Game 2: Gray Allows 3 Homers in Season Debut

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Nats lost 7-1 on Saturday afternoon to visiting Atlanta as the Braves went "Back to Back" right off the bat against Josiah Gray. Al & Mark wonder why the right hander's struggles immediately carried over into 2023. Gray led the Majors in HRs allowed last season with a dubious mark of 38. (15:30) The Nationals lineup was no match for Braves starter Spencer Strider as he struck out nine in six scoreless innings. Keibert Ruiz was the lone source of offense; as he slugged an upper deck Solo HR in the 9th. The Washington bullpen allowed a pair of runs in four frames, including Hobie Harris tossing a scoreless set in his MLB debut. (29:15) Hear a recap of where some of the top prospects were assigned in the Nationals Farm System. This includes Elijah Green, Jarlin Susana, Brady House, Robert Hassell, James Wood. (33:00) MacKenzie Gore will make his franchise debut on Sunday on the mound in the series finale against Atlanta. Gore was acquried in last summer's blockbuster Juan Soto trade to San Diego. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	That chat is brought to by Walters.
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0:04.5	located just across the street from Nationals Park.
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0:09.8	Make sure to check out their self-pour beer wall and unlimited TVs.
0:16.8	The O2, swing and a drive, hit to left field.
0:19.6	Deep Dickerson going back over his head, and this one is gone.
0:23.6	Goodbye.
0:25.1	A line drive home run for Ronald Acuna Jr.
0:30.0	So Josiah Gray, who gave up the Major League High 38 home runs last year,
0:36.0	surrenders a leadoff home run in the third pitch of his first start of the year
0:40.5	Ray Roxon kicks two-old delivery in high in the air to right center field Thomas drifting back on
0:47.1	the warning track at the wall looking up and this ball is gone goodbye back-to-back home runs the first of the year for Acuna, the first for
0:56.8	Olson, and the Braves lead two to nothing. Made a few mistakes. Got ahead of the first five
1:04.4	out of eight hitters, he was ahead. He just couldn't finish. The cutter wasn't what was in spring
1:08.2	training. But you know what? I tell him, hey, it's your first outing. He battled back, you know. And welcome to Nats chat for Sunday, April 2nd, 2023, along with MadisonSports.com, Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman, who was at Nationals Park. I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast. We have said that there are five Nats players currently active on the team's
1:28.6	major league roster on whom we should particularly focus this season, right? Josiah Gray,
1:33.8	McKenzie Gore, C.J. Abrams, Cape Etr Ruiz and Louise Garcia. You could argue that out of those
1:39.5	five guys, it is gray season that's most significant given that this already is his third major league season.
1:46.3	Well, that third major league season did not get off to a good start.
1:50.7	But that's spelled to 0 and 2 with a 7-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves at Nationals Park on Saturday in game two of a three-game series on what was first a rainy day, then a sunny day, then a windy day.
2:03.1	But most important for our purposes, a Saturday, a bad day for Josiah Gray, five runs in five
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