CINCINNATI (Interstat) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched seven innings of one-hit ball, Teoscar Hernández hit a two-run home run and Alex Freeland added a solo shot as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 on Tuesday night at Great American Ball Park.

Yamamoto allowed only a third-inning double to Elly De La Cruz, walked two and struck out seven. He improved to 14-8 on the season. The right-hander had also dominated Cincinnati in his previous start on Sept. 9, when he held the Reds to one earned run over seven innings with 10 strikeouts. On this night, he helped the Dodgers complete a shutout in a game that took 2 hours, 28 minutes before a crowd of 25,341.

The Dodgers improved to 92-59. Cincinnati dropped to 70-81.

Los Angeles scored first in the second inning. Max Muncy was hit by a pitch, Tommy Edman singled and Hunter Feduccia followed with a line-drive single to center field that scored Muncy. Feduccia’s hit gave the Dodgers the lead, and Cincinnati never recovered.

Cincinnati had a chance to answer in the bottom of the first against Yamamoto. Carlos Jorge walked, and Elly De La Cruz followed with another walk, putting runners on first and second with nobody out. Yamamoto responded by getting Sal Stewart to pop out softly to him on the infield fly rule, JJ Bleday to fly out to right field and Eugenio Suárez to ground out from third base to first. The threat ended without a run, and the Reds did not get another runner past second base until the ninth inning.

Yamamoto then settled in. He retired the side in order in the second, striking out Matt McLain and getting Héctor Rodríguez to fly out and Juan Brito to pop out. In the third, Will Banfield grounded out, Carlos Jorge lined out and De La Cruz doubled, but Sal Stewart struck out swinging. Yamamoto followed with a perfect fourth, getting Bleday, Suárez and Rodríguez on a groundout, a strikeout and a groundout. He worked around nothing in the fifth, striking out McLain and retiring Brito and Banfield. In the sixth, Jorge and Stewart struck out and De La Cruz grounded out to catcher Hunter Feduccia to first baseman Freddie Freeman.

The Dodgers extended the lead in the third. Kyle Tucker drew a walk, and Hernández drove a line-drive home run to left field for his 15th homer of the season. The two-run shot made it a three-run game and gave Yamamoto plenty of support.

Rhett Lowder took the loss for Cincinnati. He allowed three earned runs on five hits over five innings, walking two and striking out four. Lowder fell to 6-11. Julian Garcia, Tejay Antone and Graham Ashcraft followed out of the Cincinnati bullpen. Garcia worked a scoreless inning with one walk. Antone allowed one hit and one walk while striking out one. Ashcraft gave up one walk and struck out one.

Los Angeles added an insurance run in the seventh when Freeland hit a fly ball to left field for his fourth home run of the season. Freeland finished 2 for 4 with one home run and one RBI. Hernández went 1 for 3 with a home run and two RBIs. Freddie Freeman had three singles for the Dodgers, who finished with eight hits. Cincinnati managed three hits.

De La Cruz had two of those hits for the Reds, going 2 for 3 with a double and a single. Juan Brito added a single. But the Reds could not solve Yamamoto or the Los Angeles bullpen.

Brock Stewart pitched the eighth inning for Los Angeles and allowed one hit with one strikeout. Tanner Scott worked the ninth, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out three. Scott stranded runners at the corners after Dane Myers walked and De La Cruz singled, closing the game with three straight strikeouts.

The Dodgers grounded into double plays in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, short-circuiting several scoring chances. Even so, they had enough power and pitching to keep Cincinnati off the scoreboard.

Lowder retired the first two batters of the game before Freddie Freeman singled, but Mookie Betts flew out and Kyle Tucker was called out on strikes to end the first. In the fourth, Edman was hit by a pitch and Feduccia walked, but Freeland grounded into a double play. In the fifth, Freeman singled, Betts lined out and Tucker grounded into a double play. In the sixth, Hernández walked, but Muncy grounded into a double play and Edman grounded out.

Cincinnati’s best late chance came in the ninth. Myers walked, and De La Cruz singled to center field, putting runners on first and third with nobody out. Scott then struck out Sal Stewart, Jose Trevino and Suárez in succession to preserve the shutout.

The Reds left runners on base in the first and ninth. The Dodgers did most of their damage with two homers and timely singles. Cincinnati’s bullpen kept the game within reach, but the offense could not produce a run. Yamamoto’s performance marked the second time in a week he quieted Cincinnati’s lineup, and it helped Los Angeles win the second game of the series after taking Monday’s opener 4-1.

The teams are scheduled to continue their series Wednesday and Thursday at Great American Ball Park. Los Angeles then returns home for a series against the San Francisco Giants, while Cincinnati stays home for a series against the Chicago Cubs.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Cincinnati Reds 4. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Dodgers a 64.9 percent probability to win. Los Angeles had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 4 went over the over/under line of 8.