The Reds attacked immediately against Kershaw, as Spencer Steer led of the game with a double before Elly De La Cruz singled to put runners at the corners with one out. Miguel Andujar drove in the game’s first run on a groundout, but the Reds wouldn’t reach base against Kershaw for the rest of the night.

Clayton Kershaw pitched five innings of one-run ball, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

The Dodgers might be sprinting toward the finish line this year, trying to edge out the San Diego Padres in a tight National League West race.But on Tuesday night, in a win that kept them one game up in the standings with 29 to play,