The numbers for the Nationals are stark. On Tuesday night, they lost to the Brewers, their third straight defeat and 10th in their last 13. At 14–21, they’re seven games under .500 for the first time since Sept. 18, 2011—their last pre-Bryce Harper season before this one. (Harper, in case you were wondering, hit a grand slam on Tuesday for the Phillies, because the universe is cruel like that.) They trail Philadelphia, which walloped the Cardinals, by six games already in the NL East and are closer to the last-place Marlins than to the top of the division.
Nationals Crisis: Washington Quickly Spirals Toward Disaster in D.C.
