WEBVTT - Dodgers on Deck (8-5-26) 0:00:00.600 --> 0:00:03.480 For the back to back World Champions of Baseball. 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:05.840 One of the greatest runs in the history of baseball. 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:11.600 Immortality is within their reach. Incredible and while others make excuses, 0:00:11.840 --> 0:00:13.880 the only reason the Dodgers are doing this because they 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:16.600 can't they print money. The Dodgers just can't continue. 0:00:16.640 --> 0:00:17.400 It's not fair. 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:18.680 Are making plans. 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:24.480 Yeah, it's a singular focus on controlling what they can control. 0:00:24.640 --> 0:00:28.400 Now your pregame host of the world champion LA Dodgers, 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:30.200 tam Cats. 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:35.159 Hi, everybody, and good morning. Welcome in to Morongo Casino 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:39.720 Dodgers on deck on this Wednesday, August the fifth, twenty 0:00:39.760 --> 0:00:43.600 twenty six. As your Dodgers are first place atop the 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:47.520 NL West. However, the Boys in Blue have lost five 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:50.320 in a row. They're longest losing streak of the season, 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:54.000 Dodgers said. At sixty nine and forty five on this season, 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:57.720 first place atop the NL West, their lead is nine 0:00:57.840 --> 0:01:01.720 games over the Erason the Dime Backs. The Dodgers looking 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:04.959 to salvage this series in Chicago. In the final game 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:08.199 of this three game set from Wrigley Field, Eric Lower 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:10.479 on the mound, the left hander will go first pitch, 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:13.080 coming up at eleven twenty between then and now, we 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:16.039 got a lot to get to. Here on Morago Casino, 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:18.600 Dodgers on deck, you're gonna hear from the Dodger manager 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:21.960 Dave Roberts will preview this pitching matchup. David Vase is 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:25.840 gonna go one on one with Terrek Schoolball. Yes, the 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:28.920 newest Dodger left hander will be joining dv coming up 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:31.840 at about fifty minutes. We got your Dodgers magical moment. 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:34.800 Shortly we'll visit with Kirsten Watson and in just a 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:37.760 few minutes we'll head out to the Galloping four broadcast booth. 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:41.119 And here from Tim Nevertt and Rick Monday. Well, last 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:45.280 night the Dodger debut of school Ball. Unfortunately not much 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:49.600 run support. It is the Dodgers lost again. Trek Scooble 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:51.680 on the mound for the first time since coming over 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:54.800 from Detroit the deadline. The left hander was solid, a 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:58.920 quality outing six innings. He would go the Dodgers offense. Oh, 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:01.320 there was a little bit last night. They gave scoobl 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:04.560 to early lead. Kyle Tucker, the former Cub boot every 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:07.200 time he came to the play so far in this series, 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:09.040 he said boot this to. 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:12.240 One pitch, Tucker slings hits a high drive the left 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:12.880 center field. 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.840 Caring this ball headed back, it is gone and up. 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:17.840 As the field home run Kyle Tucker. 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:21.000 He comes back to Wrigley Field and picks up his 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:24.080 tenth pome run of the season, getting the Dodgers on 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:25.000 the board, and it. 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:25.960 Is won to nothing. 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:29.720 How about that tenth home run of the season for 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:33.640 Kyle Tucker. That was a solo shot in the top 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:37.200 half of the second inding. However, the Cubbies, like they 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:39.480 have done in the first game of this series and 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:42.320 did it again last night, answered back in the bottom 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:46.200 of the third Swanson Dansby Swanson a home run to 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:49.680 left center field off of Trek Schooble, and that tied 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:53.840 the game at one. Scooble would pitch really well for 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:57.359 five plus innings. They got to the sixth last night 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:00.320 when the Dodgers left tender got a little unlucky. A 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.560 one out walk, then Bregman a one out double put 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:06.880 runners on second and third. Michael Bush grinded into a 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:11.880 fielder's choice, so runners on first and third with two 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:13.400 outs for Nico Horner. 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:16.520 So be the eightieth pitch of the night for scoobl 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:23.000 his one one to Horner swings HiT's a high chopper 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:23.600 over the mind. 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:26.320 It could be trouble. It's gonna be a base hit. 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:30.480 Coming in to score is pregnant and the Cubs lead 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:31.360 at two to one. 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:33.280 On the ball. 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:35.120 It hit off the front edge at home plate and 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:36.520 acted like a fly ball. 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:39.720 Oh the old Baltimore chop. That thing just hung up 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:42.440 in the air. Tommy Edmund could not make a play. 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:45.720 Run came across the score and the Cubbies had a 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:46.680 two to one lead. 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:47.600 But still the. 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:51.080 Dodgers, right there, right, where's the offense only had four 0:03:51.160 --> 0:03:53.400 hits the entire game. One of them was the Kyle 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:56.600 Tucker home run way back in the second inning. Meanwhile, 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:59.880 the Dodgers' bullpen came in and gave up more runs 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.600 two in the seventh Alex Vesia credited for giving up 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:06.280 both of those. Pete Crow, Armstrong and RBI singles Suzuki 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:09.080 and single to center, and just like that, the Cubbies 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:12.080 had a four to one lead. Then in the eighth inning, 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:15.280 Nico Horner, who hit the Baltimore chopping the six, came 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:18.039 back in the eighth with a solo home run to 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:21.960 left center field as the Cubbies extended their lead to 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:24.240 five to one, and they would go on and win 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:27.920 by that final score as Trek Scouogle gets headed the loss, 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:31.440 his first as a Dodger. Despite going six innings, allowing 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:34.360 two runs on four hits, he struck out six. He 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:37.880 gave up that home run through eighty five pitches. He's 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:40.839 now seven to six on this season. The Dodgers offense 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:45.239 again last night, just four hits in the entire game. 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:48.839 What has happened to this Dodgers lineup, especially since the 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:51.000 All Star Break? With this Dodgers team as a five 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:53.600 hundred team and he pot has zero for four last night. 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:57.360 Max Muntsey was oh for three with a couple of strikeouts. 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:00.720 Freddie Freeman extended his hitting streaking out of fourteen straight games. 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:03.320 Kyle Tucker had two of the Dodgers four hits, but 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:07.320 Mookie Bets's struggles they're real. Oh for three again last night. 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:10.520 He's now hitting two twenty three on the season. Ta 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:14.080 Oscar hernandez An Oh for Night, Tommy Edmond and oh Fornight. 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:17.480 The Dodgers offense just disappeared last night and has been 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:20.240 non existent in the last five games, and thus the 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:23.440 Dodgers had their longest losing streak of this season at 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:25.960 five games. Now they've already lost the series at wrig 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:29.120 Lee Field, and now they're looking just as salvage this series, 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:31.400 but avoiding a sweep as they go in the finale 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:34.000 today from Wriggley Field. Eric Lauer on the mound, trying 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:36.200 to snap the losing streak, first pitch at eleven twenty 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:38.040 with more, let's head out to the Gallop and four 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:40.880 broadcast booth, so we say good morning to Tim Neffett 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:41.479 and Rick Monday. 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:46.039 Guys, Tim, thank you very much. It is an overcast 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:48.280 day right now. Supposed to clear up a little bit 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:51.800 some rain dew in the Chicago area later today, but 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:54.159 it shouldn't affect the ball game as the Dodgers and 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:57.640 Cubs get set for Game three of this three game 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:00.880 set and the Dodgers trying to solve a game here. 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:04.279 Eric Lauer six and five and a four to fifty ERA, 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:09.440 facing left hander Showta Imanaga. Imanaga seven and nine for 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:13.480 the Cubs. Three sixty seven is his earned run average. 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:16.600 Cubs are sixty five and forty nine, the Dodgers sixty 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:21.279 nine and forty five. That seventieth win has been elusive. 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:24.440 In fact, Milwaukee picked up the seventieth last night, becoming 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:26.359 the first team to get to seventy. The Dodgers have 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:29.720 had five straight chances to do it. They have lost 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:33.240 a season high five in a row. And Moa is 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:36.120 a player. When the team gets in these kind of slumps, 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:37.000 how do you get out of them? 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:40.039 Well, weather's coming into Chicago. The Dodgers could use some 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:43.919 lightning right now from an offensive standpoint, because the numbers 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:46.120 aren't with the numbers are now losing five in a row, 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:49.360 how about seven of nine, twelve of twenty and the fact, 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:52.880 talking about offense or lack thereof, just one run has 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:54.760 been scored in the last twelve and a third innings. 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:58.240 They're not helping themselves. Also by the bats that they're having. 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:00.880 They hit into two double plays, yes Dad, three in 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:03.240 the first two games. And if we look at the 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:05.720 last couple of years, no team in baseball is hit 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:08.760 into more ground bowl double plays than the Dodgers had 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:12.120 by a considerable margin. And right now they cannot afford 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:15.679 to eliminate themselves. And maybe the possibilities of scoring runs 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:16.200 in innings. 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:17.840 Other than that, how are things going? 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:20.520 Yeah, other than that everybody's saying, well, the sky is falling. 0:07:20.520 --> 0:07:22.840 The sky is falling, and still they have the lead, 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:24.920 but don't rest on the lead because they leave here. 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:27.240 Tomorrow's an off day and then they take on the 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:30.160 Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Diamondbacks are trying to close the gap, 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:33.440 no question about that. And if the Dodgers don't continue 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:35.640 to kind of pick things up as they had most 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.600 of the year and seventy percent of the game have 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:41.920 been played, now you know they could be in the 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.960 first round of playoffs. Have to go into wild Card 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:46.960 playoff in the first round again this year. 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:50.440 Well, a bright spot last night was the debut of 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:52.920 Trek Scruball. Now, yes, he did get the loss in 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:54.960 the game, he gave up the second run. It was 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:57.120 a tough luck run on a high chopper off the 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.760 front edge of home plate that a runner a third 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:03.120 round underneath and scored the go ahead run. Dodgers couldn't 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:05.800 get him any more runs. So other than that, I mean, 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:08.000 he pitched very well. In four of the six innings 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.520 he pitched, He retired the side in order, he struck 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:11.080 out six. 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:12.960 He commanded the ball. He looked very good. 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.320 Yeah, and the Dodgers need him. We talked about lack 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:17.440 of offense, but let's look at the last fifty five 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:22.920 games overall, the era collectively, the tire pitching staff is 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:25.760 over four and a quarter, the relievers are close to 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.920 three and three quarters. In the last sixty games, that 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:31.200 era is right at five. So there's a lot of 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:33.640 different areas that need to be tightened up. And we're 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:36.520 seeing a different lineup as far as the positioning today 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:39.360 because if we look at Mookie Benz, he's been moved 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:41.920 down to the number six spot, and a little surprising 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:45.160 with lefty on the mound, Bets is hitting behind Kyle Tucker, 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:46.880 the left handed hitter and Hunter. 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:50.040 Fiducia will make his first start this year with the Dodgers, 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:52.360 more than a year after he made his major league 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:55.520 debut with the Dodgers before being traded to Tampa Bay 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:56.960 and playing fairly. 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:58.000 Regularly with the Rays. 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:02.800 Eric Lauer and Showta the pitching matchup Cubs and Dodgers, 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:05.080 third game of this three games, sent right around the corner. 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:07.400 Tim all right, thank you very much. As we count 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:10.400 down to first pitch, Dodger fans, get your game day 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:13.280 meal on at Shaky's Pizza parlor or your Shaky's Pizza 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:17.400 Chicken and Mojo's at Shaky's dot Com. All right, coming 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:20.000 up here on Dodgers on Deck, DA haven't say sits 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:23.800 down with Trek Scoogle. That's coming up. In about thirty 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.560 five minutes. You'll hear from the Dodger manager, Dave Roberts. 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:28.720 Who's the latest on the injury front? What's up with 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:31.560 Dalton Rushing? We got your Dodgers magical moment. We'll break 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:34.160 down this pitching match up. But I'm next. You're O 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:37.520 Tani Rewine and we'll visit with Kirsten Watson from Sports 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:39.760 in at LN. That's all coming up as we lead 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:43.040 you up to Dodgers and Cubs from Wrigley Field in Chicago. 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:45.240 I'm Tim Kase's the back to back World serious champion 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:46.959 Dodgers Audio Know where. 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:48.719 Hi? 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:52.320 It's Jo hel Tony. This is Dodgers on Deck. Listen 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:55.200 to aby game on the hight Hut Radio. 0:09:55.080 --> 0:10:00.920 Out Dodgers and Cubs fin the game of this three 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:04.040 game sent for Wrigley Field. Eric Lower, the stopper for 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:07.000 the Dodgers, is there right in a five game losing 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:09.080 streak that's got to come to it and today first 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:11.000 pitch coming up at eleven. 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:17.120 Twenty, this is the Otani rewide all in one to Otani, 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:19.559 well swing and hit it down the left field Shige, 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:20.400 that's a fair ball. 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.640 Otani will jog around first and hold there with a single. 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:28.840 That side of the infield was vacated and O'toni got 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.120 a cutter on the outside half and took it that way. 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:33.920 Great piece of hitting from Shoey Otani going to love 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:37.760 field with the solo the base hit last night one 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.480 for four he went in the game as the Dodgers 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:43.920 only had four hits offensively as a team in a 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:45.560 five to one loss to the Cuppies. 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:50.079 This is Kirston's corner with Kirston Watson. 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:52.679 Hey Kearson now joins us on this Wednesday morning. 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He was excellent in his Dodgers' debut, 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:19.240 able to get through six Yes they were in that 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:22.840 sixth in name, just a little hiccup with that Baltimore chop, 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:25.240 but he was in fact excellent and he did what 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:26.960 he needed to do to help get the Dodgers into 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:30.640 the win column. But today, little did we know the 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:33.400 stopper could really be Eric Lauer. He is someone who 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:35.720 since he's come over from the Toronto Blue Jays, he 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:39.200 has been nothing but excellent. And really what the Dodgers 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:42.120 needed was they have key arms on the il and 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:45.120 Blake Snell as well as Tyler Glass. Now, so whenever 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:47.920 Eric has taken the ball, whether it's a start or 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:49.600 the one time in which we saw him come in 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:55.079 with an opener, this team has won so nine and zero. 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:59.280 Whenever Eric has bitched in a game, which means maybe. 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:01.760 He is the perfect guy to reset things for this 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:04.040 team today, so they get them back into the wind column, 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:07.400 to have them leave Chicago on high note, just get 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:10.800 back on track before heading into Arizona against a division rival. 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:13.240 So you know Eric is teased He's like, I just 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:15.360 want you guys to know whenever I take the ball, 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:17.600 good things happen. And so now we are like, well, 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:19.200 you know what, Eric, the odds are very much in 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:19.760 your favor. 0:12:19.800 --> 0:12:22.080 So let's keep it going. Let's go to ten and 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:24.880 oh for him on the year, that would be nice. 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:25.800 No doubt about it. 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:28.080 To looking at this Dodgers team coming up in the 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:30.480 next few weeks, maybe Will Smith is going to be 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:32.320 coming back to get behind the plate, but that's still 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:35.040 a ways off, and Dalton Rushing news is certainly not good. 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:38.800 Yeah, So unfortunately last night we found out that Dalton 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:42.400 Rushing is dealing with a slight UCL tear in his elbow. 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:45.160 And so you know what does that mean moving forward? 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.480 Does that mean that surgery is needed. It's a chance, 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:50.120 there's a possibility for that. There's no decision made just yet. 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:52.920 But Dave Roberts was saying is right now, they're trying 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:55.760 just to manage him. So they're shutting him down completely 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:58.560 for just a bed four to six weeks, especially on 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:00.920 the throwing side. Even Dave rob a minute today that 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:04.600 it's unclear as if he will be able to return as. 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:05.680 A catcher this year. 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:08.400 They're hoping to keep his bat moving with that slight 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:11.079 UCL terry is something that you can hit through, so 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:13.480 they're hoping to keep his bat going as just a 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:17.120 potential lefty bat off the bench if need be. In 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:21.120 the hope, really with will Smith, he is continuing to progress. 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:23.440 He's stacking good days, he's still swinging the bat. 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:24.200 He has not. 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:27.240 Taken VP on the field just yet or face live pitching, 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:29.360 and once he does that they'll have a better idea 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:31.240 of an exact timeline as to when he can get 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:34.640 on a rehab assignment. But they are looking at him 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:37.880 returning in September, so they feel confident about that. So 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:40.840 in the meantimes because now you know that Dalton likely 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.240 not returning as a catcher. So for Ben Roartvett, for 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:47.520 Hunter Fidusha, this is their time to shine because they 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:49.960 are going to be needed come October. This wasn't a 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:51.760 move just to kind of fill in the blank here 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:54.640 and there. It's become clear that this is a move 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:57.480 that was required because they do need some more support 0:13:57.559 --> 0:13:59.800 in the catcher position now with his news that Dalton 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:02.800 could would be shut down as the catcher moving forward 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:03.560 for the rest. 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:06.880 Of this year, So for these guys, we saw Ben. 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:09.440 Yesterday, Trek Scoogle said he was excellent behind the plate. 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:11.439 We know what he's capable of doing for what we saw. 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.240 From him last year. And then Hunter Vadusha obviously. 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:16.480 Very familiar with this organization, has had some Big league 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:18.080 time with the Rays and did very well with the 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:20.800 Rays this year. So for him coming over, he's behind 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:23.520 the plate this afternoon. And so for these two guys, 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:25.480 they really do have a runway ahead of them, and 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:27.480 they have a great opportunity ahead of them as well. 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:29.960 Real quick. This team's not used to losing, certainly not 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:33.040 losing five games in a row being a five hundred 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:35.960 team since the All Star break. What's this team like 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:38.040 being around them on the field in the clubhouse the 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:39.120 last forty eight hours. 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:42.400 You know, it's kind of that weird thing. There's something 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:46.280 of something's got to give. There's very much there are positives. 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:49.240 The starting pitching was excellent yesterday. We saw Kyle Tucker 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:52.000 have a two hit game. You know, Freddie Freeman has 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:55.440 continued to have a hot bat. So you're seeing there's positives. 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:56.960 And then if you look at the game one of 0:14:56.960 --> 0:14:58.560 this series in which they were able to get to 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:01.280 Justin Robleski who has been so he's working through a 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:04.640 few things. So you know it's it's if it's not 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:07.000 one thing, it's something else that's causing to be the 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:09.360 issue for them. So right now they're just looking to 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:12.400 get a complete game going. I will say, this is 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:14.240 a team, there's a bunch of professionals, a lot of 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:17.360 veterans in this league, and so they understand that things 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:20.000 are going to happen in a course of one's sixty two. 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:22.800 Even Mookie Bett's last night he just described it as 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:24.000 it's just clear we're. 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:25.280 In a little bit of a rut right now. So 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:28.040 now it's just how do they dig themselves out. 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:28.480 Of that rut. 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:31.040 There is obviously the off day tomorrow that's a great 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:34.280 way to reset. So the hope is just used today 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:36.400 as kind of like that launching pad. 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:37.000 No doubt about it. 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:39.000 No better day to get a win than today. Here, Sin, 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:40.520 we appreciate what check out with you after the game 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:42.160 is still to come here on Morago because you know 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:44.200 Dodgers on Deck will dive deeper to this pitching matchup. 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:46.720 David Vat say goes one on what with Trek Schooble 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:49.560 fresh off his first start with the Dodgers last night, 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:51.240 but up next at injury report, and we'll hear from 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:54.360 the manager, Dave Roberts Dodgers and Cubs on this Wednesday. 0:15:54.400 --> 0:15:56.280 First pitch at eleven twenty. 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Dalton rushing on the il with the 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:38.120 slight tear in his ucl at his elbow, Blake trying 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:41.160 on the il with the right elbow inflammation. Will Smith 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:43.960 on the il working his way back from that neck inflammation. 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:46.480 Tyler Glass now two innings at a minor League rehab 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:49.920 start yesterday with the tower buzzers, He'll continue to ramp up. 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:53.120 Blake's now yesterday final rehab start in Oklahoma City, three 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:55.480 and two third innings, three runs, five hits, including two 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.880 home runs. He walked four, struck out three, throwing seventy 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:02.360 three pitches. Asparious Gavin Stone, two names we haven't heard 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:04.560 in a while. Both the report to Oklahoma City to 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:07.280 try to salvage their injury riddled twenty twenty six seasons. 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:09.240 All right, let's head back out to Wrigley feel that 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:10.840 check out the Dodger skipper A. 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:15.760 Questions for Dave Dave? Can you just describe Dave? 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.240 Can you talk about the pressure in. 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:23.400 The dugouts with Dave Roberts, with Dalton, I think it's 0:17:23.480 --> 0:17:26.320 just kind of shut down the throwing for four to 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:31.159 six weeks. You know, there's a rest period for just 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:35.000 the activity and then kind of try to resume hitting 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:39.720 and try to keep the bat alive all the while, 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:43.480 you know, seeing how the arm feels, the elbow feels. 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:48.760 So that's one piece. And with Will, it's just a 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:51.840 continued I have everything keeps moving forward, which is a 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:56.600 good thing. There's no timeline as far as when he 0:17:56.640 --> 0:18:00.600 faces pitching, let alone, when he goes out on or rehab, 0:18:01.320 --> 0:18:04.080 you know, then we'll have more clarity on a you know, 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:06.200 projected date of return. 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.719 But right now I don't know is he still swinging 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:09.720 in the cage. 0:18:09.840 --> 0:18:16.240 Yes, yes, and hasn't taken at bats on the field yet. 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:17.200 Or that Dalton catches at any point the rest of 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:17.560 this year. 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:25.520 Personally, I would say it's a very small I hope 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:28.280 I'm wrong, but just kind of you know, he's a 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:31.360 tough kid and so for him to you know, go 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:37.240 through this speaks a lot. So I think that would 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:41.040 be great if he can certainly a possibility with the time, 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:47.280 but we're certainly trying to keep the battle alive for sure, which. 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:49.359 That like you guys want to have some left handed 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:50.520 options down the stretch. 0:18:50.960 --> 0:18:52.680 That's a part of it, just kind of like looking 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:55.160 at the roster and having a you know, potential left 0:18:55.160 --> 0:19:00.879 handed bat could be really helpful or not Dalton. 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:02.280 Will have to go on undergo surgery. 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:05.080 How much of this is just kind of waying If 0:19:05.080 --> 0:19:07.199