Umpires:
HP: Marvin Hudson. 1B: Cory Blaser. 2B: Ben May. 3B: Doug Eddings.
Weather:
60 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 7
mph, In from LF.
T: 3:12.
Att:
34,873.
Section
107, Row FF, Seats 5-6 (lower level, down the left field line, just barely in
foul territory, in the sun for most of the game)
Four weeks
into the 2014 season, the Nats have a modest 14-12 record, 4 games behind
Atlanta (and ½ game in back of the Mets). Just finished off an 11-game
homestand, going 5-6. Still more potential than consistent performance, and a
continuation of their unsettling trend of key players not being able to stay
healthy. (2014 seems to be the Year of the Hand.)
Sunday’s
showing was not particularly inspiring. The Nats started out well, notching a
first-inning run on consecutive doubles by Rendon and Werth, but would not get
another hit against San Diego starter Ian Kennedy until the seventh. Nate
McLouth managed a solo homer against Joaquin Benoit in the eighth, perhaps in a
bid to prove to us skeptics that Mr. Mister’s “Kyrie” is not one of the worst
walk-up songs ever.
For the
Nats, starting pitcher Taylor Jordan didn’t seem to be particularly sharp,
although he held the Padres to just one run in four innings before being
double-switched out of the game. (Turns out he had the flu.) Ross Detweiler
managed to retire just 4 of the 9 batters he faced, and Aaron Barrett added to
the damage by issuing two bases-loaded walks, giving the Padres a 4-1 lead.
Werth provided some hope by leading off the bottom of the ninth with a single,
but the rally went no further, as Huston Street collected his ninth save in as
many opportunities.
I headed
down a little early given the Jordan Zimmermann bobblehead giveaway, and did
run into a bit of backup around noon on the GW Parkway getting on to the 14th
Street Bridge. Parking in HH also seemed heavier than usual. Was in plenty of
time to get a bobblehead, though, as they still seemed to be available at least
through 12:50. (Fortunately the Nats have gone back to having giveaway items
available at all gates, instead of just at the centerfield entrance as was the
case last year.) Went with the chicken shawarma from Shawafel, very near our
section – good, but overpriced even by ballpark standards at $11.00.
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