Giants Clobber Littell

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The Nats were easily beaten 10-5 by the Giants on Friday night to open the home stand on a sour note. Al & Mark spend plenty of time on Zack Littell, who gave up six runs before the end of the 2nd inning. Littell wasn't signed until March was well underway and it seems like the late Spring start is still affecting him. (10:30) Why do valued Free Agent pitchers have to wait until the middle of Spring Training to sign sometimes? (13:45) Richard Lovelady pitched the 9th right after taking Oscar Ribalta's roster spot. Lovelady walked in a run with the bases loaded for San Francisco's final run. Ribalta notched the save on Thursday in Pittsburgh and was then demoted to AAA on Friday. (18:05) James Wood crushed an opposite field homer 441 feet late in the contest. Wood is now tied with Abrams for the team lead in homers with six. (22:00) Daylen Lile hit his 1st homer of the year to bring up his OPS to .691. Lile has not yet tripled this season, after having 11 of them in his rookie year. (26:30) The Nationals just went 5-2 on the road trip, but only have one home victory. (28:45) Cade Cavalli will take the mound on Saturday afternoon vs. San Francisco. Cavalli's ERA is 4.60 through four starts this season.

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0:00.0	Walter's Sports Bar is a great place for the family to grab a bite to eat before going into the ballpark.
0:06.0	$5 kids meals from 4 to 7 p.m. with the purchase of an adult meal.
0:10.7	Walters is located across the street from Nationals Park.
0:16.8	Now the pitch. Swinging to fly ball center field deep.
0:20.4	Back goes Joey Weimer.
0:21.5	Way back.
0:22.0	Warning track at the wall and it has gone.
0:24.8	Goodbye.
0:26.6	Weamer leaping but couldn't get high enough as it clears the wall.
0:31.0	To the left of the 402 marker.
0:33.1	It's just below the batter's eye hill.
0:36.1	A three-run homer for Elliot Ramosamos we had said he had not hit one this year
0:40.3	He has now rbe i's eight nine and ten
0:43.3	And a Giants last to the national league and the major leagues and home runs hit their tenth of the year
0:49.3	And they lead by the score of three to nothing. Check of the runner at first.
0:55.0	And now the pitch on the way.
0:56.7	Swung on, hit in the air to deep right field.
0:58.7	Wood going back, way back.
1:00.1	It is caught by.
1:01.6	Oh, it's over his glove off the wall.
1:04.1	Almost a sensational catch.
1:06.2	Rounding third Chapman coming to the plate.
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