Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper wore a grey Vegas hockey T-shirt late Friday, an ode to his hometown team in the NHL.
But the luck of Vegas or its playoff hockey team is not rubbing off on Harper or his teammates.
The Nationals lost a one-run game for the seventh time this season, falling 5-4 to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. Washington is now 1-7 in one-run games and began the day five games back of the first-place New York Mets in the NL East.
“We have to keep going.