Attendance: 39,063
Duration: 3:26
Weather: 76 degrees, Partly Cloudy
Wind: 4 MPH Varies
Umpires: HP: CB Bucknor. 1B: Chris Conroy. 2B: Brian O'Nora. 3B:
Fieldin Culbreth.
Game notes – Nats took a quick lead in the bottom of the first on an
Eaton leadoff single, Harper walk, 2-run triple by Rendon and an RBI groundout
by Juan Soto … Scherzer allowed 8 hits and ran up a high pitch count through
the first 4 innings, but was able to go 6 and depart with a 3-2 lead … the home
team added insurance runs in the sixth (consecutive 2-out singles by Eaton,
Turner, and Harper), seventh (RBI single by Matt Adams following a Soto
double), and eighth (Harper round-tripper) … meanwhile, 4 Nats relievers
allowed 6 more Atlanta hits but no runs over the final 3 frames, with Kelvin
Herrera recording the 5-out save … Nats defense was stellar, robbing two
Atlanta hitters of extra bases and rubbing out two runners at second base
Other – after all-day rain forced the postponement of Saturday night’s
game, this one had a 1:55 delay (featuring a major storm in the middle) before finally
getting underway at 3:30, as well as a 1:38 delay at the end of the 6th
inning (we left partway through the latter)
