Shutout by the Mets

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The Nats were blanked 2-0 by the Mets on Saturday afternoon in D.C. Al & Mark evaluate the wasted opportunity as their solid pitching performance did not get any help from the offense. The bats produced only singles in their seven hits in defeat. (05:45) Jose Tena singled but most importantly had another good day at 3B in the field. Tena has been filling in at the hot corner due to Paul DeJong's trip to the IL and has markedly improved on defense since last season. (09:35) Brad Lord's started last four innings, but was interrupted by a brief early rain delay. Lord gave up a 2 run HR to Francisco Alvarez, the only source of scoring on Saturday. Lord began the season a reliever, but has filled in as a starter during Michael Soroka's stint on the IL. (16:00) The bullpen combined to toss five scoreless frames in the loss. Encouragingly, Lucas Sims threw one inning and only needed nine pitches in the process. (22:10) Mitchell Parker will take the mound on Sunday and believe it or not, but he leads all of MLB in pitcher WAR so far this season. (24:15) Juan Soto went for 0 for 4 on Saturday and is hitting .235 thus far. Soto has not homered since April 15th, but the Mets do have the best record in baseball.

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0:00.0	Walters is back for another season as the official bar of the Natschat podcast.
0:05.6	Walters is the best spot to go before and after home games located at the southeast corner
0:11.4	of Capitol and End Streets, right across the street from the ballpark.
0:19.3	Pitch on the way, swung on, sliced to right down the line.
0:21.6	Trouble, deep into the corner, if it's fair, it's gone, and it is a whole run
0:26.6	for Francisco Alvarez, into the Nationals' bullpen.
0:30.6	Just inside the foul pole and into that corner,
0:35.6	over the 335 foot marker.
0:39.1	Francisco Alvarez, we're wondering about what the power would be like when you're coming
0:43.8	off that Hamid phone injury as his first home run of the year.
0:47.6	For Albrez, his first two runs batted in.
0:50.3	The vets are on the board first in game two of the series.
0:53.3	It's New York 2 in Washington
0:54.6	nothing. And welcome to Nats chat along with Massid Sports.com National's insider Mark
1:00.9	Sukerman. I'm Al-Galdi host of the Al-Galdi podcast. The Nats are in the midst of quite the
1:05.8	battle with the Major League leading New York Mets in this ongoing four game series at Nationals Park. The Nats on Friday evening had the dramatic 5-4 walk-off win, but the Nats on Saturday got shut
1:16.1	out. A 2-0 loss in a game for which the start was delayed for 25 minutes due to rain in a game
1:21.1	that then featured a rain delay of 46 minutes in the first inning. The Nats in MLB's 20, 25 regular season now 12 and 15.
1:29.5	The Mets for this regular season now in MLB best 19 and 8. You could find us on X at Nats underscore
1:36.3	chat. You can find us on Blue Sky at Nats chat podcast. You can email the show Natschat
1:41.0	podcast at gmail.com. And we have a website that we invite you to check out
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