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Offense comes up empty for third time in four-game stretch

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By Mark Zuckerman

LOS ANGELES | The numbers do not lie. They are ugly, and the Washington Nationals can't hide from them.

Six losses in a row. Three shutouts in the last four days. An average of four hits a game during that latter stretch.

And a season that continues to plummet to new lows, in this case 29 games under the .500 mark following a 2-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.

The Nationals aren't making any excuses for their performance.

"I think we all feel like we're better than what we're doing," right fielder Austin Kearns said. "But we've got to do it, too. It's been a struggle all year. We've got to do better."

The Nationals (38-67) aren't even giving themselves a chance these days. An offense that ranks last in the majors in several statistical categories was even worse during an abysmal week on the West Coast.

After losing a pair of close, well-played games in San Francisco, Washington scored two runs in a four-game stretch. The team hit .133 and slugged .225 in that span.

Given those circumstances, a manager might expect to see signs of his players trying too hard. But as Manny Acta pointed out: "You can't see that many signs when we have been shut out three of the last four games. There haven't been that many opportunities for us to try to do anything."

Still, there were a couple of opportunities Sunday for the Nationals.

After getting a leadoff single from catcher Wil Nieves in the third, pitcher Jason Bergmann came up in a bunting situation. It seemed simple enough, but nothing about holding a bat is simple for Bergmann, who is going to be hard-pressed to lose the title of "worst-hitting pitcher in the majors" this season.

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