Nats Lose Fourth Straight, Foster Griffin Seeks Home Win

0:00On April 4th, the Washington Nationals kept sliding with a 10-to-5 loss to the Dodgers on Saturday, marking their fourth straight defeat to open, the 20-26 season. The Dodgers dominated early, building a 5-0 lead by the end of the second inning and never looking back. Jake Irvin took the mound for his second start, but things went south quick. He allowed six earned runs on eight hits over four innings with four. Strikeouts in two walks, leaving the Nads in a deep hole at 6-1. The Nads scraped together some fight back moments, like new addition Curtis Meade, notching his first hit as a national with a double that drove in CJ. Abrams for a run. Abrams kept shining late, crushing his third homer of the year, a 3-61 footer to right field. Now sitting at three wins and five losses, Washington heads into Sunday series finale at home, first pitch at 1.35 p.m. Foster Griffin steps up for his second start with the team, aiming to snap the skid.

1:00If they pull it off, it'd be their first home victory fingers crossed the bat's wake-up and the pitching holds firm to turn this rough start around. That's the story for today. Washington Nationals News Today, driven by AI, I'm Corey with The Story.