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Fry Captain Food Truck
courtesy of Mr. T in DC
Happy Friday, everybody! Celebrate the weekend with a long and leisurely food truck lunch.
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By Nats Don’t Rally, Fall to Atlanta 5-1
Zimmerman
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In comparison to the rest of this week’s three-game series against the Atlanta Braves, the Washington Nationals played poor defense and dropped a winnable game 5-1 after a ninth inning collapse. It didn’t help much that the offense struggled with runners on-base either.
Atlanta started to tack on their runs in the fifth inning. Starting pitcher Ross Detwiler issued a walk to Braves starter Kyle Medlen that served as a catalyst for the two-run rally. Second baseman Tyler Pastoricky and Medlen scored on a double to right-center field hit by outfielder Martin Prado putting the Nats in a 2-0 hole.
Washington stuck it out until the ninth, initiating what could have been a comeback in the eigth inning when the game was still within their reach. Atlanta only managed to score two runs before their three-run rally in the top of the ninth against reliever Tom Gorzelanny, but the Nats could only manage one run the whole game.
Outfielder Bryce Harper scored the Nats only run in eighth on a single hit to left field by outfielder Michael Morse off Braves reliever Eric O’Flaherty, making it a 2-1 game. But that was before a ninth inning got away from Washington.
While some of the evening’s missteps should be attributed to the fact that Detwiler didn’t make it long enough for a quality start, it didn’t start out that way. Detwiler cruised through the first four innings, having given up just three hits in that time, with two of the runners making it scoring position without making it home. His fast ball was absolutely dominated.
So what was his biggest weakness? According to Manager Davey Johnson, Detwiler didn’t mix in enough off-speed pitches to get the job done. Because, no matter how great his fast ball is — and it was great for the first half of the game — Johnson says you still need to mix in the off-speed stuff.
Detwiler only made it 5 and 1/3 innings, having given up seven hits, two earned runs, and one walk. He threw 78 pitches, 51 strikes, and struck out four. That’s when Craig Stammen entered the game for 1 and 2/3 innings of no-hit ball.
The ninth is where it got messy. It was Gorzelanny’s second inning of work. He managed to get through the eigth having faced just three batters, but as previously indicated, the Nats offense seemed to lose their footing and couldn’t muster a reaction.
Three runs home, two errors, a wild pitch, two hits, and a stolen base later, the Nats fell from a 2-1 deficit to a 5-1 deficit and couldn’t overcome that fact in the end. As it stands, though, Washington is still 30 games above .500 and maintains first place in the National League East with their closest competition – the Braves – still 6 games behind. So at the end of the day, all is not lost.
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Do a little dance. Take a little prance. There just might be a chance there’s a food truck nearby.
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Pulled Pork from PORC mobile
courtesy of yostinator
Famished? Not to fear! The food trucks are here! See where they all are today.
Nats Beat Braves 5-4 in Thirteen Innings
1st Place!
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What started as Dan Uggla hesitating to make a routine play at second base turned into a 5-4 Nationals victory in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. It took four hours, twenty seven minutes, thirteen innings, and a fifty six minute rain delay, but Washington beat the Atlanta Braves and are now 30 games over .500.
Jordan Zimmermann started the night and went on to pitch five innings and 102 pitches (68 strikes) against Atlanta. The Nats offense started early behind Zimmermann with a four-hit, four-run rally in the first innings off of Braves veteran starter Tim Hudson. Continue reading
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Curbside Cupcake Van
courtesy of Mr. T in DC
Happy Monday, y’all! Too much enthusiasm? Sip your coffee then and check out where the food trucks are roaming today.
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By Gio, Nats Make it Worth the Wait
Bryce Harper – Arizona at Washington – 5/1/12
courtesy of dmbosstone
The game was scheduled to begin at 1:35, and around that time the Nats faithful were watching baseball at Nats Park, but it was the Braves vs. the Dodgers instead of the Nationals vs. the Mets. For two hours and 26 minutes Nats fans were literally scoreboard watching as the Dodgers and Braves game was shown on the big board at Nats Park. Those fans in the stands cheered on the Dodgers as they took an early lead on the Braves and were happy to see it held up shortly after the Nationals got underway just after 4:00 PM.
The late arriving game did not disappoint the fans as Gio Gonzalez worked around some control issues. Gio pitched 5 2/3 innings, did not have a clean inning, and only struck out three. The real story of the afternoon was the Nats offense or more pointedly the 19 year old Bryce Harper. It has been awhile since Harper has been the most impressive player in the game, but with a triple and homer that glanced off the facing of the second deck he is on this afternoon.
A Strange and Magical Season Goes Grand
04.03.11 – Nats v Braves-4
courtesy of MudflapDC
In a season of clown questions, weird wusses, joy rubs, and hot stuff there was one thing that Nats hadn’t done on their march to the best record in baseball. Before this evening the Nats had yet to hit a grand-slam. The team with the fifth most homers in the National League had hit exactly zero of their 127 with the bases loaded, but in the fourth inning trailing 2-0 to the New York Mets Michael Morse did exactly that.
Since throwing the first no-hitter in Mets history Johan Santana has not been the same. He hasn’t not just been not no-hit good again. He has been downright bad. In his nine starts following his no-hitter he had a 7.98 ERA and failed to make it further than five innings in all but three of those starts. Tonight though looked different. With an umpire crew on the field who had called two perfect games this season Johan Santana was perfect through three innings, but then came the fourth inning and the Nats second look at him.
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Lobstah Roll Lunch
courtesy of kimberlyfaye
Come on, let’s be real. Lunch from a food truck would be way better than whatever you packed for today. Splurge.
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Carnivore BBQ
courtesy of yostinator
Turn that frown upside down, Charlie Brown! Yeah, that document you were working on might have crashed. But that just means it’s time to step outside and get some food truck lunch.
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TaKorean Sampler
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You look like you could use a break. Head out to a food truck on your lunch hour today.
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Pleasant Pops Food Truck
courtesy of Mr. T in DC
No, it hasn’t just been your imagination–it has been one of the hottest summers on record. To help you cool off and get thinking about climate change, Pleasant Pops and Climate Reality Project are offering free pops this week today through August 18th.
Here’s how it works: tweet or post to Facebook about how the extreme weather has impacted your life with the hashtag, #ImTooHot, and you’ll get a free pop. See below for the full list of locations Pleasant Pops will be at this week, and of course, check our handy strEATS-powered map.
– Tuesday, August 14th: 11AM-3PM, Farragut Square (17th and K NW)
– Wednesday, August 15th: 12-2PM, West End (24th and M NW) and 3-7 PM, Foggy Bottom/ George Washington University Farmers’ Market
– Thursday, August 16th: 11AM-2:30PM, push cart and truck at the White House Farmers Market and 3-4PM at Farragut Square
– Friday August 17th: 11AM-3PM, Franklin Park (13th and K NW)
– Saturday August 18th: 9AM-1PM, Mt. Pleasant Farmers’ Market
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By Mickey
Hot Ticket: Marina and the Diamonds, Ms Mr @ 9:30 Club, 8/14/12
Marina & the Diamonds at Showbox at the Market – Seattle on 2012-07-14 – _DSC5364.NEF
courtesy of laviddichterman
What can I say? This show has been sold out for quite some time. But you should definitely see if any of your friends has a spare ticket!
Welsh-born Marina Diamandis is an awesome and attractive presence in the burgeoning new wave scene. She has all of the sophistication and self-awareness of a post-modern Madonna with a healthy infusion of attitude from off-kilter new wave women like Lene Lovich and Toni Basil. The final product is undeniably hot and sounds more exciting to my ears than almost anything else being released right now. Marina’s second album, Electra Heart, dropped last month, bringing with it a fuller sound and an even more intense interest in glam ballads than her simpler albeit totally fun debut.
Ms Mr, visiting from Brooklyn, bring with them a newly released dreampop song “Hurricane” — an initial listen to which pleasantly places them alongside contemporaries like The Hundred in the Hands. The unnamed female vocalist (Ms) and unnamed male synthesizer player (Mr) have preferred to remain mysterious to the press so far, but their talents will be on display Tuesday night as Marina’s opening act.
If you had them, tickets to this all ages show would have cost you $22 plus fees. If you don’t have them, check with those aforementioned friends for extra tickets, search Craigslist, or go stand in front of the 9:30 Club begging for them. You won’t regret it. Doors at 7pm; Marina at 9:30pm.
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PB whoopie from Wonky
courtesy of yostinator
Whoopie! It’s a new week. Oh, not that exciting? Well then eat a whoopie pie to make it better.
By Tom Bridge
Jack White, ZZ Top and Skrillex headline Virgin Free Fest
Tickets for the massively huge – and massively free – fall music festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion put on by Virgin Mobile, go on “sale” (er, go on free) Friday the 24th at 12pm. Headlining the main stage this year are Jack White, Santigold, Das Racist, Ben Folds Five and Portgual. The Man. Also showing up are Skrillex, ZZ Top, Nas, Alabama Shakes, Future Islands and Justin Jones. DC favorites The Dismemberment Plan are also on the bill, and given the reports of new material, that’s one that D-Plan fans are going to want to hit.
If you follow the @virginmlive twitter account, you’ll be able to access the pre-sale on the 23rd. See the sweet announcement starring fans of the festival online, too.
By Tom Bridge
Washington of 80 years ago
A friend passed along this wonderful piece of Americana from the Works Progress Administration that shows Washington D.C. (mostly the federal city) from 1936. There’s a saddlery still in the city at this point, as well as a number of new and fancy automobiles on the streets of the District. Amazingly, it’s far enough in the past that Columbus Circle isn’t under construction! The film’s originating point makes it largely a rah-rah nation-on-the-move sort of feel, but it’s still worth watching.
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Truckeroo Food Truck
courtesy of GuidedbyTim
Don’t forget that today is the second to last Truckeroo of the season! Food trucks, live music and games? Sounds like a pretty good way to spend a Friday to me.
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By Tom Bridge
DC Food poster part of Kickstarter campaign
Yesterday, a friend reached out to me to tell me about a beautiful Kickstarter project for various cities called Delicious City Prints. I talked with its creator Roni Lagin, about working on a DC version. He’d been thinking of doing just that, and this pushed him over the line. You can back the project (which is already funded!) for as little as a buck (and get iPhone wallpaper) or get postcards for $10, or a lovely 18″x24″ print for $25.