The Brewers’ offense showed signs of life on Friday night, but the Nationals tallied 19 hits to extend Milwaukee’s losing streak to seven games with an 11-5 defeat.
Aaron Ashby was unable to repeat the success of his last three starts, coughing up six runs in 4 2⁄3 innings.
Maikel Franco took him deep in the bottom of the fourth, but it was otherwise death by a million paper cuts for Ashby, who allowed 13 hits.
The southpaw encountered some tough luck on batted balls, with much of the damage coming on soft singles that found holes.