Cincinnati Reds at Los Angeles Dodgers: Final Score & Recap

The Los Angeles Dodgers dismantled the Cincinnati Reds 14-1 on September 9, 2026, at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium in a game that was never particularly close and grew progressively more lopsided as the innings wore on. The DiamondIQ model entered the evening already favoring the home side at 67%, and by the final out that figure had climbed to 100%, a reflection of how thoroughly Los Angeles controlled the contest from the second inning onward. Cincinnati managed just six hits and one run, while the Dodgers piled up 14 hits and matched them with 14 runs against a Reds pitching staff that offered little resistance.

The decisive sequence came in the bottom of the third, when Mookie Betts launched a home run off Cincinnati starter Rhett Lowder that swung win probability by 14.3 percentage points, the single largest play of the game by that measure and the moment that effectively sealed the outcome. Lowder continued to struggle in the fourth, surrendering an Alex Freeland double that added another 7.4 percentage points to Los Angeles's advantage. The only meaningful push from Cincinnati came in the top of the fourth, when Elly De La Cruz connected for a home run off Yoshinobu Yamamoto to shift the needle 8.4 points in the Reds' favor, though by that stage the deficit was already substantial. An early Hunter Feduccia fielder's choice in the second inning had contributed a more modest 4.8-point swing for the Dodgers.

Among individual performers, Betts led all batters by WPA at plus 14.0%, backed by a RE24 of plus 1.4, cementing his role as the night's central offensive force. Kyle Tucker posted the highest RE24 of any batter at plus 1.6 alongside a WPA of plus 8.3%, while De La Cruz's home run made him the most impactful Reds contributor at plus 8.4% WPA despite his team's lopsided loss. The DiamondIQ model's lean in this one proved well-founded, as the Dodgers never relinquished control after establishing their advantage through the middle innings.