Nats Give up 4 Homers in Defeat

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Nats lost 7-3 for the second straight night against visiting Miami. Mark & Al discuss the defeat that included the Marlins hitting three straight homers in the top of the 5th and some questionable decisions by Manager Blake Butera along the way. (04:30) Richard Lovelady had an adventurous scoreless outing. Lovelady issued three walks, but worked around the trouble in two frames on the mound. (06:00) Miles Mikolas then took over and allowed three straight homers in the top of the 5th. Mikolas settled down, but surprisingly began to top of the 97 MPH on the radar. Amazingly, Mikolas threw harder on Tuesday night than he had in years. (10:30) Mitchell Parker relieved Mikolas in the 9th and the Marlins lead ballooned to four runs. Parker did not help himself as he threw to 1st base instead of home on a squeeze bunt with runners on the corners. (17:30) Drew Millas exited after suffering a "lip laceration" while sliding into 3rd base and Keibert Ruiz came in to replace him. (24:00) A breakdown of Butera's decision to pinch hit Jose Tena for Jacob Young. Tena did not get a hit and he then played in RF for the rest of the game. (32:00) Washington looks to avoid the sweep on Wednesday afternoon as Andrew Alvarez will take the mound at some point. The Nats are just 1-4 against the hapless Marlins so far this season.

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0:00.0	Walters is open late and a great spot to watch the final rounds of the NBA and Stanley Cup playoffs.
0:06.7	Walter's sports bar and restaurant is located just across the street from Nationals Park.
0:14.3	Next pitch. So we're in a long drive left field. It's going to be three in a row.
0:19.6	That one is long gone into a section 103 four nothing marlins
0:24.9	mac hernandez and lopez back to back to back against michaelis number five on the season for lopez
0:33.1	runners lead second and third the pause the kick here's. Swinging a crown ball up the first base line.
0:39.3	Will score run fielded by Hicks the first baseman. He takes it to the bag himself.
0:44.3	As in from third to score is Dail and Lyle. It's now a one-run game. Dylan Cruz over to third with two out of the inning.
0:51.3	It's now the Marlins four of the Nationals three.
0:55.0	Now the set to 2-1.
0:56.0	Hernandez blasts one deep left.
0:58.0	This is way back there and it is gone.
1:01.0	A two-run shot into section 106.
1:03.0	The Marlins lead at 7 to 3.
1:06.0	Second night in a row, the Marlins have put three runs up in the ninth inning
1:09.0	to bust open a one-run game. Hernandez with two homers tonight, five this season. And welcome to Nats chat. I'm Al
1:17.3	Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast. I'm joined by Washington Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman
1:21.9	of Natch Journal.com. He's at Nationals Park, where the Natch struggles against the Miami
1:27.0	Marlins continue.
1:28.4	The Nats in MLB's 2006 regular season now are just one and four against the Miami Marlins
1:34.6	and 30 and 27 against everyone else.
1:38.2	A seven three loss to the Marlins at Nationals Park on Tuesday evening in game two of a three
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