Speaker 1: The quest for the three peat has begun.
Speaker 2: Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won
Speaker 2: three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become
Speaker 2: the fifth.
Speaker 1: This is world Champion Dodgers Talk.
Speaker 3: Here we go again. We're Gay running back to.
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Speaker 1: eighty seven two five seventy and be sure to follow
Speaker 1: Dodger Talk wherever you get your podcasts. Here's your host,
Speaker 1: David Vase.
Speaker 4: Last day, we are live at Target Field after the
Speaker 4: Dodgers hit two home runs to beat the Twins tonight
Speaker 4: by a final score of.
Speaker 3: Two to one.
Speaker 2: Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasse with you until eight
Speaker 2: thirty tonight here on a five to seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 2: We have phone lines open at eight six six nine
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy. We will hear from Eric Lauer,
Speaker 2: we will hear from Kyle Tucker, and we will here
Speaker 2: from Dave Roberts as far as his thoughts on Tucker's
Speaker 2: first half struggles. Because we are getting closer to the
Speaker 2: midway point of the season and that will happen later
Speaker 2: this week. But the Dodgers, with the win two to one,
Speaker 2: beating the Twins win their fiftieth game of the year.
Speaker 3: They're the first.
Speaker 2: Team in Major League Baseball this year to reach fifty wins,
Speaker 2: and this is the fastest the Dodgers have reached the
Speaker 2: fifty win plateau since twenty twenty two. They won fifty
Speaker 2: games in twenty twenty two, faster than they reached it here,
Speaker 2: and that season in twenty twenty two, the Dodgers won
Speaker 2: one hundred and eleven games. That's right, one hundred and
Speaker 2: eleven and fifty one in twenty twenty two. So we'll
Speaker 2: see if the Dodgers, well, it looks like the Dodgers
Speaker 2: are going to win one hundred games. And if you
Speaker 2: remember the last two back to back championships in the
Speaker 2: regular season, the Dodgers did not win one hundred games
Speaker 2: in the last two years, so they are navigating a
Speaker 2: weaker NL West than expected. The Padres are not as
Speaker 2: good and not hitting like many thought they would at
Speaker 2: the very least, and the Arizona Diamondbacks are certainly a
Speaker 2: step down from the Dodgers. And with the win tonight,
Speaker 2: speaking of all that, the Dodgers the first team to
Speaker 2: get to fifty wins. The Padres are just two games
Speaker 2: above five hundred, they're nine and a half games back
Speaker 2: of the Dodgers, and Arizona's five hundred they're ten and
Speaker 2: a half games back of the Dodgers. So with all
Speaker 2: that mixed into it, the Dodgers are head and shoulders
Speaker 2: above the rest of the division. They just got to
Speaker 2: continue to maintain and certainly not allow their intensity to drop,
Speaker 2: because we have seen that in years past where the
Speaker 2: Dodgers kind of let their guard down, make it a
Speaker 2: tighter division race than it should be, and even sometimes
Speaker 2: not playing their best baseball when they go into September
Speaker 2: and into October. So Dave Roberts has been through that,
Speaker 2: a lot of the same players on this team have
Speaker 2: been through that. They understand what it takes to get
Speaker 2: ready for October. But let's just enjoy fifty wins first
Speaker 2: team to get there. The Dodgers should enjoy being nine
Speaker 2: and a half games ahead of the San Diego Padres,
Speaker 2: and they will head to San Diego after the final
Speaker 2: game of this series. Day off Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Speaker 2: A big weekend series in San Diego. And the reason
Speaker 2: why I say it's a big weekend series in San Diego.
Speaker 2: It's not a big series for the Dodgers. It's a
Speaker 2: big series for the Padres to try to stay alive
Speaker 2: in the division before the All Star break, and it
Speaker 2: seems like it's a big weekend for you. I don't
Speaker 2: know how many people have texted me or dm me
Speaker 2: on Instagram. Hey, I'm gonna be in San Diego. Hey,
Speaker 2: I'm gonna be in San Diego. Hey great, I'll be
Speaker 2: in San Diego too. Enjoy the games eight six six,
Speaker 2: not eight seven to two five seventy. So the Dodgers
Speaker 2: this tonight decided to go with an opener. Nobody was
Speaker 2: expecting that. And when we saw the lineup, we saw
Speaker 2: Will Klein as the opener, and you start to think
Speaker 2: through why the Dodgers wanted a right handed opener tonight,
Speaker 2: like Will Klein, and you look at the Twins lineup
Speaker 2: and the most dangerous hitter in their lineups hitting third
Speaker 2: and Byron Buxton, who the Dodgers obviously did not want
Speaker 2: Eric Lowerd to face more than twice tonight, and he
Speaker 2: didn't face him more than twice, and he kept him
Speaker 2: in the ballpark.
Speaker 3: Will kleinb though, didn't.
Speaker 2: Keep Buxton in the ballpark Buxton hit a home run
Speaker 2: to left field in the first inning to tie the games. So,
Speaker 2: you know, a lot of times the process, the plans,
Speaker 2: they may be the right decision, but sometimes don't work
Speaker 2: out the way you thought they would. And that's what
Speaker 2: tonight would fall into as far as that category goes.
Speaker 2: But give Eric Lower a lot of credit. Who's been
Speaker 2: pitching really well. He had an opener tonight and he
Speaker 2: is on the record as saying he doesn't love an opener.
Speaker 3: What starting pitcher would love an opener.
Speaker 2: He went out there and pitched six no hit innings,
Speaker 2: walk three, did not give up a single run in
Speaker 2: a close game. It was a tied game until the
Speaker 2: sixth inning when Freddie Freeman hit that home run.
Speaker 3: So say what you will.
Speaker 2: About Eric Lower, this guy has been really good for
Speaker 2: the Dodgers and has been giving them innings. Not only good,
Speaker 2: but he's been giving them innings, which is big considering
Speaker 2: Emid Shehan has not been able to pitch.
Speaker 3: That well this year.
Speaker 2: So Eric Lwer certainly has been a great pickup by
Speaker 2: Andrew Freeman and the Dodgers. Let's hear from the Dodger
Speaker 2: left and winning pitcher tonight on sports Net la.
Speaker 5: A lot better. Uh, the first one that got me
Speaker 5: a little bit, so definitely wanted to make sure I
Speaker 5: had better command of the zone and you know, control
Speaker 5: of my stuff. And luckily enough I was able to
Speaker 5: you know, get some.
Speaker 6: Early outs and some quick outs.
Speaker 5: So it's worked out.
Speaker 1: How much do you attribute to not being just the
Speaker 1: work that you've put in, the findings you've had since
Speaker 1: coming over to this organization.
Speaker 5: I think it plays a huge role. I think that's
Speaker 5: you know, kind of exactly what I want to see,
Speaker 5: especially on days like today where I you know, I
Speaker 5: don't feel like I have my best stuff or my
Speaker 5: best velo. I'm still able to command the zone and
Speaker 5: you know, execute pitches as well, So you know, putting
Speaker 5: a lot of emphasis on the defense today was a
Speaker 5: huge part. And you know it's something that you know,
Speaker 5: we definitely can do because you know, we have a
Speaker 5: defense that's that good. So yeah, definitely definitely felt a
Speaker 5: lot better about today as far as you know, command
Speaker 5: and control of the zone. It should go.
Speaker 2: Dave and the staff just leading to this note's preparing
Speaker 2: for following an opener.
Speaker 5: Today, What was the beginning of that?
Speaker 2: How did the communication Chicai go and like, how much
Speaker 2: did it help me to have heads up this was
Speaker 2: going coming.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 5: Yeah, they doctor you know, told me pretty early on
Speaker 5: like they were thinking about it. We had a nice
Speaker 5: conversation about it. He explained his thoughts on it. I
Speaker 5: explained my thoughts on it, and we kind of, you know,
Speaker 5: had a nice come together of you know, this is
Speaker 5: the plan, this is what we see, and we're not
Speaker 5: going to deviate from it. So I think that's huge,
Speaker 5: especially in this kind of situation where you know there
Speaker 5: can some unknowns can creep in throughout the game, especially
Speaker 5: if you know at first inning goes a little sideways
Speaker 5: or something. So you know, being upfront and knowing what
Speaker 5: the plan is no matter what is is really big.
Speaker 3: All Right.
Speaker 2: There's Eric Lower on sports in at LA, and that's
Speaker 2: something that Dave Roberts said that Lower wanted as far
Speaker 2: as clarity goes, and to a certain extent didn't get
Speaker 2: that with the Blue Jays when they try to use
Speaker 2: an opener for him earlier this season. So a great
Speaker 2: job by Eric Lower, a great job by the Dodgers
Speaker 2: to stick to their plan and communicate. And that's one
Speaker 2: thing Lower has told me what separates the Dodgers, from
Speaker 2: the training room to the food room, to the dugout
Speaker 2: to the bullpen. Everybody is on the same page as
Speaker 2: far as the game plan goes. Eight six, six, nine,
Speaker 2: eight seven, two five seventy is the phone number. Now,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers won the game on two home runs. When
Speaker 2: they homer twice in a game, they're twenty four and four.
Speaker 2: And you know, Dave Roberts could talk about plan and
Speaker 2: approach and yes, that is huge, but the reality of
Speaker 2: the identity of this Dodger team going back the last five, six,
Speaker 2: seven years, is a slugging team. They homer, they win,
Speaker 2: and the records exemplify that. When the Dodgers don't homer
Speaker 2: this year, they've only won seven times. When they do homer,
Speaker 2: even just once or twice in a game, they're twenty
Speaker 2: three and four, twenty four and four.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 2: So you know, we talk about football teams when you
Speaker 2: get to week six, week seven, they have an identity.
Speaker 2: We're halfway through the year. Here's the Dodgers' identity on offense.
Speaker 2: They pass the baton, they don't chase out of the
Speaker 2: zone when they're going good, and they homer.
Speaker 3: They are the.
Speaker 2: Best defensive team in baseball and they relying on pitching
Speaker 2: in defense and home runs. That's their identity. Think back
Speaker 2: to Game seven of the World Series. The little things
Speaker 2: won the game for the Dodgers. Defense won the game
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers. Pitching won the game for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: And oh, by the way, they scored their runs with
Speaker 2: home runs Max Munsey, Miguel Rojas, and Will Smith. So
Speaker 2: you could say all you want, the reality is when
Speaker 2: the Dodgers homer, they have a good chance of winning.
Speaker 2: Tonight's game brought to you by Modello Modello, the mark
Speaker 2: of a fighter. The Dodgers won, but they lost two starters,
Speaker 2: Dalton Rushing, and that's a big one. Hopefully he's not
Speaker 2: out for too long because Will Smith is not coming
Speaker 2: on this road trip anytime soon, and Dalton Rushing is
Speaker 2: their starting catcher. Chucky Robinson had to come into this
Speaker 2: game to start the bottom of the third inning after
Speaker 2: Rushing couldn't go anymore, taking a foul ball on the
Speaker 2: very first pitch, foul back by Trevor Larnock, a ninety
Speaker 2: eight fastball from Will Klimb, off the mask, off the bat,
Speaker 2: and off the mask of Dalton Rushing. So fingers crossed.
Speaker 2: Rushing doesn't miss more than a game or two. But
Speaker 2: there's a very good chance you'll see Chucky Robinson in
Speaker 2: there tomorrow. And here's another little caveat to all that.
Speaker 2: Before the game, a couple of players were telling me
Speaker 2: there's thunderstorms in the area and they've heard rain, rain delay,
Speaker 2: maybe even possibly you know, a rain that would affect
Speaker 2: the game being played tomorrow, But the weather changes so
Speaker 2: quickly here. If the Dodgers don't play tomorrow, I don't
Speaker 2: think it would be the worst thing.
Speaker 3: It might actually help them.
Speaker 2: With Dalton Rushing going through concussion protocols and Kyle Tucker
Speaker 2: leaving with backspasms, a double aheader on Wednesday wouldn't be
Speaker 2: the worst thing with the day off on Thursday. Speaking
Speaker 2: of Kyle Tucker, let's hear from the Dodger right fielder
Speaker 2: who left the game in the second inning with backspasms.
Speaker 6: I mean, I really felt it like we went out
Speaker 6: for defense and disteen innings in the first back just
Speaker 6: like lit up and went out there and just tried
Speaker 6: to hope that may kind of calmed down or go
Speaker 6: away or something, just keep playing through it. So went
Speaker 6: through the bottom of the first like that and then
Speaker 6: through that, you know, top of the second went through
Speaker 6: that bad and kind of on the basis and stuff,
Speaker 6: and like Kyle was just still sticking around, still kind
Speaker 6: of there. So doctor just went ahead and put ac
Speaker 6: in and got me out of there.
Speaker 1: Is this something that you have felt before or experienced before,
Speaker 1: and if so, is there a concern level with this?
Speaker 6: I had it once, like a couple of years ago.
Speaker 6: It was just like the one time it didn't like
Speaker 6: the initial like when I'm back locked up kind of
Speaker 6: felt like that. So I kind of knew what it was,
Speaker 6: but it wasn't like to the extent that it was
Speaker 6: that I had before. So hopefully that's good. You just
Speaker 6: got to kind of see how it goes tomorrow before.
Speaker 2: Like how long were you down where you can line.
Speaker 6: Up next day?
Speaker 3: Like what what.
Speaker 6: I mean, I don't know if it's to go the
Speaker 6: exact same. I mean the next day. I came back
Speaker 6: the next day and or the last time. The next
Speaker 6: day I came back pretty good. I think I was
Speaker 6: in there the next series, but they didn't feel like
Speaker 6: how it did last time. It was a little bit,
Speaker 6: which is good. I mean last time it was lighting
Speaker 6: up like every couple of seconds or minutes or whatever.
Speaker 6: But here was just like that one time it let
Speaker 6: my hold back and then after that kind of calmed down.
Speaker 6: But it's just like super sore and like smaller kind
Speaker 6: of out of kind of fault.
Speaker 2: All Right, there's Kyle Tucker about what he was feeling
Speaker 2: in his back tonight when he was taken out of
Speaker 2: the game. Dave Roberts said earlier that he fell to
Speaker 2: right before the game when he was going out to
Speaker 2: right field, and Dave Roberts never even went out to
Speaker 2: second base. He saw Tucker squatting once he got there
Speaker 2: after Tommy Edmond hit a single to advance him, and
Speaker 2: he just said get out of the game. And obviously
Speaker 2: Dave was aware that he was dealing with some backspasms
Speaker 2: right before taking the field tonight. And when we continue
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk, we'll take your phone calls at eight
Speaker 2: sixty six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy. But we're
Speaker 2: at the halfway point and Kyle Tucker is having his
Speaker 2: worst season statistically in his major league career, and he's
Speaker 2: not passing the eye test either. So we asked Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts what he's seeing and whether or not. He knows
Speaker 2: what makes Tucker tick. So we'll get into that and
Speaker 2: we'll take your phone calls at eight six, six, nine
Speaker 2: eighty seven two five seventy. After the Dodgers beat the
Speaker 2: Twins on two solo home runs, Otani and Freeman beat
Speaker 2: out Buxton in the Twins two to one on a
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Speaker 3: Like, I have the feeling something's got to give here
Speaker 3: pretty soon for the Dodger offense.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I have the feeling it's gonna be a loud
Speaker 6: sound sometime soon.
Speaker 1: Freeman swings hits a high drive center field.
Speaker 3: Buxton looking up and this ball.
Speaker 2: Is gone A hold run right on, que Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 3: I rest my case. How did Rick Monday know? How
Speaker 3: did he know?
Speaker 2: Guys been around baseball a long time, That's how. Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman a go ahead solo home run to lead off
Speaker 2: the sixth inn and gave the Dodgers a two to
Speaker 2: one lead off of Zebi Matthews, and that would be
Speaker 2: the final score as Otani let off the game with
Speaker 2: a home run, Freddie hits a leadoff home run in
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Speaker 2: By the way, O'tani's leadoff home run tonight was the
Speaker 2: sixth of the season, thirtieth of his career, twenty fourth
Speaker 2: leadoff home run as a Dodger. That's the second most
Speaker 2: in Dodger history to Mookie Betts and Davey Lopes. So
Speaker 2: O'tani continuing to getting close to rewriting the Dodger record books,
Speaker 2: that's for sure. Now, before we get to Kyle Tucker
Speaker 2: and Dave Roberts and diving into all of that, It's
Speaker 2: always fun when somebody calls Dodger Talk, who was at
Speaker 2: the game on the road and Bob was out here
Speaker 2: at Target Field.
Speaker 3: Hi, Bob, you're on Dodger talk.
Speaker 7: How you doing, Hey, David, Great to talk to you again.
Speaker 6: It's been a while.
Speaker 7: And yeah, I was actually at the game at Dodgers
Speaker 7: Stadium yesterday, which was pretty rough, and then my wife
Speaker 7: and I hopped on the plane and came back to
Speaker 7: Minneapolis where we live three or four blocks from the stadium,
Speaker 7: and really highlights from tonight, Yeah, yep, yep, I can
Speaker 7: see it out my window and at the highlights and
Speaker 7: night just great, having the boys in town, seeing Shoe
Speaker 7: and freddie go Long, seeing all the Dodger fans. They
Speaker 7: literally took the stadium over. And then the last highlight
Speaker 7: was meeting four women who came in from the southern
Speaker 7: California and one of whom has been following the Dodgers
Speaker 7: around at different stadiums and she's been to twenty two
Speaker 7: different stadiums going to Dodger games as well, so it
Speaker 7: was pretty cool to meet her.
Speaker 2: Hey, that's great when you start to meet fellow Dodger
Speaker 2: fans in different cities. So, how many Dodger road games
Speaker 2: have you been to? How many ballparks have you chicked
Speaker 2: off the list?
Speaker 7: I've been to all but two, but not following the Dodgers,
Speaker 7: So I still have two more stadiums to get to,
Speaker 7: but too then we went to Toronto, which too need
Speaker 7: to get to Miami and they need to get to
Speaker 7: the new Rangers when I went to the old one.
Speaker 2: So yeah, all right, all right? And what okay, since
Speaker 2: you came out here to Minnesota, you've been to twenty
Speaker 2: eight of the thirty stadiums. What's the scatting report you
Speaker 2: could give Dodger fans about coming to Target Field?
Speaker 7: You know, it's a great place to see the game.
Speaker 7: Unfortunately they're not doing so well since the crowds are
Speaker 7: pretty low. This is probably the biggest crowd of the night.
Speaker 7: But yeah, it's a great place to see the game.
Speaker 3: And what about we don't.
Speaker 2: Care about that. You know what we care about We
Speaker 2: care about food, right, Yeah.
Speaker 7: No, we hit. We got some Indian food tonight, which
Speaker 7: I was so surprisingly good, and.
Speaker 2: Indian food at the ballpark, Indian food inside the stadium.
Speaker 7: Got some chicken tika masala and rice. Yeah, it was
Speaker 7: really good.
Speaker 2: Oh man, I gotta try that tomorrow. What sections that in.
Speaker 7: It's kind of behind the Dodgers dugout and then that
Speaker 7: first concourse up there.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so wow, that's the first I've never heard Indian
Speaker 2: food sold at a stadium before. But then again, the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are selling a lot of unique Asian food.
Speaker 3: Yep, yep.
Speaker 7: So well, listen, let's hope it. We're going to again
Speaker 7: tomorrow night, so let's hope they get this game in.
Speaker 7: Otherwise we'll be there on Wednesday.
Speaker 2: All right, Thanks a lot for the phone call, Bob,
Speaker 2: appreciate a great scan report on target field Indian food. Huh,
Speaker 2: that was not what I was expecting. Eight sixty six
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers
Speaker 2: beat the Twinston two to one, and yeah, there is
Speaker 2: rain in the forecast tomorrow night, so we'll see whether
Speaker 2: or not the powers that be believe that they can
Speaker 2: play some semblance of a game tomorrow. If not, there'll
Speaker 2: be a doubleheader on Wednesday at day night doubleheader with
Speaker 2: the Dodgers having a day off on Thursday. And like
Speaker 2: I said, it might not be the worst thing, considering
Speaker 2: how thin they're getting behind the plate with catchers, and
Speaker 2: that Tucker has backspasms. And before we get to Tucker,
Speaker 2: I really need to say this. Everybody is so focused
Speaker 2: on Tarrek's Schooble, And yes, Trek's Scooble would be a
Speaker 2: difference making picture for the Dodgers or any other playoff contender,
Speaker 2: don't get me wrong. But and we'll get into this
Speaker 2: maybe tomorrow night, there are other pictures that could be
Speaker 2: available at the trade deadline that could be difference makers
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers, not named Tarrek Scooble. But aside from that,
Speaker 2: how about the Dodgers making a trade for a third catcher.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers are down to Chucky Robinson. Now, last year
Speaker 2: they had to go out and find Ben Rohtvit, who,
Speaker 2: by the way, is catching for Triple A Syracuse, an
Speaker 2: affiliate the Triple A team for the Mets. So since
Speaker 2: the Mets are going nowhere, maybe Ben Rohortfitt is available
Speaker 2: again for trade. But you know Will Smith getting hurt
Speaker 2: and now Dalton Rushing taking a foul ball off the mask,
Speaker 2: you're down to Chucky Robinson and who else if Dalton
Speaker 2: Rushing were to have any sort of lingering effects of
Speaker 2: a concussion. So, yes, Trek Scooble would be amazing any
Speaker 2: other starting pitcher, and I do believe the Dodgers need
Speaker 2: one more starting pitcher. Aside from that, how about a
Speaker 2: third catcher, you know, that can handle a championship quality
Speaker 2: team in case something like this happens with Rushing going
Speaker 2: down and Will Smith being on the IL. Now, the
Speaker 2: way Dave Roberts was talking, it doesn't seem like Will
Speaker 2: Smith is going.
Speaker 3: To be on the IL for much longer.
Speaker 2: And look, who knows, maybe Will Smith rejoins the Dodgers
Speaker 2: when they get back to the West Coast in San
Speaker 2: Diego or Sacramento. But yeah, this is not ideal a
Speaker 2: capable and I'm not trying to knock Chucky Robinson. Chucky
Speaker 2: Robinson's doing as good of a job as he can.
Speaker 2: But it feels like the Dodgers may be in the
Speaker 2: market for another catcher because they've done such a great
Speaker 2: job of having that third catcher ready to go at
Speaker 2: Oklahoma City. It just as it seems like there's a
Speaker 2: greater drop off right now than there has been in
Speaker 2: recent years. Eight six six nine, eight seven, two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. I really want to dive
Speaker 2: into this Kyle Tucker thing, but we're running out of time,
Speaker 2: so it's gonna have to wait until tomorrow.
Speaker 3: But certainly I'll just say this to end the show.
Speaker 2: H Kyle Tucker having back spasms, It wouldn't be such
Speaker 2: a bad idea if he took his time and to
Speaker 2: be able to reset. Remember I've said this a few
Speaker 2: different times now. I don't believe Kyle Tucker is going
Speaker 2: to be able to reset his season before the All
Speaker 2: Star Break. I feel like that's gonna take place the
Speaker 2: second half of the year. And I really do believe
Speaker 2: he needs that mentally and maybe just some time to
Speaker 2: reset whatever he's working on with his stride, because I
Speaker 2: know what Nomar Garcia Para broke down on sports and
Speaker 2: at LA a couple of weeks ago, is what Aaron
Speaker 2: Bates and the Dodgers' hitting coaches are working with Kyle
Speaker 2: Tucker with, as far as you know, shortening his stride
Speaker 2: because when he shortness stride in past years, he was
Speaker 2: an effective hitter.
Speaker 3: And I'll say this.
Speaker 2: And I'll just I'll have the last word on Tucker
Speaker 2: for tonight on this. For those of you that believe
Speaker 2: he doesn't care, you're completely wrong. He does care, and
Speaker 2: right now his confidence is at an all time low.
Speaker 2: There's no doubt about that. But after the game yesterday
Speaker 2: he went straight to the hitting cage because I was
Speaker 2: waiting for him at his locker and I was told
Speaker 2: he was in the hitting cage after the game before
Speaker 2: the team got on the bus to leave for the airport.
Speaker 2: So the perception that he doesn't care, or if you
Speaker 2: believe he doesn't care, you're completely wrong. He does care,
Speaker 2: And I think tomorrow night, we're gonna just have to,
Speaker 2: you know, make sure you understand what your expectation should
Speaker 2: be for Kyle Tucker, because if you look at his
Speaker 2: career stats, he's only hit thirty home runs in a
Speaker 2: season twice. If you're thinking he's hitting forty forty five
Speaker 2: home runs or that's what he should have done this year,
Speaker 2: you're wrong because that's not who he's been his entire career.
Speaker 2: So we'll get into that tomorrow night. And coming up tomorrow,
Speaker 2: Justin Robleski's on the mound for the Dodgers. He's eight
Speaker 2: and two with an ERA of two seventy two, making
Speaker 2: a strong case for himself to be included in the
Speaker 2: conversation to be part of the National League All Star
Speaker 2: team in Philadelphia. And if he wins again tomorrow and
Speaker 2: he pitches the way he has, I don't know how
Speaker 2: you leave this guy off the All Star team. He's
Speaker 2: going up against one of the best American League pitchers
Speaker 2: and Joe Ryan, who definitely has had his name talked
Speaker 2: about in trade rumors. Ryan this year is five and
Speaker 2: three with an ERA of two ninety nine. Our coverage
Speaker 2: begins tomorrow at three point thirty with first pitch from
Speaker 2: target Field at four forty with Rick Monday and Tim Neverett.
Speaker 3: That'll do it for us tonight.
Speaker 2: Thanks to calling you back at our Burbank Studios, thanks
Speaker 2: to Dwayne McDonald out here at target Field, and thanks
Speaker 2: to you for listening. And also thanks to all the
Speaker 2: Dodger fans that showed up and showed out at Downy
Speaker 2: Hunday on Saturday for three time World Series winning manager
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts.
Speaker 3: It was a great time out there.
Speaker 2: Thanks to Sam and all the family at Downy Hunday.
Speaker 2: You made it special and go down to Downey Hunday
Speaker 2: watch the World Cup games, hang out and maybe even
Speaker 2: think about kicking the tires on a Downy Hundai.
Speaker 3: I'm driving an Ionic nine. It's changed my life.
Speaker 2: It's unbelievable and it saved me a ton of money
Speaker 2: on gas.
Speaker 3: So thank you.
Speaker 2: To everybody at Downy Hunday and head out there seventy
Speaker 2: five to fifty Firestone Boulevard. Just hang out, watch the soccer,
Speaker 2: watch Messi at Downy Hundai once again. The final score
Speaker 2: tonight from Minnesota, the Dodgers beat the Twins two to one.
Speaker 3: Have a great rest of your night.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers fastest team to fifty wins this season in baseball.
Speaker 3: Fox Sports Radio is next. See ya. The Cults