LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernández hit two home runs apiece, Blake Snell struck out nine over seven strong innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-5 in their NL Wild Card Series opener Tuesday night.

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Ohtani, who had a career-high 55 homers in the regular season, homered leading off the first

The Reds scored two runs in the seventh on Elly De La Cruz's groundout and Tyler Stephenson's double

Game 2 in the best-of-three series is Wednesday night

Tommy Edman also went deep for the Dodgers, who tied a franchise postseason record with five homers and pounded out 15 hits as they opened their bid to become the first back-to-back World Series winners in 25 years.

Ohtani, who had a career-high 55 homers in the regular se

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