Los Angeles Dodgers at Cincinnati Reds

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Dodgers

93-60, 46-32 Away

Final
8 - 2

Cincinnati Reds

71-82, 37-41 Home

Dodgers clinch 5th straight NL West title, 13th in 14 years, Tucker has 4 hits in 8-2 win over Reds

Dodgers pop champagne in clubhouse after clinching NL West

The two-time World Series champions already were assured of their 14th straight postseason appearance, trying the record Atlanta set from 1991 to 2005. Los Angeles (93-60) had clinched no worse than a wild-card berth on Monday.

Los Angeles opened a 9 1/2-game lead over second-place San Diego and has the second-best record in the NL as they try to overtake Milwaukee (95-58) for the top NL seed. The division clinching was the fourth earliest for the Dodgers after Sept. 10 in 2019, Sept. 13 in 2022 and Sept. 16 in 2023.

Tucker fell a triple short of the cycle and had three RBI, hitting a single and a pair of doubles. He hit his 16th homer, a two-run drive in the first off Brady Singer, who allowed seven runs, nine hits and four walks in 3 1/3 innings.

Freddie Freeman's sacrifice fly and Tucker's RBI double boosted the lead in the second, and the Dodgers opened a 7-0 lead in the fourth on Max Muncy's two-run double and Josue De Paula's RBI single.

Dodger left-hander Justin Wrobleski, making his 22nd start this season and first since Sept. 6, did not allow a baserunner in three innings while striking out three.

Wrobleski and Blake Treinen combined to retire their first 11 batters before Sal Stewart's 32nd homer.

Landon Knack (1-0) allowed four hits over four scoreless innings for his first big league win since May 31 last year.

Miguel Rojas homered off Brandon Williamson in the ninth.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said reliever Edwin Díaz (neck inflammation) finished his minor league injury rehabilitation assignment and will be activated this weekend.

Up next Dodgers: RHP Tyler Glasnow (4-1, 3.50) starts Friday against San Francisco, who send LHP Cesar Perdomo (0-1, 3.68) to the mound,

Reds: RHP Chase Burns (15-3, 2.80) starts Friday against the Chicago Cubs.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	McLain struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Brito grounded out to first, Stewart scored, Banfield to third.
	9th Inning	Banfield doubled to left, Stewart to third.
	9th Inning	Stewart singled to right.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Halvorsen relieved Knack

Statistics

LAD		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	7
3	Strikeouts	8
8	Runs Batted In	2
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	33
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
23	Fly Balls	18
1	Caught Stealing	0
168	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
21	Total Bases	13
46	Plate Appearances	33
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
9.3	Runs Created	2.4
.333	Batting Average	.212
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.583	Slugging Percentage	.394
.389	Secondary Average	.182
.444	On Base Percentage	.212
1.028	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.606
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
9.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.4
56.0	Batter Rating	22.5
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.65	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.250	Isolated Power	.182
2.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.130	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.056	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.030
16.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
103.5	MLB Rating	74.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0