There is no sport no American than baseball so it's only fitting that baseball in Washington D.C. has become a tradition. Go to a game, eat hot dogs, drink beer and watch the fireworks in the Nation's Capital, now that's a tradition.
The game started at 11 a.m. and fireworks were scheduled for the evening but those fireworks came much earlier than expected. The fireworks arrived in the bottom of the first inning. With last year's World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner on the hill, the fireworks started on the very first pitch he threw as Michael Taylor homered to left field. Two batters later, Bryce Harper hits a two run shot to make it 3-0.
By the time Bumgarner left the game, he allowed six runs over five innings. Besides all the offense that Taylor and Harper provided, Tyler Moore had four RBI's with his biggest ones coming in the sixth inning with a double down the left field line to score Yunel Escobar and Ian Desmond. The only thing that wasn't good for the Nats was when starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg left the game in the fourth inning because of left-side tightness. Tanner Roark filled in and got his fifth win of the season.
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