June 14, 2017 – Braves 13, Nats 2 – Nationals Park

http://m.nationals.mlb.com/news/article/236475908/phillips-and-teheran-lead-braves-vs-nationals/

 

Attendance: 36,227

Game Time: 3:17

Weather: 86 degrees, overcast

Wind: 4 mph

Umpires: Home Plate - Andy Fletcher, First Base - Alan Porter, Second Base - Joe West, Third Base - Hunter Wendelstedt

 

Section 118, Row V, Seat 1 – mirror image on the third-base side of Section 127, where we sat Saturday. Great view, but unfortunately Seat 1 in this section does NOT have an aisle next to it.

 

Highlights – Brian Goodwin got the Nats on the board with a 2-run homer in the bottom of the second … weather was much better than expected, as there was no rain or storms during the game (just a bit shortly after I arrived around 3:00), and it wasn’t uncomfortably hot where I was sitting (the breeze helped), although they did open up a cooling center … patriotic tank-tops were obviously a popular giveaway item

 

Other – Tanner Roark was even worse than on his bobblehead day Friday, giving up 3 in the top of first and 3 more in the third (punctuated by a 2-run HR by light-hitting former Nat Kurt Suzuki), failing to shut down the Braves after Goodwin’s blast … Trevor Gott (taking one for the team) and Blake Treinen combined to give up 6 more Atlanta runs in the seventh … Nats offense offered little against Julio Teheran and 2 Braves relievers over the final 7 innings … Nats have now lost the past 4 games I’ve attended, 3 of which came on this home stand

June 10, 2017 – Rangers 6, Nats 3 (11 innings) – Nationals Park

http://m.nationals.mlb.com/news/article/235572668/robinson-chirinos-rangers-beat-nationals/?topicId=27118414

 

Attendance: 32,157

Game Time: 4:14

Weather: 79 degrees, sunny

Wind: 2 mph

Umpires: Home Plate - Kerwin Danley, First Base - Todd Tichenor, Second Base - Adam Hamari, Third Base - Brian O'Nora

Seventh-inning stretch song: What I Like About You

 

Section 127, Row BB, Seats 3-4 – 2 of the 4 seats in this row of the narrow, pie-shaped section just to the first-base side of the premium seats. Great view, but unfortunately no shade.

 

Highlights – Gio was outstanding, giving up 3 hits and a single run in 6 innings, walking just 1 and fanning 9 … Albers followed with 2 scoreless frames … the quiet Washington offense woke up in the bottom of the sixth, on a Harper double, Murphy single, Rendon sac fly, and a two-run HR by Adam Lind … Bryce nailed Nats nemesis Pete Kozma at the plate in the top of the ninth to keep the score tied

 

Other – Nats loaded the bases with none out in the 5^th (albeit with the bottom of the order up) and failed to score … Koda Glover, suffering silently with a sore back, failed to hold the 3-1 lead in the bottom of the 9^th … Washington had the winning run on third with one out in the 9^th following a pinch-double by Drew and a Wieters groundout, but Goodwin fanned after a long AB and pinch-runner Wilmer Difo inexplicably froze halfway down the line after a Turner bunt … Kelley came in with one out and nobody on in the top of the 11^th and promptly yielded a loud double, an intentional walk, and then a homer to light-hitting backup catcher Robinson Chirinos

June 9, 2017 – Rangers 5, Nats 2 – Nationals Park

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/235410030/jonathan-lucroy-rougned-odor-homer-in-win/

 

Attendance: 38,332

Game Time: 3:00

Weather: 81 degrees, partly cloudy

Wind: 4 mph

Umpires: Home Plate - Brian O'Nora, First Base - Kerwin Danley, Second Base - Todd Tichenor, Third Base - Adam Hamari

Seventh-inning stretch song: What I Like About You

 

Section 416, Row F, Seats 3-5

 

Highlights – bobblehead honoree Tanner Roark gave up 7 hits through the first 3 innings but only 1 run … Nats bullpen blanked the Rangers for the final 3 frames … offense scored single runs in the sixth and ninth … good luck with Metro both down and back

 

Other – sluggish effort overall, perhaps a delayed reaction to their trip back from L.A. the previous day … Roark yielded a 2-run homer in the 5^th, a bases-loaded walk in the 6^th, and a leadoff HR in the 7^th … 3 Nats errors, so 3 of the 5 runs Tanner gave up were unearned