Game 98: Swept by the O's as Hand Blows the Save

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The Nationals were swept in Baltimore as they lost 5-4 on Sunday afternoon. Mark & Al recap the gut punching defeat and try to understand how they could have lost four games in a row to last place teams. What should we expect this week from the front office as Friday's Trade Deadline looms? (15:15) Washington entered the bottom of the ninth with a one run lead, but Brad Hand immediately put the leadoff hitter on base. Should Hand and Daniel Hudson flip roles? (20:20) Paolo Espino was in line for the victory until the 9th, but did allow three solo shots. On the other side, many of the Nats big names didn't produce much at the plate this weekend. Plus, a look at the evolving situation at catcher. How important is the absence of Yan Gomes? (26:30) For some good news, Joe Ross is expected to come off the IL and pitch Monday in Philadelphia. When will Max Scherzer return to the mound? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	While the Nationals may be in Philadelphia, heading to Walters is still a great idea.
0:04.8	The Tokyo Olympics finally here, and Walters is a great spot to catch all the action, whether
0:09.3	you're into gymnastics, swimming, or track and field.
0:12.0	Walters has enough TVs to watch everything and anything your heart desires.
0:16.7	This year, surfing, skateboarding, softball, and sport climbing have been added to the exhibition events taking place.
0:23.2	So make sure you look out for those competitions as well.
0:26.5	The pitch to OREAS on the way, swinging a ground ball, back into my key boom, throwing home to the plate.
0:32.1	The tag, not in time.
0:34.9	The game is over, and the Orioles win it, five to four.
0:40.8	And welcome to Natschak for Monday, July 26, 2021, along with Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman.
0:47.8	I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast.
0:50.6	Well, when the book is written on the 2021 Nationals, well, A, I'm not sure who's going to want
0:55.7	to read that book, but B, there will be a chapter in that book called the Orioles series.
1:01.9	And the Orioles series will mark the true end of us viewing the 2021 Nationals as viable
1:08.7	when it comes to the postseason. I don't know how you view things
1:12.3	any other way at this point. A disastrous three-game sweep is capped with a disastrous
1:18.5	five-four walk-off loss at the Orioles on Sunday afternoon. Mark, we talked about things going
1:25.6	into this cupcake portion, supposedly anyway, of the national schedule.
1:29.7	Well, as long as the Nats avoid a worst case scenario, Nats are probably going to stay in this thing because the state of the National League East.
1:35.6	Well, the worst case scenario is playing out and you really couldn't have scripted the weekend, much worse, a really bad three-day stretch for the Nationals, continuing
1:46.6	a really bad stretch since the All-Star break. And here we are now. The Nationals swept
1:52.2	at the lowly Orioles for the first time in a three-game series since 2010. And it's not even
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