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- Updated: October 11, 2016
LOS ANGELES — The Nationals are one victory from advancing to the National League Championship Series after pulling away from the Dodgers on Monday, 8-3. Anthony Rendon blasted a two-run homer and former Dodger Jayson Werth crushed a solo shot in a win that gave Washington a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five NL Division Series. The eight runs for the Nationals are the most they have scored in a postseason game in team history.
The winner of Game 3 in a tied best-of-five series has gone on to win the series 36 out of a possible 48 times (75 percent). Game 4 is Tuesday at Dodger Stadium (5 or 8 p.m. ET/2 or 5 p.m. PT on FS1).
Game Date Time Matchup TV/Highlights Gm 1 Oct. 7 LAD 4, WAS 3 Gm 2 Oct. 9 WSH 5, LAD 2 Gm 3 Oct. 10 WAS 8, LAD 3 Gm 4 Oct. 11 5 or 8 p.m. WAS @ LAD FS1 *Gm 5 Oct. 13 5 or 8 p.m. LAD @ WSH FS1 *- If necessary | All times listed ET • Division Series start time scenarios • Dodgers vs. Nationals NLDS coverageShop for postseason gear: Dodgers | Nationals
The Nationals took the lead with a four-run third inning powered by Rendon’s homer after Washington starter Gio Gonzalez spotted the Dodgers a first-inning run on Corey Seager’s RBI double. Seager has extra-base hits in the first frame of each game in the series.
Kenta Maeda, the workhorse of the Dodgers’ rotation this year, struggled from the start. He needed 28 pitches to escape a bases-loaded jam in the first inning, but he was unable to get through the heart of the Nationals’ order in the third. Trea Turner singled to lead off and raced home on a double by Werth, who was singled home by Harper. After Harper’s steal of second and catcher Yasmani Grandal’s throwing error, Rendon delivered with a homer estimated by Statcast™ at 432 feet, an encore to Jose Lobaton’s three-run jack that won Game 2 in Washington.
“Kenta was missing, getting behind, and some fastballs leaked back over the plate,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “You know, they made him pay. Four runs, three innings — at that point in time, I felt that we had to go to the ‘pen to try to shorten the game.”
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