The Dodgers might be sprinting toward the finish line this year, trying to edge out the San Diego Padres in a tight National League West race .

But on Tuesday night, they made a 6-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds feel more like a nice, leisurely stroll.

Clayton Kershaw continued his renaissance season, pitching five innings of one-run ball to earn a fifth-consecutive victory (his longest such streak since the end of the 2022 season). The offense steadily wore the Reds’ pitching staff down, answering a first-inning Cincinnati run with one of their own before taking the lead for good in the fourth.

And it all added up to a third-straight win for the Dodgers ( 76-57 ), keeping them alone in first place atop the division.

Kershaw provided the bedrock for Tuesday’s victory.

The left-ha

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