The Orioles are in the midst of a historically terrible season, with 50 losses in their first 71 games and owners of the worst record in the majors.
To their credit plenty of orange-clad fans were sprinkled among the home red Tuesday night at Nationals Park. But it was again an unhappy ending for the visitors as the Nationals rallied for four runs in the fifth and four more in the seventh for a 9-7 victory over the Orioles before a crowd of 33,391 fans.
Washington (39-32) entered the contest 3 1/2 games back of first-place Atlanta in the National League and snapped a four-game losing streak as shortstop Trea Turner was 4-for-4 with a homer and double.