“Will the Dodgers’ Season Hang in the Balance? Key Concerns Unfold Amidst Freeman’s Absence!”
That collective exhale, and the prospect of a happy flight home, was made possible by the tension that preceded it. Down a run late to an inferior Washington Nationals team, baseball’s fully loaded juggernaut looked in serious danger of suffering an embarrassing sweep. Two losses on two ruthlessly cold nights in the nation’s capital at the end of a week-long East Coast swing had L.A. looking ragged.
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But the Dodgers, as they so often do, came clawing back in the late afternoon gleam. A two-run seventh provided a one-run lead, a lead L.A.’s bullpen preserved en route to a reinvigorating 6-5 win. A defensive miscue in the ninth opened the door for a Nats comeback, but a magnificent diving play from Kiké Hernández kept the slight edge intact.
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