Nats Drop the Rubber Match

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The Nats fell 3-2 on Sunday afternoon to the visiting Giants. Al begins with the sluggish offensive performance, that was punctuated by the curious decision to pinch-hit Josh Bell for Amed Rosario in the bottom of the 9th. James Wood had a RBI double, but the bats only collected five hits in total. (07:30) Alex Call and Robert Hassell III each had disappointing outfield defense in the pivotal top of the 3rd. Most notably, Call lost a fly ball in the sun at the wall that turned into a Sam Huff homer instead of an out. (12:15) Michael Soroka had a solid outing, but still was tagged with the loss. His six innings of work is the most he has pitched in five starts this season. (15:00) Al answers a listener email. Feel free to send your thoughts to natschatpodcast@gmail.com.

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0:00.0	Follow Walter Sports Bar on the Untapped App to get updates on the new beers brought in.
0:05.8	Walter's 24 self-pour beer roll awaits you.
0:12.8	The tall right-hander Soroka fires and a drive deep left field.
0:16.1	This is trouble.
0:17.0	Call going back to the warning track.
0:18.8	He leaps at the wall.
0:19.7	Can't make the catch.
0:20.5	The ball off the top of the padding and into the bullpen for a home run. Call going back to the warning track. He leaps at the wall. Can't make the catch.
0:24.9	The ball off the top of the padding and into the bullpen for a home run.
0:26.8	Two-nothing Giants.
0:31.3	Huff drove that one through the wind for his second homer of the year.
0:34.6	Call's leaping attempt just came up shy.
0:37.9	Woodoff second the tying run with two out.
0:40.3	Walker to the belt, the kick and the pitch,
0:43.0	swaying in a pop-up, shallow right.
0:45.6	Coming in, the right-fielder Ustrafsky now,
0:48.0	angling back to his left, makes the catch.
0:51.5	And the game over, the Giants take the rubber match of this three-game series.
0:56.1	And welcome to Natatsch chat.
0:57.9	I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast.
1:00.3	Mark Zuckerman is off for this installment of the podcast.
1:03.1	We hope that you're having a nice Memorial Day weekend.
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