The Nats beat Miami 6-3 on Monday night for their fourth win in their past five games. Mark & Al start with noting the roughly 10K in announced attendance, which was one of the lowest in stadium history.

(06:00) Daylen Lile homered twice on the same day that he was named NL Player of the Week. Lile's OPS has now escalated to .752, which is 61 points higher than it was a few weeks ago.

(10:00) Brady House had two hits in the victory as he is getting more and more opportunities to face right-handed pitching.

(12:00) Jorbit Vivas was benched after not running out a pop fly in the bottom of the 4th. Vivas apologized following the game and accepted full responsibility.

(18:00) Will Dion started the bullpen game and tossed three scoreless innings. Dion also picked off a pair of Marlins runners before handing it off the Luis Perales; who allowed three runs in the top of the 4th.

(20:00) Matt Waldron took the mound in the 5th and did not allow any runs in three innings of work, but he loaded up the bases in the top of the 8th with no outs. Erik Tolman, a recent call-up, then wriggled out of the jam and then closed it out in the 9th.

(23:00) James Wood needs a bit more time before returning to the Nats lineup. Wood homered on Sunday in AA-Harrisburg rehab appearance and then met with the team on Monday at Nationals Park.

(25:30) A potential concerning update regarding Josiah Gray, who last pitched in the majors since April 2024.

(28:00) CJ Abrams was originally slated to play SS on Monday night before being scratched due to back tightness. Blake Butera said during pregame availability that Abrams will actually see time at both 2B & SS in September. What is going on here?

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The Nats led Miami 2-0 entering the top of the 9th on Sunday, but then the bullpen feel flat on its face. Mark & Al hold a lengthy discussion about the 'pen as it blew its 37th save of the season in the 6-2 defeat. This team amazingly has blown more saves (37) than they have converted saves (35) this season.

(05:00) The litany of mistakes included not backing up an errant throw and allowing a way too easy steal of home.

(10:00) Max Kranick began the frame, but it was Tom Cosgrove had the nightmare frame. Listen to how accountable Cosgrove was in the clubhouse after the loss as he ran through all the mental mistakes that he made while on the mound.

(20:00) An explanation as to why Orlando Ribalta and some other arms were not available to pitch in the 9th. Cade Cavalli's Saturday start only lasting four innings had an effect on bullpen usage, in addition to the fact that the team has not had an off day in a week and a half.

(30:00) Andrew Alvarez's solid outing was erased by the 9th inning collapse on Sunday afternoon. Alvarez did not give up a run in six innings of work as his ERA is at 3.47 in 21 appearances.

(32:00) The nature of the loss buried the original lede in that CJ Abrams made his debut at 2B. No ground balls were to hit his way, but he did make a nice snag to end the 6th.

(35:00) James Wood homered in his rehab stint on Sunday for AA-Harrisburg. It is expected that he will return to the Nats lineup on either Monday or Tuesday.

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The Nats earned their first walk-off win of the season in Saturday afternoon's 5-4 win over Miami in extras. Al begins with the hero Dylan Crews, who's single brought in Nasim Nunez in order to preserve the victory in the bottom of the 10th. Crews had an impactful day as his swinging bunt resulted in a pair of runs coming across after a Miami throwing error in the 3rd.

(10:00) Despite the win; the offense was retired for 21 consecutive hitters until the 10th inning.

(12:30) CJ Abrams was at DH on Saturday as it has been over two weeks since his switch to 2B was announced.

(15:00) Cade Cavalli had a great but brief outing as he exited after the top of the 4th. Cavalli fielded a comebacker off his leg and left the game shortly there after due to "calf discomfort". Hear what Blake Butera had to say about it postgame.

(18:00) Tom Cosgrove had a rough appearance as he allowed three runs in less than an inning of work. Brad Lord then gave up the game tying 2-run HR to Heriberto Hernandez in the game changing top of the 7th.

(22:00) Tim is joined by Jerome Hruska, the long time Nationals Public Address Announcer. Hear about how he reached the majors and what it was like to PA the World Series.

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