LA acquires Reds righty

SAN DIEGO — The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired minor league right-hander Ariel Hernandez from the Cincinnati Reds for minor leaguers Zach Neal and Ibandel Isabel.

Hernandez made his big league debut with Cincinnati in 2017, making 19 relief appearances during four stints with a 5.18 ERA. He will be assigned to Double-A Tulsa following Tuesday’s deal.

He was designated for assignment Friday, when the Reds promoted right-hander Dylan Floro.

Neal, a right-hander, will be assigned to Triple-A Louisville and Isabel, an infielder, to Class A Daytona. ASTROS: Gerrit Cole can become the first Astros pitcher since Randy Johnson in 1998 to reach double-digit strikeouts in four straight games when Houston faces Seattle.

Cole would tie Nolan Ryan for the second-longest double-digit strikeout streak in franchise history — Johnson and J.R. Richard share the team record with five such games in a row. Cole (3-0, 1.29 ERA) has 36 strikeouts in 21 innings and leads all qualified starters with 15.43 strikeouts per nine innings.

TWINS: Puerto Rican pitcher Jose Berrios will start for Minnesota in the finale of a two-game series against Cleveland in San Juan. The crowd there already got a memorable moment from one of its homegrown stars in the opener, when Indians star Francisco Lindor went deep in the fifth inning Tuesday.