LOS ANGELES – It wasn’t the three-run deficit in the first inning that doomed the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday. Nor was it Jonathan India’s hamstring injury that forced him to leave the game.
It wasn’t enough that the Reds rallied back against Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers Walker Buehler and David Price.
The Dodgers, in their home opener, just waited for the middle of their lineup to flex their muscles. Trea Turner hit a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning and Will Smith added a three-run homer to rout the Reds, 9-3, at Dodger Stadium.