Brady House, Nationals' defense playing on shaky ground, fall to Brewers
Washington defenders ranked last in the MLB. It's falling fast.
Brady House, Nationals' defense playing on shaky ground, fall to Brewers originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Washington Nationals need a stronger defense.
Through the first inning of Saturday's matchup against the Milwaukee Brewers , the Nationals' collective fielding percentage continued to fall -- fast. Third baseman Brady House booted a bases-loaded ground ball, leading to an early three-run deficit. All three runs were unearned and they proved to be the difference in a 4-1 defeat at Nationals Park.
Through 34 games, the Nationals have yielded an MLB-high 28 unearned runs, committing a league-worst 31 errors . The Nationals entered Saturday with the league's worst team fielding percentage (. 976).
The Athletics remain the league's cleanest-field squad, booting just seven fielding attempts on 1,108 total chances. Nationals' defense ranks last in MLB The Brewers started Saturday with starting pitcher Foster Griffin (3-1) retiring the opening two batters he faced. Then, the trouble started with a William Contreras single and consecutive bases on balls to Gary Sanchez and Jake Bauers.