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PHILADELPHIA — — Teoscar Hernández tries to stuff any mistakes — like an earlier defensive lapse that led to a two-run triple — “in the trash” before the Dodgers right fielder faces any clutch playoff moment at the plate.
Hernández rallied the Dodgers with a three-run homer in the seventh inning that bailed out Shohei Ohtani, both on the mound and at the plate, and led Los Angeles to a 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of their NL Division Series on Saturday night.
“It was a great moment. It’s definitely a highlight for us and for the team,” Ohtani said through a translator.
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MLB playoffs 2025: Teoscar Hernández powers Dodgers' offense, Shohei Ohtani delivers on the mound in NLDS Game 1: 'We continue to just witness history'
PHILADELPHIA — Teoscar Hernández wouldn’t stop screaming at the top of his lungs.
The Dodgers’ outfielder, moments removed from hammering a go-ahead, game-winning big fly, bounded down the visitors dugout at Citizens Bank Park through a tunnel of coaches and teammates, a revelrous procession shaded blue. They showered him with sunflower seeds, a post-homer team tradition that Hernández himself inaugurated. And as he worked his way through the congratulatory receiving line, he yelled and yelled and yelled.
Before his game-altering, seventh-inning swing in Game 1 of the NLDS, Hernández was having quite the difficult night at the plate Saturday — three trips to the dish, three strikeouts against Phillies starter Cristopher Sánchez. The lanky southpaw worked Hernández at the bottom rail of the strike zone and below it, conjuring six swing-and-misses from Los Angeles’ No. 3 hitter. But a string of hits in the sixth hooked Sánchez from the ballgame, setting up a showdown one inning later between Hernández and left-handed reliever Matt Strahm, with the Dodgers trailing 3-2.