With three swings of the bat, the Dodgers erased the Nationals’ home-field advantage in the NLDS. Stud shortstop and presumptive NL Rookie of the Year Corey Seager took the first pitch he saw over the centerfield wall, and his double-play partner Chase Utley drove in a run with a single to right in the third. Once third baseman Justin Turner homered to left with Seager on first two batters later, ace Clayton Kershaw had all the run support he needed. Washington clawed back with two runs in the third and another in the fourth, but the bullpens—including Los Angeles closer Kenley Jansen, who got five outs—kept it at all zeroes from then on, and the Dodgers grabbed Game 1, 4–3.
Even without Kershaw in top form, Dodgers edge Nationals in NLDS Game 1
