It was a rough one in the District tonight, as the Nationals dropped a 6-1 snoozer to the Milwaukee Brewers in game one of this weekend’s three-game series. The Nats were just outclassed tonight by a Brewers’ pitching attack led by their young ace Jacob Misiorowski, who unfortunately had to exit the game early tonight due to an apparent leg injury, but still managed to hold the Nats to zero hits over his 5.1 dominant innings. Jake Irvin struggled in numerous capacities tonight, but on the scoreboard — it was his defense who made it worse. We’ll go over those throughout this article, but all in all, not a great night to begin the homestand. Let’s get into it.
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