WEBVTT - Dodgers on Deck (5-4-26) 0:00:00.520 --> 0:00:03.520 For the back to back World champions of Baseball. 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:06.040 One of the greatest runs in the history of baseball. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:12.719 Immortality is within their reach. Incredible and while others make excuses. 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:14.600 The only reason the Dodgers are doing this because they can. 0:00:14.720 --> 0:00:15.400 They print money. 0:00:15.480 --> 0:00:18.880 The Dodgers just can't continue. It's not fair are making 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:20.239 plans again. 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:25.200 It's a singular focus on controlling what they can control. 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:29.480 Now your pregame Host of the World Champion La Dodgers, 0:00:30.040 --> 0:00:31.440 tam Cats. 0:00:31.160 --> 0:00:36.800 Hi, everybody, and welcome too. Moo Wrongo Casino Dodgers on deck. 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:40.320 May the fourth be with you on this Monday May fourth. 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:42.080 You're a home of the World. 0:00:41.800 --> 0:00:45.199 Series Champion, back to back champs Dodgers, who are now 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:48.319 twenty one to thirteen on this season. After dropping two 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:50.920 or three over the weekend in Saint Louis, the road 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:55.840 trip continues. Next stop Houston, Texas, as the Dodgers got 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:57.960 a three game series against the Astros. 0:00:58.040 --> 0:01:01.320 Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound in the series opener. 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:03.640 First pitch from the seven to one to three is 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:06.120 coming up at five to ten PM. Coming up over 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:08.720 the next hour here on Morongo Casino. Dodgers on Deck 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:12.039 you're gonna hear from the manager himself. Dave Roberts will 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:15.560 dive deeper into this pitching matchup as the Astros go 0:01:15.680 --> 0:01:17.840 with an opener, David Vesay. We'll check in with us 0:01:17.880 --> 0:01:21.320 throughout the pregame. We'll have your Dodgers Magical moment. 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:23.679 Charlie Steiner. We'll be hearing about thirty minutes. 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.759 Shortly, we visit with Kirsten Watson from Sports and at 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:29.120 LA and in just a few minutes we'll head out 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:31.800 to the galloping Ford broadcast booth. And here from Tim 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:35.040 Neffett and Rick Monday. Well, yesterday the Dodgers riding at 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:38.280 four game losing street the Cardinals riding a six game 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:41.040 winning streak, something had to come to an end, and 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:44.160 it did with Justin Robleski on the mound. A leftander 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:47.680 was fantastic. Six shutout innings. He allows just six h 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:50.000 t along the way. He had traffic on the base 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:52.520 pass in five of the six innings, but was able 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:54.559 to get out of it without giving up any runs. 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:58.000 He didn't strike out anybody zero, had one walk through 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:01.400 eighty three pitches. He got first pitched on sixteen of 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:03.400 the twenty four batters that he faced. 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:04.800 He was very efficient. 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:07.960 He had good defense behind him, and the offense finally 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:10.960 woke up. Yesterday began in the second with Andy Pies. 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:15.840 Oh two pitch from May and Andy Elonza to left field. 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:18.200 That's gonna get down and go to the wall. Around 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:21.560 third is Tucker. He'll score. Here comes Muncie, He'll be 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:23.960 held at third. And end of second with a run 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:27.120 scoring double is Andy Pie. His and the Dodgers strike 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:30.360 first this afternoon at Saint Louis and lead at one nothing. 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:33.679 Andy Pie has RBI double Dodgers with a one to 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:36.560 nothing lead, and then Heisan Kim got involved with an 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.959 RBI single. Dodgers with two runs in the second, inding 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:42.960 three hits, two doubles, couple of RBIs to take a 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:45.640 two to nothing lead. Then of the fifth, the Dodgers 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.920 with two outs, a little magic from Freddy Freeman. 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:53.280 Dustin Mays O two and Freeman. They hit up the. 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:56.440 Middle and Kim's gonna speed around third come into score. 0:02:57.080 --> 0:02:59.680 It's three to nothing Dodgers that are two out. RBI 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:01.520 six from Freddie Freema. 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:04.480 Where that line drive almost took out the second base 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:08.200 umpire Chris Guccioni, who was positioned on the infield grass 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:09.880 he had to hit the deck. 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:14.280 Freddie Freeman delivers RBI single back up the middle Dodgers 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:16.840 with a three to nothing lead. That was all Justin 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:20.200 Robleski would need. He go the sixth shutout innings. Will 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:22.520 Klein took over in the seventh, a one to two 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:25.359 three inning. In the eighth, with two outs to give 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:29.240 up a walk to Jordan Walker, then Alex Burlson with 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:32.480 an RBI single that scored Walker, who was running on 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:34.960 the play, and that made it a three to one 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:39.000 Dodgers lead. In the ninth, Alex call delivered with a 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:42.119 pinch hit RBI single to left to tack on one 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:44.760 more for the good guys as the Dodgers then handed 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.040 it over to Tanner. Scott in the bottom half of 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:49.440 the ninth inning, struck out two of the three batters 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:52.800 that he faced. Ball game over, Dodgers snapped their four 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:56.480 game losing streak yesterday with a four to one win 0:03:56.800 --> 0:04:00.200 over the Saint Louis Cardinals. Justin Robleski improved a five 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:03.400 on the season. Former Dodger Dustin Megans tagged with the 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:07.200 lost Tanners. Scott his second save of this season as 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:11.280 the Dodgers win despite not homering in their sixth straight game. 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:14.400 They improved a twenty one at thirteen overall, still a 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:16.800 half game up in the division over the San Diego 0:04:16.920 --> 0:04:19.800 Padres in the NL West, and now they're in Houston 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:22.719 for a three game series. Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mount 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:24.920 in the series opener, first pitch at five to ten, 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:26.920 and with more, let's head out to the gallopin Ford 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:29.400 broadcast booth as we say hello to Tim Devertt and 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:32.159 Rick Monday, guys, thank you very much. 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:36.200 Tim Rufe is closed here at Dykin Park in Houston 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.559 as the Dodgers open up a three game interleague set 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:44.320 with the Houston Astros. Dodgers twenty one and thirteen coming 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:47.880 off a win four to one against the Cardinals yesterday 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:50.680 afternoon in Saint Louis. The Astros won an extra innings 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:54.000 game at Fenway Park in Boston yesterday. They are fourteen 0:04:54.080 --> 0:04:56.440 and twenty one overall. They find themselves four and a 0:04:56.480 --> 0:05:00.640 half games back in the American League Western Division, and 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:03.480 this is their sixth game in the last five days 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:05.400 because they had a double header mixed in there in 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:08.960 Baltimore on their road trip, so they're a little pitching challenged, 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.920 and tonight Stephen Okert, a reliever left hander, will start 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:16.159 as the opener. We expect the right hander Ryan Weiss 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:18.719 to come out of the bullpen and pitch the bulk 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:22.640 of the innings and he'll go against Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:24.599 right hander is two and two of an ERA of 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:28.520 two and Yamamoto coming off a subpar start in his 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:32.120 last outing. In the meantime, the Dodgers five and five 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:34.880 in their last ten games that are made on top 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.960 of the West over the padres by half a game 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:40.920 and moa a shift in scenery today in a shift 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:44.680 in routine for one show, hey Otani with the roof 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:47.880 open today he came out and hit outside, which he 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:48.720 doesn't normally do. 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:51.680 Well, and trying to iron some things out. Exactly what 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:53.839 he's trying to iron out, we're not privy too, but 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.599 on the field and taking banning practice, which I think 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:58.960 is something you need to do quite frankly, when you 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:01.000 go to a new ballpark I've been in for a while. 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:03.080 Reason it's a different background. 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:06.279 See the background you're going to be looking at during 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:08.560 a ball game itself, but picking up the release point 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:09.880 with a pitcher and being able to know. 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:11.240 Feel comfortable and doing it. 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:14.239 The other part too, is Otani the last nineteen games 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:17.039 is hitting just two nineteen. He's over his last fourteen 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:20.640 and just trying to get out here. Normally hits in 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:23.359 the cage because he can get all the telemetry that 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:26.360 he needs in the batting cage instantly look at it 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:29.120 and not have to take round after round on the 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:32.040 field during batting practice with her the rest of the teammates. 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:34.760 It was about two thirty in the afternoon. I just 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:37.240 got here, sat down, I watched him walk in the cage, 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:40.080 and then settled in for the show. And he put 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:42.920 on an absolute laser show. I mean he was seeing 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:45.440 the ball fine, trust me on that. He hit the 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:47.840 ball everywhere and about as far as you can hit 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:49.359 it in a number of places in this party. 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:51.720 I looked at some numbers earlier today, and he's not 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:54.839 making solid contact at the present time. He's getting jammed 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:59.200 a lot. We're seeing clubs jam him initially and then going. 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:00.240 Away on that end of it. 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:03.000 The other part too, is you know, he's hitting more 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:07.080 fly balls with not a whole lot of miles per 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:10.120 hour behind him at the present time, Either so hopefully 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:12.360 that's going to be changing. Yeah, the Dodgers, as far 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:15.600 as the power department, about the fact six consecutive games 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:18.640 without hitting a home run eight games in a row 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:21.800 back in July twenty fourteen is the record. Don't want 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:24.360 to approach that. But it is a dry spill, to 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:25.680 say the least in home runs. 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:28.520 And this park is pretty home run friendly too, especially 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:30.800 in left field. It's three point fifteen down the line. 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:33.120 You've got a scoreboard down there and you've got to 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:35.280 get it up over the scoreboard. But it's called the 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.560 Crawford Boxes because the back of that wall backs up 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:41.760 to Crawford Street. So a lot of home runs have 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:45.240 been hit to left field here. There's a big wall 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:48.320 in left center. Dead center's four to oh nine. It's 0:07:48.320 --> 0:07:50.160 a big right center field here, a lot of room 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.960 in the outfield. But it's an interesting ballpark the way 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:56.040 it's constructed. But it is home run frontly, and talk. 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:58.040 About the ballpark here for a moment. I think this 0:07:58.120 --> 0:07:58.960 is a part two. 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:02.600 That's imperative for now to take some balls in the 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:06.640 outfield during batty practice. Why it's a very strange outfield. 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:10.280 You've got nine different angles on the wall to begin with, 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:13.320 you've got that short porch and left you're just referring to. 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:16.800 Then it drops back again and you've got some columns, 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:19.360 Yes they're padded, but some big columns. So a lot 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:22.120 of different angles. And this is also an area if 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:23.880 the ball is hit to the outfield, to the guy 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:26.360 that's standing next to you, you say, for example, you're 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:28.800 the center fielders hit the left field, come over because 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:31.640 you're gonna get some strange hops off the wall. 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:35.040 Dodgers and Astros, Game one of this three game set 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:36.840 begins in just a little bit, tim. 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:38.400 All right, thank you guys, as we call you down 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:41.160 to first pitch. On this Monday night, Dodger fans get 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.360 that game day meal on a Shaky's Pizza parlor. 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:47.520 Doesn't that sound good for dinner? Yeah? What are your Shaky's. 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:51.560 Pizza, Chicken and Mojo's right now at Shaky's dot Com. 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:54.079 We're off and running here on Dodgers on Deck. Coming up, 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:57.240 you're gonna hear from the manager, Dave Roberts. Charlie Steiner 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.400 will join us, David Vase joins us. 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:01.760 Throughout the out of course, we'll hear from Luis Cruz. 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:06.959 Dodgers Spanish radio broadcaster former Dodger infielder himself. We'll also 0:09:07.160 --> 0:09:10.040 get your Otani rewind your magical moment. The latest on 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:13.120 the Dodgers' injury news is some Dodgers are getting close 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:14.800 to returning to the big league team. 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:16.199 More on that coming up. 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:19.160 But up next we'll visit with Kirsten Watson from Sports 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:21.120 to at LA. Thanks for being with us on this 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:24.439 Monday night, Dodgers in Houston to take on the Astros. 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:26.559 First pitch at five to ten. I'm Tim Katz's the 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.480 back to back world champion Dodgers. Ahudi you a network. 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:37.480 This is Morongo Casino Dodgers Hunting game on your home 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:39.479 for LA. Dodgers Baseball. 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:45.679 Dodgers and Astros starting a three game series in Houston. 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:48.960 Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound. First pitch coming up at 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:49.440 five ten. 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:53.040 This is the Otani rewhy. 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:56.200 Well, the Dodgers beat the Cardinals yesterday four to one, 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:58.520 but it was a quiet afternoon for show he Otani, 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:00.880 who went zero for three with a walk, hit by 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:03.400 a pitch. He's getting on base via the walk and 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:05.280 hit by a pitch. Over the weekend in Saint Louis, 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:08.360 bud Oh for fourteen in his last four games there, 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:12.520 including the finale against the Marlins, his longest hitless streak 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:15.280 since going five games without a hit as a member 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:18.240 of the Angels back in May of twenty twenty two. 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:22.880 This is Kirston's Corner with Kirston Watson. 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:25.640 Hey Kirston now joined from Houston. 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:28.120 Brought to you by Cars for Kids, the easiest way 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:30.320 to get rid of your old car. Donating today your 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:32.720 car could be picked up tomorrow. That easy donat now 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:36.960 Carsfrokids dot Org. That's Cars with the K and New City, 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:40.679 a new series and hopefully a new offense. Maybe they 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.200 can build on what they did yesterday Kearson and getting 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:44.319 the win against the Cardinals. 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:47.040 You know what, that's really the hope, you know. Yesterday, 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:50.200 obviously we did see a good offensive performance. They were 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:52.160 able to get things going early. That was one of 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:54.439 their keys golling into the game. They scored two runs 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:56.800 in the second. They were able to add on really 0:10:56.840 --> 0:10:59.560 passing the baton. So they do want to carry that 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:03.040 over at today. Obviously the results. Talking to a few 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:05.280 of the guys last night, they still felt like it 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:09.120 wasn't the offensive explosion or the offensive outpour that they 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:12.840 really wanted to experience. But going into this series, not 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:15.200 only is there just I think a better feeling amongst 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:17.679 the group picking up the win yesterday and just coming 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:20.000 in it's a new day, it's a new series. But 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:22.480 with talking to a few of the guys, they were saying, 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:26.360 this is a very hitters friendly ballpark and you're going 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:28.679 up against a pitching staff that is the worst. They 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:31.120 have the worst eera in Major League Baseball. They are 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:34.280 heavily taxed right now today. Yes, they are starting with 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:36.520 a lefty who's an opener, and then they have another 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:39.080 guy and wise who can take down multiple so it's 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:40.880 a good chance that they could be seeing him for 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:43.800 two or three at bats. But you're going up against 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:45.679 a team where if you can find ways to be 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:48.040 aggressive and get to him, get to them, i should 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:51.000 say early in this game. And looking back for that power, 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.640 they haven't had a home run in six games, and 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:57.000 so they do feel like this truly could be the 0:11:57.040 --> 0:12:01.240 perfect recipe for this offense to just have a breakout performance. 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:03.400 So the guys are feeling that, I think that's very 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:05.720 telling as to what they're hoping to achieve this evening. 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:08.040 And so hopefully all the lines can kind of get 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:10.280 together and work out well. 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.120 The offense starts with the guy at the top of 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:16.040 the lineup show, Hey Otani, when he goes, the Dodgers goes. 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:19.200 There's no secrets, that's what happens with the offense is good. 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:21.160 But when the offense is bad, you kind of got 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:23.600 to look at Otani in his numbers and yeah, sure enough, 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:25.080 he hasn't been very good lately. 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:28.199 Yeah, you know, obviously the big stat line that kind 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:31.520 of pops out is theer for seventeen recently, and so 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:34.080 are coming into this game. I should say he was 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:37.480 actually on the field this afternoon taking batting practice early 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:40.200 in the day, and you know, whenever he does that, 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:42.559 it's clear that he is working on something. He's trying 0:12:42.600 --> 0:12:44.199 to see how the ball is playing, he's looking for 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:46.760 a certain feel in the cage. And so he was 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.520 out here. He did about three rounds of BP, and 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:52.680 on that final round he was using all. 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:53.280 Parts of the field. 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:55.680 He was hitting scoreboard, going at the upper deck, he's 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:59.400 hitting the train tracks in here. So it was he 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:01.800 did punish show towards the end of his batting practice, 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:04.559 and even you know, Dave Roberts was saying, maybe that's 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:06.680 just kind of that extra boost that he just needs 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:08.440 right now to be able to see how the ball 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:10.640 can play here, how he can have that impact to 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:12.640 get back to it. So the hope is he can 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:15.600 translate that into the game this evening. But for him, 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:19.120 he's been transparent that, you know, getting back to his 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:23.960 two way true self. And it is challenging when you 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:26.960 have to focus on, you know, your pitching and kind 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:29.360 of your bullpens in between starts, but then you're also 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:32.520 trying to manage getting back on track offensively. Obviously there's 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:34.960 not that many hours in the day, and so it 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:37.480 does create a challenge. I think literally today's a perfect example. 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:40.280 He did VP and then he went and changed, he 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:42.480 put on his jersey and he was out there playing 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:45.200 catch and I believe went into the bullpen. So you know, 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:47.840 it's a lot of work that he's putting in to 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:50.760 be ready for his start tomorrow. But the hope is 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:53.640 just he can really find ways to kind of lean 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:55.680 into what he was able to achieve and feel in 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:57.280 the cage today and turn that into. 0:13:57.040 --> 0:13:58.400 The game, let's hope. 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:01.480 So because it all starts the numbers seventeen top that 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:03.440 Dodgers line. Thank you here, so check out you after 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:05.720 the game. Still to come here on Wrongco Becauseino Dodgers 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:08.160 on deck. We'll dive deeper into this pitchy matchup. David 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:10.480 Vats will join us throughout the hour. Of course we'll 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:13.440 hear from Charlie Steiner, but next your injury report and 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:16.800 we'll hear from the manager, Dave Roberts his pregame thoughts 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:19.560 before the Dodgers and Astros first pitch from Houston on 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:21.760 this Monday's at five to ten. I'm Tim Katson. 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His rehabit signments are over 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:27.600 and he will join the team sometime this series. Landing Neck, 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:30.400 Kevin Stone, Keith Hernandez Bruce, dargrat Ter all working their 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:32.800 way back as well. All right, let's head back out 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:34.080 to the seven to one to three and check in 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:35.040 with the Dodger manager. 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:39.240 Anything else with questions for Dave Dave, can you just 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:40.360 describe Dave? 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:44.600 Can you talk about the pressure in the dugouts with Dave. 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:48.560 Roberts, I like where our guys their heads are at. 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:55.520 There is a you know, new sense of kind of revitalization. 0:15:55.920 --> 0:16:00.360 I think walking around the clubhouse today. You know, it's 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:04.440 a fun team to play against. It's a pitching staff 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:07.760 that certainly has scuffle a little bit, and if we 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:10.240 can get into some good counts, take advantage of some 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:13.480 hitters counts, and yeah, it is a hitter friendly ballpark, 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:15.760 so you know, hopefully we just take good at bats 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:19.200 and grind and yeah, mixing some slug too. 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:22.040 Does it with it being a bullpen game for the Astros, 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:24.480 could that pose any challenge just because you're not seeing 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:27.800 I was using so many pitchers in one game, you know. 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:31.160 I think that you know, they're still going to have 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:33.560 the other guy. Wise, I think it is go deep 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:36.240 and take the bulk. I think it's just one of 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:39.480 those things that obviously we got two of the first 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:41.800 three guys that are being our left handed, so to 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:43.840 get Ochred in there to take down the first inning, 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:47.400 it makes sense. But they've only got a you know, 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:49.360 three or four guys that are available out of the 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:52.000 pen tonight, so hopefully we can do our job and 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:54.440 you know, try to really tax them after tonight. But 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:57.960 if you look at that lineup over there, there's a 0:16:57.960 --> 0:16:59.560 lot of guys that have a lot of hits in 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:02.280 their Backs. The baseball card is pretty dang good, so 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:05.040 I know that they're going to get up to play us, 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:06.639 so we're gonna get their best, all right. 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:08.560 There's a manager, Dave Roberts down of the dugout. 0:17:08.600 --> 0:17:11.159 Dodgers Baseball brought to you by a Morongo Casino Resort 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:15.160 and Spa A grand Slam, four good times. 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:17.879 When we continue, we'll hit it out of the park 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:20.320 with David Vassay. That's next. 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And obviously they believe that 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:36.480 he can be one of the better starting pitchers if 0:18:36.520 --> 0:18:39.639 you go back to his initial press conference, but the 0:18:39.720 --> 0:18:43.760 results haven't reflected that it'll be hard to sell justin 0:18:43.840 --> 0:18:47.320 Roblesky going back to the bullpen in a long man 0:18:47.440 --> 0:18:52.080 role after what he's done with this opportunity. And quite honestly, 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:55.000 there's an argument to be made that Roki Sasaki has 0:18:55.040 --> 0:18:58.840 pitched as well as Emits and if not better, especially 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:02.159 in the last two stars. So I just feel like 0:19:02.720 --> 0:19:06.159 when Snow comes back, they are going to keep Roki 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:09.919 in the starting rotation. And right now, I feel like 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:13.960 if you had to handicap things. Maybe Emid Shehan needs 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:16.600 to work out things to get more consistent with his 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:20.479 velocity because he was all over the place in Saint Louis. 0:19:20.720 --> 0:19:22.600