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Tim kas Hi, everybody, and we'll welcome in to Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck. Hope you're enjoying this beautiful Thursday afternoon here in southern California. You're world champion Los Angeles Dodgers forty six and twenty nine as they sit all alone atop the NL West a four game lead over the San Francisco Giants, And get your fours up as the Dodgers go for the four game sweep over the San Diego Padres tonight in the series finale. Yoshinobu Yamamoto
goes for the Dodgers first pitch from Dodgers Stadium. It's coming up at seven to ten, coming up over the next sixteen minutes. Before that, we got a lot to get to here on Marongo Casino, Dodgers on Deck. You're gonna hear from manager Dave Roberts. We're also gonna dive deeper into this pitching matchup David Vasego's one on one with Justin Robleski. We got your Dodgers magical moment. Shortly, we'll visit with Kirsten Watson from Sports and at LA.
We'll hear from Dalton rushing it in just a few minutes. We check in with Steven Nelson and Rick Monday out at the Galpin Motors Broadcast booth. Well, last night, it was the law firm of Shehan and Robleski getting it done for the Dodgers.
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Dodgers needed two pitchers last night to go the distance and a win over the Padres. Emmett Sheen Welcome back, young man. The twenty five year old miss the last fourteen months. Tommy John Surgery hadn't pitched a September of twenty twenty three.
Back on the mound last night.
Four innings, one run, three hits, six strikeouts, sixty five pitches up, you can get an RBI single. In the second, Dodgers were down one nothing and it would rain that way until the bottom of the fifth inning. Andy Paz with a sack fly to center that scored Max mount See. The Dodgers a beautiful job of manufacturing a run that tied the game at won, and they weren't done. Later in the inning, up came Dalton Rushing.
Dalton Rushing likes to command the strike zone. He hasn't done it enough at the major league level yet.
Ahead three and one, the pitch swung on rip to.
Right field, Well, get down headmen scores green light for Hessun Kim, but go ahead two run, BA said.
For Dulton Rushing.
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He huge hit for Dalton Rushing drives and a pair in the fifth as the Dodgers take a.
Three to one lead. It would remain that way.
With Justin Robleski taking over in the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth.
He put up zeros in the ninth.
It was still the Dodgers up three to one when the Padres would get a couple of runs across to tie the game at three. All right, So the bottom of the ninth the Dodgers went. Will Smith did not start the game for the Dodgers. Dalton Rushing got the start. Hayes on Kim Spot the lineup came up for the Dodgers in the bottom half of the ninth inning. Dave Roberts went to Will Smith to win.
It allowed and long strike for Sorez. Now the O two pitch, Smith pushes a fly ball right center field.
Tatis on their own at the warning track, hit the wall. Gone, It's gone and this game is over. Just got be all to reach it for no No Tatis Junior. Will Smith comes home. Then now we go home. They celebrate in front of the play oh walk up home run for Will Smith.
The Dodgers win in.
The ninth four to three.
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As the Dodgers beat the Padres again last night, the final four to three, Dodgers now forty six and twenty nine on this season, they've taken five or six already from the San Diego Padres. They go for the four game sweep tonight with Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound, first pitch at seven ten and with more out to the Galpu Motors broadcast booth, as we welcome in Steven Nelson, then Rick Monday.
Guys, all right, thank you tom Rick Monday, and I'm back here at Dodgers Stadium for the series finale. The Dodgers and Padres game four of four, and the Dodgers have won the first three have a chance to finish off a sweep or aka a mop against the Padres and make it six consecutive wins. This team is on
a roll right now. Despite everything that has gone on and all the roster turmoil in the injuries, they have found a way to not only just survive this twenty nine game stretch against teams with winning records, but.
Thrive, yep to thrive, and I think that's part of the drive of good teams. You rise the occasion Dodgers did last night the walk off pinch hit home run by Will Smith, But that's the twenty seventh come from behind victory. There's five more than any other team in Major League Baseball, and I think that shows a couple of things. He very talented team, but also some depth for maneuvering with the roster of the position players there
have been is like, what's my line? Well, the mystery guests signed in please as far as the pitching staff goes, and that's another edition we see today. Yeat Momoto is going to pitch and he needs to stretch it out rebound from his last outing. But I think overall, if you look at this Dodger record steven forty six wins and twenty nine losses, and with the home crowd here and boosting them along too, twenty eight and twelve is their home record.
I think the biggest thing that has kind of come to the surface in these recent weeks is just the depth of the organization.
Just even if you look.
At this series from a smaller window, the top of the order last night, for example, the Dodgers didn't get anything from their big trio hardly right and Otani, Betts and Freeman. But the bottom of the order, you know Max Munsey, who's turned his season around over the last month, and you're getting contributions from rookies like Hessong Kim and Dalton Rushing. Obviously the guys on the mountain we mentioned
she and Robleski. You know, it's not just looking to the big guns every single night to win.
The ballgame, exactly. And you look at the pitching also, because the game one of the series show Hey Otani returns to the Dodgers as a starting pitcher, it was estimated he only go one inning. That's exactly what he did. Game two, Jack Dryer went two innings that was anticipated. The bullpen had to cover last night, emaged Sheian, his first start really since twenty twenty three. He comes on,
goes four innings. That was expected and very much appreciated because he did not walk about him well, actually had one walk that was issued. But if you look at the bullpen, they have been day after day, night after night, the big, big hug that has helped his ball club stay in games and enabling the offense to come through and score.
Yoshinova, Yamamoto, the Dodgers ace has a chance to pitch them to a four game series sweep. It's been a tough goal for Yamamoto and the Dodgers here in the month of June, which has been really a tough to fathom and comprehend given how excellent he was and has been for the majority of this season. It'll be Yama motive for the Dodgers, Bergert for the Padres. Game four four on the way shortly.
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Hits the Dodgers and the Padres. Final game of this four game Seiyoshinobu Yamamoto on the mount. Ryan Berger will go for San Diego. First pitch at seven ten. This is the Otani rewid shoe. Heotani last night oh for four with the strikeouts. You go back to Tuesday night where he was oh for four with four strikeouts. He is hitless in his last two games. He did go two for four, of course, with the double couple of ribbies on a walk on Monday night in the win
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Little while ago.
Oh my goodness, there's so much that's happening at Dodger Stadium today. So first, like, so it's Juneteenth and Mookie Bets, it's Black Heritage Night here at Dodger Stadium and so on. Mooki Bets is hosting the first Celebrities Softball game, and I should tell you he is so excited about this. So he is going to be coaching one of the teams. We've got Matt Barnes who's coaching the other team. There are so many celebrities. It's the positive about you know,
living in Los Angeles. They got Lil Wayne here. You know, there are just so many people that have showed up, of course to support Mookie Bets, to support the Dodgers and to take part of this. So he's hoping that it's going to be a yearly thing that we'll be seeing here at Dodger Stadium on Juneteenth, or at least on Black Heritage Night, So we'll see how it all comes together. But he is so excited the play here are so excited. I saw I ran into some people.
I see James Loan, He's going to be a part of the game, and I was telling him. I was like, listen, just don't embarrass us, James, Okay, go out there. You are upsitting the Spectrum Sportsnet crew. You're representing the all of the radio on the TV side.
Now, don't embarrass us.
Okay.
So hopefully you'll hit a home run for us and show that you know the broadcasters.
We still got this.
We still a lot of fun on the field, a lot of big names there at Dodger Stadium. Yoshi Nobu Yamamoto on the mound. Last time we saw him Friday night against the Giants. Pitched into the fifth inning but gave up five runs, six hits, walked five, gave up a pair of home runs and a loss. He's zero and two with an ERA north of five in the month of June. This is a get right game for Yoshi.
Yeah, June has been a tough one for him and even like you mentioned those walks in his last outing and that was a career high for him. So it things just he just felt like he kind of hasn't had the stuff. Of course, the question has been asked about, you know, just because now he's on that five days rest rather than the sixth Dame that six days rest that he's started with to start this season, so that has been a big question. He said that he does not believe just kind of the lack of results or
mechanics has led to that. We've talked about, you know, just the run support that he hasn't necessarily been having from the offense on his start dates, but for the last one, some definitely some uncharacteristic things coming from him. So the hope is today he can kind of just get back on track. And Dave Roberts was very adamant last night when he spoke to the media. He was just like, he's just due, he's due for a really
strong outing. He's due to get back on track. So hopefully today with against the Padres, he'd be able to do just that, and then hopefully they'll be able to pick up the sweep and you know, with the excitement that's been going on, especially with all his pregame activities and the softball game and stuff. Hopefully he can just kind of carry that over into the game tonight.
No doubt, it'd be nice to get the win for Yoshi and get the sweep of the San Diego Padres. Kear's gonna be appreciate it. What check in with you after the game?
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Is it about UCLA healthy? Official medical partner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tony Gonsolin on the sixty day IL now with the right elbow sowordness. That is not good news. Tyler Glass now Blake Snell both working their way back. Luis Garcia threw a sim game earlier in the week, Blake trying it on the sixty day IL. He threw a bullpen session earlier in the week as well. Rookie Sasaki tried to work his way back from the right
shoulder impingement well. Last night, the Dodgers with a four to three walk off win thanks to Dodger catcher Will Smith, but earlier in the game Dalton rushing the other Dodger catcher had a huge two runs single to give the Dodgers the lead three to one. And talk to David Vesse after we're.
Here at Dalton Rushing, who had a big night behind the play, drove in two runs. What did you say about your counterpart?
Well, thank you branding it early, Will, Nobody wanted to play extras. And there's one guy you trust going up there in that situation as well.
And yeah, it was pretty full. You had a great view you were on deck. How did you see that at back going, especially after that fell ball down the left field? Lie? Not gonna Lie? I was.
I was about just as confused.
As Will was.
We thought Tatis caught it. I also thought he caught it and then he just started walking. So yeah, it all worked out. I mean, Will, he's such a great player. It's fun to be able to see it at that close.
You had a big part of tonight's game. Let's go back to the ninth inning. Freddie Freeman is able to have the field awareness to realize the runner at third Lockridge is breaking home. Were you surprised in that situation he was coming home?
No, I mean they're they're pressing the envelope. They're gonna try to get a run across the board anyway possible. Guy like Freddy just fundamentally sounds with the best of him and obviously he's gonna make that play and take the out at home.
What could you say about what Emmett and Robleski did tonight.
Yeah, it's massive being able to have those two guys come out here and just essentially just do their job.
Do their job.
They say, I have a bullpen and give us a chance to obviously go ahead and sweep the weekend, sweep the series tomorrow and moving into the weekend a better situation.
Hey, this is the way the Dodgers planned it, the one two combo behind the plate tonight. Rush again, Will Smith, thanks a lot for stopping.
Absolutely, thank you so much.
Yeah, what a great night for the Dodger catchers last night.
Will Smith at the walk off home run Dalton rushing one for two with the two runs driven in also on base via a walk. Is the Dodgers have now won five in a row. Well, we continue here on Dodgers on Deck.
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Right, DV show Hey, o Tani. We find out he is pitching on Sunday.
That's right.
Sunday is going to be the day against the Washington Nationals, and it'll be interesting to see how the Dodgers navigate that Sunday. The whole point of all this is for show Hey to get used to being a two way player again. So any thoughts of him not being the dh that day put them out of your mind, because
he is going to do both when he does pitch. Now, it'll be interesting to see whether or not the Dodgers want to take it a little extra careful and not have him be in the starting lineup on Saturday night against the lesser opponent that has lost eleven games, including a couple to the Rockies before they come to town.
So he is going to pitch on Sunday.
He will probably go two to three innings, and you know he is pitch limit was at thirty in his first start.
I could see it being moved.
Up a little bit to fifty at the most, but I'm curious to see how they navigate the hitting part of it.
The night before, David is driven by the twenty twenty five Ford f one to fifty from California's best selling truck. It's time to see Ford in a new light, take advantage of employee pricing. Through the end of June, David, you look at this Dodgers lineup, and we talk about the Big three, the Big four, the Big five.
Depending on how the lineup is looking.
But the seven eight to nine hitters in this series have been really good.
And that's been the difference in the Dodgers winning the first three games and the Padres losing the first three games. You look at the.
Dodgers seven eight nine hitters, they're batting a combined three forty three and thirty two at bats with three home runs, eight RBIs and nine runs scored. The Padres bottom third of the order is just six for thirty two at one eighty seven batting average. They've driven in only two runs and have only scored four runs. So, with Otani and Mookie Bets and Freddie Freeman really not having a big impact in driving in runs, that part of the
Dodger lineup has won these first three games offensively. And then you add in Max Munsey as the six hitter, it becomes a wider differential between the two teams.
Team of the Dodgers made it a roster move, and the move is sending Ima Sheean down to add another arm. But Imma she and last night four and he's one run, three hits, six strikeouts, a lot of swing and misses, sixty five pitches.
Did he do something wrong.
No, he didn't.
But he is still coming back from Tommy Johns surgery.
He only had two three rehab assignments before the Dodgers called him up to make the start last night, and all three of those at Oklahoma City were not more than three in So the Dodgers realize they need image sheen for the rest of the year, and they understand he's coming back from elbow surgery, so they feel like it's prudent now with Otani starting to come back into the rotation to be able to cool him off a little bit, don't push him too hard on a major
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So there you go. Matt Barnes is the hero. Like Will Smith last night.
Leave it to a Bruin to always come through when you need a victory, David, Isn't that for sure?
So all right? Coming up here?
Well okay, well that's exactly what we're all thinking right now.
Yeah, maybe not all right?
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All right, it's time for number sixteen. Rick Monday. How you doing, Rick.
I'm doing well. You've got that big grin on your face. Let me tell you something. Let me head you off at the past, okay, because I know it's not the end of a box canyon you're going to. You're gonna bring up Will Smith's home run last night, right, that's right? Yeah,
wearing the right number? Am I correct? That's right because I happened hearing you last night, and I mean an illegal change when I heard that, because I had no idea, and obviously somebody had to blow the dust off the archives and open up that book and be able to check it.
Yeah, that's usually Sarah Lange's at Major League Baseball. She usually dusts off all the old books.
But it's true.
Will Smith's pinchhit, walk off home run broke the Dodger franchise record, which he was tied with another number sixteen. And that's you, Rick Monday.
Yeah, I had no idea that was the case. I'll tell you what. Will Smith is having the type of season that you look at. He's doing everything including coming up with big Bays hits. He's in there again tonight. At the pinch hit last night, I thought was amazing. A couple of different things. First of all, he comes off the bench and it's an two count and he hit the ball. I didn't think he really squared it up on the solid part of the bat. I thought
it was out towards the end of the bat. And the reason I bring that up is that the amount of carrie that that ball had hitting it off the end of the bat is really amazing. And I do know that I've not seen him myself, but I hear that on the golf course, Will Smith can absolutely crush the golf ball off the te box.
And I guess in the last two games where he got the two big hits, he was basically just putting the barrel on the bat, dropping it down on the baseball.
The other part, too, is being able to make good contact. It doesn't matter where the ball is hit the home run was hit. I did not think that Tatis had a good route at all on the baseball. I don't know if it would have made a difference or not.
I also made an illegal lean change when I heard you say you thought that he had some hop in him, but that didn't happen because he did not get And we're talking about Tatis did not get back to the defense early enough in order to really collect himself and make the leap up to maybe catch that ball, because I thought there was a chance, I was a chance that ball could have been caught.
Well, going back to the clutch sixteen are clutch sixteen, Rick Monday, I'm going to give you a little trivia question. Do you remember your two pinch hit walk off home runs with the Dodgers?
No?
All right, Let's see if this rings about nineteen eighty against the Reds here at Dodgers Stadium against Doug Bear. Remember that guy.
Yeah, I remember him, a fastball, curve ball, and I think I maybe hit a curveball off of Doug Bear. Right ended pitcher, good pitcher, through hard.
All right, here's your other one. Nineteen eighty one, a special year for you, Rick. It was May twentieth against the Phillies here at Dodgers Stadium, and you loved hitting against the Phillies. Your second walk off home run as a pinch hitter against Tug McGraw.
Against Tug, I believe I also hit one off of Tug during.
A game in Philadelphia in the NLCS.
On was was coming into the game. It was not a walk off, but I remember that Tommy asked me to come on and pinch hit, even though Tug McGraw is on the mount in Monty Basca, who's the bench coastays well it's a lefty, and Tommy says, I don't care, it doesn't matter, and I wound up the hitting. Thanks for the trip back and the memory lane.
I'm curious You've had a lot of great things happen in your baseball life. When you hear your name linked and a player breaking a record like that, and I mentioned those games, does is there anything in your mind's eye that can remember those things?
Sometimes not all the time, not all the time at all. There are special moments, but I think more group moments. When you say nineteen eighty one, I think of the team, and you know, I wear this World Championship ring from nineteen eighty one every day. I don't have to be reminded as it. Oh, by the way, you happen to do that. I look at it from the big picture.
You know, the twenty five players, the teammates. You look at Tom to the sort, you look at the coaching staff, you look at the front office, you look at the scouting and then the fans that were there for me. It's kind of a celebration of Memory Lane and going back in there. But I like celebrating with those that I was surrounded with and we accomplished something instead of standing on a podium and say, Okay, look at this,
look at this medal, and what wish. There's nothing wrong with winning the medal, but I prefer team team victories.
We actually talked about that the other day. Your Dodger teams were never individualized.
It was always a group.
Yeah, exactly, And that's what you have to do the game of baseball. Teams win, you know. Tim Lasorda had this saying, individuals win awards, Teams win championships.
Nineteen eighty one a special team championship.
Rick, you're our number sixteen. Okay, we'll check back in with you a little bit late.
Books back into the archives and then lock yeah, lock it up. I probably found him somewhere in a cave.
Yeah, yeah, we did. It was uh, it was BC when I founded.
Yeah, written in stone.
Well, set it back here in the studio.
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It was a win for the Dodgers last night in more ways than one. The Dodgers walk off thanks to Will Smith, but also did not have to dip into that bullpen thanks to Emit Sheen and our guest Justin Robleski. Thanks a lot for the time, Justin appreciate it. And there's Emmit Sheen right on.
Cute thank you.
David's up.
Hey, how was that feeling last night? Just rewarding not only in winning the game, but also helping your bullpen out.
Yeah, obviously it's you know, it's always great to help the bullpen. And you know, like I said before, going out there and saving the bullpen is kind of my job, regardless of where my role is right now. So that's kind of what I want to go out there and do every time.
The last time we've seen you the last two times out, including last night, it just seems like you're pitching with a lot more conviction. Are we seeing that?
Yeah? For sure. I think I'm just kind of dipping back into who I am as a pitcher and just kind of I think that comes with, you know, comfortability and being up here. So I think it's it's been great and I'm feeling good.
Who is that? Who are you as a pitcher?
I think I'm just I'm the guy that's gonna go out there and fill the strike zone and then you know, let my stuff play and see where it takes me.
What was working so well last night?
I think we were doing a pretty decent job of getting ahead and counts. I think I still could have done a little bit better first pitch strikes, but I was doing a good job if I didn't get the first pitch strike, kind of getting back in the count, getting two of the first three in there, and you know, when you have guys on their heels, it's just tougher for them to hit. So I think that's what I was doing a good job of.
I guess we could get into all the science of pitching, but it really does come down to making your job easier by getting ahead early.
That's true. That's that's what we're trying to do.
I know, right everybody wants to break down your pitching mechanics, but getting ahead in the count strike one is vital to anybody. I sometimes count how many pitches a pitcher will throw behind in the count, and you can see the difference how it works and how you get yourself into trouble when you don't throw strike.
One, for sure. I think it's just, you know, guys up here are obviously very, very skilled, best hitters in the world, so when you get behind in the count, it kind of frees them out to take their their best swings, and that's where you get into trouble.
Justin Robleski is our guest. I'm still amazed by how many of you young guys can adapt from being a starting pitcher to being a guy to come in in bulk innings or close out games. What is it about the culture in the minor leagues that allows you guys to be so nimble.
I think it's just we have a lot of guys with with pretty high character and kind of are willing to do whatever it takes to win, and especially you know, we understand that when we come up here, like what our role is and where we fit in. I think you know, everybody understands that regardless of where you're at, the and the goals of what you're trying to do out there is the same, and no matter where you are, it's it's the same. You're just trying to get ahead
and counts, you're trying to save the bullpen. You're just trying to go out there and do your thing. And I think you know, just focusing on the process more than you know necessarily what the results are or where you're pitching from.
When the game is rolling on like it was last night, how do you treat the preparation? Are you trying to put your head where it would be at seven ten?
I think for me it's just you know, treating it similar to a start. Obviously there's there's some things that you can't quite prepare for, but you know, for me, it's like I'm going to come in after che'sy and you know, whatever whatever we do like whenever that is like, just be ready for it. And you know you have an idea and Bartow and all them are very good about, you know, telling you you know kind of what the plan is going into the game, and then you just kind of roll and adap with it.
Hey, I love that nickname, cheesy for image shean.
Of course, of course you got to.
Give him some spice. That's why he's the man.
He's the man.
How good was it to see him back out there?
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Yeah, man, it's it's awesome. You know, I kind of I had had TJ as well, so I kind of know what it takes. And you know, especially you know, for him having it, you know, while being in the big leagues, I'm sure it was a little tougher and you know, really really awesome to see him do his thing last night. He's got electric stuff. He's a great dude, so it was super super happy for him.
Justin Robleski is our guest in front of first pitch between the Dodgers and Padres as the Dodgers looked for the four game sweep. Also another dynamic last night was your catcher Dalton Rushing. How comfortable were you seeing him behind the plate, even at this level.
Yeah, it's great. It's great to see Dalton back there. And obviously I've thrown him a bunch of the minor leagues. So just kind of having the chance to throw to him is great. You know, whether whether it's him or will, I trust both of them back there. So it was it was cool to throw to him and go to see him get that big hit last night.
What fancy nickname does Dalton Rushing have in Oklahoma City?
Just rush, just rush. Yeah, that's all that's all we got for him. But he doesn't need it. He doesn't need a crazy.
One, all right about Robleski? Just Robo, just Robo.
That's been it forever.
All right, Stash is looking nice.
I appreciate it. I appreciate I'm trying to maintain, trying to maintain.
Thanks a lot for the time, great job last night and keep it going.
Yes, sir, thank you.
There he is the man.
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Right TC hanging out with Rick Monday one more time as we prep for first pitch in the series finale, the Dodgers trying to knock the Padres back down to San Diego on a four game sweep. Yoshinobu Yamamoto will take the ball for LA in this one mo and the Dodgers have lost all three of his turns here in the month of June is era north of five and a half. So what do you make of this little June swoon for Yamamoto?
Actually, going back and looking at some numbers, has actually been more than June. Back to April, the four starts
batting average against was one p eighty one. If we look at the five starts in the month of May while he was three and one, the batting average actually went down only one forty six, but two ninety three so far in June in the three starts that he's had, even though overall just a one ninety five batting average against him I think consistency more than anything else, and that split finger fastball was not really dialed in particularly well his last outing.
So what are some other things that you're keeping an eye out for tonight as the Dodgers try and finish off the.
Sueek Well, I think how they're going to work to Ryan Berger at the right hander a six round pick by the pandres if you look back to twenty twenty one, but his reverse splits are really kind of eye opening because right handers have done pretty good job against him, but lefties only three hits in thirty two at bats against the right handed pitcher with no extra base hits. Now the question is going to be how does he work the lineup here and there? And for Burger, this
is his four start, four relief appearances. But he's a guy that's had to be pushed into the starting rotation because of injuries in the starting staff for the Preas.
The Dodgers are going to elevate last night's walk off hero, Will Smith to the three spot, just the latest clutch number sixteen to wear a Dodger uniform, following Andre Ether and oh gosh, what's his name?
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But the reason why not just because Smith is leading the National League in batting average TIM. It's because you look at left handed batters this year against Berger, they're just three for thirty two, no extra base hits. So after the LEFTI O tiny, it'll be a right righty in Betts, alrighty in Smith, and then Freddy Freeman will clean.
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