{"id":142640,"date":"2025-09-14T05:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T05:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/142640\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T05:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T05:27:09","slug":"teoscar-hernandezs-recent-resurgence-ignites-dodger-offense-by-megan-garcia-sep-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/142640\/","title":{"rendered":"Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s recent resurgence ignites Dodger offense | by Megan Garcia | Sep, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Megan<\/a>Press enter or click to view image in full size\"\"Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez went 3-for-5 against the Giants on Saturday. (Jon SooHoo\/Los Angeles Dodgers)<\/p>\n

by Megan Garcia<\/p>\n

The Dodger offense came to life on Saturday. One of the at-bats responsible for the 13\u20137 win belonged to a resurging Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s RBI double put the Dodgers ahead in the fifth. It helped swing things the Dodgers\u2019 way after the Giants\u2019 four-run first inning against Clayton Kershaw.<\/p>\n

As he stood on second base in the fifth, Hern\u00e1ndez cracked a smile. He was on base for a third time in just his third plate appearance. This at-bat helped shift the momentum for the Dodgers as they roared back from a three-run deficit against starter Logan Webb.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome big at-bats all throughout the lineup,\u201d Dave Roberts said. \u201cThe Teoscar at-bat, the (Miguel Rojas) at-bat, the Ben Rortvedt at-bat, there were some big ones all throughout the night. Up and down the lineup, really good stuff and against a really good pitcher. It was good to see us break outside and hopefully take that into tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s second year as a Dodger hasn\u2019t met the impressive offensive numbers he posted in 2024. His home run and walk rates have ticked below his career averages.<\/p>\n

But his last handful of games have shown the old version of Hern\u00e1ndez \u2014 the one with power and consistency.<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez has seven hits in his last four games, five being extra-base hits. Two materialized on Saturday. The most pivotal of his two RBI doubles against the Giants opened the door to a six-run fifth.<\/p>\n

His line drive to right field gave the Dodgers a 5\u20134 lead. Michael Conforto\u2019s sacrifice fly, Ben Rortvedt\u2019s RBI double and Mookie Betts\u2019 single extended their lead to 9\u20134.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers sent 11 batters to the plate against three pitchers in the fifth.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels good, especially if I put the team ahead,\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez said of his offensive performance. \u201cThat\u2019s what is important \u2026 as long as the team is winning, that\u2019s part of my job and that\u2019s what I\u2019m here for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez finished 3-for-5 at the plate and three RBI. He was one of six Dodger hitters with multiple hits on Saturday.<\/p>\n

This was Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s 13th multi-hit, multi-RBI game this season. He\u2019s batting .388 (7-for-18) in his last four games.<\/p>\n

Ohtani hits his 49th homer<\/p>\n

Shohei Ohtani climbed atop another Dodger list with his 49th homer on Saturday. The lone home run measured 454 feet to center field, the farthest hit home run by a Dodger this season.<\/p>\n

It was also his 10th home run as a Dodger of 450 feet or more, four more than any other Dodger hitter in the Statcast era (2015).<\/p>\n

Ohtani ranks second in home runs in the National League. Kyle Schwarber leads the National League with 51. Ohtani finished with three hits against the Giants on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Smith placed on IL<\/p>\n

The Dodgers placed Will Smith on the injured list with a right-hand contusion on Saturday, retroactively to Wednesday. Chuckie Robinson was recalled as the corresponding move.<\/p>\n

Roberts said there hasn\u2019t been improvement in Smith\u2019s hand since he was hit by a foul ball on Sept. 3. Smith started in Tuesday\u2019s game against the Rockies but hasn\u2019t played since then.<\/p>\n

He was scratched from Wednesday\u2019s game after his right hand swelled up during pre-game warm-ups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Press enter or click to view image in full sizeTeoscar Hern\u00e1ndez went 3-for-5 against the Giants on Saturday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-142640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}