5: You know, if if it would make sense to uh
Speaker 5: bring up one of our younger guys and and said
Speaker 5: Bobby Miller, given that we got you know, eleven games
Speaker 5: left in the season. Uh, you know, unfortunately, like you said,
Speaker 5: you know, he just he just doesn't have it. You know,
Speaker 5: doesn't make much sense to run him out there again.
Speaker 5: You know, our pennis packs, we can see that, you
Speaker 5: know a lot of the guys that are high leverage
Speaker 5: guys quote unquote you know, just didn't perform well today.
Speaker 5: But you know the amount of innings that they've been
Speaker 5: pitching as a unit has been a lot lately, and
Speaker 5: just the mental errors, you know, the mental mistakes. I know,
Speaker 5: you know, Lux had a you know, a mental mistake.
Speaker 5: I think are a few in the Atlantic Series. So
Speaker 5: just you know you are on the Dodgers a lot.
Speaker 5: What do you think the mindset is with our defense
Speaker 5: and the attention to detail that's needed headed into the playoffs,
Speaker 5: given that we have only eleven games left, So just
Speaker 5: wanted to get your opinion on that.
Speaker 3: Well.
Speaker 2: I think part of it is the pitchers, Michael, I
Speaker 2: mean the Dodger defense. Ever since Mookie Betts came back
Speaker 2: and they acquired Tommy Edmond and he's been playing.
Speaker 3: It's been solid.
Speaker 2: But these pitchers are throwing way too many pitches and
Speaker 2: innings and they're not throwing strikes. So the guys are
Speaker 2: on their heels and not on their toes. It's not
Speaker 2: an excuse, but that does happen. The Dodgers need strike throwers,
Speaker 2: They need their pitchers to throw strikes. They need quicker
Speaker 2: innings because we have seen longer innings with a lot
Speaker 2: of pitches being thrown in those innings. So if the
Speaker 2: Dodger pitchers can help themselves, it will help the defense
Speaker 2: behind them as well.
Speaker 3: Thanks for the phone call.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number.
Speaker 3: Let's go out to Burbank.
Speaker 2: Andrew, You're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse live from Miami.
Speaker 6: Hi Andrew, Hi, Dave. How you doing tonight Beside the loss?
Speaker 3: I'm doing all right. It's an exciting season.
Speaker 2: I mean, the Dodgers have put on a great show
Speaker 2: this summer, but obviously it's a little bit of nervous
Speaker 2: time with a Division race as close as it's been
Speaker 2: for the first time in three weeks.
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, I agree. I agree, And you know that
Speaker 6: that leads me to my question, you know, I mean,
Speaker 6: whether or not we see Bobby Miller again. You know
Speaker 6: that's out of my hands. I agree with you and Jose.
Speaker 6: I don't think there's any need for the Dodgers to
Speaker 6: run him out there again. But whether or not starting
Speaker 6: pitching being what it is, I'm just curious. How confident
Speaker 6: are you now that the Dodgers do win the Division?
Speaker 6: I mean, the Padres are playing great ball down South
Speaker 6: right now. As much as I hate to admit it,
Speaker 6: but they are. And then we got this series coming
Speaker 6: up with them where they look hungry, and frankly, we
Speaker 6: look defeated and tired.
Speaker 2: I wouldn't say that on certain nights like tonight. It
Speaker 2: looks that way, but the Padres, there is no disputing this, Andrew.
Speaker 2: The Padres are playing the best baseball of their season.
Speaker 2: They got you Darvish back, they acquired ten Or Scott
Speaker 2: from the Marlins, and they got Fernando Tatist Junior back
Speaker 2: along with the guys they already had. So they are hungry.
Speaker 2: They are playing with an edge, and the Dodgers are
Speaker 2: going to have to match that intensity next week because
Speaker 2: you know, the Padres play with a lot of emotion
Speaker 2: against the Dodgers anyway, and the Dodgers have got to
Speaker 2: be up to match that to a certain extent next
Speaker 2: week at Dodgers Stadium. But hopefully between now and then,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers can get help from other teams to give
Speaker 2: them a little bit of a wider lead in the division,
Speaker 2: starting tonight with Houston.
Speaker 6: That's that's such an uneasy feeling, though, when your face
Speaker 6: is in your own hands like that, you know, I
Speaker 6: prefer if you know, the Dodgers could just win and
Speaker 6: you know, put it to bed themselves.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they they control their own destiny. They're not trailing
Speaker 2: the Padres. The Padres are trailing the Dodgers. And the
Speaker 2: calendar's working against the Padres. And right now I got
Speaker 2: good news for you. The Astros went up to nothing
Speaker 2: in the fourth inning. So and if the Dodgers, uh yeah,
Speaker 2: that might tonight might be a mulligan and a blown
Speaker 2: opportunity for the Padres. And trust me, that puts more
Speaker 2: pressure on them considering they're the ones trailing the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Thanks for the phone call, appreciate it. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to David in La. You're on Dodger Talk Live from Miami.
Speaker 7: Hi, David, Hey, Dave, pleasures be speaking with you today.
Speaker 8: So the story rotation is very very there bones at
Speaker 8: the moment, and we don't have a break glass in
Speaker 8: case of emergency type starter anymore. You could probably argue
Speaker 8: about Rob Levski, but you know, we've heard, we've seen
Speaker 8: his his stuff up here, and he's just not ready.
Speaker 8: And there was a break glass in case of emergency
Speaker 8: kind of guy would be landing that, but he's already here.
Speaker 8: So I hope you forgive me for being a little
Speaker 8: a little crazy out here. Please know that I'm being
Speaker 8: a little facetious here. But how about we put up
Speaker 8: the bat signal, you know, we we call up you know,
Speaker 8: one Richard Joseph Hill, see what he's doing.
Speaker 7: He got de ustared by the Red Sox.
Speaker 8: Let's see if he wants to you know, like.
Speaker 6: Come on, I don't ring.
Speaker 3: I wasn't opposed to that.
Speaker 2: It was kind of strange how the Red Sox deffade
Speaker 2: him after picking them up. They put him in some
Speaker 2: weird situations where they put him in a game with
Speaker 2: the bases loaded after just signing him. A guy that
Speaker 2: has been throwing a hundred pitches out there in the
Speaker 2: Cape Cod Little League, and then you know, they brought
Speaker 2: him in on back to back days. He's forty four
Speaker 2: years old. I felt like if the Dodgers were going
Speaker 2: to sign rich Hill, it would have happened by now.
Speaker 2: But you know, stranger things have happened. But that's a
Speaker 2: lot to ask rich Hill to do, is to come
Speaker 2: in at this stage of the season and rescue the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: A guy that is more realistic David that could possibly
Speaker 2: make a start before the end of the regular season
Speaker 2: is Tony Gonsolin, who is going to make his third
Speaker 2: rehab start for Oklahoma City in five days from now.
Speaker 2: So I would I would remember that name because you
Speaker 2: may see Gonsolin before the end of the regular season
Speaker 2: and maybe even part of the NLDS postseason staff.
Speaker 8: Oh yeah, no, of course, yeah no. We love the cat, Matt.
Speaker 8: We know what he's done. He's an all star, you know,
Speaker 8: took the back.
Speaker 2: Don't forget about Clayton Kershaw. Don't count out Kershaw either, David,
Speaker 2: thanks for the phone call. And speaking of Kershaw, you
Speaker 2: will hear from Clayton. We had a chance to catch
Speaker 2: up with him earlier today after he threw again off
Speaker 2: a flat round. He'll let you know how optimistic he
Speaker 2: is that he's going to return this year.
Speaker 3: So don't go anywhere.
Speaker 2: We got more Dodger Talk for you from Miami after
Speaker 2: the Marlins beat the Dodgers tonight eleven to nine on
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Speaker 3: This is Dodger Talk with David Bassan, RG Rojas, swings
Speaker 3: and hammers. One jeep to left, that's going back. It
Speaker 3: is God over the wall.
Speaker 2: Ro left fielder Sanchez had it in his glove.
Speaker 3: And it leaped out over the wall.
Speaker 1: Into the bullpen for a home run and Rojas ties
Speaker 1: the game at fine.
Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas returning to Miami and continuing a great season
Speaker 2: for him. He just continues to be a big boost,
Speaker 2: not only with the glove but with the bat. Tonight
Speaker 2: has only hit a home run for the Dodgers in
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Speaker 2: own the dream. Even with Rojas's home run and Otani's
Speaker 2: forty eighth home run of the year, the Dodgers lost
Speaker 2: to the Marlins eleven to nine. You know, it's great
Speaker 2: that o'tani is going for fifty home runs in fifty
Speaker 2: stolen bases. He's forty eight forty eight. But this team
Speaker 2: is about winning and right now the Dodger lead is
Speaker 2: down to three games. It's the closest the Padres have
Speaker 2: been to the Dodgers in three weeks. So you know
Speaker 2: this isn't like the Angels. Rodgers are a winning team
Speaker 2: and have had a winning team since twenty thirteen running.
Speaker 2: We're not celebrating forty eight home runs on a night
Speaker 2: the Dodgers lose to the Marlins. I'm sorry, that's not
Speaker 2: just what we do the Dodgers, and I'm sure Otani
Speaker 2: at this stage don't care.
Speaker 3: He hit a home run and a loss.
Speaker 2: I thought his biggest at bat was in the sixth
Speaker 2: inning when he came up with runners at the corners
Speaker 2: and two outs and struck out. Just not trying to
Speaker 2: do too much right there. He's got to be able
Speaker 2: to shorten his swing and you know, bring out, as
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts likes to say, a different club. We've been
Speaker 2: seeing wild swings by Otani, and tonight was his first
Speaker 2: home run of the road trip.
Speaker 3: And look, he's human.
Speaker 2: You gotta know he's thinking about fifty home runs, but
Speaker 2: certain situations don't call for that type of swing. And
Speaker 2: in the sixth inning, I felt like there should have
Speaker 2: been a different type of swing from Otani in that situation.
Speaker 3: But he's not perfect. He is going to make outs.
Speaker 2: But the reality is the second half of the season, yes,
Speaker 2: he's hitting home runs, but He's only a two point
Speaker 2: thirty hitter the second half of the year, so you
Speaker 2: want to see a little more contact from him. But unfortunately,
Speaker 2: Otani and the Dodgers fall to the Marlins tonight. Eleven
Speaker 2: to nine eight six six nine eight seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number we were talking about the
Speaker 2: Dodger pitching staff as we get closer to October. Right now,
Speaker 2: my top four Dodger starters to make a playoff start
Speaker 2: are Jack Flaherty, Yamamoto, Walker Bueller, and tomorrow starter Landon
Speaker 2: Knack and Clayton Kershaw may be part of that picture
Speaker 2: if this left big toe.
Speaker 3: Of his cooperates.
Speaker 2: And again today Kershaw was throwing off flat round with
Speaker 2: his spikes on, and we really haven't gotten an update
Speaker 2: from him on how much that left toe has improved.
Speaker 2: So since he came into the clubhouse, I took the
Speaker 2: opportunity to ask the future Hall of Famer whether or
Speaker 2: not the left big toe has improved at all, to
Speaker 2: give him hope that he will be back this season.
Speaker 9: This is making progress, you know. I think able to
Speaker 9: throw off the mound a little bit now. It's just
Speaker 9: trying to keep my arm going as best I can
Speaker 9: you know, the endurance part of it. So I'm throwing
Speaker 9: a lot of throws, just not at you know, max intensity,
Speaker 9: just because I can't quite push off the way I
Speaker 9: want to yet. But there's definitely some improvement. I think
Speaker 9: it's getting there, not as fast as I like, but
Speaker 9: it's definitely getting there. And I think the good news is,
Speaker 9: you know, the rehab part should be short since I'm
Speaker 9: able to keep my arm going pretty good. And I'm hopeful,
Speaker 9: you know, I know we don't have a lot of
Speaker 9: time left, but I'm hopeful that, you know, in these
Speaker 9: next twelve days, there's a chance that I could get
Speaker 9: back out there. So it's gonna be close. But I'm
Speaker 9: I'm I'm not I'm remaining optimistic.
Speaker 2: I guess, is there any medical quick fix or is
Speaker 2: it just rest and managing it?
Speaker 6: Yeah?
Speaker 9: I don't think. Yeah, some things just take time. Unfortunately,
Speaker 9: you know, I'm not the most patient person ever, so
Speaker 9: it's not I wish there's just some miracle thing I
Speaker 9: could do. But ultimately, yeah, it just needs time and
Speaker 9: I think we have enough of it, so we'll see.
Speaker 2: Time for a postseason play. Is that what you're talking about?
Speaker 2: As far as time, I don't know.
Speaker 9: I think time to obviously the postseason, but you never know.
Speaker 9: I mean, I keep thinking I'll wake up and be
Speaker 9: able to pitch, you know, so maybe maybe one of
Speaker 9: these next twelve days that'll happen and we'll see.
Speaker 2: All right, there's Clayton Kershaw earlier today giving us the
Speaker 2: latest update on his left big toe. I never thought
Speaker 2: I would be giving you an update on Kershaw's left
Speaker 2: big toe, but that's where things are at right now.
Speaker 2: And you got to imagine that it is extremely painful
Speaker 2: for him to be sitting out this much time, and
Speaker 2: it seems like it's more than a turf toe. It
Speaker 2: seems like there is a little bit more extended damage
Speaker 2: in there, or he would have been back by now.
Speaker 2: And I think you know, those that are counting Kershaw
Speaker 2: out are doing so as always a little prematurely. As
Speaker 2: I have told you, you don't count the great ones out.
Speaker 2: And that's another reason why getting a bye and not
Speaker 2: playing in that Wildcard series is even more advantageous to
Speaker 2: the Dodgers. Number one, they have a very thin starting staff,
Speaker 2: and number two, you get guys like Kershaw back and
Speaker 2: healthy by getting five more extra days before Game one
Speaker 2: or the first game you play in the postseason. So
Speaker 2: I know in the last two years we have talked
Speaker 2: about how those five days off may have worked against
Speaker 2: the Dodgers, but it feels like those five days off
Speaker 2: this year are more needed than ever before. So hopefully
Speaker 2: the Dodgers can find a way to secure division lead
Speaker 2: and also secure one of the top two spots in
Speaker 2: the National League. The Brewers aren't going anywhere. The Padres
Speaker 2: are not going anywhere, and that's why the next two
Speaker 2: games here against one of the worst offenses in baseball,
Speaker 2: the Marlins, the Dodgers have to come up with two wins.
Speaker 3: There's no way around it.
Speaker 2: I'm not going to backtrack now and tell you, oh,
Speaker 2: come on, these are no big deal these losses. After
Speaker 2: telling you for the last month the Dodgers nine of
Speaker 2: their last twelve were against the Marlins and Rockies.
Speaker 3: They've got to win these games.
Speaker 2: They've got to win these series, especially with the Padres
Speaker 2: playing so well and the Padres coming into town next week.
Speaker 2: Eight six six seven, two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Irvine Wendell. You're on Dodger Talk
Speaker 2: Live from Miami.
Speaker 6: Hi, Wendell, dated in Miami days.
Speaker 3: How you doing days, I'm doing great. What'd you think
Speaker 3: think about what Kershaw had to say?
Speaker 7: Well, honestly, I think Krishall is a non factor. I
Speaker 7: actually think he's gonna be a detriment to the team. What. Yeah,
Speaker 7: he's last postseason and he just doesn't think he didn't
Speaker 7: have it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, his shoulder was hanging by a thread. He had
Speaker 2: to have surgery. Aren't you going to give him any
Speaker 2: credit for going on the mound. There's other guys like
Speaker 2: Max Scherzer, who tapped out in playoff games for a.
Speaker 3: Lot less.
Speaker 6: Kershaw is.
Speaker 5: You know, I I love the guy.
Speaker 7: He's he's like a family member in terms of.
Speaker 3: You know, your family member out of the house.
Speaker 7: Well, I just so I kind of wanted to highlight
Speaker 7: this point. So although the pitching staff isn't, you know,
Speaker 7: locked down, I actually think that could be a favorable,
Speaker 7: uh factor, because it really is going to force the
Speaker 7: offense to perform. And if you remember twenty seventeen twenty
Speaker 7: twenty teams, those teams, specifically the twenty seventeen Dodger teams,
Speaker 7: those were the comeback kids. Those guys were coming back.
Speaker 7: I think it was fifty games that they came back
Speaker 7: that season, So that to me and to them says,
Speaker 7: no big we're down, we know we're going to come back.
Speaker 2: So you saw that tonight the Dodgers almost came back
Speaker 2: from four runs down in the ninth inning. I'm with you, Wendel.
Speaker 2: They have the offense to be able to come back.
Speaker 2: There's no question in my mind about the offense. It's
Speaker 2: just about getting better starting pitching and not putting yourself
Speaker 2: in a four to nothing hole.
Speaker 3: Even to the Marlins after.
Speaker 2: Two innings, they've got to get more than two innings
Speaker 2: out of their starters. There's just such a domino effect
Speaker 2: in a negative way when you only get two or
Speaker 2: three innings from your starter and when they leave they've
Speaker 2: thrown sixty five pitches. It's an hour into the game
Speaker 2: and your infielders and outfielders are basically using focus out there.
Speaker 2: Speaking of starting pitching, we had an exclusive conversation with
Speaker 2: Gavin Stone before the game today and he gave us
Speaker 2: an update on where he's at with his mind and
Speaker 2: his shoulder as we are getting closer to the end
Speaker 2: of the regular season.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think that the plan is to throw at
Speaker 10: some point later this week. You know, just trying to
Speaker 10: get that inflammation to go down a little bit, take
Speaker 10: the pain out of the back of the shoulder. But
Speaker 10: you know, it feels a lot better. I feel stronger
Speaker 10: in a lot of positions, and so hopefully, you know,
Speaker 10: whenever I start throwing again, there's no pain.
Speaker 3: So is that really the biggest check?
Speaker 2: You might be throwing from sixty feet and figure out
Speaker 2: where you're gonna go from there.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 10: I mean, as long as there's no pain that I'm
Speaker 10: gonna throw. So that's really the only issue is just
Speaker 10: cleaning that up in the back of the shoulder and
Speaker 10: then seeing where that is right now. I really don't
Speaker 10: have many answers right now, but hopefully, like whenever I
Speaker 10: start throwing, there's no pain.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 2: That's Gavin Stone and he was in great spirits. He's
Speaker 2: been in great spirits on this road trip and we're
Speaker 2: key up and our fingers crossed for Gavin Stone, who's
Speaker 2: a great guy. If you want to hear the full interview,
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Speaker 2: news at the end of five The Astros are still
Speaker 2: holding on to a two to nothing lead over the
Speaker 2: Padres at pet Goo Park.
Speaker 3: Tomorrow.
Speaker 2: It will be landon Nack on the Mound for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: He's two and four with an ERA of three seventy,
Speaker 2: going up against former padre Ryan Weathers, who has made
Speaker 2: thirteen starts this season for the Marlins. He's three and
Speaker 2: five with an ERA of three fifty five. Morongo Casino.
Speaker 2: Dodgers on Deck begins at two thirty tomorrow with first
Speaker 2: pitch at three forty from Miami. My thanks to Dwayne
Speaker 2: McDonald here in Miami, thanks to Colin Yee back at
Speaker 2: our burd Bank Studios, and thanks to you for listening.
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Speaker 2: five to seventy LA Sports once again the final score
Speaker 2: from Miami. The Marlins take advantage of the Dodgers and
Speaker 2: beat them eleven to nine. We'll talk to you tomorrow.
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