Final Score

• Dodgers 10, Reds 5. 

• With this win the Dodgers took a 1–0 lead in the best-of-3 series. 

• The Dodgers got off to a fast start: In the bottom of the 1st inning, Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff solo home run off Reds starter Hunter Greene. 

• In the bottom of the 3rd inning, the Dodgers broke things open: Teoscar Hernández hit a three-run homer, followed by a solo shot from Tommy Edman — turning it into a 5-0 lead. 

• In the bottom of the 5th, Teoscar Hernández added his second home run of the game (solo) to make it 6-0.

• In the bottom of the 6th, Ohtani blasted his second home run of the game, pushing the lead to 8-0. 

• The Reds began to respond: In the top of the 7th, Elly De La Cruz had an RBI single and Tyler Stephenson followed with an RBI double, cutting the deficit to 8-2. 

• The Dodgers added two more runs in the bottom of the 7th to make it 10-2.

• In the top of the 8th inning the Reds scored three runs (via a walk-in and an RBI single) to make it 10-5. 

• The Dodgers’ bullpen closed out → they held on despite the Reds’ late push. 

• Blake Snell (Dodgers starter) went 7 innings, allowed 4 hits and 2 runs, struck out 9. 

• Hunter Greene (Reds starter) had a rough outing: 3 innings, six hits, 5 runs allowed (including multiple home runs). 

• Offensively for the Dodgers: Ohtani and Hernández each had two home runs.

• The five home runs by the Dodgers tied a franchise postseason record for a single game. 

• The early offensive explosion by the Dodgers put the Reds in a deep hole from which they couldn’t fully recover.

• The Reds’ pitching plan (starting Greene) back-fired, giving the Dodgers momentum.

• Although the Reds mounted a partial comeback, the deficit was too large and the Dodgers’ early lead held.

• This win gave the Dodgers the commanding edge in a short best-of-3; psychological advantage going into Game