Weather: 83 degrees, Overcast.
Wind: 8 mph, Out To LF.
Umpires: HP--Barber, 1B--Marquez, 2B--Bellino, 3B--Rackley.
Time: 3:14
Attendance: 29,032
It was a warmer and more humid day than Saturday, but not as bad as
expected – the shade reached our seats before the end of the first inning, and
the threatened thunderstorms held off. Baseball-wise, things had to be better
than the previous day, and they were.
Ketel Marte couldn’t lead off today with a homer (he was second in the
order), but he nevertheless managed to park one off Anibal Sanchez in the first
inning. If you’re keeping count, that was his 20th HR of the season;
prior to 2019, he had a total of 22 in almost 1400 career at-bats.
Once again, the home team responded in the bottom of the first. Singles
by Eaton and Rendon and a walk to Soto loaded the bases, and Kendrick singled
in the tying run. After an Adams popup, Kurt Suzuki notched a huge two-out
single to score two more.
Today, however, Sanchez allowed only one more Arizona run over the next
5 innings, while Washington would get its offense into high gear, as the
visitors’ attempt to steal a win using just its bullpen fell flat. Eaton’s
second single scored Turner (who had walked and stolen second) and knocked out
opener Archie Bradley, who recorded only 4 outs. Zack Godley induced a
double-play grounder to end the 2nd, but the Nats weren’t done. Matt
Adams hit a 3-run HR in the 3rd, Suzuki knocked one out of the park
in the 5th, and Rendon hit a 2-run shot in the 6th to
complete the damage off Godley. Two innings later, Washington added an
exclamation point, scoring 5 with two
outs on another bases-loaded single by Kendrick, followed by an Adams grand
slam. At this point, Diamondbacks catcher Caleb Joseph took the mound and got a
grounder from Yan Gomes to retire the side.
With the game well in hand, Arizona did manage 3 meaningless
late-inning runs off the Nats’ bullpen. Of somewhat greater concern, Suzuki had
to leave the game in the top of the 7th, after a Tanner Rainey pitch
bounced and hit him in the neck.
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