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09/09 23:49 CDT Yamamoto strikes out 10 as the Dodgers rout the Reds 14-1 for
7th straight win
Yamamoto strikes out 10 as the Dodgers rout the Reds 14-1 for 7th straight win
By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 10 while scattering three
hits over seven innings, Mookie Betts, Max Muncy and Kik Hernndez each hit
two-run homers, and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Cincinnati Reds 14-1 on
Wednesday night for their season-high seventh consecutive win.
The Dodgers' sweep helped them reduce their magic number to six for clinching
their 13th NL West title in 14 years without injured Shohei Ohtani or Freddie
Freeman in the lineup.
They broke out for six runs in the fourth and had all nine starters reach base
in their 11th straight win at home over the Reds. It was the Dodgers' most runs
in an inning since June 27 when they had nine in Yamamoto's win over San Diego.
Yamamoto (13-8) retired 17 of his first 20 batters. His 13 wins are a career
high, while his strikeouts tied a season best.
Betts had his fifth multi-hit game in the first eight games of September. The
shortstop went 3 for 5 with two RBIs, three runs scored and a walk in raising
his average to .249.
Cincinnati's Elly De La Cruz homered in a career-high fifth consecutive game,
sending the first pitch from Yamamoto 403 feet to center in the fourth. He also
hit a first-pitch homer off Tarik Skubal on Tuesday.
NL Rookie of the Year contender Sal Stewart singled twice off Yamamoto and JJ
Bleday walked.
The Dodgers' 13 runs of support were the most for Yamamoto since July 19.
In the fourth, Alex Freeland had an RBI double, Hernndez followed with a
two-run double and scored on reliever Luis Mey's wild pitch before Teoscar
Hernndez's two-run single went off the glove of De La Cruz for a 9-1 lead.
Betts' two-run shot off Reds starter Rhett Lowder (6-10) extended the lead to
3-0 in his fifth multi-hit game in the first eight games of September.
Kyle Tucker went deep off Reds position player Jose Trevino in the eighth.
Up next
Reds: After an off-day Thursday, LHP Andrew Abbott (6-10, 4.43 ERA) starts
Friday's series opener at Milwaukee against LHP Kyle Harrison (10-4, 3.66).
Dodgers: They had not announced a starter for Friday's series opener at Miami.
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