Game 10: Fatigued Bullpen Can't Keep the Lead

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The Nats had to settle for a series split in Colorado as the bullpen could not maintain a 6-3 lead and ultimately Washington lost 7-6. Mark (Live from Coors Field) & Al dive into Erasmo Ramirez's tough afternoon while Davey Martinez was limited in his options. Will Erasmo return to his 2022 form? (12:00) Victor Robles was positioned in right CF as opposed to straightaway CF on Elias Diaz's RBI double to trim the lead to 6-5. Mark explains all the "Inside Baseball" that went into Robles defensive positioning during that crucial at-bat in the bottom of the 6th. (17:00) Meanwhile Robles lifted his average up to .387 so far on the young season and a RBI single on Sunday. Where do you currently stand on Vic? (23:30) Alex Call has drawn eight walks this season and surprisingly made a case to be the team's leadoff hitter. Call was acquired in the middle of last season after being placed on waivers by Cleveland. (28:00) Chad Kuhl had an eventful 1st inning, but came out unscathed. Kuhl had the team in position to win, but did not get help from his bullpen. The team immediately will move their road trip to Anaheim and in Game 2 on Tuesday night, will face Shohei Ohtani on the mound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:26.3	call to the plate and he will score. So two bases loaded walks and a wild pitch. And it's six
0:32.8	three nationals. A complete meltdown by Brad Hand. There goes Tovar.
0:38.3	Here's the pitch.
0:39.3	Swinging up line drive base at center field.
0:41.3	This game's tied.
0:43.3	Diaz to the plate Tovar to third as Robles plays it in.
0:48.3	The Rockies are rallied to tie the Nationals for the third time today.
0:52.3	It is 6-6 on this course field seesaw. It'll be a 3-1. Harris deals
1:00.5	it. And he walked him. Fastball high and the Rockies lead. Tovar scores at 7-6 Colorado.
1:09.4	And welcome to Natchchat for Monday, April 10th, 2003, along with MadisonSports.com
1:15.2	Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman, who was at Corse Field, I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast.
1:20.7	Well, as we discussed on the last installment of the podcast, the Nats in their 7-6 win at the
1:25.5	Colorado Rockies on Saturday night nearly blew a big lead.
1:29.3	Did not blow the big lead, but nearly did that. The Nats gave up four runs in the bottom of the
1:33.2	ninth and nearly blowing a 7-2-9th inning lead. Well, the Nats on Sunday did blow a lead of
1:39.5	significance. Gave up four runs in the bottom of the six inning. The Nats two-game winning
1:44.1	street came to an end, a 7-6 loss off the 7 the six inning. The Nats two-game winning street came to an end,
1:45.1	a 7-6 loss off the 7-6 win. The Nats now are 3 and 7. They ended up splitting this four-game
1:52.2	series at the Rockies. You know, Mark, the first game of this series, and the first game
1:56.5	feels like it was about 10 years ago now, but the first game of this series, a 1-0-nats loss,
2:00.7	the final three games of the series, much more along the lines of what we have
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