WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (9-24-26) 0:00:00.590 --> 0:00:03.130 The quest for the three-peat has begun. 0:00:03.350 --> 0:00:07.340 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:12.140 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:12.440 --> 0:00:13.240 the fifth. 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:16.860 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. Here we go again. 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:17.840 We're getting ready to run it back. 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:22.829 To get in on the show, call 866-987-2570. And be 0:00:22.870 --> 0:00:26.250 sure to follow Dodger Talk wherever you get your podcasts. 0:00:26.829 --> 0:00:30.030 And now your host... Here's Tim Cates. 0:00:31.310 --> 0:00:35.229 And down the stretch they come, the Dodgers headed in 0:00:35.300 --> 0:00:40.239 now to their final weekend of the regular season. Hi, everybody, 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:43.600 and welcome to Post Game Dodger Talk on AM570 LA Sports, 0:00:43.659 --> 0:00:47.280 live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. If you were one 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:51.130 of the 50,000 in attendance tonight leaving Dodger Stadium, I 0:00:51.170 --> 0:00:53.070 want to hear from you, whether you're heading back to 0:00:53.110 --> 0:00:56.330 the west side, the Valley State, The South Bay, the OC, 0:00:56.370 --> 0:01:00.810 the IE. Give us a call, 866-987-2570. I know how 0:01:00.890 --> 0:01:03.200 bad that traffic can be getting out of Uniqlo Field 0:01:03.260 --> 0:01:06.800 at Dodger Stadium. Be patient. Take your time. We're all 0:01:06.860 --> 0:01:11.179 in this together. And let's talk some Dodgers baseball. 866-987-2570 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:14.020 as the Padres beat the Dodgers tonight by a final 0:01:14.100 --> 0:01:17.600 of 4-2. Yuki Matsui, the wind in relief. Tyler Glass 0:01:17.660 --> 0:01:20.700 now pitched well. Five no-hit innings. He got an out 0:01:20.750 --> 0:01:22.590 in the sixth. And then with one out in the sixth, 0:01:22.650 --> 0:01:26.390 Ethan Salas, broke up the no-hitter with a single to 0:01:26.450 --> 0:01:29.690 left field. The wheels would fall off glass now in 0:01:29.730 --> 0:01:32.550 Justin Robleski as the Padres scored a run in the 0:01:32.709 --> 0:01:35.960 sixth and then three more in the seventh as the 0:01:36.180 --> 0:01:39.420 Dodgers fall to the Padres by a final of 4-2 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:42.340 in the offense tonight. Just could not string together hits. 0:01:42.470 --> 0:01:44.910 The top of the lineup did their job. All seven 0:01:44.950 --> 0:01:49.090 hits came from Shohei Otani, Mookie Betts, and Freddie Friedman. 0:01:49.530 --> 0:01:51.150 But the rest of the lineup did not have a 0:01:51.210 --> 0:01:54.360 hit combined. The Dodgers as a team 0-8 with runners 0:01:54.380 --> 0:01:57.400 in scoring position. And in the last two nights, they 0:01:57.440 --> 0:02:01.290 have stranded 27. base runners. But a lot to break 0:02:01.350 --> 0:02:03.970 down as far as the Dodgers are concerned as the 0:02:04.050 --> 0:02:06.930 Dodgers now get ready for the final weekend of the 0:02:07.010 --> 0:02:11.160 regular season in San Francisco beginning tomorrow night against the Giants. 0:02:11.180 --> 0:02:11.360 866-987-2570. 0:02:11.380 --> 0:02:15.980 So a lot of moving parts. as far as the 0:02:16.020 --> 0:02:19.210 postseason is concerned, going into this final week of the 0:02:19.250 --> 0:02:22.230 regular season. Things have kind of calmed down and become 0:02:22.570 --> 0:02:26.329 a little bit more clear now, especially in the National League. 0:02:26.350 --> 0:02:28.590 So we'll get you updated right now as far as 0:02:28.790 --> 0:02:33.380 what that looks like. The Dodgers losing tonight means they 0:02:33.419 --> 0:02:36.900 can no longer catch the Milwaukee Brewers for the number 0:02:37.020 --> 0:02:40.920 one spot in the National League. So the Milwaukee Brewers... 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:44.640 will have the number one seed and be the number 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:49.740 one overall team in baseball and in the National League 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:55.769 going into October. So congratulations to them. They're a 100-win team. 0:02:55.870 --> 0:02:59.790 They're the only 100-win team in all of baseball. The 0:02:59.850 --> 0:03:03.109 Dodgers will be the number two seed in the National 0:03:03.130 --> 0:03:07.860 League playoff picture, meaning despite the loss tonight, The Braves lost, 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:10.679 so the Dodgers secure the number two spot. They will 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.500 have a bye in the wildcard round, and they will 0:03:13.530 --> 0:03:17.470 await the winner of a wildcard series and meet them 0:03:17.650 --> 0:03:21.989 in the NLDS game one of the National League Divisional Series. 0:03:22.330 --> 0:03:25.690 We'll be at Uniclo Field at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, 0:03:25.850 --> 0:03:32.570 October 3rd. Now the three wildcard spots behind the Atlanta Braves. 0:03:32.630 --> 0:03:34.910 So the Dodgers are the number two seed, the Atlanta 0:03:34.950 --> 0:03:38.220 Braves 4th, On the number three seed, the remaining three 0:03:38.290 --> 0:03:43.240 spots are the wildcard teams. And right now, there are 0:03:43.340 --> 0:03:48.840 two wildcard teams that have already secured berths into October. 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:52.119 And for the National League, that is the San Diego 0:03:52.180 --> 0:03:57.100 Padres with the win tonight and the Chicago Cubs. So 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.540 that leaves one spot remaining. And as we go into 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:04.840 the final weekend of play... The Philadelphia Phillies hold on 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:08.620 to that spot. Two games up on the Arizona Diamondbacks. 0:04:09.540 --> 0:04:10.090 So.... 0:04:11.380 --> 0:04:13.140 The Phillies, all they got to do is win the 0:04:13.180 --> 0:04:15.760 next two or three, and they will secure the sixth 0:04:15.810 --> 0:04:19.029 and final spot. The Diamondbacks, if they can go continue 0:04:19.050 --> 0:04:21.950 this five-game winning streak and turn it into an eight-game 0:04:21.970 --> 0:04:24.990 winning streak and sweep San Diego this weekend, or worse, 0:04:25.029 --> 0:04:27.550 take two or three, and the Phillies lose two or three, 0:04:28.089 --> 0:04:32.690 the Diamondbacks could somehow still technically get in to the 0:04:32.750 --> 0:04:35.130 postseason tournament. But it's going to take a lot for 0:04:35.150 --> 0:04:37.540 them this weekend and some help from the Phillies losing. 0:04:38.070 --> 0:04:40.220 But as we speak right now, the Dodgers, the number 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:43.440 two seed in the National League, they will face the 0:04:43.460 --> 0:04:46.500 3-6 winner. And that right now is set up as 0:04:46.540 --> 0:04:50.580 the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies. So that's who 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:54.520 the Dodgers would face. And that sets up pretty good. Yeah, 0:04:54.540 --> 0:04:56.870 they've got Chris Sale in Atlanta. That's a really good 0:04:56.930 --> 0:05:00.020 offense in Philadelphia. But by the time one of those 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:04.180 team advances from a best-of-three wildcard round, they've got to 0:05:04.220 --> 0:05:06.490 come all the way across the country, and the Dodgers 0:05:06.500 --> 0:05:09.890 will be rested and waiting for them on Saturday, October 3rd. 0:05:09.930 --> 0:05:11.710 So we can get into that. The playoff picture has 0:05:11.750 --> 0:05:15.700 become a lot more clear. In the last 24 hours, 0:05:15.779 --> 0:05:17.760 and certainly now we know as of tonight, the Dodgers 0:05:18.060 --> 0:05:20.380 will be the number two seed in the National League 0:05:20.430 --> 0:05:21.870 when it's all said and done and have a bye 0:05:21.910 --> 0:05:23.989 in the wildcard round. But as far as the Dodgers' 0:05:24.330 --> 0:05:27.070 final three games in San Francisco, to me, there are 0:05:27.130 --> 0:05:31.050 still some question marks. There are still some question marks 0:05:31.089 --> 0:05:33.360 as far as who the Dodgers are going to rely 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:36.540 upon in the postseason out of the bullpen, which arms 0:05:36.580 --> 0:05:38.600 will be there, which guys will be on the roster, 0:05:38.900 --> 0:05:43.179 which guys won't. Will there be any surprises? Does Edwin Diaz... 0:05:44.300 --> 0:05:46.760 make a case to get into the postseason and be 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:50.300 on the roster. Evan Phillips has certainly elevated himself on 0:05:50.339 --> 0:05:56.080 the trust tree and Dave Roberts. And Josue DiPaola, Dalton Rushing, 0:05:56.520 --> 0:06:01.349 which one of them will be on the postseason roster? Tomorrow, 0:06:01.390 --> 0:06:04.750 the Dodgers are expected to activate Dalton Rushing off the IL, 0:06:05.330 --> 0:06:09.930 and he'll be purely a hitter. He won't catch, won't 0:06:09.970 --> 0:06:12.950 play defense. He can't throw because of his elbow, but 0:06:12.970 --> 0:06:16.580 he can hit. And the Dodgers want to give him a, 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:21.120 albeit short, audition over the next three days to see 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:26.050 where he is, first and foremost, health-wise. Can he swing 0:06:26.089 --> 0:06:29.150 a bat? Can he be productive? How does he look 0:06:29.190 --> 0:06:32.589 coming out of the box? And number two, is that 0:06:32.630 --> 0:06:36.430 the bat they want coming off the bench in October? 0:06:36.930 --> 0:06:39.950 Or has Josue DiPaola made more of a case in 0:06:39.990 --> 0:06:45.270 a smaller sample size the last 10 days than to 0:06:45.310 --> 0:06:47.460 be on the roster ahead of Dalton Rushing, who has 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:51.580 been basically on this team all year long. And for 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:54.900 a good portion, was the everyday catcher while Will Smith 0:06:54.940 --> 0:06:59.440 was out. Now, Josue DePaula and Dalton Rushing won't be 0:06:59.580 --> 0:07:03.940 asked to play defense, but they will be left-handed bats 0:07:04.310 --> 0:07:07.330 off the bench. And those are some of the questions 0:07:07.350 --> 0:07:10.790 the Dodgers still need to get answered here in these 0:07:10.850 --> 0:07:13.970 three games in San Francisco. And I think the third 0:07:13.990 --> 0:07:16.989 and I don't know, biggest question, but one of the 0:07:17.020 --> 0:07:20.530 biggest questions is the health of Blake Snell. He certainly 0:07:20.610 --> 0:07:25.050 looks okay. He certainly says he feels okay. But the 0:07:25.110 --> 0:07:27.570 last time we saw him up on a mound, he 0:07:27.610 --> 0:07:30.630 came out of the game with a groin injury. Is 0:07:30.650 --> 0:07:35.560 that groin still barking? Is that still a problem? Will 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:38.480 it be a problem going into October? Can they rely 0:07:38.540 --> 0:07:45.480 upon him in the postseason? When he's healthy, absolutely. Hands down, 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:51.170 one of the best pitchers in baseball. But is he healthy? 0:07:51.590 --> 0:07:54.750 He needs to show it. Can't just say it. We 0:07:54.790 --> 0:07:59.410 need to see it out of Blake Snell when he 0:07:59.450 --> 0:08:01.580 takes the mound on Saturday. And he will start game 0:08:01.620 --> 0:08:06.100 two of this three-game series. So for me, again, couple 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:09.390 of the arms in the bullpen. How are they fitting 0:08:09.470 --> 0:08:12.230 in as far as October baseball is concerned and making 0:08:12.270 --> 0:08:14.570 it on the trust tree that is Dave Roberts and 0:08:14.610 --> 0:08:16.920 who he can go to in October in a tight situation? 0:08:17.380 --> 0:08:20.140 Blake Snell and his health. Is he good to go? 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.580 Is the groin just something that barked up in his 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:25.520 last start in Cincinnati or is it a lingering issue? 0:08:26.630 --> 0:08:31.690 And Josue DiPaola or Dalton Rushing? Which one? makes the 0:08:31.730 --> 0:08:37.660 postseason roster. 866-987-2570 is the number. So there's still questions 0:08:38.260 --> 0:08:41.670 with this Dodgers team going into the final weekend of 0:08:41.730 --> 0:08:45.439 the season. Now, certainly, having now wrapped up the division, 0:08:45.700 --> 0:08:49.420 having wrapped up a playoff spot, having wrapped up a 0:08:49.470 --> 0:08:51.969 number two seed and a buy in the wildcard round, 0:08:52.410 --> 0:08:57.150 they could do no better seeding-wise with the playoffs over 0:08:57.170 --> 0:09:00.070 the next three days. They can't get any worse. They 0:09:00.090 --> 0:09:04.000 can't get any better. They've checked all the boxes they 0:09:04.030 --> 0:09:09.510 are going to check going into October. But that doesn't 0:09:09.550 --> 0:09:12.450 mean you want to just coast into October. Doesn't mean 0:09:12.470 --> 0:09:14.700 you want to take your foot off the gas the 0:09:14.740 --> 0:09:17.280 final three games. There's ways to go out there and 0:09:17.380 --> 0:09:22.000 still play competitive and hard without going out and being 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:27.210 dumb and getting hurt. The Dodgers can't afford an incident 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.290 like it happened a couple years ago where Will Smith 0:09:30.390 --> 0:09:37.510 Rowe gets Max Muncy caught up and he dislocates his elbow. 0:09:38.910 --> 0:09:42.429 That can't happen. These guys cannot be sliding into home 0:09:42.470 --> 0:09:47.980 plate head first. They can't be taking risk over the weekend. 0:09:48.860 --> 0:09:52.280 There's a way of playing smart baseball and still being 0:09:52.340 --> 0:09:55.650 productive and competitive. Let's not go out there and try 0:09:55.690 --> 0:10:00.960 to play above ourselves or try to make something happen 0:10:00.980 --> 0:10:04.960 that's not there because you don't need to the Dodgers 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:07.860 just need to get out of this three games answering 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:10.140 these questions that we just mentioned and maybe you've got 0:10:10.179 --> 0:10:16.650 more 866-987-2570 and stay out of it injury free Those 0:10:16.690 --> 0:10:18.970 are the big things. Answer the questions that are still 0:10:19.010 --> 0:10:22.429 there with the roster in October and get out of 0:10:22.450 --> 0:10:28.559 these next three games healthy. 866-987-2570 is the number. Tarek 0:10:28.580 --> 0:10:31.260 Skubal will get the start in his final regular season 0:10:31.700 --> 0:10:36.199 tune-up before October baseball begins. We're going to see what 0:10:36.260 --> 0:10:38.860 Tarek Skubal is made of in October. We saw him 0:10:38.900 --> 0:10:42.410 briefly pitch with the Tigers, certainly. We're going to see 0:10:42.450 --> 0:10:45.760 his competitive juices hopefully get to another level. We're going 0:10:45.780 --> 0:10:49.120 to see Tarek Skubal take his game to a different 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:53.260 level in October, hopefully. And Blake Snell, I love the guy. 0:10:53.460 --> 0:10:56.459 I know David Vasse is a big fan and probably 0:10:56.640 --> 0:11:00.230 the number one fan of Snellzilla. But as much as 0:11:00.260 --> 0:11:03.210 we love Blake Snell, we got to see a healthy 0:11:03.250 --> 0:11:06.590 Blake Snell. We got to see that Blake Snell is 0:11:06.650 --> 0:11:10.690 good to go and he checks the boxes going into October. 0:11:11.429 --> 0:11:13.130 So there's still some questions out there. 0:11:13.150 --> 0:11:13.400 866-987-2570. 0:11:13.420 --> 0:11:14.559 Maybe I've missed something. 0:11:14.580 --> 0:11:14.660 866-987-2570. 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:14.980 All right. 0:11:15.020 --> 0:11:23.160 Let's go out to the phones. We got a line 0:11:23.220 --> 0:11:25.120 open if you want to jump on board. Again, Dodgers 0:11:25.140 --> 0:11:28.130 lose to the Padres tonight, 4-2. San Diego clinches a 0:11:28.179 --> 0:11:30.469 wild card spot. They're third in a row, fifth in 0:11:30.490 --> 0:11:33.190 the last seven years. The Dodgers, despite the loss, still 0:11:33.210 --> 0:11:36.230 clinch the number two seed in the National League playoffs 0:11:36.270 --> 0:11:40.069 and a bye in the wild card round. Cesar, leaving 0:11:40.090 --> 0:11:43.350 the game tonight. Cesar, congratulations. One of the four million 0:11:43.690 --> 0:11:46.170 that went to a Dodger game this year. Congratulations setting 0:11:46.190 --> 0:11:47.790 that new franchise record for attendance. 0:11:49.530 --> 0:11:50.350 Thank you, thank you. 0:11:50.450 --> 0:11:51.089 Appreciate it. 0:11:51.110 --> 0:11:52.809 First-time caller, long-time listener. 0:11:53.210 --> 0:11:55.710 Awesome, awesome. So what are your thoughts going into this 0:11:55.770 --> 0:11:58.390 final weekend? How are you feeling about this Dodgers team 0:11:58.429 --> 0:11:58.809 right now? 0:12:01.290 --> 0:12:05.339 I was hoping we'd get a better turnout today. Yesterday 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:08.760 I was a little bit disappointed. Tuesday was awesome, but 0:12:08.780 --> 0:12:11.920 then I was worried. I said, man, they got seven 0:12:11.940 --> 0:12:15.699 to nothing. They shut them out, but usually the next 0:12:15.740 --> 0:12:20.069 day they're kind of gassed or whatever. They, you know, sputtered, 0:12:20.130 --> 0:12:24.410 and sure enough, yes, last night, you know, they lost. 0:12:24.450 --> 0:12:28.190 You got that one run by Miracle, but almost shut out. 0:12:28.950 --> 0:12:31.530 So today I was hoping, you know, well, first yesterday 0:12:31.550 --> 0:12:33.490 was the Yamamoto, so I thought it was a for 0:12:33.530 --> 0:12:36.440 sure win, and then I go, today, maybe not. But 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:39.500 then we lost that game, so I went to tonight's game, 0:12:39.940 --> 0:12:44.120 hoping to win, and Tyler Glass not look good. I 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:47.700 got to admit that. I mean, he started getting the no-hitter, 0:12:47.780 --> 0:12:50.490 and I think it was the sixth or something like that. 0:12:50.890 --> 0:12:53.929 Yeah, he gave up a one-out single to Ethan Salas. 0:12:53.950 --> 0:12:56.350 But he had no run support. Give the guy some 0:12:56.410 --> 0:12:56.910 runs the. 0:12:56.809 --> 0:13:02.070 First five innings. I mean, I don't know. That was 0:13:02.090 --> 0:13:05.270 just disappointing there. But he looked good. I mean, overall, 0:13:05.309 --> 0:13:08.839 everything else besides that, I mean, I was happy to 0:13:08.900 --> 0:13:12.040 see him. I wasn't sure what he was going to 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:15.100 look like as far as moving forward, coming back and stuff. 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:19.160 So that was a positive. Another positive was Freddie, I mean, 0:13:19.179 --> 0:13:23.450 Freddie was like, he's disappointed. You can see what he bats. And, 0:13:24.270 --> 0:13:26.130 you know, it's just like, you can see on his, 0:13:26.170 --> 0:13:28.910 just his demeanor and just his look, but he got 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:34.030 that base hit. Boom. Yeah. But they keep falling short, 0:13:34.130 --> 0:13:36.130 like hashing in and stuff. Yeah. 0:13:36.150 --> 0:13:39.170 Again, they were 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position. 0:13:39.190 --> 0:13:42.150 The last two nights, 1 for 17 with runners in 0:13:42.190 --> 0:13:45.010 scoring position. They left 20 runners on base the last 0:13:45.050 --> 0:13:47.250 two nights. Cesar, I appreciate the phone call. Don't be 0:13:47.290 --> 0:13:50.190 a stranger. His first time calling into Dodger talk, and 0:13:50.210 --> 0:13:53.189 we appreciate that. Leaving the game, unfortunately, the Dodgers fall 0:13:53.210 --> 0:13:55.929 to the Padres by a final of 4-2. Yuki Matsui 0:13:55.950 --> 0:13:58.980 gets the win. Tyler Glass now, as Cesar was talking about, 0:13:59.250 --> 0:14:03.189 took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, gave up a 0:14:03.429 --> 0:14:07.350 one-out single, an opposite-away flare by Ethan Salas, who, by 0:14:07.390 --> 0:14:12.119 the way, 20-year-old catcher. He is everything as advertised as 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:14.459 far as that young player is concerned. He is a 0:14:14.860 --> 0:14:18.000 really good catcher. catcher and he is a very smart 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:21.000 player and he can swing the bat and hit them 0:14:21.230 --> 0:14:23.630 all sides of the field and hit with power as 0:14:23.710 --> 0:14:25.990 well so they've got something there and the young ethan 0:14:26.030 --> 0:14:31.650 salas the 20 year old catcher 866-987-2570 abby and hermosa 0:14:31.710 --> 0:14:35.030 beach checks in on this thursday night as the dodgers 0:14:35.050 --> 0:14:37.010 fall to the padres four to two welcome to dodger 0:14:37.030 --> 0:14:38.270 talk abby how you doing. 0:14:39.870 --> 0:14:42.000 I'm okay how are you I'm okay. 0:14:42.020 --> 0:14:44.420 I'm getting excited about the playoffs right around the corner. 0:14:44.500 --> 0:14:47.280 Dodgers with three games to go, though, and some questions 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:49.880 still lingering with this Dodgers team. 0:14:50.060 --> 0:14:50.300 I know. 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:57.670 I have questions, too. First of all, I actually, hilariously, 0:14:58.110 --> 0:15:06.910 don't have as many questions about the bullpen or the pitching. 0:15:07.390 --> 0:15:10.730 I mean, I actually trust Blake Snell. Maybe it's because 0:15:10.810 --> 0:15:16.330 of Dave. I don't know, but meaning Dave that say 0:15:16.410 --> 0:15:21.810 versus Dave Roberts, but honestly, I trust Blake Snell. He 0:15:21.850 --> 0:15:27.340 has the fire and he was so jokey and amazing, 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:32.100 you know, during that whole thing with school bowl and 0:15:32.220 --> 0:15:34.240 trying to get them in. And I don't know if 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:38.070 you've seen the social media. It's amazing. He's like bringing 0:15:38.110 --> 0:15:43.070 him in and, making him a Dodger. So that aside, okay. 0:15:43.130 --> 0:15:45.950 That aside, I trust Blake Snell. I think he's going 0:15:45.970 --> 0:15:51.710 to do well. And frankly, I'm so happy about glass now. Okay. 0:15:51.730 --> 0:15:57.640 And I have absolutely, absolutely no worries about Yamamoto despite 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:03.540 last night. Okay. So my issue is the consistency with 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:07.830 the offense. I love, love, love, love, love the fact 0:16:07.850 --> 0:16:15.800 the top three was productive tonight. I mean, so amazing, right? However, 0:16:15.820 --> 0:16:21.740 I'm so worried because, I mean, and I know they're 0:16:21.760 --> 0:16:26.120 going to show up, okay? But I just want to 0:16:26.140 --> 0:16:28.140 see it a little bit more, and I'm sure we're 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:34.180 going to see it against the Giants. But I just 0:16:34.220 --> 0:16:37.120 want to see it against, like, a competitive team. Like, 0:16:37.540 --> 0:16:40.600 Peyo has been doing so well, and he wasn't great tonight. 0:16:40.620 --> 0:16:47.390 And Edmund and Will, I just, I'm so just, like, waiting, 0:16:47.470 --> 0:16:50.750 you know, for everything to ignite. And, you know, last 0:16:50.810 --> 0:16:57.120 night when they had our most amazing, like, lineup, it 0:16:57.150 --> 0:16:59.460 was the best lineup, and it's going to be the lineup. 0:16:59.740 --> 0:17:01.800 It's going to be the trusted lineup last night, and 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:05.989 they didn't. do it, and I'm just a little bit 0:17:06.030 --> 0:17:09.930 worried about the consistency. So what do you think? I mean, 0:17:10.470 --> 0:17:11.260 give me some hope. 0:17:11.730 --> 0:17:13.340 All right, I'll give you some hope. I appreciate the 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:16.060 phone call. Abby, thanks for checking in and being a 0:17:16.100 --> 0:17:18.820 loyal listener to Dodger Talk. I've got to hope that 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:22.280 this Dodgers offense is not going to continue to just 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:25.520 leave guys out there and leave runners out there on 0:17:25.580 --> 0:17:28.240 base like they had the last two nights. Certainly, we've 0:17:28.260 --> 0:17:31.050 seen this Dodgers offense can be feast or famine. It's 0:17:31.070 --> 0:17:33.780 just what it is. They're a slugging team. But it 0:17:33.859 --> 0:17:36.679 is encouraging to see that without having to hit the 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:39.700 home run, the Dodgers the last two nights stranded 20 0:17:39.700 --> 0:17:42.150 base runners. That's a lot. I mean, you get three 0:17:42.190 --> 0:17:45.570 or four hits. We're talking about a different outcome. And 0:17:45.850 --> 0:17:49.490 you're not stranding 20 guys. One for 17, you turn 0:17:49.510 --> 0:17:53.189 that into a six for 17, a five for 17. 0:17:53.190 --> 0:17:57.330 We're talking about possibly a different series here. against the Padres. But, 0:17:57.750 --> 0:18:00.270 you know, credit to San Diego. They win last night, 0:18:00.450 --> 0:18:02.369 and then tonight they come back. They're still fighting for 0:18:02.410 --> 0:18:05.469 a playoff spot, and they get the win. And they 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:08.260 take advantage of, you know, some Dodger miscues last night, 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:12.040 a throw in there from Yamamoto tonight. They manufactured a 0:18:12.060 --> 0:18:13.940 run about as good as you can do it. A 0:18:14.060 --> 0:18:17.560 one-out single from Ethan Salas to break up the no-hitter. 0:18:18.090 --> 0:18:22.010 Then Fernando Tatis with the single moves Salas to third. 0:18:22.530 --> 0:18:24.730 And then Dustin Harris, the sack fly with one out, 0:18:25.530 --> 0:18:28.129 And bing, bang, boom, all of a sudden the Padres 0:18:28.170 --> 0:18:29.920 are on the board and got a 1-0 lead when 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:33.300 they were being no hit literally five minutes before that. 0:18:33.660 --> 0:18:35.780 And you know what? All three of those hitters against 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:38.280 Tyler Glass now did, and Oral Hershiser, in fact, brought 0:18:38.300 --> 0:18:41.159 this up on the TV broadcast of Sportsnet LA, the 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:45.250 Salas to T singles and then the Dustin Harris sack fly. 0:18:45.330 --> 0:18:48.110 You know what they all have in common? They were 0:18:48.190 --> 0:18:51.370 all on the first pitch of an at-bat. Three pitches, 0:18:51.790 --> 0:18:54.390 two singles, a sack fly, and all of a sudden 0:18:54.410 --> 0:18:58.040 the Dodgers are down 1-0. And as Oral brought up 0:18:58.100 --> 0:19:02.080 on the broadcast, when you fall behind Tyler Glass now, 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:05.060 he gets to his off-speed pitch, and tonight the curveball 0:19:05.100 --> 0:19:09.290 was absolutely filthy. Had so much bite to it that 0:19:09.330 --> 0:19:11.450 that's why he was getting swing and misses and strikeouts. 0:19:12.140 --> 0:19:15.350 So in that sixth inning, for whatever reason, their approach changed, 0:19:15.790 --> 0:19:19.570 and they were ambushing him single. First swinging to Tease, 0:19:19.810 --> 0:19:23.550 first pitch, single. First pitch to Dustin Harris, sack fly, 0:19:24.050 --> 0:19:26.109 and it's a 1-0 game. So credit to them for 0:19:26.170 --> 0:19:28.750 changing their approach, taking advantage of that, and getting to 0:19:28.810 --> 0:19:31.109 Tyler Glass now. I'm not worried too much about the 0:19:31.150 --> 0:19:33.610 Dodger offense. I think when we get to October here, 0:19:34.609 --> 0:19:37.830 certainly no time like October for guys like Kike Hernandez, 0:19:37.890 --> 0:19:40.810 Max Muncy. They'll rise to the occasion. I am very 0:19:40.869 --> 0:19:43.040 confident of that. I'm anxious to see who the Dodgers 0:19:43.060 --> 0:19:43.500 are going to get. 0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:44.800 Will it be Atlanta? 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:47.850 Will it be a Philadelphia, Philly team that's fighting here 0:19:47.869 --> 0:19:50.280 the final weekend against Arizona, trying to hold them off 0:19:50.690 --> 0:19:52.660 the final three games? We'll find out. We'll take a break. 0:19:52.680 --> 0:19:54.400 We'll come back. We'll get to more of your phone calls. 0:19:54.420 --> 0:19:54.480 866-987-2570. 0:19:54.480 --> 0:19:56.010 One line open, 866-987-2570. Dodgers fall to the Padres, 4-2. 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:58.800 But the loss stings, certainly, but they still clinch a bye. 0:20:08.869 --> 0:20:11.390 In the wild card round with the Braves losing against 0:20:11.410 --> 0:20:14.930 the Cincinnati Reds, Dodgers clinched the number two spot in 0:20:14.950 --> 0:20:17.369 the National League. They will get a bye, and they 0:20:17.410 --> 0:20:20.760 will await, along with the Milwaukee Brewers, to the National 0:20:20.780 --> 0:20:23.179 League Divisional Series. 0:20:23.200 --> 0:20:23.400 866-987-2570. 0:20:23.700 --> 0:20:27.540 Dodger Talk rolls on here on AM570 LA Sports, live 0:20:27.700 --> 0:20:29.619 everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 0:20:34.640 --> 0:20:36.060 Dodgers fans, this is Mookie Betts. 0:20:36.359 --> 0:20:38.800 You're listening to the home of the back-to-back world champion 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:46.030 Dodgers on AM570 LA Sports. Dodger Talk rolls on on 0:20:46.050 --> 0:20:48.990 this Thursday night. Thanks for being with us late at night. 0:20:50.010 --> 0:20:53.450 Coming up next, the Mallard Show, Fox Sports Radio. Dodgers 0:20:53.490 --> 0:20:56.290 heading to San Francisco for the final three games of 0:20:56.330 --> 0:21:00.150 the regular season after they lose their Final home game 0:21:00.170 --> 0:21:03.229 of the regular season, 4-2 to the San Diego Padres. 0:21:03.270 --> 0:21:05.770 Dodgers baseball is brought to you by Daniels Jewelers and 0:21:05.790 --> 0:21:08.070 the home run forecast. For your chance to win a 0:21:08.070 --> 0:21:12.730 $ 50 Daniels Jewelers gift card, visit am570lasports. com. Keyword home run. 0:21:13.190 --> 0:21:16.750 Enter your name and you could win. Daniels Jewelers own 0:21:16.950 --> 0:21:21.090 the dream. Dodgers tonight lose to the Padres, but they 0:21:21.130 --> 0:21:23.050 still get a bye in the wild card round as 0:21:23.070 --> 0:21:25.800 they will wait. the winner of the Wild Card Series, 0:21:26.080 --> 0:21:30.119 as they will host the NLDS on Saturday, October 3rd. 0:21:30.180 --> 0:21:33.580 So a well-deserved week off for the Dodgers. But when 0:21:33.619 --> 0:21:35.300 we say week off, it's not like they're putting their 0:21:35.320 --> 0:21:37.770 feet up and going out to Manhattan Beach and enjoying 0:21:37.790 --> 0:21:40.810 the water and some elevated surf thanks to El Nino. No, 0:21:41.310 --> 0:21:43.710 they're going to probably get a day, maybe two, to 0:21:43.750 --> 0:21:45.450 get off their feet. They'll probably still go out to 0:21:45.470 --> 0:21:48.490 the Dodger Stadium and get treatment, physical therapy, get their 0:21:48.530 --> 0:21:52.470 bodies right, massages, and then start some light baseball activities 0:21:52.510 --> 0:21:55.270 and then ramp it back up again with some workouts 0:21:55.430 --> 0:22:00.480 and probably a simulated game or two on Thursday. And 0:22:00.520 --> 0:22:04.619 then Friday, a workout before the Game 1 NLDS matchup 0:22:04.960 --> 0:22:08.399 against either going to be the Phillies or against the 0:22:08.440 --> 0:22:11.470 Atlanta Braves in a 3-6 matchup in the wildcard round. 0:22:11.490 --> 0:22:12.730 So they have some chance to put that up on 0:22:12.750 --> 0:22:15.230 the Jumbotron there at Dodge Stadium during their workouts during 0:22:15.250 --> 0:22:17.669 the week and enjoy seeing who they're going to play next. 0:22:18.070 --> 0:22:22.470 in the next round. 866-987-2570. We continue out to the phone. 0:22:22.490 --> 0:22:25.450 Thanks for being patient. Again, 50,000 in attendance out at 0:22:25.510 --> 0:22:28.169 Uniqlo Field tonight at Dodger Stadium. As the Dodgers set 0:22:28.190 --> 0:22:32.020 a new franchise record for attendance with 4,034,219. Robert was 0:22:32.160 --> 0:22:37.360 out at Dodger Stadium tonight. He's next up on Dodger Talk. 0:22:37.380 --> 0:22:38.020 How you doing, Robert? 0:22:39.400 --> 0:22:40.000 Doing all right. 0:22:40.700 --> 0:22:41.160 Doing all right. 0:22:41.180 --> 0:22:41.940 A little disappointed. 0:22:42.800 --> 0:22:44.320 Yeah, what do you think about the final three games 0:22:44.340 --> 0:22:46.290 here of the regular season, and what questions do you 0:22:46.310 --> 0:22:48.870 still have about this team on your mind going into 0:22:48.890 --> 0:22:49.530 the postseason? 0:22:51.390 --> 0:22:53.070