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Dodgers

Kendrick singled to center, Grandal to third.

Nationals

C.Seager homered to center on the first pitch.

Ju.Turner homered to left on the first pitch, C.Seager scored.

Homered to left on the first pitch, C.Seager scored.

Rendón singled to left, Harper scored, Werth scored.

T.Turner hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Pederson, P.Severino scored.

Hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Pederson, P.Severino scored.

Dodgers first.  Utley struck out.  C.Seager homered to center on the first pitch.  Ju.Turner was hit by a pitch.  A.González grounded into a double play, shortstop Espinosa to third baseman Rendón to first baseman Zimmerman, Ju.Turner out.

Dodgers third.  Toles singled to center.  Kershaw sacrificed, catcher P.Severino to second baseman D.Murphy, Toles to second.  Utley singled to right, Toles scored.  C.Seager grounded into fielder's choice, second baseman D.Murphy to shortstop Espinosa, Utley out.  Ju.Turner homered to left on the first pitch, C.Seager scored.  A.González grounded out, third baseman Rendón to first baseman Zimmerman.

Nationals third.  T.Turner struck out.  Harper doubled to right.  Werth walked on a full count.  D.Murphy flied out to left fielder Toles.  Harper stole third, Werth stole second.  Rendón singled to left, Harper scored, Werth scored.  Zimmerman singled to left, Rendón to second.  Espinosa struck out.

Nationals fourth.  P.Severino doubled to left.  Scherzer grounded out, second baseman Utley to first baseman A.González, P.Severino to third.  T.Turner hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Pederson, P.Severino scored.  Harper popped out to second baseman Utley.

The Dodgers went 5-1 versus the Nationals this season despite being out-hit, 55-48, over the six games. The two franchises have met in the postseason just once before, with the Dodgers eliminating the then-Montreal Expos in five games in the 1981 NLCS (the Dodgers went on to win the 1981 World Series).

The Dodgers won 91 games this season, their fourth consecutive season with at least 90 wins. The Dodgers' four-season streak with at least 90 wins is their longest since winning at least 90 in six straight seasons from 1951-56.

The Nationals won 95 games this season, the third time they have won at least 95 games in the last five seasons (most in MLB since 2012) after recording just one 95-win season in the franchise's first 43 years in existence (95 wins in 1979 as the Montreal Expos).

The Dodgers are in the playoffs for a fourth consecutive postseason, the longest streak in franchise history. However, Los Angeles has just a 1-3 series record over that span, losing in the NLDS in each of the last two postseasons.

The Nationals are looking for the second playoff series win in franchise history and the first since their first ever postseason appearance (the then-Montreal Expos beat the Phillies, 3-2, in the 1981 NLDS before being eliminated by the Dodgers in the NLCS). The Nationals have an 0-2 playoff series record since moving to Washington in 2005, losing in the NLDS in 2012 (versus St. Louis) and 2014 (versus San Francisco).

Corey Seager had 193 hits this season, the most by a rookie since 2001 (Albert Pujols had 194 hits that season and Ichiro Suzuki had 242). However, Trea Turner's 102 hits after the All-Star break this season led all rookies and are the most by a rookie after the break since Chris Coughlan (113) in 2009.

Clayton Kershaw is 2-6 with a 4.59 ERA in the postseason over his career, compared to a career 126-60 record and 2.37 ERA in the regular season. In 10 career postseason starts, Kershaw has posted a 2.03 ERA and .177 opponent batting average in the first four innings and a 9.15 ERA and .301 opponent batting average from the fifth inning on.

Max Scherzer struck out a career-high 284 batters this season after striking out 276 a year ago, becoming the first pitcher with consecutive 275-strikeout seasons since Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling each did so in 2001 and 2002. Scherzer's 11.49 strikeouts per nine innings over his postseason career are the most by any pitcher in the playoffs all-time (minimum 10 postseason starts).

HP - Bellino, 1B - Guccione, 2B - Kulpa, 3B - Hallion

WASHINGTON - Washington Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer said he learned a lesson from his first postseason start, which came on Oct. 2, 2011, at Yankee Stadium when he played for the Detroit Tigers.
Scherzer entered that game with a different mindset than he used in regular-season games, and he proceeded to walk two batters in the first inning and four overall in six innings. Scherzer won the game but from then on tried to have the same approach for every outing.

Scherzer, Nationals welcome challenge against Dodgers' Kershaw

WASHINGTON (AP)  Clayton Kershaw was hardly at his best.
Nothing new when it comes to October.

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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Washington Nationals on October 7, 2016

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