Nats Win to Enter Memorial Day at .500

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Sunday was a long one in Atlanta, but the Nats emerged with a hard fought 2-1 victory. Mark (From ATL) & Al open by noting that the Nationals are indeed .500 as they have concluded a third of the season. Washington stands at 27-27 and are in 2nd place in the NL East. (06:20) Foster Griffin bounced back from two not so good outings with six shutout frames on Sunday afternoon. Griffin struck out six and his ERA is down to 3.63 on the season. (11:20) Andrew Alvarez earned the Hold by recording four crucial outs and it is likely that he will move into the rotation now that Jake Irvin is on the IL. (14:45) Nasim Nuñez's error in the 9th did not allow Richard Lovelady to notch the Save. Orlando Ribalta took over and was able to escape the bases loaded jam to preserve the victory. (17:00) Jake Irvin's MRI landed him on the 15-Day IL due to a right shoulder strain. Irvin is expected to resume throwing soon and the feeling is that this is the best possible scenario. (20:00) The Nationals won a series over a 1st place team without the offensive firepower they've had throughout most of the season. Luis Garcia Jr. stepped up the most on Sunday as his pinch-hit RBI single served as crucial insurance. (27:40) There were two rain delays on Sunday and both were mismanaged. It briefly looked like the field would not return to playable conditions, but the 7th inning resumed at 7:35PM. (39:30) Greg Madia, who covers UVA Sports for The Daily Progress, gives a scouting report on AJ Gracia, an outfielder who is a possible 1st Round pick for the Nationals this summer with the #11 overall pick.

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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.
0:06.0	Walter's sports bar and restaurant is located just across the street from Nationals Park.
0:15.0	Olson at third, Albies at second, Harris at first.
0:18.0	Shaparo stays in on the grass at first. Meade is backed up a bit at third.
0:23.6	Here's the pitch. He's made a ground ball to short. Abrams has it to second for one.
0:28.6	Nunez to first for two. A double play and Griffin survives a bases loaded jam here in the fourth inning.
0:34.6	Lopez sets. Wood off third the kick in the pitch. Swing
0:39.6	and a line driving to right field going to be a base in it. Wood will score. Garcia turns and holds it
0:45.5	first and white getting the throw in to second base. It's a line drive single to drive and a run
0:50.9	the nationals now lead by the score of two to nothing. Rolta's coming set. Bases loaded, two out. Two balls, two strikes. Bottom of the ninth, the kick the pitch. Swinging a broken bat, squibber right side. Bealibalded by Garcia. He flips the Revolta to covering in time and a curly Ws in the box. Revolta with a little leap crossing after the bag.
1:13.1	He spikes the baseball and goes to Green Cape Airwees in front of the bound.
1:17.8	He secures the save by getting a cune on a broken backgrounder to the right side.
1:23.4	A curly W in the books, the Nationals take a series from the first place Braves in Atlanta.
1:29.8	And welcome to Natch Chat.
1:32.0	I'm Al Galdi, host of the Al Galdi podcast.
1:34.2	I'm joined by Washington Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman of Natchjournal.com.
1:38.7	He is at Truist Park in Atlanta where the Washington Nationals just won a three-game series at the National League
1:46.1	leading Atlanta Braves, a 2-1 win at the Braves on Sunday, and a game that included two
1:51.3	rain delays that totaled one hour and 50 minutes. But this off, a 2-0 win at the Braves on
1:57.2	Saturday, as the Nats won the series with some outstanding pitching. And the Nats
2:02.4	realistically could have swept the series. Remember, the loss was a 5-4-11 inning loss at the Braves
2:07.9	on Friday night. And so here we are on Memorial Day, the first of the three holiday checkpoints
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