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Speaker 1: Here's your host of Dodger Talks as everybody wanted to
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Speaker 3: Tim Cats, Oh, about.
Speaker 1: Nine months ago I started taking blood pressure medication. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's where my life is right now. Tonight I took
Speaker 1: two just to be careful the way this Dodger bullpen
Speaker 1: has been pitching. And a good thing I did is
Speaker 1: the Dodgers tonight almost gave it away in the ninth Inny,
Speaker 1: but almost as good for darts and horseshoes because the
Speaker 1: Dodgers win it four to three over the Phillies day
Speaker 1: hang on for the win to take a two to
Speaker 1: zero series lead. What a game, nine innings of thrilling baseball.
Speaker 1: He had a great pitchers duel between Blake Snell and
Speaker 1: Hayes SEUs Lozardo. Lozardo one point retired seventeen Dodgers in
Speaker 1: a row after they gave up, almost gave up a
Speaker 1: run in the first inning. He threw twenty four pitches,
Speaker 1: but bounce back and shut down the Dodgers through the sixth. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: Blake Snell was fantastic for six shutout innings, just the
Speaker 1: one hit, nine strikeouts through ninety nine pitches. He held on
Speaker 1: long enough until the Dodgers offense was able to get
Speaker 1: to hay sus Lozardo. In the seventh inning, Tascar Hernandez
Speaker 1: starting it off with the single. He would score on
Speaker 1: a fielder's choice to run single for Will Smith and
Speaker 1: showey Otani the RBI single a four spot for the Dodgers,
Speaker 1: and the seventh should have been enough. And you know
Speaker 1: what happened the seventh and eighth Imachian He gives up
Speaker 1: one run. The ninth inning, Dave Roberts goes to Blake
Speaker 1: and oh boy buckle up for Blake. Trying in the
Speaker 1: ninth inning because it was almost disaster. A leadoff single,
Speaker 1: a double, and then a two run double from Nick Costianos.
Speaker 1: He was the tying run standing at second base. And
Speaker 1: then what a great defensive play by the Dodgers infield,
Speaker 1: started by Max Muntsey, finished off by Mookie Betts on
Speaker 1: the wheel play on the bunt attempt by Stotts, they
Speaker 1: get Costiano said third. I cannot underestimate or I cannot
Speaker 1: tell you how big that play was to get Costiano
Speaker 1: said third. Because the next batter, Harrison Vader singled to left,
Speaker 1: that would have tied the game. You had the tying
Speaker 1: run ninety feet away. Instead, you get the first out
Speaker 1: of the inning. Fast forward, a couple at batters. Vessie
Speaker 1: comes on relief, first and third. Still now the tye
Speaker 1: run at third base and Roki Sasaki comes in to
Speaker 1: get the ground ball out of Trey Turner ends the game. Well,
Speaker 1: if that weren't enough, how about the throw from Tommy
Speaker 1: Edmond to get Trey Turner at first, a one hop
Speaker 1: that Freddie Freeman saves. I mean, you talk about the dramatics.
Speaker 1: It had it all tonight in this Dodgers win, and
Speaker 1: it was an all around really good win for this
Speaker 1: Dodgers team, a must win game that in my opinion,
Speaker 1: now you have a huge advantage over Philadelphia going into
Speaker 1: Game three on Wednesday night, flying across the country, coming
Speaker 1: back home, hanging on for that win. You held off
Speaker 1: any momentum that they possibly could have brought with them
Speaker 1: they left it in Philadelphia. They were starting to get
Speaker 1: mo on their side. They were starting to feel themselves
Speaker 1: standing up on the top step of the dugout, hanging
Speaker 1: over the railing, banging the top of the railing. The
Speaker 1: crowd was back into it. At the bank in Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: You had runners on base, you had traffic, you had hits,
Speaker 1: you had the time run ninety feet away. It was
Speaker 1: getting very interesting. And if the Dodgers don't win this
Speaker 1: game and it comes back tied to one to one,
Speaker 1: the momentum is all Philadelphia. You have them confident, you
Speaker 1: have them feeling good, and you have them having positive
Speaker 1: thoughts now coming back to Dodger Stadium for Game three instead,
Speaker 1: you basically cut them off at the knees. By getting
Speaker 1: this win, you chop down any momentum they had in
Speaker 1: that ninth inning. By coming back with a two to
Speaker 1: oh series lead. It was a huge win for the
Speaker 1: Dodgers tonight. Cannot say it enough. A huge win for
Speaker 1: the Dodgers to come back two to oh in this series.
Speaker 1: Let's get out to the phones. We'll be here till
Speaker 1: the top of the hour. We'll hear from tai Oscar
Speaker 1: Hernandez and we'll hear from Mookie Betts coming up throughout
Speaker 1: Dodger talk. But what a night for the Dodgers. And
Speaker 1: I know, just based on social media, and that's how
Speaker 1: we gauge everything in life right now, social media, right
Speaker 1: but based on the reaction on social media, I got
Speaker 1: a feeling, I know what everybody wants to talk about.
Speaker 1: Logan Actually at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Logan, how
Speaker 1: was it experience it in person tonight as a Dodger fan?
Speaker 4: It was electric, absolutely electric atmosphere, crazy volume them fans,
Speaker 4: There's something else.
Speaker 5: It's true.
Speaker 6: Philly fans are just different. It was a battle for
Speaker 6: me in the stands, and I can only imagine what
Speaker 6: it's like up in the dish. Oh my lord, it
Speaker 6: was insane.
Speaker 1: What about the momentum of this game? Could you feel
Speaker 1: it there in the ninth inning? Going back to Philadelphia
Speaker 1: and the Philly is starting to feel pretty confident in
Speaker 1: the fans back in this game.
Speaker 6: I gotta tell you, I was sitting and this one
Speaker 6: I liked about Dodgers fans in general.
Speaker 5: You ride it out.
Speaker 6: You don't start booing your players. You don't start, you know,
Speaker 6: booing your closers when the game is still within reach. Baseball,
Speaker 6: it's a funny game. But tonight Philadeli had kind of
Speaker 6: turned on their team and going forward in this playoff,
Speaker 6: the Dodgers, they're not going to win every game. Us
Speaker 6: as fans, we gotta know this, and the Dodgers also
Speaker 6: got to know his players.
Speaker 7: They can't win it all.
Speaker 6: So you just got to ride it out. You know,
Speaker 6: it was tough trying it in there. It was tough
Speaker 6: in the moment. I was really heated about it. Give
Speaker 6: them back out there in LA in a friendly spot.
Speaker 7: It's it's tough dial out here.
Speaker 6: But as fans, I felt like I was remaining holding
Speaker 6: strong with LA.
Speaker 5: Billy gave up.
Speaker 6: Billy gave up on their team.
Speaker 1: It'll be interesting to see if they show up for
Speaker 1: Game three. You know they're not going to go down
Speaker 1: without a fight. A lot of tough guys on that team,
Speaker 1: a lot of pride on that team, and this is
Speaker 1: the last goal round for this group in Philadelphia. Logan,
Speaker 1: glad you made it out of there, Okay, as a
Speaker 1: Dodger fan, and I know the Dodger nation is happy
Speaker 1: to be up to own this series against Philadelphia. Thanks
Speaker 1: a lot Logan, appreciate you checking in here on Dodger
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Speaker 1: Solomon in long beat your next up here you're on
Speaker 1: postgame dodg you talk. Oh sorry about that, Solomon? Go ahead,
Speaker 1: how you doing any buddy? Good to hear voice.
Speaker 8: I'm good, Thank you man. I appreciate it. You know,
Speaker 8: a little too close for comfort tonight. Thank god they
Speaker 8: won because, like you said, if they had not won
Speaker 8: tonight and Philly comes back to La, all they need
Speaker 8: is to split and then they're going home feeling good.
Speaker 8: So you've just about put the dagger in them with
Speaker 8: this one. But don't expect necessarily the doctors will wrap
Speaker 8: it up Wednesday, because Phillip's got some fight in them
Speaker 8: and they may have one win. They may have one
Speaker 8: win left. But I did want to mention about Dave Roberts.
Speaker 8: You know you went to Sasaki anyway, right, So don't
Speaker 8: play with your food. You know, Blake trying to God
Speaker 8: bless him. It's not the picture that he was last season.
Speaker 8: He's just not so you can't put him in those
Speaker 8: high loveing situations. As much as Dave wanted to, he
Speaker 8: said he trust them. Well, you know, we'll see going forward.
Speaker 8: You know. That's all I got to say about that.
Speaker 8: To me, it's just just just as the ninth inning
Speaker 8: it gets to Sasaki and you know the game is good,
Speaker 8: but just get me to the ninth inning, no doubt.
Speaker 1: Salmon. Great to hear your voice. I hope you're doing well,
Speaker 1: my friend. It was a decision that I know Dave
Speaker 1: Roberts is going to get second guests on all night,
Speaker 1: all day leading up to Game three and until the
Speaker 1: Dodgers finished off this series. I understand the move because
Speaker 1: Roki Sasaki is not pitched two times in three days.
Speaker 1: But with that being said, you know the schedule, you
Speaker 1: know what's ahead of you. You know what it takes
Speaker 1: to win a best of five series. You know how
Speaker 1: it all lays out. You know you're off days, you
Speaker 1: know the days you're playing. You have to have known
Speaker 1: that he'd either he's available or he's not. And the
Speaker 1: fact that you did go to him in that crunch
Speaker 1: time in the ninth inning means he was available and
Speaker 1: maybe you wanted to stay away from him. Okay, all right,
Speaker 1: we don't really want to go to him. It's a
Speaker 1: four to one lead. We like trying it. I get it.
Speaker 1: Play tryning was nails for you last October. Trying it
Speaker 1: still one of the really good closers, back end bullpen
Speaker 1: guys in baseball. He's had an up and down season.
Speaker 1: He's had a rocky twenty twenty five. There is no
Speaker 1: arguing that. But I see where Dave goes to him.
Speaker 1: In the ninth inning, he had one of the I
Speaker 1: think one or two of the three hits that he
Speaker 1: gave up, flared out to the left, kind of an
Speaker 1: office away, just making contact, punched it into left field
Speaker 1: for a base hit. Good piece of hitting. I think
Speaker 1: one of the three balls was actually hit hard against it.
Speaker 1: But hey, nonetheless, he gave up hits and he gave
Speaker 1: up at Harbi double, And with that being said, he
Speaker 1: got himself into trouble and he had to get bailed
Speaker 1: out by some great defense Alex Vesia and then rookie Sasaki.
Speaker 1: But again, I understand where Dodger fans you're gonna come with.
Speaker 1: If Sazaki wasn't available, then why did you go to
Speaker 1: him in that emergence situation. Should have just gone to
Speaker 1: him to start off the ninth inning. I get it now,
Speaker 1: how many of you are with me because I know
Speaker 1: Colin ee and social media. Matt were in here, Tim
Speaker 1: Conway Junior from kfive, I was in here and we
Speaker 1: were all talking about this and kind of, you know,
Speaker 1: dissecting it. In the moment, you had runners on first
Speaker 1: and third and you have Trey Turner coming up as
Speaker 1: the lineup flipped over for Philadelphia. How many of you thought, Okay, great,
Speaker 1: Rokie Susaki is coming in. But rookie Susaki has never
Speaker 1: been in this situation. Rookie Sasaki has never been under
Speaker 1: this much pressure in the major leagues. I don't want
Speaker 1: to hear from you that are going after comments on
Speaker 1: social media. Well you pushing in the world Baseball class. Okay,
Speaker 1: it's different. This is a playoff game, sold out, crowded
Speaker 1: Philadelphia RB, one of the toughest places to play, and
Speaker 1: it's a ninth inning time run ninety feet away and
Speaker 1: you have to come into this mess. You inherit this mess,
Speaker 1: but you got to get out of it. And he
Speaker 1: did to his credit. But how many in the back
Speaker 1: of your mind were thinking, we've never seen him do
Speaker 1: it before. We kind of in the back of our
Speaker 1: mind know the Rokie Susaki at the beginning of part
Speaker 1: of the season that you know was emotional out there.
Speaker 1: I mean it's it came into my mind, it came
Speaker 1: into several of ours mind talking about, Okay, how's he
Speaker 1: getting ahead of the pressure. All right, if you're gonna
Speaker 1: give the ball, and you guys are all wanting Sasaki. Here,
Speaker 1: here's Sasaki. Two outs, first and third, get it out,
Speaker 1: and he did. He was great at sawing off Trey Turner,
Speaker 1: who hit a three hopper at a second base to
Speaker 1: Tommy Edmond. Under pressure. He showed poise, he showed control,
Speaker 1: and he was able to do it in two pitches
Speaker 1: and get the Dodgers a win. Huge, huge performance from
Speaker 1: Roki Sasaki. In my mind, not any more questions. I
Speaker 1: have no problem putting him in in any situation, home
Speaker 1: or road. He just checked all the boxes and in
Speaker 1: my mind, in my mind, he is good to go.
Speaker 1: I have no problems of putting him into a situation.
Speaker 1: Whether he inherits a mess or he goes in for
Speaker 1: a clean inning, he goes in a blowout, or goes
Speaker 1: in a one run game, doesn't matter to me. I've
Speaker 1: seen enough out of rookie Sasaki. He's it. He's the guy.
Speaker 1: He's the guy. Now. Can you use him every single game? No,
Speaker 1: but it'll be interesting to see how he's deployed now
Speaker 1: moving forward, and certainly at the day off on Tuesday,
Speaker 1: he should be good to go since he only threw
Speaker 1: two pitches, should be good to go for Wednesday. And
Speaker 1: think about who the Dodgers then will have on Wednesday.
Speaker 1: Yoshinobu Yamamoto good to go, and pretty much Clayton Kershaw
Speaker 1: and who else is down there? You use she in
Speaker 1: So you've got Jack Dryer, You've got Anthony Banda that
Speaker 1: you can go do down the bullpen. You know, if
Speaker 1: it's a game once the Dodgers are up with Dave
Speaker 1: roberts have the you know what to go to Tyler
Speaker 1: Glass now to try to close it out.
Speaker 8: I don't know.
Speaker 1: I mean, you want to keep your starter for the
Speaker 1: next day in your back pocket. But if it's a
Speaker 1: close out, oh about this close out situation? Show Hey
Speaker 1: o Tani, I know Dave Robertson in his pregame today,
Speaker 1: they're not using show he out of the bullpen. He's
Speaker 1: a game five starter. But what if? What if? Let's
Speaker 1: play the what if game? What if the Dodgers are leading,
Speaker 1: and then Dodgers need just a couple outs late in
Speaker 1: the game, close it out, finish off the series, put
Speaker 1: the final nail in the coffin on the series in
Speaker 1: the season for Philadelphia, why not? There won't be a
Speaker 1: game five anyways, Finish it off in three. I'm just
Speaker 1: playing the what if game. We all love to play it.
Speaker 1: What if We'll find out? On Wednesday with Yoshinoba Yamamoto
Speaker 1: on the Mound, George in La is next up on
Speaker 1: Dodger Talk. Dodgers a two zero series lead after a
Speaker 1: four to three win over the Phillies. What's going on, George?
Speaker 5: Well, just like you said that, you know this is
Speaker 5: a huge win, but it could have been a huge
Speaker 5: blunder very easily. I mean roberts Man, I mean god,
Speaker 5: sometimes I feel he's like he's part of the opposition.
Speaker 5: I mean, to overthink this thing. We know what Blake
Speaker 5: Trenton has been like this year. Okay, And I don't
Speaker 5: understand when you have Sasaki and why would you even
Speaker 5: do this. There should be a rule that if you're
Speaker 5: gonna bring in trying and it can't be in a
Speaker 5: clean any there's got to be at least one out,
Speaker 5: because the psychological edge between a clean enning and just
Speaker 5: meeting two outs with someone who's struggling, like trying to
Speaker 5: even Vesia. Sometimes, like, I don't understand why they would
Speaker 5: make it this close. There was no reason for it.
Speaker 5: I mean, Susaki it was clear to me already. I mean,
Speaker 5: he's our really only option where you make do with
Speaker 5: what you have, and the guy's like been nails for us,
Speaker 5: at least for us small sample size. Yes, but my god,
Speaker 5: look what Trinin's been doing. So I'm glad we want
Speaker 5: but you know, like, let's stop coddling these guys with
Speaker 5: Susaki's in great shape. You haven't played the whole year
Speaker 5: he's lasted. He's twenty three years old. He's in better
Speaker 5: shape than anyone listening to this show right now. So
Speaker 5: I don't understand. I hope we've learned our lessons, But
Speaker 5: with just Roberts, sometimes, my god, I feel like like
Speaker 5: we were back to square one sometimes. So I just
Speaker 5: hope he learned from this and just really plays it
Speaker 5: like it should be played. It's don't overthink it, he says.
Speaker 5: That's what the playoffs sometimes can make a manager do.
Speaker 5: That's my only comment, right.
Speaker 1: George, I appreciate the phone call Eather in Utah checking
Speaker 1: in on Dodger Talk after a Dodgers four to three
Speaker 1: win over the Phillies and a two to oher series lead.
Speaker 1: Now in this NLD is how you do it? Heather?
Speaker 9: Oh my gosh, how are you? How are we doing
Speaker 9: Dodger Nation? That was absolutely insane, crazy game, screaming with
Speaker 9: excitement that we want. There are so many things that
Speaker 9: I could say that we've already kind of all talked
Speaker 9: about that I'm so excited about. Like the will play
Speaker 9: from Mooki to Mounsey to Mooky was insane. I loved
Speaker 9: how the game ended from Roki say coming to Freddy
Speaker 9: for the say. It helped Freddy skips that up, Like
Speaker 9: who is Freddy? Like he's insane? We need to retire
Speaker 9: his jersey. He is an incredible Hugger player. I mean,
Speaker 9: this man is on fire in the postseason, even if
Speaker 9: it's bad asn't I mean that man will dive for
Speaker 9: all these players were diving to sacrifice. It was a
Speaker 9: great he win. And I hope, I hope Mickey Roond's
Speaker 9: okay diving at third. There was just so many good plays.
Speaker 9: But I also we got to give Blake smell as flowers.
Speaker 9: He did an amazing tonight nine strikeouts, and his last
Speaker 9: two games he's pitched as the doctor in the postseason,
Speaker 9: He's had eighteen strikeouts, two point ninety two era. He
Speaker 9: is delivering. He is smell Villa. And the final thing
Speaker 9: that I want to say is welcome back Will Smith.
Speaker 9: I think, for as much crap as Dave Roberts gets,
Speaker 9: you got to give him props for putting Will Smith
Speaker 9: in at the right time and making sure that that
Speaker 9: Ren came in and that Will was up to that.
Speaker 9: That was huge having wils back. So just overall, I'm
Speaker 9: so proud of this team. That was a gritty win
Speaker 9: and we really needed it. That was not easy to
Speaker 9: go in and get two games and wins coming too
Speaker 9: up coming home at Philadelphia. So I'm just super super
Speaker 9: punked for.
Speaker 1: Our team, no doubt about it. Heather, I appreciate the
Speaker 1: phone call. Eight six two. Blakes now now has four
Speaker 1: career postseason outings with nine plus strikeouts and nor more
Speaker 1: than two hits allowed. That's the most by any pitcher
Speaker 1: in MLB history. And by the way, the Dodgers have
Speaker 1: scored four runs in thirteen consecutive postseason games, now tied
Speaker 1: with the nineteen seventy and seventy one Baltimore Orioles for
Speaker 1: the longest streak in postseason history. So yeah, tonight an
Speaker 1: all around really good win for the Dodgers and they
Speaker 1: get out of Philadelphia with a two nothing series lead.
Speaker 1: Colin in Long Beach next up here on Dodger Talk
Speaker 1: on an FI seventy. How you doing Colin, Hey, I'm
Speaker 1: doing great.
Speaker 10: Thanks for taking my call.
Speaker 8: Guys.
Speaker 10: Obviously quite obviously the biggest win of the season for
Speaker 10: the Dodgers. As you spoke about the momentum, they can't
Speaker 10: they can't lose that game being up like that. And
Speaker 10: Dave Roberts is an excellent manager. He's got a World
Speaker 10: Series ring, well two if you count twenty twenty. He
Speaker 10: uh just plays the fire. He really plays the fire
Speaker 10: at the end in the bullpen. Roki showed us enough
Speaker 10: in the first game when he closed it out. Period.
Speaker 10: He's the closer.
Speaker 8: He's the closer.
Speaker 10: And I can't say enough about the defense. As Heather said,
Speaker 10: we hope Miggy's okay. But that dive into third the
Speaker 10: wheel play Freddie's pick. That's why those guys get paid
Speaker 10: big bucks. It's not just the bat, and they haven't
Speaker 10: had to necessarily flash the glove as much, but they
Speaker 10: did tonight, and you know, it was just fantastic pitching
Speaker 10: Lizardo and Snow. I mean, that's that's about as efficient
Speaker 10: as you'll ever see two starters pitch, and really two
Speaker 10: of the best teams. It's not the best teams in baseball, so.
Speaker 1: Tonight and the offense taken over late in the game
Speaker 1: call and I appreciate the phone call. It was certainly
Speaker 1: great postseason back and forth baseball between these two teams
Speaker 1: who are both really good teams, and two teams that,
Speaker 1: over the course of one hundred and sixty two games,
Speaker 1: won a lot of games, won their division. And we
Speaker 1: knew this was going to be a battle in the NLTS.
Speaker 1: That's why so many baseball people wanted to see this
Speaker 1: series in a best of seven series in the NLCS,
Speaker 1: because these are just two good teams. But you know
Speaker 1: what if the best of five and the Dodgers had
Speaker 1: to go into Philadelphia for the first two and they
Speaker 1: get great pitching performances from Blake Snell and show Hey
Speaker 1: Otani and the bullpen. Well, they walk that tightrope oh
Speaker 1: so high tonight, and as it is, Rookie Sasaki brings
Speaker 1: them home with a two out ground ball out to
Speaker 1: get Trey Turner to grind out to second and end
Speaker 1: the game in the Dodgers hang on, hang on for
Speaker 1: a four to three win. Let's head back out to Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: Mookie Betts, who was a part of that great wheel
Speaker 1: play in the ninth inning to tag out Costianos at
Speaker 1: third on the attempted bun attempt from Bryson Stott. Here
Speaker 1: from Mooki after the win.
Speaker 2: Mukie, obviously the play in the ninth inning was huge
Speaker 2: to get Castianos out. Max months he said during the
Speaker 2: pitching change, it was your idea, your insistence to go
Speaker 2: to the wheel play. Where did that come from? And
Speaker 2: where were those instincts to know that was the play.
Speaker 11: It's just another learned behavior. I got to give that
Speaker 11: credit to Mickey Rojas.
Speaker 1: We I think we did it.
Speaker 11: We did it earlier in the year in Anahei, and
Speaker 11: I remember asking him, like, you know, when's a good
Speaker 11: time to do it, he said, in a door die situation.
Speaker 11: And he's really been him and what have really helped
Speaker 11: me a lot just learning situations, and I hadn't been
Speaker 11: in that situation in a game like this, so I
Speaker 11: just trusted it and made a decision and they worked.
Speaker 2: Does that just showed the growth that you've had at
Speaker 2: that position because it is a take charge kind of
Speaker 2: captain position For you to feel that comfortable to insist
Speaker 2: on it, I mean that kind of shows where you're at.
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean, I guess, you know, I don't know
Speaker 11: if it was very comfortable, but somebody's got to do it.
Speaker 1: And I figured that if.
Speaker 11: There was ever a good time to make a decision
Speaker 11: and roll with it, that was the time.
Speaker 10: I'm I'm a wheel play.
Speaker 12: The short stop typically isn't as close to second as
Speaker 12: your positioned.
Speaker 1: It looked like you just dead sprinted toward third base.
Speaker 11: Uh increased the degree of difficulty there. I don't know,
Speaker 11: just God blessed me with some athleticism so I was
Speaker 11: able to, Uh, you just kind of put it on
Speaker 11: display there.
Speaker 7: You're talking the other day about like you just don't
Speaker 7: have to think through things that shorts off as much
Speaker 7: shoting or was that one of those examples where like
Speaker 7: it instinctually kind of kicked out.
Speaker 8: Feel like this is the right.
Speaker 3: Thing to do.
Speaker 11: Yeah, Like I said, MIGGI told me, and all you
Speaker 11: had to do was tell me once and I just
Speaker 11: remembered and that was to me, that was like a
Speaker 11: do a dye situation. Now, I thank for them. Tying
Speaker 11: the game up turns off the momentum there, so for
Speaker 11: the final way to stop it, we can't. That would
Speaker 11: be great, And like I said, I just made a
Speaker 11: decision and roll with it.
Speaker 8: Rookie.
Speaker 2: You guys took their best shot. It was somewhat of
Speaker 2: a desperation game for them. They're down oh two, Now,
Speaker 2: how good do you feel about where you're at going
Speaker 2: back home?
Speaker 11: Feel all right? But you know them boys are They're hungry.
Speaker 11: They're hungry, and they're gonna come. They're gonna come ready
Speaker 11: to go back in La. So we can't let our
Speaker 11: guard down at all because if so, they'll run right
Speaker 11: through it. And uh, we'll be coming back here for
Speaker 11: game five. So but make sure we stay ready and
Speaker 11: stay hungry.
Speaker 5: I bet Davids when William and not just like let
Speaker 5: you sort of call that play, but also like pushing forward,
Speaker 5: that's what say that that the trust that he kind
Speaker 5: of has to be that spot.
Speaker 11: Yeah, he trust trustes guys. Man, he trustes guys. We've
Speaker 11: been together for I don't even know how many years,
Speaker 11: but so we we have an idea of what each
Speaker 11: other can do. We are we do a pretty good
Speaker 11: job of putting each other in the good spots to
Speaker 11: be successful. And that was one of those times where
Speaker 11: Doc kind of just called on us and said, you guys,
Speaker 11: figure it out, and in a in a very positive way,
Speaker 11: like he trusts us.
Speaker 1: And we did leave it to the Dodgers leadership to
Speaker 1: get it done there. In the ninth Inny Mookie Betts,
Speaker 1: Max Munsei and a great defensive play on the wheel
Speaker 1: play on the Bunn attempt from Bryson Stotts to get
Speaker 1: Castianos in third. It was a huge momentum shift for
Speaker 1: the Dodgers to get back in front of this game
Speaker 1: against the Philadelphia Phillies, get that time run away from
Speaker 1: third base for at least a few at bats, and
Speaker 1: then finally with runners on first and third and two outs,
Speaker 1: they go to Roki Sasaki. Is there any question out
Speaker 1: that Sasaki is the guy? Is there any question that
Speaker 1: the rest of this postseason in a closeout game situation,
Speaker 1: it's got to be Roki Sasaki, and somebody's got to
Speaker 1: translate to him. Somebody's got to tell Dave Roberts, somebody's
Speaker 1: got to let everybody know the schedule is what it
Speaker 1: is and buckle up, because if he's got to pitch
Speaker 1: two days in two games in three days, or pitch
Speaker 1: and close out games and back to back nights with
Speaker 1: a day off after that, then so be it. But
Speaker 1: there's got to be that plan in place, and there's
Speaker 1: got to be that accepted in place from Roki Susaki
Speaker 1: that that is the plan moving forward. There's no more
Speaker 1: testing it out, there's no more let's see if he
Speaker 1: can do this two games in three days. The training
Speaker 1: wheels are off and he is now full go. As
Speaker 1: far as the Dodger closer, at least for the rest
Speaker 1: of this postseason. He is missed right now for the Dodgers'
Speaker 1: bullpen and to close out games eight six, six, nine,
Speaker 1: eight seven, two, five to seventy. We'll take a break,
Speaker 1: we'll come back, and more your phone calls. To the
Speaker 1: top of the hour. Dodgers get the win over the Phillies.
Speaker 1: They hang on for a four to three victory over
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Phillies. Blake Snell, six shutout innings, Dodgers offense
Speaker 1: at four runs seventh, and the Dodgers' bullpen three different
Speaker 1: relievers combined to pitch the ninth inning. It's Roki Sasaki
Speaker 1: to the rescue gets the final out of the game.
Speaker 1: Thanks to Freddie Freeman as well for the pick and
Speaker 1: the Dodgers heading home with a two to zero series lead.
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Speaker 1: Kicks and fire Stop gets the bunt down to third,
Speaker 1: picked up by Munsie. He goes to third and Castianos
Speaker 1: is gonna be out. They execute the play to perfection.
Speaker 3: Rick Mundane Salute Gutsy played by Max Munsey.
Speaker 1: Wanta play by the Dodgers infield. The wheel play done
Speaker 1: to perfection. You practice it, You do it growing up
Speaker 1: in baseball when you're practice fielding bunts and wanna play
Speaker 1: work to perfection. Mookie Bett's putting the tag on Costianos
Speaker 1: at third, getting him out of scoring position, and the
Speaker 1: Dodgers come back with four runs in the seventh they
Speaker 1: take the lead, and they go on to win a
Speaker 1: four to three and they hang on for the victory
Speaker 1: after the Dodgers' bullpen again a little dice in the
Speaker 1: ninth inning, Blake trying in first three batters he faced,
Speaker 1: all reached, he comes out, Alex Vesi comes in. The
Speaker 1: first batter he faced, was that fielder's choice on the
Speaker 1: wheel play base hit another fielder's choice, runners on first
Speaker 1: and third, and Roki Sasaki finally comes in and gets
Speaker 1: the final out of the game, not before Freddie Freeman, though,
Speaker 1: had to make a great pick at first base. And
Speaker 1: I'll keep saying it until as long as I'm here.
Speaker 1: Freddie Freeman deserves a Gold Glove. Get him another gold glove.
Speaker 1: He won one in Atlanta. The fact that he has
Speaker 1: been at Dodger now since twenty twenty two and he
Speaker 1: still has not won a Gold Glove. For all the
Speaker 1: plays he makes at first base, all the throws he
Speaker 1: saves from Dodger and infielders, and tonight a big one,
Speaker 1: a backhanded pick stretched out like a goaltender in hockey,
Speaker 1: the throw from Tommy Edmond for the final out of
Speaker 1: the game, and the Dodgers ken Helm now with a
Speaker 1: two to zero series lead in this best of five
Speaker 1: and LCS Leo and Pasadena your next up on Dodger
Speaker 1: Talk on a five seventy. How you doing Leo?
Speaker 8: I'm doing really good. How are you?
Speaker 1: I'm doing good. I'm starting to lose my voice with
Speaker 1: all this talking and yelling and screaming, but certainly it
Speaker 1: makes it all feel good with the Dodger win.
Speaker 12: I was trying to work because I was watching the game.
Speaker 1: That was painful.
Speaker 12: But I have to say I don't want to be
Speaker 12: I don't want the Dodgers Stiles to be like the
Speaker 12: Kibi Bans. I don't really think there's a reason to
Speaker 12: trast rowerds for this game. I think that he needed
Speaker 12: to try our other relievers because as rochesters, I agree
Speaker 12: with you is for sure closer moving forward. We have
Speaker 12: a lot of games ahead of us, hopefully, so we
Speaker 12: need to have other alternatives in this game. If you
Speaker 12: look at the matchups, it look perfect for trying and
Speaker 12: it didn't work. And one of the main things that
Speaker 12: showed that Roberts have changed his own completely in the
Speaker 12: past few years. Keep pulling at the right time. Brought Denis, Yeah,
Speaker 12: leave him in only for the pitches that made sense,
Speaker 12: and then brought Sasaki.
Speaker 8: The way he managed the.
Speaker 1: Last inning was masterful.
Speaker 8: It's easy to.
Speaker 12: Just go with, oh, Turner is not that good whatever. Yeah,
Speaker 12: he hasn't been great, but the matchup made sense, and
Speaker 12: we as we said, we need to let the players
Speaker 12: play for them to improve. I think the new Roberts, yeah,
Speaker 12: pull them on time anyway.
Speaker 1: And with jo on the fact that I didn't have
Speaker 1: a problem with him going to Blake Trining in the
Speaker 1: ninth inning, because you're gonna have to go to him
Speaker 1: at some point. You're gonna have to use him throughout
Speaker 1: the rest of this postseason. You're just gonna have to.
Speaker 1: And with that being said, he's been there, done that.
Speaker 1: He's gotten you out of big situations, he saved games,
Speaker 1: he's been a high leverage reliever for you, and you
Speaker 1: have trust in him. Now this three battered minimum, keep
Speaker 1: in mind, that's why he had to be out there
Speaker 1: for three batters, and all three batters reached base, including
Speaker 1: the Nick Castianos to run double. If he's out there
Speaker 1: and there's no three batter men them, I'm telling you
Speaker 1: he's not getting to batter three because he's out of
Speaker 1: there before that. But he has to face three batters,
Speaker 1: and then at the soonest point, he could Dave Roberts
Speaker 1: goes out there and brings in Alex Vessius. Certainly, with
Speaker 1: the left handers coming up after that, it made sense
Speaker 1: as well to bring a left handed reliever in. But
Speaker 1: I don't have a problem with it. But if your
Speaker 1: issue was we don't know if Sasaki can pitch two
Speaker 1: games in three days, well clearly you thought he could
Speaker 1: because you brought him in with two outs in a
Speaker 1: high leverage situation with the tye run ninety feet away.
Speaker 1: Why not just go to him to start the ninth
Speaker 1: if that's the situation. I mean, I understand going to
Speaker 1: trin it. I would have understand Sasaki as well, but
Speaker 1: the whole we didn't know if he can go two
Speaker 1: games in three days. Well what changed, certainly was the
Speaker 1: sense of urgency in that ninth Inny, with some guys
Speaker 1: getting on base and traffic on the bass pass the
Speaker 1: tying run it on base, and all of a sudden
Speaker 1: and the sense of urgency and panic kind of set in.
Speaker 1: And that's my word panic. They're not panicking, but the
Speaker 1: sense of urgency is through the roof. So you yogas
Speaker 1: you go to Sasaki. So he can't pitch two games
Speaker 1: in three days, and he only needed two pitches to
Speaker 1: get Trey Turner and get the win for you, And
Speaker 1: now you're heading home with a two O series lead.
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Speaker 1: How you doing, Doris?
Speaker 11: I'm good?
Speaker 13: How are you?
Speaker 1: I'm doing good now. The Dodgers got that win tonight
Speaker 1: and have a two O series lead. I'm feeling really
Speaker 1: good about them coming back home.
Speaker 14: I know, I was on my way home and I
Speaker 14: you know, I was like, oh four, there are four
Speaker 14: and nothing and I was say, they had a good
Speaker 14: lead going and then I heard Who's coming in and
Speaker 14: everything just kind of think a little bit. But you know,
Speaker 14: the nerves definitely came back from when you know, the
Speaker 14: dog were in Baltimore and he came in, and you know,
Speaker 14: we had that heartbreak of a game, and that's all
Speaker 14: I could think about when this happened. But you know,
Speaker 14: he does have a good record trendon with being good
Speaker 14: in the past. But I just don't think a playoff
Speaker 14: game should be a confidence, you know, seeking opportunity to
Speaker 14: see if he's going to maybe achieve what they want
Speaker 14: him to, you know, and so I really think that
Speaker 14: they could have cost us a game tonight.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I appreciate the phone call. I don't think it
Speaker 1: was to see if he's okay and can get out
Speaker 1: of whatever he's been in, because he's been good the
Speaker 1: last few times out. In fact, the last three outings
Speaker 1: for Blake Trin and he has not given up a run.
Speaker 1: You go back to that Saturday game against the Seattle Mariners,
Speaker 1: comes in, pitches an any, strikes out, three, gives up
Speaker 1: a hit. He pitched the two games against the Cincinnati
Speaker 1: Reds a total of an inning in a third, no runs,
Speaker 1: just one hit in those two outings, struck out two,
Speaker 1: pitched well. Even go back before the Seattle outing. In
Speaker 1: what it says, four the last five times he's been
Speaker 1: out on the mountain he has not given up a run.
Speaker 1: So he has done well the last week plus of
Speaker 1: the season, including the two games against the Cincinnati Reds.
Speaker 1: So you're not experimenting, you're not trying to see if
Speaker 1: he's back to the form that Blake Tryon had a
Speaker 1: year ago. You've got confidence in him. In fact, you're
Speaker 1: not putting somebody in a postseason game right now if
Speaker 1: you don't have confidence in him. If there's any wavering
Speaker 1: possibilities that this guy may or may not get an out,
Speaker 1: then he shouldn't be on the roster. Then he shouldn't
Speaker 1: certainly not be going into a game. And they have
Speaker 1: all the confidence in Blake trying And again I just
Speaker 1: rattled off the numbers, no runs and two appearances against
Speaker 1: the Reds. Four out of the last five outings. He's
Speaker 1: only give up one run in all those innings of work.
Speaker 1: So you got to feel good about the way he
Speaker 1: was going into the night's game. Certainly, the outcome and
Speaker 1: the results weren't there for Blake trying, but the guys
Speaker 1: behind him picked him up, and boy did the defense
Speaker 1: pick him up. And then Roki Sasaki coming in to
Speaker 1: get the final outs. Able in LA. Thanks for being
Speaker 1: Paci to your next up on Dodger Talk, Hi doing able?
Speaker 8: How you doing?
Speaker 7: Long time listener and longtime Dodger fans. What a game did?
Speaker 7: But you know what, let's keep away from what Dave
Speaker 7: did at the end. What about himy? I mean, he
Speaker 7: did great. He those two innings that he pitched. I mean,
Speaker 7: those are big endings for him because we had just
Speaker 7: scored the four runs. I know he gave up a run,
Speaker 7: but you know he pitched a great two innings coming
Speaker 7: off of Blake's now start, and you got to give
Speaker 7: him credit to I mean, or we're bashing here at
Speaker 7: Blake tried it. But you know what Blake did for
Speaker 7: us last year. Look what he did for us in
Speaker 7: the World Series. Do not forget that, guys, everybody's forget
Speaker 7: And I know it's a different year, it's a different Blake.
Speaker 7: He's been to a lot this year. Blake tried and
Speaker 7: through some nasty stuff last year in the World Series
Speaker 7: for us and we can't forget about him. And that's
Speaker 7: all I'd like to say. Thank you for getting my call, Tim,
Speaker 7: and go Dodgers.
Speaker 1: All right, Abel, I appreciate thanks for checking in, Ken
Speaker 1: and Newport Beach. Ken, Welcome to Dodger Talk. How you
Speaker 1: doing on this Monday night. Certainly feel a lot better
Speaker 1: after escaping that ninth inning, right, I have no.
Speaker 15: Idea, you know, Tim, you said the exact thing.
Speaker 8: I was thinking.
Speaker 15: They lost that game because they put trying it in
Speaker 15: for one thing, you know, two and seven record with
Speaker 15: a five forty era this year. I don't think I
Speaker 15: could have accepted that. But the momentum would have changed team.
Speaker 15: Look at fans were booing their team. If they won
Speaker 15: that game, they would have had all the momentum coming back.
Speaker 15: And now that yeah, we've got our best pictures pitching next.
Speaker 15: But still you said it. I agree, that was momentum
Speaker 15: and it was the best win I've seen in a
Speaker 15: long time. And by the way, Freddie Freeman grand Slam
Speaker 15: home run last year to win everything. That catch, which
Speaker 15: was really tough, was right there with that Grand Slam.
Speaker 15: Amazing and phenomenal, and thank you Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 1: No doubt he was fantastic tonight defensively, and he has
Speaker 1: been all season long, and he has been the last
Speaker 1: three years in dodge of uniform. And I'm just watching
Speaker 1: the replay of the wheel play in the ninth inning
Speaker 1: with nobody out and Costianos at second, Bryson Stotts lays
Speaker 1: down a bunt and you run a wheel play. But
Speaker 1: you're taught as a hitter that if you see the
Speaker 1: third baseman crashing and you see the shortstop running the third,
Speaker 1: you are to slash or you're to pull the bunt
Speaker 1: back and hit. You're not supposed to go through with
Speaker 1: the bunt. But it was a late release for Max
Speaker 1: Mounsey and an even later release from Mookie Betts from
Speaker 1: going to the shortstop position to cover third. And the
Speaker 1: speed as you heard Max or Rookie Bets say that
Speaker 1: God given speed that he was given to get over
Speaker 1: to third base before Costianos to get there, turn his
Speaker 1: body straddle third base, and the throw from Max Mounsey
Speaker 1: had to be perfect, high, throw, a pick, a throw
Speaker 1: behind Mookie Bets, a throw out in front of him
Speaker 1: that he's got a stretch and go out and get
Speaker 1: Costianos slides in safe at third but a perfectly thrown
Speaker 1: gets it, spins throws right to the glove that's going
Speaker 1: down towards the bag to tag Costianos, who sliding in
Speaker 1: a bang bang play worked to perfection for the Dodgers
Speaker 1: and Max Munsey and Mookie Betts. Great fielding, great throw,
Speaker 1: great job staying in there like a quarterback about to
Speaker 1: take a hit. He stayed in there while Costianos slid
Speaker 1: it and took him out at third, held onto the
Speaker 1: ball for the out. It was a huge play and
Speaker 1: it stopped, my opinion, it stopped the momentum and it
Speaker 1: allowed the Dodgers to catch their breath and regroup with
Speaker 1: Alex Vessi on the mound. It did. It stopped that
Speaker 1: train of momentum that the Phillies were building and building,
Speaker 1: and you felt like, oh no, there's no way the
Speaker 1: Dodgers can stop it. And that play at third on
Speaker 1: the bunch to get Costianos out was huge. Blake, my guy,
Speaker 1: Blake and Colorado's late night for you, buddy, but certainly
Speaker 1: worth the wait. As the Dodgers come back home with
Speaker 1: a two oh series lead.
Speaker 16: My man, yeah, I'm really glad that dodgis won today.
Speaker 16: I mean I'm see him was amazing, but Blake trying in.
Speaker 16: We have to stop putting him in these situations. We
Speaker 16: got to stop putting them. We have to have Welcome
Speaker 16: to SHAKEI Pismo and great place by everyone today, and
Speaker 16: I'm really glad that Dodges has have then today.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm excited for the Dodgers. That was a huge
Speaker 1: win on the road in a two oh series. Lead Blake,
Speaker 1: We'll check back with you a couple of days, all right.
Speaker 8: Buddy, we're not going to be back.
Speaker 1: I don't know. If the Dodgers clinch on Wednesday, DV
Speaker 1: is in with postgame h If they clinch on Thursday,
Speaker 1: Dv's back in. If this game, he's got to go
Speaker 1: back to Philadelphia, I'll be back with you on Thursday.
Speaker 1: So I know you like talking to me. I love
Speaker 1: talking to you, but I hope I'm not talking to
Speaker 1: you because that means the Dodgers win, right Blake? Yeah,
Speaker 1: all right, buddy, good to hear your voice. Thanks for
Speaker 1: being patient tonight. That's my guy Blake in Colorado? Is
Speaker 1: he wrap things up on this Monday night? I'm starting
Speaker 1: to lose my voice. Help me out?
Speaker 8: Is he? Well?
Speaker 13: A great game? Tonight. I'm mother about the Dodgers now,
Speaker 13: but it was a great game tonight, so I'm happy
Speaker 13: they were. I knew, I knew, I knew Blake would
Speaker 13: be good tonight, that it had the film, he wouldn't
Speaker 13: be good tonight. So it was just a great Greg
Speaker 13: John Yeah, Blake trying them but Dodger and then I
Speaker 13: forget he did when they were championship, you know that year.
Speaker 13: You know he did, and you haven't looked here, but
Speaker 13: I think, hey, I rather have him the Tennis gard
Speaker 13: people don't get me started, well, I'll try. I'll try
Speaker 13: to cost more black bull Dodgers and did bring the
Speaker 13: Black Hood lived when I'm winday because I'm really a
Speaker 13: really sick and tired sailing because to my pigs is Sailly,
Speaker 13: same because she lived in Silly. So some day, some
Speaker 13: time living the enemy. So anyway, to your lady.
Speaker 1: All right, Isabelle, great to hear your voice. Good to
Speaker 1: check in with you as always. That's gonna do it
Speaker 1: for Dodger talk on this Monday night. Whoo Colin, what
Speaker 1: a night man, what a night it was, Dodgers getting
Speaker 1: to win a thrilling victory at the Bank in Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: a pitcher's duel for six innings, Dodgers scored four to seventh,
Speaker 1: Philly chopped back with one to make it a four
Speaker 1: to one game after eight, and then the ninth inning
Speaker 1: things got weird, as they say, but it was rookie
Speaker 1: Susaki to close it out and Freddie Freeman to save
Speaker 1: the day defensively, and the Dodgers headed home a happy
Speaker 1: flight back from Philadelphia after a four to three victory
Speaker 1: to go up two games to zero in this Best
Speaker 1: the five NLDS Game three Wednesday night at Doctor Stadium,
Speaker 1: Morono Casino, Dodgors on deck and five first pitches, six
Speaker 1: oh eight, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Aaron Nola the pitching matchup
Speaker 1: until then, have a great safe rest of your Monday night.
Speaker 1: Don't forget scam back at at six am tomorrow morning.
Speaker 1: So long, everybody,