Those heady days (or that day, really) of having a .500 ballclub in D.C. seems like a lovely, but distant, memory at this point, though it was just five games back. But after the three-game sweep at the hands of the Phillies in Citizens Bank Park, the Nationals have now lost five straight overall, falling to 20-25 with an 11-5 loss in the series finale in Philadelphia.
It started out okay on Sunday, with Trevor Williams giving up two runs early, before the Nats, with a two-run home run by Eddie Rosario in the fourth, tied things up at 2-2, and even took the lead in the fifth, when Jesse Winker homered off Philies’ starter Aaron Nola, but the Phils tied it up and took the lead in the fifth, then kept scoring as Nola settled in for seven strong in which he gave up just two hits, three walks, and three runs, two earned.