Nationals' Gore after blowout loss to A's: 'This is embarrassing'

Washington Nationals ace MacKenzie Gore didn't hold back his feelings after making one of the worst starts of his career during Tuesday's 16-7 loss to the Athletics.

The Nationals lost their sixth straight game - and their fourth in a row at home - after Gore allowed eight earned runs on 12 hits in three innings. He didn't strike out a hitter for the first time in his career.

"Not good," Gore said, according to MLB.com's Jessica Camerato. "It was bad. What, I gave up eight runs? It's kind of the only way to put it - that it was bad."

Washington allowed 70 runs during its six-game losing streak and has been outscored by 33 in its last four games at home against the Milwaukee Brewers and A's. The club enters Wednesday 22 games under .500 with a minus-143 run differential.

"This is embarrassing," Gore said. "We shouldn't just try to act like nothing happened here. What's happened in this homestand is not acceptable. No matter what happened last week, we're all better than this. This is embarrassing. We’ve got to be able to not let it affect everybody. We’ve got to be able to come together as a group and get better. But yeah, what happened this homestand, it’s hard to watch.”