April 5, 2026Updated 9:21 am EDT
The Los Angeles Dodgers hope to sweep a three-game series versus the Washington Nationals, at 1:35 p.m. ET on Sunday. Roki Sasaki (0-1, 2.25 ERA) will start for the Dodgers, who are 6-2 this season and first in the NL West. Foster Griffin (1-0, 3.60 ERA) is starting for the Nationals, who are 3-5 and fifth in the NL East.
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Injury reportsDodgers
Tommy Edman: 10 Day IL (Ankle), Brock Stewart: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Brusdar Graterol: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Blake Snell: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Landon Knack: 15 Day IL (Undisclosed), Bobby Miller: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Gavin Stone: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Jake Cousins: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Kiké Hernández: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Evan Phillips: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Mookie Betts: day-to-day (Back)
Nationals
Paxton Schultz: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Josiah Gray: 60 Day IL (Elbow), DJ Herz: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Williams: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Stats to know
Los Angeles’ Andy Pages is slashing .500/.516/.833 this season with three home runs (4th in MLB), 10 RBIs (4th in MLB) and an OPS of 1.349 (3rd in MLB). He has a 12.9% strikeout rate and a 3.2% walk rate in 31 plate appearances, and he has scored five total runs. Pages has recorded one steal on one attempt.
In 35 plate appearances, Freddie Freeman has slashed .242/.286/.515 this season. He has hit two long balls (20th in MLB) and driven in nine runs (6th in MLB) with a strikeout rate of 5.7% and a walk rate of 2.9%. He has come around to score three times.
C.J. Abrams is hitting for a .286 BA, .375 OBP and .607 SLG with an 18.8% strikeout rate and a 9.4% walk rate. His OPS is .982 and he has scored six runs. In 32 plate appearances, he has hit three home runs (4th in MLB) and driven in 12 runs (1st in MLB). Abrams has recorded one steal on one attempt.
In 22 plate appearances, Joey Wiemer has posted an 18.2% strikeout rate and a 22.7% walk rate while slashing .588/.682/1.059 with two home runs (20th in MLB), four RBIs and seven runs scored.
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