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Nats Chat
A Washington Nationals podcast offering recap and analysis after every game, plus all the breaking news throughout the year. Hosted by Mark Zuckerman of natsjournal.com & Al Galdi, host of "The Al Galdi Podcast". For sponsorship opportunities, contact Tim Shovers at natschatpodcast@gmail.com.
Episodes
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Game 92: Escobar Walk-off Snaps the Skid
The Nationals topped San Diego 8-7 to end their six game losing streak. Al & Mark discuss Alcides Escobar's contributions so far this month, as he was the hero…
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Game 91: Suspended Game Ends with 6th Straight Loss
The Nationals lost 10-4 to the Padres in Game 2 of their series. This was the game that began on Saturday night, was suspended by gunshots outside the stadium…
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Breaking News Edition: Shooting Outside Nationals Park Halts Play
Saturday evening there were gunshots outside Nationals Park which led to play being suspended in the middle of the 6th inning. Mark was in the press box…
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Game 90: Slammed by San Diego + Top 5 Moments from 1st Half
The Nationals were pummeled by the Padres 24-8 on what was an awful Friday in Navy Yard top to bottom. Mark & Al start with analysis and explanation of why…
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Game 89: Swept in San Francisco
The Nats lost 3-1 at the Giants in their final game before the All Star Break. Al & Tim start by wondering, "Are the Nationals good?" They were over .500 until…
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Game 88: Parra Error Leads to Another Bad Lester Start
The Nats lost 10-4 to the Giants for their third consecutive defeat. Al & Tim first off salute Joe Ross' father, Dr. Willie Ross, for assisting a choking woman…
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Game 87: Parra Tagged Out Twice at the Plate in Frustrating Loss
The Nats lost 5-3 in the series opener in San Francisco. Mark relays to Al his experience of listening to the game on the radio while driving up north for the…
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Game 86: Nats Blow Eight Run Lead in Gut Punch Defeat
The Nats lost 9-8 in San Diego despite leading 8-0 early in the game. Al & Mark open the podcast with the stunning collapse by Max Scherzer in the 4th inning…
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Game 85: Soto HR Sets the Tone in Rout
The Nats pounded the Padres 15-5 after Juan Soto hit a 3 run HR in the 1st inning. Mark & Al salute the offense, which had many contributors on Wednesday…
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Game 84: Fedde Returns But Takes the Loss
The Nats lost 7-4 in San Diego as Erick Fedde returned from the IL. Al & Mark assess the current state of the rotation with Fedde's return. Who will be the odd…
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Game 83: Turner Homers in Return & Bullpen Gets the Job Done
The Nats won 7-5 in San Diego to snap their four game losing streak. Mark & Al stayed up late to catch you up on what happened out West. Trea Turner had an…
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Game 82: Injury Riddled Roster Swept by the Dodgers + All Stars Announced
The Nats lost on July 4th to the Dodgers 5-1 for a fourth straight defeat to end the homestand. Mark & Al digest all the obstacles that the Nationals had to…
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Game 81: Electric Night Turns into a Whimper After Loss & Cancellation of Fireworks
The Nats lost 5-3 to the Dodgers for their third straight defeat despite a sellout crowd. Al & Mark begin with the growing list of injury updates. Kyle…
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Game 80: Schwarber Injured & Bullpen Collapses in the 7th
The Nats lost 10-5 at home to the Dodgers on an evening filled with negatives. Al & Mark run through them all, headlined by Kyle Schwarber leaving the game in…
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Game 79: Muncy Grand Slam The Difference in Rain Shortened Affair
The Nats lost to the Dodgers 6-2 in a five inning game that was called early due to inclement weather in D.C. Al & Mark look at the positives associated with…
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Game 78: Turner Hits for the Cycle + Chad Cordero Interview
The Nats pounded Tampa Bay 15-6 to complete a two game sweep and their fourth straight win. Mark & Al chronicle Trea Turner hitting for the cycle on his 28th…
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Game 77: Schwarber Does it Again & the Nats are Above .500
The Nats edged Tampa Bay 4-3 for a third consecutive win. Al & Mark somehow find a new way to analyze Kyle Schwarber's recent run as he now has homered 16…
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Game 76: Schwarber Crushes Two More As Espino Does His Part
The Nats doubled up the Mets 8-4 as they slugged five homers and Paolo Espino earned his second career win. Al & Mark start with Kyle Schwarber continuing his…
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Game 75: Turner & Bell Homer to Salvage the Split in Miami
The Nationals beat the Marlins 5-1 as Max Scherzer won his seventh game of the season. Mark & Al recap the lineup's performance as Trea Turner & Josh Bell…
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Game 74: Bats Can't Do Enough Against Marlins Rookie
The Nats lost 3-2 in Miami for a second straight defeat. Al recaps the offensive struggles versus Marlins rookie Zach Thompson, who was only making his fourth…
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Game 73: Lester Clunker Snaps the Win Streak
The Nationals were drubbed 11-2 in Miami; ending a string of five straight victories. Mark & Al discuss Jon Lester's worst outing since joining Washington…
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Game 72: Schwarber & Ross Propel the Nats to .500
The Nationals beat the Marlins 7-3 for a fifth straight victory. Al & Mark marvel at how Kyle Schwarber hit two more bombs, a historic run of 12 HOMERS IN 13…
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Game 71: Late Offensive Explosion Leads to 9th Inning Rally
The Nats emerged victorious in a seesaw affair 13-12 over the Phillies. Mark & Al aren't quite sure where to start so the conversation begins with the decisive…
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Game 70: Scherzer Undresses Girardi & The Phils
The Nats beat the Phillies 3-2 on a tension filled evening in Philadelphia. Max Scherzer made his dissatisfaction quite clear with the new protocol of checking…
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Game 69: Baby Shark Return Highlighted by Schwarber's 3 Bombs
The Nats defeated the Mets 5-2 to take the series and close out the home stand with an 8-3 record. Mark & Al capture the avalanche of good vibes on South…
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Game 68: Lester Almost Goes the Distance as Nats Club 3 HRs
The Nationals beat the Mets 6-2 to split Saturday's Doubleheader. Al & Mark focus on Jon Lester's impressive attempt to throw a complete game shutout, that…
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Game 67: Lindor Gets the Best of Ross All Afternoon
The Nats lost 5-1 in Game 1 of a Doubleheader vs. the Mets. Mark & Al are dumbfounded by the continuing offensive ineptitude, especially against non-elite…
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Game 66: Fedde Blanks the Mets & Gomes Walks it Off
The Nats shutout the NL East leading Mets 1-0 to open a crucial four game series. Al & Tim recap the decisive bottom of the 9th, capped by Yan Gomes knocking…
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Game 65: Paolo's 1st Career Win + Interview on Josh Gibson
The Nationals swept Pittsburgh with a 3-1 victory Wednesday afternoon behind the Legend that is Paolo Espino for a fourth straight win. Al & Mark praise Espino…
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Game 64: Gomes Grand Slam Leads to Easy Night for Corbin
The Nationals beat up on the Pirates 8-1 for a 3rd straight win. Mark & Al evaluate Patrick Corbin's evening, unquestionably his best start of his…
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Game 63: Schwarber Stays Hot in Narrow Win
The Nats topped Pittsburgh 3-2 to move out of last place. Mark & Al highlight how good the pitching has been in the past ten games before celebrating Kyle…
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Game 62: Ross' Best Ever Start Blanks the Giants
The Nats shutout San Francisco 5-0 to earn a series split. Al & Mark wonder if this is the best pitched series in team history, as they only allowed three runs…
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Game 61: Robles TOOTBLAN Caps Frustrating Evening
The Nationals dropped the 2nd game of their doubleheader, 2-1 in extras to the Giants. Al & Mark spend plenty of time scratching their heads over Victor Robles…
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Game 60: Fedde Picks up Where He Left Off in Shutout Win
The Nats opened the doubleheader with 2-0 victory over San Francisco as Erick Fedde finally returned to the mound. Mark & Al evaluate Fedde's outing, which was…
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Game 59: Scherzer Hurt & Bullpen's Miraculous Effort Goes to Waste
The Nats were shutout 1-0 by San Francisco as the home stand couldn't have started in a worse fashion. Al & Tim discuss the post World Series curse that seems…
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Game 58: Zim Goes Deep Twice & Castro Comes Through in Extras
The Nats prevailed 9-7 in 11 innings over Tampa Bay. Al & Mark open with yet another heavy usage night for the bullpen as Patrick Corbin only made it through…
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Game 57: Late Rally Thwarted + Strasburg Debut Anniversary
The Nationals were topped 3-1 at Tampa Bay for their 3rd straight defeat. Mark & Al pinpoint the moments where the offense underwhelmed again, including the…
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Game 56: Barely Any Good, Lot of Bad, & Even More Ugly
The Nats were doubled up in Philadelphia 12-6 in a game that took over four hours. Al & Mark recap the Bullpen Game that went awry in the middle innings for…
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Game 55: 4th Inning Miscues Spell Doom in Philly
The Nats lost 5-2 at the Phillies on Saturday afternoon. Mark & Al yet again must run through the futile offensive numbers as the Nationals couldn't break it…
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Game 54: Scherzer Dominates, Soto HRs Again, & Avila's Tag Preserves the Win
The Nationals held on 2-1 in Philadelphia to open the weekend series. Al takes the reins by himself to tell the tale of the pitchers duel that Washington…
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Game 53: Offense Regresses as Corbin Falls Apart in the 6th
The Nats lost 5-1 in Atlanta Thursday afternoon to split the four game series. Mark & Al focus on the missed opportunity by the offense as they were blanked by…
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Game 52: Gomes Late Blast Lifts the Nats in Atlanta
The Nationals defeated the Braves 5-3 for their 2nd straight victory. Al & Mark not only have another win to talk about, but they have another Juan Soto HR to…
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Game 51: Soto & Offense Bust Out Despite Strasburg's Early Exit
The Nationals beat the Braves 11-6 to end their losing streak on an eventful and long evening in Atlanta. Al & Mark begin by wondering whether this was overall…
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Game 50: Another 1st Inning Deficit Leads to Skid Reaching Five
The Nationals lost their fifth in a row, a 5-3 defeat in Atlanta on Memorial Day. Mark & Al look at how the lineup was yet again shuffled, headlined by the…
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Game 49: Woodruff Outduels Scherzer for the Sweep
The Nats were shutout 3-0 by Milwaukee for a disappointing end to the home stand. Al begins the episode by simply posing to Mark, "Have we hit the low point?"…
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Game 48: Baserunning Blunder Really Hurts in 7 Inning Loss
The Nats lost 6-2 in the nightcap of a doubleheader against Milwaukee. Al & Mark dissect the very costly baserunning miscue in the bottom of the 4th. Was the…
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Game 47: Corbin Digs An Early Hole the Bats Can't Overcome
The Nationals dropped the opener of a doubleheader 4-1 to the visiting Brewers. Mark & Al shine the light on Juan Soto's continuing slugging slump. His on-base…
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Game 46: Offense Musters Only 2 Hits in Listless Loss
The Nats were shutout by Cincinnati 3-0 to lose the series. Al & Mark yet again need to focus on sleepy offensive output for Washington. Juan Soto had three…
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Game 45: Ross Excels on Wednesday, Bullpen Preserves Win on Thursday
The Nationals defeated the Reds 5-3 in a game that took two days to complete due to inclement weather on Wednesday evening. Al & Mark recap the victory where…
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Game 44: Scherzer Beaten by 2 Cincy Solo Shots
The Nationals lost 2-1 at home to the Reds. Mark & Al open with a familiar 2021 theme, which is a struggling Washington offense. Is Juan Soto still not right?…
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Game 43: Nats Rally Again to Sweep the O's
The Nationals held off the Orioles 6-5 to complete the three game sweep. Al & Mark look at how they overcame another disastrous top of the 1st with a heavy…
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Game 42: Zimmerman HRs & Sets Franchise Run Record in Comeback Win
The Nationals beat Baltimore 12-9 despite falling behind 5-0 in the 1st. Al & Mark open the discussion on Josh Harrison, who hit a grand slam that changed the…
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Game 41: Strasburg Solid & Victorious in Return
The Nats held off Baltimore 4-2 on a beautiful Friday night in D.C. Mark & Al evaluate Stephen Strasburg's first start since returning from the IL; with the…
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Game 40: Ross Lifted Early & Quarter Pole Report
The Nats were defeated 5-2 at the Cubs to wrap-up their road trip. Al & Mark evaluate where the 5th starter situation stands after Joe Ross is now 0-3 in four…
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Game 39: Soto HRs, Turner Deja Vu, & Hand Hangs on
The Nats edged the Cubs 4-3 on a very active Wednesday in Chicago. Mark & Al analyze the controversial rule that led to Trea Turner being called out yet again…
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Game 38: Bote HR off Harris Sinks the Nats
The Nationals lost 6-3 at the Cubs for a 2nd straight defeat. Al & Mark yet again have no choice but to talk about the struggling offense, as Washington…
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Game 37: Lester & Schwarber's Spoiled Return to Wrigley
The Nats lost 7-3 as the Cubs hit Jon Lester hard in his return to Chicago. Mark & Al run-through the lefty's long evening despite being given a hero's welcome…
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Game 36: Fedde Makes His Case with a Shutout Win
The Nats blanked Arizona 3-0 behind Erick Fedde's best start of his career. Al & Mark look at what this outing means for Fedde as Stephen Strasburg, fresh off…
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Game 35: Ross Allows 8 Runs & Schwarber Strands 8 in Blowout Defeat
The Nats lost 11-4 in Arizona as Joe Ross had his second worst outing of the season. Mark & Tim recap the Saturday evening as Ross ran into trouble right away…
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Game 34: Nats Slug Their Way to 17 Runs in Arizona
The Nationals routed Arizona 17-2 to open up a seven game road trip. Mark & Al for a change have plenty of offensive contributors to run through, including Yan…