Most of the questions Manager Dave Martinez fielded before the Washington Nationals’ 10-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night involved the bullpen and the consistency of the bats. They underscored where this team has been — battling in close games with help from a deep relief corps backing a solid rotation — as well as where it was less than 24 hours earlier, on the right side of a 12-3 rout as its most thorough battering of the season snapped a five-game skid.
Nats shift from uplifting to deflating during a 10-0 loss to the Twins