Shutout Instead of Sweeping

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The Nats were blanked 5-0 on Wednesday afternoon by the visiting Reds. Al & Tim discuss Nick Lodolo's complete game shutout, the 3rd time the Nationals have allowed a starter to go the distance against them this season. (09:00) Jacob Young made an incredible catch above the wall to rob a homer in the top of the 8th. It will definitely be on the short list for best catches this MLB season. (14:45) Michael Soroka had a solid outing, but did hit three Cincinnati batters. This could have been his final Washington start as he is expected to be traded before next week's deadline. (18:00) How many trades will the Nats make by next week? Tim thinks there will be at least three moves by Mike DeBartolo. (20:25) Jackson Rutledge allowed a pair of late runs and his ERA has ballooned to 6.55. Could his days be numbered with the organization?

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0:00.0	Stop at Walters before or after this Saturday night's D.C. United match at nearby Audi Field.
0:06.5	Walters is open all day and night across the street from Nationals Park.
0:13.8	Here's the pitch. McLean shows Bunn. He drops it down to Beauty. Third Bay Sidehouse. Bear hand pickup throw to first is down the line.
0:26.6	They can run for a while now. Espinall will score. Friedel coming around third, his call picks it up, he'll stop there. Holding out at first is McLean.
0:28.6	Ladolo takes a long look in.
0:30.6	The left-hander, Wines kicks deals.
0:32.6	Two-two pitch is chopped up the middle, two big hops, fielded by Matt McLean, the second base with a throw to first in time. And Nick Ladolo is thrown the first shutout in his major league career. He blanks the nationals on four hits and a five-nothing. Reds win. And welcome to Nat's chat. I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast. Mark Suckerman is off for this installment of the show, but I'm pleased to be joined by the owner and executive producer of Natch Chat, Tim Shovers. And this installment in Natchat is brought to us by Window Nation. Don't miss Windonation's biggest deal of the year. The deadline to get 50% off all window styles is the same as the MLB trade deadline, July 31st.
1:11.6	Wednesday was the annual camp day at Nationals Park. Very nice gesture by the Nats,
1:16.9	holding a game catering to area youth camp groups. But unfortunately, the Nats on Wednesday
1:23.4	afternoon faced a starting pitcher who conducted a camp at their expense.
1:28.6	He conducted a clinic.
1:37.4	And the result was a shutout loss, a 5-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds at Nationals Park on Wednesday afternoon to prevent a three-game sweep.
1:45.1	The Nants and MLB's 20-25 regular season now have suffered eight shutout losses and now are 41 and 61.
1:46.3	But good to have you with us.
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1:57.9	So the Nats do remain without a sweep of a series that consists of at least
2:02.1	three games since the middle of May, that three games sweep at the Orioles. Tim, we thought that
2:07.7	we might get a sweep with this game on Wednesday afternoon. And Michael Soroka did pitch well,
2:12.3	more on him in a bit. But Nick Lodolo humbled the Nats and humbled them quite mightily in this game.
2:19.4	That he did.
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