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4w ago

Betts’ Eighth-Inning Blast Completes Dodgers’ Sweep of Nationals

The go-ahead homer and Bobby Miller’s season return have tightened Los Angeles’ National League seeding race and set the club up for Ohtani’s planned return to the lineup.

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An image collage containing 3 images, Image 1 shows Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts rounding the bases after hitting a home run, Image 2 shows Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernandez (37) reacts during the fifth inning against the Washington Nationals, Image 3 shows Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers, wearing a white uniform with "Dodgers" in blue across the chest and blue accents, holds a bat over his shoulder and looks to the left

Overview

  • Mookie Betts hit a three-run, eighth-inning home run that turned a 5-4 deficit into a 7-5 win and completed a three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals on Sunday.
  • Bobby Miller made his first major-league appearance of the season and earned the win after three innings, allowing one run on one hit while striking out two.
  • Starter Justin Wrobleski struggled in the game, yielding four runs in the fourth and exiting after three innings, continuing a slide since late June.
  • The victory extended the Dodgers’ winning streak to four and moved them to 86-57, leaving them 1.5 games behind the Brewers for the top NL record and one game ahead of the Braves for the No. 2 seed.
  • Manager Dave Roberts highlighted Betts’ late-season impact as a team-first pattern and said Shohei Ohtani is expected to be back in the lineup for the next game, a return that could ease lineup load as the Dodgers head into a Reds series.