So we've told you about Walters brunch.

Did you know that Walters also is open for lunch?

Monday through Friday, Walters opens at noon for lunch, midday baseball watching, and even the occasional European soccer match.

So if you find yourself around the ballpark during the day, make sure you walk on over to Walters.

Walters is a great spot to follow the Nats, whether they're across the street or if they're on the road.

Plenty of TVs to watch with your friends.

Three balls, two strikes, Dayton to the belt.

Check of the runners, there they go on the pitch, breaking ball.

Strike three called with Robles.

Out of the box heading toward first.

He's rung up on the slow curve. National's bets just furious. That pitch looked down, and they are giving it to the home plate umpire. And welcome to Natschat for Friday, May 7, 2021, along with Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman of Massensports.com. I'm Al Galdi, host of the Al Galdi podcast. The Nationals have gone from sweeping the Miami Marlins to being swept by

the Atlanta Braves fall to 12 and 15. Another frustrating offensive performance in a 3-2 loss on Thursday.

Nats put some guys on base, hit some balls hard, but ultimately go one for 12 with runners in

scoring position. And the Nats fall to 1 in five against the Braves on the season.

Just when we think, Mark, the Nats are rising.

We get something like we just got over these last three games.

And just to make sure everyone is aware, this is not a repeat of Thursday morning's episode.

This is a brand new episode.

It's going to sound similar because we're

discussing a lot of the same topics, but it is a different game and a different podcast. You mentioned

one for 12, runners in scoring position. They were one for 10 in the final three innings. How often

does a team even get 10 at bats with runners in scoring position from the seventh inning on? And the one hit was Jan Goames's check swing bloops RBI single that scored a run. They hit a bunch of other balls hard. They had nothing to show for it. I mean, that's the epitome of frustration to me. There's no doubt. I mean, that's for the series go one for 21 with runners in scoring position. We're 0 for nine over the first two games, totaled just six runs over the three games. And, you know, it's not like the Nats were facing Maddox, Gleavid, and Smolton this series. The brave starting pitches for the series, Owascar, Inoa, Max Fried, and Drew Smiley. Braves had had issues with starting pitching coming into the series this season.

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