meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Nats Chat

Nats Overcome an Early Five Run Deficit

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9575 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Nats beat the Blue Jays 11-8 in a wild affair to capture the weekend series on a Sunday afternoon in Navy Yard after trailing 6-1 early in the game. Mark & Al have a lot to get to, but begin with Luis Garcia who had three crucial hits and knocked in four runs. Garcia homered twice in the series and is now hitting .337 so far this season. (12:00) Jesse Winker slugged a 3 run HR to put Washington ahead 7-6 in the bottom of the 4th. Winker also doubled on Sunday for his first multi hit game since April 27th. (15:00) Eddie Rosario had his biggest hit yet since joining the team as he clubbed a 2 run HR to break the 8-8 tie and put the Nationals up for good. Rosario's averaged is now .117 and raised 34 points over the weekend series. (22:00) Davey Martinez used six relievers on Sunday as the team finally have an off day coming up. The final seven outs came from the trusty duo of Hunter Harvey and Kyle Finnegan. (25:00) MacKenzie Gore only lasted three innings and committed one of the three errors charged to the team. Gore needed 76 pitches to get his nine outs as he gave up six runs, including a grand slam to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (33:00) The Orioles come to D.C. on Tuesday for a quick two game series. Baltimore has the AL's best record and the Nats will have another opportunity to get back over .500. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Walter Sports Bar is available for private events. Visit waltersDC.com slash private events for more

0:07.1

information. Another three two. So we had a looping line drive into right. That's going to dunk in for a

0:14.6

base hit. It'll bring in Schneider and the Blue Jays lead at six to one. First pitch. So we're

0:20.4

in a light drive center field. That's a base hit. Rosario scores. Young on his heels. He'll score. And this is now a two-run game. Garcia drives in two. It's the Blue J's six. The Nationals four. The hold for Cabrera, the 2-0 pitch to Garcia. Swing a flight ball left center field. This is getting down. It's going to be a base hit, and we'll tie the game. 1-0 pitch. Sway to fly ball, right center field, and deep. This one's way back. It's got a chance. It's going, and it's gone. Eddie Rosario did it. His biggest hit as a National is a two-run homer. And the Nationals are back in front,

0:57.4

10 takes. Number two for Eddie. What a huge hit that is for him. And welcome to Natchchat for

1:06.3

Monday, May 6, 2004. What is the Nationals' first off day since April 22nd, and boy, have they earned it,

1:15.3

along with Massensports.com. National's insider Mark Zuckerman, who was at Nationals Park,

1:20.2

a Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast. The Nats now have won seven of their last 10 games.

1:25.7

The Nants for this 2024 regular season now are back at

1:29.4

500, 17, and 17, and the Nats just authored a wild win, an 11-8 win over the Toronto Blue Jays at

1:38.2

Nationals Park on Sunday to win the series two games to one. This was a game for which the start

1:43.2

was delayed for 85 minutes due to rain. This was a game for which the start was delayed for 85 minutes

1:44.7

due to rain. This was a game in which the Nats overcame a six-one third-inning deficit. This was a

1:50.1

game in which the Nats and Blue Jays combined for 19 runs, 21 hits, five errors, and 12 pitchers used.

1:57.7

Heck, the Nats through five innings had used four pitchers. The Nats scored at least

2:02.6

one run in six of the eight innings in which the team batted, including scoring five runs in the

2:08.5

bottom of the fourth. You would like to sponsor the Nats Chat podcast for which there is a new

2:13.3

episode for the morning after every Nats game day. Email Tim Schovers at Nats chat podcast at

2:19.6

gmail.com. We'd love to have you on board. Mark, what a game this was, what a win this was for the Nets.

2:27.6

It was an absurd baseball game, Al. And I mean that in the most complimentary way. Sometimes you need a

2:32.6

game like this to just remind you how much fun it can be. And I know if they had lost the game, we wouldn't be talking about how much fun it was, but they did win it. And so let's talk about it. So much going on. As I wrote in my story, like, this team is flawed in a lot of ways, okay? We know the lineup has some big holes in it. We know the pitching can be erratic day-to-day.

2:52.2

Their defense, the last two days, was just awful, which has not necessarily been the case

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.