Bullpen Gets Clobbered

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The Nats were easily beaten by the Phillies 11-6 on Saturday afternoon in Navy Yard. Mark & Al spend plenty of time on the bullpen, which has performed poorly in both games so far this season. Jake Irvin departed a tied game after five innings and four relievers combined to give up nine runs following his exit. The 'pen is not only giving up a bunch of runs, but they are issuing a ton of walks along the way. (22:00) Keibert Ruiz homered for the second straight game and briefly put Washington ahead 2-0. Ruiz also added a double and has had success from both sides of the plate this week. (24:05) Amed Rosario had a trio of hits including a homer. Rosario hit 5th in the order and got the start at 2B over Luis Garcia Jr. in order to face the lefty starter. (27:10) Nathaniel Lowe went deep for the first time as a National and has flashed solid leather so far at 1B. (29:00) Dylan Crews mad a great play in the field, but went 0 for 5 with 5 Ks while hitting 2nd in the lineup. (35:30) In depth discussion on the new City Connect uniforms that were worn on Saturday.

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0:00.0	Walters is back for another season as the official bar of the Natschat podcast.
0:05.6	Walters is the best spot to go before and after home games located at the southeast corner
0:11.4	of Capitol and End Streets, right across the street from the ballpark.
0:19.5	Zario edges away to a good size lead.
0:21.6	The kick he's running the pitch,
0:23.6	swing and a fly ball hit well to left center field.
0:26.6	Back goes Kepler to the warning track.
0:27.6	It's going, going, and it has gone.
0:30.6	Goodbye!
0:33.6	Bang!
0:34.6	Zoom goes KBAM Ruiz, with his second home run of the season.
0:40.3	He has one from each side of the plate.
0:42.3	And the Nationals on the board here in the bottom of the second inning with one out.
0:46.3	It's the Nationals, too, and the Phillies nothing.
0:50.3	Sims deals.
0:52.3	To the backstop on the fly, the ball wedges into the netting and so a run will score
0:58.0	a wild wild pitch scoring stock and it is 4 to 2 my oh my the pitch swing a fly ball deep right field
1:08.0	cruise going back to the wall and there it goes it lands on the nationals
1:14.1	bullpen mound and brandon marsh has a three run homer and the phillies hit double digits they lead
1:21.0	at 10 to 3 and welcome to nat's chat along with mass and sports dot com national's insider mark suckerman, who is at Nationals Park. I'm Al Galdi host of the Al Galdi podcast. We are two games into the Nats 20-25 regular season and the Nats bullpen has been a big problem in each game. Thursday, a 7-3-10-inning loss to the Philadelphia Phillies at Nationals Park. Five Nats relievers combined to allow seven runs, six earned in four innings.
1:46.0	Saturday, and 11-6 loss to the Phillies at Nationals Park.
1:49.5	Four Nats relievers combined to allow nine runs in three into third innings, giving up seven hits, six walks, a wild pitch, and a balk.
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