In one of the Dodgers’ best wins of the season, three of LA’s batters went back-to-back-to-back in the top of the ninth against the Braves on Sunday night, breaking open what had stalled at a 2-2 tie game since the top of the seventh. Atlanta intentionally walked Shohei Ohtani ,and Mookie Betts immediately made them pay with an RBI double to give the Dodgers the lead. Freddie Freeman followed with a two-run single of his own, and then Teoscar Hernández, Tommy Edman, and Max Muncy turned on the power.
The blast represented Hernández’s 29th homer of the season, and his first since he sat out for a few days (Sept. 7-10) taking care of a foot injury. He just needs three more to match a career-high 32 he hit in 2021, the year he got his first All-Star nod, second Silver Slugger, and placed 19th in MVP voting.
Hernández has been the secret ingredient to the Dodgers’ success this season. Other than the few games he missed because of his foot, he’s been a consistent presence in the Dodgers’ lineup, and a highlight to look forward to even in some of the worst-looking lineups in a very long time. He’s due to leave LA at the end of the season, but he made it clear on Apple TV’s Friday Night Baseball that he wants to stay exactly where he is.
Mic’ed up in left field during the bottom of the second, Hernández said, “I want to be a part of this team for three, four, five years, but it’s not in my hands. It has to do with the Dodgers. It’s in their hands.”
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