Mistake-Filled Offense Comes up Empty in Extras

Mistake-Filled Offense Comes up Empty in Extras

From Nats Chat by Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi, Blue Wire

April 19, 2026 · 30 min · Episode 885

About this episode

The episode discusses the Nationals' loss to the Giants, highlighting mental mistakes and player performances.

The Nats made too many mental mistakes to count in their 7-6 Saturday afternoon loss to the visiting Giants. Mark & Al examine the puzzling extra inning defeat where there were plenty of examples of terrible fundamentals. The Nationals had poor base running, awful bunting, and overall came nowhere close to playing smart Baseball. Curtis Mead had a shockingly terrible base running mistake in the bottom of the 9th and Jorbit Vivas almost out did him in the 10th. (13:40) James Wood homered again for the 7th time this season, tied for the 2nd most in the National League. (17:00) Cade Cavalli had another disappointing outing as he only lasted four innings despite being given an early four-run lead. Cavalli was charged with three runs allowed after yielding seven San Francisco hits. Cavalli has only tossed 19.2 IP in five starts so far this season. (24:00) Mitchell Parker lasted three innings in relief of Cavalli and gave up three runs in the process. The bullpen the rest of the way did a solid job, including two perfect innings by Richard Lovelady. (26:30) Miles Mikolas will take the mound on Sunday as Washington looks to avoid getting swept.

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Zuckerman, Al Galdi

Topics covered

  • baseball
  • Nats
  • mental mistakes
  • extra innings
  • Cade Cavalli
  • James Wood
  • bullpen performance

Keywords

  • Nats
  • Giants
  • extra innings
  • Cade Cavalli
  • James Wood
  • base running
  • bullpen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington Nationals, San Francisco Giants

Places: National League

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