Dodgers Slug Five Home Runs To Sweep Reds

Freddie Freeman, Cody Bellinger and Max Muncy hit home runs off Reds' rookie Hunter Greene to send the Los Angeles Dodgers to  a season series sweep in a 10-5 no contest.

Will Smith and Trayce Thompson added home runs off the bullpen to supplement the Dodgers power grid.

Greene, who has been outstainding at times, has a problem with the long ball.  The trio of home runs gave the 22-year old, first pick in the 2017 draft a Major League leading 20 home runs allowed on the season. He started the game second to Elisier Hernandez of Miami and Bruce Zimmerman of Baltimore.

Bellinger drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly in the second inning.  Freeman hit his eighth home run of the season and second in the series with a man on in the third.  Bellinger put his ninth home run of the season into the right field stands in the fourth.  Muncy connected on a solo shot in the fifth inning for his fifth home run

Freeman drove in 10 runs in the three-game series.

The put the first three batters on base against Clayton Kershaw in the fourth inning.  Tommy Pham beat out an infield single.  Kyle Farmer walked.  Donovan Solano singled to score Pham.  It was Solano's second hit of the game and third since returning from his season-long injury.  Ky ershaw shook off the adversity and struck out Matt Reynolds and Albert Almora Jr.  Nick Senzel flied out to end the threat.

Trea Turners's RBI double in the seventh off Jeff Hoffman scored Bellinger, who was on base with his second hit.  Universsity of Louisville's Will Smith hit his 10th home run of the season and second of the series off Hoffman in the seventh.

The Reds got back in the game against Phil Bickford in the seventh.  Senzel and Chris Okey singled to start the inning.  Jonathan India fouled out on a 3-2 pitch but Brandon Drury's second hit of the game plated Senzel.  Pham blasted his 10th home run of the year to center field to bring the Reds within three ruhs.

Dodger manager Dave Roberts had to bring on Yency Almonte to stop the bleeding.  Al monte gave up a double to Solano, his second of the game before retiring Max Schrock to end the inning.  

The Dodgers got one run back against Ross Detwiler.  Bellinger beat out an infield hit for his third of the game.   Freeman lined a single to center to score him with the Dodgers' ninth run.  Hunter Strickland got the last two outs of the eighth.  Trayce Thompson, who was acquired by the Dodgers at the start of the series connected for his first home run victimizing Art Warren.