The Los Angeles Dodgers head to Cincinnati to face the Reds in their series opener on Monday at the Great American Ball Park.

Chase Burns made Cincinnati Reds history against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Lux, who has two World Series rings with the Dodgers, was made available a year after missing all of 2023 because of a knee injury when the Dodgers closed a deal with South Korean free agent second baseman Hyeseong Kim ($12.5 million, three years) a few days before sending Lux to the Reds.

Throughout the Dodgers' midsummer skid, they haven't quite been in sync. A badly slumping offense seemed the culprit for the team's struggles midway through July, while a rotation trending in the right direction was offset by a leaky bullpen.

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Dodgers meet the Cincinnati Reds with a 1-0 series lead. Cincinnati has a 56-51 record overall and a 31-23 record in home games. The Reds are seventh in the NL with 109 total home runs, averaging one per game.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto puts on a performance reminiscent of his early-season dominance in the Dodgers' 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

Yamamoto allows just one run on four hits in seven innings in a 5-2 win. Shohei Ohtani doubles in two runs and Teoscar Hernandez drives in two with singles.

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In the fifth inning, Anthony drilled an opposite-field RBI triple against Dodgers starter Dustin May and Bregman followed by blasting a two-run homer over the Monster Seats to put the Sox ahead, 4-3.