Nationals Lose Heartbreaker, Bullpen Struggles

0:00On April 8th, the Washington Nationals dropped another heartbreaker and extra innings, losing one nothing to the St. Louis Cardinals in 10 innings on Tuesday night. It's the second time this season they've fallen by a single run that deep into a game, leaving them at four wins and seven losses after dropping six. Of their last seven, the bullpen imploded late, coughing up five runs from the seventh inning on, with pictures like PJ Poland and Gus Varlin surrendering home runs right. After walks to open their outings, Cole Henry then allowed a pair of doubles in the 10th for the winners and the staff issued 10 free passes total, pushing the NAS to the top of the. National League with 53 walks already, manager Blake Boutera called it surprising, especially after solid spring training vibes, stressing you can't beat Big Lee hitters when you're constantly behind in the count. He doesn't want to overreact to one rough night, but plans to mix up leverage roles to give other arms a shot. Bright spots got buried though. James Wood crushed his third homer in three days and CJ Abrams stretched his hitch streak to a game straight.

1:06Still, with starters struggling and three late leads, flipped to losses in just the leaven games. This young squad faces real tests through April. As president of baseball operations Paul Taboni watches those late game slips pile up. The real question is how they'll steady the ship before the re. Skid turns into a season ender. This has been Washington Nationals news today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.