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Time: 2:32
Attendance: 21,929
Some days are better than others, and Sunday was definitely
better than Saturday in almost every possible way. The weather (79⁰
at game time) was wonderful. We avoided the perils of the concessions stands by
eating at Silver Diner before the game and bringing our own water and snacks.
And, of course, the Nats got just their second home win of the season. We have
been fortunate enough to witness both of them in person. (Of course, we’ve also
seen them lose twice, but this year we’d take a .500 home record.) Going by car
for the first time this year, we had a very pleasant drive down, going across
the Chain Bridge to avoid any possible GW Parkway construction delays. The trip
back was much slower, but still not too bad.
The Nats pecked away early, wound up going down by three,
and rallied late for the win. They scored a single run in each of the first
three frames, notching six hits against Guardians ace Shane “I’m Not Justin”
Bieber, with RBI hits by Jeimer Candelario in the first and Lane Thomas in the
second, along with a Candelario homer leading off the third. Unfortunately,
Candelario’s blast was preceded by a nightmare top of the 3rd, with the
visitors using three doubles, a single, a stolen base and two Washington errors
to put up four runs against Patrick Corbin.
Both Bieber and Corbin completed six innings without further
damage. The Guardians scored twice in the top of the 7th off Hobie Harris, but
the Nats came right back after the stretch when, with two outs, Candelario
produced his fourth hit of the game and Luis García hit one out to deep right.
After Mason Thompson pitched a scoreless top of the 8th, Washington completed the comeback in the bottom of the inning, starting with a Stone Garrett single, a CJ Abrams walk, and a perfect sacrifice bunt by Victor Robles. Garrett was finally ruled safe at home on a Thomas fly ball to center, when the replay review ruled that Cleveland catcher Mike Zunino had illegally blocked the plate. Following a pitching change and a walk to Dominic Smith, Joey Meneses singled in Abrams for what proved to be the winning run. Kyle Finnegan kept the Guardians off the board in the 9th to send most of the crowd home happy.
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