It is another edition of Late Night Reds Baseball, such as the Cincinnati Reds (68-64) and Los Angeles Dodgers (75-57) are confronted in this second game of the three game series on Tuesday evening in Dodger Stadium. A few experienced pitchers will take the hill tonight, while Nick Martinez corresponds to Lefty Clayton Kershaw. The first throw is at 10:10 pm Edt.
Line-up
Cincinnati Reds | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Spencer Steer – 1B | Shohei Ohtani – DH |
| Noelvi Marte – CF | Mookie Betts – SS |
| Elly van Cruz – SS | Freddie Freeman – 1B |
| Miguel Andujar – DH | Will Smith – C |
| Austin Hays – LF | Teoscar Hernández – RF |
| Jose Trevino – C | Andy Pages – CF |
| Ke’bryan Hayes – 3B | Michael Comfort – LF |
| Santiago Espinal – RF | Enrique Hernández – 3B |
| Matt McLain – 2B | Alexander Freeland – 2B |
Start -tarpers
Nick Martinez
Martinez has not been the same pitcher that he was last year – from May, his era has been more than 4.50 every month of the season. He has allowed 20 home runs, the most since his last season at the Rangers in 2017. However, if you get Martinez’s Dud from a match against the Brewers on August 15, he had a pretty solid month of August. In his other three starts he has only allowed four points in 15.1 innings with 11 strikeouts and only three free runs. If the Reds started to make a run on the play -offs in September, they need Martinez to be the pitcher who had an ERA of 0.83 and a 0.67 Whip in September.
This will be the second time of Martinez opposite the Dodgers in 2025. At the end of July he faced the Dodgers in Cincy and received a no-decision while allowed two runs on four hits with seven strikeouts to six innings.
Split
| Split | Pa | H | 2b | 3b | HR | BB% | K% | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| RHH | 318 | 78 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 5% | 14% | .266 | .307 | .444 |
| LHH | 278 | 62 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 7% | 22% | .244 | .300 | .433 |
Pitch -use
| 4-ereg | Cutter | Change | 2-expression | Slider | Curve | |
| VELO | 92.6 | 89.0 | 78.5 | 92.4 | 84.9 | 79.7 |
| Usage | 21.0% | 20.6% | 19.6% | 16.8% | 11.3% | 10.7% |
Clayton Kershaw
Kershaw makes his 17th start of the season tonight. The 37-year-old started the season on the injured list, but came back in mid-May and has since been a consistent presence in the Dodgers rotation in 2025. Kershaw has had his ups and downs this season in terms of performance, but lately he has shown why he is a future Hall of Famer. In the month of August, Kershaw threw an ERA of 1.90 in 23.2 innings, with 13 strikeouts and only three walks. Since the All-Star Break he has a 2.76 ERA and a 1.13 Whip in 32.2 innings.
Kershaw has almost always thrown well against the Reds. It has been a while since he was last faced with the Reds (2023), but he threw seven scoreless innings with nine strikeouts in Great American Ball Park in his most recent outing against them. Kershaw also has a lifelong 2.10 ERA with 116.0 strikeouts in 103.0 innings and 15 starts against Cincinnati.
Split
| Split | Pa | H | 2b | 3b | HR | BB% | K% | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| RHH | 264 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6% | 16% | .249 | .298 | .382 |
| LHH | 75 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5% | 15% | .271 | .320 | .400 |
Pitch -use
| Slider | 4-ereg | Curve | Split | 2-expression | Ephus | |
| VELO | 85.7 | 89.0 | 72.3 | 83.3 | 89.3 | 52.3 |
| Usage | 41.3% | 35.0% | 17.5% | 5.5% | 0.5% | 0.2% |
Pin details:
- When: 22:10 Edt
- Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, Ca
- TV: Fanduel Sports Network
- Radio: 700 WLW (Cincinnati Area)
- Forecast: 78 degrees, usually sunny, 0% chance of rain
News and notes
Graham Ashcraft to get MRI
Ashcraft gets an MRI after experiencing some forearm tightness. What does this mean for the Reds Bullpen?
MLB -scheme -release
MLB dropped the 2026 schedule this afternoon. The schedule of the Reds becomes interesting towards the end of the season, but as usual they go home.
NL Wild Card -classification
| Team | W | L | GB | Fangraph’s Play -Off Opportunities |
| Chicago | 76 | 55 | +6.0 | 99.7% |
| San Diego | 74 | 58 | +3.5 | 99.1% |
| The Mets | 70 | 61 | – | 90.8% |
| Cincinnati | 68 | 64 | 2.5 | 8.2% |
| St. Louis | 65 | 67 | 5.5 | 1.4% |
| Arizona | 64 | 68 | 6.5 | 0.5% |
| San Francisco | 63 | 68 | 7.0 | 0.5% |
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