After returning from the All-Star Break with a sweep in Pittsburgh and two-win day against Cincinnati, the San Francisco Giants dropped the last two against the Reds and continued their fall with a 3-game sweep against the cellar-dwelling Washington Nationals.
Sunday’s 6-1 loss sealed the Giants 1-5 season record against D.C. 6 games that will rank high (along with their series in Detroit and Kansas City) on the list of potential ass-biters if/when the division or wild card races come down to the wire.
The sweep was Washington’s first in more than two years, out scoring San Francisco 21 to 5 over the weekend, and 18 to 2 since Joc Pederson’s 2-run homer in the 3rd inning of Friday’s game.