Attendance of 49,702 received replica championship rings while former Dodger Gavin Lux, now with the Cincinnati Reds, received a real ring. The Dodgers' 7-0 victory over the Reds put them one game ahead of the Padres in the National League West with 30 games remaining. Andy Pages homered twice, drove in four runs, and added a sacrifice fly. Emmet Sheehan threw a career-high seven scoreless innings for the win. Defensive plays by Michael Conforto and Teoscar Hernández helped hold the Reds scoreless. Hunter Greene left in the sixth after allowing doubles and walks, and Mookie Betts hit a homer.
If the team hopes to win more jewelry again this fall, the next five weeks will be key. Because after Monday's 7-0 win over the Reds, the Dodgers lead the Padres by a game in the National League West with 30 left in the regular season for both teams. And if the Dodgers (75-57) continue to play as they did Monday, when Andy Pages homered twice, driving in four runs, and Emmet Sheehan threw a career-high seven scoreless innings, they'll be tough to catch.
Pages hit another one in the fifth inning, following Conforto's double into the right-field corner with another first-pitch homer into the seats next to the Dodgers bullpen to make it 3-0. Greene (5-4) made it into the sixth but left after giving up a leadoff double to Freddie Freeman and a walk to Will Smith. Hernández followed by drawing a walk from reliever Scott Barlow and two outs later a grounder from Pages got under shortstop Elly De La Cruz's glove, scoring two more runs.
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