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The best news I have for you all is that compared to last night’s game, the Washington Nationals played much better today. That wasn’t a very high bar, but at least they only lost by 6-runs and not seven. The Brewers came out in the first inning today and put up three runs in the first inning to pick up where they left off last night, but to the Nats’ pitching staff’s credit, this game did not turn into the disaster that last night was, or anything resembling it.

The Washington Nationals lost by a touchdown. “It doesn’t get more abysmal than this,” was a thought from one of the Apple TV broadcasters calling the game tonight. And I couldn’t have said it better myself. The Nationals just allowed 25 hits and 16 runs in a game to a team whose manager sat in the dugout eating ‘pocket’ pancakes during the game.

The more shocking thing is that the Nats were at one point winning this game, if only major league games were just an inning long. This was most definitely not the game to watch alone in my dark bedroom, so let’s do the most healthy thing I can think of to do and go right back over how we got here.

The month of July was not kind to Mackenzie Gore, and this afternoon, amid swirling rumors connecting him to multiple potential trade destinations, he certainly didn’t make himself look any better. To be clear, nobody in a Nationals uniform did much to make themselves look good today; it was just yet another instance of the Nats playing horribly with a series win on the line.

We knew the winning streak would have to end at some point. I would’ve liked to see it last a little longer than three days, but that’s baseball. Compared to the high-energy style of play that we’ve seen from this team over the past few days, tonight wasn’t really a huge fall from that trend; they were just out-executed on numerous occasions throughout tonight’s game.