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Game 94: Nats Rally on Marlins Bullpen for 3rd Straight Win

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9573 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The Nats beat the Marlins 6-3 after briefly blowing the lead in the 6th. Al & Mark discuss the victory which saw a balanced offensive attack. Josh Bell went deep for the second straight day, Tres Barrera had another solid performance at the plate, and Juan Soto continues to be locked in. (14:24) Paolo Espino returned to his "Secret Weapon" form as he tossed five scoreless innings. Why was Paolo able to bounce back after a few recent rough outings? (22:05) GM Mike Rizzo addressed reporters for the first time in a few months and there was a lot to digest. The hosts react to his comments on Starlin Castro and the upcoming trade deadline. Is he planning on being a buyer or seller at the end of the month? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

So we've been telling you about Walters for brunch the last few days, but did you know that Walters also is open for lunch?

0:06.5

Monday through Friday, Walters opens at noon for lunch, midday baseball watching, and even the occasional European soccer match.

0:13.3

So if you find yourself around the ballpark during the day, make sure you walk on over to Walters.

0:18.6

Walter's outdoor deck is the perfect place to be with friends before, during, and after

0:23.6

the game.

0:25.1

Two on, two outs, three three, the score. Pitch to Turner is line drive, base hit right

0:31.1

center field. The rounding third coming home is Hernandez. Pitch runner Herrardo Parah headed

0:35.9

to third. He's in their standing and the

0:38.5

Nationals lead four to three. Trey Turner drives in the go-ahead run. RBI number 47 and the

0:45.3

Nationals are back in front here in the sixth inning. Now the two-two breaking ball hit in the air.

0:51.3

Deep left field again way back. Go Going, going. And gone. Goodbye.

0:57.7

Into the Marlins bullpen in left center field. Bang. Zoom goes Josh Bell with a pinch hit home run.

1:06.0

And welcome to Nat's chat for Wednesday, July 21st, 2021, along with Nationals Insider, Mark Zuckerman of

1:12.2

bassinsports.com. I'm Al Galdi host of the Al Galdi podcast. Well, for the first time,

1:17.7

and it felt like a long time, we had normalcy at Nationals Park, a normal baseball game,

1:23.8

not the baseball pornography to which we had become accustomed, you know, 24-8, 18-1. No, 6-3 was the final

1:32.2

on Tuesday night. The Nationals won on Tuesday night. Natsna have won three consecutive games to get

1:38.4

to 45 and 49 on the season. The Secret Weapon was back in full effect. Daniel Hudson and Brad Hand were back

1:46.5

in full effect. The Nationals Key Batsman were in full effect. Juan Soto, Trey Turner, Josh Bell,

1:53.2

Ryan Zimmerman. All seemed well, all seemed normal, Mark, at Nationals Park on Tuesday night.

1:59.7

We haven't been able to say that much lately. Yeah, I mean, it was still an eventful news day for those of us who cover the team because we got the GM finally for the first time in three months. We talked to Mike Rizzo this afternoon before the game, and I know we're going to get to all that. So there was some stuff there, and there was a little bit of a scare late in the game when Alcidi's Escobar got hit by a pitch. We'll get to that also, but it's good news. He doesn't appear to be seriously

2:21.6

injured. So that was good. But as far as the game itself, yeah, that was a nice, crisp, clean game.

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