Game 88: Meneses HRs Twice + Ben McDonald Interview

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Nats dropped their 5th game in a row as they were beaten 7-2 by visiting Texas. Al & Tim evaluate Washington's 15th home loss in the past 16 games; which is becoming a bit of a head spinning stat. The lineup was tweaked as CJ Abrams occupied the lead-off spot and it sounds like this will be an ongoing experiment. Lane Thomas moved to the 2nd spot in the order, but went 0 for 4. (09:45) Joey Meneses touched eight bags while homering twice; thus doubling his season total. It was his first time going deep in exactly two months, when he hit one on May 7th in Phoenix. (15:45) Jeimer Candelario was out of the lineup on Friday one day after exiting early due to taking a fastball to the kneecap. Candelario was still sore after working out in the batting cage and is TBD for the rest of the weekend series. (19:00) The Nationals only used two pitchers, but that seemed to be more of a product of a tired bullpen instead of their actual pitching performance. Trevor Williams lasted 6 IP, but allowed 4 runs and threw well over 100 pitches on his way there. Joan Adon threw the final 3 innings, but gave up a HR to the first batter he saw, just after he was promoted from AAA Rochester. (31:30) Tim speaks with Ben McDonald, the perfect person to give you scouting reports on Paul Skenes & Dylan Crews. Ben himself was a Star pitcher at LSU and then drafted by the Orioles at #1 overall in 1989. Hear Ben's up close expertise on these two as the MLB Draft approaches this Sunday evening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	That chat is brought to by Walters.
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0:16.4	Now the pitch swung on, hit at the air to Shadow Center.
0:19.1	Call coming on, coming on.
0:20.2	He won't get there, drops in for head. This is going to score two runs, throw in, cut off by Williams, the pitcher. All of this happening after two out with nobody on, and three hits in a row for the Rangers, and two runs home, they lead it four to one. Otto's given up four runs in four and a third innings of work.
0:38.3	He'll face Joy Meneses.
0:40.3	And the first pitch is blasted in the left field.
0:42.3	Back it goes, Maness has another one.
0:45.3	It's long gone to Section 102.
0:48.3	On Otto's first pitch, Manessus has his fourth homer of the year,
0:51.3	his second of the night.
0:52.3	It's now 4-2 Texas, as as Meneses has accounted for both runs tonight.
0:58.0	The 2-0.
1:00.0	Swing a blast to right center field, way back it goes, and forget about it.
1:04.0	It is long gone over the right-center field scoreboard for Corey Seeger.
1:08.0	That makes it 5-2, Texas. Number 12 for Seeger on Yohan Adone's third pitch.
1:15.4	And welcome to Natschad for Saturday, July 8, 2023. I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast. Mark
1:22.4	Suckerman is off for this installment of the show, but I'm pleased to be joined by the man who runs
1:26.5	the show, Tim Schovers. And coming up later in the show, Tim's conversation with Masson Orioles analysts,
1:33.4	former Orioles starting pitcher, and LSU legend Ben McDonald. He's going to give us his insights
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