{"id":796289,"date":"2026-09-04T08:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T08:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/796289\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T08:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T08:45:20","slug":"teoscar-hernandez-delivers-dodgers-to-thrilling-comeback-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/796289\/","title":{"rendered":"Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez delivers Dodgers to thrilling comeback win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> stepped into exactly the kind of situation the Dodgers had failed to capitalize on during the past couple of games: runners in scoring position. And with one out in the ninth inning, the Dodgers<\/a> were running out of chances for a comeback.<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez worked a full count against St. Louis closer Riley O\u2019Brien with runners on first and second. Then he got a sinker up and over the middle of the plate, a pitch he could drive. And he did.<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez lined it into the left-center field gap. Tommy Edman<\/a> scored easily, and Mookie Betts<\/a> slid across the plate head first as the throw came in high and too late.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers walked off the Cardinals with a 3-2 victory<\/a> Thursday, narrowly avoiding a series sweep at Dodger Stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe needed it,\u201d manager Dave Roberts<\/a> said. \u201cObviously for seven innings, it didn\u2019t look good at all. Then we found a way to scratch one across. But a win\u2019s a win, however it looks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s walk-off double, the Dodgers (83-57) had taken 26 at-bats with runners in scoring position over two games. Only one of those had resulted in a hit.<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez, however, unlocked something on a long fly out he hit in Detroit on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just the way my body was reacting, was more under control,\u201d he said. \u201cI was able to notice everything that I was doing, even though it was an out. \u2026That was the swing that is leading to all the good results that I\u2019ve been having lately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez, who entered this series with a .668 OPS against right-handed pitchers, had been struggling for so long that Roberts contemplated a left-field platoon.<\/p>\n

\"Teoscar <\/p>\n

Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez hits a walk-off double against the St. Louis Cardinals in the ninth inning Thursday at Dodger Stadium.<\/p>\n

(Eric Thayer \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

\u201cI told Dave, if you feel like you have to use somebody else in there, just do it,\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cBut know that I am going to keep working and I\u2019m going to try to be ready for the times that you need me.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Sunday in Detroit, Hern\u00e1ndez hit a home run off Framber Valdez. And when rosters expanded on Sept. 1, the Dodgers decided against bringing up an outfielder who could share playing time with Hern\u00e1ndez, betting that he could end his slump.<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez went six for 13 in three games against the Cardinals (70-71), with Roberts remarking it was \u201cas good as I\u2019ve seen him versus [right-handers] since April.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always said that we\u2019re better when he\u2019s in the lineup,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cBut performance certainly matters, and this series, albeit a small sample, was really good. As you get to the postseason and towards the end of the season, we\u2019ve got to start figuring out who we can play, who we can count on, who\u2019s dependable. And the at-bats he\u2019s taken these last three games, really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez and Edman \u2014 hitting leadoff in place of Shohei Ohtani<\/a>, who got the day off<\/a> while dealing with a nagging biceps problem \u2014 were the only Dodgers with hits Thursday. Edman led the team with four, but Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019 second knock was the most important one.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was huge to finally get that big hit,\u201d Edman said of Hern\u00e1ndez. \u201cWe were kind of pressing a little bit in those first two games. Everybody was kind of trying to do too much in the big spots. Teo came through huge in that moment. Just can\u2019t say enough about him, and that was just such a huge at-bat, and able to kind of steal that win today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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