Today was the last game of the three game series of the Cubs at the Washington Nationals. The weather was cold and windy, but not as cold and miserable as Opening Night, however, if this had been a night game instead of an afternoon game it may have been almost as miserable. Like last night rain seemed possibly and at the end of the game it was misting, but nothing like how it rained right after last night’s game.
So, the weather was not as warm and enjoyable as the past two games, but I will take a cloudy cool afternoon game over the hot and humid ones to come this summer. Also, the game was more exciting to watch than last night’s. It was not that there were more good plays, but rather that the innings were mostly quick and there was not so many blunderous (if that is even a word) things going on. Basically it was a well played defensive game by both sides. Oh, and I love the red D.C. uniforms the Nats wear at Sunday home games, at least I think that is how that uniform works.
John Lannan was the starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals and he pitched yet another great outing. He kept the Cubs hitless until the 4th inning and in the end only allowed 4 hits, although he did walk four guys.
In the bottom of the second inning the Nationals took the lead 1-0 when Nick Johnson got on base with a single, got to second when Lastings Milledge hit a sacrifice bunt, and was then batted in on a single by Wily Mo Pena. Wily Mo Pena ended up on second as part of his hit because of the fielder’s choice to try to throw Nick Johnson out at the plate. Basically the same thing happened when Wil Nieves came up to batter next when he batted in Wily Mo Pena with a single and ended up on second as the Cubs tried to throw Wily Mo Pena out at home. The inning ended with John Lannan hitting a fly out to left field.
That was the end of the scoring for the game, as the Cubs only allowed one more hit by the Nats in the 6th and the Nats only allowed two hits in both the fifth and sixth. The Nats won the game 2-0 and finished the series with the Cubs with 2 out of 3 wins.
As for the President’s Race, I think Thomas Jefferson won. Again Teddy was in the lead coming in the final stretch, but he started running backwards and slipped on a banana. The banana was a person dressed up as one of the Bananas in Pajamas, which is an old kids show by the way.
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