Swept by the Braves

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Nats lost 9-4 on Wednesday and dropped all four games this week against the Braves. Mark & Al evaluate the team's tired legs as they have shown recent signs of fatigue. It has been a busy stretch for the team as they have played 14 games in the past 13 days. (07:30) James Wood had a RBI double and a single on his 23rd birthday. Wood did strikeout for the 210th time this season, extending his own franchise record. (13:10) Brad Lord had a shutout through five innings, but it all came apart in the top of the 6th. Lord was charged with two runs in the four run 6th and his ERA is now up to 4.18. (25:00) Sauryn Lao is a recently acquired right hander who was called up to replace Orlando Ribalta. Lao gave up a pair of runs in his two innings on the mound. (30:15) Josh Whetzel, the Voice of the Rochester Red Wings, gives an update from AAA as they are in their final week of the season.

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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.
0:07.1	Start time is TBD.
0:12.0	Wood waits from the left side of the plate. Waldrift delivers. Swinging a line drive into right center field.
0:18.2	That's a base hit. Chasing it as a Coonja to the warming track. Wood on his way to second, and he will slide in ahead of the throw by Acuna, which went all the way into the pitchers bound, caught one hop by Waldrop, walking back toward the hill from the third base side. It's a double for Wood. It's his 37th double of the year. And the Nationals have played it.
0:39.3	Three runs in the bottom of the fifth.
0:41.3	It's Washington 3 in Atlanta nothing.
0:43.3	The O-1 is swung on and belted.
0:46.3	High and deep to right center field.
0:48.3	Forget that for Olson.
0:50.3	Right center field again.
0:53.3	It's a home run. Number 28 for Olson. Right center field again. It's a home run. Number 28 for Olson. Number three in this series.
1:01.1	And Atlanta adds on. They lead five to three here in the seventh. It's almost like clockwork at this point for Olson against the Nats.
1:10.9	And welcome to Nats chat along with with MassenSports.com.
1:14.0	Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman, who was at Nationals Park of Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi
1:18.3	podcast.
1:19.3	The Nationals are down to their final nine games of the season, a six-game road trip
1:23.1	that will be followed by a three-game series at Nationals Park.
1:25.9	The Nats on Wednesday concluded a stretch of 14 games in 13 days.
1:30.6	The Nats at one point in the stretch were 6 and 4,
1:33.5	but then came the last three days during which the Nats got swept by the Atlanta Braves
1:38.2	in four games at Nationals Park, including a 9-4 loss on Wednesday to complete the four-game sweep.
1:44.0	The Nats in this game blew a 3-0-6- inning lead.
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