Nats Avoid the Sweep + Team Issues Statement on Strasburg

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The Nats ended their three game skid with a 3-2 victory over the visiting Phillies on Sunday afternoon. Al & Tim start with MacKenzie Gore's solid performance as earned his first win of 2024 in 5.2 IP of work. A trio of bullpen pitchers (Weems, Harvey, and Finnegan) then combined for ten scoreless outs. (11:15) Lane Thomas had his best game of the season as he had a pair of hits, stole three bases, and scored the final two runs. The negative for the offense was that CJ Abrams missed a second straight game to a bone bruise in his pinky finger, which is believed to have happened on a Friday night slide. (16:00) Jesse Winker had an excellent catch in the top of the 9th to avoid a lead-off double in what has been a strong start to his time in Washington. Luis Garcia Jr. had a RBI double and is hitting .333 thus far on the season after being sent down to the minors for portion of 2023. (25:00) On Sunday Nationals ownership released a statement about the retirement of Stephen Strasburg, which became official on Saturday. Strasburg himself released a statement and Mike Rizzo also met with reporters before the game. Al & Tim then wonder if he is the biggest "Star" in franchise history? 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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0:13.1	Now the set and the pitch.
0:15.5	Vanessa hits a shot towards short.
0:17.1	It's through.
0:17.5	It's a base hit to Turner's left.
0:19.1	Thomas went back to 30.
0:20.3	He's still going to get the wave in. And he's going to score with a throw into second. So it's an RBI single for Joey Manessus, and the Nationals their first lead to the series 2 to 1. Here's the pitch. Swing and a line drive left field. Moving over is Merrifield. He makes the catch. catchder tags. Thomas coming home. The throw will go to third.
0:39.8	Cut off by Trey Turner. It's a line drive, sacrifice fly for Riley Adams, his third RBI the year.
0:47.0	The second out of the inning of the Nationals back in front. It's Washington 3 in Philadelphia, too.
0:52.9	Finnegan coming set again on O and 2 to Bohm, right-handed hitter against the right-handed pitcher.
0:58.1	Now the kick.
0:58.8	Here it comes.
1:00.0	And it's in there, strike three called.
1:01.9	Boom locked up, couldn't pull the trigger.
1:04.5	And Finnegan with a fastball at 97 miles an hour to the outside corner,
1:10.4	and Baum is not happy about it. A curly Ws in the
1:13.8	box. Riley Adams with a glad hand for Kyle Finnegan. And welcome to Nat's chat for Monday, April 8,
1:20.7	2004. I'm Al-Galdi host of the Al-Galdi podcast. Mark Zuckerman is off for this installment
1:26.2	of the show, but I'm happy to be joined by
1:28.8	the man who runs the show, Tim Schovers, and I'm happy to say that we, for the third time in nine
1:34.6	Nationals games in the 2024 regular season, have a Nats win to discuss a three-two win over the
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