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<v Speaker 1>the back Damn Cakes.

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers finished off a great homestand with a win over

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<v Speaker 2>the Baltimore Orioles. Hi, everybody, and welcome to Dodger Talk

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<v Speaker 2>on this Thursday night. Thanks for staying up with us late,

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for being with us here on a five to

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get to your phone calls at eight six six

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<v Speaker 2>nine eight seven two five seventy. If you're out at

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<v Speaker 2>the game tonight heading home on this late Thursday night,

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<v Speaker 2>if you listen to the game, you watch the game,

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<v Speaker 2>you want to talk about it. Eight six six nine

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<v Speaker 2>eighty seven two five seventy. We're gonna hear from Bobby Miller.

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<v Speaker 2>Coming up here on Dodger Talk. We'll also get the

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<v Speaker 2>postgame thoughts of the manager, Dave Roberts as the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>now pack up and head to the desert for a

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<v Speaker 2>four game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. And I'm telling you,

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<v Speaker 2>I was just in Arizona for the last forty eight

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<v Speaker 2>hours and there is a lot of buzz over in

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<v Speaker 2>the deserts, not about the start of the NFL season,

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<v Speaker 2>not about the start of Arizona State football, but about

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<v Speaker 2>the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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<v Speaker 3>It's on all the.

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<v Speaker 2>TVs in Scottsdale and Phoenix and Tempe when.

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<v Speaker 3>The games are on.

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<v Speaker 2>It is the buzz right now about the Diamondbacks coming

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<v Speaker 2>back and winning games. Corbyn Carolina Grand Slam the other

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<v Speaker 2>night to help them come back and get a win

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<v Speaker 2>over the Mets.

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<v Speaker 3>They are ready.

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<v Speaker 2>They are ready and waiting for the Dodgers to come

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<v Speaker 2>to Phoenix for this four game series. Now, the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>helped themselves out by getting the win tonight with the

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<v Speaker 2>Diamondbacks losing, so they pick up a game. So they'll

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<v Speaker 2>go into Chase Field this weekend with a four game lead.

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<v Speaker 3>In the division.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is big head to head of games against

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<v Speaker 2>the Arizona Diamondbacks. They don't facing the rest of the

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<v Speaker 2>year again. They'll get the Padres for three games later

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<v Speaker 2>in September, but with the balance schedule, no more facing

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<v Speaker 2>NL West opponents the final month of this season. No

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<v Speaker 2>more nineteen head to head matchups against teams in your division.

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<v Speaker 2>You play everybody in baseball. That means you only get

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen regular season head to head meetings against everybody in

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<v Speaker 2>your division, Giants, Padres, Rockies, Diamondbacks. This is a huge

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<v Speaker 2>four game series against Arizona. And I'll tell you why,

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<v Speaker 2>because I don't have the numbers in front of me.

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<v Speaker 2>Probably should have looked it up and had it ready

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<v Speaker 2>for you. But just go off of the last two years,

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<v Speaker 2>last year, in this year, what's the one team that

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<v Speaker 2>you can think of that's really given the Dodgers fits.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's not just because they beat him in the

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<v Speaker 2>NLDS last year. It's been Arizona. Last year they rode

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<v Speaker 2>the momentum of Corbyn Carroll. And I remember being here

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<v Speaker 2>on Dodger Talks, kept saying the first half of the year, Ah,

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<v Speaker 2>they're gonna run out of pitching their first half team,

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<v Speaker 2>they will flatten out. And then they come back after

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<v Speaker 2>the All Star break and they picked up right where

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<v Speaker 2>they left off, and I kept thinking, Nope, nope, nope,

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<v Speaker 2>we tug calls here on Dodge and Talk. Nope, Arizona

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't have enough depth. Guys are gonna get it hurt,

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<v Speaker 2>They're gonna get to innings limits and it's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>it and there's no way Corbyn Carroll and this Arizona

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<v Speaker 3>And what did they do.

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<v Speaker 2>They rode that momentum to the playoffs. They rode that

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<v Speaker 2>momentum beating the Dodgers in the NLDS all the way

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<v Speaker 2>to a World Series appearance. This is an Arizona Diamonbacks

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<v Speaker 2>team that when I think of teams in the NL

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<v Speaker 2>West that have given the Dodgers fits, most recently Arizona.

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<v Speaker 2>The battles they've had already this year, head to head,

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<v Speaker 2>last year's NLDS, last year's head to head series against

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<v Speaker 2>each other, the Diamondbacks for whatever reason, and maybe it's

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<v Speaker 2>because they play each other so many times, and guys

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<v Speaker 2>are used to each other, and you know, they're used

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<v Speaker 2>to facing the same pictures over and over again, so

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<v Speaker 2>there's not a lot of difference. There, not a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of secrecy you can keep against the team because you've

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<v Speaker 2>seen what they have. Maybe that's the case, but the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers and Diamondbacks feels like the last two years have

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<v Speaker 2>really been battling it back and forth. And this is

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be no different a four game series in Arizona.

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<v Speaker 2>They're waiting for the Dodgers to get to town. Clayton

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<v Speaker 2>Kershaw left early, wasn't with the team tonight, flew to

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<v Speaker 2>the desert to get a good night sleep because the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers right now are packing up a Dodger Stadium and

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<v Speaker 2>hitting the road. And though it's not a long flight,

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<v Speaker 2>I was just on one today, fifty four minutes from

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<v Speaker 2>Phoenix Sky Harbor to the Burbank Airport. It is a flight, nonetheless,

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<v Speaker 2>and you gotta get on that flight. The Dodgers got

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<v Speaker 2>to get to the airport. They got to get on

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<v Speaker 2>a flight. They gotta fly there. They got unpacked, off

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<v Speaker 2>the buses, get to the hotel. So they're probably looking

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<v Speaker 2>at about two o'clock in the morning getting their head

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<v Speaker 2>on a pillow to start a four game series tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>And two of those games Sunday and Monday are day

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<v Speaker 2>games won ten first pitch, so Clayton Kershaw got a

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<v Speaker 2>head start. But it is going to be a fun series.

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<v Speaker 2>Four games against the Arizona Diamonbacks. But that's coming up.

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<v Speaker 2>This three game series against the Baltimore Orioles. Don't just

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<v Speaker 2>sneeze that like it's nothing, all right, This is a

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<v Speaker 2>Baltimore Orioles team.

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<v Speaker 3>That, yes, they're struggling right now.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, they've fallen a game and a half back

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<v Speaker 2>of the Yankees, but still a seventy seven win team.

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<v Speaker 2>They're right there, and they're gonna go as a wild

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<v Speaker 2>card or divisional winner if they can get hot here

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<v Speaker 2>and catch the Yankees and surpass them the final month

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<v Speaker 2>of the season. They're gonna be playing in October. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's a good nucleus of players they've got there, young

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<v Speaker 2>stars that they have on that roster. They've been hit hard,

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<v Speaker 2>harder than even the Dodgers, with losing starting pitchers to

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<v Speaker 2>elbow injuries this year, and they still find themselves in

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<v Speaker 2>the pennant race. And the Dodgers just happened to catch

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<v Speaker 2>them in a good time, and they battled for three games.

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<v Speaker 2>Not that the Dodgers swept them, it's that the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>boat raced them in all three games. They were close games,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Dodgers prevailed tonight with a six to three win.

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<v Speaker 2>And they get outings from two starters that they desperately

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<v Speaker 2>needed innings from, and while they didn't get necessarily depth

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<v Speaker 3>Bueler last night.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't necessarily get a long outing from Bobby Miller

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<v Speaker 2>tonight five innings, three runs, two hits. At one point

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<v Speaker 2>he was working on a no no. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>they got enough to pass it to the bullpen and

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<v Speaker 2>give it to the bullpen with leads, and tonight the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers bullpen four shutout innings last night, four to third

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<v Speaker 2>shutout innings to help out Walker Buehler. But for the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers going into that three game series against Baltimore, it

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<v Speaker 2>proved big to have what Bobby Miller did tonight and

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<v Speaker 2>what Walker Buehler did last night, because the Dodgers aren't

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<v Speaker 2>just playing out the year and oh yeah, this is

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<v Speaker 2>a Baltimore team, you know, we could see in the

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<v Speaker 2>World Series, and it's a World Series preview possibly and

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<v Speaker 2>you lose to a three Ah, it doesn't matter Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>nine games up in the division. No, because it's so

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<v Speaker 2>tight the Dodgers. These games are so important in the

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<v Speaker 2>standings for the NL West. But certainly they're important for

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers facing a Baltimore Oreals team that they could

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<v Speaker 2>see in October and see some of those arms and

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<v Speaker 2>see some of those young exciting bats like Gunnar Henderson

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<v Speaker 2>and Nallie Rushman and crew. And you know, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>fun Baltimore Orioles team that the Dodgers just took care

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<v Speaker 2>of business with.

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<v Speaker 3>And this series.

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<v Speaker 2>Is homestand really important, really important to sweep Seattle, take

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<v Speaker 2>care of business, to take two of three from Tampa,

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<v Speaker 2>do what you're supposed to do, to take two or

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<v Speaker 2>three from Baltimore. Absolutely what you're supposed to do. And

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<v Speaker 2>now the Dodgers are the first team to eighty. I

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<v Speaker 2>have to remind friends that keep saying, man, what's wrong

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<v Speaker 3>And I said, what do you mean? What's wrong with them?

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<v Speaker 2>And oh, Tyler Glass now has heard. You know, they

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<v Speaker 2>just got hit by injuries all season long. And Freddie

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<v Speaker 2>Freeman's finger now, and you know, Jason Hayward got DFA,

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<v Speaker 2>they kept Chris Taylor, and you know all I hear

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<v Speaker 2>is whining and complaining and what's wrong. Well, look at

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<v Speaker 2>the standings, folks. The Dodgers had the best record in

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<v Speaker 2>baseball and the first team to get to eighty wins.

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<v Speaker 2>Pretty darn impressive for all that griping and whining that

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<v Speaker 2>people keep coming to me about and what's wrong with

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers and why can't they do this? And why

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<v Speaker 2>is this person struggling or why are they doing this

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<v Speaker 2>at the order and why are so many guys hurt?

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<v Speaker 3>For all those whys, what's wrong? And what's wrong? And

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<v Speaker 3>what's wrong?

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<v Speaker 2>They're an eighty win team and counting. They're in a

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<v Speaker 2>pennant race, and they get guys produced on a different

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<v Speaker 2>nightly basis. Tonight the bottom of the lineup. Seven of

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<v Speaker 2>the fourteen hits come from the bottom four hitters in

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<v Speaker 2>the lineup, Chris Taylor, Oh sorry, produce tonight, Austin Barnes.

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<v Speaker 2>You can make a pretty good case Austin Barnes could

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<v Speaker 2>be catching every day for this Dodgers team. You can

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<v Speaker 2>make a serious case for that. For the struggles of

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<v Speaker 2>Will Smith, I mean, look at the Knight's lineup. No

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<v Speaker 2>Will Smith in the lineup, no Maximunts in the lineup

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<v Speaker 2>because the left hand are starting, and no Freddy Freeman

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<v Speaker 2>because of the finger. That's three bats not in the lineup.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Dodgers still pounded out fourteen hits, they scored

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<v Speaker 2>six runs, and they beat.

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<v Speaker 3>A really good Orioles team. So for all.

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<v Speaker 2>Those who want to talk to me about and tweet

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<v Speaker 2>at me. And every time I see somebody, what's wrong?

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<v Speaker 2>Why is this? What's this that? The everything's wrong, everything's bad.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything is the end of the world, the Dodgers. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>they just keep on winning series, seven to two home

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<v Speaker 2>stand and they had the best record in baseball eight

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<v Speaker 2>six six nine seven two five seventy. Bobby Miller Tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>Bobby Miller picks himself up, goes five innings, three runs,

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<v Speaker 2>two hits. Looked like he had a lower leg injury

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<v Speaker 2>and knee injury. We'll find out more about that. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>let's go back out the Dodger Stadium. Bobby Miller, who

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<v Speaker 2>tonight picked up his first win since March, standing by

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<v Speaker 2>with David Vassa in the media.

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<v Speaker 5>Bobby, you feel out there tonight.

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<v Speaker 6>Feel pretty good. Just four and two thirds of really

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<v Speaker 6>good pitching and then just just one bad pitch. Seems

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<v Speaker 6>just one bad pitch I don't want to look back on,

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<v Speaker 6>and unfortunately it's over the fence. But you know, one day,

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<v Speaker 6>one day soon it'll fall.

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<v Speaker 5>I know pitchers talked about It's not so much the

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<v Speaker 5>is that equally as frustrating.

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<v Speaker 6>buying the play very well. So it's really nice going

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, there's Bobby Miller man scary to think about

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<v Speaker 2>if he can get right and get back to the

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<v Speaker 2>But he's not in that situation if he doesn't walk

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<v Speaker 3>Two hits. That was it.

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<v Speaker 2>Two hits over five innings for three to third. He

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<v Speaker 2>at ten pitch fourth inning. Bobby Miller tonight took I

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<v Speaker 2>think another step forward. Now he has got to keep

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<v Speaker 2>proving this in his next start, in the next start,

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<v Speaker 2>in the next start, that he is going to get

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<v Speaker 2>back to that Bobby Miller twenty twenty three status and

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<v Speaker 2>But man, I'm not starting to think if Bobby Miller

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<v Speaker 2>can get it going we've seen Clayton Kershaw looks like

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<v Speaker 2>his turn in the corner. Maybe Walker Buehler last night

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<v Speaker 2>his best outing so far. I mean, you talk about

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<v Speaker 2>perfect timing to get guys right. It's long season. Just

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<v Speaker 2>then turn things around the second half. It's all about

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<v Speaker 2>how you're playing, hitting, pitching. Come to last week in

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<v Speaker 2>September and that first week of October going into the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 2>and if Dodgers can start getting some quality starts here

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<v Speaker 2>from Bobby Miller, Walker Buehler, you know, things can get

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<v Speaker 2>interesting as far as what the Dodgers' rotation could look like.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, last night a step in the right direction

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<v Speaker 2>for Walker Buehler. Tonight, a step in the right direction

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<v Speaker 2>for Bobby Miller. By no means, am I saying they've

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<v Speaker 2>gotten to that level. They're back, let's go. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the next next box they're checking. And that's positive, right,

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<v Speaker 2>That's something positive to be about if you're the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>right now looking at this rotation that is looking at

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<v Speaker 2>two five Seventy's going to Abby. Abby joins us here

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<v Speaker 2>on Dodger Talk. Welcome, Abby, How are you?

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<v Speaker 4>I'm good. I just I'm coming back from the game.

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<v Speaker 3>What a game it was?

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<v Speaker 7>It was amazing.

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<v Speaker 3>It was What about Bobby Miller tonight? Oh my god?

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, so let's talk about the rotation. You were just

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<v Speaker 4>talking about it, and I was just telling you know

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<v Speaker 4>your handler, So here's here's what I'm thinking. And I

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<v Speaker 4>was telling a couple of guys in the stands my

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<v Speaker 4>same idea. So we get the top four back, which

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<v Speaker 4>I'm talking about I'm talking about Glass now, I'm talking

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<v Speaker 4>about Yamamoto. Stony has been great, and Flaherty has been

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<v Speaker 4>proving great. So that's the four that I'm thinking of

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<v Speaker 4>as starters. Okay, why not use especially if Yama Mote

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<v Speaker 4>is coming back from an injury and so is Glass.

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<v Speaker 4>Now if they can go a good five innings used

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<v Speaker 4>for long release Miller, Kershaw and Bueler and then you

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<v Speaker 4>can rest the rest of your bultpen and use them

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<v Speaker 4>for target situations. I mean, we can do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you can only carry so many pitchers. I appreciate it, Abby,

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<v Speaker 2>But you get into the postseason you have to start

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<v Speaker 2>looking at your bench and what players you're gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>there and a twenty six man roster for that series,

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<v Speaker 2>and it really serious. Two series you don't start setting

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<v Speaker 2>your roster and that's it. You just go until the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the playoff run. It's serious to series and

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<v Speaker 2>matchups obviously, so that will dictate first and foremost what

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers roster will look like come that first NLDS.

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<v Speaker 2>But the Dodgers will have a lot of questions if

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<v Speaker 2>these guys keep pitching the way they have been, Walker Buehler,

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<v Speaker 2>Bobby Miller, even Clayton Kershaw. And I don't know, just

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<v Speaker 2>off the top of my head, if there's room for

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<v Speaker 2>a Bobby Miller on the postseason roster.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's just say there is.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, how about a Clayton Kershaw first time around the road,

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<v Speaker 2>the lineup two three innings, and then you bring in

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<v Speaker 2>a Bobby Miller, change of pace, hard throwing right hander

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<v Speaker 2>coming in after the crafty veteran left hander Clayton Kershaw.

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<v Speaker 2>You get the bock up contrasting differences between the two

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<v Speaker 2>and you can get six seven innings out of the

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<v Speaker 2>two of them combined. Makes it easier on your bullpen

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<v Speaker 2>less outs they have to be responsible for. I do

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<v Speaker 2>of like that piggyback situation, but again, I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if there's room for all these starting pitchers then to

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<v Speaker 2>just put in the bullpen, because what about your bullpen arms.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, if you use a Bobby Miller and a

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<v Speaker 2>Clayton Kershaw and a piggyback situation in game one or

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<v Speaker 2>Game two, you can't do that for Game three or whatever.

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<v Speaker 4>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, Bobby Miller's gets pitching one game.

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<v Speaker 2>It's how you can bring him back on the next

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<v Speaker 2>day for Game two, or bring him back two days

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<v Speaker 3>It just doesn't work that way.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why the relievers are so special and so important

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<v Speaker 2>because you can use them on multiple days in a

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<v Speaker 2>row come the postseason, so a lot of decisions need

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<v Speaker 2>come back, We'll get to more of your phone calls.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll hear from the manager Dave Roberts. A happy night

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<v Speaker 2>for the Dodgers is they get ready to jump on

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<v Speaker 2>their plane and head to Arizona for the start of

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<v Speaker 2>a four game series tomorrow. They get the win tonight

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<v Speaker 2>behind Bobby Miller's five innings, Dodgers' bullpen combines for four

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<v Speaker 2>shutout innings of relief, and the Dodgers, with a four

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<v Speaker 7>On the ground through the right side a base hitting

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers get four runs in the fourth Miguel Rojas woul

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<v Speaker 3>They go on and win.

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<v Speaker 2>It's six to three over the Baltimore Orioles tonight. Daniel's

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<v Speaker 2>the first team to eighty wins. Let's go out to

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<v Speaker 2>Lake Elson or Andy. Thanks for being patient on this

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<v Speaker 8>Hey Tim, how you doing tonight?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm doing good, doing good? Thank you?

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<v Speaker 8>Oh man? I just I just want to talk about

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<v Speaker 8>all full roster. Yeah, the pitching staff, it's going to

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<v Speaker 8>everybody caught us when we were losing, like Arizona and

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<v Speaker 8>our bottom of the lineup now it's proven that you know,

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<v Speaker 8>you know, with our with the bottom of the lineup,

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<v Speaker 8>especially tonight. Yeah, yeah, it wasn't a fluke. It wasn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I appreciate it, man, thanks for checking in tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it was a fluke at all. No,

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers came out tonight even with a lineup that

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have Freddie Freeman, Max Monts here, Will Smith in it,

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<v Speaker 2>and guys produced. The bottom of the lineup absolutely produced.

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<v Speaker 2>Tommy Edmund hitting clean up for the Dodgers. Yet it

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't your ideal lineup, and maybe going into the game,

431
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<v Speaker 2>you're probably scratching your head thinking, oh ok, Edmonton cleanup.

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<v Speaker 2>Keith Hernandez is what batting six? Gavin Lux is all

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<v Speaker 2>the way back down the eighth spot. What's going on? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Taylor goes two for three with an RBI, on

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<v Speaker 2>base three times because he walked Gavin Lux two for

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<v Speaker 2>four tonight. He continues to put the ball in play

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<v Speaker 2>and produce hits his nineteenth double of this season. And

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<v Speaker 2>Austin Barnes, I mean, I hate to even say it,

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<v Speaker 2>but the struggles of Will Smith are real, folks, They

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<v Speaker 2>are real. In Austin Barnes tonight two for four drives

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<v Speaker 2>in a pair to get the four run fourth innings

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<v Speaker 2>started now hitting two to fifty on this season. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm old enough to remember this year when Dodger fans

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<v Speaker 2>are like, what is Austin Barnes doing? He is a

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<v Speaker 2>liability on offense. Yes, we love his defense, but things

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<v Speaker 2>have flipped for him. And good for him now hitting

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<v Speaker 2>two to fifty compared to will Smith hitting two forty

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<v Speaker 2>three on the season with those sixteen home runs. But

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<v Speaker 2>if you look at the numbers for will Smith in

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<v Speaker 2>the month of August hitting one to seventy two. In

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<v Speaker 2>the month of July he hit two oh eight. Will

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<v Speaker 2>Smith in the month of June hit two oh three.

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<v Speaker 2>In the month of May he hit two twelve. Three

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<v Speaker 2>of those four months, barely hitting two hundred in this

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<v Speaker 2>month of August. In sixty four at bats, he's eleven

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<v Speaker 2>for sixty four with sixteen strikeouts, one home run, seven

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<v Speaker 2>ribbies and a one to seventy two batting average. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not a it's not a it's not a slump that

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<v Speaker 2>he's in. There's something going on. It's not a series

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<v Speaker 2>that he's off. It's not a home stand that he

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<v Speaker 2>just doesn't have it. It's three months he has really struggled.

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers get the win tonight. Bottom of the line of delivers.

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<v Speaker 2>Bobby Miller's delivers gets this win first since March have

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<v Speaker 2>I got to Dodger Stadium and here from the manager,

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<v Speaker 2>Dave Roberts, can.

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<v Speaker 9>You talk about this home stand, you guys on those

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<v Speaker 9>two games.

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<v Speaker 10>And being really hooded Air League teams, great homestand really

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<v Speaker 10>good baseball. Uh yeah, I mean playing against teams that

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<v Speaker 10>are in pennant races, you know, preparing for the postseason.

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<v Speaker 10>And I thought we showed well, you know, I don't

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<v Speaker 10>think it was litmus tests or anything, but it's still

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<v Speaker 10>good to go out there and find ways to win

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<v Speaker 10>baseball games. And I thought we did it in different

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<v Speaker 10>ways throughout the homestand you know, at times the starting

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<v Speaker 10>pitching was really good, other times the bats came to life,

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<v Speaker 10>and the defense I felt was pretty consistent outside of

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<v Speaker 10>that first game here against the uh the Orioles, and

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<v Speaker 10>just something to build on. So now you know, we

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<v Speaker 10>can look towards the Diamondbacks and those guys obviously are

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<v Speaker 10>playing great baseball, and it's going to be uh, you know, boisterous,

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<v Speaker 10>and a lot of people, a lot of Dodger fans,

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<v Speaker 10>a lot of d Backs fans, So it's going to

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<v Speaker 10>be a great series.

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<v Speaker 9>Do you feel like you guys are starting to play

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<v Speaker 9>the way that you believe you're capable of playing going

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<v Speaker 9>into this series.

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<v Speaker 10>I do. I do. There's some little things that I

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<v Speaker 10>think that need to be cleaned up, but I think overall,

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<v Speaker 10>guys are understanding that this is a time to lock

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<v Speaker 10>it in and they're doing so unto that.

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<v Speaker 7>Why a full strength and just being able to not

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<v Speaker 7>be his top heavies, you guys work for more.

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<v Speaker 10>No, it's great, you know, obviously getting Niggy back and

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<v Speaker 10>Tommy length of the lineup. I think Keyk is still

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<v Speaker 10>taking good at bats and Gavin kind of moving him

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<v Speaker 10>around the order and so yeah, and even this series

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<v Speaker 10>without Freddy and without Will getting untracked, which I think

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<v Speaker 10>he's showing some life just been really good. And I

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<v Speaker 10>think that's certainly part of it, having that length and

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<v Speaker 10>also be able to kind of give Micky a day

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<v Speaker 10>off here there to you know, play Tommy and get

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<v Speaker 10>kier Meyer in there. So yeah, I think we're just

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<v Speaker 10>on certainly on the position player side, we're at full strength.

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<v Speaker 9>Bobby said he kind of tweeked his left and he's

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<v Speaker 9>been managing it. Do you foresee that being an issue

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<v Speaker 9>moving forward.

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<v Speaker 10>I hope not. Yeah, you saw him, you know, cover

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<v Speaker 10>first base on the one play and then the I

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<v Speaker 10>think it was a holiday play, couldn't get to the

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<v Speaker 10>bag and then you could see it kind of wasn't

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<v Speaker 10>feeling well. And I don't know if that led to

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<v Speaker 10>the home run, you know with Kowser. But you know,

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<v Speaker 10>up until that point, I thought he threw the ball fantastic.

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<v Speaker 10>He was mixing, like going to be a little bit

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<v Speaker 10>more efficient, but just got behind a Kowser and then

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<v Speaker 10>he had homer. But we have a five run lead,

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<v Speaker 10>so it makes sense. But yeah, overall, I thought really good.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, there's Dave Roberts talking a lot about this

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers team. As you said, position players outside of Freddie Freeman,

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<v Speaker 2>they're healthy and they're good to go. And this is

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<v Speaker 2>the position players that they've been looking forward to having

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<v Speaker 2>healthy and together all season long. Now getting the pitching

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<v Speaker 2>staff healthy and all together is another story as guys

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<v Speaker 2>continue to work their way backs. Tyler Glass now on

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<v Speaker 2>the il. The Dodgers also waiting on Yamamoto, who had

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<v Speaker 2>a minor league rehab assignment for two winnings and a

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<v Speaker 2>bullpen afterwards, Bruce dar Gratol still waiting to see what

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<v Speaker 2>the status of him moving forward is.

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<v Speaker 3>Again, there's gonna be a.

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<v Speaker 2>Lot of guys looking to be on this twenty six

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<v Speaker 2>man roster come the postseason, but some guys are going

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<v Speaker 2>to get left off the NLDS roster. And again it's

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<v Speaker 2>serious to serious to see the matchups. Who they'll carry,

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<v Speaker 2>how many position players, how many pitchers or leievers. All

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<v Speaker 2>that will be determined down the road. But this is

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<v Speaker 2>the time of year that if you want to be

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<v Speaker 2>on that October roster, you want to be a guy

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<v Speaker 2>that is a no doubt bullpen arm that he can

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<v Speaker 2>count on on a you know, two out of three

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<v Speaker 2>games to go out there and pitch and be available.

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<v Speaker 2>Then this is the time you need to go out

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<v Speaker 2>and show it and put up zeros and going there

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<v Speaker 2>in crucial times like Blake Trying did tonight with the

545
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<v Speaker 2>bases loaded, two outs and gunner Henderson up and striking

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<v Speaker 2>him out and getting out of the jam and keeping

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers lead five to three at the time they

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<v Speaker 2>attack on one more and making a six to three lead.

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<v Speaker 2>These are the kind of stuff that you need to

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<v Speaker 2>do now to show that you're ready for October, because again,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not like the Dodgers will be limping into October

552
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<v Speaker 2>or don't have enough arms, or you know you're gonna

553
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<v Speaker 2>be dipping down to the minor leagues or asking guys

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<v Speaker 2>to do different rules. No, if everybody's healthy and all

555
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<v Speaker 2>the cards are on the table here for the Dodgers,

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<v Speaker 2>there are gonna be some players who you think maybe

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<v Speaker 2>are locks to make this twenty six man roster may

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<v Speaker 2>not make the October roster because somebody's playing better and

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<v Speaker 2>they can rely upon them more at the bullpen or

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<v Speaker 2>as a starter or off the bench or whatever role

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<v Speaker 2>or type of the player we're talking about. So again,

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<v Speaker 2>starts thinking about this stuff in the final five weeks

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<v Speaker 2>of the season as guys start fighting for playoff rosters,

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<v Speaker 2>especially in the bullpen, and some of these arms, as

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<v Speaker 2>they get healthy, that's.

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<v Speaker 3>Gonna do it for Dodger to talk. Many thanks to

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<v Speaker 3>Colin e.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks to you for being a part of the show,

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<v Speaker 2>listening on your drive home on your Thursday.

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<v Speaker 3>Night, laid up with us. We appreciate it. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 3>podcasting the s on the iHeartRadio app.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll be back at it tomorrow with Morono Casino Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>on Dec.

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<v Speaker 3>At five thirty Pacific. First pitch is six forty Clayton

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<v Speaker 3>Kershaw and Zach Gallaba pitching matchup. It's gonna be fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Four days in the Desert, Dodgers going with a four

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<v Speaker 2>game lead over Arizona as they started a four game

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<v Speaker 2>series in Phoenix beginning tomorrow again. Dodgers win in tonight

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<v Speaker 2>six three over the Oriols. They take two or three

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<v Speaker 2>from Baltimore. They finish off this home stands seven to two,

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<v Speaker 2>and don't look now. Dodgers first team to eighty wins

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<v Speaker 2>in baseball. Coming up next to Ben Mallors Show. Enjoy

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<v Speaker 2>your wrestlers Thursday night.

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<v Speaker 3>Be safe out there, everybody. So on