The Reds had 15 hits in the game including four (three singles and a home run) from Billy Hamilton who bats ninth – behind the pitcher.
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“When you’re struggling it’s hard to keep that confidence going”, Hamilton said.
Rookie Keyvius Sampson (2-1) allowed two runs and five hits in five innings. “When you’ve got one of the best pitchers in the game out there, it’s not going to be easy”.
Latos’ latest pratfall came against the Reds, a failure that must have been particularly tough for him to swallow after the way he lashed out at his former team this spring.
Latos went 33-16 with a 3.31 ERA during three seasons in Cincinnati.
“Who cares”, Latos said about facing his former team. “Turn the page. It’s done and over with”. “I have to get back to the way I used to throw and not try and become something I’m not”.
Sampson (2-1) made the third start of his young career and was excellent holding the Dodgers to just two runs on five hits in 5 innings.
Cincinnati Reds’ Eugenio Suarez hits a three-run home run near Los Angeles Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, August 13, 2015, in Los Angeles. Phillips’ groundout to the pitcher scored Tucker Barnhart, who walked.
Phillips and Suarez also hit back-to-back RBI doubles in the top of the fifth to break the game open and give the Reds a comfortable 5-1 lead.
Kershaw tied Sandy Koufax’s franchise record of six straight 200-strikeout seasons while tossing eight scoreless innings in the Dodgers’ 3-0 victory.
The steamy 80-degree temperatures were filled with October fear indeed, perhaps even by the Dodgers themselves, The championship window on the Kershaw-Greinke duo is closing fast – Greinke could opt out of his contract this winter – and yet that title can probably be won only with a strong third starter.
The Dodgers (64-51) thought they had an answer in the bottom of the inning when Kike Hernadez walked and then Adrian Gonzalez singled to put runners on the corners for Andre Ethier.
Turner missed the team’s last 14 games with a staph infection in his right thigh. The fourth start was by Ricky Nolasco, who lasted four innings in a Game 4 loss to the St Louis Cardinals in the 2013 National League Championship Series. He barely lasted four innings before the Dodger Stadium fans began to boo.
“I can’t remember the last time we had two lefties in our rotation”, said Price, a left-hander himself. John Lamb, one of the three players received from the Kansas City Royals in return for Johnny Cueto, has been deemed ready by the Reds to make his big league debut. Lamb’s debut will come against the Dodgers.
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Dodgers: LH Alex Wood (7-7, 3.72) will make his second start since being acquired last month from the Braves.
