WEBVTT - Mookie Betts Postgame (6-2-26) 

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<v Speaker 1>And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 1>We are live at Chase Field in Arizona. After the

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<v Speaker 1>Dodgers hold on for a six to five win. Mookie

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<v Speaker 1>bets huge for the Dodgers in the final three innings

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<v Speaker 1>of tonight's game. He drives in what turns out to

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<v Speaker 1>be the difference in the game, and also great defense

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<v Speaker 1>at shortstop. MOOKI, first of all, in the seventh inning

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<v Speaker 1>with the Diamondbacks threatening, Freddie had the presence of mind

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<v Speaker 1>to come to you on that ground ball by Peve

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<v Speaker 1>and Smith. Were you expecting that?

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<v Speaker 2>No, But I mean when you're just playing the game,

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<v Speaker 2>especially with people like Freddie, you just get smart and

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<v Speaker 2>you just know how to take the take the easy outs,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. And that was kind of a play that

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<v Speaker 2>just kind of happened, and it made it pretty easy. Mookie.

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<v Speaker 1>Eighth inning. Again, all you at shortstop, not an easy

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<v Speaker 1>double play to turn. How difficult was it to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to track the ball with the runner in front

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<v Speaker 1>of you and the runner bearing down on second base?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know it was. I mean, they paid me

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<v Speaker 2>to take to fill the ground ball, so you know,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a that's a play I gotta make there. It's

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<v Speaker 2>just this field sometimes takes some weird hops. But again,

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<v Speaker 2>I get paid to do it, so I better make

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<v Speaker 2>it happen.

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<v Speaker 1>You also get paid to hit the ball. How good

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<v Speaker 1>does it feel to know that the Diamondbacks came back

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<v Speaker 1>and you grind it through a game and your RBI

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<v Speaker 1>was the difference tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, it's it's it's just good to know.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know, like I said, I look up

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<v Speaker 2>at the number and it's not very encouraging, but I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like I've been contributing to the team and wins

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<v Speaker 2>and whatnot. So that's all I really care about. As

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<v Speaker 2>long as I contribute and they help the boys win.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, that's I can go to sleep at night.

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<v Speaker 1>You've been doing that since twenty twenty. You do it

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<v Speaker 1>in the regular season again, Thanks Mookie, sir.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks best