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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Saturday afternoon’s 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers was the Washington Nationals’ fourth in their last five games since they clinched the NL East crown this past Sunday night. In spite of the results over that stretch, Nats’ skipper Dusty Baker said he wasn’t overly concerned. “I don’t like to lose ever,” Baker told reporters after the Nationals dropped their second straight to the Dodgers. “You’re not trying to lose,” he said, “sometimes they beat you. The Braves beat us up pretty good, and [the Dodgers] beat us up pretty good here last night. “If anybody was worried, it was the Dodgers, they lost [16] out of [17], and they’ve come back and won [four] in a row. “And I Continue to Article

September 17, 2017 12:13:am EST

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Cody Bellinger hit his 38th home run of the season Saturday to match a National League rookie record. His second-inning homer off Washington Nationals starter A.J. Cole?in the Dodgers' 3-2 victory Saturday tied Wally Berger (Braves, 1930) and Frank Robinson (Reds, 1956). Mark McGwire holds the all-time rookie record with 49, which he set in 1987 with the Oakland Athletics. The Yankees' Aaron Judge has 43 this season. After missing nine games last month with a sprained ankle, Bellinger appears poised for a sprint to the finish. "Figuratively and literally, he's got his legs under him," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. Continue to Article

September 16, 2017 5:16:pm EST

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Washington went 87 games into the 2017 campaign before they were shut out for the first time. Dusty Baker’s Nationals have been shut out six time since, including the 7-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers last night. LA left-hander Alex Wood shut the Nationals out over six innings and handed it over the pen for the combined shutout in the series opener in the nation’s capital. “[Wood] had a real good changeup and he was throwing it in fastball counts, throwing it 3-2,” Baker said, “... and it’s good that we get to see these guys because we haven’t seen them in such a long, long time.” Before the first of three with the Dodgers in D.C., the Nats’ skipper said he was looking forward Continue to Article

September 16, 2017 11:28:am EST

Alex Wood threw six shutout innings, Corey Seager hit a three-run homer during a five-run second and the Dodgers' rebound continued with a 7-0 win over the Washington Nationals on Friday. Wood (15-3) allowed three hits with eight strikeouts and one walk for Los Angeles, which has won three in a row after losing 11 consecutive games and 16 of 17. The Dodgers lowered their magic number to clinch the NL West to six. Continue to Article

September 15, 2017 11:29:pm EST

If Corey Seager went on a seven-game hitless streak in the middle of September, what do you suspect that would mean for the Los Angeles Dodgers’ chances of success in October? No more than Corey Seager hitting home runs in five straight games in September would mean the Dodgers were going to win the World Series. Especially not for the Dodgers, a team that was only going to get judged for its success in October anyway. Continue to Article

September 15, 2017 6:44:pm EST