Recap: Nationals hit five home runs, defeat Dodgers 10-6

Ninth inning

Nationals: Phil Bickford now pitching for the Dodgers. Stone Garrett doubled to right. Jeimer Candelario struck out swinging. Dominic Smith flied to left, Garrett to third. Keibert Ruiz homered to left-center. His third of the series. CJ Abrams grounded to second.

Dodgers: Chris Taylor grounded to third. Miguel Vargas lined to right. Miguel Rojas flied to right.

Final score: Nationals 10, Dodgers 6

Eighth inning

Nationals: Brusdar Graterol now pitching for the Dodgers. Keibert Ruiz was hit by a pitch. CJ Abrams hit a roller to the pitcher. Graterol swiped at it and it rolled away, he grabbed it, bounced a throw to second that got past Rojas, allowing Ruiz to go to third and Abrams to second. Luis Garcia hit a home run to right. It’s 8-5 Nationals. Joey Meneses grounded to third.

Dodgers: Mookie Betts homered to center. Right-hander Hunter Harvey replaced Finnegan. Freddie Freeman singled to left. Freeman stole second. Will Smith struck out swinging. J.D. Martinez struck out swinging. Max Muncy lined to center.

Score after eight: Nationals 8, Dodgers 6

Seventh inning

Nationals: Alex Vesia now pitching for the Dodgers. Luis Garcia doubled to right. Joey Meneses flied to right, Garcia to third. Corey Dickerson struck out looking. Jeimer Candelario was walked intentionally. Candelario stole second. Dominic Smith struck out looking.

Dodgers: Right-hander Kyle Finnegan now pitching for the Nationals. Max Muncy struck out swinging. Chris Taylor walked. Taylor stole second. Miguel Vargas struck out swinging. Miguel Rojas singled to center, scoring Taylor. Rojas stole second. Jason Heyward, batting for Trayce Thompson, struck out swinging.

Score after seven: Dodgers 5, Nationals 5.

Sixth inning

Nationals: Caleb Ferguson now pitching for the Dodgers. Keibert Ruiz singled to left. CJ Abrams struck out swinging. Alex Call popped to second. Lane Thomas grounded to the pitcher.

Dodgers: Right-hander Carl Edwards Jr. now pitching for the Nationals. Miguel Rojas doubled to center. Trayce Thompson struck out swinging. Rojas stole third. Mookie Betts popped to third. Freddie Freeman was walked intentionally. Will Smith walked to load the bases. J.D. Martinez struck out swinging.

Score after six: Nationals 5, Dodgers 4

Fifth inning

Nationals: Luis Garcia grounded to third. Joey Meneses doubled to left. Corey Dickerson lined to second. Jeimer Candelario homered to center. It’s 5-4 Nationals. Dominic Smith grounded to first.

Dodgers: Will Smith lined to left. J.D. Martinez doubled to center. Max Muncy flied to center. Chris Taylor walked. Miguel Vargas flied to right.

Score after five: Nationals 5, Dodgers 4

Fourth inning

Nationals: Keibert Ruiz grounded to the pitcher. CJ Abrams grounded to short. Alex Call was hit by a pitch. Call stole second. Lane Thomas popped to first.

Dodgers: Trayce Thompson singled to left. Mookie Betts flied to right. Freddie Freeman grounded into a 3-6-1 double play.

Score after four: Dodgers 4, Nationals 3

Third inning

Nationals: Lane Thomas grounded to the pitcher. Luis Garcia struck out looking. Joey Meneses singled to center. Corey Dickerson walked. Jeimer Candelario singled to right, Meneses scoring, Dickerson to third. Dominic Smith flied to center.

Dodgers: Freddie Freeman reached first on second baseman Garcia’s error. Freeman stole second. Smith singled to right, Freeman to third, Smith taking second. J.D. Martinez walked. Max Muncy walked, scoring Freeman. Chris Taylor struck out swinging. Miguel Vargas fouled to first. Miguel Rojas grounded to short, forcing Muncy.

Score after three: Dodgers 4, Nationals 3

Second inning

Nationals: Jeimer Candelario walked. Dominic Smith grounded into a 4-6-3 double play. Keibert Ruiz homered to right-center. CJ Abrams homered to right-center. Alex Call flied to left.

Dodgers: Miguel Rojas lined to second. Trayce Thompson struck out swinging. Mookie Betts grounded to short.

Score after two: Dodgers 3, Nationals 2

First inning

Nationals: Lane Thomas flied to center. Luis Garcia struck out looking. Joey Meneses singled to center. Corey Dickerson grounded to second.

Dodgers: Mookie Betts homered to left. It’s 1-0 Dodgers just like that. Freddie Freeman singled to left. Will Smith homered to right-center. J.D. Martinez walked. Max Muncy grounded into a 3-6-3 double play. Chris Taylor singled to right-center. Taylor stole second. Miguel Vargas popped to short.

Score after one: Dodgers 3, Nationals 0

The starting lineups for today’s Dodgers-Nationals game:

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The final score looked like a laugher for the Dodgers, who used a two-run home run from J.D. Martinez in the seventh and a three-run inning in the eighth to pull away for a 9-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.

But there was no chuckling among the 46,571 fans in Dodger Stadium in the top of the seventh — only hearty boos echoed through the ravine — when reliever Alex Vesia came perilously close to blowing a three-run lead.

Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin gave up one run and three hits in six efficient but hardly dominant innings, striking out two and walking two in a 70-pitch start, and he handed the ball to Vesia to start the seventh with a 4-1 lead.

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