Kershaw 1st win since June, streaking Dodgers top shaky Reds

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clicking Foxnews.com. Clayton Kershaw pitched five sharp innings for his very first win given that June 27, Gavin Lux and also Corey Seager each hit two-run homers as well as the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the moving Cincinnati Reds 8-5 Sunday.

Will Smith additionally homered as the Dodgers won for the 8th time in 9 games. They started the mid-day two games behind San Francisco in the NL West.

The Reds lost their eighth straight series after beginning the day 2 games in back of St. Louis for the second NL wild-card place.

Kershaw (10-7) permitted one run as well as 3 hits, striking out eight without a stroll. He lent a hand Cincinnati for the very first time since 2013.

"It was fantastic," Los Angeles supervisor Dave Roberts said. "I assumed he was excellent right around. I'm a little biased, however I assumed he got squeezed a little bit, yet he was superb. Total actually in control. See him get through 5 with near to 75 pitches. It was excellent."

The three-time NL Cy Young Award winner missed more than two months with inflammation in his left joint, then returned Monday and threw 4 1/3 solid innings against Arizona. He threw 74 pitches.

"I felt a bit more crisp with each pitch," Kershaw claimed. "I have actually still got a little methods to choose my endurance. I got up to, I believe, 75 pitches, however we still have a couple more (begins) before the playoffs."

The only Reds run against him came when Nick Castellanos doubled, bore down a wild pitch and racked up on Tyler Stephenson's groundout in the fourth that made it 6-1.

Lux, who missed out on Friday's game with an appropriate forearm contusion, had 3 hits and drove in 3 runs. He hit a two-run triple Saturday in a 5-1 win.

"We require it a heap," Roberts stated. "He's in an excellent place mechanically. His method to every pitcher and his deal with hitting trains is very sound and regular."

Wade Miley (12-7) continued to battle, allowing 6 runs and nine hits in a season-low 3 innings. The left-hander, who pitched a no-hitter on May 7 at Cleveland, has been roughed up for 19 hits and 12 runs, 11 gained, in 7 1-3 innings over his last 2 beginnings.

"I made a respectable pitch to Smith I thought," Miley stated. "I'm just not ending up pitches. I have not figured it out yet. It's not good. Individuals recognize what I'm mosting likely to do. It's clear. I have to obtain the ball where I need it to be."

Mookie Betts offered a hint of things to come, leading off the game with a single.

"Wade's been so good all year," Reds manager David Bell said. "He had a couple harsh begins. We need to examine and make sure he's healthy and balanced. Fatigue is an element, possibly."

Pinch-hitter TJ Friedl, advertised by the Reds on Saturday, scratched his first career hit and also crowning achievement in the sixth. Friedl singled and also racked up on Jonathan India's dual in the 8th.

Joey Votto lined a pinch-hit homer off Dodgers reliever Kenley Jansen in the ninth.

MOOKIE SUPPLIES

Betts offered a bat to the fan who caught Friedl's home run round as well as effectively got the token for the rookie.

SHOULDER THE LOAD

Seager initially was ruled safe as a result of interference by 2B Jonathan India throughout a second-inning run-through, yet the telephone call was reversed after the umpires met. They identified that Seager went out of the baseline and crashed India with his left shoulder.

DOMINANT DODGERS

The Dodgers improved to 65-35 in their last 100 video games versus the Reds considering that 2006.

TRAINER'S AREA

Dodgers: Pinch-hitter Max Muncy was hit by a lend a hand the left leg in the ninth inning. He stayed in the video game.

UP NEXT

Dodgers: After Monday's off day, LHP Julio Urias (18-3) starts in the collection opener on Tuesday at Colorado.

Reds: RHP Vladimir Gutirrez (9-6), Monday's arranged starter versus the Pirates, allowed five hits, 3 walks and 4 runs in 3 2-3 innings of Cincinnati's 5-4 loss at Pittsburgh on Wednesday.

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