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Mark and Al discuss the Nationals' recent losses to the Yankees and the implications for the team heading into the All-Star Break.

The Nats limped their way into the All-Star Break with a 5-3 loss to the visiting Yankees on Sunday afternoon. Mark & Al convene after the New York sweep that put Washington a game below .500 through 97 games. All three losses included the Nationals fumbling away a lead that they took in the 7th inning stretch. (08:00) Any chance the organization "rents" a reliever at the Trade Deadline? (12:00) Analyzing if Dylan Crews could have made the catch when Ben Rice tripled in the go-ahead run in the top of the 8th off of Andrew Alvarez. (17:30) Cade Cavalli returned from suspension and only allowed two runs in six innings of work Cavalli struck out five Yankees and he will enter the All-Star Break with a 3.83 ERA. (21:20) James Wood led off the game yet again with a homer for the 10th time this season. Wood is now up to 28 homers and last year he did not reach that stage until September 23rd. Wood is ahead of Juan Soto for the highest OPS in the NL (.985). (27:00) Abimelec Ortiz was called from AAA on Sunday and doubled while hitting in the 3rd spot. Ortiz was sent back down to Rochester after the game because the pitching staff was one man down on Sunday due to the impending pause in…

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Hosts: Mark Zuckerman, Al Galdi

Topics covered

• Nats performance
• Trade Deadline
• Player analysis
• Home Run Derby
• All-Star Break
• Game recap

Keywords

• Nats
• Yankees
• Cade Cavalli
• James Wood
• Dylan Crews
• Trade Deadline
• Home Run Derby
• Abimelec Ortiz

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Organizations: Texas, Nationals, Yankees, Rochester, Philadelphia, Sacramento

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