Weather: 70 degrees, Partly Cloudy.
Wind: 21 mph, Out To LF.
Umpires: HP--Woodring, 1B--Torres, 2B--Hernandez, 3B--Marquez.
Time: 2:50
Attendance: 33,045
Section 217, Row 6, Seat 19 – second level, just to the first base side
of home plate
As I was in the bag-inspection line to enter the park, the woman behind
me was looking at the list of prohibited items, and asked me why anyone would
want to bring a broom to a baseball game. I explained to her the concept of “sweep”,
and how we hoped that it would not be an issue that afternoon. Fortunately for
those in the crowd not wearing bright red, the home team combined excellent
pitching and timely hitting to salvage the final game of the series and remain
on the fringes of the wild-card race.
Jordan Lyles continued his post-trade revival, fanning 5 of the first 7
Cards he faced, and 9 in all. After he gave up a leadoff homer to Kolten Wong
in the top of the 6th, then allowed 2 of the next 3 batters to reach
base, Junior Guerra induced the red-hot Yadi Molina to ground into a double
play, then struck out the side in the 7th. The slumping Josh Hader pitched
the final two innings for the save, allowing only a Wong double in the 8th.
Meanwhile, Milwaukee made the most of its six hits, pushing across
single runs in four of their eight times up. Second baseman Keston Hiura drove
in three of the runs, with a groundout in the 1st, a homer in the 4th,
and a double in the 8th.
Kids and seniors got 50% off on all tickets, and seniors got to stroll
on the warning track after the game. (No “special ticket” required: Nats please
take note.) I decided to avoid the interstates on both legs of the drive –
slower, but less stress.
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