Washington Nationals at Los Angeles Dodgers

From the crack of the bat, there was little doubt that Kyle Tucker had hit one out of the yard. It had been a long time since he had taken a swing like that. Tucker's solo homer in the sixth inning of the Dodgers' 5-3 series-opening victory over the Nationals on Friday night was his first long ball since Aug. 8 at Chase Field. It had been even longer since he had last hit one out at Dodger Stadium, going all the way back to June 15. "It was nice. Just able to contribute right there and put a good swing on the ball and have it go out," Tucker said. "Overall as a team, just kind of grinded through the at-bats through the game and put up some run support for Blake \[Snell\