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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Washington Nationals

2026-04-05 · Day game · Nationals Park · Att: 24899 · 60°F, Overcast · Wind 4 mph, In From LF · 3:02

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Washington Nationals 8–6. Los Angeles Dodgers opened the scoring in the 3rd — Shohei Ohtani homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. Washington Nationals took the lead in the 3rd — Luis García Jr. homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. James Wood scores. Los Angeles Dodgers took the lead in the 8th — Shohei Ohtani out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Daylen Lile. Santiago Espinal scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Luis García Jr. homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. James Wood scores — worth 23% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LAN	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	8	11
WAS	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	7

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Shohei Ohtani DH	4	1	2	2	0	1
Miguel Rojas SS	5	0	1	0	0	2
Teoscar Hernandez LF	4	1	2	1	1	1
Freddie Freeman 1B	5	1	1	0	0	0
Andy Pages CF	4	1	1	0	1	3
Alex Call RF	3	2	2	0	2	0
Santiago Espinal 3B	4	1	1	2	0	0
Will Smith C	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dalton Rushing C	3	1	1	2	0	1
Kyle Tucker PH	1	0	0	1	0	0
Hyeseong Kim 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Freeland 2B	3	0	0	0	0	2

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
James Wood RF	4	2	1	3	1	1
Nasim Nuñez 2B	4	0	1	0	1	0
Luis Garcia 1B	5	1	1	2	0	1
Daylen Lile LF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joey Wiemer CF	4	0	0	0	0	2
CJ Abrams SS	3	1	1	0	1	1
Brady House 3B	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jorbit Vivas 3B	2	0	1	0	1	1
Drew Millas C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Young PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Keibert Ruiz C	3	1	1	1	0	0
Curtis Mead DH	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jose Tena DH	2	1	1	0	0	0