7 2-out runs in 6th lift LA past Nats 10-4 for 2-1 NLDS lead
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WASHINGTON — Justin Turner’s homer capped a startling and record-setting seven-run rally in the sixth inning as the Dodgers roughed up starter-turned-reliever Patrick Corbin, and Los Angeles beat the Washington Nationals 10-4 on Sunday night to take a 2-1 lead in their NL Division Series.
Russell Martin and pinch-hitter Kiké Hernández added a pair of two-run doubles in the sixth as LA became the first team in major league history to score that many runs in one post-season inning with two outs and two strikes.
The Dodgers can advance to the NL Championship Series for the fourth consecutive year by closing the best-of-five NLDS in Game 4 at Washington on Monday, when LA sends Rich Hill to the mound against Max Scherzer.
The Dodgers entered the sixth trailing 2-1 after Juan Soto’s two-run homer for Washington off eventual winner Hyun-Jin Ryu in the first and Max Muncy’s solo shot off Aníbal Sánchez in the fifth.
