And now your host for Morongo Casino Dodgers on Te tam case, Hi everybody, and welcome in two more Rongo Casino Dodgers on Deck. Hope you're well. Los Angeles Dodgers thirty five and twenty two on this season, first place atop the NL West with a five and a half game lead in the division. Well after getting swept in Cincinnati over the week, and the Dodgers now look to get the sweep and the Big Apple against the Mets. James Paxton
on the mound in the series finale. First pitch from City Field is coming up at one ten. Between then and now, we got a lot to get to here. On Marongo Casino Dodgers on Deck, we'll hear from the Dodger manager, Dave Roberts. David Vase will go one on one with Gavin Lux. We'll dive deeper into this pitching matchup. We'll get your magical moment of the day. We'll get you the latest on the Dodgers injury front. Who could be close to coming back to help out this Dodgers bullpen. We'll
update on you that coming up in just a little bit. We'll also check in with Kirsten Watson and in just a few minutes we'll send it out to the Gallpin Motors broadcast booth. And here from Rick Monday and Tim never Well. Yesterday in New York, the Dodgers ended their losing streak by beating the
Mets not once, but twice in a double header. Game one, Tyler Glasnow, with seven innings, was in line to get the loss before the Dodgers scored a running the eighth, the tie run the ninth, and in the tenth Freddy Freeman at two run home run part of a three run inning as the Dodgers came all the way back to beat the Mets yesterday five to two in Game one. In the second game of the double hitterer Kevin Stone pitched a gym seven shutout innings. He scattered just three hits along the way
while striking out seven and not walking a single batter. The Dodgers backs, meanwhile, appeared to have woken up after the game one win. Will Smith got it all started in the first with a blast of left two one pitch, swinging in a drive to left field. Nemo going back. He's at the track, he looks up. It's gone a home run. Will Smith starts it off for the Dodgers tonight second batter of the game, and Smith, with his seventh home run of the year, is one to nothing Dodgers
solo home run for a Will number seven on this season. As the Dodgers took the early one to nothing lead in the second, Miguel Rojas it won deep to center off the wall. Andy pot has scored all the way from first and the Dodgers took a two to nothing lead over the Mets. Then in the sixth, the Dodgers with a key insurance run coming off the bat of Miguel Vargas. Marcus was doing a really nice job at Triple A and he swings an he hammers went down the left field line and is hooking toward
the corner. It's gone a home run, a line drive home run for Miguel Vargas and the Dodgers lead it three to nothing. His first home run of twenty twenty four boy, and he hit a rope down the line. Miguel Vargas with a shot down the left field line a couple rows up into the bleachers, his firsts in the big leagues this season. Dodgers a three to nothing lead Gavin Stone with the seven shutout innings. Alex Vessi got the final six outs for his second save as the Dodgers finish off the Mets three
to nothing to win both games of the doubleheader. Dodgers now thirty five and twenty two. They look to get the sweep in New York this afternoon as they wrap up their six game East Coast road trip the Big Maple James Paxton on the mound in the series finale and with more, let's head out to the Galpum Motors broadcast booth as we say good afternoon to Rick Monday and Tim
Never guys, Tim, thanks again. A little bit overcast here in Queen's over City Field, but we've got a good afternoon for baseball for sure, as the Dodgers and the New York Mets gets set to wrap up this three game series. Two of the three played yesterday, the Dodgers sweeping the double header Game one, coming from behind in the ninth to tie it and winning it in the tenth, and then the score there five to two, and
in Game two, three to nothing, a shutout. Gavin Stone was simply incredible on the mounth seven shutout innings, his best outing as a major leaguer. Today it's James Paxton at five and zero going against David Peter Peterson making his season debut coming off of hip surgery in the offseason, and a little different look in the lineup today Mo in the infield, Mookie Betts moving over to second base and Miguel Rojas over to short. They were flip flopped yesterday.
Is kind of weird because ten twelve days ago, Dave Robers's ass, Hey, look are the interchange book parts there, and whill you think about moving Mookie Betts back over to a second base at Rojas's short And he said, no, that's not really in the plans. Well, sometimes the plans they change, and according to the Dodgers, so this is going to be one of those days where they do change. And for Mookie Betts, I get the feeling to him that he just really accepts the challenge of playing different
positions, different perspective. So the Dodgers kind of load up on the left side of the infield because over third again today is going to be Kick a Hernandez and the defense I think also had a play really over the last couple of games, very well, no, really outstanding plays you talk about, but very can insistent defensive plays and that plays very large. Well. The Dodgers have had a lot of success here at City Field over the last several
years. They've won eighteen of the last twenty two games here. The Mets are scratching their heads when the Dodgers come out, well, I scratch your heads a lot. Yesterday, the New York Mets did not have one single hit with the runner in scoring position in either one of the games yesterday, and in the second game they did not have one at batt with a runner in scoring position. In back yesterday they did not have one runner even breach
second base, So it might be a different strategy for New York. We'll talk about the pitching a little bit later on, because they may have something in mind against James Paxton the way he pitches. But if the Dodgers pitching goes the same way in game today as they have the previous two against the Mets, new York's in trouble. One more note, offensively, good to see Freddy Freeman heating up here in this series. He's five for eight with
a home run and three runs. Banded yah Will Smith is the benefactor that because Will Smith has more plate appearances with runners in scoring position than any other hitter in Major League Baseball stands the reason you're following bets o'tani and Freeman and Will Smith back in there. He'll do the catching. Ti Oscar her Nanas is in right, Andy Pajes again is in Centerive we mentioned Kiky Hernanis will be at third base, mcguil Rohass starts at shortstop, and Miguel Vargas is
going to be the starting left field. Dodgers are thirty five and twenty two, thirteen games above five hundred meantime, the match twenty two and thirty two, ten games underwater, James Paxton against David Peterson. That's the pitching matchup as we get set for the third game of this three game series in New York. Tim all right, thank you guys, as we cut you down to first pitch. Dodger fans, get your game day meal on at Shakey's
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This is the Otani rewhy showey Otani did not play in the second game of the double hitter and the Dodgers win. He had the night off. He went zero for five in the first game yesterday and the Dodgers five to two come from behind win in ten innings. He struck out twice. Otania now hitting three twenty nine on this season, a six oh six slug still
having a fantastic twenty twenty four. The Otani rewind brought to you by Eto Wins oil oh Ja, Japan's number one green tea available local diso stores, Amazon and eto win dot Com. That's it t O e N dot Com. This is Kirston's corner with Kirston Watson. Hey Kirston now joint system city feel for before the final game of this three game series. Kirston Dodgers win both games with the double header yesterday. They had lost five in a row
going into the yesterday's games. Funny how winning cures everything. It really does, between winning and I receizing maybe like even New York City. Just the excitement of the city gives you a little boost. But you're right, yesterday they were able to get things going, and you know, as much as that first game they were playing from behind and late in the game, and they were all to be able to tie in the night and then wanted extra.
When Daniel Hudson's on the mound faces loaded getting out of that, you literally could feel the momentum shift in the stadium and just amongst the team and the dugout. He literally silenced the audience, so you got to see that as well. But it was just kind of a moment where the guys are like, we're good. You know, even though some of them were laughing in the little high five line that those were the hardest high five they have felt in a while, Like there was kind of this pent up energy to
get this team going again. And then going into game two of the doubleheader, they continued, I mean will Smith getting that home run early in the game, badding second things like that. It just was a continuation of some of that momentum and energy they were feeling from the end of Game one. And so Daves was even saying, your Spen's laughing. You know, they
knew you know, two wins and have you sleeping better at nighttime? Things feel different, And so the hope is now just see that offense and really, I mean the pitching was fantastic, but seeing that now carry over into today's games. So hopefully they can do just that. Yeah, hopefully they can build on those two wins. Yesterday, looking at the lineup, I had to scratch my eyes. I know I'm not tired, but does this
a second base next to Mookie Bets? Yeah, exactly. And so you know, when Mookie, he's already talked about when he comes to the infield, it's a little bit easier, you know, as he's around his body things like that. So of course he had talked about earlier this season that he wanted to be, you know, that every day short stuff, and they said that that he was going to do just that. That is continuing
the plan. But when he moved the second essentially like an off day, you know, it keeps him in the line of it keeps his back going, but it gives him away to kind of just take a step back defensively, not necessarily like performance wise, but just kind of mentally physically, because obviously playing short is very demanding, so they're looking at it as really just
an off dag. It's Miguel Rojas that his true position, and then with also having a leftie on the mound, the thought is that he might get some more go River as well. So you know, we'll kind of see how it really plays out, but it really is just a way to kind of give Luky a little bit of rest while while being out there and still being locked in, if that makes sense. No doubt about hoping the Dodgers can win this game today in this road trip on a high note and head
back home for avery three game series this weekend against the Rockies. Kirsten, we appreciate it. We'll hear from you after the game still to come here. I'm Maronggo Casino Dodgers on deck, will dive deeper to this pitching match up. David Vats goes one on one with Gavin Lux. But up next we'll get you more of an injury report and we'll hear from the manager Dave Roberts. So we're leaning up to Dodgers and Mats from Cityfield on this Wednesday,
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with do you think questions for Dave? Dave? Can you just describe Dave? Can you talk about the pressure in the dugouts with Dave Robberts. I think just continue to be aggressive in our zone. I thought yesterday certainly there were some good things that happened offensively, and you know, Peterson coming back from his rehab and some guys have some familiarity with them. But I think for us, just kind of being aggressive in our zones and creating some stress
some traffic. I think that we've seen everyone in their bullpen, so to get to their bullpen would be a good thing. Did you think that just with Yeser's performance, it did have the ability to really unlock some things kind up for the offense. Just kind of feeling that everyone was having the excitement, implementum you like that can really do something just to get you guys back
going again. I think so, I think, you know, everyone, I think in the lineup today, there was some things that we saw, some positives, and so I think that, you know, from Vargas to to Showhay to everyone, I think in between something to build on for today and you know, we can kind of salvage this road trip. So it's it's a game that for me, it's a you know, a highly highly vo motivated to win this game. Yeah, Mooki at second base today?
Is that what you described as load management day? It is? It is I think that you know, running him out there essentially every day to get him on the other side of the diamond, essentially, as Mooki puts it, almost like an off day. And so you expect a lot of work on the left side of the diamond with James pitching, and so I feel, you know, you can run Mooki out there and get Miggy back at his normal position, feel good about it. It doesn't seem like he's dialed
back, like the pregame working shorts them that much. Again, Like, is that something that you guys think of find kind of eats into this and leaning less time being is that like he's going to handle, you know, all those burdens, he's even going to carry so hard, you know. I think the thing is is that that will happen. I don't know if
it's going to happen in June or July. It will happen, but I think it's just more for for us just leaving it to him that whenever he feels the confidence that he can kind of manage his prep work at that point in time, he will. But I just trust him in the sense that he knows what it takes a good ready for Again. All right, there's Dave Roberts talking about Mookie Betts and his workload before the game even starts, and maybe to dial that back a little bit as the season goes on.
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la Care dot Org. Joining Tim Kates on Dodgers on Deck. I accept everybody for who they are. This is Dodger insider David Basse. All right, DV, you should have a wild day for the Dodgers. Snapped that five game losing streak. They win a game in ten innings, look like a jump start the offense. In Game two they go on and get the shutout win. But that game one was really cool to see trying in in
Hudson do what they did late in the game in a extra innings. Yeah, especially Daniel Hudson who got himself into a bases loaded jam with one out and found a way to recalibrate and get the Dodgers out of it, and then put his fingers over his lips to hush the crowd at City Field. And I got to tell you, Tim, the team loved it. The team love what he said when he got back to the dugout. When he got back there, they asked him, why were you doing that, and
he said, we had to remind people we are still the Dodgers. And that's one part of this season so far that we really haven't seen where the Dodgers don't really have that alpha on their team and they don't show a lot of bravado in those type of situations. And there's a way to do it like Daniel Hudson did yesterday. And that's why I've likened him for the pitching staff and for the team. Similar to Chase Uttley. He has that quiet
toughness and experience and showed it yesterday. And then Blake Trenton, who picked up the safe first of the season, yes, but his first save since September twenty eighth, twenty twenty one, and that was at Coursefield. Excuse me, September of twenty September twenty third of twenty twenty one at Corsefield. And I told Blake about that, and he said, when was that save in twenty twenty one? So I just pulled out my phone brought up the
game logs from that season. And you know what's remarkable is he remembered it exactly. He remembered where he was, he remembered the pitchers mound in that ninth inning was not great at Corsefield, and Corey Seeger came to the mound and demanded the ground screw to come up and fix the mound, and he said, I remember that I got double play ground ball. Trevor's story was on base. So a pretty special day for two veterans who certainly have had
a long list of injuries to come back this year. That is awesome. David is driven by the Ford F Series, America's best truck for forty seven years and counting Ford. He gives you the freedom of choice gas hybrid electric. Head to your southern California Ford dealers and find yours Ford M Series built tough Well Trining's been well. The Dodgers certainly like DaLie Hudson the back end
their bullpen, Evan Phillips DV close to Returney maybe yes. And I even let Dave Roberts know that Evan Phillips was clocked by scouts in attendance at Retro Cucamonga last night, hitting ninety five to ninety six miles an hour on their fastball. And I did get a text from a rival scout that said he looks healthy. So Dave Roberts is going to double down, and he told us that, yeah, if Evan Phillips bounced back today and tomorrow, he
will be activated Fridays. So then all of a sudden you have Evan Phillips to Blake Trinan and Daniel Hudson and Alex Vesia. It feels like the bullpen is that much longer. Miguel Vargas hit his first home run in the Big League this season DV. Last year, he started a second base at the All Star point, got sent down, never came back, started the year in TRIAA, caught fire the last couple of weeks before being recalled. Great to see him back and producing. It really is. And the first day
we got to City Field. We at that point in time did not know that the game was rained out, and his locker was right next to Andy Pajez in the back corner of the Dodgers visiting clubhouse here in New York, and they were both wrapping their bats, and he knew he was going to start that Friday night here at City Field, or excuse me, when the Dodgers got here to City Field for the first game before it was rained out, whatever day it was, Tim, he was looking forward to starting.
Once we got word that it was rained out yesterday. I asked him, Hey, you're gonna play? He said, I don't know yet. I don't know if I'm in there. So he wasn't in there for Game one, but he was in there for Game two. So he was super eager to be able to get back in there because he's only played in four games and only has ten at bats today back out there in left field, so hopefully he can build upon yesterday, no doubt about that. Great to see
him back in producing DV Is it, Tim? I don't know what day it is. Hold on looking at my phone. Today's Wednesday, the twenty ninth. I believe, Oh, okay, I believe, I believe got it. It's time now for the Dodger Derby, brought to by Santa Anita. I know racing's back on Friday at Santa Anita. So we're looking at the first race on Friday, post time one o'clock. It's a seven horse race as we speak, DV. Who do you like? All right? Well, I am deliberating here, Tim. I'm gonna go with Lucky Nia,
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say it's any brighter than it was yesterday. But that's a good way to solve some problems. And it's not that easy to win both games of a doubleheader. I mean, that's just the fact if you look at things overall. I have no idea what the percentages are, but I can tell you as a player, and having followed this game for a month or two, it's not that easy to win. Both games have been double hitter. They did it in very fine fashion. It's also a little strange when you look
at the Dodgers winning Game two of the double dip yesterday. You know there was not one base hit with a runner and scoring position in Game two by either team. Wow, that's amazing because we're for eight and for the New York Ments they had a big ofer, and by a big ofer, i'm talking about they never had a runner reach as far as second base in Game two. Well, Gavin Stone had a lot to say about this. He did, and seven very strong and he's no runs. You know. The
thing was amazing too. I can't say he really attacked the strength zone, but he threw strikes and in seven innings only made eighty seven pitches and sixty three of those were in the strength zone, struck out seven, did not walk one batter. And then Alex Vessia came in and closed out the final two innings and struck out three than in those two innings. His workload is
a little bit higher thirty pitches over the two innings. But for the Sodger Ball Club, David, I think we now see a little bit more action out of the bottom third of this Dodger lineup, and that is very good news. Indeed, I think we saw an example of that in the first game. Rick even just getting on somehow, some way will turn the lineup
over to put runners in scoring position for Mookie Betts and company. Yeah, and the other part too, as we look at Will Smith again, I've said this a lot, but Will Smith the number of at bats with runners
in scoring position. He came in to that double hitter yesterday with the highest total of advance played appearances with runners in scoring position in Major League Baseball and stands to reason when you start to break it down, you've got Mookie Bets leading off, sho Hey Otani batting second, and Freddie Freeman hitting in the number three spot, and start to think about how red hot they were to open up this season. They cooled off a little bit, of particular with
Otani, who did not play the second game of the series. That hamstring is still a little bit problematic, he says, it doesn't bother him with a swing. But we're not seeing the same swing that we saw ten days or twelve days ago either. Well what are we thinking, Well, we're seeing a swing that, first of all, is going after a lot of pitches, not being as selective, and we're seeing really some swings that you might say that they fall in the category of overswinging some of them, I
would say yes. And you know, he has an unorthodox approach anyway to hitting, because if you look at him, his weight gets back on his right heel more than most hitters. The only hitter I can think of in modern times that I can equate it with Eat Yeah, who was on the move a lot. Petro hit the ball it looked like he was on the
run. It was an amazing hand eye coordination and for a tom somewhat similar in the movement with his weight going back really towards the first base dugout as he's swinging, being a left handed down That's interesting because how does he generate power doing that? That's what makes him totally unique of all the hitters I've ever seen. How he generates that and how he handles the ball away. His average on pitches away from him is very, very high, including with
the power department. If we think back the last year, I looked up some numbers where the pitching had success against Otani. Last year didn't have that much, but theness success that they did have pitches inside? Yeah, yeah, that's right out it. The problem is from a hitter standpoint. I know a pitcher is thinking they may want to come inside, maybe have trouble in here. But your room for margin, your margin of air pitching inside
is smaller than it is away. Here's why inside I only have three or four inches outside. I've got the outside corner to tomorrow if you will. There's a lot more room to miss away than it is to miss inside because you missed too far inside you hit the battery gets on base anyway, makes sense. Thanks for opening our eyes to that. Rick, appreciate it so you might have a future in this game. Well take it one day at a time. Well, check in with you under playing David sounds good,
Rick, Hopefully we have a seat. We'll send it back to you in the studio. Tim alright, Thank you guys. Dodgers Baseball is brought to you by Speedy Cash, official sponsor of every LA. We can find out more at Speedy Cash dot com or stop in an LA area Speedy Cash store. Still they come here on Dodgers on Deck, We'll get you a preview of this pitching matchup. Rick will be back with Tim Neverett right before first
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like that, you're still the younger brother. Yeah, no, I know, I've been around since twenty nineteen and I still Yeah, we got an older team, so I feel like a little kid. So what's it like being around these group of players? I mean, like you said, you've been here since twenty nineteen, but it feels like in a lot of ways, it's a new team. Yeah, definitely, a lot of guys you can learn from, a lot of you know, a couple guys that are probably gonna be in the Hall of Fame one day. So, uh,
you know, just that's always you never stop learning. So you know, day to day it's been great and even through you know, a little rough patch here, you know, vibes are still good. Yeah, So it's just it's never it's never any learning process. Really. Hey, it feels like the vibe has completely changed from the first day you guys got to New York to where you're at right now. After that doubleheader sweep, Yeah, for sure. I mean you get the monkey off your back a little bit,
You get a couple of wins, played much better baseball. But it's a long season, man. You got one hundred and sixty two of these on top of spring and postseason, so you're going to hit a rough patch and you just kind of got to weather the storm and keep moving. But yeah, I mean, you get the monkey off your back, everyone's a little looser, everyone's a little more happy. So just keep trying to ride that wave. What's the balance of that knowing that it's may, knowing there's
a long season, but obviously not getting used to losing. Yeah, for sure. I mean, you know, especially Dodgers and the team we have. I think everyone expects us to win and compete, and we expect ourselves to compete and win. So you know, when we're going through rough patches like that, I don't think anyone's happy. You know, it's part of baseball, and you know it's gonna happen. But at the same time,
it sucks, and we all expect ourselves to be better. So and I think so do our fans, so does so does everybody, and you know too well deserved obviously with the roster we have, so but yeah, it's a long season. You just got to kind of keep chipping away and grinding away. Gavin Lux is our guest here in the Big Apple at City Field. I got to ask you about that first game, ninth inning, Daniel Hudson up to his hips and crocodiles, and you were the one that made
the final loud catching the pop up from Jeff McNeil. What did that say and how much of a lift did that give everybody? And then the shush emoji man Yeah, he's a dog. He's got some big set of knots. Excuse my language, but yeah, I mean he he just competes his ass off, and you know every time he goes out there, he's gonna throw strikes, he's gonna be in the zone. He's going to compete,
and he's got great stuff. I mean he's back throwing ninety eight after coming off of a knee surgery and he looks as good as he ever has. But yeah, to shush the crowd, and then you know, he came in said sometimes you got to remind him that we're the Dodgers. And I think that's kind of the motion energy that we needed right there, and especially like we keep talking about us coming off like a weird stretch, we were playing good. Him to show that kind of emotion I think has helped us
all and pump u up a little bit for sure. Yeah, I feel like you guys need that alpha some of that swag back totally totally, and I think you know, he did it. And then to him saying to his credit, like, hey, sometimes you got to like tell people, show people where the Dodgers, and and a veteran like that to come in and do that and get out of a huge jam like that where you know, easily we could have lost and him to to to fight out of it, and uh, I mean, yeah, that was that was awesome.
And then in the second game, you guys hit two home runs, one of them from Miguel Vargas. As you know, everybody's career is not linear. How happy were you for him? Yeah, I mean I was pumped up. Uh, he's been working hard and and he's an extremely talented hitter, and you know, just more at bats. He's gonna he's gonna keep figuring it out. And it's it's a tough league and and when uh, you know, you're you're trying to fight for for at bats, and it's
it can get tough. And he's a he's a very talented player, and you know, he's just gonna keep getting better and better, and people forget he's still only twenty four with probably not even a full season of major league at bats yet, So he's gonna keep figuring out and he's just too talented, not too I feel like this is a great opportunity to remind Gavin Lux how good you are. Are you starting to remind yourself that you are that guy. Yeah, it's you know, there's there's always ups and downs.
Obviously the first two hundred at bats weren't great. So just continuing to try to figure out where my body is and different cues and stuff that worked for me that I may have forgotten about or stuff they used to work and positions I would get into that I probably can't quite get into yet, just coming
off the surgery. So just trying to piece it together and compete. You know, you grind away in the cage and you keep working on stuff, and then once the game starts, you just try to compete and help the team win. But yeah, I think as the season goes you get more of bets. You try to figure it out and just keep trying to piece it together. You are that guy. Gavin Lux. Thanks a lot for the time. Really appreciate it. I'm glad Los Angeles could hear your voice
today. I love you. Oh yeah, my guy, the Pride of Kenosha, Wisconsin, Gavin Lux, We'll send it back to you in the studio, all right. Thanks a lot. DV. Dodgers Baseball is brought to you by Shaky's Pizza Parlor, the official pizza partner of the Dodgers audio broadcast. When it's game day, it's group day at Shaky's dot Com. Gavin Lucks is from Kenosha, Wisconsin, still throw away from Green Bay, and he's not a Packers fan. He's a Chicago Bears fan. How does
that happen? Oh, we're all Dodger fans as we lead you up to Dodgers and Mets when we return, Well, I'm deep into this pitching matchup. Don't go anywhere. I'm Tim Caps's Los Angeles Dodgers audio note. This is Marongo Casino Dodgers on deck on your home for the Blue All Season Law. It's the Dodgers and Mets from City Field in New York. All right. Maybe Kenosha, Wisconsin is closer to Chicago than it is actually Green Bay.
That's why Gavin Lux is a Chicago Bears fan. But it's all Wisconsin, right, Lead you up to first pitch from New York, set for one ten, and now before the Dodgers hit the dining we look at the pitching matchup presented by your Southern California Toyota dealers. Turn your trail dominating off roading dreams into a reality an all new twenty twenty four Tacoma. See your
Toyota dealer today. They make it easy. David Peterson on the Mountain, twenty eight year old left hander, former first round pick out of Oregon. He's in his fifth season in the Big leagues, but making his first start this year after having a torn laborman his left hip repaired this past offseason a couple of minor league rehab starts. Today is his first outing in twenty twenty four. If there was a fastball, sinker, slider, a change up,
occasionally a curveball. This is his third start ever against the Dodgers' fourth appearance, He's one to zero with a six to seventy five Rray James Paxson
on the mound for the Dodgers five to ozho three forty nine. Erara thirty five year old left hander in his twelfth season in the Big Leagues the Big Maple, as they call him, in his first season with the Dodgers, making his tenth start this year last time out, four to two third innings, five runs, five hits, two home runs, four strikeouts, four walks in a no decision against the Reds. Fifth time in his career.
He is facing the Mets. James Paxson is two to one with a three ninety two ERA, including a one to fifty ERA in one career start at James Paxton, David Peterson. It's the Dodgers and Mets, final game of this three game series, final game of this road trip. We're fifteen minutes away from first pitch. Keys to the game. Our next I'm Tim Katson's Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network. As we were saying, yes is Marongo Casino Dodgers on tick on, the official home of La Dodgers Baseball. It's the
Dodgers and the Mets, final game of this three game series. James Paxson, David Peterson, the pitching matchup Dodgers fans and hansher listening and experience by downloading the iHeartRadio app and listening in HD. It's all powered by Lacare Health Plan serving all Angelinos Lacare dot Org. Before first pitch, I'll ted back out to the booth Rick Monday, Tim never guys, Tim, thanks again, we get you ready for the first pitch of this ballgame here this afternoon
in New York. Final game here in the last meeting of the season. Between the Dodgers and the New York match. James Paxton is five and all with a three four to nine er. Left headed David Peterson making his twenty twenty four debut. He had laboram surgery on his left hip in the offseason. It took him this long to get ready, so on the twenty ninth to May he pitches in his first game. But for Paxton, he is
looking to remain unbeaten. Last time out, he took a no decision against Cincinnati, but he allowed five runs over four and two thirds In Yeah, he's been very good the first two times through an opposing team's lineup very low ra very low batting average against third time it has been a different story. But one thing about Paksha I mentioned earlier about the Mets who have not hit well so far in this series. Will they change their approach because Paxton first
of all first pitch fastballs this year seventy percent of the time. Will they go hunting first pitch fastball. The other part, too, is Paxton, right headed hitters, elevates that fastball and he's done it very effectively. So James Paxton against David Peterson. Peterson is a guy that Freddy Freeman's taking to school in his career. Freddie's five for fifteen against him with two home runs, so he's looking forward to seeing him again. Miguel Rojas, they's hit
him pretty well. Also, yeah, they've hit pretty well. But this is a new challenge. And for David Peterson, you start to look last year twenty one starts plus six relief appearances. But for Peterson this is a whole new issue and he's making his season debut, as you mentioned earlier, after the hip surgery a season ago. Lineup's first pitch just around the corner. It's the Dodgers and the New York Mets. Dodgers going for a three
game sweep, looking for win number thirty six on the season. Tim, Dodgers start the day with a five and a half game lead in the division, looking to tack on another game with a win today and a couple of losses around the NL West. Don't forget after the game. I'll be back with all the postgame festivities, including Dodger talk as well. But first pitches next, final game of the series, final game of the road trip,
Dodgers Mets. First pitches next. I'm Tim kateson This is Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network k STAND