LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers and Nationals play the rubber game of their weekend series on national television, with an eye on getting a head start. Sunday’s game is an evening start, shown exclusively on ESPN’s ‘Sunday Night Baseball.’
Joc Pederson‘s home run on Saturday came in the second inning, continuing a trend of late. The Dodgers have scored in the first or second inning in eight of their last nine contests.
The Dodgers are 9-2 when scoring first this season, but 0-8 when the opponent scored first. They only have one comeback win all season — San Diego led 2-1 briefly last Monday in a game the Dodgers won 10-3 — after a league-leading 47 comeback victories last year.