Umpires suspend game after power failure at Nats Park (updated schedule)

Yunel Escobar delivered the Nationals' first hit of the night when he doubled down the left field line with one out in the third. Danny Espinosa followed with a slow roller. Dodgers starter Mike Bolsinger fielded it but then stumbled while making the throw to first. Espinosa was safe and Escobar advanced to third as Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, along with the team trainer, came out to check on Bolsinger, who remained in the game.

Bryce Harper followed with a groundout that easily scored Escobar for the game's first run.

The Dodgers responded in the fourth on a two-run blast from Adrian Gonzalez which landed in the right field second deck at Nationals Park.

A bank of lights down the third base line at Nationals Park has gone out causing a delay in the game.

Update: After a 1-hour, 22-minute delay, the lights are back on and the game has resumed. Bolsinger returned to the mound for the Dodgers.

Update II: Zimmermann didn't continue after the delay as Tanner Roark took the mound to start the fifth. Zimmermann allowed two runs on three hits with a walk and three strikeouts. He threw 63 pitches.

The same bank of lights went out again just before the bottom of the fifth. The game is back in a delay.

Update III: The game resumed after a 40-minute delay. Roark belted a double off Dodgers right-hander Chin-Hui Tsao to the left-center gap to start the fifth. Escobar then smacked a two-run homer to left to give the Nats the lead. It was Escobar's fifth home run of the season.

Update IV: The lights went out again before the start of the sixth inning. The game entered the third delay.

Update V: The umpires have suspended the game due to power failure. No word yet on further plans.

The Nationals were leading the Dodgers 3-2 in the sixth.

Update VI: The Nationals have announced that the conclusion of tonight's game will resume Saturday afternoon at 2:05. Tomorrow's regularly scheduled game will start at 4:05 p.m. or 20 minutes after the conclusion of the first contest. Read Williams' thoughts about tonight's unusual events in just a bit.