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Hi everybody, and welcome in to Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck. Hope you're doing well on this Friday afternoon. Your Los Angeles Dodgers are hitting the road at eighty seven and fifty nine on this season, first place atop the NL West. After a day off yesterday, to travel to the South or in Atlanta this afternoon to start a four game wrap around series, landing Knack on the Mounta in the

Here's a one too, and o'tani belts this one to right center field in date this one.

Heading back, it's gone a line time out of here.

In the home run seats.

An absolute laser beam for show Tony and it's home run number forty seven. For the big show show hal Tony, Oh, he lights up this crowd.

It is a two to one score.

Now o' tony is at forty seven home runs, at forty seven stolen bases in the hunt for fifty to fifty show.

Hey Otani leads off the first with a home run his forty seven. Dodgers cut the deficit in half, down two to one. Still in the bottom of the first, Tommy Edmond a two run home run, Dodgers a three to two lead. Will Smith the very next batter, a solo home run, Dodgers up forty two. Max Mounsey then came up with the breath of fresh air moment of the game.

Two picks swung on, hit high in the air and the right. This ball's back and the Dodgers.

For the second time this year, gone pack to pack to pack.

In the first sitting, the home run hat trick Max Monthly home run number four.

It is five to two Dodgers.

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Right now here? In at first inning?

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Overcast here in Atlanta did rain when the Dodgers arrived here last night, and some scattered rain around the area today right now looking okay, just to overcast skies as we get ready for Game one of this four game wrap around series the Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves. The Dodgers come into this series with a record of eighty seven and fifty nine. They swept the Braves in May, so if they win this one tonight, they will win

To take care of. It's a huge series for the Braves. If they have any hope really.

Of trying to make the postseason, they've got to make some hay in this series. But the Dodgers need to keep on putting some wins together to keep that distance between them and the Diamondbacks and the Padres.

Yeah, and I think being able to change a couple of things. They've had a couple of clucker games in the last homestand fank you starting to look at the last ten they're just a five and five team, And while they've hit well in that period of time, almost two seventy is a team they're eer in those ten games is just under five five and a half. So that's one area that needs to be tightened up. But that burden has really been on the starting staff, not

Interesting comment that Dave Roberts made today on the radio and then talked about it in the Dugout just a little while ago. Regarding Sho hal Tani and pitching this year, he said that the chances are slim. His quote was, the chances are really slim, but they're not zero.

Well, we don't know. Again, I think that's a broad statement, but let's look at it. He's not pitched competitively for how long. He is not thrown a simulated game this year at all. He is thrown in the outfield, and he's thrown in the bullpen. There's not been any hitters there in there. On top of it, the other biggest question is are you going to expose him even if it came around? And if it did, they would make sure that there's one hundred percent reduction in the exposure

We don't know.

We'll see that's the answer, will steek. But we will also see history perhaps on this road trip. Shoe Heytowny with forty seven home runs, forty eighth stolen bases, every time he steals a base and hits a home run, it's history. But nobody has ever had that, even fifty to fifty mark and show Heyo Towny has it within his sights?

Is kind it with his sights? And speaking of sites, everybody has show Hey o'tani in their sights whenever it comes to home plate. I mean we just we marvel and we see him each and every day, but you start to look at what he has done overall. It has been absolutely incredible and interesting numbers that I saw today. If the forty seven home runs, you know, twenty of

Spencer Schwellenbach, the right hander at five and seven going for the Braves, land and neck pitching for the Dodgers. He is two and three game one of those four game set in Atlanta at Truest Park between the Dodgers and the Braves.

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Why there's a one two and O'tani belts this one the right center field in DP. This one heading back, it's gone a line drive on a here into the home run seats, an absolute laser beam for show Hail Tony, and it's home run number forty.

Seven for the Big Show Show hal Tony.

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It is a two out, two run single for show Hey, O'tani and the Dodgers lead at seven to three.

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Past homestand like, we've had some crazy games, so you know, getting some rest is always nice, but it's not really an optics. We're traveling out to Atlanta, but yeah, I know, it has been nice to have a string of a couple of good games in a row, just you.

Know, hitting wise, what you have four homers in twenty four hours, what's really working for you?

Yeah, I don't know if I've ever done that before in my life, but you know, I feel like I've kind of gotten locked into a pretty good routine in the cage, you know, really working on uh the mechanics and and having consistent movements in my swing, and I think the results are paying off.

And we did it from both sides, right mm hmm, yep, yep, both sides.

Kind of working on a couple of different things from from each side of the plate, but I think I'm doing a good job.

Of becoming more consistent from each side. Do you ever work from both sides of the plate in one game? No, that was my first one. First time.

I'd had a few where it was either too righty or two lefty, but that was the first right and left. That same part when you're kind of locked in from one side, like your three or three home runs righty and then but you're you're maybe struggling a little bit left handed, like to just keep that consistency, Yeah, I think being a switch hitter is is definitely tough because it's it's kind of rare to be completely locked in both right handed and left handed at the same time.

Now, how incredible is it to watch show?

Hey, you've been able to do it here for the last.

Month or so, but but yeah, pretty much it Yeah, I mean each day he does something, you're like, I've never seen anyone do that before.

You know, the the day game on.

Sunday, the ball you hit off like the glass and right field and then that was one of the lowest home runs I think I've seen it. I think it's like nineteen degrees off the bat.

He just he crushes the ball. And to do that and steal as.

Many bases as he as he is too is pretty incredible.

Are you excited for him? Fifteen fifty?

I mean, obviously it helps the team, so you're probably excited, night sense, But for a guy to do that.

And for you to be on the team and watch it Yeah, Yeah, it's crazy.

I mean, never been done before, and I mean he does things that you know, nobody's ever done before on a on a daily basis, and you.

Know, to get to see it is up close is really special.

Time. No, I've if I could hit a ball one hundred and eighteen miles an hour, I'd I don't know, that'd be crazy. But yeah, I'm just I'm honestly kind of trying to learn from him, just just seeing the way he goes about it day to day business.

And yeah, it's pretty impressive.

You know, he's very consistent and same demeanor throughout, and I think that's why there's a good players.

At this point of the season with the new team.

Yeah, you know, I mean it's it's I think it's just a huge blessing to be back on the field.

You know.

I obviously I had the surgery in the off season and I didn't really know what my season would look like. And to get traded here and the think of a playoff race and and to be able to contribute like this is is a huge blessing. And you know, if I looked back a couple of months ago, I would have had no idea what my season would have looked like So I'm just glad, glad to be here and part of.

Such a great team.

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Questions for Dave, Dave, can you just describe Dave?

Can you talk about the pressure.

In the dugouts with Dave Roberts.

We heard that Tyler did not participate in his simulated game. Can you give us any details on why he.

Just felt some discomfort in his arm and felt that we had to cut it short and couldn't go through with the sim game. So obviously it's a setback. I don't know what that means as far as the coming days. I do know that we're just going to kind of reassess and CEI feels over the next couple of days and see when we can pick up the throne again.

Is that the first time you've experienced a picture warming up and you guys have everything set up and at that point he can't.

Go no, no, That's happened numerous times.

Yeah, So yeah, it.

Was when he was warming up, like in a pen, he started to feel it.

Yep, yep.

He was warming up throwing the pen and and honestly from the outset he felt good, and then I was I was there.

It looked good.

And then when he got to kind of throw, you know, twenty three, twenty four, it just started to not feel good. And then he was smart in the sense of, you know, cutting it short so he didn't put himself in harm's way.

Is he gonna go adminish your guys office waving me back this season?

It's certainly not helpful and positive, but you know again, we'll see how he comes in tomorrow, and it's certainly not dead. But just today I thought we made the right decision. If he didn't feel well enough to continue, there's no sense in pushing it today. I know he's in with the training staff, so I don't know. I'm sure there's gonna be some testing gonna be done.

And it was like twenty pitches in.

The whole I think it was, so I think right around he probably end up throwing about twenty five picks something like that, right, and is kind of somewhere in his arm or mean more, yeah, somewhere in his arm, not shoulder, But I don't know if it's.

Yeah, the same.

It's going pretty head to begin with it.

Yes, you can get it said, you're going to reassess everything, but given you know his past stuff with the forum and out going out of this stuff, like how much do you weigh that into you know, his ability the rest of the way.

It's a big part of the equation, and so obviously where we're at the calendar and all that stuff, but his health is most important. How we build him up, how we get them pain free. All those are conversations that he's got to have with the training staff and see where we're at. So all I know right now is that we just couldn't finish the simulated game today. So that's telling in a lot of senses.

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All right, DV lots to get to here. Let's start off with Showy O'tani. A lot of buzz in the last forty eight hours about a possible return to the mound this season.

Yeah, well, all season long.

Tim Dave Roberts says shut down any suggestions that o'tani would pitch at any point in time during the regular season or even in the postseason. Then today he went on his weekly national radio appearance and left the door open that he would not put anything past o'tani, including pitching in the postseason.

So we'll see where it goes.

But obviously the Dodgers are a lot thinner today than they were two months ago with their pitching staff, and it feels like to be able to get through October, they're not going to be able to lean on just one or two guys. They're going to have to use a whole staff to cover the innings that it will take to be able to get to.

The World Series and win the World Series. And who knows.

I guess Otani now is possibly in those plants. I wouldn't consider him a starting pitcher. If he does come back to pitch, I could see him pitching one, maybe two innings max in a postseason game if they desperately needed it. And I don't believe we'll know until we

David has driven by Ford it there's one thing we like its choices, find yours with the Ford one fifty gas hybrid all electric tough, this mark can only be called F one fifty. We heard Dave Roberts talk about Tyler Glass now in the same game that never happened. Dave, how much of a setback is this? And what else do we know?

Huge setback?

And I remember Dave Roberts was asked who he thought had a better chance of pitching for the Dodgers in October and he said, back then two weeks ago, it would be Yamamoto. Well, he obviously knew something because Yamamoto looked fantastic in his first game back last week at Dodgers Stadium. And here we are with Tyler Glass now having a huge setback.

I feel like if.

He does not get on the mound again on this road trip to throw a simulated game, the chances of him being available for the NLDS are considerably lower than they were yesterday. And I would I would definitely put it in doubt that he would be available to pitch the rest of the year if he does not throw a simulated game on this road trip.

All right, Dave switching gears. Freddie Freeman celebrated on a birthday yesterday.

Yeah, he did.

And he's back in Atlanta, where he called home for a number of years. He still has a home here in Atlanta, and he did celebrate with eighteen members of his family who flew out from Los Angeles to be able to celebrate with him and his oldest son. Charlie's birthday is on Sunday, so they're going to have a

All Right, Dave, you've done a little snooping around and you found out exactly what Clayton Kershaw told Yamamoto a couple days ago in that meeting in the bullpen.

Right, Yeah, I guess I wish it was a little bit more dramatic than the way Kerr told.

It to me.

He said, all I told him to do was release the curveball a little further out in front of him and talking to Japanese reporters that wanted to know what Kershaw said. They told me, Yes, not a big deal for Kershaw, but it meant the world to Yamamoto. So it's how you look at it. And for Yamamoto, he certainly appreciates the suggestion and the tip because he believes that really made his curveball effective in his first start back since June fifteenth.

No doubt about it. He looked good. Hopefully more of that coming here in the rest of September and October. DV We appreciate it. We'll check back in with you in just a couple of minutes. Dodger fans and hands, you're listening experience by downloading the iHeartRadio app and listening in HD. It's all powered by la Care Health Plans serving all Angelinos Lacare dot org. Still to come here on Dodgers on Deck, you're gonna hear from Carl Crawford.

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Rick, the Dodgers kick off this seven game road trip here in Atlanta, and you had a good time catching up with a former Dodger and now Braves broadcaster Joe Simpson.

Now one of the really good guys who understood exceptionally well. He was one of the better outfielders that you could have found. And we were talking about fundamentals of outfield play, fundamentals of throwing the ball, which sounds somewhat elementary, but it is not elementary when you're throwing from a long distance, in that being from the outfield itself, you know if the ball is tailing mechanically, not only the way you're holding the ball, you want to have a cross seams

You're so right about that, because a lot of people around the game believe in the minor leagues there's too much focus on only hitting and pitching. There's a lot of other parts that go into being a good baseball player.

There's a reason that one team is on offense and the other is on defense, and the guy's on the defensive end of it. There's a reason they have gloves, but it's not just the gloms. What about the footwork? You can run, you can catch the ball. What do you do with it? Once you catch the ball? You have to be able to set up, understand fundamentally how you set up to make a throw and make a very good throw, and understand is that every throw that

Rick I was asked earlier today what would be considered a successful road trip for the Dodgers. Isn't it just about being able to keep the parts healthy and play better and clean baseball?

Yep, yeah, I think we get focused on what's the clinch state, what's the clinch date? Dave robertson the other day he said, we haven't clenched anything so far. So to get there, what do you do? You have to play good baseball. And if we look over this last homestand Dodgers did not play on a consistent basis up to the ability that they had. If they didn't have the ability, we wouldn't even be talking about it. But they had the ability in the one game. I mean

And just being around Kershawn and Walker Buehler earlier today in the clubhouse, Rick, I get the sense they are searching, searching for different things. Kershaw's searching to get his toe healthy, and Bueller's just searching to pitch better.

Yeah, well, there's two other names you have to include. Bobby Miller has made two starts. I've been surprised by both the post game comments and Bobby Miller. He thinks he's pitched well and it's just good swings. Well, I think there's a correlation between bad pitches and good swings, and then we see a lot of good swings coming against bad pitches.

The consistency is.

Not been there. There's another big question. We may find out more about it today. Tyler glasnow was scheduled to have a bullpen session a live SIM game today. My sources say he warmed up in the bullpen, hitters were ready with helmets in hand, and then the sim game was canceled. More to come on that one, evidently, Yeah.

Dave Roberts said it's a setback.

He did feel pain in the same area that put him on the il, So no ways around it.

This is a setback for Tyler glass.

Here's my question, how do you have a sim game schedule and you understand that there's still pain was there? How did it get to that point where you go, Hey, oh, we found out today and there's still some discomfort.

Feels like one day there's pain, one day there's not.

It could be I'm not sure, and I'm not sure the Dodgers are quite sure how to wrap their heads around Tyler Glassnow's right elbow and his six eight body frame.

At this point in time, hopefully everybody's going to be healthy, because right now it's kind of the shock.

Troops are in there for.

The pitching, and the bullpen has been sensation the workload that they've had.

Hey, how about the guy tonight? Rick? I feel like he's the most overlooked starter.

And I'm glad you brought that up because he does not pitch scared and he has answered the bell. You start to look, who's the most consistent really right now in this book? Love, you really have to like what Landon Neck has done, and especially you start to look, Okay, this is his tenth start, a couple of relief appearances. You know, he's only given up a one ninety five banning average.

Against That's what I'm talking about.

We're focused on Bobby Miller and Tyler glassnew and Walker Buehler, while this guy who's not been on a five day routine has been pretty solid for the Dodger.

You got to play with those that you got.

That's right, and maybe you're not the flashiest guy, but I get the job done.

Here's the question, are you done?

I'm done right now.

Okay, we'll be back a little bit later on the show, but for now, Tim.

We'll send it back to you in the studio.

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David and now what will likely be vassy fielding insults from a Dodger player.

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You never know who you're gonna see at the ballpark, especially in Atlanta where the players play. And we're with one of the players right here, former Dodger, one of the great players of his generation, the one and only Carl Crawford here visiting the Dodgers.

See see great to see you again.

Man.

I'm glad to see you guys. You know what I'm saying. I'm glad they called me and told me to come up see see you guys. I haven't seen you guys seen what twenty sixteen. So you know, it's good to get around the game and getting the ballpark, you know it feels good.

What was it like going into the clubhouse to see some of the guys that you played with. There's not too many, but there's still a few familiar faces.

But the funny thing is a lot of you guys were so young when I was, when I was when I retired, that they like, oh like little grown little men into they prims now. So it was cool to see them. Man, I'm glad to see that. You know, guys that I worked with when they was young or you know, doing doing excelling and doing real well in the big league right now.

Did you remember the little guy Austin Barnes. He is a second basement night as a cat.

One of the we was one of the cool little ones.

You know.

Him and Jack Peterson used to be side by side, you know what I'm saying. So, yeah, man, well those guys, yeah, man, Like I said, it's nice to see him and see him actually doing well.

You know what I'm saying.

Those were some good players and I always thought they was gonna be really good players. And to see how they how they turn out, is great.

Carl. You brought back some great memories, like do you remember in the clubhouse Jack Peterson looking up to you just want to leave your side the player that he's become.

Did you see that when he was a rookie?

Ye, I saw it, you know what I'm saying with rookie And then you know, like I said, I had to go down for a couple of thinks in the minor league. So I saw him when he was going thirty thirty in the minors, So I already knew he he had the talent to do what he's doing. Now you know he's I'm glad his personality is still the same. He still has fun to go about the game in a great way. So, uh, you know, it's good to see that he's doing well. One of my little what

When you look back your ear back at your career, what do you think about the most.

I just think about just always playing and just being in different cities, meeting new people, being around the gods, and just competing. You know, that's one of the toughest things that when you've done playing, you gotta find someone else to you to take that competitive nature too. You know what I'm saying, and use those are some of the things you missed when you leave the game.

When you retired from baseball, where did you channel all of that competitive design.

Talented, ho talented, I can said to the music business. You know, I took I took my craft really really serious. I understood that nobody was gonna take me serious in it, and that you know, if I put together, if I put the effort like I did into baseball, like I did into any other type of enterprise, that I'll be successful. And that's that's kind of an approach I took.

Yeah, you got your own record label. You're very successful, Carl Crawford.

You know, it took me a lot of how to go through a lot, just like anybody starting a new business. At the end of the day, Uh, we here and I'm I got new artists that I want to put out there, and you know, I just want to watch my son play and promote new promote new new artists and do stuff like that.

Your son, Justin Crawford, is rising through the Phillies minor leagues. He was one of the top picks in the Nature League draft a few years ago.

How proud are you of Justin?

Well, I'm I'm so proud of him because he said goes to to you know, to to beat my goals and to actually see him a compass though it was great. You know, I have a story here with one of the clubhouse here, Chico. Yeah, yeah, Chico used to be in a dugout with him when he was a kid. And I tell my I tell Justin, hey, don't you talk about money, contracts, nothing. And as soon as I leave, Chico say, he talking about me everything you told him not to. He say he gonna get that contract one day.

So?

And he did so, you know, stuff like that. You know what I'm saying, beat my time in the sixties and uh, you know what I'm saying, just just just being an all around polished player already at where he's at his career.

How much do you think you bringing him to the ballpark when you were playing for the Dodgers really get gave him a couple of legs up on the rest of the kids.

Always give him advantage because you know that the wild factor is gone. They come in and they like, oh well, I mean, you know, they people gonna always get excited because it's the big leagues. But you know, it makes it a little easier when you can come see a guy that you was chilling with, you know what I'm saying when you were about seven or eight, you know, and just talk to him and kind of get comfortable and uh, you know that way you can go about

And Carl Crawford still got that signature smile. Justin looks almost exactly like you. When I see him smile, I think of you.

Yeah, Nah, that's cool. That's the way it's supposed to be. Man, that's my son. Even though he you know, he's like we look you know, we look more like brothers, like brothers together. So he don't like to tell people on his dad.

You know, speaking of family, what about your brothers. Do you still got the barbecue going in Houston?

We still got the barbecue restaurant and burn Barbecue. My brother still aroun dad. We still do all the family stuff. Yeah, and I got other kids coming up, you know, Justin didn't gonna be the only one in the big leagues. Yeah.

So, and then I got nephews.

You know what I'm saying, Like we still have a whole feminine fellow major leagues.

Yeah, that's so awesome. Carl Crawford is our guest. All right, Carl, before I let you go, that's John Sue.

Who John So?

Who?

What's up? Baby's man? Right? Your kids like thirty years old? What's going on? Man?

Making me feel oh man, like Jesus So Yeah, man, it's all good.

You were with the Dodgers for a short time, but it seems like you left such a great impression with everybody that came in contact. You had so much joy, and guys would tell me you were the funniest guy in the clubhouse.

Oh no, you know, you gotta try to stay loose, so like I stay mare it's a long season and enjoy everything. When I got to La, you know, it was it was just one of those things where I was able to smile again because you know, I had just came off the stuff from Boston, so La was just like it was just the hend of note I needed at the moment. Yeah.

You people ask me what you were, Like, I always tell him, I said, I would read Carl the schedule for next year and I would tell him whether or not we were going to Boston.

Hey, I was able to I was able to avoid it for three years.

Man.

So you know, hey man, I gotta looky man. But you know, like I said, I enjoyed my time in La. I wish I could have played longer, but at the end of the day, I took it for what it is worth. And uh, like I said, I really appreciate the fans in La the people, the city to town, everything. So I really enjoyed my time I stayed in La.

You were at the beginning of this run of winning for the Dodgers. You were part of that when they made the trade for you and Gonzo and those guys that really started it. What have you seen from the team and what do you think they need to do to get over that hump to win it again?

Oh?

I think they just got to keep doing what they're doing. I ain't gonna lie, you know, since I haven't been arrived and watching it as much, but I know they've.

Been seeing the old tiny show though I've been seeing that.

You know what I'm saying, I want to meet that guy because he's awesome. But at the end of the day, they're gonna always win the same way we're pitching defense and timely hitting. So uh, you know, I don't see why they shouldn't take it all this year. You know what I'm saying. All right, and I'm in Houston, you know what I'm saying. I'm you know, but I know that I know what the Dodgers. I know what the Dodgers are capable of.

Yo, and Carl great, seeing you great, sharing you with the fans again. Come around more often.

We miss you, I do, man, just you know you finelis see me with Justin. It's just when you're starting to when you're starting any type of business and you know you want it done right, you have to be hands on with it, you know, and it takes you to kind of get stuff the way you want it. You know what I'm saying, because, like I say, you know, you gotta be a deal with the ups and downs

You know, man, with all that blink it feels like things are going good for Carl Crawford.

Man, I can't complain at the moment, that's all I know. I can't complain.

Yes, Hey, great to see you, Carl. Thanks a lot for the time. All right, man, thanks for having me there. He is one of the greatest of his generation, the great Carl Crawford. We'll send it back to you in the studio, Tim.

All right, thanks a lot, DV. Great to hear from Carl Crawford. Still doing big things out there. And keep an eye on his son Justin as he makes his way to the Major League. Dodgers Baseball is brought to you by Shakey's Pizza Parlor, official pizza partner of the Dodgers audio broadcast. When it's game night, it's group night at shakeys dot Com. Lean you up to first pitch on this Friday, Dodgers in Atlanta to take on the Braves. Up next, we'll type deeper to this pitching matchup. Don't

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You're a truest park on an overcast evening when going out toward right field, temperatures are just fine for a baseball game. As the Dodgers and the Braves play game one of those four game set the pitching matchup. Landon Nack going for the Dodgers, he's two and three. Spencer schwellenback going for the Braves. But for Landon Knack, he pitched a week ago today, and he really has been pretty consistent. He suffered a tough loss against Cleveland, pitched

Yeah, he had a career high eight strikeouts in going the six innings, allow just the two runs, only three hints he gave up in that area. Here's the other thing about Landon Neck again his tenth start. He has made a couple of relief appearances this year. Overall, just a one ninety five batting average against with runners in scoring position. It's even lower than that one fifty four. He doesn't flinch when someone comes go home plate with an opportunity to knock in a run.

And his the mound opponent.

Eighteenth start for him.

He's out of the University of Nebraska, had a rough start last time out against Toronto, allowed six runs in five innes.

Yeah, which pitch do you looked for? I mentioned earlier. He gets a lot of chases on breaking balls out of the strike zone, but he throws the following pitches fasketball, slider, cutter, hook, splitter, and sinker. It's also giving up twelve home runs and he's handled right handers very very well. In fact, a right hander has not walked against him since the twelfth of July. That's one hundred and nine plate appearances.

He throws strikes the land and neck against Spencer Schwellenbach. It's the Dodgers and the Braves, game one of this four game series at Truest Park in Atlanta.

On the way, tim.

Yeah, Dodger's going to play tonight, first place atop the NL West. Looking to keep that pace and more with the Padres in action tonight, and of course the Dodgers keeping an eye on what they're doing in San Francisco and the Diebacks home to the Milwaukee Brewers. David Vassi's got your cover with all the postgame now. His first pitch, I'm Tim Kates, has been rong with casino doctors on deck on the Los Angeles Dodgers Audio Network