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10:10 pm EDT Fri Aug 6, 2010

Having squandered recent chances to make up ground on their division rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers hope to turn things around while playing their next 10 games against NL East foes. The Washington Nationals begin that stretch Friday night by visiting Dodger Stadium, where they’ll try to hold down a Los Angeles offense that continues to sputter. The Dodgers played their last 10 games against the top two teams in the NL West. They went 3-7 against San Diego and San Francisco, slipping eight games behind the Padres and six back of the Giants for the wild card. Manager Joe Torre had hoped his team’s lengthy slump was over when Los Angeles beat the Padres 9-0 on Wednesday, but the Dodgers were blanked for the 12th time this season in Thursday’s 5-0 defeat.

Complicating matters, they’ll be without shortstop Rafael Furcal for the rest of this homestand, and catcher Russell Martin for the season following recent injuries. Offense continues to be the biggest problem. In 21 games since the All-Star break, the Dodgers have been held to two or fewer runs 14 times, a huge reason they’ve gone 7-14. Andre Ethier is batting .203 with 20 strikeouts in that stretch, while team RBI leader James Loney has hit .192 with three RBIs. The Nationals limited Los Angeles to five runs while taking two of three from the Dodgers in Washington from April 23-25, finishing the series with a 1-0 win.