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Speaker 2: Welcome to Dodger Talk David Vasse live at Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 2: After the Dodgers shut out the Mariners by a final
Speaker 2: score of three to nothing, we have phone lines open
Speaker 2: at eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy.
Speaker 2: Everybody tells me they have such a hard time getting in. Well,
Speaker 2: I have news for you. Here's a little tip to
Speaker 2: call into Dodger Talk. When the team wins. The phone
Speaker 2: lines are wide open. So that's the best night to
Speaker 2: get in when you can't get in on other nights.
Speaker 2: So when a Dodger win happens like it did tonight,
Speaker 2: a great night to get in. Eight six six nine
Speaker 2: eighty seven two five seventy. We have a lot to
Speaker 2: get to between now and eleven o'clock. We will hear
Speaker 2: from Max Munsey. In a moment we will share justin
Speaker 2: Turner addressing the crowd of fifty one thousand, three hundred
Speaker 2: and forty eight before first pitch, we will share with
Speaker 2: you what Dave Roberts had to say after yesterday's great
Speaker 2: performance by Clayton Kershaw. And we will get into even
Speaker 2: more roster decisions the Dodgers have to make between now
Speaker 2: and the end of the week. So there's a lot
Speaker 2: to get to between now and then, and certainly we
Speaker 2: will hear from all the people that you need to
Speaker 2: hear from tonight. But let's first start before we get
Speaker 2: to Max Munsey. Freddie Freeman did not play yesterday because
Speaker 2: the right middle finger had stiffened up and it was swollen,
Speaker 2: and he just couldn't grip a bat or let alone
Speaker 2: throw a baseball. So we never saw Freddy do much
Speaker 2: of anything except support his teammates on the bench in
Speaker 2: Saint Louis yes yesterday and today, the Dodgers did take
Speaker 2: scans of that right middle finger. A CT scan revealed
Speaker 2: a hairline fracture in that right hand, that right middle finger.
Speaker 2: And when I arrived at the ballpark today, I saw
Speaker 2: two sites. The first person I saw on the batting
Speaker 2: cage was none other than thirty nine year old Justin
Speaker 2: Turner taking early batting practice. The second person I saw
Speaker 2: was Freddie Freeman E Merge out of the Dodger Clubhouse
Speaker 2: to do his pregame work with Dino Ebel, which told me,
Speaker 2: you know what, he's feeling a little bit better. He
Speaker 2: wouldn't tip his hand to me at that point in time.
Speaker 2: He was still going through the progressions of I guess
Speaker 2: trying to convince the Dodger trainers. Thomas Albert, whose name's
Speaker 2: been mentioned a few times lately, a great guy, a
Speaker 2: great trainer, was able to be convinced that Freddy could
Speaker 2: do everything he needed to do on the baseball field.
Speaker 2: And we all know how much Freddy really values being
Speaker 2: out there every day for his team. Tonight was his
Speaker 2: two thousand and second career game played. So that's one
Speaker 2: thing you know about Freddie Freeman. He wants to be
Speaker 2: out there. He'll do whatever it takes to be out there,
Speaker 2: and he did it again tonight, zero for four. But man,
Speaker 2: I said this during the Dodger Clubhouse show. No matter
Speaker 2: what sport it is, whether it's football, basketball, or baseball,
Speaker 2: when you got something going on, the ball will find you.
Speaker 2: And tonight it found Freddie Freeman. First base was actually
Speaker 2: the hot corner tonight. With as much action as Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman was getting, I mean he started Josh Rojas double play.
Speaker 2: He was able to make a great catch there and
Speaker 2: then step on the bag and then he made a
Speaker 2: leaping grab of a Cal Rawley line drive. I mean,
Speaker 2: Freddy was fully extended up in the air, made a
Speaker 2: great catch. But the real test was when he got
Speaker 2: a sharp ground ball from Jorge Poalentz and had to
Speaker 2: try to throw, and he made an accurate throw because
Speaker 2: it was a tagout there and he was able to
Speaker 2: tag out Julio Rodriguez. So he was tested tonight at
Speaker 2: first base and he passed with flying colors eight six,
Speaker 2: six nine, eight seven, two five seventy. Another Dodger that
Speaker 2: passed with flying colors was Max Munsei, who homered for
Speaker 2: the first time since May seventh, to run home run
Speaker 2: in a three run seventh inning for the Dodgers. Here
Speaker 2: was Mighty Max after the game.
Speaker 3: That felt really good.
Speaker 4: You know, it was long flung couple months, and considering
Speaker 4: we couldn't necessarily figure out what was going on, it
Speaker 4: was a you feel like the season starting to get
Speaker 4: taken away from you a little bit, and so I
Speaker 4: would be able to finally come back and play and
Speaker 4: you know, feel healthy most importantly and do something helped
Speaker 4: team win.
Speaker 2: It was a pretty cool moment for me. So how
Speaker 2: did you use field?
Speaker 5: Timing? Wise? Was kind of and back into things that.
Speaker 4: I agree at betsh not necessarily the easiest guy to
Speaker 4: come back against. You know, that's that's definitely one of
Speaker 4: the best fastballs in baseball. And you know, our whole
Speaker 4: team was saying so, so it's I wouldn't say the
Speaker 4: timing felt great, but you know, like I said, not
Speaker 4: the best guy to be coming back against, So you know,
Speaker 4: got to had to. I had a couple of decent abatts,
Speaker 4: you know, got a good ball and play and you
Speaker 4: know i'd call that one.
Speaker 6: There's so much public speaking where you were when you
Speaker 6: get hurt or is this just like where you.
Speaker 4: Like find something that works with where you are physically
Speaker 4: coming back?
Speaker 2: A little bit of both. You know, the mechanics feel
Speaker 2: really good.
Speaker 4: Obviously, the timing is not entirely where I want to be,
Speaker 4: but that's just something that's gonna come with, you know,
Speaker 4: more more time out there on the field. You know,
Speaker 4: there's only so much time you can have doing a
Speaker 4: rehab assignment, and so it's a you know, timming is
Speaker 4: not exactly where I want to be, but mechanically it
Speaker 4: feels pretty good.
Speaker 2: All right. There's Max Munsey on sports net LA, a
Speaker 2: successful return to the Dodgers starting lineup for the first
Speaker 2: time since May fifteenth. He had the oblique injury, and
Speaker 2: then earlier today he explored a lower ribcage issue that
Speaker 2: was corrected and that's when he finally got over the
Speaker 2: hump to be able to take the next steps to
Speaker 2: get back and play like he was out here tonight.
Speaker 2: So a good thing for Max Mounsey to be back.
Speaker 2: And another part of the dimension that Max Munsey brings
Speaker 2: is that he's a tough out. Yes, he strikes out, Yes,
Speaker 2: I think you can consider him a three true outcome player,
Speaker 2: but he does make the opposing pitcher throw a lot
Speaker 2: of pitches, and tonight thirteen pitches were seen by Max
Speaker 2: Munsey in all of zat bats. Maybe not on the
Speaker 2: higher end, but certainly significant. And he was referencing Brian
Speaker 2: wu who Rick Monday said was trying to bust left
Speaker 2: handers in with the fastball. He let one leak over
Speaker 2: the plate against Gavin Lucks. Gavin Lux made him pay
Speaker 2: for it, and Munsey hit his home run off of
Speaker 2: former Dodger Yimi Garcia eight six, six, nine, seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy. Dodgers shut out the Mariners and maintain their
Speaker 2: lead in the NL West. Three games over the Padres,
Speaker 2: four games over the Diamondbacks. Let's go out to Andy
Speaker 2: in Pasadena. You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. Andy. Hey, dB,
Speaker 2: how you doing fantastic.
Speaker 7: First time calling a longtime listener.
Speaker 2: Man, Hey, there you go. See I told you on
Speaker 2: a Dodger win. That's a great night to get in.
Speaker 7: Yes, sir, I was just actually wondering what you thought
Speaker 7: about Roberts taking out Gavin after ninety pitches in the seventh.
Speaker 7: I did his job a little bit more to go.
Speaker 2: He did his job. He's pitched more innings than he
Speaker 2: ever has in his professional career. It was his twenty
Speaker 2: third start of the year. He had gone through three
Speaker 2: or four starts where he did not look like himself.
Speaker 2: So I think he did the right thing. I absolutely
Speaker 2: know he did the right thing by taking him out there.
Speaker 2: He did more than his job tonight.
Speaker 7: No, I agree. I just feel like it was nice
Speaker 7: seeing him in his groove. He was He was consistent
Speaker 7: the whole the whole game. That's why I was like
Speaker 7: a little bummed out. He took him out a little
Speaker 7: bit sooner. I thought he at least go one hundred maybe.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he did pitch a complete game, shutout
Speaker 2: and go one hundred pitches. But considering what has taken
Speaker 2: place the second half of the season with Gavin Stone,
Speaker 2: I feel like Dave Roberts was just trying to preserve
Speaker 2: him moving forward, because even though he went five innings
Speaker 2: in Milwaukee, it wasn't as easy as it was tonight.
Speaker 2: The previous two starts before that, he never got out
Speaker 2: of the fifth inning. So that's the reason why.
Speaker 8: No, No, I get it, I get it.
Speaker 7: I'm just I'm just voicing my opinion.
Speaker 5: That's all.
Speaker 7: But another note, it's good to see Max Munty back.
Speaker 5: At it again.
Speaker 7: I mean, what the world is right?
Speaker 2: I mean world is right and and honestly, Andy, thank
Speaker 2: you for the phone call. Call back anytime. Dodger win
Speaker 2: nights are usually an easy night to get in.
Speaker 7: Yes, sir, I'll be calling again, all right, Andy.
Speaker 2: For the phone call. You look at the Dodger lineup tonight,
Speaker 2: first night. Max Munsey's been back since May and Tommy
Speaker 2: Edmund made his Dodger debut. This is a problem lineup
Speaker 2: for the rest of Major League Baseball one through nine,
Speaker 2: and if Will Smith ever gets his back going again,
Speaker 2: it's an even bigger problem for the rest of Major
Speaker 2: League Baseball moving forward. You look at it, not only
Speaker 2: the three MVPs ta Oscar Hernandez, who's an ambush homer
Speaker 2: power threat, followed by Gavin Lux, Will Smith, Max Munsey,
Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas and Tommy Edmund making his Dodger debut hitting ninth.
Speaker 2: I mean, tell me another starting lineup in baseball that
Speaker 2: can stack it one through nine like that, And tonight
Speaker 2: was just the first night we saw it. Give it
Speaker 2: some time, and similar to what we're used to seeing
Speaker 2: with Dodger offenses. They may not get to the starting
Speaker 2: pitcher as far as scoring four or five runs, but
Speaker 2: they're going to get him out of the game and
Speaker 2: get to the opposing team's bullpen like they did tonight
Speaker 2: in the seventh inning. Now, Brian Wu was really good.
Speaker 2: You heard Max Munsey say it maybe the best fastball
Speaker 2: the Dodgers have faced all season long. But Lux got
Speaker 2: the home run Wu hit Will Smith. That's when Yeemi
Speaker 2: Garcia came in and Max Munsey was able to take advantage.
Speaker 2: So to me, if you can tell me another team
Speaker 2: one through nine that has this type of lineup, I
Speaker 2: would love to know eight six, six nine, eight seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy. Let's go out to the LBC. Joe,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 5: Hey, Dave, how you doing? Man?
Speaker 2: It was a great night at Dodgers Stadium. Joe, how
Speaker 2: you doing out there? Where are you ahead at Phil Trainey's.
Speaker 5: Oh no, it's actually kind of dead out here doing
Speaker 5: lift for now? But get your driver, yes, sir?
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, you called me one time you had some
Speaker 2: passengers down at Belmont Shours in your back seat.
Speaker 9: Get there.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, Joe, you're the most famous lyft driver out
Speaker 2: there in Long Beach.
Speaker 5: Hey, listen, I just want to hear get your opinion
Speaker 5: on Walker Buehler bombs tomorrow. I mean, what are we
Speaker 5: going to do? Are we going to just let him walk?
Speaker 10: Hey?
Speaker 2: Joe, that's that is the biggest question tomorrow night, because
Speaker 2: you saw Gavin Stone and what he was able to
Speaker 2: do against the worst offense in the American League, lowest
Speaker 2: batting average, strikes out more than any other team in
Speaker 2: the American League. If Walker Buehler can't get his season
Speaker 2: back on track against this team. I mean, how long
Speaker 2: is the least going to be The Dodgers need to
Speaker 2: win games. This is not tryout camp anymore.
Speaker 5: So what do we do. Do We let him walk
Speaker 5: at the end of the season, and I sure hate
Speaker 5: to see him. You know, we can go to another
Speaker 5: team then come back, and.
Speaker 2: I know I would not like to see that either.
Speaker 2: That's something to be determined at the end of the year.
Speaker 2: He's on this team until the final out of whenever.
Speaker 2: He's not going anywhere as far as them just cutting ties,
Speaker 2: but I think everybody needs to be realistic about the
Speaker 2: fact that they're in a division race and they can't
Speaker 2: just punk games every fifth game. And also the domino
Speaker 2: effect Walker Bueller goes only three or four innings all
Speaker 2: of a sudden, Dave Roberts has to go to his bullpen,
Speaker 2: and then it's a little short the next day and
Speaker 2: maybe the two days after. So it's not just about
Speaker 2: bueller starts, it's the effects it has on the days after.
Speaker 2: So you know, he said he could build off his
Speaker 2: last start in Milwaukee. I hope so, because I love
Speaker 2: Walker Bueller when he's right, he is tremendous and when
Speaker 2: he's right, there's very few pitchers I would rather have
Speaker 2: on the mound for a big game. But he hasn't
Speaker 2: been right all season long.
Speaker 5: Right right? I mean think thing with Bobby Miller.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, Bobby Miller's here because Tyler Glass now went
Speaker 2: on the il. So hopefully he can get his season
Speaker 2: on track. And he's probably only going to make maybe
Speaker 2: one more, maybe two more starts, depending on what the
Speaker 2: Dodgers see with Walker Buehler tomorrow night. But honestly, Joe,
Speaker 2: that's that's the giant elephant in the room tomorrow night.
Speaker 2: How long of a leash do the Dodgers give Walker
Speaker 2: Bueller if things don't go well tomorrow? Thanks for the
Speaker 2: phone call, be safe out there in Long Beach. Eight
Speaker 2: six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. Mariners fall to the Dodgers tonight, three to nothing.
Speaker 2: And before the game, Justin Turner got a big standing
Speaker 2: ovation from fifty one thousand plus when the starting lineups
Speaker 2: were introduced. Then the Dodgers did a great highlight tribute
Speaker 2: of his nine year career with the Dodgers, and then
Speaker 2: after all that, there was more the Dodgers presented Justin
Speaker 2: Turner and his wife Courtney with a ten thousand dollars
Speaker 2: check to the Justin Turner Foundation, and also gave him
Speaker 2: a nice framed photo thing of three big moments in
Speaker 2: his Dodger career, including his walk off home run in
Speaker 2: Game two of the twenty seventeen NLCS, and Justin was
Speaker 2: definitely leaning into the emotions of the night and addressed
Speaker 2: it and addressed the fifty one thousand and three forty
Speaker 2: eight here at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 11: What's up, La, I'm notoriously long window, so I'll try
Speaker 11: to keep this short. I just want to say, from
Speaker 11: the bottom of my heart, Courtney Bo, thank you guys
Speaker 11: so much for nine of the most incredible years of
Speaker 11: my life. From top to bottom, ownership, front office, staff, players,
Speaker 11: you guys made this one of the most special times.
Speaker 11: And I can't say thank you enough. This time in
Speaker 11: his uniform has meant the world to me and Dodger fans.
Speaker 11: You guys are truly amazing. You always have a special
Speaker 11: spot in my heart.
Speaker 2: So thank you. That was a great moment at Dodgers Stadium,
Speaker 2: and I love the Dodger fans saluting one of the
Speaker 2: best Dodgers, most popular Dodgers in the last ten years,
Speaker 2: Justin Turner, who certainly provided a lot of great moments
Speaker 2: over his nine years with the Dodgers, and look, hopefully
Speaker 2: it comes full circle, whether it's a situation like Matt
Speaker 2: kemp last homestand where he signs a ceremonial one day
Speaker 2: contract and retires as a Dodger, or if somehow someway
Speaker 2: during this offseason, Justin Turner and the Dodgers find their
Speaker 2: way back to each other. It would be great for
Speaker 2: Justin Turner to play his final season in the big
Speaker 2: leagues in a Dodger uniform. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. We have
Speaker 2: three lines open. We're gonna take a time out here
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk. When we come back, we'll get into
Speaker 2: our Kershaw appreciation. As oral Herscheizer likes to say, what
Speaker 2: a tremendous outing yesterday for Clayton Kershaw. Even with all
Speaker 2: these fancy new toys, he turns out to be the
Speaker 2: guy that when you need him the most, he delivers,
Speaker 2: And he did that again yesterday. And we'll also hear
Speaker 2: from Chris Taylor, who is on his way back as well.
Speaker 2: Dodgers shut out the Mariners three to nothing on the
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Speaker 2: It's a home run Turk. Gavin Loucks Ama Dodgers lead
Speaker 2: it won nothing walks with home run number nine on
Speaker 2: the season. Gavin Lucks red hot since the All Star break,
Speaker 2: since he saw his uncle Aggy Schmidt, who got him right,
Speaker 2: hitting three sixty six. Since that Wisconsin summer party where
Speaker 2: Uncle Aggy took him into the batting cage and set
Speaker 2: him straight, he has been fantastic for the Dodgers, and
Speaker 2: he got the first run on the board tonight with
Speaker 2: a one out home run off of Brian wu. The
Speaker 2: Dodgers would score three runs in that seventh inning thanks
Speaker 2: to a two run home run by Max Munsey, who
Speaker 2: played his first game since May, hitting a two run
Speaker 2: shot off of former Dodger Yimi Garcia. That would be
Speaker 2: the final score of three to nothing Dodgers over the Mariners.
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Speaker 2: five seventy. David Vasse with you until eleven o'clock tonight
Speaker 2: live from Dodgers Stadium. And as we mentioned, Max Munsey
Speaker 2: made his return off the IL, and also Tommy Edmund
Speaker 2: was activated off the IL, making his Dodger debut. He
Speaker 2: got his first hit as a Dodger in the seventh
Speaker 2: inning with a single. And to activate those two players,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers had to have tough conversations with two others.
Speaker 2: Andy Pahez, who basically has been here since middle of
Speaker 2: May when James Outman was really not effective defensively or offensively.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers did not want to lose any players. Pojz
Speaker 2: obviously has options, so they had to option Andy pohes
Speaker 2: back to Oklahoma City, and they also had to designate
Speaker 2: for assignment shortstop Nick Ahmed, who they picked up while
Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas was injured with right forearm strains. So those
Speaker 2: were the two corresponding moves. And Chris Taylor is on
Speaker 2: the horizon to return some point on this homestand and
Speaker 2: to do. I don't know what the Dodgers are going
Speaker 2: to do, and as they like to say, a lot
Speaker 2: can happen between now and then, which we have seen
Speaker 2: injuries have been an issue. Speaking of injuries, before we
Speaker 2: get to Taylor and how the Dodgers get him on
Speaker 2: the roster, Austin Barnes went on the il before today's
Speaker 2: game because yesterday he took a foul off his big
Speaker 2: left toe and it fractured his big left toe. He
Speaker 2: was bleeding throughout the game, bleeding a lot after the game,
Speaker 2: and certainly that shows his toughness that he was able
Speaker 2: to catch the rest of the game from the third
Speaker 2: inning on. So kudos to Austin Barnes and part of
Speaker 2: the reason why his teammates have so much respect for
Speaker 2: him to be able to catch through all that. And
Speaker 2: the Dodgers called up Hunter Fiducca, who is acting as
Speaker 2: the backup catcher right now for Will Smith. So that's
Speaker 2: another part of the roster moves that were made today.
Speaker 2: As far as Chris Taylor goes, Chris Taylor told me
Speaker 2: earlier today that he has made some noticeable swing changes
Speaker 2: during this time of rehabbing his groin injury, and he
Speaker 2: feels like he is starting to get in sync offensively.
Speaker 2: Chris Taylor is not going anywhere. He is going to
Speaker 2: be activated on this homestand and Kevin Kiermaier has been
Speaker 2: outstanding for the Dodgers on a game like tomorrow where
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts said he's going to play Tommy Edmond at
Speaker 2: shortstop that Kevin Kiermeyer to me, is the automatic in
Speaker 2: center field. Now. The Dodgers are in a tough spot
Speaker 2: for a number of different reasons. With Jason Hayward, who
Speaker 2: has not had a great year. He's only hitting two
Speaker 2: oh three, his OPS is six point fifty eight. He's
Speaker 2: been relegated to the bench, with Mookie Betts now the
Speaker 2: everyday right fielder. I don't know how you do it,
Speaker 2: but you can't let Kevin Kiermeyer get away. Kevin Kiermeyer
Speaker 2: to me, should be on this playoff roster. Uh So
Speaker 2: I'm not Brandon Gomes, I'm not Andrew Friedman, but you
Speaker 2: better find a way to keep Kevin Kiermeyer on this
Speaker 2: roster because not only has he been great defensively, he
Speaker 2: has been a great teammate and he also has come
Speaker 2: through with the bat. So he's a valuable asset and
Speaker 2: I feel like the Dodgers are going to find a
Speaker 2: way to keep Kevin Kiermeyer. They have to, And I
Speaker 2: know they're in a tough spot with Jason Hayward, but
Speaker 2: right now, Kevin Kiermeyer is more valuable than Jason Hayward,
Speaker 2: and I don't think either one should be let go.
Speaker 2: I'm not sure how you do that, but to me,
Speaker 2: Kevin Kiermeyer is the more valuable player right now with
Speaker 2: the way he's playing and the defense he's been playing.
Speaker 2: Just another tough decision for the Dodgers. Moving forward, eight six, six, seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy Dodgers shut out the Mariners three to nothing.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Corvallis, Oregon. Donovan, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: Thanks for being patient.
Speaker 6: Hey, what's up, guys?
Speaker 2: Hey Donovan, I'm sorry.
Speaker 12: Can you can you hear it?
Speaker 2: I can?
Speaker 12: We're just gonna say one of our favorite callers is
Speaker 12: usually at the last of the night and it's Dizzy,
Speaker 12: and I wanted to give her a shout out.
Speaker 2: Okay, hello is he She's not on hold tonight, Donovan.
Speaker 12: Oh okay, and just looking looking forward, I think this
Speaker 12: is our team's looking the band aid is ripped off
Speaker 12: and we're kind of.
Speaker 2: I would say, the band back on because everybody's healthy,
Speaker 2: that's what.
Speaker 12: Yeah, like we're we're coming back together. So yeah, it's
Speaker 12: Kershaw the other night. Fantastic pitching game tonight with our
Speaker 12: hitting and just like in our pitching game has been
Speaker 12: really good.
Speaker 2: All right, Donovan, thanks a lot for the phone call
Speaker 2: and thanks for listening to us up there in Corvallis, Oregon.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Mohammed and Azusa. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: How you doing Mohammed, Hey, Dave, I'm doing great.
Speaker 3: Well, there you go.
Speaker 6: Absolutely, thanks for being the call our good win today.
Speaker 6: I just wanted to say we had a I was
Speaker 6: good to see Gavin Stolen go seven and Dave Roberts
Speaker 6: didn't take him out, you know, doing that five and
Speaker 6: two thirds thing, so I was happy about that.
Speaker 2: Well, he was well enough not to take him out
Speaker 2: at very well five and two.
Speaker 6: Thirds, absolutely autely and apart from that, just a few
Speaker 6: shout out Freddy with the finger, you know, showing that
Speaker 6: he can play with injuries. It's awesome. Lucks coming around
Speaker 6: was awesome, and I've just come to I just wanted
Speaker 6: your thoughts, like I feel like, speaking of pitching and stuff,
Speaker 6: I just feel like our like you said Elson in
Speaker 6: the room, right with the situation tomorrow, I just feel
Speaker 6: like our pitching is not obviously up to par which
Speaker 6: we thought we were gonna have. I just feel like
Speaker 6: it's time for us to hopefully with this kind of
Speaker 6: comeback Monksy coming back doing.
Speaker 5: A great job.
Speaker 6: I hope our offense goes into the offensive groove that
Speaker 6: we can like pull away so far ahead from teams
Speaker 6: that are pitching, you know, like it doesn't affect us
Speaker 6: as much. So I just want to get your thoughts
Speaker 6: on that. But thank you for thinking my call. I
Speaker 6: appreciate you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you would hope that Dodgers would be scoring more
Speaker 2: runs and giving their pictures a little bit more breathing room,
Speaker 2: especially later in the games. It was nice to see
Speaker 2: Joe Kelly come in and have a clip eighth inning
Speaker 2: and protect a three to nothing lead. Great to see
Speaker 2: Evan Phillips retire the Mariners in order as well for
Speaker 2: his sixteenth save. So hopefully all that starts to come together.
Speaker 2: And really, you know, here's the Kershaw appreciation that I
Speaker 2: feel like we all take for granted. This guy is
Speaker 2: coming off major shoulder surgery. He's put in a lot
Speaker 2: of work in discipline to find a way to come
Speaker 2: back sooner than expected. And I'm sure many of you
Speaker 2: out there were very skeptical about the version of Kershaw
Speaker 2: you would get and whether or not he would even
Speaker 2: finish the season, whether or not he was going to
Speaker 2: be effective. But every start he has gotten better, and
Speaker 2: yesterday was maybe, in fact not maybe it was his
Speaker 2: best start since coming off the il and best start
Speaker 2: since that left shoulder surgery. Six scoreless innings, only seventy pitches.
Speaker 2: If you think back to this last seven game home
Speaker 2: road trip, the Dodgers won four games. The winning pitcher
Speaker 2: of two of them was Clayton Kershaw. Clayton Kershaw only
Speaker 2: had a two to nothing cushion yesterday, and he still
Speaker 2: pitched outstanding And you have to believe at thirty six
Speaker 2: years old, he says the shoulders feeling great, which I
Speaker 2: do believe, But how about the rest of his body?
Speaker 2: You think the rest of his body is feeling terrific
Speaker 2: at this stage of his career. I would bet against that.
Speaker 2: But he's pitching through any aches or pains and going
Speaker 2: out there and being that stopper, being that ace yet again,
Speaker 2: at this stage of his career. The Dodgers invested a
Speaker 2: lot of money in Tyler Glass now and Yoshi Yamamoto,
Speaker 2: But here we are again Clayton Kershaw being the guy
Speaker 2: the Dodgers need big time, and they needed a big
Speaker 2: time start yesterday to come away with a winning road
Speaker 2: trip and take two out of three from Saint Louis.
Speaker 2: Without that start yesterday, the Dodge don't win that game
Speaker 2: in Saint Louis. But yet again, when the Dodgers need
Speaker 2: Clayton Kershaw the most, he delivers. Do we all appreciate that?
Speaker 2: Do we all realize that all these shiny new toys
Speaker 2: don't stand up to a guy like Kershaw, who has
Speaker 2: meant more to this franchise than any other player or
Speaker 2: pitcher that I can think of in a long time.
Speaker 2: And after the game yesterday I talked about it with
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts, what does.
Speaker 13: It say about Kershaw and what he means to your
Speaker 13: team even at this stage of his career. I mean,
Speaker 13: there were a lot of new acquisitions to help stabilize
Speaker 13: your rotation, and he seems now that he's back to
Speaker 13: be that guy again.
Speaker 10: I think it's it's a it's a you know, it's
Speaker 10: a message to everyone as far as you're not always
Speaker 10: going to be feeling your best and you still got
Speaker 10: to go out there and find a way to perform
Speaker 10: and help the ball club win. And so you know,
Speaker 10: certainly for the young guys that you know, with the
Speaker 10: stuff he's going out there, you know it's not ninety
Speaker 10: five ninety seven, but with the command the grit to
Speaker 10: throw strikes to get ahead of hitters, you know, you
Speaker 10: can go out there and still pitch deep into a game.
Speaker 10: So I think that's something that, you know, all of
Speaker 10: our guys need to take note of.
Speaker 2: And that's not just the young guys, the rookies like
Speaker 2: Gavin Stone. Everybody in this rotation is younger than Kershaw.
Speaker 2: So I feel not only did Kershaw send a message,
Speaker 2: but I feel like Dave Roberts sent a message to
Speaker 2: everybody else in this Dodger rotation and on this pitching staff,
Speaker 2: and Gavin Stone certainly delivered tonight seven scoreless sinnings, only
Speaker 2: throwing ninety pitches and had a career high ten strikeouts. Oh,
Speaker 2: by the way, I think you can give Kershaw an
Speaker 2: assist as well, because the day he wasn't pitching, even
Speaker 2: though the Dodgers turned out to lose that game, he
Speaker 2: was still watching the game and try to help his
Speaker 2: team win by paying attention when the Brewers Joey Ortiz
Speaker 2: did not touch second base when there was a fly
Speaker 2: ball that was that dropped and Ortiz going back towards
Speaker 2: first did not touch second base on the way to
Speaker 2: third base. Who was the guy that was paying attention
Speaker 2: to that? It was Clayton Kershaw. So a big road
Speaker 2: trip for him. And you know, it's fine to love
Speaker 2: all these other guys, but you know I've tried to
Speaker 2: explain this to you many times before. Don't doubt the
Speaker 2: great ones. They will come through for you. And when
Speaker 2: October rolls around, I'm sure the Dodgers are going to
Speaker 2: need Kershaw to pick them up a few times, and
Speaker 2: I have no doubts he will be able to do it.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Westchester. Gabe. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: How you doing, Gabe?
Speaker 5: Well, what's going on?
Speaker 12: Dave?
Speaker 8: I was gonna talk about Gavintone, But I really what
Speaker 8: you just said about Kershaw is so accurate and something
Speaker 8: I've spoken to for years as far as like I
Speaker 8: get the analytics of the game, and I get when
Speaker 8: you try to play the analytics with getting lineups that
Speaker 8: are built around that. But there's just something to be
Speaker 8: said for not only veteranship, but just Hall of Fame
Speaker 8: level pitching and Hall of Fame level experience. And that's
Speaker 8: been Clayton Kershaw for the last ten fifteen years.
Speaker 5: We've had him.
Speaker 8: That's who he is. So I have one hundred percent
Speaker 8: agree with you on that, and anyone who doesn't really
Speaker 8: see that they haven't been watching that said going into
Speaker 8: the night Gavin Stone. The two things on that one,
Speaker 8: I think he threw pitches I haven't seen him throw
Speaker 8: all year. Didn't he throw six different or something like that?
Speaker 8: He normally throws four. I think the thing that really
Speaker 8: stood out to me more than his bad starts he's had,
Speaker 8: is he was attacking people. I think he didn't get
Speaker 8: behind in towns as much. I mean, he walked a
Speaker 8: couple guys, but he was going after hitters, and this
Speaker 8: is like, don't let their batting stats confuse you. These
Speaker 8: are very capable hitters. Randy Rosereene is known to Scott
Speaker 8: that obviously, Justin Turner, we know who he is. Rodriguez
Speaker 8: is amazing. I love the Mariners. They're my second team
Speaker 8: behind the Dodgers. But I think Gavin Stone went after them.
Speaker 8: I think he was fearless, and I think that's the
Speaker 8: player we need, especially going into October, because that's who
Speaker 8: he was when he was hot at the beginning of
Speaker 8: the year and when you were so.
Speaker 5: High on him.
Speaker 8: And one thing I wanted to ask you, Dave, is
Speaker 8: really just going into we got the Maritors, and we
Speaker 8: got the Raids, and we got the Orioles. That is
Speaker 8: a really hard stretch. Those are two good teams in
Speaker 8: the AL and then one of I think the best
Speaker 8: team in the AL. What are going to be the
Speaker 8: keys in your opinion to getting through that, especially without
Speaker 8: Tyler Glass now, especially where we're going against some of
Speaker 8: the best pitchers in the league. I just want to
Speaker 8: hear what you see us needing to do. The Dodgers
Speaker 8: needed to do to at least go above five hundred
Speaker 8: and hopefully win all three series.
Speaker 2: All right, well, thank you for the phone call. Good call.
Speaker 2: Call back anytime, Gabe, and I will say this, we
Speaker 2: get so caught up in offense. But when the Dodgers
Speaker 2: have won games this year, it's because of their starting
Speaker 2: pitchers going at least six innings. That's how they got
Speaker 2: off to such a large lead in the NL West.
Speaker 2: It seemed like virtually every night their starter was giving
Speaker 2: them at least six innings, including guys like Gavin Stone
Speaker 2: and I'm with you. He did attack tonight, but part
Speaker 2: of the reason why he was in the strike zone
Speaker 2: so much is because he worked on being more directional
Speaker 2: to home plate. That's what he told us before yesterday's
Speaker 2: game in our pregame interview, and he executed that today.
Speaker 2: And his change up was on point tonight. So the
Speaker 2: fastball and the changeup played off each other really well.
Speaker 2: He had his slider working tonight, so he even threw
Speaker 2: in a sweeper, and you know, he's come up with
Speaker 2: the cutter against lefties, but there weren't too many lefties
Speaker 2: in the Mariners lineup tonight. He only had a couple
Speaker 2: of them, plus a couple of switch hitters. So you
Speaker 2: know he did phase four lefties tonight, but he wasn't
Speaker 2: relying on the cutter against them. He was throwing a
Speaker 2: slider a lot, and he was attacking with his fastball
Speaker 2: and just saying, hit it. I got guys behind me.
Speaker 2: I think he saw something from Kershaw yesterday where you
Speaker 2: know you can trust your defense and Gavin Stone's not
Speaker 2: chasing strikeouts. He can get them when he needs them.
Speaker 2: But tonight a career high ten strikeouts. So going back
Speaker 2: to your question, that's what it comes down to. Against
Speaker 2: good teams, you've got to have your starting pitcher keep
Speaker 2: you in the game for at least five or six innings.
Speaker 2: And with the Dodger lineup now becoming whole, uh, this
Speaker 2: is a whole new ballgame because three weeks ago, if
Speaker 2: you looked at the Dodger lineup, it looked like shoe
Speaker 2: Hey Otani was surrounded by the twenty twenty three Angels.
Speaker 2: That's how it looked with all the injuries. Really, I
Speaker 2: mean look at it, it was it was on par
Speaker 2: with that caliber surrounding Otani. But now all of a sudden,
Speaker 2: you got Mookie back, you got Freddie Back, Tay Oscar,
Speaker 2: Gavin Lux, Will Smith, Max Munsey, Rojas, Tommy Edmond. I
Speaker 2: mean one through nine, this is such a different lineup
Speaker 2: than it was even two weeks ago. You can't even
Speaker 2: compare it. Eight six six nine, eight seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Seal Beach. Joey,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Joey?
Speaker 5: Are you doing?
Speaker 3: Dave?
Speaker 14: I wanted to bring up a quick, quick, something quick
Speaker 14: that I saw tonight. I just uh with with a
Speaker 14: guy coming back Muncie and and getting help from Edmund
Speaker 14: and Kiermier being a guy to just out of nowhere.
Speaker 14: It just it just felt like tonight this is the
Speaker 14: team that, uh that's gonna ultimately go to the World
Speaker 14: Series and I hope win the World Series.
Speaker 2: Who you're saying World Series now?
Speaker 14: I mean, I mean, it just feels like we have
Speaker 14: all the right pieces and Max Monty's batting eight like
Speaker 14: that is crazy.
Speaker 7: That that that's insane.
Speaker 3: So it's just.
Speaker 7: Oh seventh, I'm sorry, and then uh, out of the bullpen,
Speaker 7: Kopek just lights.
Speaker 14: Out out of nowhere, I mean hopefully tried and comes.
Speaker 9: Back hopefully see hopefully we get.
Speaker 14: Some some arms back and that bullpen is gonna be
Speaker 14: lights out too.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm that weapon is Joey the Bazooka Bruce Star graderol.
Speaker 2: He only has a Grade one hamstring strain. He's supposed
Speaker 2: to throw a bullpen session this week. So everybody thought
Speaker 2: his season was over when he was helped off the field.
Speaker 2: But he may come back in September and that would
Speaker 2: be a big boost to the bullpen, which has been
Speaker 2: used quite a bit. Thanks for the phone call, Joey,
Speaker 2: appreciate it. Eight six six nine eight seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. Dodgers shut out the Mariners
Speaker 2: three to nothing. They maintain a three game lead over
Speaker 2: the second place Padres, who won tonight. The Arizona Diamondbacks
Speaker 2: also won tonight. Jock Peterson homered again. The Diamondbacks are
Speaker 2: four games back of the Dodgers in the NL West.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Bob and Whittier. You're on Dodger
Speaker 2: Talk with David Vasse. How you doing, Bob.
Speaker 9: I'm doing great, man, it's it's it's a fun time
Speaker 9: to be a Dodgers man. I think you agree. Even
Speaker 9: with all the injuries that seem to be hitting us
Speaker 9: every other game, but you know, they just find a way.
Speaker 9: And I just wanted to add I'm sure you've talked
Speaker 9: about this already, but Gavin Lux like that, that might
Speaker 9: be one of the most surprising things that I've seen
Speaker 9: this year. Like you could argue that he has arguably
Speaker 9: been our most consistent hitter and one of the best
Speaker 9: players to really put momentum back in the game. He's
Speaker 9: even on pitches that he's missing, you know, when he's
Speaker 9: swinging and missing, there's such an aggressive approach that you
Speaker 9: know he's slowly forming himself into, you know. And I
Speaker 9: just wonder where this team would be right now if
Speaker 9: he wasn't as hot, and I think that.
Speaker 2: You know where it would be. It would be a
Speaker 2: lot different looking team because Gavin Lux probably would be
Speaker 2: in the spot that Jason Hayward is in right now.
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts would be the Dodgers second baseman, and they
Speaker 2: would have had to platooned in right field with Hayward
Speaker 2: and PAHs. So he's been a huge boost, and I
Speaker 2: agree with you. He looks like a more confident player.
Speaker 2: He looks like a player that has slowed down the
Speaker 2: game tremendously, and you're right, we did not see any
Speaker 2: signs of this in the first half of the year,
Speaker 2: but as I reminded you, he was coming off a
Speaker 2: huge right knee Achilles injuries, so it did take time
Speaker 2: for him to kind of let loose be confident on
Speaker 2: that leg. And I think we're seeing the sign the
Speaker 2: patients the Dodgers showed paying off with him.
Speaker 9: Yes, and also crazy stat too. He's probably been one
Speaker 9: of our best hitters. I was reading a stat where
Speaker 9: with runners on he's hitting like three fifty three this year.
Speaker 9: I think you have to keep him in the five
Speaker 9: spot too. I know, you know months he's a huge bat,
Speaker 9: and I know there's a lot of history there, but
Speaker 9: the way that Lux is playing right now, I don't
Speaker 9: think there's any way you take him unless he's going
Speaker 9: through a horror, horrific slump. You keep him at the
Speaker 9: fifth and you just have Monty, you know, hit six
Speaker 9: or seventh, because that just makes the lineup even more dangerous,
Speaker 9: and it's.
Speaker 2: A good problem to have, Bob, considering, like I was saying,
Speaker 2: we're the Dodger lineup was a couple of weeks ago
Speaker 2: without Freddy, without Mooki without Monsey, without Edmund, it's a
Speaker 2: good problem to have when you're talking about all these
Speaker 2: players and pump the brakes on the batting average with
Speaker 2: runners in scoring position. It's not three point fifty, but
Speaker 2: it's three nineteen and he's been tremendous just putting bat
Speaker 2: on ball to score run. So I'm with you on that, Bob.
Speaker 2: Thanks for the phone call. Eight six six ninety seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy. Let's go out to Gilberto and San Diego.
Speaker 2: You're our final caller tonight. Hi, Gilberto ol with us.
Speaker 2: Oh total bien ghanamo stenoce ganamos.
Speaker 3: And you know I wanted to call Yester, but you
Speaker 3: weren't on the air. I mean, isow kersher yesterday, And
Speaker 3: I'm so happy for him. He feels good. He knows
Speaker 3: and you will mention it. He knows he doesn't have
Speaker 3: that ninety seven miles for our fastball, and I was
Speaker 3: telling callin that he reminded me of great Maddox. He
Speaker 3: didn't have that great fastball, but he knew where to
Speaker 3: put it and his crew ball was so amazing. I'm
Speaker 3: very happy that he's back and I'm looking forward for
Speaker 3: him to do a great, great performance in the playoffs,
Speaker 3: because that's what he deserves and he has been working
Speaker 3: for that, and I'm so happy the Dodgers didn't let
Speaker 3: him go anywhere, and I hope he retired as a
Speaker 3: Dodger whatever how many years he's got left, I really do.
Speaker 2: I'm sure the Rangers are kicking themselves for not taking
Speaker 2: the opportunity to try to sign Kershaw because if they
Speaker 2: make a pitch to him, who knows. Maybe he's in
Speaker 2: Texas right now pitching well for them, but this is
Speaker 2: where he belongs to Gilberto. This will not be his
Speaker 2: final season. He will be back next year as well.
Speaker 2: But I'm with you. I would love nothing more than
Speaker 2: to see Clayton Kershaw riding in a parade float down Figueroa.
Speaker 2: I think that would just be a capper on his
Speaker 2: Hall of Fame career. And I know the Dodgers one
Speaker 2: and twenty, but I wanted a parade for all these
Speaker 2: guys and they never got it. So La needs a
Speaker 2: parade really bad. I feel like that would bring the
Speaker 2: city together and it would be the first Dodger parade
Speaker 2: we have seen in this city since nineteen eighty eight.
Speaker 2: So I hope Kershaw and the Dodgers are able to
Speaker 2: deliver that.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, and one more seeing they've had two players
Speaker 3: that I have are making a big difference this year,
Speaker 3: Austin Barnes and Miguel Rojas. I know Tanny has the numbers,
Speaker 3: I know that, but Miguel Rojas is the glue that
Speaker 3: has kept that team together. And kudos to Gavin Lux
Speaker 3: for figuring it out. I'm really happy for this team.
Speaker 2: Now, all right, Gilberto, thank you for the phone call.
Speaker 2: That's a great way to end the show. Tonight, Dodgers
Speaker 2: shut out the Mariners three to nothing. Justin Turner makes
Speaker 2: his first return back to Dodgers Stadium since signing with
Speaker 2: the Red Sox. Austin did not come here last year.
Speaker 2: Toronto did not come here. The Dodgers went to both
Speaker 2: cities the last couple of years, so if Justin was
Speaker 2: not traded to the Mariners, he would have had to
Speaker 2: wait maybe another year, and who knows if he would
Speaker 2: have ever got this opportunity. So it was a great
Speaker 2: start and finished to the night as Justin Turner was
Speaker 2: honored and the Dodgers shut out his Mariners three to nothing.
Speaker 2: Now tomorrow, game two of this three game series between
Speaker 2: the Dodgers and Mariners. The Dodgers are twenty one to
Speaker 2: twelve against American League teams, including tonight, and they're playing
Speaker 2: fourteen of their next eighteen against American League opponents. Walker
Speaker 2: Buehler a critical start for him tomorrow night. He's one
Speaker 2: in five with an ERA of five point fifty eight.
Speaker 2: He's going up against Bryce Miller, who is nine to
Speaker 2: seven with an ERA of three twenty nine. It's ta
Speaker 2: Oscar Hernandez Bobblehead Night here at Dodgers Stadium. The first
Speaker 2: forty thousand fans in attendance will receive Taascar Hernandez home
Speaker 2: run derby winning bobblehead Morongo Casino. Dodgers on Deck begins
Speaker 2: at six o'clock tomorrow, with first pitch at seven to ten.
Speaker 2: That'll do it for us tonight on Dodger Talk. Thanks
Speaker 2: to Colin Ye back at our Burbank studios, Thanks to
Speaker 2: Dwayne McDonald back here at Dodgers Stadium, and thanks to
Speaker 2: you for listening. In case you missed any of the show,
Speaker 2: you can find it on the iHeartRadio app. And that's
Speaker 2: also where you could hear our pregame conversation with Gavin
Speaker 2: Stone yesterday and Hunter Fiducca today, newly called up Hunter
Speaker 2: Fiducca with Austin Barnes going on the tendil with a
Speaker 2: fractured big left toe coming up next that bum Ben
Speaker 2: Maller on Fox Sports Radio once again. The final score
Speaker 2: tonight from Dodgers Stadium. The Dodgers shut out the Mariners
Speaker 2: three to nothing. Have a great rest of your night.
Speaker 2: Happy to be back see them SA