Cincinnati Reds at Los Angeles Dodgers

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Cincinnati Reds

68-66, 32-37 Away

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Los Angeles Dodgers

77-57, 44-24 Home

Shohei Ohtani gets first victory with Dodgers, striking out season-high 9 against Reds

Cincinnati Reds vs. Los Angeles Dodgers: Game Highlights

The Dodgers won their fourth straight and extended their NL West lead to two games over San Diego, which lost 4-3 at Seattle.

Ohtani (1-1) bounced back against the Reds in his 11th start of the season and first in which he went the minimum five innings to qualify for a win. The victory was his first since Aug. 9, 2023, with the Angels against San Francisco.

The two-way star allowed one run and two hits while walking two on a season-high 87 pitches, 53 for strikes, while retiring his final eight batters on his bobblehead night. At the plate, he was 1 for 5 with a run.

The Reds led 1-0 on Noelvi Marte's 410-foot homer on the first pitch by Ohtani in the third. It was the third homer Ohtani has allowed this season.

The Dodgers scored four runs to take a 4-1 lead in the fourth. Kiké Hernández, starting in place of injured Freddie Freeman, had a two-run single up the middle. It was the third straight single allowed by Nick Lodolo (8-7), who retired the first nine batters he faced.

Lodolo intentionally walked Miguel Rojas, and Dalton Rushing followed with a two-run single. Michael Conforto added a solo homer in the eighth.

Key moment Ohtani pitched his way out of trouble in the second. With one out, he walked Spencer Steer and Jose Trevino back-to-back. They moved up on two wild pitches — Ohtani's seventh and eighth of the season — before Ke'Bryan Hayes and Matt McLain went down swinging to end the inning.

Key stats Los Angeles pitchers struck out a franchise-record 19 batters for a nine-inning game.

Up next After off days for both teams, Reds RHP Zack Littell (9-8, 3.62 ERA) starts Friday at home against St. Louis. Dodgers LHP Blake Snell (3-2, 1.97) starts Friday against visiting Arizona.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	De La Cruz struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Marte to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Friedl to third on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Marte walked.
	9th Inning	Friedl to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Friedl singled to center.

Statistics

CIN		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
6	Ground Balls	8
19	Strikeouts	9
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
0	Doubles	0
8	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
170	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	10
39	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
3.3	Runs Created	4.1
.182	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.273	Slugging Percentage	.323
.303	Secondary Average	.258
.308	On Base Percentage	.351
.580	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.674
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
3.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.6
14.0	Batter Rating	30.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.36	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.86
.091	Isolated Power	.097
0.32	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.56
.154	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.135
.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.032
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
66.3	MLB Rating	79.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0