Nationals second baseman Wilmer Difo gets a forceout on the Dodgers' Austin Barnes during the fourth inning of the nightcap Saturday at Nats Park. Howie Kendrick, Washington’s most consistent hitter this season, had a ruptured right Achilles’ tendon, Martinez said. Kendrick had been carted off the field in the eighth inning of the day’s opener several hours earlier, the latest Nationals outfielder to succumb to a major injury. [Game 1 Box score: Dodgers 4, Nationals 1]“It’s definitely a blow,” Martinez said. [Box score: Dodgers 5, Nationals 4, Game 2]An expanded strike zone helped both starters rack up strikeouts over seven innings.

Source: Washington Post May 19, 2018 22:00 UTC