Losers of six straight games heading into Saturday afternoon's matchup against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Washington Nationals are certainly going through the ringer right now. Friday night's series opening loss to the Rays stung just a little more in front of the home crowd. Coming off a 1-5 road trip, the Nationals surely hoped to rebound Friday, but now they will have to settle for a Saturday victory. Unfortunately, staff ace MacKenzie Gore is now the latest contributor to hit the injured list. According to team beat reporter Mark Zuckerman on X (formerly Twitter), Gore is dealing with left shoulder inflammation.

“MacKenzie Gore has been placed on the 15-day IL with left shoulder inflammation,” reported Zuckerman on Saturday. “Not good news for the All-Star lefty, who has been struggli

See Full Page