{"id":25126,"date":"2016-08-26T08:22:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T12:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=25126"},"modified":"2016-08-26T08:22:14","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T12:22:14","slug":"nats-undefeated-when-olympian-helen-maroulis-throws-out-first-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2016\/08\/nats-undefeated-when-olympian-helen-maroulis-throws-out-first-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats undefeated when Olympian Helen Maroulis throws out first pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another night, another Olympian visiting the Washington Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday night, Katie Ledecky threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Nationals Park for the third time. On Thursday, another Olympic gold medalist from Montgomery County, Md. performed &#8211; wrestler <strong>Helen Maroulis<\/strong> made her debut. I will add video of the pitch when it becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Maroulis proved to be a much needed stopper for the Nationals. Following her first pitch, the Nats shutout the Baltimore Orioles, 4-0, ending a four-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k1SmE3MWkeM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GIF: Olympics champion wrestler <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/helen_maroulis\">@helen_maroulis<\/a> lifts <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nats?src=hash\">#Nats<\/a> racing president <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Teddy26Nats\">@Teddy26Nats<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ik3KIVBZeg\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ik3KIVBZeg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a3BdcfEvhn\">pic.twitter.com\/a3BdcfEvhn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Let Teddy Win! (@LetTeddyWin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LetTeddyWin\/status\/768995063313502209\">August 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She also <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.letteddywin.com\/2016\/08\/25\/olympic-champion-helen-maroulis-lifts-nationals-teddy-roosevelt\/\">lifted a victorious Teddy up<\/a> (<em>Let Teddy Win<\/em>) after he won the Presidents Race. He fittingly won on the centennial of National Park System.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the diamond, <strong>Max Scherzer<\/strong> threw eight shutout innings and played some impressive defense.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mlb.mlb.com\/images\/4\/1\/4\/197681414\/082516_balwsh_scherzer_btwn_legs_MED_o50bs05q.gif\" alt=\"Max Scherzer makes an impressive no look, between the legs snag\"><\/p>\n<p>Jayson Werth homered and Bryce Harper knocked in two with a double.<br \/>\n&#8216;<br \/>\nThere aren&#8217;t any Olympians scheduled for tonight &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/tag\/washington-senators\">Washington Senators<\/a> great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/tag\/frank-howard\">Frank Howard<\/a> will be in attendance<a href=\"http:\/\/m.nationals.mlb.com\/news\/article\/197200532\/frank-howard-to-be-inducted-into-nationals-ring-of-honor-on-friday-august-26\/\"> as his name is added to the Ring of Honor<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montgomery County, Md. native Helen Maroulis became the second Olympic gold medalist to throw out the first pitch at a Washington Nationals game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,100,106],"tags":[767,1119,1222,1318],"class_list":["post-25126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natsmlb-2016","category-video","category-washington-nationals","tag-helen-maroulis","tag-max-scherzer","tag-nats","tag-olympics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nats undefeated when Olympian Helen Maroulis throws out first pitch - William F. 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