Dodgers Tie MLB Record With 14th Straight Playoff Berth

The Dodgers secured their spot behind Tarik Skubal's seven shutout innings and home runs from Kyle Tucker and Teoscar Hernandez. Los Angeles cut their magic number to three for a fifth straight NL West title and became the third team assured of a playoff spot after Milwaukee and Tampa Bay. esporist.com

Skubal (10-7) allowed three hits, struck out nine and walked one in his second win against Cincinnati in seven days. Tucker led off the second with a homer, his third in five games, while Hernandez added a homer in the fourth. Cincinnati's Elly de la Cruz hit a 457-foot homer in the ninth, the longest by a Reds player this season.