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It is just a broken record this week on the three losses — that it is not only the errors that show up in the box score, but also the misplays and miss-reads that don’t show up with the “E” like the routine flyball off the bat of Freddie Freeman to Joey Meneses in right field that just was not caught and helped lead to a four run inning for the Dodgers advantage. We say it all the time that the Washington Nationals just are not good enough at this point in the their rebuild to make unforced errors and survive it. Actually, we wrote that exact sentence yesterday. It bears repeating.

We say it all the time that the Washington Nationals just are not good enough at this point in the their rebuild to make unforced errors and survive it. On Sunday, it was a grounder through the wickets on Dom Smith, and last night was a grounder booted by CJ Abrams that led to six unearned runs. The Nats were actually leading 1-0 at the time. With two tough losses in a row, the road does not get easier tonight as the suddenly struggling Jake Irvin has to face the Dodgers’ best pitcher in Tony Gonsolin.

The Washington Nationals looked like they were ready to celebrate their first series win since August of 2021 in yesterday’s game, but it was not meant to be. From a MacKenzie Gore 7.0 inning gem and a 2-1 lead into the eighth inning, it all slipped away on the team’s 11th blown save, and 11th bullpen loss. An error by the normally sure-handed Dom Smith, in Bill Buckner style, turned into the winning run in the final inning for the Royals. The Nats will now face the Dodgers for three games with this contest marking the one-third pole in the season.

The Washington Nationals notched another come-from-behind win last night in Kansas City. This team is playing exciting baseball, and tomorrow they will reach the one-third mark in the season. Since that trip to l’étoile du nord, “the star of the north”, in Minnesota, the Nats are 18-16 in that 34-game stretch, and while that sounds good for a rebuilding team — fact is that is the fourth best record in that span for NL teams.

The Washington Nationals authored a KC masterpiece with a relentless offensive explosion last night scoring 12-runs, and led by a 6-for-6 performance by Luis Garcia. All of a sudden, he is batting .288, and he tied Anthony Rendon for the only Nat with 6-hits in a game. Rendon did that back on April 30, 2017.

Unfortunately, the Nats 9-3 lead was not the laugher it was supposed to be with a scare in the 7th inning. Starter Patrick Corbin came out for that inning after a shaky 6th inning in which he gave up a run, and a pitch count of 92. It appeared he was done with a Quality Start, but there he was for the 7th and he put three runners on-base with no outs before he retired his first out and was pulled.

The Washington Nationals are back on the road, and woke up today in Kansas City, Missouri for a weekend series against the Royals. Tonight, it is Patrick Corbin on the mound with the hopes of getting back in the win column.