Irvin Shines in his Hometown Return

The Nats took their second straight series after winning Sunday's rubber match in Minnesota.  Mark & Al examine the Nationals 7-2 victory that saw Bloomington, MN native Jake Irvin impress on the mound in seven innings of work.(08:00) Konnor Pilkington & Kyle Finnegan each tossed scoreless frames to preserve the big lead.  Pilkington has already been on the mound four times since getting called up from AAA earlier this week.(12:45) CJ Abrams homered on the first pitch of the game and filled the box score from there.  Abrams stole three bases on Sunday and this game serves as a great example of all that Abrams brings to the table.(15:15) Josh Bell picked up three hits to continue his red-hot July.  Bell is leaving the quite the impression to opposing GMs just ahead of Thursday's MLB Trade Deadline.(18:30) James Wood went 0 for 4 with all strikeouts on Sunday and this weekend he struck out ten times in the series. Wood showed a rare case of his frustration when arguing with the home plate umpire following one his Ks.  He has struck out 134 times this season, second to only Detroit's Riley Greene.(22:25) Dylan Crews will make a rehab start this Tuesday night with Rochester.  Crews has been out since May 20th due to an oblique injury.(26:00) The Athletic reports that the Cubs has interest in MacKenzie Gore.  What would it take for the Nats to deal the lefty?(30:45) Jim Callis from MLB.com provides a brief scouting on Eli Willits, who the Nationals picked at #1 overall a few weeks ago.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.