Dodgers vs. Nationals – Game Recap – May 25, 2022 – ESPN

WASHINGTON — — Erick Fedde and three relievers mixed on a six-hitter, César Hernández had an RBI single and the Washington Nationals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 Wednesday to keep away from a collection sweep.

Washington snapped a nine-game skid towards Los Angeles. The Nationals had not defeated the Dodgers since Sport 5 of the NL Division Collection in 2019.

Tanner Rainey stranded two within the ninth inning for his fourth save in six tries, getting fly balls from Cody Bellinger and Will Smith to finish it. It was Rainey’s first save since April 19.

“The ball was hit a little bit bit tougher than I hoped for,” Rainey mentioned of the ultimate out. “However after I noticed (Juan) Soto operating again and noticed him flip round and camp below it a little bit bit, there was quite a lot of reduction there.”

Los Angeles misplaced for less than the second time in 11 video games, however the Dodgers nonetheless personal the perfect document within the Nationwide League at 29-14. Los Angeles, which had outscored Washington 19-5 within the first two video games of the collection, was shut out within the common season for the primary time since Aug. 29.

NL house run chief Mookie Betts was out of the lineup for a deliberate day without work, however he struck out as a pinch hitter to guide off the eighth. That snapped Betts’ 12-game streak with a run scored, which was tied with Rafael Furcal (2010) for the Dodgers’ longest such stretch since they moved to Los Angeles and trailed solely Zack Wheat’s 13-game run in 1925 in franchise historical past.

“We talked about an off day and I wished to remain true to that,” Los Angeles supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned. “I do consider within the shorter- and the longer-term, he’s going to remain wholesome and it’s going to permit him to be extra productive the remainder of the way in which.”

Fedde (3-3) pitched six innings, permitting 4 hits and a stroll whereas hanging out six. Carl Edwards Jr. pitched the seventh, Kyle Finnegan escaped a two-on, one-out jam within the eighth and Rainey did the identical within the ninth.

“It’s nice when you possibly can hand the ball over and watch three extra zeroes go up on the board and maintain the lead,” Fedde mentioned. “We haven’t had quite a lot of alternatives to try this this yr.”

The Nationals manufactured a run within the sixth off Julio Urías when Victor Robles walked, Alcides Escobar adopted with a bunt single and Hernández singled to left to usher in Robles.

Urías (3-4) allowed a run and 4 hits in six innings, hanging out three. He misplaced for the third time in 4 begins.

Los Angeles shortstop Trea Turner prolonged his hitting streak to 17 video games with an eighth-inning single.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Dodgers: Bellinger (sickness) was out of the lineup for the second day in a row however pinch hit within the seventh and remained within the sport in middle. … LHP Andrew Heaney (shoulder) will throw one other bullpen Thursday in Arizona.

Nationals: RHP Joe Ross felt tightness in his elbow throughout a rehabilitation begin Tuesday at Double-A Harrisburg and can have an MRI. Ross, who’s recovering from surgical procedure to take away a bone spur in his proper elbow, threw three shutout innings. “It’s regarding, as a result of it’s his elbow once more,” supervisor Dave Martinez mentioned. “However I don’t need to leap to any conclusions.” … INF Ehire Adrianza (quad pressure) was 1 for 4 with a run Wednesday in his second rehab sport at Harrisburg.

ROBERTS SPEAKS OUT

Roberts spent a lot of his pregame media session discussing Wednesday’s faculty taking pictures in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 youngsters and two lecturers lifeless.

“I’m simply extra sickened by it and I’m nonetheless making an attempt to place my ideas collectively in some sense of making an attempt to rationalize it, as a result of I can’t,” he mentioned.

UP NEXT

Dodgers: RHP Mitch White (1-0, 6.17 ERA), who earned a win in reduction Might 17 towards the Diamondbacks, makes his second begin of the season as Los Angeles begins a four-game collection at Arizona.

Nationals: LHP Patrick Corbin (0-7, 6.60), who gave up 5 runs in eight innings at Colorado on Might 4, faces the Rockies once more Thursday within the opener of a four-game collection as Washington’s homestand continues.

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