WEBVTT - Dodgers on Deck (9-26-26) 0:00:00.530 --> 0:00:04.080 For the back-to-back world champions of baseball. 0:00:03.720 --> 0:00:05.819 One of the greatest runs in the history. 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:08.559 Of baseball immortality is within their reach. 0:00:08.960 --> 0:00:12.030 Incredible. And while others make excuses. 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:14.690 The only reason the Dodgers are doing this because they can, 0:00:14.710 --> 0:00:15.370 they print money. 0:00:15.410 --> 0:00:17.290 The Dodgers. This can't continue. 0:00:17.350 --> 0:00:18.209 It's not fair. 0:00:18.390 --> 0:00:19.470 Are making plans. 0:00:19.870 --> 0:00:20.270 Again. 0:00:20.370 --> 0:00:25.229 It's a singular focus on controlling what they can control. 0:00:25.410 --> 0:00:29.100 Now your pregame host of the world champion LA Dodgers, 0:00:29.620 --> 0:00:30.400 Tim Cates. 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:35.229 Hi, everybody, and welcome in to Morongo Casino. Dodgers on 0:00:35.270 --> 0:00:39.530 deck on this Saturday, September 26th. Your back-to-back World Series champion, 0:00:39.850 --> 0:00:42.950 Los Angeles Dodgers, are in the bay to take on 0:00:42.990 --> 0:00:46.270 the Giants in the final weekend here of the regular season. 0:00:46.290 --> 0:00:50.510 The Dodgers, 98-62. They've already clinched the NL West. They've 0:00:50.550 --> 0:00:53.290 already clinched the buy the wild card round. After a 0:00:53.409 --> 0:00:56.850 dominating pitching performance last night, the Dodgers look to do 0:00:56.900 --> 0:00:59.460 it again with Blake Snell on the mound. First pitch 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:03.120 from Oracle Park. is coming up at 1.05. Between then 0:01:03.140 --> 0:01:04.920 and now, we've got a lot to get to here 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:07.380 on Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck. You're going to hear 0:01:07.420 --> 0:01:10.330 from the manager himself, Dave Roberts. Of course, David Vasse, 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:13.390 our Dodger insider, checks in throughout the show. We'll preview 0:01:13.430 --> 0:01:16.190 this pitchy matchup. We'll hear from Tarek Skubal, who had 0:01:16.209 --> 0:01:18.209 himself quite a night last night. In just a few minutes, 0:01:18.490 --> 0:01:20.830 we'll head out to Tim Neverett and Rick Munday in 0:01:20.850 --> 0:01:24.900 the Galpin Ford broadcast booth. Well, last night, Scooble was 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:28.140 absolutely stellar as the Dodgers took the series opener in 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:31.720 San Francisco. Tarek Scooble, his best outing as a Dodger. 0:01:32.100 --> 0:01:34.360 Seven shutout innings. He allowed just three hits along the 0:01:34.380 --> 0:01:39.360 way while striking out 10, including four straight during one stretch. 0:01:39.700 --> 0:01:41.610 He didn't walk about her in his 10th start since 0:01:41.650 --> 0:01:44.830 coming over from Detroit. As Scooble was cruising, the Dodgers 0:01:44.950 --> 0:01:48.010 offense was able to do their thing against giant starter 0:01:48.110 --> 0:01:51.470 Junior Marte in the second. The leadoff hitter in the inning, 0:01:51.530 --> 0:01:52.570 Teoscar Hernandez. 0:01:52.990 --> 0:01:56.470 Well, Andy Pius with the rifle shot from center field. 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:57.060 Guns down. 0:01:57.100 --> 0:01:57.700 Barracuda. 0:01:57.720 --> 0:02:00.580 We go to the second inning. No score. And Teoscar 0:02:00.620 --> 0:02:04.780 Hernandez rips this one deep to left field. Way back 0:02:04.860 --> 0:02:09.750 and gone. A first pitch solo home run for Teoscar Hernandez. 0:02:09.810 --> 0:02:11.490 And the Dodgers jump on the board. 0:02:11.590 --> 0:02:16.240 It is 1-0. Big blast from Teoscar Hernandez, 413 feet 0:02:16.260 --> 0:02:18.720 to left field, his 16th of the season, and the 0:02:18.780 --> 0:02:22.610 Dodgers jumped out to a 1-0 lead. Two batters later, 0:02:22.710 --> 0:02:25.649 the guy who made a great defensive play the inning before, 0:02:25.930 --> 0:02:27.730 Andy Pajas with the long ball. 0:02:28.210 --> 0:02:30.250 He swings, hits a high drive to left. 0:02:30.710 --> 0:02:32.609 This ball's back, and. 0:02:32.530 --> 0:02:34.210 This ball is gone. 0:02:34.630 --> 0:02:38.910 Andy Pahez with his 22nd home run, and the Dodgers 0:02:38.950 --> 0:02:40.740 lead it 2-0. 0:02:40.910 --> 0:02:42.900 22nd home run of the season for Pahez, his first 0:02:42.940 --> 0:02:45.660 since coming back from the IL. Dodgers a 2-0 lead, 0:02:46.020 --> 0:02:48.100 and that was more than enough for Tarek Skubal, who 0:02:48.139 --> 0:02:50.859 picked apart the Giants' batters. 21 of the 23 that 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:53.540 he faced, he got ahead 0-1. 11 of the batters 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:55.670 that he faced from San Francisco, he had them down 0-2. 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:59.330 75 pitches over seven innings for Scooble. He turned it 0:02:59.410 --> 0:03:02.150 over to rookie Sasaki. who pitched a perfect eighth with 0:03:02.169 --> 0:03:05.109 a pair of strikeouts. Tanner Scott got the ninth, picked 0:03:05.150 --> 0:03:08.450 up his 24th save. Ball game over. Dodgers win 2-0, 0:03:08.770 --> 0:03:11.590 a game that took one hour and 53 minutes. It 0:03:11.610 --> 0:03:15.169 was the second fastest game in that ballpark's 27-year history 0:03:15.570 --> 0:03:20.090 and the fastest Dodgers-Giants game since 1958. With the win, 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:24.120 Dodgers now 98-62. Game two of this three-game series coming 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:26.359 up from the Bay. Blake Snell on the mound. First 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:28.800 pitch coming up at 105. And with more, Let's head 0:03:28.860 --> 0:03:31.040 out to the Galpin Ford broadcast booth as we say 0:03:31.060 --> 0:03:33.700 hello and welcome in Tim Neffert and Rick Munday. Guys. 0:03:34.500 --> 0:03:35.460 Thanks very much, Tim. 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:38.520 Gorgeous afternoon in the Bay Area here at Oracle Park 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:41.770 in the China Basin section of San Francisco as the 0:03:41.810 --> 0:03:45.010 Dodgers and Giants get set for game two of this 0:03:45.050 --> 0:03:48.420 three-game series. Dodgers come in just two wins shy of 100, 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:52.150 98 and 62, a nine-game lead in the division over 0:03:52.190 --> 0:03:56.190 the Padres. They've won six straight. Against the Giants. And 0:03:56.230 --> 0:03:59.780 they've got the best road record in Major League Baseball 0:04:00.340 --> 0:04:04.280 at 47-32. The Giants, meantime, have the cars packed and 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:08.760 they're ready to head home. They are 65-95 and have 0:04:08.820 --> 0:04:11.820 not made the postseason for the ninth time in the 0:04:11.860 --> 0:04:16.640 last ten seasons. Matt Wilkinson will get the start for 0:04:17.220 --> 0:04:22.159 the Giants this afternoon. Wilkinson 1-3 with a 3-6-5 ERA. 0:04:22.180 --> 0:04:25.360 The left-hander will face Blake Snell. In his final tune-up, 0:04:25.750 --> 0:04:30.349 Snell 4-1 and a 1.86 earned run average. And today 0:04:30.430 --> 0:04:32.530 we see something a little different that we haven't seen 0:04:32.550 --> 0:04:36.370 in a little bit, Mo, since Will Smith came off 0:04:36.410 --> 0:04:39.810 the injured list. He's starting in back-to-back games, including a 0:04:39.850 --> 0:04:40.990 day game after a night game. 0:04:41.029 --> 0:04:42.650 Yeah, and I think part of this, too, is the 0:04:42.710 --> 0:04:44.710 fact that you've got Blake Snell on the mound. I 0:04:44.710 --> 0:04:46.550 think they want to work together a little bit more. 0:04:46.790 --> 0:04:49.250 Opportunity on that end of it. And the other part, too, 0:04:49.290 --> 0:04:51.980 is that Will is now stretching things out as far as... 0:04:52.700 --> 0:04:57.140 longevity and feeling very good about it. You were mentioning 0:04:57.220 --> 0:05:01.420 the cars are packed and ready to go. For the Giants, 0:05:01.460 --> 0:05:03.200 their cars have been packed for about a month or 0:05:03.260 --> 0:05:06.380 so and double parked right outside to be able to 0:05:06.420 --> 0:05:09.580 do it. Dodgers should, if we look at this roster, 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:13.790 and you look at the San Francisco Giants, they have 0:05:13.870 --> 0:05:16.229 so many people on the injured list to begin with. 0:05:16.310 --> 0:05:18.870 It's really kind of unfair to say, hey, they haven't 0:05:18.910 --> 0:05:22.290 played well. They're not accomplishing different things. I mean, the 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:24.630 number of people that they have injured. I mean, right 0:05:24.650 --> 0:05:28.089 now they have 24 people on the either paternity, injured, 0:05:28.230 --> 0:05:29.650 or bereavement list. 0:05:29.650 --> 0:05:30.489 24. 0:05:30.490 --> 0:05:34.690 And it's not a real good representative of the organization 0:05:34.730 --> 0:05:36.630 right now, but they're doing the best they can with 0:05:36.650 --> 0:05:38.070 the people that had to call up. 0:05:38.230 --> 0:05:41.589 Yeah, and they continue to run guys up from Sacramento, 0:05:41.650 --> 0:05:45.099 the AAA club, and it's basically a AAA roster that 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:48.420 they are running out here today. Looking back at last 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:52.370 night briefly, I mean, last night's game was somewhat, of 0:05:52.529 --> 0:05:55.859 baseball's version of speed dating. An hour and 53 minutes. 0:05:56.820 --> 0:05:59.260 The second game they played an hour and 50 plus 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:03.360 this year. But they got it done very efficiently. Tarek 0:06:03.380 --> 0:06:06.700 Skubal was dynamite. Dave Roberts was asked a short time 0:06:06.750 --> 0:06:09.430 ago whether or not he was considering allowing Skubal to 0:06:09.470 --> 0:06:11.250 finish the ball game. And he said, no. He said, 0:06:11.270 --> 0:06:12.850 to what end at this point in the season? He 0:06:12.890 --> 0:06:15.230 said he did his job. He did what we wanted 0:06:15.270 --> 0:06:17.810 him to do. And so he is done for the 0:06:18.010 --> 0:06:20.650 rest of the regular season. Now Blake Snell will finish 0:06:20.710 --> 0:06:22.910 up his regular season, even though this is just his 0:06:22.990 --> 0:06:23.570 ninth start. 0:06:24.010 --> 0:06:27.090 Well, for Scooble, he was sensational last night. Seven innings, 0:06:27.130 --> 0:06:29.330 no runs, three hits struck out. Tim did not walk 0:06:29.390 --> 0:06:32.730 a batter. 75 pitches, and only 15 of those 75 0:06:32.730 --> 0:06:35.330 were not strikes. In fact, for Scooble, in seven innings, 0:06:35.370 --> 0:06:39.730 faced all of just 23 batters. He just dominated. 0:06:40.630 --> 0:06:43.810 So the Dodgers take on the Giants here in game two. 0:06:43.870 --> 0:06:48.029 It is a beautiful Saturday afternoon for baseball in San Francisco. 0:06:48.130 --> 0:06:48.230 Tim? 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:50.750 All right, as we count you down to first pitch, 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:52.940 Dodger fans, get that game day meal on at Shakey's 0:06:52.980 --> 0:06:56.120 Pizza Parlor. Order your Shakey's pizza, chicken, and mojos right 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:59.820 now at Shakey's.com. Coming up here on Morongo Casino, Dodgers 0:06:59.880 --> 0:07:02.220 on deck. We'll check in with David Vasse. We'll hear 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:04.700 from the manager, Dave Roberts. Latest on the injury front, 0:07:04.940 --> 0:07:07.659 your Dodgers magical moment. We'll check in with Charlie Steiner. 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:10.320 We break down this pitchy matchup. That's all coming up 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:12.980 as we lead you up to first pitch from San Francisco. 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:15.520 Dodgers and Giants on this Saturday afternoon. Thanks for being 0:07:15.540 --> 0:07:17.440 with us. I'm Tim Cates. This is the back-to-back World 0:07:17.460 --> 0:07:19.610 Series champion, Dodgers. Audio Network. 0:07:22.190 --> 0:07:28.340 This is Morongo Casino. Dodgers on deck. On your home 0:07:28.380 --> 0:07:30.340 for the blue all season long. 0:07:32.100 --> 0:07:35.200 Dodgers and Giants on this Saturday. Blake Snell, Matt Wilkinson, 0:07:35.220 --> 0:07:39.120 the pitching matchup. First pitch coming up at 105. 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:43.880 This is the Ohtani Rewind. Presented by Mikado Shochu. 0:07:44.250 --> 0:07:47.650 Shohei Ohtani went 0-4 last night. Three strikeouts in his 0:07:47.690 --> 0:07:50.890 third game back after a 13-game stint on the injured 0:07:50.910 --> 0:07:54.410 list because of the right biceps discomfort. 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Just executing pitches over the plate, you know, 0:08:20.390 --> 0:08:23.390 I think at times I'm a little too fine, you know, 0:08:23.450 --> 0:08:27.410 and change of command hasn't been great and two or 0:08:27.430 --> 0:08:28.730 three starts and I thought a lot of them today 0:08:28.750 --> 0:08:30.550 were on the plate you know and that's and that's 0:08:30.570 --> 0:08:32.090 what matters that's where all the misses that's where all 0:08:32.110 --> 0:08:35.340 the positive results happen and and then it makes my 0:08:35.380 --> 0:08:36.179 fastball play up too. 0:08:36.460 --> 0:08:38.880 Do you feel like for a lack of better term 0:08:38.900 --> 0:08:40.900 that you kind of bullied them with your fastball? 0:08:42.780 --> 0:08:45.760 I'm not going to use that word that'll make a 0:08:45.940 --> 0:08:48.400 pretty good headline if I say that but it's just 0:08:48.420 --> 0:08:51.199 pitching aggressive and challenging them and in a tough park 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:53.640 to hit you know and the wind seemed like it 0:08:53.660 --> 0:08:55.540 was blowing in and kind of keeping fly balls in 0:08:55.570 --> 0:08:57.670 the yard tonight so just challenge them and see how 0:08:57.710 --> 0:08:58.270 far they can hit. 0:08:58.230 --> 0:09:00.809 It how much do you have to remind yourself in 0:09:00.830 --> 0:09:03.050 the middle of games or going into a game just 0:09:03.110 --> 0:09:05.690 to be aggressive in the zone like you were to tonight. 0:09:05.410 --> 0:09:08.070 Yeah i think it's the key to who i am 0:09:08.090 --> 0:09:11.120 and i think it makes me who I am. I 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:12.599 don't know how many pitches I threw tonight, but I 0:09:13.140 --> 0:09:15.230 felt like there was only 14 or 15 balls out 0:09:15.250 --> 0:09:17.550 of however many throws. I looked up and it was 0:09:17.570 --> 0:09:19.370 the sixth inning and I saw I hit double digits 0:09:19.730 --> 0:09:22.670 in the ball category. No, I'm not going to do 0:09:22.690 --> 0:09:25.350 that every time, but I think that just speaks to 0:09:25.390 --> 0:09:27.230 conviction and the pitch calling. 0:09:27.550 --> 0:09:30.530 All right, there's Tarek Skubal after his great performance last night. 0:09:30.550 --> 0:09:32.790 Dodgers baseball brought to you by Cars for Kids, the 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:34.940 easiest way to get rid of that old car. Donate 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:37.280 your car today. It can be picked up tomorrow. Donate 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:40.620 now at carsforkids.org. That's cars with a K. 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Will Klein on the 60-day I.L. 0:10:57.179 --> 0:10:59.120 as well all right let's head back up to san 0:10:59.140 --> 0:11:02.520 francisco get the pregame thought to the dodger skipper anything. 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:04.500 Else for this dave do you think other questions for 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:07.780 dave can you just describe dave can you talk about 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:08.740 the pressure. 0:11:09.260 --> 0:11:12.620 In the dugout with dave roberts brought to you by 0:11:12.660 --> 0:11:18.929 concordia university irvine's masters in coaching and athletics administration all. 0:11:18.250 --> 0:11:22.120 Right dave um smells on the mound Is there any 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:24.720 doubts in the back of your mind about the left groin? 0:11:24.860 --> 0:11:26.260 Do you have to see it to believe it? 0:11:26.260 --> 0:11:27.359 Where are you at with all that? 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:32.720 I feel good. I feel great. Still will be helpful 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:37.390 to see it. From Blake to the training staff, we 0:11:37.410 --> 0:11:39.849 feel good about obviously him making the start today. I 0:11:40.750 --> 0:11:44.030 think for us it's kind of trying to figure out 0:11:44.070 --> 0:11:48.170 how much we're going to push him. I don't see 0:11:48.190 --> 0:11:51.520 it going north of five innings. But if we can 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:54.940 go five innings, I feel that would be a and 0:11:54.980 --> 0:11:57.710 come out of it feeling great. That'd be fantastic. 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:00.410 Is the reason why it's five innings is because there's 0:12:00.610 --> 0:12:03.590 some concern of pushing it or is there another reason? 0:12:03.890 --> 0:12:06.250 I think that's probably it. Just kind of where we're 0:12:06.290 --> 0:12:11.190 at in the season, getting his work, feeling good and 0:12:11.250 --> 0:12:13.750 not trying to push it as we go into the 0:12:13.790 --> 0:12:16.720 postseason is probably the thought. And whether it's right or wrong. 0:12:17.710 --> 0:12:19.550 That's kind of our lean right now. 0:12:19.929 --> 0:12:23.700 There's been a lot of, obviously, hijinks between Snell and 0:12:23.860 --> 0:12:26.900 Scooble publicly, but what have you seen as far as 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:31.100 their dynamic, and how do you believe Scooble is pushing Snell, 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:33.140 and how do you believe Snell's pushing Scooble? 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:38.370 I think that there's certainly a mutual like and respect 0:12:38.390 --> 0:12:41.370 between And there's a competition, and I think that's a 0:12:41.390 --> 0:12:44.339 good thing. And obviously as starting pitchers, but as being 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:48.719 left-handed is another element. But I think that's good. I 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:50.160 think they should push each other. 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:53.860 Snell has pitched over the last two weeks. 0:12:53.900 --> 0:12:56.380 Does that also factor into the kind of five-inning threshold? 0:12:57.280 --> 0:13:00.840 Yeah, and I think, honestly, it's five innings is probably 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:05.260 just an arbitrary number. But, yeah, he hasn't pitched a 0:13:05.260 --> 0:13:08.520 whole lot. Then going into the postseason, so there's a 0:13:08.580 --> 0:13:10.900 balance between getting your work in, make sure you feel 0:13:10.950 --> 0:13:13.250 good coming out of it. You know, even, for example, 0:13:13.290 --> 0:13:16.750 I could have pushed Tarek last night, given his efficiency. 0:13:16.870 --> 0:13:19.870 But for me, you know, to what end sort of thing. 0:13:20.730 --> 0:13:22.890 You know, just another guy that can kind of benefit 0:13:22.929 --> 0:13:24.610 from the break of having to buy and being able 0:13:24.630 --> 0:13:26.650 to kind of like script things out going into the season. 0:13:26.670 --> 0:13:29.240 Absolutely, absolutely. Yeah, you could add him to that list too. 0:13:29.300 --> 0:13:31.480 And that's why, but this is still an important one 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:33.580 to go into it feeling good to then to take 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:36.380 that extra, you know, six, seven, eight days. 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:39.530 That makes him kind of more likely for like game three, 0:13:39.550 --> 0:13:40.670 game four to start. 0:13:40.910 --> 0:13:42.150 Oh, Jack, we'll see. 0:13:42.210 --> 0:13:43.330 Let's just get through this one. 0:13:44.179 --> 0:13:46.709 Did you consider skipping this and just doing a live, 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:48.829 or why is it important to get the actual game? 0:13:48.990 --> 0:13:53.270 We did consider it, and we gave him and the 0:13:53.309 --> 0:13:55.890 training staff every out to do so, but there is 0:13:55.910 --> 0:13:57.950 a lot of confidence that he's in a great spot. 0:13:58.290 --> 0:14:00.150 If he gets through this okay, he'll be used as 0:14:00.170 --> 0:14:01.689 a normal starter in October, though? 0:14:01.710 --> 0:14:03.910 Oh, yeah, absolutely, yeah, absolutely, yeah. 0:14:04.150 --> 0:14:06.650 Is there anything more to Freddie getting a day off 0:14:06.750 --> 0:14:08.790 other than day game after a night game? 0:14:09.230 --> 0:14:16.800 No, no, nothing more. Got in late last night, right? 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:19.800 2 a.m. to then play the day game or the 0:14:19.860 --> 0:14:22.160 night game, and then we got the day game after 0:14:22.180 --> 0:14:23.960 the night game. So it's just more of, you know, 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:27.200 let's just give him a day to recover. He'll be 0:14:27.220 --> 0:14:30.850 in there tomorrow. I expect him to play essentially a 0:14:30.890 --> 0:14:34.610 full game, probably the full game tomorrow, and then, you know, 0:14:34.690 --> 0:14:35.470 get that week off. 0:14:35.530 --> 0:14:38.790 Where is he with the right patellar tendonitis? Is that 0:14:39.250 --> 0:14:41.230 something that he has to manage through October? 0:14:41.250 --> 0:14:45.890 Yeah. He's in his goodest spot as he's been in 0:14:46.330 --> 0:14:49.150 in quite some time. I think now it's more of 0:14:49.190 --> 0:14:57.430 just trying to manage the mechanics, his swing mechanics. 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And 0:16:53.580 --> 0:16:56.140 that was a great departure from what we saw against 0:16:56.210 --> 0:16:59.310 the Giants last week at Dodgers Stadium, where he was 0:16:59.370 --> 0:17:02.550 thoroughly frustrated with himself that he had the lack of 0:17:02.610 --> 0:17:05.869 fastball command. That wasn't the case last night. He had 0:17:05.910 --> 0:17:09.350 his fastball working. He had his changeup working. He wouldn't 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:12.280 use the word bully to describe the way he used 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:15.260 his fastball last night, but I will. He bullied the 0:17:15.300 --> 0:17:18.460 Giants hitters with his fastball last night to get to 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:21.640 such an efficient game. And look, if it wasn't for 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:25.240 a predetermined plan and the playoffs on the horizon, he 0:17:25.260 --> 0:17:27.020 would have gone a complete game last night. 0:17:27.740 --> 0:17:30.610 David, today it's Blake Snell's turn. 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