Bell Homers as Lord & the 'Pen Step Up

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Nats beat the Reds 6-1 on Tuesday night in D.C. for their 2nd consecutive win. Mark & Al note that the Nationals are now a game away from their first series sweep since mid-May in Baltimore. (04:10) Josh Bell crushed his 13th homer of the season as he continues his hot month. Bell is widely expected to be traded by next week and his surge is well timed for the organization. (07:30) Riley Adams continued to play well while Keibert Ruiz is on the IL. Adams had a 2-run single and also a threw out a runner to end the top of the 3rd. (09:00) Brad Lord had a solid outing as he returned to the starting rotation for the first time since May 6th. Lord only allowed one run in four innings of work off of 50 pitches. (15:30) Konnor Pilkington, fresh off being called up from AAA, impressed in his two innings of scoreless work. Pilkington took over in the 5th, struck out the side in the 6th, and earned the win. It was not his MLB debut as he briefly pitched for Cleveland a few season ago. The corresponding move was Mason Thompson getting sent down to Rochester. (25:15) Washington goes for the sweep on Wednesday afternoon. Michael Soroka takes the mound with an extra spotlight as many contending teams will paying attention to the right hander's outing ahead of next week's Trade Deadline.

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0:00.0	Stop at Walters before or after this Saturday night's DC United match at nearby Audi Field.
0:06.7	Walters is open all day and night across the street from Nationals Park.
0:14.0	Bell's been swinging the bat. Well, really good game last night with two extra base hits, a double and a long home run.
0:21.0	It's on the way to him. Sw, and I drive deep to right here.
0:24.2	Back goes Freyley.
0:25.4	He gets the warning track.
0:26.5	You can't forget it.
0:28.1	It's a game-tying home run for Josh Bell.
0:31.0	He's homered again, and it's one-to-one.
0:34.9	Here's the pitch, swinging a liner out the diving steering into right field.
0:39.3	One run is in.
0:40.3	Here comes Garcia to the plate.
0:42.3	The throw not in time as Louis dives in.
0:44.3	Then the throw gets away.
0:46.3	House scrambles for the plate.
0:47.3	Burds flipped it back to the catcher Stevenson, but it's not in time.
0:50.3	Three runs score on the play.
0:52.3	Adam stands up at second base and all of a sudden it's
0:55.6	six to one Nats. And welcome to Natschat along with Massinsports.com Nationals insider Mark
1:02.2	Suckerman who is at Nationals Park. I'm Al Galdi, hosted the Al Galdi podcast. It has been more
1:07.0	than two months since the Nationals swept a series of at least three games. May 16th
1:11.6	through the 18th, the three-game sweep at the Orioles, a series during which the
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