Attendance: 21,579
Duration: 4:03
Weather: 47 degrees, Clear
Wind: 10 MPH Left to Right
Umpires: HP: Mark Ripperger. 1B: Joe West. 2B: Doug Eddings. 3B: Marty
Foster.
Section 311, Row C, Seats 17-19 – our regular seats for the season are
a definite improvement: on the aisle, and one section closer to home plate
Game notes – Nats jumped off to an early lead on Rendon’s first-inning
single and Harper’s 6th HR of the season, but once again couldn’t
hold it … with two out in the 3rd, Roark walked the bases loaded and
surrendered a grand slam to Adrian Gonzalez … Nats cut the lead in half in the
4th when Severino doubled in Kendrick with 2 outs, but Tanner gave
the run back the next inning on a dinger by Asdrubal Cabrera, again with 2 down
… Nats battled back to finally tie on a 5th-inning RBI single by
Trea and a 7th-inning RBI single by Michael A., although they missed
numerous other scoring chances throughout the game (14 LOB) … after 6 innings
of scoreless relief work by Kelley, Grace, Madson, Doolittle, and Solis,
Brandon Kintzler completed his terrible, horrible, no good, very bad series by
allowing the winning run to score for the second straight day, after giving up
Bruce’s grand slam in the opener … it’s early, but Washington’s losing streak
now stands at 5, longer than any they had last season, and they’re 3½ games in
back of the first-place Mets
Other – ESPN Sunday Night game with an 8:08 starting time … relatively heavy
traffic getting onto and across the bridge going down, but light traffic on the
way back … did get to the area in time for a leisurely, warm pre-game dinner at
Nando’s … actual crowd was considerably smaller than the number of tickets
sold, on a chilly night made worse by the persistent breeze (we lasted until
the end of regulation)
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