Cavalli Only Lasts 4 Innings in Loss

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The Nats were trounced 11-3 on Tuesday night against visiting Minnesota. Al & Mark examine Cade Cavalli's poor outing, where he allowed six runs in just four innings of work. Three of those were unearned, but Cavalli had a fielding error that contributed to the run total. Cavalli only threw two strikeouts after having registered double digits Ks in his previous two starts. (14:30) Andre Granillo struggled by giving up four late runs in two innings on the mound. Granilo afterwards was sent down to AAA-Rochester. (19:00) Jackson Rutledge was DFA'd to make room for reliever Max Kranick on the 40-man roster. Rutledge was a 1st round draft choice from 2019 that did not pan out. (22:05) James Wood came very close to hitting a homer and had to settle for a double. It was Wood's first extra-base hit in almost a week. (25:10) Daylen Lile doubled in a rare show of power so far this season. Lile is tied for the team high in hits, but his OPS is only at .692. (28:30) WIll Riley Adams get called up from AAA to take over for one of the scuffling catchers? (32:00) Brady House did not start on Tuesday and we answer a listener question about House's usage.

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0:00.0	Walters is back for another season as the official bar of the Nats Chat podcast.
0:04.8	They've been with us since our very first season on air in 2021.
0:09.1	Walters is located just across the street from the ballpark.
0:16.1	So Lee standing in, Cavali will work out of the stretch.
0:18.8	Here's the pitch.
0:19.7	Swing it to tap her back, first base out of the mound. Cavali can't make the play. He knocked it down with his glove and it rolled into foul ground. All hands are safe. Martin scores and the Twins lead three to one. He kicks and delivers and a swing in a fly ball right center field toward the gap. Young and one of the run no one's gonna get there it's in for the base hit it goes to the fence one run has scored it's gonna score two and the twins have brought them all around four runs home in the inning it's now Minnesota six and Washington won
0:51.3	lost his own a little bit there when he was the zone, I just thought they were all over him. And welcome to Nats chat. I'm Al Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast. I'm joined by Washington Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman of Natchjournal.com. Nobody denies the talent of Nats starting pitcher, Cade Cavali. What's missing is the consistency.
1:12.8	And we on Tuesday evening saw the lack of consistency pop up again, six runs, three earned in four innings.
1:19.6	This off back-to-back 10 strikeout outings.
1:23.1	We lately have seen the best of Cavali and also the worst of Cavali.
1:27.2	Tuesday evening, a Nat Tuesday evening, a Nats
1:28.3	loss, a Nats blowout loss, and 113 loss to the Minnesota Twins at Nassitals Park in game
1:33.1	one of a three game series. The Nats in MLB's 2026 regular season fall to 16 and 20, just
1:38.9	4 and 13 at home versus 12 and 7 on the road. And the 4 and 13 includes the Nats being just
1:45.6	one in five in game ones of series at home. The Nants have been especially bad at getting
1:51.0	off to good starts in home series. But good to have you with us. You could find us on
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2:08.4	podcast t-shirt. We have been discussing the Nats surging offense calming down. The Nats now have scored
2:14.6	three runs or less in seven of the team's last 11 games.
2:18.7	But Mark, off what we had seen recently from Cade Cavali to see what we saw on Tuesday evening.
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