The Washington Nationals season has long been a lost cause, it’s just a matter of to what degree. The year that began with hope quickly soured after a 28-30 start and this past weekend the team clinched its sixth straight losing campaign.

Consecutive sweeps at the hands of the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay while being outscored 41-14 over those games place this team 20 games under .500 on Labor Day.

While they’ve yet to be eliminated from the Wild Card race, the tragic number in the NL East is down to one (next Phillies win or Nats loss officially ends the dream). They can still stave off 100 losses, although the Nationals would need to finish 10-16 to do so. And the schedule is there for a September surge: 20 of their 26 games this month are against clubs with losing records.

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