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Los Angeles Dodgers thirty two and twenty on this season, A game a half lead a top the NL West. After splitting the first two games in New York, the Dodgers go for the series win over the Mets. On Sunday Night Baseball in Queens, New York. Landon Knack on the mound for the Dodgers. First pitch for City Field is coming up at four to ten. Between then and now,
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In the second, four runs, seven hits, four strikeouts, he would take the loss. The Dodgers jumped out to the early lead in the second, beginning with Keith k on Oh.
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Leads so they're one for one runners in the scoring position at seventeen such adventures last night, with six hits in those seventeen events.
Harvey i number seventeen for Key k Hernandez with that RBI single scoring Andy Piez Dodgers of one to nothing. Then it was Dalton rushing grinding out, but not before Tommy Edmon scored Dodgers with a two spot in the top half of the second, led it two to one in the bottom of the second, though the Mets got
one of them back. It was a two to one game going to the bottom half of the fourth inning when things started to un for Tony Gonslin Marte Rees on an infield single that scored a run that tied the game at.
Two, and then one Soto gave the Mets the lead.
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Here comes to a third rounding home to play at the play is out. The relay gets Marte trying to score from first base, but ultimately it's a go ahead double from one Soto that plates the pair and gives the Mets a four to two lead at the end of four full innings.
The Mets with three runs at the bottom half of the fourth inning of four to two. They would tack on another one in the bottom of the eighth inning and a key insurance run as the Dodgers O could get no closer. They didn't have a lot of opportunity,
only three runners left on base. They really struggled against the left hander David petersonho has figured it out later in his career, just one for five with runners in scoring position, and that hit came off with key k Hernandez back away in the second inning to get the Dodgers on the board, David Peterson gainst the win, Tony Gonsolin gets the loss as the Dodgers see their.
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All right, Tim Kats here on a Memorial Day weekend Sunday and a series finale. The rubber game of this three game series mole for the Dodgers and the Mets. It's Landon Neck and CODEI Singer. Looking back to last night, it was sort of an odd game. The Dodgers scored first the first two runs, the Mets scored the last five, and after they coughed up the lead, Tony Gonsolin can only finish five innings. It just never felt like the
Dodgers really had a chance. That's how good David Peterson was yesterday and it's one of those tip your cap knights.
Absolutely, and he just worked marvelously in and around the strength zone. One thing that Dodgers did not do we talked about on the pregame show. They did not expand the strength zone a great deal, especially against the curve bull. But for Peterson, it's not like he was overpowering you. He's not a soft tosster to be in with. But he just worked the ball all around the strength zone.
And if we look at the big guys in this lineup, when you look at the first two games of the series, Otani, Bets and Freeman combined just two hits in twenty five at bats, and in those twenty five at bats they've struck out collectively ten times. So they've handled the big power part of the Dodger lineup.
Yeah, it's really actually been a quiet series for both teams, big three, the Dodgers with the trio that you mentioned on Tony, Bets and Freeman, but for the Mats Lindor, Soto and Alonso, relatively quiet. Now, it did look like wan Soto started to get warm last night. He had three balls hit at better than one hundred and two miles per hour, including ultimately the game winning double off of Tony Gonsolon that broke that to two tie. And so all right, now you got to turn the page
to tonight. And it doesn't get any easier against kode I Senga.
No it doesn't.
And one thing that Singa has done exceptionally well is to keep the ball in the ballpark. He's given up just one home run, but between that home run that he gave up, he's gone fifty and a third innings without allowing a base ball to leave the ballpark unless it's been in foul territory.
So here's the guy too, is.
That you're gonna have to It's like how to eat an elephant one bite at a time. Dodgers, I think are going to have to take little bites in the strike zone and also not chase the breaking balls that are just a little tempting. Because one thing about single we'll talk about it more during.
The ball game.
He does not throw a high percentage.
Of first pitch strikes.
So if you're hunting and say, oh, I'm going to go first pitch, first pitch, swing the bat. In particular with Andy Pahes who has been offering it a lot of first pitches. Nothing bad about it if they're good pitches, but be maybe a little bit more mindful as hey. The guy may not throw a lot of strikes.
Early the Dodgers saw him in the Nation League Championship Series throw not a lot of strikes. It was sort of a surprise decision by Carlos Mendoza last year to give Singer the ball in Game one. Remember he was so much time last year with an injury. Sean man I was available to start that game. Instead, they go with Singa. He lasted just thirty pitches and only ten of those worst strike. He has strikes. He has his
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Well Quiet night for show Heyotani. Last night at City Field, the Dodgers lost five to two Show Hey Otani over four, punched out three times, now hitting below three hundred and two ninety six on the season, still a three to ninety on base percentage. Dodgers lost Game two last night five to two to the New York Mets. Today it is Sunday Night Baseball, the rubber game of this three game series, with the Dodgers a chance to get this series win and head off to Cleveland for a three
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Do you think the questions for Dave?
Dave? Can you just describe Dave? Can you talk about the pressure in.
The dugouts with Dave Roberts?
I was, it was good. It was fun to watch. I think he was having fun with it. I think we got something out of it. Twenty two pitches, touch ninety seven. There's some sweepers, some cutters choosing for a scene, and so I thought it was a good first step.
There is a few more real, like seeing him in the uniform automate league now obviously little game like sort of seeing something similar to that.
It does you know, I've gotten so used to seeing him as a hitter, and so to see him on the mound just solely as a pitcher, it was different and certainly exciting for.
All of this, So tell you anything, just like how much fun he seemed to be having and how lighthearted he could be even while going through his work.
It did it did. I think that he was certainly working and you know, progressing, but I think he was certainly having fun with it, and obviously there was a lot of attention to it. A lot of his teammates are here watching.
And support him too.
How much we'll kind of like the next couple of days just seeing how he feels coming out of it, kind of help guide what might come next.
That's that's going to be the driver.
You know.
Obviously we can all speculate that there's gonna be another live next weekend, but that's all contention on, you know, how he feels in the ensuing days, and obviously, you know, Wednesday seems like the logical day for him to throw a touch and feel like just stick with his routine. But yeah, I think once we keep kind of getting to the day next day, we'll figure.
Out where we're at now that thing's actually insuling ends you just like kind of modern more day to day like how he's feeling physically when it comes to the hitting.
Yeah, because I think that, Yeah, that's for sure, because there were certainly with the velocity today, the amount of pitches, there was more intensity. So I'll be I'll be mindful of well, I'll be mindful of how that affects tonight's game too.
Are you surprised at how good this stuff looked and how the blosso and he does continued to go.
It was a big jump today from what I understand from the bullpens to hear facing hitters. Not surprised though, because you know the competitor still comes out.
You still want to get.
Guys out, and so to see him or see him touch ninety four ninety seven wasn't overly surprising.
Does that give you just kind of like some optimism about how the stuff's gonna play, even coming off of a second TJ as he keeps filming up these next couple.
Of months, it does, Yeah, if it kind of work out as it should. He's a tough end starter, and so that's kind of get all of our expectations.
All right. So there's the manager, Dave Roberts.
Yeah, big day for show, hey Otani throwing a live batting practice today at City Field, and they were very excited from what they saw. Nineteen months after elbow surgery and now pitching for the Dodgers at least bullpen sessions checking another box on his way back. But we continue here on Wrongo because you know Dodgers on Debt. We'll check another box. We'll check in with David Bessy. It's the latest. You lead out the first pitch Sunday Night
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We just heard from the manager, Dave Roberts.
Big day for show Aotani, something you've been talking about for about a week and a half, two weeks.
That's right.
It's good to keep international relations, Tim and my relations with the Japanese media is stronger than most out there in the baseball world. And they let us know last Saturday that the Dodgers were planning to have Otani have a live batting practice at City Field. It was supposed to be yesterday, but because of that thirteen inning affair, the Dodgers obviously understood late night, early morning.
Let's just push it back to today. Sunday night.
Baseball cooperated and he faced guys like hay Song Kim Dalton rushing and even batting hitting coach j T walkins in against Otani.
So everybody wanted to see it.
The Japanese media was lined up outside of city Field hours before media was allowed inside. I firmly believe this tim If they would have sold tickets for the high price of one hundred dollars at city Field, there were fans that would have bought that ticket to watch Otani throw live batting practice. Look, guys do this all the time,
but everybody wants to see what this guy has. And yes, he was unbelievable as a pitcher and a hitter with the Angels, but we haven't seen that Otani, that dual personality.
So today was just a glimpse into that.
And you know, Dave Roberts let us know before he let Ken Rosenthal know yesterday during the game by the way, right, Tim, he let us know on Friday before he let Rosenthal know in the third inning of yesterday's game that Otani would not be pitching until after the All Star break. So if you listen to Dodger Talk, you'll know everything a lot before these national fancy news outlets.
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You, Dave, because we like choices, and you can find the F one fifty gas hybrid all electric tough. This march can only be called F one fifty. Bobby Miller, we saw him. What's his new role? Maybe gonna be moving forward, David, He's not gonna be a starter anymore.
Yeah, well, I think right now he is. He's been sent out.
Obviously, the Dodgers needed another fresh arm because things are a little thin these days, so they signed right handed pitcher Chris Stratton in optioned Bobby Miller to Triple A Oklahoma City, and in the process they designated for a signon JP fireheis, And so the shuffling of the decks in that Dodger bullpen to get some fresh arms with a weary bullpen continues today.
But here's something to consider.
Tim Bobby Miller, for whatever reason, hasn't figured it out as a starting pitcher, and talking to people around the organization going back to when Bobby was an emerging prospect, he just has so many pitches at his disposal in his own head, and it seems like he's trying to use all five six pitches instead of just simplifying things.
And you know, I know my nickname for him was Bobby Ice back in the day, but I feel like I'm changing his nickname to Bobby Bullpen now because yesterday in that at bad against Juan Soto, he threw ninety nine high cheese at Sodo and then an eighty six change up away from Sodo that place coming out of the bullpen instead of messing with five other pitches. He's got the fastball, He's got a change up. That's all
he needs to stick. And at this point in time, if it doesn't click soon, I feel like the Dodgers will consider that. But Bobby Miller has got to embrace it. So here's my start. Bobby Miller, consider Bobby Bullpen.
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All right, Rick Monday.
A normal game yesterday, actually a quick game because pitching was so good on the Mets side.
Those things happen some.
Nights, David, David David. By the way, I got some feedback. A couple of people thought that we were a little bit too harsh on the umpires and talking about and talking about Game one, and then I went off on the Empires again last night because they came on the field late. The game started late, not because the players weren't right, it's because the umpires were not on the field, not even on time to get the line of cards. So, yeah, this is an interesting umpiring crew to say the least.
No doubt about it. You don't want to be the center of it, probably here.
Right Rick.
Yeah, I'll hear it again from some people. But you know that's fine too. It's not that difficult. You know, there's a locker room attendant for the umpires as well, and I'm sure that all of them have a watch, and there's probably a clock in.
The room as well.
So that's about the only start today, okay.
R Yeah, you know, And you bring.
Up a good point for those that may be a little misunderstanding of what we're talking about. Clayton Kershaw is one that likes to take the mound a little early. In other words, if it's a seven to ten game start time, he may take the mound at seven o five and if he's pitching and the empires are late, I just wonder if he would say something to him, because he said, hey, look it was published in all the papers, it was advertise, and the umpires are late.
I thought that was well. I was a little wound up after our pregame show yesterday.
Anyway, I could tell feisty like Brad Paisley described you.
Well, that's the way it should be. I mean, no, feisty. Yes.
I think passion is a nice thing to have about what we're doing and what we invest our time in and our effort, and I think everybody in baseball does so.
From the light side. Speaking of light side, we have to.
Go back, and you know, from time to time there were players that get into do a difficult times and they had their hands slapped by disciplinary measures by Major League Baseball, maybe gesturing the wrong way to the fans or another. Well, on this date nineteen nineteen, Casey, yeah, yeah, we're going I was not there, but I read about it. He actually gave the fans at eedbitts Field. Now, Casey, he was traded by the Dodgers in the start of nineteen eighteen to the Pirates, and he was not happy
about it. So in nineteen nineteen, the Pirates come to ebbitts Field to play the Dodgers and Casey Stengel is still irritated about being traded. So he's in the batter's box, he's hitting. He called time. He steps out of the box and he gives the fans a bird, literally a bird, because the twenty eight year old Pittsburgh right fielder took off his baseball cap. They didn't have helmets at the time, took off his cap and what did he have underneath
his cap? A sparrow andle it flew out from underneath his cap and flew away.
So it was on the state.
Casey Stengle gave Dodger fans at Ebbittsfield the bird.
Those were wild times back there in the Borough of Brooklyn, right, Rick. I mean, I'm sure you heard a lot of stories. Those are unusual things.
Yeah, well, you know, at least it was not a killers, So what the heck?
Just a sparrow, hey, Rick.
Being back in that part of New York City, Flushing, where Shaye Stadium used to be. Obviously, the Mets were formed in nineteen sixty something after the Giants and Dodgers had left their colors are a blend of the two franchises that left, right, they're Burrows. What was the vibe going back to Shaye Stadium? And how many Dodger fans would still support the Dodgers when you were playing just a few years after.
I think they still would. Some were still very angry. So you saw a little semblance of kind of both.
You know.
Here's the weird thing.
Also, Charlie Steiner, who I talked to Charlie a couple of days ago.
He's getting better and better and better, and.
That's good to us, for all of us, and hopefully see him again and hearing from again very very soon. So Charlie grew up in New York and he was a Dodger fan. So then the Dodgers move out west, he was irritated. I was delighted because he moving out to the LA Coliseum to begin with, until Dodger Stadium was completed. So Charlie became a New York met fan out of necessity. He didn't like the Yankees, so it
became a Met fan. So we'd come back into town from various various times, and you know, Charlie said, well, I used to you know, I used to root for the for the Mets, but I've always been a Dodger fan and then as a Dodger broadcaster, so it kind of goes back and forth. So we heard it from a positive standpoint, and we heard a couple of people that were still irritated that the Dodgers actually did move out of Brooklyn.
And Gil Hodges led the miracle sixty nine Mets to the World Series as their manager.
You know what's yeah, what's really kind of strange too, is if you look back in the history of the Dodgers, Walter O'Malley had looked at parcels of land in this particular area where now City Field is, and there was a proposal and plans drawn up to a stadium that had a roof here in this area somewhere around Queens
and for those geographically Shay Stadium where it was. This stadium, City Field was basically built just beyond the right center field fence by maybe one hundred yards, so it was that close proximity, all right.
Rick a lot of connections to New York City to this day for the Dodgers who were beloved by that borough and those bums.
Okay, so fine, a sparrow train it and then you can give everyone to bird.
All right, Rick, thanks a lot. Maybe I'll I'll send you a bird one of these days.
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Anthony, thanks a lot for the time, appreciate.
It, Thank you for having me.
Can we rewind to Mexican Heritage Night at Dodger Stadium. What did you think about the uh Luce Libre fighters that they surprised everybody with thought.
That was pretty cool given the fact that you know wrestling I watched growing up, me and my brothers, we watched it, fell in love with it until I found out it was fake. But no, it's very entertaining, and that's what I came to an understanding with was the entertainment of it. So I can see, you know why people love it and people cheer for it and then plussed like the jersey's. I thought they were awesome. So I was begging you guys to give me some. So I'm glad I got some.
I can hook it up, Banda if you need some, I got some. I got so you deserve it.
I mean, you leave your arm out there on the mound. You leave your heart out there on the mound every time out there. What's it like coming back and being a world champion?
It's fulfilling, But you know, we got another job at hand, and it's a new season, so you know, we leave all the awards and everything else like that back at home and get back to work and stay focused on what we need to do this year.
Your job title is still the same Dodger reliever, but it feels like your role is a lot different than last year.
How have you adjusted to it?
Uh?
You know, it's the same mindset I had last year whenever the phone rings and it's it's made just kind of you know, understand what the job is and understand my lane and understand the sequences I need to do to attack the hitters, and just go and execute that game plan and have some fun doing it.
You and the other dogs from last year were pushed to the limits. I have not forgotten that, and I don't take for.
Granted just the the wear.
And tear and the toll it takes on your body. How have you been able to bounce back? And do you feel like your body is is more in a rhythm now than it was maybe to start the year.
Yeah, absolutely, given the fact, you know, we had some unfortunate injuries going down, and you know, it's you know, it's a it's a workload that we're taking on. But that's that's kind of what we do, and it's kind of our job, and you know, it's it's it's an honor to put on the Dodge of Blue uniform and continue to pitch for the Dodgers. So if you want to continue doing that, you just got to understand that
that comes with the job. And uh, you know, like we've always said, we always peak each other up, regardless of what it uh, what it takes.
Uh, it's a.
Team effort, and so that's what we're striving for every single time. And whoever's coming out of that boat and we're rooting for and cheering for, and when that person gets a job, it's the next person up. So that's just what our mindsets are and that's that's what we carried from last year to this year and and we've been we've been in a good spot lately, so I think we're doing a very good job with that.
How impressed have you been with Ben Casparius because he's in a similar spot him and Jack Dryer as you were last year, and they seem to have really stepped up like you did.
Yeah.
Absolutely, you know, having guys to step up and understand that that's the culture that that we expect and that you know, they molded into very very quickly. It's it's
a it's amazing to watch. It's given the fact that they are young and you know, this is our first full year, but they're what impresses me the most impresses everybody down there is that they're relentless and they're not they're not scared to go after hitters and they go out and just you know, they have unbelievable stuff and you know, they just take advantage of the hitters and
you know, basically bully the guys. So it's fun to watch given the fact that we've known Ben for a little bit now, but especially with Jack, he's a very quiet individual, but he knows what he's doing. He gets his job done, and you know, I couldn't be more happier for those two guys to really step up and take on those roles.
World Champion and great teammate Anthony Bonda is our guest before I let you Go, I know you have to be in the moment. You're not reflecting on last year. But there is a lot of that because the Dodgers are going to be playing the Mets seven times in the next week, You're gonna see the Yankees on the next home stand as well as a group of that bullpen, what do you believe you guys are the most.
Proud of just taking on the workload and taking on the responsibility of being in that bullpen and showing up every day ready to get You know, we we control what we can control, and like I said, we're part of the team and it's a team effort to go out and try to win every single game. So the thing is is like that's that's pretty much what we're proud of, and that's what we carry around with us, regardless of who we're playing or you know, where we're at,
regardless of you know, who goes down who doesn't. It's just all about a team effort and we're all pulling for each other. And at the same time, you know, we know that every single day we got to bring our a game because that's just the Dodgers way.
Hey, that was one of the most remarkable performances any bullpen has ever put together as a group in a World Series, in a postseason run. And Anthony Bonda, you obviously were a big part of it. And keep it going, stay healthy, stay up and we'll talk to you soon.
Thank you for having me there.
He is the man, Anthony Bonda. Everybody loves him in LA. We'll send it back to you in the studio.
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Last night, well, the Dodgers fell to the Mets in the second game of this three game series. Today the rubber game with Code I Singo on the mound four and three with the one to forty three era thirty
two year old right handed out of Japan. Third season in the Big leagues last year sort of a lost season, only made one start, came back from a shoulder injury, then suffered a hamstring injury, making his tenth start here in twenty twenty five last time out six innings, three runs, five hits, five strikeouts and a loss to the Red Sox. Singa has one previous start against the Dodgers that came in July of twenty twenty three, a five to one Dodgers win. He'd had nine strikeouts, though in the loss.
His pitch that is his go to the ghost fork. It's a fourth ball that's pretty much unhittable. Thirty four of his forty seven strikeouts here are with the ghost fork and has generated a forty one percent with rate.
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He needs to be really good tonight for the Dodgers two and one with a six to seventeen.
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Making his fifth start, seventh appearance for the Dodgers at the big league level this year. Last time out behind Jack Dry, he was the bulketing guy against the Diamondbacks on Monday Night at Dodgers Stadium. Five innings, four runs, six hits, three strikeouts in a no decision. This is his first time ever facing the New York Mets. It's landon Neck code, I singa Dodgers have met Sunday Night Baseball's We're fifteen minutes away for first pitch. Keys to
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Dodgers in New York, wrapping up their three games series against the Mets Sunday Night Baseball, Land and Neck on the map code I SINGA, we'll go for New York. First pitch from City Field coming up in four to ten. Before that, let's head back out to the booth one final time before first pitch, Deeven Nelson, Rick Monday, Guys.
Appreciate that Tim first pitch is gonna be here before we know it. Rick Monday, the Dodgers and Mets gonna try and finish this series with a win because the series is on the line today SINGA that we talked about in our previous hit and then Landon Knack for the Dodgers, give me a key with the Dodgers right hander tonight.
I think, first of all, some innings we mentioned last night in the pregame show that the Dodgers starting pitching has averaged fewer than fourteen outs per start, So that's about four and two thirds innings right around that area. So for Landon Nak, he needs to stretching out a little bit more. Boat Been still needs a little bit of a breather, and for Nac, we'll find out how that changeup is going to work. He has twenty three strikeouts. Eleven of those are on the changeups and on the
flip side of the coin. When you look at CODEI Singa going for the New York Mets. I mentioned earlier, his first pitch strike rate is the third lowest of starting pitchers in Major League Baseball, So that's something to be aware of. The Other part two is you better get to him early in the game because once he's gone third time through the lineup, posing hitters have hit below one hundred against him.
I'll tell you what I would like to see from Landon Nak tonight. Obviously, the matchup on paper would favor the New York Mets. Coodei Sanga has been that good and Landon Nac has frankly not. I mean, we saw him pitch five innings against the Diamondbacks. The long ball continues to hurt him, a pair of two run home runs allowed. He's facing a Mets team that got to him last year in the postseason. Mark Vento said that Grand Slam but I want Landon Nak to pitch aggressively,
just attack. I mean Tony Gonslin. After last night's game, he said, fortunately I was only able to go five. I think the mentality of getting through five innings, I don't want that. I want a guy who is like, if go six, but and not be afraid to get hit. That's what I want to see from Landon Nax.
Nine inning game and going five innings and the expectations going to fine.
You do that with a guy that they now labels a bulk guy. Yeah, all right.
So the Dodgers are gonna try and take this series for the Mets, win the first series on this road trip, and make it a happy flight to Cleveland, Ohio. First pitch coming soon, Tim back to you, all.
Right, first pitch coming up up, and then after the game, keep in mind, the Dodgers will aboard their charter and head to Cleveland for a three game sear a series against the Guardians. The Dodgers going to play tonight with a game and a half lead over the San Francisco Giants in front of the Western Division of the National League. As far as the Cleveland Guardians are concerned, they are in second place in the AL Central, four games back of the Detroit Tigers.
So a good.
Guardians team six games over five hundred. That's tomorrow for the start of a three game set on Memorial Day.
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