Bell Homers Again in 4th Straight Win

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Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The Nats scorching start to September continued on Tuesday night as they held off the Marlins 7-5 for a 4th straight victory. Mark (From South Florida) & Al take note that Washington is now within striking distance of both Atlanta & Miami in the NL East. The Nationals are six wins behind the Marlins with 18 games remaining. (06:30) Josh Bell crushed a 3-run HR in the top of the 1st for his 4th homer in the past three games. Bell is now up to 20 HRs on the season and it is now plausible that he could be back in 2026. (10:10) Daylen Lile also went deep and his past few months are becoming reminiscent of Joey Meneses back in 2022. Lile's OPS is now up .777 and he is just behind CJ Abrams in that category. (14:40) The catching situation continues to have its obstacles as Riley Adams got hit in a tough spot. He was replaced by Jorge Alfaro, who himself suffered a similar fate in the bottom of the 9th. Alfaro stayed in the game, but Andres Chaparro was waiting in the wings as the team's emergency catcher. (17:30) Mitchell Parker had a real solid outing as he pitched into the bottom of the 8th. It is the longest the lefty lasted since all the way back to April 22nd. (23:00) Washington led 7-2 entering the bottom of the 9th and the inning turned into a bit of a circus. Jose A. Ferrer was needed to relieve Cole Henry for the final out as the Marlins unexpectedly brought the tying run to the plate. (27:15) Sorting through reports about the Nationals search for a new Head of Baseball Operations. Carter Hawkins, Cubs GM, is among those who apparently have interviewed for the position.

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0:00.0	Walters is the place to be on Thursday night, with both the Nats and commanders playing at the same time.
0:06.1	The Commander's Week 2 matchup in Green Bay kicks off at 8.15, and Walters has plenty of TVs to have you covered just across the street from the ballpark.
0:15.9	Hey, let's see if Walters can outdraw Lone Depot Park this Thursday night.
0:23.9	Here's the pitch. So we have a line drive deep right field. Way back goes, Weaver looking
0:29.2	up and this one's going to be gone. Into the first row of the second deck. Bell has done it again.
0:35.6	It's three nothing nationals, three batters in.
0:38.7	That's number 20.
0:40.4	He has four homers and 12 RBIs in his last eight at bats.
0:45.2	Josh Bell is on fire.
0:46.8	The Nationals are a quick start here tonight in Miami.
0:49.8	Lyle back in, Major Rocks Fires.
0:52.2	Swinging a long drive, right field toward the corner. Way back it goes and it's gone. In and out of the second deck. A home run for Dailan Lyle. National 6. Marlins 1. Number 5 for Dail and Lyle. He continues to swing a red hot bat. In his nine-game hitting streak now, seven of nine games, he's had two hits. Runners lead first and third. Two-one pitch to Ramirez. Swinging a ground ball, slowly hit to short. Abrams has it. He'll throw to first, and this ball game is over. The Nationals bend, but don't break. They beat the Marlins seven to five. Terrific performance for Mitchell Parker.
1:30.0	His first win since late July is eighth of the year.
1:35.1	He goes 7 and 2 3rd strong, and the Nationals' bullpen survives a shaky ninth inning to win the second game of the series.
1:39.0	And welcome to Nat's chat along with Massinsports.com Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman,
1:43.6	who was at Lone Depot Park in Miami.
1:45.7	I'm Al-Galdi, hosted the Al-Galdi podcast. So on the last installment of the podcast, had some fun with the
1:51.5	nationals technically, officially, having not been eliminated from playoff contention for this season.
1:57.2	And by the way, they still have not been eliminated from playoff contention for this
2:02.1	season. But putting aside the Nats making the postseason this season, here's a more
2:06.5	realistic goal. The Nats surpassing the Miami Marlins for fourth place in the National League
2:13.2	East. How possible is that? The Nats now have won seven of their last eight games.
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