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The Washington Nationals are now on a five-game skid that began at Nationals Park after a successful 6-3 road trip. Parts of the team have looked flat. Manager Dave Martinez and general manager Mike Rizzo are looking for answers. They have changed up the lineup as well as the roster.

The pitching is .42 runs worse at home games in ERAs of 5.01 versus 4.59 on the road, but more so it is the offense that has scored 3.56 runs at home per game versus 4.61 on the road and that is a 1.05 differential per game. Add the .42 difference in ERA and the difference is nearly 1.50 runs per game, and now you see why the team is 13-32 at home, and 21-22 on the road.

The Washington Nationals are on a four-game skid and the schedule does not get easier with the first place Texas Rangers in town for the final weekend before the All-Star break. This is an historic time for the Washington Nationals as they will pick second in the draft for the first time ever on Sunday, and they have their top-2 prospects going to the All-Star Future’s Game tomorrow.

As we balance the present with the future, it is taking the bad as the losses at Nationals Park keeps piling up, and the team has a horrific 13-31 record in D.C. They just look like a team at home that plays with a lack of energy. Why that is? It’s anyone’s guess. When you look at a team on the road that is 21-22 which is just one game short of .500 baseball, you have to scratch your head.

The Washington Nationals are on a three-game skid in this four-game series against the Cincinnati Reds, and what the Nats need is a Curly W to salvage this series. The Nats home losses at Nationals Park keeps mounting, and they have a horrific 13-30 record in D.C.

The Washington Nationals are on a two-game skid in this four-game series against Cincinnati Reds, and what the Nats need is a Curly W. The team has their lone All-Star on the mound with Josiah Gray, and the team needs him to step up. This will be Gray’s final game before the All-Star game in Seattle.

The Washington Nationals had their largest crowd of the year last night, and it might have been even larger if there wasn’t the threat of rain that delayed the start of the game. Officially, the attendance was 36,290, and the overwhelming majority of the fans were cheering for the Nats. Most stayed for the postgame fireworks. But the die-hards left the stadium wondering how they lost another winnable game. Those who have attended all 41 games at Nationals Park have only seen 13 wins. Let that sink in for a minute. Home teams are supposed to have a home field advantage. Supposed to. That .317 winning percentage is pathetic, truth be told.

The Washington Nationals are finally back in Washington, D.C. after returning from a very successful 6-3 road trip from San Diego to Seattle to Philadelphia in which the Nats won all three series. This was the best showing on winning three consecutive road series since 2017. The Nats have played baseball at just one-game under .500 on the road this season, but the home record is an horrific .325 winning percentage. Why? That’s an article for another day.

The Washington Nationals got a reality check yesterday that their front of the bullpen is absolutely horrible. Three pitchers, Amos Willingham, Joe La Sorsa, and Thaddeus Ward, gave up four runs each for a cool dozen. On the good side, the final three pitchers in were good. Cory Abbott threw a scoreless inning, and Jose Ferrer in his MLB debut had an 18 K/9 1-2-3 inning while striking out J.T. Realmuto and inducing a weak 6-3 groundout from Bryce Harper. Position player Ildemaro Vargas pitched the final frame and went 1-2-3 on the Phillies. Okay, La Sorsa got BABIP’d badly, but Willingham and Ward both got rocked by hard contact and three combined home runs. In all, the Nats lost 19-4 after starter MacKenzie Gore had a blister and was abused for seven earnies — his worst career start.