The Washington Nationals had a lead late Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers but just couldn’t hold their slim lead. The Nationals fell to the Dodgers 3-2. Their record also fell as it is now 38-65.
John Lannan started on the hill for the Nationals and was terrific as usual. Lannan went seven innings and gave up three earned runs. He allowed only six hits but saw his record fall to 6-10 any way. Lannan has pitcher very well this season but has been the victim of poor run support.
Willie Harris got the Nationals on the board in the third with a sacrifice fly. They held the lead until sixth inning. When the Nats came up in the 8th inning they were down 3-1. They got an RBI single from Ryan Zimmerman to bring the game to 3-2. Austin Kearns had two hits for Washington.
The Nats and Dodgers will play again on Saturday night. Odalis Perez will start for Washington. Game time is 10:10pm.