00:01The Nationals host the Giants for the finale of the three-game set after a 12-inning affair yesterday afternoon,
00:07and a new fresh arm is added to the bullpen.
00:11And today, P.J. Pullen going to Myles Michaelis, to whoever it may be. Pitch efficiency's got to be there.
00:17So P.J. Pullen will be the opener. Myles Michaelis behind him. Maybe Andrew Alvarez, who was added to the
00:22roster today, as the piggyback guy.
00:24They will go against Robbie Ray, a Nationals draft pick traded to the Tigers for Doug Pfister. Had pretty good
00:29numbers so far this season.
00:30P.J. Pullen the opener today, Franny. Third time the Nets have done that this season.
00:35Yeah, third start on the year, his 13th appearance, 2-0 with 3-8-6 ERA.
00:40Bouncer, and it goes right under the glove of House, the third baseman.
00:44So we'll see. He was playing in. Not an easy play.
00:47He played this into a tough hop, and then when the ball coming off the lefty bat, it's squipping a
00:51little bit, they're going to give him an air.
00:53And Matt Chapman will hit with a runner on and one out.
00:56He delivers. Swing and a bouncing ball to the right side.
00:59Nunez ranges to his left. Whirls throws back to his right and gets the force at second base.
01:04He had a routine easy play at first.
01:06He made the hard play and somehow twisted his body to make a throw on target to second to get
01:11the out on the lead runner.
01:13So now Devers, a left-on-left matchup.
01:16Devers hits a line drive into right center field. That's a base hit.
01:20Chapman will stop at second.
01:21Stays inside the ball, drops the head, doesn't hit it real hard, but doesn't really have to when you have
01:26Devers' strength.
01:27So now with Casey Schmidt coming up, the young manager of the Nationals is going to take the ball from
01:32Poulin.
01:33And Michaelis, who is warming up and I'm sure would be more appropriate to have him start an inning,
01:39he's going to come in and inherit the two runners.
01:42Got in on his hands a bit, out to left.
01:44It is James Wood, and he makes the catch.
01:46So Michaelis strands two.
01:48The house error does not bite the Nats.
01:51Scoreless North Ottawa.
01:52That's a guy who was originally drafted by the Nationals, the left-hander Robbie Ray, who's off to an excellent
01:57start this year.
01:58He sure is.
01:59He's 2-2 with a 2.42 ERA.
02:02This is his fifth start.
02:0324 strikeouts and 22 and a third.
02:06And he struck him out with a nasty slider.
02:08So two out and nobody on.
02:10Brady house the batter.
02:12House off the end of the bat.
02:15Schmidt will dive to the back, and Brady avoids the tag.
02:18Ray wasn't there.
02:19Schmidt had to do it all himself, and Brady house legs out an infield single.
02:23The infield hit will get C.J. Abrams to the plate here at the bottom of the first.
02:29Abrams to center.
02:31Gilbert will square up and catch it for out number three.
02:35So a little infield hit, that's it, no score.
02:38We go to inning number two.
02:39Now Elliot Ramos, the batter.
02:41Four for nine in the series.
02:43Here's a swing and a miss.
02:45Michaelis has his first game.
02:47Nice to see, too.
02:4895 on this one.
02:49Two on, two out now for Willie Adamas.
02:53Fastball passed him at 93.
02:55Miles Michaelis rolls his head a little bit, but he gets through a scoreless second, keeping this game knotted at
03:01zero as we go bottom two.
03:03Simply their fifth place hitter, Jacob Young, to lead off.
03:08Young off the end of the bat, out to right center, that'll fall.
03:12It's a good sport of speed aboard to start at the bottom of the second.
03:16Brings up Joey Weimer.
03:17Weimer strikes out swinging.
03:19Finally wins the battle of the fastball up there.
03:22Here's Luis Garcia, Jr. getting the start against the left-hander.
03:26That's strike three called.
03:27He throws him.
03:28Nassim Nunez, the batter.
03:29Switch hitter, batting right-handed.
03:32On the ground, passed Ray to Adamas, who's going to flip to a rise.
03:36He touches second for the force out.
03:39Nats have a couple hits.
03:40They don't have a run.
03:41So do the Giants.
03:42On to the third.
03:43Dangerous spot here for Miles Michaelis.
03:45Rafi Devers' career against him.
03:47Five for seven with a homer.
03:49Third strikeout of the day for Michaelis.
03:51And he sets down Devers for the second out.
03:53And get on the four-seam fastball.
03:55Great spot right here.
03:56Up and in at the hands.
03:57Perfect pitch.
03:59Here's Casey Schmidt.
04:01Out to right.
04:02Weimer back.
04:03Freezes.
04:04And makes the catch.
04:05So Miles Michaelis works through that pocket.
04:08Chapman Devers-Schmidt.
04:10And he gets another score this frame.
04:12K-Bert Ruiz facing Robbie Ray.
04:16K-Bert Ruiz making a bid for an infield single.
04:18And he'll get one.
04:20Chapman couldn't handle it.
04:21Which is like as rare of anything that could happen.
04:24The Nationals have two on with nobody out.
04:26As Curtis Meade will come to the plate.
04:29Meade hits another bloop.
04:32Adamas out from short.
04:33And he can't catch it.
04:34Now he's going to throw to third.
04:36And he gets the force.
04:39Well Ruiz.
04:40He was so close to second.
04:42He was just convinced that Adamas was going to catch it.
04:45And a really good recovery by Willie Adamas to get the force out.
04:49Runners at the corner.
04:50Still no score.
04:51And here is Abrams.
04:52Hits a fly ball.
04:53Shallow left.
04:55Ramos charging in to make the catch.
04:58And that ends the inning.
04:59And here is the catcher Patrick Bailey.
05:02On the ground.
05:04Nunez dives and knocks it down.
05:06But he doesn't have a play.
05:07And Bailey will take that.
05:08That's a base hit for Patrick Bailey.
05:10So here's Willie Adamas.
05:11His fly deep to center against the opener.
05:13Poulin struck out against Michaelis in the second inning.
05:17Hanging sweeper.
05:18Couldn't get to it.
05:19So Michaelis picks up his fourth game.
05:22He strands two.
05:23And we remain scoreless in this Sunday series finale in Southeast D.C.
05:29Bottom of the fourth inning in a nothing-nothing game.
05:31Robbie Ray against Jacob Young.
05:34Bottom four.
05:35Young goes down swinging.
05:37So here's Weimer.
05:38Weimer strikes out swinging.
05:41And that will bring in Luis Garcia Jr.
05:43One-strike pitch.
05:44Garcia swings.
05:45Hits a fly ball to left.
05:47Straight away for Ramos.
05:48Jogs in a few steps and makes the catch.
05:52The inning is over.
05:54Robbie Ray his first 1-2-3 inning.
05:57Now Matt Chapman.
05:59And weak contact out to short.
06:01Abrams will come get it.
06:03Stay down on it.
06:04And throws out Chapman.
06:05Lake Butera quickly going to make his way up the dugout steps.
06:08And he will not apparently allow Miles Michaelis to face Rafi Devers yet again.
06:13And now with two down and nobody on in the fifth.
06:15It'll be Andrew Alvarez.
06:17The 26-year-old lefty.
06:19Welcome back to the big leagues, Andrew.
06:20Go get Rafi Devers.
06:23Who flies one out to left.
06:25James Wood has room.
06:27And Andrew Alvarez does the job.
06:30From Poulin to Michaelis to Alvarez.
06:33Nats pitchers keeping the Giants scoreless through five.
06:35Last of the fifth inning.
06:36Still no score.
06:37The Giants to the Nationals.
06:39Nassim Nunez to lead off.
06:41And a butt drop down by Nassim.
06:43That's a beauty.
06:45Into no man's land on the right side of the infield.
06:48And Nassim Nunez aboard leading off.
06:50That was done to perfection.
06:52Ebert Ruiz now.
06:53The 3-2.
06:54And out to left.
06:56And well.
06:57Ramos back into the gap.
06:58A dive.
06:59It's on the grounds.
07:01Nassim Nunez spots it.
07:02He's rounding third and headed to the plate.
07:05Throw on the way.
07:07Not picked by Bailey.
07:09And the Nationals have the lead.
07:11The throw beat him.
07:12Bailey couldn't grab it.
07:14And K-Bert Ruiz an RBI double to make it 1-0 in the fifth.
07:18Really aggressive send by Victor Estevez pays off.
07:21But people are going to wonder why is Nassim tagging up.
07:24Nobody out.
07:25You go back for this reason alone.
07:28You're trying to get to third.
07:30That's all that matters.
07:31Get to third.
07:32He dives.
07:33It comes out of his glove.
07:35And the speed of Nassim Nunez forces the issue.
07:39And right in the pocket of Patrick Bailey.
07:41That was a long hop.
07:42Infield in for the Giants as Curtis Meade elevates one to left.
07:46It's out of here.
07:48Curtis Meade second omer of the year.
07:51And on one pitch.
07:53He brings in two.
07:55And makes it 3-0 Washington.
07:57Well Curtis Meade should have two knocks.
08:01And he gets a changeup elevate to celebrate.
08:05He destroyed this ball.
08:061-10.
08:07It was a doubter.
08:08Changeup that usually fades.
08:10And it just cuts right over that path.
08:11Now C.J. Abrams from the left side.
08:13Fly to deep center.
08:16A little bloop into shallow left.
08:18Ramos will catch this one.
08:20But the Nationals break through.
08:22So the Giants are going to have to come from behind.
08:24They're down 3-0.
08:25Alvarez.
08:25This 26-year-old lefty from Anaheim, California.
08:28First professional relief appearance since 2023.
08:32Last two years a full-time starter exclusively.
08:35Now facing Jung-Hoo Lee.
08:38Gets Jung-Hoo Lee swinging.
08:40Tag applied by Ruiz.
08:41And a good curveball.
08:42Here's Elliott Ramos.
08:45Backdoors the curveball.
08:46And he has back-to-back Ks.
08:48Here's Drew Gilbert.
08:49Here's the pitch.
08:50Swing a ground ball toward the middle.
08:51Abrams is there behind the bag to grab the one hopper.
08:54He throws the first low.
08:55But Meade able to scoop it out.
08:56And that'll retire the side.
08:58Nice job by Andrew Alvarez.
08:59Pitching around the leadoff double.
09:01Here's Adamas now.
09:02Back at the top of the lineup.
09:033-2 to Adamas.
09:05Swung on and missed.
09:06Is it two down?
09:07Here's Luiz Arise.
09:08The 1-2.
09:09Out to short.
09:11House gives way to Abrams.
09:12Long throw.
09:13And he gets Arise.
09:16Andrew Alvarez has retired six in a row.
09:18Allowed just one hit since entering.
09:21Now the Giants bring the tying run of the plate with the Nationals leading 3-0.
09:25And the batter will be Casey Schmid, who is flying to left center, flying to right,
09:28and double down the left field line.
09:31Ground ball out to short.
09:33Could be two.
09:34Abrams to Nunez.
09:35He's on to first.
09:37Held by Meade for the double play.
09:396-4-3 and a big one.
09:42Two down in the eighth.
09:43We're going to, for the first time, see Gerrari Encarnacion, right-handed batter.
09:47Now the pitch.
09:48Waving.
09:49Swing and a miss.
09:50Struck him out.
09:51You guessed it, with the curveball.
09:53And the inning is over.
09:54What a job by Andrew Alvarez.
09:56Two on and not out.
09:57He gets a double play.
09:58And gets his fourth strikeout to end the inning.
10:01Ninth inning here at Nationals Park.
10:03And Andrew Alvarez back to work with a bullpen quiet.
10:06He's thrown 45 pitches, 33 for strike since coming on with two out of the fifth inning.
10:12Ramos out to right center.
10:14Hit it hard.
10:15And that's going to whistle right over the head of Weimer up against the bottom of the wall.
10:19Ramos digging for second.
10:22Save.
10:22Now Drew Gilbert, the batter.
10:25Got in on his hands and a pop-up back of second.
10:29Abrams squeezes it and there's one out.
10:31Now we're going to have a pinch hitter here for the Giants.
10:34Bailey's spot in the lineup, it's going to be Daniel Susack.
10:38Curveball in there for strike three.
10:41Willie Adamas try and keep the game going.
10:45Out to short.
10:47Abrams will gather.
10:48Throw out Adamas.
10:50And the Nationals take the series finale.
10:53Three to one here this afternoon.
10:55Three runs in the fifth.
10:56The Curtis Meade two-run bomb.
10:59The big blast.
11:00And a nice bounce-back performance after a 12-inning loss last night that Franny was a bit of a
11:06gut punch.
11:07The Nationals yet again resilient in picking up their second home win of the year.
11:11Yeah, Curtis Meade, great adjustment made today.
11:13He did not throw that ball into the stands.
11:15Didn't know if it was anything right there.
11:17Flipped that one to Andrew Alvarez.
11:19Nicely done.
11:20Gernetha.
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