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Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo told 106.7 the FAN in D.C.’s Sports Junkies this week that he and the rest of the front office were doing what they could to try to straighten out the bullpen in the nation’s capital.

After Joe Ross (3 ER), Tony Sipp (1 ER), and Sean Doolittle (1 ER) each gave up runs in the 12-10 win on Friday night, the Nationals’ bullpen, as a group, had a National League worst 7.06 ERA, a 5.26 FIP (also the NL’s worst), an NL-high .338 BABIP-against, a .