Finnegan Notches the Save for the 3rd Straight Day

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Nats have now won three in a row after defeating the defending World Series champion Dodgers 6-4 on Monday night in Navy Yard. Mark & Al discuss MacKenzie Gore's solid outing where he only allowed a pair of runs in six innings of work. Those two LA runs came off of a Shohei Ohtani 2-run HR, part of his evening where he was a double shy from the cycle. (10:00) Kyle Finnegan not only got the save, but took care of the final five outs. He has recorded the final out in three consecutive days and in all likelihood will be unavailable on Tuesday. (17:10) James Wood homered for the first time this season to put Washington ahead 5-2. Wood was removed in the top of the 9th for defensive purposes by Jacob Young even though Wood was on deck if the Dodgers forced a bottom of the 9th. (22:10) Keibert Ruiz had a RBI double to extend the lead to 6-2. Ruiz's strong start to the season continues as his OPS is currently at .981. (25:00) There were more instances of runners getting thrown out on base and three Nats have been tagged out at home in the past two days. This has an ongoing issue over the past few seasons. (30:30) Brad Lord will start for the injury plagued pitching staff on Tuesday and Jackson Rutledge will likely come into relieve him. Lord was a starter in the minors and transitioned to a reliever during Spring Training. This is a chain reaction to Michael Soroka getting placed on the IL shortly after DJ Herz did as well. (36:20) Josh Whetzel, the Voice of the AAA-Rochester Red Wings, provides an update on Brady House, Robert Hassell III, Darren Baker, and more.

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0:00.0	Walters is the place to be before and after games at Nationals Park.
0:04.6	Be sure to check out their self-pour beer wall, including options such as the Dr. Juicy IPA from Silver Branch Brewing Company.
0:15.3	Now the kick in the pitch, swing and a long drive to right. Back goes call.
0:19.6	Warning track, he's at defense defense and he can't get it.
0:22.3	It's in the bullpen and gone goodbye. A two-run homer for Shoah Otani.
0:28.6	And tie the score of the Dodgers two of the nationals two.
0:32.5	Bonda delivers. Swing and a high fly ball left center field deep. Back goes Edmund, way back at the wall.
0:38.4	Going, going, going.
0:40.3	Goodbye.
0:42.9	Into the Budweiser, red seats in left center field.
0:47.3	Bang!
0:47.9	Zoom goes James Wood with his second home run of the year.
0:52.7	A two-run shot off the left-hander Bunda, here in the bottom of the seventh inning.
0:58.0	And it's Bedlam in the nation's capital.
1:01.0	A big two-run cushion added here in the bottom of the seventh.
1:05.0	It's now the Nationals five in the Dodgers, too.
1:08.0	One ball, no strikes to bets.
1:10.0	Fitting into the belt. He kicks in deals.
1:13.6	Swing a ground ball right side, softly hit. Garcia has it. He'll throw on to first, and this one is over.
1:19.4	Finnegan pumps his fist. He nails down the save, and the Nationals defeat the Dodgers 6 to 4 in game one.
1:32.1	And welcome to Nat's chat along with Massid Sports.com National's insider Mark Zuckerman,
1:33.3	who is at Nationals Park.
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