Kershaw’s 4th win helps Dodgers beat Reds, stop 3-game skid

<p>LOS ANGELES &mdash; Clayton Kershaw yielded four hits over seven innings, Justin Turner homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers ended their three-game losing streak with an 8-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Kershaw (4-2) struck out eight and walked one never allowing Cincinnati to get a runner to third base. </p>
<p>Matt Beaty drove in two runs with a pinch single on his 28th birthday during a six-run eighth.</p>
<p>Nick Senzel matched his career high with four hits as the Reds were shut out for the fourth time.</p>
<p>Sonny Gray (0-2) pitched four-hit ball into the sixth while striking out 11 and allowing four hits and three walks.</p>
<p>MARLINS 6, BREWERS 2</p>
<p>MILWAUKEE &mdash; Jesús Aguilar homered for the fifth time in six games, a tiebreaking three-run shot off Eric Yardley in the fourth. </p>
<p>Sandy Alcantara (1-2) gave up two runs and five hits in seven innings. </p>
<p>Zack Godley (0-1) walked five, threw two wild pitches, committed a balk and hit a batter in an eventful Brewers debut. He was charged with four runs, three earned.</p>
<p>TWINS 10, INDIANS 2</p>
<p>CLEVELAND &mdash; Byron Buxton homered on the second pitch from Logan Allen (1-4) and went 5 for 5, Mitch Garver homered twice and the Twins connected six times to end a four-game skid and win for the second time in 10 games..</p>
<p>Buxton’s AL-leading eighth homer triggered a three-homer barrage in the first off Allen. Buxton added two doubles, two singles and stole a base while pushing his average to .438.</p>
<p>Josh Donaldson and Jorge Polanco homered as the Twins opened a 4-0 lead after 14 pitches.</p>
<p>J.A. Happ (2-0) allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings.</p>
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