On Dave Roberts’ birthday, the Dodgers handed him a rather sloppy 10-6 loss to the Nationals, with poor situational play as the lineup failed to produce with runners in scoring position, thus failing to pick up another poor start by Noah Syndergaard.
With 11 hits, and six stolen bases, there were plenty of chances for the Dodgers to secure this sweep, but for all that work, five of the team’s six runs came on the long ball, and in this slug fest,...