CINCINNATI — The Dodgers celebrated another division championship Thursday afternoon. The Reds mostly stood around and watched.
Brady Singer allowed seven runs over 3? innings as Cincinnati fell 8-2 to Los Angeles at Great American Ball Park.
Kyle Tucker gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead with a two-run homer in the first inning. Los Angeles added two more during the second when Freddie Freeman lifted a sacrifice fly and Tucker followed with an RBI double.
After working a scoreless third, Singer ran into more trouble during the fourth. Max Muncy doubled home two runs before Josue De Paula added an RBI single, extending the Dodgers’ lead to 7-0 and ending Singer’s afternoon.
Singer surrendered nine hits and four walks while failing to record a strikeout across 96 pitches. He fell to 6-15 with the loss.
Cincinnati did not produce a baserunner during three perfect innings against Dodgers opener Justin Wrobleski. Sal Stewart finally ended the perfect-game bid—and the shutout—with his 32nd home run of the season off Blake Treinen during the fourth.
Héctor Rodríguez tripled with two outs in the fifth, recording the first three-base hit of his major-league career, but the Reds were unable to bring him home.
Cincinnati’s bullpen kept the game from getting further out of hand. Luis Mey, Tony Santillan and Pierce Johnson combined for 3? scoreless innings before Miguel Rojas homered off Brandon Williamson in the ninth.
The Reds answered with their second run in the bottom half when Juan Brito grounded out to score Stewart, but the outcome had been settled long before then.
Stewart and TJ Friedl collected two hits apiece, while Elly De La Cruz went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts. Cincinnati finished with seven hits, went 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position and stranded seven.
Tucker finished 4-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored. His performance helped Los Angeles clinch its fifth consecutive National League West championship—and do so on Cincinnati’s field.
The Dodgers won three of four during the series and outscored the Reds 18-9.
What’s Next: Cincinnati will remain at Great American Ball Park and open a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs on Friday at 6:40 p.m. ET.
