"Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine while pitching into the seventh inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers broke it open with a four-run sixth inning to beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-4 on Wednesday night and advance to the National League Division Series. After hitting a franchise playoff-tying five home runs in a 10-5 win in the NL Wild Card Series opener Tuesday, the Dodgers eliminated the Reds by playing small ball and rapping out 13 hits -- two fewer than in Game 1. Mookie Betts went 4 for 5 with three doubles."
"After the Reds took a 2-0 lead in the first, Yamamoto retired the next 13 batters. The Dodgers rallied to take a 3-2 lead before the Japanese right-hander wiggled his way out of a huge jam in the sixth. The Reds loaded the bases with no outs on consecutive singles by TJ Friedl, Spencer Steer and former Dodger Gavin Lux. Austin Hays grounded into a fielder's choice to shortstop and Betts fired home, where catcher Ben Rortvedt stomped on the plate to get Friedl. Yamamoto then retired Sal Stewart and Elly De La Cruz on back-to-back swinging strikeouts to end the threat."
"He got the first two outs of the seventh before leaving to a second ovation. The right-hander allowed two runs, four hits and walked two on a career-high 113 pitches. For the second straight night, the fans' mood soured in the eighth. Reliever Emmet Sheehan gave up two runs, making it 8-4, before the Reds brought the tying run to the plate against Alex Vesia. He got Friedl on a called third strike to end the inning in which Sheehan and Vesia made a combined 41 pitches."
Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered nine strikeouts and worked into the seventh inning while allowing two runs and four hits across a career-high 113 pitches. The Dodgers produced a decisive four-run sixth inning and totaled 13 hits, with Mookie Betts going 4-for-5 with three doubles. The Reds briefly led 2-0 before the Dodgers rallied to take a 3-2 lead and then extended it in the sixth. A bases-loaded threat was extinguished when Betts' throw home led to Ben Rortvedt tagging out TJ Friedl. Relievers Emmet Sheehan and Alex Vesia combined to allow two eighth-inning runs before Vesia closed the inning. The Dodgers will face the Phillies in the NLDS starting Saturday in Philadelphia.
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