Nationals tap into their power game to defeat Dodgers 7-3

By: Doug Padilla, The Associated Press Posted: 12:14 AM CDT Sunday, Jun. 22, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe hit two of Washington's five home runs and the Nationals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 on Saturday night.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe hit two of Washington's five home runs and the Nationals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 on Saturday night.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe hit two of Washington’s five home runs and the Nationals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 on Saturday night.

James Wood, CJ Abrams and Luis García Jr. also went deep for the Nationals, who won a road game for the first time this month. They are 2-12 in their past 14 games overall.

Jake Irvin (6-3) worked around two homers and six hits in 5 1/3 innings to win for the first time in four starts. He struck out seven.

Washington Nationals' Jacob Young hits a double during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)

Three relievers held the Dodgers to one hit over the final 3 2/3 innings. Keibert Ruiz went 3 for 3 with a sacrifice fly for Washington.

Andy Pages, Will Smith and Teoscar Hernández homered for the Dodgers, who dropped to 9-4 since June 8. Dustin May (4-5) gave up three home runs in six innings.

Wood and García connected on May’s first two pitches in the fourth. Wood has a team-best 21 home runs, including four against the Dodgers in five games.

Los Angeles pulled to 2-1 in the fifth on Pages’ home run. Lowe went deep in the sixth and Smith homered in the bottom half to make it 3-2. Abrams launched a two-run drive off left-hander Jack Dreyer in the seventh for a 5-2 advantage.

Lowe’s solo shot in the eighth gave him his first multihomer game this season.

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Smith’s homer pulled the Dodgers to 3-2 in the sixth, but Irvin rebounded to strike out Hernández — the last batter he faced.

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