Game 155: Ruiz Impresses with the Arm & Bat in Losing Effort

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The Nats lost 7-6 in Cincinnati as Nick Castellanos hit a walk-off homer against Patrick Murphy. Al & Tim evaluate Keibert Ruiz's evening as he threw out two runners and also homered for the second straight night. Is Ruiz lately starting show the franchise catcher potential we have been told about? (7:10) Lane Thomas homered again and kept the train rolling. Hear Tim's opinion on where the CF derby stands for Opening Day 2022. Robles or Thomas? (21:57) Erick Fedde had another subpar start as his ERA is now at 5.26. How sure are we that he will be on the roster next year? (35:16) Josh Rogers takes the mound Sunday after his excellent performance in Miami. We have some fun wondering if he or Paolo are currently the ace of the pitching staff. (45:45) We read a listener email recalling his memories of October 2019 while living in Houston during the World Series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.6	Breaking ball, sweet of miss. runners going, throw to third.
0:24.5	Out at third is the call.
0:26.8	Mercer on the tag on the throw by Kbat Ruiz.
0:30.9	Pitch has hit high in the air to deep right field for Ruiz.
0:34.0	Way back it goes, Castiano's to the wall, climbing the wall, and it's gone.
0:39.0	Into the second row of seats in right center field.
0:41.6	Caber Ruiz has homered for the second night in a row.
0:46.2	Now the fastball driven at deep center field.
0:48.7	Thomas going back, way back, warning track at the wall.
0:51.8	It is gone.
0:52.9	Goodbye.
1:01.0	The game is over on a walk-off blast over the center field fence from Nicholas Castellanos.
1:13.3	And welcome to Natchat for Sunday, September 26, 2021. I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast. Mark Zuckerman is off for this show. He's hanging out with Riley Adams.
1:13.3	They both have the same number of starts in this series for the Nats.
1:16.5	I'm joined by the Brains behind the Nats chat podcast.
1:19.2	The man whose fault it is that this podcast exists, Tim Chovers.
1:22.8	And we're coming to you after a 7-6 walk-off loss for the Nats at the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday
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