The Reds are hungry to reach the postseason, something they haven't done in a full season since 2013. It was demonstrated on the field Wednesday in how they fought for a 5-2 victory over the Dodgers a

The loss dropped the Reds to 56-52, and they'll need to win the July 30 series finale against the Dodgers to avoid their first sweep of the season. Cincinnati is scheduled to send starter Nick Martinez (9-9, 4.69 ERA) to the mound against probable Dodgers starter, Shohei Ohtani (0-0, 1.50 ERA).

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Shohei Ohtani was scheduled to go four innings on a hot, humid night against the Cincinnati Reds, but he left without recording an out in the fourth after he threw six straight balls, including two consecutive wild pitches.

Ohtani felt cramping in his right hip in the first inning, pitching through it until the point where it began to impact his mechanics. “I just tried to work around it,” Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton.