Atilano, a 24-year-old right-hander recalled from Triple-A Syracuse to replace the injured Jason Marquis in the Nationals' rotation, allowed one run and five hits. He walked two and struck out one.
Dunn, who had one homer in Washington's first 16 games, connected off knuckleballer Charlie Haeger in successive at-bats
- a solo shot to break a 1-all tie in the fourth and a two-run drive in the sixth. It was the 25th multiple homer game of Dunn's career.
Haeger (0-2) yielded four runs and five hits in 5 1-3 innings.
Each team was missing a major piece of its offense. The Dodgers placed outfielder Manny Ramirez on the 15-day disabled list before the game after he sustained a right calf strain in Cincinnati on Thursday. Washington played without third baseman Ryan Zimmerman, who was out of the starting lineup for a second straight game nursing a sore right hamstring.
The Nationals took a 1-0 lead in the first. Nyjer Morgan hit Haeger's second pitch of the game into the left-center gap for a triple and scored on Adam Kennedy's single to left.
Morgan misjudged a fly ball in the fourth, misreading Ronnie Belliard's swing as a deep drive instead of a short pop fly, helping the Dodgers tie the game.
James Loney hit a one-out double to left and advanced to third when Morgan initially retreated in center field only to have Belliard's fly drop in front of him for a single. Belliard went to second on Morgan's wild throw home and Blake DeWitt was intentionally walked to load the bases, a strategy that was negated when A.J. Ellis hit a slow chopper to third for a run-scoring groundout.
