CINCINNATI — 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 Hernández. 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, s...
CINCINNATI — The Dodgers came to Great American Ball Park in control of their own postseason destiny. Win, and they were in. There was no real question about whether the back-to-back champion Dodgers would return to the postseason, but they officially punched their ticket after homers from Kyle Tucker and Teoscar Hernández backed seven spotless innings from Tarik Skubal in a 4-1 victory over the Reds on Monday night. L.A. has made the postseason in 14 straight seasons, tying Atlanta’s all-time...
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ quest for a World Series three-peat has taken a major step after Tarik Skubal had a strong performance on the mound against the Cincinnati Reds in the team’s 4-1 victory on Monday night. Skubal is going through the seventh year of his career in the majors, his first with the Dodgers. […]
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Photo: Redleg Nation Staff Elly De La Cruz homers to the moon, Reds lose 4-1 to the Dodgers Doug Gray 09/14/2026 The stars in this game did what you expect to see from them. Tarik Skubal threw seven shutout innings for the Dodgers and Elly De La Cruz hit a home run that may have left Great American Ball Park (on a bounce). That home run, though, was the lone run that the Reds had as Los Angeles beat Cincinnati 4-1 to open up their 4-game series. Final R H E Los Angeles Dodgers (91-59) 4 3 0 Ci...
Hits were at a premium with both sides combining for seven, and the Dodgers made the most of theirs, out-homering the Reds two-to-one and relying on Tarik Skubal’s best performance as a Dodger to secure a 4-1 win. While Reds starter Nick Lodolo was responsible for all four runs in his seven innings, it doesn’t […]
The Dodgers with their win over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night at Great American Ball Park are back in the postseason, just as they have every year dating back to 2013. They tied a major league record by making 14 postseasons in a row. That’s every full season of Guggenheim Baseball Management owning the […]
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The Milwaukee Brewers are enjoying a rare off day after losing their series finale against the Cincinnati Reds. However, they had already won the first two games of the series, which gave them yet another series victory. At 93-57, they still have the best record in all Major League Baseball. They also still hold a [...]
CINCINNATI – If Terry Francona has learned anything about the people in management around him, it’s that they are patient and level-headed. Come see the Reds face the defending champion Dodgers Wednesday through Friday That’s why the Reds manager wasn’t surprised to learn over the weekend that president of baseball operations Nick Krall anticipates no major changes in the front office or on-field personnel making in-game decisions. Krall hinted that he, general manager Brad Meador and Francona...
CINCINNATI — Freddie Freeman was out of the Dodgers’ starting lineup for Monday night’s series opener against the Reds at Great American Ball Park as the star first baseman continues to manage soreness in his right knee, which he has described as patellar tendinitis. It marked the third time in the Dodgers’ past five games that Freeman was not in the starting nine. Manager Dave Roberts reaffirmed that he does not believe Freeman will go on the injured list, and he’s expected to return to the l...
It’s a battle of lefties in Great American Ball Park on Monday night as the Cincinnati Reds welcome Tarik Skubal and the Los Angeles Dodgers to town for a four-game series. Nick Lodolo gets the start for Cincinnati, with first pitch set for 6:40 PM ET. Here’s how both clubs will line up to start: […]
Freddie Freeman gets a rare day off as the Dodgers visit Great American Ball Park for the first time in 2026. Monday game info
The Dodgers and Reds continue their series on Tuesday in Cincinnati, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound. Tuesday is Yamamoto’s 27th start of 2026, the lone Dodgers starting pitcher to remain active and in the rotation all year. He’s at 172 innings, needing only two innings to surpass his MLB regular season high of 173 […]
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki took an encouraging step Monday in his recovery from a right middle-finger blister, throwing a bullpen session ahead of the club’s four-game road series against the Cincinnati Reds beginning Monday. The development keeps the 24-year-old in consideration for a return Thursday vs. the Reds, though the Dodgers have not […]
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Shohei Ohtani will not be in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup again as the team takes a cautious approach with its two-way superstar. Ohtani has been dealing with soreness in his left knee, right biceps and neck. Dodgers manager Dave…
Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona offered high praise for the Milwaukee Brewers as they moved closer to a fourth consecutive NL Central title. Milwaukee entered Monday’s off-day ahead of its series against the Pittsburgh Pirates at 93-57, holding a 10-game division lead after clinching its eighth postseason berth in nine seasons. MLB Network Radio on […]
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The fresh arm express continues to run in September, with Emmet Sheehan optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City ahead of Monday night’s series opener against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park, one day after he pitched six scoreless innings on Sunday in Miami. Paul Gervase was called up from Triple-A to give the Dodgers […]
The Dodgers open a series against the Reds in Cincinnati on Monday, and can clinch a playoff berth with a win. If the Dodgers lose to the Reds, they can also clinch a playoff berth on Monday with both a Padres loss to the Rockies at Coors Field and a Diamondbacks loss to the Marlins […]
Once dead-last in all of Major League Baseball in almost every major statistical category offensively, the Cincinnati Reds have managed to make a push towards being not-worst among their 29 peers. Though their team batting average of .230 still ranks in the cellar, their collective .308 on-base percentage ranks…wait a minute, that still ranks dead […]
Multiple series against the same club in such a short time span create a scenario in which specific pitching matchups can be repeated—the case for this battle of southpaws between Tarik Skubal and Nick Lodolo. The prevailing sentiment in cases such as these is that the repeat game can favor the hitter who starts to […]
The Milwaukee Brewers are set to conclude their stretch of consecutive NL Central opponents this week, as they’ll visit the Pittsburgh Pirates for three games to begin a nine-game road trip. The Crew has faced the Cubs for seven games and the Reds for six games over the last two weeks, going 8-5 over the […]
Last Week’s Results: Division Standings: Last Week: Top Pitching Performance of the Week This week was not short on solid pitching performances, so it’s really difficult to pick just one. Dustin May went six shutout innings against the Reds, Logan Henderson allowed just an unearned run over five innings, and Jacob Misiorowski turned in another […]
Trace Fowler and Nick Kirby react to the news that the Cincinnati Reds are expected to retain Nick Krall, GM Brad Meador, manager Terry Francona and the rest of their leadership team for 2027. ——————— The Cincinnati Reds appear prepared to enter another offseason with the same people in charge, despite a disastrous 2026 season that has fallen well short of expectations. Reds President of Baseball Operations Nick Krall told Gordon Wittenmyer of The Cincinnati Enquirer that he expects the organi...
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It is admittedly easy to find yourself questioning just about every single inch of the process that got the Cincinnati Reds to their current position in last place in the National League Central. It’s even easier to do so when they got outscored 34-1 across a two-game span (and allowed another 13 runs the following […]