The Dodgers saw off the Nationals 6:5 in a regular-season MLB contest on Saturday, completing a sweep of the weekend series against their division rivals. The match followed a 5:3 victory the previous evening, giving Los Angeles two wins from two against Washington.
It was not a clean night for either side. The Dodgers had been building momentum with a 3:2 win over the Cardinals on Friday, but the two defeats to St Louis before that — 6:8 and 8:13 — suggest inconsistency they cannot afford. The Nationals, meanwhile, were reeling from a 9-0 drubbing by the Braves on Tuesday before finding some rhythm with consecutive wins.
By then the game had settled into a familiar pattern: both teams trading blows, neither willing to concede ground. The Dodgers can raise the tempo when they need to, and this time it was enough to hold on. Five runs in the first three innings gave them breathing room, but the Nationals did not let the tie slip quietly and forced a tense finish.
The visitors have kept three clean sheets on the spin recently, but this was not one of those nights. They scored five runs but left plenty on the table, and the margin of one run tells you the truth about how even the contest was.
The sweep puts the Dodgers one step further ahead in the division chase. They have won four of their last five, and while the 13-run loss to the Cardinals remains a reminder of their vulnerability, this back-to-back against Washington shows they are finding their feet at the right time.