LOS ANGELES – Rafael Furcal hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs, Matt Kemp added a two-run shot and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Cincinnati 12-2 on Tuesday night for their 11th consecutive home victory over the Reds.
Manny Ramirez was hit on the side of his left hand by a pitch from Homer Bailey leading off the third inning. He went to a hospital for precautionary X-rays, which were negative. He is listed as day to day.
After stumbling out of the All-Star break with two consecutive losses to Houston, the NL West-leading Dodgers (60-34) won their fourth straight and are 26 games over .500 for the first time since 1991.
Randy Wolf (5-4) gave up four hits and two runs in 7 1-3 innings, struck out four and walked one while helping his own cause with an RBI double in the fifth. The left-hander also singled in the second.
Ramirez got the offense going in the first with a two-run triple that made it 2-0, then made a running catch to end the second before getting hit leading off the third.
The Dodgers took a 4-1 lead in the second on Kemp's two-run homer off a 3-2 pitch from Bailey (1-2). The right-hander allowed eight hits and nine runs, six earned, in 2 2-3 innings, walked two and struck out none.
Los Angeles added five runs in the third. Bailey's wild pitch scored pinch-runner Juan Pierre, who replaced Ramirez. James Loney, who went 3 for 4, added a two-run single before Furcal's two-run single with two outs made it 9-1.
The Dodgers extended their lead to 12-1 in the fifth on Wolf's RBI double and Furcal's fifth homer, a two-run shot on an 0-1 pitch from Jared Burton.
Cincinnati's runs came in the second on Jonny Gomes' seventh homer, Drew Sutton's RBI double in the eighth, his first major league hit, and Joey Votto's homer in the ninth.
NOTES: The Dodgers' home winning streak over the Reds is the second-longest in baseball behind Milwaukee, which has defeated Pittsburgh 18 consecutive times at home, according to Stats LLC. ... Los Angeles improved to 48-0 this season when leading after eight innings. ... Reds 2B Brandon Phillips didn't start Tuesday as a result of not running out a fly ball a night earlier. He tried to stretch a single into a double and was thrown out after the ball fell between two outfielders. ... USC football coach Pete Carroll smiled when he heard himself booed after being shown on the big screen.
(This version CORRECTS Wolf's line.)