Game 86: Cruz & the Reds Blast the Nats

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The Nats were trounced 9-2 on Wednesday night vs. the Reds for their 3rd straight home loss. Mark & Al recap the unusual kerfuffle regarding the blast knob at the end of Elly De La Cruz's bat that ultimately led to his towering HR in the 5th inning. Mark was the designated pool reporter for the evening and relays what he was told form the Umpires afterwards. (08:40) Josiah Gray had a poor outing on the heels of making the All Star Game over the weekend. Gray only lasted 5 IP and was plagued by his typical high pitch count. (16:20) Joe La Sorsa gave up 4 runs in two innings; which included a run scoring balk. It was the 2nd time in the past few outings that La Sorsa gave up that many runs and his ERA this season is at 18.00. (26:30) Alex Call returned to Washington's CF just a few weeks after being sent down to Rochester. Derek Hill was DFA'd, which oddly enough came right after his 1st RBI with the Nationals. Call has struggled mightily at the plate this season, but has played well in the field. (32:20) Jim Callis, Senior Writer for MLB Pipeline and MLB.com, tells Tim Shovers all that he knows about Dylan Crews and Paul Skenes ahead of this weekend's Draft. He gives an easy to digest explanation on how the finances have changed since the Stephen Strasburg/Bryce Harper Drafts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:17.1	Nationals are one-nothing lead now over the Reds,
0:20.4	and it'll be L.A. Dela Cruz to lead off for Cincinnati.
0:23.1	Switch hitter, the rookie batting for the left side.
0:26.1	We have a problem with the bat.
0:28.1	Really?
0:29.6	Some contraption on the end of it covering the knob.
0:33.1	It looks like it's made out of like a rubber cap or silicone.
0:38.5	Davy Martinez called over the home plate umpire Quinn Wilcott.
0:42.1	We're seeing a replay of that.
0:44.1	And so that's why play was stopped and the umpires gathered.
0:47.5	And so I guess he succeeded.
0:49.8	Yep, he removed it from the back.
0:52.1	Pitch to Della Cruz is driven to deep right center field.
0:54.9	This is gone.
0:56.2	Way back and into the second deck in right center field.
1:00.1	A laser beam landing into section 242.
1:04.6	I saw yesterday towards the end, but like I said, I didn't want to do it after that bat.
1:09.6	I didn't want, you know, I did it before his first at bat. Like I said, I told, hey, I don't, I've never seen them away before. I don't know what's going on with it. And welcome to Nat's chat for Thursday, July 6, 2003, along with Mass and Sports.com, National's insider Mark Zuckerman, who was atals Park. I'm Al Galdi, host of the Al Galdi podcast.
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