{"id":330135,"date":"2026-05-24T04:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/330135\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T04:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:39:14","slug":"teoscar-hernandez-drives-in-six-runs-helps-dodgers-rout-brewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/330135\/","title":{"rendered":"Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez drives in six runs, helps Dodgers rout Brewers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MILWAUKEE\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> backpedaled up the line as he watched the flight of his deep fly ball down the left-field line.<\/p>\n

It clanged off the left-field foul pole to give the Dodgers<\/a> the lead for the first time in a game they\u2019d win 11-3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The three-run shot was Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s seventh home run this season and first off a left-handed pitcher.<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez, who has hit better against left-handed pitchers throughout his career, head-scratchingly entered Saturday with just two extra-base hits and one RBI in 33 at-bats against left-handers this year.<\/p>\n

There was no better time for Hern\u00e1ndez to get back to his \u201ccalling card,\u201d as manager Dave Roberts<\/a> put it, than in the fourth inning against Brewers southpaw Robert Gasser. Hern\u00e1ndez would go on to drive in a career-high-tying six runs.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers\u2019 offense came alive after a quiet first game of the series. And the bullpen sealed the win with another scoreless outing, this time making franchise history.<\/p>\n

Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki<\/a>, coming off his best start of his MLB career against the Angels<\/a> last week, ran into trouble right away against the Brewers. Six pitches in, he\u2019d already given up back-to-back doubles en route to the first run.<\/p>\n

To make matters worse, his own error extended the inning. He got the Brewers\u2019 Andrew Vaughn to chase a low splitter for a swinging bunt up the third-base line. Sasaki barehanded it cleanly but threw behind Vaughn. As the ball carromed off the retaining wall in foul territory, another run scored.<\/p>\n

A fielder\u2019s choice and a walk later, pitching coach Mark Prior strode out of the dugout for a mound visit. The Brewers played \u201cMessage in a Bottle\u201d over the loudspeakers.<\/p>\n

Sasaki answered his own SOS, with some help from his defense. Sasaki struck out Jake Bauers. And then in a 2-2 count to Sal Frelick, Sasaki threw a fastball up and out of the zone. Frelick got on top of it to line a single off the end of shortstop Mookie Betts\u2019 glove as he leaped after it.<\/p>\n

\"Dodgers <\/p>\n

Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki throws during the first inning of a win over the Brewers Saturday in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

(Jeffrey Phelps \/ Ap Photo\/jeffrey Phelps)<\/p>\n

The single drove in a third run, but center fielder Andy Pages<\/a> scooped up the ball and caught Gary S\u00e1nchez trying to go from first to third on the play, ending the inning.<\/p>\n

Then Sasaki held the Brewers scoreless for the next four innings, retiring 10 straight as he bided time for the offense to make up the deficit.<\/p>\n

Freddie Freeman<\/a> got the Dodgers\u2019 fourth-inning rally started with a leadoff double. Then Andy Pages drove him in by roping his own double into the left-field corner, trimming the Brewers\u2019 lead to two runs.<\/p>\n

When Kyle Tucker drew a one-out walk, he gave Hern\u00e1ndez the chance to put the Dodgers ahead with one swing. He took it.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The Dodgers\u2019 Freddie Freeman slides safely past the Brewers\u2019 Gary S\u00e1nchez to score a run during the eighth inning Saturday in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

(Patrick McDermott \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The Dodgers added insurance in the final two innings, batting through the order in both to tack on seven runs.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers\u2019 bullpen shut down the Brewers for four innings. The performance from Alex Vesia<\/a>, Kyle Hurt<\/a>, Tanner Scott<\/a> and Jonathan Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> extended the bullpen\u2019s scoreless streak to 36 consecutive innings, eclipsing the Dodgers\u2019 previous record of 33 innings in 1998.<\/p>\n

Injury update<\/p>\n

Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy\u2019s right wrist<\/a> was sore Saturday, as expected after he was hit by a 95.5-mph sinker the night before.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to kind of give him a rest day to try to get that swelling out, and then see where he\u2019s at [Sunday],\u201d manager Dave Roberts said. \u201cAnd like I said, he\u2019ll be down for the weekend, and then we\u2019ll kind of see where we get to on Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Depending on how he\u2019s recovering, the Dodgers could send Muncy to get a CT scan when they\u2019re back in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Dodgers utility player Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> (left elbow surgery recovery) is expected to join the team Monday in Los Angeles. Roberts plans to write him into the starting lineup when Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland starts against the Dodgers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILWAUKEE\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez backpedaled up the line as he watched the flight of his deep fly ball down the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[136536,2136,5885,426,9831,20359,2321,23932,48,52,51,5814,47,50,49,63,2668,101230,24126,6130,687],"class_list":["post-330135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-andrew-vaughn","tag-brewer","tag-bullpen","tag-dodgers","tag-first-time","tag-fourth-inning","tag-hernandez","tag-innings","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-lead","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-run","tag-sal-frelick","tag-sasaki","tag-teoscar-hernandez","tag-walk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}