Before landing in Washington to play the Nationals for a three-game weekend series, the Los Angeles Dodgers' offense scuffled in their first six home games of the season. 

But it looks as though that is a thing of the past, as the offense showed signs of life, starting off their road trip with a 13-6 win. 

The Nationals sent out veteran right-hander Miles Mikolas in their home opener, and he was probably the best pitcher the Dodgers could have faced in the heat of their struggles. 

In 40 2/3 innings pitched against Los Angeles, he has a 1-5 record and an ERA north of 6. His misfortune against the Dodgers continued Friday morning as he gave up a career-high 11 earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. 

Dodgers starter Emmet Sheehan had a slow start to his outing, but ended up as the winning pitcher, tossing 5 2/3 innings and giving up four earned runs on seven hits, and struck out two. 

That abundance of runs partially came from the abundance of home runs that were hit. 

Down 3-0 heading into the third, Shohei Ohtani found himself up to bat with runners on first and second. He cracked his first home run of the year, a three-run shot, which tied the ballgame 3-3. 

Kyle Tucker would add on with a single to extend the inning, and Mookie Betts hit his second home run of the season. That two-run shot would give the Dodgers their first lead of the ballgame, 5-3.

From that point on, the offense exploded for seven earned runs over the next four innings.

Andy Pages, who is swinging a red-hot bat right now, continued his hot streak at the plate with a home run in the top of the fourth.

Freddie Freeman became the fourth Dodger to hit a home run as he launched a two-run bomb in the fourth. Teoscar Hernandez and Kyle Tucker produced a pair of RBIs to put Los Angeles up with a lopsided 11-4 lead. 

That's the first time the Dodgers have put up a 10-spot on an individual pitcher since May 28, 2023, against Josh Fleming

Tucker added to the celebrations as he hit his first home run in a Dodgers uniform in the seventh inning, and Ohtani's sacrifice fly in the ninth put the finishing touches on an offensive blitzkrieg. 

Maybe it's the new road blue jerseys, or because they're playing outside of Dodger Stadium for the first time, but the Dodger bats have blipped on the heart monitor. 

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