Dodgers 5, Reds 1 - Dingers doom Cincinnati

The Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game

Todd Frazier has been largely in a funk for most of the last two months, but the Cincinnati Reds 3B may well be finding his swing after all.  Frazier smacked his 37th and 38th doubles of the season on Tuesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers - the latter of which put him in a tie for the MLB lead with Cleveland Indians OF Michael Brantley - and he drove in the only run the Reds could muster on the evening.  Todd walked once, too, and here's to hoping he can finish the 2015 season somewhere close to as strong as he started it.

Honorable Mentions are due to:  Joey Votto, who once again was walked 3 times; Brandon Phillips, who continued to hit well from the cleanup spot with a 2 for 4 evening; Ivan De Jesus, Jr., who went 2 for 3 with a double and a walk; and Sam LeCure, who continued his spotless return to the big leagues with yet another scoreless outing.

Key Plays

• John Lamb was quickly roughed up in this one, as back to back doubles from Jimmy Rollins and Yasiel Puig began the Top of the 1st, the latter of which scored the game's first run.  Reds trailed, 1-0.
• In the Top of the 3rd, Adrian Gonzalez joined the double party when he laced one to CF with 1-out, and former Reds draftee Justin Turner followed him with his 15th dinger of the season when he launched a towering fly ball over the wall in LF.  Reds trailed, 3-0.
• Ryan Mattheus replaced Lamb for the Top of the 6th, and he soon ran into the exact kind of trouble that's haunted him in his first season in Cincinnati.  Opposing pitcher Alex Wood singled to CF wit 2-out, and Rollins followed with a long dinger over the wall in RF to put the Reds behind, 5-0.
• A BP single and subsequent double from Frazier got the Reds on the board in the Bottom of the 6th, but that proved the be the last of either team's offense on the evening, and that was that.  Reds lost, 5-1.