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The Washington Nationals have a golden opportunity to win another series with a win today. A lot of the outcome could come on the arm of Jake Irvin who up until 4 1/3 innings ago had an 0.84 ERA and enters this game with a 5.50 ERA. In those 4 1/3 innings, Irvin gave up 12-runs of which 10 were earned runs.

The Washington Nationals showed their never give-up play on the field as they tied up the game 3-3 late last night, but the bullpen and a bizarre defensive play cost them another win. It was CJ Abrams as the Nats potential power hero once again as he blasted an upper deck two-run shot and then Lane Thomas went back-to-back. But one of the strangest plays you will ever see was turned in by Dom Smith as he was the cutoff man on a throw from Thomas, and Smith inexplicably gloved a ball that was on a lasered line set for Keibert Ruiz that should have been the third out, but instead was the go-ahead run and a momentum killer on the Nats.

The Washington Nationals won their last series against the Tigers, and now have the Padres in town for three games. It is another look at the Juan Soto trade as he returns in a Padres’ uniform while the Nats have MacKenzie Gore starting this game with CJ Abrams at shortstop. If only James Wood and Robert Hassell III were ready to play would this feel like a complete reunion.

The Washington Nationals finally got back into the win column yesterday, and with the 5-2 win the Nats can go for the series win today with Josiah Gray starting. In the last 12.5 innings, the Nats have outscored the Tigers 11-2. Unfortunately the first 5.5 innings counted on Friday’s game when the Tigers put eight runs on the board.

The Washington Nationals are mired in a 4-game losing streak where they lost these games by an average of 1 1/2 runs per game. Each game seems to have one mistake you can circle as the reason for the loss. They say you lose as a team, and it is never about one play. Everything still seems to go back to the start of this losing streak when the Nats held a 2-run lead in the 9th inning and blew the save via a Marlins’ walk-off home run.