'Pen Can't Reel in the Fish

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Nats lost 7-3 to Miami on Monday night in Navy Yard. Mark & Al note that the Nationals are now just 1-3 so far this season against the underwhelming Marlins. (04:30) Cade Cavalli threw another good outing as he struck out six Marlins in five plus innings on the mound. Cavalli is tied for the 8th most strikeouts in the National League. (12:20) The bullpen did not fare well on Monday evening. Richard Lovelady allowed a game tying 2-run HR to the first batter he saw in the top of the 6th. Paxton Schultz stepped up with a scoreless outing , but Cole Henry let the game get a bit out of hand in the 9th. (19:30) What is Cole Henry's future in the organization? His ERA thus far is 7.30 in nine appearances this year. (22:00) Jacob Young homered for the 8th time this season and is tied for 3rd for the most on the team. (25:45) Nasim Nuñez was thrown out in a steal attempt with two outs and James Wood at bat in the bottom of the 5th. Nuñez is now 22 for 25 on stolen base attempts this season. (29:00) An update on Jake Irvin and how he has not yet resumed throwing. (31:30) Dylan Crews is expected to return to the lineup on Tuesday after sitting out a few games due to being hit in the ribs.

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0:00.0	Walters is a great place to watch the NBA Finals with Friends.
0:03.8	It's open late and located right across the street from Nationals Park.
0:11.0	Now the 2-2.
0:12.9	Strike three called Cavali with a yeah!
0:15.2	As he rings up strike three on Edwards.
0:18.0	Caught him looking for strikeout number six,
0:19.9	and Cavali fired up about it.
0:21.6	Here's the pitch and Hicks drives one to right deep. Wood going back to the warning track
0:26.6	near the bullpen fence and he can't get it it's gone.
0:30.6	It lands on the bullpen mound in right field, a home run for Liam Hicks and a big insurance run from Miami.
0:35.6	They lead at 5 to 3.
0:38.7	He sets and he throws.
0:40.3	So he had a drive deep right center.
0:42.1	Back goes Wood to the warning track looking up and there it goes.
0:45.9	Another home run for the Marlins against Henry here in the ninth.
0:49.0	That makes it 7 to 3.
0:51.3	Stowers with a two run shot is fourth of the year And the Marlins have busted it open with two long balls. And welcome to Nats chat. I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast. I'm joined by Washington Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman of Natchjournal.com. He's at Nationals Park, where the Nats on Monday evening had a chance to get to three games above 500.
1:12.4	You know, that is the next goal for the Nats here in this surprisingly successful
1:16.7	2006 regular season so far, three games above 500. But the Nats, unfortunately, did not get
1:23.3	to that mark. A 7-3 loss to the Miami Marlins at National's Park in game one of a three-game series,
1:28.9	dropping the Nats to 31 and 30, including just one and three against the Marlins.
1:35.1	The Nants, as you may recall, lost two out of three games at the Marlins May 8th through the 10th.
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