About this episode

Mark Zuckerman and Al Galdi discuss the Nationals' recent game against the Astros, highlighting James Wood's performance and the team's struggles.

The Nats fell 6-3 on Tuesday night to the visiting Astros. Al & Mark gather after Washington's 9th inning rally came up short with the bases loaded and Dylan Crews facing Josh Hader. Crews stuck out in a pinch-hit appearance as he stepped in for Keibert Ruiz. (07:00) Nasim Nuñez was caught sealing for just the 4th time on the season, but it came in an inopportune spot to conclude the bottom of the 8th. (14:00) James Wood led off with a homer for the 8th time this season. Wood has the 2nd OPS in the NL and is now up to 25 home runs on the season. The franchise single-season record was set by Alfonso Soriano in 2006 with 46 homers. (18:30) Andrew Alvarez only gave up four hits, but issued five walks in his outing. Alvarez pitched into the 6th inning and ultimately allowed five runs while taking the loss. (25:15) Blake Butera apologized pregame for sending Cole Henry out for a 2nd inning of work on Monday night. Henry has since been optioned to AAA-Rochester. (33:00) A few more pitchers were added to the All-Star Game, but Foster Griffin is not one of them. (37:30) Jim Callis, Senior Writer for MLB Pipeline, gives Nats Chat an exclusive look at five possible college hitters the Nats…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Zuckerman, Al Galdi

Guest: Jim Callis

Topics covered

• Washington Nationals
• baseball
• MLB
• James Wood
• Dylan Crews
• pitching performance
• All-Star selections

Keywords

• James Wood
• Dylan Crews
• Washington Nationals
• Astros
• MLB
• All-Star Game
• pitching
• home runs
• Keibert Ruiz
• Andrew Alvarez

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MLB Pipeline, AAA-Rochester, Astros

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