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The Washington Nationals inconsistent offense went from 0-0-to-9 last night in such a 2025 Nats’ way, once again beating an All-Star pitcher after two straight games of being shutout. The Nats send their Minnesota kid to the mound this afternoon in Jake Irvin.

The Washington Nationals offense was once again shutout and almost lifeless. The scoreless streak ratcheted up to 21 painful innings without crossing the plate. To lose 1-0 and create no small ball was surprising. But as usual, this team seems to go as James Wood goes. He had one of his worst games of the season last night en route to an 0-4 with three strikeouts. The team is 15-48 when Wood doesn’t drive in a run.

The Washington Nationals start their weekend series tonight in Minnesota, a team with a lineage that began as the original Washington Senators. In fact, Bucky Harris, the unlikely player/manager of the 1924 World Series champion Washington Senators, is still that franchise’s winningest manager in Senators/Twins history with 1,336 wins. Harris made his permanent home in Montgomery County, Maryland like many baseball players back in the day.

The Twins began as Walter Johnson‘s original Washington Senators team when they relocated for the 1961 season when it was Harmon Killebrew’s Senators and the Griffiths relocated them to the L’Étoile du Nord.

The Washington Nationals might be down to the final start at Nationals Park for pitcher Michael Soroka and a few teammates as the team departs on a road trip after today’s game that will take them to the trade deadline. The Nationals will not play at home again until August 1 when they play the best team in baseball — the Milwaukee Brewers. We will see if Soroka raises his stock today.

While the Nationals won the first two games of this series, the Reds have not been swept in a 3-game series this season. After today’s game, the Nationals have a day-off tomorrow and just 60-games on the schedule. Before they begin a weekend series against the team in Minnesota, remember that the Twins began as Walter Johnson‘s original Washington Senators team until the 1961 season when his Senators and the Griffiths relocated to the L’Étoile du Nord.