LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s the great flaw of an otherwise elite team and has been all season for the Washington Nationals — their beleaguered bullpen.
But on Monday night, the relief corps followed a solid start by Gio Gonzalez with three scoreless innings to lead the surging Nationals past the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 in a rematch of last year’s tight playoff series.
“It’s about time we hung onto one of those,” manager Dusty Baker said.
PHOTOS: Rendon, Gonzalez lead surging Nationals past Dodgers 4-2
Anthony Rendon’s solo homer in the second started the scoring for Washington, which got a two-run single from Matt Wieters with two outs in the fourth and another two-out RBI single from Bryce Harper in the fifth.