June 27, 2017 – Nats 6, Cubs 1 – Nationals Park

http://m.nationals.mlb.com/news/article/239081014/max-scherzer-7-steals-lead-nationals-vs-cubs/

 

Attendance: 31,202 (below the team’s season average)

Game Time: 3:09

Weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy

Wind: 3 mph

Umpires: Home Plate - Larry Vanover, First Base - Tim Timmons, Second Base - Chad Fairchild, Third Base - David Rackley

 

Highlights – Nats scored in 4 of the first 5 innings, chasing Jake Arrieta in the fifth … Trea Turner tied his career best with 4 steals, and the Nats set a team record with 7 stolen bases off Arrieta and soon-to-be-ex-Cub Miguel Montero … Taylor finished off the scoring with a 2-run double … after giving up a first-inning run, Scherzer blanked the Cubs through the end of the 6^th, allowing only one more baserunner … Nats bullpen held the visitors scoreless over the final 3 innings

 

Other – left Rockville around 4:45 and didn’t get into the park until shortly after 7:00, as traffic crawled both on Falls Road and much of the way down the GW Parkway

Shuffle #97 (June 27, 2017)

Joy To The World – Three Dog Night

That’s All Right – Elvis Presley

Ain’t Even Done With The Night – John Mellancamp

Rock Skippin’ – Jim Hall

Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours – Stevie Wonder

Wheels – Emmylou Harris

Right And Wrong – Joe Jackson

Sweet Thing – Rufus & Chaka Khan

Louisiana 1927 – Randy Newman

June 25, 2017 – Reds 6, Nats 2 – Nationals Park

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Attendance: 35,387

Game Time: 3:07

Weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudy

Wind: 13 mph

Umpires: Home Plate - Brian O'Nora, First Base - Quinn Wolcott, Second Base - Ramon DeJesus, Third Base - Paul Emmel

Seventh-inning stretch song: I Can’t Help Myself – The Four Tops

 

Highlights – Michael A. Taylor hit a 2-run homer in the 4^th, his third tater in two days … Roark held the Reds to one run in his final 5 innings of work … Nats bullpen held Cincinnati scoreless over the final 3 innings … great James Brown medley during the Reds’ 8^th-inning pitching change … a little hot in the sun for the first hour or so, but perfect weather otherwise

 

Other – Reds got more runs than they needed in a 5-run top of the first … Bryce contributed to the damage by misplaying a ball to deep right that allowed the final 2 runs to score … Nats offense blew some opportunities, going 0-5 with runners in scoring position … in the bottom of the 5^th, Henley unwisely tried to score Brian Goodwin from first with no one out on Harper’s double … ice cream stand had no chocolate