Adams Homers in 3rd Straight Win but Travis Sykora Needs Surgery

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Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

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4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The Nats won their third straight on Monday, but pregame were dealt tough organizational news. Mark (From Houston) & Al begin with injury news as the Nationals highest rated pitching prospect Travis Sykora is likely out for 2026 due to Tommy John Surgery. Sykora was promoted to Harrisburg last month and only made a pair of starts in AA before getting hurt. (13:30) Brad Lord had a solid start in Washington 2-1 victory on Monday night. Lord only need 59 pitches to toss just over five innings of work vs. the Astros. (18:00) Konnor Pilkington picked up the win in another impressive outing out of the bullpen. Kyle Finnegan notched his 20th Save of the season as Thursday's Trade Deadline approaches. (20:30) James Wood was given the day off as Miguel Cairo noted that he could use some extra rest after a busy All-Star Break. Wood has been mightily slumping recently as he struck out ten times in Minnesota. (21:15) The Nats struck out 19 times as a team yet came out on top. The offense though did come up with major moments as a Nathaniel Lowe double scored Josh Bell from 1st and later Riley Adams hit the go-ahead solo homer in the 7th.

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0:19.8	Next delivery, swinging a fly ball right field deep.
0:23.1	Back goes Trebell to the warning track at the wall, climbing the wall, and he can't get it.
0:28.2	It is gone goodbye.
0:30.6	Bang Zoom goes Riley Adams to straightaway right field and opposite field home run is sixth of the year and he has given the Nationals the lead here in Houston with two out of the top of the seventh inning. It's the Nationals two of the Astros won. Two balls, two strikes. Finnegan deals.
0:49.3	Swig and a miss on a splitter in the dirt Adams applies tag, and the Nationals win the ball game two to one.
0:56.5	Kyle Finnegan nails down his 20th save in front of family and friends, his third consecutive 20 save season,
1:03.0	and the Nationals have won three games in a row.
1:07.3	And welcome to Nat's chat, along with Massinsports..com Nationals Insider Mark Zuckerman, who is at
1:12.5	Dyken Park in Houston, I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast.
1:16.6	So a theme of this podcast since it started in 2021, unfortunately, has been the many bad things
1:22.9	that have happened to the Nats since they won the 2019 World Series against, of course,
1:28.6	the Houston Astros.
1:33.9	And so there was something poetic about the Nats on Monday night doing as they did in game seven of the 2019 World Series winning at the Astros.
1:37.6	But with the backdrop of really bad news, the Nats on Monday evening announced that their
1:42.8	number one pitching prospect, starting pitcher
1:45.0	Travis Sikora underwent a recent MRI exam that revealed a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right
1:52.2	elbow. And so he is scheduled to undergo Tommy John surgery in two weeks. He is likely to miss
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