Game 143: Corbin Solid in Win + Soto Future Contract Q

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The Nats beat the Pirates 6-2 to avoid being swept. Al & Mark react to Patrick Corbin's second straight positive outing. How encouraged should fans be? How important has the veteran Alex Avila been for Corbin as Avila has caught both of the solid starts by the lefty? (17:20) Kyle Finnegan recorded a five out save and now is 9 of 11 in save opportunities on the season. The bullpen only had to pitch two innings due to Corbin lasting seven frames for the second time this week. How confident are we in Finnegan for the future? (20:55) Juan Soto reached base four times for the second straight game. He is firmly vying for the NL batting crown (trails Trea Turner by just five points). Is he making an outside MVP push? **Plus, during this segment we cover the breaking news of Max Scherzer reaching the 3,000 strikeout club, only the 19th pitcher in MLB history. (30:38) Luis Garcia homered Sunday to continue his September surge at the plate. Who has less pressure on them this month? Garcia or Carter Kieboom? (36:51) A listener submitted question launched a conversation on potential directions for the Juan Soto contractual talks that are looming at some point in the future. How much money will it take to lock him up? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:22.2	Swing in a high drive, right field.
0:23.8	Gamble going back on this one to the warning track, looking up, and there it goes.
0:28.1	Opposite field, three-run Homer for Lane Thomas.
0:31.9	And the Nationals are in front five to two as Thomas clubs his fourth home run of the season.
0:37.5	The Nationals have four consecutive hits here in the fourth inning.
0:40.7	A homer starts it and a Homer caps it.
0:43.2	What a rally for the Nationals to take the lead back.
0:46.4	You've got to think that the pairing of Corbyn and Avila is going to continue.
0:51.7	Second straight, solid start.
0:53.6	The pitch.
0:56.0	Swing and a miss, struck him out on a slider. So Corbin gets his fourth strikeout. And if this is it for Patrick, he retires the last
1:01.2	13 batters with a double play 14 outs. We go to the eighth to score. The National Six, the Pirates 2.
1:08.5	And welcome to Natschat for Monday, September 13th, 2021, along with Nationals Insider,
1:13.5	Mark Zuckerman of Massinsports.com.
1:15.8	I'm Al-Galdi host of the Al-Galdi podcast.
1:18.4	Well, the shame that would have been being swept at the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates was avoided
1:23.2	on Sunday afternoon.
1:24.9	A 6-2 Nationals win at the Pirates to avoid a three-game sweep to get to
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