The Phillies had all the momentum heading into that series but the Braves don't back down. They are not going away no matter how much the Nats keep winning. The Braves just keep winning, putting pressure on Nats to almost play undefeated baseball.
The Braves are such a streaky team. They can pretty much sweep any team or get a few sweeps consecutively. But they can get swept by any team or get swept a few times consecutively.
As frustrating as this game is the Nats are pretty much the exact opposite of the Braves. They never really got their 60-40 record by going through streaks of really any notable length. They only had one 6 game win streak and their longest losing streak was 5 games? The Nats got their 1st place record on a pretty consistent pace. I figure the consistency gives the Nats the edge over time over the super streaky Braves no matter how the good the Braves are doing right now.