Speaker 1: It's Game four the NLCS, but Game three was the
Speaker 1: og Dodgers that delivered for them to get a win.
Speaker 1: It was Keiky Hernandez, it was Max Munci, and it
Speaker 1: was Walker Buehler. And Walker joins us right now. Thanks
Speaker 1: a lot for the time. And how does it feel
Speaker 1: the day after? Oh?
Speaker 2: Obviously, always excited to win a playoff game, but you know,
Speaker 2: we're focused on Game four and trying to get get
Speaker 2: to three to one in the series.
Speaker 1: Here. I know everybody's talking about the spin, the curveballs,
Speaker 1: but the one thing that I thought was the most
Speaker 1: impressive about what you did last night is how you
Speaker 1: went exclusively from the stretch after Francisco Lindors at bat.
Speaker 1: Is that something that even was in the back of
Speaker 1: your mind you might need to do when you were
Speaker 1: warming up.
Speaker 2: No, you never really think about it that way. But
Speaker 2: last time, with the temperature and kind of however they
Speaker 2: make the mound here was it was just too hard
Speaker 2: and my right foot moves a pretty decent amount in
Speaker 2: the wind up, and so the first three pitches the game,
Speaker 2: my foot was kind of getting a little spurly on me.
Speaker 2: So went to the stretch just so we could put
Speaker 2: it in the same spot every time.
Speaker 1: I know, you know the history of the game. I
Speaker 1: remember one Dodger pitcher that would go out of the
Speaker 1: stretch whenever he felt like his wind up mechanics were
Speaker 1: a little bit out of balance, and that was Hideo Nomo.
Speaker 1: I was thinking, obviously, you go over the head, and
Speaker 1: maybe you were trying to simplify your delivery.
Speaker 2: No, it was just just because of the weather. I've
Speaker 2: done that on a few occasions, and I have done
Speaker 2: it if I don't like the wind up, but last
Speaker 2: time I was just trying to get the foot in
Speaker 2: kind of the same spot.
Speaker 1: I know you watched the game, obviously, Yamamoto on the
Speaker 1: mound tonight. What do you feel like he has to
Speaker 1: do to be able to give the Dodgers at least
Speaker 1: what you gave them last night?
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I think interestings to go be himself. Obviously,
Speaker 2: you know this track record of success in Japan that
Speaker 2: he's had and now here. I think as long as
Speaker 2: he kind of does what he does, he's going to
Speaker 2: be fine.
Speaker 1: I know I always talk about the guys that I've
Speaker 1: been here for a while, but I don't think it's
Speaker 1: a coincidence. Guys like yourself and KEYK and Munsey, you
Speaker 1: guys have had a reputation of delivering in big games.
Speaker 1: How big of an advantage is that for you guys,
Speaker 1: because I know we always talk about the new shiny guys,
Speaker 1: but it's the guys that have been here that have
Speaker 1: been delivering. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think I think part of it is just that
Speaker 2: we did come up here and you know, kind of
Speaker 2: from the jump for my rookie ear, this is kind
Speaker 2: of what's expected of us is to go and try
Speaker 2: and win playoffs, series and world series. So you know,
Speaker 2: very fortunate to have the amount of experience that that
Speaker 2: we do in the playoffs and and luckily it's kind
Speaker 2: of paying off for us.
Speaker 1: What is it about key K? I know we always
Speaker 1: talk about you, but what is it about Kik that
Speaker 1: seems to click in this month?
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's he's a guy that knows how to create momentum, right,
Speaker 2: He's not he's not scared of the moment. And you know,
Speaker 2: the playoffs in particular about momentum and having guys that
Speaker 2: can create a little bit of a spark. And and
Speaker 2: I think that starts with with not having fear and
Speaker 2: and that's something that the key I for sure doesn't.
Speaker 1: Have Hey, I was telling people the story yesterday. I
Speaker 1: was on the same bus as you on the way
Speaker 1: to the ballpark, a wild ride, but you had your
Speaker 1: headphones on, and usually when you get on you know
Speaker 1: you'll you'll chat it up a little bit. But it
Speaker 1: seemed like you were locked in a lot earlier than
Speaker 1: you usually are.
Speaker 2: Honestly, the buses in New York, particularly the traffic, make
Speaker 2: me a little sick, so I was just trying to
Speaker 2: keep my stomach together.
Speaker 1: Oh me too. If I was gonna hurle, it was
Speaker 1: coming right on your neck.
Speaker 2: Ye after the festivities postgame last night at the bus ride,
Speaker 2: today was a little rough for me.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time, Walker, and look, nobody
Speaker 1: doubts anything that you guys can do. And looking forward
Speaker 1: to a big finish, appreciate it day.
Speaker 2: We'll see you