The Los Angeles Dodgers won the first match of their Wild Card series against the Cincinnati Reds and let the entire baseball world know who the defending champions are.
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A dominant 10-5 victory on Tuesday evening started with a bang (literally) when superstar Shohei Ohtani hit the third pitch that he saw 117.7 km / h of his bat to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead. The range of 100.4 MPH from Reds Right -handed Hunter Greenee was not a party for the triple (and soon four -time) MVP.
The fireworks then launched a three -run shot in the second half of the third inning through Teoscar Hernández to increase the lead to four. Utility star Tommy Edman started the party with a solo recording of his own, later the same inning.
Hernández went into the garden again and hit a solo shot in the second half of the fifth inning to make the score 6-0.
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Before the sixth inning was over, Ohtani once again insisted a ball deep, this one-run home run to further extend the lead of Dodgers. This time the ball traveled 454 feet at 113.5 km / h to make the score 8-0 and to bind a Dodgers-Franchise record for home runs in a postseason match.
Two-time Cy Young Award winner made nine more than seven innings work. He only allowed four hits, one walk and two earned runs on his way to his impressive outing.
During the bottom of the inning, an Alex calling single and a throw error brought Miguel Rojas home to promote the lead, and with a Ben Rortvedt RBI Single to bring him home, La De Eighth Inning went on with 10-2.
It became Dicey in the eighth, while Alex Vesia struggled and scored the Reds after Edgardo Henriquez walked in a batter with the bases full. Then an RBI single shrinks the lead to 10-4.
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The eighth inning seemed to last forever, because Star Shortstop Elly de la Cruz was also loaded with the bases full of the score with 10-5. Jack Dreyer, however, was able to get out of stake and Blake Tinnen threw a shutdown ninth to exclude things.
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