Speaker 1: For the back to back World Champions of Baseball. One
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Speaker 1: the only reason the Dodgers are doing this because they can.
Speaker 1: They print money. The Dodgers just can't continue.
Speaker 2: It's not fair.
Speaker 1: Are making plans.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a singular focus on controlling what they can control.
Speaker 1: Now you're inside man with the La Dodgers. It's David Basse.
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Speaker 3: the Dodgers and Rockies. The Dodgers with baseball's best record
Speaker 3: fifteen and five. They won the first game of the series.
Speaker 3: They took the loss last night in Denver, first time
Speaker 3: the Dodgers have lost to a National League team. Today,
Speaker 3: it'll be Roki Sasaki on the mound against my Lorenzen
Speaker 3: coming up over the next sixty minutes here on Morongo
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Speaker 3: making his major league debut and getting the start at
Speaker 3: first base. I'll go one on one with Kyle Hurt
Speaker 3: as well, who made his major league debut last week
Speaker 3: at Dodgers Stadium. But let's go back to last night
Speaker 3: here in Denver. The Dodgers with some early offense, but
Speaker 3: then nothing late. Emmit Sheen got the start. The right
Speaker 3: hander worked around traffic on the basis for the better
Speaker 3: part of five innings. He would end up allowing just
Speaker 3: two runs on four hits while walking to and striking
Speaker 3: out four. The Dodger offense gave Sheehn the early lead
Speaker 3: at course Field. After Shoho Tani led off the game
Speaker 3: because of a poor play between the first baseman and
Speaker 3: pitcher that allowed Otani to reach on an error. The
Speaker 3: next batter was Kyle Tucker, and he jumped all over
Speaker 3: a first pitch fastball.
Speaker 4: We're giving up one hit in his first three starts
Speaker 4: to a lefty. I just hoping to change that tonight.
Speaker 4: Middle infield playing for two. Pitch to Tucker is hammered
Speaker 4: deep to right field, way back, it goes. It is
Speaker 4: gone into the upper deck. Two pitches from Feldner in
Speaker 4: the game. It is two nothing Dodgers. Third home run
Speaker 4: of the year for Tucker, and it was a blast.
Speaker 3: No doubter or here at Coursfield, a second deck home
Speaker 3: run by Kyle Tucker his third of the season. The
Speaker 3: Dodgers had an early two nothing lead against Ryan Feldner.
Speaker 3: You felt like Moore was coming, and one more did
Speaker 3: come in the form of a home run from Dalton
Speaker 3: Rushing in the second inning.
Speaker 4: One one delivery, Hey swingson, hits a high fly ball
Speaker 4: to right, carrying it's back toward the wall.
Speaker 2: It is going to be gone off the top of
Speaker 2: the wall.
Speaker 4: Dalton Rushing with his fifth home run of the season
Speaker 4: and it's three to one.
Speaker 5: Was talking about the breaking bawl and how he has
Speaker 5: been able to handle it.
Speaker 2: What was the pitch? It was a breaking ball.
Speaker 3: Oh, a little foreshadowing by Rick Monday last night. That
Speaker 3: was Dalton Rushing's fifth home run in his first eighteen
Speaker 3: at bats. The Dodgers had a three to one lead
Speaker 3: and in the sixth inning, Will Klein was on in relief,
Speaker 3: and there was a lot of talk after the game
Speaker 3: last night that Kleine may have been tipping his slider.
Speaker 3: I actually talked to Klin earlier this morning in the clubhouse.
Speaker 3: He said, yeah, I was, but the bigger issue was
Speaker 3: that I wasn't executing my slider. And Troy Johnston took
Speaker 3: advantage a two run, go ahead double for Johnston, and
Speaker 3: the Rockies had the lead after six innings, four to three.
Speaker 3: The Dodger offense had many opportunities. They left eight men
Speaker 3: on base and were zero for seven with runners in
Speaker 3: scoring position, including in the ninth inning when Kyle Tucker
Speaker 3: flew out to end the game with runners at first
Speaker 3: and second in the form of Tommy at first Will
Speaker 3: Smith at second base. So with the loss, the Dodgers
Speaker 3: are fifteen and five. Today they look to bounce back
Speaker 3: with Rokie on the mound, first pitch is coming up
Speaker 3: at twelve ten. Let's check in for the first time
Speaker 3: today from our galloping fod broadcast booth with Tim Nevert
Speaker 3: and Rick Monday.
Speaker 4: Guys, David, thank you very much. Gorgeous day here at
Speaker 4: Corsfield in Denver. Got some great weather to play baseball
Speaker 4: in the Sunday afternoon. Had a major league debut as
Speaker 4: well as Ryan Ward, after more than four hundred games
Speaker 4: in the minor leagues, gets his major league opportunity today.
Speaker 4: Freddie Freeman going on the paternity list expecting the birth
Speaker 4: of a new baby, and it'll be Ryan Ward's starting
Speaker 4: at first base. He was the Pacific Coast League Player
Speaker 4: of the Year last year, and he was a great
Speaker 4: hitter last year. Good hitter so far this year, hitting
Speaker 4: three twenty four with four home runs and fourteen runs
Speaker 4: batted in in TRIPAA. So exciting day for Ryan Ward
Speaker 4: as the Dodgers give him his first major league opportunit.
Speaker 5: I tell you what, Tim, Hopefully this is just a
Speaker 5: curtain up on what could be just a wonderful story because,
Speaker 5: as you mentioned, with Ward last year, PCL Player of
Speaker 5: the Year hit two ninety thirty six home runs one
Speaker 5: hundred and twenty two runs a batted in. What did
Speaker 5: get overlooked is the fact that he also stole sixteen bases.
Speaker 5: Off to a good start three twenty four average so
Speaker 5: far this season eighteen games at TRIPLEA. The big question
Speaker 5: with Ryan Ward is a position. Well, he's going to
Speaker 5: be at first base today. He could be in the
Speaker 5: outfield at some point in time, but his offense is
Speaker 5: what got him here to the big leagues.
Speaker 4: Interesting to note, Dalton Rushing was going to start at
Speaker 4: first base today. He and Ward are very close friends.
Speaker 4: Dave Roberts had already told Rushing he was going to
Speaker 4: start today last night after the game. Dave went to
Speaker 4: Rushing and said, look, I think I want to change
Speaker 4: my mind. I think I want Ward to start. And
Speaker 4: he said, Dave said today that Rushing finish his sentence,
Speaker 4: and he said he should start because he's earned it.
Speaker 4: So Dalton Rushing stepped aside today so that Ward could
Speaker 4: make his first major League stock.
Speaker 5: I think that's the flavor of this team. If there's
Speaker 5: a lot of reasons that this team's in first place.
Speaker 5: Obviously they're talented, but I think also it's for the
Speaker 5: good of the cause and the big picture and not
Speaker 5: just the individual picture. And that's you don't find every
Speaker 5: player or every team that is filled with players like that.
Speaker 5: But the Rushing is not the only one in this
Speaker 5: ball club.
Speaker 2: It was a.
Speaker 4: Character moved by Dalton Rushing, who is working at first
Speaker 4: base today also, and we will probably see him at
Speaker 4: first at some point in time while Freddie Freeman is
Speaker 4: out Rushing hitting another home run last night.
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's one of those things. Watching both Rushing and
Speaker 5: with Ward working at first base today, they are both
Speaker 5: and I'm going to say this and say it very honestly,
Speaker 5: quote me, they're both a work in progress at first base.
Speaker 5: The footwork, what they're going to be doing where they're
Speaker 5: going to be on cutoffs, how about the relays, how
Speaker 5: about rundowns. It's going to be a quick school. And
Speaker 5: they were both out here early this morning and trying
Speaker 5: to work and kind of get it a bit of
Speaker 5: a flavor at first.
Speaker 4: As far as the lineup goes, Will Smith back in,
Speaker 4: he is hitting third, doing the catching, Max Monthsey will
Speaker 4: hit clean up and Andy pie has moves into the
Speaker 4: five spot with Alex call giving Taioscar Hernandez a break,
Speaker 4: and the way that Taioskar swung the bat yesterday, probably
Speaker 4: a good time to get him out.
Speaker 5: I think also if you look at who's going to
Speaker 5: be facing, because Michael Lorenzen, who will start for the Rockies,
Speaker 5: throws about everything but the kitchen sink, and if he
Speaker 5: could get a grip on the kitchen sink, he would
Speaker 5: throw that too. I mean he throws a lot of
Speaker 5: breaking stuff. And this is also one of those things
Speaker 5: is you know, you get a little long in tooth
Speaker 5: and what the birth certificate says, a day game after
Speaker 5: night game at high altitude, when you're not maybe seeing
Speaker 5: the ball particularly, well, it's a good start to this. Hey, look,
Speaker 5: take a rest.
Speaker 2: At least at the beginning. Battle of right handers.
Speaker 4: Roki Sasaki oh win two against Michael Lorenzen, who is
Speaker 4: one and two. Ryan Ward making his long anticipated major
Speaker 4: league debut this afternoon.
Speaker 3: Hey Tim Neverett, I haven't seen him this excited in
Speaker 3: at least three years. Uh, Ryan Ward his guy making
Speaker 3: the start at first base. You heard the pep in
Speaker 3: his voice right there as we count down to first pitch.
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Speaker 3: David Basse live at Corus Field, getting set for Game
Speaker 3: three of this four game series between the Dodgers and Rockies.
Speaker 3: Roki Sasaki against cal State Fullerton's own Michael Lorenzen. First
Speaker 3: pitch coming up at twelve ten.
Speaker 1: This is the Otani three.
Speaker 4: Why Connick looking in listening. He's got the sign and
Speaker 4: the pitch swung on base head right, Fayo Esperinaal will
Speaker 4: hold at second base, and now the tying run is
Speaker 4: in scoring position and Otani gets a base hit. He's
Speaker 4: got an eighteen game hitting streak at Corsfield.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Otani loves hitting here. Who doesn't.
Speaker 3: He's hitting three seventy nine in thirty nine games here
Speaker 3: at Corsfield. And with that two out base hit in
Speaker 3: the ninth inning, O'tani extended his on base streak to
Speaker 3: fifty games, tying we Willie Keeler for the third longest
Speaker 3: on base streak in Dodger franchise history. He trails only
Speaker 3: Duke Snyder, who had fifty eight consecutive games of reaching base,
Speaker 3: and Sean Green fifty three consecutive games of reaching on base.
Speaker 3: So Otani in rarefied again with two Dodger legends.
Speaker 1: This is Kirston's Corner with Kirston Watson.
Speaker 2: All right, we're in the dugout with Kirsten Watson.
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Speaker 6: Happy Sunday, Vessa. It's a beautiful day. Finally we got
Speaker 6: We went from snow to a mild was a mouth.
Speaker 6: It was very cold yesterday but not snowy. And today
Speaker 6: we've got sons. Still a little chili, but we're getting
Speaker 6: better each day.
Speaker 3: Look, I was impressed by Jack Dryer coming out to
Speaker 3: pitch the final two innings in the first game at
Speaker 3: thirty five degrees. But you're trying to one up Jack
Speaker 3: Dryer today with no sleeves today.
Speaker 6: Okay, so I said, suns out, guns out. But I'm
Speaker 6: gonna be honest, I'm cold. I am not prepared for
Speaker 6: the suns out, guns out right. I currently have a
Speaker 6: blanket on, to be honest, so you know, you guys
Speaker 6: can't see me, but I'm currently wrapped up in a blanket.
Speaker 6: Where is like Jack or even someone like Tanner, Like
Speaker 6: they just came out here snowing, no sleeves on. There
Speaker 6: were like this is nothing, this is nothing. I said, Okay, cool, guys,
Speaker 6: I'm in three different layers. But it's fine.
Speaker 3: Kuston we had a chance to catch up with Ryan Ward,
Speaker 3: who's not only making his major league debut today, but
Speaker 3: he's starting at first base. What's the sense you got
Speaker 3: from him how excited he is for today.
Speaker 6: It seems like he's just over the moon. He's obviously
Speaker 6: putting a lot of hard work to get to this
Speaker 6: position if you look at just the awards PCL MVP
Speaker 6: last year. And so for him, I mean, it did
Speaker 6: feel like this time was going to be coming soon,
Speaker 6: and he said with making the forty man roster this offseason,
Speaker 6: it felt like it could be sooner rather than later.
Speaker 6: So for Ryan, he's got a whole bunch of family here,
Speaker 6: he said, about twenty people we actually got. I'm going
Speaker 6: to go try to find his dad at some point,
Speaker 6: see we could talk to him and see how his
Speaker 6: family's reacting to the news, since he did say that
Speaker 6: his parents and his fiance were absolutely in tears once
Speaker 6: he found out. But you know what, to have this day,
Speaker 6: it's special for anyone who's truly a dream come true.
Speaker 6: So for Ryan, I think right now it does seem like,
Speaker 6: as you said earlier, doesn't seem too nervous, but it
Speaker 6: does feel like maybe some butterflies will kick in at
Speaker 6: some point.
Speaker 3: You did this when James Outman was called up, you
Speaker 3: went to the stands to talk to his dad. Do
Speaker 3: you feel like the families are more excited than the
Speaker 3: player for days like this.
Speaker 6: You know what? I yes, and no, I think there's
Speaker 6: you have the player excitement just because of all of
Speaker 6: the hard work they've put in to get to this position.
Speaker 6: From the family, though, you see even more of that
Speaker 6: hard work. I mean, obviously his parents were the ones
Speaker 6: who were when he was young, taking him to te
Speaker 6: ball and taking him to practice, travel league, all of
Speaker 6: those things. They see the sacrifices that not only that
Speaker 6: as a family they had to make, but I'm sure
Speaker 6: that he had to make when it came to like
Speaker 6: being in high school and maybe wanting to go hang
Speaker 6: out with friends, but instead committing to his craft of
Speaker 6: playing baseball. And so I do think for the parents,
Speaker 6: you're seeing your child live out their dream. And I
Speaker 6: don't know some I don't have children. I hope to
Speaker 6: you one day, but I can't imagine anything more beautiful
Speaker 6: than that. And so I would say I think it's
Speaker 6: emotional for all parties, but there's something really special. Well,
Speaker 6: I think when you get to see your children just
Speaker 6: doing everything, especially at their wildest of dreams, like becoming
Speaker 6: a major league baseball player.
Speaker 3: All right, Kirsten, good luck hunting Ryan Ward's family at
Speaker 3: chorus Field.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for stopping by. And this was fun.
Speaker 6: This was absolutely fun.
Speaker 2: Stay warm, you stay warm.
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Speaker 3: I'll go one on one with Kyle Hurt, who made
Speaker 3: his major league debut last week, and we'll get you
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Speaker 3: at twelve ten from chorus Field. I'm David Vasse and
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Speaker 3: We got good news when it comes to a right
Speaker 3: handed reliever the Dodgers acquired last year at the trade deadline.
Speaker 3: Brock Stewart is on a minor league rehab assignment, as
Speaker 3: he may return when the Dodgers return home from this
Speaker 3: road trip. Blake Snell is scheduled to throw another live BP,
Speaker 3: his third, and is expected.
Speaker 2: To go at least three innings.
Speaker 3: Blake Snell was at Coachella, as he posted on Instagram yesterday.
Speaker 3: Mookie Betts was at the Laker game yesterday. He's on
Speaker 3: the il with a right oblique strain. Let's check in
Speaker 3: right now with the Dodger manager Dave Roberts, who was
Speaker 3: at cors Field yesterday.
Speaker 2: Questions for Dave, Dave, can you just describe Dave? Can
Speaker 2: you talk about the pressure.
Speaker 1: In the dugouts with Dave.
Speaker 7: Robbers it's a really good story. I'm gonna start him
Speaker 7: today first base, and obviously, you know we got to
Speaker 7: he's here because of Freddie's portornity to leave, but it's
Speaker 7: an opportunity for Ryan and it's just he's been a
Speaker 7: Dodger's farm hand for a long time, and we've asked
Speaker 7: him to a lot of different things as far as
Speaker 7: hit for power, control the strike zone, more hit for average,
Speaker 7: and improve the defense. And he's done all that. And
Speaker 7: so when you look at a guy like Ryan and
Speaker 7: you see him in a big league clubhouse, it's one
Speaker 7: of those stories that he earned every bit of this opportunity.
Speaker 7: So I think he's got about twenty people in town
Speaker 7: to watch his debut, So it'll be a fun day.
Speaker 6: The patternial list obviously is not a very long time.
Speaker 2: But what do you.
Speaker 6: Think just this opportunity can do for someone like Ryan?
Speaker 7: Well, I think it's it's validation for all the hard
Speaker 7: work he's put in. I think it's an organizational win,
Speaker 7: but certainly most for Ryan and his hard work he's
Speaker 7: put in. But you never know, obviously this paternity situation,
Speaker 7: but him to get here, cut his teeth in the
Speaker 7: big leagues and make his debut, you never know what
Speaker 7: could be the.
Speaker 2: Story you expect.
Speaker 7: We expect him back at some point in San Francisco.
Speaker 3: When do you for a guy like you that spent
Speaker 3: eight years in the minor leagues, when you have this
Speaker 3: type of situation story Ryan Ward is, does it kind
Speaker 3: of hit home closer to you. And to reward a
Speaker 3: guy like this, to give him a start.
Speaker 2: It does? It does?
Speaker 7: I think that you know, he's a guy that you
Speaker 7: know when you look at him, he's never been that
Speaker 7: big prospect. And so I just for me, I really
Speaker 7: believe in meritocracy and performing. And he's a guy that
Speaker 7: nothing was given to him. He's had to earn it
Speaker 7: and continue to earn it and continue to prove it.
Speaker 7: So I do relate to that, and so I am
Speaker 7: sensitive to guys like him.
Speaker 3: All Right, there's manager Dave Roberts, Ryan Ward, his major
Speaker 3: league debut and getting the start today at first base.
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Speaker 3: we continue live from Coors Field, you'll hear from Kyle Hurt,
Speaker 3: you will hear from Ryan Ward as we get set
Speaker 3: for first pitch at twelve ten. I'm David Vasse and
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Speaker 3: Well Today, Ryan Ward, as you heard throughout today's show,
Speaker 3: is making his major league debut, getting the start at
Speaker 3: first base. Nobody happier than Tim Neverett to be here
Speaker 3: on the call for this day. He's been anticipating Ward's
Speaker 3: call up since last year. We had a chance to
Speaker 3: catch up with Ryan Ward earlier today in the dugout.
Speaker 8: Yeah, we were down in Albuquerque and I got pulled
Speaker 8: from the game and kind of was like getting smirks
Speaker 8: from people you now on the bench, and then eventually
Speaker 8: they told me and it was incredible. I mean I
Speaker 8: came into scribe whell I was feeling in that moment.
Speaker 8: So to be here and have this opportunity is incredible. Yeah, Yeah,
Speaker 8: I was on the I was literally walking to the
Speaker 8: on deck circle the first inning of the game and
Speaker 8: I got pulled down. Yeah, Henny was actually couching third
Speaker 8: at the time, so we had to wait the whole
Speaker 8: inning until he came in and finally told me. Everyone
Speaker 8: was kind of contemplating what it was about, you know,
Speaker 8: but people had a feeling and end up being that,
Speaker 8: so it was awesome.
Speaker 3: Are you aware of the cold hero status you have
Speaker 3: amongst Dodger fans.
Speaker 8: I've heard about it, and I've definitely been tagged in
Speaker 8: some stuff on social media, but I do my best
Speaker 8: to try and stay off social media, especially what I'm
Speaker 8: getting tagged and stuff. I kind of everything muted, so
Speaker 8: but yeah, I know that's awesome.
Speaker 2: It's kind of cool.
Speaker 3: What's it like to not only get called up, but
Speaker 3: were you expecting to be in the starting lineup considering
Speaker 3: the way Rushing has been playing?
Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, I mean, Russia's been playing great. Another
Speaker 8: Homer last night, one of my best friends. I think
Speaker 8: it's really cool just to have the opportunity to be
Speaker 8: up here and get my debut, and I'm excited for it.
Speaker 2: You don't seem nervous.
Speaker 3: Do you have any butterflies right now, or that'll happen
Speaker 3: closer to the game.
Speaker 8: They've been on and off, Like I woke up this
Speaker 8: morning with a lot of butterflies. They've kind of went
Speaker 8: away since I've been here, but I'm sure they'll come
Speaker 8: back for sure. What did you do the last couple
Speaker 8: of years, So, like improved the plate discipline and just
Speaker 8: kind of getting on base more and all that stuff. Yeah,
Speaker 8: I honestly a lot of work in the off season,
Speaker 8: just simple things like whoever was feeding the machine that
Speaker 8: day after a pitch, like if they would move it,
Speaker 8: like make an adjustment to it.
Speaker 9: So it's like.
Speaker 8: Training myself of like, Okay, this is the spot I'm
Speaker 8: hunting today, and I'm not going to swing anything out.
Speaker 8: The same thing with like if they're throwing an arm,
Speaker 8: like being super selective of the pitch I was gonna
Speaker 8: work on and kind of just taking that into the
Speaker 8: season and taking it into every bat and doing more
Speaker 8: homework on pitchers and figuring out like where's their strong
Speaker 8: suit and where's mine and trying to try and play
Speaker 8: that chess match and figure it out. And it clicked
Speaker 8: last year and I'm trying to just continue to build
Speaker 8: off that's.
Speaker 3: On the journey, doubted the results or what might come
Speaker 3: or did you get here?
Speaker 5: Or frustrated or anything like that, or how'd.
Speaker 2: You keep going?
Speaker 8: You know, honestly, I used it to keep going, and
Speaker 8: he was like, okay, Like if I'm not there yet,
Speaker 8: Like what do I have to do to get there?
Speaker 8: What part of my game we have to keep working
Speaker 8: on to get better? And I just use it as
Speaker 8: fire to keep working on it.
Speaker 3: All Right, there's Ryan Ward, who is making his major
Speaker 3: league debut. Twenty eight year old rookie PCL Player of
Speaker 3: the Year last season. And look, here's the scating report
Speaker 3: from evaluators across the league that saw Ward play in
Speaker 3: the minor leagues. He's a really good left handed bat
Speaker 3: against right handed pitching, but defense is lacking and in
Speaker 3: this big left field, there's no chance the Dodgers were
Speaker 3: going to start him in left field.
Speaker 2: Let's see how he does at first base.
Speaker 3: Also, if the Dodgers did not add War to the
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Speaker 3: Here at cors Dodgers down eight to five in the
Speaker 3: top of the ninth inning, with Rafael Bendencourt closing it
Speaker 3: out or trying to close it out for the Rockies.
Speaker 3: Bettencourt gave up three street singles before striking out Justin
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Speaker 5: This guy Aspo at third, rollins at second, heisi over
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Speaker 10: A grand Slam home run by Alex Guerrero, and lightning
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Speaker 9: All right, David, something happened to the Dodgers last night
Speaker 9: that they're not used to.
Speaker 2: They lost the.
Speaker 9: Game, got beat four to three in Colorado by the Rockies.
Speaker 9: So in spite of the loss, the Dodgers still have
Speaker 9: won six of eight eleven of fourteen. It was their
Speaker 9: first loss of the season against the National League team.
Speaker 9: But even so, the Dodgers keep rolling along and today
Speaker 9: at Sasak against Michael Lorenzen. Your overall view of what
Speaker 9: we saw last.
Speaker 5: Night, bo Well, I think a review is that the
Speaker 5: Dodgers unfortunately did not do what they had been doing. Yes,
Speaker 5: they did not win, but also they were zero for
Speaker 5: seven with runners in scoring position. It was a little
Speaker 5: strange too, because show Heyo Tani, the leadoff hitter of
Speaker 5: the ball game, reached on an air and then Kyle
Speaker 5: Tucker hit the home run on the first pitch thrown
Speaker 5: to him. You figure, heck, the Dodgers are off in
Speaker 5: living very fancy, no question about it. And then in
Speaker 5: the second ending a home run by Dalton Rushing and
Speaker 5: another one out of the ballpark, and you figure, Okay,
Speaker 5: this is gonna be fine, and then the Rockies don't
Speaker 5: ever give up on the Rockies, especially when they're in
Speaker 5: this ballpark, Strange things can happen. And for the Rockies
Speaker 5: they held strong and took the game by a score,
Speaker 5: as you mentioned, a four to three, but the Doctors
Speaker 5: just did not deliver when scoring opportunities were there as
Speaker 5: they normally do.
Speaker 9: You mentioned Dalton Rushing. What an interesting story he is.
Speaker 9: He gets a chance to play every once in a
Speaker 9: while and all he does is produce. And last night,
Speaker 9: as you mentioned, he hit the home run.
Speaker 2: What do you do with him?
Speaker 5: It's an excellent question, and it's a difficult question for
Speaker 5: anyone to answer because you get guys that are playing
Speaker 5: very well. You're not going to put down Will Smith
Speaker 5: and put him on the bench. Will is in there
Speaker 5: batting in the third spot today in game three of
Speaker 5: this four game series. But for Dalton Rushing, he realizes, look,
Speaker 5: he's not gonna play every day. And for guys that
Speaker 5: have the ability, especially for younger players, it takes a
Speaker 5: time for them to understand. Since they're not playing every day,
Speaker 5: you have to work even harder on the side to
Speaker 5: take extra batting practice, to take extra fielding practice, to
Speaker 5: make sure that your legs and arm are in good shape,
Speaker 5: because you can't just sit there, sit there, and then
Speaker 5: when you get the opportunity say oh, I'm ready to go.
Speaker 5: You have to work even harder when you're not playing,
Speaker 5: because when you are in that line at each and
Speaker 5: every day kind of takes care of itself.
Speaker 9: By the way, Freddie Freeman is out paternity leave and
Speaker 9: Ryan Ward has finally been called up. He's going to
Speaker 9: play first base this afternoon and beat seventh.
Speaker 5: Yeah, this is maybe the beginning and hopefully so just
Speaker 5: a wonderful story because ron Ward has just really earned it.
Speaker 5: So making his debut. If you look at last year
Speaker 5: in Triple A hit two ninety hit thirty six home runs,
Speaker 5: knocked in one hundred and twenty two. Yes it was
Speaker 5: Triple A Bowl, but the Triple A Player of the Year,
Speaker 5: we might add, and so far this year in eighteen
Speaker 5: games hitting at three twenty four yo. SUPI gets overlooked
Speaker 5: about Ryan Ward. Also, Charlie, is the fact that last
Speaker 5: year he stole sixteen bases, and I think that took
Speaker 5: a lot of people by surprise because they look at
Speaker 5: him and say, well, He's probably not a speed guy.
Speaker 5: I mean, he's not going to steal thirty and forty,
Speaker 5: but the fact that he was able to swipe sixteen
Speaker 5: bases last year is really stood tall.
Speaker 9: Kyle Tucker last five games has six hits.
Speaker 2: And a couple of home runs.
Speaker 9: His bat is beginning to heat up. And then we
Speaker 9: get to Otani. Now it's fifty consecutive games in which
Speaker 9: he has gotten on base, got a base hit in
Speaker 9: the ninth fitting last night. You keep that straight going
Speaker 9: and once again we can bring out our ad libs
Speaker 9: about we willie.
Speaker 5: Kiel it absolutely, it's amazing, and we talked about we
Speaker 5: will kill yesterday. Hall of Famer. The fact that he
Speaker 5: stood five foot four, but he played large and he
Speaker 5: was on the field. A lot of comparisons of Otani,
Speaker 5: and when you make the comparisons, you start to look
Speaker 5: at Hall of Fame players, whether it be in base hits,
Speaker 5: whether it be in home runs, whether it being stolen bases,
Speaker 5: and also what it might be as far as the
Speaker 5: pitching goes as well. Because Otani has come out very
Speaker 5: clearly and say, look, you like to win the Cy
Speaker 5: Young along with an MVP Award.
Speaker 9: Well that's the thing Otani thinks he is, and who
Speaker 9: are we to argue he's a better pitcher than he
Speaker 9: is a hitter.
Speaker 5: And you know what I like about it is the
Speaker 5: fact that he's willing to push himself to not just
Speaker 5: be good, but to push himself to greatness on both
Speaker 5: sides of the baseball.
Speaker 9: We're watching something historic as Otani and the Dodgers keep
Speaker 9: rolling along. So they begin the day once again in
Speaker 9: first place. The Dodgers have been in first place every
Speaker 9: single day so far this season. Of game and a
Speaker 9: half in front of the San Diego Padres, I have
Speaker 9: some first pitch coming up, David.
Speaker 2: All right, thank you guys.
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Speaker 3: It's the Dodgers and Rockies getting said for first pitch,
Speaker 3: the Dodgers getting ready for Game three of this four
Speaker 3: game series at Coursefield. And we haven't had a chance
Speaker 3: to catch up with a proud USC trojan who just
Speaker 3: got called.
Speaker 2: Up last week.
Speaker 3: And that's the one and only fight on Kyle Hurt. Kyle,
Speaker 3: thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 11: Yeah, thank you for having me.
Speaker 3: We're gonna play this straight today, Kyle, Okay, I don't
Speaker 3: want any Shenanigans from you got it.
Speaker 2: What's it been like?
Speaker 3: Obviously, you put in a lot of work over the
Speaker 3: last year and a half to get back and you
Speaker 3: finally got the opportunity. What's it been like to settle
Speaker 3: in with the team.
Speaker 11: It's been a lot of fun, you know, being down
Speaker 11: in the both ends.
Speaker 2: It's a good time.
Speaker 11: There's a lot of good players down there, and a
Speaker 11: lot of good players on this team.
Speaker 2: I'm just excited to be here.
Speaker 3: Alex Vessi has two lockers down from you. He's one
Speaker 3: of the leaders of the bullpen. Dog says. Is there
Speaker 3: like a hazing thing like they do at USC or
Speaker 3: is this just played straight? I think we're just playing
Speaker 3: in straight. We're having a good time. How have you
Speaker 3: fit in? How easy is it for veterans to welcome
Speaker 3: in guys like you?
Speaker 2: I think it's pretty easy.
Speaker 11: You know, they tease me a little bit, but it's
Speaker 11: all in good fun. So I'm having a good time.
Speaker 3: What makes the Dodgers so special as far as the
Speaker 3: way they prepare their relief pitchers specifically to get ready
Speaker 3: to come into games.
Speaker 11: I think everybody's opened to whatever roles that that's opened
Speaker 11: that day, So everybody's ready to throw every day.
Speaker 2: And just get some outs.
Speaker 3: What's it been like for you? Can you describe, you know,
Speaker 3: the light at the end of the tunnel. I know
Speaker 3: it was tough being at camel Back Ranch for an
Speaker 3: extended period of rehab time after your elbow surgery, But
Speaker 3: how did you get through it?
Speaker 2: And what's it like to finally achieve that goal.
Speaker 3: The other day?
Speaker 11: It was very rewarding. I was very nervous. It felt
Speaker 11: like a very long time coming as well. You know,
Speaker 11: not making the team at a camp was kind of
Speaker 11: emotional for me, I guess because I just I've been
Speaker 11: working so hard to get back here and Tommy John's
Speaker 11: not an easy thing to get through.
Speaker 2: And I did get through it.
Speaker 11: And you know, once I got that call from Scott
Speaker 11: Hennessey saying that I'm going to the big leagues again,
Speaker 11: you know, I was pretty emotional, and I was kind
Speaker 11: of nervous the first couple of days I was here,
Speaker 11: and then I was extremely nervous for that first outing
Speaker 11: and I'm just really happy I got my feet wet
Speaker 11: again and I'm just excited to move on and help
Speaker 11: this team win.
Speaker 2: Where did those emotions come from?
Speaker 11: Just kind of thinking back in the middle of the
Speaker 11: summer last year, just like why am I doing this rehab?
Speaker 2: Why am I here?
Speaker 11: Because there's days where I just didn't want to go
Speaker 11: into CBR and get my work in and just myself
Speaker 11: knowing that I just did what I need to do
Speaker 11: every day to get back on the field. It was
Speaker 11: just so rewarding the other day when I got back
Speaker 11: out on the big league field.
Speaker 3: So, yeah, can you describe that at Dodger Stadium coming
Speaker 3: in against the Mets?
Speaker 2: How did you control the emotions? It was pretty hard.
Speaker 11: I was kind of all over the place, like my
Speaker 11: delivery was a little off, But it was just so
Speaker 11: exciting and exhilarating to be honest with you.
Speaker 3: Did you settle in after maybe the first pitch, the
Speaker 3: second pitch, the second batter.
Speaker 11: I think I settled in after the third out. I'm
Speaker 11: excited to get back out there again and show what
Speaker 11: I can do.
Speaker 3: Kyle Hurt is joining us on this Sunday afternoon at
Speaker 3: Chorus Field.
Speaker 2: Ryan Ward, twenty eight years old got the call up. Kyle,
Speaker 2: you know him well.
Speaker 3: How happy are you for Ryan Ward to get this opportunity?
Speaker 2: I'm pumped for man.
Speaker 11: He's I've been around with the last three four years
Speaker 11: and he's a great team guy, great personality, always same
Speaker 11: person every day, and I just couldn't be more happy
Speaker 11: for him.
Speaker 3: He kind of voiced the same type of emotions that
Speaker 3: you had in a different way where he was wondering
Speaker 3: when was he going to get.
Speaker 2: The call up?
Speaker 3: What did he have to do to get that call up?
Speaker 3: You've seen his road, Do you think that this is
Speaker 3: the game rewarding his hard work?
Speaker 11: One hundred percent? You know, he was the best player
Speaker 11: in arguably baseball last year numbers wise. He mean, he
Speaker 11: hit thirty six home runs, drove in one hundred and
Speaker 11: twenty something. Guys like he's he deserves.
Speaker 2: To be here, and I'm I'm so happy for him.
Speaker 2: All right, Kyle, thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 3: There's nobody around, Kyle, you could just let loose, let
Speaker 3: that voice out like a lion.
Speaker 2: I'm right. Always great to catch up with you.
Speaker 3: Great to see that smile and congratulations on all the
Speaker 3: hard work that you put in paying off.
Speaker 2: Now, Thanks Dave, I appreciate it.
Speaker 3: There he is the man. Kyle Hurt one of my
Speaker 3: top five favorite Trojans. There's not many, but he's on
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Speaker 3: At Chorus Field as we are getting set for first
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Speaker 3: Just setting the scene, Ryan Ward, who's making his major
Speaker 3: league debut out there in left field, stretching as he
Speaker 3: will be starting at first base today. And he was
Speaker 3: with his old teammate from TRIPAA Oklahoma City, Alex Freeland,
Speaker 3: who is getting the started second base. So he got
Speaker 3: the young kids on the right side of the infield
Speaker 3: today with Alex Freeland at second and Ryan Ward at
Speaker 3: first base. They'll be facing Mike Lorenzen, thirty four year
Speaker 3: old right hander went to cal State Fullerton.
Speaker 2: Hard to believe.
Speaker 3: It's his twelfth season in the big leagues. It's his
Speaker 3: seventh team that he has pitched for. He signed a
Speaker 3: one year deal with the Rockies this past offseason, and
Speaker 3: he also pitched for Team Italy in the World Baseball Classic.
Speaker 3: The last time Lorenzen pitched, he only went two and
Speaker 3: two thirds innings. He gave up seven runs on six hits,
Speaker 3: including a home run. For the Dodgers, they got Roki
Speaker 3: Sasaki on the map looking for his first.
Speaker 2: Win of the year. He's zing two with an ERA
Speaker 2: of six point twenty three. I asked Dave.
Speaker 3: Roberts, the question we're asking ourselves, do you know what
Speaker 3: to expect from Sasaki today?
Speaker 7: I don't. I don't, I don't. I just I hope
Speaker 7: he just goes out there in a taxis guys, and
Speaker 7: it's actually a good match up for him because this
Speaker 7: is a very aggressive team, kind of like the last
Speaker 7: couple of teams we faced. So if he can, you know,
Speaker 7: pitch off the split the slider, introduce the fast fall.
Speaker 7: At times it should bode well. He should be efficient
Speaker 7: if he's not given away free passes. For me, I
Speaker 7: think some of it is mechanical, but I think large
Speaker 7: for me pitchers, there's got to be an intent and
Speaker 7: conviction to pound the strike zone and deal with whatever
Speaker 7: result in the strike zone. So, you know, sometimes it's
Speaker 7: given hitters a little too much credit. But his stuff
Speaker 7: is really good and so you've got to get him
Speaker 7: past that next hurdle.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Sasaki this season is only throwing forty of his
Speaker 3: pitches in the strike zone, so Dave Roberts wants to
Speaker 3: see that change.
Speaker 2: We're just fifteen minutes.
Speaker 3: Away from finding out what we got with Roki Sasaki today.
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Speaker 4: Gonna be room temperate today in the low seventies as
Speaker 4: the Dodgers looked to get back in the win column
Speaker 4: following a disappointing one run loss last night. Four to
Speaker 4: three series even at a game apiece. This is game
Speaker 4: three of a four game wrap around series. Roki Sasaki
Speaker 4: gets the start. He's oh to two his ERA six
Speaker 4: twenty three. Dave Roberts was asked a very interesting question today.
Speaker 4: What did he expect from Roki Sasaki? And Dave's answer
Speaker 4: really interesting? He said, I don't know.
Speaker 5: And if we think back to before the first start,
Speaker 5: Dave Roberts said, we want him to be competitive. Well,
Speaker 5: if we look at some things oversimplified, but let's talk
Speaker 5: about first pitch strike only fifty seven percent of the time.
Speaker 5: What's the difference in strike one versus ball one to
Speaker 5: a hitter. Well, with strike one, it's the difference about
Speaker 5: one hundred and fifty points. After oh and one, it's
Speaker 5: two twenty two After one and oh, it's three sixty eight.
Speaker 5: And for Roki Sasaki, he has walked way too many hitters.
Speaker 5: And one thing that I always say to Sasaki, You've
Speaker 5: got good stuff trusted.
Speaker 4: For Michael Lorenzo, and he has not had a great
Speaker 4: start to his Rockies tenure. He's allowed twenty runs, fifteen
Speaker 4: of them earned in sixteen and two thirds innings across
Speaker 4: five appearances. For those are starts. So it'll be Lorenzen
Speaker 4: against Sasaki. That is the pitching matchup this afternoon in
Speaker 4: Ryan Ward making his major league debut at first base,
Speaker 4: Rockies and Dodgers Game three. This four game set lineups
Speaker 4: and first pitch just around the corner.
Speaker 2: Looking forward to it, guys.
Speaker 3: It is a beautiful Sunday afternoon here at Chorus Field.
Speaker 3: As Rick Monday likes to say, there may be a
Speaker 3: lot of Rockets red glare here at the Mile High City.
Speaker 2: Enjoy the game.
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