Washington Nationals at Los Angeles Dodgers

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Washington Nationals

67-77, 34-37 Away

Final
5 - 6

Los Angeles Dodgers

85-57, 43-28 Home

Tommy Edman and Teoscar Hernández lead Dodgers past Nationals 6-5 in Shohei Ohtani's absence

Edman put the Dodgers ahead with a three-run homer in the seventh inning out of Ohtani’s regular leadoff spot, and Hernández had an RBI single in the first while replacing the two-way superstar at designated hitter.

Ohtani remains uncertain to play in Sunday’s series finale, with a move to the injured list possible.

Dylan Crews and Daylen Lile each had an RBI double for the Nationals, and Cade Cavalli pitched six strong innings following a rocky start. Cavalli allowed two runs and four hits with eight strikeouts, retiring 15 of the last 16 batters he faced.

Keibert Ruiz had a run-scoring single against his former team but Washington lost its third consecutive game.

Los Angeles jumped on Cavalli early. Freddie Freeman was hit by a pitch with one out in the first and Mookie Betts singled. Hernández singled with two outs for a 1-0 lead, and Hunter Feduccia followed with an RBI single for a two-run advantage.

The Nationals cut the deficit in half in the second when CJ Abrams scored on a sacrifice fly from José Tena.

Washington went up 3-2 in the fourth on an RBI single by Ruiz and a run-scoring double from Crews. Ruiz was playing for the first time since Wednesday when he was hit in his catcher’s mask by a foul ball.

Lile’s run-scoring double in the seventh against Alex Vesia (2-1) gave Washington a 4-2 lead.

The Dodgers rallied against right-hander Clayton Beeter (5-5) by putting two aboard with two outs in the bottom half. Edman drove a 2-1 slider into the right-field seats for his sixth homer of the season.

Los Angeles added a run in the eighth when Alex Call was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Tanner Scott gave up an RBI single to Lile in the ninth before finishing off his 21st save.

Up next Nationals LHP Andrew Alvarez (2-6, 3.47 ERA) faces Dodgers LHP Justin Wrobleski (11-5, 3.65) on Sunday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Abrams struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Nuñez ran for Chaparro
	9th Inning	Chaparro doubled to left, Lile to third.
	9th Inning	Wood scored on error, Lile safe at first on fielding error by shortstop Betts.
	9th Inning	Wood to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Wood singled to right.

Statistics

WSH		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
8	Ground Balls	13
13	Strikeouts	11
4	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	7
3	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
5	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	7
0	Caught Stealing	0
137	Pitches	169
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	10
40	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	1
5.1	Runs Created	3.7
.250	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.389	Slugging Percentage	.323
.306	Secondary Average	.194
.300	On Base Percentage	.333
.689	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.656
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.9
4.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.2
40.0	Batter Rating	34.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.43	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.69
.139	Isolated Power	.097
0.23	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.27
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
.056	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.032
9.0	Runs Produced	12.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
82.8	MLB Rating	80.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0