Bullpen Preserves Lord's Lead

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Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Nats held off the Mets 5-4 on Wednesday night as the bullpen stepped up for 3+ frames. Mark & Al open with Miguel Cairo's curious ejection that came within a blink of an eye while he was still in the dugout. Bench Coach Henry Blanco took over skipper duties after Cairo's ejection for the final few innings. (07:00) The offense jumped all over New York's starter Kodai Sega for five runs in as many innings. Drew Millas had a RBI triple and Josh Bell crushed his 16th homer of the season. (12:05) Brad Lord's solid outing fell apart in the top of the 6th as he gave up three Mets runs. Lord earned the win and has Cole Henry to thank for keeping the lead intact by escaping a jam in the pivotal 6th. (16:00) Shinnousuke Ogasawara, Clayton Beeter, and Jose A. Ferrer all pitched scoreless innings to protect the 5-4 lead. Ogasawara has looked encouraging out of the bullpen after not pitching well as a starter. (22:40) Paul DeJong got the start over Brady House again at 3B as House has missed four recent games. House has really struggled against lefties and his overall OPS is only .561. (28:30) Eli Willits is getting promoted to the Low-A FredNats. Willits went to West Palm Beach for a few weeks after being drafted #1 overall this summer.

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0:00.0	Walters is the spot again for Florida State football.
0:03.9	Opener is a big one Saturday, August 30th at 3.30 against Alabama.
0:09.2	Walters has plenty of TVs both inside and outside, located across the street from the ballpark.
0:18.4	Right fielder Soto is playing off the line.
0:20.8	Swinging a shot.
0:21.6	There!
0:22.4	Pass the diving, Alonzo and down the right field line into the corner.
0:26.3	Rounding third is Cruz.
0:27.6	He will score.
0:28.8	Rounding second is Millis heading for third, and the relay gets away from McNeil.
0:33.5	And Millis is in with a triple.
0:36.5	Drew Millis with a shot down the right field line and into the corner.
0:41.3	And he has his first major league, three base hits.
0:45.3	His seventh RBI in the big leagues this year, three extra base hits in the inning.
0:50.3	And it's now the Nationals four, the Mets nothing.
0:53.3	Lawrence Sets with one out of the inning, his pitch, swinging nationals four of the men's nothing lord sets with one out of the
0:55.5	inning his pitch swinging a line drive down the left field line and it's fair and it will go into foul
1:00.2	ground all the way into the corner sodo trots him from third alonzo around third he will score
1:06.5	and in the second with an opposite field line drive two two-run double, is Jeff McNeil.
1:11.6	He drives in his 39th and 40th runs of the year with his 16th double.
1:17.6	This is now a one-run game, the Nationals 5 of the Mets 4.
1:21.6	Mullins at first, the 2-0 pitch.
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