Game 59: Strasburg Strikes Out Five in Return to the Mound

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The Nats lost 7-4 to the Marlins as Stephen Strasburg pitched for Washington for the first time in over a year. Mark (live from Miami) and Al dissect his up and down start. Do they focus more on the seven runs he allowed or the five strikeouts he threw? What to make of fastball velocity? (20:45) Nelson Cruz was a late scratch due to a stiff back and will have a MRI soon. The lineup card meanwhile puzzled Al mightily as Ehire Adrianza was placed 2nd in the order (Cesar Hernandez was given a much deserved day off). Why not move up Luis Garcia higher in the lineup? Lane Thomas reached base three times in the lead-off spot and he already has five multi hits games in June. (30:31) Paolo Espino threw a scoreless bottom of the 8th and his ERA is 2.03. HE HAS YET TO PITCH THIS SEASON WHILE THE NATIONALS ARE AHEAD! As the team is in a stretch with no off-days for awhile, he might start a game during the upcoming homestand,. (34:47) We get a preview of Virginia Tech's first ever trip to the NCAA Super Regionals from diehard listener Akul Mehra. Akul gives background on the Hokies, who host Oklahoma in this weekend's Best of 3 series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Natchat is brought to you by Walters this Saturday night,
0:03.2	make sure that you walk on over to Walters for UFC 275 as Glover Tischer
0:09.0	will defend his UFC light heavyweight championship for the first time.
0:13.6	Walters is also the best spot in Navy Yard to watch the NBA finals.
0:17.9	Tip at 9 p.m. this Friday.
0:22.4	Three men to the right, one to the left of the infield in Strasbourg.
0:26.1	Come set, here's the pitch. Change up, swinging a miss. He strikes out the side.
0:31.8	Breaking out the change up in the bottom of the second inning. A one, two, three, bottom of the second for Steven
0:38.0	Strasbourg. I'm going to be outcome bias right now, but I thought he looked good. He really
0:42.7	did. And I told him after the game, you know, we talked for a minute. He said he felt good.
0:48.0	And welcome to Nat Chat for Friday, June 10th, 2022, along with MadisonSports.com,
0:53.6	Nationals Insider Mark Zuckerman, who was at Lone Depot
0:56.0	Park in Miami. I'm Al-Galdi host of the Al-Galdi podcast. As you may remember, a few years ago,
1:02.3	May 2018, to be precise, there was an auditory illusion, Laurel versus Yanni. It was a name said
1:10.4	in a certain way, and to some people, the name sounded
1:13.8	like Laurel, to other people, the name sounded like Yanni. It was a pretty fascinating thing,
1:18.9	actually. Laurel, Laurel. But the point was that the name could sound one way to one person
1:25.2	and an entirely different way to another person. Well,
1:29.3	that's sort of what we had with the 2022 Major League debut of Steven Strasbourg on Thursday night.
1:36.2	So the Nats lost at the Marlins, 7-4 to complete a three-game sweep. On the one hand,
1:41.3	Strasbourg gave up seven runs in four-and-two-thirds innings, and his velocity wasn't exactly great. On the one hand, Strasbourg gave up seven runs in four and two-thirds innings, and his
1:45.0	velocity wasn't exactly great. On the other hand, Strasbourg had five strikeouts, and you certainly
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