WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (10-4-26) 0:00:00.550 --> 0:00:01.070 October. 0:00:01.090 --> 0:00:01.969 Blue October. 0:00:02.130 --> 0:00:04.559 It's just such a special thing for an Angelenos man. 0:00:04.640 --> 0:00:07.300 It's a special month if you're an LA Dodgers fan. 0:00:07.480 --> 0:00:10.350 One month, 11 wins. That's all that's needed. 0:00:10.369 --> 0:00:11.309 This year is no different. 0:00:11.330 --> 0:00:13.670 This team understands the assignment. 0:00:13.710 --> 0:00:15.010 The postseason is here. 0:00:15.050 --> 0:00:16.770 History is stacked against you. 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:19.279 And the boys in blue try to go back to 0:00:19.380 --> 0:00:22.880 back to back. This is a playoff edition of Dodger Talk. 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:29.240 To make your voice heard, call 866-987-2578. Dodgers Playoff Baseball 0:00:29.300 --> 0:00:32.020 is brought to you by County of L.A. Department of 0:00:32.100 --> 0:00:35.940 Public Works. Recycling beverage containers is a triple play. And 0:00:36.020 --> 0:00:37.540 Children's Hospital L.A. 0:00:37.620 --> 0:00:40.879 From colds to cancer, we got that. Welcome to Dodger Talk. 0:00:40.900 --> 0:00:43.120 We are live at Dodger Stadium until 10 o'clock tonight 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:44.150 here on 570 LA Sports. 0:00:44.170 --> 0:00:48.090 The Dodgers fall in game two of the NLDS to the. 0:00:47.790 --> 0:00:48.669 Atlanta Braves 3-2 and. 0:01:07.970 --> 0:01:10.510 I don't think there's any other way to characterize this 0:01:10.569 --> 0:01:14.600 game than the Braves stealing this one, and they couldn't 0:01:14.660 --> 0:01:19.069 be happier considering they pushed Chris Sale. to game three, 0:01:19.190 --> 0:01:22.870 and they went with their third consecutive bullpen game, and 0:01:22.910 --> 0:01:27.289 they steal game two of the NLDS using six different relievers. 0:01:27.750 --> 0:01:31.560 Three to two, the final score. Dylan Lee, the winning pitcher. 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:36.380 Raycel Iglesias got JDP, Josue DiPaola to foul out to 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:40.880 end the game after Max Muncy homered off Adidier Fuentes, 0:01:40.900 --> 0:01:43.500 who to me was the star of the game tonight 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:46.880 for the Braves. Fuentes, one of the best relievers the 0:01:46.940 --> 0:01:49.880 Braves had. one of the better relievers in all of 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:54.860 Major League Baseball this year, through three and two-thirds innings, 0:01:54.860 --> 0:01:58.559 47 pitches. And the only run he gave up was 0:01:58.780 --> 0:02:02.020 on his last pitch, a two-out home run to Max 0:02:02.060 --> 0:02:04.870 Muncy in the ninth inning tonight to make this a 0:02:05.060 --> 0:02:07.200 one-run game. 866-987-2570 is the phone number. This game did 0:02:07.270 --> 0:02:14.919 not start off. on a good foot for the Dodgers. 0:02:15.020 --> 0:02:19.210 Blake Snell just wasn't himself tonight for whatever reason. He 0:02:19.250 --> 0:02:23.730 threw 27 pitches in the first inning. Only 14 of 0:02:23.770 --> 0:02:29.240 those were strikes. Overall, Snell only had nine first pitch strikes. 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:33.920 Nine out of 19 first pitch strikes. It could have 0:02:33.940 --> 0:02:36.419 been a lot worse. I'll give him credit for that. 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:38.980 He only gave up one run in the first inning 0:02:39.020 --> 0:02:42.220 when he loaded the bases and just didn't have command. 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:45.829 But I still can't understand why he didn't throw his 0:02:45.910 --> 0:02:49.030 changeup more. That seemed to be the pitch that can 0:02:49.110 --> 0:02:52.450 get him out of trouble. And, you know, when I 0:02:52.550 --> 0:02:57.269 saw that fourth inning and he walks Sean Murphy, I 0:02:57.430 --> 0:03:00.040 was thinking, what's going on here? Why aren't you throwing 0:03:00.139 --> 0:03:03.740 any of your changeups to Sean Murphy? Austin Riley, he 0:03:03.780 --> 0:03:07.020 got him to line out to left field and struck 0:03:07.180 --> 0:03:11.639 out Lane Thomas for the second out in that inning 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:14.880 and then walks Drake Baldwin. So it just wasn't, it 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:18.600 was an off-kilter night for Blake Snell. I don't know 0:03:18.660 --> 0:03:21.280 what was going on with him, but this was not 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:26.280 Blake Snell type playoff pitching. And it set the tone 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:29.590 for the beginning part of this game because He's throwing 0:03:29.590 --> 0:03:32.570 27 pitches in the first inning. He's throwing 22 pitches 0:03:33.010 --> 0:03:35.970 in the second inning. He's throwing 20 pitches in the 0:03:36.060 --> 0:03:39.220 third inning. Meanwhile, it's 95 degrees, and your guys are 0:03:39.260 --> 0:03:43.340 just standing around watching you trying to find the strike zone. 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:47.660 So to me, that did have an impact on what 0:03:47.700 --> 0:03:52.800 you were seeing on the offensive side, but still no excuses. Look, 0:03:53.260 --> 0:03:55.260 I'll give Ray Kerr a lot of credit. He pitched 0:03:55.380 --> 0:03:58.880 really well. in the first bullpen game that the Braves 0:03:59.070 --> 0:04:02.380 used and he pitched really well again tonight. He was 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:05.260 not scared. He opened for two and two thirds scoreless 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:08.200 innings and he struck out four Dodgers. You got to 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:11.840 sometimes tip your cap to the opposition and I tip 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:15.090 my cap to Ray Kerr and The Dodgers were very 0:04:15.150 --> 0:04:17.810 happy to see Grant Holmes in this game because Freddie 0:04:17.850 --> 0:04:22.060 Freeman took him deep to tie the game. And Robert Suarez, 0:04:22.250 --> 0:04:24.880 I know he's good. I know he's got good numbers 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:29.800 against a lot of Dodgers, including Will Smith and Teoscar Hernandez. But, 0:04:30.180 --> 0:04:32.620 you know, a key moment in this game was the 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.710 fifth inning in the top half and the bottom half. 0:04:36.029 --> 0:04:39.090 Top half of the fifth inning, Chris Bubich gives up 0:04:39.230 --> 0:04:42.490 a two-out liner to left field. Michael Harris turns it 0:04:42.570 --> 0:04:46.830 into a triple, and then Boobage Wild pitches home Michael Harris. 0:04:47.230 --> 0:04:49.780 When there's a one-run game, that's an issue. How about 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:54.180 the third inning? Tommy Edmond pops up a sacrifice bun 0:04:54.220 --> 0:04:58.279 attempt to Austin Riley. He's trying to move Miguel Rojas 0:04:58.380 --> 0:05:02.000 after a leadoff double. The little things tonight really hurt 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:06.030 the Dodgers, especially when they were having trouble scoring runs, 0:05:06.370 --> 0:05:10.280 and you lose eventually by one run. Max Muncy's home 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:12.500 run in the ninth inning could have been a game-tying 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:16.320 home run if not for the wild pitch or Edgardo 0:05:16.380 --> 0:05:21.000 Enriquez for some reason throwing a flat cutter. It's one 0:05:21.020 --> 0:05:26.700 thing not to execute, but a cutter? You're throwing 102. 0:05:26.700 --> 0:05:29.620 Just be on attack mode and blow them away. Say, 0:05:29.660 --> 0:05:32.820 here's my best stuff up in the zone. Let's see 0:05:32.860 --> 0:05:36.599 what you got. Instead, a cutter, full count. Harris didn't 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:39.350 miss it. And Matt Olsen was off with the pitch, 0:05:39.550 --> 0:05:42.970 full count, two outs. He's lumbering around the bases and 0:05:43.050 --> 0:05:47.810 scores a huge insurance run. The little things, the little 0:05:48.050 --> 0:05:51.380 things will cost you in a one-run game, and it 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:54.240 certainly did tonight for the Dodgers. And in the bottom 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:58.060 of the fifth inning, Mookie Betts and Shohei Otani get 0:05:58.140 --> 0:06:01.380 on base, start a rally, first and second, nobody out, 0:06:01.779 --> 0:06:05.600 Suarez on the mound. Will Smith had a great at-bat 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:09.600 against Suarez, seven pitches, he hits a ball foul on 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:12.969 just fouled down the right field line. If he's able 0:06:13.010 --> 0:06:16.150 to keep that fair, the Dodgers are off to the races. 0:06:16.610 --> 0:06:19.670 I think there's a really good chance both Betts and 0:06:19.770 --> 0:06:23.470 Otani score. If not, Otani's at third base, and maybe 0:06:23.510 --> 0:06:26.870 there's more pressure on Suarez, but he's able to get Smith. 0:06:27.190 --> 0:06:30.000 Freddie Freeman hit one on a line to the left fielder. 0:06:30.300 --> 0:06:33.860 That's out number two, and then Teoscar Hernandez. I thought 0:06:33.900 --> 0:06:37.260 it was a horrible call by the first base umpire, 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:42.010 James Hoye. saying that Teoscar Hernandez did swing when he 0:06:42.450 --> 0:06:45.909 clearly checked his swing. That should not have been strike three, 0:06:46.589 --> 0:06:49.170 and that was the golden opportunity in the fifth inning 0:06:49.550 --> 0:06:52.289 for the Dodgers, and they come up empty, and they 0:06:52.350 --> 0:06:58.590 eventually lose 3-2. 866-987-2570 is the phone number. We are 0:06:58.650 --> 0:07:03.170 streaming Dodger Talk live on YouTube on our AM570 LA 0:07:03.210 --> 0:07:05.880 Sports page. You can see me. Still got the Kike 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:09.320 shirt that I'm wearing throughout the postseason. Took the polo 0:07:09.380 --> 0:07:12.660 shirt off. It's a hot night. Letting it flow here 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:17.560 at Dodgers Stadium. So not ideal tonight. There's no way 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:21.120 to get around that. Not ideal to allow the Braves 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:24.190 to steal a game like this tonight and even up 0:07:24.290 --> 0:07:27.210 the NLDS with Chris Sale on the mound in game 0:07:27.290 --> 0:07:33.330 three in Atlanta. 866-987-2570. We have one line open. Before 0:07:33.370 --> 0:07:35.870 we get to the calls, let's head downstairs to hear 0:07:35.950 --> 0:07:38.130 from Freddie Freeman on Sportsnet LA. 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:39.860 I think we all knew it was going to be 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.020 a good series. Two really good teams going at it. 0:07:42.100 --> 0:07:45.200 Pitching has been really good in both games so far. 0:07:45.220 --> 0:07:47.440 We've got to find a way to score some runs 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:49.300 without hitting home runs. So I think that's our biggest 0:07:49.340 --> 0:07:51.560 thing right now. So get guys on base, get that 0:07:51.580 --> 0:07:53.920 big hit, and hopefully our pitching keeps doing. 0:07:53.820 --> 0:07:54.200 What they're doing. 0:07:54.420 --> 0:07:57.670 For your swing personally, though, seeing the consistency, the results, 0:07:57.730 --> 0:07:58.810 is that a good sign for you? 0:07:58.850 --> 0:08:00.550 Yeah, yeah, I feel good. So I think we can 0:08:01.070 --> 0:08:03.590 be done with those questions. I have had a good 0:08:03.630 --> 0:08:05.750 work week, and obviously the first couple games have been good, 0:08:05.770 --> 0:08:08.850 so I hope I can carry it into the road series. 0:08:09.290 --> 0:08:10.910 What can you say about the challenges of all the 0:08:11.230 --> 0:08:11.730 pitchers that. 0:08:11.690 --> 0:08:12.510 They threw out there tonight? 0:08:12.550 --> 0:08:14.170 Yeah, I mean, bullpen games are hard. It's hard to 0:08:14.210 --> 0:08:16.810 win those games, and it's also hard to hit those games. 0:08:16.890 --> 0:08:19.280 But we were able to do good in one of them, 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:21.340 and they pitched really well tonight. They got out of 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:24.280 a couple of key games right there, and, you know, 0:08:24.300 --> 0:08:26.020 we just need to keep going. 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:26.180 I mean. 0:08:33.410 --> 0:08:37.090 I guess it's tough because you're facing a different arm 0:08:37.330 --> 0:08:39.670 every single time you're going up there. It's different angles, 0:08:39.809 --> 0:08:45.030 different velocities, different things. So it's just a really good team, 0:08:45.130 --> 0:08:48.250 really good bullpen, good staff, good hitting, just like we 0:08:48.270 --> 0:08:49.479 have over here. So it's just going to be a 0:08:49.500 --> 0:08:49.880 good series. 0:08:50.220 --> 0:08:52.580 Quintez was able to retire 11 years in a row 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:54.260 prior to Max hitting that home run. 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:57.160 When in particular were you seeing him hit? 101 with 0:08:57.200 --> 0:08:59.350 sliders and change-ups. Not easy to hit. 0:09:01.250 --> 0:09:05.860 Yeah, that's Freddie Freeman on Sportsnet LA talking about Didier Fuentes, 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:10.340 who was hitting 99, throwing 85 sliders. I mean, this 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:14.449 guy is one of the toughest relievers to face, especially 0:09:14.510 --> 0:09:18.310 if you're a left-handed hitter. He went three and two-thirds innings, 0:09:18.470 --> 0:09:21.929 allowed one earned run and three strikeouts. To me, I 0:09:21.970 --> 0:09:24.189 know Ray Curry. He was a dog out there on 0:09:24.230 --> 0:09:27.160 the mound. That guy was not scared. Give him some credit. 0:09:27.260 --> 0:09:31.410 But again, the opener for the Braves. coasts into the 0:09:31.470 --> 0:09:35.390 third inning. The Dodgers needed to score early off the 0:09:35.510 --> 0:09:39.760 opener to put more pressure on the Braves. So that was, 0:09:39.900 --> 0:09:43.300 to me, just as big a part of this game 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:49.220 as anything else. 866-987-2570 is the phone number. David Vasse, 0:09:49.300 --> 0:09:53.189 live at Dodger Stadium after the Dodgers fall in game 0:09:53.230 --> 0:09:56.890 two of the NLDS, 3-2. Let's go out to Elvin, 0:09:56.970 --> 0:09:59.309 who is at the game tonight. Elvin, lead us off 0:09:59.429 --> 0:09:59.969 on Dodger TV. 0:10:00.010 --> 0:10:00.330 Talk. 0:10:01.650 --> 0:10:02.370 All right, man. 0:10:02.730 --> 0:10:03.459 How are you feeling? 0:10:04.790 --> 0:10:09.560 I feel fine. Thank you for asking. I will say this. 0:10:10.220 --> 0:10:11.860 You go ahead with your story, and I'll tell you 0:10:11.900 --> 0:10:14.520 a story I have from the ninth inning. Go ahead. 0:10:15.340 --> 0:10:15.620 Okay. 0:10:16.490 --> 0:10:20.110 Well, my three questions are, where's TK and why DePaula 0:10:20.190 --> 0:10:20.850 on the ninth? 0:10:21.830 --> 0:10:24.950 And my third one is, why did they stop playing 0:10:25.390 --> 0:10:28.010 Don't Stop Believing at Dodger Stadium? 0:10:29.050 --> 0:10:31.750 Okay, I don't have the answer to that last question. 0:10:32.010 --> 0:10:36.040 Number two, they could have used DePaula in the seventh 0:10:36.140 --> 0:10:39.540 inning to pinch it for Edmond, but Dave Roberts chose 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:42.260 to use him later in the game, and they brought 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:46.000 up DePaula because they needed to keep the line moving. 0:10:46.750 --> 0:10:49.630 And they wanted to turn the lineup over for Mookie Betts. 0:10:50.270 --> 0:10:53.330 And he showed during the regular season that he'll take 0:10:53.370 --> 0:10:57.080 a walk. Now, that was his first taste of stepping 0:10:57.120 --> 0:11:00.900 in the batter's box in a postseason game. So you 0:11:00.940 --> 0:11:04.680 have to imagine ninth inning of all innings to make 0:11:04.740 --> 0:11:08.740 your postseason debut. That's a lot for a 21-year-old kid. 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:12.740 But the reason why he used him was because he 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:15.320 wanted to have him try to draw a walk and 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:18.200 He thought he could do that better than Tommy Edmund. 0:11:19.300 --> 0:11:19.780 Gotcha. 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:20.360 Okay. 0:11:20.820 --> 0:11:21.679 And also the fans. 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:25.630 Especially against the– yeah. Say that again, Elvin, because that 0:11:25.650 --> 0:11:26.830 will lead me to my story. 0:11:27.790 --> 0:11:28.650 Where's the fans? 0:11:28.710 --> 0:11:31.650 You know, it was the first inning. It was half empty. 0:11:32.740 --> 0:11:37.660 Elvin, it was 50,000-plus. It was a full house tonight. 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:42.400 It was fuller tonight than it was– yesterday, understandably so, 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:46.820 but it felt like the stadium was waiting to react 0:11:46.860 --> 0:11:51.359 to something good happening instead of trying to make their 0:11:51.420 --> 0:11:54.819 presence known, trying to will the Dodgers and make it 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:58.270 tougher on the Braves pitchers. I thought this crowd tonight 0:11:58.330 --> 0:12:01.570 was as flat as Blake Snell was flat, as flat 0:12:01.630 --> 0:12:04.510 as this offense, and can you believe in the ninth inning? 0:12:05.030 --> 0:12:07.930 I'm thinking going down as I usually do in the 0:12:07.990 --> 0:12:11.390 ninth inning, but there's a lot more national media people 0:12:11.530 --> 0:12:14.230 out there. So I went up the steps and I 0:12:14.350 --> 0:12:17.490 stood next to the railing there behind the Dodgers on 0:12:17.570 --> 0:12:20.470 deck circle. And I'm thinking, all right, bottom of the 0:12:20.530 --> 0:12:24.670 ninth inning, Dodgers down by two runs. Everybody's going to 0:12:24.740 --> 0:12:27.660 be on their feet for the entire ninth inning. Not 0:12:27.700 --> 0:12:30.860 just when something good happens, but how about get on 0:12:30.900 --> 0:12:35.080 your feet to try to rattle Didier Fuentes in the 0:12:35.140 --> 0:12:39.200 beginning of that ninth inning. So I'm standing up because 0:12:39.260 --> 0:12:42.160 I figured I'm not going to be blocking any fans 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:45.270 line of sight if they're on their feet as well. 0:12:45.670 --> 0:12:48.390 Then all of a sudden I hear some guy screaming 0:12:48.450 --> 0:12:54.140 behind me, headphones, headphones. And I'm thinking, is he talking 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:57.900 to me? Because I have headphones on. So I turn around. 0:12:59.150 --> 0:13:02.750 And I see this guy who, God bless him, paid 0:13:02.790 --> 0:13:05.790 a lot of money for his front row field level tickets. 0:13:07.390 --> 0:13:09.900 And he has the right to sit down or stand up. 0:13:10.020 --> 0:13:14.460 But I was shocked that the stadium was not on 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:18.320 their feet for the entire ninth inning. Whether you were 0:13:18.340 --> 0:13:21.420 in the pavilion, whether you're in the top deck reserve, 0:13:21.710 --> 0:13:25.980 or in those fancy field seats. So this guy... tells 0:13:26.059 --> 0:13:29.000 me to get down because he wanted to sit down 0:13:29.830 --> 0:13:33.430 and he was a well-abled swole, you know, yoga looking 0:13:33.470 --> 0:13:37.530 dude that wanted to sit down in the bottom of 0:13:37.570 --> 0:13:40.750 the ninth inning with the Dodgers down two runs. I 0:13:40.770 --> 0:13:43.309 thought it was an automatic. Everybody would be on their 0:13:43.370 --> 0:13:46.469 feet and they were leading into the bottom of the 0:13:46.530 --> 0:13:50.820 ninth inning. Then for some reason, everybody decided to sit down. So, uh, 0:13:50.980 --> 0:13:53.720 that was, that was my story from the ninth inning. 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:57.179 And It was indicative of the game tonight. It just 0:13:57.240 --> 0:14:00.660 felt like this stadium was looking to react to something 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:04.650 rather than making it a lot tougher on these relievers 0:14:04.790 --> 0:14:07.969 and uncomfortable on the mound with the noise than what 0:14:08.030 --> 0:14:10.790 I saw tonight. And I love Dodger fans. They're great. 0:14:10.910 --> 0:14:14.810 But sometimes in games like this, you can't wait to react. 0:14:15.070 --> 0:14:18.250 You got to insert yourself to be that 10th man. 0:14:18.610 --> 0:14:20.930 Let's go out to Mark, who is at the game tonight. Mark, 0:14:20.990 --> 0:14:22.930 I hope you were on your feet in the 9th inning. 0:14:24.380 --> 0:14:26.440 We're on our feet trying to get everyone else on 0:14:26.460 --> 0:14:27.320 their feet too, David. 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:29.610 But I think, can you believe that guy screaming at 0:14:29.650 --> 0:14:32.330 me and screaming at me and calling me headphones to 0:14:32.370 --> 0:14:33.910 get down? I was shocked. 0:14:34.310 --> 0:14:34.989 Unbelievable. 0:14:35.290 --> 0:14:37.370 I think sections, we're not at the Hollywood bowl. 0:14:37.450 --> 0:14:39.810 We're not at the Hollywood bowl. We're at a baseball game. 0:14:41.530 --> 0:14:43.520 Oh, one through 30 on the field level. 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:44.840 I think there's glue on the chairs. 0:14:45.100 --> 0:14:46.540 You know, everyone just sits down the whole time. 0:14:46.700 --> 0:14:50.240 I don't get it. But, but anyway, I was coming 0:14:50.260 --> 0:14:53.920 in on the fifth inning and, Do you think Mookie 0:14:53.940 --> 0:14:56.560 could have tagged on Will Smith's deep fly ball to right, 0:14:56.900 --> 0:14:59.040 got the third and then scored on Freddie's fly ball 0:14:59.060 --> 0:14:59.720 to left? 0:14:59.740 --> 0:15:02.850 Mookie's not that fast. I think everybody thinks Mookie's fast. 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:05.590 He's not. He's one of the slower guys on the team, Mark. 0:15:07.690 --> 0:15:09.570 So, I mean, the throw was kind of offline. I 0:15:09.570 --> 0:15:11.830 thought he might have made it. 0:15:12.390 --> 0:15:12.690 I know. 0:15:13.330 --> 0:15:16.410 You see the throw after the fact. Mookie doesn't know that. 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:20.900 Yeah, I'm just saying with one out, you know, it 0:15:20.940 --> 0:15:21.760 might be worth the risk. 0:15:22.020 --> 0:15:24.920 And that's Ronald Acuna Jr. out there, Mark. That's Ronald 0:15:24.980 --> 0:15:27.500 Acuna Jr., one of the best arms in right field. 0:15:29.060 --> 0:15:29.859 I know, I know. 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:30.940 I just wanted your thoughts on it. 0:15:30.940 --> 0:15:31.740 It's all good. 0:15:32.260 --> 0:15:34.370 Yeah, all good, Mark. Thank you for being on your 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:37.470 feet in the ninth inning. And don't worry, the Dodgers 0:15:37.510 --> 0:15:39.850 will see you when they get back here for the NLCS. 0:15:41.150 --> 0:15:42.110 Hopefully, hopefully. 0:15:42.570 --> 0:15:45.630 All right, Mark, don't worry about it. Hopefully not. Hopefully no. 0:15:46.590 --> 0:15:50.370 It's going to happen. Maybe a four-game series, more so. 0:15:51.170 --> 0:15:54.490 But wouldn't it be just baseball? The Dodgers get shut 0:15:54.530 --> 0:15:57.510 down by six different Braves relievers and then find a 0:15:57.530 --> 0:15:59.980 way to score runs against Chris Sale. That would be 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:03.160 so baseball. Let's go out to Dave in San Marcos. 0:16:03.300 --> 0:16:05.760 You're on Dodger Talk live from the stadium. Hi, Dave. 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:08.680 Hey, Dave. It's good to talk to you. 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:12.030 I've got a couple things. Your first caller, I think 0:16:12.090 --> 0:16:14.170 it was Alvin. You kind of touched on it with 0:16:14.210 --> 0:16:17.580 him in your response. with the ninth inning, I kind 0:16:17.630 --> 0:16:20.620 of thought go before that inning even started. I was 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:24.760 thinking about doc, you know, just wanting to give the 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:27.200 Paula look, you know, get his feet wet or whatever. 0:16:27.620 --> 0:16:30.220 But I thought the first hitter was Tucker, a lefty 0:16:30.260 --> 0:16:33.240 against a righty. My thing was why didn't he hit 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:36.830 for pa has a righty against writing. And that way 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:39.450 there might not have been as much pressure on the Paula, 0:16:39.470 --> 0:16:41.690 you know, he's not the final out and you never 0:16:41.730 --> 0:16:44.590 know what would have happened. but you know, if he 0:16:44.610 --> 0:16:46.730 had drawn. 0:16:45.770 --> 0:16:48.030 The way Tucker swinging the bat, I'm not pinch hitting 0:16:48.090 --> 0:16:48.670 for Tucker. 0:16:49.730 --> 0:16:53.930 I'm a let Tucker hit, tuck, Tucker hit. Then Paul Hucks, 0:16:54.390 --> 0:16:57.010 Tucker made out then pie has came up. I'm saying 0:16:57.050 --> 0:16:58.870 hit for the righty paw heads. 0:16:59.250 --> 0:17:02.690 And maybe walk. I don't mind that or no, I don't, 0:17:03.190 --> 0:17:03.410 I don't. 0:17:03.490 --> 0:17:05.389 And I'm not down on doc. I, you know, I, 0:17:05.730 --> 0:17:07.520 I'm pretty good with doc or what he does, but 0:17:07.580 --> 0:17:09.740 I thought, you know, I called it to my dad. 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:12.710 Walked We're talking baseball. It's okay. That's a good point. 0:17:12.750 --> 0:17:16.430 If you're going to use DePaula, a left-handed bat off 0:17:16.470 --> 0:17:19.430 the bench, why not do it there? But at that point, 0:17:19.490 --> 0:17:21.810 it was still 3-1, so he was trying to get 0:17:21.850 --> 0:17:26.220 DePaula on base when Muncy hit the home run to 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:30.560 get Mookie up there with two outs. But here's the thing. 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:34.940 You just brought up Pajes. After last year's October struggles, 0:17:35.450 --> 0:17:38.090 He's hit list so far in the first two games 0:17:38.170 --> 0:17:41.230 of the NLDS. He obviously is trying to do too much. 0:17:41.890 --> 0:17:44.310 How long of a leash does Dave Roberts give Andy 0:17:44.350 --> 0:17:48.080 Pahez before Kike Hernandez is in center field? Is it 0:17:48.580 --> 0:17:52.000 game three in Atlanta? Is Kike Hernandez in the lineup 0:17:52.060 --> 0:17:57.140 against Chris Sale in center field on Tuesday night in Atlanta, Dave? 0:17:59.130 --> 0:17:59.510 I don't know. 0:17:59.530 --> 0:18:01.649 I don't know. You're Dave. 0:18:01.850 --> 0:18:04.070 I'm going to make you Dave Roberts. Are you benching 0:18:04.130 --> 0:18:05.630 Pahez in game three? 0:18:07.130 --> 0:18:09.310 I trust Doc's feel a lot of times. 0:18:09.330 --> 0:18:12.250 Dave, Dave, get off the fence, Dave. 0:18:12.730 --> 0:18:13.929 Dave, get off the fence. 0:18:14.250 --> 0:18:16.209 Can I call him out on one other thing that 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:17.359 I think might bite him in the butt? 0:18:17.390 --> 0:18:20.200 No, you have to answer my question, Dave. Get off 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:23.700 the fence and tell me whether or not Andy Pahez 0:18:23.760 --> 0:18:26.580 does not start in center field on Tuesday night. 0:18:29.750 --> 0:18:30.190 I don't. 0:18:30.330 --> 0:18:33.310 Against Sale, he was a lefty. I'm starting Pahez. 0:18:34.130 --> 0:18:39.330 Alright, Dave. Thank you for the phone call. 866-987-2570 is 0:18:39.369 --> 0:18:43.659 the phone number. That's a real question moving forward, considering 0:18:43.740 --> 0:18:47.760 how much Pahez did struggle in October last year. And 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:49.660 I'm not going to say you bench a guy after 0:18:49.700 --> 0:18:53.000 the first two games, considering he was an all-star, 20 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:56.890 home run guy, goal glover, basically in center field. But 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:02.480 We hear about October Kike. October Kike, where is October 0:19:02.540 --> 0:19:05.949 Kike going to play if it's not third base or 0:19:06.030 --> 0:19:09.169 center field? I love Miguel Rojas at third base today 0:19:09.590 --> 0:19:12.150 because he was only going to get maybe one, two 0:19:12.210 --> 0:19:15.530 at bats, and he hit over 300 against lefties and 0:19:15.570 --> 0:19:19.240 plays great defense at third. So I had no issues 0:19:19.260 --> 0:19:23.820 with Rojas starting at third base today. But how long 0:19:24.000 --> 0:19:27.740 of a leash does Andy Pahez get? That's the question. 0:19:28.180 --> 0:19:34.050 866-987-2570 is the phone number. Dodgers fall to the Braves tonight, 0:19:34.070 --> 0:19:36.810 3-2 in Game 2 of the NLDS. Let's head back 0:19:36.850 --> 0:19:40.270 downstairs to hear from Mookie Betts on Sportsnet LA. 0:19:40.950 --> 0:19:42.369 Did his job. Did his job. 0:19:42.830 --> 0:19:43.970 He picked up the Braves. 0:19:44.150 --> 0:19:46.090 That was a huge job by him, so you got 0:19:46.130 --> 0:19:47.170 to tip your cap. 0:19:47.230 --> 0:19:49.090 Freddie was talking about it's October baseball. 0:19:49.109 --> 0:19:49.850 This is a very good year. 0:19:50.140 --> 0:19:50.580 Matchup. 0:19:51.020 --> 0:19:53.750 What were you just, what do you guys take from 0:19:53.810 --> 0:19:55.930 this game as you guys prepare now for game three 0:19:55.970 --> 0:19:56.530 of this series? 0:19:58.130 --> 0:19:59.570 Uh, it's just not going to be easy, but I mean, 0:19:59.590 --> 0:20:03.580 we knew that from the beginning, so nothing really. I mean, 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:07.180 you know, nobody expected us to go 11-0 or not, 0:20:07.220 --> 0:20:11.160 you know, we didn't expect that, but I mean, there's, 0:20:11.740 --> 0:20:13.139 we know it's going to be a tough matchup, you know, 0:20:13.320 --> 0:20:14.340 no matter who's on the mound. 0:20:14.800 --> 0:20:16.399 I don't know that so many people have been in 0:20:16.480 --> 0:20:18.060 more postseason games than you. 0:20:18.480 --> 0:20:21.300 So when you say we've got to get the offense going, 0:20:21.340 --> 0:20:22.460 how much of that is baseball? 0:20:22.500 --> 0:20:25.200 How much of that is studying or what is it? 0:20:25.980 --> 0:20:26.560 Not studying. 0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:30.720 I think we were very educated in going to the game. 0:20:32.500 --> 0:20:36.530 Sometimes just that hit. I mean, there's nothing really you 0:20:36.570 --> 0:20:39.070 can do to explain that. You just got to be 0:20:39.090 --> 0:20:42.090 in the moment and come through. And we had some 0:20:42.109 --> 0:20:45.909 moments today. We didn't come through, but that's part of 0:20:45.930 --> 0:20:48.250 the game. You know, we just got to keep giving 0:20:48.290 --> 0:20:50.670 ourselves moments and eventually something will happen. 0:20:51.250 --> 0:20:52.899 Did you feel like you guys were patient tonight? 0:20:52.980 --> 0:20:56.280 I think we did a pretty good job. 0:20:58.119 --> 0:21:01.129 They're a good team, so we can't take anything away 0:21:01.150 --> 0:21:03.350 from them. They're a really good team. We did a 0:21:03.369 --> 0:21:05.489 pretty good job to give ourselves chances. We just didn't 0:21:05.510 --> 0:21:05.820 come through. 0:21:06.710 --> 0:21:09.909 All right, there's Mookie Betts on Sportsnet LA after the 0:21:09.950 --> 0:21:13.200 Dodgers fall to the Braves 3-2 in Game 2 of 0:21:13.260 --> 0:21:17.520 the NLDS, Game 3 Wednesday in Atlanta. Let's go back 0:21:17.600 --> 0:21:18.320