Weather: 67 degrees, Overcast.
Wind: 8 mph, R To L.
Umpires: HP--Barry, 1B--Lentz, 2B--Danley, 3B--Carlson.
Time: 3:28
Attendance: 27,084
Section 419, Row M, Seats 1-2 – top level, next to top row, just beyond
1st base
Patrick Corbin pitched like a champ for the Nats, allowing just 4 hits
and 1 walk in his 7 innings while fanning 11. He also helped himself with 2
singles at the plate, including a game-tying RBI hit with 2 outs in the bottom
of the 2nd. The ridiculously hot Anthony Rendon homered the next
inning to give the home team a 2-1 lead.
And then it happened. Again.
Tony Sipp replaces Patrick Corbin to start the 8th.
Erik Gonzalez singles.
Francisco Cervelli flies out.
Adam Frazier singles. (This sends Gonzalez to third, and Frazier
reaches second when Eaton misses the cutoff man.)
Kyle Barraclough replaces Tony Sipp.
Starling Marte singles, scoring Gonzalez and Frazier. 3-2 Pirates.
Rendon homered (again!) in the bottom of the inning to tie the game,
and neither team scored in the 9th.
Matt Grace replaces Sean Doolittle to start the 10th.
Melky Cabrera doubles.
Adam Frazier is safe at first when Grace makes a bad throw on his sac
bunt.
Justin Miller replaces Matt Grace.
Starling Marte grounds out.
Pinch-hitter Colin Moran homers to right-center. 6-3 Pirates.
Jayson Stark tweeted the following Saturday afternoon:
Runs allowed by the #Nationals from the 7th inning on: 35.
Runs allowed by the #Rays in all the innings combined: 33.
Enough said.
Although the tarp was on when we arrived (early, so we could get our
Juan Soto bobbleheads), the game started on time and didn’t require any delays,
although there were a few periods of relatively light rain. (We stayed
comfortably dry in our overhang-protected seats.)
