Nats Bring Out the Brooms in Milwaukee

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The Nats pulled off their first series sweep in Milwaukee since 2006 on Sunday afternoon. Mark & Al dissect the 8-6 victory that saw more production from James Wood at the plate. Wood went deep for the 5th time this season and his OPS has shot up to 1.005. Wood also stole home as part of proper execution of "The Play". (09:00) Jose Tena & Curtis Mead each came through with RBIs as pinch-hitters in the top of the 7th. (14:10) Jacob Young had a single and double in the victory and his OPS is an encouraging .789. (17:30) Zack Littell allowed three runs and all of them came off of solo homers in five innings of work. (22:05) Ken Waldichuk left the mound while holding his pitching arm in pain. Waldichuk had Tommy John surgery previously in October 2023. (27:40) Gus Varland notched the save and it seems like that position is still up for grabs. (30:10) The Nationals move their road trip to Pittsburgh and the first game on Monday will feature Paul Skenes vs. Cade Cavalli.

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0:00.0	Walters is back as the official bar of the Natschat podcast for our sixth season of coverage.
0:06.0	Located just across the street from the ballpark, Walters is the best sports bar in Navy Yard.
0:15.4	Here's the pitch. So we had a fly ball, deep right field for Wood. This one going back, way back it goes, and it is long gone.
0:22.6	Into the first row with a second deck in right field. James Wood has his fifth homer of the season and he's tied this game at one.
0:30.6	Nobody hotter on the planet right now than James Wood.
0:33.6	Runners lead second and first. Tarang and Contreras. Here it comes. Swing a fly ball,
0:40.0	deep left field. Back goes wild to the warning track, looking up, and it is gone.
0:48.3	Sanchez ties it at six with a three-run homer after the back-to-back walks. Now the kick of the pitch.
0:56.0	Swinging to crowd ball, it hard up the middle.
0:58.0	It's a base hit into center field.
1:00.0	Abram scores Young around third coming home.
1:02.0	Throw to the plate off-line. He scores, and heading for second is Kbert Ruiz on the throw to the plate.
1:08.0	It's a single through the drawn in infield and two runs batted in for Kbert Ruiz on the throat of the plate. It's a single through the drawn-in infield and two runs batted in for
1:13.3	Kbert Ruiz. And the Nationals are back in front here at the top of the eighth inning. It's now
1:19.0	Washington 8, Milwaukee 6. And welcome to Nat's chat, along with Washington Nationals insider Mark
1:26.0	Zuckerman of Nat's Journal.com. I'm Al-Galdi host to the Al-Galdi podcast. with Washington Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman of Natchjournal.com. I'm Al-Galdi host
1:28.5	to the Al-Galdi podcast. The Washington Nationals, over 15 games in MLB's 2026 regular season now,
1:35.2	are 7 and 8, and have scored 89 runs. 89 runs over 15 games, nearly six runs per game.
1:43.1	An 8-6 win at the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon
1:46.6	in a game in which the Nats overcame a 3-2-7th inning deficit. It did blow a 6-3-7th inning lead,
1:52.4	but the Nats won and they completed a three-game sweep, seven and eight. Not bad for a team
1:59.8	that has restarted a rebuild. This installment of Natschat
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