on june 22, taylor had what a writer for the new england sports network described as possibly "the worst game in baseball history." he had five swinging strikeouts against the los angeles dodgers and a fielding error that cost the nationals the game when he failed to get his glove to the ground in time while charging a routine groundball hit by yasiel puig in the bottom of the ninth inning. the nationals were up by one run, 2–3, and the error resulted in taylor's future nationals teammate howie kendrick, who was on first base for the dodgers at the time, and puig both scoring for a walk-off los angeles victory.