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09/05 00:03 CDT Snell throws 6 shutout innings and Tucker ends home run drought
as Dodgers beat Nationals 5-3
Snell throws 6 shutout innings and Tucker ends home run drought as Dodgers beat
Nationals 5-3
By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Blake Snell tossed six scoreless innings, Kyle Tucker
homered for the first time since Aug. 8 and the Los Angeles Dodgers held off
the Washington Nationals 5-3 on Friday night in their series opener.
The NL West-leading Dodgers won their fifth in a row against the Nationals
dating to June 22, 2025.
Snell (3-1) allowed five hits and struck out seven. Leading 4-0, he gave up
back-to-back hits to open the sixth but retired the next three batters to end
the threat.
Tucker's 12th homer of the season and first at home since mid-June off reliever
Luis Perales made it 5-0 in the sixth.
The Dodgers opened a four-run cushion when Alex Call, the designated hitter in
Shohei Ohtani's absence, doubled and scored from third on an error by shortstop
Nasim Nuez, who dropped a ball hit by Tommy Edman, who was safe at first.
Los Angeles took a 3-0 lead on Mookie Betts' RBI single and Teoscar Hernndez's
two-run double off Nationals starter Jackson Kent (1-3) in the third.
Washington got three straight hits off reliever Seth Halvorsen to open the
ninth. Brady House doubled and scored on pinch-hitter Abimelec Ortiz's single.
Ortiz moved to third on pinch-hitter Jos Tena's single. Jack Dreyer came on
and Ortiz scored on Jorbit Vivas' groundout to second. James Wood's RBI double
scored Tena, making it 5-3, before Dreyer secured his sixth career save and
second this season.
Kent gave up four runs and four hits in five innings, striking out four and
walking four.
Up next
Nationals RHP Cade Cavalli (12-5, 3.12 ERA) starts Saturday against Dodgers RHP
Tyler Glasnow (4-0, 2.79).
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