Shutout on A Cold Friday Night

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On a chilly night in the District, the Nats were blanked 4-0 by the Phillies. Mark & Al start with the struggling offense as they only totaled two hits on the evening. One of those was squandered by poor base running as CJ Abrams tried to stretch an early single into a double. (06:25) Lane Thomas was hitless and is mightily slumping this season. So far he is just 2 for 28 at the plate and has not had a hit since the home opener. (10:00) Trey Lipscomb was charged with his 2nd throwing error of the year after airmailing a throw way over 1B. He also has skipped a few throws thus far and has at times been bailed out by Joey Gallo's glove work. During pregame workouts, Lipscomb was also seen getting reps in the outfield. What to make of it? (15:00) Patrick Corbin's pitching line: 6 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 6 K on 93 pitches. He had the unusual modern feat of facing the top of the Phillies order for the fourth time. The bullpen followed up with three scoreless innings despite combining to issue six walks. (24:30) A listener submitted email asking about the scarcity of consistently great relief pitchers. (31:00) We conclude with a discussion to an article in the Ringer about the rising injury rates for pitchers: https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2024/4/2/24118963/pitcher-injuries-crisis-mlb-study-tommy-john-ucl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Walter Sports Bar in Navy Yard offers $5 happy hour in both snacks and drinks.
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0:13.8	Here's the set now, and the one-two again on the way, swing, and a base hit through the hold of the right field.
0:20.2	Stott scores from third. Castiano's coming home. Thomas throw to the plate will not be in time.
0:24.6	He slides across with run number three as Schwabber comes through on one and two.
0:30.6	It's a three run inning for the Phillies and a three nothing second inning lead.
0:35.6	Here's the one oh. Breaking ball line drive base hit right field. Schwabber will score. Ball bobbled by Thomas. Turner stops, though, and stays put as the throw-in is cut off. So it's 4-0-0-Fillies. Harper, the RBI, is 7th of the year. And welcome to Natschatsch for Saturday, April 6th, 24, along with
0:57.3	MadisonSports.com, Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman, who was at Nationals Park, I'm Al-Galdi, host of
1:03.1	the Al-Galdi podcast. Not a good start to the Nationals weekend, a 4-0 lost to the Philadelphia
1:09.1	Phillies at Nationals Park on a cold Friday night in
1:12.2	game one of a three-game series.
1:14.4	And in a game in which the Nats totaled a mere two hits.
1:18.5	Now, the Nats did work five walks, but Nats pitchers combined to issue nine walks, although
1:23.5	that Nats pitching performance did include Patrick Corbyn becoming the first Nats pitcher
1:28.5	to throw at least six innings in a game in this regular season and did include three
1:33.2	Nats relievers somehow combining for three scoreless and hitless innings. This was an odd game,
1:40.3	but the Nats now are two and five in this regular season. The Nats over their two wins have totaled 12 runs. The Nats over their five losses have totaled just 15 runs. You know, Mark, it's funny. The Nants got to the Phillies ace, Aeronola. He got out of the game after just five and two-thirds innings. So got to him from a standpoint of getting him out of the game prior to him completing six
2:01.7	innings. Patrick Corbin lasted longer than Aaron Nola did. But the Nats still wound up with just
2:07.7	the two hits and wound up with another loss. Think of it in these terms, Al. If I told you going
2:13.3	into this game that Patrick Corbyn would reach the seventh inning against the Phillies.
2:18.6	You'd probably think yourself, okay, that's about as much as you could possibly ask with that
2:23.1	matchup. And it probably turned into a good night for the Nats or at least a very competitive
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