LOS ANGELES — That had to be more fun than a sim game.

Forced by their two-month dawdle during the regular season to open the postseason in action instead of finding ways to occupy their time for five days, the Dodgers treated the Cincinnati Reds like simulated opponents in Game 1 of their Wild Card Series on Tuesday night.

Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernandez each hit two home runs, Tommy Edman hit one – tying the Dodgers’ postseason franchise record and threatening a serious seed shortage – and Blake Snell took a shutout into the seventh inning of a 10-5 victory.

Clouds gathered when Snell left the game, though. Handed an eight-run lead in the eighth inning, the Dodgers’ bullpen struggled to get the final six outs – a performance the Dodgers can only hope is not a foreshadowing of post

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