Cincinnati Reds at Los Angeles Dodgers

CIN 2 — 3 LAD

Final — 2026-09-08

MVP: Tarik Skubal 7.1 IP, 2 ER, 5 K

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Cincinnati Reds 3-2. Tarik Skubal led the way with 7.1 IP, 2 ER, 5 K. Tarik Skubal earned the win and Nick Lodolo took the loss. Tanner Scott recorded the save.

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

WP Tarik Skubal

LP Nick Lodolo

SV Tanner Scott

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Will Smith homers (7) on a fly ball to left field. (0-1)

Bot 2: Tommy Edman hit by pitch. Teoscar Hernández scores. Max Muncy to 3rd. Enrique Hernández to 2nd. (0-2)

Top 3: Elly De La Cruz homers (25) on a fly ball to left center field. Dane Myers scores. (2-2)

Bot 5: Teoscar Hernández singles on a line drive to center fielder Dane Myers. Mookie Betts scores. Will Smith to 3rd. (2-3)

CIN — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
De La Cruz	SS	4	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	.283	.362	.506	.868
Myers	CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267	.357	.380	.737
Stewart	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.264	.335	.477	.812
McLain	2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.189	.284	.346	.630
(gpid=sa:699115)	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444
Trevino	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.224	.228	.358	.586
Stephenson	DH	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.247	.331	.421	.752
Suarez	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.208	.302	.421	.723
Bleday	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.215	.325	.420	.745
(gpid=sa:699302)	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.266	.324	.457	.781

LAD — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Smith	C	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.238	.332	.378	.710
Tucker	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.321	.350	.671
Hernandez	1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.203	.266	.339	.605
Muncy	3B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.253	.351	.492	.843
Freeman	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.297	.375	.453	.828
Edman	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.269	.346	.408	.754
Hernandez	LF	3	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.266	.333	.423	.756
Betts	SS	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.245	.309	.421	.730
Call	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.245	.359	.318	.677
Rojas	2B	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.311	.391	.702
Freeland	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.304	.297	.601

CIN — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Mey	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14-7	3.67	1.41
Ashcraft	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14-8	3.41	1.28
Lodolo	4.2	5	3	3	3	6	1	97-54	5.12	1.52	L
(gpid=sa:670062)	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	21-15	3.05	0.89

LAD — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Skubal	7.1	4	2	2	2	5	1	94-68	2.84	0.97	W
Henriquez	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	10-7	2.62	0.96	H
Scott	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	20-14	2.62	0.98	S

Venue: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California