The Los Angeles Dodgers vaporized the Washington Nationals yesterday at Nationals Park with the Dodgers earning the win 14 to 2. You don’t often see such high scoring games, and anyone with Nationals tickets sure got their money’s worth. This high-scoring game saw the teams combine for a whopping 16 runs! Talk about excitement! Baseball isn’t the only game in town. See what other cheap sports tickets are out there.
Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda (3.65 ERA) got the win, while Livan Hernandez (5.53 ERA) took the loss for the Nationals. Hiroki Kuroda went 6 innings for the Dodgers, allowed 4 hits, one home run and no earned runs with 2 walks and 6 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Dodgers was Ronald Belisario (1.89), and Clayton Kershaw (2.85). The Nationals’s starter Livan Hernandez went 3.2 innings, allowed 8 hits, no home runs and 8 earned runs with 4 walks and no strikeouts. Marco Estrada (9.64), Saul Rivera (6.34), Victor Garate (22.50), Zach Segovia (10.80), and Logan Kensing (10.09) also pitched for the Nationals. With the win, Kuroda’s record goes to 8-6, while Hernandez is at 8-12.
Rafael Furcal provided much of the offense for the Dodgers with an incredible 4 runs batted in. In addition to the 14 runs, the Dodgers scored 15 hits and committed one error. Rafael Furcal led the Dodgers in hitting with 4 hits, followed by James Loney’s 3 hits, and Ronnie Belliard with 2. The Nationals didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Nationals got 2 runs, 4 hits and 3 errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Phil Cuzzi, Tom Hallion, Jerry Crawford and Bill Hohn. There were 18,518 Nationals ticket holders in attendance at Nationals Park.
The win puts the Dodgers at a record of 91-60, at the top of their division, while the loss brings the Nationals to 51-99, (37 games behind the division leader). Next up for the Dodgers are the Pittsburgh Pirates (56-93) at the Pirates’s PNC Park. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for Pittsburgh Pirates tickets because that game should be a good one. The Nationals will next take on the New York Mets (65-87) at Citi Field in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your New York Mets tickets today and take in all the thrills.