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Six-run first inning propels Dodgers and Andrew Heaney to 7-1 win over Nationals

LOS ANGELES — The difference was night and day. After scoring only four runs in two losses to the lowly Washington Nationals, the Dodgers took aim just after high noon Wednesday and immediately unloaded on left-hander Patrick Corbin in a 7-1 victory. They scored six first-inning runs, rata-tat-tat, stringing together six consecutive hits with two out, effectively putting the game out of reach ...
Juan Soto of the Washington Nationals at bat against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the eighth inning at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — The difference was night and day.

After scoring only four runs in two losses to the lowly Washington Nationals, the Dodgers took aim just after high noon Wednesday and immediately unloaded on left-hander Patrick Corbin in a 7-1 victory.

They scored six first-inning runs, rata-tat-tat, stringing together six consecutive hits with two out, effectively putting the game out of reach before many in the sun-drenched crowd had taken their seats at Dodger Stadium.

The beneficiary was starter Andrew Heaney, who pitched four scoreless innings in his first start in more than two months. His ERA in four starts this

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