WASHINGTON -- With Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg looming on the series horizon, it wasn’t just Nationals Game 1 starter-turned-reliever Patrick Corbin who appeared in the sixth inning Sunday night.\n\n“The Dodgers showed up in the sixth inning,”
In the current 2-2-1 format of the Division Series, teams to take a 2-1 lead have gone on to win the series 39 of 52 times (75%). In all best-of-five series, teams to take a 2-1 lead have gone on to win the series 61 of 84 times (73%). And in Division Series in the current 2-2-1 format, teams to be up 2-1 heading into Game 4 on the road have won the series 20 of 28 times (71%). Those series have ended in four games 16 times.\n\nThe Dodgers came completely out of their patient approach against Corbin in a Game 1 win, wildly chasing sliders in the dirt, then chased Strasburg curveballs in a Game 2 loss. With a second look at Corbin, they unleashed the juggernaut offense they featured during a 106-win season, providing a mathematical and emotional lift for the second time they see Scherzer and, potentially, Strasburg. Martin and Hernández had two-run doubles and Turner a three-run homer.\n\n“It’s huge,” said Hernández. “They got Scherzer going tomorrow, and we’re on the road. It’s not the same being down 2-1 on the road with Scherzer on the mound than being up 2-1 on the road with Scherzer on the mound. If there’s a Game 5, we’re going home. It’s huge, and I like our chances.”\n
Corbin allowed two-run doubles to Martin and Hernández, before Turner slugged a three-run homer off Wander Suero, Turner’s first since Sept. 3. Turner also doubled and singled and is third on the franchise postseason home run list with eight, trailing Duke Snider (11) and Steve Garvey (10). Martin added a two-run homer off Hunter Strickland in the ninth.\n\n• [Martin turns back the clock in 4-RBI Game 3](https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/russell-martin-homers-has-4-rbis-in-nlds-game-3)\n\n“I think seeing \\[Corbin\\] just the other night helped out some guys that weren’t able to pick up on the spin and pick up motion of it,” said Muncy. “Still one of the best ones out there, but guys were able to make the adjustment to go after ones in the zone and lay off ones in the dirt.”
\n\n \n\nAll seven runs in the sixth inning [scored with two outs](https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/russell-martin-gives-dodgers-game-3-lead), tying the postseason record for most two-out runs scored in an inning according to STATS, a mark set by the 2007 Red Sox and matched by the 2010 Giants. The seven runs were the most in a postseason inning in franchise history.\n\n
\n\nThe sixth inning helped paper over a disturbing and continuing trend of Dodgers strikeouts, 15 in Game 3 after 17 in Game 2 and 12 in Game 1. The Dodgers also overcame a shaky start by Hyun-Jin Ryu, who allowed a first-inning walk and home run, leaving with a 2-1 lead after five innings.\n\nAnd the mysterious