The Cincinnati Reds and Washington Nationals meet Tuesday at Nationals Park in the second game of their 3-game series.

WASHINGTON – A Cincinnati Reds team that looked like a playoff contender in New York pitched like a team making October vacation plans by the time they got done losing 10-8 to the not-good Nationals in Washington in the opener of a three-game series Monday.

The Nationals put up 10 runs to edge the Reds, 10-8, in the series opener. The Reds have dropped the past two games, but that’'s nothing to the Nats’ 3-10 record over the last 13. This could be Washington’s first winning streak since July 2-3.

The Cincinnati Reds have signed their fourth-round draft pick out of Oregon, Mason Neville. Neville signed for $697,500. The slot value for the pick was $667,700, according to MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo.

The Cincinnati Reds came out of the All-Star break, won two games and were just 1 1/2 games behind the final wild-card position

The Cincinnati Reds picked Steele Hall out of Hewitt-Trussville High School (AL) with their first selection in this week’s MLB Draft, and followed that up with an additional 19 picks in their overall draft class.

The last time the Cincinnati Reds won a playoff series, Barry Larkin and Bret Boone were the middle infielders, and Jeff Brantley was closing games.

In the ninth inning with two runners on base, Juan Soto hit a would be game-tying home run, but the ball hooked just foul and Reds closer Emilio Pagan lived to fight another day. He got Soto to strike out swinging later in the at-bat.

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And just like that: Garrett Crochet equals Tarik Skubal in ERA (2.19) and has one more strikeout (165). After All-Star hubbub, Cal Raleigh has a quiet weekend, with two singles in 13 at-bats. New owner looks like a far surer bet than new stadium. They finally hit – 27 knocks in three games – yet are still swept at Toronto.