Tonight, the Washington Nationals look to bounce back from their loss last night against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Scheduled to take the mound for his first career start against the Dodgers. Cade Cavalli has a 12-5 record and an a 3.12 ERA entering tonight’s game. The right hander Cade Cavalli is tied for fifth in the National League with 177 strikeouts, while his 3.12 ERA is good for 10th.

Scheduled to take the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers is right handed pitcher Tyler Glasnow who has a 4-0 record and an 2.79 ERA entering tonight’s game.

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The Washington Nationals made things interesting in the ninth inning Friday night, but their late rally came up short in a 5–3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. The Nationals record is now 67-76

The Nationals entered the ninth trailing 5-0 before Abimelec Ortiz and Jorbit Vivas delivered RBI hits to cut the deficit to three. James Wood followed with a two-out RBI double, pulling the Nationals within 5-3, but the Dodgers got the final out before Washington could complete the comeback.

The Washington Nationals went 3-for-13 with runners in scoring position and left eight runners on base.

Read our full game recap here

On Deck…

Tomorrow night the Washington Nationals will wrap up their three game series against the the Los Angeles Dodgers with the first pitch being at 10:10 p.m. EDT.

The Nationals are scheduled to send left handed pitcher Andrew Alvarez who has a 2-6 record and a 3.47 ERA. The lefty, has pitched to a 2.41 ERA (10 ER/37.1 IP) and a .176 opponents' average in his last seven games (six starts).

The Dodgers have yet to name their starter for the game.

In the hole…

On Monday, the Washington Nationals will kick off a three game series against the San Diego Padres with the first pitch at 5:10 p.m. EDT. The Nationals have yet to name the probable pitching matchups for the series.