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Cincinnati Reds @ Los Angeles Dodgers

2026-09-08 · Night game · Dodger Stadium · Att: 48439 · 89°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 5 mph, In From LF · 2:23

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–2. Los Angeles Dodgers opened the scoring in the 1st — Will Smith homers (7) on a fly ball to left field. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Elly De La Cruz homers (25) on a fly ball to left center field. Dane Myers scores — worth 20% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
LAN	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	7	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dane Myers CF	4	1	1	0	0	1
Elly De La Cruz SS	4	1	2	2	0	0
Sal Stewart 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Carlos Jorge PR	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Stephenson DH	2	0	1	0	2	0
Eugenio Suarez 3B	3	0	0	0	1	1
JJ Bleday LF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jose Trevino C	4	0	0	0	0	1
Matt McLain 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0
Héctor Rodríguez RF	3	0	0	0	0	2

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Edman CF	3	0	0	1	0	1
Mookie Betts SS	2	1	0	0	2	0
Will Smith C	3	1	1	1	0	1
Freddie Freeman DH	4	0	0	0	0	3
Teoscar Hernandez LF	3	1	3	1	1	0
Miguel Rojas 2B	2	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Freeland 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Tucker RF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Call LF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Max Muncy 3B	4	0	2	0	0	1
Enrique Hernandez 1B	2	0	0	0	1	0