Weather: 87
degrees, sunny
Time: 2:27
Attendance:
4,622
Section 116,
Row 6, Seat 16 – just beyond first base, lower level, 6 rows back from the
field. Definitely needed to be paying attention to the game, although no balls
came close to us. Out in the sun, but there were some clouds and a breeze, so
it was much more comfortable than the temperature suggested.
Note that I
actually wound up in seat 12 – as I was walking to the car to make the drive to
Viera, I got a text from my Maryland friends who are also down for some
ballgames. They were originally going to catch the other Nats game (against the
Braves), but decided to make the trek to Viera instead due to cheaper ticket
prices and the prospect of J-Zimm starting. (They were rewarded by getting a
couple autographs and a nice chat with Denard Span.) They got tickets on
StubHub in my row, so the 4 folks in the intervening seats were nice enough to
slide down one so we could sit together.
Parking was
a little cheaper than Kissimmee ($9.00). I had a decent Cuban sandwich (with
chips and a pickle), also for 9 bucks, and a $6 souvenir-cup Coke. I was a
little disappointed by the combination of not having cupholders in our seats,
and also not having a plastic cup for the drink. Fortunately there were no
spills.
The Nats
scoring was limited to the bottom of the third, when the first 5 batters
combined for 4 runs: Desmond single and steal, Harper walk, Zimmerman fly out
to advance both runners, two-run single by Wilson Ramos, and a two-run homer by
Dan Uggla. Miami scored a first-inning run off Jordan Zimmermann on a leadoff
triple by Dee Gordon and an RBI single by Adeiny Hechavarria, but J-Zimm kept
them off the board for the remainder of his 5 innings despite giving up 8 hits.
The Marlins also touched up Rafael Martin for a tally in the top of the ninth.
“Shake It
Off” was the seventh-inning stretch song. Oh well.
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