Game 146: Alcantara's Complete Game Spoils the Sweep

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Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

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🗓️ 18 September 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The Nats lost to Miami 3-1 as Sandy Alcantara bolstered his Cy Young case by throwing a 103 pitch Complete Game. Al & Mark tip their caps to the Marlins right hander, who is 3-0 this year vs. Washington in four starts. (03:30) Lane Thomas got the day off despite his surge as of late, because his career numbers against Alcantara have not been good (0 for 11 w/ 6 Ks). Do you agree with the manager filling out his lineup cards in this manner? His teammates had yet another game filled with base running gaffe in his absence. (09:20) CJ Abrams committed an error, but was the only National to double off of Alcantara on Sunday. Luke Voit meanwhile had three hits as he seemingly has settled in nicely into the DH role. By the way, what's the latest with Nelson Cruz's eye inflammation? (16:30) Anibal Sanchez pitched well, but was no match of course for Alcantara. Sanchez's ERA is at 4.40 and has five decent starts in last six outings. Al has some very interesting and unexpected words about Sanchez in mid September. (22:10) The Nats open a three game series on Monday night Atlanta and the Braves are just a game back of the Mets. The divisional race is of extra importance, because the winner will likely have a bye into the NLDS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Natschat is brought to you by Walters. Make sure that you check out Walter's self-poor beer wool.
0:06.3	Included on tap is Baby Shark IPA, sunny little thing, grapefruit nectar, and more.
0:17.0	Ocantra sets the kick, the two-two pitch, swinging a ground ball up the middle. Sheated that way, Wendell has it.
0:22.5	He races to the bag ahead of Void for the fours play, and the game is over.
0:27.1	The Marlins have won it.
0:28.5	And Sandy Alcantra has done it again.
0:31.9	His record of great success against the Nationals continues.
0:35.9	He notches his fifth complete game of the year and his 30th
0:38.9	start and picks up his 13th win to the season. And welcome to Natschat for Monday, September 19th,
0:44.9	2022, along with MadisonSports.com, Nationals insider Mark Suckerman, who was at Nationals Park,
0:50.1	Amalgaldi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast. We'll go figure the Nats on Sunday afternoon,
0:54.8	and their attempt at their first series sweep of the season,
0:57.4	got by far their best pitch game of this three-game series
1:00.7	against the Miami-Morlands at Nationals Park,
1:02.8	and yet this was the game that the Nats lost, a 3-1 loss.
1:06.5	Nats fall to a Major League worst, 51, and 95.
1:09.7	Annable Sanchez pitched well for a fifth time in six
1:12.7	starts, but the Nats were facing Sandy Alcantra, and he continued to make his National
1:17.5	League side young case continued a season in which he has owned the Nats, a complete game,
1:22.0	one run on seven hits, one walk, a hit by pitch, seven strikeouts. He threw a hundred three pitches, 77 strikes,
1:30.7	versus a mere 26 balls. O'Contra now this season, 30 starts, ERA of 237, and he has done this
1:38.7	over having thrown a major league leading 212, two-thirds innings. There are starting pitchers with better ERAs this season
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