Day 11 - Washington DC

Start: Cranston, RI
Stop: Washington DC – Nationals Park – Washington Nationals vs. Texas Rangers
Finish: Silver Spring, MD

After waking up in the smallest state in the nation, we grabbed a quick breakfast and got on the road once again. After getting in tons of toll road traffic, we finally made it to the Silver Springs Days Inn at around 5:45, when we were hoping to get there at about 4. I hate traffic. Anyways, we got on the Metro train, (Red Line towards Shady Grove) took a change to the Green line, and made it to Nationals Park at around 6:30. We took our pictures outside and tried to make our way into the stadium, but Eric’s ticket wouldn’t scan. He had to go to the ticket booth and wait for a long time, but in the end he got a cool looking ticket, so it was worth it. We bought our souvenirs and made our way to our seats next to the Rangers bullpen in left field.

As the game got underway, Jason guessed that a Ranger would hit a home run into our section. Eric even said that Ian Kinsler, the Rangers’ leadoff hitter would hit one out as the first batter. Sure enough, Kinsler jacked one into the Rangers bullpen just 20 feet away from us. Unfortunately, the guys in the pen threw it in another direction, so we didn’t get the ball. After that, we settled down in our seats and enjoyed the game. The stadium was very beautiful (it is a brand new park) and the game was enjoyable. Jason got some nachos, Eric got a Frito pie, and I got chili cheese fries, and they were all very tasty. We sat back and enjoyed the Rangers kill the Nationals in the 7th inning, in which they scored 7 runs. They ended up winning the game in easy fashion, 13-3. It was a great win for the Rangers!

After the game, we headed towards the Metro station and got on the train with the rest of the remaining crowd. On the way back, we had a nice discussion with some general baseball fans that were at the game. They had been to Fenway, Yankee Stadium, and Oriole Park in the past couple of days, just for fun. We joked around and then got off the train at our stop. Now we have to get up early tomorrow to go to Pittsburgh so good night!

Game Result: Rangers win 13-3
Record: 5-4