CINCINNATI, Ohio (Interstat) — Tarik Skubal pitched seven shutout innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their 14th consecutive playoff berth with a 4-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday, September 14, 2026. Kyle Tucker and Teoscar Hernández homered for Los Angeles, which scored once in the first, twice in the third and once in the sixth. Elly De La Cruz homered for Cincinnati in the eighth. Skubal allowed three hits and struck out nine to improve to 10-7. Nick Lodolo took the loss, allowing four earned runs and three hits over seven innings with four strikeouts. Lodolo fell to 3-5. The Dodgers improved to 90-57 and cut their magic number to three for a fifth straight NL West title. Los Angeles tied the record set by Atlanta from 1991 through 2005. The Dodgers became the third team assured of a playoff spot after Milwaukee and Tampa Bay. The Reds fell to 68-78. Attendance at Great American Ball Park was 22,807. The game took 2 hours, 14 minutes.