"Reporting from Washington -- Well, that was fun while it lasted.

The Dodgers are back to losing and back to not scoring, as they dropped their second consecutive game Monday, falling to the Washington Nationals, 7-2, at Nationals Park.

The consecutive losses followed a 12-game stretch during which the Dodgers won 11 games.

"It's hard to say," Manager Don Mattingly said when asked whether the Dodgers reverted to their season-long form. "Is it that? Is it baseball?"

Hiroki Kuroda didn't help matters.

In any of his 110 previous career starts, Kuroda had never served up more than two home runs.

On Monday, he gave up three in the first inning and four in the game.

Two of the home runs were by the Nationals' lone offensive standout, Michael Morse.

Kuroda's four-start winning streak was over, as he was charged with five runs and eight hits in six innings.

"My slider wasn't very sharp today," he said.

Kuroda was able to recover from the four-run shellacking in the first inning, as he held the Nationals scoreless over the next four innings to keep the deficit at 4-1. He struck out nine, a season high."