As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

September 29, 2024 – Phillies 6, Nats 3

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WAS/WAS202409290.shtml

 

Start time: 3:05pm (the common starting time for all games on the final day* of the regular season)

Time: 2:40

Attendance: 26,729

Start Time Weather: 69° F, Wind 6mph in from Rightfield, Overcast, No Precipitation.

 

* - OK, not quite the final day THIS year …

 

This was a much drearier day for the hometown team, in terms of crowd size, result, and weather (at least it didn’t rain, but the sun went back into hibernation for the day), as the NL East Champion Phillies avoided the ignominy of being swept by a sub-.500 team in its final series before heading into the postseason.

 

Jake Irvin dug a hole for himself right away, sandwiching full-count walks to Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos around a Trea Turner single to load the bases. Infield grounders by cleanup hitter (!) Bryson Stott and Alec Bohm each plated a run to give the visitors a quick lead, which the Nats immediately cut in half on a leadoff home run by Luis García Jr. off Aaron Nola.

 

Irvin then settled down, retiring the Phillies in order over the next three innings. Washington also failed to score, although they made it interesting in the 3rd when, with runners on first and third and one out, Dylan Crews was caught attempting to steal home. Irvin walked the leadoff hitter again in the top of the 5th, however, before two singles again produced a bases-loaded, no outs situation. This time Philadelphia took full advantage, with a two-run Schwarber single and a two-run double by Weston Wilson that ended Irvin’s outing.

 

The Nats again answered back in the bottom of the inning, scoring a pair of runs on four base hits off Nola. That would prove to end the scoring, despite mild threats by Washington in the 6th and Philadelphia in the 8th. The Nats did make things interesting in the bottom of the 9th against Phillies’ closer-for-the-day José Ruiz, loading the bases (walk-single-walk) with no outs. Ruiz recovered to fan García Jr. and James Wood, and Kody Clemens made a leaping catch at the left-field wall to retire Juan Yepez for the final out of Washington’s season and provide Ruiz with the first save of his 8-year major league career.

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