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Time: 2:49
Attendance: 32,734
Start Time Weather: 78° F, Wind 4mph out to Leftfield,
Cloudy, No Precipitation.
For whatever reason, MacKenzie Gore was far from the top of
his game on his bobblehead night. His pitches had only a nodding acquaintance
with the strike zone. He walked the first two batters he faced, and things didn’t
get much better from there, as he got behind almost every hitter. He was
fortunate to only allow two Reds to score, but he needed 48 pitches to finally
get out of the 1st inning. After needing 19 more pitches to get through the
2nd, allowing another run in the process, Davey decided that the bullpen would
take things over from that point on. The Reds continued their scoring in the
3rd, as Jordan Weems served up a one-out homer to Tyler Stephenson.
Fortunately, Washington’s bats refused to take the evening
off. Harold Ramírez smashed a two-run shot in the bottom of the 1st, and CJ
Abrams contributed a run-scoring single in the 4th to cut the deficit to a run.
The Nats went on to tie things up after the 7th-inning stretch,
as Jacob Young singled, stole second, and scored on a Lane Thomas double. Young
came through again an inning later with the game-winning RBI single. Meanwhile,
Washington’s bullpen held the Reds scoreless over the final six innings, with Kyle
Finnegan retiring the side in order in the top of the 9th for the save.
Our pre-game experience was not nearly as positive. Along with dozens of other season-ticket holders, we were standing in the rain outside the first base gate from shortly after 4:00. We had been promised early admission, starting at 4:30, to have a Q&A with Lane Thomas and view batting practice from behind the first base dugout. Given the weather, we figured the batting practice part would be canceled, but there was no communication one way or the other from the Nats. Finally, shortly before 4:30, they sent a security guy out to inform us that, not only would batting practice be canceled, but they would not even be letting us in early, meaning that we’d have to amuse ourselves somehow until the main gate opening an hour later. Apparently enough of us expressed our displeasure that the season ticket reps had a meeting this morning to review the situation and discuss ways to prevent a recurrence in the future.
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