Nationals hit 4 consecutive home runs, 5 in same inning vs. Brewers

Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper douses himself with water in the dugout. (Nick Wass/AP)

Michael Blazek is having a bad day.

The Washington Nationals did something no team has done since 2010. They hit four consecutive home runs.

Brian Goodwin, Wilmfer Difo, Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman accomplished the rare feat in the third inning against Blazek and the Milwaukee Brewers.

Things seemed to calm down for a moment when Daniel Murphy flew out. Nationals fans even playfully booed him.

But Anthony Rendon came up next and hit a solo shot of his own — the team’s fifth of the inning, tying a major-league record.

Those five home runs came after Harper already sent a two-run shot over the wall in the first inning and before Zimmerman did it again in the fourth.

As if things weren’t wacky enough in Washington, veteran hitter Adam Lind stole second base after the home run frenzy. It was the 34-year-old’s first swiped bag since he was with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2013 and the seventh of his career.

Updated Nationals home run tracker: 8

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