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09/14 20:22 CDT Dodgers clinch 14th straight playoff berth behind Skubal's 7
scoreless innings in 4-1 win over Reds
Dodgers clinch 14th straight playoff berth behind Skubal's 7 scoreless innings
in 4-1 win over Reds
By JOE REEDY
AP Sports Writer
CINCINNATI (AP) --- The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their 14th consecutive
playoff berth with a 4-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night behind
Tarik Skubal's seven shutout innings and home runs by Kyle Tucker and Teoscar
Hernndez.
The two-time defending World Series champions cut their magic number to three
for a fifth straight NL West title and 13th in 14 seasons. The Dodgers became
the third team assured of a playoff spot after Milwaukee and Tampa Bay.
Skubal (10-7) allowed three hits, struck out nine and walked one as he gained
his second win against Cincinnati in seven days. Skubal allowed two runs in 7
1/3 innings in a 3-2 victory on Sept. 8.
He is 3-2 with a 2.52 ERA in eight starts since the Dodgers (91-59) acquired
him from Detroit Tigers on Aug. 2.
Elly de la Cruz hit a 457-foot homer to center off Evan Phillips in the ninth,
the longest homer by a Cincinnati player this season and the longest this year
at Great American Ballpark.
All three of Los Angeles' hits ended up resulting in runs.
Tucker led off the second by driving an upper inside fastball from Nick Lodolo
(3-5) into the right-field stands, his third home run in five games.
Tucker walked with two outs in the fourth and Hernndez homered to
right-center. Enrique Hernndez added an RBI single in the seventh.
Lodolo allowed four runs and three hits in seven innings.
Up next
Los Angeles sends RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8, 2.62 ERA) to the mound on
Tuesday. LHP Rhett Lowder (6-10, 5.81 ERA) goes for Cincinnati.
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