Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernández became the second pair of teammates to hit multiple home runs within the first 6 innings of a postseason game as the Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 10-5, in Game 1 of a National League Wild-Card Series Tuesday evening at Dodger Stadium.

The Dodgers’ five home runs tied their postseason record, originally set in Game 3 of the 2020 National League Championship Series, then matched in Game 5 of the 2021 National League Championship Series.

Ohtani hit a 2-1 four-seam fastball 375 feet over the right field fence leading off the bottom of the first and a 1-1 sweeper 454 feet over the center field fence for a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth that gave the Dodgers an 8-0 lead.

Ohtanti’s second home run was the longest by a Dodger in the postse

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