Washington’s Nationals have lost three straight in Atlanta, four straight overall, and five of the last six, scuffling at exactly the wrong moment.
The Braves now have a 10.0 game lead in the NL East, though the Nationals are still atop the NL Wild Card standings (+2.0).
Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez talked after last night’s game, a 5-4 loss in SunTrust Park, about the pressure of the stretch run.
“September, a lot of things go on,” Martinez said. “One, we’re in a pennant race. Two, it’s the last month, everyone is trying to put up numbers, but just hey, it takes the whole team, remember I said that, it takes everybody on the roster to participate and everybody’s got to do their job, and when we do that, we’re really good.