Another Nats Loss Despite 3 Homers

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The Nats slow start continued in a 6-4 loss on Friday night against visiting Arizona despite scoring three runs in the bottom of the 1st. Mark & Al open the episode by breaking down Jake Irvin's start that only lasted five frames. Irvin allowed seven hits and four runs on just 86 pitches while being unable to early hold onto the early lead. (10:30) Jose A. Ferrar gave up a pair of runs in the top of the 7th to give the Arizona lead for good. Ferrar has really struggled so far as he ceded multiple runs in three of out of his four appearances this year. (17:00) The Nationals scored four runs off of three homers on Friday night. CJ Abrams & Luis Garcia Jr. homered right away and Nathaniel Lowe's blast briefly tied the game in the bottom of the 6th. Mark points out how that even though they have a fair amount of homers so far, the team's lack of drawing walks have been a major culprit. (26:35) The 2005 Nationals will be inducted into the franchise's Ring of Honor this weekend. This was the first season in Washington after the Expos moved to D.C. and they surprisingly opened the year with a 50-31 record while playing at RFK Stadium. **Closing highlight courtesy of John Walton and Ken Sabourin on the Capitals Radio Network.

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0:00.0	Walters is the place to be before and after games at Nationals Park.
0:04.6	Be sure to check out their self-pour beer wall, including options such as the Dr. Juicy IPA from Silver Branch Brewing Company.
0:16.0	Now the pitch of the way is swung on, into the year to Deep Bright again.
0:19.7	Cruise back can only watch, and this one is gone goodbye.
0:23.8	Into the second deck above the bullpen.
0:27.6	That one into section 239 and Corbyn Carroll has himself a two home run game and a two-run shot.
0:35.3	Gives the dive-to-backs the lead.
0:40.0	It's now Arizona 4 in Washington 3 so we got a long drive right field for low way back this one goes and this game is tied
0:45.8	that's off the facing of the second deck Nathaniel low with his third of the season
0:50.9	and the Nationals have evened it up it's the Nats for thebacks four. I want a line smash out of here in the blink of an eye. Runners lead first and third. Perdomo, a big lead off third. Here it comes. So we're in a fly ball right field. Long chase going back for Cruz to the warning track. He leaps at the wall and he can't get it. It's off the wall. Two runs will score. Richiekin in second with a double. Perdomo scores, Hampson behind him and the Diamondbacks back in front, six to four. And welcome to Natchchat along with Massinsports.com Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman, who was at Nationals Park. I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi
1:28.5	podcast. Friday night was an historic night in Washington, D.C. Sports as winger Alex
1:34.0	Olvechkin scored two goals in the Capitals 5-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks at Capitol
1:38.8	Win Arena, tying Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 career NHL regular season goals.
1:45.4	The magic, though, did not extend to Nationals Park where the Nats and MLB's 2025 regular
1:50.9	season fell to 1 and 6, a 6-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks in game one of a three-game
1:57.8	series.
1:58.5	This despite the Nats hitting three more home runs, the Nats over their
2:02.9	seven games, have smashed 12 homers, and yet are one in six. And we on Friday had bad
2:09.4	injury news for the Nats. The Nats on Friday morning announced having play-starting pitcher
2:13.4	Michael Soroka on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to April 1st with a right-arm biceps strain.
2:20.6	This installment of Natch Chat brought to us by Open Window Property Management LLC,
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