Speaker 1: For the back to back world champions of baseball. One
Speaker 1: of the greatest runs in the history of baseball. Immortality.
Speaker 1: is within their reach.
Speaker 2: Incredible.
Speaker 1: And while others make excuses.
Speaker 3: The only reason the Dodgers are doing this is because
Speaker 3: they can.
Speaker 2: They print money.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers. This can't continue.
Speaker 2: It's not fair.
Speaker 1: Are making plans.
Speaker 4: Again.
Speaker 5: It's a singular focus on controlling what they can control.
Speaker 1: Now your pregame host of the world champion L.A. Dodgers,
Speaker 1: Tim Cates.
Speaker 2: Hi, everybody, and good morning.
Speaker 6: Welcome in to Morongo casino Dodgers on deck on this Sunday,
Speaker 6: August the 30th, as your back-to-back world series champion, Los
Speaker 6: Angeles Dodgers are in Detroit for the rubber game of
Speaker 6: this three game series against the tigers. Rain is happening
Speaker 6: right now at Comerica field, but we expect this game
Speaker 6: to happen today in Detroit as the Dodgers are Look
Speaker 6: to wrap up this six-game East Coast road trip, which
Speaker 6: didn't start off well in Atlanta after getting swept by
Speaker 6: the Braves. Dodgers bounced back with a win on Friday,
Speaker 6: but tough loss yesterday. Today, the rubber game of this
Speaker 6: three-game set before they return home for a big homestand.
Speaker 6: Dodgers 81-55 on this season, first place atop.
Speaker 2: The NL West. They got a nine-game lead in the division.
Speaker 6: However, in the National League race, they're now four games
Speaker 6: back in Milwaukee for the top spot in the NL,
Speaker 6: and they're also now tied with Atlanta. for the number
Speaker 6: two spot in the National League. Today, Tyler Glass now
Speaker 6: on the mound. First pitch coming up at 1040. Coming
Speaker 6: up over the next 60 minutes here on Morago Casino,
Speaker 6: Dodgers on deck. You're going to hear from the manager himself,
Speaker 6: Dave Roberts. We'll dive deeper into this pitchy matchup. David
Speaker 6: Vasse is going to go high and tight coming up
Speaker 6: in about 45 minutes. We got your Dodgers magical moment.
Speaker 6: We'll hear from Charlie Steiner shortly. We'll visit with Kirsten
Speaker 6: Watson in just a few minutes. We'll head out to
Speaker 6: the Galpin Ford broadcast booth with Steven Nelson and Rick Monday. Well,
Speaker 6: yesterday in Detroit, it was all about Snellzilla.
Speaker 2: Blake Snell on the.
Speaker 6: Mound yesterday as the Dodgers looked to get back-to-back wins
Speaker 6: in Detroit. Snell would strike out 10 over five innings,
Speaker 6: allow just one run on three hits, went toe-to-toe with
Speaker 6: Cater Montero, the young pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. Blake
Speaker 6: Snell gave up, came in the third, a walk to bias.
Speaker 6: He took second on Max Muncy's sacrifice, but mishap then
Speaker 6: scored on a Glaber Torres double as the Tigers took
Speaker 6: a one, nothing lead Dodgers offense gets runners on base,
Speaker 6: but the problem has been for the last month, driving
Speaker 6: those runners in yesterday in the sixth inning, the Dodgers
Speaker 6: again with traffic on the base, Alec Thomas let up
Speaker 6: the six with the double took third on showy Otani
Speaker 6: is ground out that brought up Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 3: Montero's 0-1. Freeman pulls it into right field. This will
Speaker 3: tie the game. Just threw the bat head out there
Speaker 3: against the changeup and got the job done to reset
Speaker 3: the scoreboard.
Speaker 2: We're even at one.
Speaker 4: The Dodgers, a feel-good moment. And boy, they've not had
Speaker 4: too many of those of recent times. So that big
Speaker 4: leadoff double by Thomas. They did go to third on
Speaker 4: the ground out by Otani. And then for Freeman, picks
Speaker 4: it up.
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman, thank you very much. RBI single.
Speaker 6: That tied the game at one, resetting everything for Blake Snell.
Speaker 6: Mookie Betts not done in the sixth inning. A single
Speaker 6: to left. Runners on first and second after a pitching change.
Speaker 6: Max Muncy walked. Dodgers had a golden opportunity with the
Speaker 6: bases loaded and one out. Well, what have they been
Speaker 6: doing lately? Hitting in to double plays. And that's what
Speaker 6: Tommy Edmond did to end the sixth inning. The score
Speaker 6: remained tied going to the ninth. The Dodgers in the
Speaker 6: top half of the ninth inning got a one-out single
Speaker 6: from Tommy Edmond, but could not get that run across.
Speaker 6: Kimmy Jansen came in to close out the top half
Speaker 6: of the ninth inning. Got Teoscar Hernandez to fly out.
Speaker 6: Bottom of the ninth belonged to Jack Dreyer. Gave up
Speaker 6: a leadoff double. Sacked bunt. Intentional walk.
Speaker 2: Then a walk. Loaded the bases with one out.
Speaker 3: Can Dreyer get it to extras?
Speaker 2: They're loaded for Detroit.
Speaker 7: One out.
Speaker 3: And now a 1-2 pitch.
Speaker 8: McGonigal.
Speaker 3: Flies it in the air left center field. That's the
Speaker 3: ball game. As it drops onto the warning track, one
Speaker 3: hops over the wall. Kevin McGonigal with a walk off
Speaker 3: hit and the tigers beat the Dodgers to one in
Speaker 3: the bottom of the ninth inning.
Speaker 6: Jack Dreier gives up the single bounced off the warning
Speaker 6: track officially ruled a single, but the running reading run
Speaker 6: comes in. Thanks to Kevin McConigal in the bottom half
Speaker 6: of the ninth inning tigers walk off the Dodgers yesterday
Speaker 6: by a final of 2-1. Jack Dreyer gets tagged with
Speaker 6: the loss after Blake Snell went five innings, allowed one
Speaker 6: run on three hits, struck out 10 along the way
Speaker 6: through 99 pitches. The win goes to former Dodger Kenley Jansen,
Speaker 6: who pitched a third of an inning in the ninth.
Speaker 6: With the win, the Tigers now 63-72. The Dodgers fall
Speaker 6: to 81-55 as today they wrap up this three-game series
Speaker 6: in the Motor City. It's the rubber game against Detroit,
Speaker 6: and it's Tyler Glass now on the mound in the
Speaker 6: series finale. With more, let's head out to the Galvin
Speaker 6: Ford broadcast booth as we welcome in Stephen Nelson and
Speaker 6: Rick Monday, guys.
Speaker 3: All right, TC, getaway day for the Dodgers, but we
Speaker 3: look out here on Comerica Park, Mo, and we see
Speaker 3: a tarp on the field. A little storm blew through
Speaker 3: downtown Detroit and surrounding areas early on this Sunday. The
Speaker 3: Dodgers and Tigers, you know, maybe will start in a
Speaker 3: little bit of a delay, but Whenever the game does start,
Speaker 3: the Dodgers' task is simple. Just win a ball game,
Speaker 3: Dave Roberts said. Did not want to think about it.
Speaker 3: He said, I don't know who we're playing on Tuesday.
Speaker 3: I just focus on winning a series today as they
Speaker 3: continue this string of one-run games.
Speaker 4: Well, and too many of them. I mean, you start
Speaker 4: to look at what this Dodger ball club has done
Speaker 4: or has not done. I mean, they've only scored three
Speaker 4: runs in the last 29 innings, and that's got to change.
Speaker 4: And on this road trip, one and four. And you
Speaker 4: start to look at the fact is that, yes, I mean,
Speaker 4: seven of the last eight games have been decided by
Speaker 4: a single run. Oh, they've been close, but not close enough.
Speaker 4: And the other part, too, is, you know, since the
Speaker 4: All-Star break, the Dodgers have not been scoring a lot
Speaker 4: of runs. You know, they were in the top two
Speaker 4: before the break. And since the All-Star break, they're tied
Speaker 4: for 19th in Major League Baseball, along with Cleveland. That's
Speaker 4: got to change. And I think the other part, too, is,
Speaker 4: and we're kind of going through old stomping grounds, what
Speaker 4: Dave Roberts is talking about. Pitch selection, in particular early
Speaker 4: in the counts, has not been really the bread and
Speaker 4: butter of a ball club that has had great success
Speaker 4: in being selective in pitches in the past.
Speaker 3: The pitching matchup today from Vervaldez, veteran left-hander, longtime Houston Astro,
Speaker 3: will start for Detroit. Tyler Glasnell will go for the Dodgers. Again,
Speaker 3: there was talk about Otani potentially. Returning the mound here
Speaker 3: in Detroit, that is not the case and not likely
Speaker 3: to see him on Tuesday either at home. But anyways,
Speaker 3: to get it back to the offense, because that is
Speaker 3: the biggest talking point for this team. That is the
Speaker 3: biggest concern for this team, quote-unquote, as we sit here
Speaker 3: the final day of the month of August. And I guess, Mo,
Speaker 3: when you've been scuffling or been a part of teams
Speaker 3: that collectively couldn't get it together, is it as simple
Speaker 3: as just one guy coming through with one big swing or...
Speaker 3: I guess, how do you write a ship that has
Speaker 3: been going the wrong direction for this squad for the
Speaker 3: last two months?
Speaker 4: You hear from time to time is that an individual
Speaker 4: player can carry a team for a short period of time.
Speaker 4: This is an area that really from top to bottom,
Speaker 4: the Dodgers have to do it collectively and not to
Speaker 4: put the onus on just the outfield, but the outfield numbers.
Speaker 4: How about this? The outfield numbers on this road trip
Speaker 4: collectively hitting 212. They've knocked in two runs and they've
Speaker 4: hit 154 with runners in scoring position. I mean, The
Speaker 4: little things, you know, taking little chunks instead of trying
Speaker 4: to hit the ball 900 feet. The other part, too,
Speaker 4: is the Dodgers have not helped themselves. And go back
Speaker 4: to yesterday's ballgame, another ground ball double play took them
Speaker 4: out of inning. That's 111 twin killings that they've hit
Speaker 4: into this year. That's got to change.
Speaker 3: Another thing Dave Roberts said today was that this feels eerily,
Speaker 3: to use Doc's word, eerily similar to to what happened
Speaker 3: last year. And if you've been listening to us on
Speaker 3: the radio, we have mentioned this numerous times throughout this
Speaker 3: summer swoon. But last year, July 4th through September 6th,
Speaker 3: the Dodgers were 22-32. They were 10 games below. 500
Speaker 3: for a two-month stretch. It was the fourth worst team
Speaker 3: in baseball for that period of time. And then in September,
Speaker 3: something clicked. They turned it on, won 15 of the
Speaker 3: last 20, en route to winning a second straight World
Speaker 3: Series championship. Dave says it feels eerily similar. Now the
Speaker 3: Dodgers would love to have similar results to turn things
Speaker 3: around in September and win another world championship. But that's,
Speaker 3: Off in the future, right in front of us, Game 3,
Speaker 3: the rubber game for the Dodgers and Tigers at Comerica Park.
Speaker 2: All right, thank you, Nelly.
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Speaker 6: up in about 10 minutes. David Vassie joins us throughout
Speaker 6: the hour. He goes one-on-one with Dodger reliever, Seth Halverson.
Speaker 6: We've got the latest injury news. You've got your Dodgers
Speaker 6: magical moment. Charlie Steiner stops by. Up next, your Otani Rewind.
Speaker 6: And we'll visit with Sports in LA's Kirsten Watson. That's
Speaker 6: all coming up as we lead you up to Dodgers
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Speaker 2: Thanks for being with us. I'm Tim Case. This is
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Speaker 6: It's the Dodgers and the Tigers from Detroit. Tyler Glass
Speaker 6: now on the mound in this series finale.
Speaker 1: This is the Otani Rewind.
Speaker 3: Montero comes home. Otani is jammed. Flair beyond the third baseman,
Speaker 3: and it drops in for a hit. Opposite field bloop
Speaker 3: on a jam shot for Shohei. The Dodgers' first hit
Speaker 3: of the ballgame.
Speaker 2: Shohei Ohtani, he'll take it. A base hit. Get jammed.
Speaker 6: Goes to left field with it. Goes one for four
Speaker 6: yesterday with the strikeout. Shohei Ohtani not pitching today.
Speaker 2: Tyler Glass now is on the mound.
Speaker 6: Shohei hitting. 283 on the season. Now a. 383 on
Speaker 6: base percentage as the Dodgers yesterday came up short to
Speaker 6: the Tigers 2-1.
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Speaker 6: a K. The finale of this road trip, final game
Speaker 6: of this three-game series, a rubber game against the Tigers.
Speaker 2: No Shohei Otani on the mound.
Speaker 9: Yeah, the good news, though, is that he is still
Speaker 9: going to be hitting, so he's still at the plate
Speaker 9: and Dave Roberts has shared that even while they're working
Speaker 9: through this pitching plan, he's going to remain in the
Speaker 9: game as the DH. But ultimately, he threw another bullpen
Speaker 9: while we were here in Detroit and As much as,
Speaker 9: you know, he came out of the bullpen fine, his
Speaker 9: body is just not recovering like they would like it to.
Speaker 9: So whether it's the knee, the arm, just full body,
Speaker 9: not 100%. So they're still working through that. And ultimately,
Speaker 9: Dave Roberts said if there was any pitcher that was
Speaker 9: kind of feeling like this, he would not have them start.
Speaker 9: So they have decided that he's not going to be
Speaker 9: on the mound today. Of course, in the plan was
Speaker 9: always Tyler Glass now. So whether Tyler was going to
Speaker 9: come out behind Shohei Otani, or take down just their
Speaker 9: traditional start. That is the plan for Tyler. He is
Speaker 9: on regular rest, but they feel really good as to
Speaker 9: kind of where he's at. Not going to put him
Speaker 9: on a leash or pitch counter or anything. They would
Speaker 9: like for him to get through five because there are
Speaker 9: a couple guys that are going to be down in
Speaker 9: the bullpen. But for Shohei, just quickly going back to him,
Speaker 9: Dave Roberts was saying today that When the team gets
Speaker 9: back to Los Angeles, they'll have a better idea as
Speaker 9: to what the pitching plan is going to look like
Speaker 9: for him. They do still expect him to get back
Speaker 9: off the mound and to be in a big league
Speaker 9: game to close out this regular season and just hopefully
Speaker 9: get as much as they can from him. But they
Speaker 9: are also kind of trying to figure out, you know,
Speaker 9: where is he more valuable or what is the need
Speaker 9: for the team right now? If you look at the offense,
Speaker 9: it is struggling. So does it make more sense just
Speaker 9: to have him DH the rest of the year and
Speaker 9: maybe kind of put the pitching on pause for now?
Speaker 9: So there's a lot of things that are kind of
Speaker 9: looking at the pros and cons. But ultimately, like I said,
Speaker 9: when the team gets back to L.A., they'll have a
Speaker 9: better idea as to just what the pitching plan is
Speaker 9: going to be if there is one for Shohei.
Speaker 6: Well, no Shohei means Tyler Glass now, who was going
Speaker 6: to pitch either way today, gets the start.
Speaker 2: We'll see how long he goes.
Speaker 9: Yeah, so he's going to be on a regular rest today.
Speaker 9: And this is honestly something we might be seeing for
Speaker 9: the rotation just in general as they are dealing with
Speaker 9: that injury to Rogi Sasaki. Obviously with Shohei not necessarily
Speaker 9: starting his build up. So for Tyler today, Dave Roberts
Speaker 9: said that when he was on his rehab assignment, he
Speaker 9: was on regular rest in a five man rotation. So
Speaker 9: they feel really good as to where he is at.
Speaker 9: The last one was technically deemed as a bit of
Speaker 9: a shorter outing. So as long as there's hope, they
Speaker 9: really just want him to get through five. If he
Speaker 9: can get a little bit deeper, be efficient, that will
Speaker 9: be ideal. But if he can get through five, protect
Speaker 9: some arms in the bullpen, that is really the hope.
Speaker 9: But he's been really good, whether it's been while he
Speaker 9: was on his rehab assignment, since he has returned. So
Speaker 9: just kind of continuing to build on that is the
Speaker 9: focus for Tyler.
Speaker 2: Let's hope we can give him a good outing. Let's
Speaker 2: hope the Dodgers offense can get something going today.
Speaker 6: Kirsten, we appreciate it. We'll check in with you after
Speaker 6: the game. Still to come here on Morongo Casino, Dodgers
Speaker 6: on deck. We'll dive deeper into today's pitching matchup. David
Speaker 6: Vasse goes high and tight with Dodger reliever Seth Halverson.
Speaker 6: Up next, though, we'll get you an injury report, and
Speaker 6: we'll hear from the manager, Dave Roberts. His thoughts going
Speaker 6: into this final game of the road trip. Dodgers and
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Speaker 1: This is the L.A. Dodgers. Injury Report.
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Speaker 6: Los Angeles Dodgers. Will Klein on the I.L. with the
Speaker 6: neck inflammation. He's in AAA Oklahoma City. Yesterday, he had
Speaker 6: a two-for-four day at the plate for the Comets. Roki
Speaker 6: Sasaki on the I.L. with the blister on the middle finger.
Speaker 6: Eddie Pajas on the injured list with the fractured left hand.
Speaker 6: Edwin Diaz on the I.L. with the neck inflammation. Justin
Speaker 6: Robleski is back in AAA Oklahoma City. Dalton Rushing on
Speaker 6: the I.L. with the elbow injury. Blake Trinan working his
Speaker 6: way back. from right elbow inflammation. He's in AAA Oklahoma city.
Speaker 6: Will Klein also said he's feeling better and hopes to
Speaker 6: get back some point here in 2026.
Speaker 2: We'll see. All right, let's head back out to Detroit.
Speaker 2: Let's get the pregame thoughts of the Dodger skipper. Anything
Speaker 2: else for Dave?
Speaker 7: Dave, do you think questions for Dave?
Speaker 1: Dave, can you just describe Dave? Can you talk about
Speaker 1: the pressure in the dugout with Dave Roberts?
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think that, um, You know, we've done, he's
Speaker 10: pitched on regular rest, you know, on his, you know, comeback.
Speaker 10: I really don't have a particular number. I think that
Speaker 10: we have a couple guys that we're going to stay
Speaker 10: away from today. But I think for me, it's, you know,
Speaker 10: if he's doing well, just kind of watch him and,
Speaker 10: you know, talk to Mark. But, yeah, ideally, you know,
Speaker 10: we've got to get him through five and kind of
Speaker 10: see from there.
Speaker 9: With the weather today, are there any concerns of a
Speaker 9: start-stop or even just potential delay?
Speaker 10: There might be a delay. This rain sort of came
Speaker 10: from nowhere. I know that it should dissipate as we
Speaker 10: get closer to game time. So, you know, hope to
Speaker 10: start on time, potentially a little bit of a delay.
Speaker 10: And then it's supposed to kind of be isolated around 530.
Speaker 10: So there is that window, you know, two to five
Speaker 10: that looks promising. There's always a window.
Speaker 1: There's always a.
Speaker 10: Window, Bill.
Speaker 3: When you look at the offense, like how similar does
Speaker 3: this feel to just like the second half of last
Speaker 3: year and what you guys went through and kind of
Speaker 3: what worked then or changed then down the stretch that
Speaker 3: put you in a better place.
Speaker 1: Going into October?
Speaker 10: Um, eerily similar. Um, I don't recall exactly what changed
Speaker 10: in September. Um, you know, uh, so yeah, I mean,
Speaker 10: outside of, you know, hit starting to fall, um, But
Speaker 10: I do think that it's kind of like the plan
Speaker 10: and then executing the plan in the box. And so it's, again,
Speaker 10: hitting's hard. But I think that just collectively, and I
Speaker 10: think that I can kind of put all of our
Speaker 10: hitters essentially in the same bucket of, you know, just
Speaker 10: try to essentially take good at bat, see the ball, and,
Speaker 10: you know, put a good swing and put a good
Speaker 10: at bat together. And then, you know, then hopefully guys
Speaker 10: feed off of that.
Speaker 6: All right, there's the manager, Dave Roberts, and his pregame
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Speaker 2: I'm Tim Cates.
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Speaker 1: This is Dodger insider David Bassett.
Speaker 6: All right, Davey, we've had good weather so far on
Speaker 6: this road trip in Atlanta for three days, the first
Speaker 6: two games in Detroit.
Speaker 2: But today, how's it looking?
Speaker 5: Yeah, right now it's not raining, but the tarp is
Speaker 5: on the field and we got word that we are
Speaker 5: going to start the game in a delay. Obviously, both
Speaker 5: teams do not want to lose their starting pitchers. The
Speaker 5: Tigers are a little thin. The Dodgers are a little thin.
Speaker 5: So they don't want to start this game and then
Speaker 5: have a long period of time where Glasnow and Frambois
Speaker 5: Valdez could not return.
Speaker 7: So this is the norm now in baseball, Tim.
Speaker 5: I would even say 10 years ago, as recently as
Speaker 5: 10 years ago, teams would just play and then see
Speaker 5: what happens.
Speaker 7: Not anymore.
Speaker 5: Teams are very much opposed from starting games if there's
Speaker 5: any danger of their starting pitchers being forced out of
Speaker 5: the game due to weather.
Speaker 7: So it feels like the quote window, as they say
Speaker 7: these days, should be within an hour of the original
Speaker 7: first pitch time.
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Speaker 6: what has happened to this Dodgers offense?
Speaker 7: Yeah, three runs in the last three games. It hasn't
Speaker 7: looked pretty.
Speaker 5: And look, the narrative might have been a little bit
Speaker 5: different if not for Javi Baez's incredible catch on a
Speaker 5: ball that was hit 396 feet in the ninth inning.
Speaker 7: Yesterday by Teoscar Hernandez. It was funny.
Speaker 5: I was in the Dodger clubhouse this morning talking to
Speaker 5: Teoscar Hernandez. We're watching the highlights on MLB Network's quick
Speaker 5: pick quick pitch and we're watching the Cubs highlights and
Speaker 5: then all of a sudden the Dodger highlights from yesterday
Speaker 5: came on Tim and they showed Javi Baez robbing Tao
Speaker 5: of what would have been a run scoring go ahead
Speaker 5: base hit double and he just couldn't believe it. He
Speaker 5: looked at me and said hey when things aren't going
Speaker 5: right those things happen and there's not a lot of
Speaker 5: things that have gone the Dodgers offense way recently but
Speaker 5: These guys are not panicking they're aware of the situation
Speaker 5: and the best thing is they have a huge lead
Speaker 5: in the NL West they're aware of that as well
Speaker 5: and they feel like they're getting guys on they're just
Speaker 5: not cashing them in so they're looking at things in
Speaker 5: a positive way. But the identity of the team, Tim,
Speaker 5: as you know, they're not a small ball team. Their
Speaker 5: identity is to slug. And they only have two home
Speaker 5: runs in their last seven games. That's got to change
Speaker 5: for them to score some runs.
Speaker 6: Speaking of changing, when we flip the calendar to September, David,
Speaker 6: teams could expand their rosters. Not like in the old days,
Speaker 6: but they can add a couple of guys to this roster.
Speaker 2: What do you expect?
Speaker 5: Well, it's not like the rules previous to where you
Speaker 5: could call up your entire 40-man roster. You can only
Speaker 5: add one more position player and one more pitcher. The
Speaker 5: position player is going to be Will Smith. There's a
Speaker 5: chance that the Dodgers could activate Dalton Rushing as well.
Speaker 5: They would obviously have to make a decision between Ben
Speaker 5: Roardfitt and Hunter Fiducia. Fiducia right now seems to be
Speaker 5: the leading candidate to back up Will Smith. Rushing can
Speaker 5: only hit, so he'd be a bat off the bench. And,
Speaker 5: you know, as far as a pitcher goes, Justin Robleski
Speaker 5: pitched yesterday, Emmitt Sheehan pitched yesterday, their candidates, as well
Speaker 5: as Blake Trinan. But I know I talked a lot
Speaker 5: about the last two days, James Tibbs possibly being called up.
Speaker 5: I don't know if that would happen right away at
Speaker 5: the beginning of September, and I don't know if it
Speaker 5: would happen at all. But right now, the most certain guy,
Speaker 5: is Will Smith, and we'll see which way the Dodgers
Speaker 5: go with their extra pitcher when they return home on Tuesday.
Speaker 6: All right, we'll find out. David, appreciate it. We'll check
Speaker 6: back in with you in just a little bit. Still
Speaker 6: to come here on Morongo Casino, Dodgers on deck. We'll
Speaker 6: break down this pitching matchup. We got your Dodgers magical moment, though,
Speaker 6: when we come back. Dodgers and Tigers will start in
Speaker 6: a rain delay.
Speaker 2: I'm Tim Cates. This is the back-to-back World Series champion, Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Audio note.
Speaker 1: This is Morongo Casino. Dodgers on deck. On your home
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Speaker 6: It's the Dodgers and the Tigers on this Sunday. Final
Speaker 6: game of this three-game series. Final game of this six-game
Speaker 6: road trip. We'll start in a rain delay. Tyler Glass
Speaker 6: now and Farmer Valdez.
Speaker 2: The pitching matchup.
Speaker 7: Hot dogs here. It's not a ball game without.
Speaker 1: A hot dog.
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Speaker 1: It's time for the Hoffie magical moment. It's magical.
Speaker 7: It was magical.
Speaker 1: Presented by Hoffie Hot Dogs.
Speaker 6: Well, we go back to 2017. Really a special year
Speaker 6: for the Dodgers. All that young talent the Dodgers had
Speaker 6: finally broke through going back to the World Series. Unfortunately lost.
Speaker 6: to the Houston Astros who cheated their way to a
Speaker 6: World Series championship. Well, in that 2017 season, the Dodgers
Speaker 6: had a magical run as well. We go back to
Speaker 6: August 18th, 2017. Dodgers in Detroit taking on the Tigers.
Speaker 6: They were in a stretch of 60 games where the
Speaker 6: Dodgers just could not lose. McCann waits at home. Here's Jansen.
Speaker 6: The big right into Rear's back. Let's it go. And
Speaker 6: a check swing. Strike three.
Speaker 7: The game is over.
Speaker 4: For Jansen, he strikes out three in the inning. He
Speaker 4: gave up a home run, a couple of base hits,
Speaker 4: but for the Tigers, they leave the potential tying run
Speaker 4: standing at home plate. The Dodgers now move to 86
Speaker 4: wins and 34 losses, and they are 15-3 in interleague play.
Speaker 2: How about that?
Speaker 6: The Dodgers with a win over the Tigers, eight to five,
Speaker 6: giving them their 51st win in a 60 game span.
Speaker 6: It's the best 60 game span in MLB in over
Speaker 6: a hundred years. Yes, it was the 1912 Giants, the
Speaker 6: last team to have such a run. By the way,
Speaker 6: no team has done so since. This Hoffie magical moment
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Speaker 6: on Deck, we'll check in with Charlie Steiner. They're leading
Speaker 6: you up to first pitch, Dodgers and Tigers. We will
Speaker 6: start in a rain delay.
Speaker 2: I'm Tim Cates. This is the back-to-back World Series champion,
Speaker 2: Dodgers Audio Network.
Speaker 1: As we were saying, this is Morongo Casino Dodgers on
Speaker 1: deck on the official home of L.A. Dodgers baseball.
Speaker 6: Dodgers and Tigers from Detroit. Tyler Glass now from Verveldez.
Speaker 6: The pitching matchup of the series finale will start in
Speaker 6: a rain delay. First pitch was scheduled for 1040, but
Speaker 6: we will have a delay with the tarp on the field.
Speaker 6: A weather system blowing through the Motor City, but rain.
Speaker 6: We expect the game to get in after that. Time
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Speaker 2: We welcome in Charlie Steiner.
Speaker 8: All right, Tim, the regular season ends four weeks from today.
Speaker 8: This is game 137. 26 games remain, 29 days left
Speaker 8: in the regular season. Dodgers, of course, have had a
Speaker 8: rough trip, losing four of five all one-run games. You know,
Speaker 8: since the All-Star break, they're 20-19. The Tigers, since the
Speaker 8: All-Star break, at 19-20. And once again, it's been a
Speaker 8: lack of offense mode that's just been killing them because
Speaker 8: the pitching's been terrific.
Speaker 4: Yeah, the pitching has kept it to one-run decisions, but
Speaker 4: the offense has been absent without leave. They've had opportunities.
Speaker 4: They've had opportunities galore. We've continued to talk about the
Speaker 4: fact that they just turned themselves away. They hit into,
Speaker 4: believe it or not, another double play last night. and
Speaker 4: that ended the sixth inning. A threat that they scored
Speaker 4: the only run in that inning. That drew the curtain down.
Speaker 4: That's 111 double plays they've hit into. That's more than
Speaker 4: any other team. And then you start to look at
Speaker 4: other teams. Hey, maybe half that number. So, you know,
Speaker 4: what would it be if you keep the ball off
Speaker 4: the ground in critical situations? Dave Robertson, the conversation I
Speaker 4: had with him yesterday, addressed that very privately, very quickly
Speaker 4: on top of it. But this is a ball club, Charlie,
Speaker 4: that's just desperately trying to find the offense that for
Speaker 4: some reason has dried up.
Speaker 8: They have scored three runs in the last 29 innings.
Speaker 8: And in the two games against the Tigers, collectively hitting 231.
Speaker 8: Three runs, 15 hits, 13 singles, two doubles. And three
Speaker 8: double plays. So therein is a microcosm of the Dodgers'
Speaker 8: problems of late. And so they're reconfiguring the lineup a
Speaker 8: little bit today. Otani still leading off. But he's been
Speaker 8: struggling lately. Edmund batting in the two-spot. Betts Freeman in
Speaker 8: the clean-up spot. Teo is batting fifth. Rojas, Tucker, Kike,
Speaker 8: and Rortbett round out the lineup. And so right now,
Speaker 8: instead of having a steady lineup, each day it's like,
Speaker 8: deck of the cards being flipped and see who ends
Speaker 8: up where.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you get the appearance that Dave Roberts is trying
Speaker 4: to look and search for matchups. You know, this batter
Speaker 4: against this particular pitcher, and it's going to be, you know,
Speaker 4: Valdez on the mound for the Tigers today, the left-hander
Speaker 4: that the Dodgers seen plenty of him when he was
Speaker 4: in Houston with the Astros. But you mentioned the fact,
Speaker 4: I mean, low scoring over the last 29 innings. If
Speaker 4: you look at the runs scored, Remember the first half,
Speaker 4: the Dodgers were either first or second in baseball in
Speaker 4: runs scored. Well, since the All-Star break, they're tied for
Speaker 4: 19th in runs scored along with Cleveland in that area.
Speaker 4: So that's not going to do it. But, you know,
Speaker 4: the offense has to catch fire and support the pitching staff.
Speaker 4: And that has just not been the formula, in particular
Speaker 4: on this road trip, as you mentioned. I mean, they're
Speaker 4: just one and four on this road trip with only
Speaker 4: a chance to win one game today. And that most
Speaker 4: likely is going to be a little delayed because there
Speaker 4: was some rain here earlier in downtown Detroit area.
Speaker 8: Well, the Dodgers have played 49 one-run games this season.
Speaker 8: They're 27 and 22. Since the All-Star break in one-run games,
Speaker 8: they're 10-10. And they haven't been scoring a lot, so
Speaker 8: they've been low-scoring. One thing of it is 10-9-9-8. They're
Speaker 8: at 2-1 and 3-2. And they've got to find a
Speaker 8: way to string some hits together, which is something they've
Speaker 8: just been unable to do.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and I think it still continues. Not to single
Speaker 4: out Shohei Otani, I think he's a reflection of a
Speaker 4: lot of other guys in this lineup.
Speaker 2: Pitch selection.
Speaker 4: In particular early in the count, has not been as
Speaker 4: stellar as it was in the first half of the season.
Speaker 4: And how many times over the last number of years, Charlie,
Speaker 4: have we talked about the fact of the Dodgers being
Speaker 4: very selective in the pitching that they are going to
Speaker 4: be offering at when they come to home plate? That's
Speaker 4: not been the case on a daily basis, and it
Speaker 4: has cost them dearly as far as wins and losses,
Speaker 4: and obviously as a result of lack of runs scored.
Speaker 8: You mentioned Frammer Valdez. He's 8-9 in a 435 ERA.
Speaker 8: He has never had an ERA higher in his career
Speaker 8: than 366, so he's had a bad year. Tyler Glasnow, 3-0,
Speaker 8: gets a start today, his 9th start, but his 2nd.
Speaker 8: since coming off the injured list. And so, Glasnow, again,
Speaker 8: the starters, you can't pin the wrap on them. They've
Speaker 8: been terrific.
Speaker 4: Yeah, they have. And the bullpen has had to use
Speaker 4: a little bit more appearances as a result of, you know,
Speaker 4: the Dodgers in low-scoring affairs. You know, Dave Roberts is
Speaker 4: trying to find some kind of a combination, either in
Speaker 4: the starting lineup or guys coming off the bench. and
Speaker 4: supplying some offense. But until they get more selective, I think,
Speaker 4: at the plate with the pitches that they're offering at,
Speaker 4: it's going to be, you know, catch as catch can.
Speaker 4: And we're seeing the Dodgers now. I mean, they're playing
Speaker 4: for one run at a time because they're having difficulty
Speaker 4: scoring even the one run at a time.
Speaker 8: So coming into play today, the Brewers lead the Braves
Speaker 8: and the Dodgers by four. And if the season were
Speaker 8: to end today, the Dodgers would be the third team
Speaker 8: out of two. Head-to-head competition against the Braves. They're a
Speaker 8: leg up on the Dodgers. The Braves are hot. They've
Speaker 8: won six in a row, while the Dodgers have lost
Speaker 8: four of five. And again, you've got 26 games to go.
Speaker 8: Dodgers and Tigers wrap up this three-game series off tomorrow.
Speaker 8: Then Dodgers homeward bound to face the Cardinals beginning on
Speaker 8: Tuesday night. Lineups and first pitch coming up.
Speaker 2: All right, thank you, Charlie.
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Speaker 6: a little bit, but when, we do not know. It's
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Speaker 6: rain delay as the weather system blows through.
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Speaker 6: We'll preview this pitchy matchup, but up next, we go
Speaker 6: high and tight with David Vasse. Dodgers and Tigers from Detroit.
Speaker 6: One final time, I'm Tim Cates. This is the back-to-back
Speaker 6: World Series champion Dodgers Audio Network.
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Speaker 6: Dodgers and Tigers from Detroit on this Sunday. Game will
Speaker 6: start in a rain delay, not on time as the
Speaker 6: tarp is still on the field, but there is a
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Speaker 1: a Dodger player.
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Speaker 1: This is High and Tight.
Speaker 5: Even with Tanner Scott trying to bring me down in
Speaker 5: rainy Detroit, we're joined right now by one of the
Speaker 5: relievers in that bullpen, the one and only Seth Halverson,
Speaker 5: the newcomer Seth Halverson.
Speaker 7: Thanks a lot for the time. Appreciate it.
Speaker 11: Hey, thanks for having me.
Speaker 7: Since it is raining.
Speaker 5: Right now, I figured, hey, we got nothing else to
Speaker 5: do except a pregame conversation for fans to get to
Speaker 5: know you.
Speaker 7: Yeah, let's do it.
Speaker 10: I'm ready.
Speaker 7: Don't be nervous with Tanner Scott right there.
Speaker 10: Good dude.
Speaker 5: Yeah, what's it been like for you to get to
Speaker 5: know your teammates? The bullpen is a team within itself.
Speaker 11: Yeah, it's been fun getting down there. Obviously, there's a
Speaker 11: lot of experience down there, so be able to just
Speaker 11: have conversations with everybody and pick some brains and just
Speaker 11: hang out and, you know, just learn by observing and learning.
Speaker 11: And just being able to compete with these guys, too,
Speaker 11: is fun.
Speaker 5: Has it been a breath of fresh air to actually
Speaker 5: pitch at sea level and not have to deal with
Speaker 5: the elements of Colorado?
Speaker 10: Yeah.
Speaker 11: I mean, it's a big difference in how the ball
Speaker 11: feels on the fingers, you know, with the elevation. It
Speaker 11: just gets a little bit drier. And then, you know, yeah,
Speaker 11: the stuff plays, you know, probably a tick higher, too,
Speaker 11: when you're not in 5,000 feet.
Speaker 10: Yeah.
Speaker 11: So, yeah, it's been sweet to be able to not
Speaker 11: be there consistently. You know, over time from here, I'll
Speaker 11: still go back there a little bit, but not too often,
Speaker 11: not as often.
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 5: I've heard not only just the pitch characteristics, but obviously
Speaker 5: the mental part of playing there.
Speaker 7: Is that a real thing?
Speaker 11: Yeah, I think, you know, you play there for 81 games,
Speaker 11: and it's like you kind of have to, like I'm
Speaker 11: prepared to play there more consistently and, I think actually
Speaker 11: I had better splits in Colorado. I don't know if
Speaker 11: that was just because I was prepared mentally all the
Speaker 11: time for Colorado, and I don't know what the science
Speaker 11: behind that is, but to be able to not have
Speaker 11: to play their 81 games out of the years, I
Speaker 11: think as a pitcher it's probably going to be beneficial.
Speaker 5: Seth Halverson is our guest. We're in Detroit, the Dodgers
Speaker 5: and Tigers getting set for first pitch.
Speaker 7: So you're a great guy to ask this.
Speaker 5: Everybody always wants to know, what's the secret with the Dodgers?
Speaker 5: How do they get pitchers to be their best? How
Speaker 5: have they helped you be the best version of you?
Speaker 11: It's just been... They got me back to my natural
Speaker 11: arm slot of where I kind of was in 2024.
Speaker 11: When I was at my best, it was just pretty...
Speaker 11: simple logic of just, like, this is where your arm
Speaker 11: was and, you know, when you had a high success
Speaker 11: rate in the major leagues, so let's get you back
Speaker 11: to there. And I think my pitches play better from
Speaker 11: that arm slot, and everything just kind of takes a
Speaker 11: tick up. And, you know, when I'm able to just compete,
Speaker 11: you know, throwing from a spot where I'm comfortable throwing,
Speaker 11: it's pretty exciting. And so they told me that the
Speaker 11: first couple days I was here and then just kind
Speaker 11: of been working to get back there. uh, you know,
Speaker 11: the last month or so.
Speaker 5: Is it tough to get, get back to that slot?
Speaker 5: Are you even conscious of it?
Speaker 11: Uh, I think I, I started raising it, you know,
Speaker 11: slightly over the last couple of years. And so it's not,
Speaker 11: it's not like a challenge to get back or it's
Speaker 11: not like impossible to get back to my arm slot.
Speaker 11: I think I have, um, you know, I don't know
Speaker 11: if I've gotten it all the way back down, but
Speaker 11: it's been, uh, it's been pretty comfortable getting back to a,
Speaker 11: a slot that I've had thrown from for a long time.
Speaker 5: That's got to be exciting. You mentioned the word compete.
Speaker 5: Isn't that what it comes down to on the mound?
Speaker 5: Not being so caught up in arm slots or mechanics,
Speaker 5: but to trust the preparation that you've put in. And
Speaker 5: when you're on that mound, mono-e-mono against that hitter, it's
Speaker 5: about coming down and competing and doing the best you can.
Speaker 11: Yeah, I think that's a great thing for what they
Speaker 11: told me because, you know, the arm slot, the whole
Speaker 11: thing is natural. So when I go out there, I'm
Speaker 11: not really, you know, focused on that. I'll kind of
Speaker 11: focus on it before I get on the mound. And
Speaker 11: once I get out there, yeah, keep it super simple
Speaker 11: and give it everything I got to compete one pitch
Speaker 11: at a time.
Speaker 5: Yeah, one pitch at a time, one strike at a time,
Speaker 5: one out at a time. Seth Halverson is our guest.
Speaker 5: I think I'm going to nickname you Seth the Bull
Speaker 5: because you remind me of a bull on the mound.
Speaker 4: Love it.
Speaker 7: Thank you.
Speaker 1: Bulldozer.
Speaker 7: Bulldozer. That's what Tanner Scott's saying. Bulldozer. Perfect. Thanks, Tanner.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 7: I can see a little Buzz Lightyear resemblance to you.
Speaker 7: I'll take it. All of the above. Tanner Scott, acquired taste, right?
Speaker 7: He's great. Yeah.
Speaker 11: Love spending time there with him and the bullpen.
Speaker 10: Okay.
Speaker 1: All right, bull.
Speaker 5: All right, bulldozer. All right, Buzz Lightyear. Thanks a lot
Speaker 5: for the time, Seth Halverson.
Speaker 11: Thanks for having me.
Speaker 7: Hey, Seth Alverson.
Speaker 5: He'll get a taste of the good life at Capitol
Speaker 5: Grill in Burbank and across the country.
Speaker 7: We'll send it back to you in the studio, Tim.
Speaker 4: All right.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot, DV. Yeah, I can see the Buzz Lightyear.
Speaker 2: He does have a resemblance to him.
Speaker 1: All right.
Speaker 6: So he leads up to first pitch on this Sunday,
Speaker 6: Dodgers and Tigers.
Speaker 2: We will start in a rain delay.
Speaker 6: More on that coming up as we break down this
Speaker 6: pitching matchup, though, when we come back.
Speaker 2: I'm Tim Cates. It's the back-to-back World Series champion Dodgers
Speaker 2: Audio Network. As we were saying.
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Speaker 2: It's a Dodgers and tigers from Detroit.
Speaker 6: The rubber game of this three game set Dodgers won
Speaker 6: the opener on Friday fell to the tigers yesterday, two
Speaker 6: to one on a walk off hits in the ninth
Speaker 6: inning back at it today. This game though, we'll start
Speaker 6: in a rain delay.
Speaker 1: And now Before the Dodgers hit the diamond, we look
Speaker 1: at the pitching matchup.
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Speaker 6: Fromber Valdez, now a member of the Detroit Tigers, 8-9
Speaker 6: with the 435 ERA. 32-year-old left-hander out of the Dominican Republic.
Speaker 6: Ninth season in the big leagues. The first eight with
Speaker 6: the Houston Astros. Now in his first season with Detroit.
Speaker 6: Making his 27th start. Throws a sinker a majority of
Speaker 6: the time. Curveball changeup. Gets a lot of ground ball outs.
Speaker 6: Last time out, six innings, four runs, eight hits, no strikeouts,
Speaker 6: and a loss to the Rays. In the month of August,
Speaker 6: Valdez is 3-2 with a. 373 ERA in five starts.
Speaker 6: He's the only left-handed pitcher in the American League to
Speaker 6: throw six-plus innings in 15 of his starts this year.
Speaker 6: Remember Valdez against the Dodgers in his career? 2-1 with a.
Speaker 6: 498 ERA and 26 strikeouts in four regular season appearances.
Speaker 2: Tyler Glass now on the mound for the Dodgers. He
Speaker 2: will go.
Speaker 6: No Shohei Otani, even though Otani is in the lineup
Speaker 6: as a designated hitter.
Speaker 2: Glass now 3-0 with a 3-0-2 ERA. The 33-year-old right-hander.
Speaker 6: Finally healthy in the 11th season in the big leagues,
Speaker 6: making his ninth start this year.
Speaker 2: So he's relatively fresh.
Speaker 6: Last time out was Tuesday in Atlanta. His first start
Speaker 6: since May 6th. And against the Braves, five innings, three runs,
Speaker 6: six hits, seven strikeouts, and a no decision. Remember, those
Speaker 6: three runs came in the first inning. And then he
Speaker 6: settled down the next four innings, hoping for more of that.
Speaker 6: Tyler Glass now has faced the Tigers once in his career.
Speaker 6: That was way back in 2018 as a member of
Speaker 6: the Pittsburgh Pirates. In the second game of a doubleheader,
Speaker 6: he came on in relief. He got one hit, he
Speaker 6: allowed two strikeouts, and he walked two in two scoreless innings.
Speaker 6: This will be his second time ever pitching twice. at
Speaker 6: Comerica Park. Tyler Glass now, Frambois Valdez, the pitching matchup.
Speaker 6: It's the Dodgers and the Tigers on this Sunday. We'll
Speaker 6: have more when we come back right here on your
Speaker 6: back-to-back World Series champion Dodgers Audio Network.
Speaker 1: This is Morongo Casino. Dodgers on deck. On your home
Speaker 1: for the blue all season long.
Speaker 6: It's the Dodgers and the Tigers on this Sunday. Game
Speaker 6: will start in a rain delay. We'll get an update
Speaker 6: coming up in just a little bit. Tyler Glass now
Speaker 6: in Frambois-Valdez, the pitching matchup. Tyler Glass now making just
Speaker 6: his ninth start this season. We saw Blake Snell still
Speaker 6: making single-digit starts yesterday for the Dodgers, so seemed to
Speaker 6: be healthy pitching-wise outside of Shohei Otani coming down the
Speaker 6: stretch here. We are now one month left in the
Speaker 6: season after today as the Dodgers will head home for
Speaker 6: a nine-game homestand. a nine-game homestand against the Cardinals, the
Speaker 6: Reds during this stretch, and the Nationals. It's three teams
Speaker 6: that are under. 500 in the standings. As we get
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Speaker 6: As David Vastain mentioned earlier, the Dodgers still have a
Speaker 6: comfortable nine-game lead in the division. Nine games up on
Speaker 6: the Padres, nine games up on the Diamondbacks, and the
Speaker 6: Giants and Rockies both just trying to fight for the
Speaker 6: rest of the season to end as quickly as possible. Meanwhile,
Speaker 6: the Dodgers, the final month of this season... Just one
Speaker 6: series against a team that is over.
Speaker 1: 500.
Speaker 6: And that's the San Diego Padres coming up in a
Speaker 6: few weeks. Everybody else on their schedule, Miami Marlins,. 500.
Speaker 6: Everybody else below.
Speaker 2: 500.
Speaker 6: So a schedule that is favorable for the Dodgers the
Speaker 6: final month of the season as they can get right,
Speaker 6: so to speak, offensively for October baseball.
Speaker 1: All right.
Speaker 6: When we come back, we'll head back out to Detroit,
Speaker 6: get an update from Nellie and Rick, and find out
Speaker 6: what's the latest. Is the tarp still on the field?
Speaker 6: Where do we stand as far as first pitch? The
Speaker 6: final game from Detroit, Dodgers and Tigers. This has been
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