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World Series: 3 Takeaways from Nationals dramatic Game 6 win

By Jake Mastroianni

HOUSTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 29: Juan Soto #22 of the Washington Nationals tosses the bat toward first base coach Tim Bogar #24 (not pictured) after hitting a solo home run against the Houston Astros during the fifth inning in Game Six of the 2019 World Series at Minute Maid Park on October 29, 2019 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 29: Juan Soto #22 of the Washington Nationals tosses the bat toward first base coach Tim Bogar #24 (not pictured) after hitting a solo home run against the Houston Astros during the fifth inning in Game Six of the 2019 World Series at Minute Maid Park on October 29, 2019 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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HOUSTON, TEXAS – OCTOBER 29: Juan  Soto #22 of the Washington Nationals tosses the bat toward first base coach Tim Bogar #24 after hitting a solo home run against the Houston Astros during the fifth inning in Game Six of the 2019 World Series at Minute Maid Park on October 29, 2019 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TEXAS – OCTOBER 29: Juan  Soto #22 of the Washington Nationals tosses the bat toward first base coach Tim Bogar #24 after hitting a solo home run against the Houston Astros during the fifth inning in Game Six of the 2019 World Series at Minute Maid Park on October 29, 2019 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /

Plenty of fireworks

There were plenty of fireworks in this game, and not many of them actually happened during game action.

Alex Bregman got it all started when he hit a first inning home run and carried his bat all the way to first base. That took a lot of people by surprise, including his first base coach, and seemingly rubbed a lot of the Nationals players the wrong way.

Juan Soto responded in the fifth inning when he hit a solo home run and carried his bat all the way to first base, dropping it off at the feet of the first base coach.

This was a really fun moment in the game, especially for Nationals fans, to see Soto respond to the arrogance of Bregman. I don’t think we’ve seen the last of this episode.

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And then things really got crazy in the seventh inning when Trea Turner was called out on batter interference for running inside the first baseline and running into Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel.

Had home plate umpire Sam Holbrook not made that call, which was questionable, to say the least, the Nationals would have had runners on second and third with no outs.

We had about a 10 minute delay as the umpires reviewed or talked about the rule — it’s still unclear what they were doing on the headsets for so long.

And then the Nationals tried to put the game under protest but were told they couldn’t.

The angst of Nationals fans was somewhat put to rest because Anthony Rendon hit a two-run home run, but that didn’t satisfy Dave Martinez who blew a gasket in between innings and got tossed.

Nationals fans now understand the frustration from Atlanta Braves fans with Sam Holbrook as he made another very questionable, potential game-changing call, in the postseason.

Luckily, it didn’t affect the outcome and the Nationals still won.

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