Washington Nationals at Los Angeles Dodgers

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Washington Nationals

31-45, 15-21 Away

Final
5 - 6

Los Angeles Dodgers

47-30, 29-13 Home

Clayton Kershaw wins 3rd straight start, Miguel Rojas homers in Dodgers' 6-5 win over Nationals

Kiké Hernández had two doubles and scored two runs, and Shohei Ohtani added an RBI single for the defending World Series champions. Los Angeles has won six of seven, improving to 6-2 on its 10-game homestand.

Kershaw (3-0) yielded solo homers by Amed Rosario and Riley Adams, but held Washington to five hits and repeatedly escaped trouble.

Tanner Scott gave up CJ Abrams' one-out homer in the ninth before finishing his 15th save.

Pinch-hitter Luis García Jr. had a two-run double in the seventh for the Nationals, who opened a nine-game Southern California road trip by falling to 3-15 in June. Washington snapped an 11-game losing streak on Thursday.

MacKenzie Gore (3-7) gave up a season-high six runs — five earned — seven hits and four walks while pitching into the sixth for the Nationals. He has one victory in his last 11 starts.

Hernández doubled and scored in the third when Mookie Betts beat out the relay throw on a potential inning-ending double play. Betts then scored on Abrams' throwing error, and Andy Pages added an RBI single.

Adams homered in the fifth, but Rojas' homer chased Gore in the sixth.

Bench coach Danny Lehmann managed the Dodgers while Dave Roberts served a one-game suspension after his ejection from LA's loss to San Diego on Thursday.

Key moment After García's two-out double with the bases loaded, Washington had two runners in scoring position when Nathaniel Lowe hit a tailing fly to left. Michael Conforto dove forward and made a dramatic catch.

Key stat The 37-year-old Kershaw has won three straight starts for the first time since April 2023, coming through when the Dodgers' rotation is badly depleted by injuries.

Up next Los Angeles' Dustin May (4-4, 4.46 ERA) faces Washington's Jake Irvin (5-2, 4.23) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Wood grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Rosario grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Abrams homered to center (394 feet).
	9th Inning	Young fouled out to right.
	9th Inning	Scott relieved Dreyer
	9th Inning	Muncy at third base.

Statistics

WSH		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	10
8	Strikeouts	5
5	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	32
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	4
15	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	1
152	Pitches	148
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
19	Total Bases	16
39	Plate Appearances	38
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	5
6.1	Runs Created	6.2
.257	Batting Average	.281
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.543	Slugging Percentage	.500
.371	Secondary Average	.375
.333	On Base Percentage	.395
.876	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.895
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
6.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.0
40.0	Batter Rating	42.0
11.7	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.90	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.89
.286	Isolated Power	.219
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.20
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.158
.114	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.094
10.0	Runs Produced	11.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
89.5	MLB Rating	89.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0