Dodgers Tie MLB Playoff Record

The Dodgers became the third team to clinch a playoff spot behind Milwaukee and Tampa Bay. Tarik Skubal delivered seven shutout innings while Kyle Tucker and Teoscar Hernandez each hit home runs in Los Angeles' victory. The two-time defending champions cut their magic number to three for a fifth straight NL West title. sport-ipl.my

Skubal (10-7) allowed three hits and struck out nine, improving to 3-2 with a 2.52 ERA since joining the Dodgers from Detroit on Aug. 2. Cincinnati's Elly de la Cruz hit a 457-foot homer in the ninth, the longest of the season at Great American Ballpark.