{
  "id": 7445593,
  "title": "Dodgers clinch 14th straight playoff berth behind Skubal’s 7 scoreless innings in 4-1 win over Reds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/dodgers-clinch-14th-straight-playoff-berth-behind-skubals-7-scoreless-7445593",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-15T01:52:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dodgers-clinch-14th-straight-playoff-015208829.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Los Angeles Dodgers secured their 14th consecutive playoff berth with a 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night, thanks to Tarik Skubal's 7 shutout innings and home runs from Kyle Tucker and Teoscar Hernández. The win tied the Dodgers' record set by Atlanta from 1991 through 2005 and reduced their magic number to three for a fifth-straight NL West title and 13th in 14 seasons. Skubal (10-7) struck out nine and walked one while allowing only three hits in 7 1/3 innings, marking his second win against Cincinnati in seven days. Elly de la Cruz hit a 457-foot home run in the ninth inning, the longest homer by a Cincinnati player this season and the longest at Great American Ballpark. Tucker led off the second inning with a home run, his third in five games, and Hernández followed with a homer to right-center. Kiké Hernández added an RBI single in the seventh inning. Los Angeles will send RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8, 2.62 ERA) to the mound on Tuesday, while LHP Rhett Lowder (6-10, 5.81 ERA) will pitch for Cincinnati.",
  "summary": "Los Angeles tied the record set by Atlanta from 1991 through 2005.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Dodgers clinch 14th straight playoff berth behind Skubal’s 7 scoreless innings in 4-1 win over Reds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/dodgers-clinch-14th-straight-playoff-berth-behind-skubals-7-scoreless",
        "published": "2026-09-15T01:22:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Dodgers news: Tarik Skubal helps LA clinch 14th-straight playoff berth",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/dodgers-news-tarik-skubal-helps-la-clinch-14th-straight-playoff-berth",
        "published": "2026-09-15T02:35:33.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}