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Crews Homers Twice & Bullpen Barely Hangs on

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9574 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Nats emerged victorious on Saturday in Colorado, but a 12-2 lead turned into a 12-11 escape act. Mark (From Coors Field) & Al run through the dizzying afternoon that saw four Washington homers, a dominant outing by MacKenzie Gore, and the bullpen allowing eight Rockies runs in the bottom of the 7th. (05:30) Dylan Crews had his best game yet in the majors as he went deep twice and snagged a great catch in the bottom of the 8th. Crews knocked in four runs, which is thus far a career high. (07:35) James Wood slugged his 7th homer of the season out of the leadoff spot. Wood is currently tied for the NL lead in homers with four others players including Kyle Schwarber. Wood was lifted in the middle of the game for Alex Call for defensive reasons and Al vehemently explains why he disagrees with this decision by the manager. (17:00) It got lost in the shuffle of the late game dramatics, but MacKenzie Gore was fantastic on Saturday afternoon. Gore tied a career high with 13 Ks on 104 pitches in six frames and now leads the majors with 45 strikeouts this year. (22:30) The bullpen inherited a 12-2 lead entering the bottom of the 7th and an inning later Colorado was now behind 12-10. Lucas Sims only recorded one out yet gave up four runs and his ERA this season is up to 15.26. It still is better than Colin Poche's 19.29, this after he surrendered a pair of runs while also only securing one out. What can be done to fix this? (37:10) Jorge Lopez's suspension was reduced from three to two games. He will be eligible for Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader. (40:00) INFORMAL NATS CHAT HANGOUT AT WALTERS ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 23RD AT 5PM UNTIL FIRST PITCH AGAINST THE ORIOLES.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today, while the Nats are still on the road, head to Walters before and after the undefeated

0:05.1

DC Defenders host San Antonio.

0:08.1

Kickoff is at 5 o'clock at nearby Audi Field.

0:14.8

The 1-0.

0:16.0

So we had a long drive, left center field.

0:18.5

Way back it goes, and it is long gone halfway up to bleachers

0:23.2

James Wood with a three-run blast the nationals have scored five runs in the fourth and they

0:28.9

lead it seven to two pitch swung on by Cruz and a belt to deep right center field this is way

0:34.9

back and this ball is gone goodbye into the Rockies bullpen again a no

0:40.3

doubter off the bat of Dylan Cruz bang zoom goes Cruz for the second time today his second

0:48.6

home run he has driven in four with two two run home runs and it's now the Nationals nine and the Rockies two.

0:56.9

That one got out here in the blink of an eye.

0:59.9

One ball, two strikes.

1:01.6

The pitch to Beck.

1:02.9

Swain to line drive, left center field.

1:04.5

Coming on is called the ball, knuckles, and it's by-up.

1:07.2

It goes to the warning track.

1:09.2

This will clear the bases.

1:12.4

Beck heading for third.

1:14.3

My, oh my.

1:15.9

Three runs score.

1:18.1

That ball knuckled on call.

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