{"id":84580,"date":"2025-08-28T09:01:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84580"},"modified":"2025-08-28T09:01:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:01:51","slug":"deadspin-shohei-ohtani-strikes-out-9-as-dodgers-finish-sweep-of-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84580","title":{"rendered":"Deadspin | Shohei Ohtani strikes out 9 as Dodgers finish sweep of Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/26941496.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/26941496.jpg\" alt=\"Deadspin | Shohei Ohtani strikes out 9 as Dodgers finish sweep of Reds\" \/>Aug 27, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Umpire Ramon De Jesus (18) checks the hands of Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani (17) in the first inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\">Shohei Ohtani struck out nine over a season-best five innings and singled to start a four-run fourth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a three-game sweep of the visiting Cincinnati Reds with a 5-1 victory on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-2\">Ohtani (1-1) gave up one run on two hits and earned a win from the mound for the first time since Aug. 9, 2023, as a member of the Los Angeles Angels. The right-hander varied his arsenal by throwing 23 curveballs after throwing just 11 over his first 10 starts this season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-3\">Enrique Hernandez and rookie Dalton Rushing each had two-run singles, while Michael Conforto hit a home run, as Los Angeles increased its home winning streak to six games while opening a two-game lead over the San Diego Padres in the National League West.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-4\">Noelvi Marte hit a home run for the Reds, while left-hander Nick Lodolo (8-7), a Los Angeles-area native, gave up four runs on five hits over 4 2\/3 innings with six strikeouts in his first career start at Dodger Stadium.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-5\">Cincinnati went 3-6 over a key three-city nine-game road trip that closed with six losses in the last seven games. The Reds dropped 4 1\/2 games out of the final NL wild-card spot.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section id=\"section-6\">Cincinnati took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when Marte hit a home run to left-center off Ohtani, his 11th of the season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-7\">Ohtani&#8217;s single to lead off the fourth inning was followed by bloop singles from Teoscar Hernandez and Andy Pages to load the bases. Enrique Hernandez hit a two-run single in his second game since returning from a left elbow injury, and Rushing added his two-run single after Miguel Rojas was intentionally walked.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-8\">The Reds had a prime scoring chance in the seventh inning after loading the bases against left-hander Justin Wrobleski, before Marte grounded out to end the threat.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-9\">Conforto, who had a rare start against a left-handed starter in Lodolo, hit his home run in the eighth against lefty Brent Suter. It was his first homer against a lefty and his 10th overall this season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-10\">Five Dodgers pitchers combined for a season-high 19 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-11\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadspin | Shohei Ohtani strikes out 9 as Dodgers finish sweep of Reds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":84583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Deadspin | Shohei Ohtani strikes out 9 as Dodgers finish sweep of Reds - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84580\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Deadspin | Shohei Ohtani strikes out 9 as Dodgers finish sweep of Reds - 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