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LOS ANGELES — A few miles from the Washington Nationals spring training home in West Palm Beach, two camels named Blondie and Mr. Brown finally slept the sleep of winners in their stalls Wednesday night.
The Washington Nationals had made it over the hump.
After four tries, they had finally won a National League Division Series – and did so in 2019 Nationals style, coming back from a 3-1 deficit to defeat the favored Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 in extra innings in game 5 before a stunned crowd at Dodger Stadium.
Howie Kendrick did the stunning with 10th inning grand slam home run off reliever Joe Kelly, the culmination of a hard-fought comeback during the game that was symbolic of their comeback season.