July 9, 2017 – Nats 10, Braves 5 – Nationals Park

http://m.nationals.mlb.com/news/article/241232082/nationals-beat-braves-in-first-half-finale/?topicId=27118414

 

Attendance: 35,030

Game Time: 3:32

Weather: 80 degrees, sunny

Wind: 9 mph

Umpires: Home Plate - Bruce Dreckman, First Base - Mike Everitt, Second Base - Chad Whitson, Third Base - Jordan Baker

Seventh-inning stretch song: Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations

 

Highlights – Nats jumped out in front with 3 in the first, keyed by a 2-out, 2-run double by should-have-been-All-Star Anthony Rendon, who reached base 4 times … after the Braves tied it in the third, Washington outscored them 7-2 the rest of the way … top of the order (Goodwin/Difo/Harper) reached base 8 times and scored 6 of the 10 runs … Murphy put things out of reach with a 2-out, 2-run double in the bottom of the 8^th

 

Other – Nats starter Joe Ross gave up a 3-run homer to Nats-killer Freddie Freeman in the 3^rd, then left an inning later with triceps tenderness (and sub-par fastball velocity)

Rain? We don’t have no stinkin’ rain!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/for-nationals-the-rain-delay-that-wasnt-leaves-everyone-unhappy/2017/07/07/945dc58a-6349-11e7-8adc-fea80e32bf47_story.html?utm_term=.5f47eb009482

 

At this point, I’m sure that thousands of words have been written and tweeted about the Nationals’ 3-hour “no rain” delay this past Thursday night. Chelsea Janes provided a nice summary here, hitting on the biggest failure with the following: “The rain delay was one thing. The lack of updates was another. With no explanation about why they were not playing despite the lack of precipitation, those inside the clubhouses and out were left to wonder about the Nationals’ motives.”

Serendipity #68

Feel It All – KT Tunstall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Be2Xq_-YwQ

Heard 7/8/2017 around noon at Roti (Pike & Rose)