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The Los Angeles Dodgers head to Cincinnati to face the Reds in their series opener on Monday at the Great American Ball Park.

Lux, who has two World Series rings with the Dodgers, was made available a year after missing all of 2023 because of a knee injury when the Dodgers closed a deal with South Korean free agent second baseman Hyeseong Kim ($12.5 million, three years) a few days before sending Lux to the Reds.

Throughout the Dodgers' midsummer skid, they haven't quite been in sync. A badly slumping offense seemed the culprit for the team's struggles midway through July, while a rotation trending in the right direction was offset by a leaky bullpen.

The Cincinnati Reds lost 5-2 on Monday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers, falling to 56-51 and two games back in the National League wild card race. The Red

Alex Bregman hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the fifth inning and the Boston Red Sox hung on to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 Sunday for a series win