Dodger Stadium is the proud proprietor of essentially the most dwelling runs in baseball this season. The long-ball development may not be an anomaly.
On Saturday evening, the Dodgers and Washington Nationals mixed for eight dwelling runs, however solely three got here off L.A. bats.
Dodgers right-hander Dustin Might gave up three solo dwelling runs in a 7-3 loss to the Nationals that featured the groups combining for eight dwelling runs — essentially the most in a Dodgers recreation this season.
Andy Pages, Will Smith and Teoscar Hernández hit dwelling runs within the fifth, sixth and ninth innings, respectively.
Within the fourth inning, Nationals slugger James Wooden used all of his 6-foot-7, 234-pound body to launch a sinker from Might to interrupt a scoreless recreation. Pages solely took one step from his place in middle area as he tracked the ball off Wooden’s bat — he knew the place it was headed.
The 451-foot solo blast gave the Nationals a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. Three-hole hitter Luis Garcia Jr. adopted Wooden with a solo dwelling run.
For being center of the pack offense — ranked 18th general in runs scored — the Nationals flexed their muscle with their younger stars. CJ Abrams socked a two-run dwelling run within the seventh off Dodgers reliever Jack Dreyer, his second in as many video games.
Washington’s Nathaniel Lowe celebrates within the dugout after hitting his second dwelling run of the sport within the eighth inning Saturday.
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Wooden and Abrams had been acquired by the Nationals within the Juan Soto commerce with San Diego in 2022.
Might gave up a house run within the sixth to Nathaniel Lowe — who additionally hit a homer within the eighth inning for his first multi-home run recreation. Might gave up 5 hits, struck out 5 and walked two, tossing six innings for the third time in his final 5 begins.
Exterior of Pages, Smith and Hernández’s dwelling runs, the Dodgers (47-31) threatened to attain when Mookie Betts and Tommy Edman reached through singles within the fifth. Nationals beginning pitcher Jake Irvin, nevertheless, struck out Freddie Freeman to finish the risk. Irvin struck out seven and walked none in 5 ⅓ innings.
Shohei Ohtani, who will begin on the mound Sunday in opposition to the Nationals (32-45) in his second pitching look of 2025, went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts.
Eight dwelling runs at Dodger Stadium is uncommon, however low humidity in L.A. might be a consider serving to laborious hits soar. Local weather change researchers have even contemplated the impact that hotter climates might have on dwelling runs, with a 2023 research within the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society stating that greater than 500 dwelling runs since 2010 might be credited to world warming.
Throughout the final six seasons, Chavez Ravine has ranked high 5 in dwelling runs on 5 events. Within the 43 video games the Dodgers have performed at dwelling in 2025, there have been a median of three.39 dwelling runs per recreation (146 dwelling runs general and 23 greater than second-place George M. Steinbrenner Subject).
Glasnow replace
Tyler Glasnow (proper shoulder) is scheduled to pitch two innings for triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis on Sunday. Reduction pitcher Luis Garcia (proper adductor) is ready to seem for single-A Rancho Cucamonga on Sunday as properly.
Each rehabilitation outings are their first since becoming a member of the injured record.
