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Game 24: Abrams' Grand Slam Not Enough in NY

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9573 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Nationals were six outs away from a series sweep, but the Mets got to Mason Thompson in the bottom of the 8th and New York prevailed 9-8. Mark & Al start with the top of the 8th where the Nats turned a 7-3 deficit into a brief 8-7 edge as CJ Abrams hit his first career Grand Slam. Does this qualify as a "Good Loss" considering the circumstances? (07:00) Leadoff hitter Alex Call also homered for Washington and Al points out the positive contributions from Call this season in that role. (14:15) Jeter Downs yet again did not play despite being on the Major League roster for the past few weeks. Mark gives an explanation as to all the factors that have led to his extended idle stretch. (22:45) As the final score indicates, it was not a banner pitching evening for the organization. Trevor Williams gave up nine hits in only five innings of work and allowed plenty of contact. Erasmo Ramirez also struggled as he ceded a trio of runs in only one inning of work and has not pitched as well this year as in 2022. (33:15) Sam Cowin, Maryland based attorney and diehard listener, gives legal analysis of this week's MASN ruling in the New York Court of Appeals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.3

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the first football playoff game in D.C. in over a decade.

0:12.3

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0:17.1

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0:27.0

join us for a fun-filled day of football, food, and drinks. Don't miss this chance to be a part of

0:32.1

Washington, D.C. sports history. Here's the pitch. Swing and he's jammed at a blue pop-up shallow left center. Out goes Abrams. This could be trouble. It's going to dunk in for a hit, and it's going to score Alonzo. Seven three Mets. Here's the pitch. Swinging and driving the air to right center field. It's deep. This one is way back this ball is going going and gone goodbye

0:56.6

there it is a grand slam home run the first since two thousand and twenty one for the nationals

1:03.9

c j abrams his second home run of the year is a grand slam and the nationals have taken the lead here in the top of the eighth inning

1:14.0

five runs across the plate they have turned this game around it is now the Nationals eight of the

1:21.5

Met seven unbelievable now the set by Thompson the kick in here's his pitch swung on it high in the air to deep right.

1:31.2

Thomas going back to the warning track at the wall. He leaps. He can't make the play.

1:36.6

Karim's in front of him. He chases it down. He's firing toward third. Alonso scores and into third is McNeil.

1:48.2

McNeil's first triple his ninth RBI of the year,

1:54.2

and the match lead nine to eight. And welcome to Natschat for Friday, April 28,

2:00.2

2003, along with Mass and Sports.com Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman, I'm Al-aldi, host of the Al Galdi podcast. Well,

2:02.2

the Nats unfortunately do remain without a series sweep of any kind since August 2021. But if you

2:08.0

watch their game on Thursday night, you did get your money's worth in terms of big moments. A wild.

2:14.4

And I stress that word, wild, 9-8 loss at the New York Mets to deny the Nats a three-game sweep.

2:21.0

The Nats fell to 9 and 15. We in this game saw quite a few things. We saw the Nats overcome a

2:27.6

7-3-8 inning deficit. We in this game had the Nats getting doubled up in terms of hits,

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