Palms 4, Nationals 1

 Despite the scoreline, the near complete game from Blake Johnston, and the three home runs to seal a season ending sweep, there were many handshakes, hugs and even a few tears in the clubhouse, as the sun set on the 2018 season, with the Palms narrowly missing the playoffs.. The Palms are seemingly at the end of an era, as the 2019 iteration of the clubs looks to be substantially different. Overhauls to the pitching and catching battery are expected, due to retirements and free agency, not to mention the usual tinkering iwth the rest of the lineup and bullpen. Until next year!

 Miami Palms 4, Washington Nationals 1
 Sunday, September 30, 2018
 
 
 Miami Palms (96-66)                                      Washington Nationals (1-4)                              
 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      
 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      
 Grant 1b        4  1  1  0  0  1  12 0  0  2   .300      Robles cf       4  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   .222
 Abreu ss        4  0  0  0  0  2  0  2  0  0   .316      Turner ss       4  0  0  0  0  2  1  3  0  1   .217
 Sohn rf         4  1  1  1  0  1  1  0  0  0   .300      Harper rf       4  1  2  0  0  0  1  0  0  0   .217
 Gonzalez 2b     4  1  2  2  0  1  0  2  0  0   .270      Rendon 3b       4  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   .217
 Korb 3b         4  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  1   .295      Soto lf         3  0  1  0  1  0  6  0  0  0   .273
 Ruiz c          4  0  1  0  0  1  5  0  0  0   .264      Reynolds 1b     3  0  2  1  0  0  8  1  0  0   .417
 Jankowski cf    4  1  2  1  0  0  5  0  0  0   .266      Sanchez 2b      4  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  4   .125
 Markakis lf     4  0  1  0  0  2  3  0  0  0   .274      Kieboom c       3  0  1  0  0  0  9  0  0  1   .167
 Johnston p      3  0  0  0  0  1  0  4  0  1   .000      Fedde p         3  0  0  0  0  0  2  2  0  0   .000
 
                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---            
 Totals          35 4  8  4  0  9  27 9  0  4             Totals          32 1  6  1  1  4  27 7  0  6  
 
 
                              1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10     R  H  E
                              -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Miami Palms                  2  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0         4  8  0  
 Washington Nationals         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1         1  6  0  
 
 
 
 LOB- Miami Palms 4, Washington Nationals 6; 2B- Harper(1), Soto(2), Reynolds(1), Kieboom(1);
 HR- Gonzalez(29), Sohn(20), Jankowski(11); RBI- Gonzalez 2(99), Sohn(86), Jankowski(54),
 Reynolds(1); SF- Reynolds(1); RLSP- Grant, Turner, Sanchez 2, Kieboom;  
 
 
 
 
 
 Miami Palms                     IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Johnston(W 13-15)               8.2  6  1  1  1  4    4.66  
 Matusz(S, 43)                   0.1  0  0  0  0  0    3.88  
 
 Washington Nationals            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Fedde(L 0-1)                    8.0  8  4  4  0  7    4.50  
 Collins                         1.0  0  0  0  0  2    0.00  
 
 Inherited runners-scored- Matusz; Pitches-strikes- Johnston 104-69, Matusz 2-2,
 Fedde 99-65, Collins 11-8; Batters faced- Johnston 33, Matusz, Fedde 32, Collins 3;
 
Player of the Game: Jaspero Gonzalez

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