Speaker 1: The quest for the three peat has begne. Only four
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Speaker 1: The Dodgers are the favorites to become the fifth.
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Speaker 1: Here's your host, David Vase. Last Day, Welcome the Dodger Talk.
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Speaker 1: seventy LA Sports. We have phone lines open at eight
Speaker 1: sixty six, nine to eight seven two five seventy. The
Speaker 1: Dodgers defeat the Pirates tonight five to four in ten innings.
Speaker 1: Tommy Edmund the hero tonight with the walk off basid
Speaker 1: against Gregory Soto. Soto had two strikes on Tommy Edmund
Speaker 1: and then doubled up on that song eighty five sweeper
Speaker 1: that Tommy did not miss hitting from the right side,
Speaker 1: just stuck with it and was able to poke it
Speaker 1: down the left field line to score Keith k Hernandez
Speaker 1: and the Dodgers beat the Pirates tonight five to four
Speaker 1: in ten innings, Evan Phillips with his first win in
Speaker 1: Major League baseball in nearly two years. The last time
Speaker 1: Evan Phillips won a game in relief was back September
Speaker 1: twenty ninth, twenty twenty four. Yeah, I think we all
Speaker 1: forget that Evan Phillips is coming back from a big
Speaker 1: time arm surgery. It's been a long road back, but
Speaker 1: he's able to deliver tonight in the highest of leverage situations.
Speaker 1: And he didn't even create it because of this wacky
Speaker 1: rule that in the extra innings during the regular season,
Speaker 1: a runner is placed at second base. So you know,
Speaker 1: just one basic could cost a reliever a game. And
Speaker 1: in the tenth inning, Evan Phillips gave up a leadoff
Speaker 1: single to Brian Reynolds, which put the Brendan Loule, the
Speaker 1: placed runner at third base. It was first and third.
Speaker 1: After that single by Brian Reynolds, Evan was able to
Speaker 1: strike out Nick Gonzalez. Dave Roberts had four fingers up
Speaker 1: to intentionally walk O'Neil Cruz and needed a double playball.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers were playing a double play depth and that's
Speaker 1: exactly what Evan Phillips got from Henry Davis a ground
Speaker 1: ball six' four to three to end that tenth. Inning
Speaker 1: and good news for The, dodgers The brewers helped them out.
Speaker 1: Tonight The brewers are just the freight train right. Now
Speaker 1: they beat The braves In milwaukee two to, one so
Speaker 1: The dodgers now have a three game lead in the
Speaker 1: lost column over The braves for the number two seed
Speaker 1: in The National league playoff, picture and that's. Important if
Speaker 1: you're one of the top two seeds in each, league
Speaker 1: you don't have to play a wildcard. Series so that's
Speaker 1: big for The. Dodgers and you, know losing this one
Speaker 1: would have been a tough one because not only Did
Speaker 1: Kyle hurt give up a two run tie or game
Speaker 1: tying two run home run to O'Neil cruz in the eighth,
Speaker 1: inning but The dodgers should have blown this game open
Speaker 1: in several different innings Against Bubba, chandler they left ten
Speaker 1: men on base. Tonight they were three for nine with
Speaker 1: runners in scoring, positions so it just felt like The
Speaker 1: dodgers were allowing The bucks to hang around a little too,
Speaker 1: long and it did get them in the eighth inning
Speaker 1: when O'Neil cruz hit that two run home run to
Speaker 1: tie the game at. Four but luckily for The, dodgers
Speaker 1: they're able to deliver in extra innings Against, gregorysoto and
Speaker 1: The dodgers now are five to zero in extra inning
Speaker 1: games and they have seven walk off. Wins tonight's game
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Speaker 1: Fighter all, right let's get to the big news of the.
Speaker 1: Night obviously a big blow for The. Dodgers Andy piz
Speaker 1: was hit by A Bubba chandler fastball in the third.
Speaker 1: Inning you could hear the sound of the baseball hitting
Speaker 1: his left hand up in the press. Box that's how
Speaker 1: flush that pitch Got Andy, poiez as he was still
Speaker 1: holding onto the. Bat and that's always dangerous when a
Speaker 1: fastball hits a batter in the wrist hand area while
Speaker 1: they're still holding onto the. Bat and The dodgers were
Speaker 1: hoping they dodged a, bullet but they. Didn't Dave roberts
Speaker 1: met with the media moments ago and revealed That piz
Speaker 1: has a fracture in his left hand and is going
Speaker 1: to be out for four to five. Weeks here's What
Speaker 1: Dave roberts had to SAY.
Speaker 4: X rays unfortunately came came up as a, fracture so
Speaker 4: he'll be out for a.
Speaker 1: While.
Speaker 4: Yeah how challenging you have all the start of.
Speaker 1: The season they clutched in certain moments sounds or maybe
Speaker 1: not to moralize. That how challenging is it's for the
Speaker 1: group of the injury like.
Speaker 4: That, well it's just it's really. Unfortunate obviously it's not
Speaker 4: season ending because obviously things like that is four or five,
Speaker 4: Weeks SO i would expect him, back you, know knowing
Speaker 4: him on the earlier. Side but, yeah it's going to
Speaker 4: be four, weeks but there's still time in the season
Speaker 4: for him to be. Back but, YEAH i, MEAN i
Speaker 4: feel for him because he was having such a good
Speaker 4: year and he likes to, play and but, yeah we've
Speaker 4: got to move on and hold down the fort till
Speaker 4: he gets back back right.
Speaker 1: There. Yep how difficult Is andy to replace given everything
Speaker 1: with the bad end glove and how you kind of
Speaker 1: envision getting Through douce four.
Speaker 4: Weeks, yeah we're gonna we're gonna huddle up tonight and
Speaker 4: see who we bring. In BUT i do think that we.
Speaker 4: Can't you got to be mindful of the, defense and
Speaker 4: so certainly in. Centerfield so you know somebody that can handle,
Speaker 4: centerfield and you, KNOW i, mean we'll piece it. Together
Speaker 4: But i'm not sure right, now BUT i do think
Speaker 4: that the main thing is locking down.
Speaker 1: Centerfield they Could tommy be part of that answer.
Speaker 4: To he, Could, yeah he. Could so we're kind of.
Speaker 4: Toy we're gonna toy with some kind of. Scenarios you
Speaker 4: guys an Expecting andy to need. Surgery you know, What
Speaker 4: i'm not. SURE i think the docs looking at, him
Speaker 4: but that's a, possibility and if it, IS i still
Speaker 4: don't think it changes that time the.
Speaker 1: Timetable all, right there's Manager Dave, roberts obviously not thrilled
Speaker 1: that they lost their all star center Fielder andy pae
Speaker 1: haz tonight broken left. Hand he's going to be out
Speaker 1: at least four, weeks and if he does come back
Speaker 1: on the shorter side that would Have pie has Returned
Speaker 1: september eighteenth at home against The. Giants that would leave
Speaker 1: nine games in the regular season for pi haz to
Speaker 1: get ready for the. Playoffs and that's if he returns
Speaker 1: a month from. Now and you Heard Dave roberts talk
Speaker 1: about defense being the number one key out there in center.
Speaker 1: FIELD i have at the right now the two more
Speaker 1: likely options for The dodgers in center, field and, look
Speaker 1: they're not going to Replace Andy pie has his offensive
Speaker 1: production and the threat that he has been hitting second and.
Speaker 1: Third Him otani And Freddie freeman And Max munsey to
Speaker 1: a certain, extent have been the four guys that have
Speaker 1: carried this offense all season. Long pi has twenty one home,
Speaker 1: runs eighty RBIs and one of the best hitters The
Speaker 1: dodgers have with runners in scoring position this, year a
Speaker 1: three thirty six batting average with runners in scoring. Positions
Speaker 1: so let's just eliminate the fact that The dodgers have
Speaker 1: lost one of their big offensive producers in the lineup
Speaker 1: in the top. Three so it's gonna be hard for
Speaker 1: anybody to replace that. Production they're not whoever goes to center.
Speaker 1: Field but that leads it To Taoscar, Hernandez Tommy, Edmund Kyle,
Speaker 1: Tucker Mookie betts to be able to start picking it
Speaker 1: up because The dodgers need it right. Now Without, Pahz
Speaker 1: they're gonna need those four guys to step up their.
Speaker 1: Game and, Look Miguel rojas explain this to me last
Speaker 1: homestand players can't try any harder than they already, do
Speaker 1: at least these group Of, dodgers because there's no way
Speaker 1: to try harder in baseball and be. Effective so you
Speaker 1: just need these guys to have the, focus the situational,
Speaker 1: focus he explained to. Me and you hope that we're
Speaker 1: starting to see signs of that from those four. Guys
Speaker 1: and Tonight Tommy edmond's got to feel good after that
Speaker 1: walk OFF ba. Six all, right here are the two
Speaker 1: options right now starting. Tomorrow here are my two options
Speaker 1: that The dodgers can make. Tomorrow number, One paz obviously
Speaker 1: going on THE. Il they can opt to Activate Dalton
Speaker 1: rushing and Have rushing as a left handed bat right
Speaker 1: now off the bench in preparation for the role that
Speaker 1: he may have In. October and then you can have Key,
Speaker 1: k A hernandez And Tommy edmund split center. Field another option,
Speaker 1: is and this is the more linear, option the, easier
Speaker 1: more simple. Option just Place pahz on THE il and
Speaker 1: call Up Alec, thomas the former diamondback who The dodgers
Speaker 1: picked up in the middle of summer to play excellent
Speaker 1: defense in center field and platoon With Keyk hernandez Because
Speaker 1: Alec thomas is a left handed hitter and a really
Speaker 1: good defensive center. Fielder that's probably the more likely. Scenario
Speaker 1: The dodgers will call Up. Thomas he's already on the
Speaker 1: forty man. Roster he has an eight fifty five ops
Speaker 1: At Oklahoma city this year since joining the team halfway
Speaker 1: through the, year and a two ninety six betting. Average
Speaker 1: he's got a lot of, Speed so that's probably the
Speaker 1: more likely. Scenario and if you go back and listen
Speaker 1: to The Dodger talks From, DENVER i had mentioned calling
Speaker 1: UP Jdp josua De paula when rosters Expanded, september to
Speaker 1: possibly platoon in left field if Ta Oscar hernandez didn't
Speaker 1: start hitting righties more. Effectively we all KNOW jdp has
Speaker 1: had some challenges defensively in the. Outfield BUT i remember
Speaker 1: back in twenty seventeen when The dodgers Needed Chris taylor
Speaker 1: to go out to center, field a position in fact
Speaker 1: the outfield he never. Played AND i Remember Chris taylor
Speaker 1: And Dave roberts both saying that if you're trying to
Speaker 1: learn the, outfield center field is the easiest position to,
Speaker 1: learn just as far as the baseball staying true to. Itself,
Speaker 1: now that would be a huge gamble to PUT jdp
Speaker 1: in center field Until pahz, returns but it's an option
Speaker 1: on the. Table but quite, honestly it feels like The
Speaker 1: Alec thomas being called up move seems to be the
Speaker 1: cleanest right now in the immediate near, future meaning tomorrow
Speaker 1: eight six six, nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 1: the phone. Number let's go out To mike And. Temecula
Speaker 1: you're On Dodger talk With david Vasse, Hi.
Speaker 5: Mike davidvass thanks for taking my call, tonight my.
Speaker 1: Pleasure, HEY i just wanted to get your.
Speaker 4: Opinion On Dave roberts pinch hitting For Max.
Speaker 5: Mounsey alex call there in the bottom of the. Tenth,
Speaker 5: HAPPY i didn't come back to bite, us BUT i
Speaker 5: just wanted to.
Speaker 2: Hear what you had to say about. That, yeah pretty.
Speaker 1: Quichy monthsey's one of H munsey is one of the
Speaker 1: best clutch hits The dodgers. Have but What dave was
Speaker 1: trying to do there is what a lot of people
Speaker 1: call in, about and that's the bunt bunt that place
Speaker 1: runner to third. Base so you, Know i'm not gonna sit.
Speaker 1: Here and second Guest Dave, roberts because he was trying
Speaker 1: to move the runner to ninety feet. Away but, yeah
Speaker 1: Having alex call pinch it For, muncie you don't expect
Speaker 1: to see, that but that's what he was, thinking trying
Speaker 1: to get that runner to third base with less than two,
Speaker 1: outs and all you need is a sacrifice. Fly.
Speaker 3: Awesome, well thanks for taking my. CALL i appreciate your.
Speaker 1: Time, Okay, mike thank you for the phone. Call i'm
Speaker 1: not aware of any injury To muncie that could have
Speaker 1: been the. Case nobody Asked dave about that after the,
Speaker 1: game and everybody was just focused on the big injury
Speaker 1: of the, night and That's andy Pa has who fractured
Speaker 1: his left hand tonight getting hit by a pitch From Bubba.
Speaker 1: Chandler he is out at least a. Month let's go
Speaker 1: out To Culver. City, bruce you're On Dodger. Talk how you,
Speaker 1: Doing bruce doing?
Speaker 2: Well thanks for taking my.
Speaker 1: Call, Davids.
Speaker 5: So it's, Great.
Speaker 2: TUCKY a couple of things BEFORE i asked a questions
Speaker 2: About september call that just got all scrambled with pots
Speaker 2: Unfortunate and, yeah you teased About mookie's podcast with Me
Speaker 2: row you're, YOU'RE i guess you're going to play the
Speaker 2: portion About Kyle. Tucker there's a different portion where they
Speaker 2: talk About, schooble WHICH i thought was really. Encouraging and
Speaker 2: then last night you Had Buster only. ON i actually
Speaker 2: have listened to his podcast longer Than i've listened To Nada.
Speaker 2: Talk but today's episode has a bit where they really
Speaker 2: talk Up maximuntsey AND i thought that was really cool
Speaker 2: to have the national. Media you're talking about next?
Speaker 3: Monthly, Yeah max.
Speaker 1: Months he deserves that. LOVE i, mean think of what
Speaker 1: he's done for The. Dodgers so many clutch hits since twenty,
Speaker 1: eighteen so many clutch hits since The All star, break
Speaker 1: and he has the distinction of hitting more home runs
Speaker 1: in this, ballpark this storied, ballpark since nineteen sixty, two
Speaker 1: than any other player that has played here. Before and
Speaker 1: this Isn't Tampa, bay this Isn't, pittsburgh this Isn't San.
Speaker 1: Diego this is The. Dodgers and when you have that
Speaker 1: distinction of hitting more home runs At Dodgers stadium than
Speaker 1: any other, player that's something to be proud.
Speaker 2: Of, absolutely he's been nails for.
Speaker 3: Us for years.
Speaker 1: Now all, Right, bruce thank you for the phone. CALL
Speaker 1: i think we covered everything right. There appreciate you calling.
Speaker 1: In let's go out To, mark who was at the ballpark. Tonight. Hi,
Speaker 1: mark you're On Dodger.
Speaker 5: Talk Hi, david how are.
Speaker 1: You i'm doing? Great me.
Speaker 5: Too it's my birthday today and my buddy took me
Speaker 5: out to the, ballgame gave me some really cool, merchandise
Speaker 5: and THEN i got to See tommy do it in the.
Speaker 5: Tenth it's a little sour now That pilos is, hurt
Speaker 5: BUT i believe that maybe the best AND i know
Speaker 5: what you were talking about, earlier might be to Put
Speaker 5: tommy in center and Maybe miguel at second base for a,
Speaker 5: while since they're both very good at. Defense i'm just
Speaker 5: really impressed how much teamwork Did dodgers have when it
Speaker 5: comes to extra. Innings that's five and. Oh that's quite.
Speaker 1: Impressive, yeah for a team that did not play extra
Speaker 1: innings for the first ninety plus games of the season
Speaker 1: to be undefeated obviously shows that they've got some clutch,
Speaker 1: jeans and we know about that on their. Team happy
Speaker 1: birthday to you and glad your friends brought you out
Speaker 1: to the ball eight sixty six two five seventy is
Speaker 1: the phone. Number dodgers beat The pirates tonight five to
Speaker 1: four in ten, innings a rare win phone call From
Speaker 1: ken And Newport, beach even though The dodgers did lose
Speaker 1: their star center fielder. Tonight, Hi, ken you're On Dodger.
Speaker 3: Talk oh Hi, David so somebody already brought this. Up
Speaker 3: but you don't know if this game is going to
Speaker 3: go one morning of four mornings to binch it for
Speaker 3: your best clutch hitter. Months he made no. Sense i'm
Speaker 3: screamed it about.
Speaker 1: That unless there's an injury we don't know.
Speaker 3: About, YES i, agree and then leave pucker in there
Speaker 3: and made no. Sense but here's the big problem that
Speaker 3: we have the left fielder and the right field and
Speaker 3: his team is not good and their center fielder is.
Speaker 3: Phenomenal how are we going to make up that? Difference
Speaker 3: because you got a bad left fielder and you've got
Speaker 3: a bad right fielder and you've got a great center
Speaker 3: fielder and he's, injured and that really really is hurting
Speaker 3: me right. NOW i just hope there's a.
Speaker 1: Plan, WELL i mean there is a, Plan, Ken but
Speaker 1: when you talk about the poor production from Ta Oscar
Speaker 1: hernandez And Kyle. Tucker that's got to change With pie
Speaker 1: has been out for the next. Month this puts All
Speaker 1: this puts the spotlight on both those guys to pick
Speaker 1: up their offensive production.
Speaker 3: Well also their defensive. PRODUCTION i guess neither of them
Speaker 3: are good at.
Speaker 1: That, YEAH i would say obviously the metrics show there
Speaker 1: below par there's no disputing that Can but, yeah you're,
Speaker 1: Right Andy pie has covered a lot of ground and
Speaker 1: got to a lot of balls in the left and
Speaker 1: right field gaps because those two guys don't have a
Speaker 1: lot of. Range and that's the reason Why Dave roberts
Speaker 1: said holding down center field is the primary objective UNTIL
Speaker 1: pa has, returns and that's why a guy Like Alec
Speaker 1: thomas having him in the organization helps. Out he's got
Speaker 1: a lot of, speed can cover a lot of. Ground KEITH.
Speaker 1: A hernandez is a really good center, fielder but he's thirty.
Speaker 1: Five you don't want to play him every. Day And
Speaker 1: Tommy edman obviously can play out there as. Well so
Speaker 1: you got three guys that can play the defense that
Speaker 1: they need in center field and cover a lot of.
Speaker 1: Ground But Alec thomas probably the guy that has the
Speaker 1: most capability to do.
Speaker 3: That wells could, win but a bad ending, there so
Speaker 3: we'll see what.
Speaker 1: Happens all, Right, ken thank you for the phone call
Speaker 1: and stating the obvious look that that's the. Situation. UH
Speaker 1: i don't know how you can, say all, Right pajez
Speaker 1: is out And taoscar And Kyle tucker you've got to try.
Speaker 1: Harder those two guys have been trying and we're starting
Speaker 1: to see signs of life out Of, Tucker, Taoscar. Hernandez
Speaker 1: he has a resume AND i don't feel like it's
Speaker 1: just ended out of. Nowhere he just has to you,
Speaker 1: KNOW i think this is the sprint That Gail rojas
Speaker 1: was talking about a couple of weeks. AGO a lot
Speaker 1: of guys have to laser the focus in in the
Speaker 1: situations to be able to be who they've been in their.
Speaker 1: Careers speaking Of Kyle, tucker we're gonna get to him
Speaker 1: when we continue On Dodger. Talk, also we'll give you
Speaker 1: an update On Will smith And sheehan And Gavin, Stone,
Speaker 1: yeah remember, him the guy that led The dodgers in
Speaker 1: most starts made in twenty twenty. Four we'll give you
Speaker 1: an update on all three of those Key. Dodgers and
Speaker 1: also we'll let you know What Miguel rojas had to
Speaker 1: say About Kyle tucker On Mookie Betts. Podcast, yeah we're
Speaker 1: gonna share part of that when we, continue plus more
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Speaker 1: come from behind after O'Neil cruz tied the game with
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Speaker 1: i did hear about this ground swell on social. Media
Speaker 1: Some dodger fans were going to try to copy what
Speaker 1: we started On Dodger talk last year For Mookie beds
Speaker 1: When mookie was going so poorly and his confidence was.
Speaker 1: Down he was, sad AND i just felt like he
Speaker 1: deserved a standing ovation from the fans here At Dodger.
Speaker 1: Stadium and it was similar to what The phillies did
Speaker 1: for The philly fans did For Trey turner last year
Speaker 1: after signing that big. Contract so The dodger fans on
Speaker 1: social media, said, hey let's Give Kyle tucker a standing.
Speaker 1: Ovation he hasn't played well here At Dodger. Stadium let's
Speaker 1: let him feel the. Love, well it wasn't a standing
Speaker 1: ovation For Kyle, tucker but it was a nice. Ovation
Speaker 1: it was an extended. Ovation so The dodger fans knew
Speaker 1: that things have not been going his, way especially, here
Speaker 1: so they wanted to show his support or their. Support
Speaker 1: so even though it wasn't fifty thousand plus on their
Speaker 1: feet with a loud standing ovation was it was good.
Speaker 1: Cheers they didn't boo, them they gave them good. Cheers
Speaker 1: And Mookie betts has a podcast three years, running Walk
Speaker 1: off With Mookie betts On Bleacher, report and his guest
Speaker 1: his latest guest was his Teammate Miguel. Rojas very easy Get,
Speaker 1: MOOKIE i, MEAN i gotta be honest with you being
Speaker 1: a talk show. HOST i mean to get your own
Speaker 1: teammate to come on the. Podcast very, easy very. Easy,
Speaker 1: anyway it was a good. Guest Miguel rojas is a great,
Speaker 1: guest and they talked about the inner sanctuary of the
Speaker 1: clubhouse and How Kyle tucker has fit in and How
Speaker 1: rojas has tried to make him feel as comfortable as.
Speaker 1: Possible we Know tuck is kind of going through. It
Speaker 1: he came into a tough.
Speaker 2: Situation you, know you give somebody that type of, contract
Speaker 2: like there's gonna be external pressure and really internal pressure
Speaker 2: for himself because he knows he needs to play.
Speaker 3: Well But i've seen that you are the person that
Speaker 3: can really talk to him and level with him and
Speaker 3: kind of keep him.
Speaker 7: Going the half all my confidence In tucker Because i'm
Speaker 7: really close to, him you, know, like And i've been
Speaker 7: taking my time to get to know, him trying to
Speaker 7: help him feel, better you, know about not just about,
Speaker 7: himself but about his teammates and the people that he's,
Speaker 7: around BECAUSE i am a truly Than when you feel,
Speaker 7: good you play, good, right and when you're kind of
Speaker 7: like going out there every day knowing that the guys
Speaker 7: have your back is a good, feeling and you go
Speaker 7: to a field and you, say you know, What i'm
Speaker 7: looking to my, left to my, right AND i see
Speaker 7: guys who are gonna support me even if things are
Speaker 7: not going right. GREAT i really want him to believe
Speaker 7: that the opinion that matters is the ones that you
Speaker 7: haven't your left and you.
Speaker 1: Right, Yeah and that was a pretty good peek into
Speaker 1: How Kyle tucker's teammates are viewing him and how you,
Speaker 1: know they view his season and how they're trying, to you,
Speaker 1: know lift him up instead of bringing him. Down he's
Speaker 1: got a lot of people like. That Gary sheffield said
Speaker 1: at a charity function yesterday that he's Known Kyle tucker
Speaker 1: since he was a kid In tampa playing, baseball and
Speaker 1: he's a big believer That tucker's going to turn around
Speaker 1: his season in the final month to get ready for
Speaker 1: the playoffs and have a big. IMPACT i often talk
Speaker 1: To mark McGuire he actually unsolicited said the same. Thing
Speaker 1: so there's a lot of great former players that know
Speaker 1: the game pretty well that Believe Kyle tucker is going
Speaker 1: to come up big for The dodgers in the postseason
Speaker 1: and coming into the game tonight At Dodger, Stadium Kyle
Speaker 1: tucker was only hitting one eighty, nine AND i mentioned
Speaker 1: this on the last homestand if things aren't going your,
Speaker 1: way change up the. Routine similar To Sho Hao tani
Speaker 1: And Freddie, freeman two guys that like to hit in
Speaker 1: the cage more than hitting on the, field but when
Speaker 1: they feel like they're in a slump and need to
Speaker 1: change things, up they come out on the field and
Speaker 1: take batting. Practice and today we Saw Kyle tucker come
Speaker 1: out and take batting practice on the, field which was
Speaker 1: refreshing that he is changing up his. Routine tonight he
Speaker 1: was zero for four with a, walk but the quality
Speaker 1: of at bats were. Solid he didn't get the results,
Speaker 1: today but the quality of at bats were. Solid but
Speaker 1: WHAT i loved Is Kyle tucker acknowledging that whatever he
Speaker 1: was doing routine wise wasn't, working and it was basically
Speaker 1: a collective thought between him and The dodger hitting coaches, Said,
Speaker 1: hey let's change things. Up let's not go through the
Speaker 1: same groundhogs day every day because things are not going
Speaker 1: your way this, year so let's get that bad taste
Speaker 1: out of your. Mouth let's change the. Scenery let's get
Speaker 1: out on the field to take batting practice and Also
Speaker 1: tucker comes out for the first game of every series
Speaker 1: to shag batting practice and right field and track the
Speaker 1: flight of the ball out. There my understanding Is, tucker
Speaker 1: for the rest of the, season every night game is
Speaker 1: going to come out during batting practice and shag and right.
Speaker 1: Field SO i give him a lot of props just
Speaker 1: rethinking his whole process and being able to change his.
Speaker 1: Routine so at least he's doing, THAT i give him
Speaker 1: a lot of. Credit and, LOOK i Like Kyle tucker.
Speaker 1: Personally and you heard What Miguel rojas And Mookie betts
Speaker 1: had to say On mookie's, Podcast The Walk Off. Podcast
Speaker 1: it's not like his teammates have all this resentment for.
Speaker 1: Him they actually like him and are trying to prop him.
Speaker 1: Up but everybody's. Different everybody goes through their process. Differently
Speaker 1: And i'll say this, Again i've mentioned this a few. Times,
Speaker 1: look it's not an, excuse but the reality Is Kyle
Speaker 1: tucker probably thought he was going to get an eight
Speaker 1: year extension from The, astros a team that drafted, him developed,
Speaker 1: him won A World series with them in twenty twenty
Speaker 1: one or twenty, nineteen whatever it, was and he thought
Speaker 1: he was going to be an astro for a long. Time,
Speaker 1: instead the rug was pulled out from underneath. Him he
Speaker 1: was treated to The cubs going into last, year and
Speaker 1: he knew that was a temporary. Situation and here he
Speaker 1: is with The, dodgers signing a big time contract with
Speaker 1: a huge price tag of sixty million dollars for each
Speaker 1: of the next two. Years so that's three teams in three.
Speaker 1: Years and, YES la is a great place to. Play
Speaker 1: we're not as obnoxious As East coast fans In New
Speaker 1: york Or philly that if you don't get a hit
Speaker 1: in your first five home, games we're gonna start booing
Speaker 1: you off the. Field, no we're In. August and then
Speaker 1: that's When dodger fans started to voice their frustrations With
Speaker 1: tucker on the Last homestand and then you come to
Speaker 1: the ballpark, tonight you change your routine and fans give
Speaker 1: you a nice a nice, applause nice ovation when you
Speaker 1: come up for your first at, bat even though you're
Speaker 1: hitting one eighty nine at. HOME i, mean they haven't
Speaker 1: seen the best Of Kyle tucker in person by a long.
Speaker 1: Shot this. YEAR i don't See mets fit Or yankee
Speaker 1: fans doing that For Anthony volpi or you, know name
Speaker 1: any other underachieving metout. There But dodger fans did that For,
Speaker 1: tucker and you, KNOW i. Don't the one part of
Speaker 1: all this, is, yes this is an easy team to
Speaker 1: fit in, with but when you sign that type of,
Speaker 1: CONTRACT i don't care who you are or where you're,
Speaker 1: Playing you're not going under the. Radar so, Look i'm
Speaker 1: going to take the lead of guys Like Gary, Sheffield Sammy,
Speaker 1: Sosa mark McGuire And tucker's teammates and keep my fingers
Speaker 1: crossed that he's going to turn this around and come
Speaker 1: up with some quality at bats In october for The.
Speaker 1: Dodgers and now With Andy pajez out for the next,
Speaker 1: month they Need tucker to step up his. Production they
Speaker 1: don't need him to try to do too, much but
Speaker 1: they Need Kyle tucker that we see on the, road
Speaker 1: and in, fact they Need Hooky betts to be more.
Speaker 1: Consistent they need Taoscar. Hernandez they need those three guys
Speaker 1: to be better than what they have been offensively this
Speaker 1: year to make up for the production that The dodgers
Speaker 1: are going to be missing With Andy pajez for the
Speaker 1: next four weeks twenty one home runs eighty RBIs look
Speaker 1: they can. HANDLE i believe center field defensively Between key K,
Speaker 1: Hernandez Tommy edmund and most Likely Alec thomas getting the call.
Speaker 1: Up but offensively they're going to need some help and
Speaker 1: hopefully those three guys are able to step it. Up eight,
Speaker 1: six six, nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone.
Speaker 1: Number so The dodgers made another roster move before the game.
Speaker 1: Today they had called Up Emit sheen to give them
Speaker 1: coverage At corsfield because you never know what could happen up.
Speaker 1: There but they did Send sheehan back down TO okc
Speaker 1: today and called up right handed Reliever Paul. Gervais but
Speaker 1: before they sent she him, DOWN i had a chance
Speaker 1: to catch up With emmett at Coors field and get
Speaker 1: a sense of where his head's at ever since being sent,
Speaker 1: down to try to get whatever was off track since
Speaker 1: spring training back on.
Speaker 8: Track, YEAH i feel like that's the only way to
Speaker 8: look at, is you, know getting work, in AND i
Speaker 8: felt like it was valuable to get some time down
Speaker 8: there and away from everything to work on things and
Speaker 8: get back to being you know WHO i, KNOW i
Speaker 8: can be out, There so, YEAH i felt good about.
Speaker 1: It Dave roberts said that he felt like you were
Speaker 1: getting too caught up in the mechanics of. Things do
Speaker 1: you feel like he kind of just reset everything and
Speaker 1: got back to compete. Mode did what did you do
Speaker 1: In Oklahoma city that helped you reset your? Season?
Speaker 8: YEAH i think. SO i, MEAN i, know, obviously like
Speaker 8: IF i want to be thrown, HARDER i got to
Speaker 8: do better with my, mechanics which it's stuff to worry
Speaker 8: about a lot of the, time BUT i, think you,
Speaker 8: know the MORE i can can work on it and
Speaker 8: during the week and When i'm not, throwing the LESS
Speaker 8: i have to think about it out on the, mound
Speaker 8: which is really important to just go out there and.
Speaker 1: Compete do you feel more confident with where you're at
Speaker 1: right now than where you were maybe even two weeks. Ago?
Speaker 8: Yeah, ABSOLUTELY i FEEL i feel. GREAT i got a you,
Speaker 8: know good starting last, week and, UH i feel LIKE
Speaker 8: i was executing a lot better and everything felt pretty,
Speaker 8: Sharp so, YEAH i feel.
Speaker 1: Good, who, uh who helped? YOU i Know connor is
Speaker 1: a big help, here but who who Helps? Amachan?
Speaker 8: Yeah connor And mark have been awesome all. Year they've
Speaker 8: been they've been working with. Me but, yeah In TRIPLE,
Speaker 8: A David anderson And Ryan, dennick we're two guys THAT
Speaker 8: i came up with and they they kind of know
Speaker 8: know me and, know you, know When i'm struggling and
Speaker 8: What i'm not doing well how to how to help with.
Speaker 8: That so those guys were awesome down there.
Speaker 1: Too is there anything noticeable that we can, see you,
Speaker 1: know the mere mortals em it when you take the mound?
Speaker 1: Again probably not.
Speaker 8: Honestly visually it's probably gonna look pretty similar by the,
Speaker 8: guess but hopefully just better execution and uh, yeah getting
Speaker 8: the ball of the spot a lot.
Speaker 1: More all. Right there Was Amid sheen WHEN i had
Speaker 1: a chance to catch up with Him wednesday In. Denver
Speaker 1: he never got into a, game but he was warming
Speaker 1: up the final game of that series In denver While
Speaker 1: Tanner scott was getting loose as. Well Tanner scott by
Speaker 1: the way back to back saves At corsfield of four
Speaker 1: out save On tuesday night and came in to save
Speaker 1: the game On wednesday as. Well So Tanner scott is
Speaker 1: The dodgers closer until further. Notice Edwin diaz on the
Speaker 1: il But Dave roberts And Andrew friedman are confident that
Speaker 1: he will have an opportunity In september to come back
Speaker 1: and see whether or not he can earn a spot
Speaker 1: on this playoff, roster and if if he, can if
Speaker 1: he is back on, track that's a huge boozt to
Speaker 1: right now a Struggling dodger bullpen eight six, six eight,
Speaker 1: seven two five seventy is the phone. Number dodgers beat
Speaker 1: The pirates tonight five to four in ten. Innings, also
Speaker 1: another Young dodger pitcher that is on his way back
Speaker 1: from a big, Surgery Gavin, stone who led The dodgers
Speaker 1: and starts in twenty twenty, four had shoulder surgery that
Speaker 1: year before it, ended and he's had a long road,
Speaker 1: back and even in spring training he had a couple of.
Speaker 1: Setbacks but last Night Gavin stone made his second start
Speaker 1: For Oklahoma city and pitched three perfect innings for The
Speaker 1: comets and had five. Strikeouts so that's great news For Gavin.
Speaker 1: Stone and he's another great guy and very easy to root,
Speaker 1: for SO i hope that he's able to make it
Speaker 1: all the way. BACK i would love to see him
Speaker 1: pitch in the major leagues, again and of, course not
Speaker 1: trying to bury the lead, here but three Time world
Speaker 1: champion Catcher Will, smith the man that is a calming
Speaker 1: presence behind the plate and one of the more clutch
Speaker 1: hitters in all Of Major League. Baseball he was out
Speaker 1: here today catching. Bullpens he was running and he actually
Speaker 1: took ibp against one of The dodgers young, Draftees Sam,
Speaker 1: horn the Former missouri quarterback and was drafted in the
Speaker 1: seventeenth round of the twenty five. Draft he's got big
Speaker 1: stuff and he was out here throwing To Will. Smith
Speaker 1: so if all goes well the rest of this, Weekend
Speaker 1: Will smith will be headed out for a rehab, assignment
Speaker 1: And Dave roberts said if he doesn't have any issues
Speaker 1: during that period of, time he likely will be activated
Speaker 1: the first week Of. September so that's huge news. Today
Speaker 1: but unfortunately the bad News Andy pie has tonight hit
Speaker 1: on the left hand in the third inning With Abubba chandler.
Speaker 1: Fastball he is out four to five weeks with a
Speaker 1: fractured left. Hand the easy move for The, dodgers and
Speaker 1: that's part of the reason why they picked Up Alec
Speaker 1: thomas earlier in the, summer is for situations like, This unfortunately,
Speaker 1: Likely Alec thomas would be the guy called up to
Speaker 1: play center field along with Keyk hernandez and Tom yedman
Speaker 1: Until andy pa has. Returns congratulations To austin And covina
Speaker 1: And juan In. La they were the winners of our
Speaker 1: pair of tickets To sunday's game With Blake snell on the.
Speaker 1: Mound we may have another pair to give away tomorrow,
Speaker 1: night so we'll see whether or not we can hold
Speaker 1: out for. That tomorrow it's a nationally televised game With
Speaker 1: Trek scoobol on the mound for The. Dodgers overall this,
Speaker 1: year he's seven and seven with an elray of two
Speaker 1: to eighty. Five he'll be making his third start with The,
Speaker 1: dodgers going up Against Jerry, jones who's two and five
Speaker 1: with AN era of four seventy. Eight our coverage begins
Speaker 1: at three, o'clock first pitch at four point fifteen With
Speaker 1: Rick munday And Tim neverett from our booth here At
Speaker 1: Uniclo field At Dodgers. Stadium that'll do it for us,
Speaker 1: tonight thanks To Colin ye staying with us late. Night
Speaker 1: thanks To dwayne McDonald out here at The ballpark and
Speaker 1: thanks to you for. Listening in case he missed any
Speaker 1: of the, show you can find it on The iHeartRadio.
Speaker 1: App and kudos to our Guy Charlie, steiner who not
Speaker 1: only went nine innings, tonight but also called his first
Speaker 1: extra innings game a three hour plus. Game charlie hung
Speaker 1: in there for all, that so he's a tough you know.
Speaker 1: What nobody else could do what he has done to
Speaker 1: come back and fight his way into the broadcast booth
Speaker 1: and fight his way through a ten inning, Game so
Speaker 1: kudos to. Him and he couldn't do it Without dwayne
Speaker 1: McDonald Or Rick. Munday their support is just as big
Speaker 1: as anything in this broadcast. Booth we're a family in
Speaker 1: here And dwayne And rick are been huge support To
Speaker 1: Charlie steiner's comeback this, season And tim neverd And Steven
Speaker 1: nelson unselfish teammates as. Well once, again the final score
Speaker 1: tonight The dodgers defeat The pirates five to four in ten.
Speaker 1: Innings have a great rest of your. Night Fox Sports
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