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Speaker 4: You're Los Angeles Dodgers eighty one and fifty four on
Speaker 4: this season, first place all alone atop the NL West,
Speaker 4: best record in baseball. After a series opening win over
Speaker 4: the Diamondbacks last night, the Dodgers look to do it
Speaker 4: again tonight. Gavin Stone on the mound from Arizona. First
Speaker 4: pitch coming up at five to ten. Coming up over
Speaker 4: the next hour here on Marongo Casino Dodgers on Deck,
Speaker 4: we got a lot to get to.
Speaker 3: We're gonna hear from the manager himself.
Speaker 4: Dave Roberts gets the very latest on Clayton Kershaw and
Speaker 4: that toe will dive deeper to this pitchy matchup. Your O,
Speaker 4: Tawni Rewind is coming up. Your magical moment is coming up.
Speaker 4: At about thirty minutes. David Vesta will check in with
Speaker 4: us throughout the show. Shortly we'll hear from Kirsten Watson
Speaker 4: from Sports and at LA. In just a few minutes,
Speaker 4: we'll sit it out to the Gallpin Motors Broadcast Booth
Speaker 4: with Rick.
Speaker 3: Monday and Tim Neverett.
Speaker 4: Well, last night, the Dodgers survived the Snakes as Otani
Speaker 4: provided the power. The Dodgers and Diamondbacks battling out in
Speaker 4: the NL West going into this series, the Dodgers had
Speaker 4: a four game lead with a four game series underway,
Speaker 4: and these two teams last night, well, they provided a
Speaker 4: lot of power, combining for nineteen runs and twenty three hits.
Speaker 3: The Dodgers. They scored early and off.
Speaker 4: In first inning, Freddie Freeman a two run home run
Speaker 4: and the Dodgers jumped out to a two to nothing lead. However,
Speaker 4: the Snakes tied it with two runs in the bottom
Speaker 4: of the first off Clayton Kershaw. As The Dodgers then
Speaker 4: would come back and score three runs in the top
Speaker 4: of the second to take a five to lead.
Speaker 3: It was back and forth.
Speaker 4: The Snakes would slither their way back into this game,
Speaker 4: tying it at five in the third inning.
Speaker 3: You knew we were gonna have a high scoring game.
Speaker 4: In the sixth, the game was still tied when the
Speaker 4: Dodgers caught a break. A wild pitch scored Max Moncie
Speaker 4: and the Dodgers took the leads six to five. That
Speaker 4: in the seventh, Dodgers with some breathing room two to
Speaker 4: on for Will Smith.
Speaker 5: To two, Smith swings hits a drive to left Indeep
Speaker 5: calling back is Corry, Elly's to the wall.
Speaker 6: It's gone. It's a three run home run to Will Smith. Oh,
Speaker 6: where there's a Will, there's a wave.
Speaker 5: And Smith hits a three run shot of the Dodgers
Speaker 5: lead at nine to five.
Speaker 4: Three run home run for Will Smith, huge for a
Speaker 4: guy who has been struggling at the plate since the
Speaker 4: All Star Break. His seventeenth home run of this season.
Speaker 4: Dodgers up nine to five. In the eighth, inity the
Speaker 4: Dodgers with an insurance run that proved to be big,
Speaker 4: and it came from the bat of show Hey t.
Speaker 5: Wat stretch of the old two, swung on a hammer
Speaker 5: left field. This one's deep, this one's heading back toward
Speaker 5: the wall. It's got a home run number forty three.
Speaker 5: The first Major leaguer to have forty three home runs
Speaker 5: forty three stolen bases. He passed us Alex Rodriguez to
Speaker 5: the forty two to forty two club. Show Hey Oldtani
Speaker 5: with an opposite field homer and it's ten to.
Speaker 4: Five home run number forty three on this season for
Speaker 4: show a O. Tawny with the stolen base earlier. He's
Speaker 4: now a forty three to forty three player, forty three
Speaker 4: home runs, forty three stolen bases, the only player in
Speaker 4: the history of the game to reach this accomplishment, and
Speaker 4: he still got a month of the season to go.
Speaker 4: Speaking of numbers, the Dodgers bullpen had to get the
Speaker 4: final twenty four out of the game to pick up
Speaker 4: Clayton Kershaw, who left the game with a toe injury.
Speaker 4: Dave Roberts pieced it together to get the win. Dodgers
Speaker 4: beat the Diamondbacks last night, ten to nine, with the
Speaker 4: winner now eighty one and fifty four, a five game
Speaker 4: lead in the division over both the Diamondbacks and the Padres. Tonight,
Speaker 4: they're back at it, game two of this four game
Speaker 4: series in the Desert. Gavin Stone on the mound, first pitch,
Speaker 4: coming up at five to ten, and with more we
Speaker 4: head out to the Gallpin Motors broadcast booth as we
Speaker 4: say hello to Rick Monday and Tim Deppritt, guys, Tim.
Speaker 6: Thank you very much.
Speaker 5: Rufe closed again here this evening in Phoenix, Arizona. As
Speaker 5: the Dodgers and Diamondbacks play game two of this four
Speaker 5: game Labor Day weekend series. The Dodgers now five games
Speaker 5: up on both the Diamondbacks and the Padres, entering play tonight,
Speaker 5: and they'll send Gavin Stone to the mind eleven and
Speaker 5: five against Merrill Kelly. He is four and oero, but
Speaker 5: he battled a shoulder problem earlier this year that has
Speaker 5: limited his innings. And well, first and foremost, what we
Speaker 5: saw from Shoho Tonty last night, at the eleventh time
Speaker 5: this year, he has stolen a base and hit a
Speaker 5: home run in the same game. He is now the
Speaker 5: first human being ever to have forty three home runts
Speaker 5: had forty three stolen bases in a single season, and
Speaker 5: we haven't even reached September.
Speaker 7: No, every time, because of hopefully you start now to
Speaker 7: grab the record book and see exactly where he's going
Speaker 7: to be placing in that record book itself. I mean
Speaker 7: you start to look at August and well, the batting average,
Speaker 7: the number is not particularly high. How about the fact
Speaker 7: in the month of August you're about to close it
Speaker 7: out tonight eleven home runs, fifteen stolen bases, and you
Speaker 7: start to say, well, has anyone else been able to
Speaker 7: do that? Well, the last to do that Carlos Beltron.
Speaker 7: That was in August of two thousand and four. So
Speaker 7: it's one of those things you start to look at
Speaker 7: opportunities and when he comes to a home plate, I
Speaker 7: keeps saying it over and over, nobody leaves their seats,
Speaker 7: and for very good reason.
Speaker 5: And it turned out that eighth inning home run off
Speaker 5: of Paul Seawall, that solo shot to the opposite field,
Speaker 5: turned out to.
Speaker 7: Be the game winning run. Yeah, and who would have fought.
Speaker 7: And for the Dodgers, they need to tighten the belt.
Speaker 7: One thing that they were able to do last night
Speaker 7: was to fill up the box score because the Dodgers
Speaker 7: used a truckload of relievers and it was Anthony Bond
Speaker 7: who had to kind of struggle in that night. Then
Speaker 7: he gave up four runs, gave up a big home run,
Speaker 7: there was a wild pitch on top of it. But
Speaker 7: you start to look in particular at Alex Besia an
Speaker 7: inning and a third. Ifvessie is er, it's one of
Speaker 7: the top end relievers that just one seventy seven at
Speaker 7: this particular time. He wasn't the only one. Razor Pischwell, Coropek, Pischwell,
Speaker 7: Hudson came on. Trinon also did not allow a run either.
Speaker 7: So this is a ball club one good thing. Yes,
Speaker 7: the bullpen had to work a lot last night, but
Speaker 7: they were able to spread the load around a lot
Speaker 7: of different.
Speaker 5: Arms and they're hoping for a good outing from Gavin Stone,
Speaker 5: at least a deep one. But as far as the
Speaker 5: bullpen goes, we do know that Brett Honeywell is back.
Speaker 5: He is here in uniform and also Ben Casparius called
Speaker 5: up from Triple A. So roster moves expected tonight for
Speaker 5: the Dodgers.
Speaker 7: They just need to get some fresh arms in the pen.
Speaker 7: You had not heard anything officially with the Clayton krus show.
Speaker 7: Very frustrating last night. Had to leave one inning plus
Speaker 7: one batter, and we had been told, well, it was
Speaker 7: painted in the left big toast. More than that, he's
Speaker 7: got bone spurs and that anyone that's had that understand
Speaker 7: it's extremely painful and he's not able to push off
Speaker 7: the left foot or Oh, so that's going to be
Speaker 7: an update. That's the work in progress. Meanwhile, the Dodgers
Speaker 7: have to keep plugging along little different lineup tonight at
Speaker 7: least at the bottom. Kevin Kiermeyer will get the start
Speaker 7: in playing center field for the rest topp to a
Speaker 7: bout him pretty much the same. Freddie Freeman, by the way,
Speaker 7: missed a couple of games because of a very sore
Speaker 7: fractured middle fingers right hand. All he did last night
Speaker 7: first to bat returning hit a home run opposite way.
Speaker 5: He's eighteenth of the season, so the Dodgers with three
Speaker 5: home runs in the game last night. Will Smith's seventh
Speaker 5: and a three run shot was the one that opened
Speaker 5: it up for the Dodgers. That was a long time
Speaker 5: coming for will Smith when he hit his seventeenth of
Speaker 5: the season. With a win today, the Dodgers will guarantee
Speaker 5: themselves at least a split of the season series with
Speaker 5: the Diamondbacks, but as far as the season goes, they
Speaker 5: guarantee themselves a winning campaign with their eighty second win,
Speaker 5: and it would be the fourteenth consecutive winning season, which
Speaker 5: would be a franchise record. So the Dodgers and the
Speaker 5: Diamondbacks getting ready to go at it in Game two.
Speaker 5: Gavin Stolen for the Dodgers, Merril Kelly for the Diamondbacks.
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Speaker 4: Tonight we'll dive deeper into this pitching matchup coming up
Speaker 4: with Gavin Stone, hopefully giving the Dodgers some length night
Speaker 4: on the mound. But up next your otani rewind and
Speaker 4: we'll visit with Kirsten Watson from Sportsnet LA as we
Speaker 4: lead you up to first pitch. Dodgers and Diamondbacks. First
Speaker 4: pitch set for five ten. Thanks for being with us.
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Speaker 4: two of this four game series. Dodgers a five game
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Speaker 5: is number forty three for Shoe Otani see wald stretch
Speaker 5: of the O two. Swung on a hammer left field.
Speaker 5: This one's deep. This one's heading back toward the wall.
Speaker 5: It's got a home run number forty three. The first
Speaker 5: major leaguer to have forty three home runs forty three
Speaker 5: stolen bases. He passes Alex Rodriguez in the forty two
Speaker 5: to forty two club.
Speaker 4: Joh Hey Otani two for four, a double, a home run,
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Speaker 4: Hey Kirson now joins us from the field in Arizona.
Speaker 4: Packed house tonight at Chase Field for the Dodgers and
Speaker 4: Dimebacks game two of this four game series. But the
Speaker 4: big news Kirston Clayton Kershaw the bone spur in the
Speaker 4: toe and now he's going.
Speaker 1: On the iol exactly.
Speaker 8: And you know, we saw him come out of the
Speaker 8: game after facing that first batter, and it was interesting
Speaker 8: because Steve Roberts got out there so quickly. He knew
Speaker 8: that something was going on in the training staff. So
Speaker 8: we found it after the game. He's dealing with bone
Speaker 8: fers and his last big so it's something that he's
Speaker 8: been dealing with, I mean for a couple of years now,
Speaker 8: just here and there though it's still pretty swollen to say.
Speaker 8: Dave Roberts was saying, so they are placing him on
Speaker 8: the il and Ben Kasparius is going to be activated.
Speaker 8: He's been with the team once before, but he wasn't
Speaker 8: able to make his male gave you at that time.
Speaker 8: But you look at it kind of the out of
Speaker 8: the bullpen right now, it does seem like today will
Speaker 8: be the day that he will be called out of
Speaker 8: the bullpens to help out Gavin Stone.
Speaker 4: It means, yeah, no doubt we'll hear from Ben coming
Speaker 4: up in just a little bit. But as you mentioned,
Speaker 4: he can give him length. This is a guy who
Speaker 4: started games and can give him however long they need
Speaker 4: behind Gavin Stone, and that's certainly what this Dodgers' bullpen
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Speaker 4: latest with this elbow and how is he progressing?
Speaker 7: Yeah?
Speaker 8: Well, so we still just on flat ground playing catch.
Speaker 8: Was able to stretch out a little bit more today
Speaker 8: and he was saying, what's next for him is going
Speaker 8: to be just throwing on flat ground, but with a
Speaker 8: little bit more velocity and a little bit more umph
Speaker 8: behind it. So once he can get through that, he'll
Speaker 8: start with his bullpens. He couldn't even know what the
Speaker 8: exact timeline is just yet, but he is optimistic for
Speaker 8: a return during the regular season. Dave Roberts was saying
Speaker 8: that best case scenario he comes back and he can
Speaker 8: make three starts before the postseason. That's relatively similar to
Speaker 8: Clayton Kershaw as well. Best get scenario for Clayton this
Speaker 8: after the fifteen day Il said he can get three
Speaker 8: starts down before the postseason as well, so with just
Speaker 8: going back to Kylie Rockmount though for him, he said
Speaker 8: the elbow tendonitis that pain has decided. It was really
Speaker 8: due to just how he was rolling into home plate.
Speaker 8: He's kind of stressing his arm there and so it's
Speaker 8: now kind of adjustice and mechanical things so that he
Speaker 8: is more straight on to home plate in a much
Speaker 8: better phosition. But he finds more success that way. Now
Speaker 8: getting back to that, that's release some of that pressure.
Speaker 8: We does feel like he's in a good spot. It's
Speaker 8: now just about continuing with his build.
Speaker 4: Up Process's hope we can build it up here in September.
Speaker 4: We flipped the calendar and we get ready for October
Speaker 4: baseball with hopefully Tyler Glass now healthy and ready to go. Kirsten,
Speaker 4: we appreciate it. We'll check out with you after the
Speaker 4: game still to come. Here on Dodgers on Deck, we'll
Speaker 4: dive deeper into this pitching matchup. David Batsay goes one
Speaker 4: on one with Ben Casparius, who we alluded to, gets
Speaker 4: called up from TRIPLEA Oklahoma City, and we expect to
Speaker 4: see him pitch at.
Speaker 3: Some point tonight.
Speaker 4: Up next, so we'll get you an injury report and
Speaker 4: we'll hear from the manager himself, Dave Roberts. It's all
Speaker 4: coming up. As we lead you up to Dodgers and
Speaker 4: Diamondbacks first pitch at five ten. I'm Tim Katson. This
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Speaker 4: Clayton Kershaw on the injured list with the bone spur
Speaker 4: in his left big toe. Ben Casparius gets called up
Speaker 4: from TRIPLEA Oklahoma's City. Freddie Freeman playing through that fractured
Speaker 4: middle finger.
Speaker 3: He is a trooper.
Speaker 4: Tyler Glasnow on the iel at the right elbow ten
Speaker 4: to nine is he is working his way back. We
Speaker 4: heard from Kirston on that just a few minutes ago.
Speaker 4: Bruce Dark radol More on his right hamstring strain and
Speaker 4: his progression coming up with David vass in just a
Speaker 4: couple of minutes. Yoshinoba Yamamoto on the iel at the
Speaker 4: strained rotator cuff. He is on another minor league rehab
Speaker 4: assignment coming up in just a couple of days in
Speaker 4: Oklahoma City. But let's find out more as we head
Speaker 4: back to Arizona and check out the Dodgers Skipper anything.
Speaker 6: Dave, do you think questions for Dave.
Speaker 1: Dave, can you just describe Dave?
Speaker 3: Can you talk about the pressure in the.
Speaker 1: Dugout with Dave Roberts, Phillips will be up to night.
Speaker 7: Is anybody else like for sure.
Speaker 3: Up or is it kind of dependent?
Speaker 9: Yeah? All those guys a week down and you know,
Speaker 9: even for Evan is still three out of four, so
Speaker 9: you know, I'm not even certain of that one. But
Speaker 9: we'll see how he is a cash play.
Speaker 1: It's not the first time Gavin Stone has been in
Speaker 1: a situation like this and where he's been asked to
Speaker 1: go deep?
Speaker 8: How have you seen him handle this? Though in his
Speaker 8: young career.
Speaker 10: With with.
Speaker 9: You know, glowing results. He's a smart young man. We've
Speaker 9: he's been a stopper for us at times. He's given us,
Speaker 9: given us length when we've needed it numerous times to
Speaker 9: your point, and we're here again. So so yeah, I
Speaker 9: mean I expect him to go deep in the game,
Speaker 9: whatever that means. Uh, put us in a chance in
Speaker 9: a position to win the baseball game.
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Speaker 4: All Right, DV A lot of talk about Dodgers pitchers
Speaker 4: and injuries lately, Bruce dark Routerol though they can use
Speaker 4: another arm in the bullpen.
Speaker 3: What's the latest on the Bozuka.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it was great to see him make the trip
Speaker 6: out here to Arizona. He threw a simulated game out
Speaker 6: here at Chase Field and all went well, and he
Speaker 6: will be headed out for a rehabit simon in Oklahoma
Speaker 6: City on Monday while the Dodgers are closing out this
Speaker 6: series in the desert. And remember he was helped off
Speaker 6: the field after his first nine pitches of the season,
Speaker 6: where the Dodgers and Grado thought his season was over.
Speaker 6: After that game, they called it a Grade three right
Speaker 6: hand string strain, and then twenty four hours later they
Speaker 6: downgraded it to a Grade one. And look, there's a
Speaker 6: lot of different levels of pain tolerance from a lot
Speaker 6: of different people, and certainly the Dodgers and Graderol are
Speaker 6: relieved that it was only a Grade one ham string strain.
Speaker 6: And when the Dodgers were in Los Angeles tim before
Speaker 6: they left for this road trip, it feels like one
Speaker 6: of the biggest boxes was checked as graderol was participating
Speaker 6: in pitchers fielding practice, and he reported no pain and
Speaker 6: no restrictions in that right ham string strain. So because
Speaker 6: he's a reliever, he won't need that much of a
Speaker 6: rehab stint. And it's very conceivable the Dodgers could have
Speaker 6: the Bazooka back when they returned to Dodgers Stadium next Friday.
Speaker 3: They could definitely use some help in the bullpen, David.
Speaker 4: Yesterday, seven different relievers came through that gate to help
Speaker 4: out to get twenty four of the out's been Clayton
Speaker 4: Kershaw went down, Joe Kelly threw the most pitches he
Speaker 4: has in years forty six and in inning and two thirds.
Speaker 4: With that being said, which relievers can be available tonight?
Speaker 6: Well, if you look back at that game last night,
Speaker 6: Jujuenio Suarez, who it hit a big three run home
Speaker 6: run in the ninth inning to make it interesting, had
Speaker 6: one of the worst at bats of the game in
Speaker 6: the fifth inning. He did Ryan Brazier and the Dodgers
Speaker 6: a huge favor by swinging at the first pitch in
Speaker 6: that inning and also grounding into a double play. All
Speaker 6: in all, Brazier only threw seven pitches, so Dave Roberts
Speaker 6: had two choices, bring Brazier out for the sixth inning
Speaker 6: or save him for today. He opted to bring in
Speaker 6: Michael Kopek last night in the sixth inning, so Brazier
Speaker 6: is available. I would imagine Copek is available. And the
Speaker 6: Dodgers did not use Evan Phillips, and that also adds
Speaker 6: to the reinforcements they brought back today.
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Speaker 4: the calendar to September, David, and that means the Rosters
Speaker 4: can expand a little bit, right.
Speaker 6: Right, And the Dodgers have not called up a starter
Speaker 6: for tomorrow's game. It's still TBD, So that means that
Speaker 6: the Dodgers have the luxury of calling up a starter
Speaker 6: for tomorrow, whether it be Landon Knack or Justin Robleski,
Speaker 6: to start that game tomorrow and not having to make
Speaker 6: a corresponding move. And from there then they could assess
Speaker 6: where Clayton Kershaw is, where Bobby Miller's left knee is
Speaker 6: before deciding whether or not they want to call up
Speaker 6: another reliever to be their twenty seventh man or twenty
Speaker 6: eighth man on the roster. And also the Dodgers can
Speaker 6: call up a position player, and right now all indications
Speaker 6: are it will be Andy pa Has But that doesn't
Speaker 6: mean the Dodgers have ruled out the possibility of calling
Speaker 6: up Dalton Rushing, who was promoted a few weeks ago
Speaker 6: from Tulsa to Triple A and he has been crushing
Speaker 6: it there. The Dodgers are considering later this month to
Speaker 6: call up Rushing to possibly be a power left handed
Speaker 6: bat on their bench and maybe even make some spots start.
Speaker 6: So we'll see how the rest of this month plays
Speaker 6: out or the rest of September plays out. But those
Speaker 6: that are clamoring for Dalton Rushing, just because he's not
Speaker 6: called up on the first day of expanded rosters doesn't
Speaker 6: mean the Dodgers are ruling that possibility out.
Speaker 4: Dave real quick, when we spoke yesterday here on Dodgers
Speaker 4: on Deck, you said you had talked to some former
Speaker 4: Dodger coaches and they all said this Dodger team needs
Speaker 4: to have a little bit more moxie maybe out there
Speaker 4: down the stretcher, especially in this series against the Diamondbacks.
Speaker 3: Did you see that last night?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think we saw that, and I think I
Speaker 6: saw that during batting practice as well, from Key k Hernandez,
Speaker 6: Chris Taylor and Max Munsey, who have been through this
Speaker 6: many times before and certainly understand the type of attitude
Speaker 6: you have to have in this series against the team
Speaker 6: that is still very hungry despite being the defending National
Speaker 6: League champion, the Arizona Diamondbacks. So the Dodgers have to
Speaker 6: find that hunger as well. It's not going to be
Speaker 6: handed to them. And certainly last night was I don't
Speaker 6: know how you would say passing a test, but certainly
Speaker 6: it was a nice thing to see the Dodgers offense
Speaker 6: put up ten runs and their bullpen doing what they
Speaker 6: did in a very unforeseen type of game with Kershaw
Speaker 6: going out after Corb and Carroll's home run in the
Speaker 6: first second inning.
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Speaker 6: Rick a wild game to start off this four game series.
Speaker 6: But the Dodgers certainly put a lot of pressure on
Speaker 6: the Diamondbacks.
Speaker 7: I tell you, I thought they were going to call
Speaker 7: the press box to see if you were available to.
Speaker 6: Pitch last night, and it was going that way.
Speaker 7: Well, you know, it's one of those areas you start
Speaker 7: to look at, you know, the Dodgers against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Speaker 7: Diamondbacks are you know, they're swimming to trying to get
Speaker 7: the life ring and for the Dodgers, trying to continue
Speaker 7: to move on best record at baseball now eighty one
Speaker 7: victories in this Dodger bunk club, five game lead in
Speaker 7: front of both Arizona and San Diego as they as
Speaker 7: they woke up this morning. So I not what's going
Speaker 7: to happen. And there with Gavin Stone on the mountain,
Speaker 7: he's been just an amazing story for this Dodger BA
Speaker 7: club this year. When you begin to look, he leads
Speaker 7: all Dodger pitchers and starts tonight's number twenty five he's
Speaker 7: had this.
Speaker 6: Year, starts, innings, wins. Where would the Dodgers be without him?
Speaker 6: Who wasn't even supposed to make the opening day roster exactly?
Speaker 7: And yet I read an article that was written today.
Speaker 7: Is it someone analyzing the top ten pitchers right now
Speaker 7: in the National League with that Cy Young Award? You know,
Speaker 7: in that conversation and a big start to look at it,
Speaker 7: who would imagine spring training of being eleven and five
Speaker 7: hit that one rocky spot in the road. And we'll
Speaker 7: talk about it more during the broadcast. But you know,
Speaker 7: the last three starts he's been sensational. Should have had
Speaker 7: a victory his last outing he went seven innings, but
Speaker 7: the ball club won, but he was taken out of
Speaker 7: the game and then they scored. But he's been a
Speaker 7: breath of fresh air.
Speaker 6: Will Smith. We had a Will Smith sighting last night,
Speaker 6: a big three year on home run. Did you see
Speaker 6: a big difference with being able to get to pitches
Speaker 6: in the strike zone.
Speaker 7: Here's what I saw. I saw Will Smith exhale. And
Speaker 7: I say that because it has been the struggle I
Speaker 7: mentioned during the ballgame. And here's the updated numbers. You
Speaker 7: begin to look at Will Smith the last thirty four
Speaker 7: games now including last night, he's hitting just below one seventy.
Speaker 7: So it's been a long stretch. But I say he
Speaker 7: exhaled because that could be really a big boost. And
Speaker 7: I think, seriously, is that sometimes it's one game, maybe
Speaker 7: even one swing that also turns around the confidence level
Speaker 7: that you have. And hopefully that's going to be the case.
Speaker 6: He's back behind the plate tonight for Gavin Stone. And
Speaker 6: you know, with Gavin Stone, he doesn't have the same
Speaker 6: type of fire throwing abilities as other pitchers. Rick but
Speaker 6: he gets it done. And on this date in baseball history,
Speaker 6: you were very familiar and you wanted to introduce me
Speaker 6: to a pitcher that threw.
Speaker 7: Very hard on this date nineteen fifty seven. But the
Speaker 7: bald war Oriels are going to a left tender. He
Speaker 7: stood five eleven Steve Dalkowski, Well, he struck out twenty
Speaker 7: four players, that's the good news in one game. In
Speaker 7: one game, he also walked eighteen and hit four batters.
Speaker 6: Wait a minute, let twenty four strikeouts eighteen walks in
Speaker 6: one game.
Speaker 7: Yeah, so anyway, that was the story. Now, Steve Belkowski
Speaker 7: threw very hard. Most people say he threw one hundred
Speaker 7: miles an hour. Someone said he could have been up
Speaker 7: to maybe one hundred and ten. It was amazing. I
Speaker 7: actually faced him right after I signed out of Arizona
Speaker 7: State in the Northwest League. Here's this guy. They told
Speaker 7: me about him. They said, stay loose at home plate.
Speaker 7: So the first pitch that he's going to make in
Speaker 7: the bottom of the first inning, because we were playing
Speaker 7: in Lewis to idhoo at the time, he threw it
Speaker 7: over the hitter, which was me, over the catcher, over
Speaker 7: the umpire, and over the backstop and out of the ballpark.
Speaker 7: It was not that big of a stadium anyway. So
Speaker 7: he gets out of the ball game and he was
Speaker 7: staying at the Lewis and Clark hotel that night and
Speaker 7: all the furniture in his room went out the window.
Speaker 6: Rick, So, can you just give us a sense of
Speaker 6: you being in the batter's box against the pitcher like
Speaker 6: that that's throwing upwards of one hundred miles an hour.
Speaker 6: Did you feel like Larry Walker against Randy Johnson?
Speaker 7: Yeah? Had you heard the term jelly lake? Yes, well
Speaker 7: that was about it. And then it was like oops.
Speaker 7: I mean you're standing there and you see the ball
Speaker 7: that's thrown not only your head, it's thrown over the
Speaker 7: backstop and even over the press box area. That was
Speaker 7: the first pitch. Talk about an eye opener. In fact,
Speaker 7: he would not he did not even go to the
Speaker 7: opposite side of the field to warm up. The bullpen
Speaker 7: for our team at the time was directly outside the
Speaker 7: locker room, and that's where our guy, Bob Colligan, left
Speaker 7: hander out of New Orleans area, went to warm up.
Speaker 7: Velkowski was already warming up on our bullpen. He goes, no,
Speaker 7: I'm not walking all the way over there to the
Speaker 7: other side of the warm up. You warmed up right there.
Speaker 6: Well okay, well okay, interesting character. Yeah, I'm glad you survived.
Speaker 7: We're a helmet.
Speaker 6: Thanks. Rick. We'll check back in with you and Tim
Speaker 6: Nevert a little bit. For now, we will send it
Speaker 6: back to the studio, all right.
Speaker 7: Thank you.
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Speaker 6: Well, the Dodgers need reinforcements, and I'm with one of
Speaker 6: them today and that's Dodger top pitching prospect or one
Speaker 6: of their top pitching prospects, Ben Casparius. Ben, thanks a
Speaker 6: lot for the time and great to introduce you to
Speaker 6: Dodger fans.
Speaker 10: Absolutely, thanks for having me.
Speaker 6: It's good to be here. Obviously, last night went sideways
Speaker 6: on the Dodgers with Kershaw coming out of the game
Speaker 6: and having you use seven different relievers. When did you
Speaker 6: get the call, Hey, we kind of need some reinforcements today.
Speaker 10: Yeah, but I got the call late last night. I
Speaker 10: was notified a little bit earlier in the clubhouse after
Speaker 10: our game. It ended just to you know, be understandby,
Speaker 10: have my phone on me and just wait and kind
Speaker 10: of hear what was going.
Speaker 6: On where was Oklahoma City. Where did Bankaspirius come in from? Yep?
Speaker 10: So we were in Round Rock, Texas, playing the Rangers'
Speaker 10: Triple A affiliate for the week.
Speaker 6: So I hope at the very least you got Group
Speaker 6: A on Southwest. I did.
Speaker 10: I did, so's I can't complain about that.
Speaker 6: So, yeah, how anxious are you to get into a game?
Speaker 6: Because the Dodgers called you up in a similar situation,
Speaker 6: they did not use you. But how anxious are you
Speaker 6: now that you're here to be used in a game? Yeah?
Speaker 10: I mean, I think I give a little bit of
Speaker 10: relief to the bullpen in kind of an extended bullpen roll.
Speaker 10: So I mean, whenever that time comes to and I
Speaker 10: hear my name call, that's going to be a really
Speaker 10: exciting time.
Speaker 6: Obviously, the Dodgers have tapped into their young pitching talent
Speaker 6: the last couple of years. What's it like to be
Speaker 6: that guy at this moment to be called upon?
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean, I think it's, you know, one of
Speaker 10: the biggest compliments in the world, especially doing it with
Speaker 10: the Dodgers, and you know how much how much star
Speaker 10: power they have, the way that they're able to develop
Speaker 10: pitchers throughout the minor league, So it means a lot
Speaker 10: to me and it's great to be here.
Speaker 6: Ben Casparrius is our guest as the Dodgers and Diamondbacks
Speaker 6: are getting set for Game two of this four game series.
Speaker 6: The last couple of years, I mentioned some of the
Speaker 6: young pitching that the Dodgers have called up for their
Speaker 6: major league debuts. Emma she and Gavin Stone are a
Speaker 6: couple of names that come to mind, as well as
Speaker 6: Land and Knack that not only have started, but also
Speaker 6: I've been very good at being coming out of the bullpen.
Speaker 6: Are you one of those guys too that can do
Speaker 6: any one of these type of rules? Yeah? I think so.
Speaker 10: I think that's a big reason why I'm standing here today,
Speaker 10: is just being able to be versatile, give a different look,
Speaker 10: whether it's later in a game, whether it's you know,
Speaker 10: second or third inning, or starting a game. I think
Speaker 10: I'm able to, you know, just be able to handle
Speaker 10: those different roles coming out of the pen or starting
Speaker 10: a game.
Speaker 6: Is that the new norm, Ben, where guys have to
Speaker 6: be able to be more versatile than say twenty years ago,
Speaker 6: where you are just a starter and cannot change your routine.
Speaker 10: I think with the amount of injuries across the league wide,
Speaker 10: and just kind of being able to manipulate the roster
Speaker 10: of the way teams are now. I think it gives
Speaker 10: guys a better chance to crack the big leagues and
Speaker 10: just show that you can, you know, handle a different
Speaker 10: workload if it's thrown at you and kind of just
Speaker 10: go about your day the same way, whether it's as
Speaker 10: a start or if it's in the bullpen.
Speaker 6: How many times have you done this where you started?
Speaker 6: Obviously you're a starting pitcher, but how many times have
Speaker 6: you come out of the bullpen in a situation that
Speaker 6: you may be used tonight?
Speaker 9: Yep?
Speaker 10: Well this year once, Okay, I was lucky enough to
Speaker 10: be in there, was on a fall league last year
Speaker 10: where I solely did that, So I think part of
Speaker 10: the reason was to manage workload, but I think a
Speaker 10: big part of it too was just to pitch late
Speaker 10: into the year, into November, come out of the bullpen
Speaker 10: in a new role and get used to that. And
Speaker 10: then I did it a little bit last year in
Speaker 10: Double A also when I got it initially promoted.
Speaker 6: You've had a great season and obviously I've earned this
Speaker 6: op opportunity. How would you describe this season and you
Speaker 6: coming of age.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think for me, it was always just trusting
Speaker 10: my stuff, staying in the zone with my fastball, expects
Speaker 10: swings every pitch, and really just the biggest part of
Speaker 10: it is just keeping myself healthy and staying on a
Speaker 10: good routine for you know, the entirety of the year.
Speaker 6: Is that the biggest thing for pitchers? Maybe we're getting
Speaker 6: back to that where you have to establish your fastball command.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I believe so. I think I think there's only
Speaker 10: really a few guys who are you know, ninety or
Speaker 10: eighty percent breaking ball. So I think fastball command, for
Speaker 10: at least for me, is key. And you know, I
Speaker 10: think I'm going to miss more bats the more my
Speaker 10: fastballs in this zone.
Speaker 6: I'm not sure if you do this or whether or
Speaker 6: not it's emphasized in the minor leagues, but I've heard
Speaker 6: great catchers and great pitchers talk about establishing the down
Speaker 6: in a way fastball to right handed hitters. Is that
Speaker 6: something that is emphasized or in your bullpen sessions. Is
Speaker 6: that something that you focus on.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think for me, it's you know, covering the
Speaker 10: up quadrant with my fastball with when I'm ahead in
Speaker 10: the count if I want to steal a strike, it's
Speaker 10: down in a way, and I think my slider will
Speaker 10: play better off fastballs that are kind of executed down
Speaker 10: in a way to right e's and down in the
Speaker 10: way to lefties.
Speaker 6: Before I let you go, how will you get ready
Speaker 6: for whatever is called upon tonight?
Speaker 10: I think just sticking to my routine. You know, it's
Speaker 10: just another game, it's another day. I think, convincing myself
Speaker 10: that it's going to kind of like ease my nerves
Speaker 10: a little bit and just you know, go out there
Speaker 10: and have fun because.
Speaker 6: You only get to debut once, so no doubt. We're
Speaker 6: looking forward to it. Ben, Whenever that phone rings, we're
Speaker 6: looking forward to seeing Bank Caspirius. Thanks a lot for
Speaker 6: the time, appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Thank you.
Speaker 6: There he is Bank Caspirius with the Dodgers after a
Speaker 6: world win of the last twenty four hours. We'll send
Speaker 6: it back to you in the studio.
Speaker 3: Tim, all right, thank you very much.
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Speaker 4: before first pitch. Rick Monday, Tim Neffert, guys, sim thanks again.
Speaker 5: We're counting you down to the first pitch. Here at
Speaker 5: Chase Field, roof is closed. It is very pleasant inside.
Speaker 5: Here is Gavin Stone gets set to make the start
Speaker 5: for the Dodgers. Stone eleven and five. His changeup has
Speaker 5: been elite and that's probably part of the reason he's
Speaker 5: got reverse splits. When you look at his splits, right
Speaker 5: handed batters hitting two seventy four against them, lefties only
Speaker 5: two thirteen. And there's a bunch of lefties in the
Speaker 5: lineup against him today.
Speaker 7: Let's put it in perspective very quickly. Gavin Stone is
Speaker 7: going to make a Dodger high twenty fifth start. That's
Speaker 7: the leader in number of starts. Who would have predicted
Speaker 7: that in spring trending with the Dodgers were here in Arizona.
Speaker 7: So no decision last time out, in spite of the
Speaker 7: fact he went seven innings, allowed just one earned run,
Speaker 7: only three hits over those seven frames.
Speaker 5: So Stone going against Merrill Kelly. Kelly had a shoulder strain,
Speaker 5: missed a bunch of time, but in the three starts
Speaker 5: since coming off the il, he's two and zero.
Speaker 7: Yeah, they're one of the things that did the Kelly do.
Speaker 7: He's going to give you different eye angles as far
Speaker 7: as what the hitter is going to be looking at.
Speaker 7: The Other part, too, is the walk ratio for Merra
Speaker 7: Kelly always struck out thirty two, but he's also a
Speaker 7: walk thirteen limited action just barely above forty innings thus far.
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