A 2-4 homestand after a 1-5 road trip left the Washington Nationals 4-12 overall after 16 games into the month of August, and now Davey Martinez’s club is back on the West Coast for a six-game road trip to San Diego (4) and Seattle (2). So it does not get any easier.
“We just got to continue to battle,” the Nats’ skipper told reporters after a 3-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday in D.C. “Continue to work. I think we’re playing good baseball. Our defense is playing a lot better.
“Today was just, there was no run-production.