Game 15: Bats Go Quiet Again in Late Innings

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The Nats lost their fourth in a row on Saturday; a 6-4 defeat at the hands of visiting Cleveland, that began late after a nearly two hour rain delay on Jackie Robinson Day. Mark & Al discuss how the lineup gave Chad Kuhl an early 3-0 1st inning lead, but that did not last. Hear the gruesome stats of how much the offense has struggled this season as the game reaches the later frames. (08:00) Many fans have been upset that Stone Garrett has disappeared from recent lineup cards. Mark asked Davey Martinez about Stone prior to Saturday's game and here's a hint: It has to do pitching match-ups. (22:00) Kuhl did not make through five innings and had a difficult outing. His ERA is at 8.59 and has not pitched well in any of his three starts so far. Might he be this season's version of Aaron Sanchez? (30:00) Mark gives his opinion of the Commanders ownership news and how it relates to those who follow the Washington Nationals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nat Chat is brought to by Walters. Make Walters your spot before and after this Sunday's
0:05.3	D.C. Defenders game, which is this Sunday at noon at Audi Field.
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0:19.6	Now the pitch on the way. Swing and a line, drive to the right field line.
0:22.6	That's going to get down for a base head.
0:25.6	In from third to score run number three is Candelario on a second right for Kiber Ruiz.
0:31.6	He drives in his fourth run of the year.
0:34.6	It's the Nationals three and the Guardian's nothing here with two out of the bottom of the first inning.
0:39.3	Cabaret lines one to right center field that will get down in the alleyway and skip out to the fence and a bounce.
0:44.3	Garcia's rounding second heading to third he's waived home the relay to the plate here's the play he's safe
0:51.3	Garcia dives in there and the Nats are in front four to three in the double from Cape Verrois
0:58.0	Three O offering swing and a drive to deep right that ball is gone. It clears the Nationals bullpen and goes up into the second deck a tworun, home run for Jose Ramirez.
1:12.0	And the Guardians have taken the lead for the first time today.
1:17.0	And welcome to Natschat for Sunday, April 16th,
1:20.4	2020, along with Massinsports.com Nationals Insider, Mark Zuckerman,
1:24.8	who was at Nationals Park.
1:25.9	I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al Galdi podcast.
1:28.6	Saturday was Jackie Robinson Day in Major League Baseball. It also was another day on which we had a game in which the Nat struggled to score as the game went on.
1:39.1	This is becoming an oh so familiar theme. A six-four loss to the Cleveland Guardians in a rain-delayed game at National's
1:45.7	Park. Game two of a three-game series, Nats now are four and eleven. So the Nats in this game
1:50.7	on Saturday evening scored three runs in the bottom of the first and then just one run the rest
1:55.7	of the game. Consider this. The Nats over their 15 games have totaled 55 runs. 11 of those runs have been first inning runs. Nine of the runs have been second inning runs. 20 of the Nats, 55 runs. 36.4% of the team's runs have come in the first or second innings of games. This team doesn't score
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