And now your host for Morongo Casino Dodgers on Tech can Tim kays Hi everybody, and welcome in to more Rongo Casino Dodgers on Deck. Hope you're well on this Friday night. The Los Angeles Dodgers forty two and twenty eight on this season, after dropping two of three to the Texas Rangers to start the homestand tonight they welcome into Kansas City Royals for a three game interleague series. Gavin Stone on the mound. First pitch from Dodger Stadium is coming up at
seven to ten. Between now and then, we got a lot to get to here on Morogo Casino Dodgers on Deck, we'll hear from the manager, Dave Roberts. We'll dive deeper into this pitching matchup. David Vats is going
to go one on one with Dodger reliever Daniel Hudson. In just a little bit, we'll check in with Kirsten Watson from Sports and at LA and in just a few minutes we'll head out to the Gallpin Motors broadcast booth and here from Rick Monday and Tim Never Well, last night it was a bullpenning game that got away from the Dodgers as they lose the series with the Texas Rangers.
Michael Grove got the start for the Dodgers last night, and the right hander went one inning, but it was a one inning that was roughed up. He gave up two runs in the Indian, including an RBI's single to White Langford. Those singles were both on the slider, just the seventh and eighth hits sick Grove has allowed on his slider since April tenth, and now Langford will saw one off the other way. A little bloop and shallow right
field. Garcia will score Texas doubles. It's leading out two to nothing. That ball was not hit hard, but it was hit in the right spot. An RBI for the rookie in an early hole for the Dodgers. Why Langford with the RBIs single. It was a two to nothing lead for the Texas Rangers and the third Langford again, this time a single to shallow right off of Ryan Yarborough, and the Texas Rangers were up three to nothing.
A quiet night for the Dodgers' bats until late in the game. Finally, in the seventh inning, the Dodgers got on the board thanks to Andy Pajes one zero from Lorenzo Paz swings pummels the ball left field looking toward the quarter. Stay up the will Andy Pajes hooks his seventh hole run of the season. Five rows up just inside the left field ball pole. That gets the Dodgers on the board. It's now three to one, solo home run for Paes' seventh of the year, RBI number twenty. That's the top tier play
of the game sponsored by Arco Quality, top tier gas for less. The Dodgers limited with opportunities until that home run of the seventh. Then the eighth, they had runners on the quarters with nobody out, a golden opportunity to tie the game at least get one more run across, but they couldn't get anybody across as the Dodgers saw bets Otani and Freeman go in order. All three struck out in a row to end the threat in the eighth. The Dodgers would have a mini threat in the ninth, but go in order as
the Rangers win it by final of three to one. The Dodgers dropped two to three to the Rangers in that interleague series. Are now forty two and twenty eight on this season. Tonight, the Kansas City Royals in town for the start of a three game set. Gavin Stone takes the mount first pitch at seven to ten, and with more we head out to the Gallpin Motors broadcast booth as we welcome in Rick Monday and Tim Nevertt. Guys, Tim,
thank you very much. It's another gorgeous night at Dodgers Stadium, perfect night for a ballgame as the Dodgers open up a brand news series. It's an intern League series against the Kansas City Royals. Dodgers six games up in the National League West at forty two and twenty eight, coming off losing two of three to Texas. Meantime, the Royals have lost three of four to
the Yankees. Coming into this one, they are five games back in the Central Division of the American League. There are forty and thirty ten games above five hundred. Gavin Stone has been exceptional lately. Seven and two. He's got an ERA of two nine three that is the lowest among the starters on the Dodgers staff. Cole Reagan's a left hander four and four, three oh
eight the ERA going for Kansas City and for the Royals. The first name that pops up is Bobby Witt Junior, and if you're the Dodgers tonight, you got to find a way to stop him. He leads Major League Baseball and batting average and a number of other categories right now. He's the most productive player in baseball offensively. Yeah, and you know what the Diners that love to do tonight blow out the candles on his birthday cake because Bobby Wood
Junior is celebrating number twenty four. And this Dodger ball club tim trying to get back on the winning track and do it consistently. There's still I mean, you look at the standings, and I know that there was a lot of people last night calling in and talking to David Vassey in the postgame Dodger Talk. Dodgers are six games in front of San Diego in the Western Division.
That being said, this is a ball club that can play better even in the record that is forty two and twenty eight, and I full will expect him to do it a little different lineup tonight since as you mentioned, is that Reagan's is pitching for the Royals. He is a left hander, So Dave Roberts changing that lineup a little bit, Yeah, Chris Taylor is in the nine spot, kick Hernandez in the eighth ball, he'll be at third base, and Miguel Rojas out there. It seems like when Rojas plays
and he contributes with a hit, the Dodgers win. Yeah, and he's done a very good job. Do you have thing about Miguel Rojas. He's hit twoint eighty against left handed pitching, so he's in there. He'll bandon that seven spy as you're talking about. But this is a ball club that needs to figure some things out. The mookie Ben's shown signs of now coming out of it. Otani beginning to show some signs as well, because BET's the last thirteen games is hitting this one seventy six, Otani the last twelve
games is hitting just one ninety one. So they're trying to pick up that pace and add to what we kind of took for granted over the first fifty games because they were absolutely light sound at the top of the order. Well, the Dodgers have been really good in interleague play just this year alone. By the way, the Royals are under five hundred against National League teams.
They're four and five. But you go back since the beginning of last year, the Dodgers have the top mark in interleague play at fifty two and twenty six, in spite of the fact they just lost two of three to Texas. Yeah, and for the Royals just fifteen and six, so a game below five hundred on the road, in place behind Cleveland. But they played well within their own division. Cleveland eleven and six in the Central the American League, and for Kansas City they're thirteen and nine. As you mentioned,
they're coming in here and they've had some success. One thing they would like to do it keep in mind too, is that the Royals are seventh highest in batting average in Major League Baseball, and they score some runs. They're number five Dodgers. Of course they score a lot of runs, their second in run scored. Now, the word in Kansas City is that this was not expected this year, where the Royals would be forty and thirty at this point and very much in the hunt for the division, in the hunt,
and they've got another addition that was not really expected. They were hoping it would come around. They've got pitching versus a club that does not have in pitching, and figure every time you go on the field you have to score five or six runs in order to get there. Look for the Royals, They've got the pitching, they don't have to score as many runs. Now. One bit of good news is the fact that the Dodgers designated hitter Shohel
Tani has a really good history against the Royals organization. In twenty four career games against Kansas City, Shohey is hitting three point fifty four with nine home runs in twenty seven runs batted in. And if anybody with at least one hundred career played appearances against Kansas City, Otani's ops is twelve forty two, the highest in history. So keep that in mind as we enter this ball game tonight. The Dodgers and the Kansas City Royals. First pitch around the
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Kirsten Watson from Sportsnet LA. Leave you up to first pitch on this Friday night, It's the Dodgers and Kansas City Royals with us. I'm Tim Kasis, Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network is Morongo Casino, Dodgers on, Dodgers on deck, y'all on the official home of LA Dodgers Baseball. It's the Dodgers and Royals. Kevin Stone on the man, Cole Reagans. We'll go for Kansas City. First pitch from Dodgers Stadium is coming up at seven ten.
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joins US. Before the Dodgers and Royals the start of a three game interleague series as the Homestead continues, Kirston, the Dodgers dropped two at three to the Texas Rangers and incomes of Kansas City Royals team not a lot of household names, but a really good team that plays the Dodgers well, yeah they
are. I mean, look, they played them very well last year when the team was in Kansas City. And you know, even though with the new schedule in which they played each other every year, you change locations each year the Dodgers have. They went to the Royals two years ago as well, and so we've been seeing them quite a bit as of late. But they come into this season playing really well. The pitching has been fantastic, of course with Bobby with Junior, he has kind of led that team.
So as much as they come into this series coming off of a series against the Yankees, the big, the big and bad Yankees, you know, and they almost got swept by them, they were able to take the game yesterday, but they come into this series looking to kind of continue with what they've been doing this year. So Dave said, it's gonna be it's gonna be a good test for the Dodge and hopefully the offense can get going again like we saw hopefully in Game one against the Rangers. So hopefully they can
turn things around today and pick up the win. Bobby Miller updates. Is it soon that he returns and what happens to this rotation? Now, Yeah, it's very soon that he returns. So yesterday he had his final rehab outing. The results, if you look at the line score, they weren't great, but Dave Roberts said, the most important thing is that he continues to feel healthy, and so he feels good about him stepping back into the rotation. So his next outing is going to be a big league one.
It's going to be in Colorado against the Rockies. He's scheduled to pitch on a Wednesday, and so they asked Dave, you know, and that's not necessarily a soft landing to go to Colorado and have to pitch there, But he feels really good about where Bobby is at. If he understands that. Look, he is now a big leaguer. He doesn't need the training wheels anymore. So he feels confident with him and with him stepping back in, and we of course asked like, so what does that mean for the rotation.
Gavin Stone, who's pitching tonight, has been fantastic take and usually you kind of look at, you know, the youngest arm, but you know, everyone's been pitching really well as of late. And so Dave Roberts says they're going to go with a six man rotation for now. We'll see how long that lasts. We'll see what that continues to look like. He's gonna be mindful of kind of the usage and where guys are at, how they're feeling. But at this moment, once Bobby comes back, it is going
to be a six man rotation for the Dodgers. Dodgers starting to get healthy, guys starting to trickle back. That is certainly good news, Kirston. We appreciate it. We'll check in with you after the game. Dodger Fans enhances you're listening experience by downloading the iHeartRadio app and listening in HD. It's all powered by La Care health plans serving all Angelino's lacare dot Org. Still to come here. On Dodgers on Deck, we'll dive deeper into this bitchain
matchup. David Veasse goes high and tight. We'll get you an injury report and we'll hear from the Dodger manager Dave Roberts. That's all coming up as we lead you up to Dodgers and Royals on this Friday night. First pitch is seven ten. I'm Tim Kaates's the Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network. This is Marongo Casino Dodgers Hunting Game on your home for LA Dodgers Baseball. Marongo Casino Dodgers on dec continues on this Friday, leading up to first pitch Dodgers
and Royals Marongo Casino Resort and Spy a Grand Slam. Four Good times. Gavin Stone Cole Reagan's the pitching matchup. First pitch coming up at sevent ten. This it's the LA Dodgers Injury Report presented by UCLA Healthy Official medical partner the Los Angeles Dodgers. Max Munsey on the il with the oblique injury. Joe Kelly on the il with the shoulder strain. However, he is throwing. That is good news. Bobby Miller had his last rehab assignment last night
in Oklahoma City. Kyle hurt shoulder inflammation. He's pitching a couple of games with the Dodgers in the minor leagues. He is working his way back. Him and she and done for the season after having Tommy John surgery last week. All right, let's head back out to Dodger Stadium and check in with the Dodgers skipper. Anything else? Questions for Dave? Dave? Can you just describe Dave? Can you talk about the pressure in the dugouts with Dave
Robbers. I've been putting out really good numbers against lefty starters. What is the plan just to attack Reagan today? And what do you want to see from him? I think for us, you know, it's it's ninety seven ninety eight. There's a little crossfire lefty, so it's we're heavy right handed today. There's a change up off of that of breaking ball again. He's got a really good arm, got a good pitch mix, so it's going
to be a challenge to get to the velocity. But he's got a good change up down below, so it's going to be a good one from your side with Gavin Stone, What has just kind of stood out to you about his last couple of outings and what do you hope to see from him today as he continues just to be that guy on the mound. He's becoming that guy. I think just the composure, the poise, the strike throwing. I thought even in that first inning there was some understandable emotions, was able
to temper them, get a groundball, minimized damage. And I just feel that he can go deep in games. And today's a day that you know we're gonna need some length and I just feel like he's the right guy. Did you come to both stayed two? Splitting up show in Freddy today? One of those lefties who might warrant that you know what, actually this guy has been. You know what I've seen is he's very neutral. He's you
could argue better versus left or verse right. There's a fastball that bores in on you, and a lot of the fastballs are going away from the left hand hitter. So granted he's probably facing the best left hand hitters when when he pitches. I thought about it, but I felt tonight I still feel good about those two guys right there leaving it as is. Did you see enough positive signs from three recently? Maybe he's coming out of it a little bit. I have, I have. I think that the chase is starting
to go down a little bit. The ball's down below. I think he's hitting a lot, he's hitting more balls hard. I know he feels good physically, and there's been a lot of good signs. Yeah, all right, there's Dave Roberts out on the dugout, brought to you by Service Titan. Dave Roberts a tighten his own right. He's got a plan before his team hits the field. You need one for your growing contracting business. To learn more at servicetitan dot com. Let's Service Titan help you implement your plan.
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This is Dodger insider David Bass. All right, DV, we saw your social media platforms. Joe Kelly throwing a bullpen session. What's the latest? Yeah, around four o'clock this afternoon, Joe Kelly tipped me off to the fact that he was going out to throw another bullpen session, and he said,
make yourself useful and videotape it for the people. And usually it's a little intrusive to go down there and videotape a bullpen session, but I went down there to get some eyes on it and share it with the people. He threw twenty five pitches and the reason why it's encouraging is is number one he alerted me to it, and number two. It was Kelly's second bullpen
session in the last three days. The first one three days ago was a fifteen pitch bullpen session where he was throwing ninety five miles an hour, and so you know he usually throws around ninety nine, so it's going in the right direction. And he was very encouraged him that he'll be back before the All Star break. David is turned by the Ford F Series, America's best
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only hitting two hundred in his last twenty four games. Mookie Betts is hitting a very pedestrian two forty two and is on base percentage and slugging percentages are below four hundred since May fifteenth. And how does that change? I'm not sure, but I could tell you this. No. Mar Garcia Para, who joined Petro some money earlier, was telling me in the dugout the reason why you go into a slump is you're afraid to get beat by the fastball
because you don't have a feel and you don't see the ball. The baseball coming out of the pitcher's hand really well, So we'll see whether or not Mookie Betts gets aggressive early in the count. That can be the cure and has been the cure to his struggles in the past, David, the Kansas City Royals have had the Dodgers' number the last couple of years in Kansas City. This is a team that's come in playing five hundred baseball right now,
but they're forty and thirty overall. They're five games back of Cleveland in the Central and Kansas City has got a superstar emerging. Don't say they do in Bobbywood Junior, and he and Juan Soto are the leading candidates to win the American League MVP. Bobbywood Junior year is right now, statistically speaking, the best shortstop in all of Major League Baseball. He's hitting second tonight for the Royals, so all of Los Angeles will get a chance to see one of
the young emerging superstars. But the Royals are starting to cool off a little bit. The Yankees exposed them in the last series, took two out of three from Kansas City, and the Royals come into town with really good pitching, but the offense, especially their outfield offense not really producing a lot, so they're counting on guys like Bobby Wood Junior and Vinnie Pascuantino, who is playing for a base. Looking at the lineup tonight, Dave Key, Key
Hernandez, Chris Taylor, Miguel Rojas, that means one thing. There's a lefty on the mound. Yeah. Cole Reagan's for the Royals on the mounta tonight. He's really good. And tomorrow the Dodgers will have to deal with Seth Lugo, who was kind of a swing guy for the Padres last year and now has emerged as a really good frontline starter for the Royals. But I know everybody wonders when Chris Taylor is in the starting lineup. If he's
on this roster, he has to play against lefties Gavin Stone. David, this is a guy who's making a case to be an All Star for the first half of the season that he's having and Gavin Stone tonight, I gotta believe they need some length out of him based on last night's bullpen game,
right, no doubt. That's a great point. And the Dodgers used Blake Troning and back to back games during the last two of that Rangers series, so I would imagine he's down tonight, but Daniel Hudson certainly will be available.
But Gavin Stone, he has delivered whenever the Dodgers have needed him the most, and it feels like he's starting to become more on the radar for not just fans in Los Angeles, but across the country because you can't ignore the fact he has the lowest era of any Dodger starter coming into tonight. All Right, Dave Tynan to pick the Ponies final weekend at San Anita or Petros. Unfortunately he's been scratched from Tomorrow's first race six and a half furlongs
on the turf, there is eight horses. But now that Petros is out, who do you like in the eight horse race tomorrow? Or in the spirit of Petros, I'll go with the number three horse putt for Doe, I'll go. I'll go with the six horse, Safa I believe is the name Safa the six horse. So good luck to you, David, appreciate it. Getting the action every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at San Anita Park.
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the booth and give you a helmet. I know, right, I mean, people were fired up over that compared to how excited fans were after the Dodgers won two out of three a Yankees tay one. I made an illegal lane change with one of the callers, and then you turn it over to the It was basically phone in to be the GM for a couple of moments last night. That's right, Yeah, I let them handle it amongst themselves.
I mean that just shows you the passion and the expectations. And that's exactly what I was going to say, and why even brought it up, because you know, this game touches so many people in different ways. It is really amazing. And sometimes when you you know, you think you can't
make a difference, you know, the listening habits and everything else. There's there's a great quote that I that I tell many many times and I'm out talking and especially with young people, is that whenever you feel that you're too small to make a difference, understand you've never tried to fall asleep in a
room the mosquito, And it bears true. And we lose sight of the fact sometimes as oh, we see the fifty thousand people here in the stadium, but we lose sight of the fact of the listening audience and those that
listen and with through thick and thin as the club is going along. And I I love hearing people that are passionate about their feelings and about the Dodgers, because not that many years ago, David, we were on the other end of that radio and we were listening, you know, as kids growing up and listening and watching, and everything was jovial when the Dodgers were winning. And then if they lost the games, you know, the food didn't
taste as good and the next day at school it was drudgery. And I remember growing up listening to you, Rick, you would call my apologies if you were in a slump. Everybody was an expert at hitting, and it was that way. Now, this is a true story. I was in one of the many slumps you get into. And if you're playing for nineteen years, you're going to go in and out of slumps. That's just the fact. You can ask a couple of guys right now. Bookie Bess is
kind of in a slump. Show Heyo, Tony kind of in a slump. Well, here's the story. I was in a shopping shopping market. It's at the grocery store. One afternoon, and a gentleman came up to me. He goes, look, hey, I can help you. You're swinging, and you're swinging underneath the ball. So here's what you need to do. You get some inserts and you put them in the heel of your
shoe, and that way you'll be a little bit higher. And I'm thinking, well, that's not going to help me because my I level is going to be the same way. But the guy was right. And most of the time when you swing and miss, you are underneath the ball, not over the top of it. But even the grocery store, I thought there for a minute, it's going to be clean up on Aisle seven, no doubt about it. Rick. Maybe you can reconcile the ups and downs of
a season for a hitter. How do you get that feel back? You can't force it, and sometimes it takes much longer than what you wanted to.
I think the biggest thing is we talk many times about well, he's not seeing the ball well, and that means you're not picking the ball up out of the hands, and sometimes without understanding it, you begin to jump at the ball a little bit more, or maybe you're timing is just a little bit off, and maybe you're compensating for something that is bothering you, whether it be a forearm that's sponsoring you, whether it be a leg that's
bothering, and you don't realize sometimes that it does alter your timing, your stride, and your swing and you look like a lost puppy up there sometimes, and it's going to happen. One guy that seems to be getting that feel back is Freddy Freeman. Obviously a rough night last night, but for the most part in the month of June, Freddy's starting to heat up. Yeah he is. And you start to look at June, he's hitting three
sixty eight. And I mentioned Mookie bets Is, show Hey Otani, and not to put the spotlight on them itself, but the last thirteen games, Moki is hitting one seventy six, the last twelve games, show Hey is hitting one one. Well, we're used to them hitting much higher than that, where everyone is saying, oh my goodness, here they are. But I'll still say one thing about both those two guys. Really the top four in the Dodger lineup in particular, and now we're beginning to see it.
In my estimation of TASCAR, Hernanez as well. When they're going to come up to Bant, people don't leave their seats to go to the Concessius dams. They stay there and watch and they listen, And especially when Otonic comes to the home plate, there's like five thousand photos that are taking on phones every swing that he takes, and that's probably a minimum five thousand. Hey, Fernando Vealezuela just walked by. He's ready for tonight. Well, that's
okay. He'll give us a bill for it in a minute. We'll send it back to you at the studio. Tim, all right, thanks a lot, guys. Dodgers Baseball's brought to you by Speedy Cash, official sponsor of every LA. We can find out more at Speedy Cash dot com or stop in in LA Area Speedy Cash Store. Still to come here. On Dodgers on Deck, we'll get you a preview of this pitching matchup Rick, we'll be back with Tim never right before first pitch and get you those keys
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is the one and only Daniel Hudson. Thanks a lot for the time. Yeah, no problem, And I think it was two only two only two. You're a National League guy, White Sox and bou Jays. Nice yea, you are a National league guy. I have been most of my career. Yes, when you were a starting pitcher I've never asked you this. Were you a good hitter? I help my own for sure. I have a silver bat in my in my house, Yes I do. Nice. I did not know that. That seems like a lifetime ago. Actually it
was a lifetime ago. Yeah. Are you a big fan of the way the rules have gone where pitchers don't hit anymore? Yeah, I think it's better for the game. Honestly, the pitching is just too good. Some of the pictures that we're hitting now, it's just it wasn't even a Honestly, it wasn't even a competitive at beat. It was really bad. So I think you know a lot of the especially you know some of the younger guys that came up and they got specialized into pitching early and just didn't hit
growing up. It just it was really, really ugly. So I think it's better for the game that we have Dach both in both leagues. You're a great guy to ask this, because pitchers always asked to sacrifice bunt more than any other player on the field. How difficult is it to bunt when the ball is moving that fast? It's very difficult back in the day. I can say that because it was back in the day. Uh, A
lot of times you usually got a lot of heaters. You know, if they knew you were gonna go up there and bunty, they kind of wanted the out soh So you got a lot more heaters back in the day to uh to swing into uh to bunt at. So I think, uh, I think that's another way that has changed. If you got me up there against you know, some of these guys breaking balls I have, I'd have no shot even putting one down, no shot. Okay, we'll leave it
right there. Then as far as the hitting goes, as far as the Dodger bullpen goes, Dan, it feels like you guys have really hit your stride as a group, not just individually. Yeah, you know, everybody's everybody's in a good groove down there right now. I don't want to jinx it too bad. I thinks can be so volatile down there at night tonight week to week. So, uh, you know, everybody's been been throwing
the ball really well for the most part. I've been pretty healthy, except for know early on in the year we lost a couple of guys to some injuries. But uh, you know, everybody that's kind of been filtered through since then, has stayed relatively healthy and throw the ball really well. It's been a lot of fun to watch. Speaking of being healthy again, Blake trying and this is not normal for a guy to miss two years and to be as nasty as he is. Right, Yeah, no, it's not.
You're you're watching something special out there every single time he takes the bump. I know is his vello is not quite what it was, you know, before his injury. But it was a pretty pretty major shoulder injury he went through. And to make it back after two years and be as sharp as he's been since he's gotten back has been really impressive when you look at his body of work and the way that you guys have both come back from
different injuries the last two years. Do you feel like you connect in that way that you both continue to pursue your careers even though you know many other guys maybe would not have. Yeah, you know, I've gotten to know Blake really well the last last couple of years. We spent a lot of time together at CBR in Arizona, rehabing our various surgeries and injuries. You know, I don't know if it's a good thing. Or bad thing.
Obviously, getting a no blake as a person and as a father, as a as a husband has been a lot of fun and uh, like I said, just to see him have the success he's had, Uh, since he's been back has been impressive to watch. You mean a lot to Walker Buehler as well. He's been frustrated with the way things have gone recently. Has he leaned on you at all? Yeah, Yeah, we've had a few talks. I actually went in there after his game the other night.
You know, I went in there and you know, pat him on the back and I told him, he's probably sick of me saying it, but it's gonna come. You know, his stuff's gonna start clicking again. He's gonna start filming like himself soon. You know, he missed pretty much two years as well. You got everybody's got to remember that. And you know, after you know, I can speak from an experience after second elbow surgery,
just it takes a little while to feel like yourself again. And uh, you know, it's gonna come, and it's gonna click, and then we're gonna be better off for it. When you say, everybody has to remember that, maybe he's the one that needs to remember it the most. Definitely. I know he helds himself to a high standard, and he should because he's one of the best pitchers in the game when he's healthy, and uh, you know, it's it's it's a lot of fun to see him
out there and competing. And I'm telling him, you know, good job grinding through those five innings. You know, he could have come out and earlier on, but he wanted to get through five and you know, helped the bullpen out going into a bullpen game last night. So uh yeah, it's been Uh, like I said, it's gonna come, It's gonna click, and you know we're gonna be better off for it, all right, Daniel Hudson, thanks a lot for the time before I let you go.
By the way, would you be against me finding a way to get a snapshot of you at City Field coming off the field with your fingers quieting the crowd. I want to know if that's in bounced, because I do not want to cross Daniel Hudson. I don't know about that. I mean, you can get whatever you want. I'm sure it's on the internet somewhere you can print it off, but uh no, that's uh, that'll be cool to see if you get it all right. I want to know if I
have the green light. Like I said, I am as frightened of you, as intimidated of you as I was of Chase Suttley. So I I tread very carefully. I don't know how how true that statement is for you, but it's definitely a compliment if you put me in the same sentence as Chase. So I'll take it. You're not the silver Fox yet, it's getting there. Thanks a lot for the I'm Daniel. From there, he
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trading at a deal for a roald As Chapman last year. Primarily throws a fourcing fastball, a change up, and an occasional cutter. Making his fifteen start this year, he's fourth in the major leagues in strikeouts with ninety eight his one hundred and eighty seven career strikeouts. His twenty six starts are a franchise record through twenty six starts. Last time out six hitting one run, three hits, nine strikeouts, get a no decision against the Mariners. This
is his first start against the Dodgers. Gavin Stone on the mound for the Blue seven to two two ninety three ERA twenty five year old right hand or fifth round pick in twenty twenty. He is making his thirteenth start this season. He has won three starts in a row, five of his last six. Last time out five and two third innings, two runs, eight hits, six punchouts in a win over the Yankees in the Bronx tonight. His first time ever facing the Kansas City Royals. Gavin Stone, Cole Reagans Dodgers
Royals. We're fifteen minutes away for first pitch. Keys to the game are next of Tim Kates's Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network. As we were saying, this is Marongo Casino Dodgers on deck on the official home of La Dodgers Baseball. It's the Dodgers and Royals, the start of a three game set. Gavin Stone. Cole Reagan's the pitching matchup this series opener, first pitch coming up at seven to ten Dodgers fans, and it hands your listening and experience
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City, Galvin Stone for the Dodgers. The key for Gavin Stone his change up opponents this year, hitting only one eighty five against it. Yeah, it's been good, only twelve for sixty five. The other thing about gammon Stone, the first inning has been a little problematic. The highest batting average over the first two times through a lineup to two seventy. But if you start to look at gammon Stone every month, he has lowered the era. In March he was five point four. In April it was four and a
half. Five starts in May it was under two. So he has really picked it up. He's on a roll, and for Reagan's he's been on some sort of a role. He has gone seven starts this year of six innings or better with no more than one run allowed. So he's expected to go deep into the game. Yeah, inspected to go deep. Little out about Reagan's lefties have hit three forty one, right handers barely two hundred, and the Dodgers have the best ops against lefties this year in Major League Baseball
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