Before the Washington Nationals were shut out 8-0 in Tuesday night’s series opener with Milwaukee, Nats’ skipper Dusty Baker talked about the difficult stretch ahead with a couple good teams visiting the nation’s capital this week in the Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado Rockies.
The matchup with the NL Central leading Brewers, in particular, would be a difficult one, Baker said, because they have a relatively young team the Nationals still didn’t know very well.