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And now your voice for Dodger Talking like back, 4 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:13.839 David Vasse. 5 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:19.519 Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vase live at Peco Park 6 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:23.920 in San Diego, where the Dodgers fall in ten innings 7 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:27.760 tonight six to five to the Padres, and the Dodgers 8 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:31.879 NLS lead is shruck in to five and a half 9 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.439 games over the Padres, and Tomorrow night an important game 10 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:39.280 in some respects obviously a long way to go, but 11 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:42.359 if the Padres win tomorrow night, not only will they 12 00:00:42.359 --> 00:00:44.479 have closed the gap to just four and a half 13 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:48.039 games in the nl West, but also would have won 14 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:51.799 the season series, giving them the tiebreaker if it came 15 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:54.200 down to that at the end of the year. Eight 16 00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:58.039 six six seven two five seventy is the phone number 17 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:02.479 we'll get into all the Dodgers trades before today's trade deadline. 18 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:05.359 In a little bit. We'll also hear from Brandon Gomes, 19 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:08.959 the Dodgers GM on some of the dynamics of trying 20 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:12.719 to make trades this season, and also we'll hear from 21 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:16.159 one of the newest Dodgers Tommy Edmund who is here 22 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:20.120 at Dodgers State or excuse me, at Peco Park taking 23 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:23.159 batting practice. So we'll get to all that a little 24 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:25.840 bit later into show. But you know, it's fine to 25 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:30.079 talk about the trade deadline and fun to hear about 26 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:33.879 these new players the Dodgers acquired. But the bottom line 27 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:36.959 is they've got to start winning games, and they got 28 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:41.840 to start winning games late. Nothing is more demoralizing to 29 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:46.319 a team than blowing games in the ninth INNK and 30 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:51.319 the Dodgers have done it way too often recently, going 31 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:55.480 back to before the All Star break in Detroit. This 32 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:59.120 is the fourth walkoff loss for the Dodgers in their 33 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:03.239 past six road games. The bullpen has not had a 34 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:06.760 scoreless night since July twelve, and that's coming from our 35 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:11.879 friend Bill Plunkett at the Orange County Register. It's not perception, 36 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:16.639 it's reality. And I feel like this is deja vu 37 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:21.199 from just a few games ago in Houston, where Blake 38 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:26.639 Trinon and Will Smith had very confusing game plans against 39 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:32.080 Alex Bregman and tonight against Manny Machado and Jackson Merrill 40 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:36.599 Number one, where is the firm target from Will Smith. 41 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:39.960 It's a critical juncture at that point in time, and 42 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:43.680 you know your relievers have been struggling. You've got to 43 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:47.520 give them a target, especially against a hitter like Manny 44 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:51.280 Machado who was locked in tonight. He already had homer 45 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:53.919 it in the second inning. He was playing his butt 46 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:58.159 off at third base tonight. This guy was salivating to 47 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:01.800 help the Padres come from behind tonight. And you felt like, 48 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:05.919 because the Dodger offense couldn't tack on runs after scoring 49 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:10.039 five runs in the first inning and the Padres chipping 50 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:13.319 away and making it a five to three game going 51 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:16.800 into it late, you were a little bit concerned that 52 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:20.280 the door was opened. And when Blake Trinon came in 53 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:25.080 there for the ninth inning, I had two feelings. Number One, 54 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:29.919 I was thinking, where's Michael Kopek, the newly acquired reliever 55 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:32.759 from the White Sox who has not pitched in four 56 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:36.479 or five days. He's supposed to be a guy that 57 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:38.879 you can count on in the ninth inning as well. 58 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:42.840 And then number two, I wasn't nervous that Blake Trinon 59 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:46.680 wouldn't be able to get those three outs. But what again, 60 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:50.960 was the purpose of that first pitch to Many Machado, 61 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:54.560 was it to get it over for a strike? Did 62 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:57.400 you think you were going to full Many Machado with 63 00:03:57.560 --> 00:04:00.919 a ninety four fastball. You've got to bury that in 64 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:04.240 the dirt or you've got to get that way inside 65 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:08.400 on Machado, And neither one occurred. And as far as 66 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:11.680 the pitch to Jackson Merrill, you know, we've seen this 67 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:16.240 a million times recently where these Dodger right handed relievers 68 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:21.000 are having a lot of struggles against left handed hitters 69 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:23.959 and they're trying to come inside, but they don't try 70 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:28.759 to come inside enough. I don't know where it's changed 71 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:31.360 in baseball where you can't try to get a guy 72 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:34.639 to move his feet and make them a little uncomfortable 73 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:39.079 throwing a cutter inside to a guy like Jackson Merrill, 74 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:42.120 you better get it in there. And basically what it 75 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:45.360 came down to was trya did not execute a cutter. 76 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:48.439 It was flat, and when you throw a flat cutter, 77 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:51.839 it's like batting practice. And I would love to see 78 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:55.920 trying to start throwing that slider again consistently to left 79 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:58.800 handed hitters like we saw at the beginning of the season. 80 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:03.480 So the game plan was very much in question as 81 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:06.959 far as I'm concerned in the ninth inning eight six 82 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:11.560 two five seventy is the phone number. Let's head downstairs 83 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:14.360 right now to here for manager Dave Roberts on Sports 84 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:14.959 at LA. 85 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:19.480 I think that's what it is. It's just fallen behind 86 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:24.040 hitters and not making good pitches. And you know when 87 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:26.079 we do that, they're going to make you pay. And 88 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:31.439 that's you know what's happening. Tyler Thu a heck of 89 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:33.560 a ball game. I thought he worked some things out 90 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:37.040 as a outing, you know, you know as he got 91 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:42.040 into the outing and very good line score, great job, 92 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:45.639 and then Anthony came in and did a really nice job, 93 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:49.839 and you know, I had Blake ready. I felt really 94 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:52.199 good about you know, where he was at. He was 95 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:54.519 up kind of the to get get us out of 96 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:56.279 the inning. So he was ready to go. And we've 97 00:05:56.319 --> 00:06:01.920 done it all year. And unfortunately, you know, he didn't 98 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:02.319 make good. 99 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:02.759 Pictures to that. 100 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:05.399 Can you explain just he had a lot of questions 101 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:08.120 about kind of what happened with the Empires and then 102 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:11.000 calling the ball there and just I guess what kind 103 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:12.319 of wait, what did they explain to you? 104 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:16.480 I guess, Well, if the one I went out there 105 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:20.560 is I just wanted to clarify that Mark went out 106 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:26.839 there to talk to Alex after they pinch hit Solano, 107 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:30.480 and I was asking if I could bring in Evan 108 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:33.439 at that moment, and then once he already visited, then 109 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:37.959 he's got to face a hitter. So yeah, and intentional 110 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:44.800 walk counts facing correct. 111 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:47.000 Colin, let me just explain something as far as that 112 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:50.759 goes in the tenth inning. Here it is rule five 113 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:56.360 point one zero, paragraph three. The manager or coach is 114 00:06:56.439 --> 00:07:00.360 prohibited from making a second visit to the mound while 115 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:04.399 the same batter is at bat, but if a pinch 116 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:08.639 hitter is substituted for this batter, the manager coach may 117 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:11.839 make a second visit to the mound, but must remove 118 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:15.680 the pitcher from the game. What happened there was the 119 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:21.759 pinch hitter Donovan Solano was announced, which meant Dave Roberts 120 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:24.720 could not go back out there after prior just went 121 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:28.160 out there. That's the rule book, and that's not a 122 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:34.040 new rule. All right, let's hear more from Dave Roberts. 123 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:34.439 Than for trying the don't know he's come back to 124 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:36.839 loss has been fine, but it's been ninety fourst post to. 125 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:38.160 Where it was before the surgery. 126 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:41.800 It's certainly, you know, not the same velve. You know, 127 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:45.839 all year it hasn't been you know, but you know, 128 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:49.639 outside of you know, the last Houston outing, he hadn't 129 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:51.519 given up a run, you know, the month of July, 130 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:56.120 so you know, he was still very, very good, and 131 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:58.839 it's just obviously the last two it hurts. 132 00:07:58.879 --> 00:07:59.959 It's it's more recent. 133 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:03.560 But again, you know before you know, three days ago 134 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:06.079 he had or two days, three days ago, whatever it was, 135 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:08.160 he hasn't given up a run in a month. So 136 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:12.720 it's one of those things that it happens, he's going 137 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:15.480 to give up runs and just unfortunately just kind of 138 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:18.600 you know, collectively, it just we feel a little bit 139 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:19.639 more of late. 140 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:22.720 And how can you do both and when you feel 141 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:24.920 like it's springing so many leagues? 142 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:30.480 Well yeah, I mean I think it's just one of 143 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:33.080 those things that we gotta We got a lengthy outing tonight, 144 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:36.759 you know, which we felt good about that to start 145 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:41.279 to give guys hopefully you know, we got a handful 146 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:44.639 of guys an off day another off day to get 147 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:47.240 them more fresh. But outside of that, they've got to 148 00:08:47.559 --> 00:08:50.759 go in and make pitches and you know, I look 149 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:53.480 at who's available and expect them to go out there 150 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:57.440 and do their jobs. And you know that's kind of 151 00:08:57.799 --> 00:08:59.000 you know where I'm at right now? 152 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:03.200 All right, there's manager Dave Roberts on Sports at LA. 153 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:06.240 I'm not sure if anybody asked him, why not Michael 154 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:08.799 Kopek in the ninth inning because he was the most 155 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:12.399 rested of the Dodger relievers and they just acquired him. 156 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:16.960 He's throwing a fastball, he's throwing a slider. Not sure 157 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:21.360 why he wasn't being considered there, but nonetheless, as Dave 158 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:24.840 Roberts said, Blake Trinon's been pretty good up until his 159 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:27.679 last two outings. And I feel like why it's so 160 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:32.200 shocking is because of how dominant Blake Trinon has been 161 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:35.679 since coming off the IL. So that's part of the 162 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:39.000 shock in awe we saw tonight here in San Diego. 163 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:42.639 Eight six, six, nine, seven, two five seventy is the 164 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:45.600 phone number. Padres beat the Dodgers six to five in 165 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:48.159 ten innings. I want to get some of these calls in, 166 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:51.440 so let's start off with Scott in Los Angeles. You're 167 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:56.799 on Dodger Talk Live from San Diego. Hi. Scott carrying Dave. Well, 168 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:59.559 so it would have been nicer to win this game 169 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:01.320 after you a head five to nothing. 170 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:05.000 Absolutely, I mean, I guess you know. I'll just preach 171 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:08.399 to the choir here. It's just perplexing that the Dodgers 172 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:10.080 don't go out and make a move for a closer, 173 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:12.320 and it seems like it's always been their Achilles heal 174 00:10:12.360 --> 00:10:15.240 in the in the postseason, you you gotta have a 175 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:18.200 guy who can be lights out, and to see the 176 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:21.240 Padres go and pick up a third closer, they got 177 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:23.639 three closers on the roster, now, yeah, and the Dodgers 178 00:10:23.639 --> 00:10:26.279 really have zero, and it's a little distressing to think 179 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:29.679 that they can get through the cot with no clowners. 180 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:30.919 What do you think? 181 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:34.240 Yeah, well, I will say this, Scott. We've seen teams 182 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:36.519 do a lot of different things to get the final 183 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:39.440 three outs, so you don't necessarily always have to have 184 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:44.039 that quote lockdown closer, but it certainly makes things easier 185 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:46.559 to manage when you have a Tanner Scott or a 186 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:49.639 Robert Suarez at the back end of your bullpen. And 187 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:53.879 I'm sure the Dodgers tried to acquire Tanner Scott, but look, 188 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:57.200 I talked to a few different people with other teams, 189 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:02.320 and the Marlins asking price was astronomic for Tanner, Scott 190 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:06.000 and the Padres were the only team willing to pay that. 191 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:09.200 I'm not sure I would do what the Padres did. 192 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:13.240 Not many people believe they would either. But yeah, it's 193 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:17.399 it's a little uh frustrating that the Dodgers have not 194 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:20.399 been able to lock down the ninth inning recently. 195 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:23.799 Yeah, I appreciate that. Yeah, I just hope they figured 196 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:26.840 out and Scott a key part of. 197 00:11:27.080 --> 00:11:27.639 The phone call. 198 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:32.240 Bruce dar Grattarol will be coming back. And look, Blake 199 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:35.480 Trenton's a really good reliever. Don't know what's going on 200 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:38.799 right now. I'm sure you've heard this before. Around this 201 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:41.799 time of year, some pitchers start to get what they 202 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:45.919 call quote dead arm, meaning their arm is a little fatigue, 203 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:49.000 the wear and tear of the season. Blake's coming off 204 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:52.879 of major shoulder surgery, so maybe he's feeling the effects 205 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:56.000 of that. So hopefully he bounces back. Eight six six 206 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:58.840 nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. 207 00:11:59.080 --> 00:12:02.279 Let's go out to man in downtown Los Angeles. High Manny, 208 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:03.360 You're on Dodger Talk. 209 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:06.120 Hey Dave, what's going on? Thanks for taking my call. 210 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:10.879 I'm just gonna keep it, Pleasu shout out. From what 211 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:13.720 I've been watching these last couple of weeks, the Dodgers 212 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:17.279 are playing with absolute zero sense of urgency in some 213 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:19.559 of these games where they should be winning. And today 214 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:22.120 was a big example of what it means not having 215 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:26.080 a dog inside that clubhouse just to get the runs 216 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:27.919 on those tack on runs that they didn't put on 217 00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:30.399 in the seventh inning, that's what kind of caused them, 218 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:32.480 not only Blake trying to employ in this game, but 219 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:35.200 that's what caused them not to secure that insurance, that 220 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:39.000 extra breath of fresh air sort of say they're shooting 221 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:41.440 themselves in the foot, Dave, and it's it's just frustrating. 222 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:44.600 And then on top of that, with everything I said, hold. 223 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:47.519 One second, many, let's hold on one second, let's talk 224 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:50.720 about that seventh inning. Because Dave Roberts made the right 225 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:54.720 move to pinchhit for Jason Hayward against the left hander 226 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:58.679 Mara Home, but the only right hander he had available 227 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:03.279 off his bench was Austin Barnes. Ahmed Rosario has been acquired, 228 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:05.879 he would have been a great option right there when 229 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:08.919 Tommy Edmund comes off the il. He could be an 230 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:12.600 option right there, and you may have keyk a Hernandez 231 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:15.480 on the bench with Tommy Edmund and Ahmed Rosario in 232 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:19.559 the folds. So to me, what the Dodgers did today 233 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:23.200 would help in a situation like we saw in the 234 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:24.360 seventh inning tonight. 235 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:27.960 Definitely, I'm not losing hope though. You know, I have 236 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:30.279 a strong faith in this team. I do believe this 237 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:33.159 team is World Series caliber and they're just waiting for 238 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:35.159 a couple of major pieces of comeback, and that's what 239 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:37.919 I keep telling myself. But it would be nice to 240 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:40.600 beat a team who are on your heels and a 241 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:42.600 game we had full control out of the first inning. 242 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:44.840 And shout out to my guy Tyler Glassnaw for getting 243 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:47.799 it done. Seven strong innings. Thanks Tyler. Sorry we couldn't 244 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:48.639 get you that win tonight. 245 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:51.759 All right, Mannie, thanks for the phone call. Yeah, Tyler 246 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:55.919 glass Now really pitched well, given the Dodgers exactly what 247 00:13:56.039 --> 00:14:00.440 they needed and more. Seven innings tonight, eight strikeouts, allowed 248 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:03.840 just three earned runs and just walk one batter. Many 249 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:07.360 Machado got Tyler glass Now in the second inning for 250 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:10.639 a laser shot to right center field, his first of 251 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:14.279 two home runs tonight, and look, Manny Machado came to 252 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:18.480 play tonight. He made two amazing catches in foul territory, 253 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:24.039 and he would he's probably the Padre that was keeping 254 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:26.559 them in the game when they were down five to nothing. 255 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:30.200 Eight six, six, nine, seven, two five seventy is the 256 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:33.600 phone number. Dodgers fall to the Padres tonight, six to 257 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:37.240 five in ten innings. Let's head back downstairs right now 258 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:40.480 to hear from Blake Trinon, who gave up two solo 259 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:43.960 home runs in that ninth inning to Many Machado and 260 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:46.399 the game tying home run to Jackson Merrill. 261 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:50.240 I mean, I'm back and look at the cutter to 262 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:53.519 Jackson and it, I mean didn't have great lateral movement, 263 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:54.759 but it was in ball and a half. 264 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:55.519 N Vonn. 265 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:02.120 The one to Mitchell, It's probably the worst thing growth 266 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:02.639 through all night. 267 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:04.159 Put a swing on it. 268 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:08.120 But you know, obviously it's pretty frustrating that, you know, 269 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:10.480 I was like a second outing in a row where 270 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:13.559 it's been a little bit not what I was hoping 271 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:14.919 to do for the team. I mean, I take pride 272 00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:17.639 in being successful for my teammates that worked hard and 273 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:19.960 put five runs on the board give us a chance 274 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:22.039 to go out there and just put their faith in 275 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:23.559 me to go put up a zero, and I didn't 276 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:24.240 get the job done. 277 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:27.320 So I don't need to be better than what I. 278 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:30.480 Have been at The stretch been for you guys as bullpen. 279 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:32.360 I think three times the last sixteen days, you guys 280 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:35.679 have given a five run lead just to sort of momentum. 281 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:39.240 Try to stop this momentum. I honestly heard. 282 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:41.080 How difficult has the stretch just been for you as 283 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:44.320 is a bullpen. That's especially the big blow leads last 284 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:46.120 two weeks. 285 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:48.559 I mean, obviously you don't want to do it. I 286 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:51.000 mean take pride and doing the best we can. I 287 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:53.679 think our bullpen has been one of the best, if 288 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:55.279 not the best, over the last like five years since 289 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:57.559 I've been here. There's obviously going to be some tough 290 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:01.279 stretches and a lot of that falls on me and 291 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:03.799 two or the least you know few that you've talked about, So. 292 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:08.559 I don't I don't know if we really think. 293 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:10.440 Much about it. It's just the day of when it happens. 294 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:11.879 It's pretty frustrating. 295 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:14.559 When the be low's down like it has been this year, 296 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:16.919 like it does, do you have to compensate in other 297 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:18.679 ways with how you attack guys or like, how have 298 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:20.039 you adjusted to that this year? 299 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:24.480 No, I mean like the last last two addings. 300 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:27.279 I don't know if anybody's done damage on the fastball 301 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:29.120 that pregnant did to me. I don't know if anybody 302 00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:31.360 typically has put a swing. My child is a very 303 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:35.279 familiar face with me. The most impressible one is probably 304 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:39.600 Jackson Merrill. It's a ball and a half inside. So 305 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:42.080 I'm not I'm not going to try to reinvent the wheel. 306 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:42.799 I know who I am. 307 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:46.879 You know they give me, you know, langs to be successful. 308 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:49.759 It just comes down to execution. But movement patterns are great. 309 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:51.720 So in my vehble has been what it's been this year. 310 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:53.480 I know it's going to be a focus of talking 311 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:56.039 point for a lot of people, but at the end 312 00:16:56.080 --> 00:17:00.320 of the day, execution and you know, stuff will win over. 313 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.240 I've lost his luxury. I would love to have more, 314 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:04.839 but that I have what I have. So and it's 315 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:06.920 been it's been working for Lesuary of the year. Just 316 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:08.119 a few outings are really bit there. 317 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:12.279 All right. There's Blake trying on sports net LA and 318 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:15.400 he's right looking back at where that pitch was. It 319 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:18.640 was inside off the plate and Jackson Merrill just put 320 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:21.519 a good swing on it. But man, that's his sweet 321 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:24.799 spot right there. Why not try to go away, go 322 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:28.480 arm side away from Jackson Merrill? Why are you trying 323 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:31.839 to go inside on Jackson Merrill? I just didn't get that. 324 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:35.119 And you know the pitch before was a slider, a 325 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:38.680 ball down and in. I just wasn't on board with 326 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:42.079 trying to go inside on Jackson Merrill. Just trying to 327 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:44.640 keep the ball away to limit damage right there against 328 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:47.759 a very good left handed hitter. Eight six six eighty 329 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:50.720 seven two five seventy is the phone number we're going 330 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:53.079 to take a time out here on Dodgery Talk when 331 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:55.599 we come back, more of your phone calls at eight 332 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:58.720 six six nine eighty seven two five seventy. And also 333 00:17:58.839 --> 00:18:02.240 we'll hear from one of the new US Dodgers, Tommy Edmund, 334 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:05.720 if we have time, and we'll get to the possibility 335 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:10.759 of Mookie Beds making a possible position change again. When 336 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:13.720 we're back with you from Oakland on Friday night. We 337 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:18.519 are obviously talking about tonight's disappointing loss as the Dodgers 338 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:21.720 blow a five nothing lead in the first inning to 339 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:25.039 fall to the Padres tonight six to five in ten 340 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:29.039 innings at Petco Park on a five to seventy LA Sports. 341 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:35.759 On air at AM five seventy, online at AM five 342 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:40.000 seventy LA sports dot com, and available by podcast on 343 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:44.920 the iHeartRadio app. This is Dodger Talk with David Massan. 344 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:49.519 Two and two and the pit swang Hann Peltic tape 345 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:51.960 to right down the line. It is headed for the 346 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:55.200 corner after a David Peralta and he can't make the play. 347 00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:58.759 That ball is off the foul Paul for our home 348 00:18:58.880 --> 00:19:03.400 run bet D's second home run with two strikes on 349 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:06.640 him this road trip, and the Dodgers have opened up 350 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:08.319 a five to nothing leave. 351 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:13.200 That's when things were looking good for the Dodgers, as 352 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:15.720 they put up a five spot in the first inning 353 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:20.359 tonight against knuckleballer Matt Waldron. The bad news was the 354 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:24.640 Dodger offense did not score after that five run first inning, 355 00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:27.200 and they left the door open for the Padres to 356 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:31.599 chip away, chip away, and then boom in the ninth inning, 357 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:35.039 two solo home runs off of Blake Trining and the 358 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:37.839 Padres win it on a walk off basit in the 359 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:42.039 tenth inning by Donovan Solano the final score tonight at 360 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:45.480 Pego Park, six to five, in front of the largest 361 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:50.319 crowd ever at Peco Park. Forty seven thousand, five hundred 362 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:54.759 and fifty nine. Daniels Jewelers is the official sponsor of 363 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:58.319 the Trip around the Diamond. 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So obviously the Dodgers are 374 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:45.200 missing Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Max Munsey, Miguel Rojas. The 375 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:49.319 list goes on and on, but certainly thirteen strikeouts a 376 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:53.119 little bit too much. Today. In case you missed the news, 377 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:56.359 the Dodgers were able to pull off a few more trades. 378 00:20:56.799 --> 00:21:00.000 Going back to yesterday, the Dodgers were able to acquire 379 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:04.400 in a three team deal Michael Kopak, who was active 380 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:07.880 and available tonight, but Dave Roberts chose to stay away 381 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:11.400 from him in the ninth inning, instead going with Blake Trinan. 382 00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:15.039 And also Tommy Edmund, who is currently on the sixty 383 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:20.000 day IL which with risk surgery, and also when he 384 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:23.279 was coming back from risk surgery, in his rehab assignment, 385 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:26.200 he hurt one of his ankles, so that delayed his 386 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:29.319 return to the Cardinals this season. He still has not 387 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:32.880 played a single game this year. But Tommy Edmund, speaking 388 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:36.200 of strikeouts, is a contact hitter, and he joined us 389 00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:38.440 on the pregame show and we'll try to share that 390 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:42.160 conversation with you. But he said his idols growing up 391 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:48.440 in San Diego where Tony Gwinn and more recently Adrian Gonzalez. 392 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:51.240 So he's a guy that's not a swing and miss hitter. 393 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:54.359 He's a versatile player. He helps the Dodgers up the 394 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:59.200 middle defense, shortstop, second base, center field, and the Dodgers 395 00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:03.200 were able to acquire him and Michael Kopek yesterday, along 396 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:08.200 with Ahmed Rosario. Yes, that Ahmed Rosario. He's having a 397 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:11.279 really solid year for the race, hitting over three hundred. 398 00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:15.400 He can play a variety of different positions, including third base, 399 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:19.400 so that's another right handed option off the bench for 400 00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:23.519 Dave Roberts and then today for me personally, and we 401 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:27.680