LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers are going to ride their starting pitchers and offense as far as they can take them this postseason. So far, so good, as Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Mookie Betts beat the Reds 8-4 on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium to sweep the wild card series in two games.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine and allowed only two unearned runs in 6 2/3 innings in Game 2, which is right in line with his recent performance that earned him National League player of the month in September.

It’s very difficult to score on Yamamoto lately, not without some help at least. That help came in the form of a two-out fly ball down the right field line that clanked off Teoscar Hernández’s glove. Instead of the inning being over, Sal Stewart singled home a pair of runs which was all the Reds would

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