Irvin & 'Pen Toss 1-Hit Shutout

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Nats impressively blanked the Braves 2-0 on Saturday afternoon to even the weekend series. Mark (From Atlanta) & Al have a lot to discuss with Jake Irvin, as he threw five shutout innings, but exited early due to injury concerns and will get a MRI for his back/lat on Sunday morning. There was a forty minute rain delay after the 1st inning, but Irvin remained in the game through the delay. (07:00) Irvin struck out seven Braves and he has plenty of outings this season with at least five Ks. (14:20) Brad Lord tossed three shutout innings and Mark lays out why he should stay in this role and not move into the starting rotation. Richard Lovelady pitched the 9th and closed out his 4th save of the season; just one day after he Opened on Friday night. (18:25) Dylan Crews homered for the first time since getting promoted to put the Nats up 1-0. Coincidentally, Crews' last homer in 2025 came in Atlanta in late September. (21:15) Daylen Lile tripled for the first time season after having a flurry of them last year. (24:40) Keibert Ruiz doubled in the 3rd and his OPS is now up to .784 after it was only at .507 at the end of April. (28:00) The Nats aim to get back to .500 on Sunday late afternoon in the series rubber match as Foster Griffin will take the mound. This will be Game #54; the 1/3 point of the 162 game season.

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0:00.0	For the sixth season in a row, Walters is the official bar of the Nats Chat podcast,
0:05.6	located across the street from the ballpark just off South Capitol Street.
0:12.4	The wall's two strikes. Here's the pitch.
0:15.8	It's made a fly ball deep left for Cruz. Back is Tremski to the warning track looking up,
0:19.7	and there it goes. Dylan Cruz dumps one down to the Nationals bullpen his first home run in the big leagues this
0:25.1	season and the Nationals jump on the board first here in the fourth inning it's one to
0:29.1	nothing that's got to feel good for Dylan Cruz force plate to plate on the front end of a
0:34.1	double play and swings and drives one to deep right field toward the corner. This is way back.
0:38.1	This ball is going, going.
0:40.1	It's gone.
0:41.4	Goodbye.
0:44.1	Bang, zoom goes Jorbit.
0:46.3	Bebas, muscling up with a lead-off home run here in the top of the fifth inning.
0:52.0	And on two solo homers in consecutive innings.
0:56.3	The Nationals lead the Braves, two to nothing.
0:59.0	And now Love Lady comes set.
1:01.0	Kicks delivers the pitch.
1:02.2	Breaking ball, pulling the ground at third.
1:03.9	Bebas has it.
1:05.0	He plants.
1:05.6	He throws on a Garcia and a curly Ws in the books.
1:09.4	And that's the shouting of Richard Lovelady
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