Cincinnati: Yasiel Puig hit two of the Dodgers’ four homers, powering Los Angeles to a 10-2 victory on Saturday that took the edge of the Cincinnati Reds’ latest honour for their banned hits king.
Pete Rose unveiled a bronze sculpture of his headfirst slide in front of Great American Ball Park before the game. Thousands of packed-in fans cheered when he said: “Let’s get those Reds in high gear.”
Instead, the Dodgers flexed their muscle and added to their domination of Cincinnati, beating the Reds for the seventh straight time. They are 16-3 against Cincinnati since 2015, one of the most lopsided streaks in the NL over that span.
Cody Bellinger had three hits, including a homer, and drove in three runs. Joc Pederson homered for the second straight game as the Dodgers piled up seven extra-base hits.
Cincinnati have lost a season-high eight straight games overall.
Bellinger doubled home a run in the first off Asher Wojciechowski (1-1). He also hit his club-high 19th homer as part of a five-run third inning off the rookie, and Pederson followed with his second solo homer in two games. Chris Taylor also doubled home two runs.
Billy Hamilton scored in the first inning on a headfirst slide — appropriate for the day — but the Reds couldn’t take advantage of other opportunities against Hyun-Jin Ryu (3-6), who gave up two runs in five innings. Overall, the Reds stranded four runners at third base and had two thrown out at the plate.
June 18 (Gracenote) — Results from the MLB games on Saturday (home team in CAPS): TEXAS 10 Seattle 4 LA Dodgers 10 CINCINNATI 2 ATLANTA 8 Miami 7 (10 innings)/sSan Diego 7 MILWAUKEE 5 (11 innings)/sTampa Bay 3 DETROIT 2 Washington 7 NY METS 4 Arizona 5 PHILADELPHIA 1 OAKLAND 5 NY Yankees 2 BALTIMORE 15 St. Louis 7 COLORADO 5 San Francisco 1 Cleveland 9 MINNESOTA 3 Chicago White Sox 5 TORONTO 2
