The Washington Nationals are now mired in a 5-game losing streak. Defensive mistakes have been costly, and of course the umpiring was a factor in yesterday’s disappointing loss.
Nats’ manager Dave Martinez‘s bullpen was shaky in the stats but the umpiring was certainly a factor in the issues. Martinez used five of his eight relievers, and Kyle Finnegan has not seen the mound since his blowup the day before the trade deadline when the start to the losing streak got momentum like an avalanche.
The Nationals are slight underdogs today, at +105 to win on the moneyline. That means if you bet $100 you would win $105. Bet $10.00 and you win $10.50.
This is what the Nats schedule looks like going forward:
- Saturday: DJ Herz vs. Brewers
- Sunday: Mitchell Parker vs. Brewers
- Monday: Patrick Corbin vs. Giants
- Tuesday: MacKenzie Gore vs. Giants
- Wednesday: Jake Irvin vs. Giants
- Thursday: Herz vs. Giants
- Friday: Parker vs. Angels
- Saturday: Corbin vs. Angels
- Sunday: Gore vs. Angels
- Monday: Day-off (August 12)
Your top Washington Nationals on the FanGraphs’ WAR leaderboard have CJ Abrams back atop of the position WAR rankings at +2.1 with Luis Garcia Jr. and Jacob Young at +1.9. In total, 22 Nats’ players are in positive WAR and another seven are at a neutral 0.0 WAR.
“Jake was good. Too many pitches. Not too many pitches, but he was at 110 pitches. Under the circumstances, I thought that was pretty good. I told him there will come a day where you stay in the game, but not right now.”
— Nats’ manager Dave Martinez said after yesterday’s game
The Nats starting pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.46 and 23rd in MLB.
Here is how they rank:
No. 5 Starter: Patrick Corbin 5.88
No. 4 Starter: DJ Herz 4.79
No. 3 Starter: MacKenzie Gore 4.54
No. 2 Starter: Mitchell Parker 4.31
No. 1 Starter: Jake Irvin 3.56
Washington Nationals vs. Milwaukee Brewers
Stadium: Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.
1st Pitch: 4:05 pm EDT
TV: MASN
Radio: 106.7 The Fan radio and via the MLB app; In Spanish on DC 87.7 FM and La Pantera 100.7 FM/1220 AM. On Sirius/XM, tune to Channel 176 for the home broadcast and the road team is online only.
Line-up subject to change (without notice):
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Game 111:
The Nationals lost on 08/04 on the road against the Diamondbacks in a record of 58-53. They won’t drop below .500 the rest of the season. The Nats are in second place in the NL East. But you knew this already. Box Score / Standings
The Senators won on 08/12 at home against the Cleveland Indians resulting in a record of 61-50. Box Score / Standings
