Wood gets first win with the Dodgers

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(The Sports Xchange) - Alex Wood earned his first win in a Los Angeles Dodgers' uniform on Friday, while first baseman Adrian Gonzalez hit a three-run homer, as the Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 in front of 43,407 at Dodger Stadium. Reds first baseman Joey Votto, who went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, hit a two-run homer, his 21st long ball this season, in the sixth to cut the deficit to two runs, but Wood and the Dodgers bullpen kept Cincinnati hitless from that point on, retiring the final 12 batters. Wood, who came to the Dodgers in a multi-player trade with the Atlanta Braves on July 30, worked 6 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on five hits.

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