Dodgers postgame: Jack Flaherty downplays altercation with Randy Arozarena after benches clear

Working with Will Smith [Music] um so was the focus for you with working with will tonight kind of navigating through their lineup and especially in situations when you did have some traffic and navigating do that I think first and foremost was getting off to a better start um first inning has been a little rough since I got here um so it was nice to get off to a better start even though falling behind a bunch of guys early on um and then um as the game went on you know once we once we got that lead and at that point it was just about trying to get deeper into the game and try to get some quick outs you know um and just trying to fill up the Zone I was I was nibbling a little bit just kept missing just barely so some things to clean up um going to the next one but you know made some adjustments from the first second inning and through the rest of the game one of the perks of being part of this organization is obviously the offense that you get to pitch with what's it like I guess knowing the support that you had out there and just kind of seeing them do what they do I mean it's a it's as deep a lineup as you're going to fine and just one after the other they just you know what they did to uh pitching staff that Seattle has is is impressive and what they did to Gilbert tonight you know they was just one after the other Relentless um and it's it's fun to watch and sometimes you know pitch and you get a little you just you just end up watching you forget that you're throwing so um but it's just it's it's fun to watch all around was On Randy Arozarena your perspective on what happened with Ry I mean nothing man look I respect Randy as a player he's been really good in this league for um you know as long as he's been here um yeah I mean I there's no reason for me to hit him in that position and he took exception to it so like I got they got nothing from respect for guys who are really good in this league so um we said what we had to say boys jumped out of the Dugout and we move on what would you say to him after On what he would say to Arozarena the fly out that next it doesn't matter it'll stay between the lines but um nothing we both said what we had to say and it's all good I got nothing from respect nothing but respect for the guy evaluate like these four starts here since the trade and how you felt the On his performance since the trade last month um not I mean okay for for me I feel like I I came over in a in a good spot and have kind of hit I don't know probably the weirdest Funk I've probably been in all year in terms of just like nibbling not quite getting deep enough in games not quite being as sharp um just just missing like tonight kind of was like was all that was it just just missing falling behind getting some bad counts still able to get guys out still a to make pitches which is good but you know you execute some of those and you getting deeper in the game so it's it's really it's really close um it's just a matter of just continuing to work and you know turning starts like tonight into you know seven Innings that's that's what we're trying to do

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