{"id":707245,"date":"2026-05-24T06:03:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T06:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/707245\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T06:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T06:03:29","slug":"teoscar-hernandez-drives-in-six-runs-helps-dodgers-rout-brewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/707245\/","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

\u201cIt was big,\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez said after going three for four with six RBIs, tying a career high. \u201cWe took the lead, and that was the best thing. We put less pressure on [starter Roki] Sasaki, so he could keep pitching the way he was pitching after the first inning. So it was a great [fourth] inning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Dodgers\u2019 offense, led by Hern\u00e1ndez, came alive after a quiet first game of the series.<\/p>\n

His heroics in the comeback victory \u2014 which also included a record-setting performance from the bullpen \u2014 were a high point in his offensive turnaround the last two weeks. <\/p>\n

\u201cI just think that he\u2019s heightened his focus,\u201d manager Dave Roberts<\/a> said. \u201cI think that his at-bat quality has been considerably better. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s wasting at-bats.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me personally, early on, I think that there was a couple of at-bats per night that he was just giving away. And now the last eight days, something like that, I don\u2019t see him giving away any at-bats. And the production has reflected that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019 first hit of the game was made all the more dramatic by the rut the Dodgers started in.<\/p>\n

\"Dodgers <\/p>\n

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

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

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. <\/p>\n

Six pitches in, he\u2019d already given up back-to-back doubles en route to the first run. 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 caromed 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. He 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

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

\"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

\u201cIt seemed a little like Groundhog Day that first inning, how it started,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cBut for Roki to find a way to get out of it with three runs, and then settle in, settle down \u2014 his stuff got better in the third, fourth and fifth innings, and I told him that. Young pitchers, to understand that even if you get hit in the mouth early, you gotta find a way to keep going, so you don\u2019t blow up your bullpen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freddie Freeman<\/a> got the Dodgers\u2019 fourth-inning rally started with a leadoff double. Then 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<\/a> drew a one-out walk, he gave Hern\u00e1ndez the chance to put the Dodgers ahead with one swing. He took it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just hitting the ball in the air, hitting it hard,\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cThat\u2019s what you want as a hitter, and I think that\u2019s what\u2019s been the difference between the last two weeks [versus] the weeks before.\u201d<\/p>\n

He entered Saturday with a 1.001 OPS since the beginning of last homestand, compared to a .667 OPS up to that point.<\/p>\n

Going into a three-city road trip last week, Hern\u00e1ndez said refusing to dwell on poor results, especially in big situations, had been key.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was more like getting confidence and getting to trust myself again,\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cAnd then just go out there and trust my swing, trust the work, and just trying to select better pitches to hit.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to coming up in the big situation, Hern\u00e1ndez also contributed to the Dodgers\u2019 late rallies, as they batting through the order in both the eighth and ninth innings 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

\u201cThe biggest thing is that they\u2019re attacking in the hitters, they\u2019re pounding in the strike zone, and when they need a pitch for a double play, they executed really well,\u201d Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cIn \u201824 they helped us a lot, \u201825 too, and this year is not going to be different. They\u2019re built for this, and they\u2019re ready for it.\u201d<\/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 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

Taylor returns<\/p>\n

A day after word spread former Dodger Chris Taylor had opted to retire, he reportedly changed his mind<\/a> and joined the Minor League Baseball injury list with a left forearm fracture.<\/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":707246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[1749,5,5211,1603,39,11578,13122,814,3654,1165,4332,4333,4949,774,57,1593,3224,4331,4,3215,312,8842,1528,3256],"class_list":["post-707245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-andrew-vaughn","tag-baseball","tag-brewer","tag-bullpen","tag-dodgers","tag-first-time","tag-fourth-inning","tag-hernandez","tag-innings","tag-la","tag-la-dodgers","tag-ladodgers","tag-lead","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesdodgers","tag-mlb","tag-run","tag-sal-frelick","tag-sasaki","tag-teoscar-hernandez","tag-walk"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116628042931148245","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}