Ohtani and Tucker hit 2 of the Dodgers' 5 homers in a 13-6 rout of the Nationals
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer in the third inning, and Kyle Tucker, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman went deep as well as the Los Angeles Dodgers pummeled the Washington Nationals 13-6 on Friday. Andy Pages also homered for the Dodgers, but it was the top of their order — which had been struggling — that really broke out. Ohtani hadn't driven in a run all season before hitting a drive to right that tied the game at 3.
Betts' two-run shot later that inning put Los Angeles ahead to stay. It was 9-4 after Freeman's two-run homer in the fifth. Tucker's first home run as a member of the Dodgers was a solo shot that made it 12-4 in the seventh.
Miles Mikolas (0-2) allowed a career-high 11 runs on 11 hits in 4 1/3 innings. Emmet Sheehan (1-0) gave up a three-run homer to CJ Abrams in the first, but the Nationals only scored once more in his 5 2/3 innings. Washington lost its home opener for the fifth straight year.
This was the most runs the Nationals have allowed in a home opener since moving to Washington in 2005. Sheehan allowed four runs and seven hits with three walks and two strikeouts. Ohtani extended his on-base streak to 38 games dating to last season.
He was able to keep it going despite being just 3 for 18 entering Friday's game. After his home run, he added a single the following inning. He also hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth.