The Nationals have now lost five straight games as their ninth inning rally came up short. For 8 innings, it was more of the same from the offense. They did absolutely nothing and looked totally lost at the plate. The boys at the top of the lineup came to life in the 9th, but the bottom of the order could not come through.
The Nationals got into a hole early when Michael Soroka gave up a 3 run homer to Jeff McNeil. There were some questionable calls by the umpire to get it to that point, but with Keibert Ruiz’s inability to frame, we are on the wrong end of borderline calls more often than not.