Dodgers rally to 4-3 win over Nationals
Yasmani Grandal had a two-run double and Corey Seager's sacrifice fly in the seventh inning completed a late rally to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 4-3 victory Sunday over the Washington Nationals.
Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen gave up a pair of singles to start the ninth inning, then retired three consecutive batters to end it, getting former teammate Howie Kendrick on a fly ball to the edge of the warning track for the final out. It was Jansen's third save and second in two days.
In his first career start at Dodger Stadium, Nationals pitcher Jeremy Hellickson was in cruise control until he hit the sixth inning. He had a 3-0 lead and had retired 14 consecutive batters when the Dodgers' comeback began.
The rally started with a Chris Taylor double, the Dodgers' first hit since a Seager double in the first inning. Seager's walk was followed by Grandal's two-run double, and Cody Bellinger added his own RBI double off the wall in center field to tie the score 3-3.
Hellickson gave up three runs on three hits with two walks and five strikeouts. Dodgers starter Alex Wood gave up three runs (two earned) on six hits over six innings, with four strikeouts and a walk.
Four Dodgers relievers held down the Nationals the rest of the way, with Josh Fields (2-0) pitching a scoreless inning for the victory. Nationals reliever Trevor Gott (0-1) took the loss.
The Nationals jumped on top in the second inning on Pedro Severino's sacrifice fly, then made it 2-0 in the third inning on a home run from Michael Taylor, his first of the season.
Michael Taylor helped make it 3-0 for the Nationals in the sixth inning when he scored on another sacrifice fly, this one from Moises Sierra.
The Dodgers won their second consecutive series following a three-game sweep at San Diego. They had not won any of their first five series. Los Angeles improved to 10-10, moving back to the .500 mark for the first time since a 2-2 mark on April 1.
The Nationals (11-11) failed to win a series at Dodger Stadium for the second consecutive season. They have won just three series in Los Angeles: 2002, 2004 and 2017.
--Field Level Media
