Castillo strikes out 10 to send Reds past Dodgers

CINCINNATI — Luis Castillo struck out 10 while outpitching Walker Buehler, Kyle Farmer doubled twice against his former team and the Cincinnati Reds snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers’ six-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory Friday night.

“We were playing a high quality team,” Castillo said through an interpreter.

“It felt like a playoff game. Because of that, I was focused today. I felt a lot of adrenaline with the fans behind me.”

The Reds have dropped their last seven series to slip to fourth in the NL wild-card standings, a half-game behind San Diego and a full game behind second-place St. Louis.

The Dodgers, already assured at least a wild-card spot, began the day one game behind San Francisco in the NL West.

Castillo (8-15) didn’t allow a runner past second base in 61/3 shutout innings. He threw a season-high 111 pitches and gave up 5 hits and 2 walks.

“I told Luis that I’ve seen him pitch a lot of great games, but to- night was my favorite,” Reds manager David Bell said.

Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts said Castillo featured a fastball and changeup and mixed in a changeup.

“We chased at times and expanded when we shouldn’t have,” he said.

“Regardless of how we’re go- ing, Castillo is going to present challenges,” Roberts added. “We knew runs were going to be hard to come by tonight.”

Reds reliever Luis Cessa went 12/3 scoreless innings. Michael Lorenzen allowed Matt Beaty’s RBI single with two outs in the ninth before getting pinch-hitter Albert Pujols to fly out for his fourth save.

Buehler (14-4) was hoping to notch his career-high 15th win, but the Reds reached him for 3 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks in 6 innings.

The Reds broke through against Buehler in the fifth after Farmer led off with a double.

Tucker Barnhart hit an RBI single and excitedly clapped his hands and pointed at the Cincinnati dugout to celebrate. CARDINALS 8, PADRES 2 Dylan Carlson hit two home runs, including a grand slam in the eighth inning, as St. Louis defeated San Diego. BREWERS 8, CUBS 5 Kolton Wong broke a tie with a two-run single in the bottom of the eighth inning to send Milwaukee over Chicago. ROCKIES 9, NATIONALS 8 Elias Diaz hit a tying home run and Brendan Rodgers had an RBI single as Colorado rallied in the ninth inning to beat Washington.

PHILLIES 4, METS 3 Zack Wheeler limited the damage in a short but effective outing against his old team, Brad Miller hit a tiebreaking home run and Philadelphia held off New York. PIRATES 2, MARLINS 1 Wil Crowe won for the first time since July 30 and Pittsburgh beat Miami.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

YANKEES 8, INDIANS 0 Corey Kluber won for the first time in nearly four months, pitching six shutout innings in his first outing against the team that helped him blossom into a star, and New York routed Cleveland. Joey Gallo homered twice for the Yankees, who tied their season high with five home runs.

TWINS 7, BLUE JAYS 3 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. connected for his major league-leading 46th home run, but Jorge Polanco, Josh Donaldson, and Miguel Sano hit consecutive home runs as Minnesota beat Toronto.

RED SOX 7, ORIOLES 1 Chris Sale returned from covid-19 to pitch five innings of two-hit ball, and Bobby Dalbec homered to help Boston beat Baltimore and send the Orioles to their 100th loss of the season.

RAYS 7, TIGERS 4 (10) Brett Phillips hit a three-run home run in the 10th inning and Tampa Bay came back from a three-run deficit in the ninth to beat Detroit.

WHITE SOX 8, RANGERS 0 Luis Robert had three hits and drove in three runs as Chicago defeated Texas.

MARINERS 6, ROYALS 2 Jarred Kelenic homered twice and drove in four runs as Seattle defeated Kansas City.