The Reds arrived in the nation’s capital fresh off an impressive series win over the Mets, giving them six victories in eight games. This was a good time to take advantage of the Nationals, a team that had struggled for the better part of two months,

The Cincinnati Reds lost 6-1 to the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night, falling to 52-50 as a result. In third place in the National League Central, they are

Josh Bell hit his 13th home run, Jacob Young and CJ Abrams contributed RBI doubles during the decisive fifth inning, and the Washington Nationals defeated the Cincinnati Reds 6-1.

Cincinnati Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo (8-6) lowered his ERA to 3.08 with his first career shutout, second by Reds (also Andrew Abbott).

Reds top prospect Chase Burns is figuring things out in the big leagues. In his fourth Major League start, and 17th as a professional, Burns put together his best overall outing yet and his first quality start.

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.