Game 97: Nats Get the Last Laugh in Arizona

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The Nats rallied in Arizona 4-3 to avoid being swept. Mark (Live from Phoenix) and Al discuss the sloppy win, but with Victor Robles as the story line from Saturday extended into Sunday as Robles donned a red clown nose in the dugout. What did his Skipper have to say about the antic? (09:53) Keibert Ruiz was all over the box score as he came through with three hits, including the game winner in the 8th inning. He however was tagged out at third base on a botched bunt attempt during a crucial moment in the close game. What happened during that instance? (22:45) The bullpen threw 4+ shutout frames, but nobody was more clutch than Kyle Finnegan who recorded a five out save. He had quite the escape act to hold onto the lead in the bottom of the 8th as the Diamondbacks had bases loaded. (30:40) The Nationals shift their road trip to Dodger Stadium one week after Juan Soto won the Home Run Derby at that very stadium. The Soto circus is expected to be revved up as L.A. is one of the teams many expect to be involved in Soto trade talks. The Dodgers have six of the top 75 prospects according to MLB Pipeline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:19.4	And the pitch swung online line, driving to right field.
0:22.0	That's going to be a base hit.
0:23.6	A single to right for Dalton Varsho scores Alec Thomas from third.
0:28.6	And with two out here in the bottom of the first inning, runners on the corners again for the debacks.
0:33.2	It's Arizona 2 in Washington, nothing.
0:36.0	Kennedy's 2-1 with Hernandez running, is blasted down the right field line toward the corner.
0:39.3	Will it stay fair? Yes, it will.
0:41.3	And it bounces off the fence and stays in play.
0:44.3	So Hernandez is going to score on an RBI double for Josh Bell, and it's the Nationals 3 and the Diamondbacks 3.
0:51.3	Now the pitch, swinging a line drive in to right, going to be a base head.
0:55.0	In from third to score is Lane Thomas. And the Nationals have the lead here in the top of the eighth inning.
1:00.7	It's Washington four and Arizona three. And welcome to Natchchat for Monday, July 25th,
1:07.0	2002, along with MadisonSports.com Nationals Insider Mark Zuckerman, who was at Chase Field
1:12.5	in Phoenix, Arizona. I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast for just the third time
1:19.1	since a three-game Nats winning streak, June 26th through the 28th, we have a Nats win to discuss.
1:27.2	It is not often these days that we have a Nats victory to chew on on the Nats chat podcast,
1:33.0	but such is the case for this installment of the Nats chat podcast.
1:37.1	And so we shall savor this. We shall enjoy this.
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