Stephen Strasburg retired the first 14 batters he faced tonight, and 15 of the first 16, striking out nine, and the Washington Nationals scored three runs on Dodgers’ ace Clayton Kershaw in the first two innings to jump out to a 3-0 lead.
Strasburg gave up one run on three hits overall on the night, striking out 10 of the 21 batters he faced in six innings of work before he was done.
Sean Doolittle gave up a solo home run by Max Muncy in the seventh, 3-2, but the Nationals picked up a run on an RBI single by Asdrúbal Cabrera in the top of the eighth before turning it over to Max Scherzer, who threw a scoreless inning, striking out the side, and then Daniel Hudson, who locked down a two-run win with a dramatic, scoreless ninth, leaving the bases loaded.