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In the third, however, he followed a leadoff single by Bryan Reynolds with a pair of wild pitches that got by Rushing.

They scored twice in the first after leadoff hits from Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts, plus an RBI double from Freddie Freeman, and again in the fourth and fifth when Miguel Rojas and Andy Pages each delivered full-count singles to score a run.

However, the real “Ultraman” — Shohei Ohtani of this planet — bats leadoff and pitches every fifth day.

Snell’s night ended after two more knocks brought in a third run in the sixth, with Corbin Carroll hitting a leadoff double and scoring on Gabriel Moreno’s RBI single.

He finished his start by getting Cincinnati leadoff man TJ Friedl to ground out in their third meeting of the evening.