Game 30: Brad Hand Struggles Again

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Nats lost 3-2 at Yankee Stadium as Brad Hand had a difficult 9th inning for the 2nd straight day. Mark & Al recap the frustrating series filled with missed opportunities and discuss who should have taken the mound in the 9th. Not all was lost for the bullpen, as Austin Voth took full advantage of his first high leverage situation. They also look at Joe Ross, who pitched his third consecutive quality start. (18:55) The Nationals offense had more negatives than positives in the majority of the weekend in New York. Mark answers Al's questions about the lineup, why was Soto DH on Sunday, and why did Ryan Zimmerman only play one game in the series? (32:01) A preview of a three game set at home vs. Philadelphia. It will be Bryce Harper's first game in D.C. with fans Post 2019 World Series. Plus, Tim was on hand at Wilmington to watch Jackson Rutledge pitch, just how important is he to the organization's future plans? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Monday through Friday, Walters opens at noon for lunch, midday baseball watching, and even the occasional European soccer match.
0:06.6	So if you find yourself around the ballpark during the day, make sure you walk on over to Walters.
0:12.2	Walters is the place to be during the Phillies series. And if you're looking for a great place to watch the Wizards playoff push with friends.
0:18.6	The pause, the kick, and here it comes.
0:21.1	Swinging a ground ball, base hit into the left field.
0:23.7	The game is over as Wade scores, and the Yankees have beaten the nationals this afternoon
0:29.6	with a walk-off win to the bottom of the ninth inning.
0:33.3	They take two out of three in the series, and it's a couple of rough ones.
0:39.4	For Brad Hand their closer.
0:44.1	A blown save yesterday, and he'll take the loss here in the bottom of the ninth inning. And welcome to Natschat for Monday, May 10th, 2021, along with Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman of Massensports.com.
0:50.9	I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast.
0:53.7	Well, a second consecutive frustrating
0:55.8	series for the nationals off the sweep of the Miami Marlins. National's
0:58.9	Nationals swept by the Atlanta Braves and three games in Nationals Park and now lose two of
1:03.7	three at the New York Yankees over the weekend. The big 11-4 victory on Friday night,
1:08.9	but then back-to-back, one run, walk-off losses, four three in 11 innings on Friday night, but then back to back, one run, walkoff losses,
1:12.0	four three and 11 innings on Saturday, and now this three-two loss on Sunday afternoon.
1:17.4	A bad weekend for Brad Hand, another frustrating weekend for the nationals and what has so far
1:22.5	been a frustrating 2021 season.
1:25.3	They very easily could have swept that series. I mean, they were in position to do it. They could have won a couple of games against the Braves as well. This could be a completely different story right now that we're talking about instead of them being at 13 and 17 and scrambling again. And I know you're not going to win every one of these 50-50 games at the end that are tight and it's going to come down to a couple
1:44.2	pitches or a bounce here or there. But they were very much in position. And I'm not so sure that
1:50.3	the best people were put in position to try to win this particular game. We'll get into the details
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