Nick Pivetta shut down Washington through seven brilliant innings, including matching his season high with 10 strikeouts, and the San Diego Padres beat the Nationals 1-0 to take two of three.

In a vacuum, the Washington Nationals lost, 4-3, to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night because of the sixth inning. They lost because Trevor Williams walked two straight batters, Cole Henry walked another and because Nathaniel Lowe opted for a force out at first rather than a throw home — a decision Lowe seemed displeased with after the fact — that allowed the go-ahead run to come across and prompted Petco Park to erupt.

The Nationals were leading 2-0 at the time Bergert was forced off the mound and finished the top of the fourth leading 3-0. The Padres quickly cut into that lead in the bottom of the fourth inning, scoring two runs to make the score,