To maintain their stranglehold on the division, the Dodgers have to hit their stride now, regardless of who is in the lineup or on the mound.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Teoscar Hernandez gestures after hitting a two RBI double in the second inning during a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Dodgers’ Tyler Glasnow delivers to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani flies out the first inning during a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Los Angeles. Pittsburgh Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Los Angeles.
Teoscar Hernandez stepped up to do just that on Sunday, hitting a walkoff, two-out RBI single to lift the Dodgers to a 6-5 win over the Pirates in 10 innings and complete a three-game sweep. Kiké Hernandez led off the top of the 10th with a double to left field off Pirates closer David Bednar to score automatic runner Miguel Rojas and tie the score. With none out and the winning run on second, the Dodgers nearly wasted another prime chance when Jason Heyward struck out and Shohei Ohtani popped.
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