WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (6-29-26) 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:03.000 The quest for the three peat has begun. 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:07.280 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.400 --> 0:00:12.000 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:12.360 --> 0:00:13.240 the fifth. 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:15.880 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:18.000 Here we go again. We're going to running back. 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:20.280 To get him on the show called eight six six 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:23.119 nine eighty seven two five seven, and be sure to 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:27.960 follow Dodger Talk wherever you catch your podcasts. Here's your host, 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:29.360 David Vase. 0:00:31.280 --> 0:00:35.080 Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Vase with you until about 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:39.000 eleven fifteen tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports. 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:42.800 After the Dodgers play their first game in that minor 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:46.560 league ballpark in Sacramento in front of a sellout crowd 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:51.560 of twelve thousand plus. Quite a departure from sellout crowds 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:55.000 in San Diego of forty one thousand plus, but those 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:59.320 are the circumstances that Major League Baseball has allowed for 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:02.880 the A's. They're playing in Sacramento for the second straight year, 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:07.480 and that ball flies. That's part of the PCL. The 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:13.080 Pacific Coast League is notorious for having stadiums in cities 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:16.120 where the air is thin and the ball flies, and 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:20.800 Sacramento is no different. I'm not saying it's Albuquerque or 0:01:21.000 --> 0:01:25.640 Reno or Las Vegas, but it has a reputation for flying, 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:29.000 and fly it did tonight as the Dodgers hit three 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:31.560 home runs on their way to a nine to four 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:35.680 win in Sacramento in the opener of this three game series. 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:40.480 The Dodgers now improve on baseball's best record to fifty 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:44.479 five and thirty. They improve their lead in the NL 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:49.000 West to eleven games. It's the largest division lead in 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:53.320 all a Major League Baseball. The Padres, after losing the 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:57.080 final two games to the Dodgers over the weekend, flew 0:01:57.120 --> 0:02:02.360 to Chicago and Mason Miller bleue the save at Wrigley Field. 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:06.920 Saya Suzuki with a high fly ball off the ivy 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:10.680 and left field walked it off against Mason Miller and 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:15.400 the Padres. So San Diego is eleven games back of 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:20.000 the Dodgers, and it is very sad Diego right now 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:23.800 in America's most finest city. Hey, it's not out of 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:27.920 the question. When the Padres get to Dodger Stadium on Thursday, 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:32.680 they very well could be twelve or thirteen games back 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:36.560 of the Dodgers. To start that four game series over 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:40.240 the Fourth of July weekend. But the Dodgers are feeling good. 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:43.639 They got Tioscar Hernandez back tonight. He had two hits. 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:48.160 Not a coincidence, Maybe a coincidence. Andy Pa has snapped 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:52.520 his seventeen game homerless streak with Taoscar Hernandez back in 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:55.680 the lineup. But one thing's for certain, it's great to 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:59.320 have Taoscar back. Great to see that signature smile. And 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:03.680 I'm sure Piz wouldn't want anybody else throwing those sunflower 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:07.480 seeds at him. Then his big brother, ta Oscar Hernandez 0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:11.240 eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. If 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:14.000 you're listening to us on the iHeartRadio app and we're 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:19.760 lucky enough to get into the ballpark in Sacramento twelve 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:22.880 thousand plus, I would love to hear from you. Eight 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:26.320 six six nine eighty seven two five seventy. One of 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:31.359 my good friends, Al Camario, who moved up to Sacramento 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:35.000 from the San Fernando Valley a couple of years ago, 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:38.280 lives in Sacramento but had to leave and go out 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:41.080 of town. But he did report this how much the 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:44.560 cheapest seats were to see the game tonight. To get 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:48.640 into the building tonight at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:54.560 the cheapest seat, according to Pullman to the Stars Al Camario, 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:58.920 two hundred and fifty dollars to get in to see 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:02.000 the Dodgers in AA tonight. That was the cheapest ticket. 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:05.760 He told me that when the A's played the Marlins, 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:10.400 the cheapest seat was thirty dollars. So that was the 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:14.480 secondary market there for the Dodgers and A's tonight. At 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:17.400 least I believe that's the secondary market. You would hope 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:21.160 that wasn't face value. Dave Roberts, by the way, one 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:26.080 win away from a thousand in his managerial career. Everybody 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:28.480 is on it now. I'm not sure many were aware 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.919 before we talked about it on Dodger Talk, but it 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:35.320 went from three wins in San Diego to now one 0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:39.400 went away from managing one thousand wins in his eleven 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:43.600 year managerial career. Let's head back to Sacramento to hear 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:45.120 from the Dodger skipper. 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:48.520 Yeah, you know, I thought, you know, early he got 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:51.960 behind a lot. They did a good job of just 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:55.680 putting the battle the ball, you know, finding some outfield grass, 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:01.080 you know, I'm really happy that he kind of found 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:04.320 his way right of the ship and then you know, 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:05.760 got through sixth inning for us. 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:07.520 But yeah, I mean I thought tonight it was a 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:08.279 great environment. 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.880 We certainly as a Dodge were pretty well represented and 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:15.120 it was good to see the offense come to life. 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:17.880 I thought, Max, you know, big Homer show hate big Homer, 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:20.599 Andy with the big Homer, and then we just took 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:22.560 good at bats all night long. Kyle had some good 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:25.200 at bats. So yeah, solid game you've. 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:25.680 Been within there. 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:27.880 I mean, you talk about the offense, but how good 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:30.200 is it when you have someone like Taoska Hernandez comes 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.560 back in the lineups and able to is able to 0:05:32.640 --> 0:05:33.599 produce things early. 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:34.400 It was good. 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:37.840 You know, he was anxious to get back and got 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:40.040 a left tennis starter, took some really good at bats 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:42.200 and it was good to get him back in the mix. 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:43.920 And he's certainly a presence. 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:46.760 There's a lot of contact and Eric Lawer stat line 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:48.760 at the end of the day, it's still another quality start. 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:51.359 When the front office signed him, it was essentially to 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:53.640 shore up these innings in the back end of the rotation. 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:56.000 How critical has it been that he's been able to do. 0:05:56.080 --> 0:06:00.560 So it's been critical certainly. You know, every time he 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:02.800 takes the ball, it seems like he's going six innings 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:05.080 and he's given us some length. We're in the middle 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:07.800 of thirteen in a row, and so you know, coming 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:09.960 out of San DIEGOZ. He's got those guys again for 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:12.440 four so for him to kind of be a little 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:15.640 bit shaky early, not getting the strikeouts, but still, you know, 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:19.120 takedown eighteen outs was big, and you know that's what 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:22.560 he signed up for and he's been nothing but impressive 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:23.240 for us. 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:27.240 All Right, there's manager Dave Roberts on sports Net LA 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:30.880 talking about Eric Lower, who went another six strong innings 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:34.560 tonight with the Dodgers. Lower is three and zero with 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:39.040 an elray of two eighty eight. Tonight's game brought to 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:42.200 you by Modello Modello the mark of a fighter. All Right, 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:44.680 we have two guys that were at the game tonight 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:48.160 in Sacramento. One of them is a loyal Dodger talk 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:52.760 listener and caller. That's Frank in Sacramento. And Frank, you 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:56.960 finally got the Dodgers in Sacramento in a minor league ballpark. 0:06:57.080 --> 0:07:04.280 Congratulations, Thank you gave in LA's favorite ten I just 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:08.000 wish you were up here to see it also, But hey, 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:10.679 how about show Bay's home run to night. I've got 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:14.920 to see it one hundred and twelve of ex velocity. 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.760 Where were you city tonight, Frank? 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:23.800 Exactly? I was sitting up in the well. I had 0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:24.920 nosebleed section. 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:29.800 So is are they really no minor league stadium? So 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:34.960 nosebleeds there would probably be the load section at Dodgers Stadium. 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:39.800 Yes, And what I wanted to talk about tonight is 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:43.520 is there any word on when mister kee CA's got 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:45.480 to be back joining the team. 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:48.160 Yeah, Frank, I want to I want to know where 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:50.840 that stands as well. We've always heard that it's going 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:53.400 to be the second half of the season. I'm not 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:57.000 sure if that means end of July beginning of August, 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:59.120 but I have to go back and look when he's 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:02.640 eligible to be activated. But it's gonna be well after 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:05.280 the All Star break, that's for sure. Thanks for the 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:09.520 phone call, Frank. Let's go out to Adon Adon, who 0:08:09.600 --> 0:08:11.400 was at the game tonight as well. Did I get 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:12.000 your name right? 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:15.160 Almost their day? 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:19.040 Adon Adon? Where were you sitting? I mean, Frank said, 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:21.800 those bleeds there's no such thing as those bleeds there. 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:25.320 Hey, we're about twenty minutes south of Sacramento, small town 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:28.680 of golf, so we were a third baseline about seven 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:30.800 rows up, perfect seeds. 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:33.520 How much might I pay to get those seats? How 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:34.320 much did you pay? 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:37.120 It was if I cut it short, don't don't, don't. 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:39.280 Don't get me for that. But it's two hundred and 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:41.040 fifty bucks a ticket, So. 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:45.760 I was right. He pool man versus al Camillo was 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:49.200 accurate with his information that the cheapest ticket was two 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:51.720 hundred and fifty dollars tonight to get in. 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:54.400 Yeah, and this is a Father's Day gift that that 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:58.480 I'll remember forever. We had family and friends around, But 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:02.400 the best part of mye was on our way back 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:05.319 to our our parking garage. I ran into Krchito Cruise 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:09.719 at the stoplight, and I said, Qchito, let me get 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:11.480 a picture. He was, of course. I spoke to him 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:14.360 in Spanish, Viva Meico. He took a quick picture of 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:17.160 me and a cousin of mine, female cousin Susie. Shout 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:19.480 out to Susie, that got us the tickets, that got 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:22.440 everyone together, and then I looked to my right and 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:25.560 Rick Monday's right next to him. I said, I got 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:27.560 to get a picture for Rick Monday. But by the 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:31.400 time the crosswalk started going, we couldn't catch up to 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:34.040 Rick Monday. So we finally caught him at the Sacramento 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:35.920 I don't know if you've seen that bridge over the river. 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:38.319 We caught him right in the middle of the bridge 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:42.679 and finally took a picure. It was great, it's either Joe, 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:46.360 but we'll take a picture with you exactly. And we 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:48.559 ran like we were spinning to catch up to him, 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:50.200 and he was the nicest person. 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:51.000 It was. 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:53.120 That topped it all. It was a perfect night. 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:56.440 Hey, that's great. I got one more question for you. 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:59.160 So you were on the third base side. You're behind 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:00.440 the Dodger Doug Out. 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:01.000 Uh. 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:03.599 Did you have a clear view of where that Otani 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:04.840 home run landed? 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:09.480 Dave, You're not gonna believe me, but I had a 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:13.400 cousin to my right. I said, hey, we can watch replays, 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:15.840 you know wherever we can, right, but I says, I 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:18.360 want to give everybody else a fan experience. I recorded 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:22.480 that that Holman shot all the way from the pitch 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:26.560 to the hit and around the bases. I love my phone, 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:31.520 and it's posted on social media and Dave. But another 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:33.600 thing to top up my night is I'm talking to you. 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:38.080 I listened to Daily When when You're on And the 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:41.760 first thing I asked Gorchito was where's David Vase? Is 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:43.960 he gonna walk through here? Am I gonna see him here? 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:45.360 He's like, he didn't make the trip. 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:49.360 I didn't make the trip because the press box, the 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:52.959 broadcast booth only has room for Rick and Tim Neverett. 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:56.800 There's hardly any room so and the press box is 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:59.840 really small. So I said, why even put myself through 0:10:59.880 --> 0:11:02.840 the at just come back to the Burbank studios. Do 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:07.920 the show be able to be in a comfortable setting? So, yeah, 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:10.040 I'm sorry I missed you this time. But it sounds 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:13.480 like this is the most excitement Sacramento has had since 0:11:13.520 --> 0:11:15.760 the Lakers used to whoop the King's butt back in 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:17.960 two thousand and one, two thousand and two. 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:21.680 Beck, Yeah, back in the heydays at three p Lakers 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.040 were big Laker fans as well. Me and my family 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:26.880 shout out to the Mendez family. We're a big, huge family. 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:29.719 We're all Dodger Laker fans, and when it gets to 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:33.640 the football, we kind of split up. But other than that, Okay, 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:35.199 don Don, this. 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:37.240 Was the highlight of the show. You did a great 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:40.880 job calling in tonight and I'm happy. Coachito Cruz and 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:44.480 Rick Monday. We're first class to you. I would expect 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:47.200 nothing else. And uh, hopefully we'll see you at Dodger 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:48.040 Stadium soon. 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:52.720 Dave, I have one favor to ask you. Please send 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:55.640 a shout out to the men, the Mendes family, one 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:58.920 of the biggest Dodger family in the Central Valley. You 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:02.079 just did family bas Viva, Viva. 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:06.360 Mendez Familia, Viva the Familia the Mendez How there you go? 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:06.880 How about that? 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:10.640 A Don, I love it. Hey, we'll be back Wednesday. 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:12.720 Wednesday will be a guys trip. I'm gonna take my 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:16.160 oldest boy and uh about fifteen of us guys and 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:19.320 cousins that we'll be back Wednesday to Charon Otani. 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.880 Yeah, Tawi day on Wednesday. Thanks a lot, a Don, 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:25.840 I appreciate you calling in, and yes, it sounds like 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:30.200 a very passionate Mendez family there. So thank you for 0:12:30.320 --> 0:12:33.880 listening and being loyal Dodger fans. I'm I'm happy that 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:37.400 the Dodgers are able to be up there. In Sacramento, 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:41.840 and man, you know, it's incredible you have a ticket 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.240 to go to one of these three games in Sacramento. 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:48.240 Like I said, it's a spring training, minor league stadium. 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:52.240 You're never gonna get this close to Otani Freddie Freeman 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:55.760 playing baseball outside of when you go to a spring 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:59.920 training game. But these games count, and the closest thing 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:03.040 to regular season games being this close to them was 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:07.280 when the Dodgers were in Tampa last year. Because of 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:11.559 Tropicana Field being damaged from the hurricane. The Rays were 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:15.000 playing their games last year at Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:20.320 spring training stadium. So you know, obviously a complete different 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:24.720 set of circumstances. That was a natural disaster that forced 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:29.600 the Rays to go to Tampa, Florida. But certainly it's 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:31.800 as close as you can get to the Dodgers the 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:36.000 last two years if you're at a game against the Rays, 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:40.760 and obviously Tonight's game in Sacramento and man Otani Knight 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:44.680 in Sacramento, that should be electric on Wednesday night, eight 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:47.960 six six, seven, two five seventy is the phone number. 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:51.960 Dodgers beat the A's tonight nine to four. When we continue, 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:54.840 we'll hear from Eric Lauer, who won his third game 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:57.120 as a Dodger. He's three to zero with an ERA 0:13:57.280 --> 0:14:00.920 of two to eighty eight. Also, we'll share our conversation 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:04.480 with the Lake great Fernando Valenzuela on this date. Back 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:07.720 in nineteen ninety, there were two no hitters thrown in 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:11.079 Major League Baseball Dave Stewart of the A's in Toronto 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:16.000 and our very own El Toro, Fernando Valenzuela at Dodger 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:19.520 Stadium against the Cardinals. I had a chance to talk 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:22.680 to Fernando about that back in twenty eighteen, on June 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:27.360 twenty ninth, twenty eighteen, and man, listening back to that 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:30.120 to get it ready for the show was more emotional 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:35.680 than I expected. Fernando was. We had a great working relationship, 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:37.960 spent a lot of time together in the press box, 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:41.360 and can't wait to have you hear what Fernando had 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:45.520 to say about that fateful night nineteen ninety June twenty 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:49.440 ninth at Dodgers Stadium. More Dodger talk around the corner 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:52.480 after the Dodgers beat the A's nine to four on 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:54.840 a five to seventy LA Sports. 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:01.600 Seventy Dodger talk is available on a five seventy LA 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:05.760 sports dot Com hand on the iHeartRadio app. Back to 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:11.000 more Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Basset, hitch from. 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:14.320 Krunk and Otani belts at high and deep to right, 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:17.120 forget it, Oh, that's Paul's way. 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:21.080 Onta here over to the top of home run Hill 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:22.320 between the trees. 0:15:22.800 --> 0:15:26.640 A three run home run for show Hey O'tani, his 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:31.120 eighteenth of the season and his two hundred and ninety 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:35.760 eighth career home run. A four hundred and thirty two 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:42.480 foot blast. Show Hey Otani always put it on a show, 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:45.720 and tonight was no different in front of twelve thousand 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:50.600 plus at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento. A monstrous home 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:53.720 run in the sixth inning of three run shot with 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:58.400 two strikes off a left handed reliever Matt Crook, who 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:02.360 threw him another sweeper one too many that Otani hid 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:05.800 four hundred and thirty two feet, felt like it went 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.560 to the moon, felt like it was a five hundred footer, 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:11.640 But that's what they're saying. An estimated four hundred and 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:14.600 thirty two feet off the bat at one hundred and 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:17.520 twelve miles an hour, and again you go back and 0:16:17.560 --> 0:16:20.800 look at the highlight or the photo. As Otani is 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:24.880 standing admiring that home run. So is home played umpire 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:29.520 Manny Gonzalez, who took his mask off to see how far, 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:34.600 how majestic that ball was hit, and certainly Otani captures 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:40.200 the imagination of fans, players on both sides and now umpires. 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:44.400 Daniels Jewelers presents the home run forecast for your chance 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:47.560 to win a fifty dollars Daniels Jewelers gift card, visit 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:51.600 a five seventy lasports dot Com used the keyword home run, 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:55.920 enter your name, you could win Daniel's Jewelers Own the Dream. 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:59.200 Eight six, six, nine eighty seven two five seventy is 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:03.040 the phone number before we get to my conversation that 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:06.639 we had with Fernando Velenzuela back in twenty eighteen. I 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:09.040 want to go back to Sacramento to hear from another 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:13.400 left hander, Eric Lower, who obviously is not as decorated 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:17.240 in his Dodger career as Fernando, but certainly pitch well. Tonight, 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.880 six innings allowed just three earned runs. His record now 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:24.200 with the Dodgers since being acquired from the Blue Jays 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:27.840 three to zero with an era of two eighty eight, 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:31.160 and on this road trip, the Dodgers used an opener 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:34.800 in Minnesota and then Lower pitched the middle innings of 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:38.080 that game. It was six shutout innings tonight, six innings 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:41.880 he allowed just three earned runs. Let's hear from Lower 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:44.080 on sportsnet LA. Uh. 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:46.399 Yeah, that's actually a pretty good way of putting it. 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:49.480 I felt like it was, you know, just getting single 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:52.560 to death, which I mean, it'll happen, but you just 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:54.399 try to make pitches and make sure that you're, you know, 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:59.640 executing good pitches. You know, sometimes that kind of stuff happens, 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:02.719 but as long as they're not, you know, as long 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:05.080 as you're keeping soft contact and play, I think it's 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:07.159 you know, eventually it'll work out in our favor, and 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:08.920 I think it did overall. 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:10.600 Is that an adjustment that you made or did you 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:12.439 kind of just stick to your approach and look for 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:13.480 just a different contact. 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:16.119 No, I think it was I just stuck to my 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:18.160 approach and made sure that I was, you know, focusing 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:21.000 on executing pitches and let my defense work behind me. 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:24.119 And I knew eventually they would start going at people 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:26.800 instead of you know, right in the right spots for them. 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:29.240 Cot just treated for you. 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:31.440 They're pretty clear about the hole they need you to fail. 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:33.399 Since then, you've been able to do so thanks to 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:34.200 a couple. 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:35.720 Of adjustments and well execution. 0:18:36.200 --> 0:18:37.919 How much pride do you take in and knowing that 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:40.040 you've been able to give them exactly what they needed. 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:44.320 I think that's it's a big It's a big point 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:45.720 for me to make sure that I'm going out there 0:18:45.720 --> 0:18:48.320 and doing my job every day. That's what I try 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:51.359 to do every time, and you know, just making sure 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:52.960 I'm putting the team in a position to win the 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:56.199 game is you know, pretty much my job. And I 0:18:56.200 --> 0:18:57.800 think so far I've done a good job of that. 0:18:58.000 --> 0:19:00.800 And you know, making sure that I'm able to stay 0:19:00.800 --> 0:19:03.280 in the game long enough to you know, save the 0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:07.159 bullpen a couple of innings as always a positive. And 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:08.920 I've been really happy with the way, you know, I've 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:13.320 been executing pitches, especially with the adjustments that I've made 0:19:13.800 --> 0:19:17.760 after coming here. So overall, I feel like I'm in 0:19:17.760 --> 0:19:20.480 a really good spot and I you know, I think 0:19:20.480 --> 0:19:21.400 I'm doing my job well. 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:25.200 All right. There's Eric Lauer on sports at LA tonight. 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:29.040 Lower Through ninety five pitches, sixty six of them were strikes. 0:19:29.720 --> 0:19:33.439 The majority were fastballs and cutters cut fastballs, and then 0:19:33.480 --> 0:19:37.919 he worked in his change up seventeen times tonight. So really, 0:19:38.160 --> 0:19:41.199 when I talked to Mark Pryor when the Dodgers acquired Lower, 0:19:41.520 --> 0:19:45.480 he said there wasn't major mechanical adjustments to get Lower 0:19:45.600 --> 0:19:48.399 back on track. What he wanted to do was find 0:19:48.760 --> 0:19:51.920 the right secondary pitches to be able to work off 0:19:52.000 --> 0:19:55.720 Lower's fastball. And Dave Roberts said before today's game he 0:19:55.720 --> 0:19:59.159 would like to see Lower not really work his fastball 0:19:59.280 --> 0:20:01.680 too much on the edges. He wanted to see him 0:20:01.680 --> 0:20:05.160 go back to attacking hitters, and that's what he did tonight. 0:20:05.240 --> 0:20:08.280 And the runs that he gave up outside of one 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:13.080 home run, I mean, they were basically bleeders finding grass 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:16.160 out there in Sacramento. So not too many hard hit 0:20:16.240 --> 0:20:21.240 balls off of Eric Lower. Also, I mentioned Taoscar Hernandez 0:20:21.400 --> 0:20:25.240 was activated before tonight's game. Ryan Ward was optioned back 0:20:25.280 --> 0:20:29.560 to Oklahoma City. Taoscar Hernandez was two for five tonight 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:32.720 with the run scored. And you know, we talk about 0:20:32.720 --> 0:20:35.359 this a lot, how the game always finds you. Whether 0:20:35.760 --> 0:20:39.119 you're struggling defensively, the ball will be hit to you. 0:20:39.280 --> 0:20:42.520 Whether you're struggling offensively, it feels like you're spot in 0:20:42.600 --> 0:20:45.520 the lineup always seems to come up with runners on 0:20:45.600 --> 0:20:49.159 base and runners in scoring position. In the second inning tonight, 0:20:49.280 --> 0:20:55.000 the game found Taoscar Hernandez is hamstring. Taoscar Hernandez missed 0:20:55.440 --> 0:20:58.720 a month because of a left hamstring strain when he 0:20:58.800 --> 0:21:02.040 was trying to beat out field single at Dodgers Didium 0:21:02.119 --> 0:21:05.160 at the beginning of this month. Well, in the second inning, 0:21:05.480 --> 0:21:09.480 he hit a comebacker off of the starting pitcher gauge 0:21:09.640 --> 0:21:13.440 jump at ricochet to the shortstop who made a great 0:21:13.560 --> 0:21:17.720 play to make it close. So already the first game back, 0:21:17.800 --> 0:21:20.680 ti Oscar Hernandez has to put the hamstring in the 0:21:20.760 --> 0:21:27.399 legs in overdrive because the ball ricocheted perfectly to the 0:21:27.440 --> 0:21:30.159 a shortstop Williams, who made a nice play made a 0:21:30.200 --> 0:21:33.560 nice play a few times tonight. And then Kyle Tucker, 0:21:33.640 --> 0:21:36.560 the next batter, hits a fly ball that you think 0:21:36.640 --> 0:21:39.080 is going to be caught, but it was a sun double. 0:21:39.240 --> 0:21:43.120 So Taascar Hernandez had to go from zero to one 0:21:43.240 --> 0:21:46.600 hundred when the ball dropped in the outfield. So I 0:21:46.680 --> 0:21:49.720 mean go figure right. His first game back, in that 0:21:49.920 --> 0:21:52.119 second inning, he was doing a lot of running, but 0:21:52.320 --> 0:21:54.440 luckily it looked like he came out of it. Okay, 0:21:54.960 --> 0:21:58.440 eight six six seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:21:58.520 --> 0:22:02.080 Dodgers beat the A's tonight in Sacramento nine to four. 0:22:02.280 --> 0:22:06.040 Let's go out to Ontario. Robert, you're on Dodger Talk 0:22:06.119 --> 0:22:07.320 with David vasse Hi. 0:22:07.400 --> 0:22:10.480