Aggressive tact offensively helps Dodgers

WASHINGTON — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had said what he feared most from the Washington Nationals was their “slug,” but it was early-inning long balls by the Dodgers that helped overcome Clayton Kershaw’s command issues for a 4-3 win in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Friday night. Game 2 is Saturday at 4 p.m. ET/1 PT on FS1.

In losing to the hard-throwing Mets in last year’s NLDS, the Dodgers hit only two home runs in five games. But they matched that in three innings against 20-game winner Max Scherzer, with a solo shot to center field by Corey Seager in the first inning and a two-run blast into the team’s left-field bullpen by Justin Turner one at-bat after he was hit by a Scherzer slider on the left hand.

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“It was just a fastball up over the plate,” said Seager, who became the youngest Dodger in history to hit a postseason home run. “I put a good swing and got some good results. We were looking for any runs we could get off of him. That’s an elite pitcher. He came ready to play, he threw well. We just scratched as many as we …

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