Pounded in Pittsburgh

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Nats were crushed by the Pirates 16-5 on Monday night. Mark (From Pittsburgh) & Al run through Cade Cavalli's rough outing; as he was pulled in the bottom of the 2nd. Cavalli allowed four runs in the 2nd and was lifted in favor of Paxton Schultz. Paul Skenes meanwhile lasted six frames and only allowed a CJ Abrams solo homer. (10:00) The bullpen had an awful night as Pittsburgh scored ten runs in the bottom of the 6th. Jackson Rutledge had the roughest evening of all relievers as he gave up seven runs in less than two innings of work and was sent back down to AAA after the loss. (17:30) Cole Henry and Ken Waldichuk were each placed on the IL and Waldichuk might be facing Tommy John Surgery, pending a 2nd opinion. (21:40) Abrams' OPS so far is 1.024 on the season and he is in the top 20 of MLB at the moment. (23:00) Jacob Young went deep while hitting 5th in the lineup. (26:10) Miles Mikolas is slated to start on Tuesday night, but we will see how long Blake Butera gives him the ball. (29:30) An update from AAA by Josh Whetzel, the Voice of the Rochester Red Wings.

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0:00.0	Walter's Sports Bar is a great place for the family to grab a bite to eat before going into the ballpark.
0:06.0	$5 kids meals from 4 to 7 p.m. with the purchase of an adult meal.
0:10.7	Walters is located across the street from Nationals Park.
0:16.9	1-1. So we got a line drive base in left field.
0:20.6	Reynolds will drive in Cruz. Lowe will stop at second. The Pirates keep the line moving. Kaye Cavali struggling here tonight. It's 4-1 Pittsburgh. First inning, I thought he looked really good. I think when he went back out there for the second inning, you can just tell he was fighting his delivery a little bit, at trouble getting ahead of hitters. Just was out of the zone. An uncharacteristic amount. Yeah, it just looked like he was fighting himself a little bit. The stuff was normal. There wasn't anything there that dropped off. It was just more so. He just couldn't find the zone. And now Lord Ready. Here's his pitch. Swing and a line drive deep right toward the corner. Trouble if it's fair.
0:54.6	It's off the wall and in play.
0:56.7	One runner scored.
0:57.9	Two runs have scored.
0:59.9	And holding it third is Mangum.
1:02.9	Two RBIs for O'Neill Cruz.
1:06.0	Runners on second and third with two out here in the bottom of the sixth inning.
1:10.3	As the pirates continue to pour it on, they've scored out here in the bottom of the sixth inning. As the pirates continue to
1:11.7	pour it on, they've scored seven times in the inning. It's now Pittsburgh 12 in Washington 1.
1:20.0	And welcome to Nats chat, along with Washington Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman of Natchjournal.com.
1:25.5	I'm Al-Galdi host of the Al-Galdi podcast. Mark is at PNC
1:28.8	Park in Pittsburgh with the Nats on Monday evening got walloped. A 16-5 loss at the Pittsburgh
1:34.8	Pirates on Monday evening in game one of a four-game series. This was a game in which the Nats allowed
1:39.5	the Pirates to score four runs in the bottom of the second and 10 runs in the bottom of the six. Yes,
1:46.1	the Pirates scored 10 runs in the bottom of the sixth. The Nansen MLB's 2026 regular season now are
1:52.8	seven and nine. Monday night, not a good night in Washington, D.C. sports. We had the Washington
1:58.7	Capitals being officially eliminated from contention to make
2:02.2	the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, and we had the NACS getting blown out at the Pirates. But it is good
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