Speaker 1: It's Game five Dodgers and Padres. And we're joined right
Speaker 1: now by one of those Dodger relievers that forced a
Speaker 1: Game five, and that is Evan Phillips. Thanks a lot
Speaker 1: for the time, Evan, appreciate.
Speaker 2: It absolutely anytime.
Speaker 1: Dave, What a great moment for as a group, for
Speaker 1: you guys to come out there and really impose your will.
Speaker 1: What does that say about who you guys are in
Speaker 1: that bullpen?
Speaker 3: You know, I think Game four is a testament to
Speaker 3: the kind of work we've been putting in all year
Speaker 3: and what we've been bracing for. And you know, I'm
Speaker 3: really proud of how each guy came in and you know,
Speaker 3: different situations and what they were used to doing, you know,
Speaker 3: in the regular season. But you know, we've we've had
Speaker 3: bullpen games before and we take a lot of pride
Speaker 3: in being, you know, the guys that are relied on
Speaker 3: to go out there and get the job done.
Speaker 2: So we fed off of one another.
Speaker 3: You know, Brazier and Anthony and Bandas had a great tone,
Speaker 3: uh built a good lead offensively, so being able to
Speaker 3: hold that lead throughout the game was you know, really
Speaker 3: just a momentum builder for each guy that came out
Speaker 3: of the bullpen.
Speaker 1: Evan, When you look at this entire season, you all
Speaker 1: have been very nimble, not really confined to one inning,
Speaker 1: but to groupings of hitters. How much did that benefit
Speaker 1: you in a situation like Game four?
Speaker 3: That's a that's such a great point. I think that's
Speaker 3: exactly why we were able to go out there and
Speaker 3: do what we what we did. I think you saw,
Speaker 3: you know, guys in different innings than you normally see it,
Speaker 3: but you also saw them pitching in similar you know.
Speaker 2: Spots of the orderist to which they would.
Speaker 3: And I think doing that throughout the year, you know,
Speaker 3: you know when situations called for it early in the season,
Speaker 3: or you know it's it's all bracing four when it
Speaker 3: matters most of the posts.
Speaker 2: And I think you saw that in Game four. Evan.
Speaker 1: Phillips is our guest just in front of first pitch
Speaker 1: here as Game five is getting ready to go, and
Speaker 1: obviously Yamamoto is starting today, Evan, But in a situation
Speaker 1: like this, all hands on deck, is it the same
Speaker 1: kind of feeling mentality at being ready at any point
Speaker 1: in time?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 3: Absolutely, I think you know they'll communicate, you know what's
Speaker 3: expected of us tonight.
Speaker 2: You know pregame. You know, we expect Yama to go
Speaker 2: out there.
Speaker 3: And give us his best, and we'll be ready to
Speaker 3: go for at whatever point we need to be.
Speaker 1: When Dave Roberts talked about what he may or may
Speaker 1: not do today, he said he would check in with
Speaker 1: all the relievers and see how you were feeling during
Speaker 1: yesterday's workout. What would you say is the consensus on
Speaker 1: how all you guys are feeling?
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I think that's just a formality. That's
Speaker 3: Doc being nice to us and taking care of us
Speaker 3: and looking out for us. But we're all gonna be
Speaker 3: ready to go without a doubt.
Speaker 2: When you look at this starts your team.
Speaker 1: You guys have had to overcome a lot of injuries
Speaker 1: and different types of things throughout the season. What does
Speaker 1: it say about each other that you were able to
Speaker 1: band together and force the game five?
Speaker 3: You know, I just got chills thinking about it because
Speaker 3: I can go, you know, gut a guy in the bullpen,
Speaker 3: and really, you know, for basically our whole team, each
Speaker 3: guy has endured their own, you know, challenges throughout the year,
Speaker 3: whether it's physically on the field or an injury.
Speaker 2: Ebbs and flows throughout the season.
Speaker 3: So for each guy on our team really, like I said, so,
Speaker 3: to be able to chip away and contribute to the team,
Speaker 3: contribute to these wins in the postseason has been really special.
Speaker 3: And I hope we can do it one more time
Speaker 3: here in Game five and keep on going.
Speaker 1: I know you can appreciate Freddie Freeman and everything he's
Speaker 1: had to go through this year. What does it say
Speaker 1: about him and what's the message to the team that
Speaker 1: he's been able to endure.
Speaker 2: You know, that's something that Freddy's done his entire career.
Speaker 3: He's he's you know, he does whatever he can to
Speaker 3: play at a high level each and every day, and
Speaker 3: you know, I know it's eating at him to not
Speaker 3: be one hundred percent right now, but he's still doing
Speaker 3: everything he can to be available for us.
Speaker 2: You know, we'll see what kind of capacity we get.
Speaker 3: Him in here tonight, but uh, you know, hopefully it's
Speaker 3: a benefit to the team. And I think that's that's
Speaker 3: the line for Freddie's he knows if he can go out.
Speaker 2: There and contribute, he'll be out there.
Speaker 3: If he thinks he's going to go out there and
Speaker 3: be detrimental to us getting a win, you know, that's
Speaker 3: when we'll see him pull it back, So hopefully we
Speaker 3: get his best tonight and get him back in the lineup.
Speaker 3: But you know, I think you've seen guys step up
Speaker 3: in spots, especially like we saw in Game four with
Speaker 3: that without Freddy, So hopefully we get more of the
Speaker 3: same tonight.
Speaker 1: Before I let you go, Gavin told me after Game
Speaker 1: four there was a group chat going on amongst the
Speaker 1: teammates to really encourage each other not to give up.
Speaker 1: How late was that group chat going last night? And
Speaker 1: how on fire is it?
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know that that group chat's pretty steady, especially
Speaker 3: you know, situations like this where everyone's pulling their heart
Speaker 3: their heartest for each other. I think you're seeing a
Speaker 3: lot of guys, you know, been together in a different
Speaker 3: way here in the postseason because everything is on the
Speaker 3: line now, you know. And I think that's that's the
Speaker 3: special part about, you know, the camaraderie that we've built
Speaker 3: throughout the year and guys pulling for each other and
Speaker 3: you know, pushing each other to get the best out
Speaker 3: of them. So group chat has definitely been lively, But
Speaker 3: we've also spent a lot of extra time together. You know,
Speaker 3: we took bus rides to and from San Diego together
Speaker 3: just you know, building that extra chemistry together to really
Speaker 3: be able to support each other when it matters most.
Speaker 1: Now Game five, Evan, thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 1: You've been such a big part of this Dodger team
Speaker 1: and I'd look for it to be no different tonight.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot, absolutely, thank you.
Speaker 2: Dave,