Nationals Versus Marlins July 4th 2006 (or 2 out of 3 dentists prefer walkoff homers) July 4, 2006
Two of my first three games for this home stand have ended with walk off homers by a Nat. Today it was Ryan Zimmerman’s second walk off in the last month and this one brought three runs with it to give Washington a 6-3 victory.
While Soriano didn’t hit two homeruns, he continued to hit well in his second game back from Frank’s timeout–going 2 for 4 (single, triple, walk, 2 stolen bases).
Jose Vidro had 2 errors and went 0 for 5. Worse was his evident lack of range as the Marlins grounded hit after hit through his area. Almost every one was playable by most major league second basemen. Maybe Jose just needed one of those veteran passes on day games.
Vidro’s most hurtful misplay happened in the top of the 8th. With Cabrera on 2nd and Hermida on first, Borchard grounds to Zimmerman who tosses the ball to Vidro. Vidro turns and throws to Nick Johnson for a hopeful double-play. Only he threw off balance and the ball went passed Nick, allowing Cabrera to score, leading to a 4-3 Marlins lead. Nick still had a chance to get Cabrera at home, but Schnieder had trouble taking the ball from catch to tag.
Brochard tried to take second while this was happening, but found Hermida still hanging around after being forced out at second. Confused, Brochard started back for first base. Bill Bray starts to throw to Nick to start the rundown, but sees Hermida running for third and fakes a throw there–faking out an already out runner.
John Patterson gave up 2 runs on 4 hits in 5 innings, but noticably tired will in the 4th.
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yay, game blogging. maybe you should include your hand-written scorecard as well. mmmm.