LAst Night's Action: Dodgers Pounce on Nats

LA Dodgers defeat Washington Nationals 14-2. The danger of this series against the Washington Nationals was demonstrated last season. The Dodgers were swept on the road by the Nats. I normally would have been worried about this, but having been in the Dodger clubhouse for a lot of the season I know these guys are focused. And boy did they show it when they batted around the fourth and seventh innings. Rafael Furcal went 4-for-5 driving in four runs and scoring twice, and the scoring parade allowed Jason Repko, Blake DeWitt, Chin-Lung Hu and Juan Castro to play some extended innings. Clayton Kershaw also made an appearance in the eighth and ninth innings giving up a walk while striking out four to put away the Nats for good. Because the Rockies barely escaped a Padres comeback the Dodgers REAL magic number is seven.

NY Yankees defeat LA Angels 6-5. Despite being down 5-0 in the fifth inning, the Angels rallied to come back by the eighth inning. But the Yankees loaded the bases in the ninth inning for Alex Rodriguez who hit a scoring fly ball to give the Yanks the win.