Davey Surprisingly Suspended Prior to Shutout Defeat

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Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

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4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Nats were dealt a curve ball Thursday morning when they learned shortly before the matinee that Davey Martinez was immediately suspended for one game as a result of Jorge Lopez throwing inside on Andrew McCutchen on Wednesday night (Lopez appealed his three game suspension). Mark (Live from Pittsburgh) & Al discuss how curious of a decision MLB made in opting to suspend Davey. All of this began with Paul DeJong getting hit in the face on Tuesday night, which resulted in him landing on the IL with a fractured nose. (14:00) The offense was quite anemic in 1-0 loss on Thursday afternoon. Nathaniel Lowe was the only member of the lineup to have multiple hits. Washington only scored four total runs in the final three game of this series in Pittsburgh. (17:30) Trevor Williams' best outing of the season was wasted as he only allowed one run in his five innings of work. The bullpen for only the 3rd time this season was not charged with a run. Lucas Sims had an encouraging appearance as he tossed a scoreless bottom of the 6th. (23:40) The final leg of the road trip moves to Colorado for a three game series. The weather forecast calls for potentially three inches of snow in Denver on Friday, so a doubleheader this weekend is possible. (26:00) Terry Byrom, Voice of the Harrisburg Senators, provides an update on the Nats AA affiliate. Hear the latest on prospects such as Daylen Lile, Yohandy Morales, and Jarlin Susana.

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0:00.0	Walters is the place to be before and after games at Nationals Park. Be sure to check out
0:05.8	their self-poured beer wall that includes options such as the Vienna Lager.
0:14.0	The O-1. So we had a long drive right field. This one is way back and it is long gone.
0:19.9	Halfway up the bleachers in straightaway right field,
0:22.6	O'Neill Cruz has homered for the second time in the series.
0:26.8	Two pitches into the bottom of the first.
0:28.3	The Pirates lead won nothing.
0:30.7	Santana ready to go.
0:32.0	Here's the kick and the pitch.
0:33.8	Strike three call to change up, locked them up,
0:36.3	and this one is over.
0:40.1	Pirates blank the Nationals won nothing.
0:46.5	Nationals dropped three of four here at Pittsburgh and fall to two and five on this road trip.
0:52.2	And welcome to Natsch chat along with Massid Sports.com Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman,
0:56.0	who's at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, a Algaldi host of the Al-Galdi podcast.
1:01.2	The Nats now are just two and five on a 10-game road trip that now has seen a key reliever,
1:08.7	and the Nats manager gets suspended. Thursday afternoon, a 1-0 loss at the Pittsburgh Pirates to lose three out of four games in the series.
1:11.8	The Nats and MLB's 20-25 regular season now are seven and 12. And yeah, we now have suspensions. The Nats for this game were without
1:17.1	manager Davy Martinez as he served a one-game suspension. M.OB Senior Vice President for
1:22.6	on-field operations, Michael Hill, he on Thursday morning in a press release that came out about an hour
1:28.7	before the game announced that Nats reliever Jorge Lopez had, quote, received a three-game
1:33.4	suspension and an undisclosed fine for intentionally throwing at Andrew McCutcheon of the
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