https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WAS/WAS202409150.shtml
Time: 2:21
Attendance: 18,265
Start Time Weather: 79° F, Wind 8mph in from Rightfield,
Sunny, No Precipitation.
Seats: Section 207, Row H Seats 1-2 – 200 level, just beyond
3rd base (FIS Champions Club)
The Nationals took the series against Miami by winning the
final three games, scoring exactly four runs in each victory. (They also dominated
the season series 11-2, an exact reversal of the 2023 results.)
The visitors opened the scoring with an unearned run in the
3rd, but Washington responded with a pair in the bottom of the 4th on four
consecutive hits. James Wood doubled the lead with a 435-foot blast to left-center
an inning later. McKenzie Gore needed 31 pitches to escape the top of the 1st,
issuing two walks, but recovered to complete six innings without allowing another
run.
Things did get a little dicey following Gore’s departure,
after Eduardo Salazar gave up a run in the top of the 7th. Wood added what
would turn out to be a crucial insurance run with his second dinger of the day
in the bottom of the 8th. With closer Kyle Finnegan unavailable, young southpaw
Jose A. Ferrer allowed one run in the 9th but held on to notch his first major
league save.
Mike and Terry’s Excellent Metro Adventure continued; this time we drove to Glenmont and transferred to the Green Line at Fort Totten, reversing the process on the way back. We enjoyed our padded club-level seats, and the location offered a somewhat different perspective on the game. Our experience inside the club was generally good, with numerous TV screens, complimentary fountain beverages, and plentiful tables for eating lunch (as long as you claimed one relatively early). On the down side, the folks at the place where they carved sandwiches were unable to read my eCASH from my phone, and I was disappointed by the three salad offerings, each of which was prepackaged and stuffed into a small cup.
