NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — Athletes who've arrived early for the Asian Games were unharmed by extensive flooding that hit the central Japanese city of Nagoya, Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa said Wednesday.
“We are not worried about the conditions of the venues and we believe there is no problem holding the Asian Games as planned,” Hirosawa told reporters.
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People sit in front of a shuttered entrance to a subway station after all train services were suspended due to a heavy rain in Nagoya, central Japan Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (Shigeyuki Inakuma/Kyodo News via AP)
A street is flooded following a heavy rain in Nagoya, central Japan Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (Kazushi Kurihara/Kyodo News via AP)
People cross the flooded streets following a heavy rain in Nagoya, central Japan Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (Natsumi Yasumoto/Kyodo News via AP)
A car drives along a flooded road following heavy rain with a banner for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in the background in Nagoya, central Japan, on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (Natsumi Yasumoto/Kyodo News via AP)
The Asian Games, an event with more athletes than the Summer Olympics, open Sept. 19 in Nagoya and surrounding areas and run through Oct. 4.
More than 11,000 athletes are signed up from 45 countries and regions in Asia. By comparison, about 10,700 athletes participated in the Summer Olympics in 2024 in Paris.
The previous edition of the Asian Games was held three years ago in Hangzhou, China.
Hirosawa said about 400 athletes and staff who are staying in converted shipping containers — remodeled to serve as temporary housing units for the Asian Games — were briefly evacuated to higher ground during the heavy rain.
He said there were a number of leaking roofs but nothing more serious around the dozens of Games venues.
Record rain fell in parts of the city on Tuesday, flooding dozens of roads and homes, and stranding pedestrians and vehicles. City bus and subway operations were temporarily suspended, the mayor said.
Reports said about 3,500 people took shelter at emergency evacuation centers.
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People sit in front of a shuttered entrance to a subway station after all train services were suspended due to a heavy rain in Nagoya, central Japan Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (Shigeyuki Inakuma/Kyodo News via AP)
A street is flooded following a heavy rain in Nagoya, central Japan Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (Kazushi Kurihara/Kyodo News via AP)
People cross the flooded streets following a heavy rain in Nagoya, central Japan Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (Natsumi Yasumoto/Kyodo News via AP)
A car drives along a flooded road following heavy rain with a banner for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in the background in Nagoya, central Japan, on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (Natsumi Yasumoto/Kyodo News via AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tarik Skubal pitched into the eighth inning, Teoscar Hernández singled home the go-ahead run in the fifth and the Los Angeles Dodgers held off the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Tuesday night for their sixth consecutive victory.
Hernández went 3 for 3 with a walk and is hitting .484 in his last nine games. Will Smith homered early for the NL West leaders.
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani was given the night off to rest nagging knee and biceps injuries. Freddie Freeman went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts as the designated hitter in Ohtani's place.
Skubal (9-7) allowed two runs and four hits in 7 1/3 innings, struck out five and walked two. The Dodgers have won each of his last four outings.
Since joining the club just before the Aug. 3 trade deadline, the two-time AL Cy Young Award winner is 2-2 with a 2.84 ERA and 48 strikeouts against 10 walks in seven starts.
Tanner Scott pitched the ninth to earn his 22nd save.
The Dodgers led 1-0 on Smith's two-strike, two-out homer off Nick Lodolo in the first. Hernández walked and scored when Tommy Edman was hit by a pitch from Lodolo with the bases loaded in the second.
Hernández's go-ahead hit to center field chased Lodolo (3-4). The left-hander gave up three runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings, striking out six.
Cincinnati's Elly De La Cruz tied it at 2 with a two-out, two-run homer off Skubal in the third. The 444-foot drive to center — the longest homer hit at Dodger Stadium this season — came on an 87 mph changeup, giving De La Cruz a homer in four consecutive games, tying his career high. He also matched his single-season club record for homers by a switch-hitter with his 25th.
De La Cruz was involved in a sparkling defensive play in the bottom of the inning.
With two outs, Hernández tripled and the ball skipped past charging center fielder Dane Myers, who chased it to the wall. Left fielder JJ Bleday came over and sent the relay throw to De La Cruz, who raced from shortstop to center. He fired a 106 mph throw to the plate to nail Hernández, who got the green light from third base coach Dino Ebel to try for an inside-the-park home run.
The Reds had the potential tying run in scoring position in the eighth on De La Cruz's two-out double off reliever Edgardo Henriquez. Sal Stewart had a 1-2 count when the Dodgers challenged a ball call. It was overturned by the Automatic Ball-Strike System, and Stewart struck out to end the threat.
Reds RHP Rhett Lowder (6-9, 5.43 ERA) starts Wednesday's series finale against RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8, 2.67).
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Cincinnati Reds catcher Jose Trevino, right, celebrates after tagging out Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández as Hernández tried to score on an inside-the-park home run during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández, right, is tagged out by Cincinnati Reds catcher Jose Trevino as he tries to score on an inside-the-park home run during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Cincinnati Reds' Elly de la Cruz gestures toward his dugout after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Will Smith, right, hits a solo home run as Cincinnati Reds catcher Jose Trevino watches during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tarik Skubal throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
