The Nationals fell to the Astros 7-1 in Game 5 of the World Series, and now trail 3-2 after losing three consecutive games at home.

The Nationals have plenty to be frustrated by over the last few games, but something that really set them off was umpire Lance Barksdale, who was behind home plate in Game 5.

First, there was a pitch that looked an awful lot like strike three against Carlos Correa in the top of the fourth inning. Barksdale called it a ball. Correa took the next pitch out of the park for a two-run homer, which gave the Astros their third and fourth runs of the game.

Then, in the sixth and seventh innings, things just got bananas. Like, really bad. There were multiple pitches, for both teams, that looked either pretty clearly like balls or strikes, and were called the opposite of what they were.

The umpire missed an obvious strike 3 call and blamed Yan Gomes for standing up too fast #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/V9crcvoNmt — Someone's An Idiot (@SomeonesAnIdiot) October 28, 2019

That call in the sixth started it off, as it appeared that Barksdale tried to argue that because the catcher stood up, he wasn’t able to see if it was a strike or not. That seems, bizarre.

Then, in the seventh, it just went off the rails. The Astros were furious in the top half of the inning, and the Nationals were really furious in the bottom half, and I can earnestly say I had no idea what some of these calls were.

It wasn’t like Barksdale was consistently giving the inside edge, or something. It was just balls all over the place, being called whatever, willy nilly.

People got mad.

Given the circumstances, this is one of the worst performances by a home plate umpire I've ever seen. Missing some big calls for both sides. — Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) October 28, 2019

Home plate umpiring these last 2 games has been as dreadfully incompetent as NFL officiating most of the season. That last pitch Cole threw was so far off the strike zone that umpire should be downgraded for it. — Michael Wilbon (@RealMikeWilbon) October 28, 2019

Trying to understand Lance Barksdale’s strike zone tonight. Failing. — David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) October 28, 2019

HP ump Lance Barksdale does his bit to improve MLB by moving the sport just a little closer to electronic ball-strike calls by ringing up Robles on 3-2 pitch which is two ball-widths outside. Would've been 2 on, 2 out, tying run at bat for Nats in 7th. (Fans chant "Lock HIM up.") — Thomas Boswell (@ThomasBoswellWP) October 28, 2019

Lance Barksdale should be shown these pitch graphs and have to answer to them afterwards — Pete Medhurst (@PeteMedhurst) October 28, 2019

We’ll update if Barksdale speaks after the game.