Nats Sweep the Doubleheader

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The Nats took both ends of the day/night twinbill in Pittsburgh to lift their win total to 64, which is just seven fewer than last season. Mark (From PNC Park & Al begin with DJ Herz, who tossed five no hit innings during Game 1 on Saturday afternoon. Mark explains the thinking behind removing Herz after only 87 pitches. (09:00) Dylan Crews filled the box score with a homer, double, walk, two runs scored, two RBIs, and a pair of stolen bases. Crews already has three homers in under two weeks of play. These were Crews' first games in Pittsburgh since the Pirates passed over him in last summer's draft. (11:45) Kyle Finnegan's first save of the afternoon was an adventure that ended with a 6-4-3 double play to preserve the 5-3 win. (15:00) CJ Abrams inexplicably didn't complete the tag in a rundown in the bottom of the 8th of Game 2. This led to the Pirates briefly taking a two run lead before Washington's 9th inning rally. (19:30) The Nats scored four runs in the top of the 9th and batted around on their way to an 8-6 victory. The big hit belonged to Ildemaro Vargas, who's 2-run go ahead single put his team ahead for good. The rally began with Juan Yepez and many young hitters contributed to the late comeback. (27:10) Mitchell Parker struggled right away and was removed in the bottom of the 4th. Parker has not pitched well recently and has admitted that he has been "out of sync". (32:00) Kyle Finnegan is now up to 36 saves and the 40 plateau is very well within reach. Chad Cordero owns the franchise record with 47 saves from the 2005 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Walters is a great place to watch all of the NFL week one action.
0:04.6	Walters always prioritizes sound and prime central TV showing for the commanders game.
0:10.4	This Sunday afternoon, Washington and Jaden Daniels visit the Tampa Bay Bucks at 425.
0:20.1	Playing in his 10th big league game, two two homers three runs batted in after 49
0:26.2	games in rochester he won at harrisburg swings and drives one to deep left center field going back
0:31.9	as reynolds out of the warning track at the wall he leaps and he can't get it it is gone goodbye bang zoom goes Dylan Cruz here's the
0:39.9	wind in the pitch swinging a high high pop-up shallow right Garcia out shading his eyes
0:45.1	in comes Dylan Cruz who calls and Cruz makes the play for out number three and for the
0:51.2	second straight inning it's a one, three inning for DJ hers.
0:55.8	Pitch swinging a ground ball to short.
0:57.8	Abrams has it to second one.
0:59.6	Garcia to first.
1:01.1	It's a double play.
1:02.9	And just like that, a curly Ws in the books.
1:06.2	The Nationals take game one of the split day-night double header.
1:17.6	As Finnegan pitches himself into trouble and then throws one pitch to get him out of trouble.
1:29.9	Hello and welcome to a double header edition of the Natsch chat podcast. I'm Tim Schovers joined from PNC in Pittsburgh, alongside Mark Zuckerman from Massensports.com. I'm filling in for Al Galdi, who is getting a well-earned day off,
1:36.2	and in veteran fashion, it turns out to be for a recap of a day-night twin bill. The Nationals took
1:42.5	both of those games in the Steel City, each of them
1:44.8	resulting in a Kyle Finnegan save. The Nats are now 64 and 78 this season. They need to go 8 and 12
1:52.4	in their final 20 games to exceed last year's win total of 71. This addition of the Natschette
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