Juan Soto's clutch hit in the 8th lifts Nationals | NL Wild Card Highlights | MLB Postseason

postseason baseball in our nation's capital and it begins once again in a must-win situation the National League wild card game as we watched the Milwaukee Brewers take on the Washington Nationals thirty-five-year-old matures her ready to go to work it's his fifth career Nationals postseason appearance fourth as a starter his 17th postseason game 14th star payoff pitch to the leadoff hitter miss blow it away and the Brewers have their leadoff hitter on Grissom aboard and here is Young Money Grande down to right and well hit that ball is out of here a first inning two-run shot by grande on the first pitch he saw from Scherzer goes over the wall and right and they are stunned here in DC Brewers lead to nothing we have been Woodruff's and as always pitched well against the Nationals and the pitch swing and a Miss struck him out with a fastball he pops this one up in the infield there exclaims squeezes it and Eric Thames here he comes again and that one's lined into right center deep get up get up it is gone for Eric Thames Eric Thames just took server out of here in right-center second home run in the game for the crew and the Brewers lead three nothing two out here in the bottom of the second and Kurt Suzuki coming up laughs back toward that wall and pop by Ryan Braun with his back against the wall here's the naps leadoff hitter Trey Turner he's launched to left-center field this one as well [Applause] the board it straight Turner's first career postseason Homer Milwaukee three the Nationals one that this crowd has something to cheer and his Turner pulls up a little closer here with a struck out twice unwanted to the shares the pitch [Applause] we're tired number six lectures are Ryan Dozier well pincher match and look at the stuff by Moustakas who throws a class great stop by Moustakas right there but that's an area all year well he's kind of been hurt with that on wasn't a path though he just pulled them off enough that Dozier was able to get there before and Trey Turner is the batter tying runs around now for Washington swinging in a fly ball playable Lorenzo Cain is there and the inning is over here's uncharted territory for Stephen Strasburg on in relief for the first time in his career in the regular season or postseason has done it in the all-star game but here we go in the wild-card game here is Eric Thames changeup broken bat ground ball to third and ona shortstop shells to turn for the out sweetness of the change in Strasbourg sets him down to the six-day summer it's with the Giants and the Brewers this year is oh for 19 with 13 strikeouts strikes recall curveball after these sweater-vests he struck it on the curve Strasburg retires the side in order and he has three strikeouts over two innings of relief three men over shipped against Grande all right down to the left side is even with the bases Strasburg ready in the pitch half swing did he go yes on the appeal this quarry plays are the umpire third [Applause] is out casting lines one down the left-field line that's gonna get in there for an extra base set the second base he goes with a two-out double alright on the ground to third Josh haters trying to nail it down in the eighth of ninth and there is a strike out number one crossfire delivery the kick in the pigeons [Applause] the first place that and sweet over a tag tailor like it was a foul like the ball hit is bad don't picked up the ball and ran that line to tank Taylor did it hit the bat first on the knob that's the problem it caught hand they caught that it's up to the umpires to decide it will stand and eyeball swing and a Miss struck him out and Xin comes to the plate he stands in the spotlight here with two down and a he's the tying run shattered his bat on the two women that Pluto Clemens will be at first and third in the Nationals rally lives Anthony coming to the plate three balls two strikes two out long hold the kick here it comes [Applause] bases loaded one ball one strike [Applause] it's good to school Sweetland the Washington Nationals have the lead they are sort of hang up they tagged him out but nobody in this [Applause] and there are three outs away from going to Los Angeles as Daniel Hobson's coming into credit one ball one strike one out one-run lead to the NASS up the middle base hit Lorenzo Cain is one for four and that one's big swag in a pop up behind the plate Suzuki coming back mask off to the screen made of a play [Applause] all in those strikes to bend Amal swinging a flyball centerfield [Applause] [Applause]

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Length: 6min 59sec (419 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 01 2019