Join us at the Nats chat hangout at Walters on Wednesday, August 6th. We'll get started at 5 p.m.

Prior to the game against the athletics, come share your early thoughts on the Mike de Bartolo era.

2.1 to Ortiz. Line drive right center field. This is going to get down. It's going to go by

Dail and go all the way to the warning track as he picks it up he'll fire it in Ortiz round second and holds it's coming in to score as Monasterio and the Brewers score yet another run they have five in and lead it six to one

now the swing and a drive hit well to left center field this one way back wood going back young going back

it is going going and gone goodbye Andrew Vaughn's third into the game is a two-run home run

and the brewers continue to just pile it on here at the top of the eighth inning two more runs home

it's now Milwaukee 16 in Washington 4.

And welcome to Natsch chat, along with Massinsports.com Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman,

who was at Nationals Park. I'm Al Galdi, host of the Al Galdi podcast. The Nats on Friday

evening began the post-M-LB trade deadline portion of their season.

How ugly might things get? Well, this game was ugly. A 16-9 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at

Nationals Park in game one of a three-game series. In a game that really wasn't even that

close, the Nats scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning. This was a game in which

the Nats allowed the Brewers to total a staggering 25 hits,

most hits allowed by the Nats in a regular season game since the franchise moved to Washington,

D.C. in the 2004-2005 offseason.

This also was a game in which the Nats committed three errors. This was a game

that lasted for three hours and 22 minutes. The Nats now are 44 and 65 second worst record in the

National League. The Brewers now are 65 and 44. That is the best record in the majors. If you have

never given this podcast a five-star rating and or have never written a

nice review of the podcast, please consider doing so.

...