The Nationals dropped the opening game of their four game series with the Giants. The loss came against one of San Francisco’s worst pitchers, Ryan Vogelsong. The Nationals could not muster the critical hits when they needed them.
The Nationals had chances to score runs against Vogelsong. As seems to happen at least once in every game, the Nationals loaded the bases and could not get a runner in. They had runners on the corners in another inning with one out and could not get the runner in from third.
Vogelsong walked four batters.