Umpires:
HP: Jon Byrne. 1B: Lance Barrett. 2B: Dana DeMuth. 3B: Ed Hickox.
Weather:
64 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 5
mph, In from LF.
T: 2:45.
Att:
36,965.
When
Wilson Ramos (aka “Buffalo” by some) was announced in the Nats starting lineup
after catching Saturday’s 4:05 game, I was joking with Terry that the team was
making sure they got their money’s worth from him after his previous DL stint.
Turns out that that he had talked himself into the lineup – fortunately for the
home team, since he sparked the Nats offense with a two-run double in the third
and a two-run double in the fifth.
Pitching-wise,
Jordan Zimmermann wasn’t as sharp as usual, but had a decent outing, yielding a
run in the second (which was matched by a Desmond HR in the bottom half), and
in the top of the sixth giving back the two runs the Nats had just scored to
extend their lead. Fortunately, the Nats bullpen (Storen, Clippard, Soriano)
retired all 9 batters they faced in the final three innings to nail down the
victory.
Bolstered
by a swarm of little leaguers, there was a nice crowd for the third straight
game of the series. Interestingly enough, the Friday night Wilson Ramos
bobblehead giveaway had the smallest paid attendance of the three games,
although I’m sure the team isn’t complaining about any of the 34,000+ crowds.
Nice day
weather-wise as well, although chilly in our shady upper-deck wind tunnel, and
traffic was pretty smooth despite the crowd. Made a detour to Subway after
arriving at The Lot Formerly Known As HH for a Black Forest Ham sub.
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