Game 25: Bell & Soto Homer in Coors Field Rout

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Nats trounced the Rockies 10-2 in Denver as they have won three of the past four games on the road trip. Al & Mark (Live from Coors Field) recap the victory as Erick Fedde became the first Nationals starter to last seven frames this season. Why has the team played so much better on the road than at home this year? (10:52) Josh Bell had three hits, including a 3 run HR, as his OPS is above 1.000. This brings up a question we will ask many times this year.... sign him to an extension or trade him this summer? (16:30) Juan Soto slugged a HR in the 5th, but in the 3rd inning he shocked everyone by attempting to lay down a bunt. Did Davey Martinez sign off on that? (23:57) Nelson Cruz was lifted in the 7th due to a stiff back. The hosts discuss Cruz's performance so far in 2022 as he is hitting well below the "Mendoza Line". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nat Chat is brought to you by Walters. Make Walters your spot to watch the Capitals. March to the Stanley Cup, plenty of TVs, and beer selections. Thursday night in Florida, puck drops at 7.30. You can also catch all of the NBA playoffs at Walters.
0:18.6	The kick in the pitch. Swaying a blast to left field deep.
0:21.8	This has got a chance going back on at Hilliard to the track.
0:24.7	Leaps at the wall, can't get it.
0:26.4	It is gone.
0:27.6	A three-run, opposite field home run for Josh Bell.
0:31.7	Hermann Marcus about to throw his 60th pitch.
0:34.3	And it swung on and belted a deep left-center field.
0:36.8	Hilliard going back way back
0:38.3	it's going going it is gone goodbye opposite field beyond the 390 foot marker here at
0:46.7	course field bang zoom goes Soto six and two-thirds innings for Fetty is the longest start for a national starter this season. Here's a hard ground ball in one hop. Down to a knee. Escobar has it. Pops up and throws, and it's in time to get his man. What a play by Al-Cidi's Escobar. And that helps Eric Fetty be the first national starter to finish seven innings. Fine play saves a run. And welcome to Nats chat for Wednesday, May 4th, 2020.
1:14.9	May the 4th be with you.
1:17.1	Along with MadisonSports.com, National's insider Mark Zuckerman, who is at
1:21.3	Coorsfield in Denver, Colorado.
1:23.6	I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast.
1:26.5	The Force certainly was with the Nats on Tuesday night,
1:30.0	a 10-2 win at the Colorado Rockies in game one of a three-game series. I tell you, Tuesday night was a great night in Washington, D.C. Sports.
1:39.2	We had the Capitals winning at the Florida Panthers, 4-2 and game one of that first round series in the Stanley Cup playoffs. And we had the Nats winning at the Florida Panthers 4-2 and game one of that first round series in the Stanley
1:44.9	Cup playoffs. And we had the Nats winning at the Rockies 10-2. The Nats offense, great for a third
1:51.9	time in four games on this nine-game road trip. But of course, the story of the game is the
1:58.0	pitching. And this really is something, Mark. I mean, baseball we know can
2:02.0	operate in odd ways. But here you have Coors Field, right, which has been a house of horrors
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