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00:00They picked up former Milwaukee Brewery stretched out he can give you innings he backs up Holmes who was really
00:06good again here tonight but it's not enough to this point.
00:15Fastball away and you're right to have that kind of power he's got power to all fields.
00:23Talking about home run.
00:27Here is Simeon to his right.
00:31And that is at number one of the inning.
00:34The difference between oppo power that the hitter slices the ball out compared to backspinning the ball out to the
00:42opposite field.
00:43That's what Teo does right here.
00:45This ball has got backspin on it.
00:47A little side spin.
00:48But it doesn't all of a sudden start curving to the right field line.
00:53So that creates a lot more carry.
00:57Second home run of the night by the Dodgers and now a big swing by Pajas for straight one.
01:06Andy with five home runs on the young season.
01:09He is looking for his first hit of the night.
01:11Leading the big leagues in hits coming in.
01:15One on or rather one in, one out here in the sixth inning.
01:21Base hit.
01:22He's been a machine.
01:27And all that hard work is paying off for Pajas.
01:30He gets plumped in the last at bat.
01:33He takes some of that venom and puts it into this swing.
01:35But this swing has been consistent since day one this year.
01:40He has really learned to cut the plate in halves.
01:44He's learned to pick on the high ball or the low ball.
01:47And then with two strikes, he's understanding how to protect and go to the opposite field.
01:59Dalton rushing at the plate.
02:01The DH has doubled and struck out.
02:04You know, last thing on Pajas, you're only as good as the pitches you swing at, right?
02:09And he has reduced the swing and miss by chasing less out of the strike zone.
02:18Big lead over at first base.
02:20And that draws the attention of Tobias Myers, who steps off.
02:34Outside.
02:362-0.
02:37This is a very powerful Dodger team.
02:39You get it from the top of the order, you get it from the bottom of the order.
02:42And a team that is undefeated 7-0 when they hit two or more home runs in a ballgame.
02:47They've got two tonight.
02:49One on, one out.
02:502-0 pitch is fouled right side.
02:54Off the netting in front of the Mets' dugout.
02:562-1.
02:59Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the Dodgers have lost to a National League team yet.
03:03Their losses have come to American League clubs.
03:07And the only series they've lost is against the Guardians.
03:152-1 pitch.
03:16And he's hit down the left field line toward the corner and fouled.
03:22Dalton Rushing almost took a page out of Freddie Freeman's book.
03:26Boy, does he get a lot of slicing doubles down the left field line.
03:31It's been a story this season for the Dodgers at the bottom four in their lineup across all other teams
03:41in the major leagues.
03:44He's been that productive with OPS of 894 from the bottom four spots in their order.
03:50And then he added that with the firepower they got at the top and in the middle.
03:54Nice catch by Beatty as he goes up to grab that throw over by Myers.
04:00I mean, it's a long, deep lineup right now.
04:07Here's a 2-2.
04:11Runner goes.
04:13Pius in.
04:13There's no throwdown.
04:18It'll be a stolen base.
04:19And for Andy, that's his third of the year.
04:23A strikeout for out number two in the air.
04:26And the batter will be Hesong Kim.
04:31Well, Alvarez, in the exchange, trying to get rid of it so quickly, lost it.
04:39But caught it back to finish off the strikeout.
04:43Runner in second, two out.
04:46Kim takes a strike.
04:47Home plate umpire Edwin Moscoso indicated that was a foul tip.
04:54That Alvarez hung on to and then couldn't corral it to throw down.
05:02Ball one.
05:03Joe, I love your comment that this Dodger line has great depth.
05:09Without Mookie Betts, without Tommy Edmund, who are going to join this team at some point.
05:15Here's a 1-1.
05:16And then, for the rest of the league, and anybody that's about to face him,
05:22there's Edmund.
05:24Blake Snell's on his way back.
05:26And he threw, today before the ballgame, two innings worth.
05:30He's going to do it again on Monday.
05:33There he is, right in the middle.
05:34Two-time Cy Young award winner, Blake Snell.
05:37Eating seeds, but through seeds this afternoon.
05:40He was in the mid-90s.
05:41Here's a strikeout to end the inning.
05:44And it's just the one run on the leadoff home run by Teoscar.
05:47Hernandez is fourth of the year.
05:50Dodgers back up by two.
05:52The Cardinals are representing St. Louis.
05:54And if they can win, the fans are the ones that get the biggest kick out of it.
05:57So, therefore, I think it's the fans that have been as much responsible for it as anything else.
06:03They have really accepted this particular thing.
06:05And I think people seeing the way baseball has done, the job that it has done,
06:09they feel it can be done in other areas also.
06:12My dad had the honor of interviewing Jackie Robinson.
06:15That was back in 1962 when he came through St. Louis and KMOX Radio talking about the fans.
06:25As we celebrate the legacy of the great Jackie Robinson here all day tonight,
06:33home of the Dodgers, taking on the Mets.
06:36Team that win baseball brought the National League back to New York,
06:42took the colors of the Giants and the Dodgers who had been in New York to combine for the colors
06:48of the Mets.
06:50So, apropos that they would be here tonight, 79 years ago, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball.
06:59As we go into the seventh inning, Blake Trinan takes over on the mound for Shohei Ohtani.
07:05Trinan stayed away from that.
07:08And Alex Freeland makes the play.
07:10One out.
07:12You just couldn't fit Metropolitans across the chest.
07:15You know, when I first got traded to the Mets, I was originally with the Texas Rangers.
07:19I got traded.
07:20I got the call that had just been traded to the Metropolitans.
07:23I didn't know what they were talking about.
07:24I knew the Mets, but I didn't know the Mets were short for Metropolitans.
07:31With one out, nobody on.
07:33The batter is Carson Benj.
07:36And I guess at some point, you just got to kind of laugh.
07:38If you're Benj, you're looking for hits.
07:41He hit a line drive in the left that was caught on a short hop by Teoscar Hernandez's last time
07:46up.
07:47And it led to a force out at second base as Alvarez went back to the bag at first.
07:54So, as it turns out, no hit.
07:56He's 0 for 2.
07:57And it's a 1-1 count here.
07:59They will not be sitting next to each other on the plane home.
08:06No shared dinners in Chicago.
08:10Here's a 1-1.
08:11Well hit in the left field.
08:13Back on the run.
08:15It is over the head of Hernandez.
08:18And Benj has got a 1-out double here in the 7th.
08:22That ball jumped.
08:24And he just showed how strong he is.
08:26He tells you a little bit about the insides of this young man.
08:29After not getting that base hit in his last at-bat, sticking his nose in there and hitting a laser
08:35beam to left center field.
08:39He's got all the talent.
08:41The power's going to come.
08:42He's incredibly fast.
08:44He's got maybe the best, one of the best outfield arms in the game.
08:48The hits are going to come.
08:52Could very well have two tonight.
08:54Instead, he's got a 1-out double here.
08:56And the batter is Marcus Simeon, who's ill for one with a strikeout and a walk.
09:01Chops it off the plate.
09:02Muncie charges, gloves, throws.
09:04Got him.
09:05Two away.
09:08We've spent a lot of time tonight talking about how great the 7, 8, 9 hitters have been for the
09:15Dodgers.
09:15It's been really the opposite story for the Mets this season.
09:19Although Melendez's two doubles are the biggest part of the offense.
09:27Well, if he can find his third hit, it's a one-run game again.
09:34Doubled in the left center, doubled into the right field corner.
09:37Takes a ball down and in from Trina.
09:40Trina got a huge out in last night's game when Yamamoto tired.
09:44He came in and struck out Luis Robert Jr. to get out of a jam.
09:521-0 pitch.
09:54In for a strike.
09:55Dodger bullpen will only have to cover, or has only covered in the first two games, two in the third
10:01innings.
10:02And tonight, they're going to have to cover three.
10:04So they are well-rested.
10:09Runner at third.
10:10Benj.
10:12Two out.
10:13Strike two.
10:15Unlike last night, though, Edmund Diaz threw a bullpen session, so Vessia, Alex Vessia, closed the game and got the
10:23save.
10:24Going to see Diaz probably tonight against this whole team.
10:31Trenan brings it on one and two, and it skips in for ball two.
10:35So you're saying they might be polishing the trumpets?
10:38Yes.
10:41Will we hear that tonight?
10:44Seventh inning, two-run ball game.
10:46Runner at third, two out.
10:51Two-two.
10:52Full count.
10:54Mets tonight, one for six.
10:57With the runners in scoring position, the man at the plate is the only guy to deliver.
11:03I'm expecting a breaking ball with how he's pitched him.
11:08Pham on deck.
11:09Three-two pitch.
11:12He got it.
11:13And he struck him out.
11:18Good strong inning from Blake Trenan.
11:20Gets around the one-out double by Benj.
11:22Time to stretch.
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11:39Second inning of work for Tobias Myers.
11:42And he fires a strike into the number nine hitter, Alex Freeland, who's 0-2 tonight.
11:473-1, bottom of the seventh.
11:51Dodgers trying to sweep.
11:54Well, Tobias Myers was the lesser half that they received from Milwaukee.
11:59They got one of their best starting pitchers in Freddy Peralta.
12:06The Mets cover innings when their starters don't go deep.
12:10With Tobias Myers and Sean Minaya.
12:12And they'll come in and sometimes finish the ballgame, even though the starter went five innings.
12:17And for a while, they were toying with a six-man rotation, but that really hasn't come to fruition yet.
12:24They're starting pitching has been fine.
12:32Here's a 1-2 pitch.
12:35Freeland able to lay off.
12:38Tobias has that iron mic kind of delivery straight over the top with a breaking ball and a split change.
12:50The pitching that the Mets have gotten has got to give them some hope that when they get healthy, they're
12:58going to start getting some runs.
13:01Bad offense is usually a long night.
13:04Bad pitching is a long year.
13:07And so they've got a chance to turn this around with the pitching and the quality of it.
13:13Here's a 2-2.
13:15Skips in full count.
13:20Well, right now it's up to Myers to keep this a two-run game.
13:30That's a long few nights.
13:32That is hard to believe.
13:34That is off Myers for a base hit.
13:43I think he hit it harder than it came in.
13:48That was a bullet.
13:54Well, most pitchers follow through on a position and not a fielding position.
13:59So, Myers is very vulnerable to this line drive back that catches him in the leg.
14:06I mean, that caught him.
14:09Flush, flush on the back of the leg.
14:11He's acting like it didn't hit him.
14:14Well, I'll just tell you, when you're on the mound and you've got line drive off your body as a
14:20pitcher, you have to pretend it didn't hurt.
14:23You can't give the hitter the benefit that he might have hurt you.
14:28Even though you're dying inside.
14:31Myers barely flinched.
14:33And back to the top of the order, and Kyle Tucker is 0-3.
14:42That is ripped.
14:44Into right, and Benj is there for out number one.
14:48Hardest hit ball of the night by far for Kyle Tucker 1-0.
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15:01Ready, Freeman.
15:06Benj was there.
15:07Tucker hit that ball at over 107 miles per hour.
15:16And here's Freeman.
15:18By the way, you were right on that ball that left the bat of Freeland and hit the leg of
15:24Tobias Myers.
15:25It came in at 93.4.
15:27It went out at 94.3.
15:341-0 pitch to Freddie Freeman.
15:372-0.
15:38So that didn't even qualify as a hard hit ball.
15:41You've got to get to 95.
15:43Ask Myers then.
15:44Yes, exactly.
15:552-0 pitch.
15:573-0.
16:04Green light for sure.
16:10Singled sharply his first time.
16:12Line to center his neck.
16:13Walked in the fifth.
16:18And on 3-0, skies one into center for Luis Robert Jr.
16:242-0.
16:26Boy, that's got to feel good as a pitcher.
16:28You're on the count 3-0 on Freeman.
16:30He's got the green light and he gets under one.
16:33I don't know about you, Ron, but I liked it when they swung 3-0.
16:36I agree.
16:37It kept me off the hook, though.
16:38I'm looking at a walk here.
16:40It's like I dug myself in this hole.
16:42The hitter might get me out in one pitch.
16:48Here's Will Smith.
16:54One hit tonight.
16:55Chops one to third.
16:58Bichette looked good.
17:01No problem for Bode.
17:03New position in 20-26.
17:05Let's go to the eighth here at Dodger Stadium.
17:083-1.
17:10Through 95 pitches.
17:11And now Tanner Scott is the new pitcher after trying to win a scoreless seventh.
17:18Eighth inning and Tommy Pham leads it off.
17:21Strike one.
17:24Now you'll see fastballs to both sides of the plate.
17:26Throwing his breaking ball for strikes a lot more often compared to last year when Tanner Scott had a rough
17:31one.
17:36Chopped off the plate.
17:38Tough play for Muncie.
17:39Gloves got it.
17:45Once he's had three of those plays in this game tonight and has been flawless in each.
17:50Showed up to spring training and lost some weight.
17:53A guy that they really rescued out of the A's organization was on the street.
17:58Reclamation Project.
18:00They rewarded him in the spring with a contract extension.
18:03And he's been a clutch player for this Dodgers team ever since he got to L.A.
18:10Back to the top.
18:11And Francisco Lindor.
18:13Strike one.
18:20Lindor after homering last night for his first of the year.
18:240 for 3 tonight.
18:26And happy that Ohtani is no longer out there.
18:39Here's a 1 1.
18:42Strike two.
18:45A 1 1 breaking ball from a short reliever is showing that he has confidence in that pitch.
18:53No pitcher wants to go to 2 and 1 and think, oh, I'm going to have a tough time landing
18:58this pitch.
18:59But he's got confidence in that breaking ball now.
19:04From short, it's Kim.
19:06Had to hurry and got his man.
19:08Good play.
19:11Hessong Kim to his right.
19:14No margin for error and delivered a strike.
19:17You know, they always talk about speed on offense.
19:21Speed works on defense as well.
19:23When you're able to get to the ball as quick as Kim did there.
19:27And finished the play on the speedy Lindor.
19:31Got it by a step two out.
19:35And Luis Robert Jr.
19:38Takes the ball.
19:45Again, if the situation presents itself.
19:48Meaning if the score were to stay as is.
19:51Or stay a three-run game.
19:53Diving stop.
19:55Kim.
19:55What a play.
19:57Oh.
19:59One to his right.
20:01And then one to his left.
20:03And the one to his left was sensational.
20:07Take it, Robert.
20:14What a play.
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20:23Devin Williams is on the mound.
20:26Third pitcher of the ball game for the Mets.
20:294-5-6 for L.A.
20:32That means Hernandez, Muncy, and Pajes.
20:42That is down.
20:45One ball, one strike.
20:48The numbers for Devin Williams.
20:51No runs allowed so far.
20:53Just the opposite of his start for the other New York team, the Yankees, last season.
20:58Williams hasn't pitched since the 7th of April.
21:03When you're the closer on a team that's not getting leads.
21:07We're going to get a challenge here on that pitch by the Mets.
21:14And it was worthwhile.
21:16We are getting the challenge.
21:19Tailing action brought it right back to the edge of the plate.
21:22Good late movement.
21:23And instead of 2-1, it's 1-2.
21:29Amanda's homered into right.
21:30His last time up.
21:352-2.
21:36One of the things I've seen from Williams is that he's been using his fastball more.
21:41He's got that great airbender.
21:43He calls and one of the most unique pitches in the game.
21:46Really works like a screwball.
21:53Full count.
21:57There is the former closer of the Mets, Edwin Diaz, getting loose.
22:02Here in the bottom of the eighth.
22:093-2 pitch.
22:11We'll do it again.
22:20Williams wants a new ball.
22:22New pitch with a guy that had one of the great screwballs, the late great Freddie.
22:28Fernando Valenzuela.
22:30It was taught to him by Bobby Castillo when he was in the minor leagues.
22:34And it vaulted his career.
22:373-2 again.
22:38Reaching for it.
22:40Lindor has to back up.
22:42Safe.
22:45Hernandez with an infield hit.
22:47Hustling out of the box.
22:48Oh, yeah.
22:54I mean, the hustle you love to see from Hernandez.
22:58Steals himself a hit.
23:01Lindor was confused when the second this ball was on the ground.
23:05He needed to charge it.
23:06He stayed back on it.
23:07And because Hernandez was hustling, the base hit.
23:15Monsie will be the hitter.
23:220 for 3 in this bowl game.
23:30Ball 1 gets away from Devin Williams.
23:36I would think that he's going to try and speed him up with the fastball,
23:39but not give it to him for a strike,
23:41and then trying to get him to roll over with the changeup.
23:44Looking for a pair.
23:502-0.
23:54You're always a little worried.
23:56You're closer is used to pitching.
23:58The ninth inning, with a lead.
24:00They're adrenaline junkies by nature.
24:02And when they come in these situations,
24:04it doesn't always feel the same.
24:082-0 pitch here.
24:103-0.
24:13Just make it clap.
24:17Well, the Mets, who have lost seven straight.
24:22You want any hope in the ninth inning?
24:24This has got to stay a 3-1 game.
24:27And that's up to Devin Williams to make happen.
24:31And now, after the infield hit,
24:33a walk and it's two on with nobody up.
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24:43They ruffle feathers, push boundaries.
24:46They are high performers.
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24:55Well, now you've got trouble.
24:57Andy Paz is digging in.
25:01He's been hit by a pitch.
25:03He leads the big leagues in hits.
25:07He's as tough and out as there is in the game right now.
25:10Two on, nobody out here in the eighth.
25:15Strike one.
25:16Dodgers are only one for 12 with a walk with a man on base tonight.
25:22But that was a home run from Kim, that one.
25:27Came back in the second.
25:30They lead 3-1, a chance for more.
25:33Ball one.
25:55That's in the right center field.
25:56Well hit.
25:57Over the head of Bench.
26:00Hernandez is going to be held at third.
26:03They throw behind Paz.
26:07Safe and the bases are loaded.
26:14Unable to score from second base is Teoscar Hernandez.
26:19On that ball, they got over the head of Carson Bench and Wright.
26:24Well, nice hitting by Paz as he went the other way.
26:28The young right fielder, Bench, was fooled by this.
26:31Took a route and the ball ended up flying over his head.
26:35The base runners were trying to tag up.
26:37So that's why the Dodgers didn't score a run.
26:42Teo was a little tight to second base.
26:44You can be about 20 feet off the base.
26:47And if a guy's making a diving catch at right, you can still get back and tag up.
26:51He got a little too close over there.
26:53And I'm sure he and Dino Ivo down there at third are going over the flag.
26:57Dalton rushing.
26:59Well, the bases are loaded now with nobody out.
27:02On the infield hit the walk.
27:04And then that ball that bounced off the wall in right.
27:08And here's Dalton rushing with the infield in.
27:12He's had good swings tonight.
27:15Here's one in the air to center.
27:18Robert back at the wall.
27:21Grand slam.
27:22Dalton rushing.
27:24And the Dodgers blow it open.
27:467-1 here in the eighth inning.
27:50And what a start to the season for young Dalton rushing.
27:54It's some swing.
27:55It's out of center field.
27:57It's a chilly night here in L.A.
28:00And the youngster knew it was gone.
28:02He was jogging and watching it.
28:08And how about on this night when for the first time with pitching for the Dodgers, Ohtani, because he was
28:15hit by the pitch on Monday, isn't the D.H.
28:19And instead, it's Dalton rushing who has doubled and scored and now hit a blow it open grand slam.
28:32Well, this ball is up in the strike zone.
28:34It was that airbender that didn't bend.
28:420-2 pitch now to Haesong Kim inside for rushing.
28:48That's his fourth home run in his last 13 at-bats.
28:54He came to the big leagues with a bat.
28:57It didn't show up, but it has shown up this year.
29:00Last year was a struggle.
29:03A strikeout for the first out here in the eighth.
29:07So the rest of the league has got to be saying they got another guy.
29:13We got Dalton rushing who put a charge into it in center field on that pitch that was up.
29:21It's an elevated changeup.
29:24He didn't miss it.
29:27Championship teams.
29:28Where we miss it.
29:30Championship teams.
29:31Kelsey, he's right there.
29:32Seem to elevate everyone on the roster.
29:36Kick and hit.
29:38After the strikeout, a pitching change for the Mets.
29:41Devin Williams out.
29:45Freeland.
29:46But front line hitter.
29:49Dalton rushing.
29:50Grand slam here in the eighth inning.
29:52Then a strikeout by Devin Williams on Kim.
29:56The pitching change.
29:58And Austin Warren comes in to deal with Alex Freeland in a 7-1 game.
30:04And a strike in at the knees.
30:06Dave Roberts uses the term, I like to keep my players relevant.
30:10Especially the peripheral parts.
30:11And when we were in the meeting with him, right?
30:13He said, you know, why is Dalton rushing in there?
30:15Well, I want to get him some at-bats.
30:18I've got to keep him relevant.
30:19Joe, you made a great point.
30:21So they don't DH Ohtani.
30:23So the guy DH-ing has the kind of night like rushing does.
30:26And Ohtani's in line for the win.
30:28And he struck out 10.
30:30He just had a bobblehead for his playoff game where he hit three home runs and struck out 10.
30:35You saw that.
30:36I did.
30:36I was doing that game.
30:38Wow.
30:40Here comes an 0-2 pitch to Alex Freeland, who is 1-3 on the night.
30:46Two out in the inning.
30:51The inning was started with Lindor laying back on the ground ball.
30:55It doesn't feel good for your closer and your leader's shortstop as far as the team chemistry.
31:00That's something you're going to have to overcome in the locker room.
31:03And it's been, Ron, kind of an uneven start defensively for Francisco Lindor with kind of some mental lapses on
31:12plays in the field.
31:12And that was one where that last hop just killed him.
31:15He had no chance.
31:16Well, it was close, but the hustle of Hernandez turned it into a hit.
31:20It's one of the things that you've never seen in his time in New York.
31:23Lindor is one of those guys that is buttoned up.
31:26He doesn't make mistakes.
31:27But, yes, he's made a few here early that have cost his team.
31:31Two out, nobody on.
31:32Back to the top of the order.
31:33Kyle Tucker, who hit a rocket at 107 miles per hour, but caught out and right his last time up.
31:40He's 0-4.
31:43And his average in his first year as a Dodger is sitting at 2-27.
31:471-1 pitch.
31:50On its way.
31:51And that is ripped into right.
31:54Back at the wall.
31:55It is gone for a home run.
32:00And Benj lost his glove.
32:06Another home run.
32:07And for Tucker, his second is a Dodger.
32:10And this is an 8-1 ball game here in the 8th.
32:18The Dodgers have Velcroed Benj to the right field wall all night long.
32:27They were 1-for-12 with men on base until Pajas came up and got the hit.
32:31But that didn't score a run.
32:33Then they get the grand slam.
32:35Then they get a few strikeouts.
32:37And then Tucker goes deep.
32:40Brings in Freddie Freeman.
32:43So Tucker, his last two at-bats.
32:45Put a couple of ropes.
32:49It's 8-1.
32:52Freeman after that high pitch.
32:55One ball, one strike.
32:56And here's the swing.
32:58Down and in to a left-handed hitter.
33:01No bueno.
33:03And again, lost glove.
33:05Benj over the wall.
33:08Here's a 1-1 pitch to Freddie Freeman.
33:10Ball two.
33:14With all these runs, they put the trumpets away.
33:19To play it on play him on another night.
33:25There's a rope in the right.
33:27Freeman is on base for the third time tonight.
33:30Benj is getting his workout in right field.
33:33And it's a two-out double.
33:35And the ninth man to bat in the inning is coming up.
33:39Will Smith.
33:49Will Smith.
33:49Catcher number 42, Will Smith.
33:54Freddie continues to barrel up baseballs.
33:58Everybody in the Dodger lineup has reached base,
34:01except for Alex Freeland in the nine hole.
34:03But he has hit the ball hard.
34:08Smith fouls it on a playoff to the right.
34:11The Dodgers.
34:1329 home runs coming in.
34:16They've hit four tonight.
34:20And it's the fourth time the Dodgers have hit four more home runs in a game.
34:24And it's the third time for Kyle Tucker, his first home home run as a Dodger.
34:290-1 pitch is down.
34:32The ball and a strike on Smith.
34:39So the offense is churning.
34:42The pitching is phenomenal.
34:46You do the little things right.
34:50The first and defensive run saved at the plus 18.
34:56Coming into this game, their run differential was plus 40.
35:02Come into this season looking for a three-peat.
35:05They won it all at 24.
35:06They won it all last year with that thrilling series against the Blue Jays.
35:10And they lead the NL West at the start of the day by a couple of games over San Diego.
35:152-1 pitch.
35:17Bullet foul.
35:17Only two other organizations have won three or more of the Yankees organization three different times.
35:24And, of course, the A's in the early 70s.
35:29So it has not been done in the National League.
35:36Two balls, two strikes.
35:38Runner in second, two out.
35:41And that's off the end of the bat.
35:43Luis Robert Jr. will stalk it, make the catch.
35:45But a five-run eighth inning.
35:49And have they had...
35:50What?
35:53What?
35:55Yeah, they didn't tell you.
35:56Who said?
35:59No.
36:01It'll be good to talk to you, Scotty.
36:03Good to hear your voice.
36:04It's an 8-1 ballgame ninth inning.
36:07This is it for the Mets.
36:09They are in danger of dropping their eighth in a row.
36:12The numbers aren't good.
36:14Dodgers have 12 hits tonight.
36:15The Mets have 10 hits in this series.
36:18They've just been totally overmatched and overwhelmed by the world champs.
36:25One ball, one strike on Brett Beatty, who's 0 for 3 tonight.
36:30New pitcher is a right-hander by the name of Kyle Hurt.
36:35And it's been a long road back for a guy who has got great stuff as he makes his way
36:41back from Tommy John surgery.
36:43Strike two on Beatty.
36:44Ben Kasparius was put on the I.L.
36:48A little shoulder irritation.
36:50Kyle Hurt now coming back from Tommy John surgery.
36:52And, yes, he does have great stuff.
36:54And this is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to the arms that the Dodgers could get healthy.
37:01How about a strikeout after almost exactly two years away from the Dodgers.
37:09His last appearance two years ago tomorrow.
37:13And now he comes in after all the work that he's put in and strikes out Brett Beatty to start
37:18the night.
37:18I always wonder for these young men that are away from the game so long after surgery like that.
37:23It must be emotional, you know, after you record your first out.
37:26I would want that ball.
37:27Oh, good call.
37:31This one is outside for ball one on Bichette.
37:35Be signing it and giving it to my surgeon or my therapist.
37:39I thought you had a therapist.
37:42Yeah.
37:43Physical therapist.
37:44Okay.
37:45Here is a 1-0 pitch outside 2-0.
37:49At least I covered for myself on the cheating word.
37:51You covered yourself on therapist.
37:54Joe hasn't covered himself at all.
37:55He doesn't need to cover himself.
37:57Oh, well, yeah, I had one tonight, but we covered it.
38:012-0 pitch is chased, swing and a miss.
38:05Bichette 0-3 in tonight's ballgame.
38:0922 of 25 outs for the Mets have either been on the ground or strikeouts.
38:16It's not a good sign for the offense.
38:19There's one into left field, a base hit.
38:21And Bichette has his first knock of the night, on with one out here in the ninth.
38:30Great night here at Dodger Stadium.
38:32That moment, it is so cool and so special.
38:36Dave Roberts talking to both teams earlier this afternoon out by the Jackie Robinson statue.
38:45And the life and the integrity and the fortitude of Jackie Robinson celebrated on this day, not just here at
38:53Dodger Stadium, but across baseball and in this country.
38:5879 years ago on this day, breaking baseball's color barrier, one-on-one-out for Francisco Alvarez.
39:09And that'll put another man on with one away.
39:15And hopefully everybody's all right.
39:18Yeah, Alvarez has missed a lot of time by getting hit by pitches, especially in the hands.
39:26But this is a change-up from Hurd.
39:27He's not trying to hit anybody.
39:28He's trying to throw strikes.
39:30The pitch just got away.
39:32And just off the edge of the left hand.
39:34It just slips out of his hand a little bit.
39:39Also got a piece of Will Smith.
39:42Here is Ben.
39:43And then she gets another plate appearance as he takes a ball upstairs from Kyle Hurt.
39:53Hurt at one point back in 2023 was the Branch Rickey, Minor League Pitcher of the Year.
40:02Gained to the big leagues, had a great debut, and then has been dealing with the elbow injury in this
40:09fight back.
40:10And now the count's 2-0 and a visit from Will Smith.
40:12Just a great move here by Will Smith.
40:14He just realizes, strikes out his first batter, does hurt.
40:18Now everything is up, maybe overthrowing a little bit.
40:22The rush of adrenaline, I'm sure, has got to be sky high.
40:25Just settling down his young right-hander.
40:29When you get the ball down in the strike zone, it's like one heartbeat after your landing leg lands.
40:34Not one heartbeat before it lands.
40:37Here's a 2-0 and chasing it is benched, 2-1.
40:43And it is hard to be patient with your delivery when you've waited two years to be back out there
40:48and the adrenaline is going through your body.
40:53Runners at first and second, one out, 2-1 pitch, fouled back.
40:57Good visit.
41:04Hurt pitched collegially at USC, drafted by the Marlins, and now trying to restart his career in the big leagues
41:11with the Dodgers.
41:13Strikeout.
41:15Started the inning, a hit, a hit by pitch.
41:18It's sounding board there for the young man, Dalton Rushing, talking to Mookie Betts.
41:23And that 97-mile-per-hour pitch misses low.
41:26It's a full count.
41:343-2.
41:36Struck him out, two goals.
41:39Excellent visit by Will Smith.
41:40And every pitch since the visit was either waist-high or below compared to shoulder-high.
41:49And now Marcus Simeon is the last hope for the Mets.
41:53Catchers are part-time therapists.
41:55Yes, they are.
42:00Before a crowd of just under 51,000 here at Dodger Stadium, Dodgers are on their way to a 14
42:09-and-4 start.
42:12Two-time and defending world champs.
42:19Here's a 1-0.
42:23And that's going to be challenged by Will Smith.
42:26This is more of a challenge to help out a young pitcher.
42:35Will shrugged his shoulders like,
42:38I know why I was challenging it.
42:40Worth a shot.
42:42And the Dodgers now out of challenges.
42:48Two on, two out, to another count.
42:53Simeon.
42:55Was waiting on that pitch and skies it down the left field line.
43:00It is out of play for strike one.
43:06Off the bat, I thought that was going to be ten rows deep, but it was trying to sneak back
43:09into play.
43:12Well, Simeon's trying to get it jump-started and was waiting for that 2-0 pitch and just got under
43:19it a little quick.
43:202-1.
43:20I think it's always difficult for the everyday player who's had some tremendous amount of success.
43:28As an older player, do you still have the hands, bat speed, to get to the 95-plus?
43:35It's always something they worry about.
43:39Strike two.
43:46Dodgers tonight on offense scored eight at 12 hits, four home runs.
43:50Pitching-wise, a run on four hits.
43:52They've struck out 13.
43:55Defense has been good all night.
43:59Here comes a 2-2 pitch.
44:02That is in the air to shallow center field.
44:04It will drop for a base hit.
44:07Coming in to score is the lead runner, Bichette.
44:13And it's an 8-2 ball game.
44:15On a two-out RBI single by Marcus Simeon.
44:18It's not a painful run for the Dodgers, but it is for Kyle Hurt.
44:22He would have loved to have a post-to-zero after the rehab
44:25and has thrown the ball predominantly well in the outing.
44:28Hit by a pitch and then falling behind in a count.
44:31But two strikeouts, but the blooper probabilities of baseball sometimes burn you.
44:38MJ Melendez gets another chance.
44:40Great debut as it met tonight with a pair of doubles and a strikeout.
44:45Has an RBI and takes ball one.
44:52The lead runner now is Alvarez at second.
44:54That's a strike.
44:55One and one.
45:10Again, the Mets are down to their final strike.
45:14That was a good change up there from Hurt.
45:16And conversely, for the Mets and Simeon, baby steps.
45:20You know, the base hit with a runner in scoring position just maybe gets him going.
45:29Crowd back to their feet.
45:31Hoping it ends right here.
45:34And it does.
45:35A strikeout ends the ball game.
45:37And the Dodgers win this, complete the sweep, and beat the Mets tonight 8-2.
45:43Jackie Robinson day.
45:44The Dodger organization, of course, very proud of Jackie and what he did for baseball in America
45:48on the night when Shohei Otani just does one half of his game.
45:52It pitches very well.
45:54They now.
45:54They now.
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