James Outman homered, and the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers moved closer to a division title Sunday with a 7-3 victory over the Washington Nationals.
Jason Heyward drove in two for Los Angeles, which leads Arizona by 13 games in the NL West. The Dodgers, who hold the tiebreaker over the Diamondbacks, reduced their magic number to clinch the division to six.
Sunday’s stoppage came just after Rojas’ bases-loaded single off newly inserted reliever Mason Thompson to bump Los Angeles’ lead to 5-2. Austin Barnes hit a sacrifice fly after play resumed. The Dodgers took the lead against Washington starter Trevor Williams on Heyward’s two-out, two-run single in the first.“I thought that was the only misexecuted pitch I threw today,” Williams said. “We were trying to do what we did the second at-bat for the strikeout. It’s a lazy first pitch to a guy that we know that is swinging early and it’s just a lazy first pitch that he took advantage of.”
Washington catcher Drew Millas hit a two-run single off Los Angeles starter Ryan Yarbrough in the fourth.Williams surrendered six runs in 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander has not completed five innings in five of his last seven starts.Dodgers: 2B/OF Mookie Betts returned to the lineup and went 0 for 4. Betts missed two games after fouling a ball off his left foot Thursday. “He doesn’t really have any residual soreness and feels good, so I’m excited to get him back in the lineup,” Roberts said.