Speaker 1: Now your host walking you up to first pitch. It's
Speaker 1: Tim kays Hi.
Speaker 2: Everybody, and welcome in to Morongo Casino. Dodgers on Deck.
Speaker 2: Hope you're well on this Wednesday afternoon. You're a world
Speaker 2: champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the midst of a tough
Speaker 2: East Coast road trip. They started off the year eight
Speaker 2: and zero, drop two of three over the weekend in Philadelphia,
Speaker 2: and now the Dodgers wrap up this East Coast road
Speaker 2: trip with the final game of this three game series
Speaker 2: in Washington, d C. Landon Knack on the mound in
Speaker 2: this series finale, first pitch coming up at one oh five.
Speaker 2: Between then and now, we got a lot to get
Speaker 2: to here on Marongo Casino, Dodgers on Deck, you're gonna
Speaker 2: hear from the manager himself. Dave Roberts will dive deeper
Speaker 2: into today's pitching matchup with Landon Neck called up from
Speaker 2: TRIPLEA Oklahoma City. David Vassa is gonna go one on
Speaker 2: one with one of the bright relievers for the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: Jack Dreyer. We've got your Dodgers magical moment. We got
Speaker 2: your prize picks. Double play of the day coming up
Speaker 2: in thirty minutes. Shortly we'll hear from Kirsten and Watson
Speaker 2: from Sports and at LA who is on the field
Speaker 2: in Washington, DC. In just a few minutes, we'll send
Speaker 2: it out to the Gallpin Motors broadcast booth with Tim
Speaker 2: Neffett and Rick monday Well. Yesterday in Washington, DC, the
Speaker 2: Nationals got after the Dodgers early and off, and Justin
Speaker 2: Robleski got the start. The left ender had a great
Speaker 2: spring for the Dodgers, but that success didn't translate to
Speaker 2: the mount yesterday. In the first inning, a lead off single,
Speaker 2: then James Wood a two run home run, the Nationals
Speaker 2: grabbed the early two to nothing lead. In this second
Speaker 2: Robleski got two quick outs but then ran into trouble.
Speaker 2: A single, two walks loaded the bases, then a walk
Speaker 2: to Woods brought in the third run of the game.
Speaker 2: That was followed by an RBI single from former Dodger
Speaker 2: prospect Camber Luiz and the Nationals had a five nothing
Speaker 2: lead on the Dodgers. Then in the fourth, Robleski again
Speaker 2: dug himself out of a hole. A leadoff single, then
Speaker 2: a walk, a sack five minut at six nothing, but
Speaker 2: then James Woods with another blast.
Speaker 3: Left handed batter James Wood, who homered one time, and
Speaker 3: he hits one deep to right center field.
Speaker 4: He's done it again.
Speaker 3: His third home run of the series is second of
Speaker 3: the ball game. Two more runs come in. It is
Speaker 3: eight to nothing on a two homer night for James Wood.
Speaker 2: Two run shot for the twenty two year old budding
Speaker 2: superstar for the Washington Nationals. They had an eight to
Speaker 2: nothing lead. The Dodgers offense a rough go at it
Speaker 2: until the fifth when Andy pat Has hit a home run,
Speaker 2: his first of the season, a solo shot that got
Speaker 2: the Dodgers on the board down eight to one. Then
Speaker 2: in the eighth, Dodgers got on the board again thanks to.
Speaker 3: Kike less than ninety minutes from wherever you are, Morongo,
Speaker 3: celebrating twenty years of good times. Key k Swings Hammers
Speaker 3: won the left. This ball deep and heading to the wall,
Speaker 3: it is gone. It's a home run for Kei k
Speaker 3: Key k Hernandez. With four hits on the season, all
Speaker 3: four of them have been home runs. The score is
Speaker 3: now eight to two.
Speaker 2: Solo home run for Kik, but too little, too late
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers. They fall to the Nationals yesterday eight
Speaker 2: to two. With the loss, Dodgers have now dropped three
Speaker 2: in a row for their last five on this road trip. Today, though,
Speaker 2: they look to end on a winning note with Landon
Speaker 2: Knack on the mount and with more. We head out
Speaker 2: to the Gallpin Moters Broadcast Center and say hello to
Speaker 2: Tim Neffett and Rick Monday. Guys.
Speaker 3: Tim, really nice day here in the nation's capital. Sunshine,
Speaker 3: blue skies, not a cloud anywhere. Temperature is a little
Speaker 3: bit cool, but it's going to be a really good
Speaker 3: afternoon for a ballgame here on getaway Day at Nationals Park.
Speaker 3: And the Dodgers are in a position today where they're
Speaker 3: trying to salvage a game out of this three game set.
Speaker 3: They come in with a record of nine and four
Speaker 3: and the Nationals five and six after winning four straight.
Speaker 3: Jake Irvin gets the start for the Nets, no decisions
Speaker 3: but an ERA of nearly five and a half, and
Speaker 3: Landon Nack will make his second appearance. He's one to
Speaker 3: zero with an ERA of zero. Well, it's go time
Speaker 3: for the Dodgers. Mall things have not gone well for
Speaker 3: them here in DC, especially last night when they lost
Speaker 3: that ball game by an eight to two score. Dave
Speaker 3: Roberts telling us in the dugout just a little while
Speaker 3: ago he fully expects a much different effort today.
Speaker 5: Yeah, and just reading between the lines. In his postgame
Speaker 5: comments last night, the manager was not particularly thrilled with
Speaker 5: what has happened on this road trip where they're one
Speaker 5: and four, and there's a couple of reasons for it.
Speaker 5: Obviously the loss is no question about that. But missed opportunities.
Speaker 5: I mean, in five games, the Dodgers have struck out
Speaker 5: fifty times, including fifteen last night, so they haven't really
Speaker 5: covered a lot of pitches very well at all, and
Speaker 5: that's not created many many opportunities. In fact, I talk
Speaker 5: about runners in scoring position a lot. On this road trip.
Speaker 5: Dodgers are hitting just one, eight, two, only twenty two
Speaker 5: at bats with runners in scoring business position, and in comparison,
Speaker 5: the visiting teams have had forty opportunities to knock in
Speaker 5: run with somebody in scoring position. That's going to change
Speaker 5: a little bit, and no better time to do it
Speaker 5: than this afternoon.
Speaker 3: A little bit of a change in the Nationals order
Speaker 3: is CJ. Abrams, the regular shortstop who has had a
Speaker 3: thigh contusion. He is back in the lineup today, leading off,
Speaker 3: and then James Wood who's been a Dodger killer this
Speaker 3: series with three home runs. Will bat Sakon would really
Speaker 3: proving himself to be a good, very good, an exceptional
Speaker 3: young player.
Speaker 5: Yeah, and if we look at the Nationals what they
Speaker 5: have done. Dave Martinez their manager, he has put guys
Speaker 5: in motion. They have not been afraid to either go
Speaker 5: on the front end of a hit and run or
Speaker 5: just a straight out steel attempt. They've had a lot
Speaker 5: of action on the base pass and they've had plenty
Speaker 5: of opportunities because of either walks issued or base hits.
Speaker 5: The other part two, the Dodgers have not played really
Speaker 5: a clean game day after day on this road trip.
Speaker 5: They've made way too many mistakes physically with airs.
Speaker 3: Keith k Hernandez back at first base, hitting atheists four
Speaker 3: hits on the season and all four have been home runs,
Speaker 3: and Dave Roberts saying today that Freddy Freeman's rehab has
Speaker 3: been going very very well and they expect him to
Speaker 3: be back in the lineup Friday night at Dodgers Stadium
Speaker 3: against the Cubs playing first base, Jake Irvin going for
Speaker 3: the Nationals, and Landon Knack pitching for the Dodgers here
Speaker 3: this afternoon in DC too.
Speaker 2: All right, thank you guys, as we count you down
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Speaker 1: This is the Otani rewide two one.
Speaker 3: O'tani wraps it in the right field. That's a base
Speaker 3: hit and for Otani he continues the longest on bass
Speaker 3: streak in Major League Baseball, going back to last September fourteenth.
Speaker 3: He's now but on base in twenty eight straight game.
Speaker 5: I'll tell you what, I don't know how you stopped
Speaker 5: the guy show.
Speaker 2: Hey, Otani couldn't be stopped yesterday in the ninth inning.
Speaker 2: With that, it's single two strikeouts, though one for five.
Speaker 2: On the afternoon, he had an up and down road
Speaker 2: trip so far, five for twenty with a home run
Speaker 2: and eight strikeouts, now hitting three hundred on the season
Speaker 2: of his ten never mentioned extends that on base breaking
Speaker 2: out at twenty eight games.
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Speaker 6: Note, Yeah, it's been it a few days here for
Speaker 6: the Dodgers going up against the Nationals, who's been freezing.
Speaker 6: There's all of those things that the guys, they will
Speaker 6: not make that as an excuse. Ultimately, last night Jess
Speaker 6: Robleski just said we just didn't have his stuff, wasn't
Speaker 6: able to execute his pitches, and obviously we saw the
Speaker 6: big home runs that they were able to put up
Speaker 6: on the board.
Speaker 7: So with coming into today, Dave robertson saying he.
Speaker 8: Does expect a different level of focus. Last night there
Speaker 8: was fifteen strikeouts from the Dodgers offense, which when you
Speaker 8: look at just the talent of this lineup, that doesn't
Speaker 8: seem like anything we would have been saying all year,
Speaker 8: unless maybe it's going up against someone like Chris Sale
Speaker 8: or Church school Ball, which we already face them, and
Speaker 8: that wasn't the results. So when it comes to this
Speaker 8: one today sometimes is just about pride and an ego
Speaker 8: and wanting to get things going. So Dave Roberts doesn't
Speaker 8: expect a different turnout in this one and hopefully, like
Speaker 8: we always say, a win and a happy plight home
Speaker 8: back to Los.
Speaker 2: Angeles, Lan and Nag recall from Triple A Oklahoma City.
Speaker 2: He pitched in Tokyo and the Dodgers hoping he pitches
Speaker 2: well today.
Speaker 7: Yeah, And Dave Roberts has been really impressed with Landon
Speaker 7: and just and how he's handled different situations, whether he's
Speaker 7: been asking him out of the bullpen a start, come behind,
Speaker 7: an opener, or whatever the case has been. He has
Speaker 7: found ways to you know, put his team in a
Speaker 7: good spot to win. So he does have the tall
Speaker 7: task today, but he is going to be supported by
Speaker 7: a fully stocked bullpen. That was the positive of Jessin
Speaker 7: Robuski's outing yesterday to only use two arms and relief
Speaker 7: the guys are in a good spot heading into that
Speaker 7: off day tomorrow, so everyone is available and so well,
Speaker 7: I guess I'll it's like thanks Various who went multiples
Speaker 7: or Luis Garcia, but for all of the key arms
Speaker 7: in the bullpen, high leverage arms, everyone's available to support
Speaker 7: sat Land and act as may be.
Speaker 2: Today, Kirsten, we appreciate it. Hopefully it's a happy flight
Speaker 2: back for the Dodgers. We'll check in with you on
Speaker 2: the post game still to come here on Morongo Casino
Speaker 2: Dodgers on Deck will dive deeper into this bitching matchup.
Speaker 2: David Vese goes one on one with the reliever Jack
Speaker 2: Dryer up next, so an injury report and we'll get
Speaker 2: the pregame thoughts to the manager. Dave Roberts lead you
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Speaker 2: Angeles Dodgers. Blake Snell on the il with the left
Speaker 2: shoulder attended NINAS MRI on Tuesday, came out clean. He
Speaker 2: is going to take at least two weeks off. Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman on the il at the bat ryde Ankle more
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Speaker 2: Tony Gonsolin, Evan Phillips and Triple A Oklahoma City working
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Speaker 2: questions for Dave Dave? Can you just describe Dave?
Speaker 4: Can you talk about the pressure.
Speaker 1: In the dugouts with Dave Roberts?
Speaker 4: What's your expectations when you go back home for Freddie Freeman?
Speaker 4: Will he be available on Friday?
Speaker 9: So yes, the expectation is for him to be in
Speaker 9: the lineup on Friday. He's had live VP the last
Speaker 9: couple of days and from what I understand I saw yesterdays,
Speaker 9: he's come out of it well. Watched him right the
Speaker 9: gate looks really good and so if nothing changes, he'll
Speaker 9: be in the line up on Friday.
Speaker 4: What's the needle you have to thread as a manager,
Speaker 4: as an organization with the guy that obviously is going
Speaker 4: to tell you he's fine, but we know that right.
Speaker 4: Ankle is still a little tender.
Speaker 9: I think the needle. The needle is a little bit
Speaker 9: wider in the sense that we've built a relationship now
Speaker 9: and I would say that if you would if we
Speaker 9: were to rewind three years ago, he would still be
Speaker 9: active right now, Whereas I think now he understands the
Speaker 9: short term gains the long term, and he'll be the
Speaker 9: first to tell you that his time on the IL
Speaker 9: was beneficial and as it was last year, and so
Speaker 9: I think that that's sort of helped our relationship.
Speaker 2: All Right, there's Dave Roberts talking about Freddie Freeman coming
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Speaker 2: A Otani on the mound.
Speaker 4: Yes in the bullpen, Yeah show, Hey, Otani, get used
Speaker 4: to this. Every Thursday is going to be throwing a
Speaker 4: bullpen session. And with the day off tomorrow, he threw
Speaker 4: his bullpen session today. And the reason for that is
Speaker 4: Otani wants to keep some sort and the Dodgers want
Speaker 4: to keep him on some sort of schedule. When he
Speaker 4: does come back to pitch, He's not going to pitch
Speaker 4: every fifth day. He's kind of be He's going to
Speaker 4: be like Sazaki where he pitches once a week and
Speaker 4: for the next few starts. For Sazaki, it's lined up
Speaker 4: on every Saturday. So you'll see him Saturday against the Cubs.
Speaker 4: And my understanding is Otani has started to throw his
Speaker 4: split fingered fastball, so that's a good sign. As well,
Speaker 4: And as he walked by me to go throw his
Speaker 4: bullpen session today, I offered my services to stand in again.
Speaker 4: All he did was laugh, laugh me off.
Speaker 2: Well it's not a no, Dave, So there's still a shot.
Speaker 2: Dave is driven by Ford. If there's one thing we like,
Speaker 2: its choices, find yours with the Ford F one fifty
Speaker 2: gas hybrid, all electric, tough. This mark can only be
Speaker 2: called F one fifty. We've heard you talking to Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts earlier, Dave about Freddie Freeman and the ankle. Is
Speaker 2: there any con maybe he's coming back too soon on
Speaker 2: that ankle right now?
Speaker 4: Well, I feel like that's been the case since spring
Speaker 4: training started. Most guys would have, you know, taken it
Speaker 4: a lot more cautiously than Freddie. But Freddie obviously cares
Speaker 4: so much about being in the starting lineup every single
Speaker 4: day and that's a big source of pride for him.
Speaker 4: And that's a big deal for a player, right. You
Speaker 4: got to be a guy that you can be dependable,
Speaker 4: and that's part of it. If you're a really great
Speaker 4: player and you're not dependable, you're not that great. But
Speaker 4: since he did slip in the shower, Dave Roberts said,
Speaker 4: the silver lining and blessing in disguise is that they
Speaker 4: have been able to put him on the ten day
Speaker 4: IL and be able to figure it out from there. Hey,
Speaker 4: Eric Carrolls just stepped into the booth here. He doesn't
Speaker 4: know we're on Instagram Live. I could have showed his
Speaker 4: Irish screen tie. But yeah, you know, Freddie, it's going
Speaker 4: to have to be the Dodgers really in control of this,
Speaker 4: because if it's up to Freddie, he's going to say
Speaker 4: every single day I could. The Dodgers are going to
Speaker 4: have to make that decision themselves.
Speaker 2: Dave Keyky Hernandez, He's played a great first base in
Speaker 2: Freddy's absence. At the plate, though he struggled. He's got
Speaker 2: four hits and all four from home runs.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 4: Uh, that's never happened in Dodger history. By the way,
Speaker 4: a player having his first four hits as home runs,
Speaker 4: and Anthony Volpi of the Yankees actually did the same
Speaker 4: thing his first four hits were home runs. So maybe
Speaker 4: it's a sign of the times because we all know
Speaker 4: guys are looking for the slug. But Key K told
Speaker 4: me in Philadelphia he's got to relax more at first base.
Speaker 4: Because he's letting his mind being occupied with playing that
Speaker 4: position affect him at the plate.
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Speaker 4: Rick, it's a beautiful day for a ball game. Everybody's
Speaker 4: a lot happier. It's with the sun out considering how
Speaker 4: cold it was last night.
Speaker 5: It was cold, so were the bats. Yeah, and they
Speaker 5: need to warm nose up and get some things taken
Speaker 5: care of. This has not been a good trip any
Speaker 5: stretch of imagination one and four. And for the Dodgers,
Speaker 5: you look at the standings and it just doesn't seem right.
Speaker 5: Pondres are leading the West, Dodgers percentage points behind the Giants.
Speaker 5: And then if you look around baseball, how many people
Speaker 5: gave a double take when they saw it's the Chicago
Speaker 5: Cubs leading their Central Division.
Speaker 4: Only thirteen games in, so a long way to go.
Speaker 4: As you know, Rick, it's a marathon, not a sprint.
Speaker 5: Yeah it is. And you know the tortoise and the hair.
Speaker 5: We'll find out what kind of happens and in which
Speaker 5: team is which.
Speaker 4: Dave Roberts brought up a great point on the last
Speaker 4: homestand the Dodgers faced the raining Cy Young winners in
Speaker 4: Chris Sale and Trek Schoubel. In those games they did
Speaker 4: not strike out fifteen times, but last night they did.
Speaker 5: Yeah, and it's not the first time they had high
Speaker 5: strikeout rate. So if you look at a couple of
Speaker 5: games on this road trip, they also walked too many batters,
Speaker 5: so you go cross reference on different things. Here's the
Speaker 5: other numbers too, And I mentioned this last night. On
Speaker 5: this road trip, the Dodgers are four for twenty two
Speaker 5: with runners in scoring position. They rode for seven last night, okay,
Speaker 5: but twenty two at bats right on this road trip,
Speaker 5: depposing teams have had forty opportunities with runners in scoring position.
Speaker 5: That's lopsided. That's got to change.
Speaker 4: Do you believe part of the symptom of that is
Speaker 4: the bottom of the Dodgers' order, The eight to nine
Speaker 4: hitters have not been getting on base and let alone
Speaker 4: getting that lineup flipped for those big guys.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 5: I agree. And it's a wonderful point that you bring up,
Speaker 5: because we talked so many times in the importance of
Speaker 5: having the bottom part of the lineup. Andy Poont has
Speaker 5: at home run there was only three hints, has had
Speaker 5: two of those. If you look at seven eight nine
Speaker 5: in the lineup yesterday that was Monthly Pies and then
Speaker 5: the Barns. But the first game of the series, if
Speaker 5: you look at seven eight nine, only one base hit
Speaker 5: and that has been kind of the story. So the
Speaker 5: table has not really been set on a consistent basis
Speaker 5: to where you turn the lineup around and to your point,
Speaker 5: then you have Otani, Betts and Edmund coming on and
Speaker 5: then Tiascar Hernandez and there would be a new wrinkle
Speaker 5: back in the lineup Friday, as we understand from Dave Roberts,
Speaker 5: you got to work.
Speaker 4: That's right, Freddie Freeman will be back in the starting
Speaker 4: lineup on Friday, and I feel like we don't really
Speaker 4: appreciate the fact that if he's in the starting lineup,
Speaker 4: you know, keyk Hernandez is coming off the bench and
Speaker 4: you're not going to have as many strikeouts.
Speaker 5: Yep, I got something for you. You remember me telling
Speaker 5: you the story about Joe Demagio, And if we listen
Speaker 5: to that song where have You Gone, Missus Robinson by
Speaker 5: Paul Simon that came out in the nineteen seventy I
Speaker 5: told you the story is that Demagio is a coach
Speaker 5: with the A's. I heard it driving in to the stadium.
Speaker 5: That song where it says, you know, where have you gone?
Speaker 5: Joe Demagio, Nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Woo
Speaker 5: woo wooh. That's how it goes, Hey, hey, and yeah.
Speaker 5: And I asked Joe about it and he goes, what
Speaker 5: do you mean?
Speaker 2: What do you mean?
Speaker 5: He went panic mode. He said, can you get me
Speaker 5: a copy of that record? So I went out and
Speaker 5: we got a forty five. You know old times there
Speaker 5: was a record, Well it was on this date in
Speaker 5: nineteen seventy. Also, do you remember the Dick Cavitt Show
Speaker 5: on television.
Speaker 4: I do not, but I know about it.
Speaker 5: Okay, Well you know about it, and those that don't
Speaker 5: understand you can research it. He had a big, big
Speaker 5: show interview show and he had Mickey Mantle on on
Speaker 5: the show, and Paul Simon was also on that show,
Speaker 5: and Paul Simon evidently Mickey asked something about hey, Joe Demagio,
Speaker 5: where have you gone? Because Joe says, look, I haven't
Speaker 5: gone anywhere. Well it was Paul Simon that says, look, Mickey,
Speaker 5: it's about syllables. He goes, it's about how many beats
Speaker 5: that there are he goes, look where have you gone?
Speaker 5: Joe Demajia, and Nation turns his lonely eyes to you says,
Speaker 5: we could not put in there, where have you gone?
Speaker 5: Mickey Mantle? It just did not fit from a syllable standpoint,
Speaker 5: and that's.
Speaker 2: How the song was written.
Speaker 4: Hey never knew that, Ray, You never know whoa whoa
Speaker 4: whoa Two great center fielders. Thanks Rick, we'll check in
Speaker 4: with you and Tim Neverett later. We know where Rick
Speaker 4: Monday is gone. He's not going anywhere. We'll send it
Speaker 4: back to you in the studio.
Speaker 2: Tim, all right, thanks a lot of DV. Thank you, Moe.
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Speaker 2: top young relievers, Chack Dryer. That is next. As we
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Speaker 4: This is high and tight, all right, Tim, I am
Speaker 4: out of my mental headspace right now because I'm joined
Speaker 4: right now by one of the smartest guys in that
Speaker 4: Dodger clubhouse. He is going to make me even more
Speaker 4: of a mental midget during these next few minutes as
Speaker 4: we get set for our first pitch in our nation's capital,
Speaker 4: and that is Dodger rookie reliever Jack Dryer. Jack, thanks
Speaker 4: a lot for the time, appreciated.
Speaker 10: Thank you very much for having me.
Speaker 4: What was Blake trying telling you in the food room.
Speaker 2: We just had a little pep talk.
Speaker 10: He wanted to make sure that I was aware of,
Speaker 10: you know, what to expect in a talk like this,
Speaker 10: But he had nothing but good things to say.
Speaker 4: And Blake trying him By the way, the first two
Speaker 4: days in DC very dressed up, but today he's back
Speaker 4: to Blake tryning with that black tank top.
Speaker 10: I think he must have gotten used to his old roots,
Speaker 10: so maybe he's feeling a little bit more comfortable now.
Speaker 4: Blake has kind of taken the role of what Daniel
Speaker 4: Hudson did for the bullpen last year. How much of
Speaker 4: a leader is Blake tryning for you guys.
Speaker 10: Yeah, he's been great. Obviously, you know, one of the
Speaker 10: veterans on the team, so he's done a great job
Speaker 10: of taking me and the other young guys under his
Speaker 10: wing and kind of showing us the ropes, telling us
Speaker 10: what to expect. But it's not just him, you know,
Speaker 10: we have an entire bullpen of good guys like that.
Speaker 10: So I'm just very thankful to be a part of
Speaker 10: the group.
Speaker 4: How do you get prepared for your groupings of hitters,
Speaker 4: because we've heard since Dave Robert's and Andrew Freeman took over,
Speaker 4: it's not so much about innings, it's about groupings of hitters.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 10: I think one thing that the Dodgers do really well
Speaker 10: is have excellent communication. So going into games or series,
Speaker 10: we know where our lanes might be. But at the
Speaker 10: end of the day, our job is to go out
Speaker 10: there and just you know, do our job get outs,
Speaker 10: help the team have a chance to win. And so
Speaker 10: I think over all the bullpen has done an excellent
Speaker 10: job of that so far.
Speaker 4: How much does it feed off itself when you come
Speaker 4: in and you're facing a high leverage part of the order,
Speaker 4: like in Philadelphia striking out Bryce Sharper, facing that part
Speaker 4: of their lineup and succeeding, how much does that feed
Speaker 4: off itself as far as confidence goes?
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean, you know, obviously, if you afterwards, if
Speaker 10: you go back and look at it, it's a cool moment,
Speaker 10: and you know, it's fun to think about. But at
Speaker 10: the end of the day, it doesn't matter who you're facing.
Speaker 10: You know, our job is to go in there and
Speaker 10: throw strikes and get outs, and so that's just all
Speaker 10: I try to do.
Speaker 4: It seems like you've been in the league for five years,
Speaker 4: the way you're so composed on the mound. How have
Speaker 4: you been able to keep your poise and not let
Speaker 4: the game get too fast?
Speaker 10: I think, you know, going back to even when I was,
Speaker 10: you know, twelve years old, my dad would always tell me,
Speaker 10: you know, somebody should be able to watch the game
Speaker 10: and not know if you guys are winning or losing
Speaker 10: based on your body language. And so I think that's
Speaker 10: been a big part of how I try to, you know,
Speaker 10: act on the mound. You know, just like you said,
Speaker 10: keep my composure and do whatever it takes to let
Speaker 10: the team win. And so, you know, antics can stay
Speaker 10: out of the game.
Speaker 4: Jack Dryer is our guest all business, except when it
Speaker 4: comes to Rubik's cubes. How quickly can you solve a
Speaker 4: Rubik's cube?
Speaker 10: Back in the day when I was when I was
Speaker 10: practicing every day, it was thirteen seconds was my best time.
Speaker 10: But now I average about, you know, eighteen to twenty.
Speaker 4: So it's like me running the mile. You've slowed down.
Speaker 10: Yeah, over time, you'll you'll lose your touch eventually.
Speaker 4: How many of your teammates and your bullpen mates know
Speaker 4: this about you? And how many have tried to challenge
Speaker 4: you so far?
Speaker 10: I think it's pretty well known. You know, in spring training,
Speaker 10: Dot called me up in front of the team and
Speaker 10: had petition between me and Tommy Edmund and so Stanford guy, Yeah,
Speaker 10: Stanford guy, very very bright mind. So that was a
Speaker 10: cool moment. But everybody is aware of it now. I
Speaker 10: think guys just kind of avoid the topic.
Speaker 4: So how did it end up between you and Tommy
Speaker 4: Edmund in front of the team.
Speaker 10: We gave him a bit of a head start and
Speaker 10: I was able to I was able to close close
Speaker 10: the gap, So it ended up in my favor.
Speaker 4: Hey, speaking of all that, obviously, we know this game
Speaker 4: is all some say ninety percent mental. What are the
Speaker 4: mental exercises you go through to get ready to pitch?
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think that's one thing that you know can
Speaker 10: really separate guys. And I think that's why the Dodgers
Speaker 10: do such a good job is because we have you know,
Speaker 10: mental coaches and coaches who understand the mental side of baseball.
Speaker 10: So it's all kinds of things, you know, like positive
Speaker 10: self talk, reinforcement, visualization, all all that kind of stuff.
Speaker 10: So we're really hitting, you know, every step on the way.
Speaker 4: All right, Jack, thanks a lot for the time, appreciate it.
Speaker 4: If you ever need a life coach, I'm available this season.
Speaker 10: Thank you very much. I'll have to take you up
Speaker 10: on that.
Speaker 4: There he goes. Dodger rookie reliever Jack Dryer has been
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Speaker 2: Jake Irvin on the mound for the Nationals. No wins,
Speaker 2: no losses, five to forty ERA twenty eight year old
Speaker 2: right hander former fourth round pick out of Indiana back
Speaker 2: in twenty eighteen, the third season now in the big leagues.
Speaker 2: Last year thirty three starts, tied for the most in
Speaker 2: the National League, top five in innings. Pitched his third
Speaker 2: start this season. He's one to two in four career
Speaker 2: starts against the Dodgers, with a four to fifty seven era.
Speaker 2: Landon Knack on the mound for the Dodgers, already one
Speaker 2: to oh. The twenty seven year old right hander made
Speaker 2: his major league debut last year. It was with the
Speaker 2: Dodgers in Tokyo. Pitch two scoreless innings against the Cubs
Speaker 2: and got the win. He made just one start at
Speaker 2: Oklahoma City last week, four and two third innings, and
Speaker 2: called up today to face the Nationals. Landon Nack Jake Irvin,
Speaker 2: Dodgers Nationals. We're fifteen minutes away from first pitch. Keys
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Speaker 2: got a win underneath his Belton relief in Tokyo. First
Speaker 2: pitch from Washington, DC coming up at one five Before
Speaker 2: first pitch, we head back out to the booth. Tim
Speaker 2: neffert Rick Monday, guys, Tim.
Speaker 3: Thanks again. We're getting you ready for the first pitch
Speaker 3: this afternoon at Nationals Park. On a very very good
Speaker 3: looking day. It's going to be very nice into the
Speaker 3: evening here. No clouds in the sky. Temperature is a
Speaker 3: bit on the cool side, but should be in the
Speaker 3: low fifties around game time as the Dodgers and Nationals
Speaker 3: play Game three of this three game set. Dodgers will
Speaker 3: fly out immediately afterward, be back in Los Angeles late tonight,
Speaker 3: a day off tomorrow, and then they'll start a homestand
Speaker 3: beginning with the Chicago Cubs on Friday night. But first
Speaker 3: things first, a chance to salvage a series here today.
Speaker 3: Roster move made, Land and Knack activated. Justin Robluski, who
Speaker 3: was the starter last night, was optioned back to Triple A.
Speaker 3: Sonat gets the start. His last appearance was on the
Speaker 3: third of April against the Olpaso Chihuahuas. The San Diego
Speaker 3: Padres top farm club. Pitch pretty well got a no decision.
Speaker 3: But now he's back in the big leagues and looking
Speaker 3: for another win.
Speaker 5: Needs to throw strikes and really be able to land
Speaker 5: the breaking bowl. It's a good breaking ball. If he
Speaker 5: gets the first bit, strikes, gets ahead early using that
Speaker 5: breaking ball, mix it in, it's going to be really nice.
Speaker 5: Twelve starts plus four relief appearances a season ago, plus
Speaker 5: one save, his record was four and five. On the
Speaker 5: flip side of the coin, Tim Dodgers figuring out Jake
Speaker 5: Irv they had seen him in the past. And if
Speaker 5: we look a couple of things. First of all, the
Speaker 5: fast ball this year already limited sample size, no question
Speaker 5: about that. His fastball has been hit at a six
Speaker 5: hundred batting average against the other part Two, I mentioned
Speaker 5: curveball with Nack, well with Irvin last year. First pitch
Speaker 5: in particular, he threw curb bulls one out of every
Speaker 5: three batters that came on first pitch to them.
Speaker 3: Jake Irvin going for the Nationals landon Knack will pitch
Speaker 3: for the Dodgers as the Dodgers look to win just
Speaker 3: their second game on this six game two city road trip.
Speaker 2: All right, thank you, guys. First pitch coming up, Dodgers
Speaker 2: looking to have a happy flight at home, get a
Speaker 2: win in the final game of this road trip. Afterwards,
Speaker 2: I'll be back with all the postgame festivities, including reaction
Speaker 2: from the clubhouse, highlights, and Dodger talk as well. That's
Speaker 2: it for the pregame. First pitch coming up when we return.
Speaker 2: I'm Tim Kakson. This is the world champion Los Angeles
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