The Washington Nationals bullpen failed to hold a late-inning lead once again and the Baltimore Orioles completed a three-game sweep beating the Nats 5-4 at Nats Park.
Up 4-3 going to the eighth courtesy of a two-run seventh-inning rally, Blake Treinen was summoned to keep the status quo. He did not, allowing a single and homer to the first two batters he faced — the latter to lefty swinging Matt Wieters — and the Nats were unable to scratch anything out against the O’s pen. [Read more…]