Major League Baseball
LA Dodgers 10, Cincinnati 5
When: 12:35 PM ET, Thursday, June 23, 2022
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Quinn Wolcott, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Jeremie Rehak, 3B - Adam Beck
Attendance: 21989

The Los Angeles Dodgers hit a season-high five home runs in support of six strong innings from Clayton Kershaw to complete a three-game road sweep with a 10-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday afternoon.

Freddie Freeman, Cody Bellinger, Max Muncy, Will Smith and newcomer Trayce Thompson all went deep.

Freeman finished the three-game set with two homers and 10 RBIs to help the Dodgers complete a seven-game season sweep of the Reds. They outscored Cincinnati 26-11 in the series and 52-18 on the season.

In his third start back from hip joint inflammation that landed him on the injured list, Kershaw (5-1) held the Reds to one run on seven hits over six innings, striking out seven with one walk.

Bellinger and Freeman each drove in three for the Dodgers, who homered three times off Reds rookie starter Hunter Greene (3-8). The Dodgers have defeated the Reds nine straight times and are 15-4 against Cincinnati since the 2018 season.

Tommy Pham drilled a three-run homer and recorded a pair of outfield assists for the Reds, who dropped their seventh straight and finished 0-6 on their homestand. Overall, the Reds have lost their last eight at home, dating to June 8.

For Greene, it was a flashback to May 5, when he allowed a season-high five homers at Milwaukee. Greene was tagged for six runs on nine hits in five innings, striking out just three while walking two.

Pham had two outfield assists in the first three innings, giving him five for the season and matching Aristides Aquino for the team lead. With three assists on the day, the Reds have 17 outfield assists, passing the Texas Rangers for the MLB lead.

Freeman blasted his eighth homer of the year and second in as many games -- a 427-foot, two-run homer to right-center with Muncy aboard in the third inning -- to increase the lead to 3-0 before delivering an RBI single in the eighth.

The Reds appeared to have Kershaw on the ropes in the fourth when the first two reached and Donovan Solano singled home Pham with nobody out to cut the deficit to 5-1. But Kershaw followed with two strikeouts and a flyout to end Cincinnati's rally.

In the fifth, Muncy belted a first-pitch fastball from Greene to right field for his fifth homer and a 6-1 Dodgers lead. Bellinger hit his ninth home run, Smith had his 10th and Thompson, who joined the Dodgers on Tuesday, hit his first.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Dodgers   Cincinnati
Clayton Kershaw Player Hunter Greene
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 5.0
7 Strikeouts 3
7 Hits 9
1.50 ERA 10.80
Hitting
LA Dodgers   Cincinnati
Cody Bellinger Player Donovan Solano
3 Hits 3
3 RBI 1
1 HR 0
6 TB 5
.750 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Dodgers 16 5 34 .410 14 8 10 4 1 1
Cincinnati 13 1 19 .342 20 9 5 1 1 0