Los Angeles has homered in every regular-season game at Dodger Stadium since Aug. 21, 2018, including 13 straight this season.The Associated Press
A.J. Pollock hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers tied the major-league record by homering in their 32nd consecutive home game during a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.
Pollock broke open a runless game when he connected off Sonny Gray (0-3). Los Angeles has homered in every regular-season game at Dodger Stadium since Aug. 21, 2018, including 13 straight this season.
The Dodgers matched the mark set by the Colorado Rockies in 1999, but won’t get the chance to break it until April 26, when they return from a road trip.
Los Angeles’s power streak looked to be in trouble while Gray cruised through the first five innings, allowing just one hit. But after the Reds intentionally walked Cody Bellinger to face him, Pollock smacked his second homer for his new team into the left-field bleachers.
Walker Buehler (2-0) pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning for the Dodgers, striking out eight and allowing one unearned run.
Yasiel Puig scored both of Cincinnati’s runs against his former team, but the Reds have lost four straight. Cincinnati is 0-7 on the road.
Both teams finished with just three hits.
The Dodgers made two errors and allowed a run in the ninth, but Kenley Jansen persevered for his fifth save. Los Angeles wrapped up a six-game homestand with a three-game sweep of Cincinnati and its fourth straight win over all.
Cincinnati manager David Bell was ejected in the fifth inning, apparently for arguing balls and strikes from the dugout with plate umpire Nick Mahrley. Bell got tossed for the second time already in his first season with the Reds.
Gray remained winless with the Reds despite a fourth straight solid start. The right-hander yielded two hits and struck out nine over six innings, but Pollock drove his low curveball out of the yard.