Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington Nationals

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Los Angeles Dodgers

15-11, 6-3 Away

Final
11 - 2

Washington Nationals

10-13, 4-7 Home

Shohei Ohtani has 3 doubles, Landon Knack gets 1st victory as Dodgers rout Nationals 11-2

The Dodgers had a season-high 20 hits en route to their third straight victory, with Mookie Betts and Will Smith each having four hits and Andy Pages homering.

Nick Senzel homered for Washington. The Nationals didn’t have a baserunner after the second inning.

Ohtani went 3 for 6, hitting RBI doubles in the eighth and ninth innings. He leads the majors in slugging percentage (.695), OPS (1.128), extra-base hits (21) and doubles (14). He is hitting .429 during his nine-game hitting streak.

“His average exit velocity on balls he puts in play, he's got to be in a category by himself,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “The ball just does different things when it comes off his bat.”

A night after ripping a 118.7 mph solo shot in the ninth inning — the hardest-hit home run of his career — Ohtani smashed a 115.6 mph double to right-center in the first inning off Jake Irvin (1-2). Ohtani came around two batters later on Smith’s single.

Betts pushed the lead to 3-0 in the second on a two-run single against a drawn-in infield.

Senzel led off the Nationals’ second with a homer into the bushes in the visiting bullpen in left. Washington then scored again without putting the ball in plan, sandwiching two walks around a hit batsman before Joey Meneses pushed in a run with a walk.

That was all the Nationals managed against Knack (1-1), who lost his debut against Washington last week. Knack retired his last 13 batters and struck out five over six innings.

“I was just kind of missing off the edges,” Knack said about his second inning. “I'm a guy who really needs to be more north and south with everything, so it was basically just trying to get everything back over instead of trying to be too perfect, especially with the slider and changeup. It was just trying to figure it out and execute quick.”

Max Muncy hit an RBI single in the third and Lux chased Irvin with a two-out, two-run single in the fifth. Irvin allowed six runs on 12 hits in 4 2/3 innings while striking out three.

“He made some good pitches at times," Washington manager Dave Martinez said. "He just didn't have any consistency today. He fell behind, and that's what got him.”

Pages homered with one out in the eighth off Tanner Rainey, and Betts and Ohtani followed with back-to-back doubles to score another run.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Dodgers: RHP Blake Treinen (bruised lung) allowed three runs while getting one out Tuesday in his first rehabilitation appearance for Triple-A Oklahoma City. ... RHP Walker Buehler (elbow) allowed five runs (three earned) and struck out five in four innings Wednesday for Oklahoma City.

Nationals: Washington placed OF Lane Thomas (sprained left MCL) on the 10-day injured list and recalled INF Trey Lipscomb from Triple-A Rochester. Thomas was injured stealing second base in the fifth inning Monday.

Los Angeles RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1-1, 4.50 ERA) was set to face Washington for the first time Thursday, while the Nationals were scheduled to start LHP MacKenzie Gore (2-1, 3.60) in the finale of the three-game series.

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Matchup Prediction

Nationals: 41.4%

Dodgers: 58.6%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rosario lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Adams struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Gallo flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Smith grounded into fielder's choice to third, Freeman out at second.
	9th Inning	Freeman singled to center, Betts scored and Ohtani scored.
	9th Inning	Ohtani doubled to left, Pages scored, Betts to third.

Statistics

LAD		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
14	Ground Balls	8
6	Strikeouts	7
11	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
20	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
11	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
46	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
24	Runners Left On Base	5
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
8	Doubles	0
26	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
184	Pitches	126
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
31	Total Bases	6
49	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
9	Extra Base Hits	1
12.4	Runs Created	0.9
.435	Batting Average	.100
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.674	Slugging Percentage	.200
.304	Secondary Average	.200
.469	On Base Percentage	.206
1.143	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.406
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
12.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.9
83.0	Batter Rating	14.0
46.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.76	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.71
.239	Isolated Power	.100
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
-.130	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.100
22.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.1
124.8	MLB Rating	64.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0