​The Washington Nationals are back to shooting themselves in the foot. Talk about yet another postseason meltdown.





After Jayson Werth inexplicably tried to score from first on a double to left field and was thrown out by a mile with two outs in the bottom of the sixth, the Dodgers made the Nats pay in a HUGE way.





First came Joc Pederson leading off the inning with a solo home run off Max Scherzer:

3. Joc Pederson homers off Max Scherzer in game 5 of the NLDS to tie the game. pic.twitter.com/0a9IMHmzB5 — Frank (@Frankles7) October 14, 2016

That's some serious opposite field power off one of the best pitchers in baseball. Scherzer was pretty much lights out up until that point.





Manager Dusty Baker took Scherzer out after that homer and then called on the bullpen.





Yep, that didn't work out. Carlos Ruiz added a pinch-hit RBI single, and then Justin Turner delivered what could be the dagger:

Justin Turner smokes one https://t.co/IIXsMJkfev — Matt Clapp (@TheBlogfines) October 14, 2016

That two-run triple has put the Dodgers up 4-1, and time is running out for the Nationals, who just used most of their bullpen.