Los Angeles AP —

Shohei Ohtani struck out a season-high nine in five innings for his first victory with the Dodgers as Los Angeles beat Cincinnati 5-1 on Wednesday night to become the first team to sweep the Reds this season.

The Dodgers won their fourth straight and extended their NL West lead to two games over San Diego, which lost 4-3 at Seattle.

Ohtani (1-1) bounced back against the Reds in his 11th start of the season and first in which he went the minimum five innings to qualify for a win. The victory was his first since August 9, 2023, with the Angels against San Francisco.

The two-way star allowed one run and two hits while walking two on a season-high 87 pitches, 53 for strikes, while retiring his final eight batters on his bobblehead night. At the plate, he was 1-for

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