Hassell III Scores in Extras to Seal 5th Straight Win

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The Nats won their 5th straight on Thursday night as they outlasted the Braves 8-7 in extra innings. Mark & Al focus on the completely flipped script for the Nationals in the past week; as they recently had lost seven games in a row. Amed Rosario was the 10th inning hero as his pinch-hit RBI single ended the affair. (07:20) Robert Hassell III had quite the MLB debut as he singled in his first at bat, stole a base, collected two hits, and scored the winning run on Rosario's RBI single. Hassell got the nod in CF and hit 7th in the lineup. (10:00) Dylan Crews is on the IL due to an oblique injury; not a back issue. Jacob Young did not play on Thursday and it is unclear if too might be headed to the IL as he has not played since crashing into the Camden Yards wall on Saturday. (16:00) James Wood' big game was overshadowed, but nonetheless impressive as he reached base four times. Wood' big hit of the night came in the bottom of the 2nd on his 3-run double to take a 5-2 lead. (17:10) Keibert Ruiz had a big eveningin front of his parents, who saw him play in person for the first time in his professional career. Ruiz's family traveled to D.C. from his native Venezuela for the occasion. (20:00) The bullpen mostly came through in their heavy workload on Thursday night. Six relievers were needed to toss over six frames and only allowed two runs in the process. Kyle Finnegan though did blow the save in the top of the 9th, but in his defense Jose Tena committed a crucial error to extend the game. (28:10) Trevor Williams had another poor start as he was yanked in the 4th inning. Williams was charged with five runs allowed and his ERA is now up to 6.39. Will he get moved out of the starting rotation?

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0:00.0	Walter Sports Bar has been recognized by many local publications as one of the best sports bars in Washington, D.C., located across the street from Nationals Park, and open year-round.
0:15.5	Hassel!
0:18.1	The third!
0:21.6	A nice hand for a rookie making his big league debut.
0:25.6	Many Nationals fans on their feet standing for it.
0:28.6	23-year-old digs in from the left side of the plate,
0:31.6	facing A.J. Smith-Shawber.
0:33.6	The first pitch to Hassel is a line drive.
0:35.6	Beast hit right field. He's batting a thousand. Robert Hassel is a line drive. Beasts in right field.
0:37.6	He's batting a thousand.
0:39.8	Robert Hassel III turns around a 98 mile per hour fastball
0:43.8	on the first pitch he sees in the major leagues.
0:46.6	He gets a hug from his first base coach,
0:48.3	Gerardo Parra.
0:49.8	And the Braves, Matt Olson, will toss that ball
0:51.8	to the Nationals dugout.
0:52.8	Congratulations Robert Hassel the third. He may feel like it took him a while to get here. Doesn't take them long to get in the hit column. Now the set at the belt. The O2 coming. Swain on land drive hammered. It is there. Inside the first base line, it hits the sidewall, shoots out to right field. Call scores, Tena scores, Abrams stumbles around third.
1:12.6	The throw home is offline and C.J. scores anyway.
1:16.6	James Wood clears the bases with a double.
1:20.6	The Nationals 5 and the Braves 2.
1:23.6	Williams at first, National 7, Brave 6.
1:26.6	Now the 2-0.
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