Shohei Ohtani, Dalton Rushing and Teoscar Hernandez homered, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the Nationals 8-6 on Sunday in Washington, completing the three-game sweep.
Ohtani’s sacrifice fly drove in the go-ahead run to cap a four-run eighth inning for the Dodgers. Former National Alex Call had two hits and scored twice.
James Wood had a three-run homer and Luis Garcia, Jr. hit a two-run shot for Washington, which has dropped five straight.
With Los Angeles trailing 6-3 in the eighth, Freddie Freeman led off with a single against Cionel Perez (0-1) and Andy Pages doubled him to third. After Call walked, Santiago Espinal lined a single to center, scoring two runs to make it 6-5.
Will Smith walked and Clayton Beeter came on to face pinch-hitter Kyle Tucker, who grounded into a fielder’s choice that scored Call to make it 6-6. Ohtani then flied to left, scoring Espinal with the go-ahead run.
Hernandez provided some insurance with a solo homer in the ninth.
Jack Dreyer (1-0) pitched a scoreless seventh inning for the win and Edwin Diaz worked the ninth for his third save.
Los Angeles starter Roki Sasaki was roughed up for six runs on five hits over five innings. He walked three and struck out five.
Washington’s Foster Griffin left with the lead after allowing a run on five hits and three walks. He struck out six.
Ohtani homered to center in the third to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead.
In the bottom half, Wood walked with one out and Garcia homered with two down to give Washington the lead.
The Nationals added four in the fourth. With one out, C.J. Abrams walked and stole second. Keibert Ruiz hit a grounder that deflected off the bag and over the head of first baseman Freeman for an RBI-single. Jose Tena singled and Wood homered to left-center to make it 6-1.
In the Los Angeles sixth, Call doubled and Rushing hit his first homer of the season to pull the Dodgers within 6-3.
–Field Level Media
