Game 71: Late Offensive Explosion Leads to 9th Inning Rally

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The Nats emerged victorious in a seesaw affair 13-12 over the Phillies. Mark & Al aren't quite sure where to start so the conversation begins with the decisive 9th inning. What would have happened if Jordy Mercer had to exit the game? Was it the right move to have Alex Avila sacrifice bunt? No Starlin Castro jokes today as he was the hero with the 2 run single in the 9th. (8:01) Josh Bell hit a grand slam which put Washington ahead and his skipper said afterward, "That made him a National". Kyle Schwarber yet again went deep, but Juan Soto's scuffles continued. (21:20) Erick Fedde's scoreless inning streak came to screeching halt at 21 frames as he allowed five runs in only four innings. Cause for concern or just a speed bump for Fedde? (24:36) The bullpen struggled mightily as they temporarily blew the lead in the 8th. HOWEVER, Paolo "The Secret Weapon" Espino recorded his first career save. Will he keep getting more high leverage situations? (36:57) Today is the 10th anniversary of Jim Riggleman's abrupt resignation as Nationals manager. Come learn the history of "St. Caddies Day". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.1	Cold beer, a great sandwich with fries, and a big screen TV is a tough combo to beat.
0:38.5	And the O-1 to Schwabber, breaking ball hit in the ear to deep left field. This is way back.
0:42.6	Going, going, going, God, goodbye. And opposite field line drive, three-run Homer for Kyle Schwerber.
0:53.2	His 19th of the year.
0:55.6	A game-tying three-run blast to the top of the fifth inning.
1:00.0	The runners go, the three-two.
1:01.8	Swing it a high, fly ball, left-center field deep.
1:04.6	This one way back, it may go.
1:06.6	It is gone.
1:08.3	It's a grand slam to left center for Josh Bell.
1:14.5	Nationals 11, the Phillies 9.
1:18.3	It'll be a 1-1 to Castro.
1:19.9	The kick, here it comes.
1:21.0	Swinging a line drive, base end into right center field.
1:24.4	This is going to score two runs.
1:26.3	Herrera is throwing home. Harrison scores behind Bell on a single right center and two runs batted in for Starlin Castro with his third head of the game and second and third RBIs. If you can believe it, it's now the Nationals 13 and the Phillies 12.
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