Game 49: Bullpen Steps Up in Victory

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Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Nats beat the Padres 5-3 on Wednesday night to even the series. Mark & Al recap the victory and point out how Washington and San Diego have similar records despite vastly different payrolls. Is the rebuild ahead or right on schedule? The Nationals jumped out early to a 4-0 lead in the 2nd inning; behind RBI hits from Keibert Ruiz and Alex Call. (14:25) Lane Thomas had a RBI double to continue his strong performance in May. This month he is hitting .330 and is slugging .636. (17:00) Trevor Williams earned the win in almost six innings of work while striking out five Padres. He currently has the lowest WHIP pf any team's starter at 1.24. (23:35) The "Varsity Bullpen" recorded the final ten outs in scoreless fashion spread amongst three pitchers (Carl Edwards Jr., Kyle Finnegan, and Hunter Harvey). Hear the hosts discuss how Davey Martinez arrives at his decision on when to use Finnegan or Harvey each night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:17.2	Now here's a pitch to Alex Cole.
0:19.5	Swung on and line to the gap and left center field.
0:22.2	That's going to get down and roll to the wall.
0:24.9	This is going to clear the bases.
0:27.3	Smith has scored.
0:28.3	Rounding third, coming home, Ruiz.
0:30.5	He scores the throw too late.
0:33.0	And standing at second with a double is Alex Cole.
0:36.4	Clearing the bases, driving in his 18th and 19th runs of the year.
0:40.3	It's the Nationals 3 and the Padres nothing.
0:44.3	The 2-2. Swinging a line drive, caught by Edwards. How do you like that?
0:49.3	Edwards reaches up and snares the line drive off the bat of Hassan Kim.
0:55.6	Now the pitch.
0:57.3	Did he go in a check swing?
0:58.1	They're going to appeal.
0:59.9	Swing in a best, strike three.
1:04.2	Bogart's down, swinging a slider fans for the fourth time tonight.
1:09.0	And Hunter Harvey has himself a one, two, three inning with two strikeouts.
1:13.6	And welcome to Nat's Chad for Thursday, May 25th,
1:19.5	2003, along with MadisonSports.com, Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman, I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast. So if you go by the data on baseball prospectuses cuts, baseball contracts,
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