Los Angeles Dodgers at Cincinnati Reds

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Dodgers

92-59, 45-31 Away

Final
4 - 0

Cincinnati Reds

70-81, 36-40 Home

Yamamoto dominant as Dodgers beat Reds 4-0, edge closer to NL West title

Elly De La Cruz dives to turn a wild 5-3-6 double play for Reds

The Dodgers reduced the magic number to clinch their 13th division title in the past 14 seasons to two. Los Angeles wrapped up a playoff spot on Monday and still is vying for the top seed in the NL.

Cincinnati is assured of a non-winning season after its 81st loss.

Yamamoto (14-8) made his team-high 27th start and allowed only a third-inning double to Elly De La Cruz, after which he retired 10 straight. He walked two and struck out seven. It was the second straight game a Dodgers starter went seven scoreless after Tarik Skubal on Monday.

Dodgers pitching recorded its 12th shutout of the season. The Reds were blanked for the 17th time.

Freddie Freeman returned to the Dodgers lineup after missing three of the past five games with right knee soreness and had three singles in five at-bats. Freeman was 3 for 30 coming into Tuesday.

Josue De Paula batted leadoff for the first time in just his fifth career game for the Dodgers and went 0 for 5 with a strikeout. He's 2 for 14 since his callup.

Teoscar Hernandez's 15th homer of the season off right-hander Rhett Lowder followed a walk to Kyle Tucker and made the score 3-0 in the third. Lowder (6-11) allowed three earned runs on five hits in five innings.

Alex Freeland made the score 4-0 in the seventh with a solo homer off Pierce Johnson.

De La Cruz extended his on-base streak to 22 games dating to Aug. 22, going 2 for 3 with a double, walk, and stolen base.

Cincinnati had runners on first and third in the ninth against Tanner Scott who struck out the next three batters to seal the Dodgers' ninth straight win over the Reds.

Up next Dodgers LHP Blake Snell (4-1, 1.91) will oppose Reds LHP Andrew Abbott (6-11, 4.84) on Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Suárez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Trevino struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Trevino hit for Bleday
	9th Inning	Stewart struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz singled to center, Myers to third.

Statistics

LAD		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	10
7	Strikeouts	11
4	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	1
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	0
3	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	29
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	8
0	Caught Stealing	0
158	Pitches	123
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	4
38	Plate Appearances	32
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
5.2	Runs Created	-0.1
.258	Batting Average	.103
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.484	Slugging Percentage	.138
.387	Secondary Average	.172
.395	On Base Percentage	.188
.879	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.325
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
5.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.1
32.0	Batter Rating	6.0
15.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.16	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.84
.226	Isolated Power	.034
0.71	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.27
.132	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.094
.129	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.069
8.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
84.3	MLB Rating	57.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0