Cubs Pull Away in the 5th

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The Nats lost 8-3 to the visiting Cubs on Tuesday evening to open their six game home stand. Al & Tim start with Trevor Williams; who was taken out in the pivotal top of the 5th and was charged with five runs allowed. Williams threw a shutout last week, but this outing was in line with his season that sports a 6.03 ERA in a dozen starts. (07:30) Five bullpen arms were needed and the first one used struggled the most. Andrew Chafin relieved Williams in the 5th and walked two of the three hitters he faced. Jackson Rutledge interestingly was used in the top of the 9th in mop-up duty. (11:45) The offense scored three runs right away, but did nothing in the final six frames. Luis Garcia Jr. had a trio of hits and had a RBI single in the bottom of the 1st. (15:30) Jose Teña did not properly handle a grounder in the top of the 4th and it led to a big inning for Chicago to tie the game. (19:00) MacKenzie Gore will take the mound on Wednesday vs. the Cubs. Gore is tied with Boston's Garrett Crochet for the most strikeouts at 101. (23:25) ESPN's Jeff Passan handicapped every team and where they fit into the eventual Trade Deadline. Al & Tim respond to what he wrote about Kyle Finnegan and the Nats organization.

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0:19.6	Here's the pitch. Swing at a fly ball ball left field toward the line coming in his
0:23.8	hat.
0:24.8	Runner is tagging.
0:25.8	He makes the catch.
0:26.8	He's going to try and score.
0:28.0	Here comes the throw.
0:29.4	It's on line, the dive and the tag.
0:31.4	He is saved.
0:33.4	Dalin Lyle scores two runs home in the inning and the Nationals lead three to one.
0:39.3	Here's the set at the belt. The three-two pitch, low ball four.
0:44.3	He walks in a run. It's 5-3 Chicago.
0:47.3	Hap scores. Bush with the RBI bases loaded walk.
0:51.3	Here's the set. There they go. Here it comes. Swinging a ground ball right
0:55.9	side through for a base hit. Cromstrong scores. Kelly coming in behind him. And two runs will
1:01.5	cross. Over to third Bush, seeing eye ground ball single. The Cubs have scored four big
1:08.3	runs in the inning and lead at seven to three. And welcome to Nat's chat. I'm Al Galdi, host of the Al Galdi podcast. Mark Zuckerman is off for this installment of the podcast, but I'm pleased to be joined by the man who runs the podcast, Tim Schovers. So the Chicago Cubs, they are maybe the best team in the National League. The Nationals on Tuesday evening begin a three-game series
1:28.3	against the Cubs at Nationals Park, and the result was an A3 loss to the Cubs in a game in which
1:33.4	the Nats did blow a 3-1 fourth inning lead. The Nansen MLB's 2025 regular season now are
1:39.0	28 and 32. The Cubs in this regular season now are in National League Central Best 38 and 22, with a National
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