Nats chat is brought to you by Walters, and Walters would like to take the last few games of the season to thank all Nationals fans for supporting Walters this year.

Walters knows it's been difficult with mask mandates, social distancing, and an awkward transition from contending to rebuilding.

Here's to 2022 and the hope for more fun times together.

Stay safe, Nats fans. We'll see you next year.

The ovation is a standing ovation for Nationals' first base been Ryan Zimmerman. As everyone stands and applauds,

and he takes his helmet off and waves it to the crowd.

And how about Christian Vasquez, the catcher, walking out out of the grass in front of home plate and faced home plate until Ryan Zimmerman said okay.

The wind up the one-two.

Swing and a miss on a ball in the dirt.

Aveila applies the tag in that strikeout number nine in the major league

debut of Yohana Done.

Here's the pitch, swing, and a drive to deep center field.

Thomas going back, looking up, going, going, and gone.

Goodbye.

Raphael Devers has done it again again his second home run of the day is third of the last two days a titanic shot out of the batter's eye berm center field it's a two-run home run here in the top of the

ninth inning and boston is in front for the first time today

seven to five a whine by Povetta the old two to Soto breaking ball in there a curveball strike

three cold and the Red Sox are going to the postseason Nick Povetta retires the the side at order, strikes out Juan Soto looking, and that ends the season

for the Nationals with their 97th laws.

And welcome to Natschat for Monday, October 4th, 2021, along with Nationals Insider, Mark Zuckerman

of Massensports.com.

I'm Al-Galdi host of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is over. The Nationals

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