LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine while pitching into the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers broke it open with a four-run sixth inning to beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-4 on Wednesday night and advance to the National League Division Series. The teams last met in the postseason in 2009, when the Phillies beat the Dodgers in the NL Championship Series for the second straight year. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto reacts after striking out Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz during the sixth inning in Game 2 of the National League Wild Card baseball playoff series Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)After the Reds took a 2-0 lead in the first, Yamamoto retired the next 13 batters. It was Cincinnati’s first lead in a postseason game since Game 3 of the 2012 NLDS against San Francisco.