Game 36: Fedde Makes His Case with a Shutout Win

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The Nats blanked Arizona 3-0 behind Erick Fedde's best start of his career. Al & Mark look at what this outing means for Fedde as Stephen Strasburg, fresh off a solid AAA rehab start, is expected to rejoin the team soon. Who is the odd man out in the rotation, Fedde or Joe Ross? Or will they go with a six man rotation for the time being? NATS CHAT T-SHIRTS ARE ON SALE: https://natschatpodcast.square.site/ (17:57) The Nats were held scoreless until the 8th inning. The hosts re-evaluate who exactly should be hitting behind Juan Soto, as he remains mired in a slump. Al again wonders why Victor Robles isn't getting another shot at hitting leadoff. (30:05) Jon Lester returns to Wrigley Field Monday night for the first time since leaving the Cubs and we wrap-up with a a preview of the four game series in Chicago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Walters would like to congratulate the Washington Wizards on making the 2021 NBA postseason.
0:05.7	Join us for the playing tournament and all NBA postseason games beginning this week.
0:10.2	Tonight, the Washington Capitals resume their first round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Boston Bruins.
0:15.3	Reservations are still available at opentable.com.
0:18.6	Walters also looks forward to the increased capacity that we'll have on Friday
0:22.3	when we welcome home the Nationals in DC United for the weekend. Walters is the place to be this week
0:27.9	with friends. Tuesday night you can watch both the Nats and the Wizards. Wednesday it's the Nats and
0:32.7	the Caps. A big week for D.C. sports, no better place to watch than Walters. He guns in the one, two, swing and a miss and another change up. And it's easily the best ending of the game for Strasbourg as he strikes out the side. He has fanned four in a row. At the end of four, it remains nothing to nothing. Fettie rocks, kicks, throws. Swinging to ground ball, chopped to short. Turner reaches down
0:54.7	to his left, whirls all the way around and fires to first to get his man. And Eric Fetty, for the
0:59.5	first time in his big league career, has finished off seven shutout innings. The pitch swog on,
1:05.6	and into the air down the left field line toward the corner. This one deep and into the Diamondbacks bullpen it is gone goodbye
1:12.7	and opposite field home run down the left field line for Yadierre Hernandez and just like that
1:21.3	bang zoom goes Yadiel Hernandez with a pinch hit opposite field home run and the Nationals are on the board. It's
1:30.8	Washington 1, Arizona nothing. And welcome to Natschat for Monday, May 17th, 2021, along with
1:37.5	Nationals insider, Mark Sucerman of Mass and Sports.com. I'm Al Galdi, host of the Al Galdi podcast.
1:43.3	Nice to be back on the pod. Mark and Tim
1:45.4	Shovers doing an excellent job for the previous installment. And thrilled to be talking about
1:49.8	a Nationals victory with some intrigue now of the performance by Eric Fetty on Sunday
1:55.2	afternoon. A three-nothing win at the Arizona Diamondbacks to take the series two games to one.
2:01.0	That's get to 16 and 20 win a series for the first time in four series.
2:05.8	And it is juicy, my friend, when it comes to what to do now if you're Davey Martinez.
2:10.6	You know, it's so funny, he asked for Fetty to make the decision difficult.
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