Reds can’t hold lead in 5-4 loss; Ohtani K’s 4 times
Published 1:19 am Wednesday, July 30, 2025
CINCINNATI (AP) — Will Smith had an RBI double in the ninth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night.
Shohei Ohtani struck out four times in a major league game for the sixth time, but it was the first time it happened in his first four at-bats. The reigning NL MVP also had a nine-game hitting streak snapped.
The Dodgers got three hits from Freddie Freeman, including a game-tying RBI single in the seventh inning, and Tommy Edman had a two-run homer in the first inning.
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Former Cincinnati closer Alexis Díaz (1-0), who was dealt to the Dodgers on May 29, pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings.
Jake Fraley and Noelvi Marte homered for the Reds, who have dropped their last two games after winning four straight. Fraley had a two-run shot to right in the fourth inning tie it at 2-all and Marte followed two batters later with a drive to right to give Cincinnati the lead.
Michael Conforto drew a walk off Emilio Pagán (2-3) to lead off the ninth. James Outman came on as a pinch-runner and scored when Smith lined a double off the left-field wall with two outs.
Alex Vesia retired the Reds in order in the ninth for his fourth save.
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The Dodgers trailed 4-2 before evening it in the seventh inning on RBI base hits by Smith and Freeman.
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Cincinnati starter Nick Lodolo, whose 11 strikeouts were one off his career high, is the 13th MLB pitcher to strike out Ohtani three times in a game. Justin Verlander and Justus Sheffield have done it twice.
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Ohtani (0-0, 1.50 ERA) is expected to go four innings Wednesday in his seventh start of the season for the Dodgers. RHP Nick Martinez (9-9, 4.69 ERA) gets the call for Cincinnati.
Dodgers 5, Reds 4
| Los Angeles | Cincinnati | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||||
| Betts ss | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Lux lf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ohtani dh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stephenson ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Smith c | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | McLain 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Freeman 1b | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | De La Cruz ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hernández rf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Hays dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pages cf-lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Fraley rf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Edman 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Espinal ph-3b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rojas 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Steer 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ruiz lf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marte 3b-rf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Conforto ph-lf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Joe rf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Outman pr-cf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Benson cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hinds ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Trevino c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 37 | 5 | 11 | 5 | Totals | 32 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Los Angeles | 020 | 000 | 201 | = | 5 |
| Cincinnati | 000 | 310 | 000 | = | 4 |
E–De La Cruz (15), Lodolo (2). DP–Los Angeles 2, Cincinnati 0. LOB–Los Angeles 8, Cincinnati 6. 2B–Hernández (20), Smith (17), Trevino (18), De La Cruz (23). HR–Edman (12), Fraley (6), Marte (7).
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|
| Los Angeles | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasnow | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |
| Dreyer | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Casparius | 1 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Banda | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Díaz W,0-0 | 1 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vesia S,4-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cincinnati | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodolo | 5 | 1-3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Barlow H,12 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ashcraft BS,0-4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Santillan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pagán L,2-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Glasnow pitched to 3 batters in the 5th.
WP–Glasnow.
Umpires–Home, Jansen Visconti; First, Austin Jones; Second, Nic Lentz; Third, Andy Fletcher.
T–2:54. A–36,135 (43,891).
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