Mookie Betts hit an early two-run home run and Yoshinobu Yamamoto fanned 10 in seven strong innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to a season-high seven games with a 14-1 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.
Teoscar Hernandez remained hot with two hits and two RBIs as the Dodgers (89-57) won with designated hitter Shohei Ohtani out of the lineup with knee and biceps discomfort. Ohtani has missed six of the past seven games. Freddie Freeman also was out due to knee discomfort.
Yamamoto (13-8) gave up one run on three hits and one walk as Los Angeles swept the three-game series. Betts and Kyle Tucker each had three hits for the Dodgers, who completed a 7-2 homestand ahead of their final multi-city road trip of the season.
Tucker, Max Muncy and Enrique Hernandez added homers for Los Angeles.
Elly De La Cruz extended his home run streak to five games as the Reds (69-77) fell to 0-3 on a six-game trip. Cincinnati entered the series having just gone 6-3 against a trio of playoff contenders, the Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers.
Reds right-hander Rhett Lowder (6-10) allowed seven runs on seven hits and two walks in 3 1/3 innings. He struck out four.
The Dodgers grabbed a 1-0 lead when Alex Freeland grounded into a run-scoring double play in the second inning. Betts made it 3-0 in the third with a home run to left, his 19th of the season and third in his past seven games.
De La Cruz hit a home run off Yamamoto in the fourth, one day after going deep against fellow ace Tarik Skubal. His 26 long balls on the season are a career high.
The Dodgers put the game away in the fourth inning with six runs. The frame featured an RBI double from Freeland, a two-run double from Enrique Hernandez, a wild pitch that scored a run and a two-run single from Teoscar Hernandez.
It was a career-best seventh consecutive game with an RBI for Teoscar Hernandez.
Max Muncy added a two-run home run in the sixth for Los Angeles, and Enrique Hernandez hit a two-run shot in the seventh. Kyle Tucker went deep with Reds catcher Jose Trevino on the mound in the eighth.
–Field Level Media
