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Last night’s game was one of the most exciting of the season, and we spent the whole game in the press box with headsets on listening to Bob, Don, Debbie, Charlie, and Dave. Spending time in the booth was unbelievable, and we will have a whole post about our experience there soon. However, it was incredibly difficult to keep quiet and stay calm as our boys took full advantage of the Mets sloppy play.

When the Mets opened strong in the first scoring 3 runs on 3 hits off of Tim Redding, we thought we were in for a long game. The Mets have dominated the Nats in RFK and its no secret that the NYC boys play better on the road. Thankfully that wasn’t the case last night. Redding struggled a bit with his location and was pulled after four innings — he threw 67 pitches 45 of them for strikes. It was a bit disappointing, but we were definitely happy to see him back in a starters role after his recent injury.

The Nats faced Brian Lawrence - he wore a Nats uniform last year, but never pitched for us. He held the Nats scoreless until the bottom of the 4th when the boys came back to score 4 runs and tie the game. Ronnie Belliard - who has hit safely in his last 11 starts - started the rally in the 4th with a single. Fick followed with another single, but it was SchniederMan’s two run double that really brought the boys back into the game. We love how these guys never give up, I guess they took Manny’s advice again when he told them to, “just give it a fight, don’t roll over for anybody. Let’s play the game the right way.” Wily Mo Pena’s single gave the Nats the go ahead run in the 5th.

Then came a 6th inning to remember. The Mets defense seemed to fall apart right before our eyes. Third baseman David Wright committed his 19th error of the season when Felipe Lopez’s grounder slipped beneath his glove. Then with runners on the corners, Nook Logan laid down what was supposed to be a sacrifice bunt. However, the ball was bobbled, Nook beat out the tag, and advanced to third when Schoeneweis had a horrible throw. A few batters later with the bases loaded, Mets reliever Sosa fielded a ball hit by Pena. He looked to second in hopes of catching Zimmerman, but his catcher DiFelice called for the ball to stop the run at home. Logan was on third and had already started to rocket to the plate, he slide safely between DiFelice’s legs to score the run. In the 7th Ryan Church added to the craziness with his second pinch hit home run - a 3 run shot no less. The Nats lead the Mets 12-4 - after that first inning who would have thought? That’s baseball for you, anything can happen, and that’s why we love this game.

How about our bullpen? These guys are solid! They shut down the Mets for five innings. We saw a great performance from Jonathan Albaladejo, a rising star and a new favorite to watch. He got the win tonight. Ayala, Rivera, Munoz, and Colome each pitched a shut out inning.

The Nats have now won 7 of their last 9 home games. Last night was the second time in franchise history they have scored 12 runs, the first came on August 4th during that memorable game against the Cardinals. The Nationals are now in perfect position to play spoiler. Lets go boys!!

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