Dodgers Hand Stephen Strasburg First Loss Of Season After Beating Nationals 6-3

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justin Turner homered twice and drove in five runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers ended Stephen Strasburg's undefeated streak by beating the Washington Nationals 6-3 on Thursday.

Turner hit his 16th and 17th home runs, a two-run shot off Strasburg in the first and a three-run shot off the right-hander in the third, to set a career high.

Howie Kendrick extended his hitting streak to 13 games and Adrian Gonzalez also drove in a run for theDodgers, who defeated the Nationals for the fifth time in six games this season.

Strasburg (13-1) lost for the first time since Sept. 9, ending a run of 16 consecutive winning decisions. Making it through the sixth, he allowed a season-high six earned runs and seven hits — all in the first three innings — and struck out 10.

Before Strasburg could settle down, the Dodgers crushed the ball against him, including a double off the left-field wall from Gonzalez and Turner's two home runs.

At one point Strasburg struck out seven of nine Los Angeles batters and allowed just one base runner after the third.

The Dodgers did enough damage to support top pitching prospect Julio Urias (2-2), who held the Nationals to one run and five hits in four innings. The 19-year-old left-hander displayed excellent command with four strikeouts and no walks and was lifted after 77 pitches.

Kendrick singled off Strasburg in the second to keep his hitting streak alive going into a weekend series at St. Louis.

Bryce Harper drove in the only run against Urias with a sacrifice fly in the first, and Washington scored on an RBI double by Danny Espinosa in the sixth and an RBI single by Daniel Murphy in the seventh off the Dodgers' bullpen.

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