Garcia & Wood Homer in Win

About this episode

Al Galdi discusses the Nationals' recent win over the Padres and player performances, while also interviewing Chase Hughes about the Wizards' NBA Draft prospects.

The Nats topped the Padres 4-2 to take the weekend series and return to two games above .500. Al solo hosts and begins with Blake Butera's early case for NL Manager of the Year as the team went 16-12 in the month of May. (07:00) James Wood slugged his 16th homer of the season which is tied for the 2nd most in the NL. Luis Garcia Jr. also went deep for his 5th homer of the season. (09:00) Keibert Ruiz had a great month of May; both at the plate and behind it. Is Ruiz a legit All - Star candidate? (11:30) Zack Littell pitched into the 7th inning and this start was another indication of his in-season improvement. (13:40) Orlando Ribalta & Clayton Beeter comined for the final nine outs and Beeter notched his 4th save of the season. (16:50) The Nationals host the Marlins for three games beginning on Monday. _____________________________________________________________________ (19:00) Tim is joined by Chase Hughes of Monumental Sports to discuss the Wizards holding the #1 pick in this summer's NBA Draft.

People in this episode

Host: Al Galdi

Guest: Chase Hughes

Topics covered

• Washington Nationals
• baseball
• NL Manager of the Year
• player performance
• NBA Draft

Keywords

• Nats
• Padres
• James Wood
• Luis Garcia Jr.
• Keibert Ruiz
• Zack Littell
• NBA Draft
• Chase Hughes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Monumental Sports, Nats, Padres, Marlins

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