Mitchell Parker Earns the Win in His Debut

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The Nats bounced back with a 6-4 series opening victory on Monday night at Dodger Stadium on Jackie Robinson Day. Mark (From LA) & Al begin with praise for Mitchell Parker, who won his MLB debut while facing the loaded Dodgers lineup. It is shockingly the first Nationals pitcher to win his debut since Stephen Strasburg back in 2010. Mark runs through the laundry list of past pitchers who could not pull off the feat in the past 14 years. (09:00) Four bullpen arms were used and no walks were issued. Kyle Finnegan threw a clean bottom of the 9th to notch his 6th save of the season. (14:00) CJ Abrams went deep and he is blossoming into a star. His OPS currently stands at 1.004 and he has nine extra base hits so far this season. (17:30) Luis Garcia Jr. hit a crucial three run HR to extend the Nats lead to 6-2 in the victory. So far this year he is hitting .318 and his strong offensive production has been one of the pleasant 2024 surprises thus far. (23:30) There were a flurry of roster moves before the game and it included the reinstatement of Nick Senzel and Trey Lipscomb being sent down to AAA. Mark points all the factors that led to the roster crunch that resulted in Lipscomb returning to Rochester. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Walter Sports Bar in Navy Yard offers $5 happy hour in both snacks and drinks.
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0:13.6	Parker winds and fires.
0:15.9	Swing and a miss, he struck out Otani with a curveball.
0:19.3	So Mitchell Parker strikes out Otani for his thirdball. So Mitchell Parker strikes out
0:20.9	Otani for his third strikeout.
0:23.7	Now the pitch,
0:24.6	two Garcia, swung on and driven in the air
0:26.6	to deep left center field.
0:28.1	This is way back to the warning track Hernandez.
0:30.6	He is out of room and is gone.
0:32.5	Goodbye.
0:34.6	An opposite field, three-run
0:37.0	Homer for Luis Garcia, Jr. Three-run Homer for Luis Garcia Jr.
0:40.3	Three-run shot and the Nationals now lead by the score of six to two.
0:46.2	Parker rocks and kicks.
0:48.3	And the pitch, half swing, pulled on a breaking ball, strike three.
0:52.7	A one-two-three inning for Mitchell Parker on six pitches.
0:58.1	And welcome to Natchat for Tuesday, April 16th, 2024, along with Massensports.com,
1:05.3	Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman, who was at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles. I'm Al Galdi, host of the Al Galdi podcast.
1:12.8	The first time that Mark and I met in person was on June 9th, 2010, the morning after the
1:21.0	unforgettable Major League regular season debut of Steven Strasbourg. Well, here we are 14 years later. A lot has changed. And we finally
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