Nats Nightly

Reynaldo Lopez managed to strike out nine batters in his MLB debut, but the Los Angeles Dodgers touched him up a bit with 10 hits and six earned runs while he was on the mound in what ended up an 8-4 loss for the Washington Nationals. Scott Kazmir gave up just four hits and one earned run in seven innings of work, improving to 6-0 with a 3.62 ERA in his last 12 starts going back to May 14th. It was the Nationals' fourth loss in four games with the Dodgers this season and it dropped them to 56-38 overall.