Schwarber & Harper's Blasts Sink the Nats

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Nats and Phillies were tied entering the 7th, but Kyle Schwarber & Bryce Harper went Back-to-Back to put Philadelphia up 6-2 for good. Mark & Al gather after a Friday night that saw a repeat Opening Day pitching matchup between MacKenzie Gore & Zack Wheeler. (06:10) Daylen Lile homered while getting the start in LF. Lile is having a very good August as he is hitting .319 and has a .849 OPS. (09:00) Brady House was not in the starting lineup in favor of Paul DeJong at 3B. House has only played in two of the past five games and that is causing Al a lot of frustration. (13:05) MacKenzie Gore immediately gave up two runs, but settled down from there. Gore struck out seven and his ERA dropped a bit to 4.04. (19:00) Schwarber continued his MVP campaign as he hit his 43rd HR of the season and 5th this year vs. Washington. Mark points out just how costly his injury was back in July of 2021 while with the Nationals. (24:10) Keibert Ruiz & Jose Tena were seen pregame working at 1B with Miguel Cairo. Is it a possibility that Ruiz will take reps at 1B after he eventually returns from the IL? (30:15) What does it say about Mike DeBartolo after making a bold move like DFA'ing Nathaniel Lowe?

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0:00.0	Save the date. The Nats Chat end-of-year podcast party will be Friday night, October 10th at Walters. Start time is TBD.
0:12.8	The 1-0. So we had a high drive, right field deep. Castellanos going back to the track, looking up. This game is tied. It's a home run for Dalit Lyle.
0:23.6	Over the big out-of-town scoreboard at right center.
0:26.6	The Nationals 2 and the Phillies 2.
0:29.6	Schwerber homered against Jose Ferrer on opening day,
0:31.6	and he's not stopped homering.
0:33.6	The 1-0.
0:34.6	So we had a high drive, deep right field, way back it goes, and it is long gone into the second deck.
0:42.9	Phillies 5, Nationals 2.
0:46.0	Schwaber number 43, absolutely destroyed a hanging slider from Pilkington.
0:53.9	And welcome to Natschat, along with MadisonSports.com, National's insider Mark Zuckerman,
0:58.9	who was at Nationals Park, Amalgaldi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast.
1:03.0	We by now are used to the fact that the Philadelphia Phillies feature three prominent
1:07.0	X-Nats in Bryce Harper, Trey Turner, and Kyle Schwerber.
1:12.3	Those three guys on Friday evening made for the numbers one through three batters in the Phillies lineup, Turner Schwerber
1:16.7	Harper. And those three guys on Friday evening when a combined five for 13 with two home
1:22.7	runs, a double, two singles, two walks, and two stolen bases. Six, two loss for the Nats to the Phillies at Nationals Park in game two of a four-game series.
1:32.5	The Nats and MLB's 20-25 regular season fall to 49 and 73.
1:37.3	The Phillies now are a National League East Best 70 and 52.
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