The Sports Xchange
Jun 11, 2017
LOS ANGELES -- Corey Seager hit a walk-off double with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday at Dodger Stadium.
Yasiel Puig and pinch hitter Justin Turner singled with one out in the ninth off Reds reliever Drew Storen (1-2). Tony Cingrani replaced Storen and struck out pinch hitter Franklin Gutierrez. Seager, who went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, followed with the game-winning hit to left beyond the diving Scooter Gennett.
Kenley Jansen (4-0) worked a 1-2-3 ninth as the Dodgers (38-25) beat the Reds (29-32) for the eighth straight time at Dodger Stadium. Cody Bellinger homered and Chase Utley went 3-for-4 for Los Angeles.
The Dodgers were clinging to a 4-1 lead when manager Dave Roberts lifted starter Alex Wood for reliever Josh Fields with two on and two out in the sixth.
Fields promptly served up a three-run homer to Devin Mesoraco, tying the score at 4. For Mesoraco, it was his fourth long ball of the season.
Wood was charged with three runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked none on 87 pitches (61 strikes).
Reds starter Asher Wojciechowski allowed four runs on six hits in five innings.
Seager's RBI double with no outs in the first scored Utley, who led off with a single. Seager came home on Adrian Gonzalez's sacrifice fly with two outs in the inning to make it 2-0.
Bellinger followed by cranking a 1-2 Wojciechowski pitch over the wall in right for a 3-0 edge. It was Bellinger's 13th home run this season.
Wood had his scoreless innings streak halted at 28 when Jose Peraza, a former Dodger, drove in Gennett, who reached with an inning-opening double, to cut the Dodgers lead to 3-1 in the third.
In the fifth, Puig opened with a double and advanced to third on Wood's sacrifice before scoring on Utley's two-bagger for a 4-1 advantage.
NOTES: The Dodgers reinstated LHP Alex Wood from the 10-day disabled list and optioned RHP Brandon Morrow to Triple-A Oklahoma City. ... Reds OF Adam Duvall (illness) was out of the lineup for the second game in a row. ... The Reds signed 19-year-old Cuban SS Jose Israel Garcia to a minor league deal. ... Former Dodgers GM Fred Claire threw out the ceremonial first pitch. ... Reds RHP Tim Adleman (4-2, 4.42 ERA) opposes Dodgers LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (2-6, 4.08) in Sunday's series finale.