{"id":25245,"date":"2016-10-05T10:22:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T14:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=25245"},"modified":"2016-10-05T10:22:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T14:22:47","slug":"john-wick-chapter-2-2017-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2016\/10\/john-wick-chapter-2-2017-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats enter postseason with 95 wins, questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, D.C. —<\/strong> Sunday’s regular season finale at Nationals Park ended with the Washington Nationals winning their 95th<\/sup> game of the season, 10-7. They defeated the grieving Miami Marlins who, to their credit, didn’t fold when they went down 3-0, 5-2 or 8-5.<\/p>\n

Max Scherzer, DC’s #1 starter was strong at the plate with 2 hits and 4 RBI (according to one source, giving him a 9-8 lead over Ryan Zimmerman in the second half) but uninspiring on the mound and basepaths. Nonetheless, he got the his 20th win when his teammates scored after his 5th inning exit. He should be on the mound on Friday for the first game of the Division Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n

Trea Turner and Danny Espinosa both walked twice, the latter being a damning piece of evidence against a pitcher going to arbitration. Bryce Harper looked injured, but still crush a 99 MPH fastball early and foul to right. Daniel Murphy also pinch hit, but recorded an out and eliminating him from the NL batting title. His health will be huge moving forward.<\/p>\n

I predicted the Nats would win 90 games<\/a> and be in contention for the division. They won it and I was off by 5. The New York Mets won 87 games, despite losing much of their rotation to injuries. They are in the play-in game against San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Errata<\/h3>\n

Wait, why didn’t anybody tell me Vin Scully retired?!<\/em> I kid of course, but seldom-mentioned in the ubiquitous Scully retirement coverage was that his first radio job was for WTOP in D.C.<\/p>\n

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Vin Scully\u2019s last day as a broadcaster for the Dodgers was today. Here's an interview we did nearly a year ago. https:\/\/t.co\/nSysMQ2B7G<\/a><\/p>\n

— WTOP (@WTOP) October 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n