Reds pitcher Paul Wilson earned the first win in that game and Danny Graves earned the park's first save.
"I know," said Joe Nuxhall, a former Reds pitcher and one of their broadcasters, "that Johnny was very proud of the record."
The win made him the first Reds pitcher to earn a win his debut since Héctor Carrasco did on April 4, 1994.
For the first four innings, he and Reds pitcher Jimmy Ring matched zeroes.
The crowd of 29,124 rose to its feet and booed each departing Reds pitcher as the Dodgers put together their biggest inning in two years.
In sweeping the three-game series, Reds pitchers held Sosa hitless in 13 at-bats; he is 0 for his last 17 with six strikeouts, including two today.
He became the only Reds pitcher to accomplish this since 1912.
During Game 2, Reds pitcher Tom Browning's pregnant wife Debbie went into labor during the game.
Holtzman scores the only run, unearned, in the third inning, to beat Reds pitcher Gary Nolan.
When Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk hit his 12th-inning homer to win 1975's sixth game, who was the Reds pitcher?