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Time: 2:59
Attendance: 19,782
Start Time Weather: 93° F, Wind 1mph from Left to Right,
Cloudy, No Precipitation.
The weather was hot. The Nats were not. We were fortunate to
be in the shade, and there was a bit of a breeze going, so we never felt the
need to visit the cooling room. Presumably the game would not have looked any
better from there.
The visitors struck first in the top of the 2nd. Washington
starter DJ Herz had retired the first five St. Louis batters, but issued a
4-pitch walk with two outs, followed by a double and a single that each drove
in a run. The Nats answered right back, on doubles by Jesse Winker and Juan
Yepez and a Riley Adams single.
The Cards retook the lead with a run in the 4th and broke
the game open with three in the top of the 5th. Herz was lifted after hitting
102 pitches for the afternoon, following a one-out walk and a catcher’s interference
call on Adams. Dylan Floro came in and gave up singles to three of the four
batters he faced, allowing three runs to score before Robert Garcia finally
closed out the inning.
That pretty much ended the scoring, and the game. The Nats got a run back in the bottom of the 6th, but a two-run homer by Willson Contreras in the top of the 7th put an exclamation point on the St. Louis victory.
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