The Dodgers just dropped a full-on offensive clinic, smashing the Cincinnati Reds 14-1 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep and extend their winning streak to a season-high seven games. If you blinked, you probably missed five runs, because this offense reawakened in a big way!
Dodgers Offense Wakes Up and Doesn’t Stop
Seriously, the bats were on fire. Teoscar Hernández and Kyle Tucker kicked things off in the second with back-to-back singles, then Hunter Feduccia loaded the bases. Alex Freeland hit into a double play, but Hernández still scored, grabbing the first lead of the night. Then Will Smith doubled in the third, and Mookie Betts absolutely crushed a solo home run, his third of this homestand, to push the lead to three runs. After the Reds’ Elly De La Cruz blasted a homer in the fourth, his fifth consecutive game with a long ball and a new career-high 26th for the season, the Dodgers just laughed it off. Tucker and Feduccia got on base, and Freeland, back from his call-up, delivered an RBI double. Kiké Hernández then smacked the third double of the inning, driving in two more and knocking Rhett Lowder out of the game after just 3 1/3 innings. A wild pitch from reliever Luis Mey and a two-run single from Teoscar Hernández made it an eight-run lead! Ten batters faced in one inning, are you kidding me? Max Muncy then hit a two-run homer later, securing a ten-run lead, their first double-digit advantage since the All-Star break. Scoring 11 runs at home? That’s the most they’ve done since dropping 12 on the Padres back on July 2. Kiké Hernández put an exclamation point on it with another two-run bomb in the seventh off Tony Santillan. Just pure dominance.
Yamamoto Dealing and Setting Records
While the offense was busy setting fire to the Reds’ pitching, Yoshinobu Yamamoto was absolutely locking it down on the mound. He worked around a single baserunner in the first, even picking off Sal Stewart, which was slick! Yamamoto faced the minimum over his first ten hitters, striking out six. That Stewart single was the only real blemish until De La Cruz’s moonshot. Yamamoto wrapped up his night with his first quality start of September, going seven innings on just 90 pitches and giving up only three hits. That’s his fewest hits allowed in any start since August 8. He’s now got five consecutive starts with at least eight strikeouts, racking up a ridiculous 44 Ks over his last 32 2/3 innings, with his ten strikeouts in this game tying a career-high. And to top it all off, that winning decision gave him 13 wins, a new career-high! This guy is absolutely dialled in.
Look, when your offense drops 14 runs and your ace sets career-highs in wins and ties his best K mark, you know something special is brewing. The Dodgers are riding a season-high seven-game win streak right now, and that kind of momentum in September tells you everything you need to know about what they’re building towards. They are absolutely hitting their stride at the perfect moment.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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