Shadowing Practice: Giants vs. Dodgers Game Highlights (5/14/26) | MLB Highlights - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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We've got Thursday night baseball here at Dodger Stadium and the Giants
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We've got Thursday night baseball here at Dodger Stadium and the Giants
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and Dodgers meeting the final game of the homestand
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and the Dodgers trying to build on last night's complete team win a fourth shutout victory to snap a four game skit.
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And they need more consistency and somebody to step up Emmett Sheehan on the mound.
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He's got to go deeper into the games
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and be a higher quality pitching against a team he has
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fared well against in his young career Sheehan facing the Giants course he debuted against San Francisco a few years ago.
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So important for Image Sheehan here in the first inning to get out of this rather quickly.
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His first inning ERA, 10-29.
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Innings 2 through 5, it's 2-80.
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He's got the first two,
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and now the designated hitter, Casey Schmidt.
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Right-handed batter.
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One ball, two-strike pitch from Sheehan.
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And Schmidt swings and strikes out.
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He got him with the slider.
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A 1-2-3.
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Top of the first inning for Image Sheehan.
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On the hill tonight for the Giants will be the right-hander, Ladd Rupp.
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He's 27 years of age.
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He's in his second year at the big league level.
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He's given one home run in his 43 and two-thirds.
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For the first time ever, leading off, Will Smith.
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He's the designated hitter tonight.
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Shohei Ohtani will start the evening on the bench.
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Smith hitting 256.
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Three homers and 17 runs banded in.
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1-2.
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Flat in the air, right center field.
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On the warning track, David.
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Hat-goal!
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Goodbye!
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I think Will Smith likes that leadoff spot.
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What do you think?
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Shohei who?
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How did Dave Roberts know?
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Push the right button, place the right guy.
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Will Smith in his first appearance leading off with a leadoff homer.
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Ball four and a two-out walk after having him 0-2.
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That result a surprise even before you factor in where the count was.
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In the last three games he started entering this evening,
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25 strikeouts compared to just two free passes.
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Chapman, just one home run this season.
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He's got 158 plate appearances without one.
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Swing and a miss.
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Strike three strike him out with a slider strikeout number two
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on the evening for image Sheehan all four in a leadoff
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walk back to back getting to start the game the Dodgers
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the leadoff man on how about to Oscar Hernandez this homestead
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in four of five games Oscar Hernandez fly ball opposite field
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this ball is going to bounce off the running track
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and there's some slug it's a stand up double for Hernandez the ball is skipping through the infield.
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Moncy's going to hold at third base.
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Well, he's doing it himself,
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this homestand getting hits in five out of the six games that he's played in.
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And this is one of those five.
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And this one slices away right into the gap.
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He needs a little momentum where the ball falls in.
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And this could be one that really helps his confidence.
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Great chance here for Dalton rushing.
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17 runs batted in for rushing.
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A 3-0-2 average.
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Now he takes straight three call.
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And he's going to challenge that call immediately.
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And we take a look at the big scoreboard in the illustration.
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And it hits the top of the strike zone.
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Strike three.
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Call is confirmed.
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L.A has one challenge left.
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Call confirmed.
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Rushing frustrated.
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He knows that his job there was to have a productive out.
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Now one away for Hesong Kim.
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Line drive.
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Base hit into left center field.
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Muncie scores.
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Hernandez will hold.
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Kim reading the throw will hold it first with an RBI base hit and the Dodgers double their lead.
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Will Smith drives in himself in the first at bat.
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Kim says I'll take the first pitch.
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High sinker that he just gets the barrel on with a nice level swing.
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The Dodgers they get another hit with men in scoring position.
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On the bottom of the order Miguel Rojas.
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And a bunt.
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And Rup now is going to chase Hernandez back to third.
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And Chapman will tag him.
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You got to run right at that guy.
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That's the first time I've seen a safety squeeze not work.
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And really, I didn't think it was that bad of a bun from Rojas,
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perhaps a bit hard.
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But one thing about Roop,
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I mean, he really defends his position well.
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First and second, two men out, Will Smith.
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Got him.
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So Roop does what he needed to do, limit the damage.
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It's 2-0 L.A.
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Dodgers with the lead.
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Drew Gilbert, the center fielder, will lead off 2-2.
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Swing and a miss and he's out on strikes.
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Third strikeout for Sheehan.
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He really has been locked in.
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His spray pattern has been very tight and made very few mistakes.
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Right there has Sung Kim.
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Easy play as he flips on to first.
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And the side is retired.
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No runs, no hits.
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One left.
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One away for Kyle Tucker.
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Tucker flying to right first time up.
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Another ball sharply hit.
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And look at her eyes.
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He had to get down and dirty to get this one.
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Beautiful part about being a second baseman is you have time to get up,
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upset yourself and get that throw off.
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He's played great at second.
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We see it every night.
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Emmett Sheehan back to work for the fourth inning.
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And the fastball, which has been his best pitch throughout his career,
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a lot better so far tonight against San Francisco.
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Trying to finish Schmidt.
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And he does.
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Just pumps it by him.
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That's another area of improvement that he wants to make.
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With two strikes last year,
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the league hit 135 off of him.
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With two strikes this year so far coming into this outing,
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The league was hitting 225 which is the seventh worst in the National League.
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He's changing that tune tonight.
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Here's Devers.
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Little flip to left.
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And this one is going to fall.
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So Devers gets the first hit for the Giants.
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He'll take it.
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Right now the Giants don't care.
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They'll take any hit they can get.
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Just no chance for Teoscar Hernandez or Muncie.
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Just a Texas Liguer thing.
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He's still 2-0 Dodgers.
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After three and a half.
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The Oscar doubled his first time up off the right center field wall.
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Hernandez loops it down into the left field corner.
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He's going to have his second double of the game.
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He doesn't want this homestand to end.
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No, he's starting to consistently get hits in this homestand.
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Only missed one of the games that he played where he did take an 0 for this one.
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He earns a little bit more.
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The barreled up deep fly ball to right center was hit in the right place.
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This one was hit properly in a line drive top spin down the line.
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Scoring position for Dalton Rushing with one out.
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Swinging strike three on a great curveball from Root.
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And it's the second time that he has struck out.
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Dalton Rushing breaking the bat after the second K of the night.
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Now the one-two pitch.
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Swing and a miss.
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He struck him out with a high fastball.
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Good work there by Root.
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After the double by Hernandez,
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he strikes out two in a row.
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Bottom of the order for San Francisco here in the top of the fifth.
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Got him.
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We've seen that pitch a lot tonight.
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Slider low and away perfectly executed to a right handed hitter to put him away.
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Outstanding.
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He has found it tonight when it has gone just a little south.
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He's locked back in.
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I would say 95 percent of this outing he's been really really good.
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Strike three called.
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Gilbert taps the helmet.
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Ball four.
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And bring the time run to the plate for San Francisco.
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So Haas is aboard on a fielder's choice
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and Gilbert is forced out six to four two men out back to the top of the order Jung who leave.
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This is flipped the other way and it's a fair ball.
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And it gets by Hernandez it's going to allow the speedy has to score.
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And here comes Jung Ho.
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And.
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And.
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And this game is tied.
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Unbelievable.
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This is a home run swing if I ever saw one.
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Just kind of hits a fillet down the left field line.
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And it skips off the wall.
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It kicks away from Hernandez.
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It has to be a home run.
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I mean an easy score for Haas.
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Oh what a blunder from Teoscar Hernandez in left field.
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My goodness it's 2-2.
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And then Sheehan had
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that look about him for a good portion of this game to start three in the third innings without surrendering a hit.
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And even after that, maintain that look like,
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hey, this is shutout territory for the right-hander.
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Tipped into the glove.
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Strike three.
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Schmidt down for the first out of the sixth.
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And the sixth came for Sheehan.
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Very nice.
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He has Cade six.
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And this one he does finish off and doesn't reach base.
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The two-strike count out.
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One, two, three.
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Top of the sixth.
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They go to the Dodger half of the sixth inning is
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low ball for an elite off walk for the six innings
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that the Dodgers have gotten the lead off hitter on say
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Oscar Hernandez back to the plate two for two with two doubles pitch one hundred
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and five coming up from Landon Root Hernandez pulls it to left down for another hit.
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He's three for three Muncie trying for third the throw the tag the ball skips away
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and Hernandez takes second and fires up the dugout.
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He hits it down where the sin was committed.
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This one works out really well.
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Muncie with a very hard slide
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catches his knee so there's no chance for a tag
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and pay Oscar kept his head on swivel
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and made over to second second
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and third one out in the six Tony Vitello takes Rupp
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out he'll bring the lefty Matt Gage in Dalton rushing spot
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tie ball game bottom of the six here in Los Angeles
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the Dodgers threatening to get a miss he got him boy three pitched him right out of the
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strikes out across the lettertop and rushing that's a hat trick beautiful fastball taking advantage of an 0-2 advantage.
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Don rushing running hot tonight snapped the bat earlier smacking his own helmet with the bat after his third K.
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We're going to get a pinch hitter.
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The sixth inning will come down to Alex Call.
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Call sprays it to right field sinking fast.
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It's down for a hit.
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Muncie is in.
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Hernandez behind him.
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He's safe and the Dodgers are Back in front, Cole going for second.
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He's got that safely too.
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A pinch hit, two run single for Alex Cole.
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He swings, he's like, oh there it is.
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Okay, it's gonna fall in.
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Muncie scores, Teoscar scores.
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That flips things around a little bit now as Emmett Sheehan is the pitcher of record on the plus side now.
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Inning continues for Miguel Rojas.
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The Dodgers leading 4-2.
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Rojas to center base hit.
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Cole will race in.
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What an at bat from Miguel Rojas.
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5-2 L.A.
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Don't try to do too much.
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Stay within yourself.
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Take the heater to right field and have enough swing to hit the slider.
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And he does.
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Just barely.
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Gage really changed speed on that slider.
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Took a lot off.
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But Biggie stretched out.
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Hit it just good enough to get over the infield infield
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the Dodgers strike for three runs on three hits Tanner Scott coming on for the ninth inning to try
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and close this one out for the Dodgers
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so far this year first 19 games he looks terrific he
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really does throwing strikes with both pitches mixing up as a
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mystery really is pitching very very well strike three gas one
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more out to go the one to pitch that's three and that's a win for LA.
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They lose the first two they win the last two when the Dodgers are back in first place.
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In this video presentation, we delve into a thrilling Major League Baseball game held at Dodger Stadium between two storied rivals, the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The commentary by the announcer highlights key players and their performances, particularly focusing on pitcher Emmett Sheehan and designated hitter Will Smith. The announcer's enthusiastic tone and use of sports terminology provide a rich context for language learners to immerse themselves in the excitement of live baseball events. This engaging atmosphere presents an excellent opportunity for English learners to grasp conversational sports language and expression.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- 1. "First inning ERA, 10-29." - Understand this baseball statistic as a way to discuss performance in various contexts.
- 2. "1-2-3. Top of the first inning." - Familiarize yourself with expressions used in sequences and progressions.
- 3. "He got him with the slider." - Learn to describe actions effectively and concisely.
- 4. "Goodbye!" - A simple yet powerful expression to convey excitement or success in various situations.
- 5. "How did Dave Roberts know?" - This phrase illustrates curiosity or surprise, a common conversational theme in English.
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