Game 113: Yasiel Puig delivers a vintage performance.

Yasiel Puig

Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig drove in all five runs in the Dodgers’ 5-0 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday. (Sarah Reingewirtz/Staff photographer)

The Dodgers’ 5-0 win over the Washington Nationals was their 16th shutout of the season (tops in MLB) and it conjured up some forgotten memories for Yasiel Puig. The box score is here.

All 15 home teams won Tuesday, so the ending to the Dodgers’ 4-game losing streak shouldn’t have been a surprise at all.

Prior to the game, the Dodgers placed Joel Peralta on the 15-day disabled list — a surprise considering Peralta’s optimism just four days ago.

Postscript: Bryce Harper (who did not play Tuesday) told reporters that he injured his left knee diving to catch a fly ball hit by Scott Van Slyke in the eighth inning of Monday’s game; Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams had said earlier in the day that the injury occurred in the third inning when Harper tried to catch (and missed) a line drive off Jose Peraza‘s bat.

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About J.P. Hoornstra

J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.