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Your Los Angeles Dodgers ninety two and sixty three on this season, first place, the top the NL West. The magic number to clinch the division still remains at five after a win over the Rockies in this series opener. The Dodgers dropped the second game of this series last night, but they look to get the series win today with well, what is supposed to be a really good pitching matchup for the Dodgers as Yoshinobu Yamamoto goes to the mound for the blue first pitch coming up at one ten.
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Kirsten Watson from Sports Net LA. In a just a few minutes, we'll check in with Tim Nevertt and Rick Monday out at the Galpin Motors Broadcast booth. Well, last night, the Dodgers let one get away as Bueller's not quite back yet, but he's getting there. Walker Buehler got the start, the right hander trying to show he's good for the postseason. Win five and a third innings, allowed four runs on five hits, but he's struck out nine along the way.
He gave up a run in the first, two more in the second as the Dodgers found themselves down three to nothing. In the third, though the Dodgers' offense able to get a few backs show Hey O Tani a two out walk. Next batter Mookie Betts with a breadth the fresh air moment of the game.
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Third baseman Ryan McMahon is oh for two East swings. It's a high fly ball to left in deep pay Oscar back to the wall. It is gone an opposite field home run and the Rockies have retaken the lead on a two out round tripper by Ryan McMahon. It is four to three of Colorado.
Solo home run from the Ford to modern day product says, the Rockies took a four to three lead. That is the top tier player the game sponsored by Arco Quality top tier gass for less. Dodgers trailed four to three until the ninth Daniel Hudson on a relief trying to keep it a one run game. When Daniel Hudson gave up a two run home run, Rockies take a six to three lead. The Dodgers, though would load the bases in the bottom of the ninth, would come up empty.
Rockies go on and win it. Dodgers had their opportunities. They stranded the bases loaded twice. They were one for eight with runners in scoring position. Dodgers pitchers need to do a better job at finishing off batters. For of the Rocky six runs came on a two out, two strike hit, including Charlie Blackman's two run home run in the ninth inning off Daniel Hudson. With the loss, the Dodgers now ninety two and sixty three. The magic number remains at five and today the rubber game of this
three game series. Yoshinobundamamoto on the mound, first pitcher, one ten and with more we head out to the Gallpin Motors broadcast booth as we welcome and say good afternoon to Tim Nevern and Rick Monday.
Guys, Tim, thanks very much getting ready for this Sunday matinee at Dodgers Stadium, final home Sunday game of the regular season, as the Dodgers take on the Colorado Rockies. It's the rubber game of this three game set. Dodgers dropping the game to the Rockies last night six to three, and enter today's game three games up on the San Diego Padres with an overall record of ninety two and sixty three.
Anytime the Rockies at sixty.
And ninety five or thirty two games behind the Dodgers and in last place in the National League Western Division. Pitching matchup features Antonio Senzateela no decisions in an era of six. Eshinobo Yellamoto will pitch for the Dodgers. He is six and two two sixty three. This figure is to be the penultimate start for Yamamotos regular season as he prepares for the playoffs. And last night, Rick, we take a look at the ballgame. The Dodgers just really
didn't get much going offensively. They had a a home run from Moki Bets in the third ending, looked like they were getting something going, but went flat the rest of the way.
Yeah, and I think opportunities really kind of dictate. Dodgers just one for eight when they had runners in scoring position, Rockets had thirteen advance in that same situation. I'm really reminded to think about this this morning. I'm reminded of Dave Roberts postgame comments Thursday night in Miami after the Dodgers clenched another postseason birth and his message to his book club as they proposed that toast. He says, look, don't lose sight of the fact we have games to play.
Here's the exact quote. Stay hungry and have a sense of urgency, and we're not seeing right now the last couple of games that sense of urgency, and the clock is ticking and the Dodgers need to close things out or the magic number is really nice, that's down to five. But in order to win their twelfth the nationallygue Western Division title in the last thirteen games. There has to be more sense of urgency on the field and of getting that done. But the job is still out there.
Last couple of years, they've had it wrapped up the division much earlier than this, but this is looking like it's coming down to the wire again. The magic number five with seven games to play, and they're playing a team in the Rockies in which they have won sixty three of the last eighty nine meetings and have three more with them next weekend in Colorado.
Yeah, I think a couple of things too, talking about the sense of urgency. For what I'm seeing from an offensive standpoint, Dodgers are not being as selective as hitters as.
We normally see.
They really near the top of the list as far as pitch selection to swing it and according to counts and what the scoreboard shows. The other part, too, is the defense has been at times somewhat ragtag, and it has allowed a lot of opportunities for opposing teams.
Shohotani didn't hit a home run last night.
That was news.
He's been unbelievable lately, but he did factor in when he walked in the third inning. And scored a run, and he singled and stole his fifty third base of the season in the ninth innix. Yeah, still contributing. But I was surprised.
I think everyone was surprised that he did attempt to steal in the ninth inning, because had it been a better throw, he would have been out. And this is not about stolen bases at this point. This is about trying to come back, and the Dodgers missed a chance to have their thirty ninth come from behind victory and
last night's game. But again, a couple of things from an offensive standpoint, defensive standpoint, and then two, what we will see from yam Momoto in this afternoons ballgame because he is averaged right at I mean, barely above five innings so far this season, and now he's coming off another start, coming off the injured list.
So all the Rockies and the Dodgers, Game three of this three game set, the rubber game. Dodgers come in ninety two, sixty three and the Rockies are sixty and ninety five.
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Hey, Kirston now joins us from the stadium before the finale of this three game series against the Rockies, and a little bit of a lineup change Kirston before first.
Pitch, Yeah, so Max months. He was originally in there playing a third base, but if you recall yesterday, he was attempting a defensive play at third dived for it, and so that dive has left him pretty sore today. So Dave Roberts said that they're gonna take him out, that he's been scratched. So Keikey Hernandez is playing at third base today. They are they feel like this is nothing too serious, just give him the day today, and they believe that he should be back in the lineup
on Tuesday to start the Padres series. So just a little bit of soreness from.
Yesterday, that is certainly good news.
And for this Dodgers team, five games still is the magic number he got the Padres Loomy with the three game series beginning on Tuesday, kind of feels like there's still a sense of urgency, Kirsten.
I think there's an extreme sense of urgency. It feels like, you know, I know, on the pregame show for the TV side, Jarry Harrison Junior is always like, you know.
Must win.
It genuinely feels like these games moving forward are a must win for them to have the buye for not having to play in the wild card and even just to win the division. I mean, look, like you mentioned the Padres win last night, the Dodgers lost to the Rockies. So now the Padres are only three games back. If the Padres win out moving forward, they will take over the division because also they have the tiebreaker over the Dodgers.
They're a team that has whether when we were in San Diego, when they played here, they have found a way to show up against this Dodgers team and they honestly kind of like take over. So the series coming up with them, it's gonna be a big one, but it really starts today. And so you know, even Dave Roberts kind of said before the scrum with him even started, he was like, you know, there's a feeling of payback because that lost tonight, that one hurt. You could feel
it in the clubhouse afterwards. As much as yes, it's just the Rockies, Yes it's September. You know, you would think it's kind of a whatever, let's just get through, but no, these these game, this game and specific is
incredibly important. It's also important for Yoshinobu to you know, continue with his build up, to plan for him is five or six innings to get up to ninety pitches because it's time for you know, these guys need to get ready for October and hopefully that means a fi week before the DS but if not, if things don't go as planned, they will be in the wild cards. So it just tells you how much more important this game is and the games moving forward are for this team.
Yeah, no doubt.
This is the Dodgers team the last couple of years hasn't been in this situation here in late September, Houston.
We appreciate it. We'll check in with you after the game.
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Should be good to go for the Padres series. We'll keep an eye on that.
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Anthony Bonda, he is rehabbing that fractured left Pinky hopes to be okay for the postseason. He is working out to try to come back. All right, let's head back out to Dodger Stadium and check in with the Dodgers.
Any answered, Dave?
Do you think questions for Dave?
Dave? Can you just describe Dave? Can you talk about the pressure in.
The dugouts with Dave Roberts.
Certainly this is not a postseason game, but given you have four starts in this case Yoshinobu to prepare for the postseason, it's that same mindset. And so I know he feels that way. Our guys feel that way. So it's a good kind of it's a good exercise. It's a big game.
I'm considered.
Do you feel like a build up for him though, has been really good? He said. The plan for him is kind of that five and six innings, hopefully getting around ninety pitches you feel good about just kind of what his build up has looked like since coming.
Off the io.
Absolutely, absolutely, And I think that you know, like I said, he's pitching big ball games, but for him to get into the sixth inning, potentially get through it, get the pitch count up to ninety with another start after that, I think that there's more stress in the postseason, so you've got it kind of really get that foundation to prepare for the stress of every postseason pitch.
Would you like to see your guys come out today with the urgency of a postseason game, obviously without close the races and what's in front of you here?
Oh yeah, absolutely.
I mean we have what.
Seven games left, and so I do think that we've had that since Atlanta, since this third game in Atlanta, I think we've played with more edge, more intent. So yeah, I just want that continued.
Yes, that's it.
Ask the obvious question, but like, is this texture important this year that you guys close up the division to get.
That by just with where kind of pitching staff is that habit set you up in Brocktobert.
It's the goal, it's the goal.
Certainly where we're at, it would be helpful, and like we just talked about, is it's in our own hands, So that would be a certain welcome and it's something that we still got to earn. We've still got some work to do.
You know what the pitching it's gonna look.
Like for this weekend.
I think we're just gonna stay on schedule. Yeah, so just kind of how the guys have been, that's what we're gonna do.
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All right, David, we find out a little bit ago Max Munsey scratched from the lineup. Should we be worried about this for here the final week of the season.
I'm not sure about that, Tim.
Honestly, I know things can get you know, the information we get sometimes is not completely transparent. But Dave Roberts said he just made a diving play and he heard his side going down on his right side, and that was the same side that kept him out for quite some time.
I will say this. I spoke to Max.
Munsey earlier this morning after his on field drills. He never mentioned that he was hurt or there was something to be concerned about. He has been very forthcoming with me when it comes to different bumps and bruises, including getting hit by a pitch on his right elbow in Miami by that position player. So right now, I would say it's just being cautious and the Dodgers have a day off tomorrow and they want him as ready as possible to go for that Padre series.
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What's the deal with Daniel Hudson?
What is his role maybe going to be moving forward here the rest of the season.
Well, here's the deal with Daniel Hudson.
Sixty one innings pitched this year in sixty three appearances. That's the most in both categories since twenty nineteen, when he.
Helped the Nationals win the World Series.
So for a thirty seven year old reliever who has been counted upon since day one, that's a heavy workload and the numbers reflect that. In the second half, twenty four appearances with an era close to six with five home runs last night to Charlie Blackman, and Daniel Hudson is one of the toughest guys you'll find in Major League Baseball, as was evident when he pitched through basically a broken knee last year before he had to have
surgery on it. So you know, right now, it just feels like the workload may have added up on Daniel Hudson. And when we talk about the Dodgers need to win this division to get five days off, you can include Daniel Hudson needing those five days off.
But the Dodgers have.
Done as much as they can to manage his workload in the second half. They gave him three different opportunities of extended days off six days, nine days, and five.
Days, so they're trying to do as much as they can.
But the reality is he's thirty seven years old and has pitched more innings and games than he has since twenty nineteen.
It's September twenty second, David today, Tommy Lesora's birthday.
Yeah, and the Dodgers have done a great thing.
They started a Tommy Losorda Lead Blue Award, and the previous two winners were rosz Wyman and also John Schumaker.
This year, it's longtime Dodger Catcher.
World Series MVP Steve Jaeger, and we'll hear from Steve on Dodger Talk a little bit later Rick Monday.
We'll have some stories to share about it.
But it's a great way for the Dodgers to honor the memory of the great Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda, who was really him and Vin Scully to me in Los Angeles, are the two greatest ambassadors for this Dodger franchise and really helped to get to the popularity.
It's that right now, no doubt about that, David, great stuff.
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It's a beautiful they at the ballpark, and today the Dodgers are remembering their Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda because he was born on this day in nineteen twenty seven in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
And I know Tommy meant a lot to you.
Well he did, because I first ran into Tommy. He was a scout at the time out of Santa Monica High School and he was scouting me as both a pitcher and as an outfielder. And I've told the story before, is it Tommy. You know, he was also the coach of what they called the Dodger Rookie team, where they sent out letters they being the Dodgers, to young high
school guys are ready to graduate. I was seventeen, just graduating, and it was really sent out to guys that they were attempting to sign to a contract with the Dodgers. And there was a series of three different weekends of trying out, and Tommy Lasorda was the coach of that Dodger rookie team, and he eventually had my mother and I had dinner one night, offered a contract. My mom put down the pen the first time, at second time,
she put it down. The third time she was ready to sign, and she finally put it down says, no, my son needs to go to college to begin with, he gaets hurt, or we can't make it as something to fall back upon. So that was my exposure to Tommy Lasorda. And then who would have thought later on in Tommy's first full year as a manager, that's the first year that I was traded from the Cubs to the Dodgers, and here's this guy that tried to sign
me so many years ago. So I knew a lot about Tommy, and most of the guys on that team had played for Tommy at the Triple A level, so everybody was in pretty much synchronized to understand that Tommy knew how to push the buttons to motivate us, to challenge us, and maybe at times to irritate us.
And he did it very very well.
He knew the buttons to push for David Vasse, what would motivate you to do this?
Or that.
He understood the buttons he had to push for Dwayne McDonnell or with me, and he was marvelous of doing that, and especially with younger players. So this now carries on a tradition of those players and people within the organization that had meant a lot to the history of the Dodgers over the years.
In nineteen seventy seven was the year you became teammates with today's Tomulus sorta award winner, Bleeve Blue Award, that is the one and only Steve Yeager.
The Boomer, the Boomer, and we were roommates in spring training and I wrote Steve, actually, and we'll get insign.
And personal here.
About five years ago I wrote Steve a nice letter electronically and basically just told him is that you know, we've gone through a lot together. You know, we've laughed together, we've cried together, we've grown up together. And he was really the brother that I never had, you know, growing up as an only child, and we just hit it off for different reasons and that friendship continues and it's
one of the nice things. Of course, if you think about the ball clubs that we were privileged enough to be a part of, not only were they winning teams, they were winning people. And by that I'm talking about good people. And that's the important thing, because that's not always the story. When we go to our workplace, whatever
it is. You know, sometimes you get along. Oh there was a bickering here and there, but you know, we're together for eight months out of the year, a day in and day out of competing and sometimes, you know, the nerve endings get a little bit afraid, but overall, very privileged to be a part of good teams with good people.
What made Steve Jeger so special as a player and a teammate.
I think because he never wanted to give up. I think this is because a lot of people maybe coming up had doubts, you know, saying are you good enough? You're not good enough? Will you be able to make it? You don't hit well enough? Well, I defy anyone to say that anybody was better than him catching wise. And the first knee jerk reaction, well what about Johnny Bench? Okay, what about Johnny Bench? Look at Jeger. I saw him
in a day out. Nothing against Johnny Bench, Hall of fame, a catcher and hit her two is what he did. But even little things like for Steve Jaeger in spring training.
I told you the story before.
There were pitchers in Dodgertown in having bullpen sessions in what they referred to as the string area, and there were about four different mounds side by side by side, and the pitchers would attempt and bet who could get a ball passed Steve Yager and make a pitch, And many of the pittures were disappointed because they could not get the ball passed. Steve took it personally if a ball got by him and he had to go to the backstop or anywhere around home plate to get the baseball.
Quick story when lou Brock, the Great lou Brock would get on base and I remember one instance, in particular in Saint Louis is it Rock Before the game, he goes, Steve, I'm gonna steal some bases on you. I'm gonna go, and Jag just looked at him and goes, let me tell you something. You don't want to embarrass yourself. And then Steve would look at the Brock when he did get on base and Brockwood yell in from first base. I'm going, Yig, I'm gonna go, and Yeg, we just
look at him and laugh. He goes, I've told you, Luke, don't embarrass yourself. I'll gun you down at second base.
Hey, that was the competitor that is Steve Jeger, and that's part of the reason why he is today's Timulus sort of.
Well, here's the other part, and here's why we were long, long lasting friends. Isn't on the exterior very tough guy. I got to see that teddy bear inside.
I bet you did.
He's a great guy and we all love Steve Yeger, a big part of Dodger history.
Don't try and run on him. I won't hilly him embarrass.
You, all right, Rick, Well, hear from Steve on Dodger Talk tonight. You've tipped me off to a few different questions.
A couple of little yeah, a couple of little questions, and I look forward to listening to it on the postgame Dodger Talk.
Thanks.
Ray, we'll check in with you a yeah, right, thanks buddy. Yeah, there's that Teddy Bear Rick Monday. We'll send it back to you in the studio.
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Jackson Ferris joins us.
Thanks for having me man, glad to be here.
You got a lot of presents about yourself. You and Dalton Rushing feels like you guys are knocking on the door and ready to go.
Yeah.
I mean, I'm just trying to have a good year and just hope to get on that I get a call eventually.
So what can you take away from your season and being in this organization for the first time?
I would just say that being a starting pitcher just is like going deep into games and longevity throughout a year. Like how healthy can you be getting laid into this year? So like you get into this time like everybody wants to play postseason baseball, and the Dodgers are going to give us a great opportunity to do that, and you just got to be healthy and answer the call whenever you get a shot. So that's one thing, probably the biggest thing I learned throughout this year.
We've heard so much about the Dodgers development of pictures, So what have you learned the most about the way they do things?
I just feel like the Dodgers aren't really scared to kind of screw up almost, so like they trust themselves and they trust what they do. And I have all my trust in all the coaches in the minor leagues, and so whatever they tell me, I'm going to take out with an open hand and then just hopefully it works out.
So in this stage of your career, do you have to have a certain leap of faith to make changes?
I would say a little little bit yeah, because like it's your career, but you also have to trust these people who know what they're doing and know what they're saying. And it's like you almost are hesitant, but you just have to open up to all these people and get to know which coaches are really there for you and
all that. And that's kind of the one thing that you just got to learn throughout a year, like which coaches are really going to be there for you through rough times and good times, and then just kind of go to those guys whenever you need them.
Jackson Ferris is our guest. You know that name.
He was treated to the Dodgers during the off season, but you are going to get to know him a lot more in the coming years. You actually threw a combined no hitter or almost a no hitter at Great Lakes, eight no hit innings before you were taken out. We hear about this so called zone. Were you in that zone that night?
Yeah? For sure.
That was just one of those nights where everything was clicking. It didn't matter like if I was getting a hard hit ball, because you go deep into a game like that and you don't give up a hit, you're gonna give up hard contact. So defense was always just placed in the right position. Defense helped me out behind me. Coaches told me in between innings how we need to attack the guys coming up, And just felt like everything was clicking that night.
What clicks for you the most? Is it the slider? Is it the fastball? Is it the curveball? Can you tell us a little bit more in LA about Jackson Ferris?
I feel like it's always going to be a fastball, like especially this year, I really ticked up in Vlo compared to the last couple of years. So it's always going to be my fastball. And then outside of that, it was kind of my slider was really my go to whenever I got into a jam, Like what pitch.
Did I use to get a strikeout? It was fastball slider always.
Do you got that, Uncle Charlie though?
Yeah, for sure.
Once I got moved up to double A. They were really really adamant on me throwing my curveball as often as ponsible because that is what my second best option was out of high school.
So now I throw that a lot. Again.
I was looking at the size of your hands, because the legend ghosts that Sandy Kofax had extremely large hands and fingers to be able to wrap his hand around the baseball, which gave him that great curveball.
It seems like.
You you were blessed with decent hands to throw that curveball.
Oh yeah, that's my opinion. Coach back home.
We started throwing like a double tate ball and a softball for a month before I could even throw a curveball with a baseball, And so that my pinion, coach back home is really the one who kind of pushed me towards an old twelve six curveball that I throw.
Now, well, you know there's a lefty right now on the Dodgers that is known for his fastball, his slider, and his curveball. How much have you heard the comparisons to Kershaw?
So growing up, that was really the guy who I looked up to the most in baseball. It was always him, just not necessarily motion or mechanics wise, but just stuff wise, like big fastball coming out. Kind of always got told he had control problems, which out of high school, that's what I was told I had, so just trying to fine tune those and then always having the twelve six curveball to throw and then developing a slider later on, which I've got.
Now.
Keep grinding down there and awesome to meet you. I've heard great things about Jackson Ferris.
Thank you. Great meeting you. Glad to be here.
Yeah, no doubt. Get on that mount Jackson.
Yeah, I wisht that's the goal.
Eventually, we'll send it back to you.
In the studio, Tim Jackson Fair in the house with Dalton rushing, we'll send it back to you, all right.
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Antonio Cinctela on the mound for the Rockies, twenty nine year old right hander out of Venezuela, no wins, no losses, six erra.
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He's missed most of last year and this season because of Tommy John surgery. Before that, in twenty twenty two, his season was cut short because of an ACL injury to his knee. Making just his second start this season, fastball slider change up last time out in his debut here in twenty twenty four, three plus innings, he threw sixty seven pitches, allowed two runs on four hits, truckout two against the Diamondbacks. Against the Dodgers fifteen career games, thirteen starts, he's four and.
Five with the five ninety eight RORA.
He tossed seven scoreless innings against him in his last start at Dodger Stadium. That was in September of twenty twenty one. Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound for the Dodgers, six and two, two sixty three. Erara, twenty six year old right hander making his seventeenth start this year, his third since coming back off the IOM shoulder injury. Last time out, four shutout innings, four hits, three strikeouts, and a no decision against the Braves. This is the second
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The pitching matchup.
Antonio sends a tello against Yoshinobu Yamamoto, both coming off of injuries. At Tonio sends a tell a Tommy John surgery and this will be his second start since coming back from the sixty day injured list and the Rockies looking forward to having him back. But he's just getting in some work before the regular season.
Yeah, And I think with Yamamoto, I don't think this is a question. And Dave Ro I'm just going to be asked to this before the ball game. How many pitches are you going to go? I'm not concerned with the number of pitches. I'm concerned with the competition that he has. I mean, this is a tune up. This is just, hey, go out and pitch for X number of pitches. This is to go out and compete. And I think that's at the top of the versus how long he's going to be in the game.
For Yamamoto just his third start after that three month stint on the injured list, but he's looked pretty good since coming back. He's allowed just one earn run over eight innings with eleven strikeouts combined against the Cubs and the Braves, so getting after it against the Rockies this afternoon rubber.
Game of the three game set.
Dodgers looking to take two out of three against Colorado heading into the day off tomorrow.
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