{"id":663593,"date":"2026-04-04T23:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T23:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/663593\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T23:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T23:15:20","slug":"dodgers-take-first-road-series-offense-stays-hot-vs-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/663593\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Take First Road Series Offense Stays Hot vs. Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/player\/dodgers\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"54137\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> have found their offense in Washington, D.C., as they once again handled the Nationals, 10-5, for their first road series win of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers entered their series against the Nationals with a 4-2 record, though it has come through quality pitching rather than offensive production.<\/p>\n<p>The bullpen and rotation have done their job and then some, but the offense has not held up its end of the bargain, at least not until their visit to the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers reached double digits in runs twice thus far in the series, which will end on Sunday with the <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/dave-roberts-doubles-down-on-roki-sasaki-decision\/2026\/03\/18\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"300893\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ever-inconsistent Roki Sasaki<\/a> on the mound.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/andy-pages-nationals.jpg\" alt=\"Apr 4, 2026; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages (44) is congratulated by teammates after hitting a three run home run against the Washington Nationals during the fifth inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-Imagn Images\" class=\"wp-image-302079\"  \/>Apr 4, 2026; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages (44) is congratulated by teammates after hitting a three run home run against the Washington Nationals during the fifth inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, the Dodgers are hitting the leather out of the ball. They got 16 hits, drew three walks, and totaled eight strikeouts as well.<\/p>\n<p>Only the shortstop position failed to produce a hit for Los Angeles, as the whole order got in on the hit quickly, but two key standout hitters stood out.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Pages hit his third home run of the season, going three-for-five at the plate, only one of them being a bloop hit.<\/p>\n<p>He has a .500 batting average with a 1.349 OPS on the year, proving to be the real deal in terms of a breakout candidate for the Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>Freddie Freeman, who has gotten some bad hitting luck despite rushing some balls really hard, got two doubles, which drove in two runs, both of which were smoked off his bat.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers\u2019 pitching continues to keep a lid on things<\/p>\n<p>On the pitching side, Tyler Glasnow was dealing all day long. He gave up just two runs in six innings of action, getting six strikeouts. His stuff looked top-notch and his curveball was really effective against left-handers.<\/p>\n<p>The bullpen allowed another three runs, one of which came from Ben Casparius and another from Edgardo Henriquez at the end of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Tanner Scott was the most impressive out of all the bullpen, allowing just one hit and getting a strikeout.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers look like a machine now that their offense is in sync, and they will go for a sweep on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Best moments from the game         <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sab-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/path\/to\/app-icon.png\" alt=\"App icon\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LA Baseball Report<\/p>\n<p>Get the app for faster news<\/p>\n<p> <a id=\"sab-cta\" class=\"sab-cta\" href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GET<\/a> \u00d7  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Dodgers have found their offense in Washington, D.C., as they once again handled the Nationals,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[1384,5,39,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-663593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-andy-pages","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-dodgers","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-dodgers","13":"tag-ladodgers","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-losangelesdodgers","18":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116348986548094869","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}