Yankees Strike Back in the 8th
About this episode
Mark and Al discuss the Nationals' 4-2 loss to the Yankees, highlighting bullpen struggles and player performances.
The Nats coughed up another lead on Saturday due to the continued ineptitude of the bullpen. Mark & Al dig into the 4-2 loss to the visiting Yankees that served as the team's 27th blown save this season. Washington led 2-0 entering the top of the 8th, but three Yankee homers later they trailed by two runs entering the bottom of the frame. (07:00) The Nationals are now back at .500 after dropping these two games vs. New York. What would the record be with a halfway decent bullpen? (10:30) Blake Butera went with righty relievers this time against the lefty Yankee lineup and it not work out at all. Orlando Ribalta and Clayton Beeter combined to allow four decisive runs in the 8th. (22:00) PJ Poulin served as the Opener and pitched into the top of the 2nd. Miles Mikolas then took over and tossed four shutout innings. Mikolas' appeal has been heard and he will begin his five game suspension on Sunday afternoon. (25:00) The offense slugged a pair of homers off of CY Young candidate Cam Schlittler. James Wood homered on the first pitch he saw and Curtis Mead also went deep early in the affair. Wood is now up to 27 homers on the year and nine of them have come in the lead-off spot…
People in this episode
Hosts: Mark Zuckerman, Al Galdi
Topics covered
- baseball
- Nats performance
- bullpen issues
- Yankees game
- player updates
- All-Star Break
Keywords
- Nationals
- Yankees
- bullpen
- James Wood
- Cade Cavalli
- All-Star Break
- Miles Mikolas
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Organizations: Yankees, Nationals, CY Young
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