10-Run 1st Inning Leads to 4th Straight Win

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Nats won their fourth straight on Saturday night by defeating Arizona 11-7. Mark (From Phoenix) & Al marvel over the team's 10-run opening inning that set a tone for the entire evening. No homers were hit and the first 11 batters safely reached base. (9:40) James Wood's biggest impact came defensively as he nailed a runner out at the plate to stymie a Dbacks rally in the bottom of the 8th. (11:30) Are the Nationals a good offensive team? (15:45) Jackson Rutledge really struggled as the first pitcher to relieve Michael Soroka. Rutledge gave up three runs in the bottom of the 6th that cut the lead to four runs. (19:00) Jorge Lopez was DFA'd prior to the game and is the third veteran reliever that was signed in the off-season to have already been let go. Davey Martinez said before the game that Washington "was not the right fit" for Lopez. (28:05) A shoutout that leads to an extended conversation about the future contractual situations of young stars like James Wood.

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0:00.0	Keep Walters in mind if you're looking for a place to book a private event in D.C.
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0:14.2	Bases are loaded. Nobody out.
0:17.3	The pitch to Ruiz. Swung on, line drive, left center field.
0:20.7	Long run for Thomas. Way back. He can't get there. It's one hop to Ruiz. Swung on, line drive, left center field. Long run for Thomas, way back.
0:22.5	He can't get there.
0:23.4	It's one hop to the fence.
0:25.4	Garcia scores from third.
0:27.3	Bell around third coming home.
0:29.1	Hassel, round third held up by Ricky Gutierrez.
0:32.1	And into second with a booming double to left center field is Cape Verruise.
0:37.1	His 10th double of the year.
0:39.6	First five Nationals in the lineup are all in the dugout having scored a run.
0:44.3	Runners on second and third and still nobody out.
0:47.3	Nationals five and the Diamondbacks nothing.
0:50.0	Now the pitch.
0:51.0	Swinging a ground ball off the middle.
0:52.1	Could be two.
0:52.9	Marte will flip to Perdomo really at the first. Not in a ground ball off the middle. Could be two. Marte will flip to Perdomo, really, in the first, not in time.
0:57.1	And so Abrams scores, and the Nationals are in double digits.
1:02.9	Garcia picks up his third RBI of the first inning.
1:07.1	Wood is erased at second of the fielder's choice.
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