Toles, Segedin mash first big league homers

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CINCINNATI — The last time the Dodgers had four homers in the same inning, first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and manager Dave Roberts were wearing different uniforms.

During Monday’s 18-9 thrashing of the Reds, the Dodgers bashed four homers in a span of six batters in the fifth inning. The last time Los Angeles hit four homers in an inning was on Sept. 18, 2006, when it crushed back-to-back-to-back-to-back long balls in an 11-10 walk-off victory against the Padres.

Roberts was playing left field that day for San Diego and Gonzalez was at first base.

“I was in left field, watching one go over my head, a couple in right center,” Roberts said. “Yeah, I saw it. I remember it.”

“Who won [the division]?” Gonzalez quipped.

Roberts had a different view of a four-homer inning on Monday. Gonzalez played a part in that fateful frame, hitting the final homer, his second of three on the day to go along with a career-high eight RBIs.

But that inning proved special for another reason, too.

The first homer came from right fielder Andrew Toles, …

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