Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington Nationals

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Los Angeles Dodgers

9-3, 3-3 Away

Final
4 - 6

Washington Nationals

4-6, 4-3 Home

Wood's 2-run homer helps overcome Ohtani's big night in Nationals' 6-4 win over Dodgers

Ohtani homered, tripled, singled and walked, finishing 3 for 4 with two RBI.

MacKenzie Gore (1-1) pitched six solid innings for the Nationals, and Wood’s drive off reliever Anthony Banda gave them a 5-2 lead. Keibert Ruiz followed with an RBI double off Matt Sauer.

Mookie Betts and Will Smith each had a run-scoring single for Los Angeles in the eighth to cut it to 6-4, but Kyle Finnegan got five outs for his fourth save.

With two runners aboard in the ninth, Finnegan retired Betts on a game-ending grounder.

After starting 8-0, the Dodgers have lost three of four.

Ohtani tied it at 2 when he drilled a 2-0 fastball from Gore over the right-field fence for a two-run shot in the third, his fourth homer in 12 games.

Nathaniel Lowe gave Washington a 3-2 lead with an RBI single in the bottom half.

With two outs in the fifth, Ohtani’s first triple of the season caromed off the wall in right-center just above the glove of center fielder Dylan Crews.

Gore gave up two runs and five hits. He struck out seven and walked one, throwing 58 of his 100 pitches for strikes.

Dodgers starter Dustin May (0-1) allowed three runs — one earned — and three hits in six innings. He walked three, struck out one and retired his final 11 batters.

Key moment Batting leadoff for the first time this season, Wood delivered the game’s biggest hit when he sent a slider 395 feet over the center-field wall for his second homer of the year.

Key stat Gore struck out seven in the first four innings and has 25 strikeouts in his first three starts.

Up next Dodgers LHP Justin Wrobleski makes his first start of the season Tuesday night in place of injured ace Blake Snell. Rookie RHP Brad Lord (0-0, 4.50 ERA) makes his first major league start for Washington.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Betts grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Ohtani walked.
	9th Inning	Conforto struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Feduccia grounded out to second, Muncy to third.
	9th Inning	Feduccia hit for Rojas
	9th Inning	Muncy doubled to left.

Statistics

LAD		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	14
11	Strikeouts	1
4	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	3
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	14
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
15	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
160	Pitches	126
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	14
38	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
4.5	Runs Created	5.2
.257	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.438
.257	Secondary Average	.344
.316	On Base Percentage	.343
.744	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.780
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
4.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.8
32.5	Batter Rating	39.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.60
.171	Isolated Power	.156
0.27	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	3.00
.079	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.063
8.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
82.5	MLB Rating	87.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0