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Time: 2:19
Attendance: 18,748
Start Time Weather: 83° F, Wind 0mph, Cloudy, No
Precipitation.
After initially failing to win a game following the recent
trade deadline, the hometown team captured their second in a row on a steamy (although
not super-hot) Sunday afternoon, winning both of the season’s series from the
NL Central-leading Brewers. The game was a fast-moving pitchers’ duel for the
first 5½ innings, as Mitchell Parker blanked the visitors over his six-inning
start, while Washington’s only run came on a 1st-inning homer by the red-hot Luis
García Jr. In the bottom of the 6th, however, three singles off sidearming lefty
reliever Hoby Milner loaded the bases with one out for James Wood, whose opposite-field
liner eluded the diving Jackson Chourio and went into the left field corner, scoring
all three runners for a 4-0 Nats lead.
The game was far from over, however, as the Nationals’
bullpen has been a shell of its former self after the team traded two of its best
relievers. Derek Law, who’s taken to riding in on the bullpen cart to the
delight of the crowd, got things off to a good start by providing a 1-2-3 7th
inning. As was the case Saturday, the 8th inning (which formerly belonged to
the now-departed Hunter Harvey) was the problem. This time, Robert Garcia
served up a 3-run, 444-foot shot to Milwaukee catcher Gary Sánchez, cutting the
lead to a single run. Fortunately, Jacob Barnes retired the final batter in the
inning, and Kyle Finnegan retired the Brewers on 11 pitches in the 9th for his
30th save of the season.
The Kids Shoe Charms promotion was less than a resounding success, as there were literally more empty seats than fans (regardless of age) in the stands. Probably that’s the reason why the four of us who came in together all managed to snag charms (not for us to wear, of course), despite our more advanced ages.
