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- Updated: July 20, 2016
WASHINGTON — There was good news and bad news when it came to Reynaldo Lopez’s Major League debut on Tuesday night. He struck nine batters, which was five short of the Nationals rookie record set by Stephen Strasburg in 2010. The bad news was that Lopez was hit hard as the Dodgers beat the Nationals, 8-4, at Nationals Park.
The problems started in the first inning, when Chase Utley hit a leadoff home run as part of a three-RBI night. The next two hitters — Howie Kendrick and Justin Turner — reached base on a single and a double, respectively. Lopez managed to get the next two outs, but Kendrick and Turner scored on a single by Joc Pederson.
After the Dodgers scored another run in the second to make it 4-0, Lopez settled down and retired the next eight hitters. Lopez finished with nine strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings, allowing six runs on 10 hits.
Lopez’s counterpart, Scott Kazmir, was outstanding over seven innings, allowing one run on four hits with eight strikeouts.
The one run scored off Kazmir came on Jose …
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