Yamamoto-led Dodgers oust Reds to reach NLDS

LOS ANGELES -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck retired 9 portion pitching into the seventh inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers broke it unfastened with a four-run sixth inning to bushed the Cincinnati Reds 8-4 connected Wednesday nighttime and beforehand to the National League Division Series.

After hitting a franchise playoff-tying 5 location runs successful a 10-5 triumph successful the NL Wild Card Series opener Tuesday, the Dodgers eliminated the Reds by playing tiny shot and rapping retired 13 hits -- 2 less than successful Game 1. Mookie Betts went 4 for 5 with 3 doubles.

The Dodgers precocious to look the Phillies successful the NLDS starting Saturday successful Philadelphia. The teams past met successful the postseason successful 2009, erstwhile the Phillies bushed the Dodgers successful the NL Championship Series for the 2nd consecutive year.

After the Reds took a 2-0 pb successful the first, Yamamoto retired the adjacent 13 batters.

The Dodgers rallied to instrumentality a 3-2 pb earlier the Japanese right-hander wiggled his mode retired of a immense jam successful the sixth. The Reds loaded the bases with nary outs connected consecutive singles by TJ Friedl, Spencer Steer and erstwhile Dodger Gavin Lux.

Austin Hays grounded into a fielder's prime to shortstop and Betts fired home, wherever catcher Ben Rortvedt stomped connected the sheet to get Friedl. Yamamoto past retired Sal Stewart and Elly De La Cruz connected back-to-back swinging strikeouts to extremity the threat.

With bluish rally towels waving, Yamamoto walked disconnected to a lasting ovation from the assemblage of 50,465.

He got the archetypal 2 outs of the seventh earlier leaving to a 2nd ovation. The right-hander allowed 2 runs, 4 hits and walked 2 connected a career-high 113 pitches.

For the 2nd consecutive night, the fans' temper soured successful the eighth. Reliever Emmet Sheehan gave up 2 runs, making it 8-4, earlier the Reds brought the tying tally to the sheet against Alex Vesia. He got Friedl connected a called 3rd onslaught to extremity the inning successful which Sheehan and Vesia made a combined 41 pitches. On Tuesday, 3 Dodgers relievers needed 59 pitches to get 3 outs successful the eighth.

Rookie Roki Sasaki pitched the ninth, striking retired Steer and Lux connected pitches that touched 101 mph.

The Dodgers stranded runners successful each of the archetypal 5 innings, but they took a 3-2 pb connected Enrique Hernandez's RBI treble and Miguel Rojas' RBI azygous that deed the first-base enactment to pursuit Reds starter Zack Littell.

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