Making Their Push Now

The Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals last night 3-1 in 10 innings and are only 1/2 game out of first place in the National League West. Zach Greinke pitched a great game, pitching out of trouble in several innings including a bases loaded, one out jam in the bottom of the first. He did not factor in the decision. He went 6 innings, gave up 1 earned run, and also went 2 for 2 at the plate. The Dodgers used 6 relievers to pitch the next 4 innins and the only reliever that did not get in the game was Brandon League. Chris Withrow (1-0) earned his first major league win by pitching a scoreless bottom of the ninth inning. Hanley Ramirez drove in Adrian Gonzalez with a double in the top of the tenth inning and he later scored on Andre Ethier's sacrifice to provide the final score. Kenley Jansen pitched a scoreless bottom of the tenth inning for his 11th save. Ramirez went 3 for 5 for the game. Yasiel Puig went 0 for 5 amd is now 0 for 9 with 5 strike outs since the All-Star break. Matt Kemp should be coming off the Disabled List within the next few games to give the Dodgers their full compliment of outfielders in a couple of months.