Mookie Betts had five hits and the Dodgers bullpen finished with six scoreless innings to lead the Dodgers past Washington.
Mookie Betts continued his opening-month rampage with a career-high-tying five hits, and a struggling bullpen closed the game with six scoreless innings to lead the Dodgers to a 6-2 victory over the Washington Nationals before a sellout crowd of 52,718 in Chavez Ravine on Tuesday night. Betts doubled twice, singled three times, scored twice and had two RBIs and is now batting .388 with a 1.
for the second out, and Freeman smoked a 106-mph drive right at center fielder Jacob Young to end the inning. The Nationals cut the lead to 3-2 in the third when Young led off with an infield single and stole second and Jesse Winker crushed a 73-mph curve from left-hander Ryan Yarbrough 429 feet into the right-center field seats for a two-run homer.
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