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The Dodger stadium is coming 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:19.220 up at seven 10 coming up over the next hour 0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:22.060 here on Morongo casino Dodgers on deck. We're going to 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:24.940 hear from the bulldog oral Hershizer. We'll hear from the manager, 0:01:24.980 --> 0:01:28.309 Dave Roberts, We'll, of course, preview this pitching matchup. David 0:01:28.330 --> 0:01:31.610 Vasse joins us throughout the hour leading up to first pitch. 0:01:31.630 --> 0:01:33.970 We got your Dodgers magical moment. And in just a 0:01:34.010 --> 0:01:36.410 few minutes, we'll head out to the Galpin Ford broadcast 0:01:36.450 --> 0:01:40.009 booth with Charlie Steiner and Rick Monday. Well, last night, 0:01:40.290 --> 0:01:44.270 the Dodgers welcomed the Cincinnati Reds to town as Chase Burns, 0:01:44.630 --> 0:01:48.030 a 15-game winner, got the start. But as we sit 0:01:48.070 --> 0:01:50.850 here late in the season, Cincinnati out of the playoff picture, 0:01:50.910 --> 0:01:53.490 so they're starting to limit games. his innings down in 0:01:53.510 --> 0:01:56.180 the stretch in September as Chase Burns went just the 0:01:56.300 --> 0:01:59.700 three innings struck out five, didn't allow a hit along 0:01:59.740 --> 0:02:01.980 the way. And as soon as Chase Burns was out 0:02:02.020 --> 0:02:04.990 of the game, the Dodgers offense went to work. Meanwhile, 0:02:05.090 --> 0:02:08.410 image Sheehan got the start yesterday, pitched well in triple-A 0:02:08.490 --> 0:02:12.010 Oklahoma city. And he continued that yesterday pitching into the 0:02:12.110 --> 0:02:14.350 sixth inning. He gave up a home run to Ellie 0:02:14.380 --> 0:02:16.840 Daly Cruz, the second batter of the game, as the 0:02:16.900 --> 0:02:19.900 Reds jumped out to a 1-0 lead. But as we mentioned, 0:02:20.020 --> 0:02:23.880 once Chase Burns was gone, the Dodgers got after Brandon 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:28.380 Williamson and that Reds bullpen in the fifth. Runners on 0:02:28.419 --> 0:02:31.200 to Oscar Hernandez up, and they put the pressure on 0:02:31.220 --> 0:02:32.240 the Cincinnati defense. 0:02:33.100 --> 0:02:36.180 Tying run and scoring position here in the fifth. First 0:02:36.260 --> 0:02:41.360 pitch from Williamson. Rojas chops it. High chopper, third base side. 0:02:41.419 --> 0:02:42.620 Fielded by Hayes. 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:43.380 A low throw. 0:02:43.540 --> 0:02:44.440 Stewart can't pick it. 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:48.279 The throw skips away. Hernandez comes in. Call getting the 0:02:48.300 --> 0:02:48.799 wave home. 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:49.799 He's running. 0:02:50.090 --> 0:02:53.730 A misplay and a right by Rodriguez. So Call is safe. 0:02:54.070 --> 0:02:58.079 And all the way to third is Rojas. How about that? Hey, 0:02:58.260 --> 0:03:02.340 Oscar Hernandez scored on the air. Alex call scored on 0:03:02.380 --> 0:03:05.380 the air. Miguel Rojas was safe on the throwing air 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:08.770 by the third baseman. Hayes as the Dodgers will take 0:03:08.850 --> 0:03:11.530 it two runs in Dodgers, a two to one lead. 0:03:11.930 --> 0:03:15.490 Then in this six, the Dodgers tacked on more runners 0:03:15.710 --> 0:03:16.470 on for Tao. 0:03:16.810 --> 0:03:22.480 Oscar Hernandez now with an eight game hitting streak, Williamson, 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:27.290 the one Oh pitch Hernandez laces. 0:03:26.970 --> 0:03:34.940 It, left field, gone into the Dodger pen. The Tao 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:44.350 laser show rolls on. Absolutely tattooed a three-run blast into 0:03:44.370 --> 0:03:46.480 the Dodger bullpen to make it 5-1. 0:03:48.410 --> 0:03:52.710 Teosca Hernandez goes deep. His 13th of the season. He 0:03:52.770 --> 0:03:56.930 drives in three more 55 RBI. Now on this season, 0:03:57.210 --> 0:03:59.190 that is a top tier play of the game brought 0:03:59.210 --> 0:04:01.620 to you by Arco quality, top tier gas for less 0:04:01.970 --> 0:04:04.980 as the Dodgers has a five to one lead as 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:08.180 image Sheehan went into the sixth inning five and two thirds, 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:10.160 just the one run given up in the first only 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:13.660 three hits. given up. He struck out 10 along the way. 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:15.700 He came out of the game with two outs in 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:18.060 the six Alex Vessi. He got the final out as 0:04:18.140 --> 0:04:22.350 strikeout to end the Cincinnati threat. Seth Halverson comes in 0:04:22.529 --> 0:04:26.150 and give us up a home run in the seventh 0:04:26.330 --> 0:04:29.370 inning as Suarez tacked on a solo shot in the 0:04:29.529 --> 0:04:32.270 eighth Cincinnati, another run to make it a five to 0:04:32.310 --> 0:04:34.930 three game Dodgers in the bottom of the eighth, though, 0:04:34.950 --> 0:04:38.410 a little separation, a big insurance run miss with Will 0:04:38.430 --> 0:04:41.770 Smith sack fly scoring max Muncy Dodgers with a six 0:04:41.910 --> 0:04:45.450 to three lead going to the ninth inning. Evan Phillips 0:04:45.500 --> 0:04:47.940 would get the ninth and he'd come in, strike out 0:04:48.010 --> 0:04:51.380 to the batters he faced for a clean ninth inning 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:54.659 ball game over Dodgers win again. They've now won five 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:57.500 in a row as the Dodgers get the victory six 0:04:57.540 --> 0:05:00.060 to three image. She and picks up the wind. He's 0:05:00.100 --> 0:05:02.600 now five and eight Evan Phillips with his first save. 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:07.460 here in 2026. Dodgers now 87 and 57 on this season. 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:11.270 Right back at it again tonight, leading the division. Their 0:05:11.370 --> 0:05:14.450 magic number to clinch is down to eight, and tonight 0:05:14.490 --> 0:05:17.490 they look to go and get a victory against Cincinnati 0:05:17.750 --> 0:05:19.860 and look for their sixth in a row overall. Tarek 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:22.540 Skubal on the mound, first pitch at 7'10. And with more, 0:05:22.580 --> 0:05:25.180 we head out to the Galpin Ford broadcast booth as 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:27.720 we say hello to Charlie Steiner and Rick Monday, guys. 0:05:28.620 --> 0:05:32.930 All right, Tim, three weeks from today, the postseason begins. 0:05:33.410 --> 0:05:37.489 This is game 145, 18 games and 20 days remain 0:05:38.050 --> 0:05:41.289 in the regular season. The Dodgers' magic number is eight. 0:05:41.310 --> 0:05:43.870 They've won five in a row, and we're getting ready 0:05:43.910 --> 0:05:46.940 for the second game of this three-game series against the 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:51.060 Cincinnati Reds. Dodgers' winners last night, it's the old story, 0:05:51.380 --> 0:05:54.000 coming from behind and hitting a big home run. 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:57.140 And they did it in the 42nd comeback win tonight. 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:01.270 They had 48, if you're looking at last year, so 0:06:01.430 --> 0:06:03.490 still some time to go on that end of it. 0:06:03.610 --> 0:06:05.510 But I think we're starting to see some better hitting 0:06:05.550 --> 0:06:08.270 right now. Shohei Otani, who was back in the lineup 0:06:08.310 --> 0:06:10.890 last night, did not have a base hit. He is 0:06:11.029 --> 0:06:13.609 not in the lineup tonight, and that's kind of planned. 0:06:14.350 --> 0:06:17.190 The diet off after playing and coming back last night. 0:06:17.490 --> 0:06:19.650 He had a couple of good swings, also struck out 0:06:19.670 --> 0:06:21.630 a couple of times, drew a walk on top of that. 0:06:22.050 --> 0:06:24.870 The guys that have really been hitting, Mookie Betts and 0:06:24.910 --> 0:06:28.450 Teosca Hernandez, to name the two. And they certainly delivered 0:06:28.500 --> 0:06:32.039 again in last night's ballgame. And for the Dodgers, they 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.339 may not want to hang around as long as they 0:06:34.380 --> 0:06:37.919 have the last couple of nights to hit three-run home runs. 0:06:38.380 --> 0:06:41.050 Two nights ago was Mookie Betts' three-run home run in 0:06:41.070 --> 0:06:43.370 the eighth inning. Last night, it was in the sixth inning, 0:06:43.410 --> 0:06:47.000 a three-run home run by Teosca Hernandez. And while the 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:49.260 dramatics are really wonderful, they would like to get an 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:49.980 early lead and. 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:50.760 Kind of coast on it. 0:06:50.870 --> 0:06:53.990 So a couple of the elder statesmen, Teoscar and Mookie, 0:06:54.330 --> 0:06:58.669 have really, they've improved down the stretch. Teoscar now an 0:06:58.710 --> 0:07:01.739 eight-game hitting streak, during which time he's hitting. 0:07:00.910 --> 0:07:02.570 448. 0:07:02.570 --> 0:07:06.510 And Mookie has once again shown that he's got the goods, 0:07:06.860 --> 0:07:09.810 having reached base 16 consecutive games, hitting. 0:07:09.780 --> 0:07:09.850 323. 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:12.580 And three home runs, 16 RBIs in those 16 games. 0:07:16.310 --> 0:07:18.570 One of the areas that they can improve upon, we're 0:07:18.590 --> 0:07:21.390 not seeing consistency that we normally see with this ball 0:07:21.410 --> 0:07:24.320 club when it's running on all cylinders. With runners in 0:07:24.340 --> 0:07:27.090 scoring position, last seven games they're hitting a. 0:07:26.980 --> 0:07:27.160 213. 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:30.880 Opposing teams in those games are hitting over. 0:07:30.700 --> 0:07:31.060 260. 0:07:31.060 --> 0:07:33.620 So that's an area that they need to be addressing. 0:07:33.660 --> 0:07:37.410 And I think the selection of pitches, in my estimation, 0:07:37.450 --> 0:07:41.250 over the last week to ten days, has really started 0:07:41.310 --> 0:07:42.900 to improve on a nightly basis. 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:46.340 Scooble going for the Dodgers tonight on four days rest 0:07:46.420 --> 0:07:47.300 instead of five. 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:49.620 We'll talk about that a little later on in the hour. 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:54.850 Nick Lodolo, left-handed hitters are crushing him this year, hitting. 0:07:54.650 --> 0:07:55.050 346. 0:07:55.050 --> 0:07:58.990 His record is 3-3 in a. 508 ERA. 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But with each day, he 0:10:17.710 --> 0:10:20.339 is feeling stronger and And so Dave Roberts was saying 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:22.920 he came out of last night good, but they just 0:10:22.980 --> 0:10:25.970 want to continue to find ways to essentially build him up. 0:10:26.350 --> 0:10:28.390 We've seen this with Will Smith coming back from his 0:10:28.470 --> 0:10:31.190 neck injury, how he will play a game, then he'll 0:10:31.230 --> 0:10:33.069 be down for a game, then he's back behind the 0:10:33.130 --> 0:10:35.680 plate for another one, then he'll play at most two 0:10:35.700 --> 0:10:39.400 of three. It's a similar thought process to that. So 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:42.520 it's not that Shohei Ohtani is in a day-to-day situation. 0:10:42.580 --> 0:10:45.119 It's just more how can we manage him early to 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.660 kind of get him built up. So Dave Roberts was 0:10:47.710 --> 0:10:49.969 saying he expects him to be back in the lineup tomorrow. 0:10:50.350 --> 0:10:52.350 If for some reason he does need another day, they 0:10:52.390 --> 0:10:54.429 will give him that. But they do expect him to 0:10:54.470 --> 0:10:56.929 be back out there tomorrow and then with the off 0:10:56.950 --> 0:10:59.850 day on Thursday to be back in the lineup on Friday. 0:10:59.890 --> 0:11:02.150 And then maybe he can start playing back-to-back games then. 0:11:02.580 --> 0:11:05.460 But ultimately, they do see a situation where with now 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:08.340 less than 20 games to close out the regular season, 0:11:08.660 --> 0:11:10.720 there will be times here and there that they will 0:11:10.780 --> 0:11:12.660 give him an off day just to make sure that 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:14.679 he continues to be healthy and in a good spot 0:11:14.700 --> 0:11:15.520 ready for October. 0:11:15.820 --> 0:11:18.740 There's the old saying, death by a thousand paper cuts. 0:11:18.820 --> 0:11:22.950 And in Tarek Skubal's case, his last start out, Kirsten, 0:11:23.290 --> 0:11:25.770 you could say it was death by a bunch of singles. 0:11:26.230 --> 0:11:26.710 Yeah. 0:11:26.770 --> 0:11:28.750 I mean, for him to give up 10 hits for 0:11:28.850 --> 0:11:30.310 all of them to be singles, that was the first 0:11:30.330 --> 0:11:32.430 time in his career that he has done that. And 0:11:32.490 --> 0:11:34.750 even afterwards, he was like, I don't even think I 0:11:34.790 --> 0:11:38.420 can tell you when that's even happened in Major League Baseball. 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:39.860 It's a rarity. 0:11:39.980 --> 0:11:42.480 Typically, if you've got that many hits. There's an extra 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:45.260 base hit in there, and then you add in limiting 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.840 it to two runs. So with Tarek, when I spoke 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:50.720 to him after the game, I had asked if he 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:54.100 felt that just the contact that he was getting from 0:11:54.140 --> 0:11:56.110 the Cardinals, if he felt that, you know, if the 0:11:56.150 --> 0:11:57.890 stuff wasn't as sharp, if he didn't really have that 0:11:57.910 --> 0:11:58.630 put-away stuff. 0:11:58.670 --> 0:11:59.890 And he actually shared that. 0:12:00.500 --> 0:12:03.300 He felt that his execution was good. It was just 0:12:03.750 --> 0:12:07.170 small margins where he felt like maybe he wasn't hitting 0:12:07.210 --> 0:12:09.270 the spot that he wanted to, but it wasn't something 0:12:09.309 --> 0:12:13.449 that leads to in-game adjustments per se. But Dave Roberts 0:12:13.470 --> 0:12:15.850 this afternoon, when he spoke to the media, he shared 0:12:15.890 --> 0:12:18.450 that Mark Pryor as well as Tarek Skubal, they had 0:12:18.470 --> 0:12:20.430 a really good bullpen in which he worked through. 0:12:20.270 --> 0:12:20.890 A few things. 0:12:20.929 --> 0:12:23.880 So the hope is that that is going to just 0:12:23.890 --> 0:12:26.300 continue to be an anomaly of an outing, and we 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:31.020 can really see him getting back to You know, that 0:12:31.100 --> 0:12:34.699 two-time Cy Young player who is so efficient. Even Dave 0:12:34.740 --> 0:12:37.449 Roberts was saying, you know, the piece that's missing from 0:12:37.490 --> 0:12:40.150 Tarek right now is just he's the guy that's typically 0:12:40.230 --> 0:12:43.130 at about 75 pitches when he gets through six innings 0:12:43.230 --> 0:12:46.630 or through seven innings of work. He is so efficient 0:12:46.670 --> 0:12:48.760 and has that fastball command that right now we just 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:52.360 haven't seen from him in a Dodgers uniform. And so 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:54.260 the hope is he can just kind of continue to 0:12:54.300 --> 0:12:57.150 make those very minor adjustments just to get back to 0:12:57.270 --> 0:13:00.189 his true self in getting ready and gearing up for October. 0:13:00.410 --> 0:13:02.200 No doubt about it. Need him to come up big 0:13:02.220 --> 0:13:04.640 tonight and down the stretch. Kirsten, we appreciate it. Still 0:13:04.660 --> 0:13:07.140 to come here on Morongo Casino, Dodgers on deck. David 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:10.180 Vassego's high and tight with the Bulldog, Oral Hershiser. But 0:13:10.220 --> 0:13:12.880 up next, an injury report. And we'll hear from Dave 0:13:12.950 --> 0:13:16.150 Roberts himself. Get his pregame thoughts. It's the Dodgers and 0:13:16.170 --> 0:13:18.410 the Reds on this Tuesday night. First pitch coming up 0:13:18.570 --> 0:13:20.510 at 7-10. I'm Tim Cates. This is the back-to-back World 0:13:20.530 --> 0:13:22.650 Series champion, Dodgers. Audio Network. 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:27.500 As we were saying. 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:32.739 This is Morongo casino Dodgers on deck on the official 0:13:32.780 --> 0:13:35.210 home of LA Dodgers baseball. 0:13:37.130 --> 0:13:41.130 Morongo casino Dodgers on deck continues on this Tuesday night, 0:13:41.170 --> 0:13:43.990 starting to heat up here in Southern California, but don't 0:13:44.030 --> 0:13:47.700 like this humidity. Dodgers and the Reds. Morongo Casino Resort 0:13:47.740 --> 0:13:50.140 and Spa. Grand Slam for good times. Tarek Skubal on 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:54.570 the mound. First pitch coming up at 7-10. This is 0:13:54.590 --> 0:13:55.190 the L.A. 0:13:55.250 --> 0:13:57.840 Dodgers. Injury report. 0:13:57.860 --> 0:14:00.679 Presented by UCLA Health, the official medical partner of the 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:04.620 Los Angeles Dodgers. Shoei Otani not in the lineup tonight. 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.429 Still ramping himself back up and still bothered a little 0:14:07.470 --> 0:14:09.950 bit by the sore knee, the sore elbow, and the 0:14:09.990 --> 0:14:11.990 sore neck. Dalton Rushing on the IEL with the right 0:14:12.110 --> 0:14:14.970 elbow discomfort. Eric Lauer on the IEL with the elbow inflammation. 0:14:15.390 --> 0:14:17.950 Roki Sasaki on the IEL with the blister on his 0:14:17.990 --> 0:14:21.030 throwing hand. Edwin Diaz is going to do back-to-back days 0:14:21.090 --> 0:14:23.270 in AAA Oklahoma City as he tries to ramp himself 0:14:23.310 --> 0:14:25.850 back up. To help out this Dodgers bullpen, hopefully he 0:14:25.870 --> 0:14:28.910 comes back better than he was. Andy Pajas on the I.L. 0:14:28.930 --> 0:14:31.840 with a fractured left hand. All right, we head back 0:14:31.940 --> 0:14:34.340 out to the ravine and check in with the Dodgers skipper. 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:35.240 Anything else for Dave? 0:14:35.460 --> 0:14:39.280 Dave, do you think... Dave, can you just describe. 0:14:39.300 --> 0:14:41.080 Dave, can you talk about the pressure? 0:14:41.100 --> 0:14:45.350 In the dugout with Dave Roberts. Brought to you by 0:14:45.380 --> 0:14:50.170 Concordia University, Irvine's Masters in Coaching and Athletics Administration. 0:14:51.220 --> 0:14:55.460 I think with Shohei, it came out yesterday well. But 0:14:55.500 --> 0:14:59.400 talking to the training staff, it's more of the thought 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:04.280 of let's build him up slowly. He'll be available in 0:15:04.330 --> 0:15:11.350 a big spot tonight. He'll be in there tomorrow. And 0:15:11.410 --> 0:15:15.090 then my expectation is that he'll be back in there 0:15:15.230 --> 0:15:18.250 on Thursday, too. 0:15:18.910 --> 0:15:22.670 Do you see this kind of being a day on, 0:15:22.710 --> 0:15:23.910 day off, day on? 0:15:24.190 --> 0:15:24.830 Not necessarily. 0:15:25.380 --> 0:15:27.660 So I think that, you know, if today goes well, 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:30.000 which I assume it will, and then he's in there 0:15:30.020 --> 0:15:33.359 tomorrow and that goes well, I would expect him to 0:15:33.420 --> 0:15:36.440 be in there on Thursday. But if he needs a 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:39.220 day and we need to pivot and give him two days, 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:46.200 you know, the Thursday– the Wednesday– We have an off 0:15:46.220 --> 0:15:48.860 day coming up, don't we? That's right, something like that. Yeah, 0:15:49.420 --> 0:15:51.040 that's right. Sorry about that, guys. 0:15:52.770 --> 0:15:53.850 Yeah, that's screwing me up. 0:15:56.550 --> 0:15:58.990 How much did the lefty today play into that? 0:15:59.890 --> 0:16:04.090 You know, not as much because, honestly, Lodolo is pretty neutral. 0:16:05.650 --> 0:16:06.480 So not really. 0:16:08.470 --> 0:16:11.290 Freddie, physically, you gave him a day off five days ago. 0:16:11.310 --> 0:16:15.170 He's DHing tonight. Is there anything physically that you want 0:16:15.190 --> 0:16:15.790 to get him off. 0:16:15.690 --> 0:16:16.630 His feet tonight? 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:23.820 Nothing kind of really, you know, not too much. It's 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:26.680 just more of just, it's a long season. Any chance 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:29.660 I could, you know, he plays every day essentially, so 0:16:29.940 --> 0:16:31.850 out in the field. So if I could give him 0:16:31.870 --> 0:16:33.690 an off day, which I did, and then to get 0:16:33.730 --> 0:16:36.600 him off his feet for a a lefty tonight to 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:39.290 give Kike a start, I think it just kind of 0:16:39.370 --> 0:16:39.920 made sense. 0:16:40.470 --> 0:16:42.750 All right, there's the manager, Dave Roberts, down the dugout. 0:16:42.790 --> 0:16:45.370 Love sports, love coaching. Take your career to the next 0:16:45.430 --> 0:16:49.140 level at Concordia University Irvine's Masters in Coaching and Athletics 0:16:49.180 --> 0:16:53.100 Administration Program. Learn from the championship coaches and industry leaders 0:16:53.140 --> 0:16:56.860 that are out there at all the Southern California CIF 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:59.820 coaches right now. 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A few weeks ago, Teoscar Hernandez was 0:18:06.790 --> 0:18:08.910 on the struggle bus, as they like to say, during 0:18:08.950 --> 0:18:11.230 this season and not hitting the ball and not hitting 0:18:11.250 --> 0:18:14.159 home runs, but things have drastically turned around for him. 0:18:14.740 --> 0:18:16.090 They really have, Tim. 0:18:16.100 --> 0:18:19.520 In the last eight games, Teoscar Hernandez has turned around 0:18:19.540 --> 0:18:23.020 his season. He's hitting over 400, has a couple of 0:18:23.060 --> 0:18:25.879 home runs, and I talked to him earlier today, and 0:18:25.900 --> 0:18:29.540 I was half joking because I was wondering, because of 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:32.290 the pitches that he was swinging at for the last 0:18:32.350 --> 0:18:36.730 two months, whether or not he needed to go see Dr. Liu, 0:18:36.869 --> 0:18:40.510 who Quique Hernandez and Max Muncy went to check in with, 0:18:40.570 --> 0:18:43.710 and it turned out, They needed to get their vision corrected, 0:18:43.750 --> 0:18:48.420 and that's why you see them wear those clear glasses 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:53.260 that look like goggles when they play. But Teoscar Hernandez 0:18:53.300 --> 0:18:56.540 surprised me and said, actually, I did. I went to 0:18:56.580 --> 0:18:58.920 go see Dr. Liu to get my vision checked like 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:00.160 Kike and Muncie did. 0:19:00.570 --> 0:19:04.310 And Dr. Liu said, your vision's fine. Your vision's fine. 0:19:04.410 --> 0:19:08.730 So he eliminated that and then went to fix his stance, 0:19:09.109 --> 0:19:12.070 opened up his stance. And he said that's helped him 0:19:12.150 --> 0:19:16.990 have better pitch recognition. So Good to know he's seen 0:19:17.020 --> 0:19:19.480 the ball better. Obviously, we can tell by the way 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:22.480 he's swinging and not chasing, but yeah. He did go 0:19:22.520 --> 0:19:25.440 have his vision check, and part of the reason why 0:19:25.540 --> 0:19:28.700 he's seen the pitches better is that he's opened his stance. 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:30.869 David is brought to you by Ford, the official vehicle 0:19:30.880 --> 0:19:32.869 of Major League Baseball. Ford is number one for J.D. 0:19:32.890 --> 0:19:36.149 Power's new vehicle quality amongst mainstream brands. Two years in 0:19:36.170 --> 0:19:38.650 a row with a build for a tough truck, you 0:19:38.710 --> 0:19:42.730 instantly gain more capable. 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