The Washington Nationals just couldn’t get over the hump on Thursday afternoon as they lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-5. With the loss, the Nationals lost two of three games against the Pirates. Natioanls could have really used atleast one more win the series but it just didn’t work out that way.
Jason Bergmann only pitched 4 2/3 innings for the Nationals as he gave up eight hits and six runs. Only four of the six runs were earned but he still did a poor job of pitching. The Pirates jumped all over Bergmann, and the Nationals could never really recover.
Cristian Guzman had three rbi to lead the Nationals at the plate while Elijah Dukes wasn’t too far behind with two rbi. The rest of the lineup (3-8) didn’t do a whole lot in the game as all the production came from Guzman and Dukes in the first and second spots in the order.
The Nationals will now board a plane and head out to Seattle to take on a the Mariners in a interleague series.
