The walk-off already ran. This is a banner in September.
ESPN recap, Thursday 12:44 p.m. ET, Cincinnati: Los Angeles 8, Cincinnati 2. The Dodgers clinched their fifth consecutive NL West title and 13th in 14 seasons. Two-time World Series champions, already assured of a 14th straight postseason — tying Atlanta’s 1991–2005 run. Los Angeles sits 93–60, 9½ games up on second-place San Diego, second-best record in the NL behind Milwaukee (95–57 entering Thursday). ESPN: the clinch is the franchise’s fourth earliest, after Sept. 10, 2019, Sept. 13, 2022, and Sept. 16, 2023. A division is not a ring.
Kyle Tucker went 4-for-5 with three RBI and fell a triple short of the cycle: a two-run homer in the first (16th, 401 feet to right-center off Brady Singer), a single, and two doubles. Singer: seven runs, nine hits, four walks in 3⅓. Freddie Freeman a sacrifice fly. Max Muncy a two-run double. Josue De Paula an RBI single. The Dodgers led 7–0 in the fourth. Miguel Rojas homered off Brandon Williamson in the ninth.
Left-hander Justin Wrobleski, 22nd start, first since Sept. 6, allowed no baserunners in three innings and struck out three. Manager Dave Roberts: reliever Edwin Díaz (neck inflammation) finished his minor-league rehab and will be activated this weekend. A rehab finish is not an inning logged. Attendance 24,169. Game time 2:39. First pitch listed 9:40 a.m. ET — a day game.
Twins 5–4 in 13 already ran. Guardians 6–3 already ran. We will not invent a live Phillies–Mets score from a 7:15 p.m. start that has not closed on this board.
What this means for you
If you needed the Yankees extra-inning, that file exists. If you needed the West, Los Angeles has it. 8–2 is the score.
Bottom line: Dodgers 8–2. Fifth straight West. Tucker four hits. Not a World Series.
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