The Dodgers enter play today seeking a series sweep of the Washington Nationals. Can you imagine how improbable that sentence would have sounded 22 hours ago? Including this set, the Dodgers have won three series all season, and two of them have been against the reigning NL East champions. They don’t seem like quite the team they used to be, mostly due to a large pile of injuries, but they’re still closer to contention than the Dodgers are.
| Dodgers | Nationals | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:35 a.m. | Washington D.C. | ||
| 1B | Muncy | SS | Turner |
| CF | Bellinger | RF | Harper |
| 3B | Turner | 3B | Rendon |
| C | Grandal | 1B | Reynolds |
| LF | Kemp | LF | Adams |
| RF | Puig | CF | Taylor |
| 2B | Forsythe | C | Severino |
| SS | Hernández | P | Strasburg (R) |
| P | Wood (L) | 2B | Difo |
Speaking of unlikely, Max Muncy is slated to bat leadoff against Stephen Strasburg today.