Finnegan Not Used in Walk-off Loss

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The Nats rallied in the top of the 9th, but couldn't make it to extras in Monday night's 4-3 loss in Atlanta. Mark & Al dig into the decision to not use Kyle Finnegan in the bottom of the 9th, where it was tied 3-3. Jackson Rutledge initially stayed in the game, but then was relieved by Andrew Chafin as opposed to Finnegan. The All-Star closer has not pitched since Game 1 of last Tuesday's doubleheader. (15:30) Jake Irvin gave up three runs off of seven hits in six innings of work. Al points out the troubling trend regarding Irvin's strikeouts, as he only had one on Monday night. (20:35) James Wood chopped his 1th homer of the season, but it was another quiet day at the plate for his teammates. Washington went 0 for 7 with RISP and struggled against Braves starter Grant Holmes. (27:10) The six game losing streak is now the longest in MLB and it seems that they are playing form behind every game. Michael Soroka takes the mound against his original team on Tuesday night.

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0:00.0	Walters is the place to be this time of year, across the street from Nationals Park and near
0:05.2	Audi Field, open daily from 11 a.m. until 2 a.m. And on the weekends, closing time is at 3 a.m.
0:16.3	3.2 to Dylan Cruz. Aglacius ready. Outside target, the pitch. Swinging a ground ball up to middle. It's fielded by Allen. He's double clutches, throws to first. It's thrown away. This game's going to be tied. Ruiz scores. Nunez scores. Cruz is aboard, and that's going to be the first era of the season for Nick Allen. And that allows the game to be tied. The Nationals
0:38.6	three and the Braves three. The sure-handed Allen double clutched and threw wildly and Cruz
0:45.1	hustling down the line is safe the throw gets by and the National score the tying run like
0:50.6	that. And now the three two. Slider ground ball up to middle. It's a base into the center
0:55.7	field. White's coming around third. Cruz double clutches throws home way too late and the game is
1:01.8	over. Alex Verdugo, the walkoff hit on a fastball gives the Braves a dramatic four to three win.
1:11.1	And welcome to NASCAR, along with Massinsports.com, National's insider Mark Zuckerman.
1:15.9	I'm Al-Galdi host of the Al-Galdi podcast.
1:18.6	Monday night was an awful night for Washington, D.C. sports.
1:22.4	We had the capitals losing at the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 to go down three games to one in that best of seven second
1:29.2	round series in the Stanley Cup playoffs. We had the Wizards getting job in the 2025 NBA draft
1:36.1	lottery, aka the sweepstakes for Duke's Cooper flag. The Wizards got the worst pick that they could
1:42.7	have gotten the number six overall pick.
1:44.7	And we had the Nationals losing their six consecutive game, a four-three walk-off loss at the Atlanta Braves in game one of a four-game series.
1:53.7	Monday night, not so good.
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