WEBVTT - Dodgers on Deck (4-12-26) 0:00:00.480 --> 0:00:03.480 For the back to back World champions of Baseball. 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:06.000 One of the greatest runs in the history of baseball. 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:08.520 Immortality is within their reach. 0:00:08.880 --> 0:00:12.719 Incredible and while others make excuses. 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:14.280 The only reason the Dodgers are doing this is because 0:00:14.280 --> 0:00:15.400 they can. They print money. 0:00:15.400 --> 0:00:17.280 The Dodgers just can't continue. 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:18.120 It's not fair. 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:19.520 Are making plans. 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:25.240 Yeah, it's a singular focus on controlling what they can control. 0:00:25.560 --> 0:00:29.320 Now your pregame host of the World champion LA Dodgers, 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:31.120 tam Cats. 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:36.760 Hi, everybody, and welcome to Morongo Casino. Dodgers on Deck, 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:40.120 your official pregame show for the back to back World 0:00:40.120 --> 0:00:44.720 Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers on this Sunday, April twelfth, 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:49.760 twenty twenty six. Raining in southern California all morning long. 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:52.400 The clouds are still here, but the rain is gone 0:00:52.400 --> 0:00:55.560 for now. Dodgers eleven and three on this season. After 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:58.640 a comfort behind win on Friday ended with the walk 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:01.920 off home run another comfort behind wind last night, the 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:05.040 Dodgers go for the sweet today of the Texas Rangers. 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:06.880 Roki Sasaki on the mound. 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:09.840 First pitch from Uniclo Field the Dodger Stadium is coming 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:13.080 up at one ten. Between then and now, We got 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:16.240 a lot to get to here on Morago Casino. Dodgers 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:17.920 on deck coming up in twenty minutes. You're gonna hear 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:20.880 from the manager himself, Dave Roberts. Coming up in forty 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:23.959 five minutes, you're gonna hear from Dodger reliever Jack Dryer. 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:25.959 Had a little bit of a bumpy outing in Toronto 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:29.120 on Wednesday in the series finale, but bounced back last night, 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:32.000 striking out the side in the seventh. Inny, we'll dive 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:35.840 deeper into today's pitching matchup. We got your Dodgers magical moment. Shortly, 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:38.640 we'll visit with Kirsten Watson from Sports and at LA 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:40.760 and in just a few minutes we will head out 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:43.399 to the gallopin Ford broadcast booth and check in with 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:46.320 Tim Neffertt and Rick Monday. Well, last night, Immate Sheehan 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:49.280 got the start and it was a rocky start, says 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:52.280 he gave up a solo home run to the first 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:55.080 batter that he faced, Brandon Nemo, second pitch of the game, 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:57.720 solo home run to center, and just like that, the 0:01:57.840 --> 0:02:01.200 Rangers led one to nothing. Bottom of the first inning. 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:04.080 Joey O'tadi said, hold my beer I got you two. 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:06.840 He went deep, a home run to right three hundred 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:09.200 and ninety feet that tied the game at one, and 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:11.760 then the Dodgers got after Jack Lider still in the 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.720 bottom of the first inning, too odd for Tao. 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:18.320 One one, ty Oscar hits a high fly ball to 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:21.160 left in deep, heading back on it as Duran he. 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:23.320 Looks up at has got a home run. 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:27.960 Tay Oscar Hernandez a three run shot that gives the 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:28.880 Dodgers the lead. 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:31.359 It is four to one Los Angeles. 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:37.840 The third home run of the season for Teoscar Hernandez. 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:39.720 He now has eleven runs bad. 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:44.520 It is te Oscar Hernandez goes deep. He hit a 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:46.960 three run home run as the Dodgers put a four 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:49.600 spot up on the board on Jack Lighter in the 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:51.720 bottom half of the first inning. Him and she and 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:54.840 would get into cruise control the next few winnings. Toaskar, 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:58.480 Hernandez grinded into a double play, but not before Will 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:01.600 Smith scored to make it a five to one Dodgers lead. 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:05.600 Brandon nemo at Immachine again. He homered it with a 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:07.480 two run shot in the top half of the sixth 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:10.920 off of Imachean. He'd give up three runs over six innings, 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:13.840 four hit, struck out six, the damage all done by 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:17.480 Brandon Nemo Dodgers of five to three when they turned 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:20.040 it over to the bullpen. Jack Dryer struck out the 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:22.360 side in the seventh, his first time doing so in 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:25.400 the major leagues. Tanner Scott put up his zero in 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:27.400 the top half of the eighth inning. In the bottom 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:30.000 half of the eighth inning, the hottest hitter in baseball, 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:30.840 Andy Paz. 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:35.080 The pitch one two stroke to left. That's a base hit. 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:37.280 Pay Oscar on the move. He's gonna get way up 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:39.520 around by Diana Reebel. Here comes the throat of the plate, 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:44.400 not in time, and tay Oscar scores standing up. It's 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:47.720 an RBI base hit for Randy Pie and the Dodgers 0:03:47.840 --> 0:03:49.200 lead hit six to three. 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:54.320 And Pie has just continues to get it done. And 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:57.280 he had to stay with that. Pitch went down and 0:03:57.360 --> 0:04:00.320 went out and got it on the ball. It looked 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:02.440 like was a change up, but the Pie has stayed 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:03.440 right on top of it. 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:06.600 Andy po has delivering with the top tier play of 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:09.040 the game brought to by Arco quality, top tier gas 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:12.520 for less. Po Haz his RBI single. There his seventeenth 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:16.120 RBI in now fourteen games. He leaves the major leagues 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:18.719 in RBIs to start the season. 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:20.680 Tanner Sky, as we mentioned, put. 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:22.159 Up a zero in the eighth and ninth belong to 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.920 Blake trying with Edwin Diaz down. He got two outs, 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:27.479 but also had traffic on the base pass. Dave Roberts said, MP, 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:30.159 I'm going to alex Psia on his thirtieth birthday to 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:31.880 get the final out, and he struck out the only 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:35.240 battery face for the save, his first save of the season, 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:39.000 his thirteenth save of his career. Dodgers beat the Rangers 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:42.880 last night six to three. Image Shean now two to 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:45.239 zero to start this season. With the win, the Dodgers 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:48.440 now eleven and three overall, and today they look to 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:51.839 finish off the sweep of the Texas Rangers. Rokie Susaki 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:53.400 on the mound, first pitch of one ten and with 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:55.800 more we head out to the galpin Ford broadcast booth 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:57.960 as we welcome in Tim Neverard and Rick Monday. 0:04:58.000 --> 0:04:59.839 Guys, Tim, thank you very much. 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:03.920 It's an overcast Sunday afternoon at Uniclo Field at Dodgers Stadium. 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:06.280 Dodgers and Rangers ready to wrap up this three game 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:10.160 interleague set. Dodgers looking for a three game sweep too. 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:12.719 By the way, Roki Sasaki will be on the mound. 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:14.680 He's zero and one with an ERA of seven after 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:18.800 two starts. Jacob de Grom, the twenty fourteen National League 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:22.240 Rookie of the Year, is on the mound now for Texas, 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:27.000 no decisions in an ERA of three seventy two. Last night, Maul, 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:28.960 they got it going. In the first inning. Otani hit 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:31.560 his first leadoff home run of the season, his first 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:34.200 extra base hit at Dodgers Stadium, and then ta Oscar 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:37.040 Hernandez pretty much put it away with a three run home. 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:39.120 Run the first something we haven't seen a whole lot 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:42.320 of in baseball histories that both leadoff men hit home 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:45.080 runs for the respective teams, and Nemo went deep in 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:47.800 the second pitch thrown to him by Emitt Shean, and 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:50.360 then Otani took in four pitches to hit the home 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:53.440 run off of their started Jack Lighters so again and 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:55.440 went back and forth and back and forth to Askar. 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:57.800 Hernanez also a big three run home run in that 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:01.240 opening frame, So the Dodgers came out to full strength 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:05.040 with four runs in the first and never really look back. 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:07.559 And as you mentioned, I mean this Dodger bulk club. 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:12.040 Tim has done just about everything imaginable from a hitting standpoint. 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:13.800 When you look at the batting average, you look at 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:15.960 the number of home runs they've been we'll go. And 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:18.200 then on top of it, I think the bullpen has 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:21.040 really stood tall coming out and Dave Roberts has had 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:25.039 the luxury spreading around the workload in that bullpen, which 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:26.160 has worked out beautifully. 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:28.880 They spread it around. Last night, Edwin Diaz did not 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:31.599 come out and try to close the game after blowing 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:34.400 us say, picking up the win the night before in. 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:35.359 The series opener. 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:39.040 He was asked today, is there anything physical going on 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:41.120 because his velocity has been down. He said, no, he 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:44.159 feels fine, and that usually in the first month of 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:46.400 the season, as velocity is down anyway, when you look 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.560 at the numbers, that kind of bears out. As the 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:51.120 season goes along, he picks it up. 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:54.800 I've always been mystified by that, is that there's a 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:58.200 start date to the season and when is that start date? 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:01.560 Well, way, few weeks and we'll be able to do it. 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:03.360 If you have a history of it takes you a 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:05.600 while to get going and why not start a little 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:08.240 bit earlier, but just one of the strange things that 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:11.120 seems to happen. Also the case with a lot of hitters. 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.320 They say, hey, look, normally they get off to very 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:15.080 slow starts. 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:18.320 You mentioned some categories earlier home runs, batting average. The 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:21.600 Dodgers lead Major League Baseball in both right now as 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:24.720 a team twenty seven home runs team batting average two 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:28.200 ninety eight runs per game, also number one in Major 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:31.040 League Baseball six point four runs per game so far. 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:34.960 When you look at the Rangers, they have been run challenged. 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:37.520 They have scored three or fewer runs in eight of 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:38.360 their last nine game. 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:38.680 Yeah. 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:40.920 I came across the number about an hour and a 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:43.119 half ago. That kind of surprised me. Okay, the Dodgers 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:45.120 scored in the first inning last night. That's a big 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:48.160 deal and it helps, there's no question about that. If 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:51.080 we look back the last couple of years scoring in 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:53.760 the first inning, the Dodgers are forty five wins and 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:57.640 eleven losses. That's an eight ZHO four winning percentage. That 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.520 didn't surprise me. What did surprise me, is it that 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:04.360 second best? Who's the best team scoring in the first inning? 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:08.840 Chicago Cubs have a slightly higher winning percentage than that area, 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:11.360 So yeah, but it does help to get on the 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:13.640 board and not wait till the seventh, eighth, or ninth, 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:15.600 which quite frankly, that's what we saw a lot of 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:16.480 in spring training. 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:17.800 Dodgers scoring late. 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:21.960 Teoscar Hernandez and Will Smith getting the day off, Dalton 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:25.400 rushing behind the plate. Alex call Will be in left field. 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:27.720 Rest of the lineup from last night in there, with 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:30.520 Andy Paez moving up to the third spot in the 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:33.360 batting order. Dodger's best record in Major League Baseball through 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:36.200 this early portion of the season eleven and three the 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:38.120 Rangers seven and seven. 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:39.920 Tim all right, thank you guys, as we got you 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:42.000 down to first pitch. Dodger fans, what are you doing 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:44.559 it for lunch? How about a game day meal from 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:47.400 our friends at Shaky's Pizza Parlor. What are your Shaky's Pizza, 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:48.319 chicken and mojos? 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:48.959 Right now? 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:51.720 Shakys dot Com coming up here on Dodgers on Deck. 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:54.000 You're gonna hear from the manager himself, Dave Roberts. We'll 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:55.960 check in with David Vatsay he goes one on one 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:59.800 with Jack Dryer, But up next we get your Tani 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:03.720 ree and we visit with sports and at LA's Kirsten Watson. 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:06.680 That is all coming up before first pitch as we 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:10.000 lead job to Dodgers and the Rangers. 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:11.480 First pitch coming up at one ten. 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:13.520 Next you being with us, I'm Tim Kason, the back 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:17.120 to back world champion Dodgers Audio Network. 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:24.400 This is Morongo Casino Dodgers Hunting game. 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:27.840 On your home for LA Dodgers Baseball. 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:32.520 Cleaning up to Dodgers and the Texas Rangers. Rookie Sasaki, 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:35.280 Jacin de Grom the pitching mash up in this series finale. 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:36.720 First pitch at one ten. 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:40.080 This is the Otani. 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:43.640 Rewhy winding the two to one pitch and Otani swings. 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:45.280 Hits a drive deep to right field. 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:47.120 This ball is gone. 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:51.360 Otani ties it up with one mighty swing in the 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:55.880 bottom of the first home run number four for shure 0:09:55.920 --> 0:10:00.400 Hey Ol'tani. It's his first extravase hit a dit Drew. 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:01.240 Stadium this year. 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:06.240 One two well chopper swinging bunt to the right side. 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.800 Lighter will field it, he will not field it cleaner. 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:12.000 And Otani is a board. He picked it up and 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:16.800 dropped a good lighter and Otane with his second hit 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:17.480 of the ball game. 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:20.680 Show Hey Otani too for full with the home run 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.880 extended is on Bay Street to forty five games. With 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:25.640 that home run in the first inning, he has the 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:29.400 fifth longest on bastreak in Dodger history, two games behind 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:32.839 Ron Say, who has got forty seven straight games for 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:36.360 fourth place. He also smacked his twenty fifth leadoff home run, 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:39.560 which ties him for thirty third all time with Hanley Ramirez, 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:43.440 Matt Carpenter, Andrew McCutcheon, and Brian Downy. 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:48.360 This is Kirston's Corner with Kirston Watson. 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:51.360 And Karson Now joins us from the stadium on this Sunday, 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:53.120 brought to you by Cars for Kids, the easiest way 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:54.760 to get rid of your old car. Donate today, your 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:58.160 car can be picked up tomorrow. Donate now Carsfrokids dot Org. 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:02.240 That's Cars with a K. Hey, Dodger's going for the sweep. 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:04.760 The rain is going away. That's the good news. In 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:08.240 Roki Sasaki man, it'd be nicely got a piggyback what 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:09.680 Imma Sheian did last night. 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:12.880 Kirsten, exactly when you look at just how the both 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:15.160 of those guys have started the season, you know, have 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:18.120 the en't fully been right When it came to Emmachi 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:20.080 and he was working through a few mechanical things, he 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:22.440 found that he was being a little too rotational on 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:24.960 the mound and so he was flying open a little 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:27.600 bit faster than he would have liked to yesterday with 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:30.360 how the stuff was playing, getting to swing and miss. Yes, 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:32.040 he did to give up those two home runs, but 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:35.920 if you removed those two, he was in an excellent 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:38.280 spot last night, and even he was sharing that this 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:40.720 is the best that he's felt he was able to 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:44.080 work on essentially like a mechanical or a mental cue 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:45.920 in which for him he said it had to do 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:48.520 with his glove tap. But he is in a much 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.040 better position. So now he feels like, okay, you can 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:54.240 kind of continue to build from yesterday. Then you mentioned 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:57.760 Roki Sasaki. He is someone who there are times where 0:11:57.800 --> 0:11:59.840 it feels like the stuff is there. There are times 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:02.640 it feels like he's just kind of the misses are 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:06.040 bad misses, or there the splitter is not breaking like 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:07.560 he would want it to and kind of leaving the 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:08.079 ball up. 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:08.760 Things like that. 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:11.600 So with him today, I guess even when you look 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:14.719 at his last outing, just quickly against the Nationals. There 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:17.240 were times at the beginning of his start, and on 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:20.200 that final inning of work in the fifth things did 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.120 look good. But then if you look at the two 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:25.160 innings that were kind of in between, they were the walks, 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:28.360 the home run, the just it started to pile up 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:30.319 and the pitch count got up, and so he truly 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:32.600 was only limited to those five innings of work, and 0:12:32.640 --> 0:12:35.319 even that was a push. So coming into today, Dave 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:37.800 Roberts was just saying, you know, he wants to continue 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:40.920 to see him really moving in the right direction. There 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:43.480 are times, as I mentioned, when the stuff has been excellent, 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:47.000 but now it's just finding that consistency and how he's navigating, 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:49.360 especially through this aggressive Rainery's lineup. 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:52.080 Edwin he has last night not there in the ninth inning, 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:54.240 Dave Roberts said, he was down for the night. 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:55.679 What about today, hearson. 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:58.160 You know, they're kind of looking at him as like 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:01.440 a day to day situation. So when they look at 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:03.960 his outing on Friday night, in which he did blow 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:06.920 his first day, if you're in Dodger blue, he gave 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:11.440 up four hits, three runs, and everyone noticed that the 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:15.160 velocity was about two miles for hours down, which is 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:18.000 quite significant when it comes to a pitcher. And so 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:21.000 Dave Roberts even immediately after the game said he noticed it. 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:22.719 He said that he was gonna have a conversation with 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:25.200 Edwin and just kind of see how he's feeling. Checking 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:28.520 in Edwin said that he says that he feels fine, 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:31.400 but they're just gonna keep kind of seeing. So he'll 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:34.760 play some catch this afternoon how he comes out of that. 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:38.000 So they're really just kind of following Edwin's lead. But 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:40.720 due to just that drop off in below, it's something 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:42.559 that they do want to keep an eye on. Dave 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:45.400 Roberts would make it clear that it is a low 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:50.360 concern for him. It's yeah, it's a low level concern, 0:13:50.640 --> 0:13:52.880 and they're just more of they got to play the 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.040 long game, not the short game, and if Edwin needs 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.280 a few days to rest, then he should have those 0:13:57.360 --> 0:13:59.800 days and then continue to allow his body to heal 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:00.720 at that's what it needs to do. 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:01.600 No doubt about it. 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:05.480 It's April twelfth. It's a long marathon of a season. Kirsen, 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:06.920 appreciate it. We'll check in with you after the game 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:09.320 is still they come here. 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So you know, hopefully we can 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:00.440 you know, he can keep building off that, and I 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:02.440 feel good with the work that he's put in before 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:04.440 this start and go from there. 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:05.640 Lost out. 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:08.640 Yes, there was the two home runs, but he was 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:09.640 able to finish. 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:11.320 Honestly, start on a higher note. 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:14.040 Are you just looking now more for the consistency of. 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:14.880 His step thrown out? 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:16.160 And yeah, I think that. 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:20.120 You know, with any starting pitcher, obviously, you know, the 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:22.320 mindset has got to be in a good spot where 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:24.240 I think he's in as good a spot as he 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:29.320 has been with us. And then you know, the physical, 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:31.920 the mechanical part that's got to be in line. And 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:35.920 then I think then it just for me, the execution 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:38.800 has been a lot better the last couple outings. The 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:43.920 misses have been near misses versus egregious misses, So it's 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:46.040 just been more consistent. And I think that if he 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:48.720 can continue to do that, you know, this is an 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:52.840 aggressive team, clearly they're they're they're aggressive. 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