Los Angeles at Cincinnati

Los Angeles beat the Reds for the fifth time in a row dating to last season. In those five games, Cincinnati has scored a total of seven runs. Dodgers' pitchers have five shutouts in the last nine games and they lead the NL West by 4 1/2 games over Arizona. Cincinnati is in its usual spot in last place in the NL Central and Los Angeles has won 22 of the last 30 meetings overall and seven of the last nine at Great American Ballpark. Walker Buehler is 4-0 and comes off seven shutout innings against Washington and he gave up a run on three hits in 6 1/3 innings versus the Reds on April 17. Meanwhile Tyler Mahle is 0-5 and the Reds have lost seven of his eight starts, including a 6-1 loss to the Dodgers and they are 3-13 his last 16 starts. Play the Dodgers.