MLB St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers FULL GAME - 30.03.2024

of 2024 the rain is held off we're ready to play some ball at Dodger Stadium debut of yoshinobu Yamamoto no star on the Hollywood HW Walk of Fame yet yet for now he's just got to settle for this at Blue Heaven but the story of the day has been what's happening above Dodger Stadium the weather and for a weather report we say hello to Kiren Watson well Stephen first I should say it is in fact raining we were hoping that the rain was being pushed back this evening not going to start really until after the game but everyone remains optimistic that they're going to be able to get this one in Dave Roberts told us earlier that hopefully they can play through everything will be okay and the rain will remain light just as it is now guys thank you Kiron we're we're knocking on this to make sure that that happens next to oral Hyer for the first time this year I'm stepen Nelson we appreciate you joining us and we hope to get a full ball game in and we hope that yoshinobu Yamamoto has a bounceback start in his first start at home yeah you know what nothing has broken the regimen so far he's been warming up the normal natural way he's been able to do his throwing program his stretching they've been getting readings on his breaking stuff down in the bullpen and so everything is going according to plan and he wants it to go according to plan compared to what happened in Korea where the Padre's batted around but now with Yamamoto he's got to find in this chilly weather a good grip on the curveball and a good grip on the split trying to follow suit of his teammates and rotation mates Tyler glassnow and Bobby Miller who've been booed by the big bats mooki bets his torid start continues and teoscar Hernandez the new Dodger he got onto the board for the first two times on Friday night what do we got for Saturday night come back and find out on sportset [Applause] La I heard [Applause] that behind the 16 leel number 37z [Applause] Out start for his hometown team six strong Bobby Miller six shut out to get the Dodgers two wins to start this four game series against the St Louis Cardinals tonight's starter for the first time exiting the dougout and heading to the mounted Dodgers Stadium yoshinobu Yamamoto he's probably a little nervous not as nervous as he was in Korea and everything that he worried about happened in Korea but this is another Fresh Start one of the most decorated pitchers to ever leave Japan and come here to the MLB y mamoto wants to have the split finger working tonight he wants to have the curveball and the fastball location back everything pretty much abandoned him in Korea in that first inning where the pod batted around but tonight it's a brand new start this is a guy that was a front runner as far as the early predictions for Rookie of the Year in national league and he wants to start that again the opposing lineup That Yamamoto will face is Led off by the left fielder Brendan Donovan Paul Goldman at first Nolan Gorman the second baseman cleaning up is Nolan arado at third Matt Carpenter an old Dodger Nemesis back with St Louis bats fifth is a DH Ivon Hera is the catcher betting six Alec burles in right Brandon Crawford yes that Brandon Crawford at short for the Cardinals and Victor Scott II rounding things out as the [Music] centerfielder yoshinobu Yamamoto at 25 years old three Pacific League MVPs in npom professional baseball three consecutive salura Awards three Pacific League Triple Crowns a Japan Series winner two no hitters four consecutive strikeout championships as oral Luda 2 perhaps the most decorated pitcher at that age in npb history now his first pitch at Dodgers Stadium is in there 96 mph for strike one drawing a rockus Ovation from the fans still filtering in not caring an ounce about the weather above a swinging strike two as Yamamoto drops a curve on Donovan the crowd is reacting exactly the way they do with otani's at bats cheering and then silence at the moment of the pitch that's three three pitches three strikes one out for yoshinobu [Applause] Yamamoto that will calm him down breaking the ball a little bit high but when it's up and still breaking sharp you're spinning the ball very [Applause] well the toughness of the test increases with Paul goldshmid standing in the right-handed batters box swings at the first pitch and fouls away a [Applause] souvenir in this series gold Schmid three for six the pair of walks nothing in two fastball location is what abandoned him in Korea really didn't abandon him he was never there but boy three fast balls so far have been edging the O2 on the way misses low that was the splitter at 90 reminds me a lot of Zack Gran's change up throw it so hard but it breaks so sharp one ball two strikes on the former NL MVP amamoto delivers and loses one inside the count squares up in his Dodger debut in Soul everything that could have gone wrong seemingly did five runs and four hits a walk a hit batter two strikeouts but only one inning of work 43 pitches just 23 [Applause] strikes he steps back and ready for the two- two goldi flares it [Applause] foul the Padre's got hits off of yamamoto's four seamer his cutter and that signature splitter the trademark command just was not there it wasn't the ball was kind of slipping out I'm sure they've made some adjustments it has been a big adjustment so far to the Major League Baseball for him another 2-2 another foul ball everything plays off your fast ball no matter what percentage you throw of a fast ball you could throw 30% you could throw 60% like a lance Lin but everything comes off the fast ball and the fast ball looks really good tonight trying to put Paul Goldman away and he does the fast ball prior to this sets up the split it look makes it look like gmid is wandering outside the strike zone but the beginning of this window is a fast ball away where the last pitch was then it buries outside and Away makes goldm look like not a little eager but not the MVP that he is swing and a miss it was something he didn't get enough of in Soul just five whiffs on 18 swings in his first start and none on eight Splitters there he strikes out a former MVP with the split one ball no strikes facing noan Gorman the second baseman curveball gets a whiff and strike one 78 mph from 96 dropping down 18 mph that'll get you out front Gorman big power but swing and Miss in his profile fastball misses downstairs and inside two and one altered the Rhythm on that leg kick right there to upset the hitter's timing but upset his location another curve gets another swing in a miss two and two strike three swinging Yosi noou Yamamoto strikes out the side to begin his Dodgers Stadium debut un looking to swinging I think the nerves have settled in and he looks [Applause] fine because he might do this as he's done now 29 times in his Dodger career a lead off home run passing Davy Lopes on Friday for the most in franchise history 49 in his career he leads off again at sh Show Otani the DH well you know this lineup by now facing old friend Lance Lynn who misses down and away for ball one lance is going to come with about 80% parted of the fast ball the Sinker and the cutter so get ready for something firm the Dodgers so far in 2024 have hit over 300 against the hard stuff with four of their home runs four of their seven home runs against a fast ball cutter or Sinker what his Arsenal was last year stack cast 3D powered by Google Cloud mookie bats lines a base hit on the left field he takes a long turn around first and heads back with a base hit to begin the game he's now reach base safely in 14 of 20 plate appearances setting the table for this number 17 [Applause] Lance Lan on the mound for the first time since he gave up four home runs to the Dbacks in the third inning in game three of the nlds his first pitch to Otani a strike at the bottom of the Zone he gave up a league High 44 a year ago sh Otani hit 44 a year ago still searching for his first as a Dodger ball one he was definitely taking the first pitch that one he just graded as I don't want to swing at it definitely has some Rhythm now and watching the mechanics from Lynn Lyn's 11-1 Tani takesa thought about throwing down first base on Betts sh's Never Been Knocked Down by a catcher but it was almost there two balls in a strike on the second of three consecutive MVPs for the Dodgers Otani rips the ball to right field two batters two base hits two base runners for La in the [Applause] first everything that could have gone wrong in Korea for Yamamoto did everything that Lance Lyn thought about last night in facing this big three has started out in a negative way but a positive way for the Dodgers two on nobody out for Mr bobblehead himself Freddy [Music] Freeman fast ball low Lynn keeps checking them out he plant foot there have been some light drops falling since we started The Telecast so the mound and field conditions will be monitored to be sure Lynn checks on Betts delivers to Freeman called strike just off the plate it's Nate Tomlinson calling the balls in strikes sha Barber at first Allen Porter the crew chief at second Ryan blakney at third the umpiring [Applause] crew outside two and [Applause] one sh Otani has seen Lance Lyn well in his career Freddy Freeman is not just one for 11 lifetime does have four walks could easily be 4 and0 right there the 1-1 pitch or the 1 pitch that was called for a ball was edgy and he got the break Freddy on his bobble heads in a very good hitters count three and one Lynn delivers Freddy serves one through the left side Station to Station the bases are loaded can Will Smith clean him up inside the box scores brought to you by your Lexis dealers showing you what the Dodger catcher has done so far this year fresh off is signing a nice 10-year deal where the Dodgers say we want you behind the plate till you're 39 years old young man so he is very comfortable in the Batters box and producing so far this year Bases Loaded nobody out for the Dodgers here in the bottom of the first inning against Lance Lyn singles from from Betts and Otani and Freddy Freeman as well it's well outside two and 0 when You Face your ex battery mate with Will Smith and Lance Lyn had a great relationship when Lance was here last year feel like you have to trick him and he's gone right to two breaking balls not his typical fashion of throwing the hard stuff Ln gets on the board with strike [Applause] [Music] one middle to Inner half will will Greenlight it and let it go he swings through strike two was a good cutter right there that was firm and late see the wind whipping here at Dodgers Stadium as well cool and Breezy as Lynn Fires at 2-2 and misses outside to fill up the [Applause] [Music] count it's rare to see the flags flying out towards left field here it tells you that the weather is a little different for Southern California tonight Bases Loaded nobody out and nowhere to put Will Smith he pokes one down the right field line it is tailing toward the seats it will get [Applause] there just an emergency hack right there to kind of extend the count Paul wasn't in a place where he really liked it but he knew he had to try and follow it off make an [Music] attempt so we'll do it again swing and a miss strike [Applause] [Music] three little too aggressive for will it looks like it and then it ends up a ball had some cutting action and really that was a big wide cutter still a grand slam situation for a guy who knows how to hit him Max Muny first pitch way out in front hooks [Music] foul if he doesn't hit that pitch it might hit him in the ribs that ball was coming in on him base is still full now one down in the first M up to Oscar Hernandez on Deck the pitch from Lyn is upstairs [Music] [Applause] he makes a mistake with the cutter on the inner half of the plate that's the one Max can launch they peel down a third they say he did go oh two seamer away and it was close to being called to strike but the bat you be the umpired home that's yeah those check swing calls are tough that one goes against Max he's behind in the count back-to- back strikeouts for Lance [Applause] Lyn trouble still lurking tocar hernandes at the first two home runs of his Dodger career including one to right field that showed just how strong that bat can be it was surprising because of the way he was swinging the bat coming into the game but it wasn't surprising that we're off left-handed pitching he has dominated left-handed pitching since being in the big [Music] leagues one to another the count on Hernandez 17th career multi-home run effort on Friday night makees some tweaks to his swing is's getting a little long get short to the ball he waves It Strike [Applause] One cutter in some ways is acting like a slider as big as it is tonight so far for Lance Lyn first three got on the last two have struck out osar trying to make sure this first inning doesn't go to waste he fouls back strike two [Applause] this here A 300 hitter with runners in scoring position a one-w from Lynn who let the first three reach and then struck out the next three so a scoreless first Yamamoto back to [Music] work oh and everyone gets a Free Jumbo Jack tomorrow at Jack In The Box with the purchase of a large drink in the LA area first pitch of the second inning skyed in the air to right by Nolan arado Jason Hayward drifts over one pitch one out in the second but it wasn't a strikeout so I don't know if this guy's any [Music] good we're not going to hold our evaluation we're just going to say he is good from the resume and we're going to forget about what happened in Korea we're going to remember the first inning I think what's notable so far oral is yoshinobu Yamamoto getting ahead that is something he struggled with in Soul Matt Carpenter the DH for the Cardinals today watches ball one low but against the Padres it was just three out of nine batters of first pitch strike thrown that's tough to work no matter how good your stuff is but if you're in hitters count and you're kind of flailing away and can't really find any of your pitches uh it's almost impossible and that's what it ended up being got a call on the curve for strike one now the one- one to Carpenter left Tanner swings through strike two he went back to the well I love the fact that the breaking ball as far as this curve ball and the split are all in the strike zone he's not spiking it it's not slipping out of his hand [Applause] that's a good miss right there Stephen I'll tell you what you you got a one-w count you got a new baseball in your hand you've been working through some things you had a tough first outing and you're able to execute that pitch starting to feel comfortable three Curves in a row on the 2 two he gives Carpenter a fast ball at the top of the Zone it's fouled back perfect location right there the rookie in the major leagues anyway facing a 14-year veteran and Carpenter allall three Tails armide back in St Louis after two years away at 15 homers and 57 47 games rather for the Yankees in 2022 number one-year contract with the Padres but last year was a strugg for him on 3-2 Yamamoto delivers and Carpenter sends one to left field Hernandez coming in it bounces in front of him his first move and left was going back and then had to try and make up for it could not it was a tough read and I don't think it's about the rain the rain will affect the track but he could see that his first two steps were to the left field line and about neutral as far as distance and then when he he decided he needed to come in it was about a foot short so oh you're a pitcher and you strike out the side in the first you get a you know one pitch one out fly out to begin the second and then the first knock base run you give up is something like that yeah the baseball probabilities sometimes don't work in your favor but you've got to just keep executing and put the baseball probabilities in your favor by executing your pitches that was well executed but he did not get the call so want to know the down on Herrera the catcher boy the spray pattern is just not even close to the way it was in his first outing night very tight unique stance from Herrera he's 23 years old okay didn't get the first pitch he does get that one it's one and two it's good catch by Will Smith very solid something they've been working on one ball two strikes in the dirt it's tapped in front and Smith Fields it one out as Carpenter advances to [Applause] Second that's an interesting check swing bunt right there it almost looks like the ball Cricket hit the bat twice yeah he hits it off the bounce that's what it felt like too and that is like Cricket that is a short split finger fast ball that ends up hitting the bat Carpenter on second two out Burson looks foolish chasing strike one [Applause] Eris sprays it fouled down the left field line nothing in two love the pitch selection for those first two pitches Yamamoto known as a strike thrower as he comes over here to MLB and so throwing a first pitch split and then coming back with the fast ball reversing that normal sequencing gets him in this 02 count puts him away with strike three four punch outs for Yamamoto through two shutout [Music] Innings M coverage is brought to you by our partners at defi doesn't matter what the weather is wire Cam's just cool bottom of the order in the bottom of the second for the Dodgers James outman Jason Hayward and Gavin Lux it looked like the Dodgers were going to strike early singles from BET Otani and Freeman to start but then Lance Lyn bounced back with three consecutive strikeouts and he's in front of outman nothing and two the exit velocity for the Dodgers in the first inning was strong and then a little weaker and then just a dribbler by Freeman and then after that there was Zero exit velocity Alman F fouls a fast ball straight back into the net to stay [Applause] alive Lynn is making his first start back with St Louis since he left to sign with the twins as a free agent back in 2017 the debuted with the Cardinals in 2011 ball two down in the dirt first start in the big leagues happened in June took the loss in a game that featured is now bench coach for the Cardinals Daniel douso Marlin's manager skip Schumacher Giants coach Pat Burl and now his teammate was an opponent that day against the Giants Brandon Crawford three and two the count on outman all that to say he's been around a while yeah payoff to James Ball Four a lead off free pass stream every autom Market game live or on demand blackout and other restrictions apply visit MLB.TV for [Applause] details L Lynn's been around so has Jason Hayward year 15 Man known as the J ha kid who turns on the first pit from Lynn it is hooking toward the corner and and it is hooking foul well if that foul ball didn't give you any indication oral the pass numbers for Hayward against Lynn tells you he sees him well he does and Jason has been very verbal about the fact there's a lot left in the tank and a foul ball like that tells you there [Music] is ball one [Music] [Applause] inside got a piece of it but into the glove of Herrera 1 and two outman on first onew to Hayward rolls it over to second with outman getting a head start a productive out for Jason Hayward here now a word from Carl's Jun yeah whoa It's back at Carl Jr spicy western bacon cheeseburger me Burger yeah number n gav Lu now Lyn vers Lux and back in the starting lineup Cardinals threw a left-hander last night and Zack Thompson fast ball at the knees for strike [Music] [Applause] one Buck slashes it foul looks very good in the Batters box so much more comfortable than we've ever seen him and I know it's been a year since we've seen him in there but just looks very hitterish Lynn looks on outman does not fool Lux one and two in the nin spot where the last time we saw gabin healthy in the 2022 season the bottom of the order he proved to be the definition of a spark he has a teammate in position to score Alman as he pulls one toward the Cardinal Dugout 471 plate appearances that year 299 of them in the e or ninth spot of the order and in those spots he h 293 with a 797 Ops you can barely that to any other spot in the order and at 247 with an Ops of 657 Lux Fly ball left field sinking fast it will get down outman holds at third he Oscar Hernandez had the same type play full swing off the end of the bat kind of dropped in there right between short stop and left field and Gavin Lux ends up with a single an outstanding B face running from James outman to read this well he's got it perfectly done lineup turns over for the top and mooki Bets who started the game with a hard- hit [Applause] single last year a Major League record for RBI out of the leadoff spot with [Applause] 107 look out on the hands two and0 they had Bases Loaded no out did not score in the first three strikeouts from Lance Lynn here with a first and third situation one out you want to get at least one but with mukie Betts up there why not be greedy all in air called strike one with that single in the first inning he completed his 20th plate appearance reaching for the 14th time 14 out of 20 ja swing foul [Applause] ball then changing speeds changing sides of the plate [Music] two balls two strikes two on one out in the second upstairs ball [Applause] [Music] three Lyn approaching 50 pitches here in the second mookie bets Skies one high in the air shallow Center Scott racing in has it outman tags but is held by Dino eel want to keep the inning alive for sh [Applause] [Music] Otani for the d 1 t one for one with a base hit sixth hit of the Year fifth single he's ready to go Lynn throws his 50th pitch upstairs the dance that anani and Herrera are doing tonight so far [Applause] Lynn fires Otani fouls it back behind the Dodger Dugout one and [Music] one it's never comfortable to go this through this part of the Dodger order but I I think Lance Lynn feels very good about his stuff he's been able to change speeds been able to use both sides of the plate the cutter and the two seamer Lynn gives his 1-1 fouls it off his leg his front knee try to walk it off that pitch was cutting in on him was hunting the inside part of the bat and plate he just spun off of it to try and get the barrel to it ends up fouling it off his leg did not try that at home still trying to tap the leg out and work the knee now as we show you the replays which hard pass after time he's okay and back in it 11 for 24 lifetime against Lance ly two on two out in the second Lyn fireson [Applause] watches action pitch right here you don't want to go to three and two if you're on defense so the runner at first gets a head start so in the two two count with the runner probably staying because otani's at the plate you want to try and throw a strike and get some action Linds 22 this is well outside Advantage DOD [Applause] [Music] now Full Count with two on for the two-time MVP Lynn comes home Otani got a piece but it goes into the glove of the catcher for strike three two more left on for the Dodgers a scoreless game going to the Third [Music] cheeseburger back for a limited time welcome you back to Dodgers Stadium top of the third Dodgers and Cardinals scoreless Dodgers have had traffic against Lance Lin but haven't been able to bring anybody home 8 n and one do up for St Louis against Yamamoto starting with Brandon Crawford this is his 1,600 155th career game first wearing a uniform that is not for the San Francisco Giants he did go around one and [Applause] two 14th year for the two-time World Series champion three time Allstar and four time gold Glover for the team up [Music] North yamamoto's 2-2 to Crawford L it upstairs three and [Applause] two that one slipped out a little bit get back on track right here in the 3-2 count ground ball to short mooki on the backand he's got it cleanly he's throwing across in time that him shaded up the middle so had to go to his right with a very nice backhand stab at this one planting right away glove work footwork strong arm something Brandon Crawford's done plenty of times to other batters himself glove by Freddy at first strike one to Victor Scott the second called just below the Zone 23y old from Atlanta Georgia foul strike two off the plate nobody got a piece of will Smith right there don't you just love will when you're catching a split finger guy all those foul tips down right at your legs yo two again oh my God no more no more the split finger right down the middle slightly starting above the knee and then breaking down just uh very fortunate that one didn't catch anything Moto will try again the O2 hit on the Line to Center Field outman tracking it back to down the first 40,000 fans on April 13th will receive the first ever Bruce thar graterol bobblehead presented by yova Resort and Casino at San Manuel visit dodgers.com/promotions for more details amamoto begins his second trip through the St Louis order ball one to Brendan Donovan Yamoto struck out the side in his first inning at Dodgers Stadium strike one they start blinking through fast balls for strikes that they should be offering at they're giving a lot of respect to the off speed pitch es fast ball dotted inside corner one and [Applause] two same side of the plate just a little bit more elevated Perfect Pitch you can throw whatever you want right here now he is set up for a split in the dirt a breaking ball or a double up inside again and Donovan hangs back and lifts one to right but Hayward has it in front of the track a one two three third inning for yoshin noo Yamamoto keeping this game [Music] [Applause] [Music] scoreless that means the Superstar of the Freeman Family Charlie Freeman threw out the first pitch it was a strike the entire Stadium erupted and even over here from The Dugout it sounded like he might be getting the next Dodger contract guys I yeah tonight maybe kirston he might be the first person out of the pen Freddy Freeman got underneath yes second flying out to right for the first out of the bottom of the third KR Watson or Herer and Stephen nson here at Dodgers Stadium the weather is cooperating for now the sky is cooperating the chill might be a little too low strike one called on Will Smith up for the second time this evening he struck out in the First with The Bases Loaded in front of him as did M and teoscar Hernandez three left on in the first two left on in the second for the Dodgers as their former teammate on the mound now for St Louis has given them chances [Applause] Lyn part of a busy offseason First St Louis trying to put one of the worst seasons in franchise history that was 2023 behind them and L into a one-year deal Kyle Gibson into a one-year deal Sunny gray to a three-year contract he's on the injured list ball two misses down and away two and two the count on Smith they traded Tyler O'Neal they traded four Andrew kitridge to help out the back end of the bullpen Brandon CW offord Matt Carpenter veteran presence Keenan Middleton in the bullpen Smith fouls away another one 71 and 91 last year that ain't going to cut it in Cardinal country you know it was a terrible year for the Cardinals and starters that you mentioned they're just hoping to get those guys at the fifth and sixth and then hand it to the bullpen they're not looking for dominant starts maybe from Sunny gray but they're looking for a chance for the ball Club to win and for the offense to have time to really put them on top and this club is not going anywhere without arnado and goldm really producing everybody else they're good solid players but they need their two superstars to really produce despite that last year OE marmo was given a contract extension in the middle of March a two-year extension Max munzy first pitch swinging High Fly ball right center Scott calling off burles Dodgers down in order in the third still staring at Donuts on the scoreboard the splitter looking like the fast ball out of hand and then burying down that's the one that's been getting three swings and misses you can see the precipitation falling behind around on top of yoshinobu Yamamoto throws ball one to Paul goldi starting the fourth inning two three and four for St Louis right down the shoot for strike one there is a calm and confidence to Yamamoto tonight that simply was not there in Soul that comes with commanding the baseball despite the rain ground ball a mun at third he's got it easily one out T-Mobile customers get free MLB.TV redeemed now through April 1st at t-mobile.com MLB and you spoke about Korea and there's a calm now tonight for him I think once you calm your mind and then you can control your body you control the baseball and I think that sequence is working here tonight step back and comes home missing outside to Nolan Gorman that's the splitter that he can land for a strike and then the one we saw as we came back from break the three that go down over the middle of the plate those are the punch out ones the one where he's trying to land it for a strike has a little bit more left to right action and not quite so much depth rain really starting to pick up here at Dodger Stadium the heaviest it's been so far tonight two 0 the count on Gorman rolls it over to First Freeman the underhand to Yamamoto covering and he was dancing as if something happened but maybe just dancing along the line jumped up to grab the ball and the bag is probably a little slippery so he expect to hit a solid object and just plant into the ground and I wouldn't be surprised if his right foot slipped a little bit on the bag number 28 noan went on there little bit worried about that but if you're going to have anything wrong with any foot you want it to be your back leg not your Landing leg as a pitcher scattering for cover first pitch grounded by Aron to bets long throw he makes it a gold Glover in the Outfield Robs a platinum Glover on the infield sometimes you have somebody playing Short Stop mookie B's starting to look like a short stop when he's made these two plays in the hole that's a dam Dodgers baseball on sports. La is brought to you by Morango Casino Resort and Spa less than 90 minutes from wherever you are good times good times at Dodger Stadium if you love raindrops I suppose which you can see are getting heavier here in the bottom of the fourth inning usually when it's this heavy and if they think it's going to continue they don't push through it they want to get the tarp on but they must think that this is just going to be fleeting popped up by thosar Hernandez Herrera can't see the ball wow he makes the catch falling to the ground for out number one you saw oi marmo for a moment the manager for the Cardinals up top step and sort of throwing his arms up like what are we doing he was out on the first Baseline watching Lance Lynn warm up all they did was change out the Rosen bag but Allan Porter the crew chief was talking with a lead groundkeeper here at Dodger Stadium Jordan Loren before the [Applause] frame James Alman swings at break one well there's a couple reasons you continue in this heavier rain that you're trying to get five innings in maybe the rain is going to continue to not get any better or this is going to pass through but you can see it's starting to glisten on the infield where it's starting to [Music] gather and it's Jordan on the phone working the horn you see Lynn they change out the Rosen bag he's throwing out the baseball I think he's is trying to say not so subtly as he is wiping every part of his uniform you get and you can see the moisture on the infield dirt starting to build up as [Music] well we play on the O2 pitch to Altman James to right field in front of the warning track now on the warning track is burles and he hauls it in with the cold weather comes a cold baseball and it doesn't fly as far as it will here in June and July and we've had a few warning track fly balls from both teams that have fallen short like this one Jason Hayward ended up grounding out in the second but first strike of that plate appearance was a foul ball that just missed being a home run you're thinking ah you know Gabriel Moreno did it to Lance in the DS last year could J Do It for the Dodgers tonight could not he's behind here nothing a one Jason Hayward he's threatening Lance Lyn he's threatening a one two three inning we through [Music] four we welcome you back back here on sportset La the Dodgers and Cardinals in game three of the series you see no players out on the field and the grounds crew preparing to roll out a [Music] tarp the crew chief Allen Porter telling everybody hey yeah the Cardinal players have been and the Cardinal Dugout has been barking to Alan Porter for a while now like hey you know what's the delay on the delay I mean Lance Lynn said something after the conclusion of the bottom of the forth that could be summed up in three [Music] letters so as you see the tarp being rolled out we are in a weather delay here at Dodgers Stadium on the eve of the top of the fifth inning while we're waiting for baseball you're going to enjoy an episode of Backstage Dodgers here on SportsNet [Music] LA California Toyota dealers this weather delay was brought to you by the weather people tentatives restart time here at Dodger Stadium slated for 7:40 p.m. Pacific so it will amount to a 27 minute delay if that time holds this was moments ago the grounds crew here at the Ravine working hard to pull the tarp off and get the field ready for play it is a scoreless game between the Dodgers and Cardinals when play resumes it will be in the top of the fifth inning with the middle of the St Louis order time now for the AT&T fivr fast recap so this game began with Yoshi noou Yamoto his first start at Dodgers Stadium so much better then Soul that's for sure four shut out just one hit and you can argue that that hit should not have been there zero walks four strikeouts 51 pitches 36 for strikes so that's 71% of the pitches thrown he got in the strike zone oral his spray pattern was outstanding he had command of all three pitches early on really everything was set up by the fast ball command on both sides of the plate and there's two schools of thought here after the rain delay it' be some 35 to 40 minutes maybe by the time he would would take the mound and he last was on the mound here at Dodger Stadium so you think about is he feel good and he's throwing well let's get him back out there but you also think about let's get him to have a positive outing get him up the tunnel feeling good about himself after responding to the outing in Korea he has done very well here so far tonight so it'll be up to Dave Roberts and the rest of the staff to determine who they're going to have pitch the rest of the game people are starting to leak out of the respective dugout as the crew is working hard to get us ready to restart play at Dodgers Stadium we'll step aside for a moment be right back on sportset [Music] La English is your second langu but of the rain delay tonight's wire cam coverage brought to you by our partners at defi a great look above the line on the third base side how the playing surface looks right now this is what the Dodger Dugout looks like right now that is Yoshi noou Yamamoto with a baseball and glove he's been going through stretches and pitching motions over the last few moments so the prevailing thought was after a half hour delay that yamamoto's Dodger Stadium debut would be done these images right now oral indicate the opposite yeah he is not getting extra work work to kind of increase his endurance for future outings he looks like he is getting loose to come back out and it is a very interesting strategy but he has been very good to this point so far tonight it has been fastball location four strikeouts one looking that curveball but then the split finger was on off the fast ball location absolutely fantastic with everything everything that he wanted to happen has happened tonight so far except for let's get a little run support from the offense I mentioned the delay time being about a half hour the time between pitches thrown for Yamamoto will end up being greater than that 7:05 p.m. was the time of his last pitch thrown I wouldn't be surprised that if underneath the tunnel in the cage that he was playing a little catch of course was doing some stretching and whatever a lot of stationary bike riding sometimes during rain delays but of all the people in the Dodger Dugout or in the clubhouse the pitcher of record who wants to go back out there is the one doing the most activity regulars and everyday players sometimes a card game will break out but with the pitcher that could be on the line they are usually staying with their game face we're going to step aside for one more timeout and we come back Yoshi noou Yamamoto will take the baseball again April 7th 2015 wow it's been a minute it's a rarity to see a tarp here it's a rarity to see the rain actually forced the game into a delay but we have had it here tonight by sky cam by sky cam wire cam by defy wire Cam and now we can sit down again no it was good to stretch our legs for guess we're going on half hour 40 minutes 40 minutes what is time anyway I don't know the weather was brought to you by weather people whatever you said I didn't know we signed up you know I was like I don't know if uh you know businesses had forked up the proper money to be popped there for that so more than 40 minutes after his last pitch Yoshi noo Yamamoto prepares for his next pitch it will be the first of the top of the fifth inning facing Matt Carpenter in the Five Spot of the Cardinal order a scoreless game in game three of the series and Carpenter fouls away strike [Applause] one first pitch back always a little bit of nerves but 94 mil an hour nice solid strike and the rain [Applause] continues that looked like strike two called ball one and this is the light miss that we saw for the majority of the game before the heavy stuff started to fall and force the delay Yamamoto was 1-1 that's in there for strike two taking no time between pitches telling me that he's gotten loose and feels good his 55th pitch Comer fights it [Applause] the lone hit off yamamota tonight came off the bat of carpenter in the SEC second inning a ball that probably teoscar Hernandez would say I should have caught just the poor route at the first few steps was a flare to left field that he broke kind of sideways toward the line and didn't bust in in time missed it by just a foot the two- two just inside off the plate fills up the count pitch prior to that fast ball in that area was a better strike this one was definitely inside now the payoff called strike three on the outside corner tough pitch for a hitter because as leaves your hand and looks like it's going to lazily stay outside but this one has enough bite to catch the [Applause] corner Yamamoto reann ances his presence reasserts himself following the rain delay and a 95 mile per hour fast ball to Ivon Herrera spray pattern right now is better than when he had to leave the game because of the rain delay Lance Lyn finished his inning the inning prior to that for Yamamoto the spray pattern was starting to get wider this has been very tight and locked in one ball one strike to count this is inside and high three and [Applause] one fast ball low and Away back in the groove gets a ground ball on to second base on Q or to down perfect perfect pitch float him down with the off speed stuff hitters count but put it in a tough place to hit they want to swing the bat in a 3-1 count make it look like a strike end up on a corner 41 very well executed fast ball down and Away something we saw Bobby Miller executing well last night burlson Hill single on the first pitch he sees left center field Gap outman hustles to cut it off burlson going for second the throw from Muki to Lux not in time James outman is the one that gave him a shot at second base he did a great job getting over to the left Center Gap and backhanding that showed great range a lot of people could just say with the wet Turf I'll just let it get to the wall give him a routine double but he still went for the risk and the reward and almost pulled it off this is the hardest hit ball if he domoto tonight the other hit was a blueprint this one a solid line drive in scoring position with two down in the fifth Brandon Crawford up for St Louis watching ball [Applause] [Music] one he may have change uniforms that did not change the reception for Brandon Crawford at Dodgers Stadium two and0 Yamamoto wanting to get the Dodgers in The Dugout given that offense another shot it's an offense that been averaging over seven runs a game but he has no support so far tonight the Dodgers certainly had chances early against Lance Lynn loaded the bases with nobody out in the first didn't score left two more on in the second they got to dodge this bullet right right here Harford made 12 straight opening day starts at Short Stop for the Giants and streak with SNAP here with the Cardinals this is his St Louis debut 2 aloto get strike one Laden Crawford's career he developed some power ability to turn on the inside fast ball and here the later you in your career you usually see more fast balls in but they are still trying to pull the string on [Applause] him two left center field tailing to left Hernandez is right there Yamamoto strands a [Applause] runner Dodgers Stadium pass the halfway point of the game looking for a run down now for the Kors light beating the pressure Lance Lind first turn since he started game three of the nlds for the Dodgers facing the Dodgers he walked a tight rope four Innings four hits one walk five strikeouts no runs taking over for him the young left-hander Matthew Liberatore second time in the series he starts Gavin Lux with strike one called north of the Zone but for Lynn the Dodgers had two on one out in the second and after that point he retired the last eight batters he faced before the rain delay lior was in competition for the rotation but got moved into the bullpen late in spring training and he is facing this portion of the order because he is very good against left-handed batters over the last couple of seasons and batting average under 200 lefties against him so when you're talking Lux and then you slip in a righty and Bets next but then Otani and Freeman three out of four of the next hitters left-handed Gavin swings through strike two count [Applause] level Lux one for one with a single in the second you see his splits in the 2022 [Music] season on two two misses outside Liberator 16th overall pick in 2018 by the Tampa Bay Rays then in January of 2020 he was traded by Tampa Bay to St Louis in a deal that had a lot of people around the game scratching your head like wait this kid's super talented 16th overall pick what are you getting Tampa Bay going the other way Randy a Rosara Lux BS that away and stays in [Applause] [Music] there upside of a quality left-handed arm compared to an upside of a right-handed possible power hitter another 3-2 bux is it going away quietly 91 and2 for the Dodgers against [Music] [Applause] liberator [Applause] Lux hits it in the air to center field Scott right in front of the warning track one away doter Stadium tonight is playing like the goost sky dome was it in Korea go yeah thank you uh it just the ball was not carrying there and it is not carrying here tonight well if we want to see some more scientific experimentation to test that thesis oral the Dodgers MVP triumphant they can do it ball one to Muki [Applause] Betts shobu Yamamoto studying film with a jacket on in the Dodger Dugout really good for him to join the parade of outstanding starts Bobby Miller there in front of him him on the back top edge of the bench there studying the iPad and then Tyler glass now stringing out the good starts by the Dodgers ball two outside Daniel Hudson warming in the Dodger Bullpen down in left [Applause] field three and one to Muki we're going to get it out of here tonight it's going to have to be down near the lines that's where the ball will carry far enough Gap to Gap center field hard he's taken the whole way called strike two willed by Herrera on a pitch set look to miss the bottom of the Zone Short Stop didn't like that [Applause] one so now we're full BTS pulls one foul Rip City that ball and the ball that Jason Hayward hit earlier foul almost into the upper deck of the Dodgers Stadium the two hardest hit Balls by the Dodgers lior with another three2 to bets there's Ball Four it don't lie scared him out of the strike zone with that foul [Applause] [Music] ball T like bets one for two with a single he's left standing on second base in the first inning libertore delivers this is high Otani would like nothing more than to support his countrymen right here in spring training made a road trip when he wasn't even playing to see yamamoto's first outing so would love to get him a run or two Liberator deals and misses away Freddy Freeman getting loose on [Applause] deck on two- foul [Music] ball Otani looks no worse for where in his last at bat remember fouled a ball off of his right leg kn/ Shin area Otani awaits the 2-1 ball three down and [Applause] [Music] Away dangerous hitters count with a dangerous guy on Deck bets on first libertore deals strike to called that one was higher than the one that went against Muki bets fans at D Stadium don't like it did appear to get the [Applause] Zone Full Count with a runner on and one out Otani rolls it over it's foul and he'll stay in there for another shot that one stung chilly night here at Dodgers Stadium the moisture in the air and on the ground but that gave him some bees in his [Applause] hands another 32 Ball Four that one could have gone either their way backto back walks for Betson Otani this one did catch the electronic Strike Zone but not the human Strike [Music] [Applause] Zone potential first run of the game standing on second base with one down Freddy frean stepping [Applause] in chance of Freddy on his bobblehead night he's got to make something happen right in front one [Applause] [Music] and0 last year a 370 hitter with runners in scoring position Freddy Freeman with a ground ball into center field for a base hit bille score tiny to third the Dodgers have the [Applause] lead walks o kilia and against the Dodger lineup with this three-headed monster if they're willing to pass the Baton they make you throw strikes well Freddy Freeman gets a strike and you can bring in a lefty to get the right match up a left on left situation but for Freddy it really doesn't matter he is very good no matter the handedness of the [Applause] pitcher with Dusty Blake the pitching coach for St Louis talking to Matthew lior we'll give you a word from Del Taco two amazing chispy chicken tacos for just $3 yeah that's Del Taco better Max Freddy Freeman at long last somebody break the ice with one out in the bottom of the fifth Dodger offense has been early and often it's been like the first four Innings of a game is where they've done most of their damage well here they waited till the fifth but it was in the nick of time for Yamamoto to all of a sudden have a shot at a decision like a w Will Smith is struck out twice tonight good cut there strike one fouled back last year Will Smith proved to be a much better hitter with Runners on he is line with Runners the scoring position with nobody on he hit 238 with men on 282 he's behind o and two Andre Palante Waring for St Louis the right-hander Will's got a little four game hitting streak on the line from this year and if you go back to last year got hits in the last three games in 2023 first and third one out ground ball base hit Otani scores easily Freeman cuts the bag at second he's hustling for third ball skips behind Aron Liberator is backing up Smith in the second base a two nothing lead for the Dodgers this inning rolls [Applause] on will now has an eight game hitting streak back to 2023 three five for this year and the catcher keeps finding those singles and finds his third RBI for the year Yamamoto Now with an insurance run in his pocket second and third one out Max Muny watches the ball backto back RBI base hits for Freddy Freeman and Will Smith warmed up out of the rain delay the Dodger back Muny high in the air to right Burson camped out Freeman tags the throw in the play at the plate they got him a throw on the money from Alec burles in right field it looked like Freddy was going to beat it but then when he got into the slide he almost stuck in the wet dirt here at Dodgers Stadium around home plate and it completely slowed him down what an excellent throw on one hop right there and you just see as he hits the back leg of the knee it slowed him down just enough for the tag to end the inning your new favorite burger is waiting for you the smash Jack try it at Jack In The Box today back at Dodgers stadium and he finally got some runs the Dodgers put up two in the bottom of the fifth to put yoshinobu Yamamoto in line for his first major league victory in his first started Dodger Stadium now it's up to the bullpen Daniel Hudson the first one out of it Daniel came here as a spring training invite pitch for the Dodgers in 2023 just three outings but wanted to come back give the Dodgers a chance and give himself a chance to visit the playoffs again and he has thrown the ball very well of course he is on the club had an outing in Korea solid as a rock Fly ball tailing out of Play Down the left field line off the bat of Victor Scott II the number n hitter first official outing for huie in 10 days s clean inning one hit one hit one strikeout did see him in the freeway series exhibitions was an outstanding piece to the do Bullpen this is a guy who could end World Series games and has and now pitching in the sixth inning in the regular season now it's quite a resume you see both Freddy Freeman and Max Muny well in on the grass for the Speedy Scott his major league debut in the series opener now pushed back with two strikes hit hard to right field Hayward hustling back and he's there join us on Monday against the San Francisco Giants these Dodgers will play for Fernando Valenzuela Jersey night sponsored by Bank of America visit dodgers.com/promotions guaranteed no rain night also I just added that oh little extra something something well you know it's a rarity here so I figure we can almost guarantee it strike one to Brendan Donovan lead off batter in left fielder for St Louis yeah there was a rain delay tonight after four Innings lasted officially 35 minutes first rain delay here since the 7th of April 2015 Donovan shows bunt and missed on it so it's 0 and two [Applause] Donovan debuted in 2022 end up finishing third and Rookie of the Year voting in the National League onew from Hudson pulled foul you won the first ever utility go glove in the NL did not have a healthy 2023 healthy clothes anyway he had to have surgery to repair a partial tear of his UCL in his elbow he did have a flexer tendon strain as well but it was the uh internal brace procedure not a Tommy John he's back healthy and he's staring at strike three from Daniel Hudson little cement mixer slider right there it wants to break but it looks like it ends up backing up a little bit you come around it it just hangs on the corner it's a tough pitch for hitters to read because it they're reading it's going to break and they want to swing and then they see it doesn't break and then it ends up strike three Paul goldi with the bases empty strike one [Applause] the way this offense has gone for St Louis in this series it's either you get gold Schmid out he's pretty much getting everybody out he has been the only Force swings through strike [Applause] two good pitch from Hudson M goldi didn't bite yeah we talked about yamamoto's pattern when he was out there and how tight it was Daniel Hudson in the same place right now his misses are in the right place and his execution has been solid old Schmid fouls that a way to stay in there we've seen him run the two seamer in we've seen him throw that slider right there that has good break you can try and walk him off the plate with the same exact pitch or he can try and run something in on his hands see what side of the pl he decides to go to see the Miss persists here at Dodgers stadium for Hudson's one2 she lost High when did the pitch become a female there she lost High compared to he lost it high don't go into that right now A Brain Buster I don't even know what I said two balls two strikes Hudson to gochman flyball left field to Oscar Hernandez he's got it that's a one two 3 six for Daniel Hudson Dodgers still in front by a [Music] pair Bobby Miller in The Dugout on front Friday night on the mound and shoving 100 milph see to Oscar Hernandez wave at the first pitch from Matthew Liberator home half of the sixth inning Dodgers looking to add to this two- nothing lead in the midst of Bobby Miller throwing that 100 mph pitch he also had all his other stuff working for 11 strikeouts was absolutely dominant following man he sitting next to Tyler glass now nothing in two pitch to Hernandez it's in there for strike [Applause] three Bobby Miller Tyler glass now Dustin may who will get to see hopefully sometime this year one of the handful of arms the Dodgers hope to have healthy for a stretch run James Alou with one out theor Loop strike one in there the starters that are on the iil for the Dodgers if they were all healthy they would be one of the top rotations in baseball talk about Kershaw and buer the Catman just may Walker ber will make his season debut on Sunday in Oklahoma City to Dave Roberts on Friday Joe Kelly warming now in the pen good eye from outman one and two Gavin Stone will start for the big Club tomorrow on Sunday Night [Applause] Baseball Gavin Stone has really matured over the offseason with the spring training outings and what he's done here he is really really good looking as far as a young pitcher and an athletic delivery looks like a guy who can make tremendous adjustments two balls two strikes on [Applause] Elman facing the Lefty his batting average was higher against left-handers last year it's worked to count full national league rookie of the year finalist awaits this 3-2 pulls it foul and The netting down the right field line top five among all rookies in runs home runs on base percentage and Ops up Fifth and wins above rep placement among all Dodgers another 3-2 fast ball upstairs outman swung through it back-to-back strikeouts for Liberator here's a quick word from Morango R&B Sensations through Hill and Mel Jordan live April 19th back to Jason Hayward for a third time oh for two so far [Applause] [Music] Dave Roberts sticking with Jason's defense right here left on left two out nobody on a lot of times you would maybe see a right-handed pinch hitter right here but with his great defense in right field they Roberts sticking with the glove giving him a shot at left-handed pitcher a glove that has been golden five times in his major league career 2012 2014 15 16 and [Music] 17 go2 pitch from libertore Hayward scalds it on the ground and through a two out base hit into center field for jge who's talking about the glove it's a base hit off a lefty hits it solid right up the middle swing feeling good Ball's got to come across the middle of the plate right if you're going to swing at it that's what Nar Garcia par will tell you what's it matter what hand they throw it's got to come over [Applause] [Music] here can Gavin Lux help continue the 2023 trend for the Dodger offense that's two out production it's behind on one after a swinging strike o and two after the check swing foul [Music] ball my impression so far with this Dodger lineup is everybody is more stoic this year getting into the Batters box there is an intense focus on every pitch from the way Bui bets has done it Freddy Freeman has done it Shani has done it it's like the living three examples at the top of the order are impacting the rest of the lineup as far as how serious every pitch is Lux puts it in the air high in the air shallow Center Scott pauler and he's got it so the two- op base hits stranded but the Dodgers still leap to nothing thin Alex vesia explores Soul Korea including a trip to the mayong dong night market and former Dodger chanho Park my friend reminiscence about his Dodger debut in 1994 and throws out that ceremonial first pitch over there in Soul to start the soul series don't miss backstage Dodgers Wednesday after the post game they're all set for the seventh inning Joe Kelly takes over second reliever for the Dodgers following Daniel Hudson his first pitch is swung on and missed by Nolan [Applause] Gorman all two bounces into to one of the Cardinals young Sluggers I know you missed the night market but uh our crew and myself and Joe Davis got to go to it over there and soul it was amazing that looked like an electric trip all the way around the food choices the food quality the the feeling of just walking the streets it was almost like a Time Square with food carts that were really narrow we hit probably five or six or seven food carts and then two restaurants and we definitely had a food Hangover by the end of the night re balls and a strike on Gorman one arado on deck and something that Dave Roberts talked about in the leadup to and all the way through the soul series is that it was bigger than them it was bigger than the Dodgers that trip we can't say enough about the hospitality the way MLB put it together the way the Dodger traveling secretary Scott akasaki Alex Torres the equipment manager the just everything that happened on the trip went according to plan and it was fantastic the way everybody put it together went off without a hitch and I think everybody other than going one and one had a tremendous tremendous time now back State Side trying to take the series tonight against St leis leadoff walk from ban and then Aron is hit upstairs oh no it looked like it was going to be head high but I think noan arado got out of the way the correct way and got him on the shoulder and you're just so glad that he is that kind of reaction so quick it is watch out and this slips out and it's running towards him yeah what a great job turning your head away getting your shoulder up thankfully arado Orange County kid is okay now that he is the concern from the Dodgers turns to the fact that the tying run is on base two on nobody out in the seventh former teammates [Applause] Joe Kelly and Matt Carpenter Max munzy in on the grass at third and that catcher interference catcher interference so the bases will be loaded with no out oh goodness this is spiraling out of control but no damage yet crossing the [Applause] plate [Applause] [Music] [Applause] erera Ivon Herrera the catcher stands in Bas is full nobody out Kelly in front Gorman ronado and Carpenter facing the former Cardinal in [Applause] Kelly big swing big Miss o and two two good breaking balls right there on the outside corner nice response from the hit batter and the catcher's interference now can Joe finish him off Fly ball center field out mman hustling back on the warning track he's got it tagging at third is Gorman and at second arado St Louis has its first run of the game the lead down to [Applause] one productive out for the Cardinals moving the tying run to Third and getting the one run deficit there with the sack fly [Applause] Alec burles has a hit tonight one of the two hits for St Louis it was a double was last time up first and third one down 97's too high from Kelly one [Applause] and0 [Applause] this is one of the situations where you look at the Dodger infield defense where they can really rescue a pitching staff and with mooki bets at Short Stop Now Gavin Lux at second base they're looking for that ground ball for these guys to execute DP Lane grounded fouled two balls in a strike it's been well documented that Max M has had his struggles at third that mook's at a new position that Gavin luck had to move from short to second base because of some throwing issues and this is the kind of situation that will test the infield in their defense that can rescue a w trying to preserve the lead here in the top of the seventh burles will tie the ball game up with a base hit to right field it takes a decision away from yoshinobu Yamamoto we're tied at two well he made the cake with a really good outing and the icing on the cake would have been getting a w but it is not going to be tonight his first w at the major league level and for the Dodgers is not here but his first really solid very good outing was tonight first and second still just one out Brandon Crawford back up [Applause] takes strike one talked earlier about how he's no longer wearing a giant uniform the team that he grew up rooting for and the team he wanted to continue playing [Applause] for and he rips a base hit through the right side stop sign held up at third it loads the bases for St Louis [Applause] it's a double play ball if it's at somebody but it finds that hole over there on the right side fortunately for the Dodgers Jason Hayward great job charging that ball and able to hold the runner third last of the order Victor Scott II all one well outside with Victor Scott's speed if he hits anything up the middle they're probably going to get the go-ahead run there going to be very hard to double him up with his speed from the leftand Batters box to Freeman or to Muny they'll probably come home Kelly get the ground ball he wants KY hits Scott in the back foot picked by Will Smith two and 0 Nate Tomlin in the home PL umpire checking with Oar mul to see if they wanted to look at that you not we play on 98 down the shoot strike [Applause] one [Applause] three balls in a strike I'm sure the line from the bench is that is not low but as you see on the replay just below the hollow of the knee in one nowhere to put Scott he's swinging away on a line to left Hernandez has it wait a second they're giv Carpenter home [Applause] plate Will Smith is asking what's the [Applause] call it looks like it might be against Max meny [Applause] Matt Carpenter was standing on third [Applause] base and after the fly out to left wasn't tacking I don't know if there was a collision down there at third I was watching the ball in left field with Oscar Hernandez there is a ton of confusion but they're getting ready to play on the field with the Cardinals now leading 3-2 second and third two out in the [Applause] seventh they only have one out on the scoreboard we have two outs on ours this and the same batter is up it's still Victor Scott popped up left side Muny in foul ground on the left side he's underneath it it's either got to be a b because if it's catcher's interference again he would have been standing at first thei number 33 Brendan Donovan it had to been a b called by the third base umpire they just announced obstruction here in the Press [Applause] Box so it was obstruction on Max Muny this is where they announce after replays they should use the PA system from the field 100% Donovan hangs back pulls it down the right field line it one hops over the wall it's a ground rule double that adds to the St Louis lead five runs across here in the in the top of the seventh breaking ball down and in it's a sweet spot for lefties off a right-handed pitcher and that one really didn't get to down and in it was more middle middle and he didn't miss [Applause] it now Dave Roberts comes out of the Dodger dugout to take the ball from Joe Kelly we'll be right [Music] back since 18 65 the top of the seventh has not been boring it's been very eventful and very confusing the Dodgers go from two runs ahead to three runs down forcing a pitching change Alex vesia enters and immediately issues an intentional walk which of course you don't have to throw the ball you just motion from the manager Point him down to first [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] base as Gorman's popped up on the left side I can tell you there's the last out of the seven the Dodgers now chasing [Music] three Joe Kelly was called for a b watch the third base umpire's arm right here before the pitch the B is called and Joe with his hesitation move the way he regroups himself with his balance out there it is something he doesn't a lot but caught the third base umpire in a place where he thought he deceived the runner you can see Joe right there hearing the yelling of B and wondering what happened as he does do that kind of toet tapping Gathering himself but good called right there multiple announcements here in the Press Box on what was going on on the field but we finally got it sorted out one ball one strike the count on Muki bets JoJo Romero the new pitcher for St Louis the left-hander Michael canani the new right Fielder taking over for Alec burles the Cardinals bat around in the top half of the inning rookie bets starts the bottom half with a line shot to left field it goes off the glove of Donovan and allows mooki to get into second base standing up hookie continues his tour beginning to this 2024 season this one double to the left Center Gap a little slippery out there with the earlier rain that we had and delay but Muki starting the offense up that has three more shots to catch these Cardinals 95 in off the hands ball one to sh Otani tying run on deck for the Dodgers in the seventh how do they respond to the five-run inning for St Louis Romero deals fou ball Colorado did the Dodgers a favor beating the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight 9 to4 Dodgers looking to win here and slip into first place have to do so in comeback fashion bani pokes the ball to right it's sinking as canani comes in he slides early and makes the catch oh the wet grass probably helped them out there slide a couple extra feet the defensive replacement makes a big play for the first out of the seventh inning it's hard enough to time a baseball dropping when you're running but to time it with your slide you so right the wet grass acts like a slip and slide and he slides right under it and gets the leather there out Freddy Freeman ball one last time we saw Freddy was in the fifth inning he brought in the first run of the game an RBI single he's two for three tonight his bobblehead Knight does the bat have more in it called strike [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] one Romero exhales before the 1-1 Freddy swings through strike two FR still lingering is very irritating it's as light as it's been all night but it is still there temperatures hovering right around 50° one-on one out pitch to Freeman nearly hits him count squares [Applause] up 10:8 Ops La last year facing left-handed [Applause] pitchers Romero strikes Freddy out ROM with a good outing last night picks up right here with a strike out of Freeman retired all three batters last [Applause] night Will Smith followed Freddy in the fifth with an RBI hit of his own and made it two Nothing Now 52 Romero misses ball [Applause] one the rain is continued as has the breeze you see the center field Flags going from right to [Applause] left they're headed that direction you know it's odd weather for here on 2 it's three and0 can Smith get on and bring Max Muny to the plate representing the tying run every portion of this Dodger roster can [Applause] explode fast ball in there for a strike [Applause] Smith serves a base hit into left field mooki bet wave the round he'll score easily the Dodgers get one [Applause] back [Applause] nine outs to begin the inning to get back in this game seven outs left and Will Smith pulls him within one more now five to three and the tying Run come to the plate and Muny it's comforting wherever you are in this order that you put somebody up there with at least 20 home runs over the course of his career and for Max Muny it's mostly 30 home runs Max matched a career high with 36 a year ago behind o and one facing Romero who stares at Smith off first and comes home and misses outside one and one the farther this inning continues the more you get mooki bets shotani and Freddy Freeman up there in the ninth one ball one strike count the pitch to Muny win around one and two just 23 hits against lefties last year but 11 of them were home [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] runs swing and a miss strike three Romero shows the emotion as he strands Smith the Dodgers do get one it's now 53 after [Music] seven trying to keep the deficit at two for the Dodgers after they got one back in the bottom of the seventh inning organizational minor league pitcher of the year that has earned his spot on this club and he has looked outstanding through spring training had an OU in career where he pitched a couple of innings starting to feel comfortable I'm sure in the big league uniform he's got Nolan arado at the gate he gives him strike one Cardinals back up after putting up five in the seventh to flip the scoreboard battered around in that inning will be one that Joe Kelly will flush away two3 for Joe five runs for earned on three hits one walkadoo behind one and two as odd as the weather has been that inning for Joe Kelly was very odd with a catcher's interference with a B with a hit batter Kyle hurt disposes of Nolan [Applause] arado that's one two three four five seven strikeouts now for the Dodgers you can celebrate by heading to a Jack In The Box in the LA area tomorrow for a Free Jumbo Jack with the purchase of a large drink and Matt Carpenter go no he did not says Ryan Blakey again with the confusion that was down on the field in the Press Box different calls given there is a mic on the field with with the umpiring crew ball two down an in to Carpenter given the confusion there uh the league has to just tell umpires clarify so everybody understands what's happening the Major League Baseball got it right with the rule changes speeding up the game make with the pitch clock with the defensive shifts and the elimination of that and I think they will continue to take some feedback and watch an example like that inning with a Press Box announcement that was wrong and then getting it corrected later and they're very sensitive to that to try and make it right for the fans for the players for everyone involved especially the fans in attendance and on the broadcast so it'll be an example that they'll get and I'm sure they will adapt lost a fast ball high and away three and two on Carpenter [Applause] Carpenter puts it in the air to right center field outman in front of the wall little baby hop a long second [Applause] out that's when you're glad it's cold and rainy her slips on the mound a little bit on his follow through the ball's completely out of his hand nothing got into the pitch that way it was just the balance after the release and fortunately out in plenty of room base is empty two out Ivon Herrera catcher soord strike one so the Dodgers down they are guaranteed to have both Muki bats and Sh Otani come back to the plate one more time unless of course they were to do all the work in the E ball one upstairs in the bottom of the eighth it'll be six seven and eight for the [Applause] Dodgers now hurt needs a new baseball and a new experience this spring first big league [Applause] spring it takes a while to settle in when you're finally dressing in a locker room where there's a whole bunch of superstars popped up right field Lux ranging back Hayward calls him off that's a one two 38 for Kyle hurt Dodgers still down just two Jor and noar Garcia para and access sportset Dodgers highlights postgame sound interiew with kirston Watson in the Dodger Clubhouse Dodgers got to do some work if those interviews are going to be happier they Trail the Cardinals 53 as we welcome you back for the bottom of the eighth inning Jerry's not in his mid-season form yet we usually have little signs from him like get some runs or comeback has been set up going to have to text him after the game Andrew kitridge the right-handed relever now for St Louis tasar Hernandez up James outman on Deck strike one from kitridge acquired by St Louis from the Tampa Bay Rayes work in high leverage situations this qualifies two-run game six outs to go for the Dodgers can they come back they did so many times in 20230 38 comeback wins [Applause] two balls in a strike on Hernandez 0 for three couple of strikeouts tonight had a couple of home runs on Friday night two1 hit right back at krid between his legs waiting there is Gman throws out Hernandez [Music] center field number 33 James [Applause] outman looking for a spark even if it's a chip away in these last three Innings where you get one in the seventh one in the eighth one in the ninth little the extras it's not a big hill to climb but time is running [Music] out osobu Yamamoto looking on top step completing his Dodger Stadium debut strike two at the knees on outman left in line for a win with the Dodgers up two nothing before the top of the seventh happen it did not go one and two [Applause] it was slightly surprising to see him go back out for the fifth after the long rain delay long being around 40 minutes for him went out there and post to a zero Dodgers got him a couple of runs and who knows he might have gone six or seven Innings without the rain delay as much as he was locked in but able to come back and go one more to give himself a shot at the W it's an outstanding outing outman way out in front of that into the net count Remains the Same two and [Music] two really was one of the last boxes the Dodgers needed to check off here in the very beginning of this season was to get him on the hill and have a nice outing two outman swings and misses he strikes out the second out of the eighth 10th strikeout of the game for the Cardinal Dodger [Applause] [Music] batter Hayward singled his last time up swings at the first pitch and he's popped up back behind home plate and back over the net [Applause] [Music] Jason Hayward Fly ball right center field high in the air you see Scott waiting for it kitridge with a clean one two 38 [Music] right fi number 63 Michael there's definitely a cold in the air at Dodgers Stadium a lot of layers a lot of ponchos still in the stands hoping for a ninth inning comeback for La the Dodgers Trail the Cardinals 5-3 starting the ninth inning Kyle hurt back out there siani takes a strike from hurt Cardinals are trying to snap a streak here at Dodgers Stadium canani pulls the ball in the air right center field Hayward rang is over and he's got it the Cardinals have lost seven in a row here at the Dodger Stadium most since losing eight straight in the 70s flame-throwing closer Ryan Hesley warming in the bullpen for St Louis the last C win here came in September of 2022 it's not a good night for the Dodgers it was a great night for Albert phol home runs 699 and 700 that evening Brandon Crawford whiffs on strike [Applause] one and strike two Crawford was very open in an interview with Andrew baggerly of the athletic about his desires to return to San Francisco and finish his career a giant down swinging on three pitches two out in the ninth that feeling was not reciprocated by as Crawford put it the only person that matters that's faran 11 president of the baseball Ops there when Brandon was a little boy he was on the cover of one the San Francisco newspapers when the Giants were threatening to move to Tampa Bay at the time strike R to Victor Scott II was a cover boy that early with being a giant fan sad that they might be leaving and then ended up being the short stop there for so many years and doing such a great job in a world champion her working quickly and getting in front of every body quickly one two on [Applause] Scott and he does Kyle hurt keeping the Dodgers in it Gavin Lux mooki bets and Sh Otani the lineup for the bottom of the nin the Dodgers need two Lux mookie bets and Sh Otani on the Slate facing Ryan Hesley he missed 70 games last year but still ended up with 14 saves had a right forearm strain he was a Allstar in 2022 and had an outstanding spring training coming into this year nine different outings only one run it's going to be a hill to climb against this man in 2022 when Gavin Lux was leading off an inning he hit at 292 with an onbase percentage of 382 an Ops of 821 he leads off the ninth here tonight first pitch swinging a flare pop up on the left side arado backpedals one pitch one [Applause] out [Music] [Applause] [Music] Short Stop [Music] [Applause] number mooki has reached three times tonight two hits and a walk he's scored twice strike [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] one scorching start to the season for number [Applause] [Music] [Applause] 50 one job and one job only get on and get the tying run to the [Applause] plate the one1 from H rookie Betts hits it high hits it hard left center field at the wall G one Mooky bets won't let the Dodgers go quietly they're within [Applause] one four out of five times tonight he has reached base the only time he recorded and out was a pop up to center field if this game goes into Extra Innings he's got a shot at the cycle

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Published: Tue Apr 02 2024