VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS V CINCINNATI REDS MLB GAME SHOWS: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 30, 2025) (MLB – See restrictions) BOTTOM 1ST 1. SHOHEI OHTANI HITS A SOLO HOME RUN AND GIVES DODGERS 1-0 LEAD/ OHTANI CELEBRATING/CROWD CHEERING/ DODGERS' PLAYERS CELEBRATING 2. REPLAY OF OHTANI'S SOLO HOME RUN 3. VARIOUS OF OHTANI CELEBRATING BOTTOM 3RD 4. TEOSCAR HERNANDEZ HITS A THREE-RUN HOMER, SCORING FREDDIE FREEMAN AND MAX MUNCY AND GIVING DODGERS 4-0 LEAD 5. HERNANDEZ CLOSE-UP/HUNTER GREENE CLOSE-UP 6. REPLAY OF HERNANDEZ'S HIT 7. TOMMY EDMAN HITS A SOLO HOMER AND GIVE DODGERS 5-0 LEAD/ DODGERS' PLAYERS CELEBRATING TOP 6TH 8. BLAKE SNELL'S STRIKE OUT/ VARIOUS OF SNELL CLOSE-UP 9. VARIOUS OF CROWD CHEERING 10. SNELL STRIKES OUT NOELVI MARTE/ SNELL CLOSE-UP BOTTOM 6TH 11. OHTANI HITS TWO-RUN HOME RUN WHILE DRIVING IN ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ AND GIVING DODGERS 8-0 LEAD / OHTANI CELEBRATING/ CROWD CHEERING/ DODGERS' PLAYERS CHEERING/ CROWD CELEBRATING 12. REPLAY OF OHTANI'S TWO-RUN HOME RUN/ OHTANI CELEBRATING TOP 7TH 13. ELLY DE LA CRUZ REACHES ON FIELDER'S CHOICE, WHILE AUSTIN HAYS COMES HOME TO SCORE AND GIVES A RUN TO REDS, DODGERS 8-1 REDS 14. HAYS CLOSE-UP/ CRUZ'S CLOSE-UP 15. TYLER STEPHENSON HITS AN RBI DOUBLE AND CUTS REDS' DEFICIT TO 8-2 / STEPHENSON CLOSE-UP BOTTOM 7TH 16. ALEX CALL HITS A SINGLE, WHILE MIGUEL ROJAS SCORER ON AN ERROR TO GIVE DODGERS 9-2 LEAD l 17. BEN RORTVEDT HITS AN RBI SINGLE AND EXTENDS DODGERS' LEAD TO 10-2/ RORTVEDT CELEBRATING/ ALEX CALL CELEBRATING WITH TEAMMATES TOP 9TH 18. MAX MUNCY RECORDS THE FINAL OUT AND DODGERS WIN OVER REDS 19. VARIOUS OF DODGERS' PLAYERS CELEBRATING/DODGERS' FANS CELEBRATING/ VARIOUS OF DODGERS' PLAYERS CELEBRATING STORY: Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernandez each hit a pair of home runs, Blake Snell went seven strong innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a 10-5 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds in game one of their National League wild-card series on Tuesday (September 30). Tommy Edman added a homer as the defending champion Dodgers moved a victory away from a matchup with the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL Division Series. The Dodgers' five home runs tied a franchise record for a playoff game. Snell gave up two runs on four hits with nine strikeouts and one walk in his first playoff start since 2022, when he was a member of the San Diego Padres. Reds right-hander Hunter Greene allowed five runs on six hits, including three home runs, in three innings as the Reds continue to search for their first playoff victory since 2012. He struck out four and walked two. Elly De La Cruz drove in two runs and scored one for Cincinnati. The Reds' offense came to life late, scoring all five runs over the final three innings. Ohtani turned around a 100.4 mph fastball from Greene in the opening inning with a line-drive home run to right field that came off the bat at 117.7 mph. Los Angeles took control in the third when Freddie Freeman and Max Muncy walked with one out and Hernandez hit a home run to left field for a 4-0 lead. Edman followed two pitches later with a long ball down the right field line. In the fifth, Hernandez added his second home run, this one off Connor Phillips for a 6-0 advantage. It was his second career multi-homer game in the postseason, as he accomplished the feat for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2022. Ohtani added his second homer in the sixth, also against Phillips, for his first postseason multi-homer game. Ohtani's power display came after a 55-homer regular season that broke his own franchise record set last season. De La Cruz got the Reds on the scoreboard in the seventh with an RBI grounder before scoring on a Tyler Stephenson double. The Dodgers got the runs right back on an error by Reds right fielder Noelvi Marte and an RBI single from Ben Rortvedt to go up 10-2. The wayward Dodgers bullpen struggled in its first inning of the playoffs as Alex Vesia, Edgardo Henriquez and Jack Dreyer all pitched in the eighth, combining to allow three runs with four walks. The Reds' Sal Stewart and De La Cruz each had a bases-loaded walk, and Spencer Steer had an RBI single. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo and Suramya Kaushik) More MLB content is available on Reuters Connect here: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?sources=mlbimagen
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