Yan Gomes hit a three-run home run off Los Angeles Dodgers’ starter Clayton Kershaw in the fourth, tying things up at 3-3, but a hit-by-pitch, a bobbled ball by Washington’s new shortstop, Alcides Escobar, and errant throw by Josh Harrison, set the visitors up with an RBI opportunity in the sixth they converted on a two-out roller toward third base that got the go-ahead run in, in what ended up a 5-3 win for LA in D.C.
Espino vs LA: Though he’s been limited in terms of how deep he can go into his starts since he’s spent a lot of time in the bullpen this season, after five scoreless in his latest outing in a starting role, Paolo Espino, 34, had a 1.