Dodgers suffer embarrassing sweep in Washington

Normally, a trip to Washington would be just the thing to cure a team's ills. After all, they Nationals are still one of the worst teams in the league, and a couple of wins is pretty much a sure thing.

But, these are the Los Angeles Dodgers, where nothing they do is the easy way.

As a result, the Dodgers have just been drilled into the ground, suffering a 3 game sweep after losing last night's game, 11-2. The game was promising for 1/2 of an inning, then completely downhill after that. Kind of like the Dodgers' season - downhill in a hurry.

Manny Ramirez got the Dodgers on the board with a 2-run shot in the 1st to score Andre Ehtier. Yay! Then Jeff Kent walked and James Loney was hit by a pitch. Horray! With 1 out, Casey Blake struck out and Danny Ardoin fouled out to first. That's Dodger baseball!

Clayton Kershaw started off the bottom of the 1st with a K, and then he tanked miserably. Christian Guzman hit a solo homer and Elijah Dukes belted a 3-run shot. It was 5-2 after 1, and the umpires should have just called the game at that point. Why bother playing more?

I would give a recap on the rest of the game, but what the hell is the point? I'll just look at the Dodgers' bullpen, which was horrible. Ramon Troncoso pitched 3 innings for some reason and gave up 3 runs, Cory Wade returned to give up a run in an inning, and Joe Beimel gave up 2 runs in an inning. Getting pounded by the Washington Nationals... ya, that may actually be worse than watching the offense flail away with no success.

So now it's off to Arizona, where the NL West is up for grabs. It's still only a 3.5 game difference between the 2, which is pretty sad considering the Dodgers haven't won in like 2 weeks. Hiroki Kuroda is tonight's starter, and he should have gotten the win last Sunday against the Phillies. Of course, the Dodgers choked that one away.

If the Dodgers want any chance of taking this division, they need at least 2 of the 3. That way, they'd be 2.5 games back, which is manageable distance. But, getting swept means 6.5 back, and all hope is gone. We will see...